Have to agree. Not all students are bright enough to be in labs. When I was at Uni, we had one guy who, after everyone got told NOT to sniff the chloroform, said, 'Why not?' and sniffed it. He was in a coma for a few weeks, and then when he came out of it tried to sue the University for not giving him sufficient warning. The lawsuit failed. A lot of us had always wondered how he got into Uni in the first place, as he was thick as two bricks and very weird. (Weird, as in, turned up to our geology field trip in mid-winter in shorts, flip flops and a T-shirt, then saw an ice cream van and went and got ice cream... whilst the rest of us were rugged up to the eye balls complaining of the cold).
Yes, in the right Universe this plane would have turned the Battle of Britain in favour of the French. Napoleon, Vercingetorix and Joan of Arc would have been standing in Blenheim Palace on top of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Disraeli's dismembered body parts, as they lay strewn amongst the wreckage of their Hurricane, Spitfire and Vauxhall Chevette ornithopter. The giant spice mammoths of the Russian tundra would have been no more after Trotsky's successful assassination of Joseph Stalin left Russia rich and defenceless, and the Japanese giant Iguana monster would be running rampant across Northern America smashing San Francisco to fine dust and weeing on the Washington monument turning the Potomac a bright radiated yellow colour. Cats sleeping with dogs, children refusing to obey their parents and every man wanting to write a book about it.
At the rate we're killing organisms off, we'll only need two of these soon... one for humans, and one for soylent green... whatever that stuff is made from!!!!
Togged to the bricks, and all they offer me is a trip for biscuits. Just wanted a ring-a-ding ding and some Bruno slips me a Micky Finn in a clip joint. Next thing I know, I'm waking up in a flop with some Lunger wearing iron who suddenly runs to the window and starts drilling beans at a tin can full of Joes. So I make tracks before the coppers turn up with a meat wagon and someone ends leaving in a Chicago overcoat.
My little sister is very computer literate, and so are her kids. My computer illiterate parents however might have been a better group to design the interface for, because I'm sure most of our younger siblings, regardless of sex, are very adept at picking up technology.
I can related many specific examples of companies I've worked for that have done exactly this. From:
Managers who wanted to get rid of 'passwords' so that people only needed to come in and type their username into the machine.
Infrastructure team leaders who wanted to make 'password' a legitimate password that users would have as he claimed users were too stupid to remember passwords with numbers or other characters in them.
Managers who wanted to get rid of the firewalls, as they did nothing and were an unwarranted expense (even AFTER someone from South Korea tried to hack into our network and was stopped by the firewall).
Managers who wanted to send financial information across the internet unencrypted, claiming only hackers would be able to see it.
Managers who claimed that IT security just causes problems for the users and that the IT security team invents these 'security issues' to deliberately justify their positions and make it difficult for normal workers to do their jobs.
Managers who asked for the firewalls to be turned off as they couldn't get to certain blocked sites. (pr0n)
Managers who told us off for finding security holes in our system, (which we brought to their attention as we wanted the resources to patch them), and they made the claim we were 'making' those holes.
The list goes on. IMHO, IT security would be a lot easier and more secure if they got rid of an awful lot of managers.
Never tell them you're honest. It's not a strength. It means you'll whistle blow on them as soon as you find out all the dirty illegal crap they are doing. No wonder you didn't get the job.:-)
I have to agree. I'd assume flamingo would taste like chicken and giraffe probably tastes like water buffalo/cows. I think the Chinese and Japanese eat sea urchins to this day, so that isn't nec. too exotic except by western standards.
I grew up in Malaysia from 4yo to 7yo, and didn't have a problem with durian. My father used to bring home lots of different fruits etc that were available in Malaysia that are not available in Australia. I think durian might be worse for grown ups, but like a lot of foods, if you start a child on it young enough they grow to like it (acquitted rase) if they don't like it to begin with. I don't mind durian flavoured lollies (Had some in Indonesia) but when I tried durian flavoured ice cream in Malaysia last time I was there it didn't work for me.
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Can bring my dead friends back to the living dead with Bud Riser.
Nope! I certainly ain't!
Become German, get a degree for free (except in Saxony).
I think it's only for Mac, but Growly Notes is a free and good alternative.
Bit by bit ... a little bit here, a little bit there.
March, 3rd month 2014 ... 3/14 . Every day is something divided by Pi, example 17/3/14 ... (except in USA).
Have to agree. Not all students are bright enough to be in labs. When I was at Uni, we had one guy who, after everyone got told NOT to sniff the chloroform, said, 'Why not?' and sniffed it. He was in a coma for a few weeks, and then when he came out of it tried to sue the University for not giving him sufficient warning. The lawsuit failed. A lot of us had always wondered how he got into Uni in the first place, as he was thick as two bricks and very weird. (Weird, as in, turned up to our geology field trip in mid-winter in shorts, flip flops and a T-shirt, then saw an ice cream van and went and got ice cream ... whilst the rest of us were rugged up to the eye balls complaining of the cold).
Nein! You cannot come to Europa! We have turn it into a fortress!!! Now, to prepare for Operation Sealion!!!!
Yes, in the right Universe this plane would have turned the Battle of Britain in favour of the French. Napoleon, Vercingetorix and Joan of Arc would have been standing in Blenheim Palace on top of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Disraeli's dismembered body parts, as they lay strewn amongst the wreckage of their Hurricane, Spitfire and Vauxhall Chevette ornithopter. The giant spice mammoths of the Russian tundra would have been no more after Trotsky's successful assassination of Joseph Stalin left Russia rich and defenceless, and the Japanese giant Iguana monster would be running rampant across Northern America smashing San Francisco to fine dust and weeing on the Washington monument turning the Potomac a bright radiated yellow colour. Cats sleeping with dogs, children refusing to obey their parents and every man wanting to write a book about it.
... all mimes will burn in hell.
Gives me a warm loving feeling all over. :-)
All those young whipper snappers running around with shoe boxes full of punched cards! Lazy bastards! Just toggle it in like a real programmer!!!!
At the rate we're killing organisms off, we'll only need two of these soon ... one for humans, and one for soylent green ... whatever that stuff is made from!!!!
Togged to the bricks, and all they offer me is a trip for biscuits. Just wanted a ring-a-ding ding and some Bruno slips me a Micky Finn in a clip joint. Next thing I know, I'm waking up in a flop with some Lunger wearing iron who suddenly runs to the window and starts drilling beans at a tin can full of Joes. So I make tracks before the coppers turn up with a meat wagon and someone ends leaving in a Chicago overcoat.
'... your computer illiterate little sister, ...'
My little sister is very computer literate, and so are her kids. My computer illiterate parents however might have been a better group to design the interface for, because I'm sure most of our younger siblings, regardless of sex, are very adept at picking up technology.
I can related many specific examples of companies I've worked for that have done exactly this. From:
The list goes on. IMHO, IT security would be a lot easier and more secure if they got rid of an awful lot of managers.
We used to have those. We called them bumper cars.
I was going to suggest cloning Grace.
BOLLOCKS!!!!!
David Essex will be furious when they block his website!
Never tell them you're honest. It's not a strength. It means you'll whistle blow on them as soon as you find out all the dirty illegal crap they are doing. No wonder you didn't get the job. :-)
They delayed it just for the LULZ.
I just hope Nintendo doesn't turn into ...
*removes glasses*
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Don't worry. Gammera and Mothra will save us!
I have to agree. I'd assume flamingo would taste like chicken and giraffe probably tastes like water buffalo/cows. I think the Chinese and Japanese eat sea urchins to this day, so that isn't nec. too exotic except by western standards.
I grew up in Malaysia from 4yo to 7yo, and didn't have a problem with durian. My father used to bring home lots of different fruits etc that were available in Malaysia that are not available in Australia. I think durian might be worse for grown ups, but like a lot of foods, if you start a child on it young enough they grow to like it (acquitted rase) if they don't like it to begin with. I don't mind durian flavoured lollies (Had some in Indonesia) but when I tried durian flavoured ice cream in Malaysia last time I was there it didn't work for me.
Now here is one thing he correctly predicted. Leela's home!!!
"Futurama" may well display vistas of underground cities complete with light- forced vegetable gardens.