you could always talk to your boss/HR/whoever and tell them you want to leave. there are a few things that could happen: 1) better offer to stay, 2) give you a letter/agreement to not sue over the noncompete, or 3) fire you, in which case the noncompete suit becomes hairier (you need to find work again, right?).
you could also tell the prospective company of the issue and see if they have a lawyer or anything to check it out.
I've been slowly trying to make myself eat healthier (ok, I lied, my wife is)...
Some of the things I've started eating regularly (and craving) that aren't all that bad:
- carrots and hummus. super cheap, filling, hummus makes it a little more exciting than plain carrots, but not as unhealthy as ranch.
- a jar of nuts. I prefer the lower-salt dry roasted peanuts to help satisfy my salty cravings.
- goldfish crackers. this is my splurge item. I usually get the whole grain ones to feel better about myself.
- i've also snacked on grapes, bananas, and other fruit as well.
- for "chocolate" cravings sometimes I'll have a fiber one/fiber plus bar. nutrition-wise, they're not all that good for you, but its better than a candy bar. and the repercussions of the fiber will at least make you think twice before eating it in the office...
Bottom line: Figure out what you actually _need_ and not just what you're craving. Your body is smarter than you think about knowing what you need. I can typically classify my cravings as either "protein" (hummus/nuts), "salty" (nuts/goldfish), "sweet" (fruit), or just empty (ie lunchtime and/or carrots/fruit). I don't need a whole lot of variety, so as you can see, my short list of regulars double-covers most of these which is just fine for me (and easy to keep handy at work).
There's really no point in restricting length or non-alphanumeric characters. They should be storing a salted hash, not the actual passwords, so the content of the password shouldn't matter.
It's really just laziness and incomptence on the part of the programmers.
wait... I thought you said "Cool Features" ? Since when is 1990s-style photoshop effects a cool feature? These effects are akin to the marquee element, I do NOT want my browser to have them. The only one that's nice is the text shadow, which is very nicely implemented in CSS3 and a part of Firefox. Not nearly as ugly as the one on this page...
What does 'value of units shipped' mean?? I'd beg the question that all they put out now is crap anyway, so I'd agree that the value is nothing compared to the old days.
I don't think I like that it's in billions of current dollars, seems a little misleading since they didn't actually have $8.1 billion in LP/EP sales in 1978.
Finally, the difference between CD and other digital media versus LPs and cassettes is that they don't wear out. You only have to buy it once, and if a bunch of your friends borrow it its not a big hassle.
So it seems this is just one of them.