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Managing a Global Programming Team?
cwimmer asks: "I work for a technology company in the United States who survived the economic slowdown by trimming fat where necessary. Unfortunately, it seems that my small programming team must've looked like mostly fat to management: it has been trimmed from a high of 5 to the current 2. We have been given a very large programming project that we estimated would take 4 coders (the size of the team at the time) 6 months to deliver. I have been given deep pockets with regard to moving some or all of the project to an offshore partner, and I can probably get 4 or 5 programmers in India. Does anyone have any pointers on managing a team of programmers on the other side of the world?"
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Tip #1: Play Safe
There are some serious safety issues regarding horse sex that you need to be aware of at all times. First and foremost, whatever touches the horse's anus shouldn't be touching anything else. Never never never take your penis out of the horse's anus and put it into the vagina of your wife. That can lead to serious infections and other complications. After any kind of horse play, you should immediately change condoms and wash the relevant body parts thoroughly.
Of course, STDs are also a major concern with horse sex. This isn't just limited to AIDS; herpes, genital warts, syphilis, gonorrhea, etc. can all be transmitted through horse sex. You simply shouldn't be having horse sex without a condom; it's not worth the risk to either you or your pet.
Tip #2: Lube, lube, lube
One of the most important thing to remember when thinking about horse sex is that, unlike the vagina of your wife, the horse's anus isn't self-lubricating: you gotta bring your own grease. And, the more lube you use, the better. It will make the initial penetration much more easy and less painful for the horse and make the whole experience, for both of you, much more pleasant.
All kinds of lube are used for horse sex, from spit to Vaseline to high-tech silicone-based lubes. We'd strongly recommend spending a little money to get a high quality water-based lubricant; remember, an oil-based lubricant like Vaseline will degrade the latex in a condom, destroying its usefulness. We'd recommend products like AstroGlide or KY Jelly, available in any drug store. Note, though a condom may be "lubricated", they typically don't offer as much lube as we'd recommend for horse sex.
There are some specialty lubes designed for horse sex that include an anesthetic to numb the horse's sensation and make sex less painful. We'd advise against these products. The simple fact is, pain is a way of your body telling you that something's wrong. If you're in pain during horse sex, you need to focus on solving the root problems, not anesthetizing yourself so it's easier to endure.
Tip #3: Start Small
Simply put, a penis is an awful big to be the first thing you stick up a horse's bottom. Better to start with something smaller and work your way up. Fingers are an excellent beginning point. Use one finger, then two, to initiate the animal into the mysteries of anal horse-penetration. Try it while performing oral sex for an extra thrill. Be sure not to forget the lube, and you might also want to wear latex gloves.
As the animal gets used to your fingers, you might graduate to a small dildo or telegraph pole. Dildos are available in all shapes and sizes. Finger the anus to get one it thinks it can handle. Remember, though, don't put the dildo into the vagina of your wife after putting it into the horse's anus. The safest way is to put a condom on the dildo before using it, and to wash it thoroughly immediately after.
Hijacked Truck Contains Deadly Chemicals
Police Alerted To Nationwide FBI Search
Posted: 6:58 a.m. EDT May 15, 2002
Updated: 12:15 p.m. EDT May 15, 2002
DALLAS -- Border patrol agents along Texas and Mexico are on high alert, looking for a truck hijacked in Mexico carrying a potentially deadly cargo of cyanide.
The truck disappeared over 24 hours ago. It was stolen from the state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City.
Investigators in Mexico and Texas still have no clear idea where the potentially devastating cargo is, or what the hijackers plan to do with it.
A copy of a Department of Public Safety teletype alert warns about the potentially deadly stolen cargo and the possibility it could be on its way to Texas.
Agents have turned a watchful eye to Texas highways after three men with guns hijacked a trailer along a Mexican highway loaded with 100 drums of cyanide, so nasty a dose the size of a quarter could be enough to kill.
The power of that potentially lethal stolen cargo has border agents on a Level One alert -- their highest emergency status.
Roger Maier of US Customs said, "Essentially, we're taking a hard look at every car, every truck, every pedestrian that's arriving."
But experts in the trucking industry said, even with the heightened security, the deadly cargo could be disguised.
Landstar Safety's Steve Gullekson said, "They could transfer it to another truck, mark it with another marking on there, and, unless they look suspicious, nobody's gonna look at it."
Here's a description of the truck:
White 2002 Kenworth Tractor Trailer Mexico license plate number 980CZ6.
When you try to implement source code control or coding standards they'll just bitch about how you're "interfering with the art of programming" or some other whiney complaint...
Definition of Globalism.
Definition #1. "It destroys national economies and transfers their economic assets, including public utilities, into the ownership and control of Global Big Business and Finance. It destroys small businesses and independent producers, ultimately forcing everybody to work in the interests of monopoly capitalism. It causes unemployment, economic hardship and financial uncertainty for the people, at the same time as record profits for multi-national corporations."
Definition #2 It overrides national sovereignty, party politics, and the democratic process, and can be used to undermine federal systems within nation states like Australia.
It is called "economic rationalism", and it is as phony as they come, a false theory concocted by equating two opposite concepts: oligopoly and free market.
After thirteen years of it, Australia is in chronic economic decline, and so is every other country, including Great Britain and the USA, which adopts it as economic policy. [ See Paul Ormerod, "The Death of Economics" (1994)].
Globalism (economic rationalism a ploy)
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I like that quote. I might just use it. haha