In theory, you wouldn't need to even point it at said company, it would be their property automatically, and pow, lookie there, they're responsible for the DOS-attack on SCO! rofl
It's not a parody. (See the Google cache link above.) The kid has spent time and effort to develop a website to showcase his web-designing skills, and just because his name is Mike Rowe, they're suing him.
Yes, it's a pun, but it's still his name.
Things would look pink outside the room because the effect of "adjusting" to the green-tinted light is to simply no longer see the green as well. Your brain will "suppress" the green, making normal light appear to be pinker.
The issue is not with how much color there actually is, but rather, how much color your brain thinks there is.
It's the same with your olfactory sense, too. Ever been to a movie theater? When you walk in, it smells like popcorn. By the end of the movie, your brain has suppressed the popcorn scent, and you won't notice it.
So we automatically assume I'm_a_racist is a violent person just because of his beliefs? Not all anti-abortionists are murdering doctors, and not all racists are members of the KKK.
The post is relevant and unoffensive. You take offense to his username and profile. I don't like his opinions any more than you, perhaps, but I'm not wasting today's precious mod points on someone's lifestyle choice.
What if his u/n was I'm a Queer?
UPSers* aren't just drones who love cubic objects made from cardboard. We have interests outside of working like dogs for a company that shafts us in the pay department. (Don't get me wrong, the health insurance and tuition reimbursement programs are awesome.)
And for the record, the vast majority of the UPS workforce does not wear brown. The waiting list to be a driver is several years long, and in the meantime, the rest of us have to stay cooped up inside the hub with 399 other sweaty guys and a quarter of a million cardboard boxes full of irritations.
* the corporate term for UPS employees. It's stupid, and I hate it.
Why should a CEO be paid in the millions for what he does.
In Japan, it is illegal for the lowes-paid employee in any given company to be paid less than a specified percentage of the highest-paid employee. It's a bit of a socialist tendency, but there's definitely some thought behind the law.
Yes, I have seen people doing those very things, and I have participated in those very wicked activities. However, you must realize, loaders are required to handle 2000 packages in the space of 3.5 to 4 hours. This includes lifting, lowering, and bossing around anything up to and including 70lbs (including your supervisor, who is most likely 19 years old, still losing the acne war, and spent precisely 4 months as a pee-wee unloader before they put him in charge of your whole belt, and knows exactly as much about loading as a gorilla knows about coconut-to-swallow weight ratios). Unloaders are required to move 10-15,000 of those same pieces in an even shorter amount of time, while a burly supervisor who's posture, demeanor, and general cerebral abilities are limited to that of a gorilla pondering coconut-to-swallow weight ratios screams motivating phrases at you such as "ha mule!" Occasionally, certain unpleasant emotions rise up within the poor hourly, and his only recourse is the ultimate source of his agony, The Cardboard Box.
Actually, I am a she, and with the male-to-female employment ratio at UPS standing somewhere around 9:1, the odds are most definitely in my favor. Nuthin like a yummy guy bustin his azz in a trailer or on the sort aisle to get my motor revvin.
In defense of the hellhole in which I work....
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I currently work for UPS, and the sad truth is that we cannot fuck up a parcel that is properly packed. My hub alone ships thousands of Dell and Gateway pieces a day, and I myself personally see several hundred in one 4 hour sort. Both the Dell and Gateway boxes are made of sterner stuff than your average moving box, and both have sturdy moulded styrofoam packing, not peanuts. Bubble wrap will not save something as heavy as a cpu or monitor.
I have seen a Dell monitor box fall three stories without suffering so much as a dented edge. I have seen my coworkers jumping up and down on a Gateway box with the deliberate intention of destroying it, but only leave dirty footprints. I have also seen what happens to boxes when the contents are poorly packed.
UPSers are overworked, and underpaid, and they're Union. Management walks all over them, despite Jimmy Hoffa Jr.'s best efforts to curb them.
Moral of the story, pack well, INSURE EVERYTHING, and never buy Gateway. Dells are ok. (Ok, so I'm biased...)
In defense of the hellhole in which I work....
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How Not To Ship Computers
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I currently work for UPS, and the sad truth is that we cannot fuck up a parcel that is properly packed. My hub alone ships thousands of Dell and Gateway pieces a day, and I myself personally see several hundred in one 4 hour sort. Both the Dell and Gateway boxes are made of sterner stuff than your average moving box, and both have sturdy moulded styrofoam packing, not peanuts. Bubble wrap will not save something as heavy as a cpu or monitor.
I have seen a Dell monitor box fall three stories without suffering so much as a dented edge. I have seen my coworkers jumping up and down on a Gateway box with the deliberate intention of destroying it, but only leave dirty footprints. I have also seen what happens to boxes when the contents are poorly packed.
UPSers are overworked, and underpaid, and they're Union. Management walks all over them, despite Jimmy Hoffa Jr.'s best efforts to curb them.
Moral of the story, pack well, INSURE EVERYTHING, and never buy Gateway. Dells are ok. (Ok, so I'm biased...)
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For the record: The Catholic church used to condone gay marriage.
In theory, you wouldn't need to even point it at said company, it would be their property automatically, and pow, lookie there, they're responsible for the DOS-attack on SCO! rofl
It's not a parody. (See the Google cache link above.) The kid has spent time and effort to develop a website to showcase his web-designing skills, and just because his name is Mike Rowe, they're suing him. Yes, it's a pun, but it's still his name.
Things would look pink outside the room because the effect of "adjusting" to the green-tinted light is to simply no longer see the green as well. Your brain will "suppress" the green, making normal light appear to be pinker.
The issue is not with how much color there actually is, but rather, how much color your brain thinks there is.
It's the same with your olfactory sense, too. Ever been to a movie theater? When you walk in, it smells like popcorn. By the end of the movie, your brain has suppressed the popcorn scent, and you won't notice it.
(IANAL) Also, one of RIAA's legal arguments against P2P networks is that there is no "legitimate use" for such a network.
Odds are, his wife is of legal age. His children are not.
So we automatically assume I'm_a_racist is a violent person just because of his beliefs? Not all anti-abortionists are murdering doctors, and not all racists are members of the KKK.
The post is relevant and unoffensive. You take offense to his username and profile. I don't like his opinions any more than you, perhaps, but I'm not wasting today's precious mod points on someone's lifestyle choice. What if his u/n was I'm a Queer?
UPSers* aren't just drones who love cubic objects made from cardboard. We have interests outside of working like dogs for a company that shafts us in the pay department. (Don't get me wrong, the health insurance and tuition reimbursement programs are awesome.) And for the record, the vast majority of the UPS workforce does not wear brown. The waiting list to be a driver is several years long, and in the meantime, the rest of us have to stay cooped up inside the hub with 399 other sweaty guys and a quarter of a million cardboard boxes full of irritations.
* the corporate term for UPS employees. It's stupid, and I hate it.
Why should a CEO be paid in the millions for what he does.
In Japan, it is illegal for the lowes-paid employee in any given company to be paid less than a specified percentage of the highest-paid employee. It's a bit of a socialist tendency, but there's definitely some thought behind the law.
Generally, debit cards have a daily limit, usually around $1000.
UPS just bought MBE.
Sorry.
Yes, I have seen people doing those very things, and I have participated in those very wicked activities. However, you must realize, loaders are required to handle 2000 packages in the space of 3.5 to 4 hours. This includes lifting, lowering, and bossing around anything up to and including 70lbs (including your supervisor, who is most likely 19 years old, still losing the acne war, and spent precisely 4 months as a pee-wee unloader before they put him in charge of your whole belt, and knows exactly as much about loading as a gorilla knows about coconut-to-swallow weight ratios). Unloaders are required to move 10-15,000 of those same pieces in an even shorter amount of time, while a burly supervisor who's posture, demeanor, and general cerebral abilities are limited to that of a gorilla pondering coconut-to-swallow weight ratios screams motivating phrases at you such as "ha mule!" Occasionally, certain unpleasant emotions rise up within the poor hourly, and his only recourse is the ultimate source of his agony, The Cardboard Box.
And sometimes, shit just happens.
Actually, I am a she, and with the male-to-female employment ratio at UPS standing somewhere around 9:1, the odds are most definitely in my favor. Nuthin like a yummy guy bustin his azz in a trailer or on the sort aisle to get my motor revvin.
I currently work for UPS, and the sad truth is that we cannot fuck up a parcel that is properly packed. My hub alone ships thousands of Dell and Gateway pieces a day, and I myself personally see several hundred in one 4 hour sort. Both the Dell and Gateway boxes are made of sterner stuff than your average moving box, and both have sturdy moulded styrofoam packing, not peanuts. Bubble wrap will not save something as heavy as a cpu or monitor. I have seen a Dell monitor box fall three stories without suffering so much as a dented edge. I have seen my coworkers jumping up and down on a Gateway box with the deliberate intention of destroying it, but only leave dirty footprints. I have also seen what happens to boxes when the contents are poorly packed. UPSers are overworked, and underpaid, and they're Union. Management walks all over them, despite Jimmy Hoffa Jr.'s best efforts to curb them. Moral of the story, pack well, INSURE EVERYTHING, and never buy Gateway. Dells are ok. (Ok, so I'm biased...)
I currently work for UPS, and the sad truth is that we cannot fuck up a parcel that is properly packed. My hub alone ships thousands of Dell and Gateway pieces a day, and I myself personally see several hundred in one 4 hour sort. Both the Dell and Gateway boxes are made of sterner stuff than your average moving box, and both have sturdy moulded styrofoam packing, not peanuts. Bubble wrap will not save something as heavy as a cpu or monitor.
I have seen a Dell monitor box fall three stories without suffering so much as a dented edge. I have seen my coworkers jumping up and down on a Gateway box with the deliberate intention of destroying it, but only leave dirty footprints. I have also seen what happens to boxes when the contents are poorly packed.
UPSers are overworked, and underpaid, and they're Union. Management walks all over them, despite Jimmy Hoffa Jr.'s best efforts to curb them.
Moral of the story, pack well, INSURE EVERYTHING, and never buy Gateway. Dells are ok. (Ok, so I'm biased...)