My 2007 Macbook Pro is still find hardware-wise, though I did upgrade the hard drive a few years ago for more capacity. It hasn't been able to run a supported version of OS X for a while. I've re-imaged it with Linux so I could continue to safely use it online. I was not heavily invested in Apple apps, so was not a tough call.
I can understand the business decisions at work here, and am glad to have an option other than ponying up for shiny new hardware.
It depends - did the 'C' player get his bad rating by spending his time schmoozing and spreading falsehoods rather than working? I've had some pretty unproductive co-workers who managed to stay at the top of the retention list due to picking the right friends to brown-nose.
Last I checked they didn't seem to have much to offer.
I watch Amazon Prime more than I watch Netflix streaming. Right now watching "The Tudors" which I did not see at origin as it was on Showtime which I don't subscribe to.
I found Prime a good deal even when it just meant I could get my stuff in two days for free since I buy a LOT from Amazon. With the addition of streaming at no extra cost, it's a great deal.
I dunno, for me here in the U.S., being on the list has greatly reduced the volume of calls. The honest telemarketers (if that isn't an oxymoron) adhere to it, so that batch of calls has evaporated. I still get the calls like "this is credit card services, press 1 to lower your rate" but those are lowlife scums who would call even if the death penalty was on the table, so what can you do?
My computer closet doubles as a warm spot for beer fermentation, so I'll be keeping multiple systems around for a while. That said, I also have a VM running my mail and web server.
One option is to take a dance class. Not necessarily Arthur Murray or another chain. Try looking at your local community center. Most classes allow you to come without a partner. You'll meet some nice people and everyone is in the same boat you are- learning something new. It's not all ballroom either - try swing, jazz, nightclub two step, country line dancing. You won't find classes in "thrash about to loud bar music" but good fundamentals in social dance can make you much more comfortable moving to the music. If I may be a little baser here, if you are assuming everyone in this class is an old geezer: I've taken many dance classes and while yes you'll find a lot of older people (like me) in them, most have included attractive young people of both genders. That said - I recognize that in a less structured situation (like a club) you may be turned down when asking someone to dance - and maybe not politely. But at the risk of sounding like a mom - someone who would act like that isn't worth spending more time with.
It's been a long time since I've owned a car with a front bench seat (not a Crown Vic but a lowly Galaxie) but IIRC they were more fun at the drive in movies. Though now I see people sitting in the back of their pickup or SUV at the drive in so maybe the same extracurricular activities are still taking place.
Agreed. If someone asks me for the time, I usually have to look at my watch even if I just looked at it for my own use. The glance tells me "it's getting close to the time I need to leave" but doesn't register in my mind that "oh, it's 10:25." Which is another funny thing- on occasion when asked for the time I'll answer something like "quarter past 10" and get a quizzical look from the asker. Oh, excuse me I meant 10:15. And yes I'm an old fart and yes I've always worn a watch and no, I don't think that makes me retro, just a creature of habit.
I rather like keeping my home my home and not bringing (paying) work into it. I'm fortunate that I live in an area with good mass transit so commuting for me is inexpensive. I use the time on the bus to read and sometimes doze. Going into the office brings much needed human contact.
I have a two tier system. Tier one is one of my dogs who seems to have a pretty accurate clock in her head. She starts whining virtually the same time each morning (give or take 15 minutes) to be let out. Bit of a pain on weekends and holidays. Tier two is a plug-in alarm clock with gigantic numbers I can read without my glasses. I can't remember the last time I overslept.
I've worn glasses since I was a tyke. I wore contacts when I was younger and worried that glasses weren't "attractive" but now find glasses easier to care for than contacts. I have several pair with different looks, including sunglasses and all are multifocal. If 3D really catches on and one technology is settled on, it would be nice to go to the optician and buy 3D glasses with prescription lenses. Going to the movies - take along your 3D glasses. You wouldn't need multifocal lenses, UV protection, tints or anything fancy. I could see them costing less than a typical pair of everyday glasses. Indeed when home 3D TV hits it stride, having a prescription pair would be a no-brainer.
Maybe the previous deal he made with Google soured him on big biz, or maybe $100 million just isn't enough? Who are we to question the ways of revolutionary thinkers?
A lot of us use WSUS and SCCM because they do a good job of managing MS patches AND the cost (for WSUS) is right. This announcement is interesting but raises questions: how much will it cost; who will support it and how much work will it be to import third party updates? We can currently build packages for SCCM for any product, no not much gain there. But WSUS...
Maybe it's time for the free trial...
The agencies cited exemptions at least 466,872 times in budget year 2009, compared with 312,683 times the previous year, the review found. Over the same period, the number of information requests declined by about 11 percent, from 493,610 requests in fiscal 2008 to 444,924 in 2009.
Makes it sound like most requests were denied? Not sure how to interpret those numbers. Also, without a time breakdown of the requests who can say which were issued during FY2009 (Oct 2008-Jan2009) when Bush was still in office vs. the latter part? Let's compare Obama's first full year (or term) in office with Bush's and then make a call.
Following a link in the article to the DOJ figures, denials actually went DOWN during FY2009. As secrecy in the DOJ was one of the hallmarks of the Bush administration this is encouraging. Numbers are still high, but coming down. I'll give him a full term before calling him a disappointment.
Circumstantial evidence serves a purpose in making a case, and placing him at the scene helps show the "Opportunity" part of Means, Motive and Opportunity. If we look at the dog as "just" a weapon, than this isn't much different than finding a gun on the scene and using fingerprints to show someone handled it. Ties the suspect to the scene, though not foolproof as perhaps he could have handled the gun earlier and had it stolen. Criminal trials are about using multiple pieces of evidence to build a case. Rarely does one piece stand alone in providing proof.
That said, the DNA database in this question disturbs me as it could be the proverbial "slippery slope."
Indeed. Risk can never be reduced to zero, and the closer you get the more you have to spend. Analogies are a minefield on/. but here goes: we have laws and police forces, yet still people are murdered and robbed. I don't think we can completely protect against security threats any more than we can block any other form of crime. There's the old saw that says you can make your computer system safe by cutting it off from all networks, encasing it in cement and sinking it in the ocean. But systems need to communicate, and people need to interact with each other. Each presents an opportunity for misbehavior. We do what we can with multiple forms of technical protection, user education, reliance on reputation and yes, cure when prevention doesn't work. Saying "get rid of Windows" or "don't grant admin rights" only reduces, not eliminates, the risk.
An explicit right to counsel reinforced by the Supreme Court (Powell; Gideon). Ironic that our Founding Fathers built in safeguards to make it harder to deprive citizens of liberty, while the current regime falls back on "if you aren't doing anything wrong, why are you worried?"
Well, some states with sales tax require citizens to pay a "use tax" on items bought out of state, and it's usually comparable to sales tax. Kinda similar situation to pirating software- not paying something you are supposed to.
Of course enforcing either is tricky, and it's probably a given that more people legally license software (majority) than pay use taxes (small minority).
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My 2007 Macbook Pro is still find hardware-wise, though I did upgrade the hard drive a few years ago for more capacity. It hasn't been able to run a supported version of OS X for a while. I've re-imaged it with Linux so I could continue to safely use it online. I was not heavily invested in Apple apps, so was not a tough call.
I can understand the business decisions at work here, and am glad to have an option other than ponying up for shiny new hardware.
>"the year he and his girlfriend Morgan were born. They're doing it because their kids"
I guess they banned marriage too? Is that too modern?
And your point is....?
It depends - did the 'C' player get his bad rating by spending his time schmoozing and spreading falsehoods rather than working? I've had some pretty unproductive co-workers who managed to stay at the top of the retention list due to picking the right friends to brown-nose.
How is Amazon Prime's free streaming library?
Last I checked they didn't seem to have much to offer.
I watch Amazon Prime more than I watch Netflix streaming. Right now watching "The Tudors" which I did not see at origin as it was on Showtime which I don't subscribe to. I found Prime a good deal even when it just meant I could get my stuff in two days for free since I buy a LOT from Amazon. With the addition of streaming at no extra cost, it's a great deal.
I dunno, for me here in the U.S., being on the list has greatly reduced the volume of calls. The honest telemarketers (if that isn't an oxymoron) adhere to it, so that batch of calls has evaporated. I still get the calls like "this is credit card services, press 1 to lower your rate" but those are lowlife scums who would call even if the death penalty was on the table, so what can you do?
My computer closet doubles as a warm spot for beer fermentation, so I'll be keeping multiple systems around for a while. That said, I also have a VM running my mail and web server.
One option is to take a dance class. Not necessarily Arthur Murray or another chain. Try looking at your local community center. Most classes allow you to come without a partner. You'll meet some nice people and everyone is in the same boat you are- learning something new. It's not all ballroom either - try swing, jazz, nightclub two step, country line dancing. You won't find classes in "thrash about to loud bar music" but good fundamentals in social dance can make you much more comfortable moving to the music. If I may be a little baser here, if you are assuming everyone in this class is an old geezer: I've taken many dance classes and while yes you'll find a lot of older people (like me) in them, most have included attractive young people of both genders. That said - I recognize that in a less structured situation (like a club) you may be turned down when asking someone to dance - and maybe not politely. But at the risk of sounding like a mom - someone who would act like that isn't worth spending more time with.
It's been a long time since I've owned a car with a front bench seat (not a Crown Vic but a lowly Galaxie) but IIRC they were more fun at the drive in movies. Though now I see people sitting in the back of their pickup or SUV at the drive in so maybe the same extracurricular activities are still taking place.
Pascal was my intro language ('81), and a good one it was. I had the honor of using PL/1 on my first job. A real kitchen sink language.
This question was addressed in "The Star Chamber."
Agreed. If someone asks me for the time, I usually have to look at my watch even if I just looked at it for my own use. The glance tells me "it's getting close to the time I need to leave" but doesn't register in my mind that "oh, it's 10:25." Which is another funny thing- on occasion when asked for the time I'll answer something like "quarter past 10" and get a quizzical look from the asker. Oh, excuse me I meant 10:15. And yes I'm an old fart and yes I've always worn a watch and no, I don't think that makes me retro, just a creature of habit.
I rather like keeping my home my home and not bringing (paying) work into it. I'm fortunate that I live in an area with good mass transit so commuting for me is inexpensive. I use the time on the bus to read and sometimes doze. Going into the office brings much needed human contact.
I have a two tier system. Tier one is one of my dogs who seems to have a pretty accurate clock in her head. She starts whining virtually the same time each morning (give or take 15 minutes) to be let out. Bit of a pain on weekends and holidays. Tier two is a plug-in alarm clock with gigantic numbers I can read without my glasses. I can't remember the last time I overslept.
Well, but in this example the dancers are paid while on the show. Not a lot, but they are.
I've worn glasses since I was a tyke. I wore contacts when I was younger and worried that glasses weren't "attractive" but now find glasses easier to care for than contacts. I have several pair with different looks, including sunglasses and all are multifocal. If 3D really catches on and one technology is settled on, it would be nice to go to the optician and buy 3D glasses with prescription lenses. Going to the movies - take along your 3D glasses. You wouldn't need multifocal lenses, UV protection, tints or anything fancy. I could see them costing less than a typical pair of everyday glasses. Indeed when home 3D TV hits it stride, having a prescription pair would be a no-brainer.
Yikes! I've been dumping the trub from my brewing on my compost pile. God only knows what damage I've done.
Tater tots.
Maybe the previous deal he made with Google soured him on big biz, or maybe $100 million just isn't enough? Who are we to question the ways of revolutionary thinkers?
A lot of us use WSUS and SCCM because they do a good job of managing MS patches AND the cost (for WSUS) is right. This announcement is interesting but raises questions: how much will it cost; who will support it and how much work will it be to import third party updates? We can currently build packages for SCCM for any product, no not much gain there. But WSUS... Maybe it's time for the free trial...
The agencies cited exemptions at least 466,872 times in budget year 2009, compared with 312,683 times the previous year, the review found. Over the same period, the number of information requests declined by about 11 percent, from 493,610 requests in fiscal 2008 to 444,924 in 2009.
Makes it sound like most requests were denied? Not sure how to interpret those numbers. Also, without a time breakdown of the requests who can say which were issued during FY2009 (Oct 2008-Jan2009) when Bush was still in office vs. the latter part? Let's compare Obama's first full year (or term) in office with Bush's and then make a call.
Following a link in the article to the DOJ figures, denials actually went DOWN during FY2009. As secrecy in the DOJ was one of the hallmarks of the Bush administration this is encouraging. Numbers are still high, but coming down. I'll give him a full term before calling him a disappointment.
Circumstantial evidence serves a purpose in making a case, and placing him at the scene helps show the "Opportunity" part of Means, Motive and Opportunity. If we look at the dog as "just" a weapon, than this isn't much different than finding a gun on the scene and using fingerprints to show someone handled it. Ties the suspect to the scene, though not foolproof as perhaps he could have handled the gun earlier and had it stolen. Criminal trials are about using multiple pieces of evidence to build a case. Rarely does one piece stand alone in providing proof. That said, the DNA database in this question disturbs me as it could be the proverbial "slippery slope."
Indeed. Risk can never be reduced to zero, and the closer you get the more you have to spend. Analogies are a minefield on /. but here goes: we have laws and police forces, yet still people are murdered and robbed. I don't think we can completely protect against security threats any more than we can block any other form of crime. There's the old saw that says you can make your computer system safe by cutting it off from all networks, encasing it in cement and sinking it in the ocean. But systems need to communicate, and people need to interact with each other. Each presents an opportunity for misbehavior. We do what we can with multiple forms of technical protection, user education, reliance on reputation and yes, cure when prevention doesn't work. Saying "get rid of Windows" or "don't grant admin rights" only reduces, not eliminates, the risk.
An explicit right to counsel reinforced by the Supreme Court (Powell; Gideon). Ironic that our Founding Fathers built in safeguards to make it harder to deprive citizens of liberty, while the current regime falls back on "if you aren't doing anything wrong, why are you worried?"
COBOL may be the best "self-documenting" language. Which I guess isn't very relevant as we know developers love to document their code.
Well, some states with sales tax require citizens to pay a "use tax" on items bought out of state, and it's usually comparable to sales tax. Kinda similar situation to pirating software- not paying something you are supposed to. Of course enforcing either is tricky, and it's probably a given that more people legally license software (majority) than pay use taxes (small minority).