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CONUS?
« on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 19:42:39 »
I see this all over the place.

I am guessing this means Continental US. Is that correct?

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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 19:43:09 »
Yes.

Use google to confirm.

The internet doesn't change much from place to place
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 19:46:05 »
Thx for confirming.
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 19:51:19 »
No problem, everyone starts somewhere.

Unfortunately (or fortunately)for me, the beginning was hours on wikipedia
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49 »
What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:22:48 »
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
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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“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:05:17 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:22:48
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:29:42 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:33:55 »
Google gave me Contiguous United States :(
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:36:08 »
Quote from: Zeal on Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:33:55
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:44:35 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:36:08
Quote from: Zeal on Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:33:55
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"
« Last Edit: Tue, 01 October 2013, 09:11:52 by fohat.digs »
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“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
- Franklin Roosevelt 1933

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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:35:15 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:36:34 »
Perhaps whenever this new wiki that's being done by the KOTF is done they can add those.
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:43:07 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:44:19 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:43:07
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:46:26 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:44:19
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:43:07
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:46:35 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:47:21 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:46:26
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:44:19
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:43:07
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:47:29 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:46:35
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:48:13 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:47:21
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:46:26
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:44:19
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:43:07
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....

And they have to wear glasses
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:09:27 »
Quote from: AKmalamute on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:35:15
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:09:49 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:11:30 »
Con Air is a better shipper choice.
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:17:05 »
Con Air, love that film :D
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #24 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:23:32 »
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
What's the diff between NA and CONUS?

NA includes Alaska and Canada at a guess.

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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #25 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:17:49 »
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.
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« Reply #26 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:19:58 »
Quote from: iri on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:17:49
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.

Mexico?
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
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« Reply #29 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:08:52 »
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #30 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:39:47 »
Quote from: Zeal on Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:08:52
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:21:10
Quote from: esoomenona on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:19:58
Quote from: iri on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:17:49
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.

Mexico?

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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #31 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:40:14 »
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #32 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 16:13:46 »
Quote from: Greystoke on Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:39:47
Quote from: Zeal on Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:08:52
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:21:10
Quote from: esoomenona on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:19:58
Quote from: iri on Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:17:49
Quote from: baldgye on Tue, 01 October 2013, 06:11:49
What's the diff between NA and CONUS?
NA includes one normal country.

Mexico?

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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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #33 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 16:58:23 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #34 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 23:56:55 »
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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Re: CONUS?
« Reply #35 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 23:59:42 »
Quote from: Zeal on Tue, 01 October 2013, 23:56:55
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
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