I don't even have a facebook account - what does that make me?
I used to post regularly on Usenet - though using a pseudonym, similarly I have a LiveJournal account also under a pseudonym. Plenty of people who know me in RL know those nicks, but it's less likely that someone doing a professional check would come across them.
My only online presence in my real name is on LinkedIn, and I keep that to professional contacts only.
They may be thinking in terms of where people go in a BCP scenario - so rows of desks with PCs on them waiting for when one of their clients activates it's DR/BCP plan and has to relocate their staff temporarily. A Mall location could potentially work quite well for this kind of application as it will generally have parking and/or good public transport access. It will have access to toilets and other amenities such as food and drink on site already.
In high school chemistry we had a teacher who used to do what he referred to as the "Challenger experiment" using a milo can with a couple of holes in it (one for a gas hose and one to provide a designated leak that could be lit like a pilot light.
The experiment showed the exothermic reaction when the proportion of gasses reached a certain point and suddenly collapsed making water. The lid of the can would generally fly off (there would be a ticking noise beforehand as the can started expanding under pressure) and there were dings in various science lab rooms where he had done the demonstration.
It seriously takes you 30-60 minutes to clean up after cooking? What the hell are you doing - spreading it all over the walls and ceiling?
It takes me about 15 minutes to do the dishes from a 3 course meal for 4 (though usually it's 1 course for 2 people) - including wiping down the counters and cooktop as I finish. For more complicated meals, I often do dishes while the food is cooking (e.g. if I've made lasagne from scratch, or something else that's made in stages), so that the overall prep/cleanup time is shorter. But I wouldn't usually do that type of cooking mid week on a work night.
Generally lunch is sandwiches, I buy the ingredients twice a week when shopping for other meals. I make the sandwiches up before doing the dishes at night and they take about 10 minutes to do for myself and my husband.
The way you become efficient at something is through practice. If you have a number of easy recipes in your repertoire, you can either knock them out really fast, or know which ones you can let sit and cook for a bit while you go do something else, like making a casserole and kicking back watching TV, reading or whatever while it cooks.
Here's a 'quick' recipe. Grab a steak, drop it in a hot non-stick pan (I use Swiss Diamond or Scanpan, no oil needed), sprinkle with some dried garlic. Turn after a few minutes, squeeze on some lemon juice, cook for another few minutes, turn off heat and cover pan. Put 2 cups of mixed frozen vegetables in the microwave for 5 minutes. Serve steak and veges to eat, pouring meat juices over veges.
The number of minutes it takes to cook the steak depends on how well done you want it and how thick the cut. To clean the pan wipe it under hot water.
Sure there's more dishes than a TV dinner tray from freezer to bin, but it's healthier and certainly tastier.
I have this argument with people frequently about why I rarely wear cosmetics[1] and they keep telling me I should try 'brand X' because 'it's all natural'. Just because it's natural doesn't make it safe, there are plenty of plants for example which are poisonous either to consume or are contact irritants.
[1] The main reason I rarely wear cosmetics is they frequently produce mild allergic reactions. the more frequently I wear them, the worse the reaction is. Even 'hypoallergenic all natural 100% botanical' products have resulted in sun-burn like chemical burns and minor swelling.
I'm in the middle of a building project at the moment. In Australia the way it works is the builder has contracted to supply to a specific set of plans and bill of materials to a set price. Should the plans or bill of materials change a Variation needs to be signed by both parties accepting the revised change, either up or down.
If they have quoted to build a brick garage (as in our example), it's on the builder to have accurately estimated how many bricks they are going to need. If they have under quoted - that's their cost to wear. If we change our mind on the type of bricks which will result in them being more expensive - that's our cost to wear.
There's no such thing as "running" a yellow light you fucking moron. Yellow lights mean "proceed with caution" not "FUCKING STOP, YOU WANKER"
Down here in Australia, it quite clearly states in the traffic code that a yellow light means "Stop if it is safe to do so"; furthermore it is illegal to enter an intersection if you cannot clear it before the light turns red - e.g. crawling forward in peak hour bumper-to-bumper traffic blocking intersections.
I don't know the rules for where you are, but in Victoria (Australia) if there is a limited period for parking - the expectation is that you will remove your car entirely from the parking area before the end of the specified time. It's meant to encourage turnover of consumers to retail locations. Simply rolling your car forward into another spot is not enough. I'm not sure if topping up the meter again counts as the same thing.
In Australia, Mom would nominate the son as the responsible driver. The infrignement would be reissued in his name and if the offence warranted any loss of licence points, they would come off his licence not hers.
I currently work for an organisation which does infringement management. There is a common process used for infringements in Australia called nomination - where upon receiving an infringement notice, the rental company nominates you as the responsible driver to the infringement enforcement agency, the infringement notice is reissued in your name and pursued directly with you.
I get extremely frustrated on the freeway around here that my idea of a safe braking distance equals every P-platers[1] idea of a perfect merging space.
[1] P-plate is a probationary licence in Australia. While stupid road decisions is not limited to P-plate drivers and those with V8s, they form the dominant roadwarrior dickwad demographic.
Large scale statistical models with accurate information about medical conditions could potentially assist in planning for future health care requirements and research funding. However for all the reasons mentioned elsewhere in this thread, it should be anonymised so that individuals cannot be discriminated against based on predicted outcomes.
Not just mental illness - which is already overly stigmatised. But what if you had early symptoms or markers for degenerative diseases such as early onset Alzheimer's or something similar.
I was recently diagnosed with cancer that was triggered by an auto immune disease. I've had surgery and my prognosis is extremely good, but there's lots of cancers out there with a high probability of reoccurring.
My sister has a related auto immune disease but got juvenile arthritis instead. MY husband suffers from extreme chronic obstructive sleep apnea which was initially mis-diagnosed as a mental illness and then epilepsy as his symptoms escalated while we searched for a correct treatment.
I'm not sure the first thing I would say to a prospective employer is that I've had cancer, anymore than they should be able to ask whether we intend to have kids.
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Why would the analog hole be dirty?
Rule 34. 'nuff said.
Interesting that she was from Steubenville, Ohio and got into porn after she was raped at age 10.
Sounds like that place has had issues for a while now.
The only way this comment would make any sense would be if Facebook specifically blocked anyone who wasn't a US citizen from using their service.
Please, can they. - Non-US Citizen
We prefer 'decapitate' - as in, 'to head off'. :)
That's a common myth.
That girls exist in person?
I don't even have a facebook account - what does that make me?
I used to post regularly on Usenet - though using a pseudonym, similarly I have a LiveJournal account also under a pseudonym. Plenty of people who know me in RL know those nicks, but it's less likely that someone doing a professional check would come across them.
My only online presence in my real name is on LinkedIn, and I keep that to professional contacts only.
They may be thinking in terms of where people go in a BCP scenario - so rows of desks with PCs on them waiting for when one of their clients activates it's DR/BCP plan and has to relocate their staff temporarily. A Mall location could potentially work quite well for this kind of application as it will generally have parking and/or good public transport access. It will have access to toilets and other amenities such as food and drink on site already.
In high school chemistry we had a teacher who used to do what he referred to as the "Challenger experiment" using a milo can with a couple of holes in it (one for a gas hose and one to provide a designated leak that could be lit like a pilot light.
The experiment showed the exothermic reaction when the proportion of gasses reached a certain point and suddenly collapsed making water. The lid of the can would generally fly off (there would be a ticking noise beforehand as the can started expanding under pressure) and there were dings in various science lab rooms where he had done the demonstration.
You might be interested in reading about the experiences of Temple Grandin.
It seriously takes you 30-60 minutes to clean up after cooking? What the hell are you doing - spreading it all over the walls and ceiling?
It takes me about 15 minutes to do the dishes from a 3 course meal for 4 (though usually it's 1 course for 2 people) - including wiping down the counters and cooktop as I finish. For more complicated meals, I often do dishes while the food is cooking (e.g. if I've made lasagne from scratch, or something else that's made in stages), so that the overall prep/cleanup time is shorter. But I wouldn't usually do that type of cooking mid week on a work night.
Generally lunch is sandwiches, I buy the ingredients twice a week when shopping for other meals. I make the sandwiches up before doing the dishes at night and they take about 10 minutes to do for myself and my husband.
The way you become efficient at something is through practice. If you have a number of easy recipes in your repertoire, you can either knock them out really fast, or know which ones you can let sit and cook for a bit while you go do something else, like making a casserole and kicking back watching TV, reading or whatever while it cooks.
Here's a 'quick' recipe. Grab a steak, drop it in a hot non-stick pan (I use Swiss Diamond or Scanpan, no oil needed), sprinkle with some dried garlic. Turn after a few minutes, squeeze on some lemon juice, cook for another few minutes, turn off heat and cover pan. Put 2 cups of mixed frozen vegetables in the microwave for 5 minutes. Serve steak and veges to eat, pouring meat juices over veges.
The number of minutes it takes to cook the steak depends on how well done you want it and how thick the cut. To clean the pan wipe it under hot water.
Sure there's more dishes than a TV dinner tray from freezer to bin, but it's healthier and certainly tastier.
I have this argument with people frequently about why I rarely wear cosmetics[1] and they keep telling me I should try 'brand X' because 'it's all natural'. Just because it's natural doesn't make it safe, there are plenty of plants for example which are poisonous either to consume or are contact irritants.
[1] The main reason I rarely wear cosmetics is they frequently produce mild allergic reactions. the more frequently I wear them, the worse the reaction is. Even 'hypoallergenic all natural 100% botanical' products have resulted in sun-burn like chemical burns and minor swelling.
Why do I think someone will connect this to blow jobs and how they are an important part of an exercise routine and speech therapy.
Growing up my sister was prescribed ice creams to eat by licking to exercise her tongue due to a speech impediment.
Dispensing Machine: Hello. How can I help you?
Cat: Fish!
Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Cat: Fish!
Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Cat: Fish!
Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Cat: Fish!
Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Cat: Fish!
Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Cat: Fish!
Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Cat: I will.
And on that theme, what's my motivation?
I'm in the middle of a building project at the moment. In Australia the way it works is the builder has contracted to supply to a specific set of plans and bill of materials to a set price. Should the plans or bill of materials change a Variation needs to be signed by both parties accepting the revised change, either up or down.
If they have quoted to build a brick garage (as in our example), it's on the builder to have accurately estimated how many bricks they are going to need. If they have under quoted - that's their cost to wear. If we change our mind on the type of bricks which will result in them being more expensive - that's our cost to wear.
There's no such thing as "running" a yellow light you fucking moron. Yellow lights mean "proceed with caution" not "FUCKING STOP, YOU WANKER"
Down here in Australia, it quite clearly states in the traffic code that a yellow light means "Stop if it is safe to do so"; furthermore it is illegal to enter an intersection if you cannot clear it before the light turns red - e.g. crawling forward in peak hour bumper-to-bumper traffic blocking intersections.
I don't know the rules for where you are, but in Victoria (Australia) if there is a limited period for parking - the expectation is that you will remove your car entirely from the parking area before the end of the specified time. It's meant to encourage turnover of consumers to retail locations. Simply rolling your car forward into another spot is not enough. I'm not sure if topping up the meter again counts as the same thing.
In Australia, Mom would nominate the son as the responsible driver. The infrignement would be reissued in his name and if the offence warranted any loss of licence points, they would come off his licence not hers.
I currently work for an organisation which does infringement management. There is a common process used for infringements in Australia called nomination - where upon receiving an infringement notice, the rental company nominates you as the responsible driver to the infringement enforcement agency, the infringement notice is reissued in your name and pursued directly with you.
That actually sounds like a really good idea. If I was on the local council where I live, I'd probably suggest it.
I get extremely frustrated on the freeway around here that my idea of a safe braking distance equals every P-platers[1] idea of a perfect merging space.
[1] P-plate is a probationary licence in Australia. While stupid road decisions is not limited to P-plate drivers and those with V8s, they form the dominant roadwarrior dickwad demographic.
What is this "productive" you speak of?
It's certainly not something found around these parts.
Large scale statistical models with accurate information about medical conditions could potentially assist in planning for future health care requirements and research funding. However for all the reasons mentioned elsewhere in this thread, it should be anonymised so that individuals cannot be discriminated against based on predicted outcomes.
Not just mental illness - which is already overly stigmatised. But what if you had early symptoms or markers for degenerative diseases such as early onset Alzheimer's or something similar.
I was recently diagnosed with cancer that was triggered by an auto immune disease. I've had surgery and my prognosis is extremely good, but there's lots of cancers out there with a high probability of reoccurring.
My sister has a related auto immune disease but got juvenile arthritis instead. MY husband suffers from extreme chronic obstructive sleep apnea which was initially mis-diagnosed as a mental illness and then epilepsy as his symptoms escalated while we searched for a correct treatment.
I'm not sure the first thing I would say to a prospective employer is that I've had cancer, anymore than they should be able to ask whether we intend to have kids.