I find gmail search to be the only way I can deal with my 50,000 messages. Thunderbird just hangs and I can't get Google Desktop to play nice with IMAP unless I open each and every message manually first. Yes, I'm an idiot.
But seriously, has anyone been able to manage on the order of 50,000 messages with Thunderbird and do sophisicated searches that actually work?
Where I live (a very very tight rental market), the landlords typically won't let you install a dish on their buildings (nor can you rent in this city with a dog or if you smoke, but that's a whole 'nother post).
Anyway, what used to kill me about this problem is I have been missing NFL Sunday Ticket. I may just get this and go watch the game in the park. Or at least stick this thing out on the fire escape on Sunday mornings when my landlord isn't looking.
I'd never do WORK again. I'd play with computer projects, along with other hobbies I have...but, I'd never work again in my life.
Again, the way you have defined "work" (Something you'd rather not do, but have to do for money), of course you would never work again if you won the lottery.
I am just suggesting you put a little more thought in how to grow one or more of your hobbies into something that can make money. You might also want to look at things in life that bring you happiness but don't cost much money and look for ways to maximize that. From what you wrote, it almost seems like one of your biggest hobbies is spending lots of money:)
Now...that's not to say that if I didn't have to work, I'd not do some things that might appear to be work or that might earn me extra $$'s
Ironically, this is what many programmers in Silicon Valley are doing. They appear to be "working" in the sense you describe it (something you have to do to earn money that wouldn't do if you have money), but they are actually having fun, being fulfilled, and lucky them, they get paid for it. This is not unique to Google, it is silicon valley culture - this place attracts people who truly enjoy working in tech and making it their life.
I have noticed that tech workers in some other areas of the country have more of a "factory" mentality (eg 9 to 5, work is work, fun is fun), and I have also noticed that older workers sometimes lose the passion. In your case, I don't think it is either. Sounds like you are in the wrong profession and should try doing what you love, and eventually earn money for it. Read Barbara Sher if the little voice in your head scoffs at this and says this is not possible.
.... but not on the train. So it is Caltrain for me. Now if Caltrain could just enforce a "quiet car" to keep the cell phone yackers in their own ghetto, I would be home free.
I can't tell the difference between 128kps and 192 when a quality mp3 encoder is used (eg the original Fraunhofer one). I think the push for 192kps began when high speed encoders had to cut corners to do the encoding quickly. Then the internet was flooded with low quality 128kps recordings.
You typically have to conduct the transaction face to face, rather than using paypal and mail.... and
some categories are swamped by posts and your listing gets buried because the search system sucks.
A buyer can pay with paypal using a credit card (as opposed to a debit card or checking account), and then tell his credit card company to reverse the charges later. This is one reason I never using anything other than a credit card when paying with paypal -- to give me the freedom to do just that.
And so this is just one reason why sellers wait to post feedback.
But in the end, this whole argument is silly - feedback is MUCH more important to sellers than to buyers. Sellers will sell to buyers who have a couple negs, but often more than a few negs is very detrimental to the business of a seller.
If you can make money off of eBay, why can't someone else, with little effort?
This is why you always hear eBay sellers complaining how good it was in the "good old days", whether those days were 2 years ago or 8. As soon as you start making money, someone will immediately begin competing with you until your margins are too slim.
I still use dialup and have watched as many web sites have become completely unusable, due to 500k flash files needed just to navigate around. Furthermore,
web site designers seem to have completely forgotten about dialup users -- Yahoo mail for example refocuses the cursor on the username login box AFTER it loads tons of stuff. The end result is that if you use dialup that might be 30 seconds after the page started loading... viola, you are typing elsewhere and the focus is suddenly stolen from you and you find yourself unexpectedly typing in the login textbox...
You would expect file sharing to grow naturally as more and more people use the internet. The fact that it has merely stagnated suggests that the litigation is succeeding somewhat.
My own mother, who doesn't even use a computer, warned me not to file share the other day. She had "heard that people are getting sued".
Your post forced me to reply even though I have mod points...
I hate it when people talk about how many cooks/gardners/servants you can afford in India for very little money as an example of the quality of life there. Upper class IT types from India are always bragging about how they live like kings when they go home.
The thing is, these servants, etc, are BARELY FEEDING THEIR FAMILES on the salary they are given. Not to mention their teeth are rotting out and they are unhealthy. True, they are grateful to not starve, but if you have money, gleaning quality of life on the backs of starving peasants is just wrong.
Upper middle class Indians who come to the US should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting their peasant brethren like that and then bragging about it. Just because you can live like a king on their backs, doesn't mean you should.
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I find gmail search to be the only way I can deal with my 50,000 messages. Thunderbird just hangs and I can't get Google Desktop to play nice with IMAP unless I open each and every message manually first. Yes, I'm an idiot.
But seriously, has anyone been able to manage on the order of 50,000 messages with Thunderbird and do sophisicated searches that actually work?
Where I live (a very very tight rental market), the landlords typically won't let you install a dish on their buildings (nor can you rent in this city with a dog or if you smoke, but that's a whole 'nother post). Anyway, what used to kill me about this problem is I have been missing NFL Sunday Ticket. I may just get this and go watch the game in the park. Or at least stick this thing out on the fire escape on Sunday mornings when my landlord isn't looking.
I'm exactly in your shoes. 10 years of yahoo mail, and I'll quit if the the original is ever removed as an option. Are you listening, Yahoo? :)
That's what I use, anyway.
That's what I do anyway.
Again, the way you have defined "work" (Something you'd rather not do, but have to do for money), of course you would never work again if you won the lottery.
I am just suggesting you put a little more thought in how to grow one or more of your hobbies into something that can make money. You might also want to look at things in life that bring you happiness but don't cost much money and look for ways to maximize that. From what you wrote, it almost seems like one of your biggest hobbies is spending lots of money :)
Oh, and read Barbara Sher!
Ironically, this is what many programmers in Silicon Valley are doing. They appear to be "working" in the sense you describe it (something you have to do to earn money that wouldn't do if you have money), but they are actually having fun, being fulfilled, and lucky them, they get paid for it. This is not unique to Google, it is silicon valley culture - this place attracts people who truly enjoy working in tech and making it their life.
I have noticed that tech workers in some other areas of the country have more of a "factory" mentality (eg 9 to 5, work is work, fun is fun), and I have also noticed that older workers sometimes lose the passion. In your case, I don't think it is either. Sounds like you are in the wrong profession and should try doing what you love, and eventually earn money for it. Read Barbara Sher if the little voice in your head scoffs at this and says this is not possible.
.... but not on the train. So it is Caltrain for me. Now if Caltrain could just enforce a "quiet car" to keep the cell phone yackers in their own ghetto, I would be home free.
I can't tell the difference between 128kps and 192 when a quality mp3 encoder is used (eg the original Fraunhofer one). I think the push for 192kps began when high speed encoders had to cut corners to do the encoding quickly. Then the internet was flooded with low quality 128kps recordings.
Um, that would be 1980. You were -2 years old then.
You typically have to conduct the transaction face to face, rather than using paypal and mail.... and some categories are swamped by posts and your listing gets buried because the search system sucks.
And so this is just one reason why sellers wait to post feedback.
But in the end, this whole argument is silly - feedback is MUCH more important to sellers than to buyers. Sellers will sell to buyers who have a couple negs, but often more than a few negs is very detrimental to the business of a seller.
If you can make money off of eBay, why can't someone else, with little effort? This is why you always hear eBay sellers complaining how good it was in the "good old days", whether those days were 2 years ago or 8. As soon as you start making money, someone will immediately begin competing with you until your margins are too slim.
I use Firefox and Yahoo mail and when I press "back" my message is not cleared.
I still use dialup and have watched as many web sites have become completely unusable, due to 500k flash files needed just to navigate around. Furthermore, web site designers seem to have completely forgotten about dialup users -- Yahoo mail for example refocuses the cursor on the username login box AFTER it loads tons of stuff. The end result is that if you use dialup that might be 30 seconds after the page started loading... viola, you are typing elsewhere and the focus is suddenly stolen from you and you find yourself unexpectedly typing in the login textbox...
It's amazing how involved (and accessible) Craig is!
You would expect file sharing to grow naturally as more and more people use the internet. The fact that it has merely stagnated suggests that the litigation is succeeding somewhat. My own mother, who doesn't even use a computer, warned me not to file share the other day. She had "heard that people are getting sued".
I hate it when people talk about how many cooks/gardners/servants you can afford in India for very little money as an example of the quality of life there. Upper class IT types from India are always bragging about how they live like kings when they go home.
The thing is, these servants, etc, are BARELY FEEDING THEIR FAMILES on the salary they are given. Not to mention their teeth are rotting out and they are unhealthy. True, they are grateful to not starve, but if you have money, gleaning quality of life on the backs of starving peasants is just wrong.
Upper middle class Indians who come to the US should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting their peasant brethren like that and then bragging about it. Just because you can live like a king on their backs, doesn't mean you should.
thanks!
Mod parent up please!!!
Is it ignorance or intentional marketing hype? Or are you just too cool to capitalize?
People with liver problems often stop wanting to smoke.
Good luck to you. Google Canon and e18 if you are curious. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/canon_c lass.html
Instead of product recalls, they went right on shipping cameras with serious flaws in their retractible lenses. The result? A class action lawsuit: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/canon_c lass.html
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