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Friday, August 02, 2002
When searching on yahoo for jobs in faraway states, I find it's much easier to just make myself a drink, or grab a beer, and then play xbox. Maybe this is why I'm still in Houston?
.: posted by Jeremy 8/2/2002
Thursday, August 01, 2002
So I'm looking through all my pictures, coz it's more entertaining than TV. Here's some proof.
.: posted by Jeremy 8/1/2002
Why should we have to come up with our own plan for making a lot of money quickly, when we can just implement someone else's? And we could always take this a step further. Instead of having our customers come to us, we can go to our customers. We will perform our service for them, and when we are through, if they are satisfied, they can pay us. Then we can release them so that they can tell all their friends and family about our company and what we do. If they are not satisfied with our service and do not want to pay, we will continue to perform our service until they are satisfied.
I think this is a surefire plan for success.
.: posted by Jeremy 8/1/2002
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Listen, between the bunch of us we should be able to come up with some way to make a lot of money quickly. We're all underemployed, with the exception of Jeremy, who has apparently taken on the role of alpha male among his fellow engineers at the microchip mill. Instead of trying our luck individually, why don't we put our heads together and come up with a surefire way to get rich. If we can come up with a fair-sized stable of ideas, one of them is bound to work.
Like for instance, today I saw that the Big Game Mega Millions 165,000,000 dollar jackpot hasn't been claimed yet, although the winning ticket was sold to someone in New Jersey. And I thought to myself, "There are four or five of us with nothing better to do, and New Jersey isn't really that big. Why don't we go find the ticket and cash it in?" I mean, you can't go wrong. Instead of actually buying lotto tickets, we'll wait for someone else to win, and then we'll take theirs. That's called beating the odds. Not to mention the fact that we reduce the capital required to get started from the cost of a batch of lotto tickets and some beer to just the cost of some beer.
.: posted by andy 7/30/2002
Apparently alpacas are better than sheep dogs.
I was just told by our new group-coordinator that I am mean. She used to think I was a "sweet guy" when she was the receptionist. Now that she sits accross from me and hears the way I abuse my coworkers and supervisors, I think she has seen the light. I can't help that they are always wrong, but I feel it's my duty to help them recognize that they are all idiots.
.: posted by Jeremy 7/30/2002
Question: Do we still need the Saudis?
Answer: No.
.: posted by Jeremy 7/30/2002
Monday, July 29, 2002
Japanese ice cream is wrong.
.: posted by Jeremy 7/29/2002
One of the guys at work bought a Barrett M82A1 .50. He's been looking forward to getting it for months, now. It finally came on Friday, and he was pretty much a giddy little schoolgirl by the time 4:30 rolled around. So this morning I go into work, and I'm like, "So...?" And he tells me he didn't shoot it yet. He's got land, and he's built a backstop with a bunch of dirt and some logs and whatnot. I think that if he hits the backstop directly, he should be ok, but if he hits it at any kind of angle, there's not telling what'll happen. So anyway, he says he didn't fire it because his backstop is at 100 yards, and the lowest labeled mark on the rifle's iron sights is 500 yards. He's afraid that unless he knows what range he's aiming for, his shot will arc right over the backstop and wind up killing someone two miles down the road, or at least destroying a car or something. So anyway, he called the Barrett folks, and they told him he'd just have to try it out and figure it out for himself.
All in all, he seems pretty disappointed with the whole thing. In the gun-wacko/survivalist world (this guy is past the gun-enthusiast stage), the Barrett is one of the Holy Grails. He spent 6300 on the rifle alone, not to mention the extra magazine and carrying case. Oh, by the way, the carrying case depressurizes when closed. Before you open it you have to open a little valve to release the vacuum inside the case. I guess this is supposed to minimize water vapor inside the case, but I think it might just be a stupid gimmick. Anyway, he says the rifle disassembles into three different pieces for storage, and that when assembled, it's held together by a front and rear pin. Apparently the rear pin is pretty stiff and he has to use a piece of wood to get it in place (the piece of wood prevents him from mangling his hand on the pin). He asked the Barrett guys if it was supposed to work that way, and they told him it might settle a little after he shoots it a few times. But at a $1.20 for a FMJ round, and $2.75 for copper-jacketed, that's an expensive proposition. All in all, I think he's dissatisfied with his Barrett experience. I guess I would be too. For 6300 dollars, I expect a rifle to come with its own machinist to keep it in top condition.
But my point is that he's only had the rifle over the weekend, and he's already talking about trading it in for a less expensive version. Oh, coincidentally, the rifle was shipped from Tennessee on Monday, but didn't arrive in Greensboro until Friday, the day after President Bush was here. I wouldn't go so far as to say that's a coincidence, but it's something to consider while I'm changing lightbulbs. Especially since this guy has already been raided once in his life.
.: posted by andy 7/29/2002
It looks like psuedo-science to most, but boeing wants to make sure. I think it's wise of them not to take accusations of psuedo-science on faith.
Creating words like "unilateralism" and international organizations like "the world court" are just europe's attempts to undermine our sovereignty, since they can't challenge us militarily or economically.
.: posted by Jeremy 7/29/2002
I've been hearing on BBC talk about how the US is viewed by Europe for months; basically arrogant, self-centered, and disrespectful of other countries, but they acknowledge there's nothing they can to in retaliation that would have any great effect on us, so they put up with it.
NPR just had an article about an independent study by a US group basically saying that the Europeans have a kinder view of the US than the rest of the world. We spend $1billion yearly on our international image, and they say it's not nearly enough. I like how the American solution is to throw money at the problem instead of just being more considerate and acting less unilaterally.
.: posted by Grand Inquisitor Fnord Moco 7/29/2002
I just got a new a credit card; Gold even. It's got a better interest rate than I have on my car loan, and I could move the entire car loan onto the card and still not reach my limit. Whoot. I don't understand how it happened. What with dotcoms and contract gigs, I haven't worked at one company for more than three months since 2000. I move constantly, and have almost no existing credit history. I love computer errors in my favor.
.: posted by Grand Inquisitor Fnord Moco 7/29/2002
There was an attempted assassination in Kabul, just now. I just don't think this whole Afghan government thing is going to work out. When you take away religious fanaticism, there's nothing to hold the many Afghan ethnic groups together. I found out from this article that Karzai now has American bodyguards. I assumed that he had them all along, but apparently not. I wonder if that looks bad to his people. Unlike most members of the Afghan government, Karzai isn't really a warlord, and doesn't have his own private army. It makes a lot of sense for him to want the best bodyguards he can get, but it probably also makes him look like an American puppet. And he probably is. I wonder if someday we'll look at Karzai as another Diem.
.: posted by andy 7/29/2002
Sunday, July 28, 2002
"I think leaving dead koalas on the road for 24 hours is going to frighten young children."
.: posted by Grand Inquisitor Fnord Moco 7/28/2002
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