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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


Stupid Fact of the Week
There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

09 February, 2007
Excel-lent
Alright... here's post 499. We're approaching the big one.

And since some of you (and by some of you, I mean most of you [and by most of you I mean probably all of you]) already know the "Big" news, I'll probably attempt to placate you all by posting something I've written to commemorate my big Five-Oh-Oh. I've got most of the first act on the old hard drive, so if you'd like to chime in with your preference, there's the love interests, a guy and his shrink, and a young man and an old artist. Caller number nine wins the package.

And now a little bit about work...

The graph and chart from the previous post were actually compiled from real data from my beloved Rockelburton Inc. They have to do with a certain account we process that does a fundraiser every year... around this time of year. We get a ton of work to process for them. It's not fun. It is a lot of items. It is a lot of data entry. I've revamped the data (taken from processing date Thursday, February 8, 2007) and present it here.

Here is our chart:
The x-axis (numbered 0-2000) represents the number of Items a particular operator keyed/processed.

The y-axis (numbered 0-900) represents the speed with which the same operator keyed/processed (in items/hour)

So here is an example of someone who keyed zero (0) items at (obviously) zero (0) Items/Hour:
Beautiful. That's, like, off the chart terrible. Now here's an example of someone who keyed/processed two thousand (2000) items at a speed of nine hundred (900) Items/Hour:Wow. That's wicked fast. Ok. Everybody got the idea? Terrific. Let's go back to our empty graph:
Now let's throw in the stats for one of our temps... bleep bleep bloop:
Ooh. Didn't get a lot done... and took her time doing it.

Let's toss in a smattering of a few other employees... bleep bleep bloop:
Alright, we're working our way up the y-axis, which means these guys are faster, but they still aren't getting a whole lot done.

Let's throw in a couple more... bloop bloop bloop bloop bleep bleep:
Alright. We've broken 500 Items/Hour, plus we've got somebody who knocked out 800 items. Not bad.

Unfortunately, we've only got one employee left... yours truly.

Any guesses? Anyone?

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posted by Rockel @ 4:06 PM  
2 Comments:
  • At 9/2/07 5:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    i modified your pie chart but you cant put pictures in comments so message me and ye shall recieve.

     
  • At 13/2/07 10:02 AM, Blogger Andronicus said…

    Your cybernetic enhancements give you an unfair edge.

     
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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