To solve this problem, I forsee a chisel, a hammer, a stone wall, and about 200,000 slaves (Jewish or equivalent value). After they are done, they can start on my pyramid!
Its a thin line on who and how to operate. I work at a juvenile detention center and there are basically two types of staff members. Type A personality, agressive people, and the more laid back (like myself). The more, laid back people take different approaches to descilating incidents than the type A people. Type A tend to try to take control of the situation. The type A step past the rules we are bound to more often, but at the same time, the people we are dealing with (murders, rapist, armed robbers, etc.) have no bounds at all. We are bound up by design (especially because we work with juveniles). My personality style can deal effectively with 95% of issues, but its the other 5% I'm worried about. That's when I need the help of those type A people. The problem lies in the fact that these people are also the ones that tend to lose control when they are threatened.
I see the only possible solution to this issue is psych tests and pairing of people based on this. An aggressive and a laid back person. Yes, it is unrealistic goal, and one that won't solve every situation, but all aggressive or all laid back people will not solve any issues either...
An enlightening article, but I agree that both sides fudge/tamper/whatever you want to name it. It amazes me that people would use slashdot to argue politics rather than FIND AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION!!!! I consider the slashdotters some of the most intelligent based upon reading their posts....we need a better system! If the some of the top minds in the country get caught up in politics, what hope do the majority of the country have? We are bought and sold on advertising, we lay over our control to a minority of people(who ultimately go where the money is), and as long as we get our way we could hardly care.
I, for one, will take the road less travelled. Disenfranchised by paritisan voting and frustrated by the lack of an efficient design of systems, I will do what I can. To say I dream one day of becoming a politician is a dirty word nowadays, but I refuse to deal with the corruption and greed of those we hire to do the job. Yeah, I know, your still wondering if its a joke!
I say to the people smart and capable enough, don't get dragged down into partisan thinking, rise and do something helpful. We could argue in the computer world whether the icon should be blue or red, but until we actually make it, we aren't doing anything!
cyrus
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To solve this problem, I forsee a chisel, a hammer, a stone wall, and about 200,000 slaves (Jewish or equivalent value). After they are done, they can start on my pyramid!
Its a thin line on who and how to operate. I work at a juvenile detention center and there are basically two types of staff members. Type A personality, agressive people, and the more laid back (like myself). The more, laid back people take different approaches to descilating incidents than the type A people. Type A tend to try to take control of the situation. The type A step past the rules we are bound to more often, but at the same time, the people we are dealing with (murders, rapist, armed robbers, etc.) have no bounds at all. We are bound up by design (especially because we work with juveniles). My personality style can deal effectively with 95% of issues, but its the other 5% I'm worried about. That's when I need the help of those type A people. The problem lies in the fact that these people are also the ones that tend to lose control when they are threatened. I see the only possible solution to this issue is psych tests and pairing of people based on this. An aggressive and a laid back person. Yes, it is unrealistic goal, and one that won't solve every situation, but all aggressive or all laid back people will not solve any issues either...
An enlightening article, but I agree that both sides fudge/tamper/whatever you want to name it. It amazes me that people would use slashdot to argue politics rather than FIND AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION!!!! I consider the slashdotters some of the most intelligent based upon reading their posts....we need a better system! If the some of the top minds in the country get caught up in politics, what hope do the majority of the country have? We are bought and sold on advertising, we lay over our control to a minority of people(who ultimately go where the money is), and as long as we get our way we could hardly care. I, for one, will take the road less travelled. Disenfranchised by paritisan voting and frustrated by the lack of an efficient design of systems, I will do what I can. To say I dream one day of becoming a politician is a dirty word nowadays, but I refuse to deal with the corruption and greed of those we hire to do the job. Yeah, I know, your still wondering if its a joke! I say to the people smart and capable enough, don't get dragged down into partisan thinking, rise and do something helpful. We could argue in the computer world whether the icon should be blue or red, but until we actually make it, we aren't doing anything! cyrus