Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 16.10.2022 18.16, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>>> On 15.10.2022 15.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> [8<---]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What a coincidence! I'm a secret agent too!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I Don't believe you - so you don't have to kill me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And that fish smell? It's my new cologne --Fruit de
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Very -erm- catching...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See? It's working already.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would work on a cat...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not my cat.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you want me to send you my dead mouse to try on your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cat? It hasn't been dead for more than a day... yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Save the postage. Soonish I will probably have mice in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> house and she can catch a fresh one.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So she's good for something after all. When she's awake.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> She's been practicing with the toy mouse. At 2 AM.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The squeaky kind?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The squeaky things are dog toys. Cat's no like noise.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've known of cats that very much like to make noise - loud,
>>>>>>> penetrating, undulating noise - in the middle of the night when
>>>>>>> decent people are trying to sleep.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Light sleeper, huh?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds that mostly allude to someone or something being brutally
>>>>> murdered do tend to wake me up, yes...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think my cat is not adverse to noises that she creates herself.
>>>>>> She will leave the room if the tv is on too loud or someone
>>>>>> sneezes/coughs or if I am talking on the phone. She really hates
>>>>>> the Zoom conferences.
>>>>>
>>>>> So she wants to hear herself and only herself. I've known people
>>>>> like that. Also I've never participated in a Zoom conference.
>>>>> After my time, I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *adds have Zoom conference with BeH to bucket list before 'get
>>>> TikTok account'*
>>>
>>> Good luck with that. I still don't have a webcam.
>> You don't need a webcam, you need an internet connection.
> 
> I do have one of those...
> 
>> <whispers...your cellphone has a camera>
> 
> IT DOES??? What will they think of next.

You'll have to wait to see.

> 
>>>> I don't want you to die a virgin.
>>>
>>> I did take part in some video conferences back in the day
>>> (1993-ish). That involved a great big camera and a wall mounted tv.
>>> Mostly though it was 1/2 hour taxi -> 1/2 hour plane ride -> 3/4
>>> hour drive to have a physical meeting. On behalf of the country's
>>> largest telecom operator...
>> 
>> We had those too. Except that there were probably 2 or 3 conference
>> rooms with the camera/tv. Now they all have them.
> 
> And things are so much better now, coordination and co-operation
> vise... or what!
> 
>>>> We use MS Teams at work.
>>>> It has some advantages over in person meetings such as if you have
>>>> your camera off and the meeting is boring, you can play Candy Crush
>>>> or pretend that your internet connection dropped. When we were 100%
>>>> virtual, the director would ask to get invited to team meeting
>>>> randomly just to stay in touch with people. Like the rank and file
>>>> want to hang out with upper management. *eye roll* I have 2
>>>> programmers who report to me who would never put their camera on at
>>>> meetings. I'm cool with that. The director called me after a
>>>> meeting and asked how I knew they were working. Seriously?
>>>
>>> Well, how do you know? It's not like those types produce anything
>>> tangible. It's all bits and zeroes and ones with them.
>> 
>> Well, someone is loading the databases and creating custom
>> extractions for clients. The only other person who can program on the
>> team is me and I know I didn't do their work.
>> 
>>>
>>>> The benefit of not having your camera on at meetings is that no one
>>>> can see you rolling your eyes when they say something stupid or
>>>> blather away off topic for an extended period of time. In the
>>>> before-time, I would doodle in my notebook or write 'OMG STFU' or
>>>> something like that which would often make the person sitting
>>>> beside me burst out laughing. MYOB.
>>>
>>> Heh. The first place I worked the boss insisted on going over the
>>> accounting in d-e-t-a-i-l every month; overhead slides and all. All
>>> nine of us sitting there listening attentively (obv.)...
>>>
>> Ugh! I leave my body at those meetings.Then someone calls my name and
>> sucks me back into the vortex. What did I think of the idea? Yep.
>> it's craptactular! I tell them I missed the question because I left
>> my body. They all laugh because they think I'm joking.
> 
> The worst part, I always found, was all the time (and money) is wasted
> on these things - half the people aren't interested in *any* of and
> the rest are only invested in a little bit. Also 50 consultants (who
> could be billing opwards of €200/hour) sitting there for an hour...
> 

Weird. I never invited any of the consultants I've had to hire to budget 
meetings. It was usally them booking meetings to present screen mock-ups 
and such.