Nope. But after seeing (former) coworkers being escorted to the door, I decided that better safe than sorry.
If I were laid off, the last thing I'd want to do is make a scene that would look like I was throwing a hissy fit. And quite frankly, unless you are willing to do that, you'll end up compliyng with the company's request that you leave inmediatly and make an appointment to retrieve your belongings.
In order to avoid this kind of confrontation, I made a habit of never leaving personal belongings in my office. Even tho it's semi-private (shared with a coworker), I take almost everything that's not company property with me at the end of the day. The only thing that remains is a pair of headphones, and I can let them go if they let me go.
Snobbery? Plus, the tap water at some locations is simply a no-go. Blame it on the local purification authorities or the pipes or whatever. The fact that bottled water is more expensive that a can of coke, however, always baffled me. Do the really ship it from some mountain in Switzerland or wherever?
93 Octane gasoline?
You got me there. I always use 91, since I didn't see a performance difference.
Personally, I think anybody running a website on anything other than Apache on some *nix like OS should be shot.
You might want to revise that statement. AOLServer can be pretty sweet. And some years back I used Netscape's server and never found anything wrong with it.
[As a director] After x number of succesfull movies, critics start finding hidden symbolims in your movies that you never put there in the first place.
I don't understand why people rave so much about Apt. Why is it so superior?
Speaking for myself (of course), apt has a *huge* number of mirrors. The main advantage of installing over apt, however, is the fact that they are pre-compiled (tho you can choose to apt the sources) and the system does dependency tracking.
You can still go to the product home page, but when you download it and try to compile, only to find that you have to download and compile the dependencies (that might have dependencies themselves), you can grow frustrated pretty quickly. And apt will warn you if it needs to install dependencies *before* it installs them.
If you keep the security repository in your apt config file, whenever there's a security flaw, chances are the corrected.deb will be there shortly. Just type "apt-get update" and presto!
I love Debian (and it shows):-) But I only use it for headless systems. Setting up X in debian is an excercise in frustration for me. Redhat wins here hands down. It even works with my mousewheel thru kvm. I never managed to get debian (or FreeBSD) do that.
... Sheeit!... that's an excellent one! But you know what I'd change? I'd play that theme from the Blue Oyster Bar (from Police Academy). "El Bimbo" I think it's called, but I'll be damned if I can find the same instrumental version as in the movie.
Cars should be computer-controlled and unable to exceed the speed limit.:-)
Indeed! And top speed allowed should be directly proportional to the age of the driver. That way, when you are old enough to speed, your worst offense will be an eternally stuck left turn signal.
What's the average age of conressmen, anyway? Maybe this law will pass easily!
The question seems to be whether U.S. congress gave the FTC the authority to create such a list. This is a popular measure with a lot of support. Would it be possible for congress to explicitly give the FTC this authority?
But if it's an issue of Free Speech, the congress won't have the authority to grant the FTC this authority.
True, but people (over)eat for many reasons, often as a means for coping with society.
Yes. In my own personal experience, overeating or compulsive eating tends to be a means of compensation for lack of other stimuli.
There was a point where I found myself eating out of sheer boredom. And sitting in front of a computer does nothing to aleviate it (the lack of stimuli, not the boredom).
If you don't want to take up a sport or whatever, sometimes just driving around town or having a conversation helps.
Note: I am not a doctor/nutritionist/psychiatrist. This is just my experience. YMMV.
None of this patent crap, none of this copyright bullshit
Well, neither patents or copyright are properties of the Internet. How are you going to acomplish this? By using a disclaimer/eula? "By connecting to this network you agree to give up the rights of copyright/patents of anything that you post here". Or maybe disallowing patented or copyrighted works on the new net?
5. No-one looks at you funny when they see you heading for the bathroom with a book. 6. If you fall asleep in bed reading a book and it falls of the bed, you probably won't think about it twice. 7. Many books on a shelf/desktop can make you look intellectual even if you never touch them. Keep one open and with a bookmark for added effect.
How about I trade you that 1 minute late time, for the 5+ hours I stay late, the lunch I skip and the weekends I work?
Man, I used to think that very same way. When they started requiring that I arrive at a certain time, I started doing it, and billing for overtime pay whenever they required that I stay late or work some ungodly hour. Of course that requires pre-approval for overtime (unless it's an emergency) but I consider myself better off.
Now, "1" minute late seems a bit excessive. Almost everyone gives a 5 to 10 min margin of error. It seems that the poster's HR is just plain being an ass. If nothing else, they should account for the variations in the clock over time and the difference with the employees watches.
A couple of years ago I used to work 5+ hours of unpaid overtime just for the heck of it almost every day. Then I discovered there was a life besides work and realized I didn't want to regret not having spent more time on myself/my family on my deathbed.
The thing is, the "If the networks owned all the stations, there'd be no debates on network stations" argument doesn't quite ring true when you look at all of the network-owned stations that kick the network aside on Friday Nights to air local Major League Baseball games.
I'm pretty sure they don't "kick the network aside" but rather, have permission from the parent company to do region specific broadcasting. If said parent company simply doesn't want to air political debates, there's very little the station by itself can (legally) do.
(and they better have "express written consent" instead of "implied moral consent" to air those games)
If you want to see something truly revolting, though, look at how this sleaze outfit is rebranding and selling OpenOffice.org on eBay
This *has got* to be a joke. LUXURIOUSITYOFFICE??? But the best part is this quote:
The City Council of Munich, Germany's third-largest city, has recently decided to get rid of Microsoft Office and switch 14,000 desktop and laptop computers to this product! The city sees it not only as a cost savings over costly, proprietary software but also as the best tool for the job. An absolutely, positively, true replacement for Microsoft Office now finally does exist!
So long as they distribute the source, is this violating the GPL? Is OpenOffice GPL, anyway?
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Have you been fired *that* many times?
Nope. But after seeing (former) coworkers being escorted to the door, I decided that better safe than sorry.
If I were laid off, the last thing I'd want to do is make a scene that would look like I was throwing a hissy fit. And quite frankly, unless you are willing to do that, you'll end up compliyng with the company's request that you leave inmediatly and make an appointment to retrieve your belongings.
In order to avoid this kind of confrontation, I made a habit of never leaving personal belongings in my office. Even tho it's semi-private (shared with a coworker), I take almost everything that's not company property with me at the end of the day. The only thing that remains is a pair of headphones, and I can let them go if they let me go.
Explain Microsoft again to me then?
Unholy business practice? (I'm only half joking)
Bottled water?
Snobbery? Plus, the tap water at some locations is simply a no-go. Blame it on the local purification authorities or the pipes or whatever. The fact that bottled water is more expensive that a can of coke, however, always baffled me. Do the really ship it from some mountain in Switzerland or wherever?
93 Octane gasoline?
You got me there. I always use 91, since I didn't see a performance difference.
From the article
"We are sick of cliches," he said. "We are tired of the standard sub-quests and missions. The idea of a 'chosen one' is stupid.
and
We want the game to be funny, but in a situational sort of way. We want to make fun of the cliches.
For all those who feel the same, may I recomend: Sir Apropos of Nothing. It had me in stitches for a while.
Maybe the Linux/FreeBSD/whatever kernel simply forwards it to userland. WinNT doesn't.
Personally, I think anybody running a website on anything other than Apache on some *nix like OS should be shot.
You might want to revise that statement. AOLServer can be pretty sweet. And some years back I used Netscape's server and never found anything wrong with it.
Paraphrasing from Mad Magazine:
[As a director]
After x number of succesfull movies, critics start finding hidden symbolims in your movies that you never put there in the first place.
I don't think it is different. Even if it's useful, it still can wrongly give false info.
One of the complaints is that Verisign broke the way some anti-spam filters determine if the mail comes from a valid domain.
Could this mean that spammers could use "jkfjjd.museum" and bypass this kind of filters?
(Man, I hope someone else thought of this first for I'd hate to be the one that gave them this idea)
I don't understand why people rave so much about Apt. Why is it so superior?
.deb will be there shortly. Just type "apt-get update" and presto!
:-) But I only use it for headless systems. Setting up X in debian is an excercise in frustration for me. Redhat wins here hands down. It even works with my mousewheel thru kvm. I never managed to get debian (or FreeBSD) do that.
Speaking for myself (of course), apt has a *huge* number of mirrors. The main advantage of installing over apt, however, is the fact that they are pre-compiled (tho you can choose to apt the sources) and the system does dependency tracking.
You can still go to the product home page, but when you download it and try to compile, only to find that you have to download and compile the dependencies (that might have dependencies themselves), you can grow frustrated pretty quickly. And apt will warn you if it needs to install dependencies *before* it installs them.
If you keep the security repository in your apt config file, whenever there's a security flaw, chances are the corrected
I love Debian (and it shows)
... Sheeit!... that's an excellent one! But you know what I'd change? I'd play that theme from the Blue Oyster Bar (from Police Academy). "El Bimbo" I think it's called, but I'll be damned if I can find the same instrumental version as in the movie.
I know this is offtopic, but this has been bugging me for a while.
Does anyone else sees the Caldera icon and thinks of Mickey Mouse's head flattened against a red globe?
Yeah, I'm sick...
the prblem will be if the Ariane goes kaboom again on the launchpad.
What's the worst that could happen?
Cars should be computer-controlled and unable to exceed the speed limit. :-)
Indeed! And top speed allowed should be directly proportional to the age of the driver. That way, when you are old enough to speed, your worst offense will be an eternally stuck left turn signal.
What's the average age of conressmen, anyway? Maybe this law will pass easily!
And get off my lawn, you damn kids!
5) You can make a good game without ninjas.
No, no... remember, any game's coolness factor can be increased by adding one or more of the following: ninjas, pirates and/or monkeys.
I'll be damned if I can remember who said it first. Was it the Penny Arcade folks?
The question seems to be whether U.S. congress gave the FTC the authority to create such a list. This is a popular measure with a lot of support. Would it be possible for congress to explicitly give the FTC this authority?
But if it's an issue of Free Speech, the congress won't have the authority to grant the FTC this authority.
True, but people (over)eat for many reasons, often as a means for coping with society.
Yes. In my own personal experience, overeating or compulsive eating tends to be a means of compensation for lack of other stimuli.
There was a point where I found myself eating out of sheer boredom. And sitting in front of a computer does nothing to aleviate it (the lack of stimuli, not the boredom).
If you don't want to take up a sport or whatever, sometimes just driving around town or having a conversation helps.
Note: I am not a doctor/nutritionist/psychiatrist. This is just my experience. YMMV.
Ok, so I'm nitpicking here... but isn't a group a satellites called a constelation?
The question is, do you really think we'll be notified if there is an asteroid that has a 99% chance of earth collision? I think not......
Yes, they will. But not until President Freeman has had the chance to contract Bruce Willis and his team of oil drillers to blow it up.
And just in case, Dr Strangelove had this wonderful idea regarding mine-shafts...
None of this patent crap, none of this copyright bullshit
Well, neither patents or copyright are properties of the Internet. How are you going to acomplish this? By using a disclaimer/eula? "By connecting to this network you agree to give up the rights of copyright/patents of anything that you post here". Or maybe disallowing patented or copyrighted works on the new net?
5. No-one looks at you funny when they see you heading for the bathroom with a book.
6. If you fall asleep in bed reading a book and it falls of the bed, you probably won't think about it twice.
7. Many books on a shelf/desktop can make you look intellectual even if you never touch them. Keep one open and with a bookmark for added effect.
How about I trade you that 1 minute late time, for the 5+ hours I stay late, the lunch I skip and the weekends I work?
Man, I used to think that very same way. When they started requiring that I arrive at a certain time, I started doing it, and billing for overtime pay whenever they required that I stay late or work some ungodly hour. Of course that requires pre-approval for overtime (unless it's an emergency) but I consider myself better off.
Now, "1" minute late seems a bit excessive. Almost everyone gives a 5 to 10 min margin of error. It seems that the poster's HR is just plain being an ass. If nothing else, they should account for the variations in the clock over time and the difference with the employees watches.
A couple of years ago I used to work 5+ hours of unpaid overtime just for the heck of it almost every day. Then I discovered there was a life besides work and realized I didn't want to regret not having spent more time on myself/my family on my deathbed.
simply attach this anti-rider bill as a rider to another bill that is broadly popular and guaranteed to pass
Attach it to the next Congress/Senate salary increase bill. They won't even stop to think before voting "aye".
The thing is, the "If the networks owned all the stations, there'd be no debates on network stations" argument doesn't quite ring true when you look at all of the network-owned stations that kick the network aside on Friday Nights to air local Major League Baseball games.
I'm pretty sure they don't "kick the network aside" but rather, have permission from the parent company to do region specific broadcasting. If said parent company simply doesn't want to air political debates, there's very little the station by itself can (legally) do.
(and they better have "express written consent" instead of "implied moral consent" to air those games)
If you want to see something truly revolting, though, look at how this sleaze outfit is rebranding and selling OpenOffice.org on eBay
This *has got* to be a joke. LUXURIOUSITYOFFICE??? But the best part is this quote:
The City Council of Munich, Germany's third-largest city, has recently decided to get rid of Microsoft Office and switch 14,000 desktop and laptop computers to this product! The city sees it not only as a cost savings over costly, proprietary software but also as the best tool for the job. An absolutely, positively, true replacement for Microsoft Office now finally does exist!
So long as they distribute the source, is this violating the GPL? Is OpenOffice GPL, anyway?
Won't having the sshd wrapped (/etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny) help offset the damage somewhat?