The Off Topic Topic

[Josephus]

I think I'm gonna settle in with Alien³ this evening. Been a few years since last watching. Not sure if I've ever watched the one in the quadrilogy set which contains a version that's 30 minutes longer. Yeah, I'm a sucker for punishment.

[Barrister]

I think I'm gonna settle in with Alien³ this evening. Been a few years since last watching. Not sure if I've ever watched the one in the quadrilogy set which contains a version that's 30 minutes longer. Yeah, I'm a sucker for punishment.

I didn't love 3, but I thought it was okay.

Mind you I saw it in the theatre and haven't seen it since, so who knows what I'd think now...

[jimmy olsen]

This long Alien discussion should be moved to the movie thread.

I am sure that thread already has one.

And besides, this is the OTT.  Anything goes.

Post too much on one subject and it becomes on topic.

[sbr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qmMbm78sEB4

[Tonitrus]

This long Alien discussion should be moved to the movie thread.

I am sure that thread already has one.

And besides, this is the OTT.  Anything goes.

Post too much on one subject and it becomes on topic.

That has never stopped this thread before...or for that matter, stopped topical threads from going off topic.

[jimmy olsen]

Poor kid!

http://www.happyplace.com/18523/parents-use-their-love-of-twilight-to-ruin-their-childs-life

Parents use their love of Twilight to ruin their child's life.

posted 10/16/2012

Not everyone is cut out to be parents, but only a few have the right stuff to be among the worst of all time. It should be no surprise that that list includes fans of a series where a dead guy impregnates a living girl with a hyperbaby who kills her mom upon arrival and instantly becomes soulmates with a werewolf (did we just spoil stuff? boo friggin hoo). As if that wasn't bad enough, these miserable breeders think the best part of the movie is when the 120-Year-Old Virgin lights up like a disco ball in the sun because his skin is made of diamonds (because it's so lame to give vampires any kind of weakness when they could just be hot). Sorry kid. If you need help emancipating yourself, contact our legal team.

*Editor's note - Apparently these terrible parents probably named their kid after My Little Pony, and not Twilight. We know that Bronies are literally the most insane people on the Internet, so we're not going to change the title of this post because it's really fun to see them spew rainbow-colored rage at our screens.

[CountDeMoney]

Post too much on one subject and it becomes on topic.

Then every thread where you're busted on for being an Assburger asschimp would be its own thread.

[alfred russel]

What does 'change management' mean?

Suppose you have a key system or process. For example, there is a milk shake maker at McDonalds that makes a standardized product for customers.

Change management is how you control that any changes to that system or process are authorized and don't lead to critical breakdowns. In the case of the milk shake maker, examples could include that local staff are unable to change the formula used in the milkshake to keep them from making non standard products, and all changes will be approved by corporate. It could also include procedures so that if any changes are made to a milk shake maker, the first few batches produced will be sampled by staff and not served to customers.

[mongers]

What does 'change management' mean?

Suppose you have a key system or process. For example, there is a milk shake maker at McDonalds that makes a standardized product for customers.

Change management is how you control that any changes to that system or process are authorized and don't lead to critical breakdowns. In the case of the milk shake maker, examples could include that local staff are unable to change the formula used in the milkshake to keep them from making non standard products, and all changes will be approved by corporate. It could also include procedures so that if any changes are made to a milk shake maker, the first few batches produced will be sampled by staff and not served to customers.

I'm guessing there's an additional manager for this 'non-change' involved somewhere or other ?   

[alfred russel]

I'm guessing there's an additional manager for this 'non-change' involved somewhere or other ?   

A lot of the bigger companies out there will have literally hundreds of internal control managers that spend their time thinking up of how things can go wrong and ensuring the processes in place to keep things from going wrong are being followed.

[garbon]

Ugh, ING Direct has become Capital One 360. That feels like such a ghetto brand.

[The Brain]

Alien 3 was crap. So was Alien 4, in a completely different way.

Fun fact: Alien 3 didn't have a script. They just shot randomly around Port Talbot for a few weeks.

[jimmy olsen]

http://www.france24.com/en/20130208-france-louvre-liberty-vandalised-911


I thought these people didn't have passports?

Truthers! 

[Syt]

[jimmy olsen]

 

That's just wrong!