Those bass turds! That's how they get you. Heaping praise, recognition and rewards for your life long efforts. Then BOOM! You are famous and no longer have time to save humanity from itself.

Just watch, next they'll want him to waste time by passing on what he learned; further diluting the time remaining in his elder years. Those bass turds!

M. P. U. with a double !! to boot.

You missed the very important conclusion to the first paragraph you quoted: Were I king, I would ban non-anonymous gifts of type 3 or type 4.

Where you see weird wording, I see a dearth of reading comprehension.

I don't have a stake in this argument at all, nor am I trying to pillory you personally. It just seems clear to me that taken as a whole Mr. Lessig firmly sits on the side of 'against'.

And you seem to miss the very salient conclusion to the paragraph you quoted: Were I king, I would ban non-anonymous gifts of type 3 or type 4.

I don't have a dog in this race either, but one thing is quite clear, Mssr. Lessig does not write in the simplistic manner to which the internet age has become accustomed. Taken as a whole, it is clear to me that he comes down on the side of 'against'.

squiggleslash above makes the same mistake.

That would be called 'leasing' and it is indeed done quite heavily.

No, I didn't cee it, but I know a guy who says he did and seemed trustworthy. :)

I know, I know, shouldn't feed a troll and all that.

Yes, by Og the caveman who first made fun of Ug in cave drawings for not being able to catch a sickly antelope.

But the patent only recently ran out, so you are good to go on a non-obvious variation. However, the copyright has a lot of time remaining.

Can't be that old--you didn't remark on the efficacy of a Beowulf cluster of these things... :)

Lack of both officious flashing LEDs and trendy bezel design are obvious signs of ! server computers.

A wake up call from a parent. School 'supply' lists have risen to obscene levels over the past 20 years. You can't pass little Suzy's calculator to little Johnny if they both still need it by decree. Somehow multiple millennia of people have learned math and graphing without a TI calculator, or: two double rolls of paper towels, three packages of Clorox wipes, three boxes of baby wipes, two boxes of garbage bags, liquid soap, Kleenex and Ziplocs (from a first hit on Google actual list).

At one point I had 3 kids in 3 different schools. The combined lists for that year cost a tad under $700.00. And it didn't include band, sports and drivers ed. fees, which can reasonably be asked for as part of voluntary activities. I'd guess about $35 of that total was for actual pens, pencils, and paper.

Not at all the case (in the USA). If you told a cop you were at XYZ the whole time a thing happened at JKL, that doesn't suddenly become unknowable. What it does mean is that the cop will not testify to anything exculpatory you said/did. The cop is the prosecution's witness, not yours. Slight misunderstandings like this only underscore your point to STHU and wait for an attorney. :)

Well played, Wulf2k. Well played.

Give that poster some mod points...and a coke.

As a 6' 3" former Marine, what is this bully thing of which you speak?

Backstabbing, conniving, two-faced and several other PHB archetypes I've met in various combinations. But so far, nobody has tried to bully me. Though, about 19 years ago a manager from another line burst into our office and actually started yelling "who's desk do I have to jump on to get some..." I just started laughing at him--a sincere WTH laugh, which worked wonders.

On the other hand, I've also had folks under me with varying degrees of snowflake complex. IT usually meets their fellow line employees at the high stress problem stage. Anyone with a thin skin and low threshold for pressure should probably seek another career path.

Professional tip: the proper response never includes the phrase "...record all future meetings...". A more diplomatic approach (if any) is to apologize for your conduct and ask the individual to make what was just told you clear in an email to ensure you do not deviate from the desired path. Then begin the job search.

To address your original question, ask the folks interviewing you some of exact questions they have asked you, but in the context of the current team. The egomaniacs will fill the interview time responding to your question(s), which is an indicator, but not proof of any bullying propensity.

Came here to say pretty much the same thing. The tone is meant to fuel the outrage machine, but all I'm seeing is a reasonable response to some alleged messed up stuff that happened to people far away.