:clap:Jake said:
Jake, I'm very happy for your friend and everyone around him (or her). Raise a glass in their honor for me, will ya?
The EPIC WIN Thread 2: EPIC HARDER!
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Jake, I'm very happy for your friend and everyone around him (or her). Raise a glass in their honor for me, will ya?
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Mr_Chaz
Hell fecking yeah! Glad it worked out for themJake said:
Hope they got through the treatment ok!
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Iaculus
My sister should never enter a casino for the rest of her natural life. Allow me to explain:
She recently took her A-levels to get into university - specifically, Manchester's Architecture course. This is a course that normally requires three A-grades (the highest you can get in the exams - none of that A+ or B- fiddliness) to get in. The offer she was given was AAB - that is, two A-graded subjects required, plus a B-grade, for those of you unfamiliar with the system. As the year progressed, it became increasingly unlikely to both her and us that she would achieve this, particularly since this was her second go at the exams.
Today was the day the results came out.
At 8:45 this morening, the head of our year phoned our house to inform us that she had received inadequate grades to be able to accept any of the conditional offers she had received from her selected universities (a conditional offer essentially reading as 'we'll let you in if you get these grades'), and that it would be best if we arrived early to discuss this. He also advised us to check the UCAS site to review the details of said offers. When we did so, we discovered that the Manchester offer had been changed at the last moment from 'conditional' to 'unconditional', meaning that they wanted her regardless of what grades she got - which turned out to be an ACC when we later went in to receive them.
In summary, my sister just got into a university course that typically demands three As with an A-grade and two Cs. The only reasonable conclusion: divine intervention.
She recently took her A-levels to get into university - specifically, Manchester's Architecture course. This is a course that normally requires three A-grades (the highest you can get in the exams - none of that A+ or B- fiddliness) to get in. The offer she was given was AAB - that is, two A-graded subjects required, plus a B-grade, for those of you unfamiliar with the system. As the year progressed, it became increasingly unlikely to both her and us that she would achieve this, particularly since this was her second go at the exams.
Today was the day the results came out.
At 8:45 this morening, the head of our year phoned our house to inform us that she had received inadequate grades to be able to accept any of the conditional offers she had received from her selected universities (a conditional offer essentially reading as 'we'll let you in if you get these grades'), and that it would be best if we arrived early to discuss this. He also advised us to check the UCAS site to review the details of said offers. When we did so, we discovered that the Manchester offer had been changed at the last moment from 'conditional' to 'unconditional', meaning that they wanted her regardless of what grades she got - which turned out to be an ACC when we later went in to receive them.
In summary, my sister just got into a university course that typically demands three As with an A-grade and two Cs. The only reasonable conclusion: divine intervention.
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Iaculus
I'm afraid the family genes never inclined far in that direction for any of us. Her and my female friends, on the other hand, are all worryingly hyperintelligent and keep getting scouted for modelling contracts. I wish I was making this up.Jake said:
So, for the last few months, my boss has been totally micromanaging me.
The the point that he's coming into my office and making me change internal program variable names.
So, I'm spinning my wheels a lot of time going through code and changing things like intNumPages to intTotalPages. Stuff that takes useless time to do for absolutely no known utility or business justification, and introduces the chance of breaking existing code, so we have to regression test everything.
He just gave me an 'aggressive' timeline to finish some code work in 2 weeks that me an another programmer conservatively estimate is 260 man-hours of work.
he's kind of tech-retarded that way. The other day, he floated the idea that we should put every single database table or ran application into one giant table...to completely denormalize a database of 30 or so tables into one giant table. I don't know where he worked at before here, but I'm thinking it might have been IT management or something, because he doesn't know the basic fundamentals of programming, such as the fact that database normalization has been a standard for over 30 years, and that you denormalize only in extreme cases or you lose a great deal of the efficiencies and advantages of a modern relational database.
So, why is this in the epic win thread and not the rant thread? Remember that conversation Mav started a while back about looking for a job? And I said I opened up my resume on Monster and was immediately getting nibbles? Well, I was just waiting for the right offer to come along.
I just accepted a job offer that pays a fair amount better than my current job, pays full benefits, offers flex-time, flexible vacation times, work-at-home VPN possibilities, and has a fairly 'hands-off' approach between managers and the developers. Basically, the managers say "I want the app to do this on the back-end database", and leave it up to us to implement it however we feel is best.
So, three cheers for me
The the point that he's coming into my office and making me change internal program variable names.
So, I'm spinning my wheels a lot of time going through code and changing things like intNumPages to intTotalPages. Stuff that takes useless time to do for absolutely no known utility or business justification, and introduces the chance of breaking existing code, so we have to regression test everything.
He just gave me an 'aggressive' timeline to finish some code work in 2 weeks that me an another programmer conservatively estimate is 260 man-hours of work.
he's kind of tech-retarded that way. The other day, he floated the idea that we should put every single database table or ran application into one giant table...to completely denormalize a database of 30 or so tables into one giant table. I don't know where he worked at before here, but I'm thinking it might have been IT management or something, because he doesn't know the basic fundamentals of programming, such as the fact that database normalization has been a standard for over 30 years, and that you denormalize only in extreme cases or you lose a great deal of the efficiencies and advantages of a modern relational database.
So, why is this in the epic win thread and not the rant thread? Remember that conversation Mav started a while back about looking for a job? And I said I opened up my resume on Monster and was immediately getting nibbles? Well, I was just waiting for the right offer to come along.
I just accepted a job offer that pays a fair amount better than my current job, pays full benefits, offers flex-time, flexible vacation times, work-at-home VPN possibilities, and has a fairly 'hands-off' approach between managers and the developers. Basically, the managers say "I want the app to do this on the back-end database", and leave it up to us to implement it however we feel is best.
So, three cheers for me
Wow, that is fantastic news. What a turnaround.Jake said:
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Lally
I was posting in the Rant thread about how bummed I was that my weight loss was going slowly, and how it's been an up and down struggle, and The Poftoffel Formerly Known as Lurker and AshburnerX made me feel a lot better (and Shego tried even though I'm totally not hypothyroid-ed), and so I decided to make myself feel better I would post some before and after pictures (I'm still way too insecure to post anything resembling a head-to-toe but I think these are pretty "epic win").
Before (circa summer 2006):
After (circa a few months ago):
even though I'm totally not hypothyroid-ed), and so I decided to make myself feel better I would post some before and after pictures (I'm still way too insecure to post anything resembling a head-to-toe but I think these are pretty "epic win").Before (circa summer 2006):
After (circa a few months ago):
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Batdan
In the same category as Tin Whistler's post, I'm trying to find a new job too. My sister informed me of a position in her workplace that opened this week and I'm finishing my resume, cover letter, and application today. If I get this job, it means I'll have to move 4 hours away, but I'll be making 2/3 more than I do right now plus health and dental insurance (yay!). Also, the gf says she'll go with me if I get the job (even better!). I'm so excited and I hope this all goes through. Keep your fingers crossed!
Hey, my old post is gone.
I lost my virginity.
After looking for a new place to live since February I'll be going tomorrow to drop of the security deposit on a basement suite. Though here there aren't really basement suites as the rock is too hard to cut into. What people refer to as basement suites are usually just ground floor.
It'll be the first time I've ever lived without my parents and I couldn't be more excited. While I realize the difficulties and problems that will arise I'm just happy to be out of the place I'm in now.
It'll be the first time I've ever lived without my parents and I couldn't be more excited. While I realize the difficulties and problems that will arise I'm just happy to be out of the place I'm in now.
Mine too.
REPOST:
I lost my virginity.
Dude!
Cajungal
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NICE.
My geology teacher is an extremely mellow GA. This lab is going to be easy.
Also, I get to eat Indian food this weekend... and I'm gonna have pictures soon. Must show off my bday presents! ^_^ I've been wearing the same 7 shirts all summer... it's nice to wear clothes that aren't ragged.
I suggest breaking the ice with "Did you know we fucked? We totally fucked!" while thrusting behind her and making ass-slapping and lasso motions.
Immediately after introductions you should ask your girlfriend, while motioning to her girlfriends, "When can I tap that?"
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