I'm not sure 10 years of being paid to do nothing would quite push me over the edge of causing a ruckus about not having to do anything. Maybe after 20 years or something, hard to say really without trying.
I was thinking more of a page from the book of Weird Al:
"While your computer's crashin', mine's multitaskin'
It does all my work without me even askin'"
To be honest, I fully expect a double whammy -- an e-fee on new purchases, and either a penalty or complete prohibition of disposal, which will be sold as the politicians "doing something about the problem". Computer stuff will just collect up in back yards like refrigerators do now.
Hey, I keep all my old computers in the old refrigerators in the back yard.
I used phone lines back when I had Vonage. I just went ouside and unhooked my house from the outside phone company and plugged the Cisco ATA box into the wall. Then I could use all the house phones normally. I think this device just simplfies that.
Agreed. My wife and I play Command & Conquer together all the time. It works out well for us, except that she always wants to play as GLA demo. But that is another problem altogether.
They tried to pass a law that would allow an employer to fire someone at will (imagine that) to encourage employers to hire young people (right now if they hire some slacker they have a very difficult time firing them) and what happened?
Hey, I live in an "at will" state, here in America.
I'm not quite ready to go LCD either. I have many applications that like to run at various resolutions. I don't like the idea of paying a quality penalty just because I'm not running in the sweet spot. I'll just keep on being old and outdated with my CRTs while everyone cool buys up the flat panel screens. (making my beloved tube monitors plummet in price during the process):)
You know, I was watching a show about the three mile island incident the other day. It showed president Carter going to the site to do a press release to show the public that it was safe. (well, it was sorta safe) That little show really made the local people feel better. "if the president is here, then it must be okay" He was willing to take a personal risk to help ease the concerns the of the people he serves.
How did we go from a president that served in the military, with nuclear physics experience, that was willing to take a risk to fulfill his duties to...well.
I have to side with the parent on this one. I work in HR and we get emails from the corporate office each month outlining the "type" of person we are looking for. It isn't only race related, but also gender. For example, this month we are low on minority females. So even if a black male applies and is more qualified than say a latino female...
I'm sure there are people that are angry with this or don't believe it. I gotta do what I gotta do, or I could be on ther side of the interview table. The corporation I work for is very frightened of EOE type lawsuits and they DO put up with under-producing people that aren't white male. To the point where it hurts our bottom line, but I guess its cheaper than a lawsuit.
I suffer from a similar problem except it bleeds out from data into life. I hate to delete real things. (or even sell them) It drives my wife crazy. So my solution is to just to be very picky about anything that I ever bring into the house. It takes me so long to make a decision to buy something, because I know that I will have it for ever.
Its not a permanent solution to the problem, but it has slowed its progression down a bit.
Yes but those rich kids who amount to nothing are still living better than me, and I work my ass off everyday. If you start at the top, its harder to fail. I'm leaning in the direction of, had they not started off rich, they never would have gotten to where they are today.
It gets all of its data feeds through the satellite. I had to hook it up to a phone line when I first got it (I took it to my neighbors house) so it could go through the set up thing or whatever it does. After that, never been connected.
It has been about 500 days since my Tivo has been hooked up to a phone line. (I know because it keeps a tally frantically reminding me to connect it. Its so very important for it to keep functioning!)
Eh, I've got VOIP, so even if I wanted to hook it up and get all that new crap downloaded to it, I couldn't.
You know, I've always wondered if the universe is spherical. If I wonder long enough I run into some problems.
If it is spherical, are we inside it, like a bubble? Or on the surface of it, like a planet?
If we are inside it, what happens when you get to the edge? Is it like a fly bumping into glass? Or more like just passing through it, like Earth's atmosphere? Either case, what's on the other side?
So if we are on the surface, like a planet. Does that mean there are multiple spherical universes grouped together, like a solar system? Maybe orbiting something else, like a sun universe or something.
I'm going to stop now, my head is starting to hurt.
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I'm not sure 10 years of being paid to do nothing would quite push me over the edge of causing a ruckus about not having to do anything. Maybe after 20 years or something, hard to say really without trying.
I was thinking more of a page from the book of Weird Al: "While your computer's crashin', mine's multitaskin' It does all my work without me even askin'"
To be honest, I fully expect a double whammy -- an e-fee on new purchases, and either a penalty or complete prohibition of disposal, which will be sold as the politicians "doing something about the problem". Computer stuff will just collect up in back yards like refrigerators do now.
Hey, I keep all my old computers in the old refrigerators in the back yard.
I used phone lines back when I had Vonage. I just went ouside and unhooked my house from the outside phone company and plugged the Cisco ATA box into the wall. Then I could use all the house phones normally. I think this device just simplfies that.
Didn't the term "radio shack" get coined from one of the world wars?
If I want to have sex before marriage, how does that affect you?
Provided you're doing it in private, it doesn't affect me at all. Doing it in front of my children is another matter...
So, its okay for me to have sex with my wife in front of your children?
So true! I can't remember the last time I bought something there that was not blank media. They do have nice prices on that.
Agreed. My wife and I play Command & Conquer together all the time. It works out well for us, except that she always wants to play as GLA demo. But that is another problem altogether.
They tried to pass a law that would allow an employer to fire someone at will (imagine that) to encourage employers to hire young people (right now if they hire some slacker they have a very difficult time firing them) and what happened?
Hey, I live in an "at will" state, here in America.
I'm not quite ready to go LCD either. I have many applications that like to run at various resolutions. I don't like the idea of paying a quality penalty just because I'm not running in the sweet spot. I'll just keep on being old and outdated with my CRTs while everyone cool buys up the flat panel screens. (making my beloved tube monitors plummet in price during the process) :)
Did that guy say "white power" in the video?
The only thing I know of that movie was the skit on Comedy Central. That Mencia guy did "wetback mountain".
Which was pretty funny, but I don't know much about the original.
In addition to Tivo saving me from all those commercials, it also prevents the spoiler previews as well.
Ahhh Tivo, how I love you.
You know, I was watching a show about the three mile island incident the other day. It showed president Carter going to the site to do a press release to show the public that it was safe. (well, it was sorta safe) That little show really made the local people feel better. "if the president is here, then it must be okay" He was willing to take a personal risk to help ease the concerns the of the people he serves.
How did we go from a president that served in the military, with nuclear physics experience, that was willing to take a risk to fulfill his duties to...well.
I guess this will have to do until they release the gun that shoots the car stopping beam.
(sigh)
Way back when I got my 6600GT I remember paying about $30.00 more for the AGP version over the same PCIe one.
I've noticed over time that the price for the AGP card has gone up. Not a lot, but still odd for a video card.
I have to side with the parent on this one. I work in HR and we get emails from the corporate office each month outlining the "type" of person we are looking for. It isn't only race related, but also gender. For example, this month we are low on minority females. So even if a black male applies and is more qualified than say a latino female...
I'm sure there are people that are angry with this or don't believe it. I gotta do what I gotta do, or I could be on ther side of the interview table. The corporation I work for is very frightened of EOE type lawsuits and they DO put up with under-producing people that aren't white male. To the point where it hurts our bottom line, but I guess its cheaper than a lawsuit.
I suffer from a similar problem except it bleeds out from data into life. I hate to delete real things. (or even sell them) It drives my wife crazy. So my solution is to just to be very picky about anything that I ever bring into the house. It takes me so long to make a decision to buy something, because I know that I will have it for ever.
Its not a permanent solution to the problem, but it has slowed its progression down a bit.
So you are the guy that kept me out 12 hours a day on my route this season?
Thanks a lot buddy!
---ups guy
Out of all the bad things I've done in my life, driving to work never really occurred to me as one of them.
Yes but those rich kids who amount to nothing are still living better than me, and I work my ass off everyday. If you start at the top, its harder to fail. I'm leaning in the direction of, had they not started off rich, they never would have gotten to where they are today.
You mean like us still using fossil fuel?
It gets all of its data feeds through the satellite. I had to hook it up to a phone line when I first got it (I took it to my neighbors house) so it could go through the set up thing or whatever it does. After that, never been connected.
It has been about 500 days since my Tivo has been hooked up to a phone line. (I know because it keeps a tally frantically reminding me to connect it. Its so very important for it to keep functioning!)
Eh, I've got VOIP, so even if I wanted to hook it up and get all that new crap downloaded to it, I couldn't.
You know, I've always wondered if the universe is spherical. If I wonder long enough I run into some problems.
If it is spherical, are we inside it, like a bubble? Or on the surface of it, like a planet?
If we are inside it, what happens when you get to the edge? Is it like a fly bumping into glass? Or more like just passing through it, like Earth's atmosphere? Either case, what's on the other side?
So if we are on the surface, like a planet. Does that mean there are multiple spherical universes grouped together, like a solar system? Maybe orbiting something else, like a sun universe or something.
I'm going to stop now, my head is starting to hurt.