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Inaural headphones act as noise cancelling headphones (that is about 80-90% noise cancelling) - so you can try them out.
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What do you mean by "inaural"? Not in any dictionary I can find...
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The word is intra-aural.
Cheers!
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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Try these[^]
They may not be easy to carry around, but no other noise is going to bother you while you are using them.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I work in a very quiet office despite there being 40 or so of us, yo could here a pin drop. However one of my colleagues insists on wearing a pair of ear defenders. Nothing says 'I don't want to talk to my work mates' more than this image.
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I work in an office of seven but three or four of the others make enough noise for 40 chimps on speed. Your office sounds idyllic.
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"Ornamental baskets caught sphere and was unwell in look in mirror."(10)
Fare thee well
Apologies, just noticed a small typo, now corrected.
Basket should be Baskets.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
modified 1-May-12 5:00am.
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corbeilles - Ornamental Baskets
Caught - C
Sphere - Orb
unwell - ill
(edited thanks to Richard and Griff)
look - see
in mirror - eilles.
modified 1-May-12 5:32am.
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You missed an "E" in your solution - the final part is "SEE" backwards around the "ILL"
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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ILL in SEE mirrored.
Binding 100,000 items to a list box can be just silly regardless of what pattern you are following. Jeremy Likness
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Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship. As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate, "Bring me my red shirt!". The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the captain put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate boarding party. Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were repelled.
Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate vessels sending boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear, but the captain calm as ever bellowed, "Bring me my red shirt!". The battle was on, and once again the Captain and his crew repelled both boarding parties, although this time more casualties occurred.
Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked, "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?". The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give, exhorted, "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid". The men sat in silence marveling at the courage of such a man.
As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way. The men became silent and looked to their Captain for his usual command. The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!!
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I first heard it as why did English Officers where Red Coats.
And that is why French Officers wear Brown Trousers.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Dalek Dave wrote: And that is why French Officers wear Brown Trousers.
And white shirts, so they have the correct colour material handy, easily ripped into a rudimentary flag.
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Visa and Mastercard never really succeeded in France, for there is no French word for 'Charge'.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Dalek Dave wrote: why did English Officers where Red Coats
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Je suis coupable
BTW, The French Security Forces have raised their terror alert status from "Run" to "Hide".
If attacks continue on the continent they may be forced to further increase the alert to "Surrender", or even as high as "Collaborate"
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Your French jokes are tending to the repetitious now.
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Rather like their defence policy.
Surrender.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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 What's on the other side?
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A rather interesting documentary on the German Army.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Q: Why are french roads tree lined
A: the german army likes to march in the shade
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Dalek Dave wrote: I first heard it as why did English Officers WEAR Red Coats.
FTFY. Grammar Nazi apologizes.
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Thanks Espen 
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Great joke, Amir. A fiver is in order.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"But you probably have the smoothest scrotum of any grown man" - Pete O'Hanlon (2012)
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Thank you Slacker
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Just got back from a dear friend of mine. We had a lovely evening, the children were playing street floorball against the adults (we lost  ... old fa..s ), we spent time together with old old friends, talked about everything etc and last but not the least we had a really, really excellent meal (I had seconds for 5 times...).
Things just couldn't be better. Happy May Day to all of you!
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Gold!!
Sounds like a wonderful way to spend an evening...
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_Damian S_ wrote: Sounds like a wonderful way to spend an evening...
I couldn't agree more 
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Sounds like a great evening.
Mika Wendelius wrote: (I had seconds for 5 times...).
Thanks in advance, I'm sure I'll shamelessly reuse it sometime!
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RC_Sebastien_C wrote: I'm sure I'll shamelessly reuse it sometime!
Be my guest, if your stomach will handle it
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Took me two stanzas to realize the f***ing is meant literally 
For those who don't know, Jonathan Coulton is the guy behind "Still Alive[^]" and "Code Monkey[^]".
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Please be nice ; ;
Resume[^]
Please note that it scales better on paper, I'm more looking for judgment on the content. Also on the real one my full address and phone number are in the top right.
EDIT: Removed Objective
modified 30-Apr-12 19:05pm.
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I would dump that generic "Objective" statement. It is so cliche, that I'd dump the resume if I saw that on my desk.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Can You Show me a Resume You would never dump If you find on your desk ?
It will be helpful to Modify my Resume. 
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I agree with Andrew either flesh out the objective statement into a paragraph of cliche or drop it, One liners are too much
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This might give you some ideas: Contracting for Dummies: The CV/Resume[^]. You may not be contracting but the basic principles are the same: adapt to suit.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Don't get me wrong, I feel your resume is good but I'd like to see some additional things:
- more accurate, when you're seeking for a certain position, try to target them as a company. What you have to offer exactly to them? Get to know the company from their website and try to personalize the resume
- above technology, do you see the bigger picture (and I think you do), try to formalize that
- what really drives you on. Separate from the mass. You're not interested in everything, what gives you the kicks?
- Your values, what do you believe in?
- Your current (and future) status what are you expecting?
As you see most of the things listed are about your future plans. Visualize, where are you after next 10 years and include that in your resume, one way or another. As a personal opinion this would help to make the decision which would be mutually benefial, even if it is negative.
Best regards,
mika
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Thank you, this is very helpful. ^^
With all that in mind, how long is too long for a resume?
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That's a matter of opinion but the first page should make me interested. The additional pages are details
But don't take my advice as the truth. Just modify the ideas appropriate to your cultural expectations. Even though FI is culturally quite close to US we do have differences and different expectations.
As a rule of thumb I'd say that if you can sign the resume and you feel that it describes you as a person, then it's correct
Best of luck,
mika
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0. replace or drop the objective line. As original as saying I want to be rich, healthy and happy.`
1. Make your skills a section instead of another column. Your resume should still fit on 2 pages. Specify which ones you have real experience with and those you have academic knowledge. As a reviewer I'll scan through everyting verticaly but probably wouldn't even look at the second column if I wasn't interested at that point.
2. Indicate versions for Visual Studio, languages, even Office. A pre-screening could be done by HR with the mandate to keep those who've worked with Office 2007 and up for example.
3. You mention Visual Studio, C#, VB... but no mention of the .Net framework. Pre-screening could be rejecting anyone who has no .Net experience/knowledge. I assume you do, but someone in HR would probably not be able to make the links.
4. Never, never, ever lie on your resume. Ever. But even more in a small market. Having said that, without lying you can choose what you say. For example, at UNC Charlotte, you don't need to say you had only one programing course or that it was mostly general courses at CVCC.
5. Programming certicate: were you registered, or completed it? If complete, make it explicit.
6. Reverse Engineering May 2011 – June 2011: Find another way to phrase that. Sounds like hacking to me. If legit, list it under personnal projects, state your objectives, results and what you've learned.
Stephen Dycus wrote: Please be nice
Ok, I'll stop.
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You were nice. No personal jabs or anything. Thank you for the input. ^^
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You're welcome.
But since you ask for it, here's number 7
7. I think you made reference in the other threads to jobs you've had in retail and restaurants. Don't list 20 1 month jobs, but if it's a significant amount of time do list them. Assuming you'll be seeking entry-level positions: I don't expect to see extensive IT experience, everybody has to start somewhere. But with little IT formal knowledge and experience, it is worthy to demonstrate experience in unrelated fields even if only to show you are reliable, can work with colleagues, supervisors and clients, etc.
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I agree, short term positions don't account but a twist of enthusiasm, that's the recipe!
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