> "Any worldly event that involves the movement of mass affects the Earth's rotation, from seasonal weather down to driving a car."
I'll be driving to work this morning, unless the governments of the world pay me...one million dollars. (In which case I'll sit around and watch Spongebob.)
You can have mine--I'm leaving it at the end of this week to go back to school. (Although I'm completely changing fields, unlike the original poster...)
I'm only speaking for myself here, obviously, but not only do I not enjoy my job, I don't even enjoy the field any more. It doesn't help that I've been on a glacially-slow federal government project for the last two years, but I think I would have reached this point eventually even at another job.
It's to the point where I'm actually leaving my job to go back to school and finish my degree in a completely different field.
It's good to see Ginsberg's work getting some recognition, although I'm not sure where the moving castle comes in, and the Japanese schoolgirls will prove problematic.
"I saw the schoolgirls of my generation Assaulted by tentacles, hentai and otherwise..."
> Is it just me, or does that sound like it should be the title of a Heinlein book?
No, that'd be more like The Boy Who Would Live Forever While Simultaneously Having Freaky Sex With Superwomen Who Are Oddly Submissive In The Bedroom And Spouting Off About Weird-Ass Libertarian-Fascist-Anarchic Politics.
> Expiring minds want to know! Actually, I am quite curious.
Okay, but don't laugh...theatre. I've been acting pretty consistently for the last three-plus years, and I've gotten pretty decent at it--I've got an agent and have landed a couple of small paying gigs. I finally realized about a year ago that the acting thing makes me happy, while IT work is slowly draining my soul and turning me into Milton.
I'm going back to school because a.) I never finished my bachelor's degree and I really want one, and b.) I want to study something I love.
Can I have some ideas? Seriously--I'm getting out of IT as a career next year and going back to school, but I'm going to need some part-time income while I'm at it, and I might as well use the skills I've got.
(Don't ask what subject I'm going back to school for--I already nearly gave my mother a heart attack, and I can't be held responsible for random Slashdotters.)
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> What sort of armor class do you get with that?
I'd tell you, but I can't find the fucking thing.
> It's totally worth the $40
It's even more worth the $10 or $15 you can find it for online these days. Check it out.
> For the next 7 years, should we expect everything to be 'mini?'
Unless you're my wife, yes.
> Just what the hell is this supposed to accomplish?
>
> "Hey, you just got a laser aimed at the cockpit!" says the computer.
Obviously, there will be an automated system in place to start the Laser Floyd show.
> "Any worldly event that involves the movement of mass affects the Earth's rotation, from seasonal weather down to driving a car."
I'll be driving to work this morning, unless the governments of the world pay me...one million dollars. (In which case I'll sit around and watch Spongebob.)
> How do you measure the number of hits on the guy's forehead?
With SmiteMeter. Duh!
You can have mine--I'm leaving it at the end of this week to go back to school. (Although I'm completely changing fields, unlike the original poster...)
> Blew Ray?
It's either that or HugeDong-DVD.
> Just don't come bitching to us when the server ends up in the fryolator.
ObSimpsons: "That's gonna come out of my pay. My girlfriend would kill me if I had one."
> Crackberry
Worst yogurt flavor ever.
> Let's see if we can have this discussion without descending to racial stereotyping or xenophobia.
All you stinking Belgians say that.
I'm only speaking for myself here, obviously, but not only do I not enjoy my job, I don't even enjoy the field any more. It doesn't help that I've been on a glacially-slow federal government project for the last two years, but I think I would have reached this point eventually even at another job.
It's to the point where I'm actually leaving my job to go back to school and finish my degree in a completely different field.
> Looking at the comments I can see that everyone's attention span is on par with a dog.
That's ludicrous! I don't see how you can say that when--SQUIRREL!
> Robot feces?
You obviously don't work in marketing. It's called iPoop®.
> Oh yeah, "imagine an ad hoc network of these" jokes coming soon
I believe you mean "Imagine a BMW cluster of these".
It's good to see Ginsberg's work getting some recognition, although I'm not sure where the moving castle comes in, and the Japanese schoolgirls will prove problematic.
"I saw the schoolgirls of my generation
Assaulted by tentacles, hentai and otherwise..."
Now I'm going to start seeing "PWNX0R3D N00B" on my car stereo every time someone cuts me off...
> and then you end up with an email address that you have to keep written on a post-it stuck to your monitor so you can remember it.
I have got to get more sleep. I read this as "post-it stuck to your mother".
> Is it just me, or does that sound like it should be the title of a Heinlein book?
No, that'd be more like The Boy Who Would Live Forever While Simultaneously Having Freaky Sex With Superwomen Who Are Oddly Submissive In The Bedroom And Spouting Off About Weird-Ass Libertarian-Fascist-Anarchic Politics.
Sure, you can install Windows or Linux on these...but an hour later, you'll just have to reinstall.
> A few hundred random people received
> "The message you sent X was undeliverable"
> spam instead.
That's the worst haiku I've ever seen.
> They make Counter-Strike Degrees? sign me up!
I graduated summa cum OMGWTF WALLHACKING N00B.
> Do not lick, hug, or otherwise touch the pole!
The Czech, on the other hand, is really into that kind of thing.
> Expiring minds want to know! Actually, I am quite curious.
Okay, but don't laugh...theatre. I've been acting pretty consistently for the last three-plus years, and I've gotten pretty decent at it--I've got an agent and have landed a couple of small paying gigs. I finally realized about a year ago that the acting thing makes me happy, while IT work is slowly draining my soul and turning me into Milton.
I'm going back to school because a.) I never finished my bachelor's degree and I really want one, and b.) I want to study something I love.
> There are plenty of 10-15 hour a week IT jobs
Can I have some ideas? Seriously--I'm getting out of IT as a career next year and going back to school, but I'm going to need some part-time income while I'm at it, and I might as well use the skills I've got.
(Don't ask what subject I'm going back to school for--I already nearly gave my mother a heart attack, and I can't be held responsible for random Slashdotters.)