I'll admit it's probably wrong, but my assumption was that the protagonist was female. The "Choose your own adventure" books always placed the reader in the role of the protagonist.
We did see it. For example, there was the whole bit about having Anakin placed on the council, but not as a master.
I do agree, however, that the scene where Mace Windu dies just didn't make sense.
Then again, if I built a Death Star and some asshole blew it up by dropping a bomb down a tiny little hole that leads to the core, I probably wouldn't build another one with a hole leading to the core that's big enough to fly the Millenium Falcon through.
I'm pretty sure that the content-providers, like Google, still have to pay their ISP for connectivity to the internet on their end. This is even more transparent greed than you imply. It's not just charging the sender and receiver. Its charging the sender and receiver and then the sender again.
I pay my ISP for access to the internet. JimBob's RibShack pays its ISP for access to the internet. Google pays its ISP for access to the internet.
I have a homepage where people can see my resume allowing me to get work that makes 5 figures a year. JimBob's RibShack has a website with their menu and phone number, helping them make 6 or 7 figures a year. Google has a website that they sell ad revenue to and it makes something like 11 figures per year.
Suddenly my ISP and JimBob's ISP both want Google to pay them extra money, cause...hey...Google's making money.
I often write stuff like this using javascript or vbscript, and run it with "cscript". Its included in WinXP and later, so there's no installation required -- just a js or vbs script file. So, it would function much like your Batch file but you'd have a more descriptive language to work with.
I do think vbscript is da debbil. However, it does have its uses when it comes to interacting with Office documents.
I believe your blame is misplaced. A white guy in his 40s was seen in leaving the area and changing shirts as he left. The FBI wanted to question him as a "person of interest". They had him on a security camera. He was one of the first people they looked at, but they dismissed him as a suspect very quickly.
This was not some vast liberal conspiracy to make it look like a tea-party member did it. It was simply the 24-hour news media going crazy with a video that somehow went public.
Hah! I hadn't put that together before. And to think, I actually googled the quote to find out how to spell what he said. Apparantly a lot of other people didn't make that connection either. Thanks for pointing that out.
So, in 17c-18c, when the Brits were populating America, the spelling was "Tire". We can't help it if you people decided to change your minds. We didn't.
One problem with this tactic is that you will only get a refund on the PS3 itself. I despise Sony, so I'd never own one, but I do have a Wii. If I were to make some principled stand and demand my money back for my Wii, sure, I'd get the $250 back. But then I've got $500 in useless Wii games gathering dust on a shelf plus the Rock Band equipment, extra Wiimotes, charging station, etc.
The strategy of demanding a refund is not acceptable to anyone who's made further investments in the system.
Maybe not the character. But the article is about the man who inspired it. He's a real estate developer who has a tight-knit family circle and avoids media exposure. My first thought was, "Sounds like mafia." Then again, in the origin story, he came in demanding his overdue rent but then left without breaking any kneecaps.
Except that according to TFA, what you're saying isn't true.
"SEC spokesman John Nester said in a statement Friday that each of the offending employees has been disciplined or is in the process of being disciplined, and some have already been suspended or dismissed."
Shutting off internet access as a punishment is what you think of as a "totalitarian regime"? Give me a break! That's smart parenting. Perhaps in your Utopian family punishment is never needed, but in most families, it is. When kids are able to use technology to break the rules, parents should use technology to enforce the rules. That's not substituting technology for parenting, its using the tools at your disposal.
And yes, some parents feel that it's not appropriate for a 12-year-old boy to see videos of chicks being smacked around and called names while taking it up the butt. Simply telling three boys not to look at porn is not going to cut it. As a matter of fact, that's most likely going to tantalize them. Perhaps you feel differently in raising your kids, but the OP is not asking for parenting advice -- he's asking for Network Admin advice.
OP is also worried about malware, sexual predators, and phishing scams. I can't keep my parents from getting their computers infected -- much less my kids.
It's like you're describing my life -- only 25 years in the future. I'm 34, and seeing the same thing.
The part that I'm finding frustrating is the boss that says, "I really think will be a valuable asset, they just need a little mentoring." So, I spend my day mentoring that person instead of getting my work done. "Mentoring" means first giving them a hint about how to do something. Then 30 minutes later telling them exactly how to do it. Then an hour later, sitting at their PC and typing the code in for them.
Ironically, I'm also having the opposite problem. We have a 50-ish "Architect" who uses his "experience" as an excuse to be a curmudgeon, and tries to somehow turn ignorance into a virtue. "I've been programming for 20 years and I've never needed a NOLOCK statement.", "In all my years of programming, I've never heard of anyone using a code formatter.", "That design document don't tell me nothing, and that should tell you something."
I'm not sure what you mean by "commonly accepted definition", but I've always understood IT to mean "the guys who make the computers do what they're supposed to". If a company develops software for their own internal use (like my last 3 jobs), then software development is IT. However, if the company is a software development company, then software development is part of R&D, as they're the people developing the next product.
The American Heritage Dictionary agrees with me, so this is not a "Euro-centric" definition.
information technology n. Abbr. IT The development, installation, and implementation of computer systems and applications.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Lovely tax break? I'm no accountant, but I wasn't aware that individual clergy-members received a tax-break. My father is an ordained preacher. He currently is employed as a college professor, but when he was the minister of a church he had to file as "Self-Employed". This was ridiculous, because he was hired by the church, remained employed by the church and could be fired by the church. However, he was legally required to file as "Self Employed" and pay taxes at a higher rate than an "employee" would.
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At least it's not McAffee...
Dude...there's a two-year-old in that picture! Please tell me she wasn't speed-dating!
I'll admit it's probably wrong, but my assumption was that the protagonist was female. The "Choose your own adventure" books always placed the reader in the role of the protagonist.
Try "Kingdom of Loathing".
http://www.kingdomofloathing.com./
i had the Special Edition pack DVD's and the PTM DVD and on VHS
it was funny to read the suckers complain after every new release how they had to buy it again and it was the same movies
Am I the only one finding this ironic?
There was that one time he was on The Muppets...
We did see it. For example, there was the whole bit about having Anakin placed on the council, but not as a master.
I do agree, however, that the scene where Mace Windu dies just didn't make sense.
Then again, if I built a Death Star and some asshole blew it up by dropping a bomb down a tiny little hole that leads to the core, I probably wouldn't build another one with a hole leading to the core that's big enough to fly the Millenium Falcon through.
I'm pretty sure that the content-providers, like Google, still have to pay their ISP for connectivity to the internet on their end. This is even more transparent greed than you imply. It's not just charging the sender and receiver. Its charging the sender and receiver and then the sender again.
I pay my ISP for access to the internet. JimBob's RibShack pays its ISP for access to the internet. Google pays its ISP for access to the internet.
I have a homepage where people can see my resume allowing me to get work that makes 5 figures a year. JimBob's RibShack has a website with their menu and phone number, helping them make 6 or 7 figures a year. Google has a website that they sell ad revenue to and it makes something like 11 figures per year.
Suddenly my ISP and JimBob's ISP both want Google to pay them extra money, cause...hey...Google's making money.
Whereas the non-religious just have the paedophilia problem, without the marriage.
I'm pretty sure the Catholics have their share of that, too.
I often write stuff like this using javascript or vbscript, and run it with "cscript". Its included in WinXP and later, so there's no installation required -- just a js or vbs script file. So, it would function much like your Batch file but you'd have a more descriptive language to work with.
I do think vbscript is da debbil. However, it does have its uses when it comes to interacting with Office documents.
Then he should make a flowery commencement speech, not a campaign stump speech. Or do you disagree?
Please quote which parts of this commencement speech you think sounded like a campaign stump speech.
I believe your blame is misplaced. A white guy in his 40s was seen in leaving the area and changing shirts as he left. The FBI wanted to question him as a "person of interest". They had him on a security camera. He was one of the first people they looked at, but they dismissed him as a suspect very quickly.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126565648
This was not some vast liberal conspiracy to make it look like a tea-party member did it. It was simply the 24-hour news media going crazy with a video that somehow went public.
Hah! I hadn't put that together before. And to think, I actually googled the quote to find out how to spell what he said. Apparantly a lot of other people didn't make that connection either. Thanks for pointing that out.
Hello there, you silly English ka-niggot.
tire
late 15c., "iron rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c.1300), an aphetic form of attire. The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1870s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
So, in 17c-18c, when the Brits were populating America, the spelling was "Tire". We can't help it if you people decided to change your minds. We didn't.
See, it IS like a car....
One problem with this tactic is that you will only get a refund on the PS3 itself. I despise Sony, so I'd never own one, but I do have a Wii. If I were to make some principled stand and demand my money back for my Wii, sure, I'd get the $250 back. But then I've got $500 in useless Wii games gathering dust on a shelf plus the Rock Band equipment, extra Wiimotes, charging station, etc.
The strategy of demanding a refund is not acceptable to anyone who's made further investments in the system.
At least he's not in the Mafia.
Maybe not the character. But the article is about the man who inspired it. He's a real estate developer who has a tight-knit family circle and avoids media exposure. My first thought was, "Sounds like mafia." Then again, in the origin story, he came in demanding his overdue rent but then left without breaking any kneecaps.
Except that according to TFA, what you're saying isn't true.
"SEC spokesman John Nester said in a statement Friday that each of the offending employees has been disciplined or is in the process of being disciplined, and some have already been suspended or dismissed."
Heck. With one of these I might actually win an argument. She never seems to remember things happening the same way I do.
Shutting off internet access as a punishment is what you think of as a "totalitarian regime"? Give me a break! That's smart parenting. Perhaps in your Utopian family punishment is never needed, but in most families, it is. When kids are able to use technology to break the rules, parents should use technology to enforce the rules. That's not substituting technology for parenting, its using the tools at your disposal.
And yes, some parents feel that it's not appropriate for a 12-year-old boy to see videos of chicks being smacked around and called names while taking it up the butt. Simply telling three boys not to look at porn is not going to cut it. As a matter of fact, that's most likely going to tantalize them. Perhaps you feel differently in raising your kids, but the OP is not asking for parenting advice -- he's asking for Network Admin advice.
OP is also worried about malware, sexual predators, and phishing scams. I can't keep my parents from getting their computers infected -- much less my kids.
It's like you're describing my life -- only 25 years in the future. I'm 34, and seeing the same thing.
The part that I'm finding frustrating is the boss that says, "I really think will be a valuable asset, they just need a little mentoring." So, I spend my day mentoring that person instead of getting my work done. "Mentoring" means first giving them a hint about how to do something. Then 30 minutes later telling them exactly how to do it. Then an hour later, sitting at their PC and typing the code in for them.
Ironically, I'm also having the opposite problem. We have a 50-ish "Architect" who uses his "experience" as an excuse to be a curmudgeon, and tries to somehow turn ignorance into a virtue. "I've been programming for 20 years and I've never needed a NOLOCK statement.", "In all my years of programming, I've never heard of anyone using a code formatter.", "That design document don't tell me nothing, and that should tell you something."
I'm not sure what you mean by "commonly accepted definition", but I've always understood IT to mean "the guys who make the computers do what they're supposed to". If a company develops software for their own internal use (like my last 3 jobs), then software development is IT. However, if the company is a software development company, then software development is part of R&D, as they're the people developing the next product.
The American Heritage Dictionary agrees with me, so this is not a "Euro-centric" definition.
information technology
n. Abbr. IT
The development, installation, and implementation of computer systems and applications.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Me too.
They'd just change the name to "iSQL"...
Lovely tax break? I'm no accountant, but I wasn't aware that individual clergy-members received a tax-break. My father is an ordained preacher. He currently is employed as a college professor, but when he was the minister of a church he had to file as "Self-Employed". This was ridiculous, because he was hired by the church, remained employed by the church and could be fired by the church. However, he was legally required to file as "Self Employed" and pay taxes at a higher rate than an "employee" would.