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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: swill on Mon, 30 September 2013, 19:42:39
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I see this all over the place.
I am guessing this means Continental US. Is that correct?
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Yes.
Use google to confirm.
The internet doesn't change much from place to place
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Thx for confirming.
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No problem, everyone starts somewhere.
Unfortunately (or fortunately)for me, the beginning was hours on wikipedia
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
The PO changed their rules so that "international" means just that, and that the 50 mile trip from Buffalo, New York to Toronto costs almost as much as sending it to you in England.
Perhaps you have noticed that particular irritation concerning US and Canadian shippers above the usual din of complaints about the cost of international shipping.
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
The PO changed their rules so that "international" means just that, and that the 50 mile trip from Buffalo, New York to Toronto costs almost as much as sending it to you in England.
Perhaps you have noticed that particular irritation concerning US and Canadian shippers above the usual din of complaints about the cost of international shipping.
I'd not, but then I hardly ever look in the classifieds section these days anyway
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And since we are at it, today I learned that GLWS is good luck with sale not Game for Windows Live or something. Ha ha.
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Google gave me Contiguous United States :(
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Google gave me Contiguous United States :(
And that's exactly what it is, same as continental united states, it's the 48 united states that all touch each other!
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Google gave me Contiguous United States :(
And that's exactly what it is, same as continental united states, it's the 48 united states that all touch each other!
Actually, if you use something like the Priority game board boxes, they always go air mail to Alaska and Hawaii. I sent a Model M via Priority Mail from Atlanta, GA to Alaska a while back, and it was delivered in less than 72 hours from when I handed it off, for $17!
That is why I always say "domestic shipping"
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Are the forum abbv's in the wiki? I haven't looked, but have noticed they're thicker here than other places I frequent.
GH = GeekHack, a self-referential TLA (CTLA? 'constrained three-letter acronym' ...)
MD = massdrop, although this is noticeably less common than
DT = Deskthority.net (oooh! the competition!)
TKL / WKL = Tenkeyless / win(dows)keyless
GB = group-buy (agreeing to buy a bunch of one thing to get a volume discount)
IC = interest check (should anybody bother trying to organize a GB?)
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Perhaps whenever this new wiki that's being done by the KOTF is done they can add those.
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Do you guys really think I should add them? I can add them to the Simple Questions OP right now but it took me around 10 minutes of lurking to figure the acronyms out. I don't mind doing it, just wondering if people really want that info somewhere.
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Do you guys really think I should add them? I can add them to the Simple Questions OP right now but it took me around 10 minutes of lurking to figure the acronyms out.
We need a primer for noobs to get them up to speed.
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Do you guys really think I should add them? I can add them to the Simple Questions OP right now but it took me around 10 minutes of lurking to figure the acronyms out.
We need a primer for noobs to get them up to speed.
These type of threads have been tried..
But the information is too much "wall-of-text" for the short attention span crowd coming outta this Youtube Generation.
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We need people to contribute to a primer then. The goal of the of the Keepers is to help aggregate and create some new info. There's no way the four of us could possibly keep up with all the requests we'll be getting.
I think TheSoulhunter has such a guide started. When he posts it we (as in the GH community) could add to it.
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Do you guys really think I should add them? I can add them to the Simple Questions OP right now but it took me around 10 minutes of lurking to figure the acronyms out.
We need a primer for noobs to get them up to speed.
These type of threads have been tried..
But the information is too much "wall-of-text" for the short attention span crowd coming outta this Youtube Generation.
so make a video that people have to watch before they can register
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We need people to contribute to a primer then. The goal of the of the Keepers is to help aggregate and create some new info. There's no way the four of us could possibly keep up with all the requests we'll be getting.
I think TheSoulhunter has such a guide started. When he posts it we (as in the GH community) could add to it.
won't work...
It'll be there, but the n00bs won't read it, and will post with an answer question anyway..
And you can't just "tell um off" because then they get all saddo, and rage quit...
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Do you guys really think I should add them? I can add them to the Simple Questions OP right now but it took me around 10 minutes of lurking to figure the acronyms out.
We need a primer for noobs to get them up to speed.
These type of threads have been tried..
But the information is too much "wall-of-text" for the short attention span crowd coming outta this Youtube Generation.
so make a video that people have to watch before they can register
Hm.... you have my attention
Full feature GH movie....
We gotta get all the GH women in bikinis to do this....(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_117_.gif)
And they have to wear glasses
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Are the forum abbv's in the wiki? I haven't looked, but have noticed they're thicker here than other places I frequent.
GH = GeekHack, a self-referential TLA (CTLA? 'constrained three-letter acronym' ...)
MD = massdrop, although this is noticeably less common than
DT = Deskthority.net (oooh! the competition!)
TKL / WKL = Tenkeyless / win(dows)keyless
GB = group-buy (agreeing to buy a bunch of one thing to get a volume discount)
IC = interest check (should anybody bother trying to organize a GB?)
GH = A sound you make when getting punched in the stomach
MD = Doctor of medicine
DT = Delirium tremens, shakes due to withdrawal from alcohol. Also, a name of a beer, which would help those shakes
Too lazy to work on the rest.
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I like the video idea. Would get more people up to speed quicker.
I think the main reason why CONUS was confusing at first is because it usually sounds like a shipping type or courier, not a region. EG: "Will only ship CONUS"
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Con Air (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118880/) is a better shipper choice.
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Con Air, love that film :D
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes Alaska and Canada at a guess.
[)amien
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
Kanaida
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
precisamente asi, amigo.
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
Kanaida
Canadia*, America's top hat.
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
Kanaida
Canadia*, America's top hat.
And a lovely top hat it is, too. I spent six months in Vancouver, BC, the most beautiful (large) city in North America. :thumb:
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
Kanaida
Canadia*, America's top hat.
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What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
Mexico?
Kanaida
Canadia*, America's top hat.
And a lovely top hat it is, too. I spent six months in Vancouver, BC, the most beautiful (large) city in North America. :thumb:
I live in Vancouver, and it rains all day. It was still ~15°C during June this year... Then we get 30+ days of straight sunshine during July, breaking a local record. And now we're in the rainy season til May 2014 :(
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The CONUS stuff mainly deals with the continental US for the benefits of cheaper shipping. Also its just the US, so no customs
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While we're talking about acronyms and such, what's a "Click/Clack"? I assume it's one of those 3d skulls novelty keycaps? What makes them $200+? Or does it refer to any type of novelty cap?
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While we're talking about acronyms and such, what's a "Click/Clack"? I assume it's one of those 3d skulls novelty keycaps? What makes them $200+? Or does it refer to any type of novelty cap?
Click clacks are novelty caps. They refer to the caps made by one person. They are 200 due to rarity