I think SOP these days is non-nut "savoury snacks", as the airline lawyers don't want to take the risk of randomly shotgunning an allergy sufferer.
It's not like they're going to check the stocks and go through a red-alert peanut-removal when they get a call. Although that's an amusing mental image...
From the packet of a PS2 -> VGA vid converter: "To situate your enjoyment as in dreamland" And on the warnings on the back: "Do not fall into the ground or tramp"
I heartily agree - have exactly the same problem after a session of SecondLife, where I'll fire up google for an image search or something, find what I want, and try to use Ctrl+Alt rotation to look at the back of the image...
Oopsie.
Besides which, it's often neccessary/feasable to swap the PSU fan out if it dies or want a quieter one.
And for cleaning all the crud out of the PSU, too...
Well, I did recently have a quick chat with a character who was writing a linux-like OS, and noted that the language he was doing it in was startlingly close to SL script.
Only a matter of time before a virtual "computer"...
Think motorcyle control mechanism - they're expecting crossover from bikers, and making it intuitive to a crotch-rocket pilot makes sense. Bikers are already used to leaning into the corners, and using a twist-grip throttle.
Hmm. Last I checked, unless you've _specifically_ agreed to be contacted by SMS by these companies, these texts are illegal.
I've received only one in ~3yrs, from Orange (my then provider), who I then swiftly called and told them Not To Do That Again(tm). Nothing since.
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Like many others, mine's not firing but compulsory redundancy, but hey...
This had been going on for a while - shaky dot-bomb, done well for its first year then took on a load of people and started to go down the tubes. We'd already been through two redundancy waves across all departments (we did tech training and consultancy, with a bit of s/w dev on the side), and so were feeling a bit jittery anyway, when my extremely-non-PHB boss came in and told us basically that the receivers had taken over the company, that it didn't look good, and they were coming in tomorrow to meet with us. We all looked at each other and thought a loud "Uhuh", and packed up our personal stuff for grabbing that evening.
Next day, receivers come in, disappear straight into the meeting room, and ask for us to come in as a group 20 mins later. Was handled professionally - simply a statement of "we don't have money to keep paying you, so we're making you all redundant. If you could leave before lunch we'd be grateful"
Personally, I think we surpised them - we had been expecting it after all, so this was met with a shrug, and comments of "Fair enough. To the pub, then?". Best part was the fact that we got compulsory redundancy from the govt, plus pay that we were due that month, so being without a job got me more money that month. Plus we'd already arranged for the whole dev dept to phoenix ourselves into a new company (which is currently going well, thankfully).
The main problem after that was getting the notice pay that we were due - it's been 18 months now and _still_ the paperwork's crawling its way through the system. Ah, well. It'll be nice when it turns up.
The only problem with this is you'll get Marge From Accounting swamping your cue with "Critial!!!!" messages saying the printer's noisy, whilst the "Important" grade problem of the main DB server bouncing every hour gets unnoticed because of it. Having something intelligent doing the filtering is important, however your particular PHB may not fit into that category...
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I think SOP these days is non-nut "savoury snacks", as the airline lawyers don't want to take the risk of randomly shotgunning an allergy sufferer.
It's not like they're going to check the stocks and go through a red-alert peanut-removal when they get a call. Although that's an amusing mental image...
Huzzah for engrish!
:)
From the packet of a PS2 -> VGA vid converter:
"To situate your enjoyment as in dreamland"
And on the warnings on the back:
"Do not fall into the ground or tramp"
Almost worth paying the import cost itself
I heartily agree - have exactly the same problem after a session of SecondLife, where I'll fire up google for an image search or something, find what I want, and try to use Ctrl+Alt rotation to look at the back of the image... Oopsie.
Dangnabbit. And me with no mod points :(
Besides which, it's often neccessary/feasable to swap the PSU fan out if it dies or want a quieter one. And for cleaning all the crud out of the PSU, too...
Score: -1 - Worrying.
I suspect the arbitrary flight efficiency number will approximate -9.81, somehow...
Well, I did recently have a quick chat with a character who was writing a linux-like OS, and noted that the language he was doing it in was startlingly close to SL script.
Only a matter of time before a virtual "computer"...
Think motorcyle control mechanism - they're expecting crossover from bikers, and making it intuitive to a crotch-rocket pilot makes sense.
Bikers are already used to leaning into the corners, and using a twist-grip throttle.
They sue SCO, probably.
The lawyers _always_ get their money...
Having just dug through my audio collection, he's right. It happens near the end of the song when they're all a bit Tired And Emotional(tm)
Oh my f'kin god. Did I really just bother to post that?
I'm doomed. Dooooomed, I tell ya'!
Hmm. Last I checked, unless you've _specifically_ agreed to be contacted by SMS by these companies, these texts are illegal.
I've received only one in ~3yrs, from Orange (my then provider), who I then swiftly called and told them Not To Do That Again(tm). Nothing since.
Like many others, mine's not firing but compulsory redundancy, but hey...
This had been going on for a while - shaky dot-bomb, done well for its first year then took on a load of people and started to go down the tubes.
We'd already been through two redundancy waves across all departments (we did tech training and consultancy, with a bit of s/w dev on the side), and so were feeling a bit jittery anyway, when my extremely-non-PHB boss came in and told us basically that the receivers had taken over the company, that it didn't look good, and they were coming in tomorrow to meet with us.
We all looked at each other and thought a loud "Uhuh", and packed up our personal stuff for grabbing that evening.
Next day, receivers come in, disappear straight into the meeting room, and ask for us to come in as a group 20 mins later. Was handled professionally - simply a statement of "we don't have money to keep paying you, so we're making you all redundant. If you could leave before lunch we'd be grateful"
Personally, I think we surpised them - we had been expecting it after all, so this was met with a shrug, and comments of "Fair enough. To the pub, then?".
Best part was the fact that we got compulsory redundancy from the govt, plus pay that we were due that month, so being without a job got me more money that month. Plus we'd already arranged for the whole dev dept to phoenix ourselves into a new company (which is currently going well, thankfully).
The main problem after that was getting the notice pay that we were due - it's been 18 months now and _still_ the paperwork's crawling its way through the system. Ah, well. It'll be nice when it turns up.
The only problem with this is you'll get Marge From Accounting swamping your cue with "Critial!!!!" messages saying the printer's noisy, whilst the "Important" grade problem of the main DB server bouncing every hour gets unnoticed because of it.
Having something intelligent doing the filtering is important, however your particular PHB may not fit into that category...
I'm not sure that's needed - I'm envisaging something like an enormous mail merge....
*clippy* You look like you're writing a subpoena. Would you like some help with that?
Marvel at VAT in the EU - 17.5% on many, many things.
Chew, swallow, and experience that bitter taste...
But what would I want to buy a program salesman for?
Ameridollars(c) sponsored by Sony(tm) Playstation(tm)?
What goes on NintendoBucks?