aspheric Wrote:better internet will let you do things faster meaning... less time on the internet.

Told them that before, they're extremely stubborn.

aspheric Wrote:also holy Spoon 2 hours?

Wee're effectively dial-up for 2/3 of every month, dial-up shared between 7 people (including 3 people downstairs renting our house).

Fuck, they refuse to upgrade even when I offered to pay the full cost, including the cost of the phone it's bundled with (so it's effectively free for them).



But I'm sure everyone's really sick of me rambling on about this fucking internet over and over, so I'll stop now.

(This post was last modified: 28/02/2010 07:39 PM by Assassinator.)

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There are sites where people bid on how much they'll do a project for (usually web projects) but don't expect much pay from that.  I've heard people earning a bit off that, but I say that's more of them BSing to try to make themselves look better.  Unfortunately, bidding like this, you're competing with a lot of people, including those which work in cheap labour countries.

Personally, if I were in your situation, I'd look to try to convince them.  For example, many jobs nowadays require work experience, so doing a casual job would help you qualify for jobs later on.  Unfortunately, many casual jobs often target younger people so that they can get away with paying less, so you can't really leave these til later on either.
Note that I am not entirely sure about the US job market.

Failing that, I'd just comply.  You schooling is probably only going to last a few years more at the very most.  And you just have to deal with not getting a lot of niceties - it's quite doable.