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PAX 2008 Attendee Frappr Map
Moe Fwacky
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Okay, in an effort to quell the questions about if anybody from the same state/province/country they are, I have created the PAX Frappr Map. Go there, add your location and method of travel and see who else is going from where. So there it is. Enjoy and feel free to use this thread for location-related discussion.
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So... who wants to place bets on how many people are from outside Washington state?
Done!
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And it doesn't work, I put in my address, hit OK, nothing happens
I blame Moe. I had WCTT selected. :P
Seriously though, the map is an excellent idea.
Great idea though!
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I will have to wait until I get home now.
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I call Rogue. LFM CC PAX, need tank/healer, PST.
"Nerds Get Significantly Healthier Walking to Video Game Convention"
Sounds like an Onion headline. To be followed with:
"Walking Nerds Become Unhealthy Again in Record Time"
Getting enough time off of work is as easy and coming in with a baseball bat and leaving in a police car.
There might be nonviolent alternatives too, like rational discourse with your manager or just marking off the time in advance.
I have personally met people who have quit their jobs for PAX.
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In 06 I got Laid off/fired for being an enforcer at PAX.
Yeah but I still enjoyed my work and had fun at my old job :P
I quit my job to go to PAX and I have met ElectricTurtle. The UKRAINE IS NOT WEAK !
How so? I mean, that seems a bit harsh for being just a few days away.
When I returned to work after my (vacation) time off I took to be at PAX (that Wednesday after PAX) I got the axe.
I was doing event support for microsoft (also FU microsoft TSG, go DIAF.... bastards) and since it wasnt their contract (at the time) that was doing the support for the MS booth there, they felt I was working for the competiton eventhough I had nothing to do with expo. I guess volunteering at a convention/expo that wasnt on their list of events they support for MS is "working for the competetion"
It was lawl and fail at the same time. But regardless... what moe said. My job rules now.
I don't know what the statute of limitations is for this, but that is 100% wrongful termination. You could easily sue for damages and be practically guaranteed a win. You were volunteering and in an area completely unrelated to the MS booth. Any court would order restitution so fast their heads would spin.
I accidentally spammed my picture on the slideshow 6 times >.>
and it says I live between the science center and the space needle.
wonderful.
We can just say I did it in your name, Red.
I dunno if this was the case with Red Biggies, but most people who work locally at Microsoft aren't employees, but temporary contractors, and thus it isn't really "being fired" - they are terminating your contract, and not ever asking you back. Thus there's no liability at all.
As for suing Microsoft, that wouldn't be easy to win, they've got entire teams of lawyers, so many that they let employees use them for anything they want (aside from suing/defending against MS of course).