That's quite interesting. I'm just an amateur, but I also have enjoyed archiving shows I like on tape, then digitally. I don't think I'll use my tapes much anymore. It's amazing that a book of 150 dvds takes up the room of 10 tapes. I am mostly using hard disk now, with dvds used for long-term storage. I'd say you have a lock on the world record!
Wow. I'm embarassed to own about 300 vhs tapes, and you've got 20k?!? That's a third of a mile long shelved vertically! That's 4.5-14 years of video depending on speed! That's recording 5.5 hours a day every day since 1987!
I'm stunned. You're so much worse than me I will never again feel ashamed of my pathetic attempts at hoarding. I can't decide if I'm impressed or depressed at your achievement.
Yes. Some commercials are localized, and you'll end up having some car dealer from Cucamonga being watched in Kalamazoo. Also you'll have time sensitive ads watched too late.
When my current vcrs die I won't be replacing them. Between video capture devices and tuner cards I really don't need them anymore. Once I get all the hard-to-find stuff digitized I can sell my hundreds of tapes (for 10 bucks total probably) Besides, I mostly used them to record TV shows. It's easier to dvr it or download it.
I'd say the typical consumer didn't record anything on their vcr. The joke about flashing 12:00 has some basis in truth.
I'm not really sure what you're trying to say. You're using all these weird buzzwords.
All I want is if the dept of transportation makes a 6 lane overpass, throw in a sidewalk. They're already spending $40 million. Why not make it $40.5 million and have it be functional?
Like I said before, I take transit and walk. My worst ever commute had me walking over this 6 lane overpass. I went over a freeway and some train tracks, and the traffic on this overpass goes 40-60mph. There is a 3' rail and a 6" gap between the rail and the shoulder line. So I'm walking in this 6" gap against a 3' rail with bigrigs and giant vehicles passing by at 60mph inches away from me. I got clipped by a side-view mirror once and very nearly fell to my death. There was the time we had a lot of snow and it was all plowed against the rail. I had to walk along the slick top of the bank with NOTHING between me and a 50' drop on one side and 60mph heavy traffic on the other. Several close calls that time.
Anyway, I've got a somewhat civilized commute now, although there is part of it I'd prefer to walk but I take the bus because there is a similarly scary overpass. I end up with 4 miles walking and the rest on train or bus.
It made me laugh when I went by that old overpass I hated so much. They probably spent another $40 million adding proper sidewalks and a fence. I guess too many people got knocked off the edge. It would have been cheaper to do it properly in the first place, but that rarely happens. The developer does everything as cheap as possible, takes the money and runs. Leaving the city and the people to deal with a shoddy, dysfunctional community.
Are you one of those people who think we should build our own roads? Stupid nanny state, always building roads!
I made the same realization. I was gaining 20 pounds a year ever since I turned 30. I got up to 270 fighting it (poorly) the whole time. When my blood pressure got high and I became unable to do normal things like hiking easily I realized it wasn't going to be quick or easy. I started swimming and walking a lot and trying to watch my intake in a sustainable manner. I can't really cut down much for long so it is very slow. I'm losing about 10 pounds a year for 2 years now. Another 7 years and I'll be back to normal. Depressing, especially when I think that I'm going to have to pay attention and do a lot of work for the rest of my life just to avoid gaining it all back.
It makes me mad when people say it is easy, just eat less than you burn. Everyone knows that, but finding a way that works for you and is sustainable is difficult.
You already forgot Spain, UK, and the hundreds of other attacks? Even if we leave the whole middle east out of it (which adds tens of thousands of terrorism deaths each year) terrorism has continued more or less a slow steady increase.
Just because you're fixated on the US doesn't mean "the terrorists" are.
You're so impossibly wrong I think it's on purpose. In case you're rational, let me make it simple. Spain suffered islamic attacks and hates US foreign policy. The UK suffered islamic terrorist attacks and hates US foreign policy. I could go on, but we'll leave it that hundreds of countries have suffered terrorist attacks since 9/11 and they ALL hate US foreign policy.
I went in with 2 friends and now own 1/3 of a car. I get it 10 days a month for $100. That's way more than I need, but it's an acceptable expense for the times I need it. After a few years we'll have the loan paid off and the expense will drop to about $20/month. I highly recommend this type or arrangement for anyone who doesn't need a car full time. It helps that we're all friends, and keep each other informed of special events coming up. Scheduling issues are possible.
I think more people have read the misspelling than you think
Bad spelling makes me die inside, but it's been helpful to cultivate a sense of apathy. Expect spelling to get a lot worse. It will, thanks to cell phones and the ubernet.
In any case, Tiller is a retard. There are more than 25 million instances of "Teh" indexed by google. I think many common misspellings are learned from IM, email, myspace et al. By reading.
I'm confused about your post. You act as if all anyone has to do is count calories.
If I go below about 2,000 cal/day I go crazy. I can't concentrate, can't sleep, all I can think about is food. It is completely miserable. I can keep it up for a week or two, but something will always snap. It is a disgusting roller-coaster and no way to live. I can't do that for the rest of my life.
I can maintain my current (somewhat high) weight if I swim 3 hours a week and walk 4 miles a day. Cutting my intake is so painful and unsustainable I don't really have an option. Fortunately I enjoy swimming and fit the walking into my commute, but I don't think diet is the answer to my problems. If I stay disciplined and minimize eating out I will lose a couple of pounds a month. If I make my life a living hell I can drop 10 pounds in 2 weeks, but I gain it back as soon as my constant extreme effort falters. Just doing whatever comes naturally worked until I turned 30, but now it piles on 20 pounds a year. I'm resigned to exercising a lot for the rest of my life, and probably never being thin again.
True, but sometimes they go out of their way to design places to deter pedestrians. I don't know why. Probably they don't trust someone on foot, think they're a criminal.
I've seen many suburbs with no sidewalks, no safe freeway crossings, and so forth. I am nearly always on foot or transit, and I have seen many dangerous areas, close calls and accidents because of no planning for pedestrian or bike traffic.
There are tens of millions of infected computers running software the owner did not install. You may have heard of malware, botnets, viruses, that kind of thing.
How does it happen? Users can execute attached files, install infected software, be the victim of a OS or browser vulnerability, and so on. It happens literally millions of times a month in the real world.
Any one of these trojans could upload files, especially if a scheme such as this becomes popular.
There are tens of millions of infected computers. Every one of these is vulnerable. I would say that the risk of a typical user having their files uploaded is quite high.
Certainly. Sex with a 30 year old is better than sex with another 15 year old and less likely to result in pregnancy or disease. I also accept that she might drink and experiment with drugs. She won't do this out of rebellion against unreasonable parental control, and she will be educated about the risks.
Oh well. My kids will probably grow up to be uptight puritans just to spite me.
My first time was when I was 15 and she was 30. It was fantastic, and I am grateful to her to this day. If she got caught it would have ruined her life. I think our laws are idiotic and out of control, though I agree that children need to be protected.
It seems to me that child molesters have it fairly rough. They spend years at the bottom of the social structure in prison, probably getting molested theirselves, then get to try their luck with a felony conviction on their record and mandatory lifetime on a notifier list. I wouldn't volunteer for that kind of treatment.
Not to mention parents who are charged with child abuse for spanking or people charged for computer images they may have not known about. I'm already afraid of the "think of the children" people.
I felt bad about my reply so I'm apologizing. You were insulting me, wrong and I hadn't had my coffee yet. I generally don't snap like that.
You didn't address my point that the article was written by Americans about Americans. I work all over the place, including the US, but my citizenship is Canadian, like you. Finally, I suggest a more tolerant approach about the topic in general. I used to be sort of confrontational about US-centrism until someone pointed out this faq
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That's quite interesting. I'm just an amateur, but I also have enjoyed archiving shows I like on tape, then digitally. I don't think I'll use my tapes much anymore. It's amazing that a book of 150 dvds takes up the room of 10 tapes. I am mostly using hard disk now, with dvds used for long-term storage. I'd say you have a lock on the world record!
Wow. I'm embarassed to own about 300 vhs tapes, and you've got 20k?!? That's a third of a mile long shelved vertically! That's 4.5-14 years of video depending on speed! That's recording 5.5 hours a day every day since 1987!
I'm stunned. You're so much worse than me I will never again feel ashamed of my pathetic attempts at hoarding. I can't decide if I'm impressed or depressed at your achievement.
Yes. Some commercials are localized, and you'll end up having some car dealer from Cucamonga being watched in Kalamazoo. Also you'll have time sensitive ads watched too late.
When my current vcrs die I won't be replacing them. Between video capture devices and tuner cards I really don't need them anymore. Once I get all the hard-to-find stuff digitized I can sell my hundreds of tapes (for 10 bucks total probably) Besides, I mostly used them to record TV shows. It's easier to dvr it or download it.
I'd say the typical consumer didn't record anything on their vcr. The joke about flashing 12:00 has some basis in truth.
I'm not really sure what you're trying to say. You're using all these weird buzzwords.
All I want is if the dept of transportation makes a 6 lane overpass, throw in a sidewalk. They're already spending $40 million. Why not make it $40.5 million and have it be functional?
Like I said before, I take transit and walk. My worst ever commute had me walking over this 6 lane overpass. I went over a freeway and some train tracks, and the traffic on this overpass goes 40-60mph. There is a 3' rail and a 6" gap between the rail and the shoulder line. So I'm walking in this 6" gap against a 3' rail with bigrigs and giant vehicles passing by at 60mph inches away from me. I got clipped by a side-view mirror once and very nearly fell to my death. There was the time we had a lot of snow and it was all plowed against the rail. I had to walk along the slick top of the bank with NOTHING between me and a 50' drop on one side and 60mph heavy traffic on the other. Several close calls that time.
Anyway, I've got a somewhat civilized commute now, although there is part of it I'd prefer to walk but I take the bus because there is a similarly scary overpass. I end up with 4 miles walking and the rest on train or bus.
It made me laugh when I went by that old overpass I hated so much. They probably spent another $40 million adding proper sidewalks and a fence. I guess too many people got knocked off the edge. It would have been cheaper to do it properly in the first place, but that rarely happens. The developer does everything as cheap as possible, takes the money and runs. Leaving the city and the people to deal with a shoddy, dysfunctional community.
Are you one of those people who think we should build our own roads? Stupid nanny state, always building roads!
I made the same realization. I was gaining 20 pounds a year ever since I turned 30. I got up to 270 fighting it (poorly) the whole time. When my blood pressure got high and I became unable to do normal things like hiking easily I realized it wasn't going to be quick or easy. I started swimming and walking a lot and trying to watch my intake in a sustainable manner. I can't really cut down much for long so it is very slow. I'm losing about 10 pounds a year for 2 years now. Another 7 years and I'll be back to normal. Depressing, especially when I think that I'm going to have to pay attention and do a lot of work for the rest of my life just to avoid gaining it all back.
It makes me mad when people say it is easy, just eat less than you burn. Everyone knows that, but finding a way that works for you and is sustainable is difficult.
Are you insane?!?
You already forgot Spain, UK, and the hundreds of other attacks? Even if we leave the whole middle east out of it (which adds tens of thousands of terrorism deaths each year) terrorism has continued more or less a slow steady increase.
Just because you're fixated on the US doesn't mean "the terrorists" are.
You're so impossibly wrong I think it's on purpose. In case you're rational, let me make it simple. Spain suffered islamic attacks and hates US foreign policy. The UK suffered islamic terrorist attacks and hates US foreign policy. I could go on, but we'll leave it that hundreds of countries have suffered terrorist attacks since 9/11 and they ALL hate US foreign policy.
I went in with 2 friends and now own 1/3 of a car. I get it 10 days a month for $100. That's way more than I need, but it's an acceptable expense for the times I need it. After a few years we'll have the loan paid off and the expense will drop to about $20/month. I highly recommend this type or arrangement for anyone who doesn't need a car full time. It helps that we're all friends, and keep each other informed of special events coming up. Scheduling issues are possible.
I think more people have read the misspelling than you think
Bad spelling makes me die inside, but it's been helpful to cultivate a sense of apathy. Expect spelling to get a lot worse. It will, thanks to cell phones and the ubernet.
In any case, Tiller is a retard. There are more than 25 million instances of "Teh" indexed by google. I think many common misspellings are learned from IM, email, myspace et al. By reading.
I'm confused about your post. You act as if all anyone has to do is count calories.
If I go below about 2,000 cal/day I go crazy. I can't concentrate, can't sleep, all I can think about is food. It is completely miserable. I can keep it up for a week or two, but something will always snap. It is a disgusting roller-coaster and no way to live. I can't do that for the rest of my life.
I can maintain my current (somewhat high) weight if I swim 3 hours a week and walk 4 miles a day. Cutting my intake is so painful and unsustainable I don't really have an option. Fortunately I enjoy swimming and fit the walking into my commute, but I don't think diet is the answer to my problems. If I stay disciplined and minimize eating out I will lose a couple of pounds a month. If I make my life a living hell I can drop 10 pounds in 2 weeks, but I gain it back as soon as my constant extreme effort falters. Just doing whatever comes naturally worked until I turned 30, but now it piles on 20 pounds a year. I'm resigned to exercising a lot for the rest of my life, and probably never being thin again.
You're agreeing with the parent. If you get more for your money, it is more affordable.
I think except for the rust belt parent has a valid point.
True, but sometimes they go out of their way to design places to deter pedestrians. I don't know why. Probably they don't trust someone on foot, think they're a criminal.
I've seen many suburbs with no sidewalks, no safe freeway crossings, and so forth. I am nearly always on foot or transit, and I have seen many dangerous areas, close calls and accidents because of no planning for pedestrian or bike traffic.
All it'd take for your file to be shared is:
1 evil friend
1 flash drive
1 minute alone with your computer
There are tens of millions of infected computers running software the owner did not install. You may have heard of malware, botnets, viruses, that kind of thing.
How does it happen? Users can execute attached files, install infected software, be the victim of a OS or browser vulnerability, and so on. It happens literally millions of times a month in the real world.
Any one of these trojans could upload files, especially if a scheme such as this becomes popular.
There are tens of millions of infected computers. Every one of these is vulnerable. I would say that the risk of a typical user having their files uploaded is quite high.
Certainly. Sex with a 30 year old is better than sex with another 15 year old and less likely to result in pregnancy or disease. I also accept that she might drink and experiment with drugs. She won't do this out of rebellion against unreasonable parental control, and she will be educated about the risks.
Oh well. My kids will probably grow up to be uptight puritans just to spite me.
I've noticed that soda is generally cheaper than bottled water. Weird.
My first time was when I was 15 and she was 30. It was fantastic, and I am grateful to her to this day. If she got caught it would have ruined her life. I think our laws are idiotic and out of control, though I agree that children need to be protected.
It seems to me that child molesters have it fairly rough. They spend years at the bottom of the social structure in prison, probably getting molested theirselves, then get to try their luck with a felony conviction on their record and mandatory lifetime on a notifier list. I wouldn't volunteer for that kind of treatment.
Not to mention parents who are charged with child abuse for spanking or people charged for computer images they may have not known about. I'm already afraid of the "think of the children" people.
It just takes one with a broken self-destruct. Then natural selection will take over.
A living ship full of muppets and alien cuties.
I like the article containing that graph. Especially the part comparing FTL to dividing by zero.
I'd pay an extra $2 per flight to see armed monkeys. Not that it has anything to do with terrorism, I just like the idea of armed monkeys.
I felt bad about my reply so I'm apologizing. You were insulting me, wrong and I hadn't had my coffee yet. I generally don't snap like that.
You didn't address my point that the article was written by Americans about Americans. I work all over the place, including the US, but my citizenship is Canadian, like you. Finally, I suggest a more tolerant approach about the topic in general. I used to be sort of confrontational about US-centrism until someone pointed out this faq
I'm not in the US, fucktard.