Free anti-virus from Microsoft? I can't believe it! Why are they doing this first? I don't get it- I'm still waiting for those free checks from Bill Gates for sending out all those emails!!!!
I don't know about that. I've been under the effects of nitrous oxide, when I had my wisdom teeth removed several years ago. I don't know why they call it "laughing gas," as I didn't find anything funny about the hellish, excruciating pain I experienced during the procedure.
I once heard about this guy from a friend that works for Pepsi. he told me that this guy, a co-worker of his at one time, on a bet, drink six cans of Amp (or one of those similar kind) in just a few minutes (think chug).
He said within 15 minutes, they were rushing him to the emergency room cause his poor heart was thumping out over 250 beats per minute.
Asking an employee to wok a 15 hour day is ludicrous. Hell- eight hours seems like too many, somedays.
I swear, I think some people think that all we (computer techs, etc) have to do is just push a few buttons and the project is done! Do they even realize how difficult it is to make a computer dance? Next, they'll want us to be more efficient to reduce debugging efforts.
The job sure might not be physically demanding, but the mental tax is just as grating on the body. The brain needs rest no matter what job you do.
Reminds me of what happened last year when I had to keep checking the prices of the GMD department where I work (grocery store). I would take the Telxon, a handheld transciever that scans barcodes and give the price, and check to make sure that teh shelf tag and ring up price match. One of the upper management couldn't understand (and getting mad to boot) why it was taking so long and why I kept finding problems, despite a week and a half and several attempts through the department.
So, on a Thursday, he took the Telxon to do it his self. ofc, I was more than happy to let him give it a try. It was my half-day, so I went home when he started. The next day, he came to me and said "i'm sorry, i had no idea it was that hard." DUH!!!
I gotta say, that would be interesting. But I wonder if they would just pick it up for syndication or would they take the production over? I'm not sure how good an idea it would be.
Visions of painted swim suits on Leela entice me. ^_^
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cheese shortages at local cheese shops leads to widespread cat famine.
NOW they tell me. I just ate some tuna sushi for lunch today. ::sigh::
I, for one, welcome my new parasitic overlords.
no kidding. given what had just happened to him, i half expected for the peasant to have shot Volynov for trespassing.
Free anti-virus from Microsoft? I can't believe it! Why are they doing this first? I don't get it- I'm still waiting for those free checks from Bill Gates for sending out all those emails!!!!
Where's the justice in this world!?
You're thinking of him blowing his self?
O_o
Nobody make a smell...
I bought a 50" hdtv last year but I haven't had sex in two and a half years.
hmmmmm...
John Titor, where are you now? :)
I, for one, welcome our new armed robot overlords.
OR
imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
I don't know about that. I've been under the effects of nitrous oxide, when I had my wisdom teeth removed several years ago. I don't know why they call it "laughing gas," as I didn't find anything funny about the hellish, excruciating pain I experienced during the procedure.
I remember that! iirc, it was yellow. When the kid pulled his arm out, the junk stuck to his arm a bit.
What WAS it? sulpher maybe?
"like sending something UPS Ground: it's cheaper, and it'll get there eventually."
not from my experience.
Well, I, for one, will welcome our new foreign maritan rover overlords.
and the even more appropriate bastardization of the quote would be "on this planet, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
No, actually, it's named after the star that was in Forbidden Planet.
My god! it's full of stars!
not sure what to think about this, but as i was reading this, what song should come up on my iTunes playlist but Peter Schilling's 'Major Tom.'
on a (possibly) more serious tone, what is he thinking, no toilets? are the spacemen supposed to just crap in their pants for 5 months?
i may or may not have crapped in my pants once... it was not a pleasant experiece that which i do not wish to have recur.
can't imagine no toilets.
I once heard about this guy from a friend that works for Pepsi. he told me that this guy, a co-worker of his at one time, on a bet, drink six cans of Amp (or one of those similar kind) in just a few minutes (think chug).
He said within 15 minutes, they were rushing him to the emergency room cause his poor heart was thumping out over 250 beats per minute.
don't tell me that stuff doesn't have an effect.
did someone forget to shut the screendoor?
come on guys, were you born in a barn!?
Damn it!
Where's Howard the Duck when you need him!?
Once again, a great idea goes bad by giving it a terrible timeslot.
Some of us actually DO have to sleep.
Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM!
fuck you.
or, more precisely, fuck them.
Asking an employee to wok a 15 hour day is ludicrous. Hell- eight hours seems like too many, somedays.
I swear, I think some people think that all we (computer techs, etc) have to do is just push a few buttons and the project is done! Do they even realize how difficult it is to make a computer dance? Next, they'll want us to be more efficient to reduce debugging efforts.
The job sure might not be physically demanding, but the mental tax is just as grating on the body. The brain needs rest no matter what job you do.
Reminds me of what happened last year when I had to keep checking the prices of the GMD department where I work (grocery store). I would take the Telxon, a handheld transciever that scans barcodes and give the price, and check to make sure that teh shelf tag and ring up price match. One of the upper management couldn't understand (and getting mad to boot) why it was taking so long and why I kept finding problems, despite a week and a half and several attempts through the department.
So, on a Thursday, he took the Telxon to do it his self. ofc, I was more than happy to let him give it a try. It was my half-day, so I went home when he started. The next day, he came to me and said "i'm sorry, i had no idea it was that hard." DUH!!!
I gotta say, that would be interesting. But I wonder if they would just pick it up for syndication or would they take the production over? I'm not sure how good an idea it would be.
Visions of painted swim suits on Leela entice me. ^_^
... a group of board execs are having heart attacks.
^_^