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timwhit
Hairy Aussie
You don't watch TV or read any news?
Other than weather, I avoid news as much as possible. It is unavoidable to some degree since people mention it on forums. :viking:
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Google Maps gave bad walking directions - got sued.
Link to article
Maybe not very surprising, but I thought it was a bit funny.
Link to article
Maybe not very surprising, but I thought it was a bit funny.
Pradeep
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Not just limited to Yanks, tho she was close to a Darwin award.
http://www.themorningbulletin.com.a...ts-follow-sat-nav-road-to-nowhere-gps-leads-/
"“They followed gravel roads, then dirt roads, then went through a couple of gates, and ended up bogged in a gully,” Childers Police officer in charge Sergeant Geoff Fay told the NewsMail. At one point, the men ignored danger signs and moved rocks blocking a road, to get to an isolated point that Sgt Fay said was “practically inaccessible”. After becoming bogged, they tried and failed to get their stuck Ford Falcon free from the mud before making another dangerous decision. They left their vehicle, and walked several kilometres through the forest trying to find a spot with mobile phone reception."
Pradeep
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I was thinking that with a big enough device the seafloor would vaporised, along with the deposit. Though the resulting tsunami of oily death would probably outweigh the benefits of stopping the oil 2 months earlier than it will take with another drilling.
Pradeep
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""The markets are pricing in an apocalyptic scenario," said Evgeny Solovyov, equity analyst at SG Securities in London. be limited to just $6.5bn - although it could go higher if BP were found guilty of gross negligence or a criminal act."The markets seem to assume that BP will have to withdraw from America," he added, noting that there was talk among government lawyers about barring the oil company from US government contracts. BP is also the biggest participant in deep sea drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, and therefore is likely to be hardest hit by the moratorium on this activity announced by President Barack Obama."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/business/10202162.stm
Looks like it could be lights out for BP in the USA. How's that cost/benefit analysis of going cheap on the casing look now, BP beancounters?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I've been in BP's North American Crisis Response center. One of the things I remember is that the guys who had diplomas hanging on their office walls in that area had degrees in Economics and Psychology, and that there were lots of MBAs. What I thought was striking at the time was that they didn't have any engineers, ecologists or public health specialists down there.
Just something to think about.
In an unrelated topic, yes, there is officially nothing keeping me in Northwest Indiana after my parents leave, once my job ends, which I presume that it will. Now I just have to find some other place that I actually want to live. I doubt that it matters. I just don't want to breathe the air in Northwest Indiana any more than I have to.
Just something to think about.
In an unrelated topic, yes, there is officially nothing keeping me in Northwest Indiana after my parents leave, once my job ends, which I presume that it will. Now I just have to find some other place that I actually want to live. I doubt that it matters. I just don't want to breathe the air in Northwest Indiana any more than I have to.
Pradeep
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http://jotman.blogspot.com/2010/05/timeline-of-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill.html
Shoddy cementing job by Halliburton? Cheney isn't here to help you this time boys.
Shoddy cementing job by Halliburton? Cheney isn't here to help you this time boys.
mubs
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It's a big country, Merc. Lotsa places you can pick from. Start a new life elsewhere.
ddrueding
Fixture
I'd suggest a place without snow and with a tech industry. With a few high-level colleges helps the average IQ as well.
ddrueding
Fixture
X58A-UD9 - It's big, and looks awesome. Even the box is massive, with a cool window in it and everything.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
No snow implies California or some redneck shithole. Are there any other options?
Honestly, I don't think it matters very much. "Home" is where my stuff is and all the outside is to me is the twenty feet of space between my car and someplace I actually want to be.
ddrueding
Fixture
Not in my mind. California from around Napa to about Santa Barbara, and from the ocean to a little before Interstate 5.
Even if you don't go outside, nice weather is better to look at, and at the very least is cheaper to heat. Even if you don't interact with them, the people here are (on average) more enjoyable to watch.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Snow should be quite rare in Seatle and it isn't what I would call a redneck shit-hole. There's almost never snow in Miami and it isn't a redneck shit-hole. Just a shit-hole, but not much rednecks.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Even though there's snow there quite often, I would see you in Boston area. I'm sure you would find more people with common interests there.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
How about the third largest city in the country? It has the added benefit of being fairly close to where you are now. It's a completely different world though (at least on the north side).
There are some nicer places than you think, and not necessarily in CA. Given your limited movements, I suspect that finding a suitable job is most important and that you don't like being too far from a major city. :jokecolor:
ddrueding
Fixture
Just sent this letter to my accountant:
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Maybe I need some context to understand the situation.
ddrueding
Fixture
Full back story:
Back when I was consulting full time, I had several accountants offices. One of which did all my books, in exchange for basic computer services. I like them, they like me, all is well.
Another, different accounting company is a royal PITA. They are constantly complaining and withholding payment. One employee in particular is such a pain that I drop them as I client and tell them why.
Fast forward 2 years. My favorite accounting firm is doing well, and acquires a few other firms to expand their business. This happens to include my least favorite accounting firm. Everyone is sacked and replaced except for my least favorite employee, who just sent me a whiny and sarcastic e-mail at 10:30PM followed 10 minutes later by a phone call.
Does that clear things up?
Back when I was consulting full time, I had several accountants offices. One of which did all my books, in exchange for basic computer services. I like them, they like me, all is well.
Another, different accounting company is a royal PITA. They are constantly complaining and withholding payment. One employee in particular is such a pain that I drop them as I client and tell them why.
Fast forward 2 years. My favorite accounting firm is doing well, and acquires a few other firms to expand their business. This happens to include my least favorite accounting firm. Everyone is sacked and replaced except for my least favorite employee, who just sent me a whiny and sarcastic e-mail at 10:30PM followed 10 minutes later by a phone call.
Does that clear things up?
Stereodude
Not really a
No, why are you giving out your phone number?
ddrueding
Fixture
Unfortunately, I've had this number a long time, and many people have it. When I first started consulting, it was on my business card.
Stereodude
Not really a
These are definite words of wisdom to live by.I solve all unexpected phone calls by never, ever answering the phone unless the ID is recognizable.
time
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PABXs here don't usually send a caller ID, so that's not much use to me.
Also, the local loop monopoly, Telstra, actually charges $6 per month for the privilege of receiving the caller ID! I kid you not.
Also, the local loop monopoly, Telstra, actually charges $6 per month for the privilege of receiving the caller ID! I kid you not.
time
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Really? How much?
I mean, it's free with cellphone services, and it's not like it costs the Telco even one cent to provide it; if anything, it costs them to disable it.
I mean, it's free with cellphone services, and it's not like it costs the Telco even one cent to provide it; if anything, it costs them to disable it.
Stereodude
Not really a
I don't have a land line. As I'm sure you're aware Caller ID is standard fare for cell phones.
If I had a land line, I certainly wouldn't pay extra for caller ID.
I have no idea. There is some package with various attributes. We pay for other ripoffs too, such as unlisted numbers.
I understand that the cellophone has an ID system. However, my cell is almost always off. Sometimes I check the voicemail and delete a few unintelligible messages in left in a foreign language.
I just looked quickly on Verizon's land line service feature and they show a price of $9.50/month to add caller ID to a phone in my area. There may be some package deal available to reduce that price, but the price is ridiculous for a standalone feature.
My first phone was $11-12/mo., including touch tone service (fairly new then) and unlisted number. The phones were hardwired back then. :bstd:
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
It appears that my gmail account was hacked. I had a strong password and there's no evidence of malware on any of my systems but everyone on my gmail contact list was sent a message containing a random link to a viagra spam site using my default address for sending mail (which is actualy a yahoo address).
Anyway, if you got email from me containing a single HTML link don't open it.
Anyway, if you got email from me containing a single HTML link don't open it.
Pradeep
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"In a spectacular $220 million test, NASA fired a new astronaut escape system rocket in New Mexico Thursday, boosting a dummy crew module more than a mile up in just 20 seconds to demonstrate how a future manned spacecraft could be pulled to safety in the event of a catastrophic on-pad rocket failure.
Using a solid-fuel motor generating some 500,000 pounds of thrust, the launch abort system ignited with a torrent of orange fire and smoke at 9 a.m. EDT, pulling the dummy crew module to nearly 450 mph in just 2.5 seconds with an acceleration of 16 times the force of gravity. The motor burned for just six seconds or so, boosting the system to an altitude of nearly 4,000 feet and putting it on a ballistic trajectory with a predicted high point of roughly 6,000 feet."
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/06padabort1/
Sounds like a hell of a ride
Using a solid-fuel motor generating some 500,000 pounds of thrust, the launch abort system ignited with a torrent of orange fire and smoke at 9 a.m. EDT, pulling the dummy crew module to nearly 450 mph in just 2.5 seconds with an acceleration of 16 times the force of gravity. The motor burned for just six seconds or so, boosting the system to an altitude of nearly 4,000 feet and putting it on a ballistic trajectory with a predicted high point of roughly 6,000 feet."
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/06padabort1/
Sounds like a hell of a ride
So how can that happen?
ddrueding
Fixture
You'll have a whole bunch of broken bones and failed organs after that.
Pradeep
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Presumably the forces are of a short enough nature to avoid long lasting damage. Looks like 6 seconds or so.
I'm guessing being securely strapped to a seat with one direction of force from behind you (unlike a fighter pilot pulling a high G turn, with the blood wanting to pool in the legs and draining from the brain(helped by inflating pants and a breathing technique)).
Also given the alternative (immolation in a vast fireball after rocket failure), a few broken bones would be OK.
I'm guessing being securely strapped to a seat with one direction of force from behind you (unlike a fighter pilot pulling a high G turn, with the blood wanting to pool in the legs and draining from the brain(helped by inflating pants and a breathing technique)).
Also given the alternative (immolation in a vast fireball after rocket failure), a few broken bones would be OK.
sdbardwick
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Pradeep
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Presumably the forces are of a short enough nature to avoid long lasting damage. Looks like 6 seconds or so.
I'm guessing being securely strapped to a seat with one direction of force from behind you (unlike a fighter pilot pulling a high G turn, with the blood wanting to pool in the legs and draining from the brain(helped by inflating pants and a breathing technique)).
Also given the alternative (immolation in a vast fireball after rocket failure), a few broken bones would be OK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force
Looks like 12G can be sustained for a while. Depends on the bodies orientations.
What about John Stapp stopping from Mach 0.9 in 1 sec! That did bugger his vision tho.
I'm guessing being securely strapped to a seat with one direction of force from behind you (unlike a fighter pilot pulling a high G turn, with the blood wanting to pool in the legs and draining from the brain(helped by inflating pants and a breathing technique)).
Also given the alternative (immolation in a vast fireball after rocket failure), a few broken bones would be OK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force
Looks like 12G can be sustained for a while. Depends on the bodies orientations.
What about John Stapp stopping from Mach 0.9 in 1 sec! That did bugger his vision tho.