Not really, Comcast only pays a couple dollars an hour less than other tech support setups in the area where the workers really do know their shit. They would need to actually provide training (the horror), but that isn't that expensive if you can be arsed to treat your employees like human beings so they don't jump ship for a job that pays less just so they can go to the bathroom without risking losing their job, and can at least rely on having their paycheck show up on time.
I still fail to see the relevance of *anything* you're saying. Owning lots of shit doesn't make people interested in obeying the law, it makes it easy for them to get away with breaking it.
Britain. The only British show I've ever watched that hit that long of a season was the old Dr Who. The new one is only 13 episodes a season, a lot of other shows were 6.
As to the GP, the new Dr Who is getting a midseason hiatus this year, even with only 13 episodes planned, so I think its something else driving it.
Nobody I care to associate with does that juvenile crap. Work exists on professional relationships, which is apart from your personal feelings for your coworkers, and allowing the latter to interfere with the former is grounds for termination; further, disliking a person simply means you avoid them, or ignore the sleight, or confront them directly and maturely over the matter.
Actually, that'll be highly amusing, crackdowns on electric motors and digital cams, people smuggling Mexican knockoffs of banned toys over the border.
Halo was a deeply innovative game that pushed the boundaries of visuals and introduced (or possibly just codified) the regenerating life gameplay mechanic that has taken over shooters.
Halo 2 was the sequel to Halo. Yes it shows advancement and changes over Halo, but nothing nearly so ground breaking.
The whole list seems to have little respect for innovation and the progress of video games in general. No Half Life which reshaped the FPS genre and (via counterstrike) was a key contributor to the modern cooperation modders get from game developers. Civilizations gets a nod via Revolutions, but not the original civilizations, which spawned an entire genre of games (4X). For another 'why the sequel?' entry they have Super Mario Brothers 3 instead of Super Mario Brothers, which is something like the third best selling video game of all time, codified the platformer, and is credited with saving the videogame industry).
I suppose the selections will show the progression of games over time at a glance (if you ignore the whole genre thing), but what I expect from my art history is a focus on innovation and inspiration. Where's the first tower defense game? What about charting the rise and fall of the platformer as the dominant gaming genre? The whole thing seems half assed, and makes me seriously question how well museum exhibits are run for things that I know less about.
The market isn't zero sum or negative sum (well, usually). When the economy is good (which used to be most of the time), almost everyone wins. A good investor will make money consistently even when the market is down (if maybe not when its in freefall like the last couple years).
Just because Microsoft does a lot work on the UI, doesn't mean they use good techniques to do the design. And a lot of effort with bad technique can mean ending up even worse than half assing it.
Er, that means you have the right to sue the government, not to have protests of petition signing drives (which is covered under the 'free speech' part).
The judge isn't required to care either of course (unless some other right is involved).
Determinism does not necessarily imply a lack of free will.
Yes I am ultimately controlled by my DNA, upbringing and specific arrangements of neural structures and hormones. But those things *are* me, so why should that imply I lack free will?
Thats rather incredible, even when I was at Microsoft I could check my work email from my Linux box.
Something to keep in mind about schools that are hostile to other OSes is that its often because you have to run some pretty hostile software, the kind of crap they put on a work computer. They're also more likely to run heavily censored internet setups.
Not a huge deal if you live off campus, but living in dorms means you're forced to use the landlords network, not your own. A larger concern is that that kind of setup implies a heavy attitude of education to submission by the administration (unless you *want* your kid to be an obedient drone).
wrt to the OPs question, the University of Utah is pretty Linux friendly (except you'll need to learn to compile source tarballs, they don't do and help desk is useless). The tour guides aren't likely to have any idea though.
The file drawer thing is especially problematic with drug approval, since the FDA explicitly allows it, and its very very simple to run 10 trials and take the two that got good results if you're a pharmaceutical that doesn't actually need a publication done for the sake of your career (where as if a scientist files half their studies, they'd end up ruining themselves by not publishing frequently enough).
Something else to consider is the number of people who have been on antidepressants before, there's a tolerance effect some people on the drugs complain of. If you're already tolerant to the stuff, thats going to make it no better than placebo.
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Ignoring the bit where this isn't human neurology (great summary there), iirc the olfactory neurons are the only ones that can actually grow back.
Not really, Comcast only pays a couple dollars an hour less than other tech support setups in the area where the workers really do know their shit. They would need to actually provide training (the horror), but that isn't that expensive if you can be arsed to treat your employees like human beings so they don't jump ship for a job that pays less just so they can go to the bathroom without risking losing their job, and can at least rely on having their paycheck show up on time.
I still fail to see the relevance of *anything* you're saying. Owning lots of shit doesn't make people interested in obeying the law, it makes it easy for them to get away with breaking it.
The relevance of this to the legal ramifications of the US shooting down space junk are what exactly?
Britain. The only British show I've ever watched that hit that long of a season was the old Dr Who. The new one is only 13 episodes a season, a lot of other shows were 6.
As to the GP, the new Dr Who is getting a midseason hiatus this year, even with only 13 episodes planned, so I think its something else driving it.
Nobody I care to associate with does that juvenile crap. Work exists on professional relationships, which is apart from your personal feelings for your coworkers, and allowing the latter to interfere with the former is grounds for termination; further, disliking a person simply means you avoid them, or ignore the sleight, or confront them directly and maturely over the matter.
What world do you live on and how do I get there?
Since when does the US give a shit about international law?
Actually, that'll be highly amusing, crackdowns on electric motors and digital cams, people smuggling Mexican knockoffs of banned toys over the border.
It'll be like living in a Cory Doctorow story.
Why Halo 2 but not Halo?
Halo was a deeply innovative game that pushed the boundaries of visuals and introduced (or possibly just codified) the regenerating life gameplay mechanic that has taken over shooters.
Halo 2 was the sequel to Halo. Yes it shows advancement and changes over Halo, but nothing nearly so ground breaking.
The whole list seems to have little respect for innovation and the progress of video games in general. No Half Life which reshaped the FPS genre and (via counterstrike) was a key contributor to the modern cooperation modders get from game developers. Civilizations gets a nod via Revolutions, but not the original civilizations, which spawned an entire genre of games (4X). For another 'why the sequel?' entry they have Super Mario Brothers 3 instead of Super Mario Brothers, which is something like the third best selling video game of all time, codified the platformer, and is credited with saving the videogame industry).
I suppose the selections will show the progression of games over time at a glance (if you ignore the whole genre thing), but what I expect from my art history is a focus on innovation and inspiration. Where's the first tower defense game? What about charting the rise and fall of the platformer as the dominant gaming genre? The whole thing seems half assed, and makes me seriously question how well museum exhibits are run for things that I know less about.
Watching the police is already being fast tracked to being illegal.
There's nothing concerning Chrome or Opera in the Microsoft Security Advisory RSS feed.
Different systems are one thing, but imperial is incredibly crappy.
How many people know what a slug is, or get confused between foot-pounds, pounds, and pound-feet?
Again, no, I'm not saying that, stop putting words in my mouth you lying son of a bitch.
No, I'm pretty sure I'm saying a good investor will make money except when the economy has collapsed.
"Hey, if history had been a little different, it would have been Apple and Stevie getting the grease job..."
Wait, we *don't* bash Apple and Stevie at every opportunity?
The market isn't zero sum or negative sum (well, usually). When the economy is good (which used to be most of the time), almost everyone wins. A good investor will make money consistently even when the market is down (if maybe not when its in freefall like the last couple years).
(why is global warming even a partisan issue to begin with?! -- and I'm fully expecting a partisan respose ;-) )
Is 'both sides are filled with morons' partisan?
Just because Microsoft does a lot work on the UI, doesn't mean they use good techniques to do the design. And a lot of effort with bad technique can mean ending up even worse than half assing it.
Er, that means you have the right to sue the government, not to have protests of petition signing drives (which is covered under the 'free speech' part).
The judge isn't required to care either of course (unless some other right is involved).
How exactly is the researcher responsible for what an editor he never met writes? The Journalists can't even control the headlines.
I'm pretty sure we could do a good job of removing free will from a human. We have 10,000 years experience at taking slaves after all.
The more direct access source code would provide would make controlling an AI trivial really. Ethics is a different matter.
Determinism does not necessarily imply a lack of free will.
Yes I am ultimately controlled by my DNA, upbringing and specific arrangements of neural structures and hormones. But those things *are* me, so why should that imply I lack free will?
Thats rather incredible, even when I was at Microsoft I could check my work email from my Linux box.
Something to keep in mind about schools that are hostile to other OSes is that its often because you have to run some pretty hostile software, the kind of crap they put on a work computer. They're also more likely to run heavily censored internet setups.
Not a huge deal if you live off campus, but living in dorms means you're forced to use the landlords network, not your own. A larger concern is that that kind of setup implies a heavy attitude of education to submission by the administration (unless you *want* your kid to be an obedient drone).
wrt to the OPs question, the University of Utah is pretty Linux friendly (except you'll need to learn to compile source tarballs, they don't do and help desk is useless). The tour guides aren't likely to have any idea though.
The file drawer thing is especially problematic with drug approval, since the FDA explicitly allows it, and its very very simple to run 10 trials and take the two that got good results if you're a pharmaceutical that doesn't actually need a publication done for the sake of your career (where as if a scientist files half their studies, they'd end up ruining themselves by not publishing frequently enough).
Something else to consider is the number of people who have been on antidepressants before, there's a tolerance effect some people on the drugs complain of. If you're already tolerant to the stuff, thats going to make it no better than placebo.
I would be curious if testing a group of Americans and a group of Europeans will give different strength placebo effects.
In at least some cases, yes. For example Germans respond better than Americans to Placebos that they're told are for reducing blood pressure.
Most of the research on this is being done behind closed doors by pharmaceuticals though. Which should bring them brand new ways to fudge the data.