Professor Guo Quan of China has suddenly disappeared without a trace. Officials are advising his family and friends to forget he ever existed, or else.
Jack Nicholson was once asked in a movie, "How do you write about women so well?" to which he replied "I think of a man. Then I take away reason and accountability." Comics are boys club because boys don't want to read soap opera emo trash. Not that I'm a traitor to my gender, its just that its true. So maybe if this chick can bring those two little spices into the comic, she deserves to write it.
NASA has been criticized however for not providing 'documentation on how to use its data Everyone knows an engineer can't write a ledgible manual. Otherwise, everyone's VCR would be set to the appropriate time.
I didn't say it was already being abused ( and it might be I lack specific incidents), however I was illustrating that these sorts of methods CAN be abused easily, and for the wrong reasons.
A valuable client sees you off-hours doing something (or dressed in a way) that leads them to question your experience, maturity, skill set, trustworthiness, etc. The next day the client decides it's best to hire a new consulting firm. This is very situational and people can be anal about things. If I was running naked through the streets of town that would be an easy, clear cut situation. Now if some prudish lady decides my cleavage is sticking out too far and I have too many tattoos in an off work setting, thats a little more hazy! Who is right? When do personal morals and values end and company interests begin? Thats what I meant by the ease of abuse. Its easy to drop sentencing and judgement when its your own values you use for reference; not so easy when you consider what's righteous for everyone. When a "sociological department" sets these rights, the room for personal bias and a menacing standard grows increasingly.
I suppose this is true, but I can't imagine even half the world being so open-minded:-) Maybe its the years of black hair dye and fundamentalist Christians? Lol.
If you do something in public in your own time, it can and will affect your employment and is of concern to your employer. No bank wants an employee that's a convicted fraudster. No school wants teachers who are porn stars. No police force wants an ex-con as an officer. The issue isn't whether you conduct these activities in your own time or not, or if the Internet was used. The issue is that you're in a trusted position, and that your employer may have the right to terminate your employment if they perceive a conflict of interest, or if something you've done or are doing in your spare time means you can't effectively do your job.
I agree that "conflicts of interests" as mentioned above do have a right to be known to employers. However, when does this stop becoming an genuine effort to root out the so-called "stripper teacher," and become an threadbare excuse to fire someone for lack of conformity? Let me illustrate. I am always 110% work appropriate when I am on the job, however in my off hours I wear alot of piercings, I show tattoos, I like to go out and have drinks and hang with friends. There is, with today's digital camera boom, a good chance pictures will be taken of these activities in my off time. Now, if the place I work for is generally church going, khaki and polo button down straight edge family types, they might absolutely abhor my personal life, even though I don't bring it to work. Now the issue becomes, "if one worker doesn't fit the company image in and out of work, cut him loose." Can you see how easy the line between business interest and privacy can get blurred and abused? It feels like a door for socialized work places(sans government). Maybe I make a slightly paranoid case, but self expression is highly important to me; I'd hate to live half a life for fear of losing my job.
I would think that matter would be able to get infinitely close to the speed of light. But not actually on it. Now imagine subatomic particles that grey the line between matter and energy. How hot could that get? Could you measure that in heat still, and would it vibrate in the same way?
Wouldn't an easy resolution for regular virus problems be to lock the OS down for file writing? Alot of the companies I've IT'd for over the years minimalize it by having the users save pertinent data to the usual network drives over some sort of firewalled VPN connection to the company network. In fact the connection is made before login, so the user cannot possibly access anything outside the safeguards...unless she's sleeping with someone in the IT department and has the admin password...not like that's every happened >> But I digress!
Unfortunatly, World of Warcraft has become the "AOL of MMORPG's" in recent years. This package, while intrusive to most of us who know when to recognize a red flag, is most likely born out of honest necessity for the millions of players who barely know how to play, much less patch and repair the game they are paying 15$ a month to play.
There's no way this thing will fit under my desk, along with the Cheetos, Dr. Pepper, Nutter Bars, Moon Pies, Mountain Dew, Reese's Cups, and the lifetime supply of Girl Scout cookies.
"Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex, he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two 'raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here... or here... or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is... you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know... try to show a little respect. "
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At least you can still get dog in your stir fry :)
Professor Guo Quan of China has suddenly disappeared without a trace. Officials are advising his family and friends to forget he ever existed, or else.
see "Femto" and think of the guy from the Berserk manga? Just curious.
Watch out, anonymous Latin grammar nazi police raining from the sky Get your helmets
By this logic, guys with small penii should have trouble using a hammer.
"I thought she was asking for sex, turns out she just wanted directions to the 7-11. Oopsies!"
Parlay? *grins*
Jack Nicholson was once asked in a movie, "How do you write about women so well?" to which he replied "I think of a man. Then I take away reason and accountability." Comics are boys club because boys don't want to read soap opera emo trash. Not that I'm a traitor to my gender, its just that its true. So maybe if this chick can bring those two little spices into the comic, she deserves to write it.
Thanks Max, much appreciated!
I suppose this is true, but I can't imagine even half the world being so open-minded :-) Maybe its the years of black hair dye and fundamentalist Christians? Lol.
I want to quote this first:
If you do something in public in your own time, it can and will affect your employment and is of concern to your employer. No bank wants an employee that's a convicted fraudster. No school wants teachers who are porn stars. No police force wants an ex-con as an officer. The issue isn't whether you conduct these activities in your own time or not, or if the Internet was used. The issue is that you're in a trusted position, and that your employer may have the right to terminate your employment if they perceive a conflict of interest, or if something you've done or are doing in your spare time means you can't effectively do your job.I agree that "conflicts of interests" as mentioned above do have a right to be known to employers. However, when does this stop becoming an genuine effort to root out the so-called "stripper teacher," and become an threadbare excuse to fire someone for lack of conformity? Let me illustrate. I am always 110% work appropriate when I am on the job, however in my off hours I wear alot of piercings, I show tattoos, I like to go out and have drinks and hang with friends. There is, with today's digital camera boom, a good chance pictures will be taken of these activities in my off time. Now, if the place I work for is generally church going, khaki and polo button down straight edge family types, they might absolutely abhor my personal life, even though I don't bring it to work. Now the issue becomes, "if one worker doesn't fit the company image in and out of work, cut him loose." Can you see how easy the line between business interest and privacy can get blurred and abused? It feels like a door for socialized work places(sans government). Maybe I make a slightly paranoid case, but self expression is highly important to me; I'd hate to live half a life for fear of losing my job.
RAWR STAR TREK Tee hee :)
To expound upon that idea:
I would think that matter would be able to get infinitely close to the speed of light. But not actually on it. Now imagine subatomic particles that grey the line between matter and energy. How hot could that get? Could you measure that in heat still, and would it vibrate in the same way?
It's enough thinking to ruin your morning coffee.
Terrible grammatical errors in this. Yes I am the Grammar Nazi.
SG-1 destroyed the last of the Goa'uld.
Wouldn't an easy resolution for regular virus problems be to lock the OS down for file writing? Alot of the companies I've IT'd for over the years minimalize it by having the users save pertinent data to the usual network drives over some sort of firewalled VPN connection to the company network. In fact the connection is made before login, so the user cannot possibly access anything outside the safeguards...unless she's sleeping with someone in the IT department and has the admin password...not like that's every happened >> But I digress!
Unfortunatly, World of Warcraft has become the "AOL of MMORPG's" in recent years. This package, while intrusive to most of us who know when to recognize a red flag, is most likely born out of honest necessity for the millions of players who barely know how to play, much less patch and repair the game they are paying 15$ a month to play.
There's no way this thing will fit under my desk, along with the Cheetos, Dr. Pepper, Nutter Bars, Moon Pies, Mountain Dew, Reese's Cups, and the lifetime supply of Girl Scout cookies.
Why am I overwhelmed with the same sickly disgusting cuteness I felt watching that creepy robotic bear in "A.I"?
"Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex, he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two 'raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here... or here... or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is... you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know... try to show a little respect.
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I think we make a good point here, but obviously we're being modded as trolls :(