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I predict a riot
White middle class keyboard warriors White middle class keyboard warriors It's all so bloody one sided. When do we get our riot? White riot - I wanna riot White riot - a riot of my own White riot - I wanna riot White riot - a riot of my own Other people gotta lot a problems But they...- ContractTester
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An off the shelf software solution
An off the shelf software project - Part One An off the shelf software project - Part One I should probably post Part one of the saga https://youtu.be/jZZ0MUPW5MU It's all very sad. This big American corporation rode into town and unloaded their junk COTs project on a naïve government...- ContractTester
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An off the shelf software solution
This video is a sad but true description of how my current project struggled to implement a system using a COTS solution.- ContractTester
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For anyone who has ever been burned by a COTS Solution :)
This is almost too close to the truth to be funny ... https://youtu.be/jZZ0MUPW5MU- ContractTester
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The contract from hell that I worked on 20 years ago in Australia
This is about a contract that I worked on 20 years ago in Australia. What a nightmare. Some background ... 1. The boss was a german guy who was a very stressed out team leader with a humour bypass , and we used to enjoy giving him mock nazi salutes (behind his back when he wasnt looking) 2...- ContractTester
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Are there any difference between Kiwi's and Aussies?
Difference between Kiwis and Australians explained Difference between Kiwis and Australians explained Its easy to spot the difference. Australians are the good looking, well dressed, intelligent ones :happy YouTube - Flight of the Conchords: Kiwis vs Aussies- ContractTester
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Had an Interview with the Indians at one of the Indian IT Empires ,
only works one way only works one way try doing the opposite. Go to India and set up a company only giving jobs to white Brits. You would probably end up in jail. Would certainly be booted out of the country. The UK is not prepared to protect its own people.- ContractTester
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Foreign Languages in the Work Place
The work place is in Australia. I have never experienced this before. I worked in London in teams composed of 40% Africans, 40% Indians, and the rest a mixed bag of British, Antipodeans and Europeans, and it was an unspoken agreement that people spoke English at work and chatted in their...- ContractTester
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Foreign Languages in the Work Place
Hi, Would be interested in other people's input on this one. I am working in a test team, 6 testers and a test manager. The team is pretty multi-cultural, A Brit, an Aussie, a Vietnamese, a Nigerian, two Indians and the Test Lead who is Indian, The Test Lead has taken to talking to the...- ContractTester
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Currently Listening To.........
I have just re-discovered Paradise Lost I have just re-discovered Paradise Lost Very underrated group. Love this video. Hard to beat the combination of a grungy gothic sounding group with a tall blonde super-babe morphing into a wild cat. The singer hanging upside down from a meat hook...- ContractTester
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Call on me - Video (Very Sexy Verison)
Well if you are into that sort of stuff .... Well if you are into that sort of stuff .... you will like this retro Aussie woofter material ... Jeff Duff & Kush - Easy Street (1974) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUFeKIaVFP8- ContractTester
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Oh Dear: Outsourcing not all its cracked up to be
Telstra, NAB and other big Australian companies have been stunned by the $1.8bn Satyam rort. Who would have thought that the outsourcing chappies might be crooks? http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,24890644-462,00.html :tongue- ContractTester
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