when I bought an OEM licensed version of Windows from Fry's I BECAME an OEM. both Microsoft and Frys allow this.
I built the system myself -as I have done with every system I have ever owned except for laptops and my new media center PC. If I pop the HD that enabled me to buy the OEM software into another sytem I have built the license transfers.
So morally (and legally) I regard myself as a HECK of a lot more legit than people using cracked or site versions of XP.
I have 2 OEM copies of windows that I bought from Fry's years ago.
Unfortunately -and predictably, in the course of 2 moves I have lost my activation key #s -I didn't glue them to my machines as recommended because I planned on moving the license to another, newer machine eventually.
Now I can't even finish the install without having to find some cracked key from some warez site. Then it won't let me install any security patches or Service Packs.
After the 30 days or whatever is up and I have to activate I then try the warezed key and am told that this key has been used too many times -Duh! a
and then I have to call MS support and get a new activation key from them. Fortunately they haven't given me too much grif, but its still a hassle.
Thanks to old flakey hard drives I have had to do this twice and now it has died a third time.
This time I said screw it and went to fry's and bought a new HP dual core media center PC for $750. so I guess MS won this round.....
But I will be trying this again since I have several more machines sitting around -I guess I'd better write down the key# the next time they give me one over the phone again. Does anyone know if the activation #s they give over the phone are 1-time codes or if they will work multiple times?
Has anyone had any luck just asking them for new activation codes?
I RTFA'd and I don't see how this would work with regular, semi-random typing -ie. I may 'sit on a character' while I space out or think about what to type next -or try to find the next key....
It seems that this could only work if there were a regularly timed stream of data -such as that of a TTY playing back a paper tape or someone who was Mavis Beacon Prime typing at a completely regular rate to which the 'jitter' could be added to. I don't *think* that most remote apps use any kind of buffer dumps or anything that would add the type of regularity that would allow this to be exploited.
That would leave out all of us one fingered-wonders. Feel free to correct me as I may have missed some subtle point of the article.
A: the gullibility of the american public, the inability of business groups to decide anything for themselves and the first step to trashy AI created and produced movies for mass consumtion.
Q: What do computerized predictions really predict?
May the dung beetles from 1000 camels crawl up your man-dress!
Yeah, but don't forget Eclipse for Java, PHP, perl and other non Windows dev tools -sure there's a little lockin if you are programming for.NET
There is no commercial equivalent for Eclipse -it is the current defacto standard -same for the others I mentioned and MySQL, etc
and even if they're not interested in ideology they probably still understand that windows products are fragmented, incompatible and often buggy, as well as expensive -even $150 is a lot for a student to pay for an OS or an Office Suite.
Users don't need to use Windows to write term papers or do research. Nor do they need Windows to learn networking, java programming or any other general IT or General Ed coursework.
Except for advanced users, Word (tm) and OpenOffice Writer are practically the same.
Moreover, Office is completely fragmented -you have diehard Office 95 types and you have the people who are going to be dragged to what will eventually be an incompatible new version of Office -Office 10 or whatever it will be. Most users use such a shallow set of features in Word that file compatibility is really the only important thing.
I'm not saying that Open Office is an application for application replacement for MS-Office -Excel and Powerpoint are definitely needed and used in most businesses until OO improves and gains traction -but I have had pretty good luck using Impress.
I do realize that excel macros/VBA is something of a dealbreaker as far as spreadsheets go..
But what sort of job is going to care whether you know how to write using Word or Writer? Not a writing job -maybe a secretarial job. Learning how to write effectively period is a lot more important. Half the resumes that I see, even from educated people, are filled with sloppy writing, misspelings and typos -and at that point I don't care WHAT they wrote it on.
I write stuff for work all the time in OO. I don't buy the argument that you need MS for web browsing and writing.
IMHO any state school that isn't using Linux and OpenOffice at least for general purpose computing (ie. web browsing, paper writing, etc) is wasting the taxpayer's money. Properly locked down Linux machines should be virtually bulletproof.
Likewise, Java dev and Oracle, MySQL and PHP can all be done on Linux, as well as some school infrastructure (forums, webpages, etc)
The only place that Windows should be needed is for windows-based multimedia and graphics applications like Dreamweaver, Flash, AutoCAD, Automedia, Digidesign, etc
And many of those are also available on the Mac.
Other than that it seem like only Powerpoint, VBA, VisualStudio and SQL Server as well as Windows Admin classes (Active Directory, etc) would really require Windows machines or Applications.
I wonder if creative commons licensed videos would be a problem for YouTube with these new terms?
If they restricted redistribution of content that was emanating from their site or assigned themselves any extra rights regarding editing or ownnership or restricted further distribution I think that it might.
They would probably just say that you can't put up any content with a license which would be violated by their doing what they wanted with it.
While still behind Oracle in many other ways, SQL server 2005 does boast a nicely remade user tools in Management Studio.
I took MS-SQL classes back to back earlier this year with the first one using SQL server 2003 and the 2nd one using 2005 express and the difference was night and day in ease of use.
In 2003 you had to have 2 or 3 different applications up in order to create a table, populate it with data and then view the table data. I was constantly trying to do things in the window which didn't allow that action....Plus transact SQL was like an (even more) retarded version of SQL+
With Management Express it can all be done from the main window -I just wonder why it took them 10 years to figure this out.
there are still some funky aspects of MS-SQL language itself (the GO directive for instance), but this is a great new tool.
Of course now that TOAD works on MS-SQL this may not matter much to database diehards, but I do see signs of Microsoft improving GUIs, simplifying designs and improving usability both here and in VisualStudio.
Too bad they won't be able to do the same for Vista.....
Seriously, this comment is trotted out every time Intel or AMD sneezes and some 64-bit multicore goodness leaks out.
The Itanic plays in the mainframe server space -ie. up to 64 CPU machines such as the HP Superdome.
Its competitors are the Power64 chip and Sun's latest and greatest -not some $300 chip you buy at Fry's.
Itanium has just released a dualcore version with up to 24MB of cache! I think you have to move up to Opteron or Xeon to get more than a couple MB of cache.
You still need big-iron type CPUs for numbers crunching on the scale that simulations or Fortune500 business processes require and that will not be changing anytime soon.
and I just bought an Athlon x2 from HP at Fry's last week....
Seriously, this was such a great deal that I couldn't build one for cheaper: Athlon XP x2 4200+ 2 GB RAM 250 GB SATA Drive DVD+-combo writer built in firewire and NIC and every type of removable media support that you can think of. Windows XP Media center $820 + $50 rebate = $770
The same Frys had the CPU ~ $350 and when you add the standalone costs for 2GB RAM the SATA drive and the DVD burner (and Windows) you're already ~700. I know that you can buy the Intel dual cores for cheaper now though...
The only thing I will be adding soon will be some good video card to replace the integrated nVidia graphics.
HP a1450n Ath64X2 4200+ Processor for TRUE multi-tasking
One of the few issues of this type that Apple did (sort of) 'fess up to was the 5300 powerbooks that had the first generation LiOn batteries which would heat up and literally fry the powerbook when recharging.
I was the beneficiary of Apple's belated recall/tradein ~2001 and was able to get ~$700 off on the G3 Pismo powerbook that I still use as a portable music workstation. there must be a landfill somewhere full of these things as a result of the tradein. I think they saw this as the only way to get out of supporting this bad product.
The funny thing was that I got the 5300ce for about $100 from a friend who 'liberated' it from Nokia's San Francisco offices when they shut down there in the mid '90s -the executives had taken all of the other, better, newer laptops, but these were considered dogs almost upon release:
I was amazed/appalled to see that my 5300ce once cost over $6,000
I actually never had any problems with mine -I just never liked OS 8 on it -and as soon as OS X came out I updated my replacement G3 and have never looked back (except when accidentally launching Word and going into 'classic' mode.
Some might say that he is doing this in penance for unleashing Windows on the world
A noble endeavor none the less, considering that he could alleviate a lot of pain and suffering in the world.
Although some might argue that he has caused enough pain and suffering himself through Windows, that pain is nothing compared to children DYING every day due to diarrhea or malnutrition.
-What's the speed of dark?
Ironically it seems that many companies have a strong mechanism to control small costs at the rank and file level for things like printer cartridges, but there is less control and oversight at the higher levels until you get to a CIO who is writing multimillion $ checques to some shell corporation he and his cohorts have created....
-What's the speed of dark
credit to Emo Phillips -one of the funniest and strangest comics.
I heard him on a radio station here in SanFran a few weeks ago and he let loose with this gem:
The on air personalities asked him what he looked for in a woman in San Francisco and he replied:
"An adam's apple"
I almost wrecked the car after that ROFLWMA! (Roll on the floor laughing and wrecked my automobile)
I remember years ago Arsenio Hall had him on for this 'geek' night and he came out wearing one of those traditional Greek dresses because he said he thought Arsenio had said 'greek' night.
Priceless.
I got caught copying one of the other students test -I guess the xerox machine was a bit of a giveaway...so they marched me to the principal and he said Emo, Emo, Emo
I said: I'm the one in the middle you drunken bastard!
That's a pretty simplistic view for someone who frequents a website with at least a partial focus on IT.
Even if HP are not the innovative powerhouse that they were 30 years ago they have ongoing contributions to IT which cannot be denied:
Blade servers -HP had Blades before any of the majors and I believe were the first to put opterons on their Blades
Support of Linux on their hardware -plus they hired Bruce Perens -plus they like debian even if they only sell RH and SUSE
Server virtualiation with VPARS -slice and dice your Superdome into 64 separate servers if you want
OpenView -a comprehensive suite of network, server and storage management tools -against this IBM has -Tivoli?
HP is also one of the few places selling off-the shelf HPTC gear and their gear is regularly at the top of the TPC benchmarks.
HP is the last of the onestops where you can buy a complete datacenter with servers, storage, infrastructure (SAN AND LAN) and even client machines and even get them to help you with deployment (Sun, IBM and Dell being partnered with EMC isn't quite the same)
(disclaimer: I contracted at HP for 4 years in sales configuration support during the Compaq merger and did IT/QA during the HP/Agilent split before that)
I met my SO on American Singles -a pre Match.com site that I had as part of some weird 'push' application.
I was a little overweight (~185lbs, 5'8") so it seemed hypocritical to ask that someone be 120 lbs or less, but to keep the tubgirls away I stated that I weighed 170lbs and that my only requirement in regards to weight was that they weigh less than I did......so I lied about my weight -a little
Also, since I am a beer/420 guy it occured to me that I would have a lot more success if I did not screen out smokers (plus that would have also been a little hypocritical)
So, I ended up with a great gal who weighs less than I do and is tolerant of my recreational activities -although cigarette smoking does bother me a little bit and will probably result in some dire health conditions for her in the future.
Popular and youth culture Current estimates suggest one in seven or over 39 million people in North America have at least one tattoo.
A recent Harris Poll finds that 16% of all adults in the United States have at least one tattoo. The highest incidence of tattoos was found among the gay, lesbian and bisexual population (31%) and among Americans ages 25 to 29 years (36%) and 30 to 39 years (28%). Regionally, people living in the West (20%) are more likely to have tattoos.
approximately equal percentages of males (16%) and females (15%) have tattoos.
This survey was conducted online between July 14 and 20, 2003 by Harris Interactive(R) among a nationwide sample of 2,215 adults.
Although the above is from a small sample it suggests that more people have been tatooed in the past 10 years than in the previous 10.
30 to 39 years (28%) -Assuming these people didn't get their tatoos before they were 18 this group would have started geting tattoos ~1985
25 to 29 years (36%) -These people would have started getting tats ~1996
So this is more than just a 60s/70s phenomenon -it acually appears to be ramping up from the mid- 80s
unfortunately the poll did not cover 18-25 year olds or it would be clearer if the upward trend is continuing.
-although you can usually safely remove the piercings and the holes will grow back/be less noticable.
-Still, based on the rise of body art in the last 15 years I would say that this will evenetually be better tolerated in all but the stuffiest workplaces eventually.
I think its a generational thing too -business attire is a whole lot more casual/different/varied now than it was in the 50s and 60s
-who knows what bodymods/cybernetics the next generation of freaks will be favoring in 20-30 years??
The illustrated manager of the future will probably be shaking his head at the worker who are using nanotech to make parts of their bodies different colors, or who have symbiotic implants, or ???
Just remember that the ladies of some of the more decadent middle age courts used to wear wigs with live birds in them.....and we still have the names and descriptions in some cases, even if there weren't any pictures. So I guess those people earned their own sort of myspace like moteriety.
On the other hand -if we encouraged all of the Poli Sci, Business and Law students to not only blog, but to also to post pictures of their exploits on myspace we might be able to weed out some of our future idiot/corrupt politicos and business people.
Just think if this have been around in the '80s when King George was partying his brains out....
It is good that with an auction setup there is actually some hope of the artists getting a little more of the Lucre than they are with the scalpers.
However, Ticketmaster is part of the cabal which includes ClearChannel and the major record labels who would like to dictate what acts are going to get national exposure and are responsible for bringing us such crapola as Britney, 'n Sync and the boy bands, etc.
Support the smaller independent bands and venues via TicketWeb:
One of the worst thing I see in corporate settings is email threads between half a dozen people or more in which the gist of the conversation has been totally lost. Some participant's have usually stopped responding at this point because the conversation has gotten sidetracked and no one really remembers what the original issue was.
Sometimes It is possible to refocus the group and get back to the point by CHANGING the subject line from something like: RE: re: re: re Big Problem to: Server parameter changes needed (or whatever)
And then IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE MESSAGE BODY simply, succinctly stating the problem and the decision which must be made and possible decision factors.
Usually I have to write this AFTER I have made the more technical analysis, which may be a little further down in the email.
If this first sentence is clear and unambigous (and not casting any blame or making judgements, etc) then you have some chance of re-engaging the principals. Everyone needs clear, simple explanations of technical issues.
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Umm,
when I bought an OEM licensed version of Windows from Fry's I BECAME an OEM. both Microsoft and Frys allow this.
I built the system myself -as I have done with every system I have ever owned except for laptops and my new media center PC. If I pop the HD that enabled me to buy the OEM software into another sytem I have built the license transfers.
So morally (and legally) I regard myself as a HECK of a lot more legit than people using cracked or site versions of XP.
-What's the speed of dark?
I have 2 OEM copies of windows that I bought from Fry's years ago.
Unfortunately -and predictably, in the course of 2 moves I have lost my activation key #s -I didn't glue them to my machines as recommended because I planned on moving the license to another, newer machine eventually.
Now I can't even finish the install without having to find some cracked key from some warez site. Then it won't let me install any security patches or Service Packs.
After the 30 days or whatever is up and I have to activate I then try the warezed key and am told that this key has been used too many times -Duh! a
and then I have to call MS support and get a new activation key from them. Fortunately they haven't given me too much grif, but its still a hassle.
Thanks to old flakey hard drives I have had to do this twice and now it has died a third time.
This time I said screw it and went to fry's and bought a new HP dual core media center PC for $750. so I guess MS won this round.....
But I will be trying this again since I have several more machines sitting around -I guess I'd better write down the key# the next time they give me one over the phone again. Does anyone know if the activation #s they give over the phone are 1-time codes or if they will work multiple times?
Has anyone had any luck just asking them for new activation codes?
-What's the speed of Dark?
I RTFA'd and I don't see how this would work with regular, semi-random typing -ie. I may 'sit on a character' while I space out or think about what to type next -or try to find the next key....
It seems that this could only work if there were a regularly timed stream of data -such as that of a TTY playing back a paper tape or someone who was Mavis Beacon Prime typing at a completely regular rate to which the 'jitter' could be added to. I don't *think* that most remote apps use any kind of buffer dumps or anything that would add the type of regularity that would allow this to be exploited.
That would leave out all of us one fingered-wonders. Feel free to correct me as I may have missed some subtle point of the article.
-What's the speed of Dark?
I predict:
A:
the gullibility of the american public, the inability of business groups to decide anything for themselves and the first step to trashy AI created and produced movies for mass consumtion.
Q:
What do computerized predictions really predict?
May the dung beetles from 1000 camels crawl up your man-dress!
(Apologies to Johnny Carson and American Dad)
-What's the speed of dark?
Yeah, but don't forget Eclipse for Java, PHP, perl and other non Windows dev tools -sure there's a little lockin if you are programming for .NET
There is no commercial equivalent for Eclipse -it is the current defacto standard -same for the others I mentioned and MySQL, etc
and even if they're not interested in ideology they probably still understand that windows products are fragmented, incompatible and often buggy, as well as expensive -even $150 is a lot for a student to pay for an OS or an Office Suite.
-What's the speed of Dark?
Users don't need to use Windows to write term papers or do research. Nor do they need Windows to learn networking, java programming or any other general IT or General Ed coursework.
Except for advanced users, Word (tm) and OpenOffice Writer are practically the same.
Moreover, Office is completely fragmented -you have diehard Office 95 types and you have the people who are going to be dragged to what will eventually be an incompatible new version of Office -Office 10 or whatever it will be. Most users use such a shallow set of features in Word that file compatibility is really the only important thing.
I'm not saying that Open Office is an application for application replacement for MS-Office -Excel and Powerpoint are definitely needed and used in most businesses until OO improves and gains traction -but I have had pretty good luck using Impress.
I do realize that excel macros/VBA is something of a dealbreaker as far as spreadsheets go..
But what sort of job is going to care whether you know how to write using Word or Writer? Not a writing job -maybe a secretarial job. Learning how to write effectively period is a lot more important. Half the resumes that I see, even from educated people, are filled with sloppy writing, misspelings and typos -and at that point I don't care WHAT they wrote it on.
I write stuff for work all the time in OO. I don't buy the argument that you need MS for web browsing and writing.
-What's the speed of dark?
IMHO any state school that isn't using Linux and OpenOffice at least for general purpose computing (ie. web browsing, paper writing, etc) is wasting the taxpayer's money. Properly locked down Linux machines should be virtually bulletproof.
Likewise, Java dev and Oracle, MySQL and PHP can all be done on Linux, as well as some school infrastructure (forums, webpages, etc)
The only place that Windows should be needed is for windows-based multimedia and graphics applications like Dreamweaver, Flash, AutoCAD, Automedia, Digidesign, etc
And many of those are also available on the Mac.
Other than that it seem like only Powerpoint, VBA, VisualStudio and SQL Server as well as Windows Admin classes (Active Directory, etc) would really require Windows machines or Applications.
-What's the speed of dark?
Asked and Answered (I think)
I wonder if creative commons licensed videos would be a problem for YouTube with these new terms?
If they restricted redistribution of content that was emanating from their site or assigned themselves any extra rights regarding editing or ownnership or restricted further distribution I think that it might.
They would probably just say that you can't put up any content with a license which would be violated by their doing what they wanted with it.
-What's the speed of Dark?
While still behind Oracle in many other ways, SQL server 2005 does boast a nicely remade user tools in Management Studio.
I took MS-SQL classes back to back earlier this year with the first one using SQL server 2003 and the 2nd one using 2005 express and the difference was night and day in ease of use.
In 2003 you had to have 2 or 3 different applications up in order to create a table, populate it with data and then view the table data. I was constantly trying to do things in the window which didn't allow that action....Plus transact SQL was like an (even more) retarded version of SQL+
With Management Express it can all be done from the main window -I just wonder why it took them 10 years to figure this out.
there are still some funky aspects of MS-SQL language itself (the GO directive for instance), but this is a great new tool.
Of course now that TOAD works on MS-SQL this may not matter much to database diehards, but I do see signs of Microsoft improving GUIs, simplifying designs and improving usability both here and in VisualStudio.
Too bad they won't be able to do the same for Vista.....
What's the speed of dark?
No, it's just pining for the Fjords.....
t ectio/
Seriously, this comment is trotted out every time Intel or AMD sneezes and some 64-bit multicore goodness leaks out.
The Itanic plays in the mainframe server space -ie. up to 64 CPU machines such as the HP Superdome.
Its competitors are the Power64 chip and Sun's latest and greatest -not some $300 chip you buy at Fry's.
Itanium has just released a dualcore version with up to 24MB of cache! I think you have to move up to Opteron or Xeon to get more than a couple MB of cache.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/18/intel_mon
You still need big-iron type CPUs for numbers crunching on the scale that simulations or Fortune500 business processes require and that will not be changing anytime soon.
-What's the speed of Dark?
Drat,
g **.node2%7D/product/4796499
and I just bought an Athlon x2 from HP at Fry's last week....
Seriously, this was such a great deal that I couldn't build one for cheaper:
Athlon XP x2 4200+
2 GB RAM
250 GB SATA Drive
DVD+-combo writer
built in firewire and NIC and every type of removable media support that you can think of.
Windows XP Media center
$820 + $50 rebate = $770
The same Frys had the CPU ~ $350 and when you add the standalone costs for 2GB RAM the SATA drive and the DVD burner (and Windows) you're already ~700. I know that you can buy the Intel dual cores for cheaper now though...
The only thing I will be adding soon will be some good video card to replace the integrated nVidia graphics.
HP a1450n Ath64X2 4200+ Processor for TRUE multi-tasking
http://shop3.outpost.com/%7BlZNEvmnJrJRmmQ+BgJ8WI
-What's the speed of Dark?
I'm just hoping that it will end up like this: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~jrubarth/gslis/lis385t.1 6/Napoleon/
One of the few issues of this type that Apple did (sort of) 'fess up to was the 5300 powerbooks that had the first generation LiOn batteries which would heat up and literally fry the powerbook when recharging.
I was the beneficiary of Apple's belated recall/tradein ~2001 and was able to get ~$700 off on the G3 Pismo powerbook that I still use as a portable music workstation. there must be a landfill somewhere full of these things as a result of the tradein. I think they saw this as the only way to get out of supporting this bad product.
The funny thing was that I got the 5300ce for about $100 from a friend who 'liberated' it from Nokia's San Francisco offices when they shut down there in the mid '90s -the executives had taken all of the other, better, newer laptops, but these were considered dogs almost upon release:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_5300
I was amazed/appalled to see that my 5300ce once cost over $6,000
I actually never had any problems with mine -I just never liked OS 8 on it -and as soon as OS X came out I updated my replacement G3 and have never looked back (except when accidentally launching Word and going into 'classic' mode.
-What's the speed of dark?
Some might say that he is doing this in penance for unleashing Windows on the world A noble endeavor none the less, considering that he could alleviate a lot of pain and suffering in the world. Although some might argue that he has caused enough pain and suffering himself through Windows, that pain is nothing compared to children DYING every day due to diarrhea or malnutrition. -What's the speed of dark?
Ironically it seems that many companies have a strong mechanism to control small costs at the rank and file level for things like printer cartridges, but there is less control and oversight at the higher levels until you get to a CIO who is writing multimillion $ checques to some shell corporation he and his cohorts have created.... -What's the speed of dark
credit to Emo Phillips -one of the funniest and strangest comics.
I heard him on a radio station here in SanFran a few weeks ago and he let loose with this gem:
The on air personalities asked him what he looked for in a woman in San Francisco and he replied:
"An adam's apple"
I almost wrecked the car after that
ROFLWMA! (Roll on the floor laughing and wrecked my automobile)
I remember years ago Arsenio Hall had him on for this 'geek' night and he came out wearing one of those traditional Greek dresses because he said he thought Arsenio had said 'greek' night.
Priceless.
I got caught copying one of the other students test -I guess the xerox machine was a bit of a giveaway...so they marched me to the principal and he said Emo, Emo, Emo
I said: I'm the one in the middle you drunken bastard!
http://www.emophillips.com/home
That's a pretty simplistic view for someone who frequents a website with at least a partial focus on IT.
Even if HP are not the innovative powerhouse that they were 30 years ago they have ongoing contributions to IT which cannot be denied:
Blade servers -HP had Blades before any of the majors and I believe were the first to put opterons on their Blades
Support of Linux on their hardware -plus they hired Bruce Perens -plus they like debian even if they only sell RH and SUSE
Server virtualiation with VPARS -slice and dice your Superdome into 64 separate servers if you want
OpenView -a comprehensive suite of network, server and storage management tools -against this IBM has -Tivoli?
HP is also one of the few places selling off-the shelf HPTC gear and their gear is regularly at the top of the TPC benchmarks.
HP is the last of the onestops where you can buy a complete datacenter with servers, storage, infrastructure (SAN AND LAN) and even client machines and even get them to help you with deployment (Sun, IBM and Dell being partnered with EMC isn't quite the same)
(disclaimer: I contracted at HP for 4 years in sales configuration support during the Compaq merger and did IT/QA during the HP/Agilent split before that)
-What's the speed of dark?
I met my SO on American Singles -a pre Match.com site that I had as part of some weird 'push' application.
I was a little overweight (~185lbs, 5'8") so it seemed hypocritical to ask that someone be 120 lbs or less, but to keep the tubgirls away I stated that I weighed 170lbs and that my only requirement in regards to weight was that they weigh less than I did......so I lied about my weight -a little
Also, since I am a beer/420 guy it occured to me that I would have a lot more success if I did not screen out smokers (plus that would have also been a little hypocritical)
So, I ended up with a great gal who weighs less than I do and is tolerant of my recreational activities -although cigarette smoking does bother me a little bit and will probably result in some dire health conditions for her in the future.
-What's the speed of dark?
OK -I'll bite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo
(Although its wiki this IS a respected pollster result)
Popular and youth culture
Current estimates suggest one in seven or over 39 million people in North America have at least one tattoo.
A recent Harris Poll finds that 16% of all adults in the United States have at least one tattoo. The highest incidence of tattoos was found among the gay, lesbian and bisexual population (31%) and among Americans ages 25 to 29 years (36%) and 30 to 39 years (28%). Regionally, people living in the West (20%) are more likely to have tattoos.
approximately equal percentages of males (16%) and females (15%) have tattoos.
This survey was conducted online between July 14 and 20, 2003 by Harris Interactive(R) among a nationwide sample of 2,215 adults.
Although the above is from a small sample it suggests that more people have been tatooed in the past 10 years than in the previous 10.
30 to 39 years (28%) -Assuming these people didn't get their tatoos before they were 18 this group would have started geting tattoos ~1985
25 to 29 years (36%) -These people would have started getting tats ~1996
So this is more than just a 60s/70s phenomenon -it acually appears to be ramping up from the mid- 80s
unfortunately the poll did not cover 18-25 year olds or it would be clearer if the upward trend is continuing.
-although you can usually safely remove the piercings and the holes will grow back/be less noticable.
-Still, based on the rise of body art in the last 15 years I would say that this will evenetually be better tolerated in all but the stuffiest workplaces eventually.
I think its a generational thing too -business attire is a whole lot more casual/different/varied now than it was in the 50s and 60s
-who knows what bodymods/cybernetics the next generation of freaks will be favoring in 20-30 years??
The illustrated manager of the future will probably be shaking his head at the worker who are using nanotech to make parts of their bodies different colors, or who have symbiotic implants, or ???
Just remember that the ladies of some of the more decadent middle age courts used to wear wigs with live birds in them.....and we still have the names and descriptions in some cases, even if there weren't any pictures. So I guess those people earned their own sort of myspace like moteriety.
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On the other hand -if we encouraged all of the Poli Sci, Business and Law students to not only blog, but to also to post pictures of their exploits on myspace we might be able to weed out some of our future idiot/corrupt politicos and business people.
Just think if this have been around in the '80s when King George was partying his brains out....
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Actually, even with Gigabit ethernet availability HPTC and other network intensive data center operations have moved to Fibre Channel and things like:
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Infiniband http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiniband
and Myrinet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrinet
http://h20311.www2.hp.com/HPC/cache/276360-0-0-0-
HP HPTC site
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It is good that with an auction setup there is actually some hope of the artists getting a little more of the Lucre than they are with the scalpers.
However, Ticketmaster is part of the cabal which includes ClearChannel and the major record labels who would like to dictate what acts are going to get national exposure and are responsible for bringing us such crapola as Britney, 'n Sync and the boy bands, etc.
Support the smaller independent bands and venues via TicketWeb:
www.ticketweb.com
I use it to buy tickets for shows at places like the independent
http://www.theindependentsf.com/
and the bottom of the hill
http://www.bottomofthehill.com/
here in San Francisco, but they cover small and unusual venues nationwide.
Plus, I have more money for food and drinks when I only pay 10-20$ for the tickets.
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yup, we don't want no leaks around here!
I'm sure Billy boy can get George IV to spare a few operatives to track down these bad boys!
Oh, you mean they might have done it on purpose? Why would anyone do that?
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One of the worst thing I see in corporate settings is email threads between half a dozen people or more in which the gist of the conversation has been totally lost. Some participant's have usually stopped responding at this point because the conversation has gotten sidetracked and no one really remembers what the original issue was.
Sometimes It is possible to refocus the group and get back to the point by CHANGING the subject line from something like: RE: re: re: re Big Problem
to:
Server parameter changes needed (or whatever)
And then IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE MESSAGE BODY simply, succinctly stating the problem and the decision which must be made and possible decision factors.
Usually I have to write this AFTER I have made the more technical analysis, which may be a little further down in the email.
If this first sentence is clear and unambigous (and not casting any blame or making judgements, etc) then you have some chance of re-engaging the principals. Everyone needs clear, simple explanations of technical issues.
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