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As thing go, that was a rather floury recital and all I could muster was this crumby remark.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Apparently Qantas pilots fill in a "gripe sheet" after every flight, that lists issues they had with the airplane. The technicians on the ground must add the solution they applied to the problem. Below "P:" indicates the problem reported by the pilot, and "S:" indicates the solution or response from the ground crew.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Left inside main tyre almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tyre.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That’s what they’re there for.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you’re right.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, & be serious.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
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Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Saw this back in 1998. Still funny, though.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Yes, I came across it when I went through some very old stuff on an old hard drive. I don't remember where I got it. However, I believe it was even before Leslie's time. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: I believe it was even before Leslie's time.
Well, Leslie did do a couple of Airplane movies.
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He shirley did. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Ever eager to bring the world to you in full colour Sci-Am has just announced that ...
Quote: The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.
... in a podcast! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Quote: Scientific American
9082365 wrote: colour
giggle. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: giggle.
Out with the old. In with the new.
Life is too shor
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In my (much) younger days, ironically, I used to look at the pictures in Scientific American and read the articles in P...B... 
Marc
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Dear Redacted,
I enjoyed interviewing at redacted, and I would very much like to join your team. I am confident that: given my skills, and the code I wrote for you, I completely qualify for the position.
I would like you to know why I took the US $100 bill, and walked away with it.
I think that "staged psychological tests," like leaving the bill in plain sight, are a kind of manipulation that distracts the job candidate, and are less than fully "ethical." While some forms of psychological stress-testing may well be within ethical boundaries during an interview ... for example, having the person being tested take the test in an environment that has the same levels of noise, and distractions, that would occur in the actual work environment the candidate will work in, if hired ... I think "staging" a very improbable scenario is deceptive, and, also, not a valid predictor of work-related behavior.
While I doubt that someone in your company (or another person being interviewed) actually lost the US $100 bill, if that is the case, please respond immediately, and I'll see it is returned to them.
Assuming you did "plant" the US $100 bill, I will donate that amount to the scholarship fund sponsored by CodeProject in the name of your company that, this year, will help a talented young programmer who wants to pursue academic study, but whose resources do not permit enrolling in a top-tier college, cover their first year tuition, and fees, at one of North America's top colleges for computer science.
I have participated in CodeProject for years, and I am delighted to see the scholarship project has raised over US$ 50,000 to date. One brilliant young person from a relaively "disadvantaged" background, is going to have an opportunity, and a challenge, to better their life, and the lives of their family.
sincerely, Joe Betty-Sue Candidate
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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I guess other candidates have not yet been excluded... But what's the story on the $100-bill?
Life is too shor
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megaadam wrote: what's the story on the $100-bill?
In case ye not spake tongue-in-cheek: [^]
cheers, Bill
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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Would I trust him? Probably not. It smacks too much of an afterthought on his way home: "Oh carp! It was a test! What do I do?"
Once you remove the money from the company premises, it's stolen. Exactly the same as when you remove goods from a shop, they are stolen the second you step outside. "Intent" isn't the point here - actions are.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Once you remove the money from the company premises, it's stolen.
Don't let a lawyer hear you say that! Even I could find a dozen precedents to the contrary!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Once you remove the money from the company premises, it's stolen
Wrong. It's "found". I would have turned it in after the code task and told the receptionist that $50/hour ain't gonna cut it, and if someone wants to seriously negotiate salary, they have my number.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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And BTW, not connecting the computer to the internet is a travesty, since we all know that answers are found there. You could easily monitor what they do online, not to mention restrict access to google, cp, and stackoverflow.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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No, no, no. Allow CP. Monitor the traffic being sent and if Q and A is accessed with "send codez URGENT URGENTZZZZ", you know to rather move on to the next candidate.
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No. Especially if 4 was thinking the $100 to a distraction from the very first moment, he should no touch it...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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to go into your story:
I would go for the one who noticed, but kept his head focused on the job and only told afterwards, or the one who did not notice.
The one who turned it in immediately was maybe ethical, but in my opinion he had other things to do and since that bill was obviously there for some time, that task was not urgent. Sounds to me like he wanted to appear "special".
The one who took it is plainly a thief whatever he may say. The money is not his to donate, is it? Even if he is not lying on his email, clearly he did not think the 100$ bill was important enough to someone else and he "forgot" about it? It is unethical any which way you look at it. (and I would reply this to him as well)
My scenario would have been: pick it up and put it (clearly visible) next to me on the desk. Give it to the interviewer when he comes back.
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Heh heh heh...
Set it on fire, watch it burn, and walk out. The employer failed the not-a-bunch-of-jerks test.
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Can be a bit tricky to make, but I think I got a fool proof and quick method.
half in half plain oil and olive oil, salt, vinegar, garlic clove. Put it in a jam jar and blend it with one of those stab mixers till its a creamy emulsion.
Put egg yolk in a bowl and whisk in the oil emulsion.
It goes thick very quickly, you can add the emulsion quickly, and it doesn't split. Takes about 1 or 2 minutes to make.
I think the key is that the oil is already broken down into minute globules by zizzing it up with the vinegar garlic and salt, so it just mixes into the egg yolk without having to laboriously whisk it to do this.
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That's got to be worth a try - I used the Monica Galetti recipe from Masterchef last time, and gawd knows how she got it made so quick! I was still whisking after 15 minutes, and I gave up on the hand whisk after two!
It was at that point I decided "sod it - Hellmann's in a jar is ok after all"... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yet an open hand whisk is what you have to use, god knows why, but whenever I used and electric one it split.
But this method is so far 100% reliable and takes 1 minute of whisking. Its that fast.
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I use a frappe machine. The only danger is that it splits very suddenly, so you've got to watch it like a hawk.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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