Speaking of Civ 5, was playing a single player last night as Montezuma. Though it was a tech victory but I did take 3 different capitals. Damn Babylonians and their huge amount of wonders. They became mine. ALL MINE!
I mean the self-study ones. I was given two huge textbooks by my employer because I requested training in CCNA. Everyone here who is doing the CCNA self-study has been doing it for like at least a year.
I plan to have it done by summer. None of this dragging it out shit.
Oh... damn. Self-study will be a bastard, especially if you din't have any of the gear to work with. Set yourself a goal of a chapter a week and you should be done in 3-4 months. Also, I'd get a partner in the office and start studying together.
haw haw, IRS is requiring people to report exact days of personal use and for fair value use for mixed rental properties
360 Days of personal use. Five days where the Smith Family paid me by check, and 100 days where I got cash. FUCK YOU TAX MAN.
that's not mixed. you need to rent up to 2 weeks for it to start being classified as mixed rental property. hell, you don't even have to pay tax on that rental income.
351 days of personal use?
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Property rented less than 15 days. If a property is rented less than 15 days, it's primary function is not considered to be rental and it should not be reported on Schedule E (Form 1040). You are not required to report the rental income and rental expenses from this activity. The expenses, including qualified mortgage interest, property taxes, and any qualified casualty loss will be reported as normally allowed on Schedule A (Form 1040). See the instructions for Schedule A for more information on deducting these expenses.
Fuck this. Im going Galt.
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this is a good thing you nerd
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I don't even have property, much less a mixed use rental property.
As such, Im staying ignorantly outraged by this.
THANKS OBAMA
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I picture Frank Black sayin my name when I read this...
I mean the self-study ones. I was given two huge textbooks by my employer because I requested training in CCNA. Everyone here who is doing the CCNA self-study has been doing it for like at least a year.
I plan to have it done by summer. None of this dragging it out shit.
Oh... damn. Self-study will be a bastard, especially if you din't have any of the gear to work with. Set yourself a goal of a chapter a week and you should be done in 3-4 months. Also, I'd get a partner in the office and start studying together.
Seriously. Buy two cheap-ass Cisco 2600 routers off of eBay or Craigslist and set up a sandbox.
Feral on
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
If there's no room in your vision of the future for a gentleman to loosen his tie and enjoy a scotch on the rocks while some woman gets stuck doing domestic duties, then WHO WANTS YOUR FUTURE.
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
I mean the self-study ones. I was given two huge textbooks by my employer because I requested training in CCNA. Everyone here who is doing the CCNA self-study has been doing it for like at least a year.
I plan to have it done by summer. None of this dragging it out shit.
Oh... damn. Self-study will be a bastard, especially if you din't have any of the gear to work with. Set yourself a goal of a chapter a week and you should be done in 3-4 months. Also, I'd get a partner in the office and start studying together.
They make emulators for the Cisco hardware. You simply have to supply the right IOS images for it. It's how I did my study way back when.
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You can take a CCNA course that lasts as little as 5 days, with a refund if you don't pass the test given immediately afterwards. Cost runs to around $4000 including hotel room for the ones I've seen.
I wish cert exams were like College Degrees - I would much rather have somebody that said CCNA, 5 years experience in the field than CCNA, Joe's 100% Refund if you don't pass Crash Course
Well, usually the 5 years experience comes first, then they hit a ceiling where they need the damned credentials to get a raise or a promotion... so they knock out the exam in a week and get back to doing their job. Basically you have to judge the quality of the tests at this point... when I was starting out, "Paper MCSE" was a thing people said to criticize your skills. There was the guy who spent two years getting his Microsoft certs, and the guy who spent two years building networks and supporting Windows NT and working in the industry, and you knew which one you wanted to hire. CCNA, though, has always been a challenging test. You can't really bullshit your way through it, and if you don't have experience in the field you're going to be so lost in a 5-day crash course that you'll never pass the exam anyway.
True. It just worries me when I see things like the resume we got back in '06 that was basically:
'82 College
'82-'87 random jobs, a little tech here and there, not a whole lot
'87-'06 (this space left blank)
'06 MCSE
And when we asked them what drove them to go for the MCSE they answered "I heard you can make a lot of money with it!"
Maybe I'm just bitter because beyond the CompTIA stuff in my field the certs are vendor specific, and vendor provided. And expensive as shit.
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
I think I agree. It's hard to find something nowadays that isn't either grimdark, grimdark-plus-author-rape-fantansies or infected with the scourge of Irony.
Having a hard time thinking of something I've read that holds up to Poul Anderson or Frank Herbert or Heinlein (before he wigged out and lost all his talent about 3/4 through Stranger in a Strange Land) or Azimov (his earlier period of sci-fi, when he came back to it after writing other stuff for a couple decades it wasn't great) or even Larry Niven on his rare good days (eg: Protector).
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
I think I agree. It's hard to find something nowadays that isn't either grimdark, grimdark-plus-author-rape-fantansies or infected with the scourge of Irony.
Having a hard time thinking of something I've read that holds up to Poul Anderson or Frank Herbert or Heinlein (before he wigged out and lost all his talent about 3/4 through Stranger in a Strange Land) or Azimov (his earlier period of sci-fi, when he came back to it after writing other stuff for a couple decades it wasn't great) or even Larry Niven on his rare good days (eg: Protector).
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Oh yeah, forgot about Stephen Baxter. He's not bad.
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Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Oh yeah, forgot about Stephen Baxter. He's not bad.
The one thing with Baxter is he is super fucking depressing. Dear god that man likes to make you never want to leave your warm comfortable safe blue ball of planet.
Actually Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series was entertaining. It is tide to his grand tour series so lots of repeat characters with the Moon series about nano-tech. I have Venus around here somewhere but I haven't gotten to it yet.
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Oh yeah, forgot about Stephen Baxter. He's not bad.
The one thing with Baxter is he is super fucking depressing. Dear god that man likes to make you never want to leave your warm comfortable safe blue ball of planet.
Actually Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series was entertaining. It is tide to his grand tour series so lots of repeat characters with the Moon series about nano-tech. I have Venus around here somewhere but I haven't gotten to it yet.
Am I the only one that really hates Peter Hamilton?
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Oh yeah, forgot about Stephen Baxter. He's not bad.
The one thing with Baxter is he is super fucking depressing. Dear god that man likes to make you never want to leave your warm comfortable safe blue ball of planet.
Actually Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series was entertaining. It is tide to his grand tour series so lots of repeat characters with the Moon series about nano-tech. I have Venus around here somewhere but I haven't gotten to it yet.
Am I the only one that really hates Peter Hamilton?
Nothing I listed was by him though I have one of his books staring at me. I don't mind him just consider him pulp.
So going through some of my research on the Arab Spring for a research paper due in a couple weeks and just ran into this line. And it just makes me grin.
Robert Fogel's theory of ―technophysio evolution‖ outlines the
parameters of this effect, using evidence of changing stature among US soldiers in the nineteenth
century to argue that human nutrition is the thermodynamic engine for human productivity and
investment (Fogel and Costa 1997).
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It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
hahahahahahahaha wow
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Dyna are you going to flip a table every time you post
Answer this question honestly
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Oh... damn. Self-study will be a bastard, especially if you din't have any of the gear to work with. Set yourself a goal of a chapter a week and you should be done in 3-4 months. Also, I'd get a partner in the office and start studying together.
more like VWVBO
I picture Frank Black sayin my name when I read this...
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...and Kim Deal when I read this.
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SLICINGUPEYEBALLSAHHAHAHA
Seriously. Buy two cheap-ass Cisco 2600 routers off of eBay or Craigslist and set up a sandbox.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
They make emulators for the Cisco hardware. You simply have to supply the right IOS images for it. It's how I did my study way back when.
True. It just worries me when I see things like the resume we got back in '06 that was basically:
'82 College
'82-'87 random jobs, a little tech here and there, not a whole lot
'87-'06 (this space left blank)
'06 MCSE
And when we asked them what drove them to go for the MCSE they answered "I heard you can make a lot of money with it!"
Maybe I'm just bitter because beyond the CompTIA stuff in my field the certs are vendor specific, and vendor provided. And expensive as shit.
I think I agree. It's hard to find something nowadays that isn't either grimdark, grimdark-plus-author-rape-fantansies or infected with the scourge of Irony.
Having a hard time thinking of something I've read that holds up to Poul Anderson or Frank Herbert or Heinlein (before he wigged out and lost all his talent about 3/4 through Stranger in a Strange Land) or Azimov (his earlier period of sci-fi, when he came back to it after writing other stuff for a couple decades it wasn't great) or even Larry Niven on his rare good days (eg: Protector).
Scalzi. Old Man's War is pretty excellent.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Oh yeah, forgot about Stephen Baxter. He's not bad.
Might want to link that. It's close to 3 megs in size which will get you an infraction.
Is that from C for Controversy?
To quote Jeremy Clarkson :
"This is what happens when you let the Italians make the car, and ze Germans make the food, instead of the other way round."
Ferraris and bratwurst are delicious, shut up Jeremy Clarkson.
The one thing with Baxter is he is super fucking depressing. Dear god that man likes to make you never want to leave your warm comfortable safe blue ball of planet.
Actually Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series was entertaining. It is tide to his grand tour series so lots of repeat characters with the Moon series about nano-tech. I have Venus around here somewhere but I haven't gotten to it yet.
What about Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Ducati, etc.
I think we should of learned from the Italian Paper Fleet but nope seems we haven't.
Want a ship well made, ask the English and don't have it made in Ireland!
Am I the only one that really hates Peter Hamilton?
They never put enough salt on the Ferraris though. I always have to add more.
Nothing I listed was by him though I have one of his books staring at me. I don't mind him just consider him pulp.
That sounds suspiciously like Comsu talk to me ...
Completely off set by the fact that Alfa Romeo produces a lot more cars then the first three combined.
I love eating Ferraris.