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Anyone using NAS (Network accessed storage) at home??
okalb replied to FlyboySMB's topic in The Bonfire
You won't have that limitation with the Buffalo NAS devices, but I decided not to bother with any of that. I just took an older pc that I wasn't using, put a SATA RAID card in it, loaded it up with 2TB worth of drives and put it up on the network as a shared device. Problem solved -
Depends, whats it worth to you? I can try to convince her if the price is right Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Thats pretty much what the X-mas boogie at z-hills has become!
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Anyone out here licensed to do Auto Insurance in Florida? I need to get a new policy, but I have a strange situation and have a few questions. -OK Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Hate crime for assault on opposing team fans??
okalb replied to simplyputsi's topic in Speakers Corner
I was the one who started the anti-hate crime discussion in this thread. I am a white male that is as far from conservative as you can get. I am a Bush hating left wing pinko liberal and I think hate crimes are a stupid waste of time and money. If the penalty for crimes are not harsh enough to be a deterrent, fix that. I don't need the government deciding that I should be punished further because of what I was thinking at the time I committed a crime. The last thing we need is laws based on what people are thinking. That is the first step in a very slippery slope. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana -
Hate crime for assault on opposing team fans??
okalb replied to simplyputsi's topic in Speakers Corner
And I say again, it is illegal to assault someone and why should it be any more illegal because of why they did it. Who should decide what is a good reason and what is a bad reason to assault someone. Some think beating up Red Sox fans is a great idea. Others thing beating homosexuals is a great idea. Personally I don't care why you commit a crime. You should be prosecuted for the crime you committed not what you were thinking when you did it. Of course it is and you should be prosecuted for it. Who are you to decide what is a good reason and what is a bad reason to assault someone. The crime is assault and should be prosecuted as assault. If they prosecute every assault case that someone commits at a ball game, that should be a deterrent to stop people from fighting at ball games. Makes no difference if it was because I hate your team or because you looked at my girlfriend's ass. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana -
Hate crime for assault on opposing team fans??
okalb replied to simplyputsi's topic in Speakers Corner
I am totally opposed to hate crime legislation. It makes no sense to me and it is redundant. If beating someone up is against the law, prosecute them for beating someone up. Why should it be "more" against the law because of why they did it or what they were thinking about when they did it. We already have too many useless laws! Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana -
We have gotten enough complaints about it at z-hills that we no longer tell the customer that their video WILL be posted. We tell them to fill out the form and if their video is SELECTED they will get an email and it will be posted. That way we don't get the calls when they never get their video posted. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Handbrake is by far the best product out there. I am in the process of converting my entire DVD collection to MP4 (400+ disks) and I have tried everything. Handbrake is the only product that I found that will use all processors and all cores on the system. All the other only use 1. I am doing my converting on a box with Dual Xeon Dual core processors and using handbrake cut down the time to convert a movie by about 75%. The best part is that it is a linux open source app that was ported to Windows and OSX so it is free. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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I have found this to be very cyclical. Every few years there is a big push to replace FTE with contractors. A few years later they are trying to force all of the contractors to accept full time positions, a few years later the pendulum swings the other way again. I think it has a lot to do with the bottom line. Most companies have different budget structures for contractors vs employees. So every time they are spending too much on contractors they convert them to FT then when the headcount is costing too much they get rid of FTE and sometimes even hire the same people back as contractors for more money. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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One thing nobody mentioned was that there are no international call charges on txt messages. My little sister lives in Vienna. I have friends all over the world and we can send each other messages all day long without it costing anything extra. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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I had a friend who worked for Marriott and used to get me her discount all the time. It was great. The problem is she quit and now I am screwed Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Any Marriott employees on here willing to hook a brutha up with their friends and family discount? Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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I have a friend who needed back surgery a few months ago. He does not have health insurance. He saw several surgeons and was quoted prices between 35K and 45K to get the procedure. Several doctors said that they wouldn't do the procedure at all even for cash. They claimed that without insurance if there were complications, there would be nobody for them to collect the additional fees from. He ended up flying to India to have the surgery. The total cost including the surgery, airfare and hotels was just under 10K. He flew home a week later and his back is in great shape. I know of at least 5 other people that have flown to Belgium for orthopedic surguries. The quality of care is fantastic and the cost is pennies on the dollar. When Americas living in the US start flying to other countries for medical treatment, there is something wrong with the system. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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[replySo, the "sinking in" feeling doesn't hurt your back more? I have lower back problems and usually feel better in the morning if the mattress is a little on the firm side. Laura and I both have back and neck problems and have both had surgeries in the past. We wouldn't consider anything other than the tempurpedic. I have never slept so well in my life. The support is fantastic and I never toss and turn anymore. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Have any of you guys seen these http://www.enertiabike.com/ Just curious what people think. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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I recommend that you give melatonin a try. It is sold over the counter not habit forming and doesn't cause any harm. I travel all the time and have trouble sleeping in strange places. Melatonin is amazing stuff. 3mg is the right dosage for most people and it is usually sold in either 1mg or 3mg pills. The best part about it is that a bottle of 100 or so costs around $5. I used to take all kinds of stuff and a pharmacist friend of mine yelled at me and told me that they were all bad for me. She was the one that suggested that I try melatonin and it worked like a charm. I have never gone back. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Ask and you shall receive. Stop by the rigging loft where I have a 6-pack of He-Brew! BTW I will bring out your Stella's this weekend. Thanks for finding my main! Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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I fly almost every week and have been for several years. Things have gotten so bad that I would probably say that 1 out of 10 flight I take is on time. BTW when I refer to on time, I am not talking about exactly on time. I would be happy if they were within one hour of the scheduled time. This is a problem that I have seen get worse and worse over the last few years. So far 2007 has been the worst yet. I know that you can't control the weather, but even when the weather is clear things are delayed. I think there are just too many flight. Airports like Newark have so many flight scheduled that one problem in the chain causes the entire day to be a disaster. I got on a flight there recently and the captain came on and said that we were 56 in line for takeoff. I had another where he said that he wasn't sure what number we were but he couldn't see the front of the line. It was at least a mile away he said. If I check the historical stats for most of the flights I take, they show around 30 to 40% on time rates. I'm sorry, but it can't all be weather. Those numbers are completely unacceptable. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Israel Crimes-Israeli Apartheid. From an Israelis point of view.
okalb replied to Darius11's topic in Speakers Corner
Here is some interesting reading on the subject http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_territories_occupied_or_not.php Actually the site gets into a lot about how things happened and who has rights to the land. Here are a few other pages there that are of interest: http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_territories.php http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1948to1967_land_1948.php Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana -
Israel Crimes-Israeli Apartheid. From an Israelis point of view.
okalb replied to Darius11's topic in Speakers Corner
The reason that it will never happen is simple. Even if 99% of the people on both sides just want to live in peace, there will always be that 1% that likes it the way it is. That 1% is so entrenched in the fighting that they won't give up. When that 1% straps a bomb to someone and sends them into a cafe, it all starts from the beginning again. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana -
Clearly you don't know how these things work You walk down the side with the bad kids. Kick the biggest one's ass and the others all run away. You then claim the block as your own. The next step is to convince the good kids across the street how much money that can make "working" for you. Enough to take care of their whole family. They start selling drugs for you. When they screw up, you make them get their sisters to work the street for you in order to save the brothers skin. Now you are the king, got people selling drugs for you. You got you some Ho's working the street. You move up to the next block and start the whole process over again. Of course, you can only do this if you are an atheist because you clearly have no morals Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Good then I can draw out what I need and see if it makes any sense. Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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Are you home this weekend? Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
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1 more question, this office also has 2 DSL links 1 is 1.5Mbit and the other is 3Mbit. Is it possible to cennect these all together so we can load balance and or failover. If so, what else do I need? Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana