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Peter123 said:
I am a physicist, building things, breaking things, programming for windows and linux to break more thinigs. Its fun.
Oh, yes, and I am perhaps the oldest here: 63.
Becoming quite an Eris fan.
Did not upgrade to 2.1 - not chicken but wise (iI think) :o
Peter
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Do you watch the Big Bang Theory on CBS? It's full of physics jokes many people overlook but still find the show funny. Check it out sometime, if you haven't already.


AdmSuvvuk said:
Long story, short version is 5 generations of my family graduated from the Capstone. I was one of three who didn't. My uncle went to Stetson, I went to Stetson and theology college, and my cousin went to CowTown :) . One of my greatest memories is of the times that Coach Bryant would come have dinner at our house and I'd peek into the kitchen to catch a glimpse of what the adults were doing around the kitchen table after banishing me to my room.
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That's crazy that Bear used to eat dinner with your family. Was that the norm, something he did with families in the (I'm assuming) Birmingham/T-town area?
 
smacky said:
Most of us know Johns Hopkins as the best med school in the US, but I never really stopped think about its undergraduate. Do they have one? I'm trying to check their site but it's loading real slow. Not that it matters, I just never thought outside of med school when thinking of JH.
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Yeah that is what I hear from most people when I tell them that, but they do have a very nice computer sciences program there. Their site is not the easiest thing to navigate around on. It took me 30min to find all the info about their computer sciences programs. My younger brother went to Maryland and really like their program so I will probably wind up there (it has a lower tuition, and is closer to where I live which is a plus).
 
Former newspaper photojournalist. Now overseeing and shooting photo/video at the University of Colorado, my alma mater. Got out of newspapers at a good time two years ago for personal reasons and burn-out, but I miss the camaraderie and pure story-telling aspect. I love my Eris.

Interesting to see how many posters in this thread are in law enforcement.
 
arock said:
Yeah that is what I hear from most people when I tell them that, but they do have a very nice computer sciences program there. Their site is not the easiest thing to navigate around on. It took me 30min to find all the info about their computer sciences programs. My younger brother went to Maryland and really like their program so I will probably wind up there (it has a lower tuition, and is closer to where I live which is a plus).
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Ah, I see. I guess the med school steals all the thunder then. :cool:
 
Commercial pilot, aircraft mechanic. Currently out of work (thanks, economy :( ), but I have a part-time gig as a technician for an airline simulator until things pick up again. When I am able to fly, my Eris is perfect for checking weather, filing flight plans, finding good restaurants on trips, and playing games while waiting for clients.

(Speaking of games, Drop7 just made the jump to Android from the iPhone. Go find it in the Market. Fantastically addictive casual game.)

Graduated college / flight school over a year ago from a little place most people have never heard of in eastern TX, LeTourneau Univ.
 
superchaos said:
Law enforcement here. I use my phone to call the dispatchers and ask why I am being sent to a house because a 9 year old is throwing things and the parents don't know what to do. Maybe it's a California thing.
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Been trying to get hired for a while now. This budget is a MESS though. Hopefully soon!
 
Miami211 said:
Police Officer... always use my phone. The extra google voice number is helpful so dirtbags don't have my real number when I call them... the google voice phone number toggle switch is the best.. camera is ok, I liked the dare's camera the best so far. I stream Pandora occasionally and if I'm bored I'll play fishin' 2 go..
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I don't believe I've heard of the toggle for GV... where would I find that? I also had the dare for my last phone and the camera was very good IMO too.
 
Former powersports mechanic (Hon, Kaw, Suz, Yam, Pol, [Can,] Bom, Sea) now in enterprise software QA. Still ride, still wrench.

You wouldn't believe how handy it is to have an entire library of service manual PDFs you can stick in your pocket, then answer calls about my day job at the same time -- for $50. Even more so if my 2.1 build stays as solid as it has. :)
 
bowerman said:
Been trying to get hired for a while now. This budget is a MESS though. Hopefully soon!
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Good luck, it's always been a bitch to get hired in the northeast, but even the rest of the country isn't hiring now. The sit and wait game sucks, I've been there.
 
Miami211 said:
Police Officer... always use my phone. The extra google voice number is helpful so dirtbags don't have my real number when I call them... the google voice phone number toggle switch is the best.. camera is ok, I liked the dare's camera the best so far. I stream Pandora occasionally and if I'm bored I'll play fishin' 2 go..
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You just gave me another reason to convince my husband (police officer) to get this phone....AND, you've also given me a new idea to throw at some of my guys who have this phone already. Although our agency DOES provide them with a cell phone, it does not allow them to call anyone who is not already programmed in it (other troopers, dispatch, etc.) so they still have to use their personal cells. Thanks for that tip!!!!!
 
superchaos said:
Law enforcement here. I use my phone to call the dispatchers and ask why I am being sent to a house because a 9 year old is throwing things and the parents don't know what to do. Maybe it's a California thing.
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LOL we dispatchers have fun sending you guys to that... And to 5150's :-) Jk, but if it comes in as a 911, we havvve to send an officerrr.
 
I'm a sales leader at Best Buy - I manage the team that answers the phones haha... not the most amazing job in the field, considering I do nothing but deal with idiots all day, but the best part is the phone comp from Verizon - $25/mo gets me 1500 mins, data and text plus the phone was free anyway because they are doing some heavy promoting on the Eris.
 
Im 19 and a manager at Cicis Pizza in Texas!


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I work for the cell phone carrier that sells the Eris and provides service for the Eris. We do jot make the Eris and no, I am not a store rep or a care rep. I started my career with carrier in question as a data tech support rep when it was still an independent department. Now it is just all tech support.

So I guess I work for the phone company :)
 
smacky said:
That's crazy that Bear used to eat dinner with your family. Was that the norm, something he did with families in the (I'm assuming) Birmingham/T-town area?
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We lived in Prattville, near Montgomery. He bought his suits at a store named "Gents" in the mall in Prattville, and my dad owned a bookstore there. Coach was a friend of our family, so when he would come to town to buy a new suit he would stop by and have dinner with us. I was around 6 or 7, and I remember sneaking out of my room, out the window, then coming into the pantry from the outside so I could peek in. As I said, I would have been a legacy student at 'Bama had I chosen to go. Sometimes I regret the decision.
 
Computer Systems Engineer - Design, test, and configure systems for various task, mostly rapid deployment via network for software and the likes.
MCITP and MCSA
 
cmack said:
Good luck, it's always been a bitch to get hired in the northeast, but even the rest of the country isn't hiring now. The sit and wait game sucks, I've been there.
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Thank you sir. Waiting is all I can do lol.
 
im 19 years old and i work at stater brothers super market and go to school, going to join the navy as soon as i turn 20 in may

i use my phone for texting, and mainly navigation when my friends and i are out after work looking for partys and stuff
 
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