And have instead been relying on Philadelphia's Regional Rail to get to work. It's so much nicer than having to drive into work. Consider the following:
- 25 minute train ride versus a 45-60 minute drive
- I can read or sleep on the train. Can't do either when driving!
- I no longer have to worry about maintaining my car, insurance, gas prices, etc. Not only do I have more peace of mind, but I'm saving hundreds of dollars per month now.
I've noticed something else when dealing with public transit companies, they respect us more than car companies. Every time I took my car in for maintenance, or when I would buy a new car, I would also feel like I was being taken advantage of--it was just this unpleasant vibe I got from doing business with the dealership. But with public transportation, I don't get the same feeling.
Don't get me wrong, SEPTA has tried raising its rates and cutting service a number of times, but when that happens, there is a public outcry as passengers criticise the company en masse, and SEPTA backs down. That's the way it should be, and it's worked out pretty well so far.
Please, Mr. Obama, build more trains. I'll ride 'em!
They force each student sign a "Student Responsibilities and Rights" document essentially stating you understand FCPS has the right to deal with you any way they please should you screw up.
Where I come from, this is called "coercion".
Also, aren't minors unable to legally agree to a contract?
Just wondering how the school could ever hope to enforce such a contract should things make their way to a court...
I had to buy a new phone every month because their customer service (or lack thereof) had me so frustrated, I would throw the phone against the wall, and I would scream so loudly, my neighbors would call an ambulance.
Forget Comcast, I think you might want to see a mental health professional about your apparent anger issues.
I use DCANet. They have a "don't ask don't tell" policy about running servers, Bittorrent, and the like. Residential service gets you 5 static IPs (assigned via DHCP based on your MAC address, so you don't have to worry about subnet and netmask insanity) and custom DNS PTR records are set if you ask nicely.:-) They even have a outage mailing list to inform customers of scheduled maintenance, which is something I'd never expect to see happen from Comcast or Verizon.
I've been with them since 2004 and the only significant unscheduled outage I ever had was when there was a fiber cut once. Other than that, I have found them to be quite reliable and reasonable.
I normally keep my landline's ringer turned off, since I know that anyone who needs to reach me has my cellphone number. But I keep the landline to give to businesses so all the telemarketing calls will go there, and never be answered since my phone has the ringer turned off.
Well, last summer I had a friend visiting from Denmark for a few weeks, so I turned the ringer back on. Whenever the phone rang, I let my friend answer, and he would start speaking in Danish, with not a word of English. The mass confusion it generated on the part of the telemarkets was amusing, to say the least.
An interview isn't just a one-way process where the company asks you questions, it's also YOUR chance to ask the company questions. For example: Questions about the product they sell, questions about the workplace environment and policies, and questions about who you would be working for and what sort of hours you'd be expected to keep are all legitimate.
That being said, I think it's perfectly legit to ask them why they'd like you to take the chance. I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was, "We had a past employee with real attitude problems and don't want anyone like them here again".
That's my two cents. IANAI (I Am Not An Interviewer)
At the rate of mice-related stories we've been getting on Slashdot lately, I'm getting worried that the next one is going to be how scientists found a way to make mice smarter.
"What are we going to do tonight, Brain?" "Same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!"
> Does it go against convention often (like the whole no su, sudo for everything)?
If not being able to su to root is a big problem, here's how to fix it:
sudo bash passwd -u root passwd root (enter your new root password)
That's all there is to it. However, Ubuntu has su disabled because running as root for an extended period of time is usually considered unsafe. sudo forces you to only one command at a time as root, which is safer.
Incidentally,t hat's one of the things I like about Linux and the reason I switched to it: you can configure the system in all sorts of unique ways to suit your tastes.
Maybe I was just being old fashioned, but when someone tells me, "we want to hire you", I'd like to think that I can, you know... trust them? After all, isn't trust a key factor in employer/employee relationships?
Good point about problems with HR being a red flag. Should I find myself unemployed again, I'll keep an eye out for things like that. Lesson learned, I guess.
My name is Douglas Muth, and I live not too far from King of Prussia, PA.
Back in 2001, I was laid off from my previous job and looking for work. I interviewed with Health Market Sciences sometime around that July for a Software Engineer position, and it was an interesting experience. I met some of the people from that company and was finally interviewed by one of the Vice Presidents, a guy by the name of Rich Ferris. Rich seemed pretty impressed with my resume and said something to the effect of "we'll get you an offer by the end of the day".
So, I went home and gave Rich a call at the end of the day. But suddenly his story changed, and it was, "I had problems getting the offer through HR (or somesuch), I'll have one for you on Wednesday".
Wednesday came, and I was told, by Rich, to call back again on Friday. Friday came, and they were having money issues and would get back to me on Wednesday. Finally, next Wednesday rolls around and I'm suddenly told, "Well, we really want to hire you, but we don't have the money right now, so we cannot make you an offer".
So what it boiled down to is that I was led on by that company for over a week with the promise of employment, only to have it yanked out from me because they didn't have their stuff together. It was a total waste of my time, and the time of the job recruiter I was working with. If they didn't have the money, they shouldn't have been hiring in the first place. The whole experience left me rather bitter.
> Use a natural hair color. (man...I wish I could do green at work...)
I shave my head, you insensitive clod!
(But in all seriousness, I agree with the parent poster. The place where I work doesn't have a formal dress code, yet I dress at least business casual when I'm there, because I think it's important to look professional, as well as act professional.)
What's really strange is that when I first looked at your post, it was modded up to +5. Now it's only +3, with some "overrated" and "flamebait" attributes.
It sure seems like someone with mod points took issue with what you said, even though I do not consider your post to be flamebait in the least.
Heh. When I was travelling in Denmark awhile ago, I asked a friend of mine for his phone number so that I could call him. He gave me the 8 digits, and I remember that I kept asking him about his city code/area code. He tried explaining to me that there weren't any and that I should "just dial the 8 digits". I was unable to wrap my head around it at the time.
Now, I wouldn't be afraid of getting my ass kicked primarily because they're a bunch of computer geeks.
Me neither, but I would be afraid of losing my job for assaulting a fellow employee. Even of there are no witnessess, people don't just "rip up their ankle" spontaenously.
I agree with what the others have said in this thread. Just walk away. It is indeed "petty bullshit", and it's not worth having drama over.
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It just occurred to me, we've never had a completely successful test of this equipment.
I blame myself.
And have instead been relying on Philadelphia's Regional Rail to get to work. It's so much nicer than having to drive into work. Consider the following:
- 25 minute train ride versus a 45-60 minute drive
- I can read or sleep on the train. Can't do either when driving!
- I no longer have to worry about maintaining my car, insurance, gas prices, etc. Not only do I have more peace of mind, but I'm saving hundreds of dollars per month now.
I've noticed something else when dealing with public transit companies, they respect us more than car companies. Every time I took my car in for maintenance, or when I would buy a new car, I would also feel like I was being taken advantage of--it was just this unpleasant vibe I got from doing business with the dealership. But with public transportation, I don't get the same feeling.
Don't get me wrong, SEPTA has tried raising its rates and cutting service a number of times, but when that happens, there is a public outcry as passengers criticise the company en masse, and SEPTA backs down. That's the way it should be, and it's worked out pretty well so far.
Please, Mr. Obama, build more trains. I'll ride 'em!
Where I come from, this is called "coercion".
Also, aren't minors unable to legally agree to a contract?
Just wondering how the school could ever hope to enforce such a contract should things make their way to a court...
Forget Comcast, I think you might want to see a mental health professional about your apparent anger issues.
I use DCANet. They have a "don't ask don't tell" policy about running servers, Bittorrent, and the like. Residential service gets you 5 static IPs (assigned via DHCP based on your MAC address, so you don't have to worry about subnet and netmask insanity) and custom DNS PTR records are set if you ask nicely. :-) They even have a outage mailing list to inform customers of scheduled maintenance, which is something I'd never expect to see happen from Comcast or Verizon.
I've been with them since 2004 and the only significant unscheduled outage I ever had was when there was a fiber cut once. Other than that, I have found them to be quite reliable and reasonable.
When I went to http://pipes.yahoo.com/, I saw this message:
:-)
Our Pipes are clogged! We've called the plumbers!
Well, at least the folks at Yahoo have a sense of humor.
An internal investigation by Microsoft has cleared Steve Ballmer of throwing any chairs.
Heh, I can relate...
I normally keep my landline's ringer turned off, since I know that anyone who needs to reach me has my cellphone number. But I keep the landline to give to businesses so all the telemarketing calls will go there, and never be answered since my phone has the ringer turned off.
Well, last summer I had a friend visiting from Denmark for a few weeks, so I turned the ringer back on. Whenever the phone rang, I let my friend answer, and he would start speaking in Danish, with not a word of English. The mass confusion it generated on the part of the telemarkets was amusing, to say the least.
...is that BusinessWeek's webserver is about to burst into flames!
I'm serious.
An interview isn't just a one-way process where the company asks you questions, it's also YOUR chance to ask the company questions. For example: Questions about the product they sell, questions about the workplace environment and policies, and questions about who you would be working for and what sort of hours you'd be expected to keep are all legitimate.
That being said, I think it's perfectly legit to ask them why they'd like you to take the chance. I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was, "We had a past employee with real attitude problems and don't want anyone like them here again".
That's my two cents. IANAI (I Am Not An Interviewer)
Would RPG games "in the real world" look anything like this?
At the rate of mice-related stories we've been getting on Slashdot lately, I'm getting worried that the next one is going to be how scientists found a way to make mice smarter.
"What are we going to do tonight, Brain?"
"Same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!"
..only to have it rejected.
2005-11-02 21:39:42 SGI stock faces delisting (Index,Silicon Graphics) (rejected)
> Does it go against convention often (like the whole no su, sudo for everything)?
If not being able to su to root is a big problem, here's how to fix it:
sudo bash
passwd -u root
passwd root
(enter your new root password)
That's all there is to it. However, Ubuntu has su disabled because running as root for an extended period of time is usually considered unsafe. sudo forces you to only one command at a time as root, which is safer.
Incidentally,t hat's one of the things I like about Linux and the reason I switched to it: you can configure the system in all sorts of unique ways to suit your tastes.
There are some ATMs, such as certain models from Triton, that actually have UPSes built into them to protect against brief power outages.
> Of course, Cicsco may have some vested interest in driving up the IPv6-compatible router
> sales
CicSCO?
Um, shouldn't that be "Cisco"? Unless the editor was trying to compare them to SCO somehow...
Maybe I was just being old fashioned, but when someone tells me, "we want to hire you", I'd like to think that I can, you know... trust them? After all, isn't trust a key factor in employer/employee relationships?
Good point about problems with HR being a red flag. Should I find myself unemployed again, I'll keep an eye out for things like that. Lesson learned, I guess.
My name is Douglas Muth, and I live not too far from King of Prussia, PA.
Back in 2001, I was laid off from my previous job and looking for work. I interviewed with Health Market Sciences sometime around that July for a Software Engineer position, and it was an interesting experience. I met some of the people from that company and was finally interviewed by one of the Vice Presidents, a guy by the name of Rich Ferris. Rich seemed pretty impressed with my resume and said something to the effect of "we'll get you an offer by the end of the day".
So, I went home and gave Rich a call at the end of the day. But suddenly his story changed, and it was, "I had problems getting the offer through HR (or somesuch), I'll have one for you on Wednesday".
Wednesday came, and I was told, by Rich, to call back again on Friday. Friday came, and they were having money issues and would get back to me on Wednesday. Finally, next Wednesday rolls around and I'm suddenly told, "Well, we really want to hire you, but we don't have the money right now, so we cannot make you an offer".
So what it boiled down to is that I was led on by that company for over a week with the promise of employment, only to have it yanked out from me because they didn't have their stuff together. It was a total waste of my time, and the time of the job recruiter I was working with. If they didn't have the money, they shouldn't have been hiring in the first place. The whole experience left me rather bitter.
I hope Chip sues that company into oblivian.
> It will operate autonomously under control of
> on-board computers, with no ground control.
I for one welcome our hydrogen peroxide and kerosene swilling SkyNet Overlords.
> Use a natural hair color. (man...I wish I could do green at work...)
I shave my head, you insensitive clod!
(But in all seriousness, I agree with the parent poster. The place where I work doesn't have a formal dress code, yet I dress at least business casual when I'm there, because I think it's important to look professional, as well as act professional.)
Pretty neat post.
What's really strange is that when I first looked at your post, it was modded up to +5. Now it's only +3, with some "overrated" and "flamebait" attributes.
It sure seems like someone with mod points took issue with what you said, even though I do not consider your post to be flamebait in the least.
I have no idea what TFA means by that.
I can easily stay focus--ooh, Amazon shipped my book order!
I typed in 42, and the first search result was The Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything!
Heh. When I was travelling in Denmark awhile ago, I asked a friend of mine for his phone number so that I could call him. He gave me the 8 digits, and I remember that I kept asking him about his city code/area code. He tried explaining to me that there weren't any and that I should "just dial the 8 digits". I was unable to wrap my head around it at the time.
:-)
Thanks for clarifying that.
Me neither, but I would be afraid of losing my job for assaulting a fellow employee. Even of there are no witnessess, people don't just "rip up their ankle" spontaenously.
I agree with what the others have said in this thread. Just walk away. It is indeed "petty bullshit", and it's not worth having drama over.