The title to this thread is slightly dated. There have been articles in the news recently that the obesity rate among American children is no longer rising, but is leveling off.
This option wasn't here when streaming on Netflix was no extra charge for people with accounts. Now, I can see almost anything I want to, for free, without pipelight ( or netflix ) via European based online streaming sites.
I could be wrong, but given that the online streaming sites are someone else's server and in Europe, I am legally safe ( correct me if I am wrong )
As someone who has been disappointed ( in addition to being gratified by ) by open source software I have to say there is some truth in your comment.
However, Jobs wasn't being a conduit for end users. He was being an asshole because that is who he was on the job and he could get away with it.
Companies hire different types of people for a reason. Tech companies hire people to guide designs to make the products appealing to end users. Such professionals working respectfully with engineers and programmers could have also gotten nice results.......without the abuse IMO
Not filling out your exit questionnaire or making it useless by giving the company high marks on evertying is probably the best middle finger you could give to HR.
Aside from managing the outsourced payroll, the benefits and sexual harassment cases gathering information like that is part of their justification for being there.
If they care enough to scratch their head and ask you "well, why are you leaving then" you can give them another middle finger by simply saying "I got a better offer"
LOL seriously. I roll my eyes about how an abusive boss is now being canonized as a modern day Leonardo Davinci. Um, it was his engineers who came up with a lot of the innovations and they probably could have also done those things being treated respectfully.
We've all heard stories about (or perhaps experienced) a quick escort to the parking lot upon giving the normal notice, and I've never heard of a company giving a two-week notice to an employee that's being laid off or fired.
At the end of the dot.com era I was at 3 companies that gave ample notice, one even gave a severance package. Yes, companies that just turn off your door card and send you an email do exist , but not all companies are that low class.
Not giving two weeks notice can STILL tarnish a reputation. The worst that will happen is that you will get two weeks off unpaid, with which to relax and prepare for your next job.
I hear what you are saying about how some companies treat people, so I would never give more than 2 weeks.
I take it seriously enough to be concerned about safety.
Terrorists like to pick high profile targets, like airplanes, so that a LOT of people know what they did. This leads to people questioning why they did that, which, hopefully (to them) will lead to political support.
A super expensive, super modern bullet train traveling at super high speeds, generating a lot of energy is a JUICY target.
Especially since all a terrorist has to do is to sabotage one piece of track to send that train flying. It may not be practical to monitor every single mile of track.
One of the best things I did as a college freshman was to take an optional study skills workshop offered by the university.
I was taught that the optimal way to do things ( yes, I realize the optimal way isn't always possible ) was to take thorough notes from the text book before the lecture, then use the lecture to listen to the professor without your attention being distracted less with the need to write things down. This frees you up to think about the material while s/he is speaking, ask yourself questions about it, ask the professor questions, and get the material reenforced by hearing it twice.
Makes sense, the textbook is a static resource you can access anytime. An opportunity for a live interactive talk isn't.
Plus if you go in already being introduced to the material you already know what isn't clear to you and you can take advantage of the opportunity to have a live expert to clear up questions you have.
It seems all some terrorist has to do is sabotage some small portion of track to create a massive, highly visual, costly accident -- just the kind of thing terrorists go for.
Maybe if the "tracks" are all underground that might help, but for hundreds -> thousands of miles?
It would be interesting to read how the security of the rails/tracks/tubes would be maintained. It seems at some point they are going to have miles and miles of the stuff that would be impossible to guard.
I can see "piracy" helping CD sales. Basically, it becomes a "try, before you buy" situation and someone wanting the information stored in a nicer way.
I don't see how it helps legal digital sales. If someone pirated X, they already have X, so why would they buy it?
Is it the case that once having pirated X, they buy X+1, not being able to find X+1 on the pirate sites?
"Everyone votes as if they are the fabulously wealthy fat cat, that they dream about being."
Not everyone, just Republicans.
What the TEA Party & Ron Paul types don't get that it isn't 1789 anymore. The country is a lot bigger and more complex. Libertarian/individualist ideals become just a conduit for corporations and super wealthy people ( the kind of wealth they will never have ) to screw over everyone else.
In their misprinted book anything that protects the middle class or poor person is labeled "socialist"
Every few weeks when I log into YouTube it asks if I want to use my real name. Before I can actually get to YouTube I have to fill out why I do not. The graphics make it highly easy to switch to a real name and not so easy to opt out. Google does something similar with email accounts when you login. They want your cellphone number. The options to put it in are Big, Bright and In Your Face. The link to just go to your account is small enough you have to look at the screen for a second or two to see it.
A few years ago I worked for a company that was still using Foxpro for many of its production systems. I found an ancient copy of Foxpro for DOS on eBay and got it running on my Ubuntu box via a DOS emulator.
I mean no disrespect to you or anyone else, but that is simply not true. If you read the news you can find plenty examples of long established, "legitimate religions" still doing shitty things to people.
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The ideal to strive for is to not make any container that will survive much longer than the product in it.
The title to this thread is slightly dated. There have been articles in the news recently that the obesity rate among American children is no longer rising, but is leveling off.
Google News Search On Obesity Rates
Does it matter anymore?
This option wasn't here when streaming on Netflix was no extra charge for people with accounts. Now, I can see almost anything I want to, for free, without pipelight ( or netflix ) via European based online streaming sites.
I could be wrong, but given that the online streaming sites are someone else's server and in Europe, I am legally safe ( correct me if I am wrong )
Your putting words in my mouth. I didn't say don't build, I said build with that kind of security in mind.
Ahh, you're not worried about safety, you're scared of the bogeyman. Go hide under your bed until you grow up.
9/11, the Boston bombers. To return your gratuitous insult you've been living under a rock, turn on the news.
As someone who has been disappointed ( in addition to being gratified by ) by open source software I have to say there is some truth in your comment.
However, Jobs wasn't being a conduit for end users. He was being an asshole because that is who he was on the job and he could get away with it.
Companies hire different types of people for a reason. Tech companies hire people to guide designs to make the products appealing to end users. Such professionals working respectfully with engineers and programmers could have also gotten nice results.......without the abuse IMO
Not filling out your exit questionnaire or making it useless by giving the company high marks on evertying is probably the best middle finger you could give to HR.
Aside from managing the outsourced payroll, the benefits and sexual harassment cases gathering information like that is part of their justification for being there.
If they care enough to scratch their head and ask you "well, why are you leaving then" you can give them another middle finger by simply saying "I got a better offer"
LOL seriously. I roll my eyes about how an abusive boss is now being canonized as a modern day Leonardo Davinci. Um, it was his engineers who came up with a lot of the innovations and they probably could have also done those things being treated respectfully.
We've all heard stories about (or perhaps experienced) a quick escort to the parking lot upon giving the normal notice, and I've never heard of a company giving a two-week notice to an employee that's being laid off or fired.
At the end of the dot.com era I was at 3 companies that gave ample notice, one even gave a severance package. Yes, companies that just turn off your door card and send you an email do exist , but not all companies are that low class.
Not giving two weeks notice can STILL tarnish a reputation. The worst that will happen is that you will get two weeks off unpaid, with which to relax and prepare for your next job.
I hear what you are saying about how some companies treat people, so I would never give more than 2 weeks.
I take it seriously enough to be concerned about safety.
Terrorists like to pick high profile targets, like airplanes, so that a LOT of people know what they did. This leads to people questioning why they did that, which, hopefully (to them) will lead to political support.
A super expensive, super modern bullet train traveling at super high speeds, generating a lot of energy is a JUICY target.
Especially since all a terrorist has to do is to sabotage one piece of track to send that train flying. It may not be practical to monitor every single mile of track.
One of the best things I did as a college freshman was to take an optional study skills workshop offered by the university.
I was taught that the optimal way to do things ( yes, I realize the optimal way isn't always possible ) was to take thorough notes from the text book before the lecture, then use the lecture to listen to the professor without your attention being distracted less with the need to write things down. This frees you up to think about the material while s/he is speaking, ask yourself questions about it, ask the professor questions, and get the material reenforced by hearing it twice.
Makes sense, the textbook is a static resource you can access anytime. An opportunity for a live interactive talk isn't.
Plus if you go in already being introduced to the material you already know what isn't clear to you and you can take advantage of the opportunity to have a live expert to clear up questions you have.
The last two are well known to be a work in progress. No disrespect.
It seems all some terrorist has to do is sabotage some small portion of track to create a massive, highly visual, costly accident -- just the kind of thing terrorists go for.
Maybe if the "tracks" are all underground that might help, but for hundreds -> thousands of miles?
It would be interesting to read how the security of the rails/tracks/tubes would be maintained. It seems at some point they are going to have miles and miles of the stuff that would be impossible to guard.
Basically, be a professional, be pleasant, do what you are obligated to do, but don't volunteer to go further.
Sounds about right.
If someone is replacing you, they can figure the "beyond obligations" stuff out for themselves.
I can see "piracy" helping CD sales. Basically, it becomes a "try, before you buy" situation and someone wanting the information stored in a nicer way.
I don't see how it helps legal digital sales. If someone pirated X, they already have X, so why would they buy it?
Is it the case that once having pirated X, they buy X+1, not being able to find X+1 on the pirate sites?
I liked Google Reader because it was simple, organized and didn't throw a lot of glitz in your face.
Which alternative RSS reader is the closest to that?
If I was a Republican or a state representative I would be very careful about making accusations about other people's hot air emissions
Is this a new technology and policy that some ISPs are voluntarily adopting?
Will a person be at risk is s/he watches streaming videos?
Streaming videos from another country?
Going to the Pirate Bay site and using a torrent link from to use a torrent client to download something?
Any way to protect yourself?
What is to stop people from making up a "fake real name" and just plucking an address out of the phone book?
Will this bill require web site admins to require commentators to register with credit card number or cell phone number?
Please.
"Everyone votes as if they are the fabulously wealthy fat cat, that they dream about being."
Not everyone, just Republicans.
What the TEA Party & Ron Paul types don't get that it isn't 1789 anymore. The country is a lot bigger and more complex. Libertarian/individualist ideals become just a conduit for corporations and super wealthy people ( the kind of wealth they will never have ) to screw over everyone else.
In their misprinted book anything that protects the middle class or poor person is labeled "socialist"
Anyone going into NYC for a day is impressed with their subway system. It is affordable and there is a stop on almost every corner.
If "they" could find a way to reduce the remaining need for automobiles and trucks their pollution levels would drop like a rock.
So instead of being 30 years old it is only 23 years old?
No disrespect.
Every few weeks when I log into YouTube it asks if I want to use my real name. Before I can actually get to YouTube I have to fill out why I do not. The graphics make it highly easy to switch to a real name and not so easy to opt out. Google does something similar with email accounts when you login. They want your cellphone number. The options to put it in are Big, Bright and In Your Face. The link to just go to your account is small enough you have to look at the screen for a second or two to see it.
That was pretty cool.
A few years ago I worked for a company that was still using Foxpro for many of its production systems. I found an ancient copy of Foxpro for DOS on eBay and got it running on my Ubuntu box via a DOS emulator.
I mean no disrespect to you or anyone else, but that is simply not true. If you read the news you can find plenty examples of long established, "legitimate religions" still doing shitty things to people.