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  1. try wearing drag on Ex-AppleCare Employee Describes Life Inside Apple · · Score: 1

    flipflops is a dot-com thing. I know people who do that where I work, shorts, flip-flops and t-shirts. So what. I'm waiting for someone to show up in drag .. LOL.. last person I heard that did that at a company was fired, not sure why though...

  2. Re:back pain on Eight Hour Coding Session Causes DVT · · Score: 1

    Yes, do see a doctor before a chiropractor. I went to my doctor first. He sent me to a physical therapist and then for X-rays and an MRI ( ouch that was expensive ). Then as a last resort he sent me to a chiropractor / physical therapist / massage therapist. Yes one person that does them all. So she knows something about this, and has helped me out. I'd totally agree, see your doctor about back pain or any other pain first, then let them refer you to the other doctors. It may be expensive, but it's your health and future that are at stake.

  3. Re:back pain on Eight Hour Coding Session Causes DVT · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I stopped that years ago, put my wallet in my shirt pocket or coat pocket these days and button it closed.

  4. back pain on Eight Hour Coding Session Causes DVT · · Score: 1
    .. from sitting on my butt so much... my spine is becoming twisty bread and I am now seeing a chiropractor. Yes I know that chiropractors are supposed to be bad for your back or can be, but its helped me a lot. If you get the right one they can help.

    My suggestion, is that you exercise or do yoga or something other than coding. Also take breaks every 45 minutes and get up and move around. It will also help with CTS.

  5. java joe is what they call me... on The Soda Situation - Succulent Drinks w/o the Sweets? · · Score: 1

    ... lol.. partly because my name is Joe, but also because I drink LOTS of coffee .. coffee black or with cream and sweetner...

  6. Then the employers should take a hint! on Employers Trolling for Current Employee Resumes? · · Score: 1
    If your employees are out searching for another job, then they are not happy with where they are. If the employer really cared about the employee, then they would be trying to figure out why the employee wanted to leave, and not punish them or fire them. If you find more than one of your employees out looking, then there is definately something wrong with the company.

    I'm looking. Why? Because noone gets fired where I work and half these people should have been fired. But then again, the company does not pay, so they get people who spend most of their day surfing the web or complaining why they can't do their job instead of finding solutions.

  7. I'm glowing with anticipation on SF Wifi More Than Flipping a Switch · · Score: 1
    Considering in my condo there are at least 7 wifi networks I can connect to ( including my own ) I wonder who is this for? If you are so poor you cannot get internet access, then are you really going to own a computer? If you are that poor, and you can make it to the library internet access is free there. So who is this really for?

    Hackers and tourists that's who!

    I do have to wonder how the activist who don't like the idea of sprint and other phone companies putting in cell towers are reacting to the city saying were going to put wireless everywhere? And yes I have meet these people, they do exist and they are not a figment of my imagination. They don't want cell towers, I'm wondering how they will deal with wifi everywhere. I also want to know, where is everywhere?

    I do have to wonder, how they are going to secure any of this? How do you prevent ever hacker on the planet from coming to sf to get their free wifi access and screw everyone elses lives up.

  8. here's mine, minus the image on Sysadmins - What's in Your MOTD? · · Score: 1

    --- Are You Authorized To Use This System? ---
    ------ Probably Not! So Get Off My Box! ------

  9. Re:A federal crime. on Behavioral Interviews for New Hires? · · Score: 1
    Actually, a personality test is not a federal crime. It has nothing to do with if you are a nut job or not, it has to do with will you fit in with the corporate culture. Yes it could be used to descriminate, against a nut job, but more than likely they are trying to make sure you are going to fit in the company. If the company has a bunch of really agressive people working there, they may not want someone who is real timid. A timid person may not have what it takes to succeed at the company, because they may be expecting more help than someone who is willing to go after what they want. Or it could be just the opposite. Maybe they don't want super agresssive people and want more passive people to do as they are told and not question it.

    Believe it or not, even WITHOUT a personality test, your personality has a lot to do with weather you are going to get a job with a company or not. Many companies interviews are with several people for a reason. To make sure that you get along with those people and to make sure those people like who you are. Often the people doing the interviewing can see weather your personality is one they want to work with. After the interview the first thing that will come up, is 'how did you feel about this person'. The next thing is usually your abilities. Personality has a lot to do with more than you think and it is not about mental handicap, its about getting along.

  10. Re:A clever lawyer eh? on Britain's 400 Years of Cyber Law · · Score: 1
    Oh, by common law you really mean case law. Most patent laws are case law [commong law] ( having been a patent examiner and dealt with lawyers ).

    More likely what would happen is that if something in the us was done prior to the us becoming the us, and then it went to court, the argument would not be, this is how it was under british rule, but the argument would be this is how it was SINCE the us became independant from britain.

  11. start at the uspto on Seeking Prior Art Before Filing Patent? · · Score: 1
    go the the uspto gov web site and do searches for your idea. pay particular atention to the claims as that is what is used to determin prior art. look at the abstract second and the actual text third.

    Then search google or your favorite search engine and lastly hit the library and search for publications that may contain this type of thing that you want to patent.

    lastly, if you find nothing, then get your money togeather and file a patent.

  12. yeah I saw that movie... on Does Anyone Still Use Token Ring? · · Score: 1
    ... rotflol.. lord of the token rings right? It was about some pot smoking elfs, who made trees talk and dwarfs sing right?

    does anyone still make them?

  13. Re:A clever lawyer eh? on Britain's 400 Years of Cyber Law · · Score: 1

    Just out of curiosity, could you name a few laws that we still have because they were British laws? Exclude any laws that we have made law, explicitly.

  14. Re:A clever lawyer eh? on Britain's 400 Years of Cyber Law · · Score: 1
    no kidding... I get my tea from seattle for that very reason...LOLSinc

    A clever lawyer could argue what? That has got to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. It's not like the US told Britain to f*** off and we are going to make our own laws.

  15. Re:I seriously disagree... on Megapixels & Camera Phones · · Score: 1
    I like my camera phone too, but I have considered getting a 2M pixel camera. At least a 1.3M pixel camera would work for me.

    I have often found myself wanting to take a picture and don't have my camera, but I do have my phone. I think most people carry their cell phone with them, so they would have some type of camera. My camera is a .3M pixel camera. While I can see the picture, it does not do well outside of the computer and even there is is soso. Often I find that I want to take a picture of an aggressive driver that almost ran me off the road, or almost ran me over while I was crossing a street in a crosswalk and have the right of way ( little sign says walk ). With my current camera, the picture does not have the resolution for getting the license plate clearly. With a 1.3m or better camera I'd have that all the time. I think if more people did this and had better cameras, aggressive drivers would have to think twice as they may start to get caught on camera more often.

    Also there are lots of times that I find my self wanting to take a picture and show someone, and the camera phone that I have now does not have the resolution for someone to say 'nice or cool', it ends up more of a 'oh I can kinda see that'.

  16. Re:Please tell me on Prof Denied Funds Over Evolution Evidence · · Score: 1
    I think you have been watching to many matrix type movies... LOL

    In any case according to your belief system then, murders and pedofiles are all part of 'gods' design. IE: they were designed bad and then they act on that bad design as a result of thier free choice. According to some of them they can't help their behavior. What kind of god would design people with murder feelings?

  17. what about copyright issues on Startup Webaroo to put the 'Web on a Hard Drive'? · · Score: 1

    I see issues of copyright coming up. Just linking to sites these days can get people into trouble, what will be the repercussions of essentially taking all this data and stuffing it on someones hard drive.

  18. something they forgot on In-Depth ajaxWrite Review · · Score: 1

    .. if you upload a file, not everyone has high speed uploads. While you may have 1.5Mbz download ( unless your like me using earthlink and only 900k ) then chances are that you only get 128k uploads. This means that if you have large document stored locally and you need to edit it, it could take a few minutes for it to upload. Also if you have a slower connection, then you are in for a wait... I say this as I try to use it to edit a 4 page word doc.

  19. Re:Please tell me on Prof Denied Funds Over Evolution Evidence · · Score: 1
    Evolution states that in order for a species to survive that species must either adapt or die. Evidence of evolution is not just present in fossil records, but it's present in modern day.

    Example: dogs ( cats, horders, fish and many other species ) have been breed for hundreds of years for specific traits that just randomly 'happen'. The dogs of 100 years ago can be compared to the dogs of today and people do notice that these dogs have changed. Changes include, changes in size, colors, ear shapes, etc. Is god making these dogs change? No its man and nature adapting. To me this is proof of evolution but not proof of any god. THEY ARE EVOLVING. They are changing to adapt. So are we. People today are using more of their mind then they used to. 150 years ago, people were burned at the stake for being a witch if they used medicine to cure someone. Today most modern societies would think that was cruel and stupid. Our thinking has evolved and changed.

    Also look into fish. Goldfish are essentially carp. Occassionally they throw a mutation like double fin or short body. Does this benifit the fish in the wild? NO they actually are more detrimental. It can make it harder for the fish to swim and thus make them more of a target. So, in nature they get weeded out. Man however has taken these mutations and worked with them over hundreds of years if not longer and now we have orandas ( fancy carp ). Is god behind this? NOPE!

    Typically a theory starts with a hypothisis. I'm guessing your hypothisis is there must be something controlling what mutations happen? Then the theory is it must be god, because my bible told me so?

    Guess what. Every primitive culture had 'gods'. The Mayans, the Egyptions, the aztecz. You must read this 6th grade http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/creati on/cstorymenu.html/ study. It goes over various creation stories by different cultures. Why do you think your god story is right and these are wrong?

    The reality is that ID is the religious right trying to shuve THEIR religion in everyone elses face. If you want to believe in ID, go ahead, but I don't think I should have to be forced to believe in god. Especially in a country that says it has freedom of religion. Freedom of religion ALSO means freedom FROM religion, or the freedom to be an athiest.

    ID is a religious concept.

    Why is it that people who belive in ID and the creation story rarely believe that we have an effect on our world and can't believe in things like global warming?

    Explain to me this: If there was a god, why are there cripple people born every day? Why are people being born with malformations? Just the other day there was a show on about a kid born without a face ( no joke it was about his operations ).

  20. all of my servlets on Is Your AJAX App Secure? · · Score: 1

    .. check for the session to be correct.. in other words, a user must login first and that login is stored in the session. so any of my servlets that actually talk to my database need that login first, as they ALL check the session. You can't just post the form to do an update in my system, you must have other data in order for that post to actually pass step 1. This is IN every servlet.

  21. this is a job for ... on Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible · · Score: 1

    ... firmware... At this point I really think that ms needs to invest in firmware.. rather than installing an OS you insert a chip and the OS is on that chip. You get several slots and then run the software from that chip. the chips are none updateable, like a CDROM. Data is stored on the hard drive, but programs run from these chips. You need an upgrade, you get a new chip.

  22. is this... on Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal · · Score: 1
    .. gay or what?? and I should know!

    it looks fabulous dear!

    Now I just need to get out my reading glasses so I can see that white text on the light pink margin or pink text on that white margin..

  23. fuller... on Theaters Unhappy About Faster DVD Releases · · Score: 1
    .. s**t.. I'd rather pay $3.50 for 2 people or more to watch a movie on dvd than $10/per person to watch in theater. I watch movies for content, not the sticky floor, obnoxious person laughing to loud and 3 hours squirming while I gotta take a leak from a ginormous soda that cost $8.

    The new smaller theaters allow you to hear the movie that is in the theater next to you, and in the end the experience sucks. I'd rather enjoy snuggling up on a sofa with my other half and watch a movie in the comfort of my own how. I can also stop the movie ( especially the new 3 hour experience ) and add my own intermission. I think it makes for a more romantic evening.

  24. open exchange on A Web Based Solution to Replace Exchange? · · Score: 0, Redundant
    http://mirror.open-xchange.org/ox/EN/community/

    try that.. or you could try squirel mail http://www.squirrelmail.org/ and a phpicalendar solution

  25. you talk .. on Pair-Programming with a Wide Gap in Talent? · · Score: 1

    .. they type, you teach... unless this person is a complete idiot, I am sure they will have something to add. noone thinks of everything. I've found that I am really good at something and become the 'knowledgable' one when pair programming and it comes to these things, but sometimes the solution requires more than just the knowledge about the topic it sometimes requires a lack of knowledge about a topic to think about it differently and solve the issue.