Most of them start to develop POS software. I've worked on that Subway (sandwich) POS software and was told that the guy that developed it still supports it and he's like 76 years old. The interface is definitly Windows 3.1-ish.
FORD = Found on road dead
FORD = Fucker only runs downhill
FORD backwards is an acronym for "Driver Returns On Foot."
FORD = First On Recall Day
FORD = Fix Or Repair Daily
FORD = For Oversized Rednick Dicks
Did anyone happen to look a 'The Silicon Zoo' links on the Molecular Expressions site? They have some cool pictures of silicon "doodling" by chip designers.
I know it's offtopic but it's on the same site.
Tommy: "Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why do they put a guarantee on a box? Hmm, very interesting." Ted: "I'm listening." Tommy: "Here's how I see it. A guy puts a guarantee on the box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside." Ted: "Yeah, makes a man feel good." Tommy: "Course it does. Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarentee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter." Ted: "What's your point?" Tommy: "The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Build model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I seen it a hundred times." Ted: "But why do they put a guarantee on the box then?" Tommy: "Because they know all they solda ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is. Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for right now, for your sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item from me." Ted: "Hmm. Okay, I'll buy from you." Tommy: "Well I...What?!"
Jeff Foxworthy says: Come on people, we need to be conservative here. When your out fishing, don't just throw your beer bottles in the lake! Fill em full of water so they sink to the bottom:-)
Well to be more precise! We had hold of the monitor cable so the big one wouldn't get away.
Now I can properly dispose my old Dell to make room for a new UltraSparcIII:-)
This reminds me of the time my brother and I got into an argument (kinda stupid actually) about the volume verses mass of a computer monitor.
This is a true story!
My grandma had this really old Packard Bell VGA monitor that was basically worthless (soon to be replaced) and my brother threw it in the trash can. I said to my brother, do you think a monitor would float or sink if thrown in a body of water!
We discussed the weight of the monitor and the vacuum tube properties. My belief (at first) was that the monitor would sink as it was very heavy. Well my brother brought up the fact that the CRT tube was a vacuum mass and that it would float!
Well, last year we decided to go fishing at the local reservoir, while we were packing up the fishing equipment I was surprised to see the monitor sitting in the garage (my 80 year old grandmother had gone through the garbage can AGAIN!). We decide to put the monitor to the test so we packed it along with us to the lake. We floated out in our canoe (placed our bets) and tossed it into the lake! To my surprise the damn thing floated! I was pissed but only because I lost the bet.
BTW, the monitor was recovered and properly disposed of.
I think kids need to have the drive to learn, if they don't then what good are book? I like what Chris Rock said about this subject!
Tossed salad man! (by Chris Rock)
HBO:When a new prisoner comes in, how do you initiate him? INMATE:Well.... The first thing I do is make him toss my salad HBO:Toss your salad? What's that? INMATE:Havin your salad tossed means havin' your asshole eatin out with jelly or syrup. I prefer syrup Chris:I am not making this up HBO:Wh-wh-why must you go through all that, sir? Why not just oral sex? INMATE:Well, when a man's sucking your dick, he can pretend it's something else. When he's eating ass he knows it's ass.
We don't need the death penalty. We've got the tossed salad man. If I had the choice between the electric chair and the tossed salad man I'd be like, "where do you plug it in? shouldn't I be wet first?" Everyone's talking about public education out of control. "We need tougher rules. We need prayer in school." We don't need that shit. We just need the tossed salad man. He'd straighten out those kids TEACHER:Hey, Jimmy. You got a D. You know what you've got to do JIMMY:NOOOO! NOOOO! I don't wanna toss a salad! I don't wanna toss a salad! I'm gonna read! I'm gonna learn to read!
I like what Chris Rock said "They should just make bullets cost $5000 dollars, that way before you could shoot anyone, you'd have to save up the $$ first and if someone gets shot, then they probably deserved it".
Actually, I want to say HELP! Help me now PLEASE! I really need a job and I need it quick! Let me explain:
My wife and I bought a house while I was employed and we were doing great. Then those damn terrorists caused our economic resession to speed causing my employer to downsize the WHOLE company. We had to sell our house so It didn't get forclosed upon. We now live with the inlaws (her side) and life has been pure hell. Let me elaborate a little. My mother inlaw is one of those really strict Germans. She MAKES (yes I said MAKES) us eat German food everyday. If you've seen the show "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" you'll understand a little here. My wife is also a vegitarian only because she had to live with this person most of her life. Imagine eating bratwurst everyday! No seriously! She never gives in. Then imagine a person that believes wasting food is a SIN, next to adultry! Im not joking! So dinner time is like this:
Mother Inlaw: So what would you like for dinner!
Us: umm, how about some mac-n-cheese!
Mother Inlaw: Ok, I make bratwurst pasta.
Us: umm, we would prefer just Mac-n-cheese!
Mother Inlaw: Ok, I make bratwurst pasta anyway (approx: 3 boxes....... enough for the neighborhood) (Mother inlaw's intentions: I'll just make you feel guilty for not eating any of my food, I'll also become really offended and harrass you for the rest of the night!)
Us: (sinking low in our seat) No thanks!
Here's where the comments come:
Mother Inlaw: you know bratwurst is a German food and it's high in iron etc.... (she's know to spout off the 4 food group table at least once a day)
It's a never ending battle here.
Now just when we thought we had developed a routine, the most unexpected thing happens. My wifes brother that lived in WA, unexpectedly shows up with all his stuff jammed into his 2door car. He says hes over $20K in credit card debt and that he can't make it on his own any longer. His car was absolutely full of vinyl LP punk bands that he bought in WA on his credit card. One thing about my bro-inlaw is that his biggest asperation in life is to be in a punk rock band (the reason he moved to WA in the first place). So now we have 4 unemployed people living in this house and everybody is in everyone else's business. Ahrrr! The comments never seem to stop from my mother inlaw about how to raise our son, the food we eat or don't... blah blah blah... but now we can't even get any sleep cuz my brother inlaw doesn't posess a single ounce of consideration and plays his punk rock music until 12:00am, he's a nice guy but he needs to get a life or a good asskickin'! He's now taken over the only room in the house that has a TV. He's one of those guys that's into playing his music really loud (room is ajacent to our bedroom) while the lights are off, he jumps up and down in his birthday suite while playing the guitar and singing. He's never had voice lessons or even one day of guitar lessons, BTW he's 32. Sometimes I tell my wife that the line has been crossed, but we have no where to turn.
I've only applied for 687 jobs here in UT and I still have hope that one day I'll get a call that turns into something good, but I await the day with hope!
I guess things could be worse, but right now they seem pretty bad. I'll take an internship at the sewer treatment plant if there are any openings!
Thanks for listening to me rant!
Well, I really love slashdot. Im fairly new and I mostly troll:) but I really appreciate everyone that gave their input about this topic. I have been unemployed for 10 months now and unlike any of you that have a CS degree..... I do not have a degree. Although I do have 4 years experience as a NetAdmin. Out of the 10 months i've been unemployed, I just realized that the first part of my unemployment adventure was spent with a mindset of reemployment in IT. I told myself that I was gonna get a job in IT reguardless. I was very naieve! I had many interviews and even a temp jobs, but I found out that I was up against hundreds at every interview.
I guess I just want to say thanks because some of the posts have really opened my eyes as what I need to do now. I'm job search exhausted! My job networking has been fair, but the numbers are truely against me.
I think im gonna start up a business focasing on residential/small business computer consulting full time. I hope it works out!
Well, due to all slashdotters trustworthyness, i'm posting my personal info, I'm not worried that it will be missused cuz i'm on this new do-not-call list.
Heywood Jablowme
208-452-2397
34th ST, Apt B.
Chicago, IL 60052
heyblowme@spamme.com
SSN 269-32-9979
CC: 3295 3930 3320 6598 Visa-02/05
Mothers Maiden Name: McCrevis
Checking Account Number: 5903239 USBank
PIN Number: 403990
Best Time to Call: between 8pm and 9pm
Favorite Hobby: Buying stuff on tha late night TV show CVS. I've purchased many useful items, Ronco food dehydrator, Handy Stitch (sewing machine), Titanium Knife set (the one you can use to cut up a leather shoe and slice a tomato) etc...
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wish they had a head first python book, that would help.
AO LOL!
Most of them start to develop POS software. I've worked on that Subway (sandwich) POS software and was told that the guy that developed it still supports it and he's like 76 years old. The interface is definitly Windows 3.1-ish.
FORD = Found on road dead
FORD = Fucker only runs downhill
FORD backwards is an acronym for "Driver Returns On Foot."
FORD = First On Recall Day
FORD = Fix Or Repair Daily
FORD = For Oversized Rednick Dicks
Ford Acronyms
I just did a search in the new Yahoo search engine for keyword 'slashdot' and found this at number 8.
Quit Slashdot.org Today!
What a dumb site, who would ever think Slashdot is a plot by Microsoft to destroy the productivity of Linux users
Did anyone happen to look a 'The Silicon Zoo' links on the Molecular Expressions site? They have some cool pictures of silicon "doodling" by chip designers. I know it's offtopic but it's on the same site.
This reminds me of the show 'Tommy Boy 1995'
Tommy: "Let's think about this for a sec, Ted, why do they put a guarantee on a box? Hmm, very interesting."
Ted: "I'm listening."
Tommy: "Here's how I see it. A guy puts a guarantee on the box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside."
Ted: "Yeah, makes a man feel good."
Tommy: "Course it does. Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarentee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter."
Ted: "What's your point?"
Tommy: "The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Build model airplanes" says the little fairy, but we're not buying it. Next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser and your daughter's knocked up, I seen it a hundred times."
Ted: "But why do they put a guarantee on the box then?"
Tommy: "Because they know all they solda ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is. Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for right now, for your sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item from me."
Ted: "Hmm. Okay, I'll buy from you."
Tommy: "Well I...What?!"
Jeff Foxworthy says: Come on people, we need to be conservative here. When your out fishing, don't just throw your beer bottles in the lake! Fill em full of water so they sink to the bottom :-)
Well to be more precise! We had hold of the monitor cable so the big one wouldn't get away.
Now I can properly dispose my old Dell to make room for a new UltraSparcIII :-)
This reminds me of the time my brother and I got into an argument (kinda stupid actually) about the volume verses mass of a computer monitor.
This is a true story!
My grandma had this really old Packard Bell VGA monitor that was basically worthless (soon to be replaced) and my brother threw it in the trash can. I said to my brother, do you think a monitor would float or sink if thrown in a body of water!
We discussed the weight of the monitor and the vacuum tube properties. My belief (at first) was that the monitor would sink as it was very heavy. Well my brother brought up the fact that the CRT tube was a vacuum mass and that it would float!
Well, last year we decided to go fishing at the local reservoir, while we were packing up the fishing equipment I was surprised to see the monitor sitting in the garage (my 80 year old grandmother had gone through the garbage can AGAIN!). We decide to put the monitor to the test so we packed it along with us to the lake. We floated out in our canoe (placed our bets) and tossed it into the lake! To my surprise the damn thing floated! I was pissed but only because I lost the bet.
BTW, the monitor was recovered and properly disposed of.
I think kids need to have the drive to learn, if they don't then what good are book? I like what Chris Rock said about this subject!
Tossed salad man! (by Chris Rock)
HBO:When a new prisoner comes in, how do you initiate him?
INMATE:Well.... The first thing I do is make him toss my salad
HBO:Toss your salad? What's that?
INMATE:Havin your salad tossed means havin' your asshole eatin out with jelly or syrup. I prefer syrup
Chris:I am not making this up
HBO:Wh-wh-why must you go through all that, sir? Why not just oral sex?
INMATE:Well, when a man's sucking your dick, he can pretend it's something else. When he's eating ass he knows it's ass.
We don't need the death penalty. We've got the tossed salad man. If I had the choice between the electric chair and the tossed salad man I'd be like, "where do you plug it in? shouldn't I be wet first?"
Everyone's talking about public education out of control.
"We need tougher rules. We need prayer in school."
We don't need that shit. We just need the tossed salad man. He'd straighten out those kids
TEACHER:Hey, Jimmy. You got a D. You know what you've got to do
JIMMY:NOOOO! NOOOO! I don't wanna toss a salad! I don't wanna toss a salad! I'm gonna read! I'm gonna learn to read!
I like what Chris Rock said "They should just make bullets cost $5000 dollars, that way before you could shoot anyone, you'd have to save up the $$ first and if someone gets shot, then they probably deserved it".
Actually, I want to say HELP! Help me now PLEASE! I really need a job and I need it quick! Let me explain: My wife and I bought a house while I was employed and we were doing great. Then those damn terrorists caused our economic resession to speed causing my employer to downsize the WHOLE company. We had to sell our house so It didn't get forclosed upon. We now live with the inlaws (her side) and life has been pure hell. Let me elaborate a little. My mother inlaw is one of those really strict Germans. She MAKES (yes I said MAKES) us eat German food everyday. If you've seen the show "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" you'll understand a little here. My wife is also a vegitarian only because she had to live with this person most of her life. Imagine eating bratwurst everyday! No seriously! She never gives in. Then imagine a person that believes wasting food is a SIN, next to adultry! Im not joking! So dinner time is like this: Mother Inlaw: So what would you like for dinner! Us: umm, how about some mac-n-cheese! Mother Inlaw: Ok, I make bratwurst pasta. Us: umm, we would prefer just Mac-n-cheese! Mother Inlaw: Ok, I make bratwurst pasta anyway (approx: 3 boxes....... enough for the neighborhood) (Mother inlaw's intentions: I'll just make you feel guilty for not eating any of my food, I'll also become really offended and harrass you for the rest of the night!) Us: (sinking low in our seat) No thanks! Here's where the comments come: Mother Inlaw: you know bratwurst is a German food and it's high in iron etc.... (she's know to spout off the 4 food group table at least once a day) It's a never ending battle here. Now just when we thought we had developed a routine, the most unexpected thing happens. My wifes brother that lived in WA, unexpectedly shows up with all his stuff jammed into his 2door car. He says hes over $20K in credit card debt and that he can't make it on his own any longer. His car was absolutely full of vinyl LP punk bands that he bought in WA on his credit card. One thing about my bro-inlaw is that his biggest asperation in life is to be in a punk rock band (the reason he moved to WA in the first place). So now we have 4 unemployed people living in this house and everybody is in everyone else's business. Ahrrr! The comments never seem to stop from my mother inlaw about how to raise our son, the food we eat or don't... blah blah blah... but now we can't even get any sleep cuz my brother inlaw doesn't posess a single ounce of consideration and plays his punk rock music until 12:00am, he's a nice guy but he needs to get a life or a good asskickin'! He's now taken over the only room in the house that has a TV. He's one of those guys that's into playing his music really loud (room is ajacent to our bedroom) while the lights are off, he jumps up and down in his birthday suite while playing the guitar and singing. He's never had voice lessons or even one day of guitar lessons, BTW he's 32. Sometimes I tell my wife that the line has been crossed, but we have no where to turn. I've only applied for 687 jobs here in UT and I still have hope that one day I'll get a call that turns into something good, but I await the day with hope! I guess things could be worse, but right now they seem pretty bad. I'll take an internship at the sewer treatment plant if there are any openings! Thanks for listening to me rant!
Well, I really love slashdot. Im fairly new and I mostly troll :) but I really appreciate everyone that gave their input about this topic. I have been unemployed for 10 months now and unlike any of you that have a CS degree..... I do not have a degree. Although I do have 4 years experience as a NetAdmin. Out of the 10 months i've been unemployed, I just realized that the first part of my unemployment adventure was spent with a mindset of reemployment in IT. I told myself that I was gonna get a job in IT reguardless. I was very naieve! I had many interviews and even a temp jobs, but I found out that I was up against hundreds at every interview.
I guess I just want to say thanks because some of the posts have really opened my eyes as what I need to do now. I'm job search exhausted! My job networking has been fair, but the numbers are truely against me.
I think im gonna start up a business focasing on residential/small business computer consulting full time. I hope it works out!
BULLSHIT Story!
Well, due to all slashdotters trustworthyness, i'm posting my personal info, I'm not worried that it will be missused cuz i'm on this new do-not-call list. Heywood Jablowme 208-452-2397 34th ST, Apt B. Chicago, IL 60052 heyblowme@spamme.com SSN 269-32-9979 CC: 3295 3930 3320 6598 Visa-02/05 Mothers Maiden Name: McCrevis Checking Account Number: 5903239 USBank PIN Number: 403990 Best Time to Call: between 8pm and 9pm Favorite Hobby: Buying stuff on tha late night TV show CVS. I've purchased many useful items, Ronco food dehydrator, Handy Stitch (sewing machine), Titanium Knife set (the one you can use to cut up a leather shoe and slice a tomato) etc...
Well, one of my passions is to remove the earth magnets from old SCSI disks, they have soo many uses! :-)