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| 2007/7/26-31 [Uncategorized] UID:47426 Activity:nil |
7/25 obesity is contagious... should we quarantine fat people?
\_ Stupidity is contagious. Please wait in your room for the CDC
to arrive.
\_ I like this girl's fat
NSFW link:tinyurl.com/2dth6n
\_ Wait a week. Someone will find a negative correlation to reverse
this result.
\_ What my friends eat has no bearing on what I choose to eat.
People should stop acting like lemmings
\_ concentration camps.. er.. Fat Camps |
| 2007/7/26 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:47427 Activity:high |
7/26 Tom McClintock's floor speech about the ridiculous state budget
http://www.carepublic.com/blog.html?domain=tom_mcclintock&blog_id=153
"And while we.re on the subject of 'irrational exuberance,' the budget
also depends on a brisk comeback in the real estate market next year,
defying every economist that I'm aware of - not to mention our own
Legislative Analyst."
\_ Sigh. The dems have really been in power too long in CA.
\_ Isn't this the same guy who is pushing for more tax cuts?
\_ Sort of. He tends to push "cut expenses, then cut taxes."
Usually at least no new taxes. He believes CA spending is
out of control, and maybe restraining income will help restrain
spending.
\_ Consider the budget is $27B more than when Davis was recalled,
and we're taking in considerably more in taxes. Spending and tax
cuts make sense in that kind of environment.
\_ Are taxes as a percentage of GDP generally going down or up?
I was under the impression that they went down from 1999-2004
and are going up slightly now, but I have incomplete data.
I am only talking about California state taxes here.
\_ I'm only talking about the CA budget. |
| 2007/7/26 [Finance/Investment] UID:47428 Activity:nil |
7/26 help, the stock market is falling, and it can't get up!
\_ is it not at near historic highs? |
| 2007/7/26-29 [Computer/SW/OS] UID:47429 Activity:nil |
7/26 zonealarm bites bigtime.. BSODs.. can't upgrade to latest
software even though i have 365 days to do it.. only has
renew button . pathetic software programmers |
| 2007/7/26-8/1 [Health/Eyes, Health] UID:47430 Activity:nil |
7/26 ilyas, in your conversation with tom below, you mention a study you
have linked to twice, but I can't find your links. Could you repost
it? -jrleek
\_ stfw -ilyas
\_ http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/05/rand_health_ins.html
http://www.rand.org/health/projects/hie
(Don't sign my name, dickwad.) -- ilyas |
| 2007/7/26-8/1 [Industry/Jobs] UID:47431 Activity:moderate |
7/26 [ Restored ]
Don't know if it's the weather or what, but I am just damn tired.
Anyone else out there in a funk, or should I get screened for Lyme
disease?
\_ I feel run-down too, but I live in NM.
\_ I definitely do.
\_ Yeah, I've been tired the past couple of weeks also. I figured it
was because of the humidity.
\_ you should get a dog!
\_ I am damn tired too, but that is b/c I just finished the last
day of the bar exam.
\_ Congrats! How'd that go?
\_ Well, I survived. Hopefully I passed, but I won't
know until Nov 17.
\_ Please let us know how this goes, as well as whether you
feel it was worth going through law school, etc. I keep
being told that engineers do well in law school. Tempted
to go down that road myself....
\_ I really enjoyed LS despite the difficulty. For
me, it was a great career move, esp. considering
the *huge* salary jump and increased job security.
Some engineers and scientists do do well in LS,
but I can't say that every engineer or scientist
does well. Some people have a hard time adjusting
to the "socratic" method and the reality that your
grade in the class is based on a single final exam.
\_ Is it really that huge a salary jump? Mid-career
programmers make $100k, except for the very few
partners in big firms, don't mid-career lawyers
make a similar amount?
programmers make $100-120k, except for the very few
partners in big firms, don't starting lawyers
make less than that?
make about that?
\_ The starting salary for a 1st year is
between $135K-$160K plus bonus at many
large firms. Partners at most firms
make crazy money.
\_ http://salary.com says you're about $40k too high
with your estimate for SF.
\_ I don't know what http://salary.com says, but
I do know what I and my classmates are
making in the south bay.
\_ Perhaps http://salary.com is incorrect b/c
most of my classmates got offers in
that range (and I didn't even go to
a very good LS).
\_ http://salary.com has always come in low in
my experience.
\_ In my experience it has been
accurate and I have known the salary
of the two dozen or so people I have
managed throughout my career.
\_ That sounds circular. "Salary.com
is accurate so I pay at http://salary.com
levels".
\_ Only perhaps because you think
that managers are the primary
determinator of their direct
reports salaries. I never got
to build a team from scratch,
so I always inherited a bunch
of people with salary already
in place. Sometimes I was able
to use http://salary.com to justify
getting HR to do a market
analysis, but that was always to
move salaries up, not down.
\_ Where were you that the mgr
had no/little say? Also,
when you had a new hire did
you determine their offer or
did HR? If it was you did
you use http://salary.com?
\_ There are probably more Google millionaires
than "partners" in the Bay Area. Your chance
of actually making partner are quite small and
you will bust your ass trying to make it.
\_ I agree that there are probably many
more google millionaires in the the
bay area than partners and that I
will probably never make partner.
But, for me even the 1st year salary
is far more than I could hope to make
using my mediocre programming skills.
I didn't go to LS to get rich, I just
more google millionaires in the bay
area than partners and that I will
probably never make partner. But, for
me even the 1st year salary is far
more than I could hope to make using
my mediocre programming skills. I
didn't go to LS to get rich, I just
wanted to buy some job security and
get a moderate salary increase.
\_ You probably did the right thing then,
especially if you end up enjoying your
new job better.
\_ That's the key. He might make
a little more money (and after
factoring in law school costs
and lost wages for 3 years it
might be the same) but he has to
enjoy law. A lot of lawyers find
it boring, but it pays too well
to quit - just like a lot of s/w
engineers. However, I have read
surveys which show lawyers to be
among the careers most dissatisfied
with their jobs. By the way,
there is no way any 1st year
lawyers from anywhere except
Harvard are making $135-160K.
Your classmates are lying to you.
Lawyers? Lie? Naw!
You are right re the cost of LS. It is not _/
cheap and may not work out economically for
everyone. LS worked out fairly well for me
b/c I worked part-time and got a scholarship.
(The firm salary during 2d year summer was
quite nice as well).
I suppose that if you are making $100K+ as a
coder and have decent job security, there is
really no reason to switch. Like I said, I
was a mediocre coder and was not making the
big bucks like people at google, &c., so LS
made sense for me.
Re 1st year salaries, here are some numbers
for the bay area:
Palo Alto: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2hpl5x
SF: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2x7lx8
(both links from http://infirmation.com)
Also, I was offered in the range I mentioned,
and I have no reason to think that others in
my class were not offered the same. Finally,
I went to fairly low ranked LS, not Harvard
or the like.
\_ Nope, not tired, though I am starting to feel like I need
a vacation. |
| 2007/7/26-31 [Consumer/Audio] UID:47432 Activity:nil |
7/26 If I have a quality stereo system that's iPod compatible,
is there going to be a difference in sound quality between playing
music from the iPod using some lossless format versus the CD?
\_ The CD player will most likely have different sound quality.
Whether that's better, worse, or detectable by you depends on
it and you. (DACs). |
| 2007/7/26-29 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:47433 Activity:nil |
7/26 Ten real-life superheroes! More-or-less literally.
http://www.oddee.com/item_87762.aspx
\_ #10: Foxfire (Michigan)
Foxfire is a 25-year-old woman who patrols the highways of
information. She is dedicated to helping those in need, preserving
computer resources, and, most importantly, "rescuing anyone who are
unfortunate users of Internet Explorer ......" |
| 2007/7/26 [Uncategorized] UID:47434 Activity:nil |
7/26 HARD BOILED out in a nice DVD format. get it. |
| 2007/7/26 [Consumer/Audio] UID:47435 Activity:nil |
7/26 how hard is it to adopt my car stereo to use my ipod/mp3 player? |
| 2007/7/26 [Uncategorized] UID:47436 Activity:nil 66%like:47451 |
7/26 dear motd dog guy, i hate you
\_ seconded |
| 2007/7/26-8/1 [Recreation/Pets] UID:47437 Activity:nil |
7/27 Why is this getting deleted? I need help with my giant puppies.
Please. Look at them. link:tinyurl.com/2loacy
It's been said that my puppies should get LOTS of socialization
from birth to 3 months. However, it's also
been said that they should not play
with other dogs until they've gotten their 4th shot at around 12 wks,
or 4 months. How can I socialize the pup safely if it hasn't had all
the shots before the 4th month?
\_ Your not a "parent" unless you fucked the bitch yourself.
\_ Aren't you supposed to socialize your dog with people?
\_ Marinate. Cut into fillets. Barbeque over medium heat for 3 hours.
\_ Take your dog to puppy training. Usually after the 2nd shot your
pup should be safe enough for that but ask the training place. I
liked Sirius for the all-treat positive-only training method. If
you live in SF, Berkley, Oakland, or there abouts do not not not
not not let your pup out on public streets or meeting other dogs
you don't know from those areas. The rate of $disease_name_I_cant_
remember_but_kills_pups_easily is very very high in those areas and
simply walking through an area an infected dog has been is enough
to catch it. |
| 2007/7/26-27 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:47438 Activity:kinda low |
7/26 Regarding the contradiction between Mueller and Gonzales. The Bush
admin's story is that there were two surveillance programs: the
#1 Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP) and #2 an unnamed one. Comey
was going to resign over #2. Mueller said Gonzales came to see
Ashcroft for #2. Gonzo said it was #2. Dems think Gonzo said #1
and Mueller said #2. No one could talk about #2 clearly because
of national security. See?! Perjury trap!!!11
\_ Someone should get Gonzalez a lawyer, and maybe someone who
can tell him to stop sounding like a fucking idiot. What
do they call those people?
\_ The Bush admin's story is he's only being obtuse to avoid
disseminating classified information that revealing could only
INCREASE the potential of mushroom clouds over major U.S. cities.
disseminating classified information that revealing could
only INCREASE the potential of mushroom clouds over major
U.S. cities. |
| 2007/7/26-29 [Transportation/Airplane] UID:47439 Activity:nil |
7/26 Clean butts while you fly:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/324047_air18.html
\_ How do they afford the extra space and weight to carry enough water
for the bidets?
\_ "ANA executives said they have persuaded Boeing to install an
automatic window-washing system for the 787 cockpit windows." The
Commercial airplane industry is finally catching up with the
automobile industry. |
| 2007/7/26-27 [Politics/Foreign/Europe, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:47440 Activity:nil |
7/26 at least it wasn't black people this time
http://news.google.com/news?&ncl=1118495264 |
| 2007/7/26-29 [Uncategorized] UID:47441 Activity:nil |
7/26 Hey, RvW-Legislating-from-the-bench person: Sorry, wasn't trolling.
What specifically about RvW trips the legislating flag?
\_ Don't bother, he's just nuke the thread again.
\_ bite me. I not only didn't nuke the thread but I was annoyed
that someone else did before I saw any replies. jerk.
\_ busy right now but I'll get back to this later today hopefully. |
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