So little Timmy Sixpack is well informed, but daddy Joe Sixpack is still clueless. I come from a fairly intelligent family and I doubt anyone but myself and maybe my Dad have any idea what the LHC is or even know it exists. I'd say the public's knowledge of the LHC is far less influenced by their education than it is influenced by the lack of mainstream media coverage.
Why tell everyone about a new and incredible breakthrough in physics when we can let them know what color underwear our pop stars are (or aren't) wearing.
Step 1: Call Experian (1-888-397-3742) and have them put a fraud alert on your file. They'll pass it on to the other 2 credit bureaus (Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 & TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289).
Step 2: Repeat step 1 every 90 days.
Step 3: Save $120 a year by doing everything LifeLock does all by yourself.
(I know, I missed the obvious, "Step 3: Profit!" joke)
How much training do you think Justin Chatwin had to go through to be able to spend the last 45 minutes of the film with his hands above his head making the biggest spirit bomb EVER!
I'm pretty much the same way. 5 hours if perfect for me. Anywhere between 4 & 7 hours and I'm alright. But if I get more than 8 hours of sleep in a night, I'm a zombie for the entire day. I'm just not made to sleep that much.
Worked great for my first anniversary. Seriously, how may great gifts can you get for the "paper" anniversary? For like $25, I was hero! Our 5th anniversary was even easier. I didn't even have to buy anything for "wood";)
Actually, I've got to agree with the GP on this. I, too, am just ready for the format wars to end so I can move to an HD format without getting burned. I'm not invested in either side, (although I am kind of pulling for the cheaper HD-DVD format) I'm just ready for somebody to win so I can buy my new gear and enjoy the HD goodness.
I suppose I should have said that a bit more clearly. Our office required us to check it out. The VAST majority of the time, it's just as you said or it's one of those "we'll try to make you THINK you're looking at kiddie porn" pictures, but the one time we got to send some freak to jail made it all worthwhile.
As a PC repair tech, I imagine this person did pretty much what all the techs in my office do when installing a burner, look for things this person would want backed up. And the three places to look for that: My Documents, My Music, & My Pictures. Since we've got to burn a disk anyway, we'll burn important things like kids/wedding pictures, term papers, and the $150 in music you downloaded from iTunes. If we're copying stuff onto the disk and we see file names like "13yroldbabysitter.jpg" flash by, unfortunately we have to check it out. If it's obviously child porn (and not some 30 yr old with pigtails trying to look 13) we get to send someone's sick ass to jail.
And one small tip. If you take your PC in to have data recovered or backed up, do yourself and your tech a favor and tell them (as accurately as you remember) the names of the FOLDERS your important stuff is in so we don't have to open them. I don't know how many times I've been asked to back up "just whatever pictures you can find" and while trying to locate these pictures, opened up a 10 gig folder of dude-porn. Damn you XP and your thumbnails!!!
Anyone else beginning to think Taco Meat's true goal is to establish a massive link-chain that will eventually tie every article ever posted on Slashdot back to the original post of him acting like a giant douche bag? Just a theory.
Hey, they came up with a cool name for it didn't they? That's half the R&D work right there! They'll have his program up and running in no time. [/sarcasm]
This system would have been a tremendous help during one drive where I knew I was too tired to drive anymore, had planned in an extra fifteen minutes into the trip to pull over and rest because I always got drowsy on this drive, but was unable to pull over because there was no shoulder to pull onto. Within a few seconds of me realizing I needed to pull over and looking for a place to do so, I blacked out and woke up just a few feet short of plowing through a guardrail on a bridge doing 80 MPH (actually took out one of the plastic reflectors that they stick in the ground in front of the guardrail). Needless to day, that woke me up enough to make the rest of the trip without having to pull over.
Had I woken up a second later, I could have been killed. Had I been woken up by something like this, I could have avoided the incident all together.
I'd definitely have to agree with you there. I certainly wouldn't kill someone or steal from someone simply because I don't think those things should be done. However, take away the fear of getting a speeding ticket and watch me fly!
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Now we know what killed Steve Jobs.
So little Timmy Sixpack is well informed, but daddy Joe Sixpack is still clueless. I come from a fairly intelligent family and I doubt anyone but myself and maybe my Dad have any idea what the LHC is or even know it exists. I'd say the public's knowledge of the LHC is far less influenced by their education than it is influenced by the lack of mainstream media coverage.
Why tell everyone about a new and incredible breakthrough in physics when we can let them know what color underwear our pop stars are (or aren't) wearing.
Step 1: Call Experian (1-888-397-3742) and have them put a fraud alert on your file. They'll pass it on to the other 2 credit bureaus (Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 & TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289).
Step 2: Repeat step 1 every 90 days.
Step 3: Save $120 a year by doing everything LifeLock does all by yourself.
(I know, I missed the obvious, "Step 3: Profit!" joke)
How much training do you think Justin Chatwin had to go through to be able to spend the last 45 minutes of the film with his hands above his head making the biggest spirit bomb EVER!
I'm pretty much the same way. 5 hours if perfect for me. Anywhere between 4 & 7 hours and I'm alright. But if I get more than 8 hours of sleep in a night, I'm a zombie for the entire day. I'm just not made to sleep that much.
Nearly every post above this has been modded down? Clearly someone doesn't appreciate the fine art of potty humor.
That's why you should just download a cracked copy and just avoid all the hoops those pesky "legitimate" copies make you jump through :p
I understood every word. They just don't seem to make any sense when you put them all together.
Worked great for my first anniversary. Seriously, how may great gifts can you get for the "paper" anniversary? For like $25, I was hero! Our 5th anniversary was even easier. I didn't even have to buy anything for "wood" ;)
When I type "7/7" into Google, Google tells me it's "1"
Then it goes on to mention something about a bombing in London.
Actually, I've got to agree with the GP on this. I, too, am just ready for the format wars to end so I can move to an HD format without getting burned. I'm not invested in either side, (although I am kind of pulling for the cheaper HD-DVD format) I'm just ready for somebody to win so I can buy my new gear and enjoy the HD goodness.
I suppose I should have said that a bit more clearly. Our office required us to check it out. The VAST majority of the time, it's just as you said or it's one of those "we'll try to make you THINK you're looking at kiddie porn" pictures, but the one time we got to send some freak to jail made it all worthwhile.
As a PC repair tech, I imagine this person did pretty much what all the techs in my office do when installing a burner, look for things this person would want backed up. And the three places to look for that: My Documents, My Music, & My Pictures. Since we've got to burn a disk anyway, we'll burn important things like kids/wedding pictures, term papers, and the $150 in music you downloaded from iTunes. If we're copying stuff onto the disk and we see file names like "13yroldbabysitter.jpg" flash by, unfortunately we have to check it out. If it's obviously child porn (and not some 30 yr old with pigtails trying to look 13) we get to send someone's sick ass to jail.
And one small tip. If you take your PC in to have data recovered or backed up, do yourself and your tech a favor and tell them (as accurately as you remember) the names of the FOLDERS your important stuff is in so we don't have to open them. I don't know how many times I've been asked to back up "just whatever pictures you can find" and while trying to locate these pictures, opened up a 10 gig folder of dude-porn. Damn you XP and your thumbnails!!!
Anyone else beginning to think Taco Meat's true goal is to establish a massive link-chain that will eventually tie every article ever posted on Slashdot back to the original post of him acting like a giant douche bag? Just a theory.
"... and for good measure, in Soviet Russia, exploding phone disconnects YOU!"
Funniest one of these I've read in a while. If only I had mod points.
I always saw it as more of a Sims + Doom + My Little Pony Island Adventure.
I don't know. I think it's more of a "we always knew there had to be one out there and it's about damn time we found it" kind of thing.
Yeah, forget the whole "Joel vs. Mike" thing. "Steve vs. Joe" is the real controversy.
My children have corrupted me.
Hey, they came up with a cool name for it didn't they? That's half the R&D work right there! They'll have his program up and running in no time. [/sarcasm]
This system would have been a tremendous help during one drive where I knew I was too tired to drive anymore, had planned in an extra fifteen minutes into the trip to pull over and rest because I always got drowsy on this drive, but was unable to pull over because there was no shoulder to pull onto. Within a few seconds of me realizing I needed to pull over and looking for a place to do so, I blacked out and woke up just a few feet short of plowing through a guardrail on a bridge doing 80 MPH (actually took out one of the plastic reflectors that they stick in the ground in front of the guardrail). Needless to day, that woke me up enough to make the rest of the trip without having to pull over. Had I woken up a second later, I could have been killed. Had I been woken up by something like this, I could have avoided the incident all together.
I'd definitely have to agree with you there. I certainly wouldn't kill someone or steal from someone simply because I don't think those things should be done. However, take away the fear of getting a speeding ticket and watch me fly!