I've been thinking a lot about my own mortality lately (a string of family deaths will do that to you), and I've come to the same conclusion: I have no interest in living beyond the point where I can take care of myself and have my wits about me. I also have no interest in being a drain on society and my kids in order to stay 'alive'.
I think that as Generation X grows older, we're going to see more and more of this. The past couple generations have eaten up so many resources to stay alive, no matter what the cost, but we've seen what the burden on the ones left behind is, and want no part of it. So, I'm going to enjoy my life, have fun, and when it's my time to go, well, I had a good run...
Yeah, I can imagine Bubba the Auto-Worker assembling cellphones with his vienna-sausage fingers. How many returns and how many scrapped units do you think that approach would create? Not to mention the throughput of 2 cellphones per hour (in between Union-Demanded breaks, of course)
Are you implying that Americans are physically incapable of assembling small electronics, and that Chinese somehow have more nimble fingers? Bullshit.
Scorch beat me to it. I can't recommend them enough. From travel to engines to the real effects of futuristic weapons, that site has it all. Every time I visit, I get lost for hours and hours. And also inspired.:-)
I started reading this site back in 1999, and I can honestly say that this is the first site I read almost every day. Although I don't post a lot, I learn something almost every day here, and your dedication to the community has always shown. Thank you for that!
As the network admin for a wireless ISP, we use Google Earth as a sort of 'first approximation' (along with RadioMobile) to do preliminary site-surveys, estimating whether its even worth our time to roll a truck for an attempted install. This looks like a great addition to an invaluable tool to me!
FYI, I have the Vibrant (T-Mobile variant), and received an OTA update last week. It resolved my GPS issues, and I'm pretty happy with the phone. I just saw a post yesterday that the Galaxy-S phones are rolling out 2.2 (Froyo) in the Scandanavian region now, with updates for the rest of the world coming. Just hang in there...
That's just how we started. They're great little layer-3 switches, and can be had for cheap ($200-300) on the used market. Check out Network Hardware Resale, PICS, or Network Liquidators. We've gotten 6503's with a sup720 for less than $13k.
They should absolutely tie into the storyline (or at least the same universe). It's easy: either tell the story of the alien ship that the Nostromo found (cool, but unlikely), or just make sure everybody dies, or have the story end up being covered up by the Company, and that's the reason they send the Nostromo to check out that distress signal.
Unfortunately, you also need a government willing to pay for the resources and research involved in making such a venture possible.
Finding 500 volunteers isn't the problem. It's organizing enough people who care about funding/building a generation ship, despite the fact that they will not likely see any profits or results within their (or their childrens') lifetimes.
I live in Indiana, and work in Illinois (just off of I-294, in fact). They spiked the rates for everyone without an I-Pass. I bought an I-Pass, and get the same rate Illinois residents do.
Amen!! I moved up to Lake County about 5 years ago (one of I think 4 counties that uses Daylight Savings Time), and changing the clocks is a TOTAL pain in the ass.
Not to mention that in the winter, it starts getting dark about the time the kids are let out of school...
I work at an ISP that resells SBC DSL. The problem is, we are paying $34.95 for each DSL line to a customer. SBC is turning around and selling DSL for $29.95.
As if this weren't bad enough, we have documented cases (but not enough money for a lawyer, yet...) of our customers being contacted to switch a week after they turn up with us. You see, we have to enter customer info into SBC's database to place the order.
And speaking of SBC's database, did you know that it returns different copper distances for SBC vs. the ISP? We have had customers whose loop was not qualified for service be contacted by SBC a couple weeks later and be able to get service.
All the telco's abuse their power, but SBC is one of the worst.
Take the auto workers, for example. Let's say they made just 8$ an hour. That's a large cut in pay, but still about ten times what a Malaysian would make.
Have you tried raising a family on $8/hour lately? Here in Indiana (where prices are also much less than on the East Coast), there are McDonalds hiring for $7/hour. Good luck buying a house, or even renting one, on $8/hour.
Or cut down on the programs, let business boom, and pass that economic gain to the average American?
The biggest problem I see with this is that trickle-down economics DON'T WORK. When the people at the top of the economic food chain make more money, they don't pass that money down to the guys making $8/hour, they keep it.
You're correct By default, they (at least the Zyxel 64x series) only accepts telnet connections from the ethernet interface. It CAN be set up to accept telnet connections from anywhere. If Sprint did this, and did not change the default password, I smell a lawsuit brewing...
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I've been thinking a lot about my own mortality lately (a string of family deaths will do that to you), and I've come to the same conclusion: I have no interest in living beyond the point where I can take care of myself and have my wits about me. I also have no interest in being a drain on society and my kids in order to stay 'alive'.
I think that as Generation X grows older, we're going to see more and more of this. The past couple generations have eaten up so many resources to stay alive, no matter what the cost, but we've seen what the burden on the ones left behind is, and want no part of it. So, I'm going to enjoy my life, have fun, and when it's my time to go, well, I had a good run...
Yeah, I can imagine Bubba the Auto-Worker assembling cellphones with his vienna-sausage fingers. How many returns and how many scrapped units do you think that approach would create? Not to mention the throughput of 2 cellphones per hour (in between Union-Demanded breaks, of course)
Are you implying that Americans are physically incapable of assembling small electronics, and that Chinese somehow have more nimble fingers? Bullshit.
Here's a good place to start/
If only I had mod points...
I started reading this site back in 1999, and I can honestly say that this is the first site I read almost every day. Although I don't post a lot, I learn something almost every day here, and your dedication to the community has always shown. Thank you for that!
What makes you think we can afford Medicare/Medicaid now?
You never have mod points when you need them... I couldn't agree more with you.
Download the latest version, and under Layers, and 3D Buildings there's a checkbox for Trees.
As the network admin for a wireless ISP, we use Google Earth as a sort of 'first approximation' (along with RadioMobile) to do preliminary site-surveys, estimating whether its even worth our time to roll a truck for an attempted install. This looks like a great addition to an invaluable tool to me!
FYI, I have the Vibrant (T-Mobile variant), and received an OTA update last week. It resolved my GPS issues, and I'm pretty happy with the phone. I just saw a post yesterday that the Galaxy-S phones are rolling out 2.2 (Froyo) in the Scandanavian region now, with updates for the rest of the world coming. Just hang in there...
When both of my kids were newborns, I used to volunteer to give them their nightly bottles, just so that I could play Civ II while holding them.
Well, we're not using BES, but I just swapped the SIM from my old BB Curve to a Samsung Vibrant. Worked fine.
That's just how we started. They're great little layer-3 switches, and can be had for cheap ($200-300) on the used market. Check out Network Hardware Resale, PICS, or Network Liquidators. We've gotten 6503's with a sup720 for less than $13k.
They should absolutely tie into the storyline (or at least the same universe). It's easy: either tell the story of the alien ship that the Nostromo found (cool, but unlikely), or just make sure everybody dies, or have the story end up being covered up by the Company, and that's the reason they send the Nostromo to check out that distress signal.
Unfortunately, you also need a government willing to pay for the resources and research involved in making such a venture possible. Finding 500 volunteers isn't the problem. It's organizing enough people who care about funding/building a generation ship, despite the fact that they will not likely see any profits or results within their (or their childrens') lifetimes.
Oh, I'm sure some good came out of that tort reform. Won't *someone* please think of the insurance companies?
Those are the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Thanks!
I live in Indiana, and work in Illinois (just off of I-294, in fact). They spiked the rates for everyone without an I-Pass. I bought an I-Pass, and get the same rate Illinois residents do.
Amen!! I moved up to Lake County about 5 years ago (one of I think 4 counties that uses Daylight Savings Time), and changing the clocks is a TOTAL pain in the ass.
Not to mention that in the winter, it starts getting dark about the time the kids are let out of school...
You already can: Zoe
Not that I'm defending Bush's intelligence, but there are plenty of words that are NOT spelled phonetically.
I work at an ISP that resells SBC DSL. The problem is, we are paying $34.95 for each DSL line to a customer. SBC is turning around and selling DSL for $29.95.
As if this weren't bad enough, we have documented cases (but not enough money for a lawyer, yet...) of our customers being contacted to switch a week after they turn up with us. You see, we have to enter customer info into SBC's database to place the order.
And speaking of SBC's database, did you know that it returns different copper distances for SBC vs. the ISP? We have had customers whose loop was not qualified for service be contacted by SBC a couple weeks later and be able to get service.
All the telco's abuse their power, but SBC is one of the worst.
Have you tried raising a family on $8/hour lately? Here in Indiana (where prices are also much less than on the East Coast), there are McDonalds hiring for $7/hour. Good luck buying a house, or even renting one, on $8/hour.
Or cut down on the programs, let business boom, and pass that economic gain to the average American? The biggest problem I see with this is that trickle-down economics DON'T WORK. When the people at the top of the economic food chain make more money, they don't pass that money down to the guys making $8/hour, they keep it.
You're correct By default, they (at least the Zyxel 64x series) only accepts telnet connections from the ethernet interface. It CAN be set up to accept telnet connections from anywhere. If Sprint did this, and did not change the default password, I smell a lawsuit brewing...
You mean like this ?