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What do you do while you have nothing to do in your job?

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  • C Caos000

    Sometimes I dont have tasks assigned to me and I just stay sit down in my chair reading articles about programming or learning something new, because by the way Im behind a big proxy so I cant browse through the Web so free, but sometimes I feel so bored :zzz: in this situation. What do you do while you have nothing to do in your job? :confused:

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    Caos000 wrote:

    What do you do while you have nothing to do in your job?

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    • C Caos000

      Sometimes I dont have tasks assigned to me and I just stay sit down in my chair reading articles about programming or learning something new, because by the way Im behind a big proxy so I cant browse through the Web so free, but sometimes I feel so bored :zzz: in this situation. What do you do while you have nothing to do in your job? :confused:

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      I work on my reusable code libraries.

      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      • D DaveX86

        In computing, there's always something new to learn.

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        For some reason I thought of the Alien movie tag "In computing, no one can hear you scream."

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          For some reason I thought of the Alien movie tag "In computing, no one can hear you scream."

          ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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          The first 2 Alien movies were awesome...they kinda went downhill after that.

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          • V Vikram A Punathambekar

            Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

            Now that I'm an employer, I have to make time to perform rudimentary activities such as going to the bathroom or performing proper hygiene.

            Look at how Tyco Brahe died[^] The first time I read this, I laughed till I cried. You can be a smart scientist and yet, on some days, be dumber than the neighbour's dog.

            Cheers, Vikram.


            The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.

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            It was Francis Bacon...

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            • T t7bros

              It sounds like you did you homework before you planted. My ignorant next door neighbors planted their bamboo right against the fence between our yards. Now we have bamboo infesting our lawn, as does another of the neighbors. Neither of us are very happy.

              Have faith in yourself; amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.

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              Yup. Unfortunately it's not always the ignorant neighbors fault initially because most garden centers and nurseries don't bother to educate people even slightly about bamboo and often have downright wrong information on the tags of the plants. Though certainly it's their fault in the long run and unfortunately bamboo collectors have been lax in getting the word out about how to deal with it easily which has led to all sorts of bad publicity for bamboo. Although if they continue to do nothing in the face of it spreading then they are not nice neighbors at all or completely don't notice it which is an excuse only if they are elderly. Bamboo can be controlled with nothing more than a sharp spade and a brief amount of slicing two days a year in fall and early spring. Fortunately bamboo's reputation as being an out of control invader that will reach through your bedroom window and strangle you in your sleep is highly exaggerated and more often than not what people are actually being invaded with is Japanese Knotweed wich is erroneously also called "Mexican bamboo" in the U.S. and that particular plant *is* an invasive nasty weed but it's not bamboo. Bamboo will spread out of control if it's the running kind (the clumpers can't spread out of control) and it is super easy to kill or get rid of if done right. If done wrong it will keep spreading and coming up everywhere. You can *easily* get rid of it no muss or fuss. I posted a guide for a guy with the same problem you have here: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showpost.php?p=145313&postcount=21[^] Just be sure it's not Japanese knotweed / mexican "bamboo", you can tell if it's not bamboo because bamboo is an evergreen, it retains it's leaves all winter. Knotweed on the other hand has very large leaves and the leaves and stalks fall over and die every winter (though the roots persist).


              "The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot

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              • C Caos000

                Sometimes I dont have tasks assigned to me and I just stay sit down in my chair reading articles about programming or learning something new, because by the way Im behind a big proxy so I cant browse through the Web so free, but sometimes I feel so bored :zzz: in this situation. What do you do while you have nothing to do in your job? :confused:

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                Caos000 wrote:

                What do you do while you have nothing to do in your job? [Confused]

                Find a new job! :) (My job is research. Always things to research, always.)

                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                  I work on my reusable code libraries.

                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                  -----
                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                  nerd! Bryce

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                    nerd! Bryce

                    MCP --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
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                    Our kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff

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                    :) They are paying me to work, after all...

                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                    • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                      This is priceless: "Which froze first? The Bacon or the egg?" :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 "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon

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                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                      Hilarious, I didn't see that when I posted it.

                      Cheers, Vikram.


                      The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.

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