I keep wanting to go Roku, but for the life of me, I can't find a channel lineup that tells me what type of content (i.e. what shows) are on the Roku channels. In fact, this is the FIRST REFERENCE I've seen to ether Democracy Now or Al Jazeera being available via Roku. Pls, can anyone link a resource that gives some kind of detail on what is available via the Roku? The Roku site itself (as far as I can see) is useless for this. It just gives the names of its channels, not what's ON them.:-( [irishdaze(AT)yahoo.com]
It's a small world, and you may well end up working for them again in a more senior role later.
Working in IT in the fourth largest city in America has given me the opportunity time and time again to see that this is true. I can't stress strongly enough how your reputation and attitude follow/preceed you.
I'm not in management, but I have been a team lead. I've had opportunities to yay/nay resumes before interviews because, Hey, you worked at Such-And-Such, and so did this guy. Do you know him? I regret that I've had to answer with a hearty Don't hire him!" every single time.
Remember that, as long as you work in IT, every single person (regardless of their function) you work with/near/for/around is a possible future yay/nay for you.
Whatever you do when you find yourself in the OP's situation, remember to maintain the highest level of professionalism and the best attitude you can.
I promise, it will pay off, even if you have no way of seeing the payoff when it arrives.
Thank you for taking the time to actually list practical examples of non-racial suspicion markers, something I've not seen done in the hysteria over this bill.
"[R]esearching" Arab vs Western World cross-cultural problems by "getting to know an Arab" (in person) would be more effective than talking to one online? How?
As far as I can see, either method of dissecting cross-cultural issues is like looking at a random black or white person on the bus and asking, "Why don't blacks and whites get along in the US?"
Second step: Have you purchased new clothing in the last year? If not, buy new clothes... preferably with the help of a woman... one of your friend's girlfriends will do. Just buy what she tells you to buy. No arguments.
Do NOT do this, grasshopper. Too many women have no idea how to dress a man.
A much better option: Go to Dillard's (or any other department store with dressed mannequins), find a mannequin wearing clothes that appeal to you, hand the sales girl a slip of paper with your measurements, and say to her, "I'll take that outfit," while pointing at the mannequin you like.
This was the secret weapon used by a man I used to know. He was a serious babe-magnet, but could NOT dress himself. He decided that since department stores ACTUALLY PAY PEOPLE to put outfits together for mannequins, that he should take advantage of that skill.
That man was by-far the sexiest and best-dressed straight man I've ever known, and he was NEVER without female companionship if he wanted it.
"Scanning is the reverse of printing." -- WTF?! Because of artifacts?
And isn't this what View as HTML has ALWAYS been about?
Points awarded for techtard clarity, but the person at Google who thought writing a press release aimed at techtards should be firmly smacked.
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 - January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was the founder of the Church of Scientology, as well as the author of Dianetics and the body of works comprising Scientology doctrine.
Go here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml. Slide the slider to a date to get the Episode Number that aired on that date. Type that Episode Number in the Search box. The episode will be there in clips.
For example, I went there: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml, slid the slider to March 20, 2008. The first clip in the results showed it was Episode 13039. I then typed "13039" (no quotes) in the Search box. Voila! 5 clips were displayed. I added up all of the running times, and it was 18 minutes, 59 seconds, which seems to me to be about right for a 30-minute show (shy of commercials and non-informational transitions).
It's not the 1/2-hour unbroken stream you want, but it's there.
Items such as old thumb drives and file-boat MP3 players need to be "recycled". In fact, I'd be willing to send any that I can get my hands on to someone in Europe for such "recycling". I wonder -- How many other people would be willing to send such items to a US PO box set aside for such "recycling"?
Here I was, wondering if I was being a bit too cynical. Even if I am, though, you have shown there is at least one person even a bit more jaded than I am with BigWireless.
That, my dear, is an accomplishment! Wear it proudly!
Afte reading the article, this is what grabs my eye:
. . . Verizon Wireless won't offer the same level of customer service as it does for the roughly 50 phone models featured in its handset lineup . . . Verizon plans only to ensure the wireless connection is working for customers who buy those devices. "They have to talk to their handset provider or their application provider if they have particular issues," McAdam says.
So, who's to say if "the wirelss connection is working" - The customer? Verizon? The device itself? Application support? What kind of sense does THAT make? I can't hold a call for 5 blocks in a downtown urban area, but because my 'phone provider says the coverage maps report solid coverage, the problem of course must be my handset -- which of course they can replace with a "newer, better model" for just $199.95.
Add to that their sudden outbreak of common sense regarding their business model, in that
. . . the bulk of their energy goes to helping current subscribers with questions and problems. McAdam & Co. decided the business model was not sustainable."
What a great opportunity for Verizon to reduce their already phenomenally bad customer service and imply that it's not their fault that they must do.
That might be the most ingenious corporate spin I've ever heard. Seriously.
Dude! Are you seriously wanting to get yourself lynched or shot in the head, too? Those questions look like something on the "Introduction" page of Spamming 101: How to Make Millions. Let the flames begin!
Allrightythen, you *have* to explain that to me. My boyfriend just received his MS in Biotech (where yes, 85% of his department was Indian or Pakistani by origin), but he is paying $6,000 for 6 credits at a Master's level this level to finish working a research project begun last semester (hoping for publication) -- i.e. he's paying to "study" more Biotech stuff (sorry, I know little about the topic). Since 6 hours at this level is considered more than full time, he's really not able to work outside of school. This is all sensible to me, and how I thought "all that kind of thing worked". You have *got* to tell me what he and I are missing here, if he should be getting paid instead of just racking up yet more debt paying them so that he can do research -- Are you still actually a student? A student being paid to study? Or is it that you got a job at a university or scored some sort of fellowship after graduation?
I can't believe it took this long for someone to say that . . . College, and especially post-grad, is EXPENSIVE. I pay about $200 in tuition/fees for 3 credits at a community college. My boyfriend pays $3,000 for 3 credits to finish his Master's degree in Biotechnology. With right-out-of-college jobs paying $40,000 gross, at best, who wants to start their career that much in debt for a job with that kind of pay?
What's so hard to believe about his income If he's not employed full-time, he could easily make $10,xxx a year without being a complete slacker. 35 hours a weeks will get him $10,xxx gross, and that's damned close to full-time. If he's an adult student, and therefore trying to better himself, then it's *really* likely he's not working full-time.
Regarding the comment about his internet connection, I did the math some 20-odd ways when I was in between contracts: buck-for-buck, my internet connection was the cheapest way to research/apply for jobs, be reachable by contract agencies, and also have enough entertainment that I didn't completely lose my mind.
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I keep wanting to go Roku, but for the life of me, I can't find a channel lineup that tells me what type of content (i.e. what shows) are on the Roku channels. In fact, this is the FIRST REFERENCE I've seen to ether Democracy Now or Al Jazeera being available via Roku. Pls, can anyone link a resource that gives some kind of detail on what is available via the Roku? The Roku site itself (as far as I can see) is useless for this. It just gives the names of its channels, not what's ON them. :-( [irishdaze(AT)yahoo.com]
Hats off to you, techvet. I wouldn't have been able to be so civil in my answer to flame.
I've never seen a more accurate description of my life in large-enterprise corporate desktop support. Wow. Just freaking wow.
It's a small world, and you may well end up working for them again in a more senior role later.
Working in IT in the fourth largest city in America has given me the opportunity time and time again to see that this is true. I can't stress strongly enough how your reputation and attitude follow/preceed you.
I'm not in management, but I have been a team lead. I've had opportunities to yay/nay resumes before interviews because, Hey, you worked at Such-And-Such, and so did this guy. Do you know him? I regret that I've had to answer with a hearty Don't hire him!" every single time.
Remember that, as long as you work in IT, every single person (regardless of their function) you work with/near/for/around is a possible future yay/nay for you.
Whatever you do when you find yourself in the OP's situation, remember to maintain the highest level of professionalism and the best attitude you can. I promise, it will pay off, even if you have no way of seeing the payoff when it arrives.
It surely is once they've passed their own law that says the same thing.
Thank you for taking the time to actually list practical examples of non-racial suspicion markers, something I've not seen done in the hysteria over this bill.
I think the word you are looking for is 'anecdotal.'
You are correct, and I'm not at all sure why "apocryphal" made sense to me at the time.
Remember during your year in Iran (if you get there) that they incarcerate and torture student-visa backpackers who get lost.
Just saying.
"[R]esearching" Arab vs Western World cross-cultural problems by "getting to know an Arab" (in person) would be more effective than talking to one online? How?
As far as I can see, either method of dissecting cross-cultural issues is like looking at a random black or white person on the bus and asking, "Why don't blacks and whites get along in the US?"
Valuable research data is not apocryphal.
the real world is going to interfere with the execution.
Too bad the real world has't managed to interfere with Arab exectutions before now, eh?
Second step: Have you purchased new clothing in the last year? If not, buy new clothes... preferably with the help of a woman... one of your friend's girlfriends will do. Just buy what she tells you to buy. No arguments.
Do NOT do this, grasshopper. Too many women have no idea how to dress a man.
A much better option: Go to Dillard's (or any other department store with dressed mannequins), find a mannequin wearing clothes that appeal to you, hand the sales girl a slip of paper with your measurements, and say to her, "I'll take that outfit," while pointing at the mannequin you like.
This was the secret weapon used by a man I used to know. He was a serious babe-magnet, but could NOT dress himself. He decided that since department stores ACTUALLY PAY PEOPLE to put outfits together for mannequins, that he should take advantage of that skill.
That man was by-far the sexiest and best-dressed straight man I've ever known, and he was NEVER without female companionship if he wanted it.
His truth became Flamebait the second he posted it as a cowherder.
It's a shame that descriptions in popular literature don't count as "Prior Art".
--bows to Douglas Adams--
We are not worthy!
"Scanning is the reverse of printing." -- WTF?! Because of artifacts? And isn't this what View as HTML has ALWAYS been about? Points awarded for techtard clarity, but the person at Google who thought writing a press release aimed at techtards should be firmly smacked.
Okay, the very *last* thing I want is some people learning how to do these things for themselves. Ignorant FUDs keep me employed.
Apologies, my good man, but Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Ron_Hubbard has him planted firmly in the 20th century:
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 - January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was the founder of the Church of Scientology, as well as the author of Dianetics and the body of works comprising Scientology doctrine.
Otherwise, good show! Carry on!
Go here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml. Slide the slider to a date to get the Episode Number that aired on that date. Type that Episode Number in the Search box. The episode will be there in clips. For example, I went there: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml, slid the slider to March 20, 2008. The first clip in the results showed it was Episode 13039. I then typed "13039" (no quotes) in the Search box. Voila! 5 clips were displayed. I added up all of the running times, and it was 18 minutes, 59 seconds, which seems to me to be about right for a 30-minute show (shy of commercials and non-informational transitions).
It's not the 1/2-hour unbroken stream you want, but it's there.
Items such as old thumb drives and file-boat MP3 players need to be "recycled". In fact, I'd be willing to send any that I can get my hands on to someone in Europe for such "recycling". I wonder -- How many other people would be willing to send such items to a US PO box set aside for such "recycling"?
Thank you. :-)
Here I was, wondering if I was being a bit too cynical. Even if I am, though, you have shown there is at least one person even a bit more jaded than I am with BigWireless.
That, my dear, is an accomplishment! Wear it proudly!
[sigh]
Afte reading the article, this is what grabs my eye:
. . . Verizon Wireless won't offer the same level of customer service as it does for the roughly 50 phone models featured in its handset lineup . . . Verizon plans only to ensure the wireless connection is working for customers who buy those devices. "They have to talk to their handset provider or their application provider if they have particular issues," McAdam says.
So, who's to say if "the wirelss connection is working" - The customer? Verizon? The device itself? Application support? What kind of sense does THAT make? I can't hold a call for 5 blocks in a downtown urban area, but because my 'phone provider says the coverage maps report solid coverage, the problem of course must be my handset -- which of course they can replace with a "newer, better model" for just $199.95.
Add to that their sudden outbreak of common sense regarding their business model, in that
. . . the bulk of their energy goes to helping current subscribers with questions and problems. McAdam & Co. decided the business model was not sustainable."
What a great opportunity for Verizon to reduce their already phenomenally bad customer service and imply that it's not their fault that they must do.
That might be the most ingenious corporate spin I've ever heard. Seriously.
Where would one obtain such an item? I think it'd go nicely next to my Darwin fish.
Dude! Are you seriously wanting to get yourself lynched or shot in the head, too? Those questions look like something on the "Introduction" page of Spamming 101: How to Make Millions. Let the flames begin!
Allrightythen, you *have* to explain that to me. My boyfriend just received his MS in Biotech (where yes, 85% of his department was Indian or Pakistani by origin), but he is paying $6,000 for 6 credits at a Master's level this level to finish working a research project begun last semester (hoping for publication) -- i.e. he's paying to "study" more Biotech stuff (sorry, I know little about the topic). Since 6 hours at this level is considered more than full time, he's really not able to work outside of school. This is all sensible to me, and how I thought "all that kind of thing worked". You have *got* to tell me what he and I are missing here, if he should be getting paid instead of just racking up yet more debt paying them so that he can do research -- Are you still actually a student? A student being paid to study? Or is it that you got a job at a university or scored some sort of fellowship after graduation?
I can't believe it took this long for someone to say that . . . College, and especially post-grad, is EXPENSIVE. I pay about $200 in tuition/fees for 3 credits at a community college. My boyfriend pays $3,000 for 3 credits to finish his Master's degree in Biotechnology. With right-out-of-college jobs paying $40,000 gross, at best, who wants to start their career that much in debt for a job with that kind of pay?
What's so hard to believe about his income If he's not employed full-time, he could easily make $10,xxx a year without being a complete slacker. 35 hours a weeks will get him $10,xxx gross, and that's damned close to full-time. If he's an adult student, and therefore trying to better himself, then it's *really* likely he's not working full-time. Regarding the comment about his internet connection, I did the math some 20-odd ways when I was in between contracts: buck-for-buck, my internet connection was the cheapest way to research/apply for jobs, be reachable by contract agencies, and also have enough entertainment that I didn't completely lose my mind.