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Comment City of Los Angeles Still Uses Floppies (Score 4, Interesting) 558

I recently had a shocking meeting in the office of some folks from the Recreation and Parks Department, and was disturbed to see that the computers they were using not only were running Windows 95, but which had only 3.5" drives. The presence of several disks laying out on the desk of one employee and a disk storage unit on the desk were definite indications of daily use. Oh, and the highly paid, union protected, pension equipped employee was an excellent multitasker. He was able to both play solitaire during the entire meeting and give his full attention to the important business of doing his job. If you were wondering why one of the world's biggest cities is approaching total failure, there's a few reasons for you.

Comment Re:Use the opportunity properly (Score 1) 504

If you're going on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity like this then why waste the time doing internet stuff that you can do for the rest of your life.

Use the opportunity wisely. Soak up the new experiences. DOn't be one of those fools that travel halfway around the world to sit in a McDonalds or an internet cafe.

Forget about the internet, email, wikipedia etc.They'll all still be there when you're done.

I couldn't agree more. This is an opportunity to use your time differently than you do outside the program. That experience is what you'll learn more about both yourself and the world from.

Comment T60p (Score 1) 479

I've been using a T60p for about 8 months now, and the thing's a tank. I'm pretty sure it's available with a solid state hard drive now too. A bit overpowered for the traveler, but the perfect thing if you want to edit video or photos on the go, while equipped with a tank of a laptop with astounding battery time.

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