I work for a county agency in a fairly small town in central California. It's not totally in the middle of nowhere, but it's close. I am basically the only IT person for the agency (it's county-wide, but a small county). It's a nice big-fish-little-pond ego-boosting job. I think as long as you are not too far from civilization (does Fresno count as civilized?) it's not bad. I have good job security, because few techies would probably want to live out this far. I have done quite a few repair jobs after work, as well. The real downside here is that the multitude of farms around make for a fairly nasty smell, and the town is a little, uh, country-music-and-nascar oriented for my taste...
A friend of mine plugged a floppy power cable in and managed to get two pins in one hole on the plug. A whoosh of smoke, and two of the wires disintegrated almost instantly.. I think that's what prevented any further damage.
"Sorry mum, you've got terminal pancreatic cancer, but hey! You can have a lovely tin of bisuits with your afternoon cuppa!" </Bad British Accent>
I still don't think comparing research like that is valid. But whatever. If they're getting somebody to fund it, more power to 'em. Keeps 'em off the street.
And it's more proof people take things too damn seriously. The original post was just intended as a bit of humor.
The problem is that there's good money being thrown at this kind of stuff (for example, testing the viscosity of ketchup - there's a boon to mankind) when it could be spent in much better ways.
I've lost members of my family to cancer. Nobody ever died from a broken cookie.
or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you, but let me give you my assurance that these forcasts and predictions are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence, so you would have to be some kind of moron not to reaize that every single one of the is absolutely true.
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I work for a county agency in a fairly small town in central California. It's not totally in the middle of nowhere, but it's close. I am basically the only IT person for the agency (it's county-wide, but a small county).
It's a nice big-fish-little-pond ego-boosting job.
I think as long as you are not too far from civilization (does Fresno count as civilized?) it's not bad. I have good job security, because few techies would probably want to live out this far.
I have done quite a few repair jobs after work, as well.
The real downside here is that the multitude of farms around make for a fairly nasty smell, and the town is a little, uh, country-music-and-nascar oriented for my taste...
I know da kung fu dere, don'cha'know.
Ah, but who set of the warhead?
I'd stick to Boulder. Vegas didn't end up too well after Mother Abigail's gang got there...
*Cough*Google*Cough*
This site advertises clocks for the hearing-impared that register up to 113 decibels, and have gadgets that shake the bed and flash lamps.
These clocks seems a little more subtle, though.
...but CafePress has a publishing service.
...since famed Australian scientist Albert Einstein first split the beer atom!
Hey Luuuuucy! You got some gamin' to do!
Coming soon: Apple OST!
"Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way... turn."
..with the convoiting and the upgrading and the hey-hey and the click-click, mmm-whey...
Oh, wait, you said Fink, not Frink.
Sorry.
A friend of mine plugged a floppy power cable in and managed to get two pins in one hole on the plug.
A whoosh of smoke, and two of the wires disintegrated almost instantly.. I think that's what prevented any further damage.
"Sorry mum, you've got terminal pancreatic cancer, but hey! You can have a lovely tin of bisuits with your afternoon cuppa!"
</Bad British Accent>
I still don't think comparing research like that is valid. But whatever. If they're getting somebody to fund it, more power to 'em. Keeps 'em off the street.
And it's more proof people take things too damn seriously. The original post was just intended as a bit of humor.
The problem is that there's good money being thrown at this kind of stuff (for example, testing the viscosity of ketchup - there's a boon to mankind) when it could be spent in much better ways.
I've lost members of my family to cancer. Nobody ever died from a broken cookie.
...still no cure for cancer.
...will be released as the La-Z-Homer 3000.
or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you, but let me give you my assurance that these forcasts and predictions are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence, so you would have to be some kind of moron not to reaize that every single one of the is absolutely true.
Where was I?
Just go here.
For articles like these.
Here is one possible icon...
Some things (I would say most things, but that's me) just don't work as a musical.
Anybody remeber "Carrie: The Musical"?
Exactly.
...but to really remember stuff, ya gotta go with those mirror-image tattoos.
..just don't, ah, Love your Mac.
I think he's a little too emotionally involved.
Sounds like the name of one of those scooters you see people riding around in Europe.
The new Honda ELSPA!
Brought to you by Network 23!
*BOOM*
...will be kids in the backs of minivans playing Halo against each other.
"Mommmm! Speed up! We're getting out of range!"