Re: The price of oil

On 17.10.2022 12.38, Merlyne wrote:
> 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.

Oh never mind, it will probably just be something silly - like *two* 
cameras.

>>>>> 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.

It was a consulting firm - otherwise all the consultants would be 
billing which somewhat eases the sense of futility.

BeH