I don't see how a post written within a minute of the first could reasonably be modded redundant, but anyway...
I obviously don't know your situation, but not all businesses are going to treat employees like that, especially a small company that couldn't afford to initiate legal proceedings for something so "simple." If the company makes money from being the owner of the code, though, I would agree 100%, regardless how nice they may seem to be.
You are, of course, correct. However, he did say he was the only IT staff, which would suggets that hiring a lawyer for such a thing may be beyond reasonble expense for what appears to be a small business...
> Do people in "healthcare and public safety" really need this sort of computing power at their fingertips all the time?
I work in a hospital and yes, they need that power. Clinical Info Software can require a heck of a processor for some things. Also, the 100% availability is a very attractive prospect for bedside documentation, such as being able to point out EXACTLY when medication was given, and having an immediate notification to stop if you are about to administer the wrong drug.
Of course, at $1900 apiece, PDAs are a much more cost-friendly alternative.
As for the keyboard, you are exactly right. That thing is hideous. It's like trying to use your 1980s watch calculator for complex statistical analysis.
Ah, I know what EGR is, never thought of it as "poisoning," and I'm not sure that it lowers the temperature (it would increase temp, I would have thought, since the recirculated exhaust would be hotter than intake air...
Doesn't matter, I understand what you mean now, thanks!
> Apparently, car manufacturers poison the intakes to get lower temperature combustion.
Can you clarify what you mean by this? Or is that supposed to say "position" instead of poison? I guess that would make sense, but I wanted to be sure I understood you.
It's not just manufacturers that "position" them. Cold Air Intakes (air filters further from the engine, positioned to take in cooler air than "stock" filters) are used because the bigger difference in temperature results in more power, but, as you stated, more pollutants.
Please don't take offense to this, I'm not trying to flame you, but saying "Sorry, I have a hybrid - my engine doesn't idle, or waste gas," given the context, is the same thing as "this post is completely offtopic, but I am going to tell you my opinion anyway." Either that or you are trying the holier-than-thou tactic. Otherwise, there is no reason for you to point out what kind of car you drive.
The topic is Internal Combustion Engines. You do not have one. Sure, your point is correct. It also has nothing to do with the thread.
I think he means so people can get around it at work, where they don't have any say in what gets installed on "their" PCs.
I just wonder... what if someone renamed all their.MP3 files to.FKU and associated.FKU with WinAmp... Unless the thing tried to read ID3 tags from every file on the disk, I wouldn't think it would know for sure.
> suing them over this is most likely completely infeasible in reality.
Yeah, anyone who's read a EULA should know it disclaims all liability for anything that ever happens to anyone. Heck, even if you HAVEN'T read a EULA...
> When your country has the years of experience that the nations of Europe has
Oh, because that means so much. After all, the world's oldest countries are around (arguably) Iran and India, which as we all know are situated in the most peaceful place on Earth...
> Lightning Rods don't work the way you think they work.
Reading what was actually said is a very important first step towards understanding what I do or do not know.
My comment wasn't about lightning striking the elevator itself, as I understood it would be grounded. Would be kinda hard (and stupid) for it NOT to be. My thinking is like this: what is it in the camera flash that causes the nanotubes to fry? If it's just the immediate, bright light, then why would the light from lightning not cause it? It wouldn't even have to be terribly close to do it, I wouldn't think, especially up high where there aren't tall buildings or anything to effectively block it. Unless you are saying that a very tall lightning rod would keep lightning from striking a mile away? If that's true, however, I did not know it.
Oh, FSM/IPU help us when our society starts to lose its tightly-knit, loving structure that we enjoy every day, giving us peace, fairness, which also causes everyone to love everyone else. Thankfully that hasn't happened yet and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that we're all so happy... yeah... destructive to the nonexistent cohesion?
Utter bullshit: I hate advertising, corporations, and all the other knee-jerk crap that I'm supposed to hate because I'm young; don't tell me that we're going to become what we already freaking are!
> deposits of frozen carbon dioxide near Mars' south pole have shrunk from the previous year's size, suggesting a climate change in progress
DAMNIT! I knew we were killing Mars' environment too! After all, if both planets are experiencing similar 'ice' recessions in their poles, the cause MUST be the same. And since it is a capital offense to suggest humans aren't causing on Earth, we must be causing it on Mars!
Materials Science to the rescue! I believe it's because most other materials aren't conducive to the "snapping" that holds the bricks together. Plastic is pliable enough to fit easily in tight spaces, and elastic enough to not become loose.
Also, trying to make ceramic that precise, that strong, and in that bulk would be expensive as heck!
> They're not letting people go, it's not mandatory
I think he understands that. What he's saying is that layoffs would be bad P.R., whereas this looks like service to the country.
Personally, I think it's a mixture. IBM sees that it could save money by reducing its workforce, doesn't want its stock to drop, and ALSO doesn't want to just toss its employees out on their butts. After all, many of those employees helped make IBM what it is today.
> Workers are your foundation. Eat your foundation and what do you have left?
No, no, workers are a resource. Our employees don't get paid enough to be our customers. It's the OTHER companies that are supposed to pay people enough to buy OUR stuff.
> If you were a Doctor which would you prefer a socialized plan that pays 60% on the dollar and reject 25% of the claims on first submission and prohibits you from getting the 40% from the patient
Not only that, but a number of hospitals would probably have to close too. Consider this: it's nigh on impossible to get Medicare/Medicaid to pay even close to the actual operating cost of procedures. If that is extended so that EVERYONE has their procedures paid-for by the government -- or under-/NOT paid, as the case would be -- there could be a serious healthcare crisis worse than the current state in West Virginia (which is due to the disproportianately high number of malpractice suits -- lawyers love WV, its laws were all created to make lawyers richer and the people dumber).
> It occurs to me that much of the whining about lack of creativity in games at the moment is done by people who rather than judging it by its content, judge it by its enumeration
Almost 2 week-old thread, so no one will probably see this comment, but you are absolutely right.
After all, GTA & GTA2 were not exactly the pinnacle of achievement in gaming, but 3, VC, & SA are best-sellers!
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I don't see how a post written within a minute of the first could reasonably be modded redundant, but anyway...
I obviously don't know your situation, but not all businesses are going to treat employees like that, especially a small company that couldn't afford to initiate legal proceedings for something so "simple." If the company makes money from being the owner of the code, though, I would agree 100%, regardless how nice they may seem to be.
You are, of course, correct. However, he did say he was the only IT staff, which would suggets that hiring a lawyer for such a thing may be beyond reasonble expense for what appears to be a small business...
> For me, VGA resolution on a 4 inch screen does not justify $1.5 in additional cost.
I think a buck-fiddy is a GREAT price for a 4" VGA screen! Did you mean $1.5k?
> Do people in "healthcare and public safety" really need this sort of computing power at their fingertips all the time?
I work in a hospital and yes, they need that power. Clinical Info Software can require a heck of a processor for some things. Also, the 100% availability is a very attractive prospect for bedside documentation, such as being able to point out EXACTLY when medication was given, and having an immediate notification to stop if you are about to administer the wrong drug.
Of course, at $1900 apiece, PDAs are a much more cost-friendly alternative.
As for the keyboard, you are exactly right. That thing is hideous. It's like trying to use your 1980s watch calculator for complex statistical analysis.
Ah, I know what EGR is, never thought of it as "poisoning," and I'm not sure that it lowers the temperature (it would increase temp, I would have thought, since the recirculated exhaust would be hotter than intake air...
Doesn't matter, I understand what you mean now, thanks!
> Apparently, car manufacturers poison the intakes to get lower temperature combustion.
Can you clarify what you mean by this? Or is that supposed to say "position" instead of poison? I guess that would make sense, but I wanted to be sure I understood you.
It's not just manufacturers that "position" them. Cold Air Intakes (air filters further from the engine, positioned to take in cooler air than "stock" filters) are used because the bigger difference in temperature results in more power, but, as you stated, more pollutants.
Please don't take offense to this, I'm not trying to flame you, but saying "Sorry, I have a hybrid - my engine doesn't idle, or waste gas," given the context, is the same thing as "this post is completely offtopic, but I am going to tell you my opinion anyway." Either that or you are trying the holier-than-thou tactic. Otherwise, there is no reason for you to point out what kind of car you drive.
The topic is Internal Combustion Engines. You do not have one. Sure, your point is correct. It also has nothing to do with the thread.
Don't think the running program could delete itself.
Step 2 is blackmail, of course!
> RTFA - it is voluntary at this point.
.MP3 files to .FKU and associated .FKU with WinAmp... Unless the thing tried to read ID3 tags from every file on the disk, I wouldn't think it would know for sure.
I think he means so people can get around it at work, where they don't have any say in what gets installed on "their" PCs.
I just wonder... what if someone renamed all their
> suing them over this is most likely completely infeasible in reality.
Yeah, anyone who's read a EULA should know it disclaims all liability for anything that ever happens to anyone. Heck, even if you HAVEN'T read a EULA...
> When your country has the years of experience that the nations of Europe has
Oh, because that means so much. After all, the world's oldest countries are around (arguably) Iran and India, which as we all know are situated in the most peaceful place on Earth...
> Lightning Rods don't work the way you think they work.
Reading what was actually said is a very important first step towards understanding what I do or do not know.
My comment wasn't about lightning striking the elevator itself, as I understood it would be grounded. Would be kinda hard (and stupid) for it NOT to be. My thinking is like this: what is it in the camera flash that causes the nanotubes to fry? If it's just the immediate, bright light, then why would the light from lightning not cause it? It wouldn't even have to be terribly close to do it, I wouldn't think, especially up high where there aren't tall buildings or anything to effectively block it. Unless you are saying that a very tall lightning rod would keep lightning from striking a mile away? If that's true, however, I did not know it.
I am not sure it's related, but there was a video of carbon nanotubes being in the presence of a camera flash, ending in sparks and fire...
Lightning can be quite bright, much moreso than a camera flash, and if lightning were to strike anywhere near the elevator... lack of hilarity ensues.
Ah yes, here it is. April of 2002: Link 1 - Link 2
> it can be destructive to our social cohesion
Oh, FSM/IPU help us when our society starts to lose its tightly-knit, loving structure that we enjoy every day, giving us peace, fairness, which also causes everyone to love everyone else. Thankfully that hasn't happened yet and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that we're all so happy... yeah... destructive to the nonexistent cohesion?
Utter bullshit: I hate advertising, corporations, and all the other knee-jerk crap that I'm supposed to hate because I'm young; don't tell me that we're going to become what we already freaking are!
> deposits of frozen carbon dioxide near Mars' south pole have shrunk from the previous year's size, suggesting a climate change in progress
DAMNIT! I knew we were killing Mars' environment too! After all, if both planets are experiencing similar 'ice' recessions in their poles, the cause MUST be the same. And since it is a capital offense to suggest humans aren't causing on Earth, we must be causing it on Mars!
Materials Science to the rescue! I believe it's because most other materials aren't conducive to the "snapping" that holds the bricks together. Plastic is pliable enough to fit easily in tight spaces, and elastic enough to not become loose.
Also, trying to make ceramic that precise, that strong, and in that bulk would be expensive as heck!
If your first response to a statement is to laugh, why should it not be the first thing to say?
> They're not letting people go, it's not mandatory
I think he understands that. What he's saying is that layoffs would be bad P.R., whereas this looks like service to the country.
Personally, I think it's a mixture. IBM sees that it could save money by reducing its workforce, doesn't want its stock to drop, and ALSO doesn't want to just toss its employees out on their butts. After all, many of those employees helped make IBM what it is today.
Thank you! I'd been reading and asking the same question, wondering why no one else was asking it!
Don't these jackasses have more recent diseases to cure?
Well, Plague Rats were extremely dangerous until Tournament Rules limited you to only 4 in a deck...
Yes, sarcasm is a dangerous tool when used with neither facial expressions nor tone of voice...
> Workers are your foundation. Eat your foundation and what do you have left?
No, no, workers are a resource. Our employees don't get paid enough to be our customers. It's the OTHER companies that are supposed to pay people enough to buy OUR stuff.
> If you were a Doctor which would you prefer a socialized plan that pays 60% on the dollar and reject 25% of the claims on first submission and prohibits you from getting the 40% from the patient
Not only that, but a number of hospitals would probably have to close too. Consider this: it's nigh on impossible to get Medicare/Medicaid to pay even close to the actual operating cost of procedures. If that is extended so that EVERYONE has their procedures paid-for by the government -- or under-/NOT paid, as the case would be -- there could be a serious healthcare crisis worse than the current state in West Virginia (which is due to the disproportianately high number of malpractice suits -- lawyers love WV, its laws were all created to make lawyers richer and the people dumber).
> It occurs to me that much of the whining about lack of creativity in games at the moment is done by people who rather than judging it by its content, judge it by its enumeration
Almost 2 week-old thread, so no one will probably see this comment, but you are absolutely right.
After all, GTA & GTA2 were not exactly the pinnacle of achievement in gaming, but 3, VC, & SA are best-sellers!