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Hurricane Hermine made landfall on the gulf side of Florida last night; it will be headed up the South East coast of the U.S. over the next couple of days.
I have a co-worker affected in Florida and one that will be affected in North Carolina.
Please keep these and others in your thoughts; 'stuff' can be replaced - people can't.
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It has already weakened to "tropical Storm".
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yes, winds under 75 mph mean 'tropical storm'; it doesn't significantly reduce the impact though. It's like... would you rather be hit by a full size pickup or an SVU? Either way, it's gonna hurt.
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 Precisely. It will be dumping inches of rain as it moves through causing flooding in some areas for sure. Not as bad as a hurricane but can still do a lot of damage.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: would you rather be hit by a full size pickup or an SVU?
I'd rather be hit with a CSI episode[^].
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Bah, southern folk laugh at tropical storms. We call that a light breeze man.
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah - but the real mischief's from the storm surge on the coasts and major runoff causing rivers to overflow their banks inland. That is so damaging, that, in a nutshell, it's why no private insurance carrier underwrites flood insurance; it's all through FEMA.
Trees blow down but the damage is only a local mess - floods ravage hundreds - thousands - millions.
I also think it's coming to get me
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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean a tropical storm isn't out to get you!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'd agree, except after it runs up the coast it's heading back out to sea. The current predictions are for it to more-or-less stall south of my island. Waiting. Watching. Planning.
So - who else could it be targeting?
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Technically, people can be replaced too... It's just that the replacement is never quite the same, and it takes a LOT longer.
Ok, joking aside... Got family south of Sarasota and a friend in Tampa... The latter was getting hit pretty hard last night, but south of Sarasota mostly dodged the bullet.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: - people can't.
I'm not sure. I think it was Bill Cosby who would threaten his kids when they got out of line. He would tell them, "I can make another one that looks just like you." 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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... and sure enough, there is plenty of proof he has been trying.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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if I said "hang in there" people would think I was being a smart @rse 
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Tim Carmichael wrote: 'stuff' can be replaced - people can't.
Companies and armies replace people all the time - pedantically speaking.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The bee's buzzing
explosive BOMB
indolence INACTION
lost one hundred Romans! Remove the 'C'
BOMBINATION - to buzz like a bee.
So ... I'm up again on Monday. 
I thought pkfox had got it as well!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I don't like Mondays 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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The silicon chip inside his head
Gets switched to overload.
And nobody's gonna go to work today,
He's going to make them stay at home.
And his boss doesn't understand him,
He always said he was as good as gold.
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
I want to crash
The whole day down.
The c# code is kept so clean
As it sends to a waiting form.
His mouse feels so shocked,
Keyboard's world is rocked,
And their compiler turns to
Their own little app.
Sweet VB ain't so peachy keen,
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat.
They can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Note at all!
1) They cost too much and I earn too few.
2) They are so big to be useless as phones or tablets and too small to be real computers.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: 2) They are so big to be useless as phones or tablets and too small to be real computers.
I have to disagree with this, I have been using Note since they started and love them and use them as my primary phone. I have big hands, so they are not "so big".... that's what she said .
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I have small hands, to the point I find straining to use 5" screens, so that's where our differences lie in this case! Also I like my devices to be small, I never bough an MP4 player or the big MP3s with screens preferring microplayers like the Creative Zen.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: Also I like my devices to be small, I never bough an MP4 player or the big MP3s with screens preferring microplayers like the Creative Zen.
This is part of why I still use my Zune daily. People crack jokes about it, but it's been dropped on hard wood and concrete floors more times than I care to count and it's still going strong and looking brand new. Best of all: no trace of any Apple software on any of my machines.
Meanwhile, over the years those who laugh at it have purchased numerous MP3 players because of dead batteries that will no longer keep a charge, shattered glass, simply stopped working, they got tired of it or they've moved to a phone or tablet that they still upgrade every few years.
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I kept my Zen but now use a Samsung YP F3, which is slightly bigger due to an integrated belt clip and a mini scrolling screen. I used it because my Zen was a 2GB and this one is 4, almost full BTW.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I've owned a few of the cheapie MP3 players--not that I have any idea what yours was worth new--and I've found all of them to be total garbage. Difficult to navigate, battery that wouldn't keep a charge, poor quality (cracked screen after being drop a few inches from the ground, buttons wearing out and no longer responding), etc.
I bought my Zune when Microsoft finally gave up on them and local stores were dumping them; I got mine for $100, including charger and car adapter, and I've never looked back. In fact, I'm still underwhelmed by the alternatives (which are practically non-existent nowadays), and have bought another Zune from a local auction site, ready to go when this one dies - which it shows no sign of.
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Mine is about 60$ new, navigation is more comfortable than other players but the small screen does what it can - I use it mainly on shuffle so it wasn't a parameter taken in consideration.
Battery keeps the charge, the screen is a major source of consumption even at the lowest settings but it recharges in very little time.
For the durability: I usually keep it in my bag under 0.5 l of water and my ~0.5 kg foodbag + fork, a jacknife and a heavy keichain. Otherwise it's in my pockets with a jackknife, the smartphone and car keys. It fell a lot of times. It's still perfect, only soe minor scratch on the screen.
Oh yes: I brought it on the beach a lot of time, under scorching sun and fine sand - it almost killed my ebook reader - but the player is intact. It's a bit bigger and heavier than how I'd like it but it looks it's secretly made of steel so I can't complain!
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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