We actually have a data collection script we use called 'vger'. It scans every directory on the *nix boxes we sell and grabs every config file, every setting, every customization made to the system and archives it in a big database, so that if we ever need to build a loaner we can just clone their most recent config. It seemed like an appropriate name.
Current price at WinCo is 48 cents for a 2 liter bottle.
Shasta! Where do you find it? As a kid that was a staple of my (very large extended) family get-togethers, but I haven't seen it in years.
I get it at WinCo! One of the best parts of shopping there. Another fun part is seeing all my neighbors in their pajamas since apparently it's okay to go to WinCo without getting dressed for the day.
I still remember the radio commercials from when I as a kid:
I want a pop pop pop. I want a Shhhhhhasta. Shasta.
I want it here I want it now I want it all I want it WOW!
I want a pop pop pop. I want a Shasta!
Well said, AC.
This.
I have a cup or two of coffee in the morning, then sip on my 2-liter bottle of Shasta Diet Soda all day long. I know Soda has substantially less caffeine by volume than coffee does, but I drink a much higher volume of soda. I've never done the math.
Yep. I open up my lunch and it just doesn't taste as good without a green and white screen in front of me. I want to quit. I can't. I've got nowhere else to go.....
so, didn't read the article,but what about people with photosensitive epilepsy? surely hundreds or thousands of flashes per second cannot be good for people with this ailment
And think about the Epileptic Dogs!
By the time you're done composing it you've spent at least as much time as you would calling.
Then you are doing it wrong.
I just tried it. I sent myself a text that said "Hey, what time are we having dinner tonight?" (and yes - I capitalized and punctuated the message just as it is shown there). and it took 12 seconds, including backing up to where I fat fingered "tinme" and deleted the "n". It showed up in my inbox in 3 seconds. There is no way you can accomplish that in 15 seconds via a phone call.
A phone call is often extremely inconvenient -- if you're in a meeting, if you have company
So true. I see a phone call come in from someone when I'm in a meeting or someplace loud and I hit "ignore" and then send them a quick message saying "in a meeting - is it urgent?" They can explain, and I can act accordingly. Passive interruptions v Active interruptions. I like being in control of the interaction.
Agreed. I see no reason to SMS someone when I can simply ping them through our favorite IM solution (whichever that is, YMMV) or just, you know, call them.
There are so many times when a text message is so much easier than any other means. I drive over to my friend's house to go for a run at 6:00am. I send him a text to say "I'm here" - and he comes outside. I'm leaving the office to go home for the night and I can jot "leaving" to my wife. Neither of those would work well with an IM solution, and neither of those would be any better with a phone call. SMS is great for these and hundreds of other situations.
I'd consider grad school a state of being "in school"
Unless you are going straight from undergrad to grad school, I would call time when you are applying for school NOT being in school. I certainly wasn't in school when my GPA suddenly became relevant again after 20 years.
What you say is mostly true. But the grad school I applied to had an interesting formula for admissions, even though I was 25 years out of school. I believe it was that your GMAT needed to be greater than (1000-(GPA of last 60 hours of coursework)*100). So "last 60 hours" in my case was the last 57 hours of my undergrad degree, and one graduate course I had taken long ago.
After that, your job performance and work experience are all anyone really looks at.
Until you apply for graduate school.
A=4, B=3, C=2, D=2
So that's how you got a GPA of 2.0 even though all you ever got were Ds.
Like the saying:
Those who can, do
Those who can't do, teach
Those who cannot do either somehow end up making the decisions for those who can.
The way I always heard it was:
Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't teach, coach.
Those who can't coach, administrate.
"Flattery is all right -- if you don't inhale." -- Adlai Stevenson
