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Amazon Veteran On the Record and Off the Leash
krow writes: "Mike Daisey, an X Amazon employees has put up some really humorous stuff about the company on his website. A trailer to a film, information about a play that is being done in Seattle and more is there. This is pretty funny to anyone who has worked in the web industry for the last few years. Serves them right, hiring all of those college grads, and then laying them off."
Speaking of Amazon...
two nights ago I saw Amazon selling 256 MB of PC133 Viking RAM at $9.99. Obviously this was a glitch, so I wasted no time and took advantage of it. I was ecstatic, but I didn't want to be too greedy -- so I only ordered two sticks (a friend bought three, another friend ordered two plus two 1GB modules (which, incidentally, were also selling for $9.99)). Placed the order. Got the confirmatory email. For kicks, I checked the web page again -- the price of the 256 MB modules had mysteriously risen to $329.99. Waited two days. Tonight I received an email from Amazon telling me that my order had been cancelled and that Amazon had not charged my credit card. But I would be getting a $15 gift certificate, good towards any purchase on Amazon (hurry, this incredible offer expires soon!) I understand that a *lot* of people tried to place orders during the glitch's transiprance. Perhaps that spoiled the broth. Anyhow, it was fun while it lasted.
Now maybe if e-business would check *before* sending out confirmatory emails...
useless rebates.
RKatz
No, this can't be true! Everyone knows that if you go to college, you graduate and then get a job automatically (well except those who go on for more school or are philosophy majors). Then you work at that company (while getting in Nerf fights every day, and causing mischief and mayhem between them) until another one sees what fine work you do, and hires you for more money with more stock options and perks (and better-looking co-workers). The cycle continues until you retire early at 40, then decide to invest your millions into "side projects" that you've been meaning to do all along. So a few startups later and the federal government is asking you for loans. You tell them you will loan them money if you can drive their top-secret 'mechs (because when I get that old, they better have mechs dammit!) and they say yes, so you invite a bunch of your old college buddies over (who are all rich like you except that guy in philosophy who still thinks computers are for geeks) and you compare the real thing to Mechwarrior 46, and then decide they need a little bit more work, but that the government is making good progress. So you loan them the money afterall and then pause to reflect on all the goodness you've done in your life.
So what's this I hear about work sucking? I don't believe it. (And I've got another two months of covering my eyes and ears before I get bitchy, decide my employer sucks, and then wait until my NDA is up so that I can publicly trash my ex-employer in a desperate attempt at attention because I'm so distraught that everything didn't turn out like it was supposed to) I hope somebody will notice me and reach out to me, perhaps employ my sorry ass before I am forced to jump from the top of my two-story low-rent apartment complex in a weak attempt at suicide because I wasn't noticed by my bitching and moaning about the real world.
Moderators, I leave it up to you.
Perhaps I have a low tolerance for stupidity but seeing a few pictures of a fat(ish) guy with a dog buiscuit in his mouth doesn't constitute fun stuff to me. Obviously I'm not 1337 enought to have stuff that I've submitted like this rather funny parody of /. that ddj is running posted. (not even in "ask slashdot" which will put up pretty much any crap). Granted, I didn't look at any of the videos etc for this one but it seemd a bit lame to me.
Someone can feel free to clue me in if there really was anything interesting on that site. Three pictures of some weirdo with a dog biscuit in his mouth are about enough for me. Someone might walk by and get the wrong idea...
-- dR.fuZZo