I predict it will create at least three more:
* One entrepreneur to fix the broken machines
* One entrepreneur to reposess the machines when the loans default
* One entrepreneur to outsource the shit-shoveling to an even poorer village
What about the "entrepeneur" who sells "generator insurance" and comes around weekly to collect the "premium"?
"Say, you gots yourself one of dem new generators. It'd be a pity if something wuz to happen to your nice new generator, if you get my drift."
I would have been termed if I told him I refuse to pick cigarette butts
Dude, what's your fixation with cigarette butts? I work in I.T., make a *lot* more than $9/hr but I still do my part to keep the workplace clean. If I see something on the carpeted floor in our office area, I pick it up and throw it in the trash.
When I am in one of our hospitals for a meeting or to fix something in one of the data centers, I still do my part to keep the place clean. Just like your employer, we provide a "service" to our "customers". And one of the things that they expect when they visit our facilities is that the place is clean.
When I was in college (which was almost two decades ago - yikes!), I used to work at a "water park" for $3.50/hr. Yeah, we were expected to sweep up cigarette butts and other grunt work like that (just like your job). But I also noticed that the guys who owned the water park (who had more money than God) would also stop to pick up a cup, hamburger wrapper or cigarette butt. Hell, I saw one of the owners stop to pick up a nickel or dime once.
You shouldn't look at your "cigarette butt" picking at some sort of punishment. Yeah, it may seem demeaning but as one of the employees of that organization, you are expected to pitch-in and make the place look nice. As I mentioned above, I do the same thing at my place and our customers come to us for a totally different reason. But they still expect the place to look nice. And they deserve it.
Indeed, it takes me 20 to drive to work, 10 to bike there. The bike is a superior form of transport
I would love to see you "bike home" in the 3+ inches of snow we had for Friday night's rush hour. I had a hard time getting home even though I have a front-wheel-drive car (I was taking it verrrrrry easy on the gas and the brakes).
You can, however, make sure the opposing faction knows the names of the farmers, and get help from them when the farmers are making your life miserable.
Is that like loaning your mother-in-law a brown coat and a white stocking cap when you take her deer hunting?;^)
Let me see if I've got this straight: You went to a dentist/oral surgeon to have your wisdom teeth removed. You said you didn't want any Vicodin but the person who treated you wrote a prescription anyway. You never filled that prescription. Just how does your personal email address enter into the mix? None of my physicians have ever asked for my personal email address.
I don't see the link betweeen getting your wisdom teeth removed and the appearance of Vicodin spam in your inbox being anything other than pure coincidence.
Please fill-in the missing details if you have something that ties the doctor to the spam....
But there is an advantage to leaving with a big pool of vacation time in your bank that gets paid-out when you leave:
If you take a month's worth of vacation just before you leave, you will be on-call (assuming that your position is on-call) during your vacation.
If you don't take any vacation during your final days with your employer, you will have your vacation balance paid-out. You will still be able to take a vacation after your employment is terminated but you will have already turned-in your pager and none of your co-workers can call you on your cell.:^)
Plus, it's always nice to take a week or more between jobs to clear your head.
there are treaties between the U.S. and Canada that forbid pumping water out of the great lakes basin. Possible to get around this, but it would be very tricky.)
Hell, I live 25 miles from Lake Michigan (west of Milwaukee) and we are running out of water. The city I live in is not allowed to pump water from Lake Michigan because we are on the wrong side of the "continental divide". Our rainwater runs *away* from Lake Michigan, not toward it.
Yeah, the Great Lakes are full of fresh water but the people who have control over it (the governors of the states that border the lakes) have a very tight leash on who can tap that supply.
Who downloads linux distros with P2P software? I just use FTP or HTTP...
People who don't want to wait forever-and-a-day for their ISOs to download. Using a tool like Bittorrent results in *much* quicker downloads (once quite a few people are seeds).
Also, leaving your Bittorrent client running after you finish your download so that others can feed off you is a great way to give back to the community. I only have 384k "up" on my cable connection at home (RR) but if I leave my Bittorrent client running 24 x 7 for a week, I can do my part to help other people get their copy of the distro.
Slashdot Mirror
The EPA won't let you burn stuff in your back yard.
I wish you'd convince my neighbors of that so they stop burning their leaves each Fall...
That is some nasty smoke for a person with asthma (me) to inhale.
...build a gigantic refrigerator, to provide the natives with ice for someodd reason.
:^)
If it was making ice, wouldn't it be a "freezer"?
I predict it will create at least three more: * One entrepreneur to fix the broken machines * One entrepreneur to reposess the machines when the loans default * One entrepreneur to outsource the shit-shoveling to an even poorer village
:^)
What about the "entrepeneur" who sells "generator insurance" and comes around weekly to collect the "premium"?
"Say, you gots yourself one of dem new generators. It'd be a pity if something wuz to happen to your nice new generator, if you get my drift."
...and a "spell checker" :^)
I would have been termed if I told him I refuse to pick cigarette butts
Dude, what's your fixation with cigarette butts? I work in I.T., make a *lot* more than $9/hr but I still do my part to keep the workplace clean. If I see something on the carpeted floor in our office area, I pick it up and throw it in the trash.
When I am in one of our hospitals for a meeting or to fix something in one of the data centers, I still do my part to keep the place clean. Just like your employer, we provide a "service" to our "customers". And one of the things that they expect when they visit our facilities is that the place is clean.
When I was in college (which was almost two decades ago - yikes!), I used to work at a "water park" for $3.50/hr. Yeah, we were expected to sweep up cigarette butts and other grunt work like that (just like your job). But I also noticed that the guys who owned the water park (who had more money than God) would also stop to pick up a cup, hamburger wrapper or cigarette butt. Hell, I saw one of the owners stop to pick up a nickel or dime once.
You shouldn't look at your "cigarette butt" picking at some sort of punishment. Yeah, it may seem demeaning but as one of the employees of that organization, you are expected to pitch-in and make the place look nice. As I mentioned above, I do the same thing at my place and our customers come to us for a totally different reason. But they still expect the place to look nice. And they deserve it.
We have some 13,000 Windows computers, none of which has any spyware on them.
I call shenanigans.
What tools have you used to determine that all 13,000 of your Windows PCs are completely spyware free?
-s
Perhaps he is confusing it with NAMBLA, which by any measure (except perhaps, their own) is downright evil.
;)
What do you have against the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes?
I believe there's also one about the person who sticks his head up the highest getting it knocked off... or something...
How about this: "The tallest tree in the forest is the one that attracts the most lightning."
With the firewall installed I was getting probed all the time.
:)
You need to upgrade to a better firewall that includes "Anti-Catholic-Priest" protection....
Nuts loosen and need to be checked every few weeks.
:)
I thought that's why bikers wear those funny shorts....
Indeed, it takes me 20 to drive to work, 10 to bike there. The bike is a superior form of transport
I would love to see you "bike home" in the 3+ inches of snow we had for Friday night's rush hour. I had a hard time getting home even though I have a front-wheel-drive car (I was taking it verrrrrry easy on the gas and the brakes).
You can, however, make sure the opposing faction knows the names of the farmers, and get help from them when the farmers are making your life miserable.
;^)
Is that like loaning your mother-in-law a brown coat and a white stocking cap when you take her deer hunting?
Let me see if I've got this straight: You went to a dentist/oral surgeon to have your wisdom teeth removed. You said you didn't want any Vicodin but the person who treated you wrote a prescription anyway. You never filled that prescription. Just how does your personal email address enter into the mix? None of my physicians have ever asked for my personal email address.
I don't see the link betweeen getting your wisdom teeth removed and the appearance of Vicodin spam in your inbox being anything other than pure coincidence.
Please fill-in the missing details if you have something that ties the doctor to the spam....
I'm going to feel a little out of touch when I return home.?
;^)
Wait until you see how we've improved New Orleans....
Why doesn't Slashdot support https for a start?
/. to use HTTPS?
Assuming you are not trying to be funny or a troll, why exactly would you want
I can't believe that you didn't login to post your comment. You would have received a mod point from me for speaking the truth....
three whacks:
0. Setup a 401(k) account through your employer, contribute pre-tax funds.
1. Take a loan against your 401(k), pay back the loan with interest by using "take-home pay" money is taxed once
2. Withdraw money from 401(k) when you retire, pay taxes money is taxed twice
3. Use money from 401(k) to buy gadget at Worst Buy. money is taxed thrice
Take all of your vacation, THEN resign. Duh.
:^)
Can't tell if you are being serious or not...
But there is an advantage to leaving with a big pool of vacation time in your bank that gets paid-out when you leave:
If you take a month's worth of vacation just before you leave, you will be on-call (assuming that your position is on-call) during your vacation.
If you don't take any vacation during your final days with your employer, you will have your vacation balance paid-out. You will still be able to take a vacation after your employment is terminated but you will have already turned-in your pager and none of your co-workers can call you on your cell.
Plus, it's always nice to take a week or more between jobs to clear your head.
And its also tax-free, lowers your blood pressure, and is cheaper than $100-an-hour therapists.
;^)
Your therapist charges only $100/hr?
You should try to see someone who actually finished their PhD or made it all the way through medical school....
there are treaties between the U.S. and Canada that forbid pumping water out of the great lakes basin. Possible to get around this, but it would be very tricky.)
Hell, I live 25 miles from Lake Michigan (west of Milwaukee) and we are running out of water. The city I live in is not allowed to pump water from Lake Michigan because we are on the wrong side of the "continental divide". Our rainwater runs *away* from Lake Michigan, not toward it.
Yeah, the Great Lakes are full of fresh water but the people who have control over it (the governors of the states that border the lakes) have a very tight leash on who can tap that supply.
Isn't pimping illegal?
t easy.ict.txt
;^)
No, I believe you are thinking of the fact that Pimping is, in fact, hard work:
http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/ice_t/rm_bside/ain
Who downloads linux distros with P2P software? I just use FTP or HTTP...
People who don't want to wait forever-and-a-day for their ISOs to download. Using a tool like Bittorrent results in *much* quicker downloads (once quite a few people are seeds).
Also, leaving your Bittorrent client running after you finish your download so that others can feed off you is a great way to give back to the community. I only have 384k "up" on my cable connection at home (RR) but if I leave my Bittorrent client running 24 x 7 for a week, I can do my part to help other people get their copy of the distro.
massive arrays of inactive disks.
Cool! All the cost of disk-based storage but with the seek time of tape!!
Where can I sign up?
Did you measure system response time with an hourglass?
Isn't it basically an intake fan at that point? lol.
Yeah, take some 20F outside air and suck it into a 70F degree building.
I guess you like living with single-digit humidity...
Ha ha ha! Excellent post. I wish I had not wasted all of my mod points earlier today on that "light the boat on fire with mirrors" story. :^)
-s