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Post by masaia on Aug 25, 2009 18:44:20 GMT -5
I just set that up today, actually. According to my customer, you speak to your computer and it types for you. Not sure of how good it is though
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Post by dejibo on Aug 26, 2009 9:15:19 GMT -5
DRagon Speaking naturally is a program that allows you to speak, instead of using your hands to use the computer. turn it on and say "open outlook express" and ta da! it opens. "send email to Stephanie" and it opens a box for an email with your name on it. or at the desktop say "open mozilla firefox." it will. "go to bookmarks" it will or "go to address bar" and then speak "facebook.com" and "go" and tada you are there! or "search internet" and it will allow you to chose which search item you want to open. OR if you are typing a document, PDF or school paper, you just speak instead of typing. it can type 160 words per minute. Its been fun to learn to use. You have to talk to it, like reading speaches and or presentations so it learns your speaking voice and how you pronounce things. or "Add a word" and it will pop open the box spell out "Y h a m u n a" say "add" then "go" and you pronounce it. next time i say "yhamuna" it will know what I am talking about. it was screwy on messed vs missed, vs mist for a bit, but as it is learning me, it is doing better. I dont want the full boat version because I dont use excel, acces, powerpoint, and the like. Even on this box, I place the cursor in the box to type, and just speak. it will type what I say. You must tell it to add a comma, or a period or a question mark. next paragraph, or delete word, or delete paragraph...its wild! if you are lost you can speak "what can I say?" and it will open a dialogue box of available commands for the page you are on. Frank doesnt want to learn it, but I am tired of watching him take an hour to type a small email with one finger and saying "how do you spell ..." I am gonna strap this bad boy on him. When I come down in January I will show you.
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Post by Office Ninja on Aug 31, 2009 13:38:55 GMT -5
So I have been on the new job for three weeks now. So far I have to say, while I liked certain things about my old job, this job is sooooo different.
I no longer have to work 10+ hours in a day.
I no longer have to worry about being asked to do things that are unethical. Also, the pay is better. Im now making $35k a year, which is about $5k more than I was making. Also, the benefits ROCK! I have a $50k life insurance policy as well that I dont have to pay for. Free soda drinks all day long. WE have giant HD projection monitors in the Command center and watch TV all day. Ive never been this caught up with the news and stuff.
The stress is totally gone. My headaches have dropped considerably. It feels wonderful.
While I don't necessarily think the job is something I want to do forever, I feel fine doing it and will stick with it until something better comes along down the road.
I have decided to put the extra money im getting into savings since im not used to getting it. Its helping me get that new computer much quicker than I had hoped.
All in all things are looking up I think!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 31, 2009 22:58:57 GMT -5
Glad to hear it, Kikerz! Happy times for all! I am on vacation. I am in Crescent City California now. I thought thsi vacation was going to be spent most in Washington state but my mom was the one who planned so had no idea how far into the States we were going. WA/State was boring as fuck but Oregon has been great. Cali has been cloudy, foggy and COLD! Not what I expected from this state. Maybe its the time of year. I think we start heading back tomorrow. But we aren't in any rush. All in all, this has been a decent trip but its nowhere near as fun as my trip to Vegas last year. It could have been funner but.....mom brought her boyfriend along. I was ok with that at first but as we got farther he really started to grate on my nerves. I hate to say this but because of him I am starting to look forward to getting back to Canada. Vacations aren't supposed to be like that. You are not supposed to look forward to going back home. And that does kind of bother me. Anyways, I will go further into this when I get back to Edmonton. Hope ya'lls have been doing good.
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Post by Yvondith on Aug 31, 2009 23:51:09 GMT -5
Glad you're enjoying your new job, Kik. Job front isn't so hot for me now. Looks like I'm going to be a part time babysitter now, with Dad & Stepmom working 6-7 days a week. Rogue is back at school now as well, but I need to make sure he gets dinner, etc. Come to NC sometime, Norfy. We have beautiful fall foliage, and the Biltmore House.
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Post by dejibo on Sept 1, 2009 8:57:46 GMT -5
Way to go Kik! I know you were miserable in that old job. ***waving hi to rogue****** ;D
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Post by df2506 on Sept 2, 2009 16:22:06 GMT -5
Just started back to college last week. I've had three days of classes so far.
This is what I'm taking:
Only two days a week. Tuesday/Thursday.
1) Essay class: Don't remember the whole course title. lol. It starts 9:30 and goes till 10:45. So far, its OK. Not happy that we already have a draft of a paper due NEXT WEEK (and on Tuesday). ugh.
2) Poetry: From 11:00 till 12:15. The teacher for this is...whoa. She's a teacher? I'm not sure. Not saying she's a bad teacher or anything. So far, she's...interesting. She does cuss a lot though. Wow. Never had a teacher like that before. Should be an interesting class anyway.
3) Intro to Shakespeare. From 12:30 till 1:45. My favorite class so far. I like the teacher & I like Shakespeare. Reading The Taming of the Shrew right now and its good. Have to watch the movie based on it, 10 Things I hate About You, for next week. Er, can't say I'm looking forward to that. Otherwise, really good class.
4) Break time: From 2:00 till 3:15. This is my lunch period. Very happy I have one this semster. Usually eat at Mcdonalds or Subways. Then, look around Wal-mart some.
5) Intro to Drama: From 3:30 till 4:45. I had no idea this was a Freshmen/Sophmore course. Usually, I don't think I'd care, but....oh man...the teacher for this class is AWFUL. She treats us like we're in Grade school or high school. " Are you taking notes? Are you writing this down? " And what do we do after each group talks? Affirmation, class. Affirmation. " Plus, she uses the strangest examples to explain stuff. Its like she thinks we can't understand the English topic, so she has to dumb it down for us. Plus, sometimes she seems like she's trying to act like a student or relate to her students more by acting like one. Oh and she lost major points on day 1 & day 2 with me by admiting she likes those reality dancing shows & tv judge shows. Doesn't really seem like a University professor, imo. Very strange teacher. Don't care for her at all. Wish I could drop the class...but I can't. *sigh*
6) Night Class: From 5:30 till 8:00. Sometimes on Tuesday nights. Its not every Tuesday. We are actually only meeting Five times this semster. Basically, the class helps you find out what kind of job you can get after college & also helps you learn how to write a Cover letter/resume/etc. Sounds boring, but its not. Only had one class so far, but the same teacher who teaches my Intro to Shakespeare teaches it & he does a good job. Interesting class.
Overall, its an OK schedule. Very long day, especially on the nights with the night class. In any case, its all English, which is good. Just wish I hadn't taken this Intro to Drama class...
In other non-related school news, well...actually...I don't have any other news. Thats my life right now! lol.
DF2506
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Post by Yvondith on Sept 2, 2009 18:25:41 GMT -5
Wow, sounds busy, DF. Just reminds me how much I dread going back to school. I gotta go back sometime though. Good luck with your semester.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 7, 2009 17:17:07 GMT -5
I'm back!
Trip was good. Glad to be back. Mom's boyfriend made the trip annoying. He snores loud, he has a smoker's cough that wakes everyone up in the middle of the night and he wastes food. We would go to one restaurant and order food. He would order and only eat a small amount and take the rest to go. Then we would go out for lunch and he would order and only eat a small amount and take that to go too. Then supper comes and he says he's not hungry and that he will let me eat his two meals that he barely touched. He did this about every day and FUCK, its annoying. I don't want cold, partially eaten food. I want my own damn meal. So whatever he ordered, most of it was thrown away. Whenever we stopped for gas he would light up a smoke. But what he doesn't get is that you can't be smoking near the gas tanks or we all go up in flames. We tell him "go over there and smoke" and he wouldnt get it. He did move but we had to remind him EVERY time to go elsewhere.
Psh, I like the guy but I never want to go on vacation with him again. Next time its just mom and I.
I will write up some stories on the good times of the trip later. Right now I am going to a pub to drink beer and watch football.
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Post by dejibo on Sept 8, 2009 7:38:01 GMT -5
moms b/f sounds like a prick. Sure, its ok to eat YOUR OWN food or leftovers later, but yuck! no one wants to eat your cold, half eaten BS. I want a clean plate full of freshly prepared food of my own, shit that I picked off the menu. its one thing to prepare a plate of left over crap for a toddler, but not a grown man. yikes! Then to smoke, and jump back in the car, even if he stayed away from the car, that shit permeates his clothes, hair, breath, and he drags it back to the car, and it smells like a wet ashtray for the rest of the way. I hope you at least got to have fun with the places you chose to go to. We missed you! it got so quiet here, that I had to post something really gross in, what is this?! They force me to do things like that when it gets so dead quiet around here. We missed you! glad your back. ;D
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 10, 2009 19:49:28 GMT -5
Ok, good stuff about the trip. As soon as we exit Washington, the entire trip on the road was right up alongside the ocean. Amazing scenery everywhere. Always something to look at. We stopped in a town called Seaside and that was by far our favorite place. We stayed 4 days there. Each evening there we would walk along the beach barefooted and have the small waves come up to our ankles. One time mom and I got daring and went right in the ocean to the bigger waves and got soaked. It was really quite fun. I remember our third day there mom and I decided to take the beach walk in the morning and the place was littered with washed up crab and clam shells. Seagulls everywhere too. The crab shells were fucking HUUUUGE....and empty. I felt sorry for the crabs. Knnowing that their death of being torn apart by birds must have been gruesome and painful. I guess the better death is being eaten by humans cause they don't live very long in boiling water before it kills em. Speaking of crabs we found a live on on the beach skittering around. Mom picked it up. With her finger tips and putting them on the side of the crab so its pincers weren't a danger. We kinda wanted to keep it and cook it but our motel didnt have a stove. We went to a restaurant that day and each ordered the dungeonise crab to make up for it. That was good. Speaking of food I have to say that the States has much better, and LARGER, food than Canada. Not saying that Canadian food isn't good but the diners and stuff in the US are pretty amazing. The portions are so massive. You order a burger in Canada and you get a decent sized burger with fries. You go to the US and order the same thing and you get a massive burger with a mountain of fries. The burger is juicy, the fries are homemade and it costs less than what you'de pay here. Loved it! No wonder the US is the fatest country in the world Other things to note that the US has that Norfy Land does not. World of Warcraft Mountain Dew. I bought two. I drank when I got back. The red, Horde one was ok but the blue, Alliance one was GROOOOOOSS. You guys also have Progressive Insurance which we do not. I dont care about the insurance but that Flo chic is smokin'. One big cultural shock though, which I had on my Vegas trip last year as well, is gun shops. We have em here too but they are not advertised much, You open a phone book and you might see something with small lettering in the corner for hunting rifles but open a phone book in the states and look under "Gun" and you get dozens of places WITH pictures of guns right in the phonebook. I remember seeing a few shops too. They had signs like "Army SUrplus" and AK-47's in stock" Are you for fucking real? AK-47's? That is insane. No laser guns for sale though
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Post by dejibo on Sept 11, 2009 8:12:04 GMT -5
Yep, we are a bunch of gun nuts who like our portions big, and our crabs picked clean mister! We do have a problem in the US and its a shame that food is CHEAP! and HUGE portions are available on the dollar menu of most fast food places. That makes the poor easy victims of this nonsense, and the fattest in the land. Vegetables, and lean meats, and whole grains are expensive. you either have to be very good with your money, and budget to be able to eat a wholesome diet, or you ...eat crap! cheap crap! tons of cheap crap! order one, and take half home for dinner. Its amazing how quickly you can become adjusted to the large/giant portions. I myself cannot eat most of the sized portions that come out of those places. I will get a happy or child sized meal. Guns are an american way of life. I myself own several. I am well trained in their use and care. We even have amendments to our constitution that gives us the right to carry um. NH is an open carry state. you DONT need a license as long as its not concealed. If you are going to hide it, you need a license. Massachessets is one of the hardest states to get a gun permit for, and I have proudly held that one for a long time. it was a pain, and took years of paper work, but since I drive through it all the time, I felt it was important. They are strict in that state. Nevada on the other hand...even prostitutes are legal there. I am so glad you had a good time. Sounds like a blast.
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Post by Office Ninja on Sept 22, 2009 13:20:36 GMT -5
Well my hard drive failed. Im not sure why but it did. I got it rigged enough to let me try a fresh install of my OS and see if it will run without anything really installed. I honestly think WoW could be to blame. Apparently wow is crashing on my video card under Snow Leopard. Figures right?
Anyway so to repair it if thats the issue would cost almost $400. Im just going to buy the new computer I wanted anyway. Yeah its $3000 but why the hell not you know?
Mmm.
The mac pro quad cores are so delicious. I cant wait.
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Post by Office Ninja on Sept 24, 2009 12:31:51 GMT -5
FUCK DELL!
I just canceled my order for my new monitor with dell because the asshole at customer service was an idiot.
I ordered my monitor online, got the confirmation email saying everything was good. Today I get a voicemail saying I need to call, that there is a problem with my order. So I call and the retard who I cannot understand cant even get my order number right. I had to give it to him 5 times before he finally found it. Then he asks me my name and all that jazz. He gets to my address and oh god that was a nightmare getting him to understand that info. THen he puts me on hold. Not telling me why. When he comes back He asks for my previous address. Im like, I have lived here 5 years, I don't remember my previous address.
I tried to ask him what he needed this for, and why he couldn't just use the address I gave him. My computer will be here tomorrow, and I would kind of like to have a monitor to go with it. He demands I give him my previous address or they cannot ship it. Rude as fuck. I got mad and asked him how I can cancel my order. He said you want to cancel, I say yes. He hangs up on me.
I hit refresh on my order page on Dell.com and it says canceled. I was livid!
I sent a very professional, but very to the point email to dell and they will NEVER have me as a customer again. I will go out today and purchase my monitor somewhere else. I will pay more than they were asking because I am so angry at them. We always buy our monitors at Dell, but not anymore.
ARGH!!! i need a drink.
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Post by Yvondith on Sept 24, 2009 15:55:13 GMT -5
Kik: consumerist.com/5091557/email-michael-dellAlso: consumerist.com/tag/dell/Have fun! Let the CEO know how you feel. Lots and lots of complaints about that company. I don't think I've heard any GOOD about them in years. Thus why I'm positive if I ever get a "new" computer, I'll build the damn thing myself. Ask Caller about his lovely Dell laptop, and it's missing heat sink. Nothin' much going on here, just some serious house cleaning! My house was a mess, so Mom and Granny came and gave me a hand today. I'm so thankful they did, I was overwhelmed. I've let my chores slide since I started taking care of Rogue in the evenings.
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