So did my neighbor. He had just graduated High School and wanted to buy a car. He and his dad found one listed in the local paper and went to check it out. His dad noticed the car had been repainted recently with a different color when he looked inside the doorframes. The seller said it was because of "hail damage" but my friend and his dad didn't buy the story (or the car). The checked the VIN on the Internet and found that the seller was the father of a man who had killed a couple of girls in the area, one of which was a girl my friend and I went to school with. The father was trying to sell the car that his son had hidden the girls bodies in the trunk!
True story. The killers name was Leslie Allen Williams and I believe within the next couple of years, he was killed in prison.
From the article:"Internet search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, can turn up a variety of information about people and their interests. Using the Internet as a personal private detective is gaining in popularity in the dating world, as a way to background potential suitors, and to track down former classmates, relatives or genealogy information. The practice is becoming so commonplace that the word Google is being used a verb.
The newpaper editor Googling skills might have improved, but not their proofreading skills.
If that's not a technical manual, I don't know what is. Oh wait.. this is Slashdot.
Right, this is Slashdot. For most of the/.'ers here, the Kama Sutra is nothing more than a "self-study" book. (Some of us studying ourselves more than others)
They're probably more effective workers too, being devoid of western egos.
Like the guy at our site here who wanted to unplug a fiber channel array from a daisy chain because he thought it wouldn't down the customers production environment? Even after the other senior tech and myself told him it was a very bad idea, even after phoning the drive array design engineers in the state where they designed them and having the lead engineer tell him that unplugging the drive cage while the system was running would corrupt the customers environment?
It finally came down to the other tech and myself finding an executive manager and telling him that if he valued his companys production environment, that this person could not be allowed to touch any drive arrays.
In the end of it, this is what Free Trade is about: people. This article makes that clear."
Free trade has nothing to do with people. It has to do with the gross profit margins of the companies doing the outsourcing. If it had even the tiniest bit to do with people, the people I know (who by the way were rated as top employees for several consecutive years) would not have gotten an outstanding review and a month later been told "Your skills are indispensible to us and our division couldn't have had a successful year without you. You should have no problem finding a job in 30 days with skills like yours."
Sure enough, those people had NO problem finding new jobs. Unfortunately, my company lost top perfomers so they could hire program developers that (and I kid you not) couldn't figure out what version of Visual Basic they were running, and SA's who didn't think things like subnet masks mattered when troubleshooting network issues.
That "it's about the people" crap may fool politicians and ease the conscience of the executives pondering mass layoffs, but it does nothing for talented, dedicated employees who after 10-15 years of service, are given 30 days to leave without any regard for salary level or performance.
The only tragic victim of this experiment was this man.
A bespecticled bunny rabbit and moose were seen running from the scene.
Re:Pretty Cool. Reminds me of when I was a kid.
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Call me a karma whore, but I forgot to include the Detroit Model Railroad club info.
Detroit Model Railroad Club. . . . . . . Scale: O 104 N. Saginaw Holly, MI 48442-1405 248/634-5811 The Detroit Model Railroad Club was founded in January, 1935 as an off-shoot of The Detroit Society of Model Engineers. The Detroit Union Railroad is the basis for our freelance theme with connections with the various railroads which served the Detroit area in 1957. The narrow gage will depict eastern type narrow gage. We have 35 active members and a number of associate members. Calling the old Holly theater our home, we feel that being in an old theater creates a unique atmosphere for model railroading. Being the largest model railroad in the State of Michigan brings people in from many areas.
Meetings: Tuesday nights from 7PM to 10PM to work on the layout and have Open Houses for the public on certain weekends. We have about 40 active and 60 associate members and new members are welcome.
Pretty Cool. Reminds me of when I was a kid.
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I wish there were more pictures of these layouts though.
I used to be a member of a model railroad club in Holly, Michigan. It was in an old movie theater and the layout covered ALL the floorspace. There was a balcony where the movie screen used to be and that's where we controlled the engine by wireless and kept the dispatch busy by updating them with our engine locations.
It was a first-class layout there. Anybody else in Michigan ever visit the Detroit model railroad club in Holly?
You don't need a high-explosive warhead. If you want to impact the comet, all you need is some mass and a lot of velocity. Look at the damage that was done to the shuttle windshield on a previous mission by a chip of paint.
I am considered ADD. I am an adult who has lived with it his whole life and have learned to adapt my habits and behavior.
I have never been on Ritalin. I did however find a couple of alternatives that helped me focus. I started drinking coffee in college. Almost never drank it in the morning, usually drank it in the late afternoon or evening. Something else I found that helps me is a dark chocolate bar. Not the milk chocolate, that just winds me up and makes me crave more after my insulin levels spike.
If you don't want to try Ritalin, try some caffeine to see if it makes a difference. A dark chocolate bar or cup of tea might have enough to make a difference for your situation.
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The irony was so delicious, it just HAD to be fattening!
So did my neighbor. He had just graduated High School and wanted to buy a car. He and his dad found one listed in the local paper and went to check it out. His dad noticed the car had been repainted recently with a different color when he looked inside the doorframes. The seller said it was because of "hail damage" but my friend and his dad didn't buy the story (or the car). The checked the VIN on the Internet and found that the seller was the father of a man who had killed a couple of girls in the area, one of which was a girl my friend and I went to school with. The father was trying to sell the car that his son had hidden the girls bodies in the trunk!
True story. The killers name was Leslie Allen Williams and I believe within the next couple of years, he was killed in prison.
Looks like the Cincinnati news media finally got wise to the story.
From the article:"Internet search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, can turn up a variety of information about people and their interests. Using the Internet as a personal private detective is gaining in popularity in the dating world, as a way to background potential suitors, and to track down former classmates, relatives or genealogy information. The practice is becoming so commonplace that the word Google is being used a verb.
The newpaper editor Googling skills might have improved, but not their proofreading skills.
I am part K-raut you insensitive K-lod!
That bastard has been sending me spam! Take a look at this subject line!
"Fynde VYAGRA Cheep Ohnline and increese thine organ by moo proporciouns"
If that's not a technical manual, I don't know what is. Oh wait.. this is Slashdot.
/.'ers here, the Kama Sutra is nothing more than a "self-study" book.
Right, this is Slashdot. For most of the
(Some of us studying ourselves more than others)
They're probably more effective workers too, being devoid of western egos.
Like the guy at our site here who wanted to unplug a fiber channel array from a daisy chain because he thought it wouldn't down the customers production environment? Even after the other senior tech and myself told him it was a very bad idea, even after phoning the drive array design engineers in the state where they designed them and having the lead engineer tell him that unplugging the drive cage while the system was running would corrupt the customers environment?
It finally came down to the other tech and myself finding an executive manager and telling him that if he valued his companys production environment, that this person could not be allowed to touch any drive arrays.
Is that what you mean by "devoid of western ego"?
In the end of it, this is what Free Trade is about: people. This article makes that clear."
Free trade has nothing to do with people. It has to do with the gross profit margins of the companies doing the outsourcing. If it had even the tiniest bit to do with people, the people I know (who by the way were rated as top employees for several consecutive years) would not have gotten an outstanding review and a month later been told "Your skills are indispensible to us and our division couldn't have had a successful year without you. You should have no problem finding a job in 30 days with skills like yours."
Sure enough, those people had NO problem finding new jobs. Unfortunately, my company lost top perfomers so they could hire program developers that (and I kid you not) couldn't figure out what version of Visual Basic they were running, and SA's who didn't think things like subnet masks mattered when troubleshooting network issues.
That "it's about the people" crap may fool politicians and ease the conscience of the executives pondering mass layoffs, but it does nothing for talented, dedicated employees who after 10-15 years of service, are given 30 days to leave without any regard for salary level or performance.
but somehow I doubt their webserver is ready for the ensueing avalanche of slashdotters!
The only tragic victim of this experiment was this man.
A bespecticled bunny rabbit and moose were seen running from the scene.
Call me a karma whore, but I forgot to include the Detroit Model Railroad club info.
Detroit Model Railroad Club. . . . . . . Scale: O
104 N. Saginaw
Holly, MI 48442-1405
248/634-5811
The Detroit Model Railroad Club was founded in January, 1935 as an off-shoot of The Detroit Society of Model Engineers. The Detroit Union Railroad is the basis for our freelance theme with connections with the various railroads which served the Detroit area in 1957. The narrow gage will depict eastern type narrow gage. We have 35 active members and a number of associate members. Calling the old Holly theater our home, we feel that being in an old theater creates a unique atmosphere for model railroading. Being the largest model railroad in the State of Michigan brings people in from many areas.
Meetings: Tuesday nights from 7PM to 10PM to work on the layout and have Open Houses for the public on certain weekends. We have about 40 active and 60 associate members and new members are welcome.
Here a list of model railroad clubs in Michigan.
I wish there were more pictures of these layouts though.
I used to be a member of a model railroad club in Holly, Michigan. It was in an old movie theater and the layout covered ALL the floorspace. There was a balcony where the movie screen used to be and that's where we controlled the engine by wireless and kept the dispatch busy by updating them with our engine locations.
It was a first-class layout there. Anybody else in Michigan ever visit the Detroit model railroad club in Holly?
CASE SENSITIVITY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE YELLING WHEN YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPS
(It's also important because if you don't type with lower-case letters mixed in to your Slashdot post, you'll never get past the lameness filter)
Maybe it's time to update Nethack with a Mars probe exploration theme.
>e
You head east
There is a red rock here.
>drill rock
You pound away at the rock until your knuckles are bloody.
>equip drill
You are now equipped with the drill.
>drill rock
You should have looked at the rock first.
The rock was booby trapped!
You take 137hp of damage.
Your Mars rover has died.
There is a flash of bright light,
Your are standing in an open field west of a red rock, with a crusty appearance.
There is a small mailbox here.
"Who am I? I'm Johnny Cochraine in a class C address."
"If the octet does not contain the bit, you must acquit!"
NASA announces plans to mine methane from Uranus.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain, but why would a hippo want to wear ballet slippers? NARF!"
You don't need a high-explosive warhead. If you want to impact the comet, all you need is some mass and a lot of velocity. Look at the damage that was done to the shuttle windshield on a previous mission by a chip of paint.
#1 Send a threatening letter to users claiming a violation
#2 Demand $699 from the users
#3 ???
#4 PROFIT!
I am considered ADD. I am an adult who has lived with it his whole life and have learned to adapt my habits and behavior.
I have never been on Ritalin. I did however find a couple of alternatives that helped me focus. I started drinking coffee in college. Almost never drank it in the morning, usually drank it in the late afternoon or evening. Something else I found that helps me is a dark chocolate bar. Not the milk chocolate, that just winds me up and makes me crave more after my insulin levels spike.
If you don't want to try Ritalin, try some caffeine to see if it makes a difference. A dark chocolate bar or cup of tea might have enough to make a difference for your situation.
I can see it now.
Player1> "Kwikset, I call you!"
Player2> "Masterlock, I call you!"
Here's where you can get a LOT of goo in eggs.
In Soviet Russia, Venus revitalizes YOUR image!
He's now machine more than man, twisted and evil.