Another herd of sa's that were awesome were the ones who either had a language barrier or thought it might be impolite to say "no" when you ask "Is the XXX service running?" It makes for a really fun game where you just have to guess whether they really mean yes or no.
My God. You've become my new personal hero. My boss and I were discussing this very issue about an employee at our workplace.
Since "yes" is the standard response to everything he says, we've devised a sort of system where we determine whether it's a true yes, a medium yes (yes in the sense that he's heard our question, but actually means no), or a "god help me" yes, in which something is totally fucked up and he's saying yes in the hopes that we'll stop asking about what broke.
Ditto to the parent posters. I recently got a job at a university, in the biochemistry department, doing part time research. My job requires me to look at a LOT of images from electron microscopes, which can end up being large images. In addition to simply looking at them, I need to use a program called Spider to manipulate and do all sorts of things to the images. The problem is that Spider has probably the most bizarre and confusing syntax I've ever had the misfortune to use, which requires a reference manual up at almost all times.
Since it's a Linux desktop, I could use Virtual desktops and all that jazz, but I've never really became used to using them (while I've used Linux for roughly 4-5 years, my primary computer is a Mac, which doesn't do virtual desktops out of the box). Anyway, since this is a university, I figured that there would be a spare monitor somewhere, which after about five minutes of searching proved my intuition correct. I set up the two monitors, half expecting my boss to take one down, since the computer now had two bigass 21" CRTs.
I was wrong, as he loves the setup. I got a call today saying he ordered two 21" flat panels to replace the CRTs. That plus the RAID array we're getting soon, means I'm definitely looking forward to going to work this weekend. This is definitely the best job a university student can have...:-)
I live in eastern Kansas (Prairie Village), and I use a Verizon Wireless phone. The call quality is virtually indistinguishable from a landline phone, and I almost always have full bars.
Admittedly, Verizon doesn't have any bluetooth phones currently, but I believe they are rolling out one soon. Even though all the other carriers have really fancy phones with a bunch of features, none of those have matched the reception of Verizon.
Almost all my friends have Sprint, and the reception on their phones is pretty crappy. I've also used AT&T and T-Mobile, but Verizon constantly has better reception than any of those.
As someone who is currently in high school, I believe I have a unique perspective on this. This actually did happen, to a few different people at my school. Sure, it was mean thing to do to those people. However, if was the bully, I would have considered it a success. Why? Because it got one hell of a reaction from the people who were made fun of.
The main reason bullying happens is because it gets a rise out of people. Think about it: who are you most likely to bully?...the kid who you know will run crying and sobbing from the room when made fun of, or the kid who will just kind of shrug and laugh along with it.
Today was a perfect example. My ears sort of stick out and turn red when I laugh. I was with a small group of people, and we were all laughing really hard about something...I was on the verge of tears. One of them pointed out that my ears were quite red, and I just kind of laughed along with them about it. I could of gotten all defensive about it, but all it would do is make me look like a complete weirdo, and would make me an easy target for bullies.
I guess my point is, is it seems that most bullying occurs because of someone's differences. For example, the kid who is short, or has a funny voice, or whatever. However, all humans have a unique trait that makes them a little weird. By laughing along with it, you show people that it doesn't affect you. By getting defensive, all you do is make yourself a target.
Finding the number on PayPal's site isn't hard. Just click Help, then the 'Still having trouble? Contact Us' link, then click the 'Help by phone section'.
I'm from Kansas, and I actually voted for Brownback. He's a great guy...I recently send an email to all the politicans from Kansas regarding the Patriot Act. Brownback was the first one to respond...a few hours after I sent the email. He also followed up with a letter in the mail. I'm not suprised that he is pushing for this legislation.
Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows) from the Linus Torvalds linux announcement. He probably should of added "next month, or year, or decade...who knows?"
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Another herd of sa's that were awesome were the ones who either had a language barrier or thought it might be impolite to say "no" when you ask "Is the XXX service running?" It makes for a really fun game where you just have to guess whether they really mean yes or no.
My God. You've become my new personal hero. My boss and I were discussing this very issue about an employee at our workplace.
Since "yes" is the standard response to everything he says, we've devised a sort of system where we determine whether it's a true yes, a medium yes (yes in the sense that he's heard our question, but actually means no), or a "god help me" yes, in which something is totally fucked up and he's saying yes in the hopes that we'll stop asking about what broke.
Ditto to the parent posters. I recently got a job at a university, in the biochemistry department, doing part time research. My job requires me to look at a LOT of images from electron microscopes, which can end up being large images. In addition to simply looking at them, I need to use a program called Spider to manipulate and do all sorts of things to the images. The problem is that Spider has probably the most bizarre and confusing syntax I've ever had the misfortune to use, which requires a reference manual up at almost all times.
:-)
Since it's a Linux desktop, I could use Virtual desktops and all that jazz, but I've never really became used to using them (while I've used Linux for roughly 4-5 years, my primary computer is a Mac, which doesn't do virtual desktops out of the box). Anyway, since this is a university, I figured that there would be a spare monitor somewhere, which after about five minutes of searching proved my intuition correct. I set up the two monitors, half expecting my boss to take one down, since the computer now had two bigass 21" CRTs.
I was wrong, as he loves the setup. I got a call today saying he ordered two 21" flat panels to replace the CRTs. That plus the RAID array we're getting soon, means I'm definitely looking forward to going to work this weekend. This is definitely the best job a university student can have...
Do you have a link to this by any chance? I found something, but I'm not sure it's the right song...
for one, you can't read that paper list remotely.
You can't fold it up and carry it with you?
I live in eastern Kansas (Prairie Village), and I use a Verizon Wireless phone. The call quality is virtually indistinguishable from a landline phone, and I almost always have full bars.
Admittedly, Verizon doesn't have any bluetooth phones currently, but I believe they are rolling out one soon. Even though all the other carriers have really fancy phones with a bunch of features, none of those have matched the reception of Verizon.
Almost all my friends have Sprint, and the reception on their phones is pretty crappy. I've also used AT&T and T-Mobile, but Verizon constantly has better reception than any of those.
As someone who is currently in high school, I believe I have a unique perspective on this. This actually did happen, to a few different people at my school. Sure, it was mean thing to do to those people. However, if was the bully, I would have considered it a success. Why? Because it got one hell of a reaction from the people who were made fun of.
The main reason bullying happens is because it gets a rise out of people. Think about it: who are you most likely to bully?...the kid who you know will run crying and sobbing from the room when made fun of, or the kid who will just kind of shrug and laugh along with it.
Today was a perfect example. My ears sort of stick out and turn red when I laugh. I was with a small group of people, and we were all laughing really hard about something...I was on the verge of tears. One of them pointed out that my ears were quite red, and I just kind of laughed along with them about it. I could of gotten all defensive about it, but all it would do is make me look like a complete weirdo, and would make me an easy target for bullies.
I guess my point is, is it seems that most bullying occurs because of someone's differences. For example, the kid who is short, or has a funny voice, or whatever. However, all humans have a unique trait that makes them a little weird. By laughing along with it, you show people that it doesn't affect you. By getting defensive, all you do is make yourself a target.
Finding the number on PayPal's site isn't hard. Just click Help, then the 'Still having trouble? Contact Us' link, then click the 'Help by phone section'.
I'm from Kansas, and I actually voted for Brownback. He's a great guy...I recently send an email to all the politicans from Kansas regarding the Patriot Act. Brownback was the first one to respond...a few hours after I sent the email. He also followed up with a letter in the mail. I'm not suprised that he is pushing for this legislation.
I think that this is one of the articles.
Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows)
from the Linus Torvalds linux announcement. He probably should of added "next month, or year, or decade...who knows?"
I still have trouble beating the chess program on my palm, set to the easiest setting, and clicking on the hint button every move!