It is perfectly acceptable to use the title 'Dr' if you have been awarded a doctorate.
It's perfectly acceptable to do so in a professional or academic setting.
Indeed, in the UK you change your identity papers, passport etc to reflect the change in title.
I don't live in the UK. I am not bound by the standards of behavior there.
We should celebrate achievement by hard working people in academia and other fields and not be scared by idiots like yourself that use 'pretentious' to attack them.
I currently have three degrees you cock-smoking Europhile. I'm on track to have my Doctorate before I turn 40. How about you?
And who, other than a pretentious twat introduces him/herself by title?
Introducing yourself by title isn't courtesy. Throwing a temper tantrum when someone calls you Mr. instead of Dr. isn't courtesy. Dr. is an academic title, it's a professional title; outside of school or your place of employment you have no right to expect to be called Dr. Anyone who does, is a twat.
I don't think it's the Marines that they mistrust. I think they're worried about malicious code on the web site compromising the machine. It's an irrational fear, because you can get malware anywhere but I don't think they're worried about the marines.
Also, in regards to your grandfather. You have to remember that 50-60 years ago, not as many people attended public school as now and not all of those who did graduated.
When I graduated, I had a head-hunter call me and offer me a job making as much money as I made before I went to college. I laughed at her and told her, I could have done that job before I spent four years getting my degree and $30k in student loans. I would work at McDonalds before I took a job in IT for such a pittance.
He's talking out of his ass. It's a software license, one that specifically allows you to charge for your software. As long as you abide by the other terms, you are fine.
I simply don't make enough, and I don't care to try to do the trailer trash baby mama drama roller coaster to get in a chick's pants without being "successful." It could be that making less than about $40k simply makes for a lonely life as a guy.
There's no real hard dollar value that you need to score a decent chick. You can even be a dead broke bum and get hot chicks. What's really important is that you make enough money to take care of your own needs. Even if it's an apartment, having your own place is important. It's like this, no matter what they say, most if not all women think about having children. If you can't manage to take care of yourself, how can you manage to take care of a child? How can you manage to take care of her while she's unable to work for herself?
Depending on where you live, you might make $20-25k and still be an attactive mate.
No doubt you can be a proffesor for a decade at one of the most exclusive schools in the world, have the president of the world as your friend who shares your skin-color but still, the man is out to get you.
You've kind of drifted from the subject of my sig. On my sig. My point is that a man should only go to prison for the crime that he was convicted of. O.J. was sentenced to such a long term because of the charges that he was acquitted on.
As far as professor Gates, being an Ivy League professor and known by the POTUS didn't save him from being arrested for voicing an opinion while on his own property.
Female executives with no concept of work/life balance (living with cats) still get paid less than their male peers.
They make like 97 cents for every dollar that an equally qualified man makes. No, that's clearly not total parity but things are far closer than the whiners would have us believe.
Same thing for brown people, short people, and all sorts of minorities in the US (I am a tall white male that gets paid way more than my peers).
I'm a tall minority male. In every job I have ever held, I have made as much as if not more than my peers because I'm good at what I do and I know how much my work is worth.
Companies take advantage of the strange social stigma that it's somehow inappropriate to talk about salary with peers, and they use that to underpay as many of their employees as they can get away with.
Have you ever considered this... Companies will pay any employee as little as possible. Employees who know the value of their work and are willing to leave if they are not properly compensated are more likely to get paid what they're worth. Due to other societal factors, white men tend to be more bold or brazen in their desire to demand higher compensation so they are the ones who get it.
I've been on interviews where they ask me for my requirements and I'm open and firm about what I need to make. Sometimes they come back with "Well, this position only pays $X", this isn't really to inform you. It's to test you. It's to find out if you will work for less. Stick to your guns. Be police, but firm that you need to make your figure. If you're the best candidate for the job, they'll hire you and pay you what you're worth.
This isn't always the case during an economic downturn, but if you groom your expectations to match the current state of the job market you can still make it work for you.
$10,000 to take out a judge? I'd imagine not. That is an enormous risk. Murder for hire is punishable by death in Pennsylvania. The murder of a judge in such a high profile case is going to get a lot of attention, not just some overwealmed local police department but Pennsylvania State police and FBI. You'll have to multiply that number by 20-30x before anyone will take that sort of thing on.
The problem with your argument is that he DID provide proof of the bad investment. It's patently ridiculous, but he has documentation that had made the bad investments. On the T.V. Program that profiled this case, roughly 6-8 years ago, they actually showed them.
Yes, he was a real asshole. The problem I have with this is that the legal system is supposed to be about what you can prove, not what you "know". You, the judge and I all know that this asshole isn't really broke. But if the judge and his ex-wife's lawyers can't prove that he has the money, then it's not right to hold him in a cell for so long.
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Sit your oppressing ass down and shut the fuck up. Whitey!
Evil should be androgynous and of unknown ethnicity. It should not just be a young white guy, I've known some evil old black women.
LK
It is perfectly acceptable to use the title 'Dr' if you have been awarded a doctorate.
It's perfectly acceptable to do so in a professional or academic setting.
Indeed, in the UK you change your identity papers, passport etc to reflect the change in title.
I don't live in the UK. I am not bound by the standards of behavior there.
We should celebrate achievement by hard working people in academia and other fields and not be scared by idiots like yourself that use 'pretentious' to attack them.
I currently have three degrees you cock-smoking Europhile. I'm on track to have my Doctorate before I turn 40. How about you?
And who, other than a pretentious twat introduces him/herself by title?
I'm thinking Dr. Twat Langdell.
LK
I guess you haven't read enough of the comments on this one. He's a twat.
LK
Introducing yourself by title isn't courtesy. Throwing a temper tantrum when someone calls you Mr. instead of Dr. isn't courtesy. Dr. is an academic title, it's a professional title; outside of school or your place of employment you have no right to expect to be called Dr. Anyone who does, is a twat.
LK
Those of us who are not pretentious twats find that behavior to be annoying. Hence, the twat quotes around 'Dr.'
LK
If you noticed, they were using a .22 pistol. Even today .22 ammunition is dirt cheap. I just bought a brick of 500 rounds for $11.95.
LK
Cheap and natural isn't necessarily better. Aspirin is cheap and natural, but if I'm having serious pain I want something expensive and synthetic.
LK
I keep an old industrial grade hub around, just in case.
LK
I don't think it's the Marines that they mistrust. I think they're worried about malicious code on the web site compromising the machine. It's an irrational fear, because you can get malware anywhere but I don't think they're worried about the marines.
Also, in regards to your grandfather. You have to remember that 50-60 years ago, not as many people attended public school as now and not all of those who did graduated.
LK
When I graduated, I had a head-hunter call me and offer me a job making as much money as I made before I went to college. I laughed at her and told her, I could have done that job before I spent four years getting my degree and $30k in student loans. I would work at McDonalds before I took a job in IT for such a pittance.
LK
He's talking out of his ass. It's a software license, one that specifically allows you to charge for your software. As long as you abide by the other terms, you are fine.
LK
A single back-hoe accident has kicked the internet in the ass. A few dozen human beings(the right ones) can cripple if not kill it.
LK
Because your experience completely invalidates the average experiences of others.
Maybe we're being insensitive by concluding that people who get average results possess average abilities.
LK
No wonder people make jokes about Apple user's being gay. Apple fucks them in the ass at every opportunity and these people keep coming back.
LK
I simply don't make enough, and I don't care to try to do the trailer trash baby mama drama roller coaster to get in a chick's pants without being "successful." It could be that making less than about $40k simply makes for a lonely life as a guy.
There's no real hard dollar value that you need to score a decent chick. You can even be a dead broke bum and get hot chicks. What's really important is that you make enough money to take care of your own needs. Even if it's an apartment, having your own place is important. It's like this, no matter what they say, most if not all women think about having children. If you can't manage to take care of yourself, how can you manage to take care of a child? How can you manage to take care of her while she's unable to work for herself?
Depending on where you live, you might make $20-25k and still be an attactive mate.
LK
Except, of course, that I have clamed membership in this group for the entire time that I've been on slashdot.
LK
No doubt you can be a proffesor for a decade at one of the most exclusive schools in the world, have the president of the world as your friend who shares your skin-color but still, the man is out to get you.
You've kind of drifted from the subject of my sig. On my sig. My point is that a man should only go to prison for the crime that he was convicted of. O.J. was sentenced to such a long term because of the charges that he was acquitted on.
As far as professor Gates, being an Ivy League professor and known by the POTUS didn't save him from being arrested for voicing an opinion while on his own property.
LK
Female executives with no concept of work/life balance (living with cats) still get paid less than their male peers.
They make like 97 cents for every dollar that an equally qualified man makes. No, that's clearly not total parity but things are far closer than the whiners would have us believe.
Same thing for brown people, short people, and all sorts of minorities in the US (I am a tall white male that gets paid way more than my peers).
I'm a tall minority male. In every job I have ever held, I have made as much as if not more than my peers because I'm good at what I do and I know how much my work is worth.
Companies take advantage of the strange social stigma that it's somehow inappropriate to talk about salary with peers, and they use that to underpay as many of their employees as they can get away with.
Have you ever considered this... Companies will pay any employee as little as possible. Employees who know the value of their work and are willing to leave if they are not properly compensated are more likely to get paid what they're worth. Due to other societal factors, white men tend to be more bold or brazen in their desire to demand higher compensation so they are the ones who get it.
I've been on interviews where they ask me for my requirements and I'm open and firm about what I need to make. Sometimes they come back with "Well, this position only pays $X", this isn't really to inform you. It's to test you. It's to find out if you will work for less. Stick to your guns. Be police, but firm that you need to make your figure. If you're the best candidate for the job, they'll hire you and pay you what you're worth.
This isn't always the case during an economic downturn, but if you groom your expectations to match the current state of the job market you can still make it work for you.
LK
Just because you don't like something does not mean it should be illegal.
He sounds like those assholes who call 911 when McDonalds gets their food order wrong.
LK
Interesting name, I wonder where he got it.
LK
$10,000 to take out a judge? I'd imagine not. That is an enormous risk. Murder for hire is punishable by death in Pennsylvania. The murder of a judge in such a high profile case is going to get a lot of attention, not just some overwealmed local police department but Pennsylvania State police and FBI. You'll have to multiply that number by 20-30x before anyone will take that sort of thing on.
LK
The problem with your argument is that he DID provide proof of the bad investment. It's patently ridiculous, but he has documentation that had made the bad investments. On the T.V. Program that profiled this case, roughly 6-8 years ago, they actually showed them.
LK
Yes, he was a real asshole. The problem I have with this is that the legal system is supposed to be about what you can prove, not what you "know". You, the judge and I all know that this asshole isn't really broke. But if the judge and his ex-wife's lawyers can't prove that he has the money, then it's not right to hold him in a cell for so long.
LK