"I can assure you that one does not gather a crowd with having sex in public. It would seem that nobody cares and will at most give you a passing glance they otherwise would not."
Maybe you and your partner are just not very attractive?
"The best new feature of Vista, and it really, really is a nice one, is the instant Start Menu search. You can be SO fast at starting programs or finding files by just hitting the Windows key and typing the first few letters... However, these are things that can be added to XP
For years I'd loved adding an address bar to my XP Taskbar. You'd just unlock the Taskbar, double its width, and enable the Address toolbar. You had instant program and URL launch available, and an added bonus was your clock now also displayed day and date since you fattened the Taskbar. Then I installed XP SP3 and damned if the bastards didn't totally disable this option. I'm so pissed.
How am I supposed to put food on my table if people don't have the opportunity to destroy their systems with a single click anymore? My computer repair business is doomed. Doomed, I say!
And no doubt the UN will soon impanel a subcommittee which will spend millions of US dollars to generate a report condemning the US for causing this Asteroid crisis...
That Microsoft Office only beats OOo by a factor of 10. I'm not being facetious -- That is a really good chunk for OOo! For the record, I removed MS Office from over 100 lab computers in my organization last year in favor of OOo. I'm also strongly urging staff to use OOo for at least a month. If, after that, they still insist on MS Office, I get it for them. Sadly, most opt for MS. Blows my mind, especially given the fact that the differences between Office 97/2000/xp/2003 and OOo are small compared to the differences between Office 97/2000/xp/2003 and Office 2007.
with a manual transmission. I got it new (picked it up on 9-11-2001 -- felt like a schmuck picking it up that day, but hey, I needed it!). For years I drove as fast as I liked (almost always 10 mph over whatever the speed limit was). For 6 years I averaged 34 to 36 mpg. Then this spring I passed a guy in a Saturn. He was doing 55 mph in a 70 mph zone. He had a sign in his back window that said something like "I'm getting 40 mpg driving at this speed -- please just smile and go around." I gave it a try. I had a long trip scheduled for the next week, and (honest) I got 45 mpg. I've been doing 55 on the highway ever since, and saving a lot of money. My wife is embarrassed to ride with me. She'll get over it.
that the survey cited was put together by "the Communications Workers of America"? A division of the AFL-CIO? How objective do you think this report is? Does anyone think it might be in this union's best interest to convince America that we are woefully underserved in terms of communications capacity? Maybe we are. Maybe we are. I guess I'd just encourage everyone to consider the source.
"red light cameras... are the cash cows of the local police departments"
Actually, I read somewhere that a city in Texas (Austin, or maybe Dallas) decided to remove their red light cameras because they were working too well as a deterrent to red light runners. The city was losing revenue because people weren't running enough red lights and having to pay the fines. So they took the cameras down. I guess traffic laws aren't about safety, but revenue. BTW, sorry I can't source this.
"Nothing about citizenry. The law states that "The People" shall be secure in their person and effects."
I think you're being deliberately obtuse. Behold the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
It makes perfect sense that "the people" used throughout the rest of the document refers to "We the people of the United States." Don't you think?
Here's a better way: http://www.wwcs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cr_home. They use the stuff to train at-risk youth in the tech trades. Drop-offs are free, pickups have a small fee ($150 for a semi-load -- they even palletize for you!). I send about 3 semis worth to them each year. The link is to a place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They might be able to help you find a similar program in your area.
How long before it's discovered that robbing the desert of all that solar energy has disastrous effects on Australia's geology/climate/culture/wildlife/etc.?
Another interesting point -- George W. Bush is the only president ever to provide any funding for embryonic stem cell research. Ever. And yet he gets his ass kicked for not expanding the funding to cover more cell lines.
Sorry, but you're mistaken. *I* stopped buying ebooks. And I was HOOKED for a long time. When I figured out that Adobe was going to steal the books I'd purchased back from me after I bought my 3rd laptop (they limit the number of devices you can read their books on), and after I spent hours on line with their "tech support" (sorry if milk just squirted out your nose at the notion of Adobe providing tech support), I decided I was done. Cold turkey. This was about 3 years ago. I'd love it if I could go back to ebooks, but I will not until they fix (or eliminate) their horrible DRM scheme.
(I'm a home user, not a student) from HBO because they caught me uploading The Sopranos. Well, actually, I was downloading it, but using bittorrent so i was of course also uploading. Anyway, I was glad to see it was just a cease and desist kind of thing and not a settlement offer. I've been a little more careful since throwing away that pair of underwear, I must confess.
First he did it with some of the methods the terrorists used on 9/11 in Debt of Honor, now he's done it with this new weapon. I think his anti-terrorist characters John Clark and Ding Chavez used the same weapon in, oh what was it -- Executive Orders? Anyway, that book came out about 14 years ago.
"The price is high and the service is poor, but there's nowhere else to go."
Oh please. I live in rural, *RURAL* Michigan. I have a package from Charter cable that gives me 5Mbs down, 512 kbs up, way too many cable channels, and great phone service for $109 including fees and taxes. I chose this service over DSL and wireless broadband; since I made my choice, cellular broadband has also been introduced. Oh, BTW, the service is great.
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Plus 4 Insightful?!?!? The dude came right out and said "I can't provide any real insight in this decision. "
(grumble grumble meth-head moderators grumble grumble)
You sir, are awesome. Thank you for brilliantly and consisely stating what is on the minds of so many of us.
"I can assure you that one does not gather a crowd with having sex in public. It would seem that nobody cares and will at most give you a passing glance they otherwise would not."
Maybe you and your partner are just not very attractive?
"The best new feature of Vista, and it really, really is a nice one, is the instant Start Menu search. You can be SO fast at starting programs or finding files by just hitting the Windows key and typing the first few letters... However, these are things that can be added to XP
For years I'd loved adding an address bar to my XP Taskbar. You'd just unlock the Taskbar, double its width, and enable the Address toolbar. You had instant program and URL launch available, and an added bonus was your clock now also displayed day and date since you fattened the Taskbar. Then I installed XP SP3 and damned if the bastards didn't totally disable this option. I'm so pissed.
It wasn't a decision based on any moral judgments. It's just that they're still trying to pay off Clinton's www.IluvBBWs.com bill.
Just do all your bad stuff on a virtual machine stored on a USB key.
How am I supposed to put food on my table if people don't have the opportunity to destroy their systems with a single click anymore? My computer repair business is doomed. Doomed, I say!
And no doubt the UN will soon impanel a subcommittee which will spend millions of US dollars to generate a report condemning the US for causing this Asteroid crisis...
That Microsoft Office only beats OOo by a factor of 10. I'm not being facetious -- That is a really good chunk for OOo! For the record, I removed MS Office from over 100 lab computers in my organization last year in favor of OOo. I'm also strongly urging staff to use OOo for at least a month. If, after that, they still insist on MS Office, I get it for them. Sadly, most opt for MS. Blows my mind, especially given the fact that the differences between Office 97/2000/xp/2003 and OOo are small compared to the differences between Office 97/2000/xp/2003 and Office 2007.
with a manual transmission. I got it new (picked it up on 9-11-2001 -- felt like a schmuck picking it up that day, but hey, I needed it!). For years I drove as fast as I liked (almost always 10 mph over whatever the speed limit was). For 6 years I averaged 34 to 36 mpg. Then this spring I passed a guy in a Saturn. He was doing 55 mph in a 70 mph zone. He had a sign in his back window that said something like "I'm getting 40 mpg driving at this speed -- please just smile and go around." I gave it a try. I had a long trip scheduled for the next week, and (honest) I got 45 mpg. I've been doing 55 on the highway ever since, and saving a lot of money. My wife is embarrassed to ride with me. She'll get over it.
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, we call summer "3 months of bad snowmobiling."
that the survey cited was put together by "the Communications Workers of America"? A division of the AFL-CIO? How objective do you think this report is? Does anyone think it might be in this union's best interest to convince America that we are woefully underserved in terms of communications capacity? Maybe we are. Maybe we are. I guess I'd just encourage everyone to consider the source.
"red light cameras... are the cash cows of the local police departments"
Actually, I read somewhere that a city in Texas (Austin, or maybe Dallas) decided to remove their red light cameras because they were working too well as a deterrent to red light runners. The city was losing revenue because people weren't running enough red lights and having to pay the fines. So they took the cameras down. I guess traffic laws aren't about safety, but revenue. BTW, sorry I can't source this.
Now let's see if the democrats let us access this resource. I'm not going to hold my breath.
"Nothing about citizenry. The law states that "The People" shall be secure in their person and effects."
I think you're being deliberately obtuse. Behold the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
It makes perfect sense that "the people" used throughout the rest of the document refers to "We the people of the United States." Don't you think?
"Seriously, what better way..."
Here's a better way: http://www.wwcs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cr_home. They use the stuff to train at-risk youth in the tech trades. Drop-offs are free, pickups have a small fee ($150 for a semi-load -- they even palletize for you!). I send about 3 semis worth to them each year. The link is to a place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They might be able to help you find a similar program in your area.
How long before it's discovered that robbing the desert of all that solar energy has disastrous effects on Australia's geology/climate/culture/wildlife/etc.?
The Home Meth Lab Kit! Get yours today!
Another interesting point -- George W. Bush is the only president ever to provide any funding for embryonic stem cell research. Ever. And yet he gets his ass kicked for not expanding the funding to cover more cell lines.
"nobody actually stops buying."
Sorry, but you're mistaken. *I* stopped buying ebooks. And I was HOOKED for a long time. When I figured out that Adobe was going to steal the books I'd purchased back from me after I bought my 3rd laptop (they limit the number of devices you can read their books on), and after I spent hours on line with their "tech support" (sorry if milk just squirted out your nose at the notion of Adobe providing tech support), I decided I was done. Cold turkey. This was about 3 years ago. I'd love it if I could go back to ebooks, but I will not until they fix (or eliminate) their horrible DRM scheme.
How much would it cost to erase my last 15 years?
(I'm a home user, not a student) from HBO because they caught me uploading The Sopranos. Well, actually, I was downloading it, but using bittorrent so i was of course also uploading. Anyway, I was glad to see it was just a cease and desist kind of thing and not a settlement offer. I've been a little more careful since throwing away that pair of underwear, I must confess.
First he did it with some of the methods the terrorists used on 9/11 in Debt of Honor, now he's done it with this new weapon. I think his anti-terrorist characters John Clark and Ding Chavez used the same weapon in, oh what was it -- Executive Orders? Anyway, that book came out about 14 years ago.
...If my friends hear about this, they'll start abandoning me in droves...
"The price is high and the service is poor, but there's nowhere else to go."
Oh please. I live in rural, *RURAL* Michigan. I have a package from Charter cable that gives me 5Mbs down, 512 kbs up, way too many cable channels, and great phone service for $109 including fees and taxes. I chose this service over DSL and wireless broadband; since I made my choice, cellular broadband has also been introduced. Oh, BTW, the service is great.