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I'm jealous, wish I had no windows. I work in one of those glass tower things, the whole wall is one giant window. I don't even need a lamp, just monitor glow.
Curious, did you just read my post?
Re-Cubicle-conversations[^]
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Yes, I did. That "goomba" remark is what inspired this question since we have our own goomba here, not yet tracked down and quietly killed - because there might be more than one and killing one goomba may not be enough of a deterrent to the others. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Coding and Romantic Lighting - seems like a good idea, to me.
For millennials, however, I think the disc-lighting is preferred. Or do they work by the light of a cell phone?
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In one of the offices I worked in, there was an attendant whose work was to turn on all lights in all conference rooms, one by one, starting at 8:45 am (office time starting at 9:00 am), irrespective of whether it had any scheduled meeting, or not. We then proposed to the management to stop this practice, so as to conserve energy, and the management listened to us.
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...and fired downsized rightsized the attendant.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The conference rooms here have motion sensor switches that turn on automagically when someone walks into the room. I'm not sure if they auto-off or not since I normally manually off them when a meeting is cover. I've never had them cut out during a meeting, but also never see those rooms sitting all day lit up and empty; so I'm not sure if tehy're smart enough to detect fidgiting and keep on during meetings and kill eventually when all are gone; or if most of my coworkers are equally conscientious.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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So management can tell if you're sleeping!
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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Several of us around number of cubicles decided we don't need ceiling lighting. We have the custodian remove all the tubes. BTW, I'm sitting by the window. Using two of those giant green leaves found at IKEA to build a canopy around my monitors. Works great! 
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Forogar wrote: Opinions?
What are The Powers That Be supposed to do now you if you keep turning off their mind-control devices?
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I have unscrewed lights above me in the past as like you I find it easier to work without too much fluorescent lighting.
On a similar note one of the most useful apps I have come across is Flux which automatically adjusts screen brightness based on your waking hours.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I've thought about it, but it might raise eyebrows if I bring my 8 foot ladder into the office.
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Actually borrowed the maintenance ladder one evening. Cost me a six pack, but I disconnected the stupid intercom over my cubicle. Had to promise I would not fall . Seriously, i have a phone. Email. Chat. You don't need to page me.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I have some fluorescent lights above my desk that really annoy me. If I could find the switch I would turn them off. I have to resort to wearing a hat to keep the glare out of my eyes. The worst part is they were off until I returned from a vacation and then they were on and I can't find the switch.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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The environment belongs to those who work there. Managers don't choose development tools, developers do. Developers want lower light, they should get it. It's not unreasonable. I live in a mushroom cave now. No windows, hell, we could be hit by a tornado and we'd not know until we left the area. That said, long ago I worked in a place that had cubicles spread out across the prairie. Think acres of office space... I made the mistake of asking our VP if we could tone down the overhead lighting. Sh*t, you'd think Monty Python came to town. It got so silly, I took him aside an begged him to pretend he never heard me ask for it....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I like an early start, so I'm often the first in, and I never turn lights on unless I actually need them -- and I've got one of those new-fangled electric calculator/typing thingies to work on, which has a backlit screen, so I don't need lights on in my office, at all.
I also hiss at crucifixes, and hate garlic.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If the contrast between the screen and the environment is too large, my eyes are strained. I definitely prefer working in a lit, not dimmed environment.
In the dark season, the energy spent contributes to the (required, in this part of the world) heating. While you certainly can get more heat per watt using a heat pump, the energy certainly isn't completely wasted. With today's LED or high output fluorescent tubes, you can lit your entire cubicle for the same amount of power as the incandescent bulb in your old desk lamp. (And if you just replaced it with a LED model: The manufacture of the new lamp probably cost more energy than it will consume in its entire lifetime. Maybe even more than the energy it will save!)
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So I got the CP mailing where I can take a survey for Evans Data Development Network and thought I'd take it (maybe CP gets a few bucks or something).
First data entry page want an email, fname, lname, my position. So I fill them in.
Bzzzzzt! It rejected the email address because it was a .info . This disease of stupidity in input parsing seems to be becoming an epidemic. I notified them, via their website, that they ought have their surveys (&etc.) remade, and this time, to not use amateurs.
I hope CP at least got some coin for my click-through.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: It rejected the email address because it was a .info
I automatically reject any .info email - only spammers use these goofy domains, in my experience. I've never seen a legitimate email from one, nor anything honest from several others.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: I automatically reject any .info email
Roger Wright wrote: I've never seen a legitimate email from one,
And clearly never will.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Roger Wright wrote: only spammers use these goofy domains
Roger Wright wrote: nor anything honest
You hear that, W∴ Balboos? Get your act together...
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From His Lips to Mark Zuckerberg's ears.
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Ditto. And I add each new top level domain to the blocked list as I encounter them. I really don't need to have my gutters cleaned, for instance.
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I have blocked ad sites so could not even navigate to it, sorry CP.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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