[rescue] cheap gps for time reference

[Dave McGuire]

On July 6, Kris Kirby wrote:
> >   One guy (one with a $60K salary, no less) even GOT OUT A CALCULATOR
> > AND ADDED UP WHAT HE'D ORDERED, and put in exactly that amount...to
> > the penny.  Beyond the initial cheapness, he assumed, I suppose, that
> > the rest of us were responsible for divvying up the tip!
> 
> One thing that Suit School enforces is that in order to become a sucessful
> suit, you must avoid reaching for your wallet at all times. And to be
> cheap.

  I agree.  But not this time: This guy wasn't a suit.  He was an
engineer (worked for Sun), and a damn good one.

  Just unbelievably cheap.

> Having just read `The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair, I see too many
> similarities with current business and that of a century ago. Since we
> actively ignore our history, we tend to move in the same slow circles...
> Indeed, the only ones learning from history are our militaries.

  It's true!  WHY do we do this??

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire                  "Needing a calculator indicates that
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