Personally, I channel-surf when commercials are run during a favorite show.
I learned a nifty trick from my wife's (eccentric-in-a-fun-way) Grandfather. When commercials come on (or anyone you don't like, i.e. a Britney Spears video) hit the mute button and make up your own dialog. The particular example I gleaned from Grandpa was when Minnie Driver was accepting some award on yet-another-award-show. He hates her for some unknown reason, hit the mute button when she came up to do her acceptance speech, and started spouting things like "I can't believe I only had to blow 5 guys to get this award", etc.
The fine in MA is $200. I happened to be standing in the police station a couple months ago when a woman came in to report a car running a bus stop sign and they said they'd issue a $200 ticket.
A colleague last week remarked how any degree with the word "Science" in it is anything but, and is just trying to sound more impressive. Hence, "Social Science", "Political Science", and "Computer Science".
Not that I agree being a CS-type, but it made me think...
Great! This means we'd only see banners for sites that really have FREE PORN! No more clicking on that "Hot Teen Slut" banner only to find out you have to pay to play!
programming(which is different than IT in my opinion) it generally requires a college degree
Might be slightly offtopic, but this struck me as interesting. My experience has been it's the SMALLER companies that require degrees, and that they're also where the real research happens. That's why I always go for small companies (I was employee #4 at my present company, now up to about 28 employees).
Totally agree with the "IT is not programing" thing. Of course, programming is not the same as engineering either. I bristle when people refer to what I do as "IT". They're usually non-technical types trying to pretend they know what they're talking about.
There's only once digital screen in the complex, and it's the one in the premium. If you get there early sometimes you see the scary hourglass pointer while the system is warming up.
$17.50 a pop, but that includes all the soda and popcorn you want for free. Why you'd want soda and popcorn when they have martinis and shrimp cocktail is beyond me though.
They don't serve you in your seat once the movie starts. You can, however, get up and go out to the bar on your own. Best bet is to just order a couple drinks on the way in so you don't have to get up halfway through.
Only way to see a movie! Reserved seating, big leather seats, individual tables at each seat, and best of all, a FULL BAR (also meaning nobody under 21 allowed!)! Nothing like watching a flick with a martini while sitting in a nice leather chair. Check it out. I can never go to a "regular" theater again.
Poor kids. When they grow up, they'll be fit only to be one thing: a fanatic like their mother.
I don't know man, I've seen plenty of people grow up in such circumstances (myself included) only to completely reject all the nonsense the first time they get out of the house and hear some other viewpoints (typically high school or college).
Do you think they developed these API's in the hopes that nobody would use them? If people are using them, they must be doing something helpful. Otherwise they'd be DOA.
Shell Station, Route 1 southbound, Peabody (next to what used to be the Towne Line House, it's something esle now, I forget what). I swear for almost a year in the early 90's the "S" was burned out. Big giant glowing "HELL" hanging over the highway. We used to sing "Highway to Hell" every time we drove past.
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I was in this situation once at a company I no longer work for. My response was "I have way more important things to do than bond with people I don't even work with. Want this product shipped this quarter?" Many other people followed suit after I broke the ice, and soon the "Rah-Rah" sessions were optional (and mostly empty).
This is actually turning out to be one of the best threads I've read on/. in a very long time. There are loads of interesting viewpoints being thrown around here. However, I'm having a major internal conflict because this is attached to a KATZ article! Funny how most of the interesting stuff is rather unrelated to his blather I suppose...
I think in the end, 2001 will be the year that only two movies will have good box-office take over a long period of time: Shrek and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring/
Monsters, Inc. seems to have remarkable staying power as well. I don't remember the numbers for Shrek (other than that it cleared $200 million), but Monsters, Inc. currently stands at around $230 million.
You sound like those Linux users who struggle with crappy browsers,...
Not quite an accurate analogy. I'll still buy the product I want, just from a different store. Tower Records or HMV will certainly have any CD that Best Buy has.
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17% of statistics come from people's asses.
86% if they've got the squirts.
Personally, I channel-surf when commercials are run during a favorite show.
I learned a nifty trick from my wife's (eccentric-in-a-fun-way) Grandfather. When commercials come on (or anyone you don't like, i.e. a Britney Spears video) hit the mute button and make up your own dialog. The particular example I gleaned from Grandpa was when Minnie Driver was accepting some award on yet-another-award-show. He hates her for some unknown reason, hit the mute button when she came up to do her acceptance speech, and started spouting things like "I can't believe I only had to blow 5 guys to get this award", etc.
The fine in MA is $200. I happened to be standing in the police station a couple months ago when a woman came in to report a car running a bus stop sign and they said they'd issue a $200 ticket.
(Disclaimer - I have a coupla CS degrees)
A colleague last week remarked how any degree with the word "Science" in it is anything but, and is just trying to sound more impressive. Hence, "Social Science", "Political Science", and "Computer Science".
Not that I agree being a CS-type, but it made me think...
Great! This means we'd only see banners for sites that really have FREE PORN! No more clicking on that "Hot Teen Slut" banner only to find out you have to pay to play!
WindowsXP would be written in 10 lines of code
Sounds like APL. God I hate that language.
Us engineers should get together and start a .WTF TLD!
programming(which is different than IT in my opinion) it generally requires a college degree
Might be slightly offtopic, but this struck me as interesting. My experience has been it's the SMALLER companies that require degrees, and that they're also where the real research happens. That's why I always go for small companies (I was employee #4 at my present company, now up to about 28 employees).
Totally agree with the "IT is not programing" thing. Of course, programming is not the same as engineering either. I bristle when people refer to what I do as "IT". They're usually non-technical types trying to pretend they know what they're talking about.
There's only once digital screen in the complex, and it's the one in the premium. If you get there early sometimes you see the scary hourglass pointer while the system is warming up.
$17.50 a pop, but that includes all the soda and popcorn you want for free. Why you'd want soda and popcorn when they have martinis and shrimp cocktail is beyond me though.
They don't serve you in your seat once the movie starts. You can, however, get up and go out to the bar on your own. Best bet is to just order a couple drinks on the way in so you don't have to get up halfway through.
Only way to see a movie! Reserved seating, big leather seats, individual tables at each seat, and best of all, a FULL BAR (also meaning nobody under 21 allowed!)! Nothing like watching a flick with a martini while sitting in a nice leather chair. Check it out. I can never go to a "regular" theater again.
I could burn down the building.
Anderson!
Worked for Enron.
When is this maroon going to start spamming all the e-mail addresses he can find on /. in the name of a marketing experiment?
Poor kids. When they grow up, they'll be fit only to be one thing: a fanatic like their mother.
I don't know man, I've seen plenty of people grow up in such circumstances (myself included) only to completely reject all the nonsense the first time they get out of the house and hear some other viewpoints (typically high school or college).
I mean, if you aren't for the human race who are you for?
Clearly, if you're not with us, you're against us!
Do you think they developed these API's in the hopes that nobody would use them? If people are using them, they must be doing something helpful. Otherwise they'd be DOA.
Shell Station, Route 1 southbound, Peabody (next to what used to be the Towne Line House, it's something esle now, I forget what). I swear for almost a year in the early 90's the "S" was burned out. Big giant glowing "HELL" hanging over the highway. We used to sing "Highway to Hell" every time we drove past.
the backwards compatability thing might just limit the consoles in their growth
I dunno, that whole backwards-compatibility thing seems to have done wonders for that whole x86 thingie.
It's called Pocket Pool...
I was in this situation once at a company I no longer work for. My response was "I have way more important things to do than bond with people I don't even work with. Want this product shipped this quarter?" Many other people followed suit after I broke the ice, and soon the "Rah-Rah" sessions were optional (and mostly empty).
This is actually turning out to be one of the best threads I've read on /. in a very long time. There are loads of interesting viewpoints being thrown around here. However, I'm having a major internal conflict because this is attached to a KATZ article! Funny how most of the interesting stuff is rather unrelated to his blather I suppose...
I think in the end, 2001 will be the year that only two movies will have good box-office take over a long period of time: Shrek and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring/
Monsters, Inc. seems to have remarkable staying power as well. I don't remember the numbers for Shrek (other than that it cleared $200 million), but Monsters, Inc. currently stands at around $230 million.
You sound like those Linux users who struggle with crappy browsers, ...
Not quite an accurate analogy. I'll still buy the product I want, just from a different store. Tower Records or HMV will certainly have any CD that Best Buy has.