Actually, I typically use my iPhone for eBook reading when I'm on airplanes. I can't ("technically", I know) check email or surf the net, so that temptation isn't there.
Kelly Clarkson has had several hits which landed in the Billboard Top 100 for 2004, 2005, 2006, et cetera, but none of the others "idols" have made it.
Wow, someone had better tell Kellie Pickler and Carrie Underwood that they haven't "made it" yet. Hmmm... I'll bet they think having #1 songs and headlining tours actually means something.
I agree. I entered the U.S. Air Force 30 days after High School graduation and "earned while I learned" for the next 20 years. I was officially a computer programmer my whole career, but back in the 80's and 90's that meant being part programmer and part sys admin. When I retired in 2003 I took my experience and found a very nice contractor job paying more that double my military pay as a UNIX admin. When that ended I already had my current job lined up as a programmer/administrator for a major government contractor. No degree, but now with 25+ years experience I don't need it.
Should I have gone to college? Maybe, but it really wasn't for me. I hated going to school and would have probably failed miserably. The irony of it all is that my last 10 years in the Air Force I was an instructor teaching others to be programmers and UNIX admins. Do you need to do 20 years in the military? No. Even a four-year stint will get you experience that college just can't match up to.
This is exactly why I finally got my amateur license. Two weeks with little communication to the outside world (cell phones worked for about 15 minutes each night) following Hurricane Katrina to let family know we were OK was unacceptable. Now my father and I have a scheduled frequency and time to make contact during hurricanes.
73's
W5KDH
Now for you youngsters who don't know what I'm talking about, DOS 4.0 was a train wreck of an operating system that gave user's who 'upgraded' from 3.X nothing but bugs and heartache.
What's that old saying? Oh Yeah, it's "Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it." I guess 15-18 years is enough time to forget about past mistakes.
It had nothing to do with the size of Stapleton. The local residents filed a lawsuit in the late 70's or early 80's because the airplanes were taking off and landing during the night and people couldn't sleep. (Gee, it's not like the airport appeared there overnight!) The courts found in the homeowner's favor, and Denver was given something like 10 years to build a new airport. I left Denver in 1993, well after the new airport was supposed to open and about 6 - 9 months before it really did.
This is from an old Air Force Software Acquisition Guide. Enjoy.
Dear Mr. Architect:
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure what I need, so let's get started. My house should have between two and 45 bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I'll make the final decision about what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdowns for each configuration so I can arbitrarily pick one at a later time.
Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don't have nearly enough insulation in them).
As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like insulated windows or composite siding. (If you choose not to use Anderson insulated windows, be prepared to explain you decision.)
Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods. Be alerted, however, that the kitchen should accommodate (among other things) my 1952 Gibson refrigerator.
To assure that you are building the correct house for our entire family, you will need to contact each of my children and our in-laws. My mother-in-law will have very strong feelings about how the house should be designed, since she visits us at least once a year. Make sure you weigh all these options carefully and make recommendations. However, I retain the right to overrule any recommendation you make.
Please don't bother me with small details right now. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house and get the big picture. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing the color of the carpeting; however, keep in mind that my wife likes blue.
Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring the resources to build the house itself. Your first priority is to develop detailed plans and specifications. Once I approve these plans, however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours.
While you are designing this house specifically for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to someone else. It should -- therefore appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers. Please make sure, before you finalize the plans, that there is a consensus of the potential home buyers in my area that they like the features of this house.
I advise you to run up and look at the house my neighbor built last year, as we like it a great deal. It has many things that we feel we need in our new home, particularly the 75-foot swimming pool. With careful engineering, I believe you can design this into our new house without impacting the construction cost.
Please prepare a complete set of blueprints. It is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be used only for construction bids. Be advised, however, that you will be held accountable for any increase of construction cost as a result of later design changes.
You must be thrilled to be working on such an interesting project! To be able to use the latest techniques and materials and to be given such freedom in your designs is something that can't happen very often. Contact me as soon as possible with your ideas and completed plans.
Sincerely,
The Client
PS: My wife just told me she disagrees with many of the instructions I have given you in this letter. As the architect, it is your responsibility to resolve these differences. I have tried in the past and have failed to
accomplish this. If you can't handle this responsibility, I will have to find another architect.
PPS: Perhaps what I need is not a house at all, but a travel trailer. Please advise me as soon as possible if this is the case.
Just a minor correction to the original post, FIRST teams are located all over the world. If you go to the FIRST website they have an interactive map that shows where teams are from. Last year I was able to help reprogram the robot for an Equidorian team (their keyboard was is Spanish!) and work with a team from England. This year there are even 10 new teams in Israel.
Dean Kamen will tell you, FIRST isn't about building robots. It's about building our future.
------------ Jack Higgs Programmer / Mentor / Parent Team Fusion #364 Gulfport High School, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Or even worse, when someone's cell goes off in Church! Just a few weeks ago we had some idiot's phone start ringing during services and they answered it and started carrying on a conversation during the sermon. The Pastor just stopped preaching and gave them the "when you're done I'll continue" look for about 15 seconds before they realised everyone was staring at them. While I was on Active Duty in the military, I occasionally had to be 'telephone reachable' over the weekend. I would be required to have my call phone with me if I left my house. But I always had it on silent when I went into church.
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When I was stationed in South Korea back in 1987, MARS was a great way for me to get information back to by wife and parents. My dad still talks about how nice it was to get a phone call from someone in town letting him know that I was doing OK. It even gave him the incentive to go out and get his ham radio license.
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Actually, when I read this I had the same thought, only it was about the Commodore VIC20 I originally learned to write code on.
Actually, I typically use my iPhone for eBook reading when I'm on airplanes. I can't ("technically", I know) check email or surf the net, so that temptation isn't there.
Kelly Clarkson has had several hits which landed in the Billboard Top 100 for 2004, 2005, 2006, et cetera, but none of the others "idols" have made it.
Wow, someone had better tell Kellie Pickler and Carrie Underwood that they haven't "made it" yet. Hmmm... I'll bet they think having #1 songs and headlining tours actually means something.
I agree. I entered the U.S. Air Force 30 days after High School graduation and "earned while I learned" for the next 20 years. I was officially a computer programmer my whole career, but back in the 80's and 90's that meant being part programmer and part sys admin. When I retired in 2003 I took my experience and found a very nice contractor job paying more that double my military pay as a UNIX admin. When that ended I already had my current job lined up as a programmer/administrator for a major government contractor. No degree, but now with 25+ years experience I don't need it. Should I have gone to college? Maybe, but it really wasn't for me. I hated going to school and would have probably failed miserably. The irony of it all is that my last 10 years in the Air Force I was an instructor teaching others to be programmers and UNIX admins. Do you need to do 20 years in the military? No. Even a four-year stint will get you experience that college just can't match up to.
This is exactly why I finally got my amateur license. Two weeks with little communication to the outside world (cell phones worked for about 15 minutes each night) following Hurricane Katrina to let family know we were OK was unacceptable. Now my father and I have a scheduled frequency and time to make contact during hurricanes. 73's W5KDH
Now for you youngsters who don't know what I'm talking about, DOS 4.0 was a train wreck of an operating system that gave user's who 'upgraded' from 3.X nothing but bugs and heartache.
What's that old saying? Oh Yeah, it's "Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it." I guess 15-18 years is enough time to forget about past mistakes.
It had nothing to do with the size of Stapleton. The local residents filed a lawsuit in the late 70's or early 80's because the airplanes were taking off and landing during the night and people couldn't sleep. (Gee, it's not like the airport appeared there overnight!) The courts found in the homeowner's favor, and Denver was given something like 10 years to build a new airport. I left Denver in 1993, well after the new airport was supposed to open and about 6 - 9 months before it really did.
Dear Mr. Architect:
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure what I need, so let's get started. My house should have between two and 45 bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I'll make the final decision about what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdowns for each configuration so I can arbitrarily pick one at a later time.
Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don't have nearly enough insulation in them).
As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like insulated windows or composite siding. (If you choose not to use Anderson insulated windows, be prepared to explain you decision.)
Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods. Be alerted, however, that the kitchen should accommodate (among other things) my 1952 Gibson refrigerator. To assure that you are building the correct house for our entire family, you will need to contact each of my children and our in-laws. My mother-in-law will have very strong feelings about how the house should be designed, since she visits us at least once a year. Make sure you weigh all these options carefully and make recommendations. However, I retain the right to overrule any recommendation you make.
Please don't bother me with small details right now. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house and get the big picture. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing the color of the carpeting; however, keep in mind that my wife likes blue.
Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring the resources to build the house itself. Your first priority is to develop detailed plans and specifications. Once I approve these plans, however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours.
While you are designing this house specifically for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to someone else. It should -- therefore appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers. Please make sure, before you finalize the plans, that there is a consensus of the potential home buyers in my area that they like the features of this house.
I advise you to run up and look at the house my neighbor built last year, as we like it a great deal. It has many things that we feel we need in our new home, particularly the 75-foot swimming pool. With careful engineering, I believe you can design this into our new house without impacting the construction cost.
Please prepare a complete set of blueprints. It is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be used only for construction bids. Be advised, however, that you will be held accountable for any increase of construction cost as a result of later design changes.
You must be thrilled to be working on such an interesting project! To be able to use the latest techniques and materials and to be given such freedom in your designs is something that can't happen very often. Contact me as soon as possible with your ideas and completed plans.
Sincerely,
The Client
PS: My wife just told me she disagrees with many of the instructions I have given you in this letter. As the architect, it is your responsibility to resolve these differences. I have tried in the past and have failed to accomplish this. If you can't handle this responsibility, I will have to find another architect.
PPS: Perhaps what I need is not a house at all, but a travel trailer. Please advise me as soon as possible if this is the case.
Just a minor correction to the original post, FIRST teams are located all over the world. If you go to the FIRST website they have an interactive map that shows where teams are from. Last year I was able to help reprogram the robot for an Equidorian team (their keyboard was is Spanish!) and work with a team from England. This year there are even 10 new teams in Israel.
Dean Kamen will tell you, FIRST isn't about building robots. It's about building our future.
------------
Jack Higgs
Programmer / Mentor / Parent
Team Fusion #364
Gulfport High School, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Or even worse, when someone's cell goes off in Church! Just a few weeks ago we had some idiot's phone start ringing during services and they answered it and started carrying on a conversation during the sermon. The Pastor just stopped preaching and gave them the "when you're done I'll continue" look for about 15 seconds before they realised everyone was staring at them. While I was on Active Duty in the military, I occasionally had to be 'telephone reachable' over the weekend. I would be required to have my call phone with me if I left my house. But I always had it on silent when I went into church.
When I was stationed in South Korea back in 1987, MARS was a great way for me to get information back to by wife and parents. My dad still talks about how nice it was to get a phone call from someone in town letting him know that I was doing OK. It even gave him the incentive to go out and get his ham radio license.