This is so ridiculous. My parents have Time Warner cable. My mother
works at channel 4. The two companies still don't have an agreement,
so to watch the news channel 4, this is the solution.
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10/18/2008 14:20 #46180
Time warner and channel 4This is so ridiculous. My parents have Time Warner cable. My mother
works at channel 4. The two companies still don't have an agreement,
so to watch the news channel 4, this is the solution.
10/18/2008 12:40 #46178
Rusty carsI know buffalo is notorious fir rusty cars but I never saw one like
this. I probably should not text and drive on this corner seeing as
it is the only place I ever got into an accident. I am stopped at a
red light at least.
tinypliny - 10/18/08 22:58
Heh... with a little creative gradient painting, it could look as if the car had a nice orange to brown gradient design in the back.
Heh... with a little creative gradient painting, it could look as if the car had a nice orange to brown gradient design in the back.
gardenmama - 10/18/08 12:59
I can't tell what kind of car it is but I know there was a line of Chevy cars in the late 1990s that had a bad problem with their paint. I had one that my dad had given me when he was done with it and the paint started coming up in bubbles and then flying off in big sections. I had to have it stripped and repainted - and no, Chevy didn't pay for it. They maybe had a problem like that but didn't take care of it.
I can't tell what kind of car it is but I know there was a line of Chevy cars in the late 1990s that had a bad problem with their paint. I had one that my dad had given me when he was done with it and the paint started coming up in bubbles and then flying off in big sections. I had to have it stripped and repainted - and no, Chevy didn't pay for it. They maybe had a problem like that but didn't take care of it.
10/18/2008 10:43 #46175
Worky, workyCategory: work
Last night I worked till like 11PM to finish up all the projects that had to be converted to the new flash upload. Some of them still have to be launched into production because I can't do that without signoff. At least they are ready to go. I can't believe what a pain in the ass it has been because of this one decision Adobe made. I wonder if they realized so many people were using their system the way it worked in flash player 9. Then I worked on a new AD based security system which seems to work out well.
I also had this serious issue where IE6 was blanking out on cached javascript files. I kept thinking it was some problem witht he scripts themselves but it turned out to be that it really just can't handle javascript gzipped. I set my .htaccess file to stop gzipping the content for IE6 and everything was fine. Honestly, that browser has cost my thousands of hours of wasted time over the years.
By the time I got home I was just ready for bed. So despite having guests over I passed out.
Today, there are like ten million other programming tasks I want to accomplish like adding native querySelectorAll support to the surebert toolkit but I am going to try and take a day off. The native querySelectorAll
is pretty neat and it is extremely fast. The browser makers are finally starting to realize that programmer want js dom node selection through css selectors and it could be much more efficient if the browser just did it instead of having to use a js library. Safari 3.1 already has support, so does firefox 3.1 beta and the new IE 8 is going to have it at well. I can't believe something new will have cross browser support.
If only Roswell could move past IE6 which is sadly still our official browser.
I also had this serious issue where IE6 was blanking out on cached javascript files. I kept thinking it was some problem witht he scripts themselves but it turned out to be that it really just can't handle javascript gzipped. I set my .htaccess file to stop gzipping the content for IE6 and everything was fine. Honestly, that browser has cost my thousands of hours of wasted time over the years.
By the time I got home I was just ready for bed. So despite having guests over I passed out.
Today, there are like ten million other programming tasks I want to accomplish like adding native querySelectorAll support to the surebert toolkit but I am going to try and take a day off. The native querySelectorAll
is pretty neat and it is extremely fast. The browser makers are finally starting to realize that programmer want js dom node selection through css selectors and it could be much more efficient if the browser just did it instead of having to use a js library. Safari 3.1 already has support, so does firefox 3.1 beta and the new IE 8 is going to have it at well. I can't believe something new will have cross browser support.If only Roswell could move past IE6 which is sadly still our official browser.
tinypliny - 10/18/08 11:37
I just want to thank you for posting this. I was feeling awfully demotivated today morning and somehow this post makes me want to go out and do what it takes to accomplish the random things I need to do! You are an inspiration right now! THANK YOU! :)
I just want to thank you for posting this. I was feeling awfully demotivated today morning and somehow this post makes me want to go out and do what it takes to accomplish the random things I need to do! You are an inspiration right now! THANK YOU! :)
10/16/2008 22:32 #46149
New York State Salaries and OfficesCategory: work
Someone sent me this link the other day where you could see the actual paid salaries of all New York State workers for 2007
Its hard not to be jealous, especially when you are talking about the top paid people at Roswell.
I thought Dr. Hohn retired, maybe that was his severance package. According to this , he is administering "the newly-formed Empire State Stem Cell Board." From what I hear everyone loved him and he really turned Roswell around.
Seriously though, can you imagine making that much money in Buffalo. It amounts to about $30,000 a week. Let me repeat the - in Buffalo part. Are there even properties worthy of that salary in this city. He could buy the best properties in the city on one years salary.
In comparison, here is the top paid at Suny Buffalo. How is it that Dr. Linda Brodsky makes so much more than the other execs at Suny Buffalo. Check out that $799,000 salary! I guess being a doctor and an executive is really the way to go, its the same with all the top paid Roswell employees.
I decided to just go ahead and look up the top salaries for all New York state employees regardless of organization and guess what Dr. Hohn is still #1 followed by closely by Linda Brodsky and all the top execs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
What's even crazier is when you think of all the money they make on their side companies and discoveries. I am so curious how that all works. It seems to me when I make anything at Roswell they own it, but all the top people have side companies. I really need to work on the side company thing in my 40s.
Back to my Dept
In my department the difference between the different jobs is not too extreme. Not like in the medical depts. It goes from $35k to about $100k. This year I didn't make as much as I could have if I was overtime elligable. Next year I will make more because I moved up a couple pay grades this year. In the end I am satisfied although I sometimes want to kick myself for not going to medical school.
In the short term, I would rather have an office than more money. Two of the guys I work with just moved from cubicles to offices and I was visiting today thinking how nice it would be to have a meeting space/demonstration table built into your work space. I actually live in the shafted cube thats cut back to make room for an isle and don't even have a chair for people to sit at like other the other guys do. Its kind of redic seeing as I have constant meetings with people on how to do stuff as part of my new job and they just stand behind my chair or sit on a chair just outside my cube.
Its hard not to be jealous, especially when you are talking about the top paid people at Roswell.
I thought Dr. Hohn retired, maybe that was his severance package. According to this
, he is administering "the newly-formed Empire State Stem Cell Board." From what I hear everyone loved him and he really turned Roswell around. Seriously though, can you imagine making that much money in Buffalo. It amounts to about $30,000 a week. Let me repeat the - in Buffalo part. Are there even properties worthy of that salary in this city. He could buy the best properties in the city on one years salary.
In comparison, here is the top paid at Suny Buffalo. How is it that Dr. Linda Brodsky
makes so much more than the other execs at Suny Buffalo. Check out that $799,000 salary! I guess being a doctor and an executive is really the way to go, its the same with all the top paid Roswell employees.
I decided to just go ahead and look up the top salaries for all New York state employees regardless of organization and guess what Dr. Hohn is still #1 followed by closely by Linda Brodsky and all the top execs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
What's even crazier is when you think of all the money they make on their side companies and discoveries. I am so curious how that all works. It seems to me when I make anything at Roswell they own it, but all the top people have side companies. I really need to work on the side company thing in my 40s.
Back to my Dept
In my department the difference between the different jobs is not too extreme. Not like in the medical depts. It goes from $35k to about $100k. This year I didn't make as much as I could have if I was overtime elligable. Next year I will make more because I moved up a couple pay grades this year. In the end I am satisfied although I sometimes want to kick myself for not going to medical school.
In the short term, I would rather have an office than more money. Two of the guys I work with just moved from cubicles to offices and I was visiting today thinking how nice it would be to have a meeting space/demonstration table built into your work space. I actually live in the shafted cube thats cut back to make room for an isle and don't even have a chair for people to sit at like other the other guys do. Its kind of redic seeing as I have constant meetings with people on how to do stuff as part of my new job and they just stand behind my chair or sit on a chair just outside my cube.
mike - 10/18/08 10:03
I am so nosey, I love this site!!! i am looking up people like whoa!
I am so nosey, I love this site!!! i am looking up people like whoa!
tinypliny - 10/17/08 22:04
Because you are paid via federal grant money, not NYS money?
Because you are paid via federal grant money, not NYS money?
imk2 - 10/17/08 08:55
why can't i find my self or my bosses?
why can't i find my self or my bosses?
tinypliny - 10/17/08 00:13
Heh, I know this is such a cliché but sometimes, money isn't everything. Because in the end, the differences you made with your life, and the meanings you found for your limited time here will matter far more than anything else. :)
Heh, I know this is such a cliché but sometimes, money isn't everything. Because in the end, the differences you made with your life, and the meanings you found for your limited time here will matter far more than anything else. :)
10/16/2008 12:02 #46141
Commonly held misconceptions?A security firm came to speak at our blockclub meeting and gave us
these safety pamphlets. Are these really commonly held misconceptions?
metalpeter - 10/17/08 18:52
When I was in College I had to take this class on rape it was like a one time thing since I was a NCAA Athlete. At the time a man Legally couldn't be raped it could be sexual assault and that is one step down from rape but that may have changed. But even if you don't want to have sex you would still have a hard on just like a women who is raped could still could get off. I guy wouldn't even have to be tied up I'm sure that date rape drug would work. Not to mention guys get hard in there sleep, it is natural and not sexual so he could be raped that way.
When I was in College I had to take this class on rape it was like a one time thing since I was a NCAA Athlete. At the time a man Legally couldn't be raped it could be sexual assault and that is one step down from rape but that may have changed. But even if you don't want to have sex you would still have a hard on just like a women who is raped could still could get off. I guy wouldn't even have to be tied up I'm sure that date rape drug would work. Not to mention guys get hard in there sleep, it is natural and not sexual so he could be raped that way.
gardenmama - 10/16/08 19:52
Yes, if she ties him up against his will and he really doesn't want to do anything but his body overrides his mind then, I would say, yes. Of course, she could also otherwise sexually assault him through sodomy.
Yes, if she ties him up against his will and he really doesn't want to do anything but his body overrides his mind then, I would say, yes. Of course, she could also otherwise sexually assault him through sodomy.
paul - 10/16/08 19:20
Can a man really be raped by a woman? We debated about this yesterday.
Can a man really be raped by a woman? We debated about this yesterday.
metalpeter - 10/16/08 18:52
Yes a lot of those things are still thought to be true. I think part of the problem is that rape is complex and there are different kinds of it. For example I'm making out with a girl and then things get heavy and I say lets slow thing down and instead she slides my cock into one of her openings even when I said lets cool it down that would be rape but that is different than violent rape or where two people consent to sex but one of them is drunk or underage or under the influnce of mind altering drugs so they can't legally consent.
Yes a lot of those things are still thought to be true. I think part of the problem is that rape is complex and there are different kinds of it. For example I'm making out with a girl and then things get heavy and I say lets slow thing down and instead she slides my cock into one of her openings even when I said lets cool it down that would be rape but that is different than violent rape or where two people consent to sex but one of them is drunk or underage or under the influnce of mind altering drugs so they can't legally consent.
hodown - 10/16/08 13:57
Wait is that from 1962?
Wait is that from 1962?
gardenmama - 10/16/08 13:14
Unfortunately, some of them are. There is still frequently a "blame the victim" attitude when it comes to rape. Ugh!
Unfortunately, some of them are. There is still frequently a "blame the victim" attitude when it comes to rape. Ugh!
A quicker solution. Just ditch the TV. :)
I agree it is pretty stupid and both sides seem not to care at all about the viewers. I admit I kinda jealous of those two TV's next to each other it would be awesome to be able to watch a show with a story and then sports right next to it. Yeah they do need to be more civilised and do what is best for the viewers.
You're right. It is ridiculous. It's a corporate level fight which leaves both sides in each market to just take the abuse. You'd think Ch.4's owners would recognize the golden p.r. opportunity of keeping the channels on and taking the high road, but no......