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Taking May 19 Off?
Ant sent in wired story
about
geeks taking May 19 off. Not sure why. Is there a movie
opening or something? *cough*. Some of us will be at
Linux Expo. This is gonna get sticky.
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I'm not sure if I should think that Intel and PeopleSoft spokespeople are a bunch of losers who have no idea who/what their employees are up to, or if they're just typical marketing weenies who are lying through their teeth.
/. who can say that these quotes are full of crap. I bet Intel and PeopleSoft will get a bunch of sick calls and vacation requests just like every other company, and if not, then there is something seriously wrong with either the companies or their employees:
Come one, there must me some Intel and/or Peoplesoft employees reading
"No, you must not go have fun on this day! You must not be like everyone else and have a desire for entertainment! You must dedicate yourself solely to the well-being of The Corporation!" Yeesh...
Posted by Mac Daniel:
;-)
In a society complete with Take Your Daughter To Work Day, I propose geeks in the U.S. and Canada unofficially declare May 19, 1999
National Geek's Day Out.
Although I must admit, the Jedi religion does have some appeal as well.
Dan Knight, Mac Advocate, dknight@reformed.net
Low End Mac, http://lowendmac.com/index.shtml
the iMac channel, http://lowendmac.com/imac/index.shtml
"In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man,
it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity."
- Konrad Adenauer
That's why it kicks ass to have friends that work at theaters. I saw the three Star Wars rereleases (2 years ago?) at an 'employee only' showing at 12:01AM for each flick. :)
A friend of mine just started working at one of the theaters that managed to get 2 prints of Phantom Menace, so I'm there too.
The best thing about the 3 re-releases was the fact that open intoxicants and tobacco (and wacky tobaccy for that matter) were permitted.
Life is good.
Hmm, that sounds familiar.
[checks calendar]
Ah, that's right. I've got a root canal scheduled at 2:00.
Oh, and SW:TPM opens, too.
My boss is never gonna believe that I'm leaving early for a root canal. [sigh] Assuming he's at work, that is. [g]
I'm in the Triangle right now, putting of studying for my math and econ exams tomorrow. I'll be back home by the 19th, but I looked into the ticket-thing a little bit. The Raleigh Grand Cinema, probably the best theatre in the Triangle, is starting to sell tickets Wed, May 12th, at 3pm. They are listed under Moviefone as well. Your best bet is to try Moviefone (which lists about 30 theatres in the Triangle) on May 12th, when they start selling (but I don't remember what time Moviefone starts selling).
Too right.
I was going to fly out to the US (from the UK) to see it, but then I realised that I reall ywanted to see it with all my mates. We'll make a massive day of it, relive so many times from our youth and just have an amazing day.
That walks all over flying out to some city I've never seen before and sitting alone in a cinema.
-m