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social media. After releasing a list of their 50 most wanted online last week,
they're now making arrests.
people have been arrested in the last week since Findlay Police posted the list
on their Facebook page. The Crimestoppers unit of the Hancock County Sheriff's
Office helped create the list.
is a big thing, and people are naturally curious, so they'll look down through
the most wanted and maybe see someone that they either know, or maybe they live
next to them and they didn't know they had a warrant for them," said Det. Lyle
Harvitt, from the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
of the people on the list are facing child support and drug charges.
just don't have enough people to go out and serve all these warrants," Harvitt
said. "We have a bunch of warrants. A lot of people keep ahead of us, too. They
move continuously, so it is hard to keep up with them."
say by putting the wanted people's names and faces out for the world to see
online, it allows citizens to help them get lawbreakers off the streets.
public is actually involved, and they want to help us catch these people,"
Harvitt said.
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Been asked a few times about monitor upgrades and don't really have any experience to call on... I'm using a 24" acer thing which needs replacing soon.
So asking anyone who's invested in a new monitor in the last year whether the'd recommend theirs.
Looking at bigger screens - around the 24 and upwards range.
Budget... well any really, but "bargains" and "offers" are always a nice sweetener!
If you are looking for pro quality, you have to pay for it. These are at Amazon. NEC MultiSync PA301W. £1,717. NEC PA271w-bk 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 1000:1 6ms Widescreen LCD Monitor £949. Dell U3011 Ultrasharp 30 inch Widescreen £902. NEC MultiSync PA241W-BK 24" Widescreen £836. Eizo colour edge are also a good Pro monitor. Whether you can get these any cheaper I don-t know. As you are aware the monitors come in 6, 8 and 10 bit. 10 bit as far as I am aware does not work on Lighroom 4, unless this has been upgraded by Adobe, but it does work on CS6. The problem is, getting to see these monitors on the high street, to see what they look like in the flesh. half the time you have to look at reviews on the web or magazines. Personally I use a Dell and a Colourmunki for calibrating it and it is fine.
The " Asus " Pro Art models have very high specifications, They also come with certified calibration to Adobe RGB & sRGB, The other half has one of the 24" models, Its very impressive, Especially as it uses the same panel as those found on well over a grands worth ie: NEC & Eizo etc.
Bang for bucks is top drawer, Probably helped by the fact that Asus are trying ( And getting there ) to get into the high end market.
My old HP LP2475w is still a great display, But its a tad long in the tooth now, Still calibrates like new though.
Another vote for the Dell Ultrasharp 2412 from me...though the 30 inch looks tempting!
Weighed up all the pros and cons, against cost and got the Dell U2412 about 6 months ago and more than happy.
I use a pair of Dell Ultrasharp 2711 27" screens. At around £500 each they seem good value for money and they certainly serve my photoprocessing needs to my satisfaction.
I have no experience of better quality monitors with which to compare them, though. Maybe if that lottery ticket comes good!
I note that Dell describe the U2412 as wide gamut, which is misleading. That's a bog-standard gamut for a desktop monitor. I think the Dell and Asus monitors are perfectly adequate for many levels of use, including some professional purposes if I may be so bold. At the other end of the scale you're paying for luxuries such as high-bit programmable LUTs, which provide a greater palette of colours for the display and hence smoother gradation/more accurate calibration.
good tips there
my mate bought a 32 inch telly... pics look like lego on it lol
quite fancy a 27inch one myself - one with 2000+ pixels, current one is 1920 wide I think.
30 inch dell..... hmmm
I bought the DELL Ultrasharp U2412M just over a Month ago. Calibrated it and find it is the BEST Monitor I have ever owned. No Regrets this way.
I found my calibration was as near as Good as the Default. With Default you need to turn down the Brightness to about 20 or 25 for photography, same as in the Calibration.
You should be able to find the older u2410 quite cheap as this has been replaced by the new u2413 model. The 2413 and 2412 models exist side by side as the 2413 is a higher spec panel.
I have dual screen setup, but If I only had one i'd probably go for 27" - have a look at the new u2713.
Dell has just announced upgrades - with wider colour gamut than any other top model.
Dell were about 40% cheaper than other top brands - WEX have just dropped the price of some other high end competitors 10%, no doubt to compete.
Whatever you buy it is a safe bet that if you wait around three months you will get a better monitor for less money.
Thanks for th discussion, i recently found my monitor lacking very badly, seeing a quite different image on a work monitor. Comparing monitors side by side is almost impossible for amateurs and the advice here is that everyone seems to love Dell ultrsharp, though the u2713 may have some bad black/white light bleed issues.
Another new term to me was colour gamut - this first helped a bit with the understanding of this.
As then this this for colour spaces which seems similar to me.
The issue might be even seeing the difference on an actual monitor in front of me without seeing a 2nd perfect one next to it.
Question does anyone use tools like a Spyder calibration device when reviewing monitors to confirm colour accuracy and evenness across the panel etc. All reviews I've seen so far seem subjective, or are based on just one person saying their Dell ultra sharp monitor is good!
p.s. is there a "preview" mode available in CS6 that will show what your super image looks like on a regular monitor - e.g. switching the colour mode etc?
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Morgan's most skilled prostitute, Annie, walked to the man, her hips swaying with nimble grace, her lips parting to accept his mouth. With his eyes closed, he ran his hand along the side of her neck and slipped it down to fondle her breast. His thumb and forefinger found a nipple, and he stroked it deliberately, tweaking it until she moaned her pleasure. Drawing him tightly to her, she wound her arms about his neck. He caressed her, gliding his fingers around her waist and over the soft flesh of her buttocks. Slipping his hand between their bodies, he found her mound of dark curls.
The man's fingers entered her, coaxing a wanton response. She threw her head back, her lips opened, and a string of moans escaped. Annie purred her bliss as she arched her back and spread her legs wide, affording him full access to explore her thoroughly.
"Exquisite, isn't she," Morgan whispered.
Olivia cast him a hooded nod, her breathing erratic. As for Morgan, his chest burned, his cock pulsated, and he accepted that it probably leaked as well.
The man walked to the chair near the bed and settled into it, drawing Annie into his lap so she faced him. He took a breast in his mouth and suckled her, eliciting a strident stream of broken cries from her lips. His hands stroked and caressed her naked buttocks, his fingers entering her from behind. She arched up, bearing her weight on her knees while she straddled him, gyrating wildly above the wicked assault of his fingers inside her as his mouth sucked hungrily on her hard, peaked nipple.
Despite his vow, Morgan looked at Olivia, the blood pounding hard in his brain. Her lips parted slightly, she drew a shuddering breath, and her pale, staid face contrasted sharply against the flames of desire in her jade eyes. He wanted to touch her, kiss her, but knew if he did, in the next moment he'd toss her underneath him and take her, without remorse, without regret. And she'd let him. He saw it in the deep fathoms of her pupils, heard it in the decadent whisper of lust enveloping them.
Olivia looked away quickly. Was she terrified she might reveal her innermost fantasies, horrified to think he could see into her exposed soul? Morgan withdrew his gaze too and returned to watching the couple in the room. The man clasped Annie's hips and plunged into her. In a restless state of delirium, her sweat-damp body rode him hard. With a shiver, Annie threw her head back, her long black hair swaying against her waist.
Olivia rose from the chair to a stream of Annie's fractured moans, and with the look of a trapped minx, made a bolt for the door. On his feet in a heartbeat and knocking over the chair in the process, Morgan caught her wrist and spun her around.
"Let me go," she said with ragged breath. "I've seen enough."
Her unearthly beauty nearly felled him, not to mention the white-hot flames of desire licking every cell and pore in his body. "You're such a little hypocrite, Liv. Voyeurism is perfectly acceptable, providing no one knows you engage in it...or enjoy it, is that it?"
"I must have been out of mind to agree to come here with you."
"Why? Does it strike too close to the heart?"
"Oh, you really are a despicable, heartless scoundrel, a lowdown bounder who preys on helpless women."
He couldn't help the laugh, despite her outraged expression. "You, helpless? If I remember, you were the one who begged Cain and I to assist you in this sullied endeavor."
"Sullied endeavor!" she said. "Why is it that men can bed every woman from London to Luxemburg—married, maiden, or widowed—and no one bats an eye?" She trembled. "They frequent brothels and gentleman's clubs, drink far too much, gamble their estates away, and society looks the other way." She pushed him. "Huh, why is that, Morgan Gatewood, and, more to the point, how dare you refer to this as a sullied endeavor!"
"Liv, I'm—"
"Turn me loose this instant." She yanked her elbow from his grip. "And thank you very much, I shall find my own way back to the phaeton."
"Find your way back to the phaeton like hell; not until I'm done with you."
"Done with me?" An eyebrow rose.
He recognized fear in her voice amid the desire and rampaging hunger screaming around them. Still holding her wrist, he pulled her to him and crushed his mouth to hers. His hand found the back of her head and pressed her deeper into the kiss, his tongue sweeping through the warm, wetness of her mouth. She whimpered, unleashing the restrained urgency he'd held in check for ten long years. The time had come for her to understand he'd no longer stand on the sidelines and worship her from afar, would no longer hunger for her like a caged beast.
This woman in his arms with her magnificent green eyes and exquisite body haunted his every fantasy, walked with him in dreams, awakened in his bed kissed by morning sunlight. He would stand for no more.
He backed her toward the wall until she flattened against it; still kissing her amid the damn mewls spewing from her throat. Reluctantly, he withdrew his mouth, allowing their breaths to mingle as he cupped her breast and ran his thumb across her hard, sensitized nub. She squirmed and tried to push him away.
"Put your hand down." Much to his surprise, she not only obeyed, but moved it to clutch the hair at the nape of his neck.
In the background, Annie's voice reached a high-pitched cadence of animalistic groans, an aphrodisiac to his agony. He focused on the temptress in his arms, inhaled her scent, dying to touch her sex, not just on the outside, but wanted to feel the slick, warm heat convulsing around his finger. A poor substitute for his cock, but the need to be inside her in any manner, shape or form brought him to the brink of madness.
He shoved the frilly dress up over her narrow hips, his hand lingering on her firm thigh over the ruffled pantalets women were fond of wearing. Blast the inconvenient layers of garments. Her hand moved from his hair and joined with her other to cling to his shoulders. Her breath came in little bursts when he slid the undergarment down to her ankles and ran his hand over the firm plane of her abdomen, moving lower still until he touched the downy tuft he searched for. She pressed her thighs together in an automatic response against his bold assault.
"No," he said. "Not this time, Liv. You're not going to shut me out."
She wet her lips and dug her quivering fingers into his shoulders. "Morgan, don't, please...."
"Yes," he said. "You want me to, and you know it." Damn, if he wasn't breathing harder and faster than her. "In five minutes you'll beg me for more."
"I won't." She panted, her eyes brimming with heat and bewilderment.
Barely brushing her clitoris with his fingertip, he watched her eyes grow wide and her teeth bite down on her bottom lip. He moved his finger around the swollen bud, slowly rubbing it, applying small amounts of pressure, but refrained from entering her. Her hips rotated, and she nearly collapsed against him.
"Stand up straight and spread your legs, Liv." Motionless, she clung to him. He forced his fingers to stop moving. "Do it or I swear I'll stop for good." She whimpered into his chest. "Spread your legs, now."
Christ, what would he do if her sanity returned at this inopportune moment? He couldn't stop himself now and most certainly couldn't let her know it. Much to his relief, her thighs relaxed and her feet moved, each in the opposite direction. He didn't want to afford her time to think; he wanted her to oblige him and allow him entry. Resuming his prior assault to the outer folds of her sex, he was rewarded by a shuddering tremor and a primordial moan.
His finger dipped in, but only an inch. "Do you want this now, Liv?"
Her sex tightened around the tip of his finger, beckoning him with a will of its own. He entered her a little more, but still she wouldn't answer him. He rubbed his thumb over her clitoris, the sensual, methodical rhythm eliciting a full-throated groan from her lips. "Beg me, Liv, tell me you want to feel it inside you all the way."
She pushed her body closer to his, her hips writhing against his hand. Moaning aloud, she drowned out Annie's frantic cries for release behind them.
"Come on, baby, you can say it."
"Yes," she said. "I want to feel it inside me."
"And you shall have your wish," he said, pushing through in a slow, deep stroke.
Small and tight, her body convulsed. Aware she hurt, but half-crazed by the feel of her insides pulsing against him, he hurt too, only with a different kind of pain. He couldn't remember when he'd been so hard and hot. His cock screamed out in agony with the despair of not being inside her. He needed to get a hold of himself or risk spurting in his trousers. This wasn't about him; not this time. His sole intent was to bring her pleasure, release. He wanted her to remember this forever, lay awake at night and crave his touch, hunger for him the way he hungered for her.
Her head rolled back and forth on the wall. With her eyes half-shuttered, she gyrated beneath the motion of his hand. Dampness flooded his finger, and the muscles of her womb tightened again and again around it. He pulled out momentarily and entered her again with two fingers, pitching her into a frenzy of shrill whimpers. She thrashed wildly against him and cried out his name. Her body stiffened. In his delirium, he felt her hot, wet sex clench around his fingers, and he sent a thankful prayer skyward he'd been her first. And last. Even if he had to tie the confounded woman up and kidnap her.
When at last she convulsed around him, another series of cries left her luscious lips, and she wilted against him, her body still quivering. He waited patiently, wondering what words would come from her mouth. He didn't have to wait long.
"Oh, my God," she whispered and pushed away from him.
Their eyes met, and he watched myriad expressions cross her lovely features—wonder, disbelief, and shame. Long minutes later, her dazed eyes returned to their normal color, and her breathing slowed. She searched his face, anger banking in her eyes like hot embers.
"I hope you're satisfied. You got what you wanted, seduced me into begging like a common whore."
"Whores don't beg. They give more than they take and...willingly." He brought his hand to her cheek. "It's what you wanted too, Liv. You'd admit it if you weren't so damned stubborn."
"Take your hands off me! I may have lost my head in a moment of passion, but it won't happen again, I assure you."
He shouldn't have laughed, not when she was so serious, so twisted with conflicting emotions about what had passed between them, but he couldn't help it. She was such a little hypocrite. She wanted him inside her, and not just his fingers. He'd proven it, and she refused to admit it. Even now, she trembled with longing, her face flushed with passion, the sweet scent of her sex drifting around them.
"Oh, it will happen again," he said. "You can count on that."
Without responding to his words, she pulled her undergarments up and straightened her dress. Oblivious to the fact she took his heart with her, she stormed out the door.
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(09/25/12) - We continue our look at the six proposals on the November ballot.
Monday, we told you about Proposal 3, which asks voters to establish a renewable energy standard.
Now we are talking about Proposals 5 and 6. If passed, both measures would make a change to the state's constitution.
UM-Flint Professor Marcus Paroske has been helping us break down the proposals. Prop 5 would limit any new taxes by state government.
"This would be a major one if it went through. This would change state law to make it significantly more difficult to raise taxes in the state of Michigan. It would require 2/3 votes by the state house and state senate."
If voters support Proposal 5, the Michigan legislature would need 67 percent to pass any new taxes, which means no longer would a simple majority do the job.
Supporters of this proposal, like Michigan Alliance for Prosperity, say on their website the two thirds movement is a grassroots initiative organized by Michigan taxpayers who want to bring real reform to Lansing.
Those who oppose the movement, groups like Defend Michigan Democracy, say on their Web page Proposal 5 hijacks Michigan's constitution to protect billionaires and lobbyists.
Looking ahead to Proposal 6, which looks at the construction of international bridges and tunnels.
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A Phoenix fire truck responding to a house fire was involved in a collision with a small SUV in central Phoenix early Friday morning, injuring five people and closing a busy intersection.
The impact of the collision at Seventh Street and Indian School Road sent the fire truck on its side.
Four firefighters and the man driving the SUV were injured, though none of the injuries was considered life-threatening and all parties were expected to survive, said Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos.
The fire unit was on its way to a house fire at 13th Place and Devonshire Avenue about 3:15 a.m. when the collision happened, said Phoenix Fire Capt. Jonathan Jacobs.
The impact sent the SUV and the man driving it against a wall in a nearby gas station parking lot. The driver had to be extricated but was seen walking before he was taken to a Valley trauma center, Jacobs said.
The fire truck nipped a bus stop, but the driver was able to keep it in the roadway before it rolled, Jacobs said.
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OK, all you single people, this one's for you. You deserve attention and Lord knows you need it.
For the heart is a lonely hunter; courage and patience wear thin. You've been up and down and over and out but still the reward doesn't come. Or maybe it does come but then it goes again and there's many a graceless butt kicking on the road to connubial bliss.
Giving your heart is not really a simple thing and getting one back is a whole 'nother story. I know you've been paying your dues, those of you who haven't given up altogether. You've been there and done that and, so far, the big pay-off eludes you. I urge you to keep the faith. The game is still afoot until you say uncle. You have to be strong and stay strong and yet be open and stay open and then, sometimes, close up and disappear. That's not so easy, I know. And, usually, you go home alone. And home can be a lonely old place when you don't want to be alone.
You had this one and that one and none of them held you the way you hoped they would. None of them would go through the fire with you. Either they couldn't stand the heat, or maybe it was you who shied away in fear and trembling; many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Sometimes you've hardly raised your glass and the precious nectar dribbles away like yesterday's wine. You're left cringing in your lair, to lick your wounds and dream of what might have been, if only...well, enough of this commiserating.
I want to send you a message of hope and perennial renewal.
Because, you know, the world is full of lonely people and all you have to do is connect with the right one. Not that it's so easy. You know it's not. It's like trolling. You cast your bait out there and then see if the fish are biting. And once you get a strike, that's when the real work begins. Still, it's not as if you have something better to do. And fishing is fun, right?
Everyone (without exception) wants love, wants to receive and give the precious pearl that has no price but costs everything. You have it in your heart. I know it and so do you. It just takes the right combination, the proper fit, a mutual readiness. But you do have to be ready or you will keep missing.
And what is that readiness? You have to be willing to face someone, bring yourself to the table with an open heart, accept your own short-comings and those of another, someone equally willing to endure the doubt and confusion, the disappointment and disillusion that inevitably follow the first flush of romance. And, you have to stand up for yourself. No leaning. This is not a game for wimps. It's going to make you grow. And that hurts.
Lots of people seem to be connecting on the Internet these days. I think this is a great trend and beats the heck out of singles bars and even church. You can find out so much about a person before you even meet. You can pursue this while you're home alone in your underwear and it can be a lot of fun with no danger.
Of course, you never know for sure what's the truth and what's not, so it's wise to take everything with a grain of salt. But don't let that keep you from becoming online buddies.
This is the new cruising zone and it's so easy to make friends this way. And, it's a lot cheaper and healthier than standing around drinking, waiting for a likely needle to show up in your local haystack.
By the way, when the time comes to actually meet up in the flesh, make sure the first time is both convenient and safe. Meet for coffee or a drink in a public place with any further togetherness dependent upon a decision based on that meeting. You want to keep your options wide open at this point and realize the odds are probably stacked against you.
But, what the hell! You haven't risked anything and, even if you don't really click in a big way, at least you've met a new person,maybe even a friend. And just maybe your new friend has a brother or sister or roommate who's more your style. Don't be too eager to burn your bridges. You might be building a network that will ultimately heal your loneliness. Try to stay hopeful and positive. Nobody needs another depressed friend.
Meanwhile, there are blind alleys, trysts that lead nowhere, sycophants, abusers and losers who offer nothing of value. Pass them by. Your treasure lies elsewhere. Know that when you find it, you will still have to earn the right to keep it.
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Taking money out of society.
Because man makes everything possible, why do we need money? What's the point of money? So that we have a reason to work? So we can retire someday and still be able to live? If man creates & manufactures everything, why do we need money to continue to create and manufacture things..
I've had this idea for a long time.. And have seen others with this idea. Obviously, there's never going to be enough support for the idea. And if there ever was, those with enough money would squash the idea with some crazy propaganda in the news 24/7, 365 until all that did support a moneyless society would be deemed incredible.
With money, there are soooo many downsides. Even rich people commit suicide or kill others over money. Especially the rich drug cartels. But all around the world, people starve, die of some curable disease, wars are waged, people get murdered for money... There's a huge list of the downsides money creates.. And only one good one...But without money, even that one good one, isn't necessary.
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To society, money is:
(1) Good ---- below or at its optimal point of amount.
. . .It makes barter easy.
(2) Bad ---- above the optimal point.
. . .It makes greed, invalid happiness, crime, evil, inequality, war, environment crisis, ,,,,
. . .humankind self-extinction.
So, take it out of society beyond the optimal point!
(For details, see the 1st article, points 1-3, 10, 14, at
Mar 25 2013: Barter is just another form of capitalism. It's no better than money. Money's only advantage is that it is easier to carry around, and for the money-holders, its easier to deceive with. There have been moneyless societies in the past. Wealth as the social glue imposed on them, destroyed them.
Mar 25 2013: "There have been moneyless societies in the past."
Please give us an example or two, Gail. Maney/barter/capitalism is simply a convenient exchange format for society, because no one can be self-sufficient on their own. Having read many of your posts, I know you're far too intelligent to believe that humanity was tricked into capitalism by the Illuminati.
Mar 25 2013: The problem with moneyless societies in the past, was that they were too small to continue. There are simple things that are a necessity, that even in a money-less society, you still have to pay for. For example: Sewage, clothes and other necessities...
If everything went moneyless, then the sewage plants, water treatment plants, clothes manufacturing, lumber companies, concrete plants, drilling rigs etc etc, would continue to operate.
The moneyless societies in the past, couldn't sustain themselves because not everyone is willing to wash clothes in freezing temperatures, walk out into the icy woods to use the rest room. Or even something as simple as going wiithout keeping up with their friends on facebook...
If everything was moneyless, their still be facebook.
Those moneyless societies you speak of, were like living in the caveman days...
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It's a particularly busy week for me: on top of a few looming deadlines, I'll be at Business of Software 2008 in Boston. So, I figured it'd be the perfect opportunity to revisit some classics.
Job Interview 2.0: Now With Riddles! was originally published on May 15th, 2007, and is one of my personal favorites.
Some years ago, someone at Microsoft noticed that they were having a bit of a Resources problem. A Human Resources problem to be specific. There were a whole lot of job openings (thousands, in fact) and a whole lot of applications (hundreds of thousands, in fact), and no easy way to match the right applicants with the right jobs. So they decided to reinvent the Job Interview.
Traditionally, job interviews are used to ascertain two things: how competent the candidate is and how well his personality (or lack thereof) will fit in with the organization. With their introduction of Job Interview 2.0, Microsoft included both of those features and added one additional: how the candidate responds when presented with asinine, utterly pointless, and completely ridiculous brainteaser questions.
Of course, common sense tells us that a candidate who enjoys solving silly riddles would most likely enjoy solving a silly riddle at a job interview. The same can be said about pepperoni pizza: chances are, if a candidate enjoys eating pepperoni pizza, he will also enjoy eating pepperoni pizza at a job interview. Both are facts which, while completely enthralling (no way, you like pepperoni pizza, too?!), are equally as irrelevant when determining whether someone would make a good programmer.
If you haven't seen any of the Job Interview 2.0 questions offered by Microsoft, here are a few:
Naturally, being that they're brainteasers, no common sense or practicality is allowed. And this is precisely why I would fail miserably at this part of Job Interview 2.0:
Thankfully, Microsoft realized that the type of people who enjoy these riddles aren't always good programmers, and good programmers aren't always the type who enjoy these riddles. In fact, some of the folks who can solve these riddles are precisely the type of people you don't want as programmers. Would you want to work with the guy who builds a water-displacement scale/barge, taxis a 747 to the docks, and then weights the jumbo jet using that, instead of simply calling Boeing in the first place?
Unfortunately, Microsoft's realization came too late: a whole mini-industry has spawned around the concept of Job Interview 2.0. If Microsoft did it, it must work, right? There are books written on brainteasers in the interview, consultants who will help your company annoy the hell out candidates with your very own custom brainteasers, and now, everyone from small software firms to big ole' banks are asking stupid riddle questions.
They will eventually realize how useless of a practice this is. They will eventually give it up. In the meantime, however, you – the job seeker – will have to put up with it.
Or not. One reader shared with me the story of his brainteaser interview.
During a screening interview, I was asked how I would design a bike fit for someone visually impaired. I responded something to the effect of, "What, like, for blind people?", and she answered yes.
I thought for a moment and then I responded, "Well.. a blind person riding a bike doesn't sound like a very safe idea, so I would make the bike stationary, maybe with a fan blowing in the person's face. He probably wouldn't even know the difference."
She was speechless.
Now, granted, he will not get the job. Despite the complete absurdity of the design request, and the complete practicality of his answer, the job will go to a candidate who manages to answer the question by designing an extremely overcomplicated solution for a completely non-existent problem. And that candidate will be the same person who designs their software.
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2008-09-04 11:25 • by Mog (unregistered)
But now one of the bulbs is broken. What would you do?
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2008-09-04 11:43 • by B92 (unregistered)
I've been on both side of this one (interviewee and interviewer) and also giving/taking programming tests.
While I'll conceed that the teaser is useless for figuring out if you can program, it is VERY effective in figuring out how you handle pressure and unknowns. Did you give up immediately without even trying? If so, I don't want you working for me.
You'd be surprised how many people sit down to a simple programming task, in the language of THEIR choice, and can't even begin the solution in an hour's time. I never cared if they finished or solved the problem. Show me that you can actually program. Again, it's weeded out a lot of hackers. The worst thing you could do is argue with me about the validity of the test. Again, I wouldn't want you working for me.
The biggest disservice that I could perform in an interview is ask "What are your biggest strenths and what is your biggest weakness?" Completely useless.
Re: Classic WTF: Job Interview 2.0: Now With Riddles!
2008-09-04 11:52 • by newfweiler
I would definitely prefer a candidate who reads The Daily WTF over one who doesn't.
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2008-09-04 12:25 • by akatherder
How would you determine the weight of a Boeing 747?
With a scale.
Where are you going to find a scale that big!?
Your mom's bathroom.
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This thing is okay. I want to like it more than I do, but it has some major faults. First of all, even though it is cheaper than the Beauty Blender, it's still kind of expensive for a sponge. But it would be worth it to me if it performed well. It gives me a lighter coverage than I would like, for one thing. For another, it uses up so much foundation! I usually apply my Revlon ColorStay using a dual-fiber brush or a flattop brush. Because the ColorStay doesn't come with a pump, I pour it out onto the back of my hand and then dip the brush into it, but I usually accidentally pour out more than I need. I usually have quite a bit left over when using a brush to apply. When I use the sponge, ALL the foundation on the back of my hand gets used up. Plus, I'm not getting the coverage I feel I need.
I'm going to keep working on this. I have tried it wet and dry to no avail. The best use I can come up with is to apply the foundation with one of my brushes as usual, then use the smaller tip of the sponge to apply extra foundation around my eyes to cover dark circles. Maybe there is a future for this sponge if I try it with different concealers.
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I had no idea how I could get my makeup any smoother until I tried this sponge. I have tried a duo-fiber brush and the SK synthetic flattop but neither comes close to the flawless application that this sponge provides. I use it to blend concealer and apply tinted moisturizer and it gives a smooth, airbrush-quality finish that is natural (no caking). I don't particularly like having to get up to wet the sponge but since I can blend concealer and foundation with one tool, I can let that slide. I also find it's easier to clean than a brush (and more thorough and hygenic). I noticed a bit of staining from the makeup but it doesn't affect performance. I use Dr.Bronners Peppermint castile soap to clean it and that works quite well.
UPDATE: I started using this to blend my cream/liquid blushes after applying foundation and it simply looks marvelous! Using and cleaning one tool instead of 3 brushes has been such a relief.
UPDATE 2: I still love the SK sponge but it's just too high maintenance for everyday use (cleaning, dampening, regular replacing). I have recently started using the Sigma F80 and it is amazing. Better than the Sonia Kashuk flat top (softer bristles, more airbrushed application) and it achieves a similar foundation finish as this sponge. If you don't like the idea of the beauty sponge, I suggest giving the F80 a try.
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I am very impressed with this sponge! I haven't tried the Beauty Blender, as this was kind of a warm up and cheaper alternative to the BB. Before Px went under, I would use my fingers to apply the Virtual Matte foundation. I had been using my fingers to apply foundation for as long as I can remember because when I was younger, cheap drug store sponges just didn't work for me. After Px, I started using BE, which I loved, but either the product or all the buffing really irritated my face and made me break out. So I'm back to liquid. I'm using Colorstay at the moment and at first hated it because it was too thick to put on with my fingers. Then, I bought a foundation brush and it left a lot of streaks that I'd have to blend out with my fingers anyway. Plus, it seemed to just lay thick on my face, which I didn't like. So, I bought this blender and I absolutely love it. It works great and I don't use a lot of foundation on my face like I would with the brush. It works really well for concealers too. I first put all my concealer on my face and then use the pointed end to tap tap tap it into my eyes and the areas I want to conceal. Then I wet it, sqeeze out all the water, and use the rounded end to tap tap tap all over my face. It blends so seamlessly and really does make a difference. At first I used a little too much water, so it was kinda weird. But now that I've been using it for a week and have the routine down, it just works so well. There are only a few cons: Smells kinda funny. Kinda like a tennis ball or one of those rubbery blue balls used for raquet ball. It's a little hard and almost feels like you're using one of those little balls, but I prefer it to be more firm as opposed to squishy. Also, I can't really tell if it's soaking up foundation or if it's not soaking it up at all becuase when I wash it after use, there really isn't much foundation coming out. It's a little expensive for a sponge, but compared to other sponges and how well it works, I'd say it's a good investment. So far I'm really loving it and am glad that I bought this.
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Loved this sponge. I immediately noticed the difference between my regular sponge & this blender. I dont wear a lot of liquid foundations, etc. I am fairly even toned & just use it for primer & tinted moisturizer. I only use on weekends so I cant say how it will hold up with constant use. It does make my skin look natural & gets rid of all lines. I like how easy it is to use & find that great for a novice like me! So glad I brought it. I had it for a week before use & was very upset that I didnt use it sooner. My makeup was flawless on my vacation.
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*fantastic*! i have had this sponge since right around the time it was released and only recently decided to try it for the first time. i am so, so impressed! i do feel the need to add a disclaimer and admit that i've never tried the Beauty Blender sponge, so i don't know how it compares against the original, but the Sonia Kashuk version works wonderfully for me. i mostly only use the broad, round end of the sponge and i just pump some foundation onto my hand, tap the end of the sponge onto the dot of foundation, and kind of bounce, bounce, bounce the sponge off of my face. it INSTANTLY blends your foundation into your skin PERFECTLY and leaves no lines of demarcation in sight. i absolutely can't get over how quick it makes the annoying task of applying and blending in your foundation! usually i prefer using my fingers to apply foundation (which i only discovered, of course, after spending what felt like thousands of dollars on various MAC foundation brushes) because on my skin it gives the most natural, seamless look, but this sponge does the same thing in 1/5th the amount of time. the only negatives to using this tool are that you definitely DO use more foundation than you would if you were applying with fingers, and it is, in my opinion, a gigantic PITA to clean. i am extremely OCD about making sure that my sponges and brushes are spotlessly clean and frequently washed, and i dread washing this sponge. it sucks up soap while you're cleaning it and takes FOR...EV...ER to rinse clear of all suds. it also doesn't seem to be super durable because a few tiny specks of mine have broken off due to gregarious washings, but i'll take those faults and flaunt my perfectly applied foundation anyday! :D definitely a keeper, and a repurchase, unless i take the bait and try out the Beauty Blender.
*UPDATE* after re-reading several reviews on this sponge and the Beauty Blender, i decided to try using my SK sponge for more than just my foundation and discovered that it works amazingly well for blending concealer onto a small spot/blemish that needs covering. i always have trouble covering small spots and blending them out so that the spot remains concealed w/o having a ring of white highlighting it and the small, pointy end of this sponge works perfectly for the job! yay!
*UPDATE* also now using this for my undereye concealer! i am SO IMPRESSED with how multi-tasking this little sponge has turned out to be! it's only downfall is it's difficulty to clean, and other than that, it's an A+ tool.
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Overall, I can't say that I enjoyed this product very much...
THE GOOD THINGS about this sponge is that it blends out foundations pretty easily. There is no streaky-ness and it'll make your foundation blend right into your skin. And, with the control of the method of application such as dampness, pressure etc, you can get different types of application.
However, I found more BAD THINGS about this product than good things. The first thing is that you will end up wasting a lot of your foundation. It does really soak up extra foundation and you'll never get to use it. I do not use any of my high end foundations with this. Another thing is that it is super hard to wash. I probably had to shampoo it 5 times (no joke!) to get everything out of the sponge. It was especially bad because I used the sponge for applying liquid foundations and the foundation was soaked up to the core so it was really hard to get it all out. After the first couple of wash and re-use I just got tired of having to have to wash it so much and just stopped using it.
TO SUM IT UP, even though it does give a pretty good application, the pain that follows is really not worth it because I can find alternative ways that can give me similar, if not better results but not leave me having to have to waste a lot of products or washing it a hundred times.
I will not re-purchase this product.
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I have the purple one and love it. On my 3rd sponge. Great for stippling foundation for an airbrushed look and smaller end is great for blending everything.
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I love this sponge. I love the finish it gives my face. And the pointy-ish end is so great for around your eyes and nose. The only downside to this sponge is that it seems like I use alot of product when using it. You have to clean it pretty often. But using alot of product and having to clean it often doesn't keep me from using it! As of right now this is the ONLY way I apply my foundation.
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great sponge. can't really compare it to the beauty blender sponge since they both have great features. this is much more dense so it's less bouncy and i can move it over my face a lot faster. it also has a wider, flatter surface so i can cover larger areas at once. the beauty blender is great though for a softer feel and the extra bounce provides slightly better coverage. i have both and i use them interchangeably. they're both great for coverage.
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I was looking for a beauty blender-type sponge because the actual BB sponge is not readily available in my area (Montreal Can.) I checked out the one at Sephora but it was 22$...a little steep IMO. Fortunately, I live 1 hour away from a US town with a Target and ended up buying this SK sponge which IIRC, is about 10USD. Nice packaging, and I liked the price, especially when I am about to try something new.
I specifically bought the sponge to try with thicker foundations like Revlon CS or Nars SG. I am on the quest to get a flawless face and I am struggling with elements to get to my goal such color match,even finish and application method. I have been using fingers, regular wedge sponges and 187.
My first attempt was with my SG (in Mont Blanc) and OMG what a difference this sponge makes. I wet the sponge, dabbed it into a blob of SG from the back of my hand and stippled it onto my face. This application method was fast,even and very easy to apply. The sponge is very ergomic so it is easy to hold especially when bouncing off your face. It is contoured so that you can get into the nooks and crannies.
Well, all that being said, I love this product. I will repurchase again. I'm not sure how long it will last but I think I will get much more life out of it than a regular wedge sponge. Two cons, I have to travel and hour away to get it and it doesn't wash completely clean, which irritates me a bit but that's just me.


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Dec 10
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preunit says:
How?..yeah i know....what i mean is i want to do a trackday or 2 on the smr, now it's noisy, Akra's, no sas and no db killers, the ecu is mapped so.
If i have to put the db's back in then i'll have to remap, so, in the real world what's the best way to test the DB's?
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Mar 09
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smoto5 says:
a few years back with open race can on a two into one, Devil system, mind you, wasn't much quieter on the road legal can.....well from where I was sitting anyway apparently it was a bit much for anyone riding behind though
lol.......i wish i was there to hear this fookin' epic
not much danger of anyone being close behind that though.....I'm slightly slower than that rider......
May 09
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ally600 says:
your baffles in will not affect the ride ability of your bike.............it will be quieter and kill a few horses but i honestly doubt you will notice any power difference unless you rag the arse right off it.......................ive never had my bike checked at knockhill even though there is a max limit in place, all i have ever done is tick off a checklist stating my bike is sound and sign a discaimer
Apr 09
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mostlyslowly says:
at Cadwell, at different revs for different engine types. They made some guy on gungabike put steel wool in his can to quiet down. Didn't help, he ran off at the end of the start straight
Dec 08
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Blader2005 says:
before you book on to a track day and pay, go along to any of the others that MSV run and you can have it noise tested free of charge.. then youll know if your in the limit.. cadwell is 105Db at 5,500rpm, static test.....
dont know if "no limits" offer this facility.. might be worth checking depending on who you are bookin ya day with...
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Feb 08
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StealthSV says:
Ah ha, you wanna do a track day or two..... Keep me informed, I'll come n play.. As for the map, no, putting the db killers in won't affect that. Even putting the standard pipes on (if you have them?) won't be bad for the bike, it just won't run at its optimate!As for testing the db output you can use an app or tool aquired off the net and that will give you an idea but....... When you get to the track they will have their own people do the test (not part of the TDO crew) and some of them have no idea at all how to use the equipment! Sadly their word is law so if in doubt, don't bother booking a day unless its a 104/105db limit.An idea could be to rock up at a few early season track days and ask if they'll test it for ya, but they don't have to! Be nice and they prob will tho! Maybe calling the TDO before hand to speak to them would be a good idea.My guess is (judging by my Tuono's performance) that with baffles in you should be ok. Never had it tested tho!Rockingham, Snetterton and Oulton will, in my experience, deffo test ya and if you pass the test with a baffle in they will mark your sticker such and they will look for said baffle as you go to enter track. They also have noise meters around the track and WILL black flag you! Bear in mind tho that this is the tracks H&S people doing this because of the council and not the TDO's fault! If they had their way we would all run straight thro systems lolAs a note my GXSR600 blows 104db open, 102db with baffle #1 and 94db with baffle #2. Means I can use it anywhere tho #2 does restrict it a tad!....Worth it tho for the fun
Rockingham following 750FlyerRockingham in reverse!and.... A session at SnettertonMucho fun had by all
gunga want's to play anorl, so will let you know
I don't get this db restriction malaky, if you don't like the sound of loud engines don't buy a house near a circuit, simples no?
My mother-in-law lives near a church and bells have been rung there for 500 years, yet people move to the area and complain about the sound of the bells FFS!, if ya that concerned about the sound, don't buy a house near a FCUKING CHURCH!
and relax......
Sep 09
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beaconsman says:
the iPhone db app doenst work on bikes, reads way over, My bandit was off the scale but had it checked by a mate and it around 88Db so track safe..
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David Fitzsimmons illustrates BHO's line of thinking on immigration
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