#551 - The only approach I know how to take

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January 30, 2012 - 12:05am

Actually every single cubicle has terrible Feng Shui, I checked.

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Fuseblower
Submitted by Fuseblower on January 30, 2012 - 5:23am.
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I don't care about Feng Shui, as long as the window faces North. Ah, windows... Maybe this is why all your cubicles are so bad!

As for the rest of it - well, you should be careful. If you determine as a result of this that you're going to have a good year, that's fine - a positive mental outlook (even if it's based on a scientific approach!) is a good thing, and may make you determined to live out the forecast. But what happens if it's not such a good forecast? And what happens if you take a year-on-year view and discover that they're *all* just good forecasts?

Like the cheerful dragon though - usually they just look fierce and a bit frightening.

kriztov
Submitted by kriztov on January 30, 2012 - 6:54am.
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are you kidding?! Windows is teh best operating system evar!

Fuseblower
Submitted by Fuseblower on January 30, 2012 - 10:28am.
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I don't think you read it quite right - cubicles with North-facing windows would be good...

As for Windows as OS - well it's fine as long as it's not W7, which IMHO sucks big time. Long live XP!

And, I should say that this isn't an attempt to divert comments away from the comic - it's my POV about W7 (although based entirely on experience) and nothing anybody says will alter it, so there isn't any point in posting comments about it.

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Rashkavar
Submitted by Rashkavar on January 31, 2012 - 11:51am.
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Windows 7 and XP are the only versions of Windows I'm willing to use. My order from best to worst Windows: XP/7, 98, 95, 3.1, Me/2000....(DOS)..., Vista. (Dos in brackets because it's not Windows, it's just there as an indicator of just how _bad_ Vista is.

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Nyric
Submitted by Nyric on January 31, 2012 - 9:12pm.
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It's not a dragon! It's a lion!

Sorry, just a little pet peeve from a lion and dragon dancer >_<

Fuseblower
Submitted by Fuseblower on February 1, 2012 - 5:21am.
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In that case I stand corrected... thx.

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Submitted by Andrew on January 30, 2012 - 5:34am.
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This is actually called spaghetti forecasting in Meteorology. You take all of the model's forecast, lay them on top of one another. If the models are all in agreement, the pressure lines will line up together like ordered noodles. Where they don't agree, it looks very much like a plate full of spaghetti. It's used to create a most likely forecast scenario.

I'm going to have to go to Olive Garden today.

kriztov
Submitted by kriztov on January 30, 2012 - 6:55am.
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I wonder if you can put together a web generator or spreadsheet for this

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PowerForge
Submitted by PowerForge on January 30, 2012 - 9:36am.
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I normally don't pay attention to the ones posted on the internet. I have a great uncle who works as a palm reader and such in Vietnam and I have to admit. The stuff he says is scary accurate. Last time he talked to me he told me i'd get a head injury by the end of the year and i cracked my head open.

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Submitted by Jam on January 30, 2012 - 1:54pm.
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Yeah, I definitely put online predictions in the realm of "just for fun". I wish I had an in with a reader but it's hard to find someone you can trust, yanno?

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Writing Comics and other 2012 Events!

Submitted by Jam on January 13, 2012 - 2:10pm

Hey everyone, I hope you had a great holiday! A new calendar year means getting 2011 things sorted and gearing up for 2012 events, and I'm excited to announce the first few of them!

First I'm doing a free lecture on Writing for Comics at the Vancouver Public Library! You should come it will be awesome.

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Ask an Engineer - The Changing Global Landscape

Submitted by Jam on October 10, 2011 - 2:51pm

 

Bit of a different flavour this week, I thought it would be interesting to get the opinions of a panel of engineers on a much larger question about our society. Obviously, none of the panellists are experts on sociology, geopolitics or economics, but it’s definitely interesting to gather different perspectives from around the world.

Jim Asks:

Is North America in decline or is the rest of the world just catching up?

 

 

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Ask an Engineer - Are Business Classes Useful?

Submitted by Jam on August 30, 2011 - 3:46pm

Viktor Asks:

Will a year's worth of classes in economics/business do me any good later in my work as an engineer?

 

Jim - Cement Industry, Pennsylvania, USA

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Ask an Engineer - How Do You Cope with Stress?

Submitted by Jam on May 18, 2011 - 12:17pm

Dwight asks:
How do you cope with stress from work, that nearing deadline or endless todo lists? I know it's a vague question (and not really engineer related) and the answers will probably differ much from person to person but I'd like to see the different approaches everyone takes. I'm a software engineer and the work has been piling up lately and each evening at home after work I feel pretty much burned out, unable to do anything (useful).

Jim - Cement Industry, Pennsylvania, USA

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