Diversity for the sake of diversity is NOT a good thing. Granted, if a company has a thousand employees, and the only black face in the crowd belongs to the janitor, then there is a problem. But - if the company's demographics perfectly reflect community demographics, then we all know that the company is more absorbed in public relations and catering to special interest groups, than it is in BUSINESS.
I work for a woman. I work with women. Women work for me. I prefer the company of women, truth be told. But - I'm sure as HELL not going to hire a female because she's female. Or black. Or Asian. Or gay. Or whatever. I'm going to hire the MOST QUALIFIED PERSON FOR THE JOB! If that happens to be a straight white male - so be it. If it happens to be a gay Chinese woman, again, so be it.
Screw diversity. It's a waste of my time, waste of your time, and a HUGE waste of company resources.
We are in agreement on that. And, treason is exactly what it is. We elect those asses to perform jobs and functions, and they fail to perform said jobs and functions. They are all to busy looking after their personal finances to worry about pissants who vote.
Load your printer up, select all the emails, and print them off. You'll probably want to position an "in" basket to catch all the sheets in order. Or, maybe thirty "in" baskets, or more. Stack baskets neatly on corner of desk. Job complete.
For shits and giggles, you could load the printer with disappearing ink.
Yeah. Whatever you say. If you don't give a fuck - then no one will. Diversity is code word for "we hate white people", and "we hate men", and "we hate the people who have worked hard to get where they are", and a lot of other things.
Welcome to your Brave New World - I have an idea that you deserve it.
You're being INVADED, just as the US is being INVADED. By 2150, Europe is going to be Muslim, and living under Sharia Law. And by the same time, the US will be a Latino nation, and possibly a Catholic nation.
You're the one saying "nyanyanya" while holding your fingers in your ears.
Mmmm-hmmmm. Funny - I never heard of a Rand Paul speech referring to rainbows coming out of asses. Maybe you're not listening to the man at all?
Scientology, huh? Well - WTF not have a few scientologists in government? Do you REALLY think they can fuck things up worse than the runny shit and the lumpy shit candidates I've already referenced?
Western European proof that moderate liberal socialism works? I've not seen that, TBH. What I see happening in Europe, is a steady stream of invaders from totalitarian and theistic countries, slowly displacing Europeans and their silly liberal socialistic ways.
But, you keep telling yourself that your form of socialism and liberalism works. Everyone needs to believe in something. Whatever gets you through the night . . .
My thoughts exactly. I fully expect that getting one of these is going to be a waste of money. But, I'm going to buy a pair of AA sized batteroos, for testing. I want to see for myself if it works. THEN, I'll write a review or ten, on Amazon and other places. If I see a 10% improvement, my review will say so - if I see 800% improvement, or a 0% improvement, my reviews will reflect that.
And, yes, your trailing question is a damned good question. If the battery manufacturers can improve the life of their batteries with this, then WHY NOT build it in? Or - the device manufacturers, for that matter.
But - but - but - are you suggesting that a janitor doesn't NEED a college degree? How about grease monkey? Ditch digger? Surely you don't suggest that Little Tommy Lackwit be sent to work with a hammer and a framing square, but without a degree? That's just so UNFAIR!!
Let me ponder that a moment. For the past century, we've basically flipped a coin, and the coin flip decides between runny shit, and lumpy shit. The runny shit party runs things until we get sick of it, and replace it with lumpy shit. When everyone gets fed up with lumpy shit, they go back to the runny shit.
What's wrong with Ron Paul? A different flavor of shit just might be what this country needs. Einstein said that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over, expecting different results, right?
So, the country is fucked, and you're dismissive of trying something different?
Yeah - insanity.
Many years ago, I read that the masses couldn't handle the meat and vegetables of politics, so they are fed pablum. Nowadays, pablum would be a tremendous improvement over the steady diet of shit. You should give it a try.
That's all well and good. But, while you're getting an education, you need to learn the facts of life. Facts dictate that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an art education is probably not going to pay off in the short or the long term. If you can't understand that, then you cannot claim to be educated at all.
Think "really long run", rather than hard acceleration. As in, a ramp from the bottom of Kilimanjaro to the top. Even IF that long a run can't accelerate the ship to orbital velocity, it won't take very much of a burn to finish the job, will it? Of course, for unmanned launches, they can ram the craft into orbit at any launch speed desired.
My first thought was, "Since when are aircraft magnetic?" Yeah, really, that was my first thought. Then, I wondered why they didn't just fire the damned things from a rail gun. Oh - wait - in essence, that's what this is. The EM force is acting on the launcher mechanism itself, rather than the payload. Hmmm - wonder why I never thought of that before? It isn't necessary to launch your ferrous accelerator thingamabob. Next up - space launches? Yeah, I realize it would require a bigger launcher, bigger by a few orders of magnitude. It sure would save a lot of rocket fuel though!
Good post. Unfortunately, "we" are far to few. How long do you think it would take for congress to pass a law we wanted, if EVERY DAMNED REGISTERED VOTER IN THE COUNTRY were to write a letter, as well as send an email, in addition to making a phone call to each of their congress critters?
Really - if your congress critter got all three forms of communication from each registered voter in his district, DEMANDING that he stop TPP, what are the chances that he would continue to pocket the bribes, and approve of Fast Track?
Reading comprehension. It is patently obvious that they CAN censor the email that crosses their servers. I said that it is unethical and immoral. I said that they are not ENTITLED to censor the mail on a whim.
In short, this goes a long way toward convincing me that the Google haters are right after all.
If you run a messenger service, you aren't entitled to decide that select groups can't use your service. You can't decide that you will monitor the messages, and only deliver those messages that you approve of. You don't get to decide that you will deliver partisan messages that favor your position, and just lose messages that support the other side.
As an email provider/carrier/whatever, Google has a responsibility to pass the messages on, unless and until they actually violate some law.
How about if your phone company listens in to your conversations, and cuts you off when they disapprove of your conversation?
Now - you can twist a pair of panties into any kind of a wad you like, but you cannot twist morality and ethics enough to justify censorship of private communications. Nor can you justify political communications. Can't even justify censorship of business communications, until those communications violate a valid law.
3-phase for what? Few people have any use for more energy than 240 volt can supply. The primary reason for getting 480-volt service has always been to run a welder. These days, 120 and 240 volt wire welders can do just about anything that a crackerbox 480 could ever do. For the price in service, I would think it cheaper in the long run to just buy a diesel powered Lincoln welder, than to pay for 480-volt service. And, the diesel welder has the advantage of a built-in generator for when the power goes out!
Build with concrete. Dig deep, to put most, or even all of your home underground. Some wise guy posted about lawns up above. I say, plant your lawn on top of your house. Heating and cooling are minimal, and there is virtually no maintenance on the structure. You're safe from tornadoes, and safe from flooding unless you build in a flood plain. A few solar panels, and there's no need to have the electric company come out to hook you up to the grid!
Oh, great thing about the concrete shell of your home. You can use lots of rebar, and put mesh everywhere. Great faraday cage thing - it will help to keep the NSA from spying inside your home.
Anyone with a clue doesn't use a site whose sole purpose is to datamine your ass. When will people begin to understand that Facebook is the enemy?
Here, we have the nanny state stepping in, and Facebook cooperates fully. Facebook does nothing to block trackers, in fact, they ENCOURAGE trackers! I'm sure that Facebook is getting some kind of financial incentive for cooperating. If government doesn't offer incentives directly, then the companies like Snaptrends is passing it on.
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Diversity for the sake of diversity is NOT a good thing. Granted, if a company has a thousand employees, and the only black face in the crowd belongs to the janitor, then there is a problem. But - if the company's demographics perfectly reflect community demographics, then we all know that the company is more absorbed in public relations and catering to special interest groups, than it is in BUSINESS.
I work for a woman. I work with women. Women work for me. I prefer the company of women, truth be told. But - I'm sure as HELL not going to hire a female because she's female. Or black. Or Asian. Or gay. Or whatever. I'm going to hire the MOST QUALIFIED PERSON FOR THE JOB! If that happens to be a straight white male - so be it. If it happens to be a gay Chinese woman, again, so be it.
Screw diversity. It's a waste of my time, waste of your time, and a HUGE waste of company resources.
We are in agreement on that. And, treason is exactly what it is. We elect those asses to perform jobs and functions, and they fail to perform said jobs and functions. They are all to busy looking after their personal finances to worry about pissants who vote.
When you have demonstrated and proven that mythical post-prosperity world I've heard so much about - then we'll talk.
Load your printer up, select all the emails, and print them off. You'll probably want to position an "in" basket to catch all the sheets in order. Or, maybe thirty "in" baskets, or more. Stack baskets neatly on corner of desk. Job complete.
For shits and giggles, you could load the printer with disappearing ink.
Yeah. Whatever you say. If you don't give a fuck - then no one will. Diversity is code word for "we hate white people", and "we hate men", and "we hate the people who have worked hard to get where they are", and a lot of other things.
Welcome to your Brave New World - I have an idea that you deserve it.
"perfectly secure"?
You're being INVADED, just as the US is being INVADED. By 2150, Europe is going to be Muslim, and living under Sharia Law. And by the same time, the US will be a Latino nation, and possibly a Catholic nation.
You're the one saying "nyanyanya" while holding your fingers in your ears.
Obviously, doing so wouldn't "double the price". You may have something if you just say "cost increase", but not with "double the price".
Mmmm-hmmmm. Funny - I never heard of a Rand Paul speech referring to rainbows coming out of asses. Maybe you're not listening to the man at all?
Scientology, huh? Well - WTF not have a few scientologists in government? Do you REALLY think they can fuck things up worse than the runny shit and the lumpy shit candidates I've already referenced?
Western European proof that moderate liberal socialism works? I've not seen that, TBH. What I see happening in Europe, is a steady stream of invaders from totalitarian and theistic countries, slowly displacing Europeans and their silly liberal socialistic ways.
But, you keep telling yourself that your form of socialism and liberalism works. Everyone needs to believe in something. Whatever gets you through the night . . .
My thoughts exactly. I fully expect that getting one of these is going to be a waste of money. But, I'm going to buy a pair of AA sized batteroos, for testing. I want to see for myself if it works. THEN, I'll write a review or ten, on Amazon and other places. If I see a 10% improvement, my review will say so - if I see 800% improvement, or a 0% improvement, my reviews will reflect that.
And, yes, your trailing question is a damned good question. If the battery manufacturers can improve the life of their batteries with this, then WHY NOT build it in? Or - the device manufacturers, for that matter.
But - but - but - are you suggesting that a janitor doesn't NEED a college degree? How about grease monkey? Ditch digger? Surely you don't suggest that Little Tommy Lackwit be sent to work with a hammer and a framing square, but without a degree? That's just so UNFAIR!!
Stump speeches appeal to stumpy brains? I swear most voter's have a stump at the top of their spinal cords, where there is supposed to be a brain.
Let me ponder that a moment. For the past century, we've basically flipped a coin, and the coin flip decides between runny shit, and lumpy shit. The runny shit party runs things until we get sick of it, and replace it with lumpy shit. When everyone gets fed up with lumpy shit, they go back to the runny shit.
What's wrong with Ron Paul? A different flavor of shit just might be what this country needs. Einstein said that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over, expecting different results, right?
So, the country is fucked, and you're dismissive of trying something different?
Yeah - insanity.
Many years ago, I read that the masses couldn't handle the meat and vegetables of politics, so they are fed pablum. Nowadays, pablum would be a tremendous improvement over the steady diet of shit. You should give it a try.
That's all well and good. But, while you're getting an education, you need to learn the facts of life. Facts dictate that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an art education is probably not going to pay off in the short or the long term. If you can't understand that, then you cannot claim to be educated at all.
Think "really long run", rather than hard acceleration. As in, a ramp from the bottom of Kilimanjaro to the top. Even IF that long a run can't accelerate the ship to orbital velocity, it won't take very much of a burn to finish the job, will it? Of course, for unmanned launches, they can ram the craft into orbit at any launch speed desired.
My first thought was, "Since when are aircraft magnetic?" Yeah, really, that was my first thought. Then, I wondered why they didn't just fire the damned things from a rail gun. Oh - wait - in essence, that's what this is. The EM force is acting on the launcher mechanism itself, rather than the payload. Hmmm - wonder why I never thought of that before? It isn't necessary to launch your ferrous accelerator thingamabob. Next up - space launches? Yeah, I realize it would require a bigger launcher, bigger by a few orders of magnitude. It sure would save a lot of rocket fuel though!
Still not getting it, are you?
Morality is a higher standard than legality. Anyone can buy a law, if they have enough money. You cannot buy a moral.
"We attain power by being useful to others."
Obviously, you are a tool. A wiling tool, at that.
Good post. Unfortunately, "we" are far to few. How long do you think it would take for congress to pass a law we wanted, if EVERY DAMNED REGISTERED VOTER IN THE COUNTRY were to write a letter, as well as send an email, in addition to making a phone call to each of their congress critters?
Really - if your congress critter got all three forms of communication from each registered voter in his district, DEMANDING that he stop TPP, what are the chances that he would continue to pocket the bribes, and approve of Fast Track?
Reading comprehension. It is patently obvious that they CAN censor the email that crosses their servers. I said that it is unethical and immoral. I said that they are not ENTITLED to censor the mail on a whim.
In short, this goes a long way toward convincing me that the Google haters are right after all.
If you run a messenger service, you aren't entitled to decide that select groups can't use your service. You can't decide that you will monitor the messages, and only deliver those messages that you approve of. You don't get to decide that you will deliver partisan messages that favor your position, and just lose messages that support the other side.
As an email provider/carrier/whatever, Google has a responsibility to pass the messages on, unless and until they actually violate some law.
How about if your phone company listens in to your conversations, and cuts you off when they disapprove of your conversation?
Now - you can twist a pair of panties into any kind of a wad you like, but you cannot twist morality and ethics enough to justify censorship of private communications. Nor can you justify political communications. Can't even justify censorship of business communications, until those communications violate a valid law.
3-phase for what? Few people have any use for more energy than 240 volt can supply. The primary reason for getting 480-volt service has always been to run a welder. These days, 120 and 240 volt wire welders can do just about anything that a crackerbox 480 could ever do. For the price in service, I would think it cheaper in the long run to just buy a diesel powered Lincoln welder, than to pay for 480-volt service. And, the diesel welder has the advantage of a built-in generator for when the power goes out!
Build with concrete. Dig deep, to put most, or even all of your home underground. Some wise guy posted about lawns up above. I say, plant your lawn on top of your house. Heating and cooling are minimal, and there is virtually no maintenance on the structure. You're safe from tornadoes, and safe from flooding unless you build in a flood plain. A few solar panels, and there's no need to have the electric company come out to hook you up to the grid!
Oh, great thing about the concrete shell of your home. You can use lots of rebar, and put mesh everywhere. Great faraday cage thing - it will help to keep the NSA from spying inside your home.
LMAO @ the video - that really does look like a lot of people today!
Anyone with a clue doesn't use a site whose sole purpose is to datamine your ass. When will people begin to understand that Facebook is the enemy?
Here, we have the nanny state stepping in, and Facebook cooperates fully. Facebook does nothing to block trackers, in fact, they ENCOURAGE trackers! I'm sure that Facebook is getting some kind of financial incentive for cooperating. If government doesn't offer incentives directly, then the companies like Snaptrends is passing it on.
They generally don't print coupons for the first example - they just lower the price and advertise it.
Loss leaders are unethical. I can't justify them, and I'm not lured in by them. I understand how they work, why they work, and I avoid them.