Wow, imagine the size of a T-bone from a whale sized cow...
It would be very small because a cow with no legs but a huge tail would starve on land, and without the blow hole would drown at sea - but it would be the perfect combination for veal.
Sorry for replying to my own post. Apparently I hurt somebodies feelings for pointing out the obvious (as evidenced by my troll rating). I have heard, and a google search confirms, that every year since 2000, it was proclaimed that "This is the year of the Linux Desktop."
Sorry, I can't take that claim seriously. Who knows, maybe 2009 will finally be the year of the Linux desktop, but I am not holding my breath.
Now imagine if all day every day people who "just own homes and live in them" came to ask you stupid questions about construction instead of going off and learning on their own. Then, when you politely suggest they learn something about it, they act as if they don't need to or just blatantly don't want to.
I'll just use my to most recent examples on what I would do in this situation:
I needed a new roof, so I hired a roofer. We'll call him "roof support." If he would have told me to learn more about roofing and that my questions were stupid, I would have fired him.
Next, I needed my AC serviced, we'll call him "HVAC Support." If he would have told me that my questions on general maintenance were stupdid, or he would have said "RTFM" I would have fired him.
I pay people for support for jobs that I can't or don't want to do myself, if they suggest that I learn more about their jobs to make their lives easier, I fire them and get someone that meets my needs.
I know, it's not a Car analogy... Maybe we're the pit crew for the race cars of the business world?
Specifically, you are the "jack man" on the pit crew because when people go to you for help, you jack them around and then make fun of them for being idiots.
Just joking, but that is the way most feel about IT staff.
We IT people get shafted at every opportunity because we "cost money," yet we take care of the servers and applications that keep this place running. Turn our stuff off, and it's as detrimental to the business as turning off all the lights.
That is the IT Manager's fault. He/She should be selling the value of the department. You don't need to sell upper management the value of a phone, toilet, or lights because they were sold the value when they were kids - at home. However, their home probably did not have an IT closet next to the utility closet. Sure, in the back of their minds they know computers help productivity, but the value of the department hasn't been sold.
First I read an article about Google thinking spammers and and other bad guys will use new tricks to target people and now an article about an overseer actually overseeing.
Can't wait for "Birdwatcher caught watching birds!"
Glad to be of service, but I'd rather use simple voice commands to control a portable device. My cellphone has the ability to dial by voice, recognizing both names and numbers. It's not perfect, but it is usually faster than typing or searching for contacts.
Voice control and other methods are only infants compared to keyboards, but just like the keyboard improved from a mechanical device on a typewriter into a simple multi-function electronic device, other input technologies will improve.
I'm just looking forward to the day when the computer interfaces with my brain and provides all inputs so that I can just lie in some tube and experience the reality that the computer determines is best for me.
but these simple numbers do not mean much without a definite and quantifiable context. That's the difficulty with statistics.
Correct, but the one common thread in all the abuse cases is that if it is committed by a member of an organization, the organization always protects itself first. The organization's punishments are usually given abusing members to appease public pressure and give the appearance of "doing something."
I am not trying to defend the Catholic Church or slam the public schools although both deserve it for different reasons, just that the media whips people into a frenzy and creates a fear of risks that are not be that likely (vaccinations and autism or being killed by a terrorist) and ignores real risks (normal everyday driving).
They could also get rid of child molesters and stop paying (lots of) money to keep things under wraps, which obviously is not the best way to solve the problem.
They should take their cue from the public school system. According to The New York Post July 30, 2001 - in NYC between January 1999 and June 2001 there were 212 children victims of child molestation by teachers. In 45% of the cases, the sex offender attacked more than one student. In nearly 16% of the cases, school officials delayed or tried to cover up the sexual molestations.
According to the New York Times - June 12, 1988, there were 135 cases of sexual molestation by priests were reported from 1983 to 1986.
Time frames are different, but in one city there were more reported child molestations in the public schools than in the catholic church nationwide.
These kind of news really pisses me off. A statue to Galileo 400 years late? WTF?
Well, to be fair, they are erecting a statue of Bob Johnson. Never heard of him, according to prophets, he is going to do something great in 400 years.
Have I been under a rock, or have there always been this many unsolicited bids being tossed about?
You've been under a rock. From Wikepedia (Mergers and Acquisitions):
The Great Merger Movement was a predominantly U.S. business phenomenon that happened from 1895 to 1905. During this time, small firms with little market share consolidated with similar firms to form large, powerful institutions that dominated their markets. The vehicle used were so-called trusts. To truly understand how large this movement was--in 1900 the value of firms acquired in mergers was 20% of GDP. In 1990 the value was only 3% and from 1998-2000 is was around 10-11% of GDP. Organizations that commanded the greatest share of the market in 1905 saw that command disintegrate by 1929 as smaller competitors joined forces with each other. This does not break down solicited/unsolicited, but remember the 80's when corporate raiders and hostile takeovers became the business/social symbols of success?
Aaaah, so just because nobody gave it a second glance in Japan, we're all subject to Japanese law regarding competition, collusion, etc. So, under your logic, the EU has no basis for an antitrust complaint against Microsoft because it's an American company. And I've got some swampland, er, pristine untouched land for sale, just for you!!!
Could somebody please tell me what the html tag for sarcasm or the html tag for joke. I tried and but people still respond as though my original post was serious.
For future reference, if I ever make another post suggesting that Japan is a ficticious country, it is a joke.
And by the way, if something is legal in one country, and that act has occured in that country, it is legal. If MS commits an illegal act in another country, then that country has the right to press charges or whatever punishment they wish. Where you are based is not the issue, it is where the act was committed.
I am not sure, but I think the ant-trust violation you would be refering to is based on US law.
Although at has been several years since I've been out of the US, I also think that there are other countries in the world, in this case Japan. Since this has already happened in the possibly ficticious country of Japan and nobody went to jail, this action has probably been deemed legal in Japan.
I apologize to anyone, real or imagined that lives in the real or imagined country of Japan.
UPDATE:
I just saw a picture of a globe on TV and although I still cannot confirm the existence of Japan, it did appear that there are other countries in the world in addition to the USA.
Did you just compare recycling a compressor to recycling a battery?
Being able to line up a bullet point next to someone else's bullet point does not make it a valid counter.
My point (that I didn't explain) was that there is always something to dispose of. Of course a battery is much more expensive to recycle, but at least there is a program for turning in your old batteries on your hybrid car.
Being able to line up a bullet point next to someone else's bullet point does not make it a valid counter.
I didn't line up bullet points, the parent had his points horizontal, mine were vertical.
1. Unlike an electric car, you do not have an expensive, heavy battery that you have to figure out how to recycle when it is dead. 2. The internals of the car are likely much simpler than with an electric car. 3. No exploding batterys / hydrogen. This is just compressed air. If there is a hole in the tank, it leak air. The tank is designed to fail gracefully. 4. It's likely much easier to outfit a gas station to dispence air than hydrogen. 5. You can fill it at home if you want.
Assuming the technology works for an air powered car:
1. You just have an expensive heavy onboard compressor that you have to figure out how to recycle when it is dead
2. Probably a wash, a compressor, tank, and airlines are probably as complicated as a battery, motor, and wires.
3. Not everything fails as designed, sitting on a tank of compressed air when it explodes would blow.
4. True
5. Which makes the profitability and motivation of outfitting a gas station diminish. Anybody could store compressed air and either give it away or undercut the market.
I hope it works, I am tired of paying more for my groceries because "Big Farming" has lobbyists that convinced politicians to subsidize the price of corn produced ethanal.
I too live in very rural Southern Indiana (Lawrence County) and as much as I want to be a dumb redneck, it is very hard because I am an engineer and work with many engineers and IT people.
Thankfully so many people have the wrong Midwest stereotypes or where I live might be like California or the Northeast - It's nice not having to sit in traffic.
Ah, well that explains why they want to lynch the gays, because Leviticus parts about homosexuality are ceremonial law and ceremonial law ended when Jesus died on the cross, so the gays..... ahh.....
Actually, Leviticus says nothing about being a homosexual, it just says you cannot have homosexual sex. It also says that you cannot heterosexual sex with many different people, or during a womans period, or before you are married.
It may be splitting hairs, but those that are criticizing homosexuality based on the bible should know the difference and look at their own pre-marital actions.
Looks like another reason to pull your kids out of public schools.
Its funny (sad) how people will quit going to a store, website, restaurant, etc. if they feel that they are not getting what they paid for, but people will keep sending their kid to a failing public school. Nearly every state has had a similar story about how education was hijacked by some group (usually religious), there is a big uproar, then after a short period of time those same people laugh the next time it happens somewhere else.
FYI, not all private schools are religious. Also, not all that homeschool their kids are doing it for religious reasons.
Ironically, most Christians who are literalists seems to ignore many of the dietary rules (Kosher, Parva, etc) set forth in the old testament
It is not ignored, but they have determined that there are two types of laws in the old testament - the moral law (10 commandments) and the ceremonial law (those that you mentioned). The moral law stands for all eternity, but the ceremonial law ended when Jesus died on the cross.
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Sorry, I can't take that claim seriously. Who knows, maybe 2009 will finally be the year of the Linux desktop, but I am not holding my breath.
I needed a new roof, so I hired a roofer. We'll call him "roof support." If he would have told me to learn more about roofing and that my questions were stupid, I would have fired him.
Next, I needed my AC serviced, we'll call him "HVAC Support." If he would have told me that my questions on general maintenance were stupdid, or he would have said "RTFM" I would have fired him.
I pay people for support for jobs that I can't or don't want to do myself, if they suggest that I learn more about their jobs to make their lives easier, I fire them and get someone that meets my needs.
Sorry, yes, this is finally the year of the linux desktop!
Just joking, but that is the way most feel about IT staff.
Can't wait for "Birdwatcher caught watching birds!"
Glad to be of service, but I'd rather use simple voice commands to control a portable device. My cellphone has the ability to dial by voice, recognizing both names and numbers. It's not perfect, but it is usually faster than typing or searching for contacts.
Voice control and other methods are only infants compared to keyboards, but just like the keyboard improved from a mechanical device on a typewriter into a simple multi-function electronic device, other input technologies will improve.
I'm just looking forward to the day when the computer interfaces with my brain and provides all inputs so that I can just lie in some tube and experience the reality that the computer determines is best for me.
I am not trying to defend the Catholic Church or slam the public schools although both deserve it for different reasons, just that the media whips people into a frenzy and creates a fear of risks that are not be that likely (vaccinations and autism or being killed by a terrorist) and ignores real risks (normal everyday driving).
According to the New York Times - June 12, 1988, there were 135 cases of sexual molestation by priests were reported from 1983 to 1986.
Time frames are different, but in one city there were more reported child molestations in the public schools than in the catholic church nationwide.
That should pretty much even things out for you.
It's about time somebody came up with a method to get free music off the internet!
For future reference, if I ever make another post suggesting that Japan is a ficticious country, it is a joke.
And by the way, if something is legal in one country, and that act has occured in that country, it is legal. If MS commits an illegal act in another country, then that country has the right to press charges or whatever punishment they wish. Where you are based is not the issue, it is where the act was committed.
I am not sure, but I think the ant-trust violation you would be refering to is based on US law.
Although at has been several years since I've been out of the US, I also think that there are other countries in the world, in this case Japan. Since this has already happened in the possibly ficticious country of Japan and nobody went to jail, this action has probably been deemed legal in Japan.
I apologize to anyone, real or imagined that lives in the real or imagined country of Japan.
UPDATE:
I just saw a picture of a globe on TV and although I still cannot confirm the existence of Japan, it did appear that there are other countries in the world in addition to the USA.
1. You just have an expensive heavy onboard compressor that you have to figure out how to recycle when it is dead
2. Probably a wash, a compressor, tank, and airlines are probably as complicated as a battery, motor, and wires.
3. Not everything fails as designed, sitting on a tank of compressed air when it explodes would blow.
4. True
5. Which makes the profitability and motivation of outfitting a gas station diminish. Anybody could store compressed air and either give it away or undercut the market.
I hope it works, I am tired of paying more for my groceries because "Big Farming" has lobbyists that convinced politicians to subsidize the price of corn produced ethanal.
Thankfully so many people have the wrong Midwest stereotypes or where I live might be like California or the Northeast - It's nice not having to sit in traffic.
It may be splitting hairs, but those that are criticizing homosexuality based on the bible should know the difference and look at their own pre-marital actions.
Its funny (sad) how people will quit going to a store, website, restaurant, etc. if they feel that they are not getting what they paid for, but people will keep sending their kid to a failing public school. Nearly every state has had a similar story about how education was hijacked by some group (usually religious), there is a big uproar, then after a short period of time those same people laugh the next time it happens somewhere else.
FYI, not all private schools are religious. Also, not all that homeschool their kids are doing it for religious reasons.
What about anything that is powered by fossil fuels? Gravity squished all those dead plants and animals into something useable.
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