Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 32113
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1997/3/28 [Recreation/Dating, Industry/Jobs] UID:32113 Activity:nil
3/27    hello, bigbook mass layoffs. web worker mass suicide. coincidence?
        new novel plot? you decide. --partha "pynchon" banerjee
        \_ Don't remove my comments about suggesting the Taos minions kill
            themselves just like those SD geeks did; it's impolite.
        \_ Did, by chance, 39 employees get laid off by Bigbook and move
           to San Diego?  -John
        \_ They had BB options.  Now redeemable for Mc Donalds gift
            certificates!!
        \_ Not one female... talk about discriminatory.
           \_ Actually, in some of the bigger companies, HR postprocesses
              the layoff roll to make sure disadvantaged minorities are
              not disproportionately targeted.  Theoretically, this is a
              good thing.  Practically, this means disadvantaged minorities
              are much less likely to get laid off than advantaged minorities
              or majorities.

           \_Actually, there were several females but htey shaved their
             heads and looked like men.  Also, they were strangled which
             counts as murder in San Diego.
        \_ http://www.heavensgate.com ==> Too many users. Please try again later.
         \_http://www5.zdnet.com/yil/higher/heavensgate
        \_ Oh my god, I believe that Do and Dr. Kevorkian are brothers!!!
        \_ Come join the engineering cult! Spend the rest of your life
           in Soda Hall, doing projects! Free your soul with your innate
           nerdiness!!!
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