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What did you do wrong to be selected for sergeant? 
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I did a lot of things right - The trick is to be selected as technical Sergeant Major (Sergeant First Class in the US, tech. Feldweibel in Switzerland). I'm operating the Server Command Center of the Command Support Application of the Air Force, and I won't have to do anything regarding the RS (not even a single walk, or the survival week if I don't volunteer). It's probably the most awesome position within the army, especially because the people I work with are all non-army personel.
And during the WEF I'm responsible for the training of the WK personel, which is awesome since they aren't cadets and motivated to actually participate in the training. Long story short, it's a personal gain since:
- I can prepare and run trainings on my own
- I have more freedom than anyone else in the camp
- I learn a lot about the problems one can stumble upon while running a 24/7 system
All in all it improves my CV, so I don't really mind it. Yes, I do realzie how lucky I am.
The console is a black place
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Uhm. Alright. But nevertheless, a position in the army was, and still is, nothing I ever desired.  I'm happy enough I only had 5 months of initial training and 3-4 weeks a year of repetition.
Speaking of the WEF... My next WK is there...  Although, we're probably just one of the reserve units (at least thats as much as our commander was informed during our last WK) . And as air defense, we're probably scattered somewhere in the hills around Davos, and I don't really fancy being in service in the mountains during winter ... (Ok, to be honest: There isn't really a "good" time for the army as I usually always have better things to do )
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Rage wrote: What if Earth was the hell of another world
OMG! You are a genius!
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Rage wrote: What if Earth was the hell of another world ?
In that case, go to heck! 
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But are you sure that always works? I'm sure I have at least one device that breaks that rule. Also what about vertical USB sockets? USB sign to the left or right?
Still 
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I'll have to check that. Usually if the manufacturer's name is on it, that side should be up.
I am not even going to reveal how long it took me to figure out that my PC doesn't have to be turned on in order to charge my phone through a USB cable.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I just tried, and the USB sign goes on the bottom, although it is possible I have the computer the wrong way up.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Then your computer probably lies upside-down : Internet cannot be wrong.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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It's actually on its side, I cleaned, tidied, and reorganised my desk yesterday - happy times.
The box came with a stand so it could be on its side, although I do not know if there is a preferred side, presumably the other one if what you say should be true. Normally the USB ports on the front are vertical.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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What always works is that the bottom is the part at which the 2 ends of the metal touch each other.
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I .. don't want to go so familiar with what the USB metals do 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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That's something I like about Samsung phone ost/usb plugs: they're not symmetrical, so you don't have to squint like a crazy person to see the black-on-black pimple-height symbols; you can tell without even looking if they're the right way up.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Reminds me of last weekend when I couldn't get my pressure washer to start. It has a rocker switch labeled 0 and I. Does that mean 'Off' and 'Ignition'?..or 'On' and 'Interrupt'? Actually, it's binary, 0 and 1, on and off!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Rage wrote: you plug the connector with the side showing the USB sign[^] up.
IIRC, that is not necessarily consistent.
I've also plugged in USB cables the wrong way. Interesting things happen when you force the plug and short out the +5 power.
Marc
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"Nixon et al, said to have set the benchmarks."(10)
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Precedents?
Nixon et al - presidents
said - sounds like precedents
Precedents may have set benchmarks for those following?
Andy B
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Is the correct answer Mrs Yeti Goosecreature.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Yes I do have a rather unusual name.
Andy B
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I have a lot of time to waste today but I can't just sit idle. I can't watch a movie or play games because I am at office. So I am surfing through all sites that publish lottery and lucky draw results online. I haven't bought a ticket in ages but that's not gonna stop me today.
And I am not going to use Ctrl+F and search for my name. I will literally go through all the published names. Maybe I will get lucky.!
Warm Regards,
Subho
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Little tip - it's probably best not to post online that you are going to be sitting in the office surfing lottery sites when your boss may also be online surfing your name to see what you have posted 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Thanks for the tip.
Warm Regards,
Subho
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Do it everyday, may be you will get luck, in lottery, not your job
In code we trust !
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Yes that's why I don't do it everyday!
Warm Regards,
Subho
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Why not learn some new technology - something that will be useful to your employer, either in terms of enhancing the existing products, or creating new ones - during your spare office time?
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