I disagree. Freedom of speech is a two way street. You have every right to say what you will, but you have no right to be shielded from the social repercussions of that speech.

If you want to act like a pariah, you need to accept people treating you like one.

"Dry" -
That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it does. -Inigo Montoya
I lived in Orange County as well as Oceanside. Dry is not the term I would use. When the air is so humid you have to chew it, that is wet. My position is relative, I grew up in a desert and lived at high altitudes the rest of the time except for that foray into SoCal.

I tend to packrat hardware. It pays off in the long run. When I want something, I build it. When the clutter starts to grow I will throw parts on EBAY and see what flies. Usually I can get about $10 per part for most, some I get nothing.
I just sold late 90's HP RAID controllers for the NetServer SCO servers, new in the original box. I got $900 each for them. Somebody has an old server running a critical legacy application, when they see working spare parts for it, they snatch them up. Apparently there were more than one for this piece as the bidding was furious on both auctions.

You have clearly never worked for/consulted small businesses. Budget is paramount, and a used server can be the difference between a viable setup and a user's laptop running as a fileserver.

I take sugar free gum. Offer it to the mothers of older children nearby who are in pain. Younger children, I show the obviously new mamma how to help baby pop their ears.

(it's easy, pull gently straight down on the lobes. Baby's crying will take care of the rest.)

https://mediahint.com/

you are welcome.

This is very annoying ting about Prime. I do not use the streaming function because it is frustrating in this way. The shipping savings are worth it, even with the cost raise just announced. If, that is, you do a lot of Amazon buying, which I do.

netflix does 4k if you have the bandwidth. I get great netflix resolution.

I disagree. I have a media server, and I rip every DVD/Blu-Ray I buy to it. It is still far easier to watch a movie that way than loading disks.

That is probably the difference. I have genuine feels for people stuck in internet hell. I was for years, but was finally saved by a community fiber project.

netflix looks great on my 65", as good or better than any given Blu-Ray. Not sure where you are getting your info from.

Khan Academy has a pretty good math program, up to high school AP math courses. Videos, problems, references, etc.

WGU is fully accredited, same accreditation as a state university. It is completely self-paced, there are no classes- just suggested reading and references to self-teach. You simply test for each subject's final exam whenever you are ready to do so. Testing is stringent, and is done in proctored centers (usually a local state or community college testing center).

You pay by the semester, and if you test out 4 years in that one semester, you are done- here is your diploma. I did it, transferred my associates from a military school and dove in. 2 semesters later, I had a BS:Information technology to hang on the boss' forehead. Could have done it in one semester, but I burned out/got lazy at the end and went long. With things like OpenCourseware, KhanAcademy, and similar for resources, you can learn any topic.

Link:http://www.wgu.edu/

You mean like the ones Ben Stein did on his creationist documentary? Lying to scientists, asking them leading questions, then chopping up the answers to place in response to totally different questions?

yea, fair.
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