Also http://electionanalytics.cs.illinois.edu/ has the probability of an Obama win at 99.6% today.

I have to agree with this.

I had a similar experience when leaving. I was caught in a three way battle between my boss, his boss, and myself. I was the lowest ranked and ended up choosing to leave.

If you're considering "firing back" during an exit interview ask yourself the following questions:

1. Given the politics at play and the person I am speaking with what sort of outcome can I expect?
    * There is no point in complaining if HR/higher up managers don't care or are complicit in the problems

2. Are my complaints grounded in fact or open to interpretation?
    * Remember you are the one leaving. You will likely be blamed for the problems that led to you leaving. Make sure that anything you say is backed up with facts and difficult to spin (perception is reality).

3. How will my actions affect the rest of the team?
    * You may very well get the person you are upset with reprimanded. Be mindful of how it will affect the larger team. In my case I did indeed get my direct supervisor moved off of the account and on to another team and I got his supervisor put on probation with another VP and HR sitting in on all team meetings. Unfortunately this meant much more scrutiny on the team as a whole. Some of the other members on the team who were valuable contacts of mine did not look on this kindly. And were understandably upset with me.

Remember most likely your actions will not get the person fired. It's easier to blame you for the problems and reprimand the individual at fault while attempting to diffuse the situation.

Managers will almost always be more likely to opt for a calm, predictable situation even with mediocre output from their employees over having to clean house, and find new talent. With the predictable approach they can work on the team over time and not further compound the upset that your leaving will cause.

I used to be a City until l took an arrow to the knee.

What car do you have? I have an e46 2005 M3 and it uses the old diamond style twist key, not a push to start button. Also I have the navigation system and while I agree it's terrible, I never had an issue with it opening unless I pressed the eject button on purpose.

Did the facelift models get a start button? I didn't think so.

You joke but you'd be surprised in the marketing industry Excel is quite popular for data analysis. For small data sets it does a fine job.

I was wondering what they meant by moth-eye and I found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-reflective_coating#Moth_eye

I'd love to see a PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) for this.

Spark Fun has some that are reasonably priced

http://www.sparkfun.com/categories/1

Not so. There is such a thing as spam faxes. You're right they require more time investment to send and they're easier to track/prosecute.

1. Sheet Fed Good Quality Scanner
2. Simple interface to enter an email address
3. Price competitively compared to fix machines .....
4. PROFIT!

I hate single use machines, but some times the simplicity of one alone justifies it's existence. Keep it simple and cost competitive and you'd have a winner.

While i disagree with asking more of my employees than I would ask of myself, I can understand being hesitant about introducing an unknown in to the group. As a manager I not only have to consider if an individual is right for the position, but I also consider the dynamics of the team, and how they will change when the person is introduced. I've had a few instances of a brilliant but verbally confrontational candidate who I passed on because the value brought as a developer was out weighed by the conflict they would introduce with other members of the team.

My Sun E450 is off somewhere kicking it with your ANS. It suffered a similar fate for the same reason.

I'm seriously jealous about the ANS for $75. I always wanted one of those.

see http://ebeats.org

As a transplant patient of 15 years I wish you many years of long life and health. It sucks, but it's better than being dead.

g'luck. You'll need it.

Geography.