Slashdot is permanently slashdotted, and no longer keeps me informed of the status of the giant bat-like creatures that fly between the power lines in front of my house, each grasping a shiny metal cylinder containing what was once the soul of a COBOL programmer, their leathery wings black as the inky depths of space, from where they originate. Why they fling the cylinders at the chemtrails originating from Canadian aircraft is as enigmatic as the diminutive chauffeur piloting the black Cadillac SUV used by Richard M Stallman on his mysterious assignations with "the lossless ones". These eldrich entities appear with uniforms sporting epaulets and cummerbunds, but it's impossible to see their faces which are wrapped in steaming, writhing "bandages". These facts are IGNORED BY INFOWARS and only reported on Slashdot, and then only by looking at the steagonographic messages hidden in the graphics from the adverts. But I digress. Where did I put my meds?
Inferting may be the only mode of inquirty
that can help us unprehend why the giant Alaskan king crabs scuttling around on the power lines outside
my home snatch only Canadian aircraft out of the sky.
My sublime but rascally sefl wants to infert your devience from your browsing history,
along with your last 4 digits
I must agree, and I'm a lefty with humanities and STEM background.
This isn't a good situation... I hate to say this to the commentor
but the diversity is deprecated. That is, we need more diversity
in disagreement.
The topic of discussion and the depth and quality of the subsequent commentary gives me great hope for the future.
My hope is that arthropods are back at the top of the food chain again.
And the way this discussion and ecological changes are going, they have a good chance.
I for one hail our new lobster overlords.
I had a 2002 Honda CR-V that had soy based seats.
A bear broke in and tried to eat it. My insurer in the mountains of Colorado had seen it before.
Scary stuff - the car was totaled, the bear shit in the Honda and couldn't figure out how to exit,
the car horn was blaring at 4am, and I wasn't up for dealing with a freaked out bear.
It finally left, but damn, it was destructive.
If you're burning the candle at both ends at age 54 might that be problematic?
Maybe some learning about the finite nature of life would serve you better
than tech skills. Maybe you're one of those rarities for whom obsessive
work is truly better - it's possible.
I have 11 years on you, and I promise that you won't get that overtime back,
and I'd urge you to examine your decision on how to use your time.
In Puerto Rico right now, gold, silver, Visa and BTC are not useful - only government printed USD cash.
So in localized disasters, cash is king.
That being said, I just bought more BTC on the strength of this announcement.
According to http://cybersquirrel1.com/ there have been 1049 successful grid attacks YTD by squirrels,
although raccoons pose a significant threat. Grid operators track outage causes, and human attacks are
paltry compared to natural causes. A ton of strategically placed sunflower seeds could be bought for
about the cost of 20 Symantec licenses. I for one quake in fear of our bushy tailed nemesis.
I was in a national disaster, and FEMA required this type of narrative 20 questions system
with data that was culled from public records. Since I have a common name, and have
moved several times, I was never able to disambiguate myself from others with my name.
I ended up having to correspond with FEMA via US Mail, which seems more secure and accurate.
I can only speculate on the authentication problems that this methodology is causing
in the healthcare.gov site. The term 'doomed to failure' immediately comes to mind
To use a metric that reduces human social standing and health to a silly scalar, I lost 10 lbs when I simply switched my work area to a monitor stand that slides on a spring rail, to standing and sitting positions. Juststand.org provided it, but there are likely other fine vendors.
In the past I tried inflated balls and kneeling devices, but standing seems more beneficial, and the dork factor isn't as high.
I sit half the day, and stand, and my activity level has increased from this almost imperceptible change.
Oh - my back feels better too.
Unlike the old SNL skit that asked "Would Napoleon have won Waterloo if he had a B-52 bomber?" the answer to this one is no.
Twitter might affect a celebrity's behavior, but not a war machine.
Any thoughts on how to get the non-devs sending us descriptive and/or meaningful reports? Does anyone here have an efficient and user-friendly bug tracking system/policy/standard at their workplace?
No.
In my experience, the answer is nothing.
You've tried to convince him, and he can't see your point.
Until the owner suffers a loss of revenue or reputation you're just annoying him, and frustrating yourself.
The problem is that you said 'the owner'.
If you were in a bigger pond, and you enjoyed corporate gamesmanship,
you could spend a year or two, and present metrics up the chain.
Now get off his lawn.
The wage $8/hr. sounds acceptable if you're in Asia or Bentonville.
So my starting assumption is that you're geographically challenged
and you love solving problems with computers. The next assumption
is that your other job doesn't pay twice as much. So, if this internship is the only
experience you can find, it's a good thing. But be aware that office
politics will be similar to those of a disfunctional band of mean silver-back gorillas. Keep
your personality, problems, and passions to yourself. In the low-end
environment you're going into, you'll run into people who hate their
job, since it's barely related to IT. Take the job, and try to get out of there.
Afterthought: Have you scoured the institution you're in for jobs? When
I was in a similar situation (back when wooly mammoths roamed the earth),
the clinical psych department needed someone to design and build human physiological data
acquistion systems. Although the pay was abysmal, it was more interesting than any of the corporate internships,
and there was a surplus of intelligent interesting women who were also at the
bottom of the primate hierarchy.
I live in a mountainous rural area with telco supplied DSL. My family has enjoyed Netflix since its inception. For $100, we decided to check out this box and are delighted. Since we don't use IE, the netflix instant queue didn't work for us, and viewing on the computer just doesn't have the ambience of the family room. The UI and remote are textbook examples of good engineering - it's similar to a DVD controller, but much simpler, and allows a technophobe to enjoy the system without reading a manual. The install was simple and flawless - well within the reach of a civilian consumer. It didn't require a phone call to customer support. The image quality is as good as broadcast TV and the content is much richer. The Out-of-box experience is better than a wireless phone. Oh yeah, and the lack of a fan makes me think that they designed it for video purists like me.
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Slashdot is permanently slashdotted, and no longer keeps me informed of the status of the giant bat-like creatures that fly between the power lines in front of my house, each grasping a shiny metal cylinder containing what was once the soul of a COBOL programmer, their leathery wings black as the inky depths of space, from where they originate. Why they fling the cylinders at the chemtrails originating from Canadian aircraft is as enigmatic as the diminutive chauffeur piloting the black Cadillac SUV used by Richard M Stallman on his mysterious assignations with "the lossless ones". These eldrich entities appear with uniforms sporting epaulets and cummerbunds, but it's impossible to see their faces which are wrapped in steaming, writhing "bandages". These facts are IGNORED BY INFOWARS and only reported on Slashdot, and then only by looking at the steagonographic messages hidden in the graphics from the adverts. But I digress. Where did I put my meds?
Best advice I've heard in all morning! What brand of coffee do you recommend?
Inferting may be the only mode of inquirty that can help us unprehend why the giant Alaskan king crabs scuttling around on the power lines outside my home snatch only Canadian aircraft out of the sky. My sublime but rascally sefl wants to infert your devience from your browsing history, along with your last 4 digits
I must agree, and I'm a lefty with humanities and STEM background. This isn't a good situation ... I hate to say this to the commentor
but the diversity is deprecated. That is, we need more diversity
in disagreement.
Is that the records weren't fully filled out. Fire the data entry clerks!
The topic of discussion and the depth and quality of the subsequent commentary gives me great hope for the future. My hope is that arthropods are back at the top of the food chain again. And the way this discussion and ecological changes are going, they have a good chance. I for one hail our new lobster overlords.
As opposed to the cheap, discount helicopter booking platforms.
I had a 2002 Honda CR-V that had soy based seats. A bear broke in and tried to eat it. My insurer in the mountains of Colorado had seen it before. Scary stuff - the car was totaled, the bear shit in the Honda and couldn't figure out how to exit, the car horn was blaring at 4am, and I wasn't up for dealing with a freaked out bear. It finally left, but damn, it was destructive.
If you're burning the candle at both ends at age 54 might that be problematic? Maybe some learning about the finite nature of life would serve you better than tech skills. Maybe you're one of those rarities for whom obsessive work is truly better - it's possible. I have 11 years on you, and I promise that you won't get that overtime back, and I'd urge you to examine your decision on how to use your time.
In Puerto Rico right now, gold, silver, Visa and BTC are not useful - only government printed USD cash. So in localized disasters, cash is king. That being said, I just bought more BTC on the strength of this announcement.
According to http://cybersquirrel1.com/ there have been 1049 successful grid attacks YTD by squirrels, although raccoons pose a significant threat. Grid operators track outage causes, and human attacks are paltry compared to natural causes. A ton of strategically placed sunflower seeds could be bought for about the cost of 20 Symantec licenses. I for one quake in fear of our bushy tailed nemesis.
Great reference. I always liked that song!
I was in a national disaster, and FEMA required this type of narrative 20 questions system with data that was culled from public records. Since I have a common name, and have moved several times, I was never able to disambiguate myself from others with my name. I ended up having to correspond with FEMA via US Mail, which seems more secure and accurate. I can only speculate on the authentication problems that this methodology is causing in the healthcare.gov site. The term 'doomed to failure' immediately comes to mind
The contribution of snakes in primate evolution led to movies about commercial aviation.
To use a metric that reduces human social standing and health to a silly scalar, I lost 10 lbs when I simply switched my work area to a monitor stand that slides on a spring rail, to standing and sitting positions. Juststand.org provided it, but there are likely other fine vendors. In the past I tried inflated balls and kneeling devices, but standing seems more beneficial, and the dork factor isn't as high. I sit half the day, and stand, and my activity level has increased from this almost imperceptible change. Oh - my back feels better too.
Unlike the old SNL skit that asked "Would Napoleon have won Waterloo if he had a B-52 bomber?" the answer to this one is no. Twitter might affect a celebrity's behavior, but not a war machine.
The book came out in 2007 - why did it take Soulskill so long to post? Now get off my axle.
Any thoughts on how to get the non-devs sending us descriptive and/or meaningful reports? Does anyone here have an efficient and user-friendly bug tracking system/policy/standard at their workplace? No.
I read the headline as "Michigan Police could SELL cell phones during traffic stops" but then, I'm not quite awake yet.
In my experience, the answer is nothing. You've tried to convince him, and he can't see your point. Until the owner suffers a loss of revenue or reputation you're just annoying him, and frustrating yourself. The problem is that you said 'the owner'. If you were in a bigger pond, and you enjoyed corporate gamesmanship, you could spend a year or two, and present metrics up the chain. Now get off his lawn.
The wage $8/hr. sounds acceptable if you're in Asia or Bentonville. So my starting assumption is that you're geographically challenged and you love solving problems with computers. The next assumption is that your other job doesn't pay twice as much. So, if this internship is the only experience you can find, it's a good thing. But be aware that office politics will be similar to those of a disfunctional band of mean silver-back gorillas. Keep your personality, problems, and passions to yourself. In the low-end environment you're going into, you'll run into people who hate their job, since it's barely related to IT. Take the job, and try to get out of there. Afterthought: Have you scoured the institution you're in for jobs? When I was in a similar situation (back when wooly mammoths roamed the earth), the clinical psych department needed someone to design and build human physiological data acquistion systems. Although the pay was abysmal, it was more interesting than any of the corporate internships, and there was a surplus of intelligent interesting women who were also at the bottom of the primate hierarchy.
I live in a mountainous rural area with telco supplied DSL. My family has enjoyed Netflix since its inception. For $100, we decided to check out this box and are delighted. Since we don't use IE, the netflix instant queue didn't work for us, and viewing on the computer just doesn't have the ambience of the family room. The UI and remote are textbook examples of good engineering - it's similar to a DVD controller, but much simpler, and allows a technophobe to enjoy the system without reading a manual. The install was simple and flawless - well within the reach of a civilian consumer. It didn't require a phone call to customer support. The image quality is as good as broadcast TV and the content is much richer. The Out-of-box experience is better than a wireless phone. Oh yeah, and the lack of a fan makes me think that they designed it for video purists like me.