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Your influenza if felt by many!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yes, I'm told it's nothin' to sneeze at!
/ravi
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Infect, it ecoli virus things by virus people at virus times.
Here I had been, like a newborn - streptomycin of posting puns - and now look what I've done.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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What have I started? :HeadInHandsSmiley:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That is so old it's moldy.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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...for the upcoming presidential election: Clickety[^]
No, it doesn't belong in the Soapbox, because it's not politics - not really... Just fun... ish...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
modified 8-Sep-16 11:01am.
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Can you ship a few of them over to Israel? We could really use some slightly less incompetent politicians here.
Getting competent politicians is beyond even God's power.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Getting competent politicians is beyond even God's power.
Competent and politician are mutually exclusive terms.
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So the malicious Goat-Conspiracy started in Texas, 1986!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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A Xerox company......
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PRAC - group of European Medicines Agency
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That's a BIIIIG mother of a fish[^]!
I guess that was Carpe Diem (Day of the carp)???
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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I'll see your carp and raise you...well another carp[^].
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The company I work for did not win the contract re-compete with the DoD, so the new company is going to be trying to negotiate lower salaries and reduction in benefits (if they hold true to the contractor company paradigm).
All of this has to take place before October 1. There are (or were) 63 seats on the contract, and I've already GOTTEN half a dozen headhunters contacting me letting me know that the position I currently hold is available.
The new company currently has nine employees. How can they possibly be eligible to bid if they don't appear to even have an HR department, much less one that has the staff to handle a 600% increase in employee count? They're listed as being "economically disadvantaged". That doesn't sound good at all.
Over the next few weeks, I'm probably going to switch over from my typical cheery, sensitive demeanor, to someone that is more surly, short-tempered, and just plain rude.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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One: sorry for your situation; it's a tough place to be.
Two: as much as you dislike it, consider leaving the contracting environment and taking a 'corporate job', even if its only for a couple of years to give you a chance to review/reflect.
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Good luck with the job search...
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Over the next few weeks, I'm probably going to switch over from my typical cheery, sensitive demeanor, to someone that is more surly, short-tempered, and just plain rude. Thanks for the warning. Surly JSOP would never have provided one.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Surly JSOP would never have provided one
See?! This is proof that I've mellowed with age. However, I still have a demonstrated ability to go from zero to assh0le in less time than it takes the latest OS update to disable Windows 10.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: in less time than it takes the latest OS update to disable Windows 10 Heavens to Murgatroyd, Quickdraw! That'ths Fathst!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Having worked on an air force base and intermingled with the government workers (especially some in contracts), logic has nothing to do with this. If you did some investigation of this company, you would likely find a gay, black, female veteran with PSD and war wounds as the CEO/President with the corporate backers behind her. Not criticizing any particular class of people... just saw it happen again and again.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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How in Hell does an "economically disadvantaged" company with only nine employees win a contract with the DoD?
I smell backhanders. Or OBB.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I smell backhanders. Or OBB. Oh hush! The current US administration is the most honest and transparent administration in history! They would never...
Damn! I almost made it through that with a straight face.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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The contract is categorized as LPTA - Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. In other words, if you bid lower than everyone else, you win. Period. The company also scores points according to its typical imaginary disadvantages, such as age, gender, sexual orientation and race of owner, the owner's veteran status, whether or not they're disabled, and the newest kid on the block, economical status.
Like someone else already stated, a gay handicapped veteran minority woman owned business will almost always fare better in the government procurement process than a more capable company with a proven track record of success in meeting contract goals that has staff on-hand.
I think there's a law/regulation that says the incoming company has to offer the incumbent employees the jobs they already have, but there is no law/regulation that says the offer has to be reasonable in terms of pay/benefits.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: The contract is categorized as LPTA - Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. In other words, if you bid lower than everyone else, you win. Period. The company also scores points according to its typical imaginary disadvantages, such as age, gender, sexual orientation and race of owner, the owner's veteran status, whether or not they're disabled, and the newest kid on the block, economical status. Thank Heaven that there are people who make up rules like that, to help prevent tax money being wasted.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody. I just wish they would realize that.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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