WeTransfer? It's how my dad sends me all his family movies.You'd be surprised how often I have the following conversation:
Them: "Can you pull the audio for last weekend's XYZ program and e-mail it to me?"
Me: "All 3 hours of it?"
Them: "Yes. Why are you looking at me like that?"
GasBandit
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Don't need to, they're in the same building as me. I just save it to their folder on the server. It's just that they never have any concept of their e-mail not being infinite capacity, and they use it like a filing cabinet, but that's a different rant.
GasBandit
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They'll ask me why it doesn't work on their phone.
Guess you'll have to either say, "Only in station computer access, file is restricted" or put them on an internet facing server and give them a real URL.
GasBandit
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I'd rather just tell them "no, you can't e-mail 3 hours of audio any more than you could carry your car through the building on your back."
GasBandit
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Our food chain is convoluted. They're not above me, but they're not my underlings, either. They're salesweasels.If they're lower on the food chain, a simple "No. NEXT!" should suffice.
Like doomweasels, only less pleasant?
Food chain isn't the same as chain of command. Anyone with Manager in their title should outrank a mere salesweasel.
So "No. NEXT!"
GasBandit
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Director, not managerFood chain isn't the same as chain of command. Anyone with Manager in their title should outrank a mere salesweasel.
So "No. NEXT!"
And that should be even hire on the food chain. Why are you allowing the salesweasels to even make eye contact?Director, not manager
"I want to send a 30GB file from Austin to Palestine over the network."
Me "Copy it to a large thumb drive, hop in your car and drive the 3 hours. It will be faster."
Me "Copy it to a large thumb drive, hop in your car and drive the 3 hours. It will be faster."
Very rural East Texas was the destination. Single T1 circuit with around 100 users....If it's a 6 hour round trip and that's faster than sending 30GB over a network, your network sucks
fade
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You know what I don't get? How people afford things. I have been looking for a pair of new front speakers for my living room, and I am astounded at the prices and the casual nature of the recommendations as if these prices are something you just go out and pay. How are people doing this? I thought I was financially doing pretty well, but I can't afford a $600-$1500 pair of speakers. Speakers!! The people who write these things and the commenters beneath are statistically probably young office workers. How much do these jobs pay now?!? Are they buying on credit? I don't get it.
Sounds like someone who doesn't spend enough time on Audiokarma or the Steve Hoffman Forums. And sure as heck doesn't go on Craigslist.
Remember these?
Technics SB-G400. Got 'em for $50.
Depends how important they are to you and how much you save normally. I spent close to a month's pay on my TV. I just try to save normally and having a nice TV is something that I consider a high priority.
Also, unless I'm mistaken you have children. Seems like a massive money sink that young office workers don't have.
Also, unless I'm mistaken you have children. Seems like a massive money sink that young office workers don't have.
I'll just tell you that the two I mentioned are probably far more user friendly that what I assume your assumption of an audiophile forum is. Not to mention the marketplace sections where you are certain to get a better deal (and orders of magnitude better packing) than the bay. I mean, they don't look down on folks unless you stumble in touting something like an Ion as the bestest thing evar.
God, I miss the Radio Shack of my youth.
Friends of mine have three kids and a crazy sound system for their tv. Priorities I guess? I buy lenses so everyone has their thing.
A lot lot of young kids do the whole buy now pay later to get stuff.
A lot lot of young kids do the whole buy now pay later to get stuff.
Yep. Tapatalk pinged my that you quoted me, but when I checked, nothing was here.
My previous strange post was by phone. The one that nothing was actually posted in, not the other weird ones
Like Squidleybits said, people have different priorities. When I was house hunting in Dallas a few years ago, we were looking at a fairly nice place that cost about $250K.
Our realtor showed up with a partner, and he was driving a corvette which was all tricked out, which probably ran close to $65K with those options. I heard him complaining to her that he wished he could buy a nice house, kind of sour-grapes like. I'm pretty sure he didn't intend for us to hear him, but I have good ears.
Well, Whiney Mc Whineyface, your $65K car's payments are over $1,000 month if you got a 5-year loan. Guess what? A 30 year loan on $250K is what? A little over $1,000 a month. I was driving an Aveo at the time that I paid $7200 for after my trade in and down payment. I was paying like $140/month. I leaned over and whispered to my wife "well, if I drove a corvette, I might be bitching about not being able to afford a house, too"
Priorities
I make a nice salary. But I still have to weigh what's important to me in terms of spending. I have a $4.00 generic keyboard, instead of some fancy $100 Microsoft ergonomic beast, for instance. (Though in all honesty, I actually prefer them, since those are the kind of keyboards I grew up on) I certainly wouldn't be dropping a grand on a set of speakers.
When my step-son got his first decent paying job, I sat him down and showed him my monthly budget, so he could see how money worked when you move out on your own, and how your cost of living can rise to meet your income. I explained that if instead of dreaming large and getting the big mutli-bedroom apartment he was looking at, he got a little efficiency model, he'd actually end up with more disposable income than I have.
He didn't take my advice tho
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fade
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Okay, I get that people prioritize what they want, but my point is that it seems like the majority of commenters are acting like these purchases are no big deal. Same in the amateur filmmaking sites I like. Point being that at the age/income of the bulk of these people commenting, I don't get how they're affording them even if they drove a Chevy Rustbucket and and ate ramen.
The only "high end" things I've ever bought were a microphone and my bicycle, and even those were probably only high end to me. Everything else I've gotten discounted, free, bartered, or just low-end.
The only "high end" things I've ever bought were a microphone and my bicycle, and even those were probably only high end to me. Everything else I've gotten discounted, free, bartered, or just low-end.
I feel you there. You would not believe the number of things I see in a day where some 20yr-old comes in and I think, "You probably paid $850 for this new, and now you broke it and have to pay $200 fix it, and this isn't even the first time. How can you be so blasé about this, and how do you keep affording it???"
--Patrick