I've seen your posts in various discussions from time to time, and my mind always swapped the letters to "Castro". I never noticed until I read this post that your name was actually something different. I would guess that happens a lot.
BTW, given the choices I would probably have gone with Chairman Meow or Karl Barx, but that's just me.
Those what? I've spent some time looking at it and I'm stumped. Based on the surrounding grammar, it should be plural, so I've got su**s. Sucks? Sunks?
I'm glad you recognized that my points were mostly generic and not necessarily specific to your case. At this stage I just want to know how come you keep getting modded up and I don't:)
Also good to know that your manager is not a total moron, just a guy who probably made a bad call once. I know I've made some less than brilliant moves on occaision.
Ahem, for the record, at the session with the client my manager turned to me and asked me how long I thought it would take. That was when I gave my "estimate".
That makes a very big difference. Your manager is an idiot, though you gave the impression the first time around that the estimate was unsolicited. I love when guys on my staff come up with ways to do things better or to fix problems we've been having. I hate it when they throw in things without talking to me first. I have a very different perspective on things than they do, and have my reasons for making my decisions.
The company I work for survives only by the level of customer service that we provide, and the key to that more than anything else is communication. I don't want control for control's sake, I want control because the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
You didn't explicity state that when you crossed the street it wasn't at the corner, so you have to take jaywalking off your list which in my opinion really takes a lot of steam out of your argument.
My major objection to the GP post was that he gave an estimate on the spot. That is something all of my guys are schooled NOT to do on the occaisions they do talk to clients. There are several reasons for it, among them are:
Any non-trivial project needs to be reviewed to make sure that nothing was missed.
I run their schedule. It's nice that you can get this done in 2 weeks, but we already promised client Z that we'd have this other thing done by the end of the year and it's probably going to take you the next 2 months to do it. I'm going to have to assign this to what's-his-face instead and I know he can't get it done in less than a month.
There are also problems with providing extra features. The QA time has to be scheduled too, and they've only been given enough time to test the features you were supposed to write. They don't have time to work on the extra piece you added. Oh and by the way, we hadn't implemented that yet because the only approach that wasn't a maintenance nightmare was outside the amount the client was willing to pay for. Thanks for including it in a difficult to maintain way, now I need to budget for extra staff to support this that I hadn't planned on needing.
Tell your management what your estimates are. Tell your management what extra features you think you could put in. Let them decide what goes where. They're looking at a different picture than you are.
I have 4 mod points and I was planning on spending one on the first comment that read something like "It's all about the blowjobs", but I couldn't find that so yours will just get a comment added instead:)
I hope your daughter isn't in the same situation as mine, but once I read your comment I had to give the link. Mine talks non-stop, it's just usually not conversation, but quoting a book or a movie or a conversation.
Your daughter sounds a lot like mine did at that age, but please be warned that reading that early can be signs of other issues.
Check out this site, I wish I had known about it when my daughter was younger.
She's 5 now, in Kindergarten, and can read better than 3rd and 4th graders in her school. Her enunciation is also clearer than kids twice her age. Her interpersonal communication skills are improving, but they are still behind children much younger than she is.
Anyway, check the link, at worst you've only wasted a few minutes reading about something your kid doesn't have.
1) MTA is not a corporation, it's a government agency
2) Subway maps have always been freely available in paper form, as well as in electronic form directly off of the MTA's site
3) I don't exactly know why they care, except maybe to make sure that no one is selling these for profit or redistributing inaccurate/outdated versions. The articles don't seem to go into detail, except to mention that the MTA is strapped for cash.
I actually never made it through a game of Moo3, despite having played Moo2 hundreds of times. I could never even tell how well I was doing, or wether any of the things I had tried to do had any impact on the game.
Indirectly, Slashdot has taught me a lot about the legal system.
Every so often I'll read something that sounds perfectly logical and well reasoned and in complete contradiction to what I thought I knew.
Of course I don't just assume it's correct, but it becomes the impetus for me to actually research the matter some and learn how it really stands.
I too find it fascinating that someone would think to do anything other than consult a lawyer for contract drafting. You don't have to hire the lawyer, but at least get a price quote out of one.
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I used to live on Lindenhurst in NY (on LI). I was once told that it had the most bars per square mile in all of the US.
More likely I missed it than you. I'm sleepy and taking everything too literally right now.
Do you just like people who know pointers, or are you hoping someone can explain them to you?
I've seen your posts in various discussions from time to time, and my mind always swapped the letters to "Castro". I never noticed until I read this post that your name was actually something different. I would guess that happens a lot.
BTW, given the choices I would probably have gone with Chairman Meow or Karl Barx, but that's just me.
This means people would have an easy way of knowing where to find porn.
Because nowadays all the porn is really difficult to find?
from awk maybe?
split is one of those painfully obviously necessary things that any number of people have independantly invented ways to do it.
Which 'Man' are you talking about?
I don't think Americans in general hate sex, but I'm pretty sure my wife does.
Is that 60K fresh out of school? If so, that's high. If that's for a guy with some experience, that's lowball.
Those su*** shouldn't have that much...
Those what? I've spent some time looking at it and I'm stumped. Based on the surrounding grammar, it should be plural, so I've got su**s. Sucks? Sunks?
I'm glad you recognized that my points were mostly generic and not necessarily specific to your case. At this stage I just want to know how come you keep getting modded up and I don't :)
Also good to know that your manager is not a total moron, just a guy who probably made a bad call once. I know I've made some less than brilliant moves on occaision.
Ahem, for the record, at the session with the client my manager turned to me and asked me how long I thought it would take. That was when I gave my "estimate".
That makes a very big difference. Your manager is an idiot, though you gave the impression the first time around that the estimate was unsolicited. I love when guys on my staff come up with ways to do things better or to fix problems we've been having. I hate it when they throw in things without talking to me first. I have a very different perspective on things than they do, and have my reasons for making my decisions.
The company I work for survives only by the level of customer service that we provide, and the key to that more than anything else is communication. I don't want control for control's sake, I want control because the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
You didn't explicity state that when you crossed the street it wasn't at the corner, so you have to take jaywalking off your list which in my opinion really takes a lot of steam out of your argument.
My major objection to the GP post was that he gave an estimate on the spot. That is something all of my guys are schooled NOT to do on the occaisions they do talk to clients. There are several reasons for it, among them are:
Any non-trivial project needs to be reviewed to make sure that nothing was missed.
I run their schedule. It's nice that you can get this done in 2 weeks, but we already promised client Z that we'd have this other thing done by the end of the year and it's probably going to take you the next 2 months to do it. I'm going to have to assign this to what's-his-face instead and I know he can't get it done in less than a month.
There are also problems with providing extra features. The QA time has to be scheduled too, and they've only been given enough time to test the features you were supposed to write. They don't have time to work on the extra piece you added. Oh and by the way, we hadn't implemented that yet because the only approach that wasn't a maintenance nightmare was outside the amount the client was willing to pay for. Thanks for including it in a difficult to maintain way, now I need to budget for extra staff to support this that I hadn't planned on needing.
Tell your management what your estimates are. Tell your management what extra features you think you could put in. Let them decide what goes where. They're looking at a different picture than you are.
I've heard his name many times over, first in the late 80s. He gets mainstream press now and then.
Ha!
:)
People have been asking for this for years, but I think it might sell well despite that
My wife's grandmother made a delicious cake... and then put lemon-flavored icing on top, basically ruining it.
I wanted to ask her the same thing I'll ask you:
Who would do such a cruel thing?
I thought the Brits had already claimed that we DID invent a new language.
I have 4 mod points and I was planning on spending one on the first comment that read something like "It's all about the blowjobs", but I couldn't find that so yours will just get a comment added instead :)
I hope your daughter isn't in the same situation as mine, but once I read your comment I had to give the link. Mine talks non-stop, it's just usually not conversation, but quoting a book or a movie or a conversation.
Good luck.
Your daughter sounds a lot like mine did at that age, but please be warned that reading that early can be signs of other issues.
Check out this site, I wish I had known about it when my daughter was younger.
She's 5 now, in Kindergarten, and can read better than 3rd and 4th graders in her school. Her enunciation is also clearer than kids twice her age. Her interpersonal communication skills are improving, but they are still behind children much younger than she is.
Anyway, check the link, at worst you've only wasted a few minutes reading about something your kid doesn't have.
A bunch of points:
1) MTA is not a corporation, it's a government agency
2) Subway maps have always been freely available in paper form, as well as in electronic form directly off of the MTA's site
3) I don't exactly know why they care, except maybe to make sure that no one is selling these for profit or redistributing inaccurate/outdated versions. The articles don't seem to go into detail, except to mention that the MTA is strapped for cash.
I actually never made it through a game of Moo3, despite having played Moo2 hundreds of times. I could never even tell how well I was doing, or wether any of the things I had tried to do had any impact on the game.
Indirectly, Slashdot has taught me a lot about the legal system.
Every so often I'll read something that sounds perfectly logical and well reasoned and in complete contradiction to what I thought I knew.
Of course I don't just assume it's correct, but it becomes the impetus for me to actually research the matter some and learn how it really stands.
I too find it fascinating that someone would think to do anything other than consult a lawyer for contract drafting. You don't have to hire the lawyer, but at least get a price quote out of one.
Banging one object into another doesn't always have predictable results.
It got me two kids and I had predicted that pretty easily.