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There are all sorts of sites offering free credit reports. Are any of them trustworthy? Also, I've heard that checking your credit actually reflects poorly on your credit history as it may be construed as a failed attempt to get a loan or something. Any truth to this?

Got an aquaintance in town from London. She wants to go to a club/lounge/bar tonite. She described her preference as a place where there's some dancing but not totally dominated by dance floor. I think a bigger version of Fun or Baktun would be about right, but I don't go out much these days and definitely not on Mondays. What would be some good spots? Centro, Discotheque, Cheetah? Is Koncrete still runnin? If it helps at all she says she likes the Met Bar in London. Ok, thanks for any info.

Are you sure Metro North won't be affected? It's run by the MTA and I was assuming all MTA workers are in the same union. I also don't see how Bloomberg can be blamed for this.

Go to Coral Negro and walk around, a lot of the shopkeepers will offer. Careful tho I got thrown in lockdown and had to bribe my way out.

i've been toying with the notion myself. thinkin about headin to the US Virgin Islands, but I hear that it's pretty hard to find work there. Anyone have advice or connections?

I though Morimoto now works at his own restaurant in Philly?

Although it would be nice if we could stay out of this madness, it's unfortunately not an option since we made the decision to get involved years ago with staunch support of Israel. Also the US is the only country Israel will listen to; all the militants know this and inaction would lead to us being targetted as well. We're pretty much in a lose-lose situation as far as I see it, but oh well..

I think it's a great idea but poor execution. They pretty much look like glorified spotlights. Should have done it up with lasers like the Luxor in Vegas. Also from Queens, the lights look white instead of blue. Anyone else notice that?

Anyone familiar with this? What do you think? http://www.htfr.com/products/browseprod.php?browseby=bymanu&category=vinyltouch&catno=MR25446&

If the bombs hadn't taken these people out, the Taliban probably would have killed them eventually anyway. It is truly a shame if thousands of civilians were killed, but at least now the MILLIONS of other Afghans have some hope of a better life.

I haven't followed this case, so I don't want to approach the issue of the guy's guilt. But why should police officers receive special treatment in court? I hate the argument of "Cops have such a dangerous job", "Most people couldn't handle their job", and "They see crazy shit every day", etc. These people freely chose their occupation knowing full well the risks involved and that they would be looked down upon by many and still decided it was worth it. Their paychecks and fulfillment from doing what they believe is the right thing is their reward. The general populace shouldn't have to walk around kissin their asses all day. It's unfortunate that a minority of immoral cops makes them all look bad, but we shouldn't have to compensate by doing them any favors.

I think if I behaved as a "model employee" I still wouldn't go home at the end of the day feeling like I made something tangible. It comes down to the fact that I have no passion for computer work. I see it as a job that gets me the money to do the things I really want to do in life. It sounds like you have the good fortune of doing something you love for a living. That is really wonderful, but not all of us are defined by our careers. What makes my life not sad and fruitless are my friends, hobbies, and my life outside of work. What makes work tolerable is the great feeling I get from feeding off the efforts of others. This is something that worries me to an extent. I always feel like someone will catch on to my conniving ways and I won't be able to talk my way out of the situation. I thought I was done for a couple months back when my boss, who I had completely fooled, was laid off and the new supervisor was a real hands on programmer type. However, it's been the same deal with the new guy.. I find it unbelievable though that I'll be able to pull this off for the rest of my life. Eventually I'm sure someone will expose me. I think, though, that there are a lot more marks out there than people who'll catch on and in the long run I should be alright even though I may have to take some lumps and look stupid once in a while.

>i have seen many people come out of C.S. programs and not >know shit from either the practical or abstract side of >computers. how they did it is completely beyond me. I graduated from a respected school with a B average and learned pretty much nothing from my CS major. My approach was pretty simple. The first skill I mastered was the ability to sound a lot smarter and knowledgable than I really am. Also, I'm not Mr. Personality or anything, but compared to the CS tools at my school I pretty much was and that helped a lot. Basically in the beginning of the semester I would approach someone I knew was really smart and strike up some conversation. Since I sounded fairly skilled and these poor saps were dying for "cool friends" I could work my way into a group of genius level programmers. They would quickly figure out that I was the weak link and do all the work. My other technique was to get in good with the professors. Although I rarely went to class, I would try to go by office hours often and ask intelligent questions and generally give the impression I was on top of things. The weakness in my scam was exams, which I'd usually mess up real bad. However, group work was always worth much more than the exams and since the professors were duped into thinking I was keeping up, I could usually convince them to discount the tests to some extent by saying I must have been having a bad day or something. Throughout school I was very worried that in the real world I would be exposed for the fraud that I am and I'd have a hard time getting or keeping a job. As it turns out though, the real world is full of suckers and I still get more credit and props than I deserve. From my experience, I have to say that deception, manipulation, and smooth talking are much more useful in this industry than true skill or intellect. I kind of feel sorry for the fools who actually put forth a lot of effort in classes and learn things the "right way", but hey no one put a gun to their head and forced them to not cut corners.

There is plenty of PE/NWA caliber hiphop out there. You just have to look for it instead of being lazy or thinking commercial radio represents all hiphop. It's like saying jazz must suck now cuz they play Kenny G on Lite FM.

Masters at Work - Tenth Anniversary Collection Disc 2