Yet another example of why the climate change deniers are just irrelevent. Let them scream, argue, bitch and moan, lie about the " war on coal" like Mitch McConnell (R- retard) does, but in the end, they are nothing.
Things are changing and things as being done - regardless of the Republicans quest to turn this country and World into a hot backwards theocratic shithole.
The process of handing leadership to the world has accelerated, and the deniers are pleased that Science, something that they do not believe in at all, is properly ignored in the administration of their dear leader https://www.vox.com/energy-and... which is as it should be.
The Republican's have found the ultimate loophole. With a vote, or with an election, the entire set of the laws of physics can be nullified.
But to be serious, as American tunnels down this anti-science mineshaft, we are ceding leadership in science, soon engineering, and eventually economically, as we intentionally pave the way for the Chinese yuan to ascend to the world's standard currency.
These things are connected. You don't stay competitive in a global market by ignoring science and technology. You don't continue military superiority if you don't utilize science advances, and the technology that follows hand in hand. And if you have neither, as you slip and slide backwards, another country is all too happy to take your place.
We have taught the new generation of non-US scientists and engineers, and they are returning to their home countries to move into the future, while we hand our money over to a few folks and prepare to enjoy our slipping into second world status.
Anyway, why can we not just lay back and spell the names like they are spelled in the original language? And more important: pronounce it that way?
Is this some of that odd change the subject deflection like what Kellyanne Conway does?
Anyhow, I hear Trump is looking for a new spokesperson. Imagine the fun you can have when some gaddamned news reporter asks about collusion, and you can go off on a rant about name spelling and pronunciation.
do his supporters somehow have a sweet spot for Russians or Russian companies?
Why did Americans turn into McCarthyist, bedwetting cowards when the USSR has been gone for over 25 years?
Who said anything about the old Soviet Union?
Look Boris, if you are going to earn your rubles, you have to make some sense. Threats come from different sources, not just the old CCCP. It isn't like everyone loved us once your old regime fell.
Now do better work comrade, unless you want the videos to come out. Remember that vacation on the Black Sea a few years back? We thought so, now get cracking!
Just out of curiosity, how much do you get paid to spout these lies?
How many rubles does Uncle Putin hand you? Or do you get paid directly in bread and vodka?
Boris has had a bit of difficulty getting people to pay attention to him lately. The quality of their fake news posts has gone down. Perhaps a vacation in the eastern woods will help their postings to get better?
"The SLS will have many uses beyond a Mars trip as well as the station parts."
Name three that can't be done as well or better by the Falcon Heavy or any other heavy rocket.
Look at the lift. A satellite or device that is too large for other rockets favoring the SLS is the obvious one: The difference between one or a few launches versus several. To wit:
SLS - 70,000 to 130,000 kg (150,000 to 290,000 lb) to LEO
Falcon 9 heavy - 63,800 kg (140,700 lb) to LEO
Don't fall for the silly Ford versus Chevy arguments so many people have. Each of those rockets have their place. SLS is a balls to the wall rocket, and the Falcon 9 Heavy is a less expensive option per launch. My guess is that there will be more Falcon 9 Heavy launches simply because the SLS will often be much more rocket than is needed.
Think of the difference between the Saturn 5 and the Saturn 1B rockets. The 5 was an expensive and powerful monster that was way overkill for some of the flights like Skylab, and Apollo/Soyuz projects. So they used the 1B for those others.
You want to use the right rocket for the right job. Sometimes you need the big Percheron horse in the stable, sometimes you need the horse that isn't quite as big, but is more thrifty.
This could be a big nail in the lid of the anti-vax movement.
They're as immune to facts as the anti-evolution movement.
And some times the same.
This is a good place to point out that there is no liberal or conservative bias to anti-vaxxers. They seem to be pretty equally distributed toward the far end of each ideology.
The difference if any is their reason for being idiots.
No, autism is not caused by anything. You are born with it (or well, you even have it before you are born). It's likely genetics, causing the brain to be wired differently (literally).
Yes and no. Embryonic development can be affected by a number of things. Whether or not that leads to a person with what is called autism is not clear.
One thing is for certain. Vaccines do not cause autism. The vaccine/autism connection has been well debunked as a moneymaking scheme, and those people still making the accusation are right up there with flat-earthers and moon landing deniers.
Certainly the common plastic component Bisphenol A has turned out to be a problem. Whether though it's estrogen mimic effects, and perhaps much more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... There is some interesting work that points toward insecticide exposure as well http://www.loe.org/shows/segme... .
Regardless, as they say, more studies are needed. For me? If I was still in family production mode, I'd make certain the wife stays away from pesticides out of caution.
But I suspect that a major component of autism spectrum is genetic, even if some of these chemicals might be involved at times.
Greetings from the spectrum!
Greetings to you as well, citizen! I've worked with and become friends with some folks on the Asperger's portion of the spectrum, and have always been fascinated by what seem to be their "super powers." What are your's if any?
Why do we in the U.S. disallow one but not the other?
Many of the laws were passed before the internet, or they just didn't consider the consequences. What was considered sexist was actually a way to figure out how to get the best person for the job. What it did in many cases was get a person hired for a professional position what refused to take on some of the duties. Travel, overtime and sometimes irregular hours were some things that some of our hires refused to do. It eventually cost them their jobs because the couple people who would do those things were retained when there was a business downturn. And it was not a gender issue, it was that it made no sense to keep a person on staff who refused to do some of the work.
I'm sure the first argument is that it's your own fault for posting publicly, but that would only make sense if you were shouting room the rooftops.
I'm not the one to answer exactly why somoene would post information about themselves that they would not want to get out. My own answer is that I don't - perhaps someone who does would know better. I think that some folks might accidentally fall into it. Certainly I have some over-sharing on Facebook relatives that need an occasional reminder to chillaxe. My own use of FB is that I started participating as a requirement, then decided to share my photography after my relatives and schoolmates and professional acquaintances found me. So I'm not the typical user who might find sharing their life details as a critically important thing.
The employer has to take specific action to view your social profiles. Similarly, if you blurt out, "I'm 37 and married with two kids," in the interview, that's on you. They still can't use that information to discriminate, but potential discrimination is the reason they can't ask themselves.
How is searching for your social profiles any different from asking probing questions?
As noted before, the verboten questions were in place before the internet. But the fact remains that it is possible to find those answers even accidentally. It's possible to find them during the interview process simply by infernal - someone who has an interview late in the day, might demand to be finished at 5:00 p.m. a strong sign of childcare. You might read in the newspaper about a prospect being arrested, and hell yeah, you'll use that knowledge. I get "People you might know" announcements all the time. or might get a comment posted on my home. Could be an interviewee. But seriously, if people haven't learned by now that you shouldn't post anything on social media that you don't want the world to see, I don't know what to say except don't be upset too much at something you did to yourself. And don't really expect too much privacy.
[quote]And being replaced during her time off by wage payroll women, three other women lost their jobs every time she came back.[/quote]
So you mean that your one fecund coworker was doing the work of three other people when she was working? Sounds like she was well worth keeping, then.
No, what happened was that each time she became pregnant, and left work a bit before the child was due, then took a year off, the work she was doing still needed done, so some ladies were hired to do that work while she was away. But she had to get her job back by policy when she wanted to return. So in each case, a woman lost her job every time this woman came back to work. It's one example of the law of unintended consequence. Certainly on the face of it, it makes sense that a woman would be eligible to get her job back. But the unintended consequense is that the other women who would have liked to continue working - lost their job. Its up to us to debate how fair that is or isn't. But it was a little vexing for some, because it couldn't be blamed on male privilege.
People behave like Facebook and Twitter is only read by their family and friends. The EU is acknowledging this behavior. You imply that people are rational. The are not and we in the EU take this illogical and emotional behavior into account. And no disagreement is not a hate crime, as we also have free speech.
No you don't have free speech. Look into the german hate speech laws. You don't have to threaten anyone, you are simply writing forbidden words, and can be arrested and punished for it.
As for your first point, are you saying that Europe must protect the posting freedom of something inherently not private by pretending it is private because stupid people think it is private?
Yeah, it's almost as insane as "corporate personhood."
Those crazy Europeans, trying to restrict the ability of their immortal intangible uber-wealthy corporation citizens to pry into the lives of mere mortals!
Thanks for the non sequitur. Unless you are saying that the American stupidity justifies the European stupidity.
Except they haven't even been developing all the equipment - they've developed a big ass rocket that might get a capsule into orbit. They haven't developed one bolt of the hardware necessary to deorbit, land safely, and get out of the atmosphere back into orbit.
Exactly. They are developing the stuff they know they need, like the rocketry to get the parts to orbit, and habitat stuff like the inflatable add-ons to th space station. There isn't much point in getting too far along with the de-orbit landing and return stuff until they actually have a budget for it. The SLS will have many uses beyond a MArs trip as well as the station parts. All in good time, as long as there is a budget that allows the stuff being built.
Age, Children, Marital status... whether you drink socially or smoke. I think there are a few other questions they're not supposed to ask you before hiring you.
It may not be technically illegal to ask the question but might as well be; you can be sued if you ask those questions and don't give the person a job. As it is legal precedent that denying someone a job after asking those questions breaks other hiring rules. You can't refuse to hire someone on any of those grounds.
Kowing that those questions have a certain importance, I always put that sort of thing right on a resume. Marital status, children, number of years married.Also that I was not averse to travel, and highly focused on job completion. And if I was female, I'd let them know my plans for a family, which they are not allowed to ask. But can be a real plus at hiring time.
I think that not being allowed to ask questions like those make hiring of women much more complex - like the woman at work who was hired, then started popping out babies and taking a year+ off for each one. Over ten years, she only worked around 5 years. And being replaced during her time off by wage payroll women, three other women lost their jobs every time she came back. But nothing could be done, because discrimination.
Had a case of a drive-by shooting where one of the defendants claimed she was not involved with any gang/gang-like activity. Investigator for DA's office found her FB/MySpace account that had pictures of the defendant pointing/handling firearms and wearing gang colors.
People put stupid shit on social media. I am not saying that businesses shouldn't be able to check, just saying that it isn't that weird that people post shit on social media.
People who are likely to be criminals, share a trait called criminal stupidity. So it isn't surprising that they would incriminate themselves. Certainly someone being charged with a crime should expect to be looked at.
It actually makes perfect sense. Would you like to be disqualified from a job for something that you do on your free time that is perfectly legal, and in no way related to your job, but your employer finds objectionable?
As a non-private thing, I don't post anything on social media that I think would be an issue. I'm a biker as well, but aside from photos of my ride, my Social media pages have my photography, which is mostly flowers. And all that is available for the world. It's just that I figure that people are trying to bend th einternet into something that it never was.
Two reasons.
1) For the same reason people find it suspicious if you exercise your 5th Amendment rights... only criminals have something to hide. False, of course, but plenty of people who have never been charged with a crime or had their privacy invaded think it is an easy thing to give up.
Privacy is a funny thing. Because so many people don't understand where it starts and ends. And it doesn't exist on the internet. I don't post anything on line that I wouldn't say in person. So it's all good. Anything I feel is not for sharing is not there.
It was recently revealed that NASA was spending over $2 billion/year on global warming research.
NASA does what it is told to do.
Just because you do not believe in science, does not mean that there are intelligent peopel out there who pay attention to the weather satellites.
Now get off to Ken Hamm's creationism museum, he's having some tough times, and he needs believers to pony up the cash. There's a Noah's Ark museum as well. You'll like it a lot.
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No it isn't. This is a game, and people in Ukraine are being used as pawns.
That's true. Trump supports Putin's Ukraine land grab, hates NATO, and now that the US is being bypassed, NATO is sending a message to dear leader.
Yet another example of why the climate change deniers are just irrelevent. Let them scream, argue, bitch and moan, lie about the " war on coal" like Mitch McConnell (R- retard) does, but in the end, they are nothing.
Things are changing and things as being done - regardless of the Republicans quest to turn this country and World into a hot backwards theocratic shithole.
The process of handing leadership to the world has accelerated, and the deniers are pleased that Science, something that they do not believe in at all, is properly ignored in the administration of their dear leader https://www.vox.com/energy-and... which is as it should be.
The Republican's have found the ultimate loophole. With a vote, or with an election, the entire set of the laws of physics can be nullified.
But to be serious, as American tunnels down this anti-science mineshaft, we are ceding leadership in science, soon engineering, and eventually economically, as we intentionally pave the way for the Chinese yuan to ascend to the world's standard currency.
These things are connected. You don't stay competitive in a global market by ignoring science and technology. You don't continue military superiority if you don't utilize science advances, and the technology that follows hand in hand. And if you have neither, as you slip and slide backwards, another country is all too happy to take your place.
We have taught the new generation of non-US scientists and engineers, and they are returning to their home countries to move into the future, while we hand our money over to a few folks and prepare to enjoy our slipping into second world status.
Anyway, why can we not just lay back and spell the names like they are spelled in the original language? And more important: pronounce it that way?
Is this some of that odd change the subject deflection like what Kellyanne Conway does?
Anyhow, I hear Trump is looking for a new spokesperson. Imagine the fun you can have when some gaddamned news reporter asks about collusion, and you can go off on a rant about name spelling and pronunciation.
Dunno if they pay in rubles yet though.
Why did Americans turn into McCarthyist, bedwetting cowards when the USSR has been gone for over 25 years?
Who said anything about the old Soviet Union?
Look Boris, if you are going to earn your rubles, you have to make some sense. Threats come from different sources, not just the old CCCP. It isn't like everyone loved us once your old regime fell.
Now do better work comrade, unless you want the videos to come out. Remember that vacation on the Black Sea a few years back? We thought so, now get cracking!
Just out of curiosity, how much do you get paid to spout these lies?
How many rubles does Uncle Putin hand you? Or do you get paid directly in bread and vodka?
Boris has had a bit of difficulty getting people to pay attention to him lately. The quality of their fake news posts has gone down. Perhaps a vacation in the eastern woods will help their postings to get better?
Propaganda works by citing a Russian invasion of Crimea that never happened and an election hack that never happened either.
Thank you Boris. You have served the motherland well. Collect your Rubles on the way out the door.
That number seems high to me, but what do I know. (My wife keeps telling me "Jon Snow, you know nothing.")
Won't anyone think of the poor fembots that made up most of what the men chatted with?
"The SLS will have many uses beyond a Mars trip as well as the station parts."
Name three that can't be done as well or better by the Falcon Heavy or any other heavy rocket.
Look at the lift. A satellite or device that is too large for other rockets favoring the SLS is the obvious one: The difference between one or a few launches versus several. To wit:
SLS - 70,000 to 130,000 kg (150,000 to 290,000 lb) to LEO
Falcon 9 heavy - 63,800 kg (140,700 lb) to LEO
Don't fall for the silly Ford versus Chevy arguments so many people have. Each of those rockets have their place. SLS is a balls to the wall rocket, and the Falcon 9 Heavy is a less expensive option per launch. My guess is that there will be more Falcon 9 Heavy launches simply because the SLS will often be much more rocket than is needed.
Think of the difference between the Saturn 5 and the Saturn 1B rockets. The 5 was an expensive and powerful monster that was way overkill for some of the flights like Skylab, and Apollo/Soyuz projects. So they used the 1B for those others.
You want to use the right rocket for the right job. Sometimes you need the big Percheron horse in the stable, sometimes you need the horse that isn't quite as big, but is more thrifty.
This could be a big nail in the lid of the anti-vax movement.
They're as immune to facts as the anti-evolution movement.
And some times the same.
This is a good place to point out that there is no liberal or conservative bias to anti-vaxxers. They seem to be pretty equally distributed toward the far end of each ideology.
The difference if any is their reason for being idiots.
No, autism is not caused by anything. You are born with it (or well, you even have it before you are born). It's likely genetics, causing the brain to be wired differently (literally).
Yes and no. Embryonic development can be affected by a number of things. Whether or not that leads to a person with what is called autism is not clear.
One thing is for certain. Vaccines do not cause autism. The vaccine/autism connection has been well debunked as a moneymaking scheme, and those people still making the accusation are right up there with flat-earthers and moon landing deniers.
Certainly the common plastic component Bisphenol A has turned out to be a problem. Whether though it's estrogen mimic effects, and perhaps much more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... There is some interesting work that points toward insecticide exposure as well http://www.loe.org/shows/segme... .
Regardless, as they say, more studies are needed. For me? If I was still in family production mode, I'd make certain the wife stays away from pesticides out of caution.
But I suspect that a major component of autism spectrum is genetic, even if some of these chemicals might be involved at times.
Greetings from the spectrum!
Greetings to you as well, citizen! I've worked with and become friends with some folks on the Asperger's portion of the spectrum, and have always been fascinated by what seem to be their "super powers." What are your's if any?
Why do we in the U.S. disallow one but not the other?
Many of the laws were passed before the internet, or they just didn't consider the consequences. What was considered sexist was actually a way to figure out how to get the best person for the job. What it did in many cases was get a person hired for a professional position what refused to take on some of the duties. Travel, overtime and sometimes irregular hours were some things that some of our hires refused to do. It eventually cost them their jobs because the couple people who would do those things were retained when there was a business downturn. And it was not a gender issue, it was that it made no sense to keep a person on staff who refused to do some of the work.
I'm sure the first argument is that it's your own fault for posting publicly, but that would only make sense if you were shouting room the rooftops.
I'm not the one to answer exactly why somoene would post information about themselves that they would not want to get out. My own answer is that I don't - perhaps someone who does would know better. I think that some folks might accidentally fall into it. Certainly I have some over-sharing on Facebook relatives that need an occasional reminder to chillaxe. My own use of FB is that I started participating as a requirement, then decided to share my photography after my relatives and schoolmates and professional acquaintances found me. So I'm not the typical user who might find sharing their life details as a critically important thing.
The employer has to take specific action to view your social profiles. Similarly, if you blurt out, "I'm 37 and married with two kids," in the interview, that's on you. They still can't use that information to discriminate, but potential discrimination is the reason they can't ask themselves.
How is searching for your social profiles any different from asking probing questions?
As noted before, the verboten questions were in place before the internet. But the fact remains that it is possible to find those answers even accidentally. It's possible to find them during the interview process simply by infernal - someone who has an interview late in the day, might demand to be finished at 5:00 p.m. a strong sign of childcare. You might read in the newspaper about a prospect being arrested, and hell yeah, you'll use that knowledge. I get "People you might know" announcements all the time. or might get a comment posted on my home. Could be an interviewee. But seriously, if people haven't learned by now that you shouldn't post anything on social media that you don't want the world to see, I don't know what to say except don't be upset too much at something you did to yourself. And don't really expect too much privacy.
[quote]And being replaced during her time off by wage payroll women, three other women lost their jobs every time she came back.[/quote]
So you mean that your one fecund coworker was doing the work of three other people when she was working? Sounds like she was well worth keeping, then.
No, what happened was that each time she became pregnant, and left work a bit before the child was due, then took a year off, the work she was doing still needed done, so some ladies were hired to do that work while she was away. But she had to get her job back by policy when she wanted to return. So in each case, a woman lost her job every time this woman came back to work. It's one example of the law of unintended consequence. Certainly on the face of it, it makes sense that a woman would be eligible to get her job back. But the unintended consequense is that the other women who would have liked to continue working - lost their job. Its up to us to debate how fair that is or isn't. But it was a little vexing for some, because it couldn't be blamed on male privilege.
No idea what you are talking about?
True enough.
'People who are likely to be criminals, share a trait called criminal stupidity. '
Indeed. Like Donald Jr. 'Fredo' Trump, stupid, weak and traitorous.
That's a Roger!
True. I bet most of these so-called "hackers" don't even own an axe!
Or smoke cigarettes.
My facebook posts only my friends see or members of the group in which I post. You must have a weird idea how facebook works.
Perhaps it isn't me with the weird idea how Facebook "works". But hey, it's all perfectly private as long as they tell ya it is, yes no?
People behave like Facebook and Twitter is only read by their family and friends. The EU is acknowledging this behavior. You imply that people are rational. The are not and we in the EU take this illogical and emotional behavior into account. And no disagreement is not a hate crime, as we also have free speech.
No you don't have free speech. Look into the german hate speech laws. You don't have to threaten anyone, you are simply writing forbidden words, and can be arrested and punished for it.
As for your first point, are you saying that Europe must protect the posting freedom of something inherently not private by pretending it is private because stupid people think it is private?
Darn Europe - you weird.
Yeah, it's almost as insane as "corporate personhood."
Those crazy Europeans, trying to restrict the ability of their immortal intangible uber-wealthy corporation citizens to pry into the lives of mere mortals!
Thanks for the non sequitur. Unless you are saying that the American stupidity justifies the European stupidity.
Naahh, its still a non sequitur.
Except they haven't even been developing all the equipment - they've developed a big ass rocket that might get a capsule into orbit. They haven't developed one bolt of the hardware necessary to deorbit, land safely, and get out of the atmosphere back into orbit.
Exactly. They are developing the stuff they know they need, like the rocketry to get the parts to orbit, and habitat stuff like the inflatable add-ons to th space station. There isn't much point in getting too far along with the de-orbit landing and return stuff until they actually have a budget for it. The SLS will have many uses beyond a MArs trip as well as the station parts. All in good time, as long as there is a budget that allows the stuff being built.
Age, Children, Marital status... whether you drink socially or smoke. I think there are a few other questions they're not supposed to ask you before hiring you.
It may not be technically illegal to ask the question but might as well be; you can be sued if you ask those questions and don't give the person a job. As it is legal precedent that denying someone a job after asking those questions breaks other hiring rules. You can't refuse to hire someone on any of those grounds.
Kowing that those questions have a certain importance, I always put that sort of thing right on a resume. Marital status, children, number of years married.Also that I was not averse to travel, and highly focused on job completion. And if I was female, I'd let them know my plans for a family, which they are not allowed to ask. But can be a real plus at hiring time.
I think that not being allowed to ask questions like those make hiring of women much more complex - like the woman at work who was hired, then started popping out babies and taking a year+ off for each one. Over ten years, she only worked around 5 years. And being replaced during her time off by wage payroll women, three other women lost their jobs every time she came back. But nothing could be done, because discrimination.
Wife worked for a county DA's office at one time.
Had a case of a drive-by shooting where one of the defendants claimed she was not involved with any gang/gang-like activity. Investigator for DA's office found her FB/MySpace account that had pictures of the defendant pointing/handling firearms and wearing gang colors.
People put stupid shit on social media. I am not saying that businesses shouldn't be able to check, just saying that it isn't that weird that people post shit on social media.
People who are likely to be criminals, share a trait called criminal stupidity. So it isn't surprising that they would incriminate themselves. Certainly someone being charged with a crime should expect to be looked at.
For me, personally, that won't be an issue because I keep my account on private ...
I use the services of a private investigator to check into the background of potential new hires.
Did you hire another PI to investigate the background of the first private investigator?
It actually makes perfect sense. Would you like to be disqualified from a job for something that you do on your free time that is perfectly legal, and in no way related to your job, but your employer finds objectionable?
As a non-private thing, I don't post anything on social media that I think would be an issue. I'm a biker as well, but aside from photos of my ride, my Social media pages have my photography, which is mostly flowers. And all that is available for the world. It's just that I figure that people are trying to bend th einternet into something that it never was.
Two reasons. 1) For the same reason people find it suspicious if you exercise your 5th Amendment rights... only criminals have something to hide. False, of course, but plenty of people who have never been charged with a crime or had their privacy invaded think it is an easy thing to give up.
Privacy is a funny thing. Because so many people don't understand where it starts and ends. And it doesn't exist on the internet. I don't post anything on line that I wouldn't say in person. So it's all good. Anything I feel is not for sharing is not there.
It was recently revealed that NASA was spending over $2 billion/year on global warming research.
NASA does what it is told to do.
Just because you do not believe in science, does not mean that there are intelligent peopel out there who pay attention to the weather satellites.
Now get off to Ken Hamm's creationism museum, he's having some tough times, and he needs believers to pony up the cash. There's a Noah's Ark museum as well. You'll like it a lot.