When one goes to a job interview, mostly in retail stores and other similar jobs, a test is often asked to be filled. The purpose of the test is to aid the filtering process of the applications in there.
My brother emailed me an interesting answer sheet for one of those tests. You should really take a look at it, there are some very interesting answers and questions.
For example, every question has four possible answers:
- Strongly Disagree
- Disagree
- Agree
- Strongly Agree
And only one correct answer, but according to the answer key: “Disagree” or “Agree” are NEVER the right answer to any question, even though any sensible person will have mixed feelings about all these questions
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Nevertheless, I have found several particularly interesting answers for questions I know I would have answered differently:
- When people make mistakes, you correct them – Strongly Disagree
- When you are annoyed with something, you say so – Strongly Disagree
- You do not like to take orders – Strongly Disagree
- You get mad at yourself when you make mistakes – Strongly Disagree
And some other answers that quite surprised me:
- You are somewhat a of a thrill-seeker – Strongly Agree
- Many people cannot be trusted – Strongly Disagree
- You’ve done your share of troublemaking – Strongly Disagree
I found these tests to be anti-ambitious and anti-innovative. They are simply looking for strait-forward, friendly and rule obeying employees. What is your opinion?
I hate those small evil graphics
If you want to put an end to those annoying smilies that replace your text in posts & comments, follow the next instructions.
First, what are smilies?
Smileys, also known as “emoticons”, are little faces that help you display various emotions. Text smileys are created by typing two or more punctuation marks like :) and :-(
Here is the full list of smilies in WordPress
| icon | text | text | full text | icon | full text |
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:) | :-) | :smile: | 
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:lol: |
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:D | :-D | :grin: | 
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:oops: |
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:( | :-( | :sad: | 
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:cry: |
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:o | :-o | :eek: | 
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:evil: |
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8O | 8-O | :shock: | 
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:twisted: |
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:? | :-? | :???: | 
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:roll: |
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8) | 8-) | :cool: | 
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:!: |
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:x | :-x | :mad: | 
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:?: |
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:P | :-P | :razz: | 
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:idea: |
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:| | :-| | :neutral: | 
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:arrow: |
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;) | ;-) | :wink: | 
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:mrgreen: |
How do I get rid of them?
It’s actually pretty easy. All you got to do is go to your admin panel -> Settings -> Writing where you will see the following checkbox:
Uncheck the check box that says “Convert emoticons like :-) and :-P to graphics on display” just like in the image above and click “Save Changes”.
How to replace them
If you want to keep the smilies but you don’t like the current set of smilies you can change them.
Open your FTP program (I use FlashFXP) and upload (overwrite) your custom smilies to /wp-includes/images/smilies.
Looking for more information? Check out the WordPress codex page on smilies.
What about you, do you like them? I just prefer the plain text, it makes it easier to understand. :P
First I’d like to announce the upgrade of orenyotmov.info to the WordPress 2.8 official version.
Now, if you are asking yourself if you should upgrade then the answer is really just a big plain YES.
Why?
- Five second upgrade (no kidding). You click one button, do the auto-updating for you plugins (if needed) and you’re done.
- Widget management – This one is a dream coming true. In WordPress 2.8 the widget management was made ten times better. You can say goodbye to the old annoying “Save Changes” button and sidebar selection scroll down. It’s all in AJAX now, click save and your done, no page refresh for every change. In fact – no page refresh at all. There is also the “Inactive Widgets” section where you can store widgets that you no longer use, but don’t want to lose their preferences. Did I already mention it’s all using full Drag n’ Drop interface?
- Theme installer. No more 20 minute theme uploading! Now you just pick your theme and install it in second, just like the plugin installer. It can really save you some valuable time. There are also feature check boxes for all kinds of stuff that one can ask from a theme such as: number of columns, colors, sidebars, subject, translation-ready and many more.
- Most of the popular plugins are working great at WP 2.8, there is no need to be afraid about that. Maybe is the first week or so you shouldn’t rush and upgrade but now it’s all perfectly safe. If you are still nervous you better look up your plugins at the plugin list of plugins that work on WordPress 2.8. If a plugin that you are using is not listed – the best thing you can do is contact the plugin author.
Bottom Line
Just do it.
