1) Yes. Basic training in 1986. Officer Basic in 1991. As much different as Basic and a SQL boot camp. Also recently attended a PMP bootcamp.

2)...

First, you mention that turning up your refrigerator is not that bad, but what if it was more malicious -- say they turn it up while you're gone during the...

Nothing special on our servers -- 16Gb.

I remember writing code to try and keep it within the 64k boundary on the PC, back in the dark ages of DOS and...

It should be counted -- always. It is the only way to compare apples to apples. Someone could have 3% scheduled downtime a month and another could have...

Steve, some companies have Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma programs. I would advise people to take these courses if they are given the chance.

The 3...

People working is first priority. Downtime in manufacturing is expensive and you only have to have one call from a VP or CEO to understand that insuring that people...

200 years to be a force to be reckoned with? That just doesn't seem that impressive.

What's really impressive is that in 5 years (from Pearl Harbor), the US...

We don't have 5' cubicles, we have 40" walls. Very noisy and distracting. I sometimes use headphones, but the music I like can be distracting to me (hard...

Guys,

Everything has a cost. You have to weigh that cost against the benefit. Corruption is not the only reason that the government has bought $400 hammers (meaning when...

AT&T sucks,

Glad I have Verizon now,

Network beats iPhone.

The network sold me. AT&T only worked while driving from and to work -- not in my office or in my house....

You know, I agree that they can mess up your work/life ratio, but they can also help it. When my daughter was a toddler (18 now) I was at...

My Dad's father was a blacksmith and owned the local country store. I assume I would have had something to do with that or farming since the area was...

I like the idea of the building something (like a plane) with the kids. When mine were younger, I would have them draw up a plan of what to...

My employer offered this. It also included Microsoft branded hardware like the Xbox, mice, and keyboards. Most XBOX games are not made by MS so it didn't include...

Hi Steve,

On the comment you made about hoping an architect doesn't disclude something because it is new ... we do this all of the time due to risk. ...