Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame

[Seth Dimbert]

I assume you're referring to Godwin's Law which, most people think, says
that a thread is oficially dead when someone mentions Nazis. That's
inaccurate. Godwin's Law actually says, "As a Usenet discussion grows
longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches
one."

Lots more information can be found here:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/

Either way, I second the earlier motion to drop the subject.

-SD

On 9/20/02 5:54 PM, "Marvin [GodfatherofSoul] Bellamy" <mbellamy at kc.rr.com>
wrote:

> Isn't that the international "Thread Death" sign? :)
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> Seth Dimbert wrote:
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>> You know, I got this. Am I the only one?
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>> :D
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>> On 9/20/02 3:01 PM, "Jeremy Fowler" <jfowler at westrope.com> wrote:
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>>> You know, I think the Nazis used to shake hands...
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
>>>> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Marvin
>>>> GodfatherofSoul Bellamy
>>>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:38 PM
>>>> To: Kclug
>>>> Subject: Re: Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Socially, a hand or wrist injury is even worse than a marshmallow
>>>> handshake!  The potential jokes you expose yourself to ;P
>>>> 
>>>> Brian Densmore wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I can accept the cultural greeting thing, but
>>>>> to seems to me you are being a bit anal on the
>>>>> handshake thing. To judge an entire interview on a
>>>>> handshake is, well pardon my French, inane [ok changed word].
>>>>> Sorry if this insults, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
>>>>> or handshake in this case. A bad handshake might be the
>>>>> result of injury to the hand. Judging a person's ability on
>>>>> a handshake is ludicrous.
>>>>> 
>>>>> </rant>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry if I insult you. Just couldn't let it go.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Brian
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Aaron [mailto:aaron at aarons.net]
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:29 AM
>>>>>> To: kclug at kclug.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hand shakes are just wierd... You have to leave your
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> personal space and
>>>>>> *lean*
>>>>>>   
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>>>>>>> in to someone else's to make the connection. Not to mention
>>>>>>>     
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>>>>>> that you have
>>>>>> to
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>>>>>>> ensure that you're standing exactly the length of each
>>>>>>>     
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>>>>>> other's arms when
>>>>>> you're
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ready to do the shake. And when do you do the shake?
>>>>>>>     
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>>>>>> Before, during, or
>>>>>> after
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> the greeting? What if the other person doesn't shake? Then
>>>>>>>     
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>>>>>> you're left
>>>>>> standing
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> there doing a James Dean brush of the hair. Too much work.
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you extend your hand and the other person doesn't shake
>>>>>> for no apparent
>>>>>> good reason (broken arm, no hand, etc) then you've been
>>>>>> insulted.  The main
>>>>>> thing is that you extended your hand and those around you
>>>>>> will see you as
>>>>>> the better man for it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If you're hiring someone, I hope you don't use the hand
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> shake as a good
>>>>>> first
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> impression. Personally, I think there much more to be read
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> about a person
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> whether or not they're able to make eye contact with you.
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The hand shake is the first impression.  It's the traditional
>>>>>> greeting in
>>>>>> our culture.  You extend your hand, smile, look the other
>>>>>> person in the eyes
>>>>>> and introduce yourself.  When I'm hiring someone, a bad
>>>>>> handshake means a
>>>>>> bad interview.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you think about it, it is kind of wierd that we grab
>>>>>> eachothers hands as
>>>>>> a greeting.  Who knows where that hand's been?  For all I
>>>>>> know the other
>>>>>> person could have just come from a vigrous butt picking
>>>>>> session, or worse.
>>>>>> But that's the way it is.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> majordomo at kclug.org
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