Wikipedia on "person of interest": [link]
OMG I don't want to be here.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Is it freaky warm everywhere, or is the Weather Channel fucking with me?
There can be pretty much any kind of weather in March, so I don't know how any of it can be categorized as "freaky".
From Jesse's link:
Normal Justice Department parlance for subjects of investigation includes "suspect," "subject" and "target." Each has specific meanings relevant to different levels of investigation.
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“there is no ... formal definition for the term ‘person of interest’”
Huh. Maybe the police say that when they just want to be vague....
60 Minutes had a whole thing last night about the named "person of interest" in the anthrax scare. It's common law enforcement CYA.
(What is it you do, anyway?)My company does statistical research. I'm a research assistant, which basically means "Girl Friday." My primary skill is that I can communicate with programmers, since most of the project staff can't.
On this project, I mostly test the instrument and write training materials. Which is a shame, since I don't really like doing either of those things, and I don't think I'm particularly good at them. Plus these tasks are way below my grade level, so it's not like this will even be worth it at review time. Which is why I need to find a new job. Sigh.
There can be pretty much any kind of weather in March, so I don't know how any of it can be categorized as "freaky"
It's freaky if I say it is, dammit. To define my parameters (because I need to know this before I get dressed and leave): 20 degrees above last week?
My primary skill is that I can communicate with programmers, since most of the project staff can't.
A very useful skill. One of the quizzes on geekness rated it highly and had a funny example:
Boss: Tell them we need it Friday
You: Scotty, we need Warp Factor 9
Geek: Cap'n, ya canna change the laws o' physics!
You: He says it'll be tricky but they can do it.
20 degrees above last week?
It's like 60 degrees above last week here.
This DST now comes with 20 degrees of extra heat.