Non-IT News Thread
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We were just there nine days ago. This is our main airport these days!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36658187
Bombing and gun shots at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey.
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@scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?Nevermind, its an airport.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?Nevermind, its an airport.
that's OUR airport, the one that we just flew out of to get to Rochester.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?Nevermind, its an airport.
that's OUR airport, the one that we just flew out of to get to Rochester.
Well, you left it a mess!
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?Nevermind, its an airport.
that's OUR airport, the one that we just flew out of to get to Rochester.
You guys got lucky to avoid that attack.
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At least ten dead.
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Up to three bombings and 28 dead, 60 injured at Ataturk. And @Jaguar is trapped in Amsterdam having JUST missed being at Ataturk for this. He was trying to get an earlier flight and could not get one and would have been there. But now he is stuck in Amsterdam unable to get back home.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Up to three bombings and 28 dead, 60 injured at Ataturk. And @Jaguar is trapped in Amsterdam having JUST missed being at Ataturk for this. He was trying to get an earlier flight and could not get one and would have been there. But now he is stuck in Amsterdam unable to get back home.
Suppose there's occasions to be glad you missed a flight. Worse places to be suck too all things considered.
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He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.
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@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.
Not having his laptop meant that he couldn't rent a long term place and work from Europe, so not getting back home means he was burning his vacation / holiday time stuck in a hotel sitting by the phone waiting to hear if they got him a flight. If he had had his laptop, he could have used the time as work time and it would not have been too costly of a problem.
He got lucky, some Dutch friends managed to get him a flight back to Atlanta. he should be there tonight.
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
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Time to shut down the post and fire 50,000 slackers who can't do their jobs.
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Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.
Not having his laptop meant that he couldn't rent a long term place and work from Europe, so not getting back home means he was burning his vacation / holiday time stuck in a hotel sitting by the phone waiting to hear if they got him a flight. If he had had his laptop, he could have used the time as work time and it would not have been too costly of a problem.
He got lucky, some Dutch friends managed to get him a flight back to Atlanta. he should be there tonight.
Considering the cost difference, just buy a computer there and go to work.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
But they effectively stop all spam mail. that's worth a lot. And when do consumers need to mail things? Very rarely. So often it is done for no good reason today. I see it as a benefit.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
But they effectively stop all spam mail. that's worth a lot. And when do consumers need to mail things? Very rarely. So often it is done for no good reason today. I see it as a benefit.
Stopping mailed spam is worth zero to me. The amount of effort to throw away junk postal mail is easily out weighted by the savings I get from letter postage from USPS.
