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#1 May 24 2010 at 10:23 AM Rating: Excellent
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I'm currently sitting at my shiny new desk, using a completely alien Macintosh computer, at my new summer research job. I just got done playing around with a Unix interface setting up a bunch of directories and copying some files that probably would have taken me half the time to do with the graphical Mac interface, but hey, this is what I was told to do.

Things look pretty lax around here. I'm allowed to use the internet, and part of my time at work will involve reading. (A book about comets, but it's reading nonetheless.)

I'm pretty happy.
#2 May 24 2010 at 10:30 AM Rating: Excellent
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Congratulations!

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#3 May 24 2010 at 10:44 AM Rating: Excellent
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Do you work for a comet store? How much for a pack of six small comets?
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#4 May 24 2010 at 10:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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And hmmm, wonder what household cleanser I can use on my new comet?

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#5 May 24 2010 at 11:08 AM Rating: Decent
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And hmmm, wonder what household cleanser I can use on my new comet?



You can probably use Comet cleaner.
#6 May 24 2010 at 11:18 AM Rating: Excellent
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Gee, ya THINK?

Smiley: laugh

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#7 May 24 2010 at 11:33 AM Rating: Good
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My job involves research about comets. That's as far as I've understood it so far. I'm doing something with data collected from the Keck telescope on a certain comet. [:shrug:]
#8 May 24 2010 at 11:38 AM Rating: Excellent
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Well, let us know if the big one is headed our way.

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My job involves research about comets. That's as far as I've understood it so far.

Must have been a hell of an interview.

"So what would I be doing?"
"You know, comet shit..."
"When can I start?"
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#10 May 24 2010 at 11:45 AM Rating: Good
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At least your new job doesn't involve evil corn.
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#11 May 24 2010 at 11:54 AM Rating: Good
Congrats Ash! That's fantastic! Let us know if you find anything cool.
#12 May 24 2010 at 11:55 AM Rating: Decent
I love corn but it's probley the worst vegetable you can eat.
#13 May 24 2010 at 11:57 AM Rating: Good
Evil corn, comets.

Ash, is there something you aren't telling us?
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I'm a mad scientist in training.
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The One and Only toohotforu wrote:
Congrats Ash! That's fantastic! Let us know if you find anything cool.
I just learned that there's a comet named De Kock. You're welcome.
#16 May 24 2010 at 12:19 PM Rating: Excellent
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And does everyone circle the trailing vapor and smirk, "De Kock tail!"?

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#17 May 24 2010 at 12:46 PM Rating: Good
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Wow grats Ash. It sounds like a pretty kush job, you will no doubt do well.
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#18 May 24 2010 at 1:06 PM Rating: Decent
Congrts Ash!
Being able to surf the net and research comets? You scored big! Now if any of the things you watch turn out to be Aliens?
#19 May 24 2010 at 1:55 PM Rating: Good
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And does everyone circle the trailing vapor and smirk, "De Kock tail!"?




Smiley: laughSmiley: lolSmiley: laughSmiley: lolSmiley: laughSmiley: lolSmiley: laugh

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#20 May 24 2010 at 2:54 PM Rating: Good
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congrats on the new job
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Personally, I like the evil corn job better, but if you're happy here, then congrats!
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#22 May 24 2010 at 3:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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Evil corn probably pays better.

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Samira wrote:
Evil corn probably pays better.

Only part of the reason why i liked it more. Mutating things, with the possibility of including the human population in that, was the biggest. There's something to be said about having the power to inadvertently cause the apocalypse.
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#24 May 24 2010 at 3:26 PM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
Evil corn probably pays better.

This. I'm here on a grant, it comes out to like $10/hr. But money is money, and this is actually required for my degree.

I should be able to just about pay my car off once all is said and done at the end of summer.
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Uglysasquatch, Mercenary Major wrote:
Samira wrote:
Evil corn probably pays better.

Only part of the reason why i liked it more. Mutating things, with the possibility of including the human population in that, was the biggest. There's something to be said about having the power to inadvertently cause the apocalypse.


But the corn has ears! It stalks you. Smiley: um Smiley: yikes



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Samira wrote:
Uglysasquatch, Mercenary Major wrote:
Samira wrote:
Evil corn probably pays better.

Only part of the reason why i liked it more. Mutating things, with the possibility of including the human population in that, was the biggest. There's something to be said about having the power to inadvertently cause the apocalypse.


But the corn has ears! It stalks you. Smiley: um Smiley: yikes



Kernel. Cob. Shuck.
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