Funny...and to comment on 3MI (which you may already know but others might not):
NO RADIATION WAS RELEASED. The safety devices functioned as expected and safed the plant. There was no radiation release outside of the containmnt vessel. The other reactor at the 3MI site is still in functional use today generating nearly 1GWe.
Was it a Bad Thing? Yes. Do we want to do that again? No. Have we learned from it? Yes. Was the public in danger? Yes - from paranoia and media but not from the reactor.
You kind of missed the point with CC transactions though. You have limited liability ($50 or less) should your information be comprimised. So you balance the risk vs. convinience and use your CC online. You DO still have risk just like with posting private pics to myspace. Given the nature of unencrypted pictures, you don't have many options to limit your liability. You still post them, you take the risk.
Oh, they CAN read it. I'd bet you can count on one hand the number of teens who actualy do. Yes it's to cover their corporate asses. But hey, if I was giving services away for free i'd want something to cover my butt from the insanity of the court system and predatory lawyers.
Tell me honestly, do you trust the good of mankind enough to put your reptuation, money, and freedom on the line with no protection?
Ah but see, when you buy a gun you are buying a "thing" with a purposeful use. There's the expectation of merchantability nonsense. Myspace is free so they automatically get some leeway. You can't say you purchased the service with an expectation. The opposite, you were given the service for free in return for agreeing to the TOS.
Can you still argue expectations? Sure. But it's a service. Free. No measurable "harm" has actualy been documented. And a far, far cry from a defective purchased item malfunctioning during use and causing death or direct physical injury.
TOS isn't a get out of jail free card...deliberate actions - especially against the wording or intent of the TOS will get you in trouble. Accidental mistake in programming that's exploited by some hackers? Sue the hackers. Oh wait, you don't want to take the time, money, and resources to track them down so you just aim for the low hanging fruit.
Back to my theme of personal responsibility. Be aware of what you're doing. Any website can potentially get hacked. Heck, Tomshardware got nailed this week...and they ARE techies and hackers! If you're savvy enough to use the 'net then you're smart enough to know it can be hacked. If something's that private and you have no recourse (i.e. CC fraud protection) then you should know not to post it. Period. (assuming you're not a complete moron) Would you post evidence linking you to a murder? Ever? Anywhere?
First off, i loathe lawyers, politicians, copyright and the like. That said, consider this:
That C&D letter is, very likely, a form letter that the law firm created at some point. They put the time and effort into getting it jsut right, vetted it, and now it's their 'fill in the blanks' where they put in a few bits and pieces to customize it but otherwise it's already written. If you want a more specific example (don't flame, it's just an easy one that comes to mind): the MAFIAA and their "settlement" letters. I'd put money on the fact that they change the name, IP address and some minute information but it's otherwise 10ish pages of the same BS every time.
That's a work created by a talented professional (though i'd argue both talented and professional outside of this posting) and just like a news article, etc. would be copyrightable. I can't take that C&D letter and throw my law firm's name on it and re-use it, can I? No./devils
I'm quite sure this is just another 'crying wolf' situation. Either a higher court will dismiss with prejudice, overturn, or it'll get thrown back at the "copyright" holder if they every try to test this. Going further, this might give a bit more power to 'reasonable use'. It's REASONABLE to make legal documents public. I know the first catch Evil Lawfirm (tm) will try is to throw out reasonable use on the basis that xyz website hosting the 'offending document' has banner adds which generate money and therefore enforcement of their copyright to prevent others from earning profit form a work that's not theirs...
Yet another situation where laws (and copyright in particular) have become so complicated, twisted, complex and broad that there is no reasonable answer. WTB sanity check. PST.
Sorry, have to disagree. Your CC and online banking? They have fairly strict methods in place to controll access. Remember maybe...6 or 7 years ago EVERYONE was paranoid about online CC transactions? Companies got smart and encrypted, passworded, and so on.
Those companies decided "hey, i want internet business. I'm going mitigate the risk and accept when my mitigation fails". There still is CC fraud online. banking fraud oline. Your 401k, IRA, and online brokerage account have some very strong protections usually.
As for IMs, emails, and so on: YES. DO NOT send anything you don't want public. There have been many cases where very embarassing things were made public from IM or email.
Why do you think they tell you not to write your PIN down in your wallet? Why don't you carry your car title or deed to your house with you to the mall? Hint: same concept.
"The government's job is to protect the common good, which includes keeping children safe from predators"
Who defines common good? Who defines what level of 'protection' is appropriate or necessary? Sorry, but i disagree with you. It is the job of the *PARENTS* to keep children safe. No one else unless they agree to take the responsibility. i.e. you hire a babysitter, school, or other activities intended specifically for children. Even then, the ultimate responsibility still falls back on the parents. Check out the daycare. Babysitter isn't a pothead?
It's not myspace's fault if their site is mis-used by children. They make a reasonable effort to protect children on their site. There is NO guarantee of ANYTHING (read the 20 page TOS/disclaimer). Just like gun makers aren't responsible for gang shootings, myspace isn't responsible if someone uploads KP.
But see it's myspace's fault for letting all this out...blame them for the KP./sarcasm
In the same way we teach children not to take candy from strangers, parents should teach them to be careful what you put online. Oh, and not to make KP either. Instead of looking for someone to blame (i.e. myspace) just keep your kids from having xes at 12 years old and taking pictures of it. m'kay?
Internet safety classes are a great theory. So is sex ed. Unfortunately sex ed was memorizing a diagram (well 2) that taught little and then they split the rest of the time between scarign everyone with graphic details of every STD you could immagine and making everyone think that dry humping could, somehow, maybe, just slightly possibly get you pregnant or a STD. So yeah, i don't have high hopes for 'internet safety'.
They'll tell kids to be afraid of EVERYTHING online...and 3 minutes into the lesson not a single kid will be paying attention because they'll already know it's paranoia BS. Why? because by the time schools, teachers, and whoever figure out the youngest age kids are online and actually create the class and train teh teachers...younger kids will be using the 'net.
Well personally I look for thanks in my paycheck every 2 weeks and then in december I get stock grants and options then jan/feb a nice bonus check.
The job isn't for everyone and a lot on here enjoy a shell prompt much more than a prompt from your secretary about your next meeting. Mgmt isn't for everyone. That's why there are that many "do-ers" and >. that many managers.
Sales engineer - erm...refer to dilbert. RL might not be so bad but...instead of kissing up to your boss you're kissing up to people who essentially pay your commission checks directly.
Consultant - it's entirely what you make it, but it's generally not an easy or secure life.
You hit the nail on the head. As much as people talk about promoting the 'hard working guys' it's generally utter BS. They want the hard working guys hard at work.
A smart manager hires people who are smarter than he is and then organizes them to do great things. My CEO couldn't sync a blackberry to save his life but he sure hired people who hired people.... who hired people that can.
Meetings? Yes. Big deal, at least there's no dusty hard drives to remove and the catered food is a nice touch.
Stress? Little to no difference. When I was the hands-on guy dealing with a crisis I took it just as personally as I do managing a crisis. If a project is stressful you've probably mis-managed it or are taking a failed project too personally.
Morons? I'm quite sure you'll find them in every tier of business. From the receptionist who deletes all her emails by accident every other week to the CEO who's more interested in using the business to suit his personal financial goals than get things done.
I've gone into management and quite like it. Do I still enjoy playig with techie toys now and then? Sure. Do I like the fact that when one doesn't work *I* don't have to sit on the phone with the vendor's support for 3 hours? You bet.
Going the tech route for more money can be done, but it's not as stable. The hot jobs that are in high demand change rapidly. You can easily paint yourself into a corner and have to take a pay cut to find a new job if you're not careful. Management? Once you have a few years in then it's not as bad.
I'm sorry, but a PHD for entry level management? I'd put that in the 'nifty to have if you already do' part of the chart. MBA? Good for director, AVP, VP...and so on.
Is a degree in business management handy? Yes. Is the ability to lead, organise, motivate and mentor people more useful? Much. Also key is the ability to communicate both upwards and downwards.
There are 100's of books written on this topic. I suggest reading some of those.
As for the choice between promotion within or promotion while changing jobs. In a small and growing company you shoudn't have too much trouble getting promoted assuming you're a good fit for the role. Talk to YOUR manager and discuss. It's possible you're a techy geek (no offense, so am i) and your personality, work ethic, etc. isn't currently suitable for mgmt. It's also possible to learn and change. Your manager should be able to provide some career direction and mentoring.
Oh, and if you're confident you can handle management and have at least some experience? Lie on your resume and job hop for a few years:) You won't be the first.
I'm all for cloning and GMOs. Give me cheaper and tastier food (perhaps even healthier) and i'm all for it. Bonus if you have GM crops that will grow where regular ones might fail and help feed 3rd world etc. How about just making GM cattle that are immune to mad cow so i can buy a nice steak for less than $8-10/pound? Or make florida oranges (just an arbitrary example) more frost resistant so I we don't have "ZOMG FAILED CROPS CHARGE MORE AND NEVER LOWER THE PRICE" nonsense.
Personally I don't fear something just because it's new or different. Maybe i lack that gene (bad pun, sorry).
Yes. You're one of the idiots who thing parents should have no authority what-so-ever. Sorry for name calling but fuck-you-very-much for saying your values should be forced upon every parent and child.
You can live without computers. They, and the 'net, are useful tools. It's not the same thing as food and water. Forcing a parent into a situation to make them deal with a child in the way you thing best is idiocy. I'm not against children having some expectations of privacy and rights, but that won't be in lieu of a parent's ability to...parent.
People like you are the reason 14 year olds have no respect for anyone or any thing nor any fear of consequences.
I'll reply to this and your other similar post in one. First I'm not a childless know-it-all. Hey, i'd send you pictures of my two girls but you might be an internet predator (was a joke, don't get all stupid and go on thinking you can make a valid counterpoint to that).
If you look at parenting as a PROBLEM then I, personally, think you have entirely the wrong approach. You still seem to feel the need to entirely control your children and, since you can't have 100% controll 24/7, just give up. The fact that you and your sister are so different is a poor example to justify your position. There are a million different reasons that might be so. You aren't a better person (or parent) because she had a kid who's dad is gone. Heck, judging her in ways like that is probably a good part of the reason she reached out to someone who made her feel special (druggie daddy) and made the choices she did. You clearly judge a person by their monetary value.
I'll skip the "how parenting should be done" because there's more books on that than i can count. There are plenty of methods that work most of the time. Nothing is 100%. However looking at parenting as a problem and then blaming everyone else for it being hard...is not one of those methods. No wonder your son is pimping himself on myspace. Maybe you should look a the REASON he did it instead of only addressing why he shouldn't have.
Wow. And yeah, since drugs are available in school, from friends, etc. etc. etc. might as well give up on that argument.
In fact, let's just throw up our hands and let the children do anything they want with no limits, responsibility, or guidelines. I mean, they're just going to do it anyway. Right?
If you are a parent, I have to say you're a very bad one. If you're not, don't have kids. We don't need to protect and insulate our kids from the world, we need to educate them and raise them to be aware of what's around them.
I'm sorry, but it sounds like you're saying myspace is a pedophile's community and is nothing more than a venue for dirty old men to look at innocent young girls. It's not.
You're assuming that the.00001% case (which is the only thing that makes the news) is the common occurrance. There are two things that might come of all this 1) nothing 2) myspace gets dumped for another site.
Pre-teens, teens, and early 20's are by FAR the most fickle consumers. One day everyone is buying brand XYZ jeans for $100 a pop...the next day no one wants to be caught dead wearing them. They generally rebel against rules they deem as unnecessary, imappropriate, or just plain "stoopid".
Besides, who exactly is to blame when a 14 year old posts pictures of her in a tiny thong and lacy bra?
Pretty much. The internet is basically guaranteed anonimity unless someone gets a court order for server/ISP logs.
Yes, I can find a fair amount of info about myself online. But *poof* I can get a "new identity" in about 15 minutes of re-registering on all my favorite sites. So can any tech savvy 13 year old. It's great publicity in the "save teh childrenz" mentality we're faced with lately but little more than that.
My other problem - setting up a 18 area. Great. Now pervys know exactly where to go to kiddie hunt. No searching through "old" children who are 19. Problem #2 - there are 18 year olds in high school. There are 17 year olds in college. The more times a legitimate exception to the rule is needed the more obvious how poor it was to begin with. Besides that not every 19 year old that's friends with a 16 year old is a pervert, predator, or even has bad intentions. Given that high school gives you 13 to 18 year olds...that's a 5 year range and completly accepted that they're all grouped together. #3 - no one has addressed the actual problem of making the parents get involved in their kids life and...well..PARENT.
Yes but many many more people DON'T die when getting into a non-flying car accidents.
Immagine if the penalty for running up a curb while putting on your makeup was death? Wow... the wonders we'd do for the gene pool!:) Oh, and sorry to the guy in the other flying car who served as the 'flying curb'. But hey, lrn2dodge, k?
Seriously - just make all flying cars (when we have them, sic) automatic control in any sort of populated area. Automatic controll is far easier when you eliminate the unknowns of other stupid drivers. You can predict what wind will do in the 90% case, the 99% case, the 99.9999...and so on. Figuing out what that caddy up the road will do...depending of someone's 104 year old grandmother, a drunk, a 16 year old joyriding, or a normal driver will do...is far more difficult. Take that out of the equation.
But hey, we "need pilots" for commercial airlines. Nevermind the autopilot they have and use for the 90% case.
Yes, costs go down over time as well but you add significantly to the "available" time frame for something to become commonplace. I wouldn't mind an unlimited definition TV for the heck of it, but it's just the next level of 8-track -> tape -> CD -> HD CD/DAT. Eventually the incremental benefit isn't worth the cost of replacing equipment/infrastructure. At that point, innovation turns elsewhere to address some other aspect and the hardcore critics buy $8000 wires for their speakers:)
Oh, and as for digicams - half the time your increase in MP is to allow for post-shoot cropping and editing. It does amaze me though that people would rather a 12MP ultra-compact digicam than a 6MP one with far superior (and automagic) shutter/apeture/exposure controls and a better sensor to eliminate noise. Instead you get super hi-rez blurs when you take snapshots in anything other than ideal conditions. Ok, let's be honest. Most consumers buy the pretty one that's on sale and base the rest of their decision on what the "educated" sales person tells them.
Impressive, but diminishing returns will relegate this to...well i have no idea what scientific la la la will make use.
"low def" to 480p (huge improvement) 480p -> -> -> 1080i (noticable improvement with proper equipment) 1080i -> wtfpwnedx1000 will be a minor improvement useful only for those with the equipment, a huge screen, etc.
Looking at cost...it scales extremely quickly but i guess the ferrari isn't $995,000 faster than the Scion either.
Though...somewhere around this level of resolution you make a "virtual window" available to apartments with no exterior walls. But hey, if you can afford a 3 bagillion $ TV for a window you can probably get a nicer apartment:)
You're the one who said somolia + laws = prosperous country if i recall...
Laws and regulations are a minimally effective means to prevent something. The penal system (along with various fines, etc.) is moderately effective and enforcing a chosen behavior. The underlying point - threat of retribution is the motivating factor, not an arbitrary decision about a particular behavior.
It goes back to responsibility. If you help SL bank proprietors (or RL banks) responsible for what they do...i bet they woudl do a lot similar to what they do now. Just without a lot of the extra waste and nonsense we have today.
Sorry, but no. It's the equivilant of breaking your (currently) favorite toy or art project or whatnot. You can buy a new one or start painting/building/sculpting another.
I can take a different name, email, and possibly IP address and start over in the game too. Even if you could prevent me from playing again forever... it's still entertainment. So maybe your RL parallel would be closing the club or bar you love to hang out at.
If you really equate losing a virtual character that's there for your entertainment with RL death then your view of "reality" and mine are hugely different. Then again when I was 14 my girlfriend and I breaking up seemed like the end of the world too:)
It would be nice to 'prevent' crime and yes, it's far more cost effective for ANY problem to just never occur.
You assume that laws and regulations prevent crime. They do not. They serve to DEFINE what is a crime. The penal system acts as the deterrant (I won't use the word prevent as...it doesn't). The extention to the problem is that definition varies (sometimes greatly) between towns, counties, states, and countries. Playing backjack on the corner in NYC is defines as a crime. Rape is a crime in committed by the VICTIM where beating and killing the woman is punishment.
Dishonest banking still happens. And, much more so, people and companies use the laws to define exactly what they CAN get away with even if it's still dishonest.
Oh, and Somalia + laws != prosperity. Iraq has laws. I'm *quite* sure those laws say something negative about car bombs. Don't ask me what makes a country prosperous. That's a debate for the ages.
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Funny...and to comment on 3MI (which you may already know but others might not):
NO RADIATION WAS RELEASED. The safety devices functioned as expected and safed the plant. There was no radiation release outside of the containmnt vessel. The other reactor at the 3MI site is still in functional use today generating nearly 1GWe.
Was it a Bad Thing? Yes. Do we want to do that again? No. Have we learned from it? Yes. Was the public in danger? Yes - from paranoia and media but not from the reactor.
You kind of missed the point with CC transactions though. You have limited liability ($50 or less) should your information be comprimised. So you balance the risk vs. convinience and use your CC online. You DO still have risk just like with posting private pics to myspace. Given the nature of unencrypted pictures, you don't have many options to limit your liability. You still post them, you take the risk.
Oh, they CAN read it. I'd bet you can count on one hand the number of teens who actualy do. Yes it's to cover their corporate asses. But hey, if I was giving services away for free i'd want something to cover my butt from the insanity of the court system and predatory lawyers.
Tell me honestly, do you trust the good of mankind enough to put your reptuation, money, and freedom on the line with no protection?
Ah but see, when you buy a gun you are buying a "thing" with a purposeful use. There's the expectation of merchantability nonsense. Myspace is free so they automatically get some leeway. You can't say you purchased the service with an expectation. The opposite, you were given the service for free in return for agreeing to the TOS.
Can you still argue expectations? Sure. But it's a service. Free. No measurable "harm" has actualy been documented. And a far, far cry from a defective purchased item malfunctioning during use and causing death or direct physical injury.
TOS isn't a get out of jail free card...deliberate actions - especially against the wording or intent of the TOS will get you in trouble. Accidental mistake in programming that's exploited by some hackers? Sue the hackers. Oh wait, you don't want to take the time, money, and resources to track them down so you just aim for the low hanging fruit.
Back to my theme of personal responsibility. Be aware of what you're doing. Any website can potentially get hacked. Heck, Tomshardware got nailed this week...and they ARE techies and hackers! If you're savvy enough to use the 'net then you're smart enough to know it can be hacked. If something's that private and you have no recourse (i.e. CC fraud protection) then you should know not to post it. Period. (assuming you're not a complete moron) Would you post evidence linking you to a murder? Ever? Anywhere?
First off, i loathe lawyers, politicians, copyright and the like. That said, consider this:
/devils
That C&D letter is, very likely, a form letter that the law firm created at some point. They put the time and effort into getting it jsut right, vetted it, and now it's their 'fill in the blanks' where they put in a few bits and pieces to customize it but otherwise it's already written. If you want a more specific example (don't flame, it's just an easy one that comes to mind): the MAFIAA and their "settlement" letters. I'd put money on the fact that they change the name, IP address and some minute information but it's otherwise 10ish pages of the same BS every time.
That's a work created by a talented professional (though i'd argue both talented and professional outside of this posting) and just like a news article, etc. would be copyrightable. I can't take that C&D letter and throw my law firm's name on it and re-use it, can I? No.
I'm quite sure this is just another 'crying wolf' situation. Either a higher court will dismiss with prejudice, overturn, or it'll get thrown back at the "copyright" holder if they every try to test this. Going further, this might give a bit more power to 'reasonable use'. It's REASONABLE to make legal documents public. I know the first catch Evil Lawfirm (tm) will try is to throw out reasonable use on the basis that xyz website hosting the 'offending document' has banner adds which generate money and therefore enforcement of their copyright to prevent others from earning profit form a work that's not theirs...
Yet another situation where laws (and copyright in particular) have become so complicated, twisted, complex and broad that there is no reasonable answer. WTB sanity check. PST.
Sorry, have to disagree. Your CC and online banking? They have fairly strict methods in place to controll access. Remember maybe...6 or 7 years ago EVERYONE was paranoid about online CC transactions? Companies got smart and encrypted, passworded, and so on.
Those companies decided "hey, i want internet business. I'm going mitigate the risk and accept when my mitigation fails". There still is CC fraud online. banking fraud oline. Your 401k, IRA, and online brokerage account have some very strong protections usually.
As for IMs, emails, and so on: YES. DO NOT send anything you don't want public. There have been many cases where very embarassing things were made public from IM or email.
Why do you think they tell you not to write your PIN down in your wallet? Why don't you carry your car title or deed to your house with you to the mall? Hint: same concept.
"The government's job is to protect the common good, which includes keeping children safe from predators"
Who defines common good? Who defines what level of 'protection' is appropriate or necessary? Sorry, but i disagree with you. It is the job of the *PARENTS* to keep children safe. No one else unless they agree to take the responsibility. i.e. you hire a babysitter, school, or other activities intended specifically for children. Even then, the ultimate responsibility still falls back on the parents. Check out the daycare. Babysitter isn't a pothead?
It's not myspace's fault if their site is mis-used by children. They make a reasonable effort to protect children on their site. There is NO guarantee of ANYTHING (read the 20 page TOS/disclaimer). Just like gun makers aren't responsible for gang shootings, myspace isn't responsible if someone uploads KP.
But see it's myspace's fault for letting all this out...blame them for the KP. /sarcasm
In the same way we teach children not to take candy from strangers, parents should teach them to be careful what you put online. Oh, and not to make KP either. Instead of looking for someone to blame (i.e. myspace) just keep your kids from having xes at 12 years old and taking pictures of it. m'kay?
Internet safety classes are a great theory. So is sex ed. Unfortunately sex ed was memorizing a diagram (well 2) that taught little and then they split the rest of the time between scarign everyone with graphic details of every STD you could immagine and making everyone think that dry humping could, somehow, maybe, just slightly possibly get you pregnant or a STD. So yeah, i don't have high hopes for 'internet safety'.
They'll tell kids to be afraid of EVERYTHING online...and 3 minutes into the lesson not a single kid will be paying attention because they'll already know it's paranoia BS. Why? because by the time schools, teachers, and whoever figure out the youngest age kids are online and actually create the class and train teh teachers...younger kids will be using the 'net.
Yes but marketshare in consoles goes Wii > 360 > PS3 so MS did something right after all.
The interesting part will be how much sony charges MS to license BD for the 360.
Well personally I look for thanks in my paycheck every 2 weeks and then in december I get stock grants and options then jan/feb a nice bonus check.
The job isn't for everyone and a lot on here enjoy a shell prompt much more than a prompt from your secretary about your next meeting. Mgmt isn't for everyone. That's why there are that many "do-ers" and >. that many managers.
Sales engineer - erm...refer to dilbert. RL might not be so bad but...instead of kissing up to your boss you're kissing up to people who essentially pay your commission checks directly.
Consultant - it's entirely what you make it, but it's generally not an easy or secure life.
Field Engineer - techie who commutes more.
Technical marketing...marketing. Uhm, yeah.
Mgmt isn't for the masses.
You hit the nail on the head. As much as people talk about promoting the 'hard working guys' it's generally utter BS. They want the hard working guys hard at work.
.... who hired people that can.
A smart manager hires people who are smarter than he is and then organizes them to do great things. My CEO couldn't sync a blackberry to save his life but he sure hired people who hired people
Meetings? Yes. Big deal, at least there's no dusty hard drives to remove and the catered food is a nice touch.
Stress? Little to no difference. When I was the hands-on guy dealing with a crisis I took it just as personally as I do managing a crisis. If a project is stressful you've probably mis-managed it or are taking a failed project too personally.
Morons? I'm quite sure you'll find them in every tier of business. From the receptionist who deletes all her emails by accident every other week to the CEO who's more interested in using the business to suit his personal financial goals than get things done.
I've gone into management and quite like it. Do I still enjoy playig with techie toys now and then? Sure. Do I like the fact that when one doesn't work *I* don't have to sit on the phone with the vendor's support for 3 hours? You bet.
Going the tech route for more money can be done, but it's not as stable. The hot jobs that are in high demand change rapidly. You can easily paint yourself into a corner and have to take a pay cut to find a new job if you're not careful. Management? Once you have a few years in then it's not as bad.
I'm sorry, but a PHD for entry level management? I'd put that in the 'nifty to have if you already do' part of the chart. MBA? Good for director, AVP, VP...and so on.
:) You won't be the first.
Is a degree in business management handy? Yes. Is the ability to lead, organise, motivate and mentor people more useful? Much. Also key is the ability to communicate both upwards and downwards.
There are 100's of books written on this topic. I suggest reading some of those.
As for the choice between promotion within or promotion while changing jobs. In a small and growing company you shoudn't have too much trouble getting promoted assuming you're a good fit for the role. Talk to YOUR manager and discuss. It's possible you're a techy geek (no offense, so am i) and your personality, work ethic, etc. isn't currently suitable for mgmt. It's also possible to learn and change. Your manager should be able to provide some career direction and mentoring.
Oh, and if you're confident you can handle management and have at least some experience? Lie on your resume and job hop for a few years
I'm all for cloning and GMOs. Give me cheaper and tastier food (perhaps even healthier) and i'm all for it. Bonus if you have GM crops that will grow where regular ones might fail and help feed 3rd world etc. How about just making GM cattle that are immune to mad cow so i can buy a nice steak for less than $8-10/pound? Or make florida oranges (just an arbitrary example) more frost resistant so I we don't have "ZOMG FAILED CROPS CHARGE MORE AND NEVER LOWER THE PRICE" nonsense.
Personally I don't fear something just because it's new or different. Maybe i lack that gene (bad pun, sorry).
Yes. You're one of the idiots who thing parents should have no authority what-so-ever. Sorry for name calling but fuck-you-very-much for saying your values should be forced upon every parent and child.
You can live without computers. They, and the 'net, are useful tools. It's not the same thing as food and water. Forcing a parent into a situation to make them deal with a child in the way you thing best is idiocy. I'm not against children having some expectations of privacy and rights, but that won't be in lieu of a parent's ability to...parent.
People like you are the reason 14 year olds have no respect for anyone or any thing nor any fear of consequences.
I'll reply to this and your other similar post in one. First I'm not a childless know-it-all. Hey, i'd send you pictures of my two girls but you might be an internet predator (was a joke, don't get all stupid and go on thinking you can make a valid counterpoint to that).
If you look at parenting as a PROBLEM then I, personally, think you have entirely the wrong approach. You still seem to feel the need to entirely control your children and, since you can't have 100% controll 24/7, just give up. The fact that you and your sister are so different is a poor example to justify your position. There are a million different reasons that might be so. You aren't a better person (or parent) because she had a kid who's dad is gone. Heck, judging her in ways like that is probably a good part of the reason she reached out to someone who made her feel special (druggie daddy) and made the choices she did. You clearly judge a person by their monetary value.
I'll skip the "how parenting should be done" because there's more books on that than i can count. There are plenty of methods that work most of the time. Nothing is 100%. However looking at parenting as a problem and then blaming everyone else for it being hard...is not one of those methods. No wonder your son is pimping himself on myspace. Maybe you should look a the REASON he did it instead of only addressing why he shouldn't have.
Wow. And yeah, since drugs are available in school, from friends, etc. etc. etc. might as well give up on that argument.
In fact, let's just throw up our hands and let the children do anything they want with no limits, responsibility, or guidelines. I mean, they're just going to do it anyway. Right?
If you are a parent, I have to say you're a very bad one. If you're not, don't have kids. We don't need to protect and insulate our kids from the world, we need to educate them and raise them to be aware of what's around them.
I'm sorry, but it sounds like you're saying myspace is a pedophile's community and is nothing more than a venue for dirty old men to look at innocent young girls. It's not.
.00001% case (which is the only thing that makes the news) is the common occurrance. There are two things that might come of all this 1) nothing 2) myspace gets dumped for another site.
You're assuming that the
Pre-teens, teens, and early 20's are by FAR the most fickle consumers. One day everyone is buying brand XYZ jeans for $100 a pop...the next day no one wants to be caught dead wearing them. They generally rebel against rules they deem as unnecessary, imappropriate, or just plain "stoopid".
Besides, who exactly is to blame when a 14 year old posts pictures of her in a tiny thong and lacy bra?
Pretty much. The internet is basically guaranteed anonimity unless someone gets a court order for server/ISP logs.
Yes, I can find a fair amount of info about myself online. But *poof* I can get a "new identity" in about 15 minutes of re-registering on all my favorite sites. So can any tech savvy 13 year old. It's great publicity in the "save teh childrenz" mentality we're faced with lately but little more than that.
My other problem - setting up a 18 area. Great. Now pervys know exactly where to go to kiddie hunt. No searching through "old" children who are 19. Problem #2 - there are 18 year olds in high school. There are 17 year olds in college. The more times a legitimate exception to the rule is needed the more obvious how poor it was to begin with. Besides that not every 19 year old that's friends with a 16 year old is a pervert, predator, or even has bad intentions. Given that high school gives you 13 to 18 year olds...that's a 5 year range and completly accepted that they're all grouped together. #3 - no one has addressed the actual problem of making the parents get involved in their kids life and...well..PARENT.
Yes but many many more people DON'T die when getting into a non-flying car accidents.
... the wonders we'd do for the gene pool! :) Oh, and sorry to the guy in the other flying car who served as the 'flying curb'. But hey, lrn2dodge, k?
Immagine if the penalty for running up a curb while putting on your makeup was death? Wow
Seriously - just make all flying cars (when we have them, sic) automatic control in any sort of populated area. Automatic controll is far easier when you eliminate the unknowns of other stupid drivers. You can predict what wind will do in the 90% case, the 99% case, the 99.9999...and so on. Figuing out what that caddy up the road will do...depending of someone's 104 year old grandmother, a drunk, a 16 year old joyriding, or a normal driver will do...is far more difficult. Take that out of the equation.
But hey, we "need pilots" for commercial airlines. Nevermind the autopilot they have and use for the 90% case.
Yes, costs go down over time as well but you add significantly to the "available" time frame for something to become commonplace. I wouldn't mind an unlimited definition TV for the heck of it, but it's just the next level of 8-track -> tape -> CD -> HD CD/DAT. Eventually the incremental benefit isn't worth the cost of replacing equipment/infrastructure. At that point, innovation turns elsewhere to address some other aspect and the hardcore critics buy $8000 wires for their speakers :)
Oh, and as for digicams - half the time your increase in MP is to allow for post-shoot cropping and editing. It does amaze me though that people would rather a 12MP ultra-compact digicam than a 6MP one with far superior (and automagic) shutter/apeture/exposure controls and a better sensor to eliminate noise. Instead you get super hi-rez blurs when you take snapshots in anything other than ideal conditions. Ok, let's be honest. Most consumers buy the pretty one that's on sale and base the rest of their decision on what the "educated" sales person tells them.
Impressive, but diminishing returns will relegate this to...well i have no idea what scientific la la la will make use.
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"low def" to 480p (huge improvement)
480p -> -> -> 1080i (noticable improvement with proper equipment)
1080i -> wtfpwnedx1000 will be a minor improvement useful only for those with the equipment, a huge screen, etc.
Looking at cost...it scales extremely quickly but i guess the ferrari isn't $995,000 faster than the Scion either.
Though...somewhere around this level of resolution you make a "virtual window" available to apartments with no exterior walls. But hey, if you can afford a 3 bagillion $ TV for a window you can probably get a nicer apartment
You're the one who said somolia + laws = prosperous country if i recall...
Laws and regulations are a minimally effective means to prevent something. The penal system (along with various fines, etc.) is moderately effective and enforcing a chosen behavior. The underlying point - threat of retribution is the motivating factor, not an arbitrary decision about a particular behavior.
It goes back to responsibility. If you help SL bank proprietors (or RL banks) responsible for what they do...i bet they woudl do a lot similar to what they do now. Just without a lot of the extra waste and nonsense we have today.
Sorry, but no. It's the equivilant of breaking your (currently) favorite toy or art project or whatnot. You can buy a new one or start painting/building/sculpting another.
... it's still entertainment. So maybe your RL parallel would be closing the club or bar you love to hang out at.
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I can take a different name, email, and possibly IP address and start over in the game too. Even if you could prevent me from playing again forever
If you really equate losing a virtual character that's there for your entertainment with RL death then your view of "reality" and mine are hugely different. Then again when I was 14 my girlfriend and I breaking up seemed like the end of the world too
It would be nice to 'prevent' crime and yes, it's far more cost effective for ANY problem to just never occur.
You assume that laws and regulations prevent crime. They do not. They serve to DEFINE what is a crime. The penal system acts as the deterrant (I won't use the word prevent as...it doesn't). The extention to the problem is that definition varies (sometimes greatly) between towns, counties, states, and countries. Playing backjack on the corner in NYC is defines as a crime. Rape is a crime in committed by the VICTIM where beating and killing the woman is punishment.
Dishonest banking still happens. And, much more so, people and companies use the laws to define exactly what they CAN get away with even if it's still dishonest.
Oh, and Somalia + laws != prosperity. Iraq has laws. I'm *quite* sure those laws say something negative about car bombs. Don't ask me what makes a country prosperous. That's a debate for the ages.