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[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
Ever worked with a person who is hopelessly stupid, but are convinced that they're an absolute genius, and they happen to have final say over a key piece of the project? You know, the piece their dumb self approved a month ago and then, 48 hours before that piece HAS to be live, have suddenly decided it's inadequate and won't be reasonable or realistic in their expectations of how you'll fix it?

Welcome to the last day and a half of my life. I've got 28.5 hours before things have to be done; I'm getting drunk.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
Yes. What do you do for a profession? That statement is a pretty broad one without context. Enjoy the drinks my friend. Just take one piece of KEY advice if you will. In a few hours from now, when you have really decided that you've had it with the stupid genius, don't call him and tell him how you feel. lol
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
I've been using it, it just stopped working. I've had some great uses for it. 1 in my bathroom that is the only one that can turn off my alarm and sends a good morning text to the girlfriend. 1 in the car that auto-connects bluetooth / opens play music. 1 by the door that toggles wifi/toggles brightness/ says 'good luck/welcome home'.

Well LTE is the huge 'selling' point of the providers now so I assume they're actually not slacking with getting networks up
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
I do not doubt it one bit that ATT would start upgrading more networks sooner for the iphone 5. Nevermind the rest of the market of the already LTE capable android phones.
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
Prepaid debit cards. That's about as specific as I can be. Yeah, I can't call her until tomorrow, just fuming that she gave my team the finger then stopped responding to emails at 3:30 PM. Total bs.

No matter what your thoughts on drugs are, 1.5 oz is a pathetically tiny amount to have your job prospects ruined over.
[Off-topic] M0D1441:
So I just got Uverse 12MB ADSL2+, every website but speedtest.net works. Gg AT&T
[Off-topic] hechoen:
The same can be said for drinking. I agree if that if assume the risk you assume the responsbilty, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere. Oh that's right Colorado just drew it.

Be honest you wouldn't care about it other than the fact that it's illegal. Same guy pulled over in another state walks away. Just pointing it out. The rest is up to you.
[Off-topic] mtdew:
Personally I couldn't care less about it I have friends who smoke my thing is if you do it the issues that arise are your fault. If I do something that could be detrimental to my job prospects I have to accept it or stop it. Its really too easy.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
Agreed, but, what if those laws vary state to state? How do you prepare for accepting one law while realizing that your actions may be illegal in another area? And let's be honest about it. How many times have most honest people broken the law? Speed limits are actually considered law for the state that your in. Ever drive five over?
[Off-topic] mtdew:
I never said I don't break laws. I again only said I'm prepared to accept them.
[Off-topic] mtdew:
My belief of whether or not a law is fair holds no bearing on the punishment unfortunately so I fail to see the point of the question.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
Spot on. You can agree or disagree with a law. You cannot, however, escape penalty of breaking that law. Unless it changes. Laws have historically been the representation of the people. In other words do unto others as yadda yadda. There fluid things just like the society that imposes them. Carry on.
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
Look, you're either doing one two things. You're either disagreeing with me because it's me or you're saying that if you got arrested because you're a teenager and had sex with your girlfriend, if you were put on a national sex offender registry for life, what people should be saying is you should be prepared to accept the consequences of your actions.

No. Some laws are stupid and the consequences are ridiculous. Charged for a 1/28th of an ounce of weed and being a sex offender for receiving a nude from your girlfriend is two examples of that.

Edit: getting charged with it, doing community service and "rehab", getting it expunged, and having a private company sell the erased data is bull****. It just is.
[Off-topic] mtdew:
They seem stupid to you that is your opinion I don't see why you're getting upset. I don't think with my emotions most things in my eyes are black and white. If its illegal its illegal if you want to change it find like minded individuals and fight for change. Until that change happens be prepared to face the consequences of your actions.

Do I think marijuana should be legalized? With proper regulation sure.

You're very quick to jump the gun with your emotions though, not always a good idea.

Edit: in no way were any of my comments meant to be an attack on you. I apologize if you took then as such.
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
At this point we're arguing past each other so I'm just gonna change the subject to why aren't more people using Google plus
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Well my take is this and I hope it offends no one. I have a 17 year old son looking at 30 years for some things he has done so im a little experienced here so.......

1. I do not believe the criminal justice system in any state in America is hard enough on young people who commit crimes. My sons first charge was possesion of controlled substance at school. He got suspended 10 days, 6 months probation and 10 hours community service. A slap on the wrist considering someone my age would have at least got put in county and had to bond out but he never seen any jail cell even at my request which was put him in juvy for a day or two but no they didn't.

2. So that led to his second charge which was once again possesion of a controlled substance. Again slap on the wrist with suspension 10 days and another 6 montths probation. Not even community service this time. Again I request they teach him a lesson and at least lock him up overnight again I was told no. And the reason I ask them too was his attitude and unwillines to change his ways...

3. So here we sit awaiting court for 3 charges this time... rape, and two counts of probation violation and still he has not spent one minute behind bars and is facing now prison yet with a harsher punishment the first time I dont believe he would have progressed this far to a violent crime. Yet he still shows no remorse, still has the same ****ty attitude, he has also tried to overdose. And he was not raised this way yet me n my wife feel to blame because of the public arrest record that gets printed in our local paper. See he was arrested each time and released directly to us without even seeing a cell but everyone in town stares at us like we are bad people.

My point is this.... there are some kids who get in trouble hey everyone makes mistakes and with the proper rehabilitation, counseling and sometimes scare the **** out of them there are some who want to change and make life better for themselves and society.

But places that plaster your mistakes everywhere and keep you from changing and succeding is another problem we have with the youth in America. They are not allowed to change. .......

Just my two cents but if this website was or is preventing someone from changing and bettering themselves and society then thats just wrong and laws should be put in place to stop it......

Oh and that website might just hurt the innocent family as well who have done nothing wrong....
[Off-topic] hechoen:
I think there is a big difference between small crimes and larger ones. I would have to agree that maybe for those first two your son should have gotten more than I slap on the wrist. The big picture, as I see it, here is lack of remorse for the larger charge. That is a clear sign of the sociopath. There are estimates that up to 3% of the US population fit that definition. Parentage or economic status doesn't seem to be a huge influence in that figure. It just is the way some peoples brains are wired. I will end this with what you started with. This is my opinion and I hope no one takes offense of it.

Stay strong gary. It's all you can do at this point.
[Off-topic] ActionMax09:
I'll

I give up. look at the status bar. Apparently my town of 5000 population, no where near a large city, has got LTE...

I still smell something funny because not until today did my phone pick it up. :eek:

---edit---

My screen pic won't upload in this LTE speeds... :banghead:
[Off-topic] iandr0idos:
Your APN settings might have been screwed up and adjusted itself or something.
[Off-topic] prbassplayer:
If I had to bet AT&T is doing initial ground work. Your town probably doesn't have LTE officially.

Sent from my Slim Bean powered Mako
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
GRAMS?! What's you do, insult the cop's mother? :laugh:

Please elaborate via PM. I don't have any criminal record, period, not even a speeding ticket, but in my line of work, there are lots and lots of non-criminal activities that can get you excluded from consideration or relieved of duty. I'm also certain I'm not the only person with my name out there.

Yes, yes we did. :D

I've never taken any illegal drugs (aside from underage drinking) in my 28 years. That includes college at one of the top "party schools" in the country, where it's easier to find weed than water, and spending several years in California, the most weed-friendly state out there up until Colorado and Washington State made recreational use legal. Now that it's legal here, you can bet your life that on January 1, 2014, when retail sales for recreational use become legal, I will be baking (no pun intended) my first batch of brownies.

Reminds me of Arizona. If you're hauling it at 90+ through the desert and a cop catches you on radar, yeah, you're toast. Thing is, throughout Phoenix, the speed limit randomly drops to 55 on a road that's twelve lanes wide at points. The staties routinely go 70+ through there, and as long as you don't pass them, they're not going to care how fast you're going.
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
Damn, that's quite a jump from controlled substances. I'm sorry for the trouble that has to be causing your family.

The website is messed up, I got arrested once for 1.5grams. That's literally 20 dollars worth, it can only be construed as personal use. It happened 4 years ago, and since then I've gotten a 3.75 GPA over 96 college credits (on a plus minus scale, seriously - screw those things). I have a semester left and I'll have a B.S in Psychology and Neuroscience; I believe I'm not exactly the type of person people are looking to screw over because of something that happened 4 years ago.

The website charges 60 bucks for it to remove your data. That's crap. It just is. The individuals hide behind a company. The guy who owns this site even has is email as 'policearchives@gmail.com' to seem more legitimate to ... people who wouldn't know police don't have gmail accounts

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It was in Baltimore, which honestly makes it worse because I would have thought there were better things to take care of. There's really nothing to elaborate on; I was charged and the school was notified - then I was kicked off via campus and given 16 sessions as an out-patient in Rehab + 65 hours of community service + 2 AA sessions + 5 months probation. This meant I had to drive twice a week 20 miles to Baltimore to attend rehab sessions and piss in a cup, in which I was the only one for weed, I was surrounded by heroin addicts.

Luckily I could do the community service at home. It took months and tons of money. I had to declare it on my application to the #1 research university in the country, and was denied because of it. I had to talk my way in (yeah, it took a lot) and thinking it's finally all behind me when I got expunged, it was a slap in the face when it popped up on an internet search.

I truly believe I went through way more than necessary for a measly GRAM AND A HALF.
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
This is what im talking about. Sadly there a few teens who actually wanna change their life and do better after making a few mistakes but their surroundings, and society wont let them because of their past. Im all for helping teens who have got in trouble before when they the attitude and want to to change. Sadly so many dont.....
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
Stress on the job. Stress about furloughs. Stress over upcoming possible sequestration. (Not trying to start a political conversation so please dont pursue this topic)

Rough times ahead in my line of work. But I will be in d.c. week after next trying to make a difference for my little part of the state that I live in.
[Off-topic] ActionMax09:
Turns out that Verizon has also got LTE in my area now... We live no where near a large city, we don't even have a Walmart here. :what:
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
Verizon's LTE sucks. I've got friends with it out this way. When I feel like venturing into town to meet up with them, I'll occasionally do a speed test and come up at 15 MB/s+. They're lucky to break 5 on their "LTE".

Now, if only AT&T would light up LTE up this way...
[Off-topic] ActionMax09:
If we got it out here in the middle of the Appalachian mountains no where near a l large city. You guys should have it soon... :eek: I am still no convinced.
[Off-topic] Fortune090:
I have a friend in VA that has the same results. I'm able to get 50+Mb/s from a neighboring city, while he's psyched about the fact he was able to get around 7Mb/s.
[Off-topic] T.J. Bender:
I get that on HSPA+ out here.
[Off-topic] whosgotlag:
How's this? I imagine the LTE bands here are pretty congested
[Off-topic] ActionMax09:
7 megs on this LTE at my area. When I go to Atlanta I get a higher download speed...
[Off-topic] M0D1441:
30 here in ATX, on the bus home around rush hour

I'm sure I've showed off enough :p
[Off-topic] Fortune090:
Not bad at all, really. Can get better when it's less congested, but still pretty good.
[Off-topic] bps119:
Sounds like my wife current situation. She works for the Corps of Engineer's and is dealing with the same uncertainty. It sucks, but this happens every year.
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
I cant keep my wife from stressing over my job with the fiscal uncertainty. They always talk furloughs every year. I been with fed government for 9 years now. Its been happening since Bush's second term. And it was all jacked up them.
[Off-topic] bps119:
Yep, I can't keep her from stressing over it either, and all the emails they keep sending out saying they don't know anything doesn't help matters. She's been with them for almost 13 years.
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Yea and the freaking problem is the government always cuts in the wrong place. To start with an initial drug screen and random drug tests for anyone and everyone that gets any kind of public assistance. If you are gonna spend welfare, food stamps, unemployment, social security, or disability benefits on drugs or you cant pass a drug screen then you do not get any of it. Guys that might sound harsh but I know at least two people who get a disability check just for being an alcoholic. They sit and constantly funnel beer at the cost of the taxpayers and have been for several years so im not blaming any one president or political party because everyone in Washington has dropped the ball. When we let workers mainly illegals come in and take jobs from Americans and they have to pay no taxes, no federal, state, social security, or Medicare tax like us who are actually legal Americans its us that picks up the bill. When we bail out every business that gets it trouble including cities and towns and pour billions overseas, and spend borrowed billions on stupid things like turtle crossings, and presidental vacations then cut needed government jobs to balance the budget (or try to) then yes you should worry. Lets cut the hell out of the postal service so our elected officials (both parties) can have their vacations. Lets not forget to shove a health care plan down everyones throat that no one wants and congress and the white house think they are to good for.... yes when asked random Washington elected officials ranging from senators, to congressmen, to the president himself if they planned to join the health care program that was soooo great they said no....

Until we get leaders who lead by example instead of saying one thing and doing another then yes government workers be worried...

Not meant to offend anyone or piss anyone off but thats just the truth and of course my rant about our piss poor leaders (both parties)
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
Its all basically a drill except for hiring freeze. Nothing is certain. Nobody really knows anything.
[Off-topic] Fortune090:
My God, THIS. My dad's actually losing his job as a supervisor at the Post Office in Stockton, CA that he's been working at for 20+ years because they decided it would be a FANTASTIC idea to shut the plant down (because it's "unprofitable"... Isn't it stated in the CONSTITUTION that the Post Office is supposed to be nonprofit?) and just have everything go to Sacramento instead, adding days to delivery times, and LOADS of confusion. He's a disabled veteran and has STILL yet to receive a job offer, even behind a few people who are 1: not veterans, and 2: have worked there far less time than him. By law, he HAS to get preference, but whoever's behind this whole shut down has no idea what the hell they're doing and is starting to screw over so many people.

We've talked to managers, higher ups, congressman, and even people in D.C. to get this sorted out and it's only been a massive s***storm since.
[Off-topic] occupational_hazard:
20+ years? Did he not want to take an early out? I hate to say this but the post office has been hemorrhaging money like crazy. The postal system is reducing employment numbers by 150000 by 2015. Tough and rough times are ahead. But it is bull**** not getting preference from tenure and vet preference. Hiring guide lines may be a little bit different for post office than regular federal employment. See if he can file a grievance even tho he should not be a bargaining unit employee by being management. But he should be asking why he is not getting hired due to his preference.
[Off-topic] hechoen:
Well, since where talking about getting the shaft from your employer, here's a great story.

My grandpa was a machinist for a major pharmaceutical company. In the early 90's he was all set to retire in 6 months with his 25 years and full retirement package. The company decides to move the plant from New Jersey to Puerto Rico. You guessed it, they can my gramps. He ends up getting "laid off" and only gets about 80% of the retirement package that he would have received if he had worked those extra 6 months.

A few months later he's settled into retired life and is still more than a little pissed at the company that he gave most of his adult life to. The phone rings one day and it's his old boss. His boss says they need him to come back to work down in Puerto Rico to help put the lines back together. These things where made a long time ago and apparently a bunch of engineers with Masters degrees can't for the life of them figure out how to make it fit back together. My grandpa does what any man in are family would do. He tells his boss to shove it up his arse.

Not even a few hours go by and he receives another call. This one from the VP of the company. They seem to be in a real bind and would REALLY appreciate his help. The plant down there is loosing money hand over fist until those units are back up and running. He tells the VP to give him a day to talk to his wife and he'll get back to them tomorrow. My grandma is all for the idea of him going back to work for a few months so they can get the full retirement package. He isn't so stoked but places that phone call anyway.

He tells the VP that he will come back to work under these conditions. One, he gets the full retirement package effective immediately. Two, he comes back to work as a consultant at about three times more a day then they ever paid him as an employee. Three, they fly him from New Jersey to Puerto Rico Monday mornings and fly him back Thursday evening. They book the tickets under his name so he get's the frequent flyer miles.

Now, I know my gramps pretty well and I can tell you for a fact, the only reason he made all those demands is that he was sure that the VP wouldn't agree to them. Thereby releasing my grandpa from any further contact with the company and keeping him in my grandmas good graces. To his amazement the VP not only agreed to them but told him they'd have a company limo pick him up Monday morning.

Well it took about 3 months for the assembly line to be put back together. My grandpa never so much as lifted a wrench. He just stood there with his arms crossed and pointed a finger when he had to. He made more money in those three months then he would have in a year at his regular wage. Oh, and those frequent flyer miles, my grandma and him are still flying on them to this day. It's nice to see the little guy win every once in a while isn't it.
[Off-topic] garydv2002:
Its simply because we have a bunch of politicians (both parties) in Washington DC who could not effectively manage a McDonald's much less a country. I say both parties as not to offend any one persons particular party or belief and simply because both parties are to blame. I dont blame any one man anymore, or any one political party anymore as all of Washington both dems and republicans and independents are to blame. It is also effectively those who sit at home on election day and dont vote and those who take not the time or the care to study each candidate before they vote rather just vote the career politicians back in over and over. After all if they have been there that long surely they know what they are doing right? UMMMM HELL NO.......
[Off-topic] ActionMax09:
Here where I live, people think they are born into a party. If their parent or Democrats, they have to be Democrats. However, I do have to disagree with the fact you think illegals are a burden to the USA, let's be honest, no American in their right minds would pick up grapes (Fact: California Wine is the best, better then French wine.) Meanwhile, many of them bring in plenty of skills that aren't as common in the USA. For example, i live in the carpet capital of the USA. Many of our carpet jobs are going to China and carpet is not as popular as it use to be. however, the people of Mexico are very skillful in laying tile and lately everyone has been hiring people from Mexico to lay tile on their house no matter the day and with the most minimum pay.

The USA has many illegals because it is a great country and they know that the government (Excluding Alabama & Arizona) will never negate them the facility in which their kids will be able to learn and have a better future. Take me for example, I come from a very low income family. I just recently became a resident of the USA, i have no money and neither do my parents to pay for my college education. However, I have not lost hope that my sport (what i do) will pay itself and my college. That is what this country has that many don't, "A chance to overcome yourself no matter on your past, hope." I am a few days from signing a scholarship that will pay all my tuition and some more. I will be the first from my school to get a full ride to college and best of all. I am an immigrant showing the rest of my friends that it's possible. :)