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I remember my older brother being moved by professionals when he was in the Navy. They came in and packed everything up including the waste basket by a desk... with all the paper t…

I was the primary ops guy (well before the concept of devops and when separation of duties was important) and ended up being the primary troubleshooter for problems. During one of …

I realize it was a tongue in cheek comment (at least interpreted that way), but that was a serendipitous opportunity for the young lady's boyfriend. I know I've had several such op…

I didn't even read that far :0 The point of my comment was their lack of understanding of how the existing transmission system is connected to their neighboring regions. This is th…

Stopped reading at "while all the US grids operate on the same frequency, those frequencies aren't always aligned—the peak in the AC of one grid may line up with the trough in a ne…

It's not lying if you're careful how you respond to their question on salary. I always respond with my compensation is $X, where X is my previous year's salary, bonus, and cash val…

Get off my lawn!

Everything seemed reasonable until he complained about the lack of access to "telephone pole infrastructure". I can't speak for all 50 states, but in Indiana the pole infrastructur…

check out these _types_ of batteries. http://www.sbsbattery.com/products-services/by-product/batte... no recommendation on the supplier, but funny thing, the power companies and te…

France and Greece have in recent memory. Pretty much any country that has hosted the G8 the last 10 years or so.

It's not the current location that's retrieved. It's the approximate location of when you sent the message (or as I mentioned previously, the location of your map view in intel if …

It's part of the game. Don't like it, don't play. It's really that simple. Some points to quibble... 1) Not all game events, just most of them ;) 2) It's a point in time location. …

Unfortunately, there are significant amounts of people on both sides of any debate, much less this one, with either blinders on or have selective vision. As a strict constructionis…