This is one of the biggest bullshit laws I've ever seen.
Let's say I don't want to hire you because you're gay. EEO laws simply mean that I can't say it in your face that you're gay. Instead, i send you the standard HR rejection e-mail and we're all good.
Sight, I hate seeing my tax $$ going to waste drafting these stupid laws.
See how this works? EEO laws are actually kind of useful. For grownups, anyhow.
Huge (for an American, anyway) changes I've made recently:
- biking to work more than half the time; - when commuting, switched to a very small (VW Beetle) TDI running on WVO-sourced biodiesel; - switched from a 400w-PSU desktop to a power-sipping laptop for work; - ditched our old oil furnace for a super-high-efficiency gas furnace; - replaced most of the windows in our house with new, energy-efficient ones;
See, there are plenty of us 'Merkins making voluntary changes to reduce energy consumption. And guess what? There's a very real economic incentive for us to do so. My auto fuel and heating bills have plummetted since making the relevant changes above, both of which will be cash-flow-positive in a short while.
Hear hear! We travelled for three months in 2004 (Europe, India, Caribbean), and left the computer at home. The RotW is lousy with Internet cafes, so you'll not likely be far from access for long. Much better not to be distracted by all your tech.
That said, the one lifesaver was our Ipod, and decent, closed-back headphones. On an overnight train trip surrounded by the cranky, noisy children who packed our sleeper car, it was a life (and sleep) saver.
Whoever mentioned the pacsafe, I definitely second that recommendation. Since that trip, it's become the most popular lend-out-to-fellow-travelers item in our basement. Fits small digital camera, Ipod and a few other important goodies if you need to leave them, and provides a nice deterrent to easy-grabbers...
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"Trumped-Up Pump-and-Dump"?
Let's try this on for size:
This is one of the biggest bullshit laws I've ever seen.
Let's say I don't want to hire you because you're gay. EEO laws simply mean that I can't say it in your face that you're gay. Instead, i send you the standard HR rejection e-mail and we're all good.
Sight, I hate seeing my tax $$ going to waste drafting these stupid laws.
See how this works? EEO laws are actually kind of useful. For grownups, anyhow.
...they clarified that any members of the basketball team who may have cheated are exempt from the prior warning.
Red lasers on one side, blue lasers on the other. I keep forgetting which is which...
Huge (for an American, anyway) changes I've made recently:
- biking to work more than half the time;
- when commuting, switched to a very small (VW Beetle) TDI running on WVO-sourced biodiesel;
- switched from a 400w-PSU desktop to a power-sipping laptop for work;
- ditched our old oil furnace for a super-high-efficiency gas furnace;
- replaced most of the windows in our house with new, energy-efficient ones;
See, there are plenty of us 'Merkins making voluntary changes to reduce energy consumption. And guess what? There's a very real economic incentive for us to do so. My auto fuel and heating bills have plummetted since making the relevant changes above, both of which will be cash-flow-positive in a short while.
Hear hear! We travelled for three months in 2004 (Europe, India, Caribbean), and left the computer at home. The RotW is lousy with Internet cafes, so you'll not likely be far from access for long. Much better not to be distracted by all your tech.
That said, the one lifesaver was our Ipod, and decent, closed-back headphones. On an overnight train trip surrounded by the cranky, noisy children who packed our sleeper car, it was a life (and sleep) saver.
Whoever mentioned the pacsafe, I definitely second that recommendation. Since that trip, it's become the most popular lend-out-to-fellow-travelers item in our basement. Fits small digital camera, Ipod and a few other important goodies if you need to leave them, and provides a nice deterrent to easy-grabbers...
Try this one on for size...
http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05443036__