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    ATOT Travel Agents: Need Help With Company Alternate Travel

    Today I received a notice from HR saying that I am eligible for alternative travel. This means that the company will pay for a weekend trip, including all travel expenses, once a quarter. Sadly, I am limited to places within the continental United States. Since I’m young and single I want...
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    Who is responsible for the pension crisis?

    Pretty much everywhere in America is facing a massive pension crisis. Politicians have promised massive payouts while continually neglecting funding. This has created a situation where pensioners simply can't be paid what was promised. Do you believe that the younger generation should foot the...
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    Everyone Should Have A Folding Bicycle

    After constantly being on the road (150 nights last year) I decided enough was enough. Every hotel I staid in had a pretty decent workout area but I couldn't really work up the motivation to exercise. Fifteen minutes on the treadmill was about the most I could take before having extreme...
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    PSA: Never Work For a Company With 3 Generations of Ownership

    My current client is such a train wreck of a company. We were brought into to help out with an ERP implementation that was 90% done because half of the IT and Finance team quit. Almost all of their legitimate recommendations were ignored because they were not exactly how things were done...
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    Corporate Training Conferences Are The Worst

    I didn't they could do it but I would actually prefer working to this. Five days of hell as we go through useless buzzwords and corporate mumbojumbo. All the head honchos are here so I even have to pretend to pay attention :( We won't do any team building exercises since none of us will ever...
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    Crashing a Networking Conference

    Has anyone ever successfully crashed a networking conference before? I'm looking to talk to one of the speakers for ~5 minutes but don't want to spend $800 for a badge. It's a 4 day highly specialized industry conference with very little outside interest. Any tips outside of obvious stuff...
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    Opting Out Of Amber Alerts

    After getting annoyed by amber alerts during a few meetings I decided to opt out. Does it make me a terrible person that I don't care about somebody else's abducted kid?
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    Hilarious Tales of Workplace Incompetency

    It’s that time again to bitch about workplace incompetency. We have a client 2 years into in their account system implementation with one of the worst controllers ever. He started as an IT Director for ~10 years and switched to controller 5 years ago but has absolutely no real world...
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    Would you vote for segregation if it improved your kids education?

    I was watching the new PBS documentary on school segregation here and found it disturbing. Most sane people are against any kind of racial segregation but DO want economic separation. Unfortunately, those two are often linked and once you add significant economic cost to supporting equality...
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    How do people live in Minneapolis?

    It's not normal to have a low of -17 near the end of February. How do people put up with this cold? I can't believe anyone enjoys 7 months of winter, 3 months of intense humidity, and 2 actually decent months. Shoveling snow sure sounds fun for the 20th time. Alaska almost sounds like a...
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    I'm such a beer snob

    Like every normal person in America I grew up drinking crappy beer and happily living in ignorance. A few years a good buddy introduced me to craft beer. Ever since then it's been hard to drink "normal" beer and especially crap like Highlife. Since I travel a lot for work(80%) I try to go to...
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    Is California Worth The Hype?

    I have lived in the Midwest my whole life so I'm used to dealing with crappy winters. Every year it's always been depressing as I feel trapped in my apartment, never able to really get outside and do things. Even with proper clothing it's not fun to have dig out your car every 3-4 days. It would...
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    What is your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    What is your Myers-Briggs personality type and do you feel that it reflects you as a person? See http://www.typelogic.com/ for test information and descriptions. There would be a poll, but I am limited to 10 options and need 16 :( Thought this is a computer forum so I can remove all E* right...
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    Cooking For One

    We've all read that cooking for yourself is better. But does it really make sense if you are only cooking for one person? I'm a young professional living alone, so it's not really feasible to cook all my meals. I'm also not really able to bring lunch most of the time unless I want to bring...
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    Crazy Business School Tuition

    It seems that tuition costs are getting downright silly. A quick glance at Northwestern's website shows that it's about $56K/year for an MBA and $74K/year for a JD/MBA. Other programs from Columbia, UPenn, etc appear relatively similar. And this is just tuition! How do people afford these...
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    Why do people have a warped view on Apple product prices?

    Why is it that people expect to get more for their used Apple products than for what Apple itself sells new ones at? Apple sells refurbished(pretty much new) 1st gen IPads for $350 with a warranty, but people on craigslist in my area routinely want $400+. I've found that this is the case for...
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    I'm such a noob when it comes to asian food

    Today I walk into my local asian grocery store and was overwhelmed by all the choices there. There was English on some of the packages, but a good portion of it was in Korean only. I'd like to learn more about the food, but it's a bit hard when I can't understand what any of it is :( I...
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    Long locations break the forum format

    Just a PSA.
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    Matt is a Terrible Roomate

    I think this is my worst nightmare. Also, Matt is a terrible host. I can't decide if it's fake or not.
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    Why do parents name their kids such stupid names?

    My stepmom works at a local children's hospital with at risk children and often she deals with kids who have almost unpronounceable names. Unfortunately, these kids usually come from dysfunctional families on third or fourth generation welfare so there chances are not that great already...
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    I knew all girls had a demon inside them!

    Trailer for a new move, Jennifer?s Body. Looks campy as all hell, but I might actually have to watch it!
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    Roads in the UK are insane

    Click me for crazy intersection Maybe I'm just a silly American, but does anyone else find that intersection totally crazy? It's like a giant maze! If you look closely, you will see that there are 7 different lanes of traffic going in various directions. And let's not talk about English...
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    Flat Caps

    I'm on a study abroad trip to Oxford, and while in one of the shops I noticed a Flat Cap. These caps are not really common in the states, and I was wondering if it's possible to wear one of those hats back home and not look like I'm 80 years old. Personally, I think they look kinda quaint :P...
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    Best Banner Ad Ever

    Click Me. Ignore the site's content and just click on the Pringles ad on the right.
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    Does tipping the delivery guy really help get your food faster?

    Before I begin, let me just say that as a standard practice I tip a fair amount ($3 on a $15-18 pizza, $2 on $11 wings, etc) for all delivery services I receive. I'm just wondering if consistent tipping really makes a difference in the quality of service received. For all the ATOT delivery...
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    Kid freaking out because WoW account cancelled

    Seriously, it's just a game.
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    "Loophole" in the federal home tax credit

    I was reading the Federal Housing Tax Credit guidelines and it seems to me that you could sell your house to your kid who is 18+ and receive the tax credit. As of now the tax credit is $8k but could raise to $15k. I'm not sure what the tax implications are, but I do know for sure you can gift...
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    Hobo Got Arrested By My House

    I saw this happening right by my house and was fortunate to have my camera with me. Apparently they are cracking down on the hobos where I live. Those pants and that haircut are just so ridiculous. Still, it's sad to see that some people really can fall so far.
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    Posted in the wrong forum

    Could you move this to OT: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=80&threadid=2310395 . Thanks and I apologize for being stupid :(
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    WTF is a berm

    I saw this sign on the road today, and I must say that I have never seen anything like it. I'm still confused by what a berm is and why pedestrians would be on it. Anyone care to enlighten me? Edit: How did this wind up here? It was supposed to be in OT... Crossed the berm between PCG...
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    Test Anxiety Sucks

    I don't know why, but for the past few quarters I've always had problems sleeping just before an exam. I have two finals tomorrow, but I haven't slept a minute. I can't wait until I run into some "real world" stress, I'm sure it will kill me. Anyone have any stress tips? I'm seriously...
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    Do you follow hockey?

    Since today is the first day of the Stanley Cup championship I thought this would be an appropriate question to ask ATOT: Do you follow hockey? I was talking to my friend from Michigan, and apparently hockey is a big deal up there. This seemed strange to me, because in all my travels I...
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    Travel plans for Oxford

    Early July I'll be in Oxford UK for about 6 weeks. Does anyone have any ideas for what things a tourist might want to see and do? The only limits I'll have is that I won't have a car and will have to take public transportation everywhere. I'm used to big cities since I grew up in Chicago...
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    Ever test out of a college course?

    My university offers the option to test out of some courses. They list a few courses that I would like to try to test out, but I have never had any formal education on the material. The test is multiple choice and on marketing material, so I don't think it would be too hard to cram for...
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    How much is too much on pet care?

    My mom has a dog that has been in the family for about 10 years. Now, the dog is having some health problems, and now she spends quite a bit of money for x-rays, medication, surgery, walks, etc. I'd have to say that she has spent within the $5k-$7k range over the past 2 years on this kind of...
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    Mad Money is Coming to My University

    So I just got an email that Mad Money and Jim Cramer are coming to my school in April and that I can get free tickets. Any thoughts for crazy stuff during the show? I'm thinking along the lines of maybe getting a bunch of people to wear crazy shirts and run in front of the camera during the...
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    Why isn't Amtrak more competitive?

    Why is it that Amtrak is so uncompetitive in the US? When looking at the price of a ticket from Chicago to New York I was shocked to find that it was significantly more than an equivalent plane ticket, and took about 4-5x as long. I wouldn't mind the longer travel time if it cost less, but...
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    WTF UPS Delivered My $900 TV to My Neighbors.

    After seeing the 40% off deal on ebay, I figured it would have a good time to buy a new HDTV. I come home one day to see a noticed that they attempted to deliver the TV, but I wasn't home so they delivered it to my neighbors. This, of course, caused me immediate concern because I have no clue...
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    Go GE Go!

    Anyone else following the GE upswing today? I bought in at $15.37, so I'm loving this rally. Haven't decided if I want to hold onto it for a while, or sell it once it reaches 18-19. I know that GE has it's problems, but I don't doubt that it will rebound in the next few years as it deals...
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    Do you vote party line?

    Does the presidential election effect your voting pattern? Will you be voting straight ticket? If so, why? I plan on voting for Barack this upcoming election and I split roughly evenly on the local elections.