Makes me feel lucky I have sirius xm (due to living in the boon docks and having a long commute). I get the premium service so that includes all sports. Even though my car had a sirius capable radio I opted for the free portable car player.
Now I can just bring it in when I want to listen to games, it includes streaming but why hit my data when I can just plug it into my stereo at home. I actually like listening on the radio, I find I actually "do" stuff while enjoying the game.
Its not cheap though...280 bucks a year...but not "that" bad if you use it all the time. Between that, netflix and digital antena im set.
You do realize this is a US based news site, right?
Your complaint would be like me going on the register and bitching about UK centric news headlines, in which the primarily UK readership there would appropriately tell me to sod off....
This wasn't exactly over the table either, this was more like: "bob the contractor, who on top of setting up exchange for you, will also help migrate all my quickbooks data to peach tree"...that's the sort of IT person in question.
I hated them, the spring sometimes wouldn't trigger unless you hit the button just right....sometimes really scaring the bejesus out of you because it would catch you off guard. Sometimes they wouldn't fire at all.
It got to the point to where I would ask for the old school plastic "insulin" syringes, which were getting pretty hard to come by. I get that they are supposed to be idiot proof, but they really do suck.
I know, I don't understand some of these "now the qc is going to go down the crapper" posts...the qc was already in the crapper and anyone who ever owned the x-52 and 56's know this.
If anything this might actually make things better, logitech may be the defacto generic brand but at least some of their products are good (I actually like their wired gaming mice and keyboards).
Anyway CH sticks ftw, they are ugly and old looking but you wont find a better, or smoother action for the price...their just so damn ugly though..
Not any better than a drivers license either though, anyone can steal a pair of keys and just drive a car today without any knowledge of how to drive. The point was the driver would be liable and not the auto-pilot, or at least the norm would be assume driver error should they actually be using the feature during a wreck.
I guess to me this isn't any different from someone trying to use cruise control, you should still be ready to use the pedal at all times no matter what.
Then you get people sueing because the alarm was to disruptive and scared them into a wreck....
The only way to win this battle is to literally sign a waiver for some new class of driver's license. Basically stating you understand and are aware of all the risks and best handling practices when owning/operating a car with an autopilot system.
...well...yes, its called an election in the free world. Any nutjob can run....it doesn't mean they get elected. I distinctly remember some guy locked up in jail trying to run for decades. For better or worse you get what the majority vote in and the "people" are responsible for that.
That's part of the beauty of the election process, and it sure beats being stuck with the same ass nugget for life, Amiright Comrade?
By the way, what happens if he losses, are we back to Bush being the strawman?
EDS was just as crappy when I was working at JSC under CSOC back in 03...I remember us getting moved to a new room with a raised floor that hadn't been used in a while...come to find out there was nearly 100k in fiber spools just sitting there no one even knew about.
The problem with the gum and patches is that they don't really cover the physical/tactile aspect of smoking.
The real acid test is having a few beers and see if you crave a smoke. With gum and patches....no way, and I think most people that smoke can tell you that. Vaping on the other hand lets you follow through the motions if you feel the urge. Honestly after 2 years, I can walk through a cloud of cigarette smoke and not even be phased (to either smoke or vape), its really pretty awesome if you had a hard time quitting.
Yea, the taste is sort of like lighting the wrong end of a cig (anyone who has ever smoked for a while has done that at least once or twice). Its horrible and nasty, and you're definitely not going to just keep puffing on it like the lab machine is.
Nice on quitting, I myself am down to 0 for the last few months and about to quit. I never thought I would quit smoking (15 years), vaping really did help me kick the habit (quit smoking 2 years ago for vaping). I think vaping helps re-wire your brain from wanting a "break" every hour. You can still have a break but after a few weeks you just don't feel the urges anymore. I can go days and not even think of vaping at this point.
The cost of living and residence cost is a big one, but also its the attitudes and egos, then you have the sheer smugness some of the people exhibit from san fran all the way down to san diego.
I kills me because as an austinite i've seen much of all those negatives slowly start to creep in from all the california transplants...the self entitlement & smuggery is very strong in that town now...along with $$ costs. I don't even bother with SWSW anymore...I remember when the tickets were $10...back in 87, now? You looking at $1,500 for a full weekend pass.
Actually if you think about it, what part of the phone really gets dirty if you use it on the can?
You de-trouse, sit down, pull your phone out, do your civic duty for the day, then (and this is key) you put your phone in your pocket and commence clean up work, wash your hands and done.
I guess barring you're not doing things in that order, what part of the phone gets any more dirty than your keyboard (which is even dirtier than the toilet seat you just sat on)?
Say what you want about that movie (and I've met a few people that genuinely didn't like it at all, from a plot standpoint I can't say I blame them...)...there are so many things that movie got right that seemed way outlandish even to me at the time.
Leeloo is 3d printed for crying out loud, I think most people can see at the very least replacement body parts and organs 3d printed in the next 10-15 years. Pretty exciting time to be alive really...i'm willing to bet people will be living an extra 100++ years easily very soon...assuming we can get other things like alzheimer's and other degenerative brain diseases under control too.
Haha, I can see it now, there will be people against synthetic or hybrid cybernetic parts but consider the organic ones ok, or something akin to people preferring a more "natural" or homeopathic solution like they do today.
Do you eat red meat, steak or otherwise use livestock derived products?
The EPA even says that livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.
Focussing on cars in the face of livestock pollution seems like a silly waste of resources./btw, I heart meat
exercising precautions like this. Case in point, the director of the FBI, Zuckerberg, ect. are high profile targets, whereas jim bob every person is not.
I get that its possible, but for a normal person is it really probable? Unfortunately opinions like this reinforce what I like to call the "Im more important than I actually am, so I need to worry about x" effect. Like when people go over-board on safes, alarms, weapons...and those items literally become the most expensive things they own.
Everyone likes to believe they are someone important...someone worth robbing/hacking/extorting from...but the truth is you're probably not worth a crooks time...at least not the extortion from images kind.
I guess what im trying to say is sometimes stuff like this really comes off like fear mongering as opposed to genuine good practical advice. You want good practical advice on linux/windows/mac? Always create and use a secure, locked down account to surf with and never use your admin account for anything but software installs, that should take care of 99% of normal people's concerns.
Losing the BBC shows was a bit of a let down too (I need my reddwarf...guess I have to buy them all...). To be fair the online selection has gotten better...the thing is fewer and fewer people are using the disc service, which has much more content available.
Proprietor of Dry Cleaners: I'm not disclosed to bespeak any such information to you, nor would I, even if I had said information you want, at this juncture be able.
"....Chinese news outlet Xinhua reports that plenty of users in China are unhappy about Microsoft's push to get them to mandatorily upgrade their Windows OS."
As if anyone in that entire country paid for a legit version of windows....
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Makes me feel lucky I have sirius xm (due to living in the boon docks and having a long commute). I get the premium service so that includes all sports. Even though my car had a sirius capable radio I opted for the free portable car player.
Now I can just bring it in when I want to listen to games, it includes streaming but why hit my data when I can just plug it into my stereo at home. I actually like listening on the radio, I find I actually "do" stuff while enjoying the game.
Its not cheap though...280 bucks a year...but not "that" bad if you use it all the time. Between that, netflix and digital antena im set.
You do realize this is a US based news site, right?
Your complaint would be like me going on the register and bitching about UK centric news headlines, in which the primarily UK readership there would appropriately tell me to sod off....
Not regretting anything since cutting everything 5 years ago...
This wasn't exactly over the table either, this was more like: "bob the contractor, who on top of setting up exchange for you, will also help migrate all my quickbooks data to peach tree" ...that's the sort of IT person in question.
I hated them, the spring sometimes wouldn't trigger unless you hit the button just right....sometimes really scaring the bejesus out of you because it would catch you off guard. Sometimes they wouldn't fire at all.
It got to the point to where I would ask for the old school plastic "insulin" syringes, which were getting pretty hard to come by. I get that they are supposed to be idiot proof, but they really do suck.
I know, I don't understand some of these "now the qc is going to go down the crapper" posts...the qc was already in the crapper and anyone who ever owned the x-52 and 56's know this.
If anything this might actually make things better, logitech may be the defacto generic brand but at least some of their products are good (I actually like their wired gaming mice and keyboards).
Anyway CH sticks ftw, they are ugly and old looking but you wont find a better, or smoother action for the price...their just so damn ugly though..
Not any better than a drivers license either though, anyone can steal a pair of keys and just drive a car today without any knowledge of how to drive. The point was the driver would be liable and not the auto-pilot, or at least the norm would be assume driver error should they actually be using the feature during a wreck.
I guess to me this isn't any different from someone trying to use cruise control, you should still be ready to use the pedal at all times no matter what.
Then you get people sueing because the alarm was to disruptive and scared them into a wreck....
The only way to win this battle is to literally sign a waiver for some new class of driver's license. Basically stating you understand and are aware of all the risks and best handling practices when owning/operating a car with an autopilot system.
...well...yes, its called an election in the free world. Any nutjob can run....it doesn't mean they get elected. I distinctly remember some guy locked up in jail trying to run for decades. For better or worse you get what the majority vote in and the "people" are responsible for that.
That's part of the beauty of the election process, and it sure beats being stuck with the same ass nugget for life, Amiright Comrade?
By the way, what happens if he losses, are we back to Bush being the strawman?
Two wrongs don't make a right. If I install an application to protect the data I "ILLEGALLY" stored, that doesn't automatically make things all right.
I think you're missing the angle here....when was this software installed/used? Because I have a hunch it was when the FBI first began probing.....
This has been an entertaining election, i'll give it that.
EDS was just as crappy when I was working at JSC under CSOC back in 03...I remember us getting moved to a new room with a raised floor that hadn't been used in a while...come to find out there was nearly 100k in fiber spools just sitting there no one even knew about.
The problem with the gum and patches is that they don't really cover the physical/tactile aspect of smoking.
The real acid test is having a few beers and see if you crave a smoke. With gum and patches....no way, and I think most people that smoke can tell you that. Vaping on the other hand lets you follow through the motions if you feel the urge. Honestly after 2 years, I can walk through a cloud of cigarette smoke and not even be phased (to either smoke or vape), its really pretty awesome if you had a hard time quitting.
Yea, the taste is sort of like lighting the wrong end of a cig (anyone who has ever smoked for a while has done that at least once or twice). Its horrible and nasty, and you're definitely not going to just keep puffing on it like the lab machine is.
Nice on quitting, I myself am down to 0 for the last few months and about to quit. I never thought I would quit smoking (15 years), vaping really did help me kick the habit (quit smoking 2 years ago for vaping). I think vaping helps re-wire your brain from wanting a "break" every hour. You can still have a break but after a few weeks you just don't feel the urges anymore. I can go days and not even think of vaping at this point.
does this mean I can raise my rates? : p
Alamo Drafthouse.
They server beer, kids are not allowed, and they will boot your ass out if you talk or whip out your cell phone.
The cost of living and residence cost is a big one, but also its the attitudes and egos, then you have the sheer smugness some of the people exhibit from san fran all the way down to san diego.
I kills me because as an austinite i've seen much of all those negatives slowly start to creep in from all the california transplants...the self entitlement & smuggery is very strong in that town now...along with $$ costs. I don't even bother with SWSW anymore...I remember when the tickets were $10...back in 87, now? You looking at $1,500 for a full weekend pass.
Actually if you think about it, what part of the phone really gets dirty if you use it on the can?
You de-trouse, sit down, pull your phone out, do your civic duty for the day, then (and this is key) you put your phone in your pocket and commence clean up work, wash your hands and done.
I guess barring you're not doing things in that order, what part of the phone gets any more dirty than your keyboard (which is even dirtier than the toilet seat you just sat on)?
Say what you want about that movie (and I've met a few people that genuinely didn't like it at all, from a plot standpoint I can't say I blame them...)...there are so many things that movie got right that seemed way outlandish even to me at the time.
Leeloo is 3d printed for crying out loud, I think most people can see at the very least replacement body parts and organs 3d printed in the next 10-15 years. Pretty exciting time to be alive really...i'm willing to bet people will be living an extra 100++ years easily very soon...assuming we can get other things like alzheimer's and other degenerative brain diseases under control too.
Haha, I can see it now, there will be people against synthetic or hybrid cybernetic parts but consider the organic ones ok, or something akin to people preferring a more "natural" or homeopathic solution like they do today.
Do you eat red meat, steak or otherwise use livestock derived products?
The EPA even says that livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.
Focussing on cars in the face of livestock pollution seems like a silly waste of resources. /btw, I heart meat
exercising precautions like this. Case in point, the director of the FBI, Zuckerberg, ect. are high profile targets, whereas jim bob every person is not.
I get that its possible, but for a normal person is it really probable? Unfortunately opinions like this reinforce what I like to call the "Im more important than I actually am, so I need to worry about x" effect. Like when people go over-board on safes, alarms, weapons...and those items literally become the most expensive things they own.
Everyone likes to believe they are someone important...someone worth robbing/hacking/extorting from...but the truth is you're probably not worth a crooks time...at least not the extortion from images kind.
I guess what im trying to say is sometimes stuff like this really comes off like fear mongering as opposed to genuine good practical advice. You want good practical advice on linux/windows/mac? Always create and use a secure, locked down account to surf with and never use your admin account for anything but software installs, that should take care of 99% of normal people's concerns.
Losing the BBC shows was a bit of a let down too (I need my reddwarf...guess I have to buy them all...). To be fair the online selection has gotten better...the thing is fewer and fewer people are using the disc service, which has much more content available.
silent k's are over rated.
You can do things right without being a douche nuckle, to me there is no excuse for either.
Proprietor of Dry Cleaners: I'm not disclosed to bespeak any such information to you, nor would I, even if I had said information you want, at this juncture be able.
"....Chinese news outlet Xinhua reports that plenty of users in China are unhappy about Microsoft's push to get them to mandatorily upgrade their Windows OS."
As if anyone in that entire country paid for a legit version of windows....