I guess I'll have to keep working on my time machine so that I can go back in time and smite Barney's creator!
But that messes with the whole fabric of time. Perhaps a world with no Barney would not be the kind and gentle place we live in today. Maybe Barney is a unifying factor in our own metamorphosis from anger and violence to the utopia we have experienced in the past few years. Oh, wait. That's not how things turned out in your alternate dimension is it. Go ahead then. "I Love You, You Love Me" is the planetary anthem here and I REALLY HATE THAT SONG NOW. It's played before every Shuffleboard game (the planetary pasttime) and it doesn't matter which Goodminton team makes a point (nobody's ever the loser, so nobody wins either) THE SAME ANTHEM GETS PLAYED FOR ALL OF THEM!! Sorry. Stress.
With the money and resources that would be required to move to a new planet in a distant solar system, wouldn't it be far easier and cheaper and quicker to set up a colony on a planet/moon in our own system?
Exactly. We just priced a U-Haul for an impending move and they really get you on the mileage, not to mention fuel costs.
Ever notice how all the small planets are rocky and all the large planets are gassy? This is not a coincidence.
Same with people. Those with small waists are often rock-solid around the middle while those with a more expansive girth are often gassy. No coincindence here either. Exercise and proper diet can help maintain a solid build while eating improperly and adopting a sedentary lifestyle can cause a buildup of both adipose tissue and vast quantities of methane.
That's not exactly true: in our case, the Sun pushed (light pressure, and another effect I can't think of the name of...) or ate all of the light gaseous material inside the asteroid belt.
If the effect doesn't already have a name I would suggest naming after my lunch today which has cause quite a gaseous buildup around my own belt.
I said "worth in the marketplace", not "worth to Company A".
I believe the post addressed that. One job offer does not establish your worth in the marketplace at all. The counter can't even be considered as it may be a stop-gap measure to maintain continuity until they can fill the hole that you'll leave when they drop your ungrateful self on the curb out front. The job offer that got the ball rolling in the first place may not be in keeping with the industry averages for such a position. They may have to offer more $$ because you'll need it to treat your ulcers.
I was looking for someone to suggest this strategy. I'd modify it though. If you can make a case for a significant raise and you don't get it, don't threaten to leave. Threats are never received kindly. If you get your counter offer you'll be tagged because of the threat.
Also evaluate why you're leaving. Is it just money? Are you currently getting at least the average for your line of work in your area? You may want to consider other factors. Do you like what you're doing? How stable is the company you'd be going to? What are the chances they may be offering a higher than average wage just to get someone and then won't turn around and cut salaries - or that they have to pay more because the working conditions are intolerable?
When I've asked for a raise in the past it has been because I genuinely like the company, my working conditions, co-workers, etc. If not, I'd rather look for a new job where those things might be true. When asking for the raise I'd start by telling my employer the things I like about the job/company and then express my desire to stay on. In a smaller business the boss may genuinely feel that can't afford more salary (because they look at payroll as a whole, not just at your salary) and won't start thinking creatively until given some incentive.
I did this at a company that had just cut salarys across the board by 10%. I had taken this job at a significant pay cut from my previous employer (money isn't everything). I immediately explained my situation and told them that my budget just couldn't handle the decrease and I'd be forced to look for either a second job (and I was on call 24/7) or a single job that paid more. I didn't get a pay cut at all (I actually got a small raise) and was with the company for several more years. Presentation means a lot.
That's because you're in a VAN POOL. You're probably wasting massive amounts of time while the van drives around picking up or dropping off members.
Such a smart person. I suppose it never occurred to you that the members meet in one of two locations and the intermediate stop takes no more than five minutes and that perhaps what you consider congested traffic might look like a lightly travelled road elsewhere. No, I didn't think so.
One of the reasons people don't do this is that they have to use the same roads choked with traffic. So they risk injury from being hit by cars and having to breath the exhaust...
Or having moronic passengers lean out the window to smack the back of their helmets (you do wear a helmet, don't you?), or playing the game where the driver trys to steer your bike by brushing your handlebar with his passenger side mirror, or wasting your breath explaining that the bicycle is a vehicle with as much right to the lane as your big truck pulling a trailer that just squeezed you into the curb only to be informed, "That's not a vehicle. It's a bicycle." But I'd still ride if I lived closer to work (within 15 miles or so).
I know quite a few people who use Cellular phones instead of wired phones for home use. No telemarketing calls, better long distance deals, etc. So people will be routed away from their house?
Those people you know... how many cell phones do they have at their house so it would look like a traffic jam?
The best use of this service is when they warn about 'ghost drivers', meaning idiots who are driving down the highway on the wrong side of the road. I wonder if a cellphone-based system could detect this as well?
I doubt the signal strength from one side of the road is significantly stronger or weaker than on the other. Direction could be determined easily enough, but you wouldn't be able to tell if one of the vehicles was on the other side of the road.
Here in Arizona we get lots of snow-birds (retirees - many whose only discretion is their discretionary income) each winter who shouldn't be allowed to drive. One snow-bird called her husband to warn him of a news report of someone driving on the wrong side of the freeway. His response? "I know, but it's not just one car, it's hundreds!!"
I have to leave the house at 4:30AM and don't get back until 6:00PM (if there are no major problems on the freeway - or at work) and the driving is ALWAYS stressful. I am in a van pool and can read or work on the laptop when not behind the wheel but I don't have much of a life these days. I'd trade the commute gladly for a life.
What you say is true, but as long as we have these roads, we should use them to their full potential.
To follow that logic, as long as anything exists it should be used to its full potential. You know, I don't think AIDS is really being used to its full potential. Neither are chemical and biological weapons.
On the other hand, using roads to their full potential would still involve a great deal of change. More buses, fewer cars on freeways. More buses and bikes (skateboards, rollerblades) and fewer cars on side streets.
You should read a short story (I think by Ray Bradbury) that explores a society that never goes outside because of a portal or door that works similar to a transporter. I think the title was something simple like "The Door".
How will the system be able to decide for wich direction there is a trafic jam? This gets even funnier when intersections this happen on an intersection of roads (where most traffic jams occur).
Wow. Don't know where you live, but in the Phoenix area most traffic jams happen on the freeway and an accident on one side bring traffic on both sides to a crawl so everyone can have a look. In fact, leaves blowing across the road or a bunch of styrofoam scattered along the shoulder can bring traffic to a crawl (seen both instances). Other times traffic will be stop and go for miles until you get to a certain point and traffic mysteriously starts going again with no discernable reason for the slowdown.
Doh. Too early in the morning yet. Didn't see the "and active" between the two parenthetical asides. Shoulda just stopped with the passive traffic == traffic jam comment.
They are using both passive cellular traffic (what you get when the phone is switched on) and active (drivers phoning up to say they'll be late - in standing traffic, I hope) to look for clusters of immobile cellphones along major routes.
Hmmm. Passive traffic could be a term for a traffic jam.
I don't think it means drivers calling to say they'll be late. That would be active. Passive is probably something like a "Hey, I can be reached from this antenna's coverage area." signal.
I had subscribed for two years, but had to cancel mid-stream due to some financial constraints (yeah, it got tight). I never got a refund. I called up, and was told that I hadn't paid yet. I said I did, and referred back to my credit card statement, and the lady sneeringly told me, "no you haven't!" Boy, was I surprised at that! So I said to myself, "I am never dealing with LJ again."
Most magazines farm that sort of thing out. You should try contacting LJ by email to make sure you get someone at the magazine. Let them know that their contractor is falling down on the job.
The solution then is to not include any GPL code in your security-critical application, not to denigrate the GPL. Look, if they went with a closed source OS and wanted to write the same application in-house and didn't want to include any GPL'd code this wouldn't even get airtime. They'd just write the stinkin' code - ALL of it (or they'd steal some good GPL'd stuff and just not tell anybody - no, nobody'd do that). What's the difference? If I don't want to share my 50bajillion lines of IP then I can probably figure out a non-GPL'd alternative to those 100 lines of code that I'm missing - including nabbing some BSD nuggets. Just because part of my solution is open source doesn't mean it all has to be.
I too use mine for ebooks. I've thought of adding a GPS but I think for extended stays I'd prefer a standalone GPS that doesn't need recharging daily. I just couldn't resist the jab when the complaint referenced the term "exercise" in the context of a week long hike.
Spelling sounds is quite difficult and isn't really taught well in schools so don't be offended by this correction. The "Aaaarrrggh!" above is a sound that indicates anger and/or frustration. It is clear from the context that you intended to convey fear. I would suggest a nice "Aaaaaaagh!" or perhaps an "Aaaauuuugh!" (you will notice the absence of the letter "r") as a variant (note: these are sometimes used to express excruciating pain so making your context clear is very important). Please do not confuse either with "Ahhhh!" (only one "A" no "g" and multiple "h's" give this a much softer sound) which is used to convey pleasure and/or comfort (easing into a warm tub of water or perhaps emptying a very full bladder).
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I guess I'll have to keep working on my time machine so that I can go back in time and smite Barney's creator!
But that messes with the whole fabric of time. Perhaps a world with no Barney would not be the kind and gentle place we live in today. Maybe Barney is a unifying factor in our own metamorphosis from anger and violence to the utopia we have experienced in the past few years. Oh, wait. That's not how things turned out in your alternate dimension is it. Go ahead then. "I Love You, You Love Me" is the planetary anthem here and I REALLY HATE THAT SONG NOW. It's played before every Shuffleboard game (the planetary pasttime) and it doesn't matter which Goodminton team makes a point (nobody's ever the loser, so nobody wins either) THE SAME ANTHEM GETS PLAYED FOR ALL OF THEM!! Sorry. Stress.
With the money and resources that would be required to move to a new planet in a distant solar system, wouldn't it be far easier and cheaper and quicker to set up a colony on a planet/moon in our own system?
Exactly. We just priced a U-Haul for an impending move and they really get you on the mileage, not to mention fuel costs.
Props to all the Star Trek True Believers on this thread. We Are Not Alone, peeps.
That's why I believe all humanoids speak English.
Ever notice how all the small planets are rocky and all the large planets are gassy? This is not a coincidence.
Same with people. Those with small waists are often rock-solid around the middle while those with a more expansive girth are often gassy. No coincindence here either. Exercise and proper diet can help maintain a solid build while eating improperly and adopting a sedentary lifestyle can cause a buildup of both adipose tissue and vast quantities of methane.
But life does exist on other plants!!!
(Ducks)
No. Not ducks. Aphids!
Alien Aphids from across the Trellis!!
Only on their plant the Aphids rule over the Ants.
That's not exactly true: in our case, the Sun pushed (light pressure, and another effect I can't think of the name of...) or ate all of the light gaseous material inside the asteroid belt.
If the effect doesn't already have a name I would suggest naming after my lunch today which has cause quite a gaseous buildup around my own belt.
I said "worth in the marketplace", not "worth to Company A".
I believe the post addressed that. One job offer does not establish your worth in the marketplace at all. The counter can't even be considered as it may be a stop-gap measure to maintain continuity until they can fill the hole that you'll leave when they drop your ungrateful self on the curb out front. The job offer that got the ball rolling in the first place may not be in keeping with the industry averages for such a position. They may have to offer more $$ because you'll need it to treat your ulcers.
I was looking for someone to suggest this strategy. I'd modify it though. If you can make a case for a significant raise and you don't get it, don't threaten to leave. Threats are never received kindly. If you get your counter offer you'll be tagged because of the threat.
Also evaluate why you're leaving. Is it just money? Are you currently getting at least the average for your line of work in your area? You may want to consider other factors. Do you like what you're doing? How stable is the company you'd be going to? What are the chances they may be offering a higher than average wage just to get someone and then won't turn around and cut salaries - or that they have to pay more because the working conditions are intolerable?
When I've asked for a raise in the past it has been because I genuinely like the company, my working conditions, co-workers, etc. If not, I'd rather look for a new job where those things might be true. When asking for the raise I'd start by telling my employer the things I like about the job/company and then express my desire to stay on. In a smaller business the boss may genuinely feel that can't afford more salary (because they look at payroll as a whole, not just at your salary) and won't start thinking creatively until given some incentive.
I did this at a company that had just cut salarys across the board by 10%. I had taken this job at a significant pay cut from my previous employer (money isn't everything). I immediately explained my situation and told them that my budget just couldn't handle the decrease and I'd be forced to look for either a second job (and I was on call 24/7) or a single job that paid more. I didn't get a pay cut at all (I actually got a small raise) and was with the company for several more years. Presentation means a lot.
That's because you're in a VAN POOL. You're probably wasting massive amounts of time while the van drives around picking up or dropping off members.
Such a smart person. I suppose it never occurred to you that the members meet in one of two locations and the intermediate stop takes no more than five minutes and that perhaps what you consider congested traffic might look like a lightly travelled road elsewhere. No, I didn't think so.
One of the reasons people don't do this is that they have to use the same roads choked with traffic. So they risk injury from being hit by cars and having to breath the exhaust...
Or having moronic passengers lean out the window to smack the back of their helmets (you do wear a helmet, don't you?), or playing the game where the driver trys to steer your bike by brushing your handlebar with his passenger side mirror, or wasting your breath explaining that the bicycle is a vehicle with as much right to the lane as your big truck pulling a trailer that just squeezed you into the curb only to be informed, "That's not a vehicle. It's a bicycle." But I'd still ride if I lived closer to work (within 15 miles or so).
I know quite a few people who use Cellular phones instead of wired phones for home use. No telemarketing calls, better long distance deals, etc. So people will be routed away from their house?
Those people you know... how many cell phones do they have at their house so it would look like a traffic jam?
The best use of this service is when they warn about 'ghost drivers', meaning idiots who are driving down the highway on the wrong side of the road. I wonder if a cellphone-based system could detect this as well?
I doubt the signal strength from one side of the road is significantly stronger or weaker than on the other. Direction could be determined easily enough, but you wouldn't be able to tell if one of the vehicles was on the other side of the road.
Here in Arizona we get lots of snow-birds (retirees - many whose only discretion is their discretionary income) each winter who shouldn't be allowed to drive. One snow-bird called her husband to warn him of a news report of someone driving on the wrong side of the freeway. His response? "I know, but it's not just one car, it's hundreds!!"
You're sick man, sick!
I have to leave the house at 4:30AM and don't get back until 6:00PM (if there are no major problems on the freeway - or at work) and the driving is ALWAYS stressful. I am in a van pool and can read or work on the laptop when not behind the wheel but I don't have much of a life these days. I'd trade the commute gladly for a life.
What you say is true, but as long as we have these roads, we should use them to their full potential.
To follow that logic, as long as anything exists it should be used to its full potential. You know, I don't think AIDS is really being used to its full potential. Neither are chemical and biological weapons.
On the other hand, using roads to their full potential would still involve a great deal of change. More buses, fewer cars on freeways. More buses and bikes (skateboards, rollerblades) and fewer cars on side streets.
You should read a short story (I think by Ray Bradbury) that explores a society that never goes outside because of a portal or door that works similar to a transporter. I think the title was something simple like "The Door".
How will the system be able to decide for wich direction there is a trafic jam? This gets even funnier when intersections this happen on an intersection of roads (where most traffic jams occur).
Wow. Don't know where you live, but in the Phoenix area most traffic jams happen on the freeway and an accident on one side bring traffic on both sides to a crawl so everyone can have a look. In fact, leaves blowing across the road or a bunch of styrofoam scattered along the shoulder can bring traffic to a crawl (seen both instances). Other times traffic will be stop and go for miles until you get to a certain point and traffic mysteriously starts going again with no discernable reason for the slowdown.
Doh. Too early in the morning yet. Didn't see the "and active" between the two parenthetical asides. Shoulda just stopped with the passive traffic == traffic jam comment.
They are using both passive cellular traffic (what you get when the phone is switched on) and active (drivers phoning up to say they'll be late - in standing traffic, I hope) to look for clusters of immobile cellphones along major routes.
Hmmm. Passive traffic could be a term for a traffic jam.
I don't think it means drivers calling to say they'll be late. That would be active. Passive is probably something like a "Hey, I can be reached from this antenna's coverage area." signal.
I had subscribed for two years, but had to cancel mid-stream due to some financial constraints (yeah, it got tight). I never got a refund. I called up, and was told that I hadn't paid yet. I said I did, and referred back to my credit card statement, and the lady sneeringly told me, "no you haven't!" Boy, was I surprised at that! So I said to myself, "I am never dealing with LJ again."
Most magazines farm that sort of thing out. You should try contacting LJ by email to make sure you get someone at the magazine. Let them know that their contractor is falling down on the job.
The solution then is to not include any GPL code in your security-critical application, not to denigrate the GPL. Look, if they went with a closed source OS and wanted to write the same application in-house and didn't want to include any GPL'd code this wouldn't even get airtime. They'd just write the stinkin' code - ALL of it (or they'd steal some good GPL'd stuff and just not tell anybody - no, nobody'd do that). What's the difference? If I don't want to share my 50bajillion lines of IP then I can probably figure out a non-GPL'd alternative to those 100 lines of code that I'm missing - including nabbing some BSD nuggets. Just because part of my solution is open source doesn't mean it all has to be.
I too use mine for ebooks. I've thought of adding a GPS but I think for extended stays I'd prefer a standalone GPS that doesn't need recharging daily. I just couldn't resist the jab when the complaint referenced the term "exercise" in the context of a week long hike.
I've always wanted to meet Edgar S. Raymond and Linux Torvalds but not Roger Stallman.
The newer ones need special power packs and chargers-- makes taking one on a week long hike a bit of an exercise.
Yep. Sure do hate missing those appointments while on a week long hike. And isn't hiking for a week exercise enough?
Maybe when they're done with it they should have it bronzed....
Aaaarrrggh! Run! The canary has mutated!
Spelling sounds is quite difficult and isn't really taught well in schools so don't be offended by this correction. The "Aaaarrrggh!" above is a sound that indicates anger and/or frustration. It is clear from the context that you intended to convey fear. I would suggest a nice "Aaaaaaagh!" or perhaps an "Aaaauuuugh!" (you will notice the absence of the letter "r") as a variant (note: these are sometimes used to express excruciating pain so making your context clear is very important). Please do not confuse either with "Ahhhh!" (only one "A" no "g" and multiple "h's" give this a much softer sound) which is used to convey pleasure and/or comfort (easing into a warm tub of water or perhaps emptying a very full bladder).