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[ProAuroraX]

Well, by this time tomorrow, I'll be in a hotel in Boston. Sadly, its a business trip. :dry:

 

[garyw]

Nice, What sort of business are you doing there pax?

I just got back from Cardiff this morning. 5 hours on different trains......

 

[ProAuroraX]

Nice, What sort of business are you doing there pax?

I just got back from Cardiff this morning. 5 hours on different trains......



Well, basically, our company sends us out to cities, like a few weeks ago, I was in Phoenix, AZ. They give us their latest technology, we go out to cities, and we put on a little demo for businesses operating there. We try to get them interested, and hopefully they choose our products. We pack up, and we're headed home the next day.

And, if I have enough time tomorrow, ill be going to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

 

[Star Voyager]

Scumbag Bill Paxton as Fred Haise:

 

[n122vu]

Scumbag Bill Paxton as Fred Haise:

Heh. Always loved the irony in that (in the movie) he gives Jack a hard time for not checking the (fictional) gauge before flipping the switch, when he can't even remember to flip the switch to turn off the hot microphone.

 

[Star Voyager]

Here's another, although "crewmember" is spelled wrong:

 

[ProAuroraX]

Well, I'm packed up and ready to go. Now to wait for about, 3 more hours till I wake up, and go to the airport.

 

[Andy44]

Don't know if this has been covered in the last 580 pages since I last looked at this thread, but Dethklok is an awesome metal band.

 

[Pipcard]

I just learned that astronauts can vote from orbit.

(and I'll just leave it at that)

 

[Urwumpe]

Did somebody else already test the new "Source Code Pro" font family?

http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.html

I quite like it, improves readability a lot.

 

[MattBaker]

Brace yourself! Howard Wolowitz in Space airs today! NO MUM I DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND ME, I'M ON THE ISS!

 

[Izack]

Did somebody else already test the new "Source Code Pro" font family?

http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.html

I quite like it, improves readability a lot.

That looks quite sexy indeed. For now, I find Consolas quite suitable, but that's worth a shot too.

 

[Quick_Nick]

I swear I have all the luck. That's probably not something to complain about but it IS weird and drives other people nuts. They just keep giving me more scholarships that I didn't even try for when I already have all costs covered! I'm even past the point of covering my expenses with financial aid. I can actually pay back the one loan of my financial aid and still have money left over. I actually have to keep up with how much of my money is scholarships for specific use and how much I can say was done as 'cash' scholarships.

 

[Astronut25]

Lucky you. The government took away all my scholarships because they believed I had a money tree growing in my back yard, and I couldn't convince them otherwise, so I had to forgo college.

 

[Codz]

I swear I have all the luck. That's probably not something to complain about but it IS weird and drives other people nuts. They just keep giving me more scholarships that I didn't even try for when I already have all costs covered! I'm even past the point of covering my expenses with financial aid. I can actually pay back the one loan of my financial aid and still have money left over. I actually have to keep up with how much of my money is scholarships for specific use and how much I can say was done as 'cash' scholarships.

Probably not something to complain about? If you're unsure good luck is good, I'd love to take some off your shoulders...

 

[Mojave]

Lucky you. The government took away all my scholarships because they believed I had a money tree growing in my back yard, and I couldn't convince them otherwise, so I had to forgo college.

Aww.....That's too bad to hear.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Lucky you. The government took away all my scholarships because they believed I had a money tree growing in my back yard, and I couldn't convince them otherwise, so I had to forgo college.

Indeed, I feared that would happen to me as well.
A good friend of mine who works so much harder, applied to every scholarship he could, and definitely has need, was only able to get loans. He went to Texas A&M but even the maximum government loans weren't enough to come back after the first year. So they prevented him from enrolling or even going to any other school. Luckily, he recently found a way he can redo his FAFSA to get back to school. Hopefully he'll get a better financial aid situation quickly. Although the maximum loan increases over time, I wouldn't want to be going to that school on loans...
It's mostly my choice of school that's bringing me so much financial luck at least. The University of Oklahoma has been very generous to me. Anywhere else I applied, I would already be deep in debt. I kind of feel bad for my friends going to Rice University (well, except the one or two rich ones). $55,000+ per year turns into a lifetime of loans really fast.

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Probably not something to complain about? If you're unsure good luck is good, I'd love to take some off your shoulders...

Hehe. It gets tempting to give up offers so that someone more needing/deserving can have them, but my mother would kill me if I didn't take all the aid I can get. :lol:

 

[Izack]

Playing Black Mesa, found this:

 

[MattBaker]

Now I understand why everyone lies that much, it tastes good.

 

[Quick_Nick]

I see soldering in my near future: http://www.dr-lex.be/hardware/hdar_review.html#hack
Unless of course I can find some other cheap Chinese product not prone to the same problems (or worse!)

Re: Chinese products

The raised PCB also had some print on it that ended in “unit”, but the rest is scratched off intentionally. I can only guess that this has to do with the reason why they can make this thing so cheap. After I opened three Chinese FM transmitters that looked nearly identical on the outside and found three totally different circuit boards inside, plus five other completely different designs on a website, I stopped wondering about Chinese manufacturing practices.

I keep just finding similar products that lack Dolby logos and have reviews attesting to their lack of true surround sound. This product may well not be properly licensed with Dolby, but at least it works to a degree.