Hey, I'm not a racist, it was a comment based on observation at that particular place. Now that we have that on the table, how about some nice veal donuts to make peace?
None of this touches much on evening meals or breakfast.
Many of the places I've contracted at here serve a free evening meal. Some use Waiter.com, others have a dedicated caterer. Many Asian-dominated places like Marvell Semi had catered meals heavy on Chinese foods (they had excellent duck, but what the hell kind of vegetable is purple and looks and tastes like a lily stalk?). ESS's cafeteria offered a subsidized low-cost lunch consisting mainly by weight of rice, intended for their low-waged assembly-test worker serfs. Ghaaaah.
Places with big Indian staffs often have brought-in vegetarian/Indian food, and it's usually decent. Startups often had decent catered-in evening meals, while all the old-line companies had cafeterias but they close by the end of the day. Spotlights the difference between startups and 9-5 companies.
The worst and cheapest place I worked at recently was owned by a French company, and their strategy was to offer muffins in the morning. Since 7/8 of the staff was Indian, that went over like cheeseburgers in a sacred temple. Occasionally we got the left-overs from sandwich party trays when they had visiting dignitaries. The sandwich scraps vanished as soon as the low-paid Indian coders discovered their presence.
Somebody at the patent office didn't see prior art on this. One of the electronics home experimenter magazines decades ago had a construction article with PWM-modulated LEDs for lighting control. Certainly earlier than the ten years ago the inventors claimed they started playing with LEDs in college.
If the Doctor has two hearts, how many extras might he have as a woman? The concept alternatively scares me and excites me. And he might find new uses for the sonic screwdriver.
I suggest spraying it with automotive ether-based starting fluid before you put it in the dryer. That'll help it dry quicker. And if the dryer sparks, your computing will reach great new heights!
After being burned a few too many times on rebates not paid, I always now send them in by certified mail. STILL had refusal to pay on some, with the claim it was never received. They know no one will take them to small claims court over a $20 rebate, so they just keep on scamming. Worst offender is some outfit in Florida that uses an NY state PO drop. For some reason, a wide variety of Fry's rebates are handled by this outfit. My guess is Fry's knows it is a scam and probably makes money this way.
No, plenty of people do use 'SF', perhap not in your circles though. This is a case of your not being familiar with the history of the genre, no offense meant, papaskunk. Actually, 'SF' was the main term used for the genre up until the time when the malapropism 'Sci-Fi' was coined by Forrest Ackerman. Sci-Fi as a term verbally analogous to 'Hi-Fi' is of course a lazy unthinking bastardization of language. Anyway, quite a few in the field with an ear for language use objected to 'Sci-Fi' but Gresham's Law seems to have dominated over time, and now mostly only serious readers use 'SF' and the masses use the illiteracy. Now that sci-fi media-based pabulum has replaced serious thinking and good writing, it is all a moot point anyway. The marching morons have taken over the field.
The original SF story this was based on was written in 1955 by Richard Matheson, and is titled 'One for the Books'. Published first in Galaxy Magazine.
In a 2002 clinical test, I applied BatMax IonXR stickers to all surfaces (dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior) of my grandmother. Laboratory results were the following: 1) her life was extended by 25 years 2) she bakes pies 36% faster 3) the room generally smells much better, though that might be because she has stopped eating dog food, 4) Grandpa says sex with her is a totally new experience.
And it'll involve Riker slathering decontamination gel onto Marina Sirtis while founding the Federation..
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Few people know that Steve Jobs invented the iToaster. However, when he presented the concept to Apple R&D, they misunderstood him and built a box with a green laser pointer in it. It was an aeronautical and opthamic disaster.
Microsoft also tried to build one. Version 1 never worked. Version 2 frequently crashed the toast. It wasn't until Version 3 that it successful toasted eyes. After a marketing-driven name change, it became the Windows Media Player we all know and love.
We at Fsck Your Pets Lab, Inc. have conducted TONS of research on this, and conclude that unless your cat plans to attend college, and hence must pass his O-levels, lead is perfectly okay in the diet. Besides, the world does not need smarter cats, or at least cats smarter than our President.
it would be cool if some future Robosapien product were Internet-enabled and could run around sending video AND be remote-controlled. Completely mobile, with Wi-fi. OR if someone would build a hack like that.
Clearly you can trust "Cosmic Internet Technologies Solutions", based in India. Among their products they offer "miscellaneous solutions". I kind of hope that does not include airline software.
Apparently they haven't yet met "Kosmic Technology Solutions", also based in India, which provides "solutions for a dynamic environment where business and technology strategies converge". Gosh, don't you just love all that convergence?
I had a similar problem. I was in a corner cubicle bordered by two other people. My monitor constantly had fluctuating image size and I figured there was something on the line pulling the voltage down. A rather obstinate co-employee had a massive heater plugged into her cubicle. She refused to disconnect the load. I came in a few days later in the afternoon to find that a fire had occurred that morning, in the cubicle walls. She had pulled enough current to heat up the wires in the plastic channels for power cables, the plastic actually caught fire. They had smelled smoke but nothing was visible for awhile. Cubicle wiring does not have circuit breakers, depends instead on the building. The building was wired for big load o current.
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Hey, I'm not a racist, it was a comment based on observation at that particular place. Now that we have that on the table, how about some nice veal donuts to make peace?
Many of the places I've contracted at here serve a free evening meal. Some use Waiter.com, others have a dedicated caterer. Many Asian-dominated places like Marvell Semi had catered meals heavy on Chinese foods (they had excellent duck, but what the hell kind of vegetable is purple and looks and tastes like a lily stalk?). ESS's cafeteria offered a subsidized low-cost lunch consisting mainly by weight of rice, intended for their low-waged assembly-test worker serfs. Ghaaaah.
Places with big Indian staffs often have brought-in vegetarian/Indian food, and it's usually decent. Startups often had decent catered-in evening meals, while all the old-line companies had cafeterias but they close by the end of the day. Spotlights the difference between startups and 9-5 companies.
The worst and cheapest place I worked at recently was owned by a French company, and their strategy was to offer muffins in the morning. Since 7/8 of the staff was Indian, that went over like cheeseburgers in a sacred temple. Occasionally we got the left-overs from sandwich party trays when they had visiting dignitaries. The sandwich scraps vanished as soon as the low-paid Indian coders discovered their presence.
In other news, bacteria living in the intestines of a programmer have learned C and are attempting to write, well, really crappy code.
Somebody at the patent office didn't see prior art on this. One of the electronics home experimenter magazines decades ago had a construction article with PWM-modulated LEDs for lighting control. Certainly earlier than the ten years ago the inventors claimed they started playing with LEDs in college.
If the Doctor has two hearts, how many extras might he have as a woman? The concept alternatively scares me and excites me. And he might find new uses for the sonic screwdriver.
I suggest spraying it with automotive ether-based starting fluid before you put it in the dryer. That'll help it dry quicker. And if the dryer sparks, your computing will reach great new heights!
I typed in "asshat" and got 'Dick Cheney'. Does this help?
After being burned a few too many times on rebates not paid, I always now send them in by certified mail. STILL had refusal to pay on some, with the claim it was never received. They know no one will take them to small claims court over a $20 rebate, so they just keep on scamming. Worst offender is some outfit in Florida that uses an NY state PO drop. For some reason, a wide variety of Fry's rebates are handled by this outfit. My guess is Fry's knows it is a scam and probably makes money this way.
No, plenty of people do use 'SF', perhap not in your circles though. This is a case of your not being familiar with the history of the genre, no offense meant, papaskunk. Actually, 'SF' was the main term used for the genre up until the time when the malapropism 'Sci-Fi' was coined by Forrest Ackerman. Sci-Fi as a term verbally analogous to 'Hi-Fi' is of course a lazy unthinking bastardization of language. Anyway, quite a few in the field with an ear for language use objected to 'Sci-Fi' but Gresham's Law seems to have dominated over time, and now mostly only serious readers use 'SF' and the masses use the illiteracy. Now that sci-fi media-based pabulum has replaced serious thinking and good writing, it is all a moot point anyway. The marching morons have taken over the field.
The original SF story this was based on was written in 1955 by Richard Matheson, and is titled 'One for the Books'. Published first in Galaxy Magazine.
I once went to Tibet to learn that superpower. After five years I came home, went to an adult bookstore, touched a shelf, and my head exploded.
Wow. This is even better than my Sims 2 Doom Customization Pack.
In a 2002 clinical test, I applied BatMax IonXR stickers to all surfaces (dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior) of my grandmother. Laboratory results were the following: 1) her life was extended by 25 years 2) she bakes pies 36% faster 3) the room generally smells much better, though that might be because she has stopped eating dog food, 4) Grandpa says sex with her is a totally new experience.
Besides, when I was a boy, we only had vacuum suits made from sabertooth-tiger leather, and we LIKED it.
And it'll involve Riker slathering decontamination gel onto Marina Sirtis while founding the Federation..
Microsoft also tried to build one. Version 1 never worked. Version 2 frequently crashed the toast. It wasn't until Version 3 that it successful toasted eyes. After a marketing-driven name change, it became the Windows Media Player we all know and love.
We at Fsck Your Pets Lab, Inc. have conducted TONS of research on this, and conclude that unless your cat plans to attend college, and hence must pass his O-levels, lead is perfectly okay in the diet. Besides, the world does not need smarter cats, or at least cats smarter than our President.
And anyway, not many cats know how to solder.
I trust this relieves your worries.
Sincerely,
Dr. William "Billy Tibbles" Kevorkian, Ret.
it would be cool if some future Robosapien product were Internet-enabled and could run around sending video AND be remote-controlled. Completely mobile, with Wi-fi. OR if someone would build a hack like that.
Certainly it's useful. I've just programmed mine to say "Welcome to WalMart" and now it's earning $5.45 an hour while I just sit here drinking beer.
Apparently they haven't yet met "Kosmic Technology Solutions", also based in India, which provides "solutions for a dynamic environment where business and technology strategies converge". Gosh, don't you just love all that convergence?
Dude! Where's My Pork?
I've tried this paint on my shorts, and I can report it almost controls unwanted emissions.
You should have paid attention to the blind, burning CATS!
I had a similar problem. I was in a corner cubicle bordered by two other people. My monitor constantly had fluctuating image size and I figured there was something on the line pulling the voltage down. A rather obstinate co-employee had a massive heater plugged into her cubicle. She refused to disconnect the load. I came in a few days later in the afternoon to find that a fire had occurred that morning, in the cubicle walls. She had pulled enough current to heat up the wires in the plastic channels for power cables, the plastic actually caught fire. They had smelled smoke but nothing was visible for awhile. Cubicle wiring does not have circuit breakers, depends instead on the building. The building was wired for big load o current.
From a part of the test they never release to the public: In 2004, what famous cowboy specialized in on-line nerd erotica?