Not true. I have unlimited 128kbps and I can do 'most anything online I need to, save Netflix. 'Course, I have a wired internet connection at the house (and work, etc), so this is just for when I am out and about, but webpages load fine & I can even listen to Pandora (though admittedly, there is some buffering time between tracks - but not much).
Now are you going to point out the incorrect use of begs the question even though the vast majority (dare I say everyone) completely and totally understood the exact meaning I was conveying despite use of the phrase being "wrong"?
I'm really not the one to ask... if I had an animal, it would be called something like "extra crispy"... that and I fail to see the purpose in naming something that won't respond to its name (I'm no cat expert - is not like my culture eats them - but I don't think they come when you call their name). I don't do emotional attachment with animals.
Maybe you need a club or a church group. Something that makes you interact with people on a regular basis. Maybe there's a local LUG (Linux Users Group). The trick is finding something you're interested in and then a group of people doing it.
At the risk of breaking a promise to not get preachy on Slashdot, I can offer to help you get in touch with your local Mormon Missionaries. They're a fine bunch of lads and could possibly help you with direction and certainly with meeting friendly people.
Oye, been there, done that (posted while something was affecting my mood:)). IANAL, but I'd think if your lease doesn't forbid it (and it's otherwise reasonable - I bet there is nothing about having a campfire in your living room, but I bet it would get you in trouble:)), it should be ok. Most of the advice I'd have is of the hindsight variety (save contracts, etc), but I did find this, in case it is of any use.
I've been allergic to pretty much everything with fur & feathers my whole life, so I tend to look at all animals as food, but I understand some people like spending time with them. If they can't provide a copy of the lease with your signature on it (not a generic or blank copy that may or may not be what you agreed to), I'd say you have a pretty good leg to stand on to fight it.
Is not personal; was being genuine when I originally suggested not taking it personally. The first four links in my original post were all pointing to the grammatical mistake of lack of capitalization and in direct response to:
But I cannot bear grammar mistakes.
Glass houses & all. The fifth was possibly a little juvenile to link (as it was calling out spelling, which did not make you a hypocrite), but when you made eight misspellings in two sentences, it was impossible to resist. I'm not above apologizing for that one (implicitly, anyway).
As to hectoring your insights for some time, if I have replied to you in the past, I do not remember. Wouldn't surprise me, but I assure you, it's completely unrelated.
So, the take-away is, if you're going to have really, really sloppy grammar (or typing, as I'm sure you see it), it's best to not talk about your own intolerance of others' grammar on Slashdot. For it to be personal, I'd have to be emotionally invested and I assure you, I am not. Had it not been a dull afternoon, I would have not even bothered to type this reply. It is not dull enough for me to be apt to write another on such a mundane topic.
You're not apt to believe the veracity of my final thought, but I really do hope you have a nice day.
Yes, this is it exactly. I think the government should control our lives and protect us from ourselves, we should not use encryption and we should share everything on Facebook. This is all pretty much the exact opposite of everything else I have ever said on Slashdot (heh, even contrary to my sig - the only part that I'll agree is BS is the whole "making america great again" as this is only ever said by propagandists and this buying what propagandists are selling), but if it makes you feel better, yes. It's not your incredible grammatical supineness, it's that I don't like your ideas.
I hesitated to reply to myself (especially when I could have been wrong), but I also really liked "River" (also British) - in fact that was what got me started (with this list, anyway, I like a lot of BBC shows). I really liked Stellan Skarsgård (Swedish - I also liked Nicola Walker, had seen her previously in Spooks [renamed MI-5 for American audiences, but I watched it before Netflix carried MI-5]) so I searched him & found King of Devil's Island (Norwegian) & liked it well enough, the 'More like this' feature lead me to The Heavy Water War & then Netflix started making good recommendations.
It seems people that complain about Netflix's library are only interested in US shows/movies - I can always find something new and interesting to watch.
Guy I used to work with constantly said "I and {whoever}" (rather than {whoever} and I)... would drive me crazy and, the type-A I apparently I am, I occasionally called him on it. "I'm only doing it to annoy you" (never mind he often said it when he couldn't possibly know I was in earshot) was about as plausible as "sometimes my thought is too urgent to use the shift key."
I am not, nor have I ever claimed to be perfect. I have even publicly welcomed (constructive) criticism of my grammar. I have said this because I desire to be better than I am now. People that say "I think I'm better than most" while acknowledging (and dismissing) that they make errors I would not accept from my 4th grade child... annoy me. Don't take it personally, you may well be a fine person, but your written (Slashdot) communication makes you look incredibly slothful and/or feeble-minded.
I'm not a stickler on spelling, because I know that people type out fast, sometimes there's autocorrect issues. But I cannot bear grammar mistakes. their/they're, less/fewer, (he or she)/they, composed/comprised. I will always be "that guy".
I can; here's a few I have (or still am) really enjoying:
Occupied (Norwegian & a little English and Russian - takes place slightly in future) Heavy Water War (Norwegian and English - takes place in WWII) Foyle's War (Ok, pretty much all English, but UK not US, also WWII) Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (also English, takes place in Australia in the 20's)
I only saw 1 episode & wasn't really my thing, but Netflix Original series Atelier is in Japanese.
There are tonnes of good British shows on Netflix, I have been binging them lately. Yes, I realize the request was for non-English, but I read that to be non-American, so I mention them anyway. If I am wrong, you still have 2 good suggestions and a third if Japanese underwear is your bag:)
Two good points. My work PC has a very weak password (for that very reason), but domain authentication, so anyone brute forcing it would either be unsuccessful or shame on our ITSEC.
The haystack of my password is 3.62 x 10^121; at 100,100,100,100,100 guesses per second, it would take 1.15 hundred trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion centuries to exhaustively search that. Statistically maybe half that time (duhno, I'm no mathematician - I got that from an online calculator at CNBC*), but even massively in parallel it's gonna take until the day after the copyright expires on the mouse.
*(yes, of course I'm kidding about where I checked it; I also tested a gibberish version that shared all characteristics of my actual password).
For what it is worth, my MVNO cell phone is $25/mo and my final bill is exactly $20.93 (I get a slight credit for auto-pay). No taxes (unless part of the $25).
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Not true. I have unlimited 128kbps and I can do 'most anything online I need to, save Netflix. 'Course, I have a wired internet connection at the house (and work, etc), so this is just for when I am out and about, but webpages load fine & I can even listen to Pandora (though admittedly, there is some buffering time between tracks - but not much).
Now are you going to point out the incorrect use of begs the question even though the vast majority (dare I say everyone) completely and totally understood the exact meaning I was conveying despite use of the phrase being "wrong"?
Is it really broken or do you just need someone to show you how to set your VCR again? :)
In order to receive the payments, the browser requires that you register three things:
Ok
a bitcoin wallet [otherwise you won't get paid]
Yup
an email address and a phone number
Gmail + Google voice?
I don't see a problem with this. It's more hassle than my time is worth, but not something that should scare a geek.
Oh my gosh, yes. I really hate this particular rule, just struck me funny to see it broken by someone being pedantic :)
Before I get trolled, I think sentences ending with an emoticon should not require additional punctuation. Not (yet) a rule, but it should be!
"proofread", one word, jackass.
Comma goes inside the quotation marks.
Can I have the lotto numbers?
I'm really not the one to ask ... if I had an animal, it would be called something like "extra crispy" ... that and I fail to see the purpose in naming something that won't respond to its name (I'm no cat expert - is not like my culture eats them - but I don't think they come when you call their name). I don't do emotional attachment with animals.
Maybe you need a club or a church group. Something that makes you interact with people on a regular basis. Maybe there's a local LUG (Linux Users Group). The trick is finding something you're interested in and then a group of people doing it.
At the risk of breaking a promise to not get preachy on Slashdot, I can offer to help you get in touch with your local Mormon Missionaries. They're a fine bunch of lads and could possibly help you with direction and certainly with meeting friendly people.
Nope
Thanks, it's now in my queue :-)
Oye, been there, done that (posted while something was affecting my mood :)). IANAL, but I'd think if your lease doesn't forbid it (and it's otherwise reasonable - I bet there is nothing about having a campfire in your living room, but I bet it would get you in trouble :)), it should be ok. Most of the advice I'd have is of the hindsight variety (save contracts, etc), but I did find this, in case it is of any use.
I've been allergic to pretty much everything with fur & feathers my whole life, so I tend to look at all animals as food, but I understand some people like spending time with them. If they can't provide a copy of the lease with your signature on it (not a generic or blank copy that may or may not be what you agreed to), I'd say you have a pretty good leg to stand on to fight it.
Good luck!
But I cannot bear grammar mistakes.
Glass houses & all. The fifth was possibly a little juvenile to link (as it was calling out spelling, which did not make you a hypocrite), but when you made eight misspellings in two sentences, it was impossible to resist. I'm not above apologizing for that one (implicitly, anyway).
As to hectoring your insights for some time, if I have replied to you in the past, I do not remember. Wouldn't surprise me, but I assure you, it's completely unrelated.
So, the take-away is, if you're going to have really, really sloppy grammar (or typing, as I'm sure you see it), it's best to not talk about your own intolerance of others' grammar on Slashdot. For it to be personal, I'd have to be emotionally invested and I assure you, I am not. Had it not been a dull afternoon, I would have not even bothered to type this reply. It is not dull enough for me to be apt to write another on such a mundane topic.
You're not apt to believe the veracity of my final thought, but I really do hope you have a nice day.
Yes, this is it exactly. I think the government should control our lives and protect us from ourselves, we should not use encryption and we should share everything on Facebook. This is all pretty much the exact opposite of everything else I have ever said on Slashdot (heh, even contrary to my sig - the only part that I'll agree is BS is the whole "making america great again" as this is only ever said by propagandists and this buying what propagandists are selling), but if it makes you feel better, yes. It's not your incredible grammatical supineness, it's that I don't like your ideas.
I hesitated to reply to myself (especially when I could have been wrong), but I also really liked "River" (also British) - in fact that was what got me started (with this list, anyway, I like a lot of BBC shows). I really liked Stellan Skarsgård (Swedish - I also liked Nicola Walker, had seen her previously in Spooks [renamed MI-5 for American audiences, but I watched it before Netflix carried MI-5]) so I searched him & found King of Devil's Island (Norwegian) & liked it well enough, the 'More like this' feature lead me to The Heavy Water War & then Netflix started making good recommendations.
It seems people that complain about Netflix's library are only interested in US shows/movies - I can always find something new and interesting to watch.
And everyone is an above-average driver.
... would drive me crazy and, the type-A I apparently I am, I occasionally called him on it. "I'm only doing it to annoy you" (never mind he often said it when he couldn't possibly know I was in earshot) was about as plausible as "sometimes my thought is too urgent to use the shift key."
... annoy me. Don't take it personally, you may well be a fine person, but your written (Slashdot) communication makes you look incredibly slothful and/or feeble-minded.
Guy I used to work with constantly said "I and {whoever}" (rather than {whoever} and I)
I am not, nor have I ever claimed to be perfect. I have even publicly welcomed (constructive) criticism of my grammar. I have said this because I desire to be better than I am now. People that say "I think I'm better than most" while acknowledging (and dismissing) that they make errors I would not accept from my 4th grade child
I'm not a stickler on spelling, because I know that people type out fast, sometimes there's autocorrect issues. But I cannot bear grammar mistakes. their/they're, less/fewer, (he or she)/they, composed/comprised. I will always be "that guy".
Yes, grammar mistakes like not using proper capitalization is really annoying. But really, so is ridiculously bad spelling ...
Sigh.
I can; here's a few I have (or still am) really enjoying:
:)
Occupied (Norwegian & a little English and Russian - takes place slightly in future)
Heavy Water War (Norwegian and English - takes place in WWII)
Foyle's War (Ok, pretty much all English, but UK not US, also WWII)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (also English, takes place in Australia in the 20's)
I only saw 1 episode & wasn't really my thing, but Netflix Original series Atelier is in Japanese.
There are tonnes of good British shows on Netflix, I have been binging them lately. Yes, I realize the request was for non-English, but I read that to be non-American, so I mention them anyway. If I am wrong, you still have 2 good suggestions and a third if Japanese underwear is your bag
Ping me via email unless you can guess why I'm asking you to ping me :)
Two good points. My work PC has a very weak password (for that very reason), but domain authentication, so anyone brute forcing it would either be unsuccessful or shame on our ITSEC.
The haystack of my password is 3.62 x 10^121; at 100,100,100,100,100 guesses per second, it would take 1.15 hundred trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion centuries to exhaustively search that. Statistically maybe half that time (duhno, I'm no mathematician - I got that from an online calculator at CNBC*), but even massively in parallel it's gonna take until the day after the copyright expires on the mouse.
*(yes, of course I'm kidding about where I checked it; I also tested a gibberish version that shared all characteristics of my actual password).
or you don't use much juice to start with, and bought too big a system.
In other words, if you need less power, it's cheaper and then less than $100/mo
For what it is worth, my MVNO cell phone is $25/mo and my final bill is exactly $20.93 (I get a slight credit for auto-pay). No taxes (unless part of the $25).
Came looking for this post, satisfied to see it was the second one :)
4. What advantage does this have over a cheap LCD panel anyway?
I'll let everyone else deal with the other points, but even my 4k monitor (24") has a smaller ppi than my cell phone.
What I don't get is why so many people on a tech site seem to only have their current phone (no old phone, spare, etc).
What serial numbers? The US penny does not have a serial number.