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...company two years ago, after a lonely trip to Mexico when he came to appreciate two words in Spanish: Tengo Internet (translation: We've got Internet). At the RV park, Mac users report having the easiest time going wireless, and Microsoft XP works dandy too, while Millennium is nearly useless. Tight living quarters can play havoc with reception. Microwaving lunch while surfing wirelessly is a sure way to get disconnected. To keep out snoops and unwanted software, many RVers have installed a firewall and virus protection. Amazingly, nearly half arrive equipped with a wireless card, the park's managers...
...course, not all the face-to-face meetings involved with course selection are as inevitably useless as the study card hand-offs a week after registration. Submitting potential schedules for the review of academic and concentration advisors could be an enlightening, meaningful part of the intellectual experience at Harvard—“could” being the operative word. For most students, meetings with concentration advisors are often impersonal wastes of time that involve waiting in line in their House dining halls for the opportunity to have a 30-second chat about how many requirements they have...
...success was in large part the product of the blocking which cleared large swaths of field in front of him of potential tacklers in a position to make a hit. The Tigers’ offensive line neutralized the Crimson defensive line, pushing it aside and rendering it virtually useless in stopping the run. This forced the secondary to apply more pressure to the quarterback, which, while effective, presented greater opportunities for Princeton downfield...
Alumni support allowed the construction of the stadium, which then Harvard President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, had called “a useless expenditure,” Smith said...
...inspirational foreman here was Eastwood. "Clint's vibe is very productive," Penn says. "He's not the director as disapproving father. Clint is the approving rascal, older-brother father. You are not inclined toward useless rebellion with him, unless you just want to see him laugh...