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Comment Re:NOT ROCKET SCIENCE (Score 1) 450

Not really all that hard I would imagine, take a smaller capacity magazine and just cut around it just below the mag well. Epoxy, crap weld, solder, bolt etc some sort of crappy box construction junk on the bottom and you have a fully functional mag. The only part of a mag that has any sort of tolerances is the feed ramp and catch portions the rest is just a box and a spring.

Comment Re:Who could have foreseen it? (Score 1) 421

Obama and the Democrats can raise taxes just as high as they like. What the sheeple that voted for them do not realize is that when they raise it 10% the middle class and poor will be paying that, not corporations and not the rich. You can play the raise the tax game all you want that gets immediately pushed into loss of work hours, layoffs, price increases, offshoring etc.

This is really the case in a bad economy with already poor employment numbers and ample people willing to work anything that comes their way.

Comment Re:The first rule (Score 1) 245

Certainly and we all have seen this but it is extremely rare. Not long ago we had a junior guy on one of my teams that kept messing up a certain task thus labeled a idiot. So I pulled him aside and we went over the task and created a method for him to follow that would ensure success. He started using this and from that day forward he performed it without fail.

Comment The first rule (Score 4, Insightful) 245

I have been in IT for nearly 25 years now and have learned a few things along the way. The first rule is that most employees referring to others as idiots, turkeys, incompetent etc need to look first in their own seat.

It is generally a reaction I expect from a dev or sysadmin covering his own faults by passing blame to others. I find most people just want to do what they where hired to do and do it well and given the proper chance and assistance will do just that.

In the last 5 - 10 years though it is generally a result of understaffing and insane deadlines causing less than desired results.

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