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| 2000/1/6 [Uncategorized] UID:17170 Activity:low |
1/5 No sodan has ever seriously used online personals ads, right?
\_ wrong.
\_ Please tell me of your or your soda acquaintance's experience.
For posterity.
\- post to /etc/motd.singles --psb
\_ In short (my experience as a guy): online personals are a
*really easy* way to meet freaky, desperately needy headcases
who've been shat on by previous boyfriends and who are now
looking for some kind of instant Romeo-knight-on-white-horse
love connection. But if you sift through the wierdos, you
can come up golden -- I met my GF through an online personal
(she's a perfectly normal, well-adjusted, reasonably
attractive woman who just happened to be new to the area).
If you're a woman who takes out a personal, be prepared to be
inundated by geeks (be prepared to be extra-inundated if
you're Asian, an admitted techie, or something else that
appeals to the fetish/geek crowd).
\_ I advise extreme caution if you are looking for someone "normal" -ax |
| 2000/1/6-8 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA] UID:17171 Activity:nil 60%like:17389 60%like:17733 50%like:16882 |
1/6 /csua/pub/jobs/InfiniteMachine |
| 2000/1/6-7 [Reference/Tax] UID:17172 Activity:high |
1/5 http://VarsityBooks.com ROCKS!!! Cheaper than Amazon and free shipping!!! \_ http://Amazon.com still offers the best overall shopping experience, but http://VarsityBooks.com offers signficantly lower prices. They require you to turn on cookies, and they do not offer nearly as many nifty services or ease-of-use or technical expertise, but they have a flat shipping fee (2nd day UPS $4.95) (at least in the past...is it phree now?) (at least in the past...is it free now?) Most books (for example, O'Reilly) cost an average $9.00 less than even AMZN. In fact, it is usually 40% off suggested retail. And still no sales tax for us Californians. They also sent me a nice gift and coupon for New Years. Their packing materials arent as environmentally-conscious as AMZN, but they arent suing over silly stuff like "One-Click". --samli \_ One click is not silly. And you're supposed to be paying the taxes. Are you one of those people who thinks everything is legal as long as you don't get caught? \_ Online companies follow the same rules as mail order vendors: A customer does not have to pay tax if the company does not have a physical presence in the state the order is shipped to. \_ is it just me, or it seems like Amazon is getting more and more expensive? \_ hey, they claim the book division will be profitable this year |
| 2000/1/6 [Uncategorized] UID:17173 Activity:moderate |
1/5 Stop reposting slashdot crap. Everyone here either already reads
it or doesn't care.
\_ That is incorrect. Many people care, most don't have time to go
through everything /. spews out [myself included].
\_ Oh but you have time to read the motd, Mr. I'm-So-Busy?
\_ I don't see where anyone ought to post something that is
supposed to pertain to "everyone here." Do you _know_
everyone here personally? Or do you just have a simple
model of how everyone behaves from which no deviation is
ever possible? Neither of these choices seems particularly
credible.
\_ Ok, how about this, "No one important cares." Meaning: you're
not important and it doesn't matter if I know you personally or
not. Hope that clarification makes you feel better about it.
\_ Sign your rants. --yermom |
| 2000/1/6-8 [Uncategorized] UID:17174 Activity:nil |
1/5 Where's a good place to find information about a company's work
environment/atmosphere? I'm trying to get some info on ARM. -jeff
\_ Talk to people who work there but don't know you're looking to
get hired. Or talk to ex employees to find out why they quit.
Or both. |
| 2000/1/6-8 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:17175 Activity:kinda low |
1/6 Anybody know where I can find exact maps of school districts? I'm
looking for a house and I want to know which school district a house
belongs to. The web sites of the particular school districts that I'm
interested doesn't have that info. I'm wondering if there's a central
depository for such things. Also is there a good place to look at
school rankings? http://realestate.yahoo.com has some, but I'm looking for
others. Thanks.
\_ There's a book called "McCormick's Guide" that even has average
SAT scores. There's a web site selling it but I forgot the URL.
My sister got the book from her real estate agent free. -- yuen
\_ Maps change too quickly, and are not centrally stored anywhere.
You'll find one at the district office of whatever districts
are in the area. Post your location and somebody here will know
what the good schools are.
\_ Try http://www.greatschools.net for this and other info. -emin
\_ Expect outdated and incomplete information en masse
-been there, tried that |
| 2000/1/6-10 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl] UID:17176 Activity:high |
1/6 What would be a reasonable expected salary range for an
entry-level sys-admin type? Contracted and/or perma?
\_ 40$ if you're not very good, but still call your self a sys admin
\_ That translates to ~$85K/yr. Pretty high for an entry-level job!
\_ Entry level sysadmins do not get $80k a year. You must be
talking $40k a year, not $40 an hour.
\_ Entry level contracting coudl easily be 40/hr if you're not a twit
and you go to a pass through agency (ie, not taos). But it doesn't
have benefits, so might translate close to $65k on annual basis.
\_ I thought the rule of thumb was $10/hr ~= $10k/yr for contractors.
\_ No. Normal rule is yearly salary = 2000 * hourly rate.
\_ That's just the raw pre-tax, pre-everything amount, though.
Just keep in mind that you don't pocket that much each year.
\_ Also, full timers tend to get much better non-cash benefits
than contractors. You'll have to weigh the value of these
benefits vs. more cash as it pertains to your life. Also,
some benefits are never worth it when you can buy them with
the higher salary you might make elsewhere.
\_ Great info. What contracting agencies do folks reccommend?
Hall Kinion, EDP, TAC-Temps, etc. (clearly not Taos)
\_ Why not Taos? They never screwed me... -ex Taos Employee
\_ You signed a contract with Taos? You got screwed.
\_ You sound like a disgruntled ex taos employee.
Smart people who have used taos don't seem to have a
problem.. Like me.
\_ Dummyhead. You got even more taken than the rest of
them. No, I never worked for Taos. I got as far as
an offer and then snapped out of it and got a real
job. Your error lies in the fact that you think you
out smarted Taos or were treated well in some way.
I pity you. -better resume than you, no Taos on it
\_ I recently accepted an entry-level sysadmin TAOS job for
\_ I recently accepted an entry-level sysadmin Taos job for
$70K to start. From reading the motd, I now feel I got really
ripped off. True, I am only an Art major, but I had a
campus job using UNIX and I will learn Pearl soon.
campus job using UNIX and I will learn Perl soon. [perl, not pearl]
I did really well on their online tests.
When they asked me how much I wanted, I said $70K, thinking
that I'd work down from there, but they offered me that and
I already said yes and signed the offer sheet and start in 9
days. Should I try to renegotiate for more money? Can I
legally do that? Advice?
\_ This must be a troll. --dim
\_ Why? I got offered the same 70k from Toas with similar
experience.
\_ [perl, not pearl] is the tip-off to me. --dim
\_ How many new BMW's have Ric and Alexis bought in the past year?
\_ You should post your resume with a throw away email address and
see what offers you get. In this state, you're an "at will"
employee. In non-legalise, this means you can quit at any time
without penalty and they can fire you at any time without cause.
"At will" is perfect for employees in the current job shortage
and will suck if things ever turn around... hmmm... you ever
think of leaving the tech field and putting that art degree to
work? |
| 2000/1/6-7 [Recreation/Dating] UID:17177 Activity:insanely high |
1/6 Does "engagement" mean the period after successfully proposing
but before actual marriage ceremony? Is an engagement ring
considered mandatory when you propose (as in the movies) or should
I buy it for her one afterward? Is a diamond "mandatory" on the ring
or what are acceptable alternatives?
\_ You are engaged from the time your intended says "Yes" until the
time the minister/JP/etc. says "I now pronounce you man & wife."
The only thing that's mandatory is a marriage license. Rings are
completely up to what you want, what she expects, and what you can
afford. For some people, that means a diamond is required - for
others a diamond engagement ring would be seen as a total insult
(religious prohibitions against gaudy jewelry, rich guy rubbing in
just how much more money he has over poorer fiancee, etc) or a
waste of cash (someone who values eating over stupid shiny rocks
for instance, or who would rather save those thousands of $$$ to
spend on the wedding/honeymoon/new home).
\_ For people who care, a typical guideline is 2 months salary for the
engagement ring. My wife and I didn't care though, and we both
agreed we'd like to use the money in other ways. I proposed earlier
than I was planning somewhat spontaneously, and so didn't even have a
ring. We picked it out together. And today (Jan 6) is our 4th
wedding anniversary. Yay! -emarkp
\_ Pre-tax salary or after-tax?
\_ I was told three months pre-tax.
\_ That "guideline" comes straight from the diamond industry.
\_ Ask Partha about his love for de Beers.
\_ Most people I know who got married recently spent about 6K on
their engagement ring. That gets you a nice 1+ carat ring. -ax
\_ My wife was happy with a nice $250 ring sans diamond.
\_ Yep. Save the money and honeymoon in Europe.
\_ Mine was happy with a ~$450 one with tiny diamond.
\_ My friend went with her sister to go shop for her engagement
ring. Then they called up the boyfriend and told him which
$5k ring to get.
\_ It's impossible for anyone with a conscience to support
de Beers. It's ridiculous for anyone with a brain to
pay thousands of dollars for a rock. -tom
\_ You are SO unromantic tom and most of me agrees with
you. The other part explains that the WHOLE POINT is
to spend a shitload of money on something that is
essentially worthless as a romantic/symbolic token of
irrational Love. (boy, now i'm more sure it's dumb)-tom
\_ the difficulty comes in communicating this to the woman
in question
\_ The greater difficulty comes in not strangling her
when she says she has lost it.
(yes, it's REALLY lost, permenantly)
\_ Oh no! What are you some kind of GIRL? who gives
a fuck if she lost a hunk of metal and carbon?
You didn't lose any more money than you had
already lost by buying it.
\_ If you're going to spend a dumptruck full of
money on the ring, would it be so tough to get
it insured?
\_ Silly me, I thought it was wasteful to spend
$500 a year on insurance, when I could trust
my wife to look after things.
I'm cured of that now.
I also have a greater appreciation for HSN.
\_ You are an asshole.
\_ I suggest that he is trolling. If not
he is an idiot as well as an asshole. He can't possibly
think that she (assuming, and i don't, that he actually has
a wife...) actually lost something worth X thousand $$.
She lost a rock that would never be worth anything except
as a symbol, which, if he were a decent human being it
could have been in spades. Being decent about something
like that can earn you as many points as wasting your money
on the damn thing in the first place. The money Was wasted
BEFORE she lost the thing, A husband in this position could
get TWICE what he paid for.
\_ it doesn't matter. YOU'LL BE SORRY!!! (to the newly weds)
\_ "I'm Tom Shane. You have a *friend* in the diamond business." |
| 2000/1/6 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:17178 Activity:nil |
1/6 Y2K is overhyped! There was no nuclear explosion, power outage,
\_ ^Y2K^SexwithYerMom
terrorists rampage, etc. What a dissappointment! |
| 2000/1/6-7 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:17179 Activity:high |
1/6 tar -cX directory.tar exclude_file /directory
doesn't seem to work on my Sun Solaris 7 box. (Though that is the
way the man page seems to say to write it).
tar -cvX exclude_file directory.tar /directory
lists the right files to be tared + tries to include directory.tar
in the tar.
Someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong. This has taken me
far too long to figure out one friggin' command.
\_ You're forgetting the "f" flag:
tar -cfX directory.tar exclude_file /directory
\_ Thanks. I'm an idiot.
\_ And you're a moron for not removing your entry.
\_ Which of course makes you twice the moron for not
removing it either.
\_ I hope you never breed. |
| 2000/1/6-8 [Uncategorized] UID:17180 Activity:kinda low |
1/6 The nice people in the robotics lab gave us a color printer
for the office. Everyone say "thank you, Daniel Fisher" -John
\_ <holding breath> laser?
\_ <holding breath> idiot?
\_ <holding breath> coprophile?
\_ AHHHH SHHHHEEEYIT! |
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