I don't care a fat rat's ass about that track having some DRM on it. It plays on the Mac under iTunes and it'll play on my iPod (when I get around to buying a replacement for my dead 2nd Gen iPod)
Stop perpetuating this myth about iTunes still having DRM'd music tracks. They aren't. "They haven't since right about January 6, 2009.
Sure, they are still AAC encoded, 192kbps audio files and that will piss off everyone who thinks they are an audiophile, but they have no trace of DRM anymore
And for the love of god, please don't bring up the fact that your email address is tagged in the metadata of the song... we bitched and moaned about perceived lack of ownership for nearly a decade and when they finally get rid of DRM restrictions and put a tag on it that says, "Hey, this song is yours," everyone still gets upset. Think of it as the name on your underwear--it's your music. Enjoy it.
Huh, despite the fact that this will be attributed to 'educational establishment dogma' or some other such nonsense, personal observation (five individuals, a ridiculously small sample set) seems to indicate that home schooled children do seem to have social developmental issues, but not in the nerd, sit-in-the-corner-and-read-your-book sort of way.
Quite the opposite, every one of the five home schooled people I knew went on to become major partiers, either starting in high school (3 of 5) or college (2 of 5). All five made some huge mistake because of this excessive socialization (unwanted pregnancy, flunking college, etc.) because of this behavior despite having a much better GPA in High School.
100% FAIL in a cross-country sample set (though small) is a little crazy, isn't it?
That said, your suggestions of group socialization may curb that. AFAIK, these folks did not have that available.
Now before you go patting yourself on the back, I find it ridiculous that you actually have to ask the question: "Do you really believe that children develop desirable social traits by learning how to interact with others from other children?"
Of course they do, otherwise they just become supervised automatons. Most of the things that make me "me" were developed without adult supervision. Your goal as a teacher and parent isn't to create a tiny copy of yourself with your own biases and hatreds--as you've pointed out, but apparently failed to implement with that question--it's to mentor your children in such a way that they can make informed choices without you around.
I for one am glad you screwed up and didn't log out...
Seriously... I spent two days last month looking for a wiki with a usable WYSIWYG editor that didn't require stupid hacks...
Lo and behold, here it is... this is slick. Just installed it in MAMP and I'll be checking this out a little more in-depth tomorrow. Failing major security holes or browser incompatibilities, I may start using Enano relatively soon.
And no, I'm not affiliated in any way... just really impressed at first glance.
I hope those are separate line items and not a list of things one person is supposed to handle... user support != server support.
I could manage a few hundred, maybe a thousand servers if I had set them up correctly, but I'll be goddamned if I'll support 1,000 part time staff by myself...
Posting under the Slashdot alias, one Jacob Sims, aka ground.zero.612, made inflammatory remarks to the University of Minnesota Campus Police and a certain "Professor Dipshit." Following this, Mr. Sims was found bound and gagged, bent over a park bench with a sign hanging about his neck stating: "Free ride for the po-po."
We would post photos, but... well, please think of the children.
I've seen one guy since 2004... he got sick of pirating XP, so he jumped to Ubuntu.
Besides that, I knew one guy about six years ago who ran Linux extensively in his house for desktop use (he ran Tao Linux before having to back out due to time constraints). Of course, he also had me rebuild an OS 9 box so his kids could play some educational games so read what you want there.
I'm have a performance orientation and I guarantee that this article was written by... nevermind, this shit's too hard... /me shuffles off to play Neverwinter Nights...
Waa-waa-waa... adding another character and a couple other non-essential items is not a big deal. Hell, it doesn't even correspond to your argument for the most part.
If you want to see some real bullshit, grab Final Fantasy IV: The After Years from the Wii Store... you don't even get the goddamn ending!
And lastly do not hint at something unless you really really don't care if you get the desired result. Expecting someone else to understand if they really loved you is just plain idiotic. When you hint around at something you are setting your partner up for failure. It'll frustrate you and them when it doesn't work out so just politely ask for what you want and say what you feel and think when it's appropriate to do so, but do not hint.
This is a decent first year marriage list, but as with all things, there are shades of gray that develop the longer you are with someone.
1: Never go to bed angry. Actually, never go to bed angry at your spouse -- you can be pissed off at the dog all you want; just make sure they know you aren't pissed at them.
2: Find a few minutes to connect with your wife every day. This is a good statement followed by mushy crap. Instead of saying variations of, "I love you," actually try doing something with her. Go for a walk, catch a movie, cook dinner together, etc.
3: Never say the word divorce. Unless you guys are discussing ways to get tax breaks... (this goes back to the whole, "Laugh Your Way to a Good Marriage" thing someone mentioned above)
4: Agree with each other that when you're having an argument which gets particularly heated, it is ok for either person to walk out of the room, and the argument can just wait until tempers have cooled down a bit. Let me sum this up: "Agree that you can walk away from an argument."
5: Always put your wife first. This is true up until they stop putting you first. This is a point of mutual respect and once that respect is lost for whatever reason, you need to sit down together and get it back. For example, you're a gamer, she isn't. Invariably she *will* get you to stop playing games and do something like watch TV instead. This is a breakdown of this rule on both sides -- if you're a gamer, there is nothing wrong with that, but there needs to be compromise from both parties. It can't be all one-sided.
And two of my own additions:
6: It's almost more important that you *LIKE* each other than love each other. The moment you stop liking your spouse is the moment you start going downhill.
7: Compromise. You have to if you want to stay together. This dove-tails nicely with #6 here.
1: "Be honest, direct, and helpful. Make sure they know you are working hard blah blah blah..."
2: "Listen you f*cking cretins, I don't have time to help you look for your pr0n or work on your goddamn spreadsheet problem (how about you don't lock it next time)! I have mission critical sh*t to take care of so f*ck off!"
On their own, neither one seems to work well in the long run. However, supplementing either ideology with copious amounts of alcohol, anti-depressants, and first person shooters should keep you sane enough to make it another four years.
Replying to my own post - lame.
Anyway, I just realized I'm a liar. I do perform one-off cable runs with Cat6, but they are certainly not to standard. Since I do it so rarely I haven't upgraded my Cat5E heads so I just use those when necessary for a patch.
Whether it hits spec or not, I am able to transfer right about 600-800 Mb/s over those cables without issue.
Of course, when I get can get the office rewiring left into the budget (hopefully next year), I'll be pushing to have all of my ghetto patches redone.
Cat6 is just... well... harder to do yourself and the standards are higher, which *can* make it much harder.
That being said, sure it will work, but you won't be using it for 10Gb at the next rev like we did with Cat5E and 1Gb without those quality controls in place.
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So let the court fine her or give her jail time. That should not affect the fines in any way.
I don't care a fat rat's ass about that track having some DRM on it. It plays on the Mac under iTunes and it'll play on my iPod (when I get around to buying a replacement for my dead 2nd Gen iPod)
Stop perpetuating this myth about iTunes still having DRM'd music tracks. They aren't. "They haven't since right about January 6, 2009.
Sure, they are still AAC encoded, 192kbps audio files and that will piss off everyone who thinks they are an audiophile, but they have no trace of DRM anymore
And for the love of god, please don't bring up the fact that your email address is tagged in the metadata of the song... we bitched and moaned about perceived lack of ownership for nearly a decade and when they finally get rid of DRM restrictions and put a tag on it that says, "Hey, this song is yours," everyone still gets upset. Think of it as the name on your underwear--it's your music. Enjoy it.
Huh, despite the fact that this will be attributed to 'educational establishment dogma' or some other such nonsense, personal observation (five individuals, a ridiculously small sample set) seems to indicate that home schooled children do seem to have social developmental issues, but not in the nerd, sit-in-the-corner-and-read-your-book sort of way.
Quite the opposite, every one of the five home schooled people I knew went on to become major partiers, either starting in high school (3 of 5) or college (2 of 5). All five made some huge mistake because of this excessive socialization (unwanted pregnancy, flunking college, etc.) because of this behavior despite having a much better GPA in High School.
100% FAIL in a cross-country sample set (though small) is a little crazy, isn't it?
That said, your suggestions of group socialization may curb that. AFAIK, these folks did not have that available.
Now before you go patting yourself on the back, I find it ridiculous that you actually have to ask the question: "Do you really believe that children develop desirable social traits by learning how to interact with others from other children?"
Of course they do, otherwise they just become supervised automatons. Most of the things that make me "me" were developed without adult supervision. Your goal as a teacher and parent isn't to create a tiny copy of yourself with your own biases and hatreds--as you've pointed out, but apparently failed to implement with that question--it's to mentor your children in such a way that they can make informed choices without you around.
I for one am glad you screwed up and didn't log out...
Seriously... I spent two days last month looking for a wiki with a usable WYSIWYG editor that didn't require stupid hacks...
Lo and behold, here it is... this is slick. Just installed it in MAMP and I'll be checking this out a little more in-depth tomorrow. Failing major security holes or browser incompatibilities, I may start using Enano relatively soon.
And no, I'm not affiliated in any way... just really impressed at first glance.
I agree.
Certainly, when the class action papers come in, I'm spitting on them and sending then to his mother's house.
...but are they illegal? No. You are purchasing a digital form of currency--it's like an exchange rate that remains static despite economic flux.
Get over it.
D-d-d-don't copy that floppy...covered-bound-book...
What?
Giuliani's incompetence caused lives to be lost on 9/11.
And if Messinger had beaten him in the mayoral race, you would be saying "Messinger's incompetence caused lives to be lost on 9/11."
Honestly, was anyone in America prepared for something like the collapse of the WTC in September of 2001? Were you?
Maybe it's just me, but wasn't there something else we did to Japan?
What was it...? What was it...?
Eh, must not have been that big of a deal since you didn't mention it at all and I can't for the life of me conjure up any trigger images...
We obviously let them Japanese off the hook right good, didn't we? We veritably radiate good will...
/sarcasm
And yes I do know about the firebombing of Dresden for those who might be inclined to bring it up...
I hope those are separate line items and not a list of things one person is supposed to handle... user support != server support.
I could manage a few hundred, maybe a thousand servers if I had set them up correctly, but I'll be goddamned if I'll support 1,000 part time staff by myself...
We had two admins for 160 client machines (labs included), 12 servers and fifty users.
Feel free to apply your own math to that...
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BREAKING NEWS:
Posting under the Slashdot alias, one Jacob Sims, aka ground.zero.612, made inflammatory remarks to the University of Minnesota Campus Police and a certain "Professor Dipshit." Following this, Mr. Sims was found bound and gagged, bent over a park bench with a sign hanging about his neck stating: "Free ride for the po-po."
We would post photos, but... well, please think of the children.
Me: This can't be any worse than Manos: The Hands of Fate without being MST'd, right?
Friend: Probably not. I mean, they didn't even have credits for Manos.
Episode IV 1/2
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Han Solo and Chewbacca are on their way to the Wookie planet of Kashyyyk to take part in Life Day when they...
CLICK
Me: Maybe these guys should have learned from Manos?
As a complete form of self promotion, it's available on Google Video, but I have it embedded here.
I've seen one guy since 2004... he got sick of pirating XP, so he jumped to Ubuntu.
Besides that, I knew one guy about six years ago who ran Linux extensively in his house for desktop use (he ran Tao Linux before having to back out due to time constraints). Of course, he also had me rebuild an OS 9 box so his kids could play some educational games so read what you want there.
I'm have a performance orientation and I guarantee that this article was written by... nevermind, this shit's too hard...
/me shuffles off to play Neverwinter Nights...
"How the fuck do I get Bing to crawl my goddamn site?!"
Waa-waa-waa... adding another character and a couple other non-essential items is not a big deal. Hell, it doesn't even correspond to your argument for the most part.
If you want to see some real bullshit, grab Final Fantasy IV: The After Years from the Wii Store... you don't even get the goddamn ending!
What's so bad about not wanting to deal with someone's reaction? I'm sure they don't tell you the sex sucked right after you're done
Yes they do... then you have to do it again. See? Sometimes being honest is good!
You bet your ass I do... of course, this means I'm the "Best Friend" who goes on clothes shopping trips now, though...
And lastly do not hint at something unless you really really don't care if you get the desired result. Expecting someone else to understand if they really loved you is just plain idiotic. When you hint around at something you are setting your partner up for failure. It'll frustrate you and them when it doesn't work out so just politely ask for what you want and say what you feel and think when it's appropriate to do so, but do not hint.
I'd like a blowjob, is all I'm saying...
I said this above and I'll say it again:
"Don't go to bed angry at your spouse."
By all means, go to bed angry at the fucking dog...
This is a decent first year marriage list, but as with all things, there are shades of gray that develop the longer you are with someone.
1: Never go to bed angry. Actually, never go to bed angry at your spouse -- you can be pissed off at the dog all you want; just make sure they know you aren't pissed at them.
2: Find a few minutes to connect with your wife every day. This is a good statement followed by mushy crap. Instead of saying variations of, "I love you," actually try doing something with her. Go for a walk, catch a movie, cook dinner together, etc.
3: Never say the word divorce. Unless you guys are discussing ways to get tax breaks... (this goes back to the whole, "Laugh Your Way to a Good Marriage" thing someone mentioned above)
4: Agree with each other that when you're having an argument which gets particularly heated, it is ok for either person to walk out of the room, and the argument can just wait until tempers have cooled down a bit. Let me sum this up: "Agree that you can walk away from an argument."
5: Always put your wife first. This is true up until they stop putting you first. This is a point of mutual respect and once that respect is lost for whatever reason, you need to sit down together and get it back. For example, you're a gamer, she isn't. Invariably she *will* get you to stop playing games and do something like watch TV instead. This is a breakdown of this rule on both sides -- if you're a gamer, there is nothing wrong with that, but there needs to be compromise from both parties. It can't be all one-sided.
And two of my own additions:
6: It's almost more important that you *LIKE* each other than love each other. The moment you stop liking your spouse is the moment you start going downhill.
7: Compromise. You have to if you want to stay together. This dove-tails nicely with #6 here.
I just wish that kind of stuff happened to me at work. :(
Looking for a job?
'nuff said...
:p
There seems to be two schools of thought on this:
1: "Be honest, direct, and helpful. Make sure they know you are working hard blah blah blah..."
2: "Listen you f*cking cretins, I don't have time to help you look for your pr0n or work on your goddamn spreadsheet problem (how about you don't lock it next time)! I have mission critical sh*t to take care of so f*ck off!"
On their own, neither one seems to work well in the long run. However, supplementing either ideology with copious amounts of alcohol, anti-depressants, and first person shooters should keep you sane enough to make it another four years.
Good luck with that...
Replying to my own post - lame. Anyway, I just realized I'm a liar. I do perform one-off cable runs with Cat6, but they are certainly not to standard. Since I do it so rarely I haven't upgraded my Cat5E heads so I just use those when necessary for a patch. Whether it hits spec or not, I am able to transfer right about 600-800 Mb/s over those cables without issue. Of course, when I get can get the office rewiring left into the budget (hopefully next year), I'll be pushing to have all of my ghetto patches redone.
Cat6 is just... well... harder to do yourself and the standards are higher, which *can* make it much harder. That being said, sure it will work, but you won't be using it for 10Gb at the next rev like we did with Cat5E and 1Gb without those quality controls in place.