Dung cleaner. Ancient mainframe software maintainer. What's the difference?
Heracles cleaned the Augean Stabes to expiate the crime of slaying his own children.
The ancient mainframe software maintainer maintains mainframe software because he gets paid obscenely well for doing it.
And younger programmers won't touch mainframe software, because looking at mainframe software would cause them to go mad and slay their children. Thus, putting them in the dung cleaner role.
Pretty simple innit? Were you able to spot the difference . . . ?
See - Bartholomew, Robert E. (2001). Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-Hunting Panics: A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illness and Social Delusion. Jefferson, North Carolina: Macfarland & Company. pp. 217ff.. ISBN 0-7864-0997-5.
Please post more citations on Meowing Nuns. I, like, need them for a research project or something . . .
. . . or is this just Hentai stuff, and not real nuns?
Well, if the US ever finds a reason to go to war with Jordan, all they need to do is to carpet bomb the place with old copies of "The Weekly World News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_World_News."
The Jordanians will be to dazed to put up a fight.
Younger fans and families are dumbing things down:
With this rule change, the company hopes to target younger fans and families
So giving credit, where credit it due, younger fans and families are responsible for dumbing down.
But Mattel's game designers seem to be already dumbed down themselves:
Mattel, the maker of the game, hopes the changes made for a new edition, released this July, will "add a new dimension" to Scrabble
They don't understand, "adding a new dimension" means 3-D, like in "Avatar" or "Clash of the Cretins."
Come on, you lazy ass Mattel game designers! Get off your asses, and bring on a 3-D Hologram Scrabble Director's Cut Edition! . . . non-dumbed down . . .
This theory has gained traction after scientists realized that virtually all the features of an NDE can be reproduced with a stiff dose of ketamine, a short-acting, hallucinogenic, dissociative anesthetic.
. . . by taking stiff doses of ketamine. You don't want to enter such a difficult level as death without enough experience.
The developers' company, Leti, which means 'star' in the Ewe language, was nurtured by the philanthropic arm of San Francisco-based Meltwater Group, an Internet business services company, which in 2008 founded the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Accra, Ghana. 'We believe talent is everywhere,' says the Meltwater founder and CEO."
I just wonder if Meltwater has more than philanthropic motives here. Will we seen a Meltwater Ghanaian Computer Services Center, real soon?
Anyone know how wages in Africa compare to China and India . . . ?
Maybe a group of Nigerian programmers could finally finish Duke Nukem Forever . . . if they get a small fee in advance to cover some start up costs . . . ?
The Krays stayed out of prison for a long time by intimidating witnesses. DNA evidence cannot be intimidated, but given this case, one the brothers could commit a crime, without worrying about leaving DNA behind. Both would claim innocence. They could have called it the "Other Other Other Other Operation.
But the last I heard Reggie (Doug) was dead and Ronnie (Dinsdale) was in prison.
But would the Piranha Brother let death get in the way of committing crimes?
For all I care it can have a Ferrarri F1 car under its skin... I mean, who cares if it doesn't do anything particulary usefull?
Because it doesn't do anything particularly useful really fast!
Actually, most of the world's population don't do anything particularly useful either. So a device that doesn't do anything particularly useful is an ideal gift for them.
When I hear that name, I think of an American magazine for teenage girls.
It's a Dutch magazine for men who like teenage girls.
Although, I'd wager that most of the "girls" have been around the track a few times since the last time that they were "teens" . . . or that anyone called them "girls," for that matter.
The US government decides who's naughty or nice. Google "us export restricted countries" and you will find the list.
The government usually lets companies, universities and whatever ship products and stuff around the world without much ado. In other words, your company does its own control, and just sends a list at the end of the year to the government and says, "I exported X widgets to Spain. However, your are NOT allowed to ship to the countries "on the list" without special permission. If you are caught doing that . . . welly, welly, welly . . . well, well, well little Alex!
The government can slap you with a penalty that requires you to get an export permit for every printer cable, or whatever that you want to send anywhere in the world. In other words, the government will now do the controlling. This would bankrupt a large, international company really fast. Which is why large, international companies require that their employees complete and sign off on an US export restrictions education course.
This applies to software and services, as well.
Google's "list of 15" is probably just the US government list. Google stays out of there to keep that meddling government out of their plans for world domination.
Oh, and for US citizens, a violation of the export restrictions can win you a charge of treason. If you get caught selling plutonium to Iran, you might want to cash in your life insurance, because the policy probably doesn't cover execution.
Well if the House of Commons can't find it, it doesn't exist!
Remember, the House of Commons are experts at data tampering, as proved by their expertise in using public funds to clean their private moats, over-claiming for council tax on second home, subsidising property development, claiming expenses while living in grace and favour homes, etc. Just to name a few off the top of my head.
As expert practitioners of data tampering, they would have spotted any mischief. Kinda sorta like using a thief, to catch a thief.
As a matter of fact, the British team is expected to take the Gold this summer in the South Africa in the "Data Diddling" competition.
. . . spending ridiculous amounts of money on stupid, wasteful things . . .
The subtle point here is that they are spending your money.
If your local government's members were required to fund a portion of their projects with some of their own money . . . they would decide real fast that the city does not need a monorail and a special economic free trade high tech park for breeding rabbits.
Getting back on topic . . . if this guy is forced to stop playing Farmville . . . maybe he might decide that the City of Plovdiv needs it's it own farm!
Isn't anyone concerned that this might get out of control, and go Milgram or Stanford Prison Experiment? Like, as in they really start to think that they are gladiators, and start killing each other to win their freedom. These experiments always seem to end in tears . . .
. . . but maybe this is just part of the University of Regensburg admissions process . . . "You are a group of ten prospective gladiators. One of you will win an acceptance to the University. Fight well men, good luck, and Hail Cesar! "
. . . and you thought getting into Harvard, Princeton or Yale was tough . . .
Maybe this thing is going to be filmed as a "Big Brother" type series. Each week one of the participants is fed to the lions.
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Dung cleaner. Ancient mainframe software maintainer. What's the difference?
Heracles cleaned the Augean Stabes to expiate the crime of slaying his own children.
The ancient mainframe software maintainer maintains mainframe software because he gets paid obscenely well for doing it.
And younger programmers won't touch mainframe software, because looking at mainframe software would cause them to go mad and slay their children. Thus, putting them in the dung cleaner role.
Pretty simple innit? Were you able to spot the difference . . . ?
See - Bartholomew, Robert E. (2001). Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-Hunting Panics: A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illness and Social Delusion. Jefferson, North Carolina: Macfarland & Company. pp. 217ff.. ISBN 0-7864-0997-5.
Please post more citations on Meowing Nuns. I, like, need them for a research project or something . . .
. . . or is this just Hentai stuff, and not real nuns?
Well, if the US ever finds a reason to go to war with Jordan, all they need to do is to carpet bomb the place with old copies of "The Weekly World News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_World_News ."
The Jordanians will be to dazed to put up a fight.
Younger fans and families are dumbing things down:
With this rule change, the company hopes to target younger fans and families
So giving credit, where credit it due, younger fans and families are responsible for dumbing down.
But Mattel's game designers seem to be already dumbed down themselves:
Mattel, the maker of the game, hopes the changes made for a new edition, released this July, will "add a new dimension" to Scrabble
They don't understand, "adding a new dimension" means 3-D, like in "Avatar" or "Clash of the Cretins."
Come on, you lazy ass Mattel game designers! Get off your asses, and bring on a 3-D Hologram Scrabble Director's Cut Edition! . . . non-dumbed down . . .
This stupid case was tossed out in the first instance, and will certainly lose in the second...
Never underestimate the the ignorance of technology of governments and their courts.
I guess we'll find out in ~40 years, when we are either dead, or too old to care any more.
Although, "Get off my lawn!" crimes have no statute of limitations, and you are never to old to scream it.
So what secret authorizations were issued by Bush . . . and are still in effect under Obama?
I guess I will probably never know.
Ah, isn't ignorance bliss?
This theory has gained traction after scientists realized that virtually all the features of an NDE can be reproduced with a stiff dose of ketamine, a short-acting, hallucinogenic, dissociative anesthetic.
. . . by taking stiff doses of ketamine. You don't want to enter such a difficult level as death without enough experience.
The developers' company, Leti, which means 'star' in the Ewe language, was nurtured by the philanthropic arm of San Francisco-based Meltwater Group, an Internet business services company, which in 2008 founded the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Accra, Ghana. 'We believe talent is everywhere,' says the Meltwater founder and CEO."
I just wonder if Meltwater has more than philanthropic motives here. Will we seen a Meltwater Ghanaian Computer Services Center, real soon?
Anyone know how wages in Africa compare to China and India . . . ?
Maybe a group of Nigerian programmers could finally finish Duke Nukem Forever . . . if they get a small fee in advance to cover some start up costs . . . ?
"We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes..." - Leona Helmsley.
At least that comment was helpful in landing her in the slammer.
I always wondered how I could make a profit from having identical twin kids.
Well, I'm not sure about the Profit! step, but maybe you can use the Human Mirror idea ( http://improveverywhere.com/2008/07/06/human-mirror/ ) as a starting point.
For folks that are familiar with Monty Python, the Piranha Brothers (fictional, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha_Brothers were inspired by the Krays (real, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_brothers).
The Krays stayed out of prison for a long time by intimidating witnesses. DNA evidence cannot be intimidated, but given this case, one the brothers could commit a crime, without worrying about leaving DNA behind. Both would claim innocence. They could have called it the "Other Other Other Other Operation.
But the last I heard Reggie (Doug) was dead and Ronnie (Dinsdale) was in prison.
But would the Piranha Brother let death get in the way of committing crimes?
Homer Simpson is inside, secretly behind the wheel!
Note that he said "want" and not "will".
Every web page on the internet is basically useless for a day.
Most pages on the internet are basically useless for every day of the year.
For all I care it can have a Ferrarri F1 car under its skin ... I mean, who cares if it doesn't do anything particulary usefull?
Because it doesn't do anything particularly useful really fast!
Actually, most of the world's population don't do anything particularly useful either. So a device that doesn't do anything particularly useful is an ideal gift for them.
Why use a paywall for an April Fools joke?
Because a fool and his money are easily parted.
Surely this is a joke.
I only know about Dick Chopp, because I know three guys who "got done" there (I did a lot of business trips to Austin a while back).
All are married . . . no children.
I guess Chopp's chop is effective.
When I hear that name, I think of an American magazine for teenage girls.
It's a Dutch magazine for men who like teenage girls.
Although, I'd wager that most of the "girls" have been around the track a few times since the last time that they were "teens" . . . or that anyone called them "girls," for that matter.
The US government decides who's naughty or nice. Google "us export restricted countries" and you will find the list.
The government usually lets companies, universities and whatever ship products and stuff around the world without much ado. In other words, your company does its own control, and just sends a list at the end of the year to the government and says, "I exported X widgets to Spain. However, your are NOT allowed to ship to the countries "on the list" without special permission. If you are caught doing that . . . welly, welly, welly . . . well, well, well little Alex!
The government can slap you with a penalty that requires you to get an export permit for every printer cable, or whatever that you want to send anywhere in the world. In other words, the government will now do the controlling. This would bankrupt a large, international company really fast. Which is why large, international companies require that their employees complete and sign off on an US export restrictions education course.
This applies to software and services, as well.
Google's "list of 15" is probably just the US government list. Google stays out of there to keep that meddling government out of their plans for world domination.
Oh, and for US citizens, a violation of the export restrictions can win you a charge of treason. If you get caught selling plutonium to Iran, you might want to cash in your life insurance, because the policy probably doesn't cover execution.
Well if the House of Commons can't find it, it doesn't exist!
Remember, the House of Commons are experts at data tampering, as proved by their expertise in using public funds to clean their private moats, over-claiming for council tax on second home, subsidising property development, claiming expenses while living in grace and favour homes, etc. Just to name a few off the top of my head.
As expert practitioners of data tampering, they would have spotted any mischief. Kinda sorta like using a thief, to catch a thief.
As a matter of fact, the British team is expected to take the Gold this summer in the South Africa in the "Data Diddling" competition.
All the members of the team are also MPs!
"I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." - John D. Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller, his grandson, said of his grandfather: "He didn't break any laws . . . but a lot of laws were passed because of what he did."
For the folks who don't know who John D. Rockefeller was, he was the Bill Gates of the 1800's, but with oil instead of windows.
. . . spending ridiculous amounts of money on stupid, wasteful things . . .
The subtle point here is that they are spending your money.
If your local government's members were required to fund a portion of their projects with some of their own money . . . they would decide real fast that the city does not need a monorail and a special economic free trade high tech park for breeding rabbits.
Getting back on topic . . . if this guy is forced to stop playing Farmville . . . maybe he might decide that the City of Plovdiv needs it's it own farm!
He has learned from the game that farming is fun.
I see your Dick Johnson, and raise you a Dr. Dick Chopp, who performs vasectomies: http://www.urologyteam.com/dr-richard-chopp
Anyone care to go higher?
I guess, considering the procedure that is about to be performed, a little chuckle about the name might lighten the ordeal.
Old "parenting skills": 1) Place child in front of TV. 2) Insert Disney DVD 3) Press "Play". 4) Return in 90 minutes. 5) Repeat.
New "parenting skills": 1) Place child in front of computer. 2) Turn on computer. 3) Before going to bed, put the child in bed.
It is said that our children are the future . . . so let's worry about them then, and not now.
Isn't anyone concerned that this might get out of control, and go Milgram or Stanford Prison Experiment? Like, as in they really start to think that they are gladiators, and start killing each other to win their freedom. These experiments always seem to end in tears . . .
. . . but maybe this is just part of the University of Regensburg admissions process . . . "You are a group of ten prospective gladiators. One of you will win an acceptance to the University. Fight well men, good luck, and Hail Cesar! "
. . . and you thought getting into Harvard, Princeton or Yale was tough . . .
Maybe this thing is going to be filmed as a "Big Brother" type series. Each week one of the participants is fed to the lions.
Them kids will watch anything these days.