Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 55th Edition
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Busy day busy day...I like!!!
Running around getting customer orders out...
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$%@#^@#$%#$Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:You might want to make sure your Last Will and Testament is current before passing on. Makes things easier for your NOK, you know....
i got food poisoning AGAIN!
and my workload is horrifying!!! and i have to clear out my "other" shelf of files to make room for the new PA for lady boss... -
poor you...
take things easy by eating light.. porridge and stuff like that for a few days?
Originally posted by tare:$%@#^@#$%#$
i got food poisoning AGAIN! and my workload is horrifying!!! and i have to clear out my "other" shelf of files to make room for the new PA for lady boss... -
their accounts department must be in a fucking shambles!!Originally posted by fudgester:Okay.... I just called my former supervisor.
Basket.... 2 1/2 weeks after first diagnosing the pay problem, they still haven't fully accounted for what I'm supposed to get and what I'm supposed to pay back!
At least now I'm assured that they're taking positive steps to account for every cent. I made it absolutely clear to them that I would only return the money to them, and even then only after they had completely accounted for every cent.
I think I must have scared the crap out of them when I told them that I had gotten legal advice from a friend of a friend who's a lawyer (which I really did).
And yeah.... the lawyer made it clear to me that I should only deal directly with my former employers than with the boy who got underpaid.
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I just marathoned episodes 11 through 19 of the anime series Claymore this evening.
I'm not normally one for fantasy anime with swordplay and supernatural elements, but this one has me hooked. The animation is by Madhouse and the seiyuu cast reads like a "Who's Who" of the Japanese voice acting industry.
Rivetting stuff!
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:I just marathoned episodes 11 through 19 of the anime series Claymore this evening.
I'm not normally one for fantasy anime with swordplay and supernatural elements, but this one has me hooked. The animation is by Madhouse and the seiyuu cast reads like a "Who's Who" of the Japanese voice acting industry.
Rivetting stuff! -
*remembers what av said about a lot of amine fanatics being.. uhh... different *
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* came back to my table ....sipping hot tea now..... arhhh....running back to warehouse to help out again... *
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In case anyone is interested:
Claymore episode 1 --> Direct download from Megaupload (232MB)
Claymore episode 2 --> Direct download from Megaupload (170MB)
elindra requested the episodes, but I thought I'd share the link with anyone who might want to download the episodes. I plan on uploading about 2 episodes each evening. -
ELECTRIC NEWS
OH ODEX
IT'S BEEN A PR DISASTER
By Liew Hanqing
September 06, 2007
ON the surface, it was a righteous enforcement exercise. Good money was spent hiring top lawyers. The weight of the law was on their side.
But did local anime distributor Odex, now perceived as 'download enemy No 1', neglect a critical aspect of their action?
We're talking about public relations (PR). We're talking about being upfront and open - early.
Could the public relations nightmare it now faces have been avoided with a bit more transparency?
Last week, the beleaguered company finally organised a press conference to set the record straight. It was reactive, rather than proactive.
After nearly a month, it finally refuted rife public speculation that it could make up to $15 million in payments from errant downloaders, and accusations that it was a heavy-handed bully which targeted teenagers in its crackdown.
The answers are now out in the open. But whether they will placate the Internet community is another question.
Before the press conference, Odex kept mum about how much it had received, what they intend to do with the money, and how many letters it had sent to those who allegedly downloaded anime illegally.
Now, it says an independent auditor will look over all the company's accounts on its collections and the costs of its enforcement to make sure they are above board. And, after deducting the enforcement costs, the remainder, if any, will go to charity.
Odex may have realised that it should have been more transparent to begin with, but its tardiness has cost it dearly.
The company's crackdown led to a public outcry, including death threats against director Stephen Sing, an anti-Odex T-shirt campaign, and an online flaming war.
Public relations veteran RickClements, head of Rick Clements and Associates, thinks Odex could have handled the matter better.
He said: 'Regardless of the company's legal rights, it was never going to be easy for Odex to win public support.
'Freeloading is wrong and Odex could not be expected to sit back and do nothing, but it should have given more thought to the PR implications of its actions.'
Mr Clements said he feels that Odex should have taken a gentler and more persuasive approach.
'This would give the offenders time to make a fair and more affordable settlement. No doubt this would have meant a longer PR campaign, but not as long as it will take Odex to repair its reputation,' he said.
And it does seem like Odex is pulling out all the stops to make peace with the community.
In a 3 Sep announcement made on the company's online forum, director Stephen Sing said Odex would not send anymore letters to downloaders it has identified with a recent history of illegal downloading - provided they stop the downloading activities immediately.
He also expressed regret over a remark he made on an online forum - about having 'double-sixed' (a gaming term for hitting) downloaders, which resulted in him getting flamed.
REPAIRING BRIDGES
He wrote: 'That is entirely my fault, and it has nothing to do with Odex as a whole. On hindsight, I admit that it was a flippant remark, and I could have been more sensitive about it.'
Apologies aside, the question remains whether Odex's willingness to be forthcoming is enough to repair the bridges it has burned.
Managing director Peter Go said he is confident the company will win back the public's trust.
But Mr Clements says this will be an uphill task.
'Although Odex has offered explanations and clarifications, it is now a damage limitation exercise.' -
Thank you!!Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:In case anyone is interested:
Claymore episode 1 --> Direct download from Megaupload (232MB)
Claymore episode 2 --> Direct download from Megaupload (170MB)
elindra requested the episodes, but I thought I'd share the link with anyone who might want to download the episodes. I plan on uploading about 2 episodes each evening.
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*staples the lasts of the forms necessary to apply for fuel card*
applying for a fuel card in conjunction with the Auto Association tie-in.. will get minimum of 7% discount for the petrol and still earn freebie points -
One of the cardinal rules of marketing:
'You need to spend twice as much and work twice as hard to win back a customer you have lost than with trying to keep him'.
Too bad for Xedo. They not only lost their customers; they pushed them away. -
You're welcome!Originally posted by av98m:Thank you!!
(Please dun report me to Xedo, yah?
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hey.. a bunch of people just died in the heatwave affecting SoCal right?
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trying to stifle my laughter
someone just wrote in asking us to 'reserve 5 sits' for them -
It's all jetta's fault. She refused to sell the victims air conditioners earlier this week.Originally posted by the Bear:hey.. a bunch of people just died in the heatwave affecting SoCal right? -
hmmz any one has work arounds for megaupload's restrictions?Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:In case anyone is interested:
Claymore episode 1 --> Direct download from Megaupload (232MB)
Claymore episode 2 --> Direct download from Megaupload (170MB)
elindra requested the episodes, but I thought I'd share the link with anyone who might want to download the episodes. I plan on uploading about 2 episodes each evening. -
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If you're referring to the "one download per x minutes" restriction, I'm not sure if there's a way around that.Originally posted by hisoka:hmmz any one has work arounds for megaupload's restrictions? -
must be my psychic vibes gloating about the mutton curry i ate with garlic na'an + bowl of abalone bak chor mee i ate last night getting to fatum..
and yah.. i've not started on my diet yetOriginally posted by Fatum:*moans softly ........ -
You need looser underwear....Originally posted by Fatum:*moans softly ........ -
i'm refering to the stupid limit per country slot.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:If you're referring to the "one download per x minutes" restriction, I'm not sure if there's a way around that.
i don't know how to mask my IP or do funny stuff. and i don't trust that megaupload bar they ask pple to d/l not to eat memory and spyware -
I've been only drinking Ensure's meal replacement for the past week ....
today I ordered take out .....
and I puked .....
*whimpers ..... -
look man.. you are going to die if you keep drinking that blended cardboard..Originally posted by Fatum:I've been only drinking Ensure's meal replacement for the past week ....
today I ordered take out .....
and I puked .....
*whimpers .....