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Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th December 2022, 09:29 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 496
Posted By seasoned
Re: Home Alone star actor receives zero residuals/royalties from the movie's reruns...

With one like THAT, I probably would have taken the first 4 checks, and had 1 in cash, 2 in gold, and another in stocks, and the rest I would have invested as I could, or live a nice high level...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th December 2022, 09:21 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 729
Posted By seasoned
Re: How do people live with this cold?

Surprisingly, other animals generally handle the cold better. That always kind of surprised me, but Humans try to prepare and grin and bear it.

I lived in a part of california that had...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th August 2022, 04:16 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 1,153
Posted By seasoned
Re: Has anyone ever tried this...

BE CAREFUL with what you read. A lot of such things are GARBAGE!

That said......

I HAVE done "intermittent fasting" for a while. Even having just one decent meal a day could show some...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th August 2022, 03:41 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 508
Posted By seasoned
Re: Will the metaverse replace the Internet?

FIRST OFF, the Internet is an international network that started in about the 1970s! Will ANYTHING replace it? I DOUBT IT! It will either grow and change the backbone, or maybe, the way the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 9th August 2022, 05:11 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 772
Posted By seasoned
Re: What is the most destructive drug to our society??

Happily, I never tried any opiates long enough to have a danger of getting addicted, and ONLY took as prescribed. And I never took anything recreationally. And so I have no first hand experience of...
Forum: Beginners Area 7th August 2022, 06:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 113
Posted By seasoned
Re: Anyone have recommendations for a good free audio recording software/app?

One program, that is STILL being improved, etc.... that will probably work for you here is audacity.
no tricks, flexible, free, multi platform, multi track, easy to use, and easily ...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th August 2022, 06:47 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 1,360
Posted By seasoned
Re: Difference in Off Topic Forum 10 years ago versus today...

Well, I don't think I ever said anything here that was religious, but the definition of social and political things vary quite a bit, and are getting even broader even in the past few months. I...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th September 2019, 03:16 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 3,285
Posted By seasoned
Re: What Does It Mean To Be A Man?

It's sad the way things change. Gillete, for example, tailored one campaign to men LONG ago, and as much said it in the related jingle BUT, in the end, all they were saying were that they were the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th September 2019, 02:55 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 197
Posted By seasoned
Re: 50 Worst Cars of All Time

I'm surprised that the Trabant never seems to be as high on such lists as I think it should be. The writer of the list REALLY badmouths the model T, but it was FAR older at a time when technology...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 9th March 2017, 02:08 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 759
Posted By seasoned
RE: Which laptop brand do you think is the best? You should see this

Yeah, You're right, NOTHING is PERFECT. It is a shame. I had a few toshibas. Actually, I retired them simply because the industry moved to higher specs. So it was NOTHING to do with Toshiba. ...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th March 2017, 08:56 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 759
Posted By seasoned
RE: Which laptop brand do you think is the best? You should see this

I had TWO ASUS laptops, that failed due to POOR QUALITY! They LITERALLY had loose screws that shorted them out! SO, for my last computer, I paid almost TWICE AS MUCH, for an HP!

I think they...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th October 2016, 06:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 190
Posted By seasoned
Re: My old website has resurfaced online without my permission, what can I do?

Lainie,

What everyone said is possible, and likely what happened. Going to the wayback machine can ONLY restore the STATIC content, at the point it was scraped. So if youtube died, and someone...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th October 2016, 06:13 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 281
Posted By seasoned
Re: Its been six year still struggling

It's SIMPLE!

1. Come up with with a product or service to sell. Products have a greater chance of making money. It has to be something that is somehow more favorable than other choices, and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th October 2016, 05:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 181
Posted By seasoned
RE: NDA including data security clause?

That's STUPID, and not enforceable AT ALL! You want them to use a vpn? *****YOU***** must supply it! If they are FORCED to use it, how could they EVER violate it? And "secured wifi" is NOT...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 10th September 2016, 11:34 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 205
Posted By seasoned
Re: First human head transplant

Well, at least the heads body is apparently crippled. The description is INCREDIBLY over simplified. They skip over the ONLY part they have virtually no ability to do within the next few decades,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th August 2016, 11:07 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 100
Posted By seasoned
UH OH!

I spoke earlier about how a few things could easily be designed to replace hamburger flippers at mcdonalds. The idea would be to do things almost like white castle kind of did, and build around the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th July 2016, 09:10 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 219
Posted By seasoned
Re: Is my name weird?

Your name has a nice sound to it and DOES match characteristics of some names in some areas.

Your name is definitely unusual for some places, like the US, but SO WHAT?

My name is stephen. At...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th July 2016, 09:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 648
Posted By seasoned
Re: Looking For A Free Radio Widget That Shows Now Playing Anybody Know Of Anything

There has never been any technology ever DREAMED of that could tell you how many are listening.
GIVE ME A BREAK! It is primarily radio. Even the idea of internet client counters would be worthless....
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th July 2016, 07:10 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 598
Posted By seasoned
Re: Windows 10 upgrade?

So far, I think the biggest problems I have with it now are that:

1. The shell is STUPID! I guess Microsoft uses something else, or doesn't do much, and just does NOT care about customers, The...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 7th July 2016, 05:34 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 110
Posted By seasoned
Re: Is it safe to use tablets...

The lowest price I have seen for a decent tablet of a decent size is about $50. AMAZON FIRE, one of the latest anyway. The catch is that you have lock page ads. It is actually a minor concession...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th June 2016, 08:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 69
Posted By seasoned
Re: working with agency contractor

David,

There wasn't any naming.

To the OP. Outside of the payment method provider any laws/agencies are country based. So you can't really get help without more info.

Most payment...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th June 2016, 08:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 315
Posted By seasoned
Re: Primer: Really Complicated Time Travel Movie

People go WAY overboard with paradoxes. And WHEN does the future even acknowledge the change? Just today, I saw a device go into the past to destroy another device. In doing so, it DESTROYED THE...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th June 2016, 08:39 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 208
Posted By seasoned
Re: First Contact, What WIll Really Happen.

Well, I would try to find out what they are like first, and maybe what kind of ability/culture they had. If it were the first kind, I would certainly NOT elect to go to their planet like that until...
Forum: Programming 27th June 2016, 10:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 274
Posted By seasoned
Re: How do you get affiliate links in pdf to open in a new tab?

There IS a special name that opens in another tab all the time, but I forget the name. MOST are NAMES of areas or windows, andare arbitrary. If you use a new name, it will open in a new window. ...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th June 2016, 09:30 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 125
Posted By seasoned
Re: RUSSIAN COMPANY MAKES ODD CLAIM!

OH! So Claud drove it to drink!?!?!? Maybe THAT is why it didn't make it across the street!

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th June 2016, 09:27 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 779
Posted By seasoned
Re: Will Brexit Have An Effect On Internet Marketers In The UK?

So you mean that the UK was created less than 50 years ago? Funny, I thought it was FAR older. I guess they never fought in WWI or WWII, etc....

Face it, the EU is newer which means the UK built...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th June 2016, 11:43 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 779
Posted By seasoned
Re: Will Brexit Have An Effect On Internet Marketers In The UK?

I never said it WAS the end of the new world order. The UN is the one making all the plans, and the plan for europe falls under the EU. If the UK gets out of the EU, it will be a MAJOR blow, and...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th June 2016, 10:46 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 125
Posted By seasoned
RUSSIAN COMPANY MAKES ODD CLAIM!

An AI robot made for customer relations supposedly noticed a door was open and RAN FOR FREEDOM! Supposedly it has done this before. They tried to give it a lobotomy twice, but it didn't take. ...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th June 2016, 10:32 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 779
Posted By seasoned
Re: Will Brexit Have An Effect On Internet Marketers In The UK?

The REALLY dumb thing is that apparently *****NOTHING HAPPENED*****! They did NOT leave the EU! The EU HAS to treat things normally because, if they don't, they will LOSE ALL SUPPORT!

All that...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 9th June 2016, 10:06 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 110
Posted By seasoned
Re: Addison, 9 started a lemonade stand & raised over $500 for her little brothers heart surgery.

OK. If it were like my surgery, Addison is about 1/400th of the way there. OOOPS! I have to factor in ACA(AKA Obamacare). That is 1/1000th of the way there.

I have no idea how this would be...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th May 2016, 04:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 260
Posted By seasoned
A ROLE MODEL!?!?

Isn't a role model supposed to be one that overcame or excelled?

Illiterate Detroit School Board President. - YouTube

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th May 2016, 07:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 345
Posted By seasoned
Re: The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction?

Let's wait until they first create a computer with any intelligence AT ALL! I haven't seen one YET! They CLAIMED, LOOOOOOOONG ago that they had one that was at a 4yo intelligence. When I was 4yo,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th May 2016, 06:18 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 550
Posted By seasoned
Re: Latest student demands -hilarious

How to graduate with a doctorate from oberlin in days, maybe sooner:

1. Register for every needed course.
2. Tell them you will not be attending.
3. Pickup your degree.

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th May 2016, 08:08 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 272
Posted By seasoned
I WAS BORED!

So I asked Cortana some questions. One thing was interesting and so:.....

...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th May 2016, 04:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 807
Posted By seasoned
Re: This is ridiculous...

So far, I haven't seen the queues go outside of the airport. Most airports, especially the larger ones, have people that can use lethal force within a couple minutes of the airport. They are there,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th May 2016, 07:45 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 619
Posted By seasoned
Re: Interview tomorrow...how do I spin being let go or laid off from my previous sales job?

Because of people like you, many in the US are trying to make it harder. How do you figure lying is a plus even if they find out you are lying?

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th May 2016, 07:40 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 807
Posted By seasoned
Re: This is ridiculous...

They are also saying that they need to hire an INCREDIBLE number of new TSA agents. My advice, and apparently many agree, is that if you can safely drive to the area within about 5-6 hours, and have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th May 2016, 07:23 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 311
Posted By seasoned
Re: Required to sell online in WA state???

If you have/had no place in the state, no affiliates in the state, and made no sales in the state, simply let them know. They may want to see if they want to get you tangled in their system, or if...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 10th May 2016, 06:28 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 619
Posted By seasoned
Re: Interview tomorrow...how do I spin being let go or laid off from my previous sales job?

Companies lay people off all the time, especially recently in the US. If you just say that truthfully, that is enough. If you lie about it, they can find out, and it would burn yet another bridge....
Forum: Off Topic Forum 30th April 2016, 10:02 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 205
Posted By seasoned
What hyperinflation can look like

An explanation of how WWII came to be:

ToV came from WWI, though much of it was to create what today is the United nations

Hyperinflation - Germany 1923 - YouTube

One way a lot of such...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th April 2016, 11:20 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 680
Posted By seasoned
Re: Solars Development Future

They had the phone in the warehouse, and were shipping it to the store. They simply don't hold the phone there for people that order it, not even at the store. Sorry if I don't accept the backorder...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th April 2016, 11:13 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 658
Posted By seasoned
Re: The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

Well, the cost will be FAR higher, and it could take decades.

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th April 2016, 11:10 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 658
Posted By seasoned
Re: The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

Why do you blame "human" error?

1. Isn't ANY error BAD?
2. Computers DON'T think! WHO put the infrastructure down, designed them, and programmed them? *****HUMANS*****! And remember, the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th April 2016, 11:07 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 658
Posted By seasoned
Re: The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

OK, but one mistake I recently read about happened only months ago. Also, heavy trucks have to worry about more things that cars do.



Well, races don't stop, and they hope they don't have to...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th April 2016, 07:34 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 658
Posted By seasoned
Re: The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

Driving real close ALSO means that collision detection, accuracy, weight, and classing must be MORE accurate. Classing, for example must include weight capacity, as well as route type, width and...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th April 2016, 07:25 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 658
Posted By seasoned
Re: The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

Truck drivers DO do more than drive. ALSO, there have been crashes,

1.Trucks often have to take different routes. How does the automatic system handle that?
2. Various things, like detours,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th April 2016, 06:08 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 680
Posted By seasoned
Re: Solars Development Future

I was saying that such things had to be considered! That is ALL.



I don't smoke at all. Companies do NOT build steel mills unless it is economically advantageous.



His Ipad wasn't...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th April 2016, 05:57 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 173
Posted By seasoned
Re: what shiuld be the answer of this interview q

Yeah, you should do both.

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th April 2016, 08:23 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 680
Posted By seasoned
Re: Solars Development Future

Insurance isn't good enough. How much would bonded Assurance cost? Does anyone really even sell it? How do they assure your life?

As for logistics? You mean you HAVEN'T heard of FEDEX, UPS,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th April 2016, 03:48 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 680
Posted By seasoned
Re: Solars Development Future

ALSO, things like solar require shipping, some design, and installation. Driving to chicago, I noticed these HUGE trucks carrying one thing. They had like 3 huge trucks, two trailers each, IIRC,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th April 2016, 03:21 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,484
Posted By seasoned
Re: Who In The Heck Are These Smart People. And How Did They Learn To Hack & Manipulate The Internet

OH, and Stephen Wozniak may say he hacked the floppy disk controller. He DID tweak things to do what he wanted. STILL, the overall function, and basic device he controlled, had things he had to...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th April 2016, 03:10 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,484
Posted By seasoned
Re: Who In The Heck Are These Smart People. And How Did They Learn To Hack & Manipulate The Internet

Yeah, I guess I was using the term hack in a way more like to get into a system, or use a feature for another purpose. Some will refer to interitive programming as hacking even though most ends up...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th April 2016, 09:13 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 680
Posted By seasoned
Re: Solars Development Future

I've waited decades for solar to get to this point of public exposure. Now that it is so exposed, I wish it never was. I really don't think it is any better than it was when I was in school. When...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 23rd April 2016, 01:54 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,484
Posted By seasoned
Re: Who In The Heck Are These Smart People. And How Did They Learn To Hack & Manipulate The Internet

ACTUALLY, the language, O/S, and networking were created by PRIVATE industry! The military is still crowing about Grace Hopper and COBOL.

UNIX | operating system | Britannica.com...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th April 2016, 04:29 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,076
Posted By seasoned
Re: Apparently, I look like a suicide bomber

OK, you didn't read my whole post. I said a self portrait OF YOUR THUMB. 8)

Steve
Forum: Off Topic Forum 16th April 2016, 10:02 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,076
Posted By seasoned
Re: Apparently, I look like a suicide bomber

Yeah, there is a commercial here that, like others I am sure, pokes fun at the idea of lincoln truthfully answering his wifes question as to whether she looks fat or not. But that IS a different...
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