A co worker was called by a restaurant because he had accidently put $50 in the tip spot. They suspected this was an error.

When I get really good service, I...

In Forth you could redefine integers as different values (as well as redefine all operators etc, nothing was sacred).

Swapping wireless mice between adjacent cubicals provides some harmless fun.

Many years ago when my mother got her first job (1940s), she was told to order c-clamps, but having never heard of these, she typed the order for sea-clams. They...

Steve Holle (10/29/2007)

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I find it interesting that you use the emotionaly charged term "profiling" in your title but not in your comments. The negative connotations given to the word...

Plans like this are irresistable to politicians. They are also incredibly corrosive to any free society. Not all things can be reliably predictied, especially when the behavior is not consistent...

It's sure a relief that you are not looking for

mini-m(ilennium edition)e

That would not be good.

On the tech side...

what happens if you try to restore to a point in time 01:30 on Nov 4?

There is not necessarily a 'single truth'. (And I'm not trying to sound like a po-mo nutcase here)

A business of any size has different functionalities (sales, production, maintenance, finance) that...

Actually Jones law is (Douglas) Hofstadter's law, which states recursively

"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's law into account"

When my son got married I went out for drinks with a bunch of his friends.

You haven't lived till you get roasted by a bunch half drunk Oracle guys.

rudy komacsar (10/1/2007)

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What ever happened to ISO 9001 ?

It seems to me that if that model were followed (and enhanced a bit) SOX would be easy. Oh, by the way...

Seeking to prove the old saying "if the only tool you have is a hammer, every job looks like a nail", Congress sees every problem in society as something that...

It's not aways a good idea to drag someone in for every 20 minute job that needs attention. Swapping out a HD or similar may be less than glamorous, but...

I'll be hitting 58 in 4 days... probably will spend it working on the house or my old Jeep

I have a great deal of sympathy for your plight. Certainly your English is a LOT better than my French, and I respect people for the effort they need to do...