Unemployment is boring
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Been hanging out in my apartment by myself way to long, it won't be too long before the guys in the white lab coats come to take me away... Neil Van Eps A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. - Mitch Ratliffe, Technology Review, April, 1992
I too have been *ahem* between jobs for a little while but I'm looking forward to landing a job. I'm busier now than when I had a job and look forward to being on a semi-regular work schedule again. Suggestions for staying busy:
- Search for another job
- Write an article or two and post it here - also looks good on the resume/CV
- Read some good books
- Write a book
- Go for a work-out every day - when else would you have the time to do that?!
- Do things that you didn't have time to do when you had a job
Essam - Author, JScript .NET Programming
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Nish - Native CPian wrote: by reading science fiction I always scare myself to death when I read science fiction.:~
lucy wrote: I always scare myself to death when I read science fiction Please put down the Stephen King book and pick up an Asimov, Clarke, Bova or Pole book. Horror is not sci-fi. :) * Of course if you are reading a proper sci-fi book and are still scared, my apologies. Just that a lot of people lump Stephen King and his phony cronies in with the sci-fi geniuses, which just angers me. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Tim Smith wrote: Over here in the third world of humor (a.k.a. BBC America), peterchen wrote: We should petition microsoft to a "target=_Paul" attribute.
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lucy wrote: I always scare myself to death when I read science fiction Please put down the Stephen King book and pick up an Asimov, Clarke, Bova or Pole book. Horror is not sci-fi. :) * Of course if you are reading a proper sci-fi book and are still scared, my apologies. Just that a lot of people lump Stephen King and his phony cronies in with the sci-fi geniuses, which just angers me. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Tim Smith wrote: Over here in the third world of humor (a.k.a. BBC America), peterchen wrote: We should petition microsoft to a "target=_Paul" attribute.
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Paul Watson wrote: Asimov, Clarke, Bova or Pole book Bova (correction) is my favourate sci-fi author. I've only read around 4 of his books so far, but I loved them all. Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
Recent bug fixes to Walton's pr0n organiser v1.2b - fixed a bug where the user's FAT table would be wiped for no reason - fixed a bug where the user's computer would explode, killing everyone within a 5 foot radius
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lucy wrote: I always scare myself to death when I read science fiction Please put down the Stephen King book and pick up an Asimov, Clarke, Bova or Pole book. Horror is not sci-fi. :) * Of course if you are reading a proper sci-fi book and are still scared, my apologies. Just that a lot of people lump Stephen King and his phony cronies in with the sci-fi geniuses, which just angers me. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Tim Smith wrote: Over here in the third world of humor (a.k.a. BBC America), peterchen wrote: We should petition microsoft to a "target=_Paul" attribute.
Paul Watson wrote: Asimov, Clarke, Bova or Pole book Bova (correction) is my favourate sci-fi author. I've only read around 4 of his books so far, but I loved them all. Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
Recent bug fixes to Walton's pr0n organiser v1.2b - fixed a bug where the user's FAT table would be wiped for no reason - fixed a bug where the user's computer would explode, killing everyone within a 5 foot radius
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Yes, Mr Typo's friend. :) Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
Recent bug fixes to Walton's pr0n organiser v1.2b - fixed a bug where the user's FAT table would be wiped for no reason - fixed a bug where the user's computer would explode, killing everyone within a 5 foot radius
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Been hanging out in my apartment by myself way to long, it won't be too long before the guys in the white lab coats come to take me away... Neil Van Eps A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. - Mitch Ratliffe, Technology Review, April, 1992
Go exploring! - Jason (SonorkID 100.611) "I just recieved an email from myself but I didn't send it ?" - Colin Davies, Sonork conference
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Neil Van Eps wrote: Unemployment is boring You can improve yourself a good deal spiritually by reading science fiction and agatha christie in the interim period!!! Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
I'm trying to achieve spiritual improvement by reading Tom's Inside C#. :) /ravi Help put "civil" back into "civilization" http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com
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lucy wrote: I always scare myself to death when I read science fiction Please put down the Stephen King book and pick up an Asimov, Clarke, Bova or Pole book. Horror is not sci-fi. :) * Of course if you are reading a proper sci-fi book and are still scared, my apologies. Just that a lot of people lump Stephen King and his phony cronies in with the sci-fi geniuses, which just angers me. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Tim Smith wrote: Over here in the third world of humor (a.k.a. BBC America), peterchen wrote: We should petition microsoft to a "target=_Paul" attribute.
Asimov is the king of sci-fi. Sorry, was the king. Like it or not, I'm right.
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Asimov is the king of sci-fi. Sorry, was the king. Like it or not, I'm right.
Jason Henderson wrote: Asimov is the king of sci-fi. Sorry, was the king. I would agree. His stories played in realms where the protagonists and antagonists were people. Lately sci-fi seems to exist in this Luddite world where the good guy is fighting the "evil creation of science" - nanotechnology, genetic manipulation, cyborgs, robots... This is even more prevalent in film and TV with shows like Matrix, and X-files, even Star Trek TNG where the spent half the time trying to survive their own holodeck! Dave Huff 'tis a silly place!
