[NSX-R]

I'm a second-year mechanical engineering student. Everybody in my engineering classes cheat. They copy assignments, use lab reports from past years, and some even speak to each other during exams. I had a materials science exam where two Persian students whispered to each other for the entire 2-hour period. Engineering studies is much easier if you have many close friends because everybody helps their fellow students.

I hope universities clamp down on the rife cheating going on.

[alphamale]

well unfortunately my job (music producer) doesn't really have any life changing secrets but of course we have some tricks...

Most of you will know about autotune and other pitch correction programs, which can make a pretty frikkin bad singer sound decent if you can be bothered putting in the time to do it (there is an auto setting, but a really bad singer means you basically have to manually put in the notes they should be singing- a major pain in the arse to get to sound natural so only done to this length on big $$ projects). if you wanna hear it in action check out the before and after l to peter andre and jordan covering "a whole new world" from aladin:

The World Today - Peter Andre and Jordan's duet exposes music industry technology

the other big and easy performance fix for us producers is fixing timing- especially in drums, and replacing/supplimenting the recorded sounds with other, better sounds.

So i could play a song totally out of time, at 3/4 the tempo, hitting pots and pans instead of real drums, and fix it to sound like a perfect performance with groove, feel and sounding like i had carter beaufort's drum kit as opposed to pots and pans. Of course it all takes time but its doable depending on the budget.

I can even take the groove from one song and apply it to another- say i had a funk band but the drummer was really stiff, i could extract the grove template from a james brown song and apply it to his drum track to give it the same feel.

Other than that , a lot of the bass and guitar you hear hasn't ever gone through a real guitar or bass amp, rather through digital simulations for speed and efficiency.

Bands with really big budgets generally have more time in the studio to avoid needing to do this stuff, but its there for anyone to learn and use.

[Wedgebuster]

People who don't speak english very well end up in communication.

[Valiss]

Originally Posted by TTrent

[b]

- my friend worked at safeway and said there was a policy where you could try a sample of anything in the store, even if they have to open a package. it's a customer service thing i guess and they dont want it to be widely known.

I have a friend that worked there and I can confirm this is true. You can walk in and say "I'm not sure if I like Oreo's and would like to try one before I buy it. Wuill you open this?" And they'll open the box and give you one and you dont haveto buy it if you dont want to. Amazing!

[Valiss]

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell

This started when all the online travel sights got popular (expedia, orbitz, etc.)

The travel sights pay the hotels to hold a certain amount of rooms for them for a guaranteed, albeit reduced, rate. Since they are rarely all used, the hotels try to double-dip and reserve those rooms to other travelers. Hence, when there is a big event or convention and you work at the front-desk, your fucked.

I worked night shift and night audit, so I was almost always the only non-housekeeping personnel on duty at night when the people show up and all the rooms are occupied. The hotel has to cover all of the travel-site customers stay, since they have already paid and the site has an account with the hotel. But if you made a reservation yourself, you have not paid, and you will have to create a fuss if you want it covered.

There is usually a deal amongst the local hotels that they will cover each others overflow for a reduced rate, so don't feel bad for the hotels.


**FYI- make sure you get to the hotel early if you asked for any special accomodations like a King/double/roll-out bed or a room on a high-floor or at the end of the hall, etc. It truly is first come first serve.

Thanks for the awesome tips. I travel and lot and have stayed in a ton of hotels and its always good to know this kind of stuff!

[smasheroffaces]

alot of businesses are moving out of America...out sourced to other countries...shhhhhhhhh dont tell anyone

[Salbass]

Originally Posted by Valiss

I have a friend that worked there and I can confirm this is true. You can walk in and say "I'm not sure if I like Oreo's and would like to try one before I buy it. Wuill you open this?" And they'll open the box and give you one and you dont haveto buy it if you dont want to. Amazing!

They should still kick your ass if you do that.

[smasheroffaces]

Originally Posted by Valiss

I have a friend that worked there and I can confirm this is true. You can walk in and say "I'm not sure if I like Oreo's and would like to try one before I buy it. Wuill you open this?" And they'll open the box and give you one and you dont haveto buy it if you dont want to. Amazing!

im not sure if i like beer can i try one of these beers here

[Oeshon]

Originally Posted by Valiss

I have a friend that worked there and I can confirm this is true. You can walk in and say "I'm not sure if I like Oreo's and would like to try one before I buy it. Wuill you open this?" And they'll open the box and give you one and you dont haveto buy it if you dont want to. Amazing!

a have a few friends that work at safeway and i have never heard of that before.

i seriously doubt it

[kiridoku]

QUESTION:

Why do managers have such a hard-on for
1)contributing to United Way &
2)to get you to use direct deposit?

Everywhere I've been they're up everyone's asses to contribute to UW & to use DD.

More than just "hey this may be a neat thing to do" they're into it like they (personally) get a piece of the savings or something.
I can't imagine these lowly lower-rung manager schlubs get anything.

They sure aren't so gung ho for the Muscular Dystrophy 5K run etc or for conserving office supplies/not blowing through thou$and$ in copier paper etc etc so it isn't just "company spirit."

Anyone have the same experience or know why they take it so personally that everyone get on board w/ the United Way & the direct deposit things?