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Renewable energy – are you a big fan?
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AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Well sun, you certainly rays a good question!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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That's a hard idea to cell - but perhaps the tidal change and things will wind* up all right!
* A special word - pronounce one, understand the other.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Sometimes...I guess you could call me an oscillating fan 
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What a fracking idea. Oil never forgive you!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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If they would just put a circular drive at the drive through at Taco Bell we could whip this renewable energy problem at an individual lovel.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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ageism! what's actually wrong with old energy anyway?
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Wind mill you stop posting these terrible things.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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It depends how you spin it.
/ravi
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Are you fission for answers to that question?
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Relevant XKCD[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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It's a ![Sunshine | [little ray of sunshine]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/sunshine.gif) idea.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Did you hear about the bar that offers free drinks to designated drivers?
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Just cross boundaries and help out some other team, when they are critically struck.
And then get loads of praise from the boss, publicly.
-As if the other team members have been always incompetent to fix problems.
The dumb one is the boss that praises in public undermining the long term work done by the team members. I instantly reject this kind gesture and acknowledge the hard work done by the team. And let everyone know , how little was the fix technique.
I guess this is so fundamental. Not sure why the bosses are unaware of these work-etiquettes. If you are a boss, please note down  hehe
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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You are just not boss material. He did not praise you. He shamed them.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Lol but this is really productive ?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Every tyrant seems to think so.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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As a 13 year Naval Officer the cornerstones in leadership:
Praise in public.
Criticize in private.
What you describe is not so much praise, but passive criticism of the team.
This isn't leadership.
This is decisive, and results in resentment.
Your boss publicly put you above the other members.
Your boss should have simply praisedon't you efforts and encouraged the team.
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Luftwaffe, 8 years. I could not have described it better.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Vunic wrote: I instantly reject this kind gesture and acknowledge the hard work done by the team.
That's a little dangerous, it is one thing to acknowledge the team's effort and shift the praise to everyone. It is another to potentially throw praise from your boss back in his face.
Oh, and if he a less than perfect boss or is the sort of person who was using your success to shame the rest of the team, be extra careful. You really don't want him to perceive it as an insult, you could be the incompetent one next week and you want those brownie points.
Vunic wrote: And let everyone know , how little was the fix technique.
Avoid doing this if possible, it minimizes your skills, knowledge, and effort plus it makes all of your other successes less important by association. It is like using the word "just" to describe a fix, as in 'it was just a simple typo in the connection string.' It neglects to include the time you have put in over the years acquiring the knowledge which allowed you to fix the problem quickly and get things back on track.
TL;DR? Careful when rejecting praise to not insult your boss, kudos for spreading the praise around but make sure to take credit where credit is due. Most importantly, never sell yourself short.
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RJOberg wrote: It neglects to include the time you have put in over the years acquiring the knowledge which allowed you to fix the problem quickly and get things back on track.
And in the context of not making enemies, it also minimizes the abilities the people that weren't able to catch the "little thing" that you isolated.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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