Most of the fish I raise are not really tropical, they prefer cool water. Some are very uncomfortable when it hits 78F. That's works well since my basement is a bit on the cool side and I don't like working in hot humid places anyway.
If you decide to get back into fishkeeping, let me know and I'll recommend some good ones to start with.
Wow, the interesting stuff I learn on/. never ceases to amaze me. I never thought of putting rocks in a sock to beat things. I guess my upbringing was more sheltered than I ever imagined.
Thanks for the tip, it might prove useful someday.
CanIt for email Spam/AV filtering and it works really well (easy to administer too, that's what makes it worth the price). There is a free version for small implementations (or to pilot for a few users to test it out).
We are planning a Squid implementation to proxy web traffic and there are add-ons to scan for viruses, popups, etc. I can't say how well that works just yet, but I'm very confident it will do the job admirably.
I hear so much about how companies have no loyalty to their employees (present or future) and how quick they are to screw people to make or keep a buck. There may be companies like that, but there are also a lot of stories about people who respected their employer and the favor was returned. I have the good fortune to be working in a hot industry (pharmeceuticals) for a great boss. Our IT dept turnover is 0 because no one would really want to leave. Oh, and we all do great work out of respect for the Director. This a a great example of a win-win situation.
It's probably good that your "company A" never had much chance to interview you and make an offer. They probably would have been severely bummed to have you lost you after all that.
I'll accept it when it benefits me and reject it when it costs me. This is just basic human nature here.
Notice to the humor impaired: the aformentioned statement is intended as humor, not a realistic statement of intent. All derogatory replies questioning my logic and civility will be ignored, which is what you should do with this post if you are the sensitive type.
is to you new employer. Have a frank discussion with your new boss about what they think if the right thing. They will likely be able to see this from your old employer's perspective and come up with a compromise that works for them and gives as much as possible to help your old company.
There may be conflicts of interest here, in which case you owe the interest to your new boss, but assuming not, giving them more control and being willing to just do whatever they think works best makes you look very good and lets them know where your loyalty lies.
I was once in a (sort of) similar situation. With the full knowledge of my new boss, I was on formal retainer with the old company for 3 months (minimum, with possibility to renew if all agreed). The retainer was $500 / month, covering up to 4 hours of time, excess billable at the same rate. They used 4 hours one month and I got $1500 extra salary for those 4 hours. It obviously didn't hurt my performance at my new company, and it really saved the day for my old company when they had a major database outage and called me to fix it for them, so everyone won, even my new boss because he understood then the level of commitment I felt to an employer, and that I would always do the honorable thing to help out.
I think that drunk drivers should get stiffer terms. My father lost his leg because of a drunk driver when I was 3 years old. I don't think the drunk was adequately punished (though the details are fuzzy and not a topic to be brought up with the family). I think that the penalties are much stiffer in some European countries, with a clear impact on DWI-related accidents. If a drunk driver lost his/her license for 2 years every time they failed a breathalyzer test (no trial required - just take the license and call them a cab) I bet the rate of DWI's would drop precipitously.
If the gov't wants to stop a behavior, make the punishment draconian and it will stop. If you only get a slap on the wrist, then the message you get is "it's not so bad, try harder not to get caught next time, OK".
Along the same lines, many of the laws that we have now with silly little punishments should just get dropped competely. A good example are speed limits. Set the limits as high as the traffic can safely bear and then enforce the higher limit. Now, the speed limits are set low to generate revenue for the local governments. That is clearly unfair, IMO.
Would you also think that a $100,000 fine be appropriate for a person that stole $1?
Maybe so. The point of a penalty is that it have a deterrent effect. I think that would be a big deterrent. If the penalty for stealing $1 was only $2, then many people would take the risk of getting caught. The lower the chance of getting caught, the larger the penalty needs to be. Think of it as sort of a lottery, in reverse.
The way I look at this is that the person sending the Spam knows the penalty if caught. They decided to take their chances.
Seriously, solar power is ridiculously overrated. The energy density of sunlight at the earth's surface is simply too low to be practical. Way too much real estate would have to be used to make any realistic amounts of power, and at those scales, upkeep becomes prohibitively expensive.
Shhh!
Don't tell the plants. If they find out that sunlight is impractical as a power source, we'll be in a real pickle, a real pickle, I tell ya'
You never hear the small, positive stories. The media want to see blood. It sells.
Wow, you might have a point. That's the exact same thing I hear from soldiers that are returning from Iraq. There's actually a lot of positive news, but the netwroks don't care about reporting it.
It seems to me that people are corrupt. The reason you think some people are not is that they are corrupt in a way that you approve of. I might have a different set of people whose corruption I approve of and that would make me think that you also are corrupt since you don't agree with my definition of corrupt.
Confused yet? Me too. I guess it's time to stop typing and click "Submit".
If you can't switch browsers or take other steps because of reduced convenience, then whatever malware the systems pick up is just a cost of doing business. If the company need to hire more techs to battle the problem, oh well, that's the choice they've made. If the costs get too high, then they will make decisions to reduce or eliminate the problem, until then, enjoy the job security and keep asking for more help. As a job, it may not be glamorous, but it's unlikely to be outsourced.
A college student wants to get more familiar with the Oracle RDBMS and so they do a bit of research and find that Oracle for Linux works great on RHAS and Suse Pro, but isn't supported at all (meaning the the lame Java installer will puke) on any other version of Linux. Why not try the free version to see if it works with the Oracle installer before paying for an expensive, supported version when you don't need the support.
Just because you can't imagine a use for something doesn't mean it doesn't have one. There is a lot of S/W that I can't imagine anyone would need, but some of it is quite popular in spite of my narrow view of usefulness.
Both of those already exist, without even needing GM. If you want either one, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding them at a local garden center, or certainly via a mail order nursery.
Google just needs to remove all traces of the Vuitton corp websites, leaving any competitor or parody sites that refer to them. Any searches for "Vuitton" will then only show the competitors and not the company site. When the company complains, tell them they were removed to comply with the lawsuit they brought, and to note that there are no ads for their competitors, so "stuff it".
This would likely prevent others from trying a similar tactic.
to save yourself! Just screw up the first task you're given really badly and they'll demote you to where you belong. Don't get nailed by the Peter Principle (people rise to their lowest level of incompetence -- if you're a true geek, you just hit it). It's your only hope, really. Of course, if you're company is too Dilbert-esce, you'll get promoted instead. In that case get Dogbert's New Management Handbook and get settled in. Either way, you can't really loose by making a really big screwup about now.
- A terrarium with carnivorous plants (Venus Fly Traps, Pitcher plants, Sundews) - A caudiform succulent. There are a lot of different kinds of these. They are very odd looking when dormant (which is a lot of the time). If you can get one, a Boojum Tree would be a good choice just for the name alone.
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Most of the fish I raise are not really tropical, they prefer cool water. Some are very uncomfortable when it hits 78F. That's works well since my basement is a bit on the cool side and I don't like working in hot humid places anyway.
If you decide to get back into fishkeeping, let me know and I'll recommend some good ones to start with.
*Sigh* I think maybe I've viewed too much TV or too many movies in my life.
I used to go fishing with my dad and loved being outdoors. Now I raise tropical fish in my basement, sort of a way to bring the outdoors in.
He'd probably get in trouble with his wife if he did.
Thanks for the tip, it might prove useful someday.
Believe me, we are all already "weary" of them. Perhaps you meant "wary", which is certainly true also.
Some of your other posts are pretty lame too, might want to rachet the back patting down just a bit.
We are planning a Squid implementation to proxy web traffic and there are add-ons to scan for viruses, popups, etc. I can't say how well that works just yet, but I'm very confident it will do the job admirably.
It's probably good that your "company A" never had much chance to interview you and make an offer. They probably would have been severely bummed to have you lost you after all that.
Notice to the humor impaired: the aformentioned statement is intended as humor, not a realistic statement of intent. All derogatory replies questioning my logic and civility will be ignored, which is what you should do with this post if you are the sensitive type.
There may be conflicts of interest here, in which case you owe the interest to your new boss, but assuming not, giving them more control and being willing to just do whatever they think works best makes you look very good and lets them know where your loyalty lies.
I was once in a (sort of) similar situation. With the full knowledge of my new boss, I was on formal retainer with the old company for 3 months (minimum, with possibility to renew if all agreed). The retainer was $500 / month, covering up to 4 hours of time, excess billable at the same rate. They used 4 hours one month and I got $1500 extra salary for those 4 hours. It obviously didn't hurt my performance at my new company, and it really saved the day for my old company when they had a major database outage and called me to fix it for them, so everyone won, even my new boss because he understood then the level of commitment I felt to an employer, and that I would always do the honorable thing to help out.
I want to be able to whine all I want, and I'm prepared to whine about this until it is changed.
If the gov't wants to stop a behavior, make the punishment draconian and it will stop. If you only get a slap on the wrist, then the message you get is "it's not so bad, try harder not to get caught next time, OK".
Along the same lines, many of the laws that we have now with silly little punishments should just get dropped competely. A good example are speed limits. Set the limits as high as the traffic can safely bear and then enforce the higher limit. Now, the speed limits are set low to generate revenue for the local governments. That is clearly unfair, IMO.
Maybe so. The point of a penalty is that it have a deterrent effect. I think that would be a big deterrent. If the penalty for stealing $1 was only $2, then many people would take the risk of getting caught. The lower the chance of getting caught, the larger the penalty needs to be. Think of it as sort of a lottery, in reverse.
The way I look at this is that the person sending the Spam knows the penalty if caught. They decided to take their chances.
Shhh!
Don't tell the plants. If they find out that sunlight is impractical as a power source, we'll be in a real pickle, a real pickle, I tell ya'
At least we know the corruption will stop
Who thinks this stuff up, the gag writers for Leno ? I can't wait to hear the top 10 list of reasons why the UN should/shouldn't replace ICANN.
Wow, you might have a point. That's the exact same thing I hear from soldiers that are returning from Iraq. There's actually a lot of positive news, but the netwroks don't care about reporting it.
It seems to me that people are corrupt. The reason you think some people are not is that they are corrupt in a way that you approve of. I might have a different set of people whose corruption I approve of and that would make me think that you also are corrupt since you don't agree with my definition of corrupt.
Confused yet? Me too. I guess it's time to stop typing and click "Submit".
how are they going to blame this on "Global Warming" ?
If you can't switch browsers or take other steps because of reduced convenience, then whatever malware the systems pick up is just a cost of doing business. If the company need to hire more techs to battle the problem, oh well, that's the choice they've made. If the costs get too high, then they will make decisions to reduce or eliminate the problem, until then, enjoy the job security and keep asking for more help. As a job, it may not be glamorous, but it's unlikely to be outsourced.
How about this scenerio:
A college student wants to get more familiar with the Oracle RDBMS and so they do a bit of research and find that Oracle for Linux works great on RHAS and Suse Pro, but isn't supported at all (meaning the the lame Java installer will puke) on any other version of Linux. Why not try the free version to see if it works with the Oracle installer before paying for an expensive, supported version when you don't need the support.
Just because you can't imagine a use for something doesn't mean it doesn't have one. There is a lot of S/W that I can't imagine anyone would need, but some of it is quite popular in spite of my narrow view of usefulness.
Both of those already exist, without even needing GM. If you want either one, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding them at a local garden center, or certainly via a mail order nursery.
Google just needs to remove all traces of the Vuitton corp websites, leaving any competitor or parody sites that refer to them. Any searches for "Vuitton" will then only show the competitors and not the company site. When the company complains, tell them they were removed to comply with the lawsuit they brought, and to note that there are no ads for their competitors, so "stuff it".
This would likely prevent others from trying a similar tactic.
But is it a naked printer?
to save yourself!
Just screw up the first task you're given really badly and they'll demote you to where you belong. Don't get nailed by the Peter Principle (people rise to their lowest level of incompetence -- if you're a true geek, you just hit it).
It's your only hope, really. Of course, if you're company is too Dilbert-esce, you'll get promoted instead. In that case get Dogbert's New Management Handbook and get settled in. Either way, you can't really loose by making a really big screwup about now.
- A terrarium with carnivorous plants (Venus Fly Traps, Pitcher plants, Sundews)
- A caudiform succulent. There are a lot of different kinds of these. They are very odd looking when dormant (which is a lot of the time). If you can get one, a Boojum Tree would be a good choice just for the name alone.