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Geek Culture / bored at a new job

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Manic
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Posted: 16th Jul 2007 17:26
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Hey, I've got a temp job at Nottingham Trent Uni doing some sort of student admin role....

and i'm bored, so so bored.

last week wasn't too bad, but i've literally done one thing work related today - send an (just one) email(!)

they don't seem to have anything for me to do!

oh well, I'm getting paid for it.

anyone got any SFW sites, you know, something interesting to read (non fiction), no games (no flash on here), no video etc especially if it kinda looks like work.

cheers

Manic

I don't have a sig, live with it.
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Chris K
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Posted: 16th Jul 2007 17:27
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Read the Wired article about the Linux programmer who was arrested for murder.

-= Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals =-
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Fallout
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Posted: 16th Jul 2007 17:28
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I find if you scroll down the TGC forum, so that the header graphics scrolls off the top, it looks like a professional enough forum to be work related. Alas, when you click a topic and all the sig images pop up, you're screwed. So I spend my day staring at the topics, not daring to click them, and just wondering what arcane and exciting scripture they may contain.

(Except this one)


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 16th Jul 2007 17:48
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Wikipedia - the ultimate source for information...who cares if it's inaccurate.

I have some articles written up on the net, you might find the interesting, I don't know, either way you're spending wasted time doing something and I snuck in a bit of advertisement. Everybody's happy.

http://cogito.66ghz.com/cogito

Support the return of Cow-Fishing! Hook up Paris Hilton and die!
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5Louiz
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Posted: 16th Jul 2007 17:59 Edited at: 16th Jul 2007 18:07
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Yes.. Wikipedia is awesome. You start with a random topic and end up opening fifty tabs of linked content

I recomend reading about String Theory, if you like science. I opened the page to fill twenty minutes of my time, but did spend one and a half hours with links and redundance.

edit: Abraham Lincoln and Ezra Pound are good starting points if you like general culture and history. Both have linkage with other interesting readings.

Luiz Fernando Belo Horizonte.
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Zerk
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There is always something to do. Perhaps they are testing you to find out if you find something to do or sit around picking your nose all day.

zParticle BETA finally released! An advanced particle system plugin for DBP!
More information and Download link!
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Nicholas Thompson
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Bastard Operator From Hell

There is about 3-4 years worth to make your way through and its a MUST read for anyone in or hoping for an IT career

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Ankillito
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@Fallout - you can edit your profile so that you don't have to see people's sigs...

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_apollo_pic.php?i=1234759
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hyrichter
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Quote: "Bastard Operator From Hell"

Dammit, Nick, you made me waste several hours of my life there. This episode literally had me in tears of laughter.

Good performance is better than a good excuse.
CodeSurge -- DBP Editor for serious programmers.
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Manic
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Posted: 17th Jul 2007 13:07
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Nick: thankyou, you've saved my sanity.

I don't have a sig, live with it.
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Nicholas Thompson
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BOFH rocks

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