You find out about a new pron torrent to be available in 24 hours. You immediatly notify your group of friends, all of whom are 15th level masterbators . . .
The wallet didn't strike me as strange either. Though upon further thought I now think it's a bad idea, as a theif can now steal everything valuable on your person in one convienent pakage:
CROOK: Gimme your wallet! YOU THINK: Crap, that has my iPod in it!
-or-
CROOK: Gimme your iPod! YOU THINK: Crap, that has my wallet in it!
At one of the larger grocery stores where I live you can get non-new release movies for seven days for 87 cents. I rent six about every other week with the best intentions, and rarely watch even one. I'm always either just too damn tired or busy. And if I do end up watching one of them, it's only half-assed, as I can't seem to watch a movie without doing 'something constructive' during it.
I have the same feelings, and I think it's mainly a matter of realizing the whole 'perceived reward vs. actual reward'. I used to always long for gadgets, etc, just KNOWING that they would make my life great and imagining how cool/happy/satisfied I'd be if I only had one. Whatever the item is, no matter how great, it's never what I build it up to be in my head. The high of having this new shiny thing wears off in about a day -- the credit card balance sticks around quite a bit longer to rub it in.
After having this happen a time or four, I've started really questioning what a product will bring me. For example, I've been really wanting to get an iPod to replace my $15 diskman that plays mp3 cds.
The Perception: said iPod would be new and shinny and cute and hip and hold 20,000 songs and I'd have it with me all the time and it would vastly improve my life.
The Reality: I'd only wear it to mow my fucking lawn, just like I do now with the diskman.
Well that does it! No more hanging around polite charming people for me. From now on I'm only going to associate with people that have demonic beady eyes and fresh blood dripping from their chin.
Hello new friend! Wanna go throw rocks at my neighors cat?
That's because you're forgetting to use the standard unit of size and volume: the Volkswagon Beetle (VB). Try it again using LOCs/VB and you'll be pleasantly suprised at how easily it works out.
Duh. There's a scene in the upcoming Special Editon II where Greedo's first shot ricoches off the cantena wall and blasts off Chewbacca's ears. Han then gets so mad at seeing his companion in pain that he shoots Greedo, even though he doesn't want to and really feels quite bad about it. That's why Chewie is earless for the rest of the trillogy.
Agreed -- I lost a lot of faith in my fellow man after seeing that. Some writer was dumb enough to think that he could sell such a crap scenario to the masses as plausible, and somehow he was correct -- people out there bought it! The mere fact that the scene exists is frustrating to me.
I need to go breathe in a paper bag and lie down for a few minutes.
A few of the better ones if you have the TOS like I did:
1. Stand in a corner about 2 or 3 feet from it. Place each hand on its respective wall at approx. shoulder height. Keep your feet planted and lean forward into the corner. You should feel a good stretch accross your chest.
2. Stand face-first up against a wall, and extend your left arm out flat(palm against the wall) perpendicular to your body. Keep feet planted and turn your body to your right, i.e. twist your hips and pull your right shoulder away from the wall. You should feel a stretch accross your arm and chest. Repeat for other side.
3. Variation on #2: do the same, except instead of having your palm flat agains the wall, have your palm facing the floor so your index finger is along the wall. Do the same 'twist'. This really stretches all the way to your fingers. Good for releiving tension (for me, anyways).
One thing to know is that anything that strengthens your upper back muscles will help, in that strengthening these will 'pull against' a slouch if you have one.
For your arm if you don't have a splint, wrap a towel around your arm/elbow and fasten it so that you can't bend your arm fully. That way even if you do place your arms in their bent position in your sleep, they won't be bent all the way and cause problems.
Again, IANA Doctor, but hopefully this helps (and costs less). Let me know if you have questions.
Probably rehashing things you've already been told, but a few possibilities (IANA MD, but had some Ulnar problems last year, and my wife worked with a hand surgeon at the time so I got some decent insight from him as to how things work):
How do you sleep? I always slept with my elbows fully bent and under my head/pillow. I'd find my little finger and bottom half of my wrists would go numb at night. Any time your elbow is fully bent, you are stretching your ulnar about as far as it can go. The nerve is obviously designed to stretch, but keeping it stretched for prolonged periods (sleeping as I noted, also talking on a cell phone, etc.) can aggravate it and cause it to inflame. You can buy arm braces that keep you from bending your elbows in your sleep, or you can figure some homemade way to achieve the same thing (i.e. roll a towel and tie it around your elbow, etc).
How's your overall posture? Perhaps the biggest problem that was causing my elbow pain was due to my posture. I would constantly work leaning forward with my neck extended towards my monitor during the day, and in the evenings I'd work/play games on a laptop at our kitchen counter -- the low laptop screen causing even more goosenecking. Being hunched over causes tension on all of your nerves (I believe they call this Thorasic Outlet Syndrome, or TOS), and resulted in rather bad elbow/wrist pain for me. Stretching exercises (nostly throught the arms, chest) made a huge difference in my case (If you're interested I can try and describe them, if not I won't bother).
I was also told that some people have an ulnar that 'snaps', which requires surgery to alleviate the problem. Hopefully that's not the case.
Good luck to you. I hope you find something that works.
Not to be a snob or anything, but that's a pretty telling sign of a crappy job where you're untrusted, unskilled, and replaceable. That's a fast food / call center job quiz.
Not necessarily. While I don't argue that it's a 'call center job' quiz, these quiz types still come up in places you wouldn't expect. At this particular company, the test was given to applicants across the board, regardless of position - and this was at a $1+ billion financial services company that was an excellent place to work.
Useful or applicable? Not really. It didn't make much sense, but was in place nonetheless.
I would gouge his eyes from their sockets with the very pens he was stealing, then rip off his testicles with the staple-remover he was stealing and cut his heart out with the letter opener he was stealing. Such traitorous acts to the beloved mother company can NEVER be tolerated!
TESTER'S NOTE: Subject's response displayed admirable enthusiasm and loyalty, but extreme disregard for cleanliness of the office carpet.
If it's anything like the ones I've taken, the 'correct' response will be pretty obvious.
"What would you do if you found a coworker has been stealing office supplies?" (actual question)
Um . . . Ask for my cut as hush money? Tell him I could peddle his take on eBay? Reccomend a better style pen than the ones he's been stealing? Fall to the ground and play dead every time I see him? Spray-paint 'STICKYFINGERS!!' on his car?
So many choices.
Or buy older model instead of latest & greates
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Resign yourself to the inevitability that whatever you buy that's 'cutting edge' will only be so for a matter of months. Spend accordingly.
My father bought a Treo 650 about six months ago for around $500. After seeing/using his I decided to give the pda/phone combo a try. But instead of dropping the cash on a Treo 650, I bought the "old" 600 model on eBay for about $150.
It may not be cutting edge, but it still has all the basic features I need. In another year or so I'm sure I'll be able to upgrade to the 650 for about the same price, now that the 700 is out.
You need get a pal and play buzzword bingo at your next meeting. Each of you makes a same size grid on a piece of paper, and fill it in randomly with your least favorite buzzwords (synergy, proactive, etc., the sibling posts here contain a bunch of examples.).
Each time the manager/meeting leader (er, I guess I should say 'facilitator' in this context) says a word on your card, cross it off. When you get a bingo, signal by coughing.
Use smaller grids for short meetings, larger for long meetings. Use different sets of words and you can play blackout during those all morning marathons we all love.
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You find out about a new pron torrent to be available in 24 hours. You immediatly notify your group of friends, all of whom are 15th level masterbators . . .
That's what happens when you go and treat him like a bitch.
The wallet didn't strike me as strange either. Though upon further thought I now think it's a bad idea, as a theif can now steal everything valuable on your person in one convienent pakage:
CROOK: Gimme your wallet!
YOU THINK: Crap, that has my iPod in it!
-or-
CROOK: Gimme your iPod!
YOU THINK: Crap, that has my wallet in it!
I share your pain.
At one of the larger grocery stores where I live you can get non-new release movies for seven days for 87 cents. I rent six about every other week with the best intentions, and rarely watch even one. I'm always either just too damn tired or busy. And if I do end up watching one of them, it's only half-assed, as I can't seem to watch a movie without doing 'something constructive' during it.
No one's fault but my own, of course.
After some research I have found that you catch crabs in bed. So you are correct -- as nerds we had no way of knowing this.
I have the same feelings, and I think it's mainly a matter of realizing the whole 'perceived reward vs. actual reward'. I used to always long for gadgets, etc, just KNOWING that they would make my life great and imagining how cool/happy/satisfied I'd be if I only had one. Whatever the item is, no matter how great, it's never what I build it up to be in my head. The high of having this new shiny thing wears off in about a day -- the credit card balance sticks around quite a bit longer to rub it in.
After having this happen a time or four, I've started really questioning what a product will bring me. For example, I've been really wanting to get an iPod to replace my $15 diskman that plays mp3 cds.
The Perception: said iPod would be new and shinny and cute and hip and hold 20,000 songs and I'd have it with me all the time and it would vastly improve my life.
The Reality: I'd only wear it to mow my fucking lawn, just like I do now with the diskman.
I think I just saved about $300.
Well that does it! No more hanging around polite charming people for me. From now on I'm only going to associate with people that have demonic beady eyes and fresh blood dripping from their chin.
Hello new friend! Wanna go throw rocks at my neighors cat?
That's because you're forgetting to use the standard unit of size and volume: the Volkswagon Beetle (VB). Try it again using LOCs/VB and you'll be pleasantly suprised at how easily it works out.
You're confused. The song you're talking about is done by that religion guy, I. Ron Butterfly.
"I got you, sucka!"
. . . It downloads an image file with adult content from the Internet and opens that file in a new document . . .
Automatically? Shouldn't this be considered a feature rather than a virus?
Duh. There's a scene in the upcoming Special Editon II where Greedo's first shot ricoches off the cantena wall and blasts off Chewbacca's ears. Han then gets so mad at seeing his companion in pain that he shoots Greedo, even though he doesn't want to and really feels quite bad about it. That's why Chewie is earless for the rest of the trillogy.
Don't forget the more impressively rendered arm-hair on the players. Few things can enhance a game like well-rendered arm hair.
Agreed -- I lost a lot of faith in my fellow man after seeing that. Some writer was dumb enough to think that he could sell such a crap scenario to the masses as plausible, and somehow he was correct -- people out there bought it! The mere fact that the scene exists is frustrating to me.
I need to go breathe in a paper bag and lie down for a few minutes.
A few of the better ones if you have the TOS like I did:
1. Stand in a corner about 2 or 3 feet from it. Place each hand on its respective wall at approx. shoulder height. Keep your feet planted and lean forward into the corner. You should feel a good stretch accross your chest.
2. Stand face-first up against a wall, and extend your left arm out flat(palm against the wall) perpendicular to your body. Keep feet planted and turn your body to your right, i.e. twist your hips and pull your right shoulder away from the wall. You should feel a stretch accross your arm and chest. Repeat for other side.
3. Variation on #2: do the same, except instead of having your palm flat agains the wall, have your palm facing the floor so your index finger is along the wall. Do the same 'twist'. This really stretches all the way to your fingers. Good for releiving tension (for me, anyways).
One thing to know is that anything that strengthens your upper back muscles will help, in that strengthening these will 'pull against' a slouch if you have one.
For your arm if you don't have a splint, wrap a towel around your arm/elbow and fasten it so that you can't bend your arm fully. That way even if you do place your arms in their bent position in your sleep, they won't be bent all the way and cause problems.
Again, IANA Doctor, but hopefully this helps (and costs less). Let me know if you have questions.
Probably rehashing things you've already been told, but a few possibilities (IANA MD, but had some Ulnar problems last year, and my wife worked with a hand surgeon at the time so I got some decent insight from him as to how things work):
How do you sleep? I always slept with my elbows fully bent and under my head/pillow. I'd find my little finger and bottom half of my wrists would go numb at night. Any time your elbow is fully bent, you are stretching your ulnar about as far as it can go. The nerve is obviously designed to stretch, but keeping it stretched for prolonged periods (sleeping as I noted, also talking on a cell phone, etc.) can aggravate it and cause it to inflame. You can buy arm braces that keep you from bending your elbows in your sleep, or you can figure some homemade way to achieve the same thing (i.e. roll a towel and tie it around your elbow, etc).
How's your overall posture? Perhaps the biggest problem that was causing my elbow pain was due to my posture. I would constantly work leaning forward with my neck extended towards my monitor during the day, and in the evenings I'd work/play games on a laptop at our kitchen counter -- the low laptop screen causing even more goosenecking. Being hunched over causes tension on all of your nerves (I believe they call this Thorasic Outlet Syndrome, or TOS), and resulted in rather bad elbow/wrist pain for me. Stretching exercises (nostly throught the arms, chest) made a huge difference in my case (If you're interested I can try and describe them, if not I won't bother).
I was also told that some people have an ulnar that 'snaps', which requires surgery to alleviate the problem. Hopefully that's not the case.
Good luck to you. I hope you find something that works.
Not to be a snob or anything, but that's a pretty telling sign of a crappy job where you're untrusted, unskilled, and replaceable. That's a fast food / call center job quiz.
Not necessarily. While I don't argue that it's a 'call center job' quiz, these quiz types still come up in places you wouldn't expect. At this particular company, the test was given to applicants across the board, regardless of position - and this was at a $1+ billion financial services company that was an excellent place to work.
Useful or applicable? Not really. It didn't make much sense, but was in place nonetheless.
I would gouge his eyes from their sockets with the very pens he was stealing, then rip off his testicles with the staple-remover he was stealing and cut his heart out with the letter opener he was stealing. Such traitorous acts to the beloved mother company can NEVER be tolerated!
TESTER'S NOTE: Subject's response displayed admirable enthusiasm and loyalty, but extreme disregard for cleanliness of the office carpet.
XX Two demerits.
If it's anything like the ones I've taken, the 'correct' response will be pretty obvious.
"What would you do if you found a coworker has been stealing office supplies?" (actual question)
Um . . . Ask for my cut as hush money? Tell him I could peddle his take on eBay? Reccomend a better style pen than the ones he's been stealing? Fall to the ground and play dead every time I see him? Spray-paint 'STICKYFINGERS!!' on his car?
So many choices.
Resign yourself to the inevitability that whatever you buy that's 'cutting edge' will only be so for a matter of months. Spend accordingly.
My father bought a Treo 650 about six months ago for around $500. After seeing/using his I decided to give the pda/phone combo a try. But instead of dropping the cash on a Treo 650, I bought the "old" 600 model on eBay for about $150.
It may not be cutting edge, but it still has all the basic features I need. In another year or so I'm sure I'll be able to upgrade to the 650 for about the same price, now that the 700 is out.
. . . but the downside is that noone will be able to notice that you own one.
My god, that's funny. Well done.
Love the Zapato site. That was a fav of mine years ago, though I'd completely forgotten about it since then. Thanks for posting the reminder.
Sorry, dude. Had to.
You need get a pal and play buzzword bingo at your next meeting. Each of you makes a same size grid on a piece of paper, and fill it in randomly with your least favorite buzzwords (synergy, proactive, etc., the sibling posts here contain a bunch of examples.).
Each time the manager/meeting leader (er, I guess I should say 'facilitator' in this context) says a word on your card, cross it off. When you get a bingo, signal by coughing.
Use smaller grids for short meetings, larger for long meetings. Use different sets of words and you can play blackout during those all morning marathons we all love.
Muchos Gracias.