I'm certain that if I went to a casino and hit the jackpot tomorrow, I'd get calls from distant "relatives" with more legitimate claims to my money than this guy has any legitimate claim to being responsible for any of Namco's classic games.
One, it applied to attorney-client communication (judges are lawyers, as such they tend to favor rulings that protect lawyers).
Actually attorney-client privileges are intended to protect the client, not the lawyer. The privilege belongs to the client, in fact, who may waive it if he or she wishes.
you say it's a good thing, except these guys were churning out mold-breaking scholastic powerhouses in classes with 50+ kids in them.
Actually based on the article this was during the time period they were in decline. And the union probably thought, quite reasonably, that if they gave in on this suddenly the school administrators would take advantage of this and start stuffing 70 kids in every class.
It does, according to the ex-President of a company of which I've never heard!
I know, I mean who's heard of Namco? What the hell have they made? Something called "Pac-Man"? What the hell is a Pac-Man? It sounds like a type of food.
Although this is slightly off-topic, I'd just like to point out to all/. readers who might be wondering about his name: Ilkka Karttunen is actually a Finnish name.
While you have a point, by your own logic, you'll never know how much happier your life or our society might have been if you had not been drilled for thirteen or more years in:
Oh I have no doubt that there exists significantly better ways of educating children. What I dispute is that somehow public schools are intellectual deathtraps, and furthermore the corollary that most slashdot posters raise is that somehow non-public schools are better, which is ridiculous.
I can't speak for the magazine in general, but this article seemed fairly balanced. It did leave some blame on the doorstep of the teacher's union
Well, it tried to leave some blame, as it was being written for a stridently anti-union publication, but all I see the writer saying is that the union wouldn't allow Escalante's successor to jam more than 35 students into his classes. Which I think is a good thing.
It's no wonder he got lots of resistance against his peers, administration and teachers union. Public schools are not about education, its about creating dumbed down automatons who are easily controlled.
Did you go to public schools? If so it's sad that you consider yourself a dumbed down automaton who is easily controlled. If you didn't, how would you know what public schools are like?
Shhh, it's more fun to scream and rave about government intervention and parental inattention, because anytime anyone ever expresses any worry over children they're automatically alarmist fascists.
Yes, the world leaders in failing at AI. "In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being." -- Marvin Minsky, 1970.
However I would wager that the "settlement offers" do explicitly raise the threat of criminal charges and prison if you don't give them the money they demand.
Doubtful; lawyers can get disbarred for doing that.
Completely different. The point of nonviolent resistance is you violate an unjust law openly with the intention of being punished. If any of you think your stealing movies is comparable to fighting for civil rights in the south of the 1950s, you're a contemptible human being who vastly overestimates your own importance.
Oracle calculates its licensing cost based on cores but then discounts that number depending on its calculation of the 'power' of the processor architecture.
Hmmm, that's a change, back when I worked in IT (admittedly 10+ years ago) Oracle "calculated" its price by visiting your office and figuring how much money you had.
Well I am a lawyer, and you're right (though in terms of terminology "enforced" isn't the right word, the law is still enforced, you're just not in violation of it).
And that's one of the biggest differences between the US and Europe. People in Europe know and for the most part obey rules of the road, like staying in the right lane, and watching your mirrors if you're in the fast lane.
It's because of the American attitude of entitlement. It causes road rage where we "OWN" the road and you doing the speed limit is taking away my RIGHT to break the law dammit! ARRRGH!!!!
The great myth of purported American entitlement. In terms of driving I would rank American drivers as less self-centered than most countries, and in terms of statistics (I think other people on this story have submitted global figures on driving fatalities), safer. If you do any serious traveling you'll find in a lot of countries drivers treat traffic lights, lane dividers, stop signs, pedestrians, and other drivers as meaningless impediments to their own travels.
Probably out of luck. I'm not sure the job market will ever recover, hopefully you have family you can rely on. In the meantime write up your own software and maybe you'll get lucky and write something people will buy.
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I'm certain that if I went to a casino and hit the jackpot tomorrow, I'd get calls from distant "relatives" with more legitimate claims to my money than this guy has any legitimate claim to being responsible for any of Namco's classic games.
Whoosh. Missed the point, didn't you.
One, it applied to attorney-client communication (judges are lawyers, as such they tend to favor rulings that protect lawyers).
Actually attorney-client privileges are intended to protect the client, not the lawyer. The privilege belongs to the client, in fact, who may waive it if he or she wishes.
That's quite a penumbra.
you say it's a good thing, except these guys were churning out mold-breaking scholastic powerhouses in classes with 50+ kids in them.
Actually based on the article this was during the time period they were in decline. And the union probably thought, quite reasonably, that if they gave in on this suddenly the school administrators would take advantage of this and start stuffing 70 kids in every class.
But you've HEARD of them at least. I mean, it's like Pan Am, just because they aren't successful anymore doesn't mean nobody's heard of them.
It does, according to the ex-President of a company of which I've never heard!
I know, I mean who's heard of Namco? What the hell have they made? Something called "Pac-Man"? What the hell is a Pac-Man? It sounds like a type of food.
However, a chiropracter generally does no more good than a good massuese.
Exactly, a good chiropractor is basically a masseuse, which means they CAN help their patients out.
You want to know the sad thing? IAAL who works exclusively in federal courts. This sounded plausible to me.
Although this is slightly off-topic, I'd just like to point out to all /. readers who might be wondering about his name: Ilkka Karttunen is actually a Finnish name.
Yes, we already knew that.
FINALLY after a decade of implausible and embarassingly bad April Fool's attempts, one of them tricked me.
While you have a point, by your own logic, you'll never know how much happier your life or our society might have been if you had not been drilled for thirteen or more years in:
Oh I have no doubt that there exists significantly better ways of educating children. What I dispute is that somehow public schools are intellectual deathtraps, and furthermore the corollary that most slashdot posters raise is that somehow non-public schools are better, which is ridiculous.
I can't speak for the magazine in general, but this article seemed fairly balanced. It did leave some blame on the doorstep of the teacher's union
Well, it tried to leave some blame, as it was being written for a stridently anti-union publication, but all I see the writer saying is that the union wouldn't allow Escalante's successor to jam more than 35 students into his classes. Which I think is a good thing.
I went to public schools (and underfunded NYC public schools at that) up to and including university and I received an excellent education.
It's no wonder he got lots of resistance against his peers, administration and teachers union. Public schools are not about education, its about creating dumbed down automatons who are easily controlled.
Did you go to public schools? If so it's sad that you consider yourself a dumbed down automaton who is easily controlled. If you didn't, how would you know what public schools are like?
Shhh, it's more fun to scream and rave about government intervention and parental inattention, because anytime anyone ever expresses any worry over children they're automatically alarmist fascists.
Hey, but it's MIT!! It's freaking cool!!!
Yes, the world leaders in failing at AI. "In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being." -- Marvin Minsky, 1970.
However I would wager that the "settlement offers" do explicitly raise the threat of criminal charges and prison if you don't give them the money they demand.
Doubtful; lawyers can get disbarred for doing that.
Tell that to Rosa Parks.
Completely different. The point of nonviolent resistance is you violate an unjust law openly with the intention of being punished. If any of you think your stealing movies is comparable to fighting for civil rights in the south of the 1950s, you're a contemptible human being who vastly overestimates your own importance.
Oracle calculates its licensing cost based on cores but then discounts that number depending on its calculation of the 'power' of the processor architecture.
Hmmm, that's a change, back when I worked in IT (admittedly 10+ years ago) Oracle "calculated" its price by visiting your office and figuring how much money you had.
I think the intent should be to reduce fatalities, not accidents. More accidents but less fatalities would seem like a success to me.
Well I am a lawyer, and you're right (though in terms of terminology "enforced" isn't the right word, the law is still enforced, you're just not in violation of it).
And that's one of the biggest differences between the US and Europe. People in Europe know and for the most part obey rules of the road, like staying in the right lane, and watching your mirrors if you're in the fast lane.
Never been to Italy, have we...
It's because of the American attitude of entitlement. It causes road rage where we "OWN" the road and you doing the speed limit is taking away my RIGHT to break the law dammit! ARRRGH!!!!
The great myth of purported American entitlement. In terms of driving I would rank American drivers as less self-centered than most countries, and in terms of statistics (I think other people on this story have submitted global figures on driving fatalities), safer. If you do any serious traveling you'll find in a lot of countries drivers treat traffic lights, lane dividers, stop signs, pedestrians, and other drivers as meaningless impediments to their own travels.
Probably out of luck. I'm not sure the job market will ever recover, hopefully you have family you can rely on. In the meantime write up your own software and maybe you'll get lucky and write something people will buy.
on making core products (Windows, Office an XBox) great again
Again? Though I do think you can make a good argument for the Xboxes.