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Dave Hirsch-
Very well put.
I am actually less understanding of the “multiple SN” tactic than you are.
The temptation to bring “support” to one’s views is understandable – but it isn’t yashrus.
There can be legit reasons to use a second SN – so as not to blow one’s cover, starting over if the cover has been blown, etc. – but not stam to give a false impression of agreement or a consensus.
FWIW, I believe some of the info given by “Joseph” may be accurate – please be careful not to cheppeh in a way that may be cruel.
commonsense-
If you Google “where does the word fridge come from”, you’ll find both theories presented. I chose the one that fit this thread.
also…
Vise-Grip.
Sawzall.
Robitussin.
Sender Av-
Hi.
“do people still call it a Frigidaire?“
Not really, but “Fridge” (its derivative) is commonly used.
also…
Rice crispies.
Drano.
Roto-Rooter.
Astroturf.
“Spaldeen”.
La-z-boy.
Moderator-80-
Moderator-80-
You’re right – I was looking at a different item.
The key word on the listing is “hard drive”.
Just a FYI – those that use a notebook-sized HD (2.5″, I think) will be the ultra-portable type; the ones that use a desktop-sized HD (3.5″) will be a bit bigger.
Moderator-80-
Correct.
In fairness, the device is listed on Amazon as “Iomega eGo Portable – Hard drive – 320 GB – external – SuperSpeed USB”; it explicitly states that it’s a HD, the USB is clearly just the connection.
Moderator-80-
I’m afraid that’s not correct.
As popularly used the terms mean:
“usb drive” – a small solid-state flash memory device.
“external drive” – a standard hard drive, enclosed in a case. Can be connected to a PC via USB cable or (sometimes) to a network via a router port.
External drives may or may not require an additional power source – most draw what they need from the USB cable.
I’ll try to clear things up a bit.
“USB drive”, “USB memory key”, “Thumb Drive”, “Flash Drive” and other terms usually refer to solid-state small hardware devices with capacity from 1 or 2 GB up to 256 GB.
The 256GB one is quite expensive – nearly $800.00 on buy.com
The 320GB Iomega is a hard drive in an external case. It can be plugged into your PC’s USB port.
Some of these external HDs are reasonably small and intended to be caried about – the can fit in a pocket.
Larger ones can be carried, but they are a bit bigger, and usually will sit on your desk or shelf. Think of a really thick paperback book, like a dictionary.
“how come then “usb drives” come in capacities lower than “external drives”? i havent seen any over 500 GB“
“USB drive” will refer to a solid-state flash memory device. You will pay quite a bit more per MB for one of these than for an external HD enclosed in a case.
Kool-aid.
There is actually an inaccurate negative connotation to Kool Aid because of this.
Jim Jones and his followers didn’t drink poisoned Kool Aid; they actually drank a mix named “Flavor Aid”.
Nonetheless, “drink the Kool Aid” has become synonomous with “follow the leader, regardless of how irrational he is”, based on popular recall of that mass suicide.
Hi, again.
External drives are usually the exact same drive as the one you install in your computer, except they are enclosed in a case.
They have the same spinning platters and read/write heads and have the same potential for failure.
There is something called a “solid state drive” sold, which actually has no (I think) moving parts.
These drives have smaller capacities than the traditional type does, and may cost a bit more, too.
They are sometimes used to store system data (so the PC starts faster), while application data is stored on a traditional HD.
I don’t know if they are sold as external drives, but there are kits that you can create your own from if they aren’t.
You can also possibly use a USB memory key. I think some pretty high capacity ones are sold nowadays, but I don’t remember specifics about size and price.
I don’t know how reliable one type of storage is over the other. I have heard of USB memory devices failing – they’re not infalible.
1) Amscray! he’s on to us!
2) At my age, I’ll taka any kind of drive I can get.
3) I need a name for my company. “Seagate” is nice, but already taken. What does the oilam think of “Watergate”?
hipflasker-
5mb is the amount of data that you are allowed to receive.
A smaller program will occupy less memory on your device, but has nothing to do with how much data you receive when viewing a web page or the like.
5mb is awfully skimpy – it will easily be exceeded unless you turn off al graphics (not sure how that works with a smartphone), and quite likely will be exceeded even if your phone is used for text only web viewing.
Is there a meter that allows you to guage your usage?
Frigidaire, Q-Tip, Sheetrock, Channel Lock, Elmers, Totes, BVDs, Windex, PC, Clorox…
Hi.
My experience has been that media files (photos, audio and video) don’t compress much, if at all.
The .jpg format in particular is already considered “lossy” due to its compression.
Compression is most effective for text files (both “plain” .txt and word processor documents), as well as spreadsheets.
If anyone feels compelled to read the quoted posts themselves, they can Google them easily enough.
Folks, please let’s keep in mind the audience that reads and posts here, and don’t post a direct conduit to trash.
EDITED POST
Thank you, note taken, we definitely strive to keep the CR PG rated.
If anybody is in the market for an external drive, bargain site deals2buy.com has several today, such as:
-a rugged 1TB drive for $100
-a couple of 2TB drives for $100
-a 1TB drive for $77
-a 500GB ultra-portable for $70
site: http://www.deals2buy.com
Unfortunately, the tiny percentage of creeps and poseurs is enough for me to believe that rides should not be accepted in many circumstances, and especially by children, girls and women.
psach libi bsorasecha-
I’m sorry about your grandfather’s petira.
Even when someone has been zoche to arichas yomim, it’s very sad when they are niftar.
May he be a mailitz yoisher for your family and all Klal Yisroel and may you have a nechama.
kapusta–
Thank you for the kind words.
(I would have responded earlier, but didn’t look at this thread before tonight).
squeak–
Your absence has been noted:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/the-riddle-thread/page/24#post-169072
Hope everything’s OK by you.
Now, where’s “Dr. Pepper”?
Cedarhurst-
I didn’t say that I personally withhold part or all of a tip based on poor service – I said that doing so is legitimate.
“WolfishMusings” did a pretty good job of explaining my thinking – a full tip is compensation for a job fully and properly done. An incomplete job (poor or rude service) gets an incomplete tip. This is the way tipping works in society – the tip is the customer’s leverage to get good service. I’m not sure if this is a precise analogy, but we learn in Nezikin that we follow the minhag of where you are when it comes to what type of payment is expected and to what that payment entitles the payer.
Your question is more suited to a “tipping mandatory” policy, which many restaurants institute for parties over a certain size. In that case I would agree with your point, that withholding a tip based on poor service isn’t an option. I would complain to the manager or owner to see if they would waive the tip or offer some other form of compensation.
Moderator-80-
– booting into safe mode
– booting into command-prompt mode
– booting off of a CD or DVD (CMOS settings may have to be adjusted for this)
[although the system check screen was kind enough to say something about a memory problem, which made things easier]).
– Removing the modem, graphics card and other add-on devices.
– Disconnecting and possibly uninstalling peripheral hardware.
– Disconnect the master drive.
– Look at the device manager for hardware issues.
– Check the event viewer
– Google any error messages (and symptoms)
– Reinstall Windows (without wiping out the current programs).
– Clean reinstall Windows and all programs.
I’ve started from scratch with my laptop PC more than once – most recently I needed to change the CMOS settings to boot from the DVD drive just to get started. My backups are very low-tech; I usually burn a DVD with key data and put it in a (hopefully) safe place.
Was it recoverable?
Reformatable?
Do you know what caused the problem?
Midwest2-
Bezalel-
Moderator-80-
Based on your comments and replies, it’s quite likely you’re just fine with your current setup.
Portable media is quite cheap nowadays – IIRC, I’ve seen a 2 TB external drive for about $100 recently.
Your computer issue is interesting.
Debugging PC problems can be quite difficult, tedious and frustrating.
Issues can be hardware, software or driver based. That’s not even looking at network issues, and incompatibilities between two items that each work fine on their own.
1) It’s easier to port to another computer to restore and / or copy data.
2) If the PC is physically damaged (fire, flood, theft), your backup external drive can be safely elsewhere.
3) Your portable drive can be used for other purposes.
4) Your computer doesn’t have to be opened, HD removed and reinstalled, and new PC configured to get the backup data.
5) External HDs can be quite useful for those who do multimedia editing and need a large amount of swapable storage.
6) Many external HDs can be connected to the router directly and configured to back up critical data for all computers within a household.
Rav Belsky says that tips are halachicly required for those whose entire income is from tips.
He also says someone who doesn’t tip where it’s the accepted custom to do so doesn’t have derech eretz.
(URL for Rav Belsky’s statements and complete verbatim Q&A posted below)
My personal take on tip expectation (based on my understanding that Rav Belsky holds that it’s dependent on whether the tip is customarily given or not):
Food delivery – yes, absolutely. This is true for pizza, restaurant food, take-out food or groceries.
Luggage drop-off and pick-up (for campers) – I tip. I assume there is more of an obligation to tip those who are hired than there is to tip those who work for themselves, but this is just my opinion.
Waiter – yes, absolutely. Bad service warrants withholding some/all of the tip.
Tomchei Shabbos and other tzedaka delivery and pick-up services. No.
Barber – yes. If the haircutter is also the owner, less so.
Dunkin’ Donuts (or other take-out places with a tip jar at the counter) – No. I’ll usually toss in twenty-five cents to a dollar, but I don’t consider it obligatory.
Car wash – No. Same as Dunkin’ Donuts.
Motel chambermaid – Yes. Less obligatory than other “yes”s, since this is not the major source of their income.
source for Rav Belsky’s statements: http://www.torah.org/learning/honesty/class34.html
QUESTION 46: TIPPING
At the end of the Passover vacation at the hotel, we were supposed to tip the waiters and busboys. The recommended amount was to pay the waiters $36 and the busboys $24 for each person at the table. The hotel doesn’t pay them anything, and these workers depended totally on tips for their pay. When I gave my tips, my waiter and busboy looked quite unhappy, and I asked why. They pointed out a few families that had paid very little. When I asked the head of one of these families, who had 11 adults at their table, he said they only paid a total of $75 to the busboy (the recommended fee was $264). He added, “I didn’t realize that tips were extra. I thought they were included in my bill. Besides, tips are always optional, that’s what the word ‘tip’ means.” When I suggested that he understood the arrangement incorrectly, he objected to my being involved at all. I said that there was a problem of chillul Hashem (desecration of G-d’s name), and that I had a requirement of tochacha (showing another person that they might be making a mistake). Did I have a requirement to tell them what I think?
RABBI BELSKY
I think that you should definitely tell them that they should tip. If they don’t want to give $264 and they want to round it out to $250 or $200 it’s one thing. But everyone knows that tips are not included, unless there’s a “gratuities included” sign. If it doesn’t say that, then tips are not included. And if it says, “optional tipping recommended”, then it means tips are not included. And if they were new to vacationing, and they didn’t know this, then it is high time they became educated and were told. There is a problem of chilul Hashem, and what you did was the right the thing to do.
There is a gemorah (section of the Talmud) about tipping in Mesechta Megillah (the book of the Talmud dealing with Purim) in a couple of places. It says that inn-keepers weren’t able to charge rent to an oleh regel (one who attends festivals in Jerusalem). Why? Because it is said that that all of Klal Yisroel owns the property in Jerusalem. Therefore, the inn-keepers couldn’t even charge rent. But it says that the proprietors should be tipped, and that they could take the tips even against the will of the tenants. And that sum could be quite a lot. The Talmud says that we can learn from that practice that it is the way of the world to leave a tip for a proprietor. The commentaries note that the Talmud says that it is the orach ara (accepted custom, literally ‘the way of the land’) to leave a tip. It’s derech erertz (the civil, proper thing to do. And if you don’t do it, you don’t have derech eretz, and you don’t follow the ways of the world.
Generally, a tip is voluntary. But the Talmud says that for those whose entire income will be coming from the tip – such as the inn-keepers in Jerusalem – the tip becomes mandatory. So you see that in such cases, giving a tip is an obligation. This is a Hallachah (Jewish law) that the Gemorah (Talmud) states clearly, not just a nice way to behave. When I said the fee could be rounded off, it’s simply because when there’s a larger group, very often the rate is cut a bit.
QUESTIONER
So to what extent should I urge them to tip?
RABBI BELSKY
Well, since it’s mandatory, and even in a case where it’s not mandatory, it’s certainly the way of the world and the proper thing to do. And there is the third problem, as you mentioned, that not giving a tip could be a chilul Hashem. Given the fact that all three could be violated here, I think you should definitely urge them to pay the tip. But on the other hand, don’t be mochiach (chastising) – don’t rebuke them too much, because you may end up having a personal problem with the people. They’ll wonder, “Who do you think you are?” Are you our mashgiach (supervisor)? :Perhaps the type of person who doesn’t tip would probably not spare you a generous counter-attack, telling you how he views it.
QUESTIONER
When I mentioned it to him, he told me not to get involved. So my real question is, should I give him tochacha (rebuke) again? The first time I mentioned it he just brushed me off, and it didn’t seem to get into his consciousness at all. I wondered whether the second attempt might work.
RABBI BELSKY
When it’s time to give tochacha a second time, you should say, “I understand. You’re right; it’s not my business. But I seem to remember hearing that giving tips is sometimes actually an obligation. In this case it is an obligation, because the person doesn’t make his living other than from tips. And since this may be so, maybe you should ask a question to your rov.”
There are a couple of ways to make tochacha more effective. One is to say, “I think I remember having heard –“, to create some kind of hesitancy, even if you’re absolutely certain. Mipnei darkei shalom (for the sake of having peace) – because you’re trying to make peace, it’s justified to twist the truth a little bit, and you could definitely say, “I think I remember – I’m not certain – I’m almost certain.” Secondly, a person who is being mochiach (chastising) somebody else should recommend that they ask a sheiloh (questions) because it’s definitely something that can’t be decided on one’s own.
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Tomorrow the bonus will be only 7%.
oomis1105-
Mazel tov to you, the Zaidy & the gantzeh mishpacha.
Much nachas!
Smile E. Face-
i read that to my brother recently, and it wouldnt leave my head
Just curious – the Twain story or McCloskey’s?
They’re both great, and McCloskey’s was inspired by Twain’s.
ItcheSrulik-
Mazel tov – you got it!
“Allah” is apparently the equivalent of “God” (both spelled out since this is discussing the halacha), and should be treated with equal respect. This applies to both its written and spoken usage.
I had the opportunity over Shabbos to discuss this with a Rov who is a talmid chochom and who I’ve asked shailos to in the past.
I realize that not mentioning the Rov’s name means that this is basically an unattributed statement, but: a) I didn’t ask his permission to repeat what he said publicly in his name b) It’s too close to home and would include personally identifiable info.
There is one fast that’s broken on wine, and the people who drink the wine don’t even make the brocha themselves.
In a whole doughnut
There’s a nice whole hole
When you take a big bite,
Hold the whole hole tight,
If a little bit bitten
Or a great bit bitten,
Any whole hole with a hole bitten in it,
Is a holey whole hole,
And it just plain isn’t!
“Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price” by Robert McCloskey
(this author who also wrote “Blueberries for Sal” and other great kids’ books)
Conductor, when you receive a fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
CHORUS
Punch, brothers! punch with care!
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
“Punch, Brothers, Punch” – short story by Mark Twain
Ok, really…
“Im Eshkochaich”, by (I think) Shloime Gertner & his younger brother.
It’s a slow song, but it really sticks.
Moderator-80-
?
I’ll say something that the moderators are probably too modest to say:
– They do what they do as a chesed.
– There is no pay involved.
– The hours can be unpredictable.
Thanks they should receive for their time and efforts in filtering, editing, approving and (sometimes) explaining isn’t always forthcoming.
As stated elsewhere, I wouldn’t want their job with all that it entails.
Moderator-80-
Pretty good guess.
Adding a side to any geometric shape from a triangle upward adds 180 degrees.
Changing a shape from a square to five sides by trimming off a corner would result in three 90 degree corners, and two corners with a total of 270 degrees.
Clean-Up in Aisle #168996
Who can catch the glaringly egregious geometrical error made by yours truly in the prior post?
Thanks to Artscroll’s ultra-precise translations, I’ve found more than once that that my “in the ballpark” teitch of particular words – even some familiar ones – in the gemorah and davening wasn’t 100% correct.
I suppose it’s like some immigrants re: speaking correct English – even after 20 or 30 years they clearly communicate with U.S. born English speakers, but their grammar and word usage isn’t exact.
The Davidsons have five sons. Each son has one sister. How many children are there in the family?
Possible answers:
1) Six – five brothers, one sister.
2) If half-siblings are allowed it can be a variety of numbers.
3) None – they are all adults.
A stick has two ends. If you cut off one end, how many ends will the stick have left?
Possible answers:
1) Four – the two original ends and the two new ends.
2) Two – two are “left” from before. The other two are new.
3) One – we’re only looking at the original end (the one left) on the bigger part of the broken stick.
A square has four corners. If we cut one corner off, how many corners will the remaining figure have?
If the cut is straight, here are the possible answers:
1) Five – three 90 degree corners, and two corners with a total of 180 degrees.
2) Three – if you removed one corner by cutting diagonally from its adjacent opposing corners.
don’t incorrige ICOT, he’s incorrigible.
Absolutely! ?
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/ <-- hat tip to "ronrsr"
/Ginoy – I see it used here, but it postdates my yeshiva days.
Punkt – precisely, exactly
maskim – agreed
Al Kol Ponim – from all appearances / any way you look at it / from all pespectives (this one was popular in my days, but I still have difficulty translating it well).
eppes a zach – something (a literal translation would be closer to “a little of a thing”)
mamesh – actually, actual, in actuality (e.g. “steak lavan is chazer mamesh”)
chaval – a waste (Ivrit, I believe – I never heard this word in yeshiva).
kol tov – all the best.
haifagirl-
uh-oh, now you’re encouraging me ?
blinky, I must thank you, though
I haven’t any rhymes to show
it puts a strain
on my poor brain
and the fuses start to blow
d a-
Thank you – I think it can also be Irish (didn’t there used to be an Irish poster here?)
lechoira – apparently (according to hashkafah.com le-che-oirah = at the first light, meaning at first glance)
taka – truly
le’maisa – in actuality
zicher – fer sure
avada – of course, surely (predecessor to “zicher” in yeshiva-speak)
Moderator-80-
My pleasure.
Those are loose definitions – it can also mean “as a matter of fact”, i.e. “grada, I was also at the kiddush”.
Moderator-80-
“grada” – certainly, definitely, “for sure”.
Alt def. – dyslexic Spanish policeman.
smartcookie–
Last line suggestions:
“betzibur or davening solely”
alternate 1 – “in minyan” instead of “betzibur”
alternate 2 – “when you pray” instead of “davening”
(hope you don’t mind a suggestion – I’d change “every” to “each” on line 3, for balance.)
Bracha the great–
You’re doing great.
Here are a few words you can try to end your last line with:
honey
runny
sunny
bunny