It doesn't mater if they don't make the movie available in a form that's friendly to/. readers.
The Penny Arcade had a PATV episode where they talked about the Humble Indie Bundle - pay what you want - a dollar, a penny - and people were *still* pirating the games.
I download tv shows and movies all the time, and I hope the private tracker I use will protect me, but I doubt it will. And I don't have much justification for what I do other than convenience - I have very few chances to go see a movie (or deal with the hassle of renting one), and I don't want to pay for cable for the 3 shows I watch.
If things get too hot, and I have to choose between no content and the hassle of legal content, I'll probably pick no content, for the most part. Unless movies and tv-shows get easy and cheap.
And have probably saved $2000 in after-tax income. I stream hockey from web-sites, or over-the-air, and torrent the few shows we watch. We have a popcorn hour media tank for playing content on the tv, both high-def and standard dev.
"Like denial management, however, marketing and underwriting cost a lot of money. McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, recently released an important report dissecting the reasons America spends so much more on health care than other wealthy nations. One major factor is that we spend $98 billion a year in excess administrative costs, with more than half of the total accounted for by marketing and underwriting — costs that don’t exist in single-payer systems."
A huge portion of the money that Americans pay for health insurance is for administrative costs - every hospital negotiating with insurance companies over fees for procedures, etc. In fact, the reason it's so expensive is that it's not a unified system.
Not always. I've watched my wife's grandparents get excellent care from the family doctor, including specialists, to manage diabetes, heart disease, etc.
Unless this computer was retired and moved out of the Whitehouse before the emails were deleted.
The emails accumulated over *years*, and then they all disappeared. Well, I am sure they ended up on several, if not dozens of computers. Even if they were deleted on purpose, there may be computer eye-witnesses that weren't "eliminated". Maybe a hope PC that was used for work - connecting to a VPN, downloading your email, but not really understanding there is a local copy. Then you donate your PC to some charity, and suddenly George, Dick, and the rest of the criminals have sweaty palms.
Regardless, the US political system is dominated by the corporation. I don't have much faith that anything they do is for the common good. See Empire of Illusion, specifically the last chapter.
To visit the family cabin on the US side of the border, I can say that about 50 percent of the US Customs agents are assholes on a power trip, pure and simple. Some at our border crossing have had sexual harassment charges leveled against them.
I've run into a few jerk-off Canadian Customs agents as well.
I hate putting myself in the power of these individuals - it seems the sky is the limit with regards to outcomes.
Union bosses? Not being at-will doesn't mean union - it means that the employee contract can't be severed without notice, by either party. I personally have to give 4 weeks notice before I move on, or I could be sued.
My employer would owe me two to six months severance if I was to be let go.
They mention a case where someone who hadn't even started a promised job got 6 months severance (they'd probably quit another job to accept the offer).
It may sound onerous to employers, but it does force them to treat employees with a measure of respect.
She clearly doesn't want the management job, which is why she's asking the question. The question is, "Will she be fired" if she turns down the promotion.
First - where are you? In the US, in an at-will state? They can let you go pretty easily. In Canada, with nothing but great reviews (ie no reason to fire you)? Well, you'd get a month of severance for every year you worked at the company, maybe more if you can show you would have a hard time finding an equivalent job, or you are getting on in years. Somewhere in between? YMMV. If it will cost the company 6 months of salary, they will give careful consideration about letting you go.
Have you moved up because you are indispensable? You're a unique snowflake of competence? Well, I doubt they'll let you walk out the door. Are there 10 people in your company that can do what you do? A cog in the machine? They can easily let you go.
If you don't want to take the job (and it sounds like you don't), then review how vital you are to the company, and what it would cost them to lose you (in severance and lost expertise). If you aren't vital, and they can replace you, then you have to be prepared to be let go.
If it will cost them a large severance package, and you are valued and needed, you won't be.
try to stop someone from making their service more user-friendly?
And the MTA should welcome constructive criticism - it's better than have your customers quietly leave.
I guess being a created-by-legislature, public-benefit company, run by political appointees means that you don't actually have to server your customers.....
... and other small-goverment-is-good groups shoudl buy the buildings and then bulldoze them. They can finally control the size of government, if only in Arizona.
Reduce heating (by adding mass and thermal resistance value) and cooling (by evaporative cooling) loads on a building â" especially if it is glassed in so as to act as a terrarium and passive solar heat reservoir â" a concentration of green roofs in an urban area can even reduce the city's average temperatures during the summer.
I am a bit fuzzy on the difference between free speech and the right to stay anonymous.
It would seem to me that anonymity is not a requirement for free speech, online or otherwise.
What's to stop the internet-equivalent of standing up and shouting "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater?
Anonymity, IMHO, is actually detrimental to civil discourse - it gives individuals the idea that there are no consequences to what is said in a public forum. What we say in public life always has consequences - why should the internet be different?
Visiting most online discussions is like watching the monkeys at the zoo, and the risk of being hit with a lump of flying feces is just as high.
Fair enough. Tuning is a fuzzy term as well. Tuning can imply hints in what you've mentioned (indexes, parameters, hardware, etc), but it can also imply hints, views, etc, etc, which could technically be called refactoring.
You're right - it's hard to summarize a book - I'll take a flip through it the next time I'm at a bookstore that carries it.
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It doesn't mater if they don't make the movie available in a form that's friendly to /. readers.
The Penny Arcade had a PATV episode where they talked about the Humble Indie Bundle - pay what you want - a dollar, a penny - and people were *still* pirating the games.
I download tv shows and movies all the time, and I hope the private tracker I use will protect me, but I doubt it will. And I don't have much justification for what I do other than convenience - I have very few chances to go see a movie (or deal with the hassle of renting one), and I don't want to pay for cable for the 3 shows I watch.
I do pay for my music and I get my books legitimately, however.
If things get too hot, and I have to choose between no content and the hassle of legal content, I'll probably pick no content, for the most part. Unless movies and tv-shows get easy and cheap.
I'd settle for a grammar checker. From the fine summary:
"Even where data are lush"
A good one would have saved this summary from sounding stupid.
And have probably saved $2000 in after-tax income. I stream hockey from web-sites, or over-the-air, and torrent the few shows we watch. We have a popcorn hour media tank for playing content on the tv, both high-def and standard dev.
True, and fair enough. Taxes support the majority of the system, with wealthier people paying more.
That said, the US health care system is the most expensive in the world, according to Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winning Economist and writer for the New York Times:
"Like denial management, however, marketing and underwriting cost a lot of money. McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, recently released an important report dissecting the reasons America spends so much more on health care than other wealthy nations. One major factor is that we spend $98 billion a year in excess administrative costs, with more than half of the total accounted for by marketing and underwriting — costs that don’t exist in single-payer systems."
A huge portion of the money that Americans pay for health insurance is for administrative costs - every hospital negotiating with insurance companies over fees for procedures, etc. In fact, the reason it's so expensive is that it's not a unified system.
Not always. I've watched my wife's grandparents get excellent care from the family doctor, including specialists, to manage diabetes, heart disease, etc.
and enjoy universal health care for about $100 per month for a family of 4, unless you can show economic hardship, and then it's free.
Unless this computer was retired and moved out of the Whitehouse before the emails were deleted.
The emails accumulated over *years*, and then they all disappeared. Well, I am sure they ended up on several, if not dozens of computers. Even if they were deleted on purpose, there may be computer eye-witnesses that weren't "eliminated". Maybe a hope PC that was used for work - connecting to a VPN, downloading your email, but not really understanding there is a local copy. Then you donate your PC to some charity, and suddenly George, Dick, and the rest of the criminals have sweaty palms.
Regardless, the US political system is dominated by the corporation. I don't have much faith that anything they do is for the common good. See Empire of Illusion, specifically the last chapter.
To visit the family cabin on the US side of the border, I can say that about 50 percent of the US Customs agents are assholes on a power trip, pure and simple. Some at our border crossing have had sexual harassment charges leveled against them.
I've run into a few jerk-off Canadian Customs agents as well.
I hate putting myself in the power of these individuals - it seems the sky is the limit with regards to outcomes.
Union bosses? Not being at-will doesn't mean union - it means that the employee contract can't be severed without notice, by either party. I personally have to give 4 weeks notice before I move on, or I could be sued.
My employer would owe me two to six months severance if I was to be let go.
No unions involved.
The month-per-year is not law, but it's pretty common practice for professional employees. And it's Canada-wide.
There is a good article on Monster about this
They mention a case where someone who hadn't even started a promised job got 6 months severance (they'd probably quit another job to accept the offer).
It may sound onerous to employers, but it does force them to treat employees with a measure of respect.
She clearly doesn't want the management job, which is why she's asking the question. The question is, "Will she be fired" if she turns down the promotion.
First - where are you? In the US, in an at-will state? They can let you go pretty easily. In Canada, with nothing but great reviews (ie no reason to fire you)? Well, you'd get a month of severance for every year you worked at the company, maybe more if you can show you would have a hard time finding an equivalent job, or you are getting on in years. Somewhere in between? YMMV. If it will cost the company 6 months of salary, they will give careful consideration about letting you go.
Have you moved up because you are indispensable? You're a unique snowflake of competence? Well, I doubt they'll let you walk out the door. Are there 10 people in your company that can do what you do? A cog in the machine? They can easily let you go.
If you don't want to take the job (and it sounds like you don't), then review how vital you are to the company, and what it would cost them to lose you (in severance and lost expertise). If you aren't vital, and they can replace you, then you have to be prepared to be let go.
If it will cost them a large severance package, and you are valued and needed, you won't be.
Rain has nothing to do with this.
The guy appears to be inside while making this video.
Quite a lot, I would guess.
I wonder why his hair is so short....
You have way too much time on your hands.
Not server - serve. Not-very-entertaining Freudian slip
try to stop someone from making their service more user-friendly?
And the MTA should welcome constructive criticism - it's better than have your customers quietly leave.
I guess being a created-by-legislature, public-benefit company, run by political appointees means that you don't actually have to server your customers.....
So we'll paint the water white. Like, duh.
How does that work?
I would expect that the color of the roof would be irrelevant if it was buried under a blanket of white, insulating snow - no sunshine would hit it.
A bare roof on a cold, clear day would heat up. But it sounds like it would make more sense to paint your house black, not your roof, as heat rises.
and sea levels, but not for the pH balance of the oceans, which are acidifying as they absorb additional carbon from the atmosphere.
I remember reading about green roofs (growing plants etc on the roof of buildings) and the effect it had on temperatures when done in urban environments:
Reduce heating (by adding mass and thermal resistance value) and cooling (by evaporative cooling) loads on a building â" especially if it is glassed in so as to act as a terrarium and passive solar heat reservoir â" a concentration of green roofs in an urban area can even reduce the city's average temperatures during the summer.
The Fairmont Hotel, here in Vancouver BC does this, growing herbs for the hotel kitchens.
drink unrecycled urine.
Pollinating, not fertilizing.
Unless you kill them, crush and compost their bodies, and add the compost to the plants, that is.
I am a bit fuzzy on the difference between free speech and the right to stay anonymous.
It would seem to me that anonymity is not a requirement for free speech, online or otherwise.
What's to stop the internet-equivalent of standing up and shouting "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater?
Anonymity, IMHO, is actually detrimental to civil discourse - it gives individuals the idea that there are no consequences to what is said in a public forum. What we say in public life always has consequences - why should the internet be different?
Visiting most online discussions is like watching the monkeys at the zoo, and the risk of being hit with a lump of flying feces is just as high.
I thought it said "drooling" - I'd never seen someone drool during a meeting.
Obviously, I am not being invited to the right meetings; I must be doing something right.
Fair enough. Tuning is a fuzzy term as well. Tuning can imply hints in what you've mentioned (indexes, parameters, hardware, etc), but it can also imply hints, views, etc, etc, which could technically be called refactoring.
You're right - it's hard to summarize a book - I'll take a flip through it the next time I'm at a bookstore that carries it.
Thanks for the reply.