I worked for a manager whose style would best be described as "scream, berate, humiliate, threaten". I generally threw up every morning before heading in to work because of the stress. This was during the early 90's recesssion, so finding another comparable paying job (only slightly above minimum wage) wasn't an option.
Been there...done that in several jobs I've had. Seems the lower the pay...the more of a power trip are the idiots who have no business being managers.
Almost a year ago...was working at a small computer repair shop. My immediate supervisor kept berating me...telling me to shut up during meetings or just blow me off during these meetings. Contacting the owner was my next step...NOT a good step. Out here in BFE...the "good boys network" is what kept this "manager" at his job & me walking out...right before an off-site "good paying" company contract visit. Found another job in a call center a week later.
The moral of this story...from what I can see by driving by their store everyday on my way to my current job...they have not been able to expand the way they planned. Plus...I was not the first employee to sever themselves from that employ in this way & my best friend had to deal with this manager at another job he got fired from for the same type of behavior.
About 20 years ago in a well known pizza restaurant in Southern Oklahoma where I was working...got angry one night & screeched my wheels out of the parking lot in front of that manager & his supervisor. The next morning...this manager threw me up against the wall & threatened me that because I made him look bad. He told me I better watch my back...all while a couple of other employees looked on. Working in a small town of less than 20 K people...even low paying jobs were very difficult to find.
The moral of this latter story...the manager & his supervisor were discovered to have practiced "conversion".
It's been my experience that decent managers/management are few & far between. I find a decent paying job with a good manager...it will end soon & I'll be stuck back in the living hell of low pay & idiots once again. Unlike the "good" job...these jobs seem like they stay with you forever & make death a welcome relief.
If you really want to learn about the "Real" American culture...just watch "My Name Is Earl". I swear they go down to the local police department to get their story lines. The show reminds me that I am reading the local newspaper.
Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)
Length: 89 feet
Height: 44 feet
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
Then it would take more than 1 person to push it to the filling station when you run out of fuel???;)
Unfortunately, the reason Torchwood would never come to the US is because the censors in the US would throw a fit about the content of the show. Way to much swearing and sex.
If I remember right...heard the "F" word used several times this season on Galactica. Not only that...but I've seen uncut movies on Fox Movie & TCM that are run uncut. This being the case...the FCC has no control over content for non-broadcast outlets like Sci-Fi...much to the chagrin of the "self-imposed" people who are afraid I & others may hear or see something they think an adult shouldn't be hearing or seeing.
I'm not sure what Sci-Fi expects ratings to do when they run what amounts to half a season of episodes, call it a season, and run them the better part of a year apart. TV audiences of the TiVo generation have shown that they're not content to just watch reruns for long periods of time. With decreasing new episode counts, the problem of ratings getting harder and harder to come by shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
For some reason...the other broadcast networks are doing the same exact thing. I enjoy Sci-Fi...but also enjoy all the CSI-type shows as well. Being that I only watch CBS & NBC (over-the-air networks on the dish)...the only times they are running the new episodes are during the prime ratings periods...rather than how they used to do. No wonder Sci-Fi & the others are going down the tubes...running re-runs for many weeks...then expecting the viewers to hang tight. Either the programmers are brilliant or as dumb as rocks. I tend to believe the latter.
If Sci-Fi wants a show to succeed, they should try a novel approach: go back to a 30+ episode season. These silly little 10- and 13-episode runs are barely long enough to start getting into the action...
HBO & Showtime do the same exact thing. Enjoying Deadwood...The Sopranos...Rome & Big Love...it really steams me that they only produce a season of 10-13 episodes & show them over & over...grounding them into the dust. Many network shows now are only between 20-25 episodes a season. If I remember right...the only show done in the near past which did 30 or so episodes was Blue Collar TV. What this leaves the viewer is disgusted & going onto something else that isn't a re-run.
Thank god for the free movie channels on the dish. The movies may be old...but at least I get to see many great movie I never had a chance to before.
Pirate that I am, I evilly downloaded the first three episodes of Heroes because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
Another example would be the new version of Dr. Who which came out in 2005. Just because Sci-Fi & BBC America thought the show would not do well in the US...but heaven forbid did great in Canada & being co-produced by CBC...we had to wait 18 months to catch the first season on Sci-Fi & now the first season on BBC America...2 years after the premiere in other countries. I even watch it on Saturday nights on BBC America.
If it wasn't for people like me who downloaded & spread through word-of-mouth about how great the series was...neither of these entities would be broadcasting it now.
Too bad we can't get the Torchwood or Dr. Who Confidential series on BBC America either.
Boost Mobile has built in GPS systems in their current phones, and even have a game where you seek and locate friends with the same setup.
Virgin Mobile also has this built into their phones as well & it is turned on by default. The first thing I do is go into the settings & shut it off. That way...the only way the GPS function will work is if I call 911 for an emergency. From what I remember reading...all phones from a couple of years ago started having built-in GPS.
Evergreen is available online, have a look yourself: here
Thanks for the link!!!
From what I saw...put in "Star Trek" as a search topic & brought quite a few hits...as well as specifics on anything in their system on the topic. Being Saturday evening over a cable modem...seemed pretty speedy & complete to me.
Last time I used an online system from a library was in the early 1990's over a telnet connection on a phone line. Of course...running text didn't get me the pretty pictures I got with the mentioned system. How times have changed!!!
Class D stations are those that are not allowed to operate at all at night, or are limited to nighttime powers less than that required for a new station. (generally, less than 250 watts; sometimes as little as one watt. No new Class D stations are being authorized.) An example of a Class D station on 720 is WGCR in western North Carolina, which goes off the air completely at sundown to protect WGN from interference.
Having previously worked at a daytime-only AM in Western Arizona for several years...couldn't broadcast even with a carrier only at night...due to another "clear channel" in Seattle at the 1000 kHz frequency. At the times the automation equipment went down at the tower for about a week or so & the in-studio system shutting off like normal at sunset with only the hum of the carrier at the frequency during these times after sunset...the "clear channel" in Seattle sent letters & called during business hours to complain. Seems that some local listeners contacted the Seattle station & complained...so it came down the line to me & the engineer to figure out what was going on.
Remember reading stories of some US AM stations being authorized to run at 1/2 million Watts or more after sunset during WWII. These powerhouses could literally knock the table radios off of the table when tuned to what frequency they were on. The reason for the increase was to get the signal into anyplace in the world without any interference.
Another station I worked at many years ago was at 1000 Watts during the daytime & went to 250 after sunset. Since they could operate at 250 at night...but didn't want to pay for staff & satellites hadn't come into widespread use yet...they shut it down at midnight.
With the proliferation of satellite & other mediums...the continuation of these dinosaurs as "clear channels" needs to stop. Before the advent & use of modern communication methods..."clear channels" was the only way rural populations could hear national/international news/programming. Since the FCC is still locked into early 20th century thinking about these types of stations...don't see it happening anytime soon.
Local governments still have the authority to say "NO!" If the local government does not like the telecoms plan, the plan can be killed in entirety. No foul, No gain!
Other businesses have the privilege of deciding where to do business and open/close stores. Telecoms deserve the same right!
Resources should not be wasted on installations that cannot be profitable, or at least break even!
If this is the case...I demand the Congress IMMEDIATELY repeal the USF. Since the telecoms will no longer be required to service areas where they don't break even or even make a profit...no one needs to pay this boondoggle any longer. Still irritates me that I have been required to pay it...even when I use VOIP with an out of area phone number!!!
First...it's Microsoft's flagship MP3 player...now it's at least two server products from Microsoft. I can understand third-party products not working yet with Vista...but not current or your own products six years old or less. Looks like another cluster**** on Microsoft's part.
Can't wait to hear all the new buyers of their new Vista PC's start bawling when they bought their $300 PC with Vista & not being able to run their old software or any of the new DRM boondoogles. Am so happy I'm not in tech support anymore & having to deal with all the boo-hoo stories about users not knowing about the overpriced digital handcuffs they just bought.
Used to work at a local radio for some absentee micromanagement owners in another state on salary. Just like an hourly employee...had to keep a time sheet of my hours. The reason was that the payroll department could keep track of our hours to make sure that you were working the 40 hours you were being paid for. Funny thing...even being on salary...there was a "rule" in the employee handbook that NO ONE would work over 40 hours a week without prior authorization from your supervisor. If you were required to do this...you either left early at another time...came in late or blew it off.
Not thinking this was "legal"...contacted the Department of Labor. Found out that even with having to keep a time sheet & rules on the book about no work over 40 hours...they said my job was exempt from overtime laws.
Another example of getting the royal shaft under Jr's tutelage. Screw the workers...just like he's screwed up the "police action" in Iraq.
yes, but tv is something people can choose not to watch
From having been in broadcasting for many years & having done a stint at a religious school...most of the "intelligent" people who would agree with this "teacher" have forgotten that you can or can not choose to watch TV or you have freedom of choice. For some reason the off button or channel knob does not exist...just like logic...science & free will for them as well.
Or maybe you should just read about the Eurpoean colonization of the Americas to understand why the USA was founded by a bunch of Christian fundamentalists.
If perhaps the article in question would get it correct...most of the "founding fathers" were either Deists (Unitarians) or Anglicans. Both of these groups were the furthest from fundamentalsists that you can get...even in that day. Most of the fundamentalists were uneducated farmers & people away from the sway of the "in-crowd" of the day.
While I'm currently using XP MCE (because I can't figure out how to get MythTV to record)...the one thing in this whole discussion I haven't heard anything at all about is what's going to happen to those still running XP 5 or 10 years from now??? When Microsoft decides that they will not support it any longer...does that mean trying to do XP activation is going to leave you SOL???
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I worked for a manager whose style would best be described as "scream, berate, humiliate, threaten". I generally threw up every morning before heading in to work because of the stress. This was during the early 90's recesssion, so finding another comparable paying job (only slightly above minimum wage) wasn't an option.
Been there...done that in several jobs I've had. Seems the lower the pay...the more of a power trip are the idiots who have no business being managers.
Almost a year ago...was working at a small computer repair shop. My immediate supervisor kept berating me...telling me to shut up during meetings or just blow me off during these meetings. Contacting the owner was my next step...NOT a good step. Out here in BFE...the "good boys network" is what kept this "manager" at his job & me walking out...right before an off-site "good paying" company contract visit. Found another job in a call center a week later.
The moral of this story...from what I can see by driving by their store everyday on my way to my current job...they have not been able to expand the way they planned. Plus...I was not the first employee to sever themselves from that employ in this way & my best friend had to deal with this manager at another job he got fired from for the same type of behavior.
About 20 years ago in a well known pizza restaurant in Southern Oklahoma where I was working...got angry one night & screeched my wheels out of the parking lot in front of that manager & his supervisor. The next morning...this manager threw me up against the wall & threatened me that because I made him look bad. He told me I better watch my back...all while a couple of other employees looked on. Working in a small town of less than 20 K people...even low paying jobs were very difficult to find.
The moral of this latter story...the manager & his supervisor were discovered to have practiced "conversion".
It's been my experience that decent managers/management are few & far between. I find a decent paying job with a good manager...it will end soon & I'll be stuck back in the living hell of low pay & idiots once again. Unlike the "good" job...these jobs seem like they stay with you forever & make death a welcome relief.
the USA has it's cultural merits
If you really want to learn about the "Real" American culture...just watch "My Name Is Earl". I swear they go down to the local police department to get their story lines. The show reminds me that I am reading the local newspaper.
Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) Length: 89 feet Height: 44 feet Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
Then it would take more than 1 person to push it to the filling station when you run out of fuel???;)
Unfortunately, the reason Torchwood would never come to the US is because the censors in the US would throw a fit about the content of the show. Way to much swearing and sex.
If I remember right...heard the "F" word used several times this season on Galactica. Not only that...but I've seen uncut movies on Fox Movie & TCM that are run uncut. This being the case...the FCC has no control over content for non-broadcast outlets like Sci-Fi...much to the chagrin of the "self-imposed" people who are afraid I & others may hear or see something they think an adult shouldn't be hearing or seeing.
I'm not sure what Sci-Fi expects ratings to do when they run what amounts to half a season of episodes, call it a season, and run them the better part of a year apart. TV audiences of the TiVo generation have shown that they're not content to just watch reruns for long periods of time. With decreasing new episode counts, the problem of ratings getting harder and harder to come by shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
For some reason...the other broadcast networks are doing the same exact thing. I enjoy Sci-Fi...but also enjoy all the CSI-type shows as well. Being that I only watch CBS & NBC (over-the-air networks on the dish)...the only times they are running the new episodes are during the prime ratings periods...rather than how they used to do. No wonder Sci-Fi & the others are going down the tubes...running re-runs for many weeks...then expecting the viewers to hang tight. Either the programmers are brilliant or as dumb as rocks. I tend to believe the latter.
If Sci-Fi wants a show to succeed, they should try a novel approach: go back to a 30+ episode season. These silly little 10- and 13-episode runs are barely long enough to start getting into the action...
HBO & Showtime do the same exact thing. Enjoying Deadwood...The Sopranos...Rome & Big Love...it really steams me that they only produce a season of 10-13 episodes & show them over & over...grounding them into the dust. Many network shows now are only between 20-25 episodes a season. If I remember right...the only show done in the near past which did 30 or so episodes was Blue Collar TV. What this leaves the viewer is disgusted & going onto something else that isn't a re-run.
Thank god for the free movie channels on the dish. The movies may be old...but at least I get to see many great movie I never had a chance to before.
Pirate that I am, I evilly downloaded the first three episodes of Heroes because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
Another example would be the new version of Dr. Who which came out in 2005. Just because Sci-Fi & BBC America thought the show would not do well in the US...but heaven forbid did great in Canada & being co-produced by CBC...we had to wait 18 months to catch the first season on Sci-Fi & now the first season on BBC America...2 years after the premiere in other countries. I even watch it on Saturday nights on BBC America.
If it wasn't for people like me who downloaded & spread through word-of-mouth about how great the series was...neither of these entities would be broadcasting it now.
Too bad we can't get the Torchwood or Dr. Who Confidential series on BBC America either.
Just got one of the retro Atari 2600 consoles at Wal Mart & no problem with freezing up on this one.;)
Boost Mobile has built in GPS systems in their current phones, and even have a game where you seek and locate friends with the same setup.
Virgin Mobile also has this built into their phones as well & it is turned on by default. The first thing I do is go into the settings & shut it off. That way...the only way the GPS function will work is if I call 911 for an emergency. From what I remember reading...all phones from a couple of years ago started having built-in GPS.
Evergreen is available online, have a look yourself: here
Thanks for the link!!!
From what I saw...put in "Star Trek" as a search topic & brought quite a few hits...as well as specifics on anything in their system on the topic. Being Saturday evening over a cable modem...seemed pretty speedy & complete to me.
Last time I used an online system from a library was in the early 1990's over a telnet connection on a phone line. Of course...running text didn't get me the pretty pictures I got with the mentioned system. How times have changed!!!
Class D stations are those that are not allowed to operate at all at night, or are limited to nighttime powers less than that required for a new station. (generally, less than 250 watts; sometimes as little as one watt. No new Class D stations are being authorized.) An example of a Class D station on 720 is WGCR in western North Carolina, which goes off the air completely at sundown to protect WGN from interference.
Having previously worked at a daytime-only AM in Western Arizona for several years...couldn't broadcast even with a carrier only at night...due to another "clear channel" in Seattle at the 1000 kHz frequency. At the times the automation equipment went down at the tower for about a week or so & the in-studio system shutting off like normal at sunset with only the hum of the carrier at the frequency during these times after sunset...the "clear channel" in Seattle sent letters & called during business hours to complain. Seems that some local listeners contacted the Seattle station & complained...so it came down the line to me & the engineer to figure out what was going on.
Remember reading stories of some US AM stations being authorized to run at 1/2 million Watts or more after sunset during WWII. These powerhouses could literally knock the table radios off of the table when tuned to what frequency they were on. The reason for the increase was to get the signal into anyplace in the world without any interference.
Another station I worked at many years ago was at 1000 Watts during the daytime & went to 250 after sunset. Since they could operate at 250 at night...but didn't want to pay for staff & satellites hadn't come into widespread use yet...they shut it down at midnight.
With the proliferation of satellite & other mediums...the continuation of these dinosaurs as "clear channels" needs to stop. Before the advent & use of modern communication methods..."clear channels" was the only way rural populations could hear national/international news/programming. Since the FCC is still locked into early 20th century thinking about these types of stations...don't see it happening anytime soon.
Local governments still have the authority to say "NO!" If the local government does not like the telecoms plan, the plan can be killed in entirety. No foul, No gain! Other businesses have the privilege of deciding where to do business and open/close stores. Telecoms deserve the same right! Resources should not be wasted on installations that cannot be profitable, or at least break even!
If this is the case...I demand the Congress IMMEDIATELY repeal the USF. Since the telecoms will no longer be required to service areas where they don't break even or even make a profit...no one needs to pay this boondoggle any longer. Still irritates me that I have been required to pay it...even when I use VOIP with an out of area phone number!!!
First...it's Microsoft's flagship MP3 player...now it's at least two server products from Microsoft. I can understand third-party products not working yet with Vista...but not current or your own products six years old or less. Looks like another cluster**** on Microsoft's part.
Can't wait to hear all the new buyers of their new Vista PC's start bawling when they bought their $300 PC with Vista & not being able to run their old software or any of the new DRM boondoogles. Am so happy I'm not in tech support anymore & having to deal with all the boo-hoo stories about users not knowing about the overpriced digital handcuffs they just bought.
Can you imagine IE 7 and IE6 as standalone programs on a KDE desktop?!
4 linux-2.0.tar.gz
While you can't run IE 7 in Linux yet...IE 6/Flash 9 & below is certainly possible with Wine from any desktop at the following address:
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies
Used to work at a local radio for some absentee micromanagement owners in another state on salary. Just like an hourly employee...had to keep a time sheet of my hours. The reason was that the payroll department could keep track of our hours to make sure that you were working the 40 hours you were being paid for. Funny thing...even being on salary...there was a "rule" in the employee handbook that NO ONE would work over 40 hours a week without prior authorization from your supervisor. If you were required to do this...you either left early at another time...came in late or blew it off.
Not thinking this was "legal"...contacted the Department of Labor. Found out that even with having to keep a time sheet & rules on the book about no work over 40 hours...they said my job was exempt from overtime laws.
Another example of getting the royal shaft under Jr's tutelage. Screw the workers...just like he's screwed up the "police action" in Iraq.
yes, but tv is something people can choose not to watch
From having been in broadcasting for many years & having done a stint at a religious school...most of the "intelligent" people who would agree with this "teacher" have forgotten that you can or can not choose to watch TV or you have freedom of choice. For some reason the off button or channel knob does not exist...just like logic...science & free will for them as well.
Or maybe you should just read about the Eurpoean colonization of the Americas to understand why the USA was founded by a bunch of Christian fundamentalists.
If perhaps the article in question would get it correct...most of the "founding fathers" were either Deists (Unitarians) or Anglicans. Both of these groups were the furthest from fundamentalsists that you can get...even in that day. Most of the fundamentalists were uneducated farmers & people away from the sway of the "in-crowd" of the day.
While I'm currently using XP MCE (because I can't figure out how to get MythTV to record)...the one thing in this whole discussion I haven't heard anything at all about is what's going to happen to those still running XP 5 or 10 years from now??? When Microsoft decides that they will not support it any longer...does that mean trying to do XP activation is going to leave you SOL???