For Scotland - they get greater autonomy without the pain of going it alone.
For the Scottish people - their heritage and nationality received much attention (hell I didn't know there WAS a Scottish flag before this). They proved them selves to be paragons of peaceful demonstration and democracy.
For the Britons - the Welsh and Irish nationalities in the UK benefit from greater recognition as well. The English too!
The UK is an amazing and interesting union - and all should be proud to be a part. And who knows... maybe the next generation will decide Yes.
I don't know shit about chess except that I sucked 28 years ago, and suck now. But a quick Google survey about the top chess players would seem to contradict your claim that the best players are in their 20's
Honestly - that has not been my experience. I just started a graduate course in applied cryptography and the concepts seems to come far easier now than stuff did in my undergraduate (or previous graduate program) days.
And to be even more perfectly honest, I smoke weed now and didn't then.
But then again I still wake up with morning wood. That's it!
I have flown over a million miles on United... and this is appalling. A Premium Service flight *used* to be an aircraft with all Economy Plus seats with increased recline pitch, a section of United domestic First where E+ would be on a conventional aircraft, and lie flat seats in First. Better food and entertainment. The fare price was roughly double.
Having stopped flying in 2010 I now see that as of 2012 a PS flight is simply a normal flight with a few Global first seats up front and wifi.
Well, I guess the decision to stop travelling for work was a good one.
I say that because the people under discussion banned paper bags in their country... simply because a recycled paper bag *might* contain a fiber or two from a Koran... so rational discourse is clearly irrelevant.
No... it means that the people running the equipment produced by AMD, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun are from the same country as you.
It depends. Having a security clearance helps insulate one from this. Having left such work for pure commercial work I definitely see it, whereas I never saw it in the government space.
Still on top of the coding game at my age. I went into management for about 5 years but that wasn't for me. I was good at it but I found it tedious and I find meetings to be insufferable.
Will probably get out soon, have some other things I may want to pursue.
It hasn't been easy: constantly learning new technology is becoming a PITA. The same old arguments with the youngsters: no - style doesn't matter as long as it is consistent, yes - this is the way we do it (was not even my second choice of style btw), no - we will not revamp the entire code base because you like tabs, thanks for an hour of useless back and forth.
Also staying late at the end of sprints annoys the hell out of me... mainly because these late sprint spikes are rarely the result of my work (in fact, this has only happened once that I can recall and I told the rest of the team to go home while I fixed my own mess). So yeah, I am leaving now - to go see my kids not that it is any of your business as I don't question you when you show up late with a hangover... no, I am not going to stay late to fix your work yet again.
But all of this is moot: the real issue is that I am not doing a better job than many devs with ~15 years of experience. But I probably make more money (not always tho! Some of these late 30's dev are making BANK). Being completely logical about the issue I would definitely get rid the higher pay guy first. It is that simple.
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I thought that whole thing basically lost steam in the 1970's.
For the UK - they remain united.
For Scotland - they get greater autonomy without the pain of going it alone.
For the Scottish people - their heritage and nationality received much attention (hell I didn't know there WAS a Scottish flag before this). They proved them selves to be paragons of peaceful demonstration and democracy.
For the Britons - the Welsh and Irish nationalities in the UK benefit from greater recognition as well. The English too!
The UK is an amazing and interesting union - and all should be proud to be a part. And who knows... maybe the next generation will decide Yes.
Such is the take of this American anyway.
True, I do feel like Dr Lexus from Idiocracy much of the time.
Don't worry scro... there are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick ass lives!
I don't know shit about chess except that I sucked 28 years ago, and suck now. But a quick Google survey about the top chess players would seem to contradict your claim that the best players are in their 20's
Honestly - that has not been my experience. I just started a graduate course in applied cryptography and the concepts seems to come far easier now than stuff did in my undergraduate (or previous graduate program) days.
And to be even more perfectly honest, I smoke weed now and didn't then.
But then again I still wake up with morning wood. That's it!
WTF?
While I can't swim laps or run miles as fast as I could when I was 20, at 48 I sure as hell can out think my younger self.
Your countries are the size of a state. Try building out the infrastructure of our size and get back to us.
OMG.
I have flown over a million miles on United... and this is appalling. A Premium Service flight *used* to be an aircraft with all Economy Plus seats with increased recline pitch, a section of United domestic First where E+ would be on a conventional aircraft, and lie flat seats in First. Better food and entertainment. The fare price was roughly double.
Having stopped flying in 2010 I now see that as of 2012 a PS flight is simply a normal flight with a few Global first seats up front and wifi.
Well, I guess the decision to stop travelling for work was a good one.
http://www.united.com/web/en-U...
Now. Ask about ticket price.
Because why not base syntax on an invisible character?
Blahblahblah show whitespace. Whatever. I was showing your Mom whitespace before she met your father, whippersnapper.
Coffee is already perfect. Mess with it at your peril.
Stop being rational!
I say that because the people under discussion banned paper bags in their country... simply because a recycled paper bag *might* contain a fiber or two from a Koran... so rational discourse is clearly irrelevant.
Really?
Not in a million years.
I wonder if any of these shapes are found in the pit of modern nuclear weapons.
IIRC reading about the Fat Man devices the explosives/lenses were the shape of a conventional soccer ball, which as it turns out is sub-optimal.
>> Everywhere else they usually get what they deserve.
So, for speaking one's mind, someone should "get what they deserve."
I don't know where you come from, but FUCK that place.
No... it means that the people running the equipment produced by AMD, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun are from the same country as you.
I guess it depends on where you are from, where I hail from nut up and ball(s) up are synonymous.
What kind of fools would trust their internal government communications to a foreign company in the first place?
He already incriminated himself when he told the cops that there was evidence on the encrypted drives.
Hitler and Mussolini were fascists... certainly not left wing.
It depends. Having a security clearance helps insulate one from this. Having left such work for pure commercial work I definitely see it, whereas I never saw it in the government space.
Still on top of the coding game at my age. I went into management for about 5 years but that wasn't for me. I was good at it but I found it tedious and I find meetings to be insufferable.
Will probably get out soon, have some other things I may want to pursue.
It hasn't been easy: constantly learning new technology is becoming a PITA. The same old arguments with the youngsters: no - style doesn't matter as long as it is consistent, yes - this is the way we do it (was not even my second choice of style btw), no - we will not revamp the entire code base because you like tabs, thanks for an hour of useless back and forth.
Also staying late at the end of sprints annoys the hell out of me... mainly because these late sprint spikes are rarely the result of my work (in fact, this has only happened once that I can recall and I told the rest of the team to go home while I fixed my own mess). So yeah, I am leaving now - to go see my kids not that it is any of your business as I don't question you when you show up late with a hangover... no, I am not going to stay late to fix your work yet again.
But all of this is moot: the real issue is that I am not doing a better job than many devs with ~15 years of experience. But I probably make more money (not always tho! Some of these late 30's dev are making BANK). Being completely logical about the issue I would definitely get rid the higher pay guy first. It is that simple.