Jaysyn, you are fucking brilliant! If I had mod points, I would mod you up.
The income tax started the same way. "Oh, just the millionairs will pay". Fast forward to today, and what's the outcome? If they (pick a government, any government) manage to implement an e-mail tax....just wait. Next, it will be "we need to raise the tax to pay for insert favorite pork barrel project here.
You know and I do that if they can get this past the gag factor of the internet users, it will not stay a penny....I will bet my balls on it.
No, I am not exaggerating, sitting on my couch watching TV, I can feel air moving across my face that has that ozone smell. It comes in bursts, coinciding with the the cycling of the ionic breeze. How do I know? When the freakin thing needs cleaning it crackles. It's crackling and I can feel it.
Did I not say the air movement was not drastic? Trust me, I'm not stretching it at all. If the thing does not blow air, then there is a problem.
I don't think the parent post author knows what to expect. I think he is expecting either a constant torrent of air, or something that will blow the newspaper off the counter. Neither will happen. It cycles every 30 seconds or so, and it's a gentle breeze.
My biggest complaint with the thing besides shoddy components sometimes (I had a power switch go out) and one complete failure, is the lack of easy dissassembly for complete cleaning.
The total failure manifested itself in that the lights were lit, but nothing was happening.....at all. Both times they replaced it no charge. The last time was the power switch, and that was out of the warranty period.
Horseshit! No breeze? And you own one? Did you plut it in?
I own one, and yes, it is expensive. Yes, I think it could be designed better when it comes time to clean. But shit, mine blows a breeze at me from 15 feet away. Does it blow my hair back like that old poineer print ad? Of course not. Can I feel air moving? Yes. Maybe yours is broken. I am on my third one (warranty replacements). The first one did just sit there with the lights lit and not working.
But, if it is working correctly, it will cycle and suck air through and blow out the other side. I know it works, I have the dirtly collector to prove it!:)
Comparing a veteran to some dickhead that thinks traveling to Iraq to stand and protest is fucking stupid. Vets that give up their lives or body parts should be honored, not lumped in with assholes who protest by getting in the way. If I had one complaint about the US it would be that we do not provide enough veteran benefits to those who have been forever affected by battle. We pinch too many pennies after asking them to sacrifice for us.
I saw this story and almost shit myself. I have been doing the same thing for my mother for the past 6 yrs. Getting a used machine, then upgrading, then flying to AZ to install from scratch a new system and upgrade the hardware...etc. No matter how much time and effort I put into it, it would always die within a few months, sometimes hardware failure, sometimes user errors (u know what i mean). I tried the "box it up and ship it to me" until UPS beat the shit out of it and then refused to honor the insurance I bought on it (long story, but I never ship UPS anymore, fuck them).
OK, so this past fall, mom calls and says she wants to buy a new machine. I said Get a Dell and buy every warranty you can get on it. She did, and sure enough, a month into it the modem died. Guess what the tech support told her. Yup, reinstall which she did. Of course, that didn't work so then tech support decided her restore CD didn't have the right driver. They said they'll send her a new cd. After 3 weeks of back and forth, they'd order it and it would never ship, calls to the supervisors, threats to box it up and ship it back. Finally, I got involved and asked wny not just have someone download the driver for her from the website and install it. I told her it wouldn't work but tech support refused to send a tech onsite (like she paid for) to fix it because they were sure it was a driver. She downloaded the driver and sure as shit, it didn't work (like I said it wouldn't). THen and only then did Dell honor their agreement and send a tech to replace the modem.
If I had a nickel for every hour I spent on the phone trying to remotely diagnoze the problems that start out with "It stopped working....I didn't do anything....."
Na, it's not a reflection, Neil forgot to turn out the lights when they left. Funny, he must be related to my wife (why can't she ever turn off the bathroom light).
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I am really really pissed off that I wasted my time and money buying something that has no sound.
Come to think of it, I can see the new Conway Twitty Greatest Hits album.....74 minutes of silence.....
After Bubba Joe Jim Bob wraps his hopped-up 72 El Camino around a tree on you property,
No offense, but when's the last time you saw trees lining a runway?
I know, I know, I am sure there is some airfield somewhere that has a tree on the property, but most I see are barren of all vegetation over 5 inches high.
Actually, I know. I was kinda trying to be funny. But, there is a kernel of truth in both what I say as well as you. I know alot of ummmm and ahhhh would not be good. I remember using OS/2's speech recognition program back in the day. It was painful to speak...like...this...to...get...it...to...work. However, the recognition based on not only the sound of the word, but also the placement in the sentence and usage would come into play to help it achieve a suprisingly high rate of success. I have used that dragon speech to text thingie and found that even better.
So, while I was trying to be funny, I do think if you can't read outloud well, the recognition would be poor, but the more you do it, the higher rate of success the program would have.
Not trying to be a smart ass (this time), but how do you scan something that old if it has a binding? I have a flatbed scanner, and I hate scanning books because I almost always end up breaking the binding.
I can understand flat sheets, but if it has a binding I am stumped how you could scan without damaging. Hand scanner maybe? I thought those were out of style 5 yrs ago. I had a black and white one that was OK, but man did you have to have a steady pull or else it would fuck up big time. I wasted more time with that freakin thing...
Computers sent to recyclers in America, and other countries for that matter are ending back in Asia. yes, some is recycled and that's good, but a lot of toxins are leached out.. Let me get this straight....Asia is the main producer in computer components, and these toxic chemicals are used in the production....then aren't we just returning the toxic chemicals to where they originated?
Is it my fault the dude (dudette) disassembling the components don't have the common sense to wear gloves? Do I need to remind them to wipe their ass after taking a crap too? "Front to back to avoid an infection"
How did you feel, having so many people rally to your cause? People you never met, yet were willing to step forward and add their voice to the cry "FREE KEVIN". I can only assume sitting in jail it must have felt hopeless. Did the battlecry help you at all? Feel like it was not hopeless?
When I used to do the hiring I automatically excluded anyone with any sort of CS/IS degree. A CS/IS degree meant that the person in question was too fucking stupid to teach themselves, so they had go to college and have someone do the job for them.
Where the hell were you when I was looking for a job?
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The same thing that kept Grateful Dead fans going keeps these guys going.......electric Kool-Aid
My wife had the same problem with hotmail.
Jaysyn, you are fucking brilliant! If I had mod points, I would mod you up.
The income tax started the same way. "Oh, just the millionairs will pay". Fast forward to today, and what's the outcome? If they (pick a government, any government) manage to implement an e-mail tax....just wait. Next, it will be "we need to raise the tax to pay for insert favorite pork barrel project here.
You know and I do that if they can get this past the gag factor of the internet users, it will not stay a penny....I will bet my balls on it.
"Our prices are so low they're practically insane!!!!!!!!"
He forgot to make a profit.
musicians are legendary for listening on poor equipment and filling in the rest of the music mentally.
THank you, you just explained Bob Dylan to me. I knew there had to be something I was missing....
No, I am not exaggerating, sitting on my couch watching TV, I can feel air moving across my face that has that ozone smell. It comes in bursts, coinciding with the the cycling of the ionic breeze. How do I know? When the freakin thing needs cleaning it crackles. It's crackling and I can feel it.
Did I not say the air movement was not drastic? Trust me, I'm not stretching it at all. If the thing does not blow air, then there is a problem.
I don't think the parent post author knows what to expect. I think he is expecting either a constant torrent of air, or something that will blow the newspaper off the counter. Neither will happen. It cycles every 30 seconds or so, and it's a gentle breeze.
My biggest complaint with the thing besides shoddy components sometimes (I had a power switch go out) and one complete failure, is the lack of easy dissassembly for complete cleaning.
The total failure manifested itself in that the lights were lit, but nothing was happening.....at all. Both times they replaced it no charge. The last time was the power switch, and that was out of the warranty period.
Horseshit! No breeze? And you own one? Did you plut it in?
:)
I own one, and yes, it is expensive. Yes, I think it could be designed better when it comes time to clean. But shit, mine blows a breeze at me from 15 feet away. Does it blow my hair back like that old poineer print ad? Of course not. Can I feel air moving? Yes. Maybe yours is broken. I am on my third one (warranty replacements). The first one did just sit there with the lights lit and not working.
But, if it is working correctly, it will cycle and suck air through and blow out the other side. I know it works, I have the dirtly collector to prove it!
Tony
You know, I've done both (plunge toilets and sys admin on different jobs) and the thanks you get are about the same....
next week someone will (shit a brick or fuck up their computer) and you'll have to fix it once again.
I feel like Rodney Dangerfield "I tell ya....I get no respect"
Hell, I just give them Cowboy Neil's address.
Comparing a veteran to some dickhead that thinks traveling to Iraq to stand and protest is fucking stupid. Vets that give up their lives or body parts should be honored, not lumped in with assholes who protest by getting in the way. If I had one complaint about the US it would be that we do not provide enough veteran benefits to those who have been forever affected by battle. We pinch too many pennies after asking them to sacrifice for us.
Ah man, I wish I had my mod points left, I would boost you up. Very insightful.
Tony
Got my popcorn and brewski....now I hope I see some fucking human shield go flying by in peices....
Later Saddam!!!!Kiss your ass goodbye!
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Got my popcorn and brewski....now I hope I see some fucking human shield go flying by in peices....
Later Saddam!!!!Kiss your ass goodbye!
EXACTLY!
I saw this story and almost shit myself. I have been doing the same thing for my mother for the past 6 yrs. Getting a used machine, then upgrading, then flying to AZ to install from scratch a new system and upgrade the hardware...etc. No matter how much time and effort I put into it, it would always die within a few months, sometimes hardware failure, sometimes user errors (u know what i mean). I tried the "box it up and ship it to me" until UPS beat the shit out of it and then refused to honor the insurance I bought on it (long story, but I never ship UPS anymore, fuck them).
OK, so this past fall, mom calls and says she wants to buy a new machine. I said Get a Dell and buy every warranty you can get on it. She did, and sure enough, a month into it the modem died. Guess what the tech support told her. Yup, reinstall which she did. Of course, that didn't work so then tech support decided her restore CD didn't have the right driver. They said they'll send her a new cd. After 3 weeks of back and forth, they'd order it and it would never ship, calls to the supervisors, threats to box it up and ship it back. Finally, I got involved and asked wny not just have someone download the driver for her from the website and install it. I told her it wouldn't work but tech support refused to send a tech onsite (like she paid for) to fix it because they were sure it was a driver. She downloaded the driver and sure as shit, it didn't work (like I said it wouldn't). THen and only then did Dell honor their agreement and send a tech to replace the modem.
If I had a nickel for every hour I spent on the phone trying to remotely diagnoze the problems that start out with "It stopped working....I didn't do anything....."
Na, it's not a reflection, Neil forgot to turn out the lights when they left. Funny, he must be related to my wife (why can't she ever turn off the bathroom light).
I am really really pissed off that I wasted my time and money buying something that has no sound.
Come to think of it, I can see the new Conway Twitty Greatest Hits album.....74 minutes of silence.....
10-4, I agree totally, I was just commenting on the likelyhood of trees nearby.
You are correct though, if it's been "abandoned" for a long time, then I guess you could get some fast growing trees take hold.
After Bubba Joe Jim Bob wraps his hopped-up 72 El Camino around a tree on you property,
No offense, but when's the last time you saw trees lining a runway?
I know, I know, I am sure there is some airfield somewhere that has a tree on the property, but most I see are barren of all vegetation over 5 inches high.
Actually, I know. I was kinda trying to be funny. But, there is a kernel of truth in both what I say as well as you. I know alot of ummmm and ahhhh would not be good. I remember using OS/2's speech recognition program back in the day. It was painful to speak...like...this...to...get...it...to...work. However, the recognition based on not only the sound of the word, but also the placement in the sentence and usage would come into play to help it achieve a suprisingly high rate of success. I have used that dragon speech to text thingie and found that even better.
So, while I was trying to be funny, I do think if you can't read outloud well, the recognition would be poor, but the more you do it, the higher rate of success the program would have.
Not trying to be a smart ass (this time), but how do you scan something that old if it has a binding? I have a flatbed scanner, and I hate scanning books because I almost always end up breaking the binding.
I can understand flat sheets, but if it has a binding I am stumped how you could scan without damaging. Hand scanner maybe? I thought those were out of style 5 yrs ago. I had a black and white one that was OK, but man did you have to have a steady pull or else it would fuck up big time. I wasted more time with that freakin thing...
Bullshit,
Don't you remember in English class having to go around the room reading? Do you remember some of those retards in your class?
Ro ro ro ro Romeo, Romeo, wa wa wa were ffffor art thou Ro ro ro Romeo.
Oh yeah, that ought to be mu mu much faster
Computers sent to recyclers in America, and other countries for that matter are ending back in Asia. yes, some is recycled and that's good, but a lot of toxins are leached out.. Let me get this straight....Asia is the main producer in computer components, and these toxic chemicals are used in the production....then aren't we just returning the toxic chemicals to where they originated?
Is it my fault the dude (dudette) disassembling the components don't have the common sense to wear gloves? Do I need to remind them to wipe their ass after taking a crap too? "Front to back to avoid an infection"
How did you feel, having so many people rally to your cause? People you never met, yet were willing to step forward and add their voice to the cry "FREE KEVIN". I can only assume sitting in jail it must have felt hopeless. Did the battlecry help you at all? Feel like it was not hopeless?
Good luck
Tony
When I used to do the hiring I automatically excluded anyone with any sort of CS/IS degree. A CS/IS degree meant that the person in question was too fucking stupid to teach themselves, so they had go to college and have someone do the job for them.
Where the hell were you when I was looking for a job?