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« Reply #2760 on: March 31, 2010, 10:22:51 AM » |
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Geez, Murlough, you work with a bunch of nerds. I like it. |
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« Reply #2761 on: May 01, 2010, 12:02:39 AM » |
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Uh-oh. The National Enquirer says President Obama is cheating on his wife and there is a hotel video to prove it. And before anyone says "This is the National Enquirer", go back and read this exchange, and think of Tiger Woods also. |
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« Reply #2762 on: May 02, 2010, 03:26:23 PM » |
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« Reply #2763 on: May 06, 2010, 01:29:26 PM » |
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That's "Weekly World News", right? That one is always sensational crap that isn't true. "National Enquirer" is sometimes true.
I know at least a few people chomping at the bit for this to be so, but they'll give lip service to not wanting that. Of course, sex scandals were so successful in making the last President involved in them a one-termer...
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« Reply #2764 on: May 06, 2010, 02:37:32 PM » |
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Seems to me like the most that a hotel video could prove is that they spent the night in the same room together.
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« Reply #2765 on: May 06, 2010, 02:45:09 PM » |
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That's "Weekly World News", right? That one is always sensational crap that isn't true.
That's why I love the Weekly World News. They had the, "Pictures from heaven/hell", story and a story about giant monsters off the coast of Japan. It was over the top and obviously fake, it seemed like they just said, "Screw it, nobody takes us seriously anyway". |
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« Reply #2766 on: June 23, 2010, 07:38:31 PM » |
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I randomly noticed this and thought it looked freaky.  is this normal? can you bend your fingertip like this?! I cannot. |
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« Reply #2767 on: June 23, 2010, 09:07:43 PM » |
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Kind of, though not exactly the same. (I'm actually pressing it against the side of my computer, though it looks kind of like my finger is just doing that without touching anything, which would be freaky indeed).  That person's finger is remarkably straight, except for the part that, you know, isn't. |
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« Reply #2768 on: June 23, 2010, 09:39:13 PM » |
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=\ mine is not so, hm, bendable.  the tip of my finger isn't actually touching the surface--the nail bed extends too far.  if I want to press the pad of the finger to the surface, it has to be like this. weird! |
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« Reply #2769 on: June 24, 2010, 06:09:48 AM » |
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You can tell from the position of the thumb in the original that the hand is turned a little bit counterclockwise from where yours is, so I think some of the EXTREME KNUCKLE BENDING ACTION might be a matter of perspective.
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« Reply #2770 on: June 24, 2010, 08:56:18 AM » |
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the last joint of my finger doesn't bend that way at all though.
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« Reply #2771 on: June 24, 2010, 04:28:47 PM » |
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« Reply #2772 on: July 17, 2010, 10:29:45 AM » |
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Behold my manly photo editing slash image resizing skills as I create a tribute to the Old Spice commercials, which in the past week won the Internet.
Ladies, try to contain yourselves.
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« Reply #2773 on: July 17, 2010, 11:23:07 AM » |
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« Reply #2774 on: July 22, 2010, 03:01:40 PM » |
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At work we have this "thank you" card system where if you do something nice for someone, that person can give you a thank you card. It's a nice gesture, and once a month five cards are drawn and the winner gets a gift certificate or something like that.
Anyway, I've actually amassed a decent number of cards--15 to be exact--and it's interesting to look at the distribution of dates. For instance, there was a nearly one-year period (March 26, 2009 through March 3, 2010) where I only got a single card...but then I got three cards in March of 2010 alone.
I keep these cards on my wall because I'm fairly certain I have more cards than anyone else on my team except one guy who's been here 8 years (and doesn't care about cards, so his are all in a stack on his desk, so I don't know how many he has, but it's a pretty beefy stack). I figure if I'm going to get competitive about something, it might as well be helping other people.
(I've actually never had anyone ask me for a thank you card after doing a favor for me, and I've never asked someone else for a card either...for a system that could easily become exploited/abused, it actually works remarkably well.)
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« Reply #2775 on: July 23, 2010, 11:26:52 AM » |
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Speaking of "thank you", have you ever noticed that people rarely (if ever) say "you're welcome" anymore?
After I heard this I tried to pay attention to what I and others say, and when someone says "thanks" to me, I always respond with "sure" or "no problem" or something similar. The same seems to be true for others about my age.
Is anyone else's experience any different?
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« Reply #2776 on: July 23, 2010, 08:41:41 PM » |
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« Reply #2777 on: July 23, 2010, 09:22:00 PM » |
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I've noticed it also. Generally I'll either say, "no problem" or I'll just smile and nod my head and then change the subject. I always thought it was kind of unnecessary to hear "you're welcome" or any other response from the person who did/said something to receive the "thank you" from the other person. They said/did what they said/did and the recipient thanks the person for what they did . . . there's other ways to acknowledge that you heard that person say "thank you." Even at that you could still carry on that exchange past the "you're welcome" stage (ad infinitum if you like), so why not just stop now if you don't want to continue and respond back when they say something like "you're welcome"? How will they know that you know that you received their acknowledgement of your thanks for what they said/did? Why not just cut it one step short at "thank you" and forget the "you're welcome / no problem" response? Or just say something like, "your appreciation is acknowledged." And to convey that message sometimes words aren't even necessary.
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« Reply #2778 on: July 23, 2010, 09:38:25 PM » |
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 I think I kind of agree, but one time I thanked someone and received the response "okay", and I was a bit put off by it in the same sort of way that "you're welcome" sticklers are put off by "no problem". to me it seemed like "I heard your thanks, now go away". but maybe "okay" was more along the lines of "no problem", I dunno. did you have this dialog when you were a little kid? "thank you!" "thank you for saying thank you!" "thank you for saying 'thank you for saying thank you!" etc... because I did.  |
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« Reply #2779 on: July 24, 2010, 03:29:42 AM » |
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That reminds me of the time someone thanked me for a thank you note, which I felt was just silly.
There is a Mr. Ed door in the laundry where I work, and so when people bring a big load I usually hold the top half of the door open for them, and so am thanked about ninety times a night. Sometimes I say "No problem" but often I've noticed I go for the serious overkill of "You're very welcome." And after I say it, I sometimes think "Really?"
(I've never been mocked or chided for that, though, as has been the case with my frequent usage of "Okie dokie". At the dry cleaner's I used to work at my manager heard me say it to a customer and yelled at me. Now I just get made fun of.)
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« Reply #2780 on: July 24, 2010, 10:55:42 PM » |
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did you have this dialog when you were a little kid?
No; but when I was a little kid a lot of things people would say/do or how they'd react to what I'd say/do didn't make sense to me, so I'd think about this stuff trying to make sense of it. |
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« Reply #2781 on: July 25, 2010, 08:22:08 AM » |
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Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from "Emma" (the movie...not sure if it's in the novel):
"Thank you for being so thoughtful."
"No. Thank you for thinking I am thoughtful."
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« Reply #2782 on: August 19, 2010, 08:00:56 AM » |
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I just realized that I have no idea how much a first class postage stamp costs anymore.
I think this is a good sign.
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« Reply #2783 on: August 24, 2010, 12:46:05 PM » |
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Apparently (at least according to Zappos.com) the useful lifespan of a pair of shoes is supposed to be six months.
Tell that to my five year old pair of sandals.
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« Reply #2784 on: August 27, 2010, 10:23:00 AM » |
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I read a very interesting story today about early MacOS development. Although it was only incidental to the story, I was very amused by the little vignette at the end. Apparently Andy had set a four-key sequence for killing off a task, but even that sequence was used for something else inside Microsoft Word, so they asked him to change it. When he asked them for suggestions, they said "no, just keep it the way you have it now". When he asked why, they replied "We'll change Word in the next release not to use it. The problem was that we couldn't find a safe sequence - I guess we're already using every key combination!" Yes, back in 1985 Microsoft Word had already exhausted every two- three- and four-key chord combination! |
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« Reply #2785 on: September 07, 2010, 04:57:11 PM » |
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Around the office where I work, there are at least three young feral cats, probably about a year old or slightly less. As I was walking out today I saw one, a marmalade-colored one I'd seen poking around before. He looked at me, and I at him, and though he hunkered down in the grass a bit he didn't run away. I was just standing there admiring him when suddenly with a hiss and a squirt the sprinkler system turned on, catching him from the side with a gentle spray of water. He must have jumped about a foot and then took off for the bushes.
This was one of very few moments in my life where I was so torn between being overcome with empathy and overcome with laughter that I stood there gobsmacked.
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