Like believing god will wash you sins away anytime you ask. I wish daily that I could lie, cheat and steal to get what I want. But NO, I have ethics and no god who will "wash away my sins" just for asking.
I predict that nothing will happen, there will be no massive move to ZUNE HD.
What does that even mean; "HD"? Clearly to create confusion with the customer since the only HD item is the radio. Confuse consumers with "HD meaning it must be good if it's HD". Well, TV's called HD are better then regular TVs; so a HD Zune must be better then every other MP3/Mini-computer/thingy out there not called HD.
Marginally good marketing name, unimpressive product.
I did some training with some special forces operators (who don't like the world to see their faces) but I wanted to show "some" friends what I was up to. I posted the photos (even being careful to not show name tapes of full face shots or blured them out in Photoshop) , choose "Friends ONLY" in privacy settings and then 3 days later I deleted it. If you didn't see it, you didn't see. Come over, I can show you over coffee, just can't post on FB or on my website- faces/badges,/unit numbers/Identifying stuff, what I know if the up coming mission I am training them for etc. Just like this post. You have no idea where I was or who I was with: that's the point. Don't want the world to know about it, don't post it!
Bugger using some high tech stuff for a low tech option - just don't post it.
We sort of have one. Every "replica" gun must have a orange tip in the USA. That's a law already (Sorry, I can't find a good source).
I don't know no nuttin' bout replica scifi guns.
Complainant is an moron anyway - in what way does that look remotely like a Kalashnikov? Maybe a old BAR or a Barrett 82 or as I knew it, the M107 SASR
Except I need someone to be there to unlock the door and all the rest so customers can come inside and spend money. If you can't do that I don't care about anything else, that's your job. Text all you want if you can do your job.
I am guessing your idea of small business and my idea of small business is totally different.
btw; if you find yourself wondering "what everyone else's problem is" it's usually you with the problem. I learned that when I turned 24.
Not when a building needs to be open so customers can come in. (Remember not everyone lives in the world you live in.) Some of us really need to be somewhere and turn a switch on a specific time. It's not all flex-time for everyone. This is about a 17 girl that needed to open the doors and turn the lights on.
I suspect you are correct; that each generation has it's own "texting" problem. The first job I got fired from when I was 18 was for asking that my 5 days of 4 hour shift be grouped together so I could have 2 days off in a row. They said "good bye" to me for "unreasonable requests" I was freakin' making coffee and scooping ice cream, I mean, when I wasn't "making unreasonable requests"
That was my first "real" job when I lived on my own, year 1992. 1996 I started my first company with a friend and only have had "real jobs" for short times between working as a consultant, warrior and a few other careers in places way far from the 90% of the slashdot crowed (no offense, there are a lot of really smart people here making, I am sure, way more money then me)
Doesn't really apply in my workplace, and she want's more hours as it is. I told her if she shows she can be more reliable, she gets more hours. That worked; she made a sad face and pouted off....(something else 17 year old girls are really good at.)
She can't do any of that other stuff, but she is pretty, can take charge and has a great attitude, plus can do most of her job competently, I pay 30% more then minimum wage and this business of mine is in the entertainment sector. She does ok for being 17 (compared to the many other employees of the years)
Just to reassure you. I run a business (well, I do a lot of the tech and paperwork, my wife does the fun stuff) that provides parties for little kids. We hire young people and give them responsibility as they grow. I pay $9 an hour to start for work that is fun and easy. I tried minimum wage and got what I paid for.
Your example is why I don't work in the real world. I am the worst employee EVER. I have had a few "jobs" in my life, the longest was in the Army (no much choice there) and I have worked everything from Martial Arts instructor to IT Manager at a corporation to Big Rig mechanic assistant (in that order) to being where I am today;on my own as a writer, adventurer and partier.
As a small business owner I have noticed that those "teens" turn in to my employees and think it's ok to text while working and then expect to get "good jobs" for showing up on time to work. In fact; I have a 17 year old girl who seems quite reasonable, say to me after showing up 20 minutes late that she thought, and I quote "I didn't think it was a big deal". This kind of thinking is not isolated, to her , it is very common in this age range of employees.
Everyone thinks Canada is our nice neighbors to the north (if they happen to be American). BUT they have a pretty corrupt government run heavily on business interests. For example it is illegal to photograph or even view baby seals being killed for fur (I wish I was making that up; check out Sea Shepherd for more) unless you have a license to kill seals. Laws like that make the scenario in the parent story entirely likely.
Why, they just want to break stuff then add a cause later. I was asked to help build a bomb and blow something up by a faction or chapter of these morons.
I said "no, and if you every contact me again or do what you are asking me to do, my next call will be to the FBI and I will turn your ass in" Or something to that effect, that was 15 years ago, I haven't heard from them again and the "thing or place" is still there untouched.
I ran into a lot of hippy's on Hawai'i that said they were "home schooling" their children and every time it was clear and well understood that it meant NO SCHOOLIN'. To be clear, I am talking about the Puna district white people who were there to escape the world. - Just screwing their kids for life in the process (that would be my opinion, since only a few self taught people ever amounted to much; did I say ever? most of us are to lazy).
I RTFA, but it lacked an example of the bugs use in the wild for reals and/or by accident. I am an Apple user and maybe I am the only one to admit it, but my Mac hangs and parts crash sometimes. Is this a likely and occasional culprit?
I tend to think that most people live lives that really suck. (I am not being funny, face it; 9 of 10 people would rather be doing something other then what they are doing at any given time. See: WOW and 2nd Life) There should be no surprise that when you have a group that biologically/chemically can not rationalize they boring/bad/unhappy life they may be a bit smarter then the rest of us cow to the slaughter. It is well known that many brilliant people do not sleep as much (Leonardo da Vinci reportedly sleep only about 2 hours a night). Clinical depression is often tied to serotonin uptake issues, the very same stuff that helps us sleep makes us happy when we are in out little cubical waiting for 5 PM. Being our collective and profound, underwhelming knowledge of how the entirety of the human brain works it's not surprising that there is a link there. I can't wait to hear more.
Government at work, spending good money on a project that someone else has already done most of the work on. (I am sure that were talking to the folks at Toshiba and Westinghouse asking for pointers).
I have been "searched" many times, but never to that degree.
I take the Washington hwy 539 or Vermont, North Troy on RR 243 crossing for exactly that reason. Avoid big crossings. I knew a place in Vermont west of N Jay rd above Jay, VT where there was a trail (big enough for a suv) that you could cross. It was Dr. Bull's property (a weapons testing facility crossing the border), but there was a time between when the Mossad killed him in Turkey in 1991 or 92 and 9/11/2001 that you could dive right across the boarder unnoticed (now it's blocked by cement blocks and a boarder post is within sight, plus the whole boarder line has been cleared as far as you can see).
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Now that's that's Flamebait!
Killing = Evolving
Go ahead and flambait me, I can take it. But "First" and "is there and editor..." together; DUDE, GET A LIFE.
Like believing god will wash you sins away anytime you ask. I wish daily that I could lie, cheat and steal to get what I want. But NO, I have ethics and no god who will "wash away my sins" just for asking.
What does that even mean; "HD"? Clearly to create confusion with the customer since the only HD item is the radio. Confuse consumers with "HD meaning it must be good if it's HD". Well, TV's called HD are better then regular TVs; so a HD Zune must be better then every other MP3/Mini-computer/thingy out there not called HD.
Marginally good marketing name, unimpressive product.
I did some training with some special forces operators (who don't like the world to see their faces) but I wanted to show "some" friends what I was up to. I posted the photos (even being careful to not show name tapes of full face shots or blured them out in Photoshop) , choose "Friends ONLY" in privacy settings and then 3 days later I deleted it. If you didn't see it, you didn't see. Come over, I can show you over coffee, just can't post on FB or on my website- faces/badges,/unit numbers/Identifying stuff, what I know if the up coming mission I am training them for etc. Just like this post. You have no idea where I was or who I was with: that's the point. Don't want the world to know about it, don't post it!
Bugger using some high tech stuff for a low tech option - just don't post it.
I don't know no nuttin' bout replica scifi guns.
Complainant is an moron anyway - in what way does that look remotely like a Kalashnikov? Maybe a old BAR or a Barrett 82 or as I knew it, the M107 SASR
I had one of those jobs that "required" 10 hours of overtime a week, I lasted 3 days. I am a horrible employee, that's why I own the company now.
I am guessing your idea of small business and my idea of small business is totally different.
btw; if you find yourself wondering "what everyone else's problem is" it's usually you with the problem. I learned that when I turned 24.
mindset
MOD UP - can I get a witness?
Think outside your life.
That was my first "real" job when I lived on my own, year 1992. 1996 I started my first company with a friend and only have had "real jobs" for short times between working as a consultant, warrior and a few other careers in places way far from the 90% of the slashdot crowed (no offense, there are a lot of really smart people here making, I am sure, way more money then me)
Doesn't really apply in my workplace, and she want's more hours as it is. I told her if she shows she can be more reliable, she gets more hours. That worked; she made a sad face and pouted off....(something else 17 year old girls are really good at.)
She can't do any of that other stuff, but she is pretty, can take charge and has a great attitude, plus can do most of her job competently, I pay 30% more then minimum wage and this business of mine is in the entertainment sector. She does ok for being 17 (compared to the many other employees of the years)
Your example is why I don't work in the real world. I am the worst employee EVER. I have had a few "jobs" in my life, the longest was in the Army (no much choice there) and I have worked everything from Martial Arts instructor to IT Manager at a corporation to Big Rig mechanic assistant (in that order) to being where I am today;on my own as a writer, adventurer and partier.
As a small business owner I have noticed that those "teens" turn in to my employees and think it's ok to text while working and then expect to get "good jobs" for showing up on time to work. In fact; I have a 17 year old girl who seems quite reasonable, say to me after showing up 20 minutes late that she thought, and I quote "I didn't think it was a big deal". This kind of thinking is not isolated, to her , it is very common in this age range of employees.
Everyone thinks Canada is our nice neighbors to the north (if they happen to be American). BUT they have a pretty corrupt government run heavily on business interests. For example it is illegal to photograph or even view baby seals being killed for fur (I wish I was making that up; check out Sea Shepherd for more) unless you have a license to kill seals. Laws like that make the scenario in the parent story entirely likely.
Why, they just want to break stuff then add a cause later. I was asked to help build a bomb and blow something up by a faction or chapter of these morons.
I said "no, and if you every contact me again or do what you are asking me to do, my next call will be to the FBI and I will turn your ass in" Or something to that effect, that was 15 years ago, I haven't heard from them again and the "thing or place" is still there untouched.
I ran into a lot of hippy's on Hawai'i that said they were "home schooling" their children and every time it was clear and well understood that it meant NO SCHOOLIN'. To be clear, I am talking about the Puna district white people who were there to escape the world. - Just screwing their kids for life in the process (that would be my opinion, since only a few self taught people ever amounted to much; did I say ever? most of us are to lazy).
I RTFA, but it lacked an example of the bugs use in the wild for reals and/or by accident. I am an Apple user and maybe I am the only one to admit it, but my Mac hangs and parts crash sometimes. Is this a likely and occasional culprit?
I tend to think that most people live lives that really suck. (I am not being funny, face it; 9 of 10 people would rather be doing something other then what they are doing at any given time. See: WOW and 2nd Life) There should be no surprise that when you have a group that biologically/chemically can not rationalize they boring/bad/unhappy life they may be a bit smarter then the rest of us cow to the slaughter. It is well known that many brilliant people do not sleep as much (Leonardo da Vinci reportedly sleep only about 2 hours a night). Clinical depression is often tied to serotonin uptake issues, the very same stuff that helps us sleep makes us happy when we are in out little cubical waiting for 5 PM. Being our collective and profound, underwhelming knowledge of how the entirety of the human brain works it's not surprising that there is a link there. I can't wait to hear more.
Isn't an XY test pretty easy?
Government at work, spending good money on a project that someone else has already done most of the work on. (I am sure that were talking to the folks at Toshiba and Westinghouse asking for pointers).
I have been "searched" many times, but never to that degree.
I take the Washington hwy 539 or Vermont, North Troy on RR 243 crossing for exactly that reason. Avoid big crossings. I knew a place in Vermont west of N Jay rd above Jay, VT where there was a trail (big enough for a suv) that you could cross. It was Dr. Bull's property (a weapons testing facility crossing the border), but there was a time between when the Mossad killed him in Turkey in 1991 or 92 and 9/11/2001 that you could dive right across the boarder unnoticed (now it's blocked by cement blocks and a boarder post is within sight, plus the whole boarder line has been cleared as far as you can see).