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derFunkenstein wrote:Probably meant to keep the OS from sleeping so that the battery will charge. My dad got an MP3 player, plugged it into his computer, and walked away waiting for it to charge before I came over to help him load it. 20 minutes after plugging in, the PC went to sleep for a few hours and when I got there, he had like a 15% charge on the MP3 player. Kind of dumb to prevent the screen saver/monitor sleep though.
And now I'm 34 minutes into waiting for one of our sales reps to show up so a conference call can start with a prospective client. No-showing a demo is bad form, sales dude.
And now I'm 34 minutes into waiting for one of our sales reps to show up so a conference call can start with a prospective client. No-showing a demo is bad form, sales dude.
paulWTAMU wrote:And now I'm 34 minutes into waiting for one of our sales reps to show up so a conference call can start with a prospective client. No-showing a demo is bad form, sales dude.
Termination time?
just brew it! wrote:Can't believe this didn't get mentioned shortly after it started. Can't believe *I* didn't mention it at some point, I guess I've been slacking off.
For over a month now, there's been an XKCD comic where the picture changes once per hour (originally the updates came every 30 minutes). [snip]
paulWTAMU wrote:aye aye Cap'n
paulWTAMU wrote:I just learned I know **** about physics from that test. I missed every physics question (and more than I should have on chemistry).
DancinJack wrote:Ned is a cheater.
paulWTAMU wrote:why is it so hard to find *good* premade first aid kits? ONes with splints, clotting agents, eye washes, small medicine bottles (with more than 2 damn tylenol though!), medical glue, thread, etc?
just brew it! wrote:Just ran across a link to this quiz. I scored an 88%, without cheating (i.e. I did not look anything up or ask anyone else).