I'd also like to reiterate a point that Shaggy made... Where do you get all this from?!
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I'd also like to reiterate a point that Shaggy made... Where do you get all this from?!
I have a nose for the unusual, and I'm a recovering member of the news media.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Plus it's been a bit slow here at work lately.
Well, speaking of having a nose for the unusual, what's the worst thing you have ever dropped down a pit toilet? How about your dog?
I went camping with some friends last weekend. We got out there well after dark, and were headed to bed when one guy went up to the outhouse with their 60lb golden retriever. A bit later, the guy came back to say that the dog was under the outhouse. That was a bit of a *** moment all around.
He told us that he was sitting on the throne and heard an odd sound, like something large falling into the pit. So, he used his headlamp to look into the hole and found his dog looking back at him. The hole was about seven feet deep, which was fortunate in some ways. Lots of bad surprises could arise when you sit your bare butt on an outhouse seat in the darkness, but a tongue would be about the most...invigorating. I'd probably exit through the roof.
As it turned out, there was a hole on one side of the (fairly new) outhouse, and the dog had fallen into it in the dark. So, as we all stood around and tried not to think of a solution, it became clear that the only alternative was for somebody to climb into the hole and rescue the dog. Shooting it wasn't an option. Fortunately, the outhouse was quite new and there was clean space to stand, so the owner of the dog climbed into the hole after I declined his generous offer to take his place. However, as the hole was quite deep, and the dog fairly large, all he could do was lift it high enough for me to get ahold and complete the process of extracting the dog...who promptly tried to jump back down again, and had to be fairly forcibly restrained by another member of the party. I then helped my buddy out of the hole and we all retreated to a local, ice-cold, mountain stream to wash as best we could.
It was a very entertaining adventure, though not one that I'd care to repeat, so I took the time to cover the 'back-door' entrance with a few sizeable logs.
At least nobody died after being overcome by fumes:
Two die trying to get cell phone out of open pit toilet
Be thankful the golden retriever only weighed 60 lbs. Mine weighs 105... :eek:
I may have already heard that story.
Frankly, I'm also thankful that the pit wasn't "knee deep".
I've started a coding contest and I want all of y'all to join it!
i read it! im not gonna sit and start coding a converter for 5000 numbers:eek::confused: ! was it 5000 ? or 50000 ? too lazy to figure out the formula too! but i would like to see someone coding it :D:D
I submitted mine yesterday in the codebank to give newer members a launching point, but mods can't compete unless a non-mod host the contest.
now i understand the concept of it , i guess anyone who read that post will understand how to code it , easy as it looks:D
This needs to happen... eight years ago:
IndyCar: Cleveland to return?
let me get my hookah and then ill think about what im going to send for the next 3 hours( dont ask if its tambacco or not) :D
Tomacco?
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"Daddy, this tastes like grandma."
and finaly well never mind
This post didn't happen.
how to disappear someone from my sight:
1- kill him
any other reason?
Reason? Reason for what? If you are looking for a different method for disappearing somebody from your sight, here are some options:
1) Close your eyes.
2) Turn around.
3) Take a saw and cut a circle around them such that they fall through the floor.
4) Add a massive spring under them and launch them into space.
5) All of the above.
yeah i agree with the third one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
You are starting to scare me...
Just starting?
I give boat loads of leeway in Post Race - his boat already sank!
Glug glug glug
That's FD guzzling ouzo.
Not yet. Still on the beer. Ouzo in 2.5 days.
Swill Swill
It's Margarita City!
Slurp Slurp Burp
Brain Freeze!!!
Fiddle dee dee.
Two smoothies with nuts, fruit, and veggies. Feeling all healthy. Gotta pee.
what happen when the world is yours and then you lose it ?
the world is never anyone's - so it can never be lost.
then you didnt watch scarface:eek:
That's true.
Post Racist
Wouldn't adding nuts make it a not-so-smoothie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Chunky style.
Actually, lots of fruits (such as blackberries with their tiny seeds) also make for chunky style, as do the dried chilis, though those are pureed pretty thoroughly.
Hello!
im a white man with grey hat and black pants
Be sure to keep all white/grey/black hat discussions out of the forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pc Monk
Especially out of the post race. This is where sharing leaves you anonymous.
i have no idea what you are talking about!
white/grey/black/pink/blue
I had to Google Edward de Bono. He has some interesting ideas. From Wikipedia:
Quote:
In 2000, de Bono advised a UK Foreign Office committee that the Arab–Israeli conflict might be due, in part, to low levels of zinc found in people who eat unleavened bread (e.g. pita flatbread). De Bono argues that low zinc levels leads to heightened aggression. He suggested shipping out jars of Marmite to compensate.[7][8]
Edward de Bono argued that companies could raise money just as governments now do – by printing it. He put forward the idea of private currency as a claim on products or services produced by the issuer. So IBM might issue “IBM Dollars” – theoretically redeemable for IBM equipment, but also practically tradable for other vouchers or cash. To make such a scheme work, IBM would have to learn to manage the supply of money to ensure that – with too many vouchers chasing too few goods – inflation does not destroy the value of their creations. But companies should be able to manage that trick at least as easily as governments do, particularly as they don’t have voters to cope with.
Those private currencies exist here and there. The major issue I have with them is that, if they ever became widely accepted, they would be super easy to counterfeit unless extraordinary design measures were taken, which would in turn render the script as useless as JavaScript on an abacus.
I may have a paid programming job, however...
It appears to be a large and time consuming project.
Also, I don't know if the guy will be able to afford the bid that I'd give him.
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Not fair - you post too fast....
How did you turn come up with the coding task list and how did you convert that into man hours?
I'm getting killed by conversion of data problems with one of my current jobs...
I figured that it would take me roughly two work weeks(80 hours) to complete the project and I'd bill at $20 an hour(I wanted to be cheap).
Also, moderators don't have a 30 second wait period.
So I can do quick post.
Like This.
You're seriously under pricing yourself there DD. You can pretty much double (or more) a typical "employed" salary to get a direct "provide a service" rate. Mind you, if it helps you get a few early contracts and build up a portfolio then go for it but always keep in the back of your mind that you're worth a lot more.
Wow, I'm on holiday in Greece and I found time to post on VBF. Now that's some seriously mucked up priorities.
Sometimes when I want to give a deal to a first time client I do a "courtesy discount" of so much money.
That way a precedent is not set for you hourly rate.
Why not charge $25 and give a $5/hr first time client courtesy discount?
Personally I never do. At least, not formally. I give my clients an estimate based on gut feel but I always make it clear that it is an estimate and may go up or down. I almost always seem to deliver in less time anyway so my clients are pretty pleased. Apart from anything, if you give a hard quote the client usually subtly changes the spec anyway.Quote:
how did you convert that into man hours
I actually gave him an option of $20 an hour or a flat $1,500 and told him that it will take me around 80 hours to finish, although considering how time consuming the project is I'm afraid that it could go over 80 hours.
Whenever I gave him that price he told me that it was out of his price range and that he's wanting to get this application rewritten and distribute it not for profit. So him and somebody else are basically ponying up money for me to remake their favorite video game that was discontinued.
I'm actually at the point where I don't want to start this project and then they back out at the last minute because of the price because like I said, this is going to take up a lot of my time.
today i dont feel doing anything! im not in mood to play video games! not in mood to code! not in mood to do penetration testing! not in mood to answer my phone calls & messages! idk why im writting this anyway ! do you ?
Because you're in the mood to contribute to the post race.