No, if it's reckless driving or other criminal behavior, then the crown will sue in criminal court. It's a societal choice we made, like all choices they have drawbacks. And like all systems, there are freeloaders...
I agree with you, we must be able to fire bad employees. I've worked with my share of bad employees, and nothing is worst than working with morons.
Here we have a "no-fault" system. If you get hit by a car, you cannot sue the driver for damages. But the state will sue the driver in criminal court(I think that part is the same in the USA). But sometime it really sucks, because some very bad and reckless drivers should be sued for all they've got. On the other hand, if it's really an accident, you won't be sued by grieving relatives and you won't have to spend a fortune defending yourself.
Why would the employer should pay? While I understand that he's responsible for the employee, he cannot control the employee all the time. If the employer is always responsible, it means he must control his employees to make sure they don't cause traffic accidents. That opens the door to a lot of scary things that are against about every one of your constitutional rights...
Why would I start a business if one employee can wreck my business if he doesn't behave correctly? Unless you can prove it's because of the company(too much work, overstressed employees, etc.) or the vehicle(bad breaks, low visibility, etc.) that the person hit you, then the person should pay, not the company.
Yep. Our system isn't perfect. Those are fringe cases, that's why they make the news. Outliers don't define a system.
And from the article you cited:
"The bad news is I didn't have to wait for anything, because you don't have to wait when it's a serious issue," he said.
Still, people can wait for months, or even years, for elective surgery."
And I know something about that. My gf had troubles with her knee, she had to get surgery. She waited 16 month before she got it. It wasn't an urgent situation, just inconvenient. Now the situation is better and the average wait in Québec for elective surgery is 6 month. It was a choice, either she pays to get the operation right now (15k$) or she waits. She chose to wait. In Québec you can get a private insurance to cover certain procedures(cataracts, knee surgery, etc.), but no one does. It's too expensive for too little benefits.
"The BMI can also be used as a predictor for BF%. Several studies have demonstrated a good relationship between the BMI and the amount of body fat if age and sex are accounted for. When using such age- and sex-specific equations perfect body fat can be predicted with an error of 3-5%, an error comparable with the prediction error of skinfold thickness of impedance measurements." Handbook of obesity: etiology and pathophysiology George A. Bray, Claude Bouchard
I don't know if the BMI in the article accounted for sex and age. But the correlation between BF% without age sexe varies between 0.6 and 0.8. High enough to take in consideration.
I'm curious as why bureaucracies in the US are worse than those in Canada? The situation you describe is very well present in Canada, maybe moreso because of the large size of our public sector.
Well, if it's like in Québec, we still have to pay for college. It's very subsidized, so we pay a little less than 2k$ a year. The loans are there so you can concentrate on your studies instead of working full time. Most people will work part time though.
And we can choose our health care. The only difference is that the doctors are paid by the state instead of by me. Only my doctor can make health care decisions, not a faceless bureaucrat or a CS rep from an HMO. And because there's no administrative overhead(about 1% instead of 30% in the USA) it's less expensive.
But I won't lie to you, if you have the sniffles and go to an emergency room, you're gonna wait a long time. You should go to a clinic(free also) for these minor conditions.
English second language here, so don't mind the grammar/spelling....
If his wife is like my gf, she needs more sleep than him. And I guess he doesn't need to be with her when she's taking a long bath. I don't think that he was sneaking off but rather using this time to email.
If you're always 100% of the time with your wife/gf, I have very little hope for your relationship.;-) needy needy needy:-D
The account number you give to the bot is used to route the call to the proper dept. and queue. If you bring a lot of revenue to the company, they gonna answer that call faster than somebody using a low revenue service. It sucks, but it's true. At the call center I work in they have 3 differents queues with the same agents. The only difference is the holding time.
It's usually not for the agents. In the call center I work in (not on the phones, thank god!) they use the account number to access your account to prioritize your call depending on how much money you bring in. In other words, the more money you spend, the faster you'll speak to someone.
You can use the marching cubes algorithm. You can go from a cloud of points to a 3d object that you can transform like you want. I think they use that in MRI imaging. I used the 2d version (marching squares) to optimize a metablob routine a long time ago.
Is there a (simple) way to configure my mail server to do the same thing? I wouldn't have to configure aliases each time I want a throwaway email address...
Some networks use a time delay to filter out profanities. Also it might be because the feed you're watching goes thru a sat link before reaching your affiliate.
I'm not saying that you're wrong but I think there's a correlation between the rise of invidualism in western societies and the self-preservation of the modern soldier.
Nevertheless, I think soldiers are less willing to die for their country than before.
It would be nice to compare defense spending compared over the GDP over the years.
I'm not talking about the industrial military complex. But the individual soldier. During the WWII draft, at least here in Quebec, people wanted to go to war to defend their country and their way of life. Some people even committed suicide because they were refused in the army for various health reason.
Soldiers are less willing to do dangerous missions or to be on the front. Hence the developement of technology that permits remote killing or surveillance.
Now, most soldiers want a college education or come from low-income famillies. They don't do it for the country. The sense of duty isn't as important.
I think we're not talking about the same individualism or we don't have the same definition. The individualism I'm talking about is the philosophical concept than the individual is the primary unit of reality and the ultimate standard standard of value opposed to collectivism where the nation, race, group, etc is the primary unit of reality and the ultimate standard of value.(http://rous.redbarn.org/objectivism/Writing/RaymieStata/WhatIsIndividualism.html)
The little theory came from one of my politics+philo teacher, if you want to know more about it, I'll go ask him some references.
Sorry for my poor ass english, I'm french canadian
there are cultural differences. What is good for the county is good for the individual.
Western culture used to be like that until individualism took over. Big developements in defense technology are a direct consequence of individualism. People are now less willing to die for their country therefore soldiers are now more and more removed from direct conflict.
I work in a call center(student job!) and we have to ask why the customer wants to cancel and offer two things before proceeding with the desactivation. I know it sucks and I hate doing it but please remain polite we're human too...
Slashdot Mirror
When you don't understand something, it's scary. I think this explains why the big media companies act this way.
If you like these maps, I did something similary with scientific collaboration. You can see it there http://olihb.com/2011/01/23/map-of-scientific-collaboration-between-researchers/
Canada!
And no responsibility either?
No, if it's reckless driving or other criminal behavior, then the crown will sue in criminal court. It's a societal choice we made, like all choices they have drawbacks. And like all systems, there are freeloaders...
I agree with you, we must be able to fire bad employees. I've worked with my share of bad employees, and nothing is worst than working with morons.
Here we have a "no-fault" system. If you get hit by a car, you cannot sue the driver for damages. But the state will sue the driver in criminal court(I think that part is the same in the USA). But sometime it really sucks, because some very bad and reckless drivers should be sued for all they've got. On the other hand, if it's really an accident, you won't be sued by grieving relatives and you won't have to spend a fortune defending yourself.
Why would the employer should pay? While I understand that he's responsible for the employee, he cannot control the employee all the time. If the employer is always responsible, it means he must control his employees to make sure they don't cause traffic accidents. That opens the door to a lot of scary things that are against about every one of your constitutional rights...
Why would I start a business if one employee can wreck my business if he doesn't behave correctly? Unless you can prove it's because of the company(too much work, overstressed employees, etc.) or the vehicle(bad breaks, low visibility, etc.) that the person hit you, then the person should pay, not the company.
Yep. Our system isn't perfect. Those are fringe cases, that's why they make the news. Outliers don't define a system.
And from the article you cited: "The bad news is I didn't have to wait for anything, because you don't have to wait when it's a serious issue," he said. Still, people can wait for months, or even years, for elective surgery."
And I know something about that. My gf had troubles with her knee, she had to get surgery. She waited 16 month before she got it. It wasn't an urgent situation, just inconvenient. Now the situation is better and the average wait in Québec for elective surgery is 6 month. It was a choice, either she pays to get the operation right now (15k$) or she waits. She chose to wait. In Québec you can get a private insurance to cover certain procedures(cataracts, knee surgery, etc.), but no one does. It's too expensive for too little benefits.
"The BMI can also be used as a predictor for BF%. Several studies have demonstrated a good relationship between the BMI and the amount of body fat if age and sex are accounted for. When using such age- and sex-specific equations perfect body fat can be predicted with an error of 3-5%, an error comparable with the prediction error of skinfold thickness of impedance measurements."
Handbook of obesity: etiology and pathophysiology
George A. Bray, Claude Bouchard
I don't know if the BMI in the article accounted for sex and age. But the correlation between BF% without age sexe varies between 0.6 and 0.8. High enough to take in consideration.
I'm curious as why bureaucracies in the US are worse than those in Canada? The situation you describe is very well present in Canada, maybe moreso because of the large size of our public sector.
Well, if it's like in Québec, we still have to pay for college. It's very subsidized, so we pay a little less than 2k$ a year. The loans are there so you can concentrate on your studies instead of working full time. Most people will work part time though.
And we can choose our health care. The only difference is that the doctors are paid by the state instead of by me. Only my doctor can make health care decisions, not a faceless bureaucrat or a CS rep from an HMO. And because there's no administrative overhead(about 1% instead of 30% in the USA) it's less expensive.
But I won't lie to you, if you have the sniffles and go to an emergency room, you're gonna wait a long time. You should go to a clinic(free also) for these minor conditions.
English second language here, so don't mind the grammar/spelling....
You forgot: coding with ruby on rails
Now, give him some slack.
;-) needy needy needy :-D
If his wife is like my gf, she needs more sleep than him. And I guess he doesn't need to be with her when she's taking a long bath. I don't think that he was sneaking off but rather using this time to email.
If you're always 100% of the time with your wife/gf, I have very little hope for your relationship.
Have a nice day!
The account number you give to the bot is used to route the call to the proper dept. and queue. If you bring a lot of revenue to the company, they gonna answer that call faster than somebody using a low revenue service. It sucks, but it's true. At the call center I work in they have 3 differents queues with the same agents. The only difference is the holding time.
You're gonna hate this.
It's usually not for the agents. In the call center I work in (not on the phones, thank god!) they use the account number to access your account to prioritize your call depending on how much money you bring in. In other words, the more money you spend, the faster you'll speak to someone.
You can use the marching cubes algorithm. You can go from a cloud of points to a 3d object that you can transform like you want. I think they use that in MRI imaging. I used the 2d version (marching squares) to optimize a metablob routine a long time ago.
see: http://www.exaflop.org/docs/marchcubes/index.html
Is there a (simple) way to configure my mail server to do the same thing? I wouldn't have to configure aliases each time I want a throwaway email address...
Some networks use a time delay to filter out profanities. Also it might be because the feed you're watching goes thru a sat link before reaching your affiliate.
do you want a hug?
It's not "Plus ca change, plus ca change pas.", it's plus "Plus ca change, plus c'est pareil".
Do you really think so? You don't brag about "meeting a girl" unless you're a virgin or really polite....
Just consider the army moto:"Army of one".
I'm not saying that you're wrong but I think there's a correlation between the rise of invidualism in western societies and the self-preservation of the modern soldier.
Nevertheless, I think soldiers are less willing to die for their country than before.
It would be nice to compare defense spending compared over the GDP over the years.
I respect your point but I disagree.
g /RaymieStata/WhatIsIndividualism.html)
I'm not talking about the industrial military complex. But the individual soldier. During the WWII draft, at least here in Quebec, people wanted to go to war to defend their country and their way of life. Some people even committed suicide because they were refused in the army for various health reason.
Soldiers are less willing to do dangerous missions or to be on the front. Hence the developement of technology that permits remote killing or surveillance.
Now, most soldiers want a college education or come from low-income famillies. They don't do it for the country. The sense of duty isn't as important.
I think we're not talking about the same individualism or we don't have the same definition. The individualism I'm talking about is the philosophical concept than the individual is the primary unit of reality and the ultimate standard standard of value opposed to collectivism where the nation, race, group, etc is the primary unit of reality and the ultimate standard of value.(http://rous.redbarn.org/objectivism/Writin
The little theory came from one of my politics+philo teacher, if you want to know more about it, I'll go ask him some references.
Sorry for my poor ass english, I'm french canadian
there are cultural differences. What is good for the county is good for the individual.
Western culture used to be like that until individualism took over. Big developements in defense technology are a direct consequence of individualism. People are now less willing to die for their country therefore soldiers are now more and more removed from direct conflict.
change your cellphone number or use caller id. Or use a pager, then call them back on a cellphone.
I don't even answer when the call display shows the work phone number.
nope, i didn't know that. I'm part of the 20% that gets laid. ;)
Thank god, I'm not there for very long...