Recent content by KornGeek

I'm with CC. We don't know the whole story. Maybe they have a policy against speaking to the press. Maybe she was chronically late to work. Maybe one million other possibilities were in play. It looks like she was fired so they could simply put this whole incident behind them and move on...

kwbMitel, You seem to object strongly to the use of the word "loser" to describe people who do not win. While this word can have strong negative connotations (more of "failure in life"), it can also be used simply as the opposite of "winner". When one person wins a competition, they are the...

As an estimate, I would say 640 * Pi * (the radius of the watering arm in miles)^2.

[Drifting a bit off topic due to curiosity] With a central pivot irrigation system, wouldn't the crops near the center of the circle get much more heavily watered than the crops near the outside of the circle (due to the fact that the watering pipe covers a smaller amount of land per rotation...

My head literally exploded (according to the new definition).

Out of curiosity, what path in life do you believe would have made you happier? Do you believe there is something about the I.T. industry in particular that has led to your current lack of hope? Or is it the lack of mentors and guidance that very well could have been the same for you...

I had a boss that asked me if I had run a "tracer t". I had no idea what he was talking about until I saw him type "tracert". At work, I waffle back and forth on the pronunciation of "SQL" ("Sequel" vs. "S.Q.L.").

I was hesitant on endorsing particular sites, because I didn't want to appear as spam, but since you requested, I thought plentyoffish.com was pretty good, and I thought okcupid.com was the best dating site out there. Even though it's free, I felt it was better than any of the pay sites. I met...

Just to throw this thought out there, one of the big differences between referring somebody for a job compared to offering feedback on a novel is that when you refer someone, you are putting yourself on the line. If the person gets hired and then doesn't work out, it can be seen as a reflection...

Growing up, I remember hearing

If so, it's bad advertising. JC Penney tends to use more mainstream advertising, and questioning the quality of your product out of the gate is a questionable strategy at best. I think this is a case somebody who looked at the name of the forum "Making an Impression" and asking a question...

When I send a text with the word "leaving", my phone tends to want to change it to "lesbians". This makes things awkward if I don't carefully check my texts. For instance, when I text my stepdaughters to let them know I'm coming to pick them up on my way home from work. My simple text of "I'm...

Even so-called "Organic" produce is regularly treated with DHMO! When will the madness end?

This is strangely similar to a conversation I was having with my kids (ages 9, 11, 13, and 15) recently. They were talking about all of the different things that have been shown to cause cancer. I told them that oxygen causes cancer. They didn't believe me. I told them, people who don't...

Not necessarily. Let's assign ratings between 1 and 10 for driving skill. If 80% of American drivers score an 8, and 20% score a 3, the average score would be 7. This would mean that 10% of American drivers actually underestimate their driving ability.