Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars? Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man. Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time? Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money. Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks. Lawrence: Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do. Peter Gibbons: Good point.
There are also advantages to living in a large city (Mumbai: pop 20,000,000 in the urban conglomeration, 12.5M in the city proper). The commute time varies between 90 minutes to 120 minutes from anywhere to anywhere by mass transit, and 150 minutes to 240 minutes if you drive
This is an advantage?!
(unless the city gets flooded by rain like it did in July last year - 37 inches in a single day).
Flagstaff doesn't have to worry about flooding too much,... not at 7,000 feet. Most of the rain goes downhill, towards Phoenix,... There is a considerable amount of snowfall, which can impede things during the winter months. But when that happens (a) most people have 4 wheel drive and (b) they also cancel everything and just go skiing on Humphrey's Peak!
Yes, there are definitely advantages of living in a small town. Here in Flagstaff, Arizona (est. pop. 65,000), you can come and go from work any time you want,... no need to worry about this thing they call traffic. Thankfully, I don't live on US 89, either. That's the road the goes to the Grand Canyon, which does get a bit congested, particularly during the summer months.
Now, travelling I-17 down to Phoenix, that's another story. I-17 gets backed up (both northbound and southbound) every friday afternoon, starting at about 2 or 3 pm, going until past 7 or 8 pm. Usually backed up from the Carefree Highway all the way to the Loop 101. Once you get on the 101, it's ok, but be careful for those Scottsdale Speed Cameras that like to take your picture for going too fast (or just smile when you go past;-)...
I'm sure Dennis Avner, also known as the cat man, would be very happy about this! This guy has already undergone several surgeries to literally turn himself into a cat.
Actually,.tv was one of the original TLDs. It's the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for the small, island nation of Tuvalu. In 1998, they saw the connection to television, and started selling the domain name to others to raise money and help support their economy.
Why don't they just draft a standard that says contact info should be located at tel.yourdomain.com or contact.yourdomain.net, and make use of existing subdomain system.
I agree. The subdomain system would be a much better alternative to creating yet another useless and totally redundant TLD. Haven't the turkeys at ICANN learned anything from the failures of.museum,.aero,.name, and.biz?
Unfortunately, the large problem with subdomains are all the 1D10T's out there that think that every website must start with www.. Ironically, these are generally the same people that usually only pronounce ww when giving out website addresses to people,. ..
They also probably format because they see all that downloaded music and movies and assume it's all illegally downloaded (which for many it probably is). They are probably told to format even more because of this.
And this is a bunch of bullshiat! Best Buy != Police.
Well, when you buy a computer, most stores will push for their "ultimate" package, which includes recovery discs, anti-virus, and system optimizations.
Their "ultimate" package is really a crock of shiat, and really only called "ultimate" because the of "ultimate" income it brings to Best Buy. First of all, recovery disks should come with a new PC no matter what. It should NEVER be an option. I would never buy a computer without recovery disks.
Secondly, their, "system optimizations," are mainly a bunch of useless commercial tools for removing spyware and adware and basic stuff. You can get much better stuff online for either free or cheaper. I will say that a good antivirus application is something you want, though, so that part of the package is worth something.
Instead of giving more money to Best Buy, I would recommend going online once you get your computer and obtaining the following software packages:
Download all of the critical and important updates from windows update (this is free).
Norton Antivirus (ok, this one will cost something, but usually only about $20-$30, though if you work for a non-profit or a school, you can probably get a copy through them. Don't waste your money on Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, or Norton SystemWorks.).
Spybot Search & Destroy (this is free, though the guy that invented it does deserve a donation, and will keep your system generally free of spyware & adware).
Anybody that can't go to these sites and download a few simple software titles themselves, probably shouldn't be using a computer in the first place,...
Anybody that actually thinks that the #1 purpose of Best Buy's Geek Squad is to help customers fix their computers and the like has been fooled. Their #1 purpose is to make money. Their #2 purpose is to provide, "good customer service," so that customers want to come back into the store again, so that they can continue to fulfill their #1 purpose. I think there's a word for this? Isn't it called, "capitalism?"
Having worked for another major consumer electronics retailer in the PC department about a decade ago (not Best Buy, but most of these places are very similar), the bulk of the training is not geared towards product knowledge or technical skills. Management could care less about that. They figure that most people that come into their store looking for a job already are pretty familiar with a lot of the technology from their past experience, so they don't waste their time training people on the technical stuff. Instead, what they gear their training on is two things:
45% - working with the customer to best determine what their needs are (e.g. customer service)
45% - selling expensive extended warranties
(about 10% of the time is actually spent on product and technical knowledge)
** Management gets additional training on, "customer service," and selling warranties.
So when a customer walks in the door that ends up needing their PC's operating system reinstalled, and oh, by the way, "I'm in college and the original software that came with the PC is at home 5 hours away," or whatever story they give, the manager could care less about using pirated software to reformat the hard drive and reinstall everything. They don't want an irate customer in the store that might end up calling their corporate headquarters or district manager's office complaining further. Plus, if they bought the extended warranty, the love them dearly;-)... So they tell their employees to use whatever means to solve the customer's problem -- EULA's be damned. The employees don't care, because 9 times out of 10, it's some high school or college student that's just in the job because he has a hobby and an interest in computers and doesn't want to flip burgers down the street,...
To top it off they wiped her HD without backing it up . ..
Hard to blame the store in this case. It has long been the responsibility of the customer/user to back up their own data. This is the first thing most places tell you when you take a computer in for service or anything ("Make sure you back up your data. We are not responsible for lost data."). It's really just common sense -- if you don't to lose something, make a copy and back it up somewhere.
and then restored it with the wrong version of windows.
Isn't every version of windows the wrong version (click here for the "right" version;-)...
A better analagy would be to say that since England didn't abolish trial by combat until 1815, it is still available in certain states in the US...except for that pesky "repugnant to the Constitution" bit.
Apparently, no one has told this to President George W. Bush,. . .;-)
I DID RTFA. That's exactly my point. If you read the slashdot headline, "Red Hat Gives up on Fedora Foundation," it makes it sounds like they're just giving up on the Fedora Foundation. When, in actuality, they're actually adding more internal structure and making it a bit closer to their own organization, so that they have more control over the project.
I wouldn't say that they're necessarily giving up on Fedora. It sounds to me like they see the value in Fedora and don't want to give up control of it,...;-)
I had a debate on evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design once with a born-again Christian. It lasted about 15 minutes. Only after I gave up having gotten frustrated that I felt like I was talking to a brick wall.
Now... do you picture a guy who fights in a war will use a laptop to learn about AIDS, he's either going to sell it or at most use it for prn (assuming that he finds a networks somewhere or the laptop has a DVD bay).
Actually, I got $500 that says 90% of these things are going to end up in one huge beowulf cluster in Nigeria, set up as spam zombies bombarding us with more messages of how the late general's wife has $15,000,000 in some bank account in Zambia that they need some dumb American's bank account information to get the money out of the country,...
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Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence: Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons: Good point.
Just wait until they discover the historical documents!
This is an advantage?! (unless the city gets flooded by rain like it did in July last year - 37 inches in a single day).
Flagstaff doesn't have to worry about flooding too much,... not at 7,000 feet. Most of the rain goes downhill, towards Phoenix,... There is a considerable amount of snowfall, which can impede things during the winter months. But when that happens (a) most people have 4 wheel drive and (b) they also cancel everything and just go skiing on Humphrey's Peak!
Now, travelling I-17 down to Phoenix, that's another story. I-17 gets backed up (both northbound and southbound) every friday afternoon, starting at about 2 or 3 pm, going until past 7 or 8 pm. Usually backed up from the Carefree Highway all the way to the Loop 101. Once you get on the 101, it's ok, but be careful for those Scottsdale Speed Cameras that like to take your picture for going too fast (or just smile when you go past ;-) ...
Perhaps learning to speak Hindi could be of some use?
Somebody's got to nominate Jay Leno's BattleBot, Chin-Killa !
I'm sure Dennis Avner, also known as the cat man, would be very happy about this! This guy has already undergone several surgeries to literally turn himself into a cat.
Yeah. Police are also using myspace to search for criminals, too.
Actually, .tv was one of the original TLDs. It's the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for the small, island nation of Tuvalu. In 1998, they saw the connection to television, and started selling the domain name to others to raise money and help support their economy.
I wonder if Ric Romero knows about this yet?
I agree. The subdomain system would be a much better alternative to creating yet another useless and totally redundant TLD. Haven't the turkeys at ICANN learned anything from the failures of .museum, .aero, .name, and .biz?
Unfortunately, the large problem with subdomains are all the 1D10T's out there that think that every website must start with www. . Ironically, these are generally the same people that usually only pronounce ww when giving out website addresses to people,. . .
And this is a bunch of bullshiat! Best Buy != Police.
Their "ultimate" package is really a crock of shiat, and really only called "ultimate" because the of "ultimate" income it brings to Best Buy. First of all, recovery disks should come with a new PC no matter what. It should NEVER be an option. I would never buy a computer without recovery disks.
Secondly, their, "system optimizations," are mainly a bunch of useless commercial tools for removing spyware and adware and basic stuff. You can get much better stuff online for either free or cheaper. I will say that a good antivirus application is something you want, though, so that part of the package is worth something.
Instead of giving more money to Best Buy, I would recommend going online once you get your computer and obtaining the following software packages:
Anybody that can't go to these sites and download a few simple software titles themselves, probably shouldn't be using a computer in the first place,...
Having worked for another major consumer electronics retailer in the PC department about a decade ago (not Best Buy, but most of these places are very similar), the bulk of the training is not geared towards product knowledge or technical skills. Management could care less about that. They figure that most people that come into their store looking for a job already are pretty familiar with a lot of the technology from their past experience, so they don't waste their time training people on the technical stuff. Instead, what they gear their training on is two things:
** Management gets additional training on, "customer service," and selling warranties.
So when a customer walks in the door that ends up needing their PC's operating system reinstalled, and oh, by the way, "I'm in college and the original software that came with the PC is at home 5 hours away," or whatever story they give, the manager could care less about using pirated software to reformat the hard drive and reinstall everything. They don't want an irate customer in the store that might end up calling their corporate headquarters or district manager's office complaining further. Plus, if they bought the extended warranty, the love them dearly ;-) ... So they tell their employees to use whatever means to solve the customer's problem -- EULA's be damned. The employees don't care, because 9 times out of 10, it's some high school or college student that's just in the job because he has a hobby and an interest in computers and doesn't want to flip burgers down the street,...
Hard to blame the store in this case. It has long been the responsibility of the customer/user to back up their own data. This is the first thing most places tell you when you take a computer in for service or anything ("Make sure you back up your data. We are not responsible for lost data."). It's really just common sense -- if you don't to lose something, make a copy and back it up somewhere.
and then restored it with the wrong version of windows.
Isn't every version of windows the wrong version (click here for the "right" version ;-) ...
Apparently, no one has told this to President George W. Bush,. . . ;-)
Is Ric Romero taking notes on this article?
There goes any chance we ever had of seeing Duke Nukem Forever come to market!
This, of course, should surprise no one.
Yup. Somebody named, "Caller Robin," in London got it on April 7.
I DID RTFA. That's exactly my point. If you read the slashdot headline, "Red Hat Gives up on Fedora Foundation," it makes it sounds like they're just giving up on the Fedora Foundation. When, in actuality, they're actually adding more internal structure and making it a bit closer to their own organization, so that they have more control over the project.
I wouldn't say that they're necessarily giving up on Fedora. It sounds to me like they see the value in Fedora and don't want to give up control of it,... ;-)
I had a debate on evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design once with a born-again Christian. It lasted about 15 minutes. Only after I gave up having gotten frustrated that I felt like I was talking to a brick wall.
Actually, I got $500 that says 90% of these things are going to end up in one huge beowulf cluster in Nigeria, set up as spam zombies bombarding us with more messages of how the late general's wife has $15,000,000 in some bank account in Zambia that they need some dumb American's bank account information to get the money out of the country,...