Click for the rest: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/wdc/1533779057.html

He had gone to school and got degrees in technical geography and cartography with the intention of joining the CIA to analyze intelligence maps and such. After he finished his lengthy schooling he went in for an interview with the CIA, but it appears he was a little late. Basically, he was told that if he was anything but a white male, he would have been hired to his dream job. Instead, diversity for the sake of diversity kicked in and his dream job was set aside for a politically recognized minority, and was probably eventually given to someone with less schooling, less ambition, and less passion for the job.

I’ve always argued that diversity for the sake of diversity tears people apart and promotes racism in some cases, but this was a real person with a real story, and it really boiled my blood. He ended up going through all that school for his dream job but instead ended up taking an entry job in printer troubleshooting, where he’s been for 15+ years.

I was on autopilot at work today and this thought flew through my mind so I thought I’d share.

When you pick up a product in a store (lets use a music store and a CD as examples), you check out the tracks and you look at the price, if it’s not to much you continue to entertain the idea of purchasing it. Once you’ve convinced yourself that you can’t live without the CD, you carry it to the front of the store and set it on the counter. The cashier might make a comment about how they love that band, or they bought that CD last week, or maybe their just stare dumbly at the screen and tell you the price. You eventually hand over the money and finish your transaction and walk out of the store.

What did you just pay for? Did you think the store was going to forward your money to the artist? Of course you didn’t, but you convince yourself that you BUY your music in CD form to support the artist right? Well they already bought the CD from the artist, that’s why you are holding it in your hand.  So basically, you just payed the store a restocking fee. Obviously there are flaws in my logic because I’m sure some stores have tabs with artists and exclusive contracts and stuff like that. But the fact still remains, whether you buy that CD or not, it’s already paid for; the store might just have to take a loss if you don’t. Get out there and support your local music store!

P.S. This theory holds true for most products and most stores.

P.P.S I do not condone or pretend to joke about condoning piracy.

Here is one that went up recently that reminded me of several of my own similar experiences: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ott/952526961.html

I’ve made a mirrored version on our server in case the link above goes down: http://cookingpotatoes.net/archived_sites/craigslist_female_hambeast.htm

http://listen.grooveshark.com/

My Situation:

I have 2 hard drives; one is 160GB(slave) and one is 80GB(master). I have Windows XP 64-bit and 32-bit, and I was going to install Windows 7 beta just to try out.

What I Did:

1. I started with XP 64 on the 160, gave it the entire drive, and had it format it. I booted to it and got all my drivers working, migrated some of my data back from my external backup, installed all my programs again, and got everything working properly. I even messed with themes a bit.
2. Then I moved on to XP 32 which would get the first half of the 80; Windows 7 got the second half. Once I had both of those running I rebooted and tried to get back to XP 64, but it was not on the Windows 7 boot menu! So I went in and added it to the boot menu and rebooted again. It showed, and I proceeded. It failed. Again. And again. I was very sad. Unfortunately, the Windows XP 64 install disc I had did not have a recovery console so I couldn’t ‘fixboot’ or ‘fixmbr’ or anything at all. 
3. Something I’d forgotten about had been my downfall. Windows likes to install the boot sector to the master drive, even if you installed on a different drive. So, when I installed XP 32, it wrote over the XP 64 boot sector.

How To Do It Right:

Whenever dealing with installing Windows on a multi-drive system, always turn off the computer and unplug the drives you wont be using. That way Windows only has one place to install: the partition you choose.

Cast:

• Hugh Jackman

• Christian Bale

• Michael Caine

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/

Rating: PG-13

Summary:

Two magicians become rivals after a tragic mishap on the stage. While constantly trying to out-do each other, things turn deadly.

Review:

Wow. The Prestige is now one of my all-time favorite movies. The acting was just incredible. This type of movie is what happens when you have an amazing story with depth to it and get good actors who work well with each other and truly become their characters. I’ve seen The Prestige twice now and would gladly watch it again.

Because the storyline for this movie has so much depth to it, I greatly enjoyed the time-shifting and character voice-overs while reading from each others’ diaries, it split up the action well and kept the movie from getting boring. Do not watch this movie if you are tired, you won’t be able to appreciate the thought that went into it, nor will you be able to keep up (most likely).

“Are you watching closely? Abracadabra.”

The story I’m posting is very short and I wrote it on actual paper with an actual pen (Uni-ball ONYX fine) while I was waiting for OS installs to finish. Click the link below to read the story.

Their eyes met across the bar one night last year, and their eyes must have hit it off quite well because the rest of their bodies met later that same night in a building not far from the bar, and not all that different comparatively, as all the cupboards were filled with alcohol, but two things were very different. One, that they were alone, and two, that there was a bed, and they were using it.

The bed must have enjoyed the action because they were at it again the next night, and the the next night, and the next 363 nights after that. In fact, the two of them were married and very happy indeed for the year up ’till now. Unfortunately Life has the power to mess with whatever it pleases, and it does so frequently. So one time when Life got bored it said, “Those two are exceedingly happy, it’s joyous to watch them together, but it would bring me more joy to split them up and watch what happens.” Life did exactly that, it brought a new job into the picture for Mr, and a new personal trainer at the gym for Mrs.

Neither stood a chance. They slowly lost that spark in their eyes that brought them together, and the personal trainer’s bed started getting all the action. A divorce followed a short while after Mr found out, and Mrs got all the money. Mr got a second job and spent his free time at a very different bar than the first, effectively destroying his usefulness at either jobs.

Things were now boring for Life again, so it stuck it’s hands in once more  so that Mr’s eyes caught those of another woman sitting at the bar. Instead of the previous reaction to an attractive smiling face, Life witnessed a new one. Mr looked at his glass, then back at the smiling woman, walked out of the bar and drove his car into the river. Just 10 minutes later, the woman and personal trainer standing behind the smiling woman went home and pleased the bed.