Worm update
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The cook was a Mexican (probably illegal) without a lot of options. He busted his ass six days per week 12 hours per day for $600 US dollars (under the table, so no benefits). I think he was disgruntled.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Yeah. Its sick what people might go through to make a living.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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You Rock Pete. BTW, check out this guy: Clickety[^]
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
I'm guessing that he's not feeling the love. I think he needs a hug.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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The cook was a Mexican (probably illegal) without a lot of options. He busted his ass six days per week 12 hours per day for $600 US dollars (under the table, so no benefits). I think he was disgruntled.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
$600/week? /2 weeks? /month?
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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I'm guessing that he's not feeling the love. I think he needs a hug.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
LOL seems like it :) You really ought to expand on that article and publish it here. Regex is a platinum plated titanium-gold diamond mine. Especially if you do lots of text processing. Besides, it always feels great to read your name mentioned albeit you can "pushy tosser" between the lines :laugh:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Well, I don't know what to say. I went to court today to attend the delayed court hearing. The original date was set on the 10th of January, but it turned out to be a religious holiday (Islamic New Year[^]) and so was postponed until today, the 12th of February, my birthday. So they've had a month atop of the original 3 weeks that they were assigned by the judge to collect and submit their evidence. Guess what? They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time". I laughed so hard when we walked out of the courtroom. To me, it means one of two things. Either they don't have evidence or whatever evidence there is is not in their favor. Pathetic. So the next court hearing date as set by the judge will be on next Wednesday the 20th of February. Seems like the judge is getting fed up. Now, all I want to hear from the lawyer is for what date the counter case has been set along with the name of the judge. Please, hope with me that through some serious twist in fate the counter case gets placed with the same judge.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time".
You really have to stop to understand the situation these folks are in. They lost the brains of their operation to your salad. Perhaps he committed suicide by jumping into your dressing and the note he left was harsh. But be that as it may, being deprived of the smartest and hardest working person in their entire organization, you really expect them to have enough time? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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LOL seems like it :) You really ought to expand on that article and publish it here. Regex is a platinum plated titanium-gold diamond mine. Especially if you do lots of text processing. Besides, it always feels great to read your name mentioned albeit you can "pushy tosser" between the lines :laugh:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
When I get the time to finish the article, I will. The blog is just a handy place to post the code without waiting for the finished article.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time".
You really have to stop to understand the situation these folks are in. They lost the brains of their operation to your salad. Perhaps he committed suicide by jumping into your dressing and the note he left was harsh. But be that as it may, being deprived of the smartest and hardest working person in their entire organization, you really expect them to have enough time? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
:laugh: Always one for a laugh El! :laugh:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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The Hijri Calender is Lunar based, so you can't tell with precision when the new lunar month begins, you have to witness it (or at least, delegated scholars should), hence this happening. Also, the official calendar is the normal Gregorian calendar and most people [read 99.99%] don't know the exact date in the Hijri Calendar and they wait until they are informed by the government, so the court is not really at fault, at least in this regard.
Abu Mami wrote:
Anyhow, keep us up to date so that we'll have time to bake you a cake with a hacksaw blade inside.
I'll keep you informed, but you don't seem very enthusiastic! :omg:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The Hijri Calender is Lunar based, so you can't tell with precision when the new lunar month begins,
forgive my lack of knowledge here... but what is it about the moon's period that is not predictable? I could tell you exactly to the minute when the shadow of the lunar horizon crosses what crater if I had latitude and longitude of the crater... and that I could probably look up. I don't understand what is so difficult about predicting the moon, it's orbit and the earth's orbit are rather predictable outside of a few adjustments a century for gravitational influence of the other planets, the orbit is rather easy.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time".
The worm must have declined the witness protection program. ;P Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
The worm must have declined the witness protection program.
well, the worm died... but I heard through the rumor mill they were attempting to get the worm's wife to testify. However upon further examination of the evidence and based on the changing story of the worm's wife... it may well be that she pushed him into the dressing. There is further evidence that she has been sleeping with a butterfly from the other side of the park. Very, Very fishy. It may well be that the worm discovered his wife's winging about town and sleeping around. It may well be a case of worm-murder, perhaps even 1st degree. But given that she has inherited the entire organization, they are afraid that she will fire everyone if things start looking bad for her. So they have had to change tactics here to cover up the real crime!! Turn in next week for the next exciting episode of ... as the worm turns!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Rip their heart out, grind their souls into misery, any restaurant that can't back their food and service deserves all they get. I have little (none) sympathy after a similar experience in Sydney a long time ago. I am glad to say my bitching was a small part of them going out of business. Lousy service, lousy food and arrogant management trading on a non existent reputation. All the luck in the world and I hope your counter case come quickly and hits VERY hard.
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Rip their heart out, grind their souls into misery,
Conan! What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The Hijri Calender is Lunar based, so you can't tell with precision when the new lunar month begins,
forgive my lack of knowledge here... but what is it about the moon's period that is not predictable? I could tell you exactly to the minute when the shadow of the lunar horizon crosses what crater if I had latitude and longitude of the crater... and that I could probably look up. I don't understand what is so difficult about predicting the moon, it's orbit and the earth's orbit are rather predictable outside of a few adjustments a century for gravitational influence of the other planets, the orbit is rather easy.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Hmmm, perhaps I should have explained it a bit better. I know that what you said was true. Back at University and even in high school we had the sufficient mathematical knowledge to easily calculate that. Though things can be easily calculated, don't forget that this is a religious calendar. Tradition plays a huge role here. And IIRC, it is actually stipulated that the event ought to be witnessed, though I might be mixing events. Quick background. The event I have in mind is the sighting of the Ramadan[^]new moon, Ramadan being the holy month where Muslims fast. At the end of Ramadan the new moon of the month "Shawwal" is observed and then there is the festival of "Eid Al Fitr" (literally the festival of breaking fast) which lasts for a few days. I automatically assumed that this new moon observance (which is required by the scriptures, Hadith[^] or Qur'an[^] I'm not sure) is enacted onto all the months. So really, its a matter of tradition. Also, not many are keeping with "the old ways" (contrary to what the rest of the world thinks thanks to different media spouts all around the world, yes Fox, I'm looking at you) and even the ones that do usually have to check an almanac or a calendar that is pre-calculated. I hope that explains it :)
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Hmmm, perhaps I should have explained it a bit better. I know that what you said was true. Back at University and even in high school we had the sufficient mathematical knowledge to easily calculate that. Though things can be easily calculated, don't forget that this is a religious calendar. Tradition plays a huge role here. And IIRC, it is actually stipulated that the event ought to be witnessed, though I might be mixing events. Quick background. The event I have in mind is the sighting of the Ramadan[^]new moon, Ramadan being the holy month where Muslims fast. At the end of Ramadan the new moon of the month "Shawwal" is observed and then there is the festival of "Eid Al Fitr" (literally the festival of breaking fast) which lasts for a few days. I automatically assumed that this new moon observance (which is required by the scriptures, Hadith[^] or Qur'an[^] I'm not sure) is enacted onto all the months. So really, its a matter of tradition. Also, not many are keeping with "the old ways" (contrary to what the rest of the world thinks thanks to different media spouts all around the world, yes Fox, I'm looking at you) and even the ones that do usually have to check an almanac or a calendar that is pre-calculated. I hope that explains it :)
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
I hope that explains it
in part.... it just seems odd, since I could probably hook up calendar based on ancient cultures, nothing modern. It just seems odd that something so easy to calculate should not be predicted. I understand the idea of "witnessing" an event, I just have been in the business of telepresence so long this seems obvious to me. Give me the position of the observer and the lunar event, and I could reproduce his view at that time up and down the timeline past, present, and future. We use the moon and stars for certain alignments so knowing precisely where it will be at a given time to calibrate your optics is a lot of math, but otherwise pretty straight forward. You can even incorporate physical views of horizon, if it requires it to rise over a certain mountain range, this may be a degree higher than the ellipsoidal surface therefore taking into account topography you can still calculate viewer "views" pretty easy. You tell me where and when the viewer is and I can give you a picture of what he will see. Thus you could easily throw the clock forward and "see" when he will "see" the event such that you can prepare. oh well. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Thanks Dario :D Oh man, this started off in July 2007, so yeah you are missing something :D Quick summary, I ordered a salad from this "posh" restaurant while at work. There was a worm in it. After a few days they came, apologized, bought me flowers a bag of goodies and an open invitation for two as a way of saying sorry. I used to work in a company with about 100 devs. The pictures started flying all around the Middle East and their business has been damaged very badly (so they say). Other people started adopting the event (as in it happened to them). Next thing you know, they're suing me for slander and threatening them. After a few court sessions it is apparent that their "witnesses" were testifying more in my favor simply because they have no case. I started to counter sue. They ran out of witnesses and according to Jordanian law, they now have to submit their evidence in a proper manner. This was supposed to have happened last 10th of January but it got postponed till today (total amount of time for gathering and submitting evidence 1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days). Today they asked for a postponement and the judge gave them a final date of next Wednesday the 20th of February. After that, its my turn :D :hellishly evil laugh:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Quick summary, I ordered a salad from this "posh" restaurant while at work. There was a worm in it.
you realize they were baiting you... ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Marc Clifton wrote:
The worm must have declined the witness protection program.
well, the worm died... but I heard through the rumor mill they were attempting to get the worm's wife to testify. However upon further examination of the evidence and based on the changing story of the worm's wife... it may well be that she pushed him into the dressing. There is further evidence that she has been sleeping with a butterfly from the other side of the park. Very, Very fishy. It may well be that the worm discovered his wife's winging about town and sleeping around. It may well be a case of worm-murder, perhaps even 1st degree. But given that she has inherited the entire organization, they are afraid that she will fire everyone if things start looking bad for her. So they have had to change tactics here to cover up the real crime!! Turn in next week for the next exciting episode of ... as the worm turns!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
Turn in next week for the next exciting episode of ... as the worm turns!
ROTF! Classic!!! Marc
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Hmmm, perhaps I should have explained it a bit better. I know that what you said was true. Back at University and even in high school we had the sufficient mathematical knowledge to easily calculate that. Though things can be easily calculated, don't forget that this is a religious calendar. Tradition plays a huge role here. And IIRC, it is actually stipulated that the event ought to be witnessed, though I might be mixing events. Quick background. The event I have in mind is the sighting of the Ramadan[^]new moon, Ramadan being the holy month where Muslims fast. At the end of Ramadan the new moon of the month "Shawwal" is observed and then there is the festival of "Eid Al Fitr" (literally the festival of breaking fast) which lasts for a few days. I automatically assumed that this new moon observance (which is required by the scriptures, Hadith[^] or Qur'an[^] I'm not sure) is enacted onto all the months. So really, its a matter of tradition. Also, not many are keeping with "the old ways" (contrary to what the rest of the world thinks thanks to different media spouts all around the world, yes Fox, I'm looking at you) and even the ones that do usually have to check an almanac or a calendar that is pre-calculated. I hope that explains it :)
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
I'm not getting it either. IS the confusion due to visibility issues ie if it's cloudy the first night it should be visible it gets delayed a day?
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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The cook was a Mexican (probably illegal) without a lot of options. He busted his ass six days per week 12 hours per day for $600 US dollars (under the table, so no benefits). I think he was disgruntled.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
So, he made $8 an hour tax-free (under the table, as you say) so "no benefits"? Guess what, I make my salary over the table and STILL have no benefits. It's called working for a small company. AND, I have to pay taxes on my income. He made the equivalent to $10 an hour if he had been paying taxes. My wife would LOVE to make $10 an hour right now. She's unemployed, over 50, and having a hard time finding anyone who wants to hire an older person. Illegals can BYTE me. But I guess that is one for the soapbox...
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So, he made $8 an hour tax-free (under the table, as you say) so "no benefits"? Guess what, I make my salary over the table and STILL have no benefits. It's called working for a small company. AND, I have to pay taxes on my income. He made the equivalent to $10 an hour if he had been paying taxes. My wife would LOVE to make $10 an hour right now. She's unemployed, over 50, and having a hard time finding anyone who wants to hire an older person. Illegals can BYTE me. But I guess that is one for the soapbox...
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/View.aspx?fid=2605&select=2425004&fr=1#xx2425004xx[^]
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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I'm not getting it either. IS the confusion due to visibility issues ie if it's cloudy the first night it should be visible it gets delayed a day?
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
dan neely wrote:
visibility issues ie if it's cloudy the first night
Its not exactly that, no, though it could be a factor as well. Again, this is something that falls more in the realm of the religious scholars and I am not one of them :) From what I do know, its a matter of what has been stated in scripture, sort of like a commandment but not exactly, and added to that is the sense of tradition. If you're really that interested, I could ask and find out exactly how its done and why.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon