telecommuting worked well for me because I had a nice, comfortable dedicated office set up in my house, my computer equipment there was better than what I had at the office in that job, my home office was at the end of the hall and the hall had a door of its own, and my wife kept the kids out of there during the work day.
I had to bold that last bit because as yet there is no "mile-high flaming letters" tag.
Does your wife stay at home to wrangle the kids full-time?
Working from home is only productive, long-term, for persons of a certain personality type. I'm not going to flat-out say "and that type is usually described by a word beginning with "A", ending in "S", and with "SPERGER" in the middle, but for most OTHER people telecommuting just doesn't work as anything other than a short-term option.
Other than watercooler chat about "that swimmer kid", this has to be the least watched Olympics ever. China got the big FAIL on this one.
China's reaming the opposition in just about every event it's contesting (look at the medal tallies), and logistically everything is running like clockwork (for an example of how to totally fuck up the running of an Olympic Games, look at what happened the last time the USA was allowed to host).
If Americans aren't watching, one might be tempted to suggest that they're just sore losers.
Call me paranoid, but I'm instinctively suspicious when the guy who unexpectedly ends up dead and thus isn't around to defend himself is revealed by the government to be TEH GENIUS CRIMINAL MASTERMIND!!!1.
If I had to nominate something as a candidate for "most accurately-kept ancient text" I'd probably go for something like G. Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, which are so well-known that they are a standard text in first-year Latin classes, but that's probably a reflection of my own areas of familiarity.
Do Americans still have first-year Latin classes? I guess it's probably been superseded by "cheerleading" or something like that.
That wasn't a book review, that was a summary of a book. There was nothing in that text to tell me whether or not it is a GOOD book, which is the whole point of a review.
This whole experience has shown me the benefits of a union
I've been in a situation similar to yours, and instead of pointing me towards union membership it pointed me towards only working for companies and people whom I respect and by whom I feel respected.
Yes, but the moment that happens they can deport you, instantly, no questions asked, and interrogate you somewhere else. Somewhere without pesky Bills of Rights.
1. Rocket Ship Galileo, 1947
2. Space Cadet, 1948
3. Red Planet, 1949
4. Farmer in the Sky, 1950
5. Between Planets, 1951
6. The Rolling Stones aka Space Family Stone, 1952
7. Starman Jones, 1953
8. The Star Beast, 1954
9. Tunnel in the Sky, 1955
10. Time for the Stars, 1956
11. Citizen of the Galaxy, 1957
12. Have Space Suit--Will Travel, 1958
Every year I buy my son one Heinlein Juvenile for his birthday. He just turned three, and he has Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, and Red Planet on his bookshelf.
I'm assuming that the dangerous kind of terrorist or spy will have had enough training to know that ticking the 'No' box is the best way to continue about their business...
Because the moment the Feds find evidence that you lied when you ticked "no", you are in the country illegally.
*I* know that, and *you* know that, but Joe and Jane User out there don't know that. And that's why the situation gives Microsoft a continuing reason to exist.
What a great idea! The guy who lied to the United Nations, the guy who covered up the My Lai massacre, the guy who led the USA into the Iraq fiasco... as a VP!
One of the few reasons left for them to exist is that people have money invested in software, and they don't want to have to buy new software
I'd restate it as "One of the few reasons left for them to exist is that people have money invested in data locked up in proprietary Microsoft filetypes". I don't care that I have lots of.xls files on my hard disk - I care that I have tax returns and invoices on my hard disk. If Excel ever goes away, so does easy access to my data.
I'm confused. Is this new decentralised online digital five-nines 256-symmetric multimedia Al Qaeda the same bunch of guys who are starving, cut off from support, and cowering in fear for their lives in caves?
So let me get this straight: Individual citizens armed with handguns and rifles and shotguns are going to go up against government forces, who have artillery, cruise missiles, and attack helicopters?
No handgun is going to stop an attack helicopter. But I think you'll find it's pretty effective against the 2-year-old daughter of the guy whose job it is to put gas in the tank of the attack helicopter. Kill enough babies and wives and parents of ground crew, and gassed-up helicopters will be pretty hard to find.
What, you thought guerilla warfare against your own government was going to be polite?
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telecommuting worked well for me because I had a nice, comfortable dedicated office set up in my house, my computer equipment there was better than what I had at the office in that job, my home office was at the end of the hall and the hall had a door of its own, and my wife kept the kids out of there during the work day.
I had to bold that last bit because as yet there is no "mile-high flaming letters" tag.
Does your wife stay at home to wrangle the kids full-time?
Working from home is only productive, long-term, for persons of a certain personality type. I'm not going to flat-out say "and that type is usually described by a word beginning with "A", ending in "S", and with "SPERGER" in the middle, but for most OTHER people telecommuting just doesn't work as anything other than a short-term option.
Other than watercooler chat about "that swimmer kid", this has to be the least watched Olympics ever. China got the big FAIL on this one.
China's reaming the opposition in just about every event it's contesting (look at the medal tallies), and logistically everything is running like clockwork (for an example of how to totally fuck up the running of an Olympic Games, look at what happened the last time the USA was allowed to host).
If Americans aren't watching, one might be tempted to suggest that they're just sore losers.
Twilight Princess, Clive Barker's Undying, etc etc...
Not exactly a new concept.
Call me paranoid, but I'm instinctively suspicious when the guy who unexpectedly ends up dead and thus isn't around to defend himself is revealed by the government to be TEH GENIUS CRIMINAL MASTERMIND!!!1.
This is how the Commander-in-Chief behaves in front of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ_YhM4OGkU
Indiana Jones and the Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
AFAIC, if it involves judges, it isn't a sport.
By that criterion much of the modern Olympics isn't sport.
*rimshot*
And then you realize that -oops- the bible is also the most accurately kept book of all times.
Wrong.
you'd have to admit that there are lines found on parchment dating back a millenium before christ (the dead sea scrolls)
Wrong.
that appear verbatim in the currently accepted bible
Wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls
If I had to nominate something as a candidate for "most accurately-kept ancient text" I'd probably go for something like G. Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, which are so well-known that they are a standard text in first-year Latin classes, but that's probably a reflection of my own areas of familiarity.
Do Americans still have first-year Latin classes? I guess it's probably been superseded by "cheerleading" or something like that.
That wasn't a book review, that was a summary of a book. There was nothing in that text to tell me whether or not it is a GOOD book, which is the whole point of a review.
Mac Pro: are you fucking insane? I don't need that much power
Please hand in your Man Card at the door on the way out.
This whole experience has shown me the benefits of a union
I've been in a situation similar to yours, and instead of pointing me towards union membership it pointed me towards only working for companies and people whom I respect and by whom I feel respected.
Yes, but the moment that happens they can deport you, instantly, no questions asked, and interrogate you somewhere else. Somewhere without pesky Bills of Rights.
The Heinlein Juveniles:
1. Rocket Ship Galileo, 1947
2. Space Cadet, 1948
3. Red Planet, 1949
4. Farmer in the Sky, 1950
5. Between Planets, 1951
6. The Rolling Stones aka Space Family Stone, 1952
7. Starman Jones, 1953
8. The Star Beast, 1954
9. Tunnel in the Sky, 1955
10. Time for the Stars, 1956
11. Citizen of the Galaxy, 1957
12. Have Space Suit--Will Travel, 1958
More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinlein_juveniles
Every year I buy my son one Heinlein Juvenile for his birthday. He just turned three, and he has Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, and Red Planet on his bookshelf.
Orson Scott Card has Ender's Game (and several more in that series). These are definately classic.
I have a young son, and I'd rather torture him with a cattleprod than let him read that shit.
I'm assuming that the dangerous kind of terrorist or spy will have had enough training to know that ticking the 'No' box is the best way to continue about their business...
Because the moment the Feds find evidence that you lied when you ticked "no", you are in the country illegally.
*I* know that, and *you* know that, but Joe and Jane User out there don't know that. And that's why the situation gives Microsoft a continuing reason to exist.
What a great idea! The guy who lied to the United Nations, the guy who covered up the My Lai massacre, the guy who led the USA into the Iraq fiasco... as a VP!
whatcouldpossiblygowrong
One of the few reasons left for them to exist is that people have money invested in software, and they don't want to have to buy new software
I'd restate it as "One of the few reasons left for them to exist is that people have money invested in data locked up in proprietary Microsoft filetypes". I don't care that I have lots of .xls files on my hard disk - I care that I have tax returns and invoices on my hard disk. If Excel ever goes away, so does easy access to my data.
I'm confused. Is this new decentralised online digital five-nines 256-symmetric multimedia Al Qaeda the same bunch of guys who are starving, cut off from support, and cowering in fear for their lives in caves?
Just wondering.
Awesome, now terrorists won't need to hijack airplanes. All they have to do is hijack the means of controlling the killswitches.
The way the EU is acting recently, it's becoming less like a democratic organisation, and more like a giant, unaccountable fascist beaurocracy.
Oh come on, I think if you actually compare the EU with the USA you'll find there are lots of differences.
So let me get this straight: Individual citizens armed with handguns and rifles and shotguns are going to go up against government forces, who have artillery, cruise missiles, and attack helicopters?
No handgun is going to stop an attack helicopter. But I think you'll find it's pretty effective against the 2-year-old daughter of the guy whose job it is to put gas in the tank of the attack helicopter. Kill enough babies and wives and parents of ground crew, and gassed-up helicopters will be pretty hard to find.
What, you thought guerilla warfare against your own government was going to be polite?
Well, that criterion rules out 99% of the projects I've ever worked on then.