I'm very new to LED bulbs and Great Value (Wal*mart's store brand) and G.E. are the only ones I've tried so far. I haven't had them long enough to have an opinion on them. I really selected those brands because I don't have good luck with bulbs lasting as long as they say they should. I wanted something that I would have a reasonable chance of being able to get replaced under warrantee.
I purchased bulbs with a 3, 5 and 10 year warranty. I'll report back in 10 years.
The LED lightbulbs in my house cause interference with my iPhone. It only happens when the phone is too close to the bulbs (less than 2 feet as I recall). I know this isn't really surprising. The thing that struck me as odd was that the interference pattern showed up on photos as well as on the screen. Great Value bulbs caused more interference than G.E. bulbs.
I've been this close to purchasing both the compact edition and the full edition (used). My point was that they need a more accessible online pricing structure for people who occasionally "need" access to The Dictionary. It just seems so strange to me that I can't spend $20.00 for access to 20 words or something like that.
I would love to use the OED occasionally and wouldn't mind paying to do so, but who can afford to spend $295 per year for a subscription?
I have to assume that they are not all idiots and that they actually have some subscribers at that price point, but I can't imagine that that model makes the most money possible. I want to look up maybe one word a month, and I would be willing to pay to do so, but I can't pay $295 a year (or even $29.95 per month).
??? fine = fire department budget / # of fires ???
I've been thinking about this, trying to come up with what the "fine" should be. Obviously it has to be something substantial or no one will subscribe to the service. My thought is that the true cost to save his house is the entire budget for the fire department / the number of fires that they put out. Because the number of fires can vary, you'd probably want to use a running average for the number of fires.
Fine in theory (I'm guessing) but does anyone know what type of actual numbers this might produce?
It's true. Even when I write my own software, I always make sure the setting that *I* will be using are not the default settings. Only wimps use the default settings.
Really? The Tiger Direct people are going to improve someone's customer service? I stopped buying from them nearly a decade ago. Are they any easier to work with now?
Have you considered getting into home renovation? Granted, you won't be able to do it from most hotel rooms, but I understand there is a growing market for those services in your immediate area. It would certainly be different from your day job.
I think you can get rid of 90% of the problems that people have raised about this idea if you define "buy it from them at that price" to mean "buy a single, non-transferable license at that price". You don't lose the IP, someone else can buy it.
Voting Machine: End user is not to receive a paper receipt, mainly on the basis that doing so could further vote-buying/pressuring/forcing/etc (i.e. a given group threatening dire consequences if voted Y doesn't come out with a slip saying he/she voted for "X")
What we clearly need is a machine that allows you to enter your vote, visibly verify your vote, and then, optionally, print out a receipt for your vote or print out a receipt that says you voted differently from your actual vote. That way I can vote the way I want and still make a little cash on the side and/or not get my kneecaps broken.
My sole experience with calling the BBB has also been positive. A friend of mine purchases an Apple Macintosh about 10 years ago and we were having trouble getting it serviced by the local Apple Service Shop. A call to the BBB and an apple employee called me and fixed the problem (and sent me 2 apple t-shirts whoot).
I reallize that my one experience doesn't mean that the BBB is effective as a whole and would be interested in hearing from anyone who didn't get things cleared up after calling them.
This guy I used to play Ultima Online with was looking for a way to make mousing more comfortable and he decided that changing the mouse's location was as helpful for him as changing the mouse. He says its for RSI, but I think he was tired of getting waxed in online games.
Anyway, be designed a plastic mousepad that attaches to the arm of your chair, so your mouse is where your hand already is. He had someone produce a few thousand of them and he's selling them now. You can look at them here if you're interested.
Disclaimer: I designed his website for him, but the bastard doesn't give me a dime from sales.
That's what I thought when I read the requirements. Netware (or whatever they are calling it now that it runs on Linux) and Groupwise should be all you need.
I don't know about cost. We have their educational license, and that includes Netware and 3 other products (we use Groupwise, ZENworks and iFolder) for less than $3.50 per student. The license covers as many servers as we care to run those products on.
Some places I have been recently have actually told me that they don't accept cash anymore because of the risk.
Is it legal [in the US] for people to say you can't pay for something with cash? It says on the bills, "this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private". It actually says it in all caps, which must make it important. What does that mean if it doesn't mean that you have to accept this as payment? And if it means that, do businesses have to accept larger denomination bills without question?
As I recall, you're on the hook if you take counterfeit(sp?) bills.
I am absolutely in no way affiliated with the company mentioned below (well, except as a customer). But it was only by chance that I stumbled on their site, and I figured only chess fans would be caught dead in this story anyway...
Anyway, anyone looking for inexpensive chess junk should look at www.wholesalechess.com. I teach my 7th graders how to play chess each year, and we've ordered over $750 worth of chess junk from them. It's a good way to get fairly nice chess pieces and boards into kids hands who otherwise would only ever see the sorry "board game" pieces that everyone has in their closet.
How in the world would they pay for publishing Consumer Reports if they didn't charge you for the magazine? Maybe they could lower the price a bit for members who fill out the survey, but I'm not really sure I like that idea either.
It's nice to know that the data comes from people who also read the magazine, and are interested enough in the data to report it without any sort of incentive. I would be more worried about getting real data if any sort of incentives were offered.
For those of you who are not familiar with Consumer Reports, they do not accept any sort of advertising. Members (suscribers) pay the cost of testing and publication. People who subscribe think that this leads to less bias in their coverage.
I find that since I started carrying a VictorinoxCyberTool 34 I very seldom have to go searching for any other tools. It has a built in socket set with a variety of Phillips and Torx bits, a pliers and the various other sundry clever things you'd expect to find in a Swiss army knife (ballpoint pen, straight pin, cork screw...).
It also happens to be the smallest Swiss army knife that has both a pair of scissors and a pair of pliers (make sure you get a pair, neither is worth a hoot singly).
Finally, since I'm posting anyway, does anyone know what that crazy hook thing is that appears on the "back" of most Swiss army knifes? I've been wondering for years, and the only thing I can figure is that it is very common in Switzerland to get from the top of a building to the ground by sliding down a thin wire.
Just for fun, see if you can name all of the hosts that people suggest that are (a) Communitech resellers or (b) Interland --the company that bought Communitech-- resellers.
"dude, here's the host that I use and they offer almost EXACTLY what you had with Communitech. The price is pretty close, and you can talk to the owner of the company when you need support. Check them out..."
Interland is the company that bought Communitech, so I'm sure he'll stay away from that. Of course, it may still be good advice for anyone else looking for hosting.
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I'm very new to LED bulbs and Great Value (Wal*mart's store brand) and G.E. are the only ones I've tried so far. I haven't had them long enough to have an opinion on them. I really selected those brands because I don't have good luck with bulbs lasting as long as they say they should. I wanted something that I would have a reasonable chance of being able to get replaced under warrantee.
I purchased bulbs with a 3, 5 and 10 year warranty. I'll report back in 10 years.
The LED lightbulbs in my house cause interference with my iPhone. It only happens when the phone is too close to the bulbs (less than 2 feet as I recall). I know this isn't really surprising. The thing that struck me as odd was that the interference pattern showed up on photos as well as on the screen. Great Value bulbs caused more interference than G.E. bulbs.
I've been this close to purchasing both the compact edition and the full edition (used). My point was that they need a more accessible online pricing structure for people who occasionally "need" access to The Dictionary. It just seems so strange to me that I can't spend $20.00 for access to 20 words or something like that.
I would love to use the OED occasionally and wouldn't mind paying to do so, but who can afford to spend $295 per year for a subscription?
I have to assume that they are not all idiots and that they actually have some subscribers at that price point, but I can't imagine that that model makes the most money possible. I want to look up maybe one word a month, and I would be willing to pay to do so, but I can't pay $295 a year (or even $29.95 per month).
Wow, that last article looks like a really good Makov Chain generator (or whatever the kids these days are using).
Ubuntu Linux
doesn't come with flash either
download directly
??? fine = fire department budget / # of fires ???
I've been thinking about this, trying to come up with what the "fine" should be. Obviously it has to be something substantial or no one will subscribe to the service. My thought is that the true cost to save his house is the entire budget for the fire department / the number of fires that they put out. Because the number of fires can vary, you'd probably want to use a running average for the number of fires.
Fine in theory (I'm guessing) but does anyone know what type of actual numbers this might produce?
It's true. Even when I write my own software, I always make sure the setting that *I* will be using are not the default settings. Only wimps use the default settings.
Really? The Tiger Direct people are going to improve someone's customer service? I stopped buying from them nearly a decade ago. Are they any easier to work with now?
Have you considered getting into home renovation? Granted, you won't be able to do it from most hotel rooms, but I understand there is a growing market for those services in your immediate area. It would certainly be different from your day job.
I think you can get rid of 90% of the problems that people have raised about this idea if you define "buy it from them at that price" to mean "buy a single, non-transferable license at that price". You don't lose the IP, someone else can buy it.
My sole experience with calling the BBB has also been positive. A friend of mine purchases an Apple Macintosh about 10 years ago and we were having trouble getting it serviced by the local Apple Service Shop. A call to the BBB and an apple employee called me and fixed the problem (and sent me 2 apple t-shirts whoot).
I reallize that my one experience doesn't mean that the BBB is effective as a whole and would be interested in hearing from anyone who didn't get things cleared up after calling them.
I think you misspelled 'consumer-unit'
Anyway, be designed a plastic mousepad that attaches to the arm of your chair, so your mouse is where your hand already is. He had someone produce a few thousand of them and he's selling them now. You can look at them here if you're interested.
Disclaimer: I designed his website for him, but the bastard doesn't give me a dime from sales.
That's what I thought when I read the requirements. Netware (or whatever they are calling it now that it runs on Linux) and Groupwise should be all you need.
I don't know about cost. We have their educational license, and that includes Netware and 3 other products (we use Groupwise, ZENworks and iFolder) for less than $3.50 per student. The license covers as many servers as we care to run those products on.
Is it legal [in the US] for people to say you can't pay for something with cash? It says on the bills, "this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private". It actually says it in all caps, which must make it important. What does that mean if it doesn't mean that you have to accept this as payment? And if it means that, do businesses have to accept larger denomination bills without question?
As I recall, you're on the hook if you take counterfeit(sp?) bills.
No apostrophe needed either. It's just not plural. *ducks*
Anyway, anyone looking for inexpensive chess junk should look at www.wholesalechess.com. I teach my 7th graders how to play chess each year, and we've ordered over $750 worth of chess junk from them. It's a good way to get fairly nice chess pieces and boards into kids hands who otherwise would only ever see the sorry "board game" pieces that everyone has in their closet.
How in the world would they pay for publishing Consumer Reports if they didn't charge you for the magazine? Maybe they could lower the price a bit for members who fill out the survey, but I'm not really sure I like that idea either.
It's nice to know that the data comes from people who also read the magazine, and are interested enough in the data to report it without any sort of incentive. I would be more worried about getting real data if any sort of incentives were offered.
For those of you who are not familiar with Consumer Reports, they do not accept any sort of advertising. Members (suscribers) pay the cost of testing and publication. People who subscribe think that this leads to less bias in their coverage.
If you want to look at more text that has been rearranged in this fashion, you can scramble the website of your choice at: www.scramblizer.com.
Lloyd SommererWant to annoy your friends? Scramble their websites.
I find that since I started carrying a Victorinox CyberTool 34 I very seldom have to go searching for any other tools. It has a built in socket set with a variety of Phillips and Torx bits, a pliers and the various other sundry clever things you'd expect to find in a Swiss army knife (ballpoint pen, straight pin, cork screw...).
It also happens to be the smallest Swiss army knife that has both a pair of scissors and a pair of pliers (make sure you get a pair, neither is worth a hoot singly).
Finally, since I'm posting anyway, does anyone know what that crazy hook thing is that appears on the "back" of most Swiss army knifes? I've been wondering for years, and the only thing I can figure is that it is very common in Switzerland to get from the top of a building to the ground by sliding down a thin wire.
Interland is the company that bought Communitech, so I'm sure he'll stay away from that. Of course, it may still be good advice for anyone else looking for hosting.