Why did the people who wrote our constitution include a clause granting citizenship to those who are born here?
Maybe because they wrote it more than two and quarter centuries ago when it wasn't so easy for people to migrate. Anyone who thinks America should adhere only to the original wording of the declaration and the original constitution is an idiot. Basing society which has experienced 237 years of social change on an equally old document is ludicrous.
that's bullshit. if you want to change the constitution, there's a process for that, it's called amending it. any other law wouldn't magically change meaning because a period of time has passed. i don't see why the constitution should be any different.
The US, UK and now many other common law countries actually do claim universal jurisdiction for a few select laws, most notably extraterritorial child sex tourism laws. You can murder someone in another country and you have to be prosecuted there, you can't be extradited home to be tried somewhere you didn't commit the crime. But so much as touch a child's genitals and you can be tried there *or* extradited home to face a court under extraterritorial laws, whatever the officials feel like doing on both sides.
Another example of U.S. extraterritorial laws deals with Cuban cigars. If you're an american, you can't smoke a Cuban, even in another country. The penalties for an individual -- you can get fined up to $250k and spend 10 years in prison.
1)They find reading legal documents difficult 2)They really want a job,and so are will to sacrifice for it, 3) They aren't all that creative and don't have enough free time at home anyways.
1) It's pretty obvious that you're signing your soul away. I signed one of these myself, but they're not valid in Minnesota. A number of states don't allow this. California is another one where even if you sign something like this, it cannot be enforced.
And people actually sign this shit, that is the problem. It works against you because if you don't sign it, they throw you out. If EVERYONE refuses to sign it, the company is the one who is fucked.
So many companies do this. If you're not in a state where it's unenforceable, the only leverage you have is starting your own company. Which I encourage, and when you all do do that, don't make your employees sign contracts like this.
I think it's pretty moot which republican is voted to office. If it's Romney or Huckabee, the oil industry and military contractors will continue to run the country, having built up favors with both during their campaigns. If it's Palin, the oil industry and military contractors will continue to run the country without her knowledge or consent.
I thought it was because there were so many changes happening behind closed doors and nobody really knew what they were voting for. Or as Pelosi said (paraphrased) "In order to know what this healthcare bill does, we have to pass it". They don't even read the shit they pass.
"To block botnet-infected computers from connecting to the Internet. Under the proposal, PCs would be issued a 'health certificate' that showed whether the system was fully patched, that it was running security software and a firewall, and that it was malware-free. Machines with deficiencies would require patching or an antivirus update, while bot-infected PCs might be barred from the Internet."
I'm sure the machine will have to run windows to get the health certificate.
I understand your viewpoint, but entry-level positions are hard to come by. Some (most?) companies just don't have any entry-level positions, period. How is a person coming out of college supposed to get a job when they all require experience in [insert laundry list here]?
mod this guy for pointing out how loaded the article was and providing the necessary background info to more or less understand what actually happened.
in defense of the 20-something morons who have never seen a project managed competently, considering that in software development around 60-70% of the software projects are completely failed projects that'll never see the light of day, most of them never will see a competently managed project. ever. But yes, they should be asking themselves if it could be done better. I know I did; I got fed up and quit; no upward mobility, everyday was an exercise in futility, etc etc. fuck that shit.
My own experience on software projects consists of projects where "design" is using lots of code generation and randomly throwing in design patterns everywhere and then wondering why the result sucks; and "time management" -- here's one of my favorites, "you don't have time to think, you just code."
Cube farms don't help.
well, I'm glad I gave all that up, I don't miss it at all. I'm going back to school to finish up a bachelors in math (I also have a bachelors in CS) and then onto grad school for either math or statistics (still need to decide). If I ever decide to program again professionally, it will probably mean that I'm working for myself.
This. There are a lot of people out there who not only don't think it's wrong, they think it's the moral thing to do and to not do it would be wrong. This goes beyond giving recommendations; it's the idea that "being good to your friends" is the right thing to do. The definition most people use these days for "being good to your friends" doesn't include honesty, which is in such short supply these days.
Yes. And the reason the publishers forced the increase in prices was because of their contracts with apple. The mfn plays into it, but amazon was also forced to go to the agency model because apple said the other vendors couldn't sell to anyone else unless it was through the agency model if they wanted to do business with apple.
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Maybe because they wrote it more than two and quarter centuries ago when it wasn't so easy for people to migrate. Anyone who thinks America should adhere only to the original wording of the declaration and the original constitution is an idiot. Basing society which has experienced 237 years of social change on an equally old document is ludicrous.
that's bullshit. if you want to change the constitution, there's a process for that, it's called amending it. any other law wouldn't magically change meaning because a period of time has passed. i don't see why the constitution should be any different.
The US, UK and now many other common law countries actually do claim universal jurisdiction for a few select laws, most notably extraterritorial child sex tourism laws. You can murder someone in another country and you have to be prosecuted there, you can't be extradited home to be tried somewhere you didn't commit the crime. But so much as touch a child's genitals and you can be tried there *or* extradited home to face a court under extraterritorial laws, whatever the officials feel like doing on both sides.
Another example of U.S. extraterritorial laws deals with Cuban cigars. If you're an american, you can't smoke a Cuban, even in another country. The penalties for an individual -- you can get fined up to $250k and spend 10 years in prison.
Thank god. VB 6 is horrid. I am still trying to rehabilitate people who spent to many years programming in it.
somebody mod parent up. He nailed it. .net
That VB6 is so horrid alone justifies
with IE6 users at the bottom of the pile
And that explains all the businesses running IE6. Ah business people.....
subsidies, corporate welfare
Social Security will never be self sustaining. Ponzi schemes never are.
1)They find reading legal documents difficult
2)They really want a job,and so are will to sacrifice for it,
3) They aren't all that creative and don't have enough free time at home anyways.
1) It's pretty obvious that you're signing your soul away. I signed one of these myself, but they're not valid in Minnesota. A number of states don't allow this. California is another one where even if you sign something like this, it cannot be enforced.
And people actually sign this shit, that is the problem. It works against you because if you don't sign it, they throw you out. If EVERYONE refuses to sign it, the company is the one who is fucked.
So many companies do this. If you're not in a state where it's unenforceable, the only leverage you have is starting your own company. Which I encourage, and when you all do do that, don't make your employees sign contracts like this.
I think it's pretty moot which republican is voted to office. If it's Romney or Huckabee, the oil industry and military contractors will continue to run the country, having built up favors with both during their campaigns. If it's Palin, the oil industry and military contractors will continue to run the country without her knowledge or consent.
Not if Ron Paul gets voted in as president
Those assholes!! Can they do that? I'd sue the f*ckers
May I respectfully suggest that you acquire a dictionary and use it to find out what everyone else in the world means when they say "acronym"?
The S in SD means "Secure", for which DRM is an acronym. Fixed it :-)
So true. Minnesota is owned by Microsoft. A few java places.....some, very very few linux places.....lots of M$. M$ up the A$$
I thought it was because there were so many changes happening behind closed doors and nobody really knew what they were voting for. Or as Pelosi said (paraphrased) "In order to know what this healthcare bill does, we have to pass it". They don't even read the shit they pass.
bare necessities could be tax exempt. No sales tax on food, some clothing, etc. That would solve that problem.
"To block botnet-infected computers from connecting to the Internet. Under the proposal, PCs would be issued a 'health certificate' that showed whether the system was fully patched, that it was running security software and a firewall, and that it was malware-free. Machines with deficiencies would require patching or an antivirus update, while bot-infected PCs might be barred from the Internet."
I'm sure the machine will have to run windows to get the health certificate.
not if the conspiracies are real.
that's the same conclusion I came to as well and I'm glad I didn't get hired.
It's good to hear it from somebody else though -- thanks :-D
I understand your viewpoint, but entry-level positions are hard to come by. Some (most?) companies just don't have any entry-level positions, period. How is a person coming out of college supposed to get a job when they all require experience in [insert laundry list here]?
I've been accused of lying on my resume outright in an interview (I didn't lie). Sad thing was that these were developers interviewing me.
And stupid is even harder to fix when stupid is in charge.
I can't agree with this enough.
even though I agree with Commodore_64love :-D
mod this guy for pointing out how loaded the article was and providing the necessary background info to more or less understand what actually happened.
in defense of the 20-something morons who have never seen a project managed competently, considering that in software development around 60-70% of the software projects are completely failed projects that'll never see the light of day, most of them never will see a competently managed project. ever. But yes, they should be asking themselves if it could be done better. I know I did; I got fed up and quit; no upward mobility, everyday was an exercise in futility, etc etc. fuck that shit.
My own experience on software projects consists of projects where "design" is using lots of code generation and randomly throwing in design patterns everywhere and then wondering why the result sucks; and "time management" -- here's one of my favorites, "you don't have time to think, you just code."
Cube farms don't help.
well, I'm glad I gave all that up, I don't miss it at all. I'm going back to school to finish up a bachelors in math (I also have a bachelors in CS) and then onto grad school for either math or statistics (still need to decide). If I ever decide to program again professionally, it will probably mean that I'm working for myself.
This. There are a lot of people out there who not only don't think it's wrong, they think it's the moral thing to do and to not do it would be wrong. This goes beyond giving recommendations; it's the idea that "being good to your friends" is the right thing to do. The definition most people use these days for "being good to your friends" doesn't include honesty, which is in such short supply these days.
Yes. And the reason the publishers forced the increase in prices was because of their contracts with apple. The mfn plays into it, but amazon was also forced to go to the agency model because apple said the other vendors couldn't sell to anyone else unless it was through the agency model if they wanted to do business with apple.