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Its not worth mentioning in the lounge
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It should have been placed in the "Product Showcase - Development Tools" catagory
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I joined with my new company[^] and finished the first two days. Got a brand new Dell Latitude E6500[^] laptop and a nice bag with company's logo. Everything went fine so far. The one thing which I am not comfortable yet is the seating. All people sit close together without any cubicles[^]. I found it hard to work (may be I am used with the cubicles).
Do you enjoy such seating?
Best wishes,
Navaneeth
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I hate open work places ... what do you do if you want to pick your nose or fart?
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I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). 
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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aspdotnetdev wrote: I don't really pick my nose, but farting is a problem. There's no way the smell of my farts would go unnoticed, even in a cubicle setting. It's one of my top reasons for wanting my own office (with a window I can open). Roll eyes
I shared a large office once with a awesome yet extremely gassy engineer. I was the first one in the office by about six months but I quickly offered him my spot with the window since the air seemed stagnate there.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov
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Good solution! I should fart more... maybe my coworkers will complain and I'll either get fired or offered my manager's office.
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Couldn't handle that....I'd probably quit in a day or two.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov
Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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Probably in the minority here, but I like it.
Your office, on the other hand, looks too open. Mine has low cubicle-like walls between the people facing each other (also handy for pinning sheets, etc) but otherwise, there is nothing between people sitting in the same bay. Also, we have desktops, not laptops.
Did you not know this beforehand? Did you not visit the 'soldier zone' during the interviews?
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Did you not know this beforehand?
I had a clue. But not expected this much. 
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Navaneeth
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Since you have mentioned the company name, I believe they follow 'Extreme Programming' very religiously. I have even heard from one of friends (who quitted that company in 2 months) that at times their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day...Cant even imagine working in such an environment.
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TheIndian wrote: their engineers share their machines too and that too for as long as a day
He will be referring to pair-programming. We do pair programming a lot and I enjoy it.
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Navaneeth
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N a v a n e e t h wrote: Do you enjoy such seating?
Personally, I find that if you want to get work done such an environment suits the most. I do not agree with the notion that individual offices are the better (I have been in an individual office for a long time). The main issue I see with your open setting is the noise factor. I think the best setting will be such open setting on a per project basis. I use the word project loosely.
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I know it is very productive. But since I am used with the cubicle setup, it will take some time to get adjusted with this. Yes noise is also a factor.
Best wishes,
Navaneeth
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For what?
"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain
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Which album is that ? Both City of Evil and the self titled one are incredible.
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My partner desperately needs a new laptop so she can set up her petfood business after being made redundant. She actually likes the Dell Latitude I use for work so we head on over to the Dell UK website and see an Inspiron 15 with 4 GB of RAM for a very reasonable £349 all-inclusive.
So far, so good. Add a bit extra disk-space, click through on most of the options, head to checkout, hand over the debit card details and et viola! success - your machine is being built and will be dispatched on the 3rd November.
< sits and waits >
Nov 4th comes and goes . . . no Dell.
Nov 5th comes . . no Dell - decide to check email.
email from Dell: your order has been cancelled. 
THAT's IT! No reason, no explanation, no alternative being offered not even an apology - this is dire customer service and I'd warn anyone considering buying one for Christmas NOT to risk it - your order could be cancelled in just the same way!
Suddenly going to the local PC shop / PC-World and just saying 'that one please' seems a lot more appealing.
Dell suck!!!!! Did I mention that already?
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Dell's long been known to suck in my circles.
I priced one out, looked at finances and figured I could afford it in 2 weeks. Went back then to order and the price had changed by over $300 (US). No reason why, just suddenly that much more. Their prices change by whim, the service when something goes wrong is hit or miss (sometimes amazing and sometimes a nightmare) and they seem to have a tendency to make bonehead moves a lot.
HP went downhill when they bought Compaq thanks to Fiorina. She was the worst thing to ever happen to them. They are starting to get better.
Done research on Acer?
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Acer? most of the stuff I remember about them was from a good few years back when they didn't have a great reputation, bit like Packard-Bell. Have they got better since then?
Andy B
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If you are cleaning the dust from the cooling system on regular bases, it works.
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