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DarthDilbert writes "The NYTimes has a story about a noise canceling box for nosy cubicle neighbors. " Still no protection from mind readers. They know stuff.
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And here comes lip-reading tech to bypass the noise-canceling box: http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/research/avcsr.h tm
I call them right cross and uppercut
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
This is the last straw, I'm going to burn down the building!
A few weeks ago, some consultants come up and sit with the guy across the asle from me. One of the guys kept peering over at my screen, reading what I was typing. Not only is it rude, but its also a security violation.
So i start up our internal IM client, and start chatting with a friend of mine. I start describing in great detail how this guy is peeing over my shoulder, how rude it is, and then I start going into how much this man weighs, how his beard looks like a birds nest, how ugly he is, whatnot.
The guy starts giving me REALLY mean looks.
To which I type out "Hi Mr Nosey, don't like what I am typing? Don't READ MY SCREEN!"
He turned around in a huff, and would not say a civil word to me that day.
Actually, I was wondering if I could get one those unscramble thingies so that I could figure out what my PHB was saying. Or do I really want to know?
Actually, mind-reading protection has been around for quite a while now.
"...albeit filled with workstations blowing hot air..."
At my place of work, we call those "managers".
...how whiny that sounds when you've worked in a bullpen.
r "Same observation applies to MREs and K-rations" j
#8814 I gotta go. There's a dude next to me and he's watching me type, which is sort of starting to creep me out. Yes dude next to me, I mean you.
I get the people two cubes away call me... they can't IM or for the love of all that's good...
Get off their FAT A$$ and walk the 20ft over to my cube.
Here is a possible thought to include in the cube discussion.
ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE! Just brushing up for my next big invention: Ethernet over Voice (EoV)
No fans
Strange. In my experience, Mac fans have been loud, persistent, and only intermittently cool.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Dear #896501-c,
Thank you for your recent suggestion as to office environment and layout.
Offices take up square footage in a manner that is not well suited to the tiling problem -- requiring more office space and cost. We also find that everyone else expects to have mahogany doors and desks once they have an office. In an attempt to be more accountable for our shareholders, we have decided to restrict mahogany and drinkable coffee to the executives as they are the heart and soul of the company.
As to your suggestion that we have windows which can be opened, historical data suggests that employee suicide/mishap/high-jinks rates climbs to a level that our insurance company finds unacceptable. Also, the three faulty temperature sensors in the environmental controls would be further confused and we would have to call the maintenance guy once again to twiddle knowbs aimlessly.
As to the cell phone issue, we would like to remind you that "every time a salesman's phone rings, an angel gets it's wings" as explained on p34 section A of your employee handbook. For they are the liver and colon of the company.
Thanks you for your interest,
Your HR Team.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.