The cuties don't have to be fast but they do have to be good at their job. I once had one deposit a check for cash.... Very thoughtful of her to try expediting the process without asking but I'd rather she looked better and listened closer.
I can't come up with any noun in English that acts quite the same way, though there are examples in English that don't fit into the count noun/mass noun distinction, either.
Um, no. Mega engineering projects still go on today. Just not in the developed world. Too expensive. The Chinese built a fricking large airport at a fraction of the cost of London Heathrow Terminal 5. Mega projects have little pay-off in the developed world nowadays. But in the developing world, they are doing even bigger things. 3 gorges dam, bloody large building in Dubai, high speed rail in China etc.
But they do this cheaply mainly because
a) they pay peanuts
b) they don't sweat the environmental stuff much
c) they don't worry about the next election
Quite seriously, a totalitarian government can build great things. The Pyramids, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, etc etc... Once you worry about people and non-human species, and what effect will this have on the ozone layer... things slow down, prices go up and you're there for years.
Wasn't there a case in WW2 of the Japanese launching a balloon, attaching a bomb on the bottom of it and letting it drift across the pacific? Caused the only civilian deaths in the US itself when someone said "hey, what's that thing in the tree" and poked it with a stick.
Heck, I find a hammer works best. Whenever I toss out a HDD, it's obsolete. And I set my teenage daughter onto it with hammer and (optionally) a nail. She loses some aggression, I sleep easier. And if anyone replies and says "it's still readable", then
a) My life isn't really that interesting to anyone but me
b) Whoever wants to go through all that trouble is welcome to find out how dull I really am.
Mr manager, if you purchase our copier you can reduce your costs by $2000 per month.
Would you like me to explain how?
You have to be careful not to boil it down too far though. I know you were just making a point, but if you open a sales presentation like that you are likely to sound like an "as seen on TV" direct seller.
You can avoid that by saying "but wait - there's more".
First, you need to remember that Doctor Who started life as a children's show..
Dude - Dr Who is still a children's show. No slight intended. I still enjoy the occasional episode, the same way I still enjoy the occasional Simpsons. But, it's for kids. Don't expect adult issues. I don't mean nudity, etc (boy, would that would boost the ratings) but handling complex issues in a realistic way. You know, the way us adults do.
I skipped classes that thought me only basic math and other things I already mastered, in order to have time to learn to code in C, read Dostoevsky, and work fixing computers and writing simple apps.
Thought? Taught, I suspect... not much spelling and attention to detail in Doestoevsky, then. You must have read it in the original Russian, comrade...
I guess these things get funded by crackpots with more money than sense; the same breed who want to track down Noah's ark, Moses's sandal and the gourd left behind by Brian.
Please, I hope it's not that prevalent! That's somewhere around 6,800,000 people running around buggering sheep (or whatever they think will stand still for it). If they're all in Florida, that's 1/3 of the population. It's also means there are more sheep-fuckers in the U.S. than sheep!
I support about half-a-dozen PCs in the neighbourhood - nothing less than Windows XP. Most of them are PCs I've provided (ex-work) or advised on. The people are appreciative, and I usually end up with a bottle of wine or two afterwards.
I've told one family, when asked, that I don't install a cracked product. They stopped asking me for help. That's great!
I don't install file-sharers - LimeWire's popular here. If they want to, up to them but they can figure it out. And I'll clean it up next time 'round and get two bottles of wine from Dad for the labour.
Worst I've seen is when I cleaned up (reformatted) one PC, then had to do it again as the teenager had wrecked it within a week. I sat with her once while she went to a website and clicked "ok" to everything that got between her and the screen she wanted. All the time keeping up a stream of chatter. 'Did you read that message?", I asked. "No", she said. The family went to a Mac within a year, because "PCs just don't seem to work for us", the mother said. No shit.
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The cuties don't have to be fast but they do have to be good at their job. I once had one deposit a check for cash.... Very thoughtful of her to try expediting the process without asking but I'd rather she looked better and listened closer.
FTFY
If you've a fool-proof way for ensuring that z-x is positive, please advise. I have several stocks, and with the recession my z-x is mainly negative.
I can't come up with any noun in English that acts quite the same way, though there are examples in English that don't fit into the count noun/mass noun distinction, either.
Sheep. One sheep. Ten sheep.
Unlike the car market, computer component makers aren't especially under pressure from the used market.
Good work on the car analogy.
My wife gave birth to our daughter in a "Surf Titan!" t-shirt, from the Planetary society. Daughter is 16 in August. And no, I don't have pictures.
Um, no. Mega engineering projects still go on today. Just not in the developed world. Too expensive. The Chinese built a fricking large airport at a fraction of the cost of London Heathrow Terminal 5. Mega projects have little pay-off in the developed world nowadays. But in the developing world, they are doing even bigger things. 3 gorges dam, bloody large building in Dubai, high speed rail in China etc.
But they do this cheaply mainly because
a) they pay peanuts
b) they don't sweat the environmental stuff much
c) they don't worry about the next election
Quite seriously, a totalitarian government can build great things. The Pyramids, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, etc etc... Once you worry about people and non-human species, and what effect will this have on the ozone layer ... things slow down, prices go up and you're there for years.
So, maybe unsolicited balloons are a concern.
You only use truecrypt?
Heck, I find a hammer works best. Whenever I toss out a HDD, it's obsolete. And I set my teenage daughter onto it with hammer and (optionally) a nail. She loses some aggression, I sleep easier. And if anyone replies and says "it's still readable", then
a) My life isn't really that interesting to anyone but me
b) Whoever wants to go through all that trouble is welcome to find out how dull I really am.
1: Stick dead monkey in wind tunnel
2: Blow high wind at dead monkey
3: Stop
4: Check results... "hey, this monkey is dead!"
5: Fail test.
Mr manager, if you purchase our copier you can reduce your costs by $2000 per month. Would you like me to explain how?
You have to be careful not to boil it down too far though. I know you were just making a point, but if you open a sales presentation like that you are likely to sound like an "as seen on TV" direct seller.
You can avoid that by saying "but wait - there's more".
(Oblig). Get rid of the books. They just make people depressed. And paintings. And music. And Windows (the ones you open).
What exactly is the point of withholding an OS disk on a £7k machine? HP support couldn't answer this one by the way.
Ooh ...I know, I know.
1: User buys new HP PC
2: Time goes by, things get installed, uninstalled, some stuff happens...
3: Windows gets slower and slower
4: User rings HP and says "hey, my PC is slow"
5: HP say "Oh, you need a new PC".
6: Go to 1 (and by the way, HP PROFITs)
First, you need to remember that Doctor Who started life as a children's show. .
Dude - Dr Who is still a children's show. No slight intended. I still enjoy the occasional episode, the same way I still enjoy the occasional Simpsons. But, it's for kids. Don't expect adult issues. I don't mean nudity, etc (boy, would that would boost the ratings) but handling complex issues in a realistic way. You know, the way us adults do.
BTW, if appropriate, get off my lawn.
2: Start business selling lead underwear to panicky people
3: PROFIT!!!
"My sisters birthday was last week. Next saturday I will be going shopping"
Good lord! Is that act legal in your country? Where do you find the weasel and the watermelon?
Be more likely to get through if they spoke in real Latin
But many happy returns - I couldn't stand T J Hooker, that dreadful show about life in SF after the earthquake ... but some fun was had watching ST.
I skipped classes that thought me only basic math and other things I already mastered, in order to have time to learn to code in C, read Dostoevsky, and work fixing computers and writing simple apps.
Thought? Taught, I suspect... not much spelling and attention to detail in Doestoevsky, then. You must have read it in the original Russian, comrade ...
I once dated a girl who read Brave New World and couldn't understand that it was a dystopia. She thought it sounded pretty good.
I once lent Heinlein's very right-wing but well-written SF book, 'Starship Troopers' to my nephew. Mid teens, he thought it was a great society model.
He didn't join up when he graduated, though.
And don't mention the movies. Please.
I guess these things get funded by crackpots with more money than sense; the same breed who want to track down Noah's ark, Moses's sandal and the gourd left behind by Brian.
Thank you, the Syrian Cybernetics Corporation.
Please, I hope it's not that prevalent! That's somewhere around 6,800,000 people running around buggering sheep (or whatever they think will stand still for it). If they're all in Florida, that's 1/3 of the population. It's also means there are more sheep-fuckers in the U.S. than sheep!
I live in New Zealand, you insensitive clod!!
I've told one family, when asked, that I don't install a cracked product. They stopped asking me for help. That's great!
I don't install file-sharers - LimeWire's popular here. If they want to, up to them but they can figure it out. And I'll clean it up next time 'round and get two bottles of wine from Dad for the labour.
Worst I've seen is when I cleaned up (reformatted) one PC, then had to do it again as the teenager had wrecked it within a week. I sat with her once while she went to a website and clicked "ok" to everything that got between her and the screen she wanted. All the time keeping up a stream of chatter. 'Did you read that message?", I asked. "No", she said. The family went to a Mac within a year, because "PCs just don't seem to work for us", the mother said. No shit.
Yep, that's a rant ok.
Tea. Earl grey. Hot.
(slurp...)
Dammit, I wanted no sugar!