L. Marcus Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Re: The Last Word If it's something I have to do, it immediately loses its appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word My memory is that when SETI@home first came out' date=' the 2-d FFT displays it made were considered Way Cool as a screensaver purely on aesthetic grounds. The involvement in SETI was gravy.[/quote'] :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word By clocking in hours at one's job' date=' and getting paid to do what one loves to do.[/quote'] That's what I get to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word So rub it in, why don'tcha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word Mind you, if you do love your job and you're incautious enough to let others know, the first thing that happens is that they freeze your pay (because they don't have to pay you so much to keep you), and the second thing they do is start messing with your duties so you no longer like the job. No matter what they say, no manager likes happy subordinates. The whole point of being a manager is that you get to make people miserable simply because they are your subordinates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word Unless you don't have a manager. Looking back, I can say that I've had a few jobs I've enjoyed, but none I've loved. Mostly, I work to make ends meet, and have since I was . . . Dang, when did I get the paper route, again? Before I could ride my bike; that much I remember. Was I seven or eight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word I have a different perspective, having had the job I always thought I wanted, and had it turn to sh*t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word I'm sorry to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word I've actually heard a boss say that a gruop of employees was having too much fun at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yeah, I've heard that. But it was by a boss who assumed that work and fun could not be accomplished at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I love parts of my job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I love parts of my job. Presubably the cats that think correctly that you are their friend...not the cats who think of you as a fiend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I've actually heard a boss say that a gruop of employees was having too much fun at work. Who your boss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I love parts of my job. I don't even have that, right now. *sigh* And even if I did, they'd just change my job around again so I hated everything about it in another couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word And here, it's first day of fall quarter at the university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Congratulations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, it's the first of classes, but since my class doesn't meet on Wednesdays, the first class for me is tomorrow. Working on my syllabus now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, good luck with your new students. Are students getting dumber as the years go by, or is that only my impression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I wouldn't be so harsh as to say they are getting dumber. The preparation they are coming in with has changed, some of that good, some of that otherwise. There is a wide gulf of things which I take for granted as being on one's intellectual toolkit that make them stare in slackjawed wonder. There are things they think about and do casually that I have never considered. More interesting is the attitudes and ethics they come in with, and while that's always an individual thing, location has nearly as much to do with it as time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Who your boss? Not mine, Mini-labs. She thinks people shouldn't laugh and have fun at work. It not being "professional." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I wouldn't be so harsh as to say they are getting dumber. The preparation they are coming in with has changed' date=' some of that good, some of that otherwise. There is a wide gulf of things which I take for granted as being on one's intellectual toolkit that make them stare in slackjawed wonder. There are things they think about and do casually that I have never considered. More interesting is the attitudes and ethics they come in with, and while that's always an individual thing, location has nearly as much to do with it as time.[/quote'] Interesting. Just my impression that people are getting dumber, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word It's not an impression -- it's a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, not according to Cancer's observations, they're not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Oh students are as clever as ever -- but people in general . . . Oj oj oj . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Oj? Is that an example, or a figure of speech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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