The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1043

wyndslash · 02-22-2011, 04:34 AM

@maian: no, it's an undergrad degree. A second degree. I didn't want to go into graduate studies because of a lack of foundation and real business experience. I speak filipino, not Malay. I can speak fookien too and a little mandarin.
@snake: oh my parents wanted me to get a degree in finance. I wanted to spend a year in japan brushing up on Japanese and go into translation and interpretation

Stitchawl · 02-22-2011, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

somebody likes me! yippee. even if I have to share with stitchawl.

Hmmm.... still having difficulty sharing your crayons, Sneaky?

Remember, no running with scissors!

Stitchawl

Stitchawl · 02-22-2011, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

Methinks its the same false assumption, as thinking that the porpose of becoming married is that you could control your SO

Ha! Dream on! The notion that ANYONE could control my wife, with anything less than a 'Taser,' is simply not imaginable!

Stitchawl

phenomshel · 02-22-2011, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Ha! Dream on! The notion that ANYONE could control my wife, with anything less than a 'Taser,' is simply not imaginable!

Stitchawl

I think Chris feels the same way about me...

devilsadvocate · 02-22-2011, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I think Chris feels the same way about me...

If anyone tries to control you, I'm the Taser.

Freeshadow · 02-22-2011, 05:08 AM

@Shel & chris

rewriting it the *nix way:

Code:

man marriage
Initial warning: Be aware, that even logging in as root does not give you control of the process.

@Stitchawl: I think it's not only about not-controlling.

Ain't women as unpredictable as weather is too?

SneakySnake · 02-22-2011, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyndslash

@maian: no, it's an undergrad degree. A second degree. I didn't want to go into graduate studies because of a lack of foundation and real business experience. I speak filipino, not Malay. I can speak fookien too and a little mandarin.
@snake: oh my parents wanted me to get a degree in finance. I wanted to spend a year in japan brushing up on Japanese and go into translation and interpretation

You must have Chinese parents to insist on a finance degree. I stupidly decided that I wanted to do that all by myself (chinese Great-grandfather notwithstanding). Many years in a bank (pre-degree) makes one hunger for numbers.

Cheers

SneakySnake CPA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Hmmm.... still having difficulty sharing your crayons, Sneaky?

Remember, no running with scissors!

Stitchawl

I will share, but not the purple or blue ones (my bluddy brother always got the blue one)

You may use the green and orange ones if you like, but please do not colour in the lambs leg blue (right ....right.... remembering when I was four and a kid coloured in the lambs leg in MY book blue)

Quote:

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

If anyone tries to control you, I'm the Taser.

Where do the sparks come from then?

Freeshadow · 02-22-2011, 05:13 AM

@maian & sweetpea

yeah indeed i overlooked it

god I'd go crazy traying that (might be the fastest way to lead me into suicide)

Mortis · 02-22-2011, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Ha! Dream on! The notion that ANYONE could control my wife, with anything less than a 'Taser,' is simply not imaginable!

Stitchawl

i just spit coffee, I say the same thing about my wife, when she's not in range that is and god forbid you miss, thats would be the end of life as we know it.

About huge iPhone bills, when I was in Dubai for 3 months my first months bill was RM2500 ($800 +) and that was SMS only, I knew better than using my phone to call anyone. Turns out that unless you turn off data in your settings you will still make connection when ever there is a 3G/Edge connection available.

Mortis · 02-22-2011, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

I will share, but not the purple or blue ones (my bluddy brother always got the blue one)

You may use the green and orange ones if you like, but please do not colour in the lambs leg blue (right ....right.... remembering when I was four and a kid coloured in the lambs leg in MY book blue)

You've let it go huh?

Stitchawl · 02-22-2011, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

I will share, but not the purple or blue ones (my bluddy brother always got the blue one)

You may use the green and orange ones if you like, but please do not colour in the lambs leg blue (right ....right.... remembering when I was four and a kid coloured in the lambs leg in MY book blue)

Ah.... Does this mean I have to stay INSIDE the lines? That really inhibits my creativity.

Stitchawl

wyndslash · 02-22-2011, 06:31 AM

@sneaky: i'm 75% chinese. my sister is also a CPA, but she's working in singapore now at DBS. i think i'd go into it for the money, but not forever.

there's a vent and rant thread, what about a thread that lets you rave and say good things?

kennyc · 02-22-2011, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Only if it is a meteor shower!

But that's just for astronomers.

LCF · 02-22-2011, 07:17 AM

I have to make a short presentation to start my national exam in biology. I found a great paper, describing something really cool (folding proteins produced in E.coli bacteria, which is not possible by default). Problem is, it's published in a free online Journal with not so great impact factor (I'm not even sure the factor is official) and I'm wondering - if they really did what they say, it could have gone to Nature/Science/Cell (the appropriate subdivision of course). So now I'm not sure if I should search for something else, or try find similar article in better magazine, or should I just ignore the whole "Impact factor" thing and present it anyway...

Sweetpea · 02-22-2011, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maianhvk

no offense, but I always consider finance/economics boring. I have micro economics this term, let's see if I can survive.

Whe had an economics class at college. Let's just say: I made it. No idea how. I think as we were the last ones (as the entire curriculum was completely changed around), the teacher didn't want to make extra exams, which he would have had to do if people failed it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyndslash

@snake: oh my parents wanted me to get a degree in finance. I wanted to spend a year in japan brushing up on Japanese and go into translation and interpretation

My father was highly disappointed in me because I absolutely didn't want to do anything with economics or finance. He even said so in my face (that was after I dropped out of university and went to a "university of applied sciences", which is apparently the official english term of the education I finished...).

But I ignored him and finished my computer science and information technology diploma.... I think it sounds better anyway!

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

But that's just for astronomers.

Hmm, I did marry an amateur astronomer, and I'm one myself (we actually met at the first-year's camp at the start of the school year at university where we were going to study astronomy

)

02-22-2011, 05:08 AM	#15636
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	@Shel & chris rewriting it the *nix way: Code: man marriage Initial warning: Be aware, that even logging in as root does not give you control of the process. @Stitchawl: I think it's not only about not-controlling. Ain't women as unpredictable as weather is too?

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02-22-2011, 04:34 AM	#15631
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	@maian: no, it's an undergrad degree. A second degree. I didn't want to go into graduate studies because of a lack of foundation and real business experience. I speak filipino, not Malay. I can speak fookien too and a little mandarin. @snake: oh my parents wanted me to get a degree in finance. I wanted to spend a year in japan brushing up on Japanese and go into translation and interpretation

02-22-2011, 05:13 AM	#15638
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	@maian & sweetpea yeah indeed i overlooked it god I'd go crazy traying that (might be the fastest way to lead me into suicide)

02-22-2011, 06:31 AM	#15642
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	@sneaky: i'm 75% chinese. my sister is also a CPA, but she's working in singapore now at DBS. i think i'd go into it for the money, but not forever. there's a vent and rant thread, what about a thread that lets you rave and say good things?

02-22-2011, 07:17 AM	#15644
LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	I have to make a short presentation to start my national exam in biology. I found a great paper, describing something really cool (folding proteins produced in E.coli bacteria, which is not possible by default). Problem is, it's published in a free online Journal with not so great impact factor (I'm not even sure the factor is official) and I'm wondering - if they really did what they say, it could have gone to Nature/Science/Cell (the appropriate subdivision of course). So now I'm not sure if I should search for something else, or try find similar article in better magazine, or should I just ignore the whole "Impact factor" thing and present it anyway...