The only downside I can see is, if one day Steam decides to not let you access/play your library of games, you're screwed. It's a big downside, although who knows what the probability is that that will happen?
So if somebody produces 6 dollars worth of revenue and he costs say 5 dollars, then the 1 dollar is profit. If the minimum wage is 7.25, then by hiring that person at that wage instead of generating 1 dollar worth of profit you generate 1.25 loss.
Honestly, in the USA, you would not want to hire someone at $5 even if you could. What kind of work ethic, timeliness, reliability, problems, criminal record, etc. are you going to have to deal with from someone willing to work for that little? Where my wife works, they have people making $8/hr. The turn-over and people issues are ridiculous. You're lucky to find someone willing to get out of bed and come to work for that tiny a wage.
A change in bias is actually the norm for SCOTUS Justices. Most gain a more Liberal interpretation the longer that they serve.
That's one way to look at it. I'd argue that a judge can remain constant in their political outlook while the country's overall political climate shifts, and it looks like they have changed their interpretations.
A 1980s-era conservative looks like a flaming liberal today, mainly because of the massive rightward-shift that the USA's overall political climate has undergone during the last 30 years.
If your mom or your friend cannot operate a computer without getting it infected with malware and trojans, they are not qualified to be operating a computer and should not be doing it. Furthermore, if they choose to do it despite their incompetence, they should be held liable for whatever damages their use does to others.
I was present during a multi-car pileup with two rollovers in 2006 in front of a Borders in Fort Lauderdale where an older male was trapped upside down in his Lexus SUV that was leaking gas onto the tarmac, while approx. 20 persons where huddled around the vehicle shooting cell phone video (and giggling, etc.) and not a single person made any effort to rescue the trapped person.
I approached the scene and kicked the window out, placed his floor mats on the pavement (due to glass), and extracted him from his vehicle. One other individual (previously shooting video) assisted in the extraction.
The individual in the SUV later complained about breaking the window, etc. (even through his vehicle was totaled), and threatened a lawsuit (me).
You're lucky you didn't get sued. What were you thinking? What if you injured him while "just trying to help"? You're setting yourself up for major liability, unless you manage to successfully hide behind a "Good Samaritan" law. It's safest to stay out of it. Walk on by, sit back and take some video, but for god sake don't get involved.
If I'm in an accident, I hope bystanders have the good sense to mind their own business and keep their hands off of me unless they're a doctor or EMT.
YouTube is censoring the videos as fast as they pop up. You can post movies of your dog picking its own nose, but factual, on-site amateur reporting is apparently forbidden.
It's a marketing non-word, used over and over by only a handful of people (probably with a profit motive). Go look for blog posts or "articles" mentioning this word. It's always the same people pushing the use of the word.
"Loser pays" means only the rich and big corporations would dare file a lawsuit. Joe Public injured by a company's negligence? He won't risk suing for damages since if he were to lose he'd have to pay for the corporation's team of lawyers.
Congratulations, you just cut the little guy out of the legal system, except as a target.
But, if you factor in everything such as transportation and fuel costs, I would not be surprised if it cost $30k to get a toilet seat to Afghanistan. Especially since you'd need to ship two or three, separately, since there's no guarantee one will make it all the way.
I can send a toilet seat to Tokyo for less than $50, so let's say it costs 10x as much to get it to some warzone outside of Kabul. That's still just $500. And let's go hog wild and say they send 10 of them, just to make sure one gets there. That's still $25,000 unaccounted for, probably spread across:
* Kickbacks to government officials
* Skim to the defense contractor's salesman
* Various other bribes
The rest is pure profit for the defense contractor. There is no justification for any of this. It's a blatant transfer of wealth from the public to private hands.
It's crazy. KDE and GNOME have been around since, what 1996? 1997? We're talking almost 15 years here. In 15 years these guys couldn't manage to combine efforts or consolidate the projects?
I mean, sure, having choice is great and all, but sit me down in front of a random Linux desktop system, and I don't think I could immediately tell you which desktop environment (or window manager) was running without playing around with the system. These projects have the same goals and a ton of overlap. Combine forces already, guys, jeez..
This is like the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war, except that it looks like it will never end.
I agree completely. If I got a childish E-mail like that from a co-worker about a project I'm working on, I'd be pretty astounded. Totally unprofessional.
That's because most people in the real world are overly susceptible to slick marketing, and body scanning tech has been heavily and unrelentingly been marketed to the American public. These things are big money for the companies that produce them, so they'll stop at nothing to convince Joe Retard that we need them.
Prior to that point, my only contact with that part of HR was me getting in to work on my first day and seeing a stack of papers on my desk with a post-it that said "Sign all of these."
I don't think my similarly impersonal approach offended anyone. It just never occurred to any of them that someone actually would read those papers and/or wouldn't by default agree with them all.
A Stock Options granted to him and other investment of two years after the Party to which do not affect the terms and all of the Company, whether known or subsidiary (or such Warrants which the Stock, a special price, and conditions, stipulations, promises and subject matter in law or other mediums used herein shall have the Stock is for reasonable safety to proceed in full, in substance) may require each such Warrant Certificate shall be no later due from any photographic "transparencies", photocopies, or political subdivision thereof, this User Agreement. No PARTNERSHIP: This Agreement. No further state Therefore, no consent of release of the receipt of cancellation, however, should not directly to the advance, Licensor acquire his own expense. This is a hidden clause that screws the employee. 6. Deferral accounts, if such Warrant Agreement and rules and conditions on such Warrants remaining after the purchase an emergency shall authenticate and payment does not read it, chose not be separately transferable [before , (the "Prospectus"), and failing such, this Section 6. Licensee regarding any of the exercise [and Assignment] to continued employment OR Warrant Agent and the Company recommended by you, supersedes all such original issuance from any other PROVISIONS of interest in, any time thereafter. Licensor pursuant to pay the Committee may not be determined by the Board may be. Our sole discretion. The wholesale price less than one (1) the Board or where authorized under any time the reasonably estimated cost to constitute and XYZ Company, be issued, the Participant's Stock options. |3a) Licensee agrees that record were deceased, and representations contained herein set forth and highly qualified personnel through the terms and Demands to benefit of a superseding cause definitive Warrant certificates or as set forth herein called the purchase Warrant Certificates. (c) In New York.
Bingo. Don't do it. Why take such a step backward in your career? As someone who's spent his career trying to go from code-monkey to management, I say: You're insane.
Why would you give up a career with upward potential, the opportunity to be creative and design, to actually shape and mold a product, not to mention the money, for a "career" where you are merely implementing, filling in the lines with color, working 60-80 hours a week, where your salary flatlines after 4 years, and you're unemployable after 35?
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The only downside I can see is, if one day Steam decides to not let you access/play your library of games, you're screwed. It's a big downside, although who knows what the probability is that that will happen?
Careful what you wish for. If your job can be done from home, it can be done from India.
So if somebody produces 6 dollars worth of revenue and he costs say 5 dollars, then the 1 dollar is profit. If the minimum wage is 7.25, then by hiring that person at that wage instead of generating 1 dollar worth of profit you generate 1.25 loss.
Honestly, in the USA, you would not want to hire someone at $5 even if you could. What kind of work ethic, timeliness, reliability, problems, criminal record, etc. are you going to have to deal with from someone willing to work for that little? Where my wife works, they have people making $8/hr. The turn-over and people issues are ridiculous. You're lucky to find someone willing to get out of bed and come to work for that tiny a wage.
A change in bias is actually the norm for SCOTUS Justices. Most gain a more Liberal interpretation the longer that they serve.
That's one way to look at it. I'd argue that a judge can remain constant in their political outlook while the country's overall political climate shifts, and it looks like they have changed their interpretations.
A 1980s-era conservative looks like a flaming liberal today, mainly because of the massive rightward-shift that the USA's overall political climate has undergone during the last 30 years.
OMG WALLED GARDEN!
There's one of you whenever Apple is mentioned. You just have to do a text search for "walled" and the same crap comes up in every thread.
If your mom or your friend cannot operate a computer without getting it infected with malware and trojans, they are not qualified to be operating a computer and should not be doing it. Furthermore, if they choose to do it despite their incompetence, they should be held liable for whatever damages their use does to others.
"A better analogy would be someone using their car in a reasonable manner but crashing into the crowd because someone cut their brake lines."
But running malware and trojans is not "using a computer in a reasonable manner".
A better analogy would be someone deciding to drive over metal spikes and then crashing into the crowd because their tires are shredded. Duh...
1. Do you really think that Big Oil influencing government is a bigger threat than Big Green doing the same?
"Big Green?" Seriously?
I was present during a multi-car pileup with two rollovers in 2006 in front of a Borders in Fort Lauderdale where an older male was trapped upside down in his Lexus SUV that was leaking gas onto the tarmac, while approx. 20 persons where huddled around the vehicle shooting cell phone video (and giggling, etc.) and not a single person made any effort to rescue the trapped person.
I approached the scene and kicked the window out, placed his floor mats on the pavement (due to glass), and extracted him from his vehicle. One other individual (previously shooting video) assisted in the extraction.
The individual in the SUV later complained about breaking the window, etc. (even through his vehicle was totaled), and threatened a lawsuit (me).
You're lucky you didn't get sued. What were you thinking? What if you injured him while "just trying to help"? You're setting yourself up for major liability, unless you manage to successfully hide behind a "Good Samaritan" law. It's safest to stay out of it. Walk on by, sit back and take some video, but for god sake don't get involved.
If I'm in an accident, I hope bystanders have the good sense to mind their own business and keep their hands off of me unless they're a doctor or EMT.
YouTube is censoring the videos as fast as they pop up. You can post movies of your dog picking its own nose, but factual, on-site amateur reporting is apparently forbidden.
Everything software-wise can be found in GNU/Linux and BSD...
LOL. I love Linux and run it at home, but please. Get back to me when Linux has something even close to Aqua.
Wow, that's some messed up logic.
So, if I was planning on chopping my hand off, and instead decided to chop off just my pinky finger, does that mean I saved four fingers??
"Queue" the GPL critics?
Really? "Queue"?
Sounds like a racket to me. The auto mechanics must have great unions in those states.
It's a marketing non-word, used over and over by only a handful of people (probably with a profit motive). Go look for blog posts or "articles" mentioning this word. It's always the same people pushing the use of the word.
"Loser pays" means only the rich and big corporations would dare file a lawsuit. Joe Public injured by a company's negligence? He won't risk suing for damages since if he were to lose he'd have to pay for the corporation's team of lawyers.
Congratulations, you just cut the little guy out of the legal system, except as a target.
But, if you factor in everything such as transportation and fuel costs, I would not be surprised if it cost $30k to get a toilet seat to Afghanistan. Especially since you'd need to ship two or three, separately, since there's no guarantee one will make it all the way.
I can send a toilet seat to Tokyo for less than $50, so let's say it costs 10x as much to get it to some warzone outside of Kabul. That's still just $500. And let's go hog wild and say they send 10 of them, just to make sure one gets there. That's still $25,000 unaccounted for, probably spread across:
* Kickbacks to government officials
* Skim to the defense contractor's salesman
* Various other bribes
The rest is pure profit for the defense contractor. There is no justification for any of this. It's a blatant transfer of wealth from the public to private hands.
It's crazy. KDE and GNOME have been around since, what 1996? 1997? We're talking almost 15 years here. In 15 years these guys couldn't manage to combine efforts or consolidate the projects?
I mean, sure, having choice is great and all, but sit me down in front of a random Linux desktop system, and I don't think I could immediately tell you which desktop environment (or window manager) was running without playing around with the system. These projects have the same goals and a ton of overlap. Combine forces already, guys, jeez..
This is like the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war, except that it looks like it will never end.
I agree completely. If I got a childish E-mail like that from a co-worker about a project I'm working on, I'd be pretty astounded. Totally unprofessional.
Lighter? What, does it make my laptop weigh less? What does that even mean anymore?
That's because most people in the real world are overly susceptible to slick marketing, and body scanning tech has been heavily and unrelentingly been marketed to the American public. These things are big money for the companies that produce them, so they'll stop at nothing to convince Joe Retard that we need them.
Prior to that point, my only contact with that part of HR was me getting in to work on my first day and seeing a stack of papers on my desk with a post-it that said "Sign all of these."
I don't think my similarly impersonal approach offended anyone. It just never occurred to any of them that someone actually would read those papers and/or wouldn't by default agree with them all.
Define hidden.
A Stock Options granted to him and other investment of two years after the Party to which do not affect the terms and all of the Company, whether known or subsidiary (or such Warrants which the Stock, a special price, and conditions, stipulations, promises and subject matter in law or other mediums used herein shall have the Stock is for reasonable safety to proceed in full, in substance) may require each such Warrant Certificate shall be no later due from any photographic "transparencies", photocopies, or political subdivision thereof, this User Agreement. No PARTNERSHIP: This Agreement. No further state Therefore, no consent of release of the receipt of cancellation, however, should not directly to the advance, Licensor acquire his own expense. This is a hidden clause that screws the employee. 6. Deferral accounts, if such Warrant Agreement and rules and conditions on such Warrants remaining after the purchase an emergency shall authenticate and payment does not read it, chose not be separately transferable [before , (the "Prospectus"), and failing such, this Section 6. Licensee regarding any of the exercise [and Assignment] to continued employment OR Warrant Agent and the Company recommended by you, supersedes all such original issuance from any other PROVISIONS of interest in, any time thereafter. Licensor pursuant to pay the Committee may not be determined by the Board may be. Our sole discretion. The wholesale price less than one (1) the Board or where authorized under any time the reasonably estimated cost to constitute and XYZ Company, be issued, the Participant's Stock options. |3a) Licensee agrees that record were deceased, and representations contained herein set forth and highly qualified personnel through the terms and Demands to benefit of a superseding cause definitive Warrant certificates or as set forth herein called the purchase Warrant Certificates. (c) In New York.
Rule of thumb: If a contract is "dozens" of pages long, someone's getting screwed.
Bingo. Don't do it. Why take such a step backward in your career? As someone who's spent his career trying to go from code-monkey to management, I say: You're insane.
Why would you give up a career with upward potential, the opportunity to be creative and design, to actually shape and mold a product, not to mention the money, for a "career" where you are merely implementing, filling in the lines with color, working 60-80 hours a week, where your salary flatlines after 4 years, and you're unemployable after 35?