I was listening this morning to 104.3 and the DJ was talking about how he gets to be a trivia question because it was his voice on the alarm clock that is the first thing you hear.
Anyway, they start to play a little 'farewell' song, which is basically a reworked version of the L7 song. It starts talking about a few of the things that happened in the episode. About 30 seconds or so into it, they sing "Walks into a diner" and then the song just cuts off. I got a kick out of that.
For me even donkey bukkake with midgets is more meaningful, than random sensor data from CERN.
I think I'd rather the random sensor data, given those two options. It's kind of like staring at the wall in front of you when you're at a urinal. It's not that the wall is so interesting...
"Hi, I'm Alice, and I'm calling to see if your apartment would be good for my son, Bob." Would you think anything of it? Honestly?
I actually didn't make the connection that his Mom was booting him out, but it did immediately strike me as odd that Bob isn't calling on his own. After that point, the why of it is almost immaterial.
BTW, I found it strange how many landlords either hinted or outright told me that they preferred single tenants or working couples with no children (I had one kid the last time I went apartment hunting). This made sense to me for the 'Utilities included' units, since a family with a stay-at-home will obviously use more electric and whatnot, but I couldn't figure it out for the 'pay your own' units.
Being interviewed (and resume writing) has become much more interesting ever since I started sitting on the asking side of the desk. It made me realize this: Don't bullshit, at all. For example, let's say you have experience with both Linux and Solaris. You know (either from comments or somewhere) that the company you're interviewing at ONLY uses Solaris. If the interviewer asks which of the two you prefer, and you happen to prefer Linux, then say that. Using your format, I've had a few interviews go something like:
Me: I see you've worked on both Linux and Solaris. Candidate: Yes. Me: Do you have a preference? Candidate (who has lots of Linux experience and obviously likes it better): Solaris Me: What do you like better about Solaris? Candidate: Ummmmm... I think Solaris 10 has zones? They sound kind of neat.
At this point it's a negative that he didn't give the real answer and instead went for the one he thought I wanted to hear. That and he's left with a question that he can't adequately answer, and now sounds like an idiot.
But on this topic: You'd be surprised what people say when you let 'em run their mouthes. I've heard some impressively dumb things come out (one guy was adamant about how you have to buy licensces (sp?) from apache or their webserver just won't work). This at least is not at all suprising.
People would actually tell you they're being evicted? Wow. I don't recall being asked that during my renting days, but it was always either closer to something or I wanted a bigger place, which I assume are legit reasons. I'd be surprised if someone being evicted wouldn't come up with one of those though if they were asked.
I've always hated the "why are you leaving" question, mostly because it's always been a very complicated question for me. It usually involves a feeling of not being paid a fair market value for my work, but I've been told that's a bad answer to give so I try to avoid it. I instead aim for things like 'I don't feel like I have opportunities for advancement' type answers. I don't like it but it seems to work.
Somewhat hypocritically, despite that I hate that question, it's usually the first thing I ask an applicant. It's like pledging for a frat or something.
I was fired once, but that job lasted very little time so I just don't list it on my resume. Still, someone fired from a position could, if nothing else, list reasons that they would have left.
1. How would your former employer answer the question, "Would you ever rehire John in the future?" Because they can certainly answer "no" and not be committing any type of slander.
Plenty of employers will refuse to answer even that question for fear of liability.
Backchannel research can and does happen. My wife was looking at a resume of a guy who claimed to have been laid off from a large firm that had just done a large, public round of layoffs. As it turns out, he was not laid off; he was fired for cause. Unfortunately for him, my wife found out about this through the grapevine.
This I'll back you up on -- a former co-worker from job "A" once interviewed at another place I had worked (job "B"). My old boss at job "B" recognized the company name from job "A", knew I had worked there, and called me up to get info on the guy.
But I think very little of the posts actually encourage lying, and instead suggest being vague at best on the subject.
We had a Republican governor for 12 years, and he simply didn't run this past election (though to be fair, I think Spitzer might have unseated him if he had tried to stay in office).
NYC, probably thought of as a major Democratic stronghold if any city could ever be considered one, has had a Republican mayor since '94.
Apple did great with the iPod. Most companies aren't as focused on the customers.
I hear this a lot. Maybe I'm unique in this, but I *hate* the interface for my iPod. I think it just plain sucks. I mostly use it in the car. I don't know if this sets me apart from the majority of iPod users. Try driving on a parkway and using that wheel to scroll down *exactly* three lines.
And where's the stop button? There is a difference between stop and pause, even on digital devices.
Here's my wishlist for my iPod (for all I know, more recent versions have covered all this. I don't exactly try to keep up with the latest happenings in the iPod world).
1. Distinct scroll up and scroll down buttons, that will move exactly one line every time you push them. 2. A stop button. If I want to stop what I'm listening to, keep shuffle songs on, and select a new playlist/artist/album/whatever to listen to, I can't, unless I pick a specific song to start on. 3. A real on/off button. First time my iPod froze I had to wait until I got home and then google how to fix it. It happens rarely enough (a plus, to Apple's credit) that I won't remember how to do it again next time. Conversely, first time I had a cell phone freeze on me, I powered off and then powered back on again and everything was OK. 4. A playlist management system built into the iPod itself that doesn't require me to have it hooked up to a computer. Why why why why why?
On the occaisions I go to BK or McD I always have a special order (I'm married, two daughters, and we frequently have my wife's neice. Go and get food for 4 ladies, and you can't avoid a special order). Remarkably, the success rate for the special orders is better than 90%. My wife believes it's lower, but that's because I blame it on the burger joint if I forget to put in the special order.
Actually, I've seen a study that suggested exactly what your post is titled.
They looked at rape statistics over time, and compared them with efforts to restrict access to pornography. They found that as access became more difficult, rape increased.
Somehow, google has some... interesting ideas about what those terms should turn up on a search.
Re:brain does not use math logic,but pattern match
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Take, for example, the proposition that 'prime numbers are infinite'. We all think they are infinite, but there is no mathematical proof for it yet.
There have has been a proof for it for a long time. Gettin' wiki wit it.
Quoting from the link:
There are infinitely many prime numbers
The oldest known proof for the statement that there are infinitely many prime numbers is given by the Greek mathematician Euclid in his Elements (Book IX, Proposition 20). Euclid states the result as "there are more than any given [finite] number of primes", and his proof is essentially the following:
Suppose you have a finite number of primes. Call this number m. Multiply all m primes together and add one (see Euclid number). The resulting number is not divisible by any of the finite set of primes, because dividing by any of these would give a remainder of one. And one is not divisible by any primes. Therefore it must either be prime itself, or be divisible by some other prime that was not included in the finite set. Either way, there must be at least m + 1 primes. But this argument applies no matter what m is; it applies to m + 1, too. So there are more primes than any given finite number.
This previous argument explains why the product of m primes plus 1 must be divisible by some prime not among the m primes, or be prime itself. A common mistake is thinking Euclid's proof says the prime product plus 1 is always prime. 2 3 5 7 11 13 + 1 = 30,031 = 59 509 (both primes) shows this is not the case.
Re:Clippy did its job... Unfortunatly.
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I had to deal with a woman like that once. Fortunately she was also wildly incompetent so she got fired eventually.
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Also quite similar to Pacman and Doom.
Junkmail wastes my time. It wastes the post offices time, it wastes space in my mailbox, it costs the government money
No quite. They have to pay to send the junk mail, so it's no more a waste of time than anyone's bills.
I was listening this morning to 104.3 and the DJ was talking about how he gets to be a trivia question because it was his voice on the alarm clock that is the first thing you hear.
Anyway, they start to play a little 'farewell' song, which is basically a reworked version of the L7 song. It starts talking about a few of the things that happened in the episode. About 30 seconds or so into it, they sing "Walks into a diner" and then the song just cuts off. I got a kick out of that.
I'm curious if they'll try to work out some kind of system where they'll be able to have one ad on the live show and a different one on the DVR.
It isn't suppose to proper English.
Good work by the additors.
That's what those Swedes want you to think.
Those who would sacrifice mobility for safety deserve neither.
...and I hate it when food tastes good.
For me even donkey bukkake with midgets is more meaningful, than random sensor data from CERN.
I think I'd rather the random sensor data, given those two options. It's kind of like staring at the wall in front of you when you're at a urinal. It's not that the wall is so interesting...
but what if I really said "urinalysis"?
"Hi, I'm Alice, and I'm calling to see if your apartment would be good for my son, Bob." Would you think anything of it? Honestly?
I actually didn't make the connection that his Mom was booting him out, but it did immediately strike me as odd that Bob isn't calling on his own. After that point, the why of it is almost immaterial.
BTW, I found it strange how many landlords either hinted or outright told me that they preferred single tenants or working couples with no children (I had one kid the last time I went apartment hunting). This made sense to me for the 'Utilities included' units, since a family with a stay-at-home will obviously use more electric and whatnot, but I couldn't figure it out for the 'pay your own' units.
Being interviewed (and resume writing) has become much more interesting ever since I started sitting on the asking side of the desk. It made me realize this: Don't bullshit, at all. For example, let's say you have experience with both Linux and Solaris. You know (either from comments or somewhere) that the company you're interviewing at ONLY uses Solaris. If the interviewer asks which of the two you prefer, and you happen to prefer Linux, then say that. Using your format, I've had a few interviews go something like:
Me: I see you've worked on both Linux and Solaris.
Candidate: Yes.
Me: Do you have a preference?
Candidate (who has lots of Linux experience and obviously likes it better): Solaris
Me: What do you like better about Solaris?
Candidate: Ummmmm... I think Solaris 10 has zones? They sound kind of neat.
At this point it's a negative that he didn't give the real answer and instead went for the one he thought I wanted to hear. That and he's left with a question that he can't adequately answer, and now sounds like an idiot.
But on this topic:
You'd be surprised what people say when you let 'em run their mouthes.
I've heard some impressively dumb things come out (one guy was adamant about how you have to buy licensces (sp?) from apache or their webserver just won't work). This at least is not at all suprising.
People would actually tell you they're being evicted? Wow. I don't recall being asked that during my renting days, but it was always either closer to something or I wanted a bigger place, which I assume are legit reasons. I'd be surprised if someone being evicted wouldn't come up with one of those though if they were asked.
I've always hated the "why are you leaving" question, mostly because it's always been a very complicated question for me. It usually involves a feeling of not being paid a fair market value for my work, but I've been told that's a bad answer to give so I try to avoid it. I instead aim for things like 'I don't feel like I have opportunities for advancement' type answers. I don't like it but it seems to work.
Somewhat hypocritically, despite that I hate that question, it's usually the first thing I ask an applicant. It's like pledging for a frat or something.
I was fired once, but that job lasted very little time so I just don't list it on my resume. Still, someone fired from a position could, if nothing else, list reasons that they would have left.
1. How would your former employer answer the question, "Would you ever rehire John in the future?" Because they can certainly answer "no" and not be committing any type of slander.
Plenty of employers will refuse to answer even that question for fear of liability.
Backchannel research can and does happen. My wife was looking at a resume of a guy who claimed to have been laid off from a large firm that had just done a large, public round of layoffs. As it turns out, he was not laid off; he was fired for cause. Unfortunately for him, my wife found out about this through the grapevine.
This I'll back you up on -- a former co-worker from job "A" once interviewed at another place I had worked (job "B"). My old boss at job "B" recognized the company name from job "A", knew I had worked there, and called me up to get info on the guy.
But I think very little of the posts actually encourage lying, and instead suggest being vague at best on the subject.
1) we've got NYC which is one of the biggest media markets in the country if not world.
Nit: I'm fairly sure NYC is the biggest media market in the US. It's probably in the top 5 worldwide.
spitzer won in a landslide election for governor largely because he got his mug on the cover of time magazing for suing some people.
It probably helped that Pataki did not run. I think Spitzer would have unseated him anyway, but it would likely have been a good deal closer.
And of course, we have just the opposite in NY.
We had a Republican governor for 12 years, and he simply didn't run this past election (though to be fair, I think Spitzer might have unseated him if he had tried to stay in office).
NYC, probably thought of as a major Democratic stronghold if any city could ever be considered one, has had a Republican mayor since '94.
People jump party lines all the time.
First, neither of your posted calcs are correct:
year mod 400 == 0 OR (year mod 4 == 0 AND year mod 100 != 0)
Secondly, the first post you replied to mentioned that his code would definitely NOT be in use by 2100, in which case year mod 4 == 0 works just fine.
Every time I do it, it continues playing what I just paused.
I did try you know.
Apple did great with the iPod. Most companies aren't as focused on the customers.
I hear this a lot. Maybe I'm unique in this, but I *hate* the interface for my iPod. I think it just plain sucks. I mostly use it in the car. I don't know if this sets me apart from the majority of iPod users. Try driving on a parkway and using that wheel to scroll down *exactly* three lines.
And where's the stop button? There is a difference between stop and pause, even on digital devices.
Here's my wishlist for my iPod (for all I know, more recent versions have covered all this. I don't exactly try to keep up with the latest happenings in the iPod world).
1. Distinct scroll up and scroll down buttons, that will move exactly one line every time you push them.
2. A stop button. If I want to stop what I'm listening to, keep shuffle songs on, and select a new playlist/artist/album/whatever to listen to, I can't, unless I pick a specific song to start on.
3. A real on/off button. First time my iPod froze I had to wait until I got home and then google how to fix it. It happens rarely enough (a plus, to Apple's credit) that I won't remember how to do it again next time. Conversely, first time I had a cell phone freeze on me, I powered off and then powered back on again and everything was OK.
4. A playlist management system built into the iPod itself that doesn't require me to have it hooked up to a computer. Why why why why why?
On the occaisions I go to BK or McD I always have a special order (I'm married, two daughters, and we frequently have my wife's neice. Go and get food for 4 ladies, and you can't avoid a special order). Remarkably, the success rate for the special orders is better than 90%. My wife believes it's lower, but that's because I blame it on the burger joint if I forget to put in the special order.
Your poster did not like the author's odd reluctance to use the word "I".
Hear hear! Absolutes are ALWAYS wrong, even absolute freedom.
Ahem... ALWAYS?
Actually, I've seen a study that suggested exactly what your post is titled.
They looked at rape statistics over time, and compared them with efforts to restrict access to pornography. They found that as access became more difficult, rape increased.
Somehow, google has some... interesting ideas about what those terms should turn up on a search.
There have has been a proof for it for a long time. Gettin' wiki wit it.
Quoting from the link:
I had to deal with a woman like that once. Fortunately she was also wildly incompetent so she got fired eventually.
Therefore, Novell must end the SCO way.
SCO looks like they may pretty much end when their assets are frozen due to a preliminary injunction filed by... Novell. It's all so confusing.