Comment Re:This is why you buy a vanilla device (Score 1) 333
I am not a sales representative.
I am not a sales representative.
I have a toy, called a sling-shot, that will render your flying spy drone toy useless long before its batteries run out. My toy has centuries of R&D ahead of your flying robotic spy drone.
Are they also creating an evaporation effect in the region that supplies air moisture to the region they're trying to create precipitation in?
That's a good first step, but how about requiring manufacturers to provide all root/administrative access to the hardware they've purchased? It's my fucking gadget.
You're an idiot either way for not watching the "idiot box."
Not in my book. The way I see it, you're a fucking hero. Keep up the good work.
How big is your budget?
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Beautiful stuff. Flawless operation. Drains your bank account.
Either the research is flawed, or the people they studied are going to fail miserably in the "real world".
I find myself stretching the truth, or dodging accurate answers, when speaking in person far more often than I do in text. With text there is a document recorded for all time which can be referenced at any time. If it's not correct it's going to destroy you. If you say something untrue it's possible to wiggle out by claiming you were misunderstood or misheard.
Typically there is more time to build accurate and honest replies in text than there is in verbal communication. When you're speaking with someone they expect the reply RIGHT THEN, so you make some shit up to cover your ass. If you have more time you can formulate a true(er) response, or build truth prior to making your reply.
Spoken:
"Hey babe, did you take out the trash?"
"Uh, yep."
The hell you did. And now you have to get the trash out before she finds out.
Text:
"Hey babe, did you take out the trash?"
Take out the trash.
"Yep. At the curb."
No deceit. Just delay of truth due to available features of the means of communication.
And your one use of the optical drive was actually a detriment to the function you were attempting to accomplish. It would have been better served on a USB memory stick. Faster speed and the ability to store changes. Not to mention far more capacity, AND less power consumption on your laptop.
I think the term "phone" by today's standards is a bit of a misnomer. It's a handheld internet device. Who actually uses their 'mobile' as a phone as the primary function?
I don't think that would wake me up. Especially if I moved around and the phone fell to the floor under the bed.
My on call shifts don't typically go past 10 PM (we have global staff), so I usually just stay up. But if I do go to bed I leave my phone on 'GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED' mode. My wife understands the situation, even offers to make sure I get out of bed in the event of an email or call, because she knows the on call work equals extra income, which means a portion (let's be honest, all of it) is hers. If you're not getting some kind of additional compensation for your on call, stop doing it.
I like the wrist band idea. You could also build a Lego Mindstorm contraption to drop soccer balls on your head.
I honestly don't know. But my grandmother (now 100 years old), used to swear by them. She uses some kind of video enlarger with a TV and used to have a PC with some outrageously over priced assistance software, but that's too difficult anymore. I believe she still uses their books on tape service, which used to be special format cassettes, but surely that's moved to solid state now.
Oh come on, where are the charts and graphs? This is prime data for charts and graphs!
The hobby statisticians in the room are quite displeased.
Surely his doctors have mentioned these people?
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. -- Christopher Lascl
