...especially insufficiently clueful screeners in human resources departments.
This is absolutely true. If that HR wonk doesn't have that "degree requirement" checkbox marked, your resume takes a one-way trip to the trash can. With degree inflation being what it is, you'll need a Phd to work at McDonalds in ten years.
For that eventuality, I'm still working on my thesis titled: "Recidivism in McDonaldland: A Restorative Approach to the Hamburglar Problem".
Beer and Circus details this phenomenon quite well. The sports program is a fundraising avenue, recruitment tool, and publicity machine all rolled up into one. Trouble is, the quality of the education suffers for the sake of the almighty sports program. The portion of Beer & Circus detailing the veto power that Bobby Knight had over the university president at Indiana is especially telling of this fact of life at Division I schools.
Sounds like this is taking place in a college setting. Don't worry about it. Darwin will always win. Your MMO addict will be getting a permanent chance to play all day forever back in Mom's basement after he flunks out. It's not your problem and don't try to make it be otherwise.
Spot on. College is the sandbox where you can be a fuckup like this and not have it haunt you for life. There will always be a percentage of kids at university that will do things like this once they're out of Mom and Dad's house.
That said, if this kid really does have a compulsion or other deep-seated issue thats driving him to play like this, I really don't think that any amount of reasoning will sway him.
They don't want people who will end up filing for workers' comp for "tennis elbow".
Reminds me of a joke...
A man walks into a pharmacy to buy some ointment for his tennis elbow. When he asks the pharmacist what brand he recommends, he shows the man his new computer that will analyze a urine sample and give him a diagnosis. The man provides a urine sample and the machine reads "Diagnosis: tennis elbow. Treatment: Tiger Balm". The man tells the pharmacist that he wants to put the machine to the test and takes home a sample cup.
He takes a sample from his wife, his daughter, his dog, and (for good measure) masturbates into the cup.
He returns to the pharmacy and has the pharmacist run the sample through the machine. The machine runs for a while and spits out its diagnosis:
"Your wife is pregnant and the baby is not yours, get a lawyer. Your daughter is back on cocaine, get her back to rehab. Your dog has worms, get him to a vet. By the way, if you don't stop whacking off, your tennis elbow will never get better".
Worse is if they turn on the Burt Reynolds module.
IBM Bot>/nick Turd_Ferguson IBM Bot is now Turd_Ferguson
Turd_Ferguson> Ding Alex> Burt? Turd_Ferguson> That's not my name. Alex> Okay... Turd Ferguson? Turd_Ferguson> Yeah, whaddya want? Alex> You buzzed in! Turd_Ferguson> No, I didn't. Alex> Yes, you did! Turd_Ferguson> That's your opinion.
I think this arrangment means that very few of them are bored enough to have to make stuff up and harass people for no reason, but man they seem to HATE my age group.
Having gone to school in northern New York, it's not uncommon to see that attitude toward the students. If you came from one of these little towns with no opportunities and are lucky enough to get a job at the nearby college, it's easy to feel resentment toward spoiled kids who are attending a four year kegger on mommy and daddy's dime.
Put the entire population of slashdot on an island where they have to work for themselves and come back in a week. You'll find 20 people alive hiding from the stench of the other million or so dead bodies of people too lazy to find some food or water for themselves.
To be fair, they smelled like that before they got there.
My hard earned Masters put in the same bucket as these clowns by some dumbfuck politician... way to go.:(
Do you think a PHD is devalued by the likes of Dr. Phil and his ilk that get doctorates in divinity, homeopathy, or other garbage? Anybody, for a price, can walk around with BS, MA, PHD, after their names; a place like this is nothing new.
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Agreed. Asking this question on Slashdot is like asking Helen Keller if your socks match.
Because you need one of those special converters to plug into the sun, stupid!
...especially insufficiently clueful screeners in human resources departments.
This is absolutely true. If that HR wonk doesn't have that "degree requirement" checkbox marked, your resume takes a one-way trip to the trash can. With degree inflation being what it is, you'll need a Phd to work at McDonalds in ten years.
For that eventuality, I'm still working on my thesis titled: "Recidivism in McDonaldland: A Restorative Approach to the Hamburglar Problem".
Beer and Circus details this phenomenon quite well. The sports program is a fundraising avenue, recruitment tool, and publicity machine all rolled up into one. Trouble is, the quality of the education suffers for the sake of the almighty sports program. The portion of Beer & Circus detailing the veto power that Bobby Knight had over the university president at Indiana is especially telling of this fact of life at Division I schools.
Sounds like this is taking place in a college setting. Don't worry about it. Darwin will always win. Your MMO addict will be getting a permanent chance to play all day forever back in Mom's basement after he flunks out. It's not your problem and don't try to make it be otherwise.
Spot on. College is the sandbox where you can be a fuckup like this and not have it haunt you for life. There will always be a percentage of kids at university that will do things like this once they're out of Mom and Dad's house.
That said, if this kid really does have a compulsion or other deep-seated issue thats driving him to play like this, I really don't think that any amount of reasoning will sway him.
As the standard of living rises and takes labor costs with it, India will start losing jobs to the next contestant in the race to the bottom.
I'll take "The Penis Mightier" for 200, Alex.
They don't want people who will end up filing for workers' comp for "tennis elbow".
Reminds me of a joke...
A man walks into a pharmacy to buy some ointment for his tennis elbow. When he asks the pharmacist what brand he recommends, he shows the man his new computer that will analyze a urine sample and give him a diagnosis. The man provides a urine sample and the machine reads "Diagnosis: tennis elbow. Treatment: Tiger Balm". The man tells the pharmacist that he wants to put the machine to the test and takes home a sample cup.
He takes a sample from his wife, his daughter, his dog, and (for good measure) masturbates into the cup.
He returns to the pharmacy and has the pharmacist run the sample through the machine. The machine runs for a while and spits out its diagnosis:
"Your wife is pregnant and the baby is not yours, get a lawyer. Your daughter is back on cocaine, get her back to rehab. Your dog has worms, get him to a vet. By the way, if you don't stop whacking off, your tennis elbow will never get better".
Is it Ghostbusters II?
Worse is if they turn on the Burt Reynolds module.
IBM Bot> /nick Turd_Ferguson
IBM Bot is now Turd_Ferguson
Turd_Ferguson> Ding
Alex> Burt?
Turd_Ferguson> That's not my name.
Alex> Okay... Turd Ferguson?
Turd_Ferguson> Yeah, whaddya want?
Alex> You buzzed in!
Turd_Ferguson> No, I didn't.
Alex> Yes, you did!
Turd_Ferguson> That's your opinion.
I think the video you're referring to is Signal 30.
pfft, you didn't receive your wacky foreheads yet. This is TOS, remember???
We do not discuss it with outsiders.
I'm sure he's glad to get that off his chest.
I think this arrangment means that very few of them are bored enough to have to make stuff up and harass people for no reason, but man they seem to HATE my age group.
Having gone to school in northern New York, it's not uncommon to see that attitude toward the students. If you came from one of these little towns with no opportunities and are lucky enough to get a job at the nearby college, it's easy to feel resentment toward spoiled kids who are attending a four year kegger on mommy and daddy's dime.
My name is Humpty. Pronounced with an "ump-tee".
Put the entire population of slashdot on an island where they have to work for themselves and come back in a week. You'll find 20 people alive hiding from the stench of the other million or so dead bodies of people too lazy to find some food or water for themselves.
To be fair, they smelled like that before they got there.
But seriously, what the heck are we doing with over 10,000 nuclear warheads on our planet and over half of them in the north american continent.
I mean 100 wouldn't do it? We need 6000?
"The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five." - Carl Sagan
They'd better do it soon. Five minutes to Wapner.
Joey's in a jam! What should he do?
My hard earned Masters put in the same bucket as these clowns by some dumbfuck politician... way to go. :(
Do you think a PHD is devalued by the likes of Dr. Phil and his ilk that get doctorates in divinity, homeopathy, or other garbage? Anybody, for a price, can walk around with BS, MA, PHD, after their names; a place like this is nothing new.
[Voice=Paul Hogan]
Oy mate, that's not an anus. THIS is an anus!
I only whitelist the sites that teach good lessons for their development into adulthood:
Zombo.com: You can do ANYTHING there.
Goatse: What better way to show what one can accomplish if you put your mind to it?
2G1C: Teamwork and empowerment
Lemonparty: Appreciation for the elderly.
I'd list more, but CPS is here. Must be donation season or something.
This is, indeed, an interesting coincidence. "Syf" (sing.) or "syfy" (plur.) in polish means filth
So they hope to get millions of new Polish viewers who tune in expecting porn?
But if they better not nix the Twilight Zone marathons.
Even though all of the episodes are on DVD to be watched at any time, there's something to be said for the events that the marathons were.
Rather, Kate Mulgrew entering a restaurant near Times Square a couple of months back.
I heard the voice then I did a double take, and sure enough it was her.
She looked old
That was really Admiral Janeway who came from an alternate timeline to dine at Olive Garden.
Fun fact: the ablative hull armor is actually made of stale Olive Garden breadsticks.