Posts by Little Drummer Boy

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New Corporate Smoking Policy - Need some suggestions.

by El Kabong in

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i work for a fairly large corporation.

our company is establishing a new tobacco policy where smokers and tobacco users are no longer allowed to use tobacco in any form, either cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew, or snuff, anywhere on company property.

this includes inside or outside the building, the parking lot, or even in your own personal vehicle while in the parking lot.

Little Drummer Boy

BrentR That is opening a big old can of worms when you consider how many people stink and all of the reasons why. What forms of stink are OK and which ones are not? Where do you draw the line?

Very true, but most every company has policies for dealing with personal hygene, what managers should do about, etc. It is never easy to explain to an employee that they have a body odor that is offensive or bad breath, etc. But it is something that managers and HR people do deal with so that other employees are kept productive and so that customers are not driven away. El Kabong - OH he shot me! Heh. ;) MsMcDucket - Now you're just bein' onery. Cleaning chemicals smell because....well they are usually strong chemicals and chemicals smell. Can't help that. Floor wax (actually, floor finish - they haven't been waxes for years and years) smells because....well once again, it has chemicals (specifically amonias) that need to be there to evaporate so the finish can be applied. We fix what we can and live with the rest. The perfume ban is a great idea though. Many, many people just bathe in the stuff.

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New Corporate Smoking Policy - Need some suggestions.

by El Kabong in

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i work for a fairly large corporation.

our company is establishing a new tobacco policy where smokers and tobacco users are no longer allowed to use tobacco in any form, either cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew, or snuff, anywhere on company property.

this includes inside or outside the building, the parking lot, or even in your own personal vehicle while in the parking lot.

Little Drummer Boy

Please don't be mad my fellow board posters who are smokers,

but,

As humans we are entitled to at least one unhealthy guilty pleasure. For one person it may be eating a whole container of Bon Bons and for another it may be a cig. None of us should be throwing stones because we all live in glass houses.

If one of my fellow workers goes on break, eats a whole container of Bon Bons, and comes back to work, I won't mind their reek. Why? Because they won't reek. It won't give me a headache or in any other way impact me at work. If a fellow worker goes out for a smoke break, they wil come back reeking, and I and everybody else has to live with it.

This may be one reason why there are complete bans on smoking on company property - even if it is in private cars in the company parking lot. It is actually worse if you confine the smokers when they smoke - it concentrates the reek and they bring it back in. Maybe or maybe not that isn't the reason for the complete ban, but it does deal with that particular problem. I don't think that smokers actually realize how much they stink at work and how disruptive this is to others. The nose doesn't work right if you are a smoker. Factor in the long and extra breaks that I have always seen all smokers take, and it affects the bottom line eventually.

No offense intended, but just the honest truth. Don't shoot me, OK? Can we still be friends?

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The Question Non-Jws hate to hear! (Unless they're athiests)

by Mad in

did jesus have a god that he worshipped?

Little Drummer Boy

Or are you just a fluffernutter?

I like fluffernutters. Yummy peanut butter and marshmellow cream sandwiches. Sounds good. Oh wait you meant crazy. My bad.

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New Corporate Smoking Policy - Need some suggestions.

by El Kabong in

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friends

i work for a fairly large corporation.

our company is establishing a new tobacco policy where smokers and tobacco users are no longer allowed to use tobacco in any form, either cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew, or snuff, anywhere on company property.

this includes inside or outside the building, the parking lot, or even in your own personal vehicle while in the parking lot.

Little Drummer Boy

I haven't figured out how you get off the lozenges but I guess its better than smoking. The problem is that these products are meant for people that are going to quite smoking so I am not sure that you can suggest them to be used only during office hours

I have heard that a doctor told my FIL or MIL (can't remember which one) about the lozenges that you should not treat them like a regular cough drop or piece of candy. Treat it like a cig. You don't smoke in one long continuous draw, you put it down in the ash tray, and let it burn for a while, pick it back up again, etc. In other words, put the lozenge in your mouth, take it out, so on. This simulates the smoking of a cig and eventually lets you cut back and quit.

Don't smoke, so don't know if that helps, but just something I heard.

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VISTA IS CRAP... MAKE XP LOOK LIKE VISTA WID DIS...

by What-A-Coincidence in

topdesk is a quick and easy way to switch between applications.

with a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display thumbnails of windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.

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Little Drummer Boy

Good points Abaddon. Funny how people forget pc history at times. Sure, my old DOS 3.0 box booted in about 15 seconds and didn't have many stringent hardware requirements...but I don't really want to go back to the DOS days.

Considering how "crap and slow" many say that Vista is, I find this part amusing from the requirements section of the first post:

The recommended system requirements for TopDesk are:

- Windows XP Service Pack 2.
- 2.0 GHz CPU or higher.
- 1 GB RAM or higher.
- ATI 9800 level, nVidia 6800 level, or higher graphics card

Know what happens if you give Vista the same hardware listed there for Top Desk and not try to short change it? It runs very well.

Funny that.

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My new PC Sucks :( HELP!!!

by Nosferatu in

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i'm sitting here looking at jwd in a 16 color win2k, using my old ethernet card to connect to the internet, and ubuntu linux won't install.. i'm trying to find drivers for my hardware, but it's so new that it's difficult to find anything.

i formatted the hard drive because i didn't want that slow, chunky windows vista piece of shit.

unfortunately, the hard drive also contained the drivers for my hardware (vista drivers of course) and this damn thing didn't come with a cd rom full of drivers.. i'm currently using my old ethernet card to connect, but i can't permanently use it because there's only two spots left on the motherboard - i want to plug in my tv tuner card and soundblaster.. can anybody help me?.

Little Drummer Boy

You’ll need at least 2 gigs of RAM to run vista (1 gig for xp), and probably at least 256 megs of video memory (which is integrated on your mother board).

Not to derail the topic here, but just because a lot of people read this board, I gotta dispute with ya just a little cyberguy.

This may be of interest to people who are considering Vista. Sorry Nosferatu - I don't have any ideas for you at the moment - forgive me for hijacking your thread, btw.

Vista will in fact run with 512MB of RAM. Absolutely. Period. Now, I will confirm that it won't run well (and that is a relative term) without at least a gig, but it will run and let you do the basics. Also, the 256MB video req. you listed is just flat out wrong. 128 is the min. and that will run all flip effects, etc.

I know this because I just did 3 test installs for our school with different configs. Version I have been installing is Vista Business, which has higher reqs. than Vista Basic that Nosferatu said he was using. I was getting very positive and perfectly acceptible useability results with P4 3.2Ghz, 1GB RAM, and 128MB video. Taking out 512MB auto-turned off the Aero interface stuff and slowed the machine, but it still was usable. I was not able to force the Aero effects on for testing with only 512. At that point, physical memory usage jumped to 58% with nothing open and the pc just sitting there, btw. Having IE and Media Player both running took it to 79% used. I will say that while it will run with only 512, I don't feel at all comfortable with the idea of doing much serious multi-tasking with that amount of RAM. It depends on how a person uses their machine though.

I also had zero driver issues, which was not at all what I expected. In fact, it is the first OS that I have installed at the school that didn't need extra drivers for the machines. Network printer setup was brain-dead easy. Literally 3 mouse clicks installs a network printer. Nice. Install time was roughly half of what it is for XP Pro. Considering that our version comes on 5 CDs (not the 1 DVD of regular Vista) as opossed to the 1 CD of XP, I don't know how MS managed to do that, but I like it.

Just thought I would pass that along to anybody who is hearing horror stories about Vista.

FWIW, my impression of the OS is that it is very intuitively laid out. There are many nice touches that I picked up on.

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Had a funny day told a guy to go away

by hambeak in

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some guy came in today and his audi is using oil as most do.

he was upset i charged him for 2 quarts.

he swung at me and i stepped away and told him to have a good day.. as he left the shop he ran against a red light and got hit broadside i laughed like crazy .

Little Drummer Boy

Some guy came in today and his Audi is using oil as most do. He was upset I charged him for 2 quarts.
He swung at me and I stepped away and told him to have a good day.
As he left the shop he ran against a red light and got hit broadside I laughed like crazy
He came back needing some help and I told him call a wrecker. I am such a bad guy cuz no help from here
What should I have done help him or do what I did and let him stumble along afterall he is cute lol

What should you have done? How about caved his face in with a tire iron for trying to assault you? I absolutely cannot understand how people can go through life thinking it is OK for them to take swings at people. I'm not ranting at you here, but the other guy. One of my mental mottos is, "If you pick a fight with me (physically), I won't be fighting you to fight you. I will be fighting to kill you. Becaue you don't have the right to hurt me physically and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure you don't hurt me anymore than possible." Think about it; we're not in 3rd grade anymore. This isn't two kids fighting over lunch money in the school yard. People need to know that such behaviour is unacceptable and will be dealt with in the harshest of manners. My 2 cents. ps, glad you're OK

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What's the difference between humans and animals if there is no God

by JH in

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if there is no god, does this make us the most intelligent animal?.

Little Drummer Boy

Havn't read the other posts.

But, animals taste yummy with BBQ sauce when there is a God.

Animals taste even more yummy with BBQ sauce when there is no God because you get to drink more while you're eatin' 'em.

Seriously though, all of us are on a journey. In 10000 years we may find that our cats have evolved enough to carry on simple conversations with us (with words). Hell, one of our cats already has distinct vocalizations for different desires. "Owe" while standing in the living room means he wants to go outside. "A-ra-uh" while standing in the same spot means "Please run some water in the tub. I would like a drink". This is then accompanied by him walking down the hall, leading one of us to the bathroom. "Rat-rat" (it almost sounds like a bark) is a sure sign of acknoledgement of an action. "Prrruuuut" is a begging sound. Usually done while standing at the cabinet door where the cat treats are kept. "Brrrruuuu-brrrrruuu (a chirping sound) is "Where are you?". These are all very, very distinct sounds and sound nothing like the meow you would expect from a cat - although he does meow as well.

How many millenia until this creaure would be sentient like us?

Some days I could almost be a vegan.

What will we evolve into in 10,000, 20,000, or 50,000 years? Will there be powers of our minds that are only now in the earliest stages of development? Do all the ghost, magic, and spiritual stories we hear about have some basis in what we will become instead of what we arenow? Will we achieve some ultimate state of being where our physical form is no longer needed and we can convert ourselves to sentient energy of some sort? Is the natural progression of life to evolve from animal, to sentient animal (us), then to sentient animal with advanced mental powers (not us quite yet), to non-physical sentient with advanced mental powers?

Hmmm...

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War on religion some day?

by Spirit Axal in

i was just starting to think, they removed religion from schools and public areas and jobs.

whats next?

the removal of everyone who believes in god or some high power?

Little Drummer Boy

Spirit Axal,

Having been on the very uncomfortable receiving end of the EXACT oppossite of what you are talking about while in school, I can safely say that it isn't the Christians (at least in the U.S. midwest) that come out worse for wear in those kinds of discussions. I have had several instructors who just can't keep their faith to themselves. Of course we, as students, are a captive audience. Invitations for home bible discussion, lectures on the instructors christian background, etc happen all to frequently during class.

One incident recently caught my intention. A higher up in the division I am in was conducting an introduction seminar for prospective students and I was assisting. At one point she commented that a particular class would be offered next semester, "Jesus willing". The"Jesus willing" comment was said with the stereotypical upturned head and eyes, with arms raised, palms forward. I had to do a double take to make sure that I had actually seen that. Given the level of professionalism needed to perform work in our field, I was shocked by this outburst.

Since she is my boss, and is very vocal about her beliefs, I don't dare say anything because I would get fired. I can never let her know that I am an atheist if I want to keep my job. Through comments I have overheard, as well as working for her for about a year, I have come to realize that she would rather have a lazy, dishonest, thieving, incompetant worker who claims to be christian - such as my direct supervisor, than to have anyone of any other faith or non-faith - no matter how good of a worker they might be.

Spirit Axal said: Just to give a more detail on it "Hey do you believe in god?" "No, i dont want to talk about that crap" then the person says, "Did you know if God is God he could stop you from falling but he wont" So its not fair for me, but its fair for them to start bashing when all i asked if they believed in God and didnt wanna hear it from me yet they wanted me to hear what they had to say, only it was bashing

I don't feel sorry for the religious when they bring up their non-sense and want to talk about it with everybody and anybody. And then get mad when others won't share in their delusions.

In other words, if you insist that the Earth is flat, and if you insist on bugging other people about it, you don't have the right to be mad when they say, "Dude, the Earth sooo isn't flat".

LDB

(This Dave don't dance)

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My computer blew up.... Literally!!! BANG!!! :S

by Elsewhere in

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i needed to reboot so i did a normal shutdown.

no big deal.. it shutdown and started to come back up but never got past the post.

so i rebooted again and got the same thing... i opened it up to see what was going on and noticed there was a lot of dust collected on the cpu cooling fan and fins.

Little Drummer Boy

"True but by turning the system off, we meant turn the power off at the power supply itself. This powers down the MB and keeps the case grounded. If your PS doesn't have this switch then of course you should unplug it."

This is correct.