Yeah, I'd say the vast majority do not have showers. Most places I've worked in the LA area don't.
That said, here's a few other ideas:
1. Check the local area for small health clubs or other venues of exercise. There's a rock-climbing place near where I used to work and I used to pay them $5 a month to use their showers. They were about half-a-mile from the office, so after showering and changing, I'd hop back on my bike and ride in to work.
2. Where I work now, that wasn't an option. So in the office, I have two sponges, face-cloth and hand-towel, soap, coat-hanger, and a large cup. I ride in with clean clothes in my backpack. When I get to the office, I grab my stuff and go into the bathroom. I soap up one sponge and clean myself up--wash under the arms, etc. I take the other wet sponge and wash off the soap. Pour water in my hair, towel everything off, maybe throw on some body-spray. I throw my sweaty bike shirt in the sink and wash it, wring it out, and stick it on the coat hanger. Same with the bike shorts. I change clothes and come in with the wet clothes, which I hang up behind a server to dry them out.
3. Speak with an outrageous French accent and everyone will think the smell is normal. (Sorry French people, couldn't resist...)
Way back when, I had a filing system that worked fairly well for me. It was "On my desk." Everything that I got was put near me. Over time, it would end up being buried by other things. As those stacks got too high, it would be pushed away from me to create space for new items. So I could find things on my desk based on when I last used it. Stuff that I used often was close by, stuff that I didn't use was far away from me.
Eventually, things would fall off the desk and the cleaning people would throw them out. If I didn't use it in the approximately three months that it took to fall off the desk, it probably wasn't important anyway.
I'm a bit lost myself, but I assume what you're wondering is how impossible was it to use Soyuz craft already docked with ISS to come to the aid of Columbia. Use Soyuz capsules to evacuate the crew to ISS and, eventually, to Earth. Perhaps send up a "Columbia repair mission" at some later date.
The first problem I can see with this is it would take 1 Soyuz at least three trips. At the time, Russia had introduced the Soyuz-TMA which would carry three. Assuming one is a pilot, that leaves only two spaces for passengers. One possible way to carry more would be to put three passengers in the Descent module and two passengers in the Orbital module. Assuming that worked--you're using up more oxygen and more propellant--you could cut it down to two trips--one with five passengers and one with two. I'd be willing to bet that a Soyuz didn't have fuel to do that.
Did they have two Soyuz docked at the ISS at the time? Potentially, then, you could have evacuated the crew if they each could have made one trip. However, would those Soyuz capsules have the propellant left to come back to Earth or would they have to be dumped in orbit and have new ones sent up?
I gotta admit, this is one of those things that I wonder about.
Let's say I'm out to dinner with my same-sex husband. It's our second anniversary and I've picked out a wonderful restaurant with great reviews. I go to the restaurant and I tell the waiter that it is our anniversary. The waiter--a devout Christian--informs me that he does not "approve of my lifestyle." Which would I rather do?
1. Ask for a different waiter and, if one is not available, go someplace else? 2. Force this waiter to provide adequate service.
I'm sure the waiter will forget to bring food and refill glasses. If he does that to a few other tables, how am I supposed to tell the difference between discrimination and just getting a crappy waiter? If the answer is "because he told you," that doesn't really inspire the waiter to tell me of his prejudices, does it? Yet my anniversary evening is still ruined. Whereas if people can be upfront and honest, at least I know where I stand and can work around it.
I mean, would I really want a homophobe making my wedding cake?
The problem is that businesses are made up of people. If I can't hire the people I want to hire because of laws that are hostile to them, then it's anti-business.
So don't. One of the beauties of cities is that they usually have really good transportation.
Way back when, I lived on Long Island and worked in Manhattan. I took the Long Island Railroad in every day. Bought a newspaper in the morning to read on the way in, walked the four blocks from Penn Station to the office. In the evenings, I picked up a different newspaper and rode home. I walked from home to the station--about 15 minutes. So it took me about 45 minutes all told.
I drove (actually, was driven) once and it took longer and was much more of a hassle.
No. Only 2,000 were National Security. 38,000 were "We want to know where somebody is. You don't need to know why."
It'd be interesting to see what groups were asking. I mean, I can somewhat understand if it is a combination of police and FBI. I can easily believe that, nationwide, there are about 104 requests every day to know where somebody is or was at a particular time.
The Voyager probes did a fly-by of the planets. I believe the idea here is to put the probe into orbit rather than just flying by and have a longer term mission.
A broken clock is right twice a day. I agree with him regarding the NSA's actions.
Here's a clever idea: Why not do your job and team up with other like-minded people in the House and Senate to solve this problem rather than starting lawsuits?
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Depends on where/how you're riding.
Hell, I wear a helmet when I get on a bicycle. Period. Because I'm always riding on roads and bad things can happen when sharing the road with a car.
Well, I can get pretty sweaty. Fortunately, my sweat doesn't stink, nor does my shit, and my farts smell like flowers.
Of course, no one in the office seems to agree with this statement. They obviously have some olfactory issues...
Yeah, I'd say the vast majority do not have showers. Most places I've worked in the LA area don't.
That said, here's a few other ideas:
1. Check the local area for small health clubs or other venues of exercise. There's a rock-climbing place near where I used to work and I used to pay them $5 a month to use their showers. They were about half-a-mile from the office, so after showering and changing, I'd hop back on my bike and ride in to work.
2. Where I work now, that wasn't an option. So in the office, I have two sponges, face-cloth and hand-towel, soap, coat-hanger, and a large cup. I ride in with clean clothes in my backpack. When I get to the office, I grab my stuff and go into the bathroom. I soap up one sponge and clean myself up--wash under the arms, etc. I take the other wet sponge and wash off the soap. Pour water in my hair, towel everything off, maybe throw on some body-spray. I throw my sweaty bike shirt in the sink and wash it, wring it out, and stick it on the coat hanger. Same with the bike shorts. I change clothes and come in with the wet clothes, which I hang up behind a server to dry them out.
3. Speak with an outrageous French accent and everyone will think the smell is normal. (Sorry French people, couldn't resist...)
Actually...
Way back when, I had a filing system that worked fairly well for me. It was "On my desk." Everything that I got was put near me. Over time, it would end up being buried by other things. As those stacks got too high, it would be pushed away from me to create space for new items. So I could find things on my desk based on when I last used it. Stuff that I used often was close by, stuff that I didn't use was far away from me.
Eventually, things would fall off the desk and the cleaning people would throw them out. If I didn't use it in the approximately three months that it took to fall off the desk, it probably wasn't important anyway.
That's what's brilliant about this. You buy a new phone and then you have to buy a new car to go with it!
Uh...I didn't even get a security update for Mountain Lion. I have one for the App Store, which requires a restart, but that's it.
I'm hoping the App Store update will finally let me hide "Upgrade to Mavericks!" messages.
I'm a bit lost myself, but I assume what you're wondering is how impossible was it to use Soyuz craft already docked with ISS to come to the aid of Columbia. Use Soyuz capsules to evacuate the crew to ISS and, eventually, to Earth. Perhaps send up a "Columbia repair mission" at some later date.
The first problem I can see with this is it would take 1 Soyuz at least three trips. At the time, Russia had introduced the Soyuz-TMA which would carry three. Assuming one is a pilot, that leaves only two spaces for passengers. One possible way to carry more would be to put three passengers in the Descent module and two passengers in the Orbital module. Assuming that worked--you're using up more oxygen and more propellant--you could cut it down to two trips--one with five passengers and one with two. I'd be willing to bet that a Soyuz didn't have fuel to do that.
Did they have two Soyuz docked at the ISS at the time? Potentially, then, you could have evacuated the crew if they each could have made one trip. However, would those Soyuz capsules have the propellant left to come back to Earth or would they have to be dumped in orbit and have new ones sent up?
I gotta admit, this is one of those things that I wonder about.
Let's say I'm out to dinner with my same-sex husband. It's our second anniversary and I've picked out a wonderful restaurant with great reviews. I go to the restaurant and I tell the waiter that it is our anniversary. The waiter--a devout Christian--informs me that he does not "approve of my lifestyle." Which would I rather do?
1. Ask for a different waiter and, if one is not available, go someplace else?
2. Force this waiter to provide adequate service.
I'm sure the waiter will forget to bring food and refill glasses. If he does that to a few other tables, how am I supposed to tell the difference between discrimination and just getting a crappy waiter? If the answer is "because he told you," that doesn't really inspire the waiter to tell me of his prejudices, does it? Yet my anniversary evening is still ruined. Whereas if people can be upfront and honest, at least I know where I stand and can work around it.
I mean, would I really want a homophobe making my wedding cake?
The problem is that businesses are made up of people. If I can't hire the people I want to hire because of laws that are hostile to them, then it's anti-business.
What I don't want is to have to drive in [...]
So don't. One of the beauties of cities is that they usually have really good transportation.
Way back when, I lived on Long Island and worked in Manhattan. I took the Long Island Railroad in every day. Bought a newspaper in the morning to read on the way in, walked the four blocks from Penn Station to the office. In the evenings, I picked up a different newspaper and rode home. I walked from home to the station--about 15 minutes. So it took me about 45 minutes all told.
I drove (actually, was driven) once and it took longer and was much more of a hassle.
Now...a bigger question. Can the same be done on Android devices? I am betting "Yes"????
I'd be willing to bet that it can as well.
So what does that mean? iOS is just as vulnerable as Android?
Yup. I even know what causes them. You're aware that the "dark side" of the Moon isn't dark all the time?
...which is why you put it completely around the moon.
"Mind if we call you Bruce, just to keep things clear?"
"Honest, Officer! She's my mail order bride! That's why she's wrapped in shipping tape and sitting in my trunk!"
No. Only 2,000 were National Security. 38,000 were "We want to know where somebody is. You don't need to know why."
It'd be interesting to see what groups were asking. I mean, I can somewhat understand if it is a combination of police and FBI. I can easily believe that, nationwide, there are about 104 requests every day to know where somebody is or was at a particular time.
The Voyager probes did a fly-by of the planets. I believe the idea here is to put the probe into orbit rather than just flying by and have a longer term mission.
...like a Megaforce?
We were not amused that the option "We/Us" was not included.
We're royalty, you insensitive clod!
I live in New York, where it was also about -5F yesterday.
A broken clock is right twice a day. I agree with him regarding the NSA's actions.
Here's a clever idea: Why not do your job and team up with other like-minded people in the House and Senate to solve this problem rather than starting lawsuits?
Nah. The money's in bringing it back.
And does this new law ban calls from the airline owed phones?
No. No it doesn't.
Airfone calls are about $4 for the call and about $5 per minute. Which means they were generally used briefly. Not a big deal.
I am a millionaire, you insensitive clod!
(No I'm not. I just couldn't resist.)
You should. It'll make your corpse look really cool. :^D