My thought is about power consumption. I'm guessing it's the opposite of a zero-energy building.

I do not since I run World Community Grid on BOINC when my computer is not in use.

...Yes. Do you get two weeks notice when they fire you? No. Nuff said. All you other guys can say it's not professional, but you have to look out for yourself and your family first.

I was cool with it until the cost. I mean, $200? Google wipes its ass with 100 dollar bills.

It shouldn't even be a law thing. When "you" have a dog that continually barks, can't you hear that? Assuming you are home. Doesn't that bother you? And then if you're not home to hear it yet you are told about it, WHY do you not give 2 fucks about having common consideration? What does that say about you as a person? Are you great person except when it comes to curbing your dog? It boggles my mind.

I cannot tell how many times I've heard a dog bark near my place and I look far and wide and there is NOTHING out there. A lot of owners are just shitty people and the dogs aren't properly trained. And yes I know dogs can sense things further away, but after a couple minutes STILL barking? Funk dat. I lived near 3 dogs that even when I QUIETLY opened my second floor window they barked for 5 minutes. WTF?

Similar things happened to me as well, but it was several dogs, several neighbors. My people "told" me more than once to wear earplugs. I'm like, how do I listen to TV at night on my way to sleep? Or hear my alarm in the morning? I shouldn't have to do that.

So instead of the owner taking responsibility, a neighbor is supposed to take time away from XYZ and walk their dog? LMAO!

People don't train their dogs properly. If I can't walk down the sidewalk in front of your house without your dog having a stroke about it, something needs to be done. Yes, they are protecting their property, but they need to be taught the proper boundaries. ie. TRAINING And often when that happens to me, the person is there and either won't or can't shut them up. USUALLY because they don't use a commanding voice or one or two word commands. My mother does that crap with her dogs when they act up. It's always a different "sentence" as if they are children who will understand her. As far as checking a neighborhood thoroughly, someone on the left moved in with 3 dogs that he left in the yard all day. And then the neighbor on the second right got a big ass dog that barked as if he sounded he was in the room with me. And then once across the street. I was surrounded. There was all of a sudden dogs everywhere. Don't get me started on the a-holes honking their horn every morning at 6am getting their passenger/car pooling cuz why not just ring their phone when you're outside? No consideration. Or the a-holes who slam/close every door of their car everyday as if they are loading up for a vacation every morning. As was said, "narcissistic obnoxious society that has no consideration for others." People suck. Which is hard for me cuz I go out of my way without going "out of my way" to insure I'm not like that, but every 5 minute come across people who do the opposite. I am now back with my mother in a trailer. FINALLY a brother gets some restful sleep. Until this week. They removed the trailer behind me so now all the traffic on the corner here comes into my room due to no more "buffer". I also live near a police impound yard. Every other car has a muffler/exhaust issue. There are more trains going by (EVERY 15 or less by my calculations) 2 miles away probably for the holiday gift supply. And then I can't even have sex with my woman even though I TURN UP the TV/music, put soundproof on the door, the heater blowing, etc cuz it can be heard throughout the place. The list goes on and let me digress cuz I'm ranting. If you ask me, the only option is to get soundproof windows and fill the walls with insulation as well before you move in for ANY home/house. You can put soundproof ON the walls, but then you lose space. You're pretty much SOL if you live in a mobile home. PS - Don't be dicks and tell me to move out as at least one of you will probably do. She's sickly and I'm taking care of her.

Ever watch a cop show or similar where some criminal has a fake wall to cover a closet or room? And some observant person noticed the discrepancy. Maybe I'm being a little hard, but in ALL these years, nobody noticed that the measurements/distances didn't jive with what they could see? I guess since nobody was looking, and since it is and OLD building.

I'm surprised they even stopped. I mean, common sense would tell you that electronics can fail for one reason or another and you should have a backup. (I have backups for everything) I assume they don't teach Morse code either. I mean, don't spend an entire semester on these things, but at least the basics or a crash course.

I just noticed/read that Blackberry is Canadian. That explains a lot. :-)

I wonder how many homeless will use it as "lotion"

Does that mean you don't have anything encrypted? I bet you do...

Call me crazy, but....stop putting cell phones in your back pocket, regardless of jean type, and sitting on them. Other than that, when else will they be at risk to bend?