Along your line of thought, I was in ROTC in the early nineties when the military started downsizing from our Cold War mentality. Our officers started to instruct us on the new privatization measures being adopted to rely on civilian contractors rather than soldiers.
It wasn't until the last few years that I understood why this was happening. All of those Cold War contractors saw their sugar daddy drying up and concocted the insane "Milton Friedman-esque" idea that they could sell privatization to recoup their losses. Now, we're paying truck drivers $100K+ a year to do what Privates used to do less the force readiness and commitment.
I take in a lot of news coverage during the day and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the Pope is supplanting normal news coverage. I haven't heard one mention of this story until reading it here. I'm conspiracy-theory prone, but go figure.
Just a correction to this widespread misconception that the Steroids hearings were a waste of time. I actually *watched* them. It was predominantly about the insidious problem of steroids and the way they're creeping into athletic culture even down to the high school level. Congress wanted more public attention on the problem and better data from the scientific community in order to design legislation to confront the problem.
Grilling pro athletes was supposed to pique our interest enough to follow the debate, but people didn't look much further than "Roger Clemens".
In either case, your subject would be the idiot. That's just not the way to conduct yourself in the workplace if you want to get any collaborative work done. Insults simply shut relationships down not to mention setting up the subject for passive and active attempts at retribution.
The Russians couldn't even afford to foot their end of the bill for their ISS commitments. I don't think that diverting funds will pay for their grandiose dreams.
A few bullets nailed the issue from my perspective:
On possible parallels between the music and game industry: Getting into IT is expensive. You practically need access to hardware which throws up an economic barrier.
On stereotypes in games: Should be pretty obvious to everyone. The Black character is usually the guy lugging around the heavy machine gun or rocket launcher.
On teaching kids a path into the game industry: This is the most interesting point and why I almost didn't get into IT. I programmed for fun on C64s and Amiga 500s as a kid and it never occurred to my parents or me that you could make a career out of it. I came full circle back to IT after testing the waters in other fields.
On gender issues vs. race issues in the game industry: I've literally had White Americans laugh in disbelief when I told them what I did for a living. I've heard coworkers dropping N-bombs and making racist comments when they didn't know I was within earshot.
Also, I think there's an osmosis issue. Women are just now fronting their first legitimate Presidential candidate 80 years after getting the vote. It takes time for people to push through barriers and trickle into career fields they previously had no access to.
The only reason race keeps coming up as an issue in the US is because PEOPLE KEEP BRINGING IT UP.
Ah, the Bill O'Reilly "I'm color-blind!" argument. Too bad that your theory doesn't hold water. The fact is we all live in a racist society and there's plenty of empirical evidence to prove it e.g. in the current home mortgage crisis a Black American was far more likely to get a worse loan package (points, ARMs, percentage) even with the exact same credit as a White American. I'm not saying that race is a catch-all excuse for underachieving, but pretending that it's not an issue when you KNOW that's not true is the reason race relations have stagnated for the last 30 years.
Because lobbying short circuits the process. If a bunch of citizens want to change laws to the disadvantage of Corporation America, we'd each commit a few hours a week to our cause. Meanwhile, the corporation has people on staff full-time and cash on hand to "invest" in the legislation it needs.
So, the entire theory of how our government should function is practically blown out of the water. The obvious solution is lobbying reform, but the same problem above keeps that from happening. That and a sizable portion of our population think that money equals free speech.
This was it, thanks! Demon Seed sounds pretty interesting, too, but much more serious fare. BTW, I've developed a hobby of sorts watching 80s movies and finding obscure actors in their earliest roles. Very interesting to see that Virginia Madsen was the girlfriend in this!
I hope someone can answer this question, there was an 80s movie about a guy who wired his house along ubiquitous computing lines. Then, the computer went sentient (and crazy) on him. I've been trying to find the title for years now.
Gawd I hate Libertarians. If the last 7 years should have taught you anything, it's that government regulation is GOOD and blindly relying on profit motive to fix the ills of the world is BAD.
it's downright screwed up to use governmental force to make everyone go along with it without a public purpose behind it.
I think the posters have outlined enough of the public concerns.
I'm still in the process of finishing the The Origin of Species (so forgive me if I'm wrong), but natural selection isn't always as deliberate as you imply. Snakes have hideously powerful venom because it evolved to kill reptiles, not mammals with our much faster metabolisms (really bad for us).
Who knows what wacky serious of evolutionary events resulted in this immune system? Hell, it could be as simple as having survived as a species for long enough to evolve advanced features.
Anyone who's dated or flirted has dealt with women (I'm sure it works both ways) who feign sexual interest to achieve another outcome, or feigned disinterested friendliness when the opposite is true. I consider myself an expert as I've misread women in just about any way possible.
Umm, you can apply that logic to any video game. A bot will respond "more effectively" than a human every time assuming enough is known about the game's mechanics.
Waaay off topic, but I'm a big zombie movie fan and I'm glad to see that the rules account for the often unanswered question, "So, how long does a zombie live?" Forty-eight hours according to the rule set I looked at.
Maybe YOU think America is going to be screwed. I think we're BEING screwed by the most incompetent administration in the history of the Union. I'm elated to see the massive turnout by voters who've finally come to the realization that the current neo-con philosophies are attrocious failures. And, I don't base my opinions on soundbites. I take in probably 6-7 hours of news coverage a day.
My only problem with the long primary season is Hillary's scorched-earth tactics. Some insider suspicions are that she's actually trying to kill Obama's chances in the general election to get another shot at the job in 2012 (indicated by her fawning over McCain's experience and Obama's lack thereof). Other than that, this mobilization in many new states normally neglected by early nominations will strengthen the party. And, I don't think this election will be close; I'm talking a +20% lead in the general by the Dem (you know who).
Just an observation, most people who think we're "screwed" in the next POTUS election are just bitter that their candidate is out of the running.
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This is precisely my conclusion after I started working in a corporate IT environment. That's the theory. The practice is that your marketroids/bureaucracy create a buffer between the craftsman and the consumer. They then quickly realize that they can use that buffer as an information wall. All of a sudden, you have very little knowledge about the details of contracts with your consumers. The marketroids then start siphoning off the money for themselves or whatever uses they see fit. Soon, you end up with a front office composed entirely of obscenely-paid people moving up within the bureaucracy while the craftsmen are treated as an autonomous "labor box."
If the trend continues, the company's leadership becomes so disassociated from its product and market, then it starts to rot from the top down. Not to say that everyone in that sphere works the same way, but I've seen the pattern repeat itself frequently.
Who cares if they were temporary? String together enough temporary budget surpluses and we pay off the debt. Much better than the fiscal policies we have in place now.
Air Force National Guard pilot during Vietnam War (he bragged about this often neglecting to say he never served in theater)
MBA from Harvard
Son of U.S. President (that alone opens any door in this country for you)
Two-term governor of one of the largest states in the Union
CEO of several corporations
GM of Houston Texans (I think)
My point is that resume bullets look good when you don't have to give the details; i.e. rejected by law school and daddy got him into the Guard to duck combat service, CEO of several failed companies, ripped off tax payers of Houston on the stadium deal then turned around and sold team to reap profit from stadium tax, only got into Yale because of legacy, etc.
I too was really disappointed that sen. Obama didn't take the opportunity to say on the record that racism is racism and that black people shouldn't behave in a racist manner either. Just seems to me to be common sense, as well as common courtesy. Race relations are largely a mess because of the differing standards that come into play. As well as the willingness to not play well with other minority groups.
Did you read the speech? The whole point was that people have reasons for their flawed beliefs, and we should empathize with what the origins are, but he in no way endorsed them. I think a lot of people haven't gone any further into this subject than "Wright is Barack's pastor" and a few 10 second YouTube.com clips. As for standards, they're different because people in this country have historically been treated differently. I think the speech was historic in that it spoke at an adult level. Now, if you chose to evaluate his words at the same old bumper-sticker level, then that's your fault.
Richardson was the best candidate that the Democrats fielded this election
That's obviously a very small minority opinion. Resume bullets are only a small part of the job interview. Remember, GWB had great resume bullets as well.
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Along your line of thought, I was in ROTC in the early nineties when the military started downsizing from our Cold War mentality. Our officers started to instruct us on the new privatization measures being adopted to rely on civilian contractors rather than soldiers.
It wasn't until the last few years that I understood why this was happening. All of those Cold War contractors saw their sugar daddy drying up and concocted the insane "Milton Friedman-esque" idea that they could sell privatization to recoup their losses. Now, we're paying truck drivers $100K+ a year to do what Privates used to do less the force readiness and commitment.
I take in a lot of news coverage during the day and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the Pope is supplanting normal news coverage. I haven't heard one mention of this story until reading it here. I'm conspiracy-theory prone, but go figure.
Just a correction to this widespread misconception that the Steroids hearings were a waste of time. I actually *watched* them. It was predominantly about the insidious problem of steroids and the way they're creeping into athletic culture even down to the high school level. Congress wanted more public attention on the problem and better data from the scientific community in order to design legislation to confront the problem.
Grilling pro athletes was supposed to pique our interest enough to follow the debate, but people didn't look much further than "Roger Clemens".
In either case, your subject would be the idiot. That's just not the way to conduct yourself in the workplace if you want to get any collaborative work done. Insults simply shut relationships down not to mention setting up the subject for passive and active attempts at retribution.
The Russians couldn't even afford to foot their end of the bill for their ISS commitments. I don't think that diverting funds will pay for their grandiose dreams.
Also, I think there's an osmosis issue. Women are just now fronting their first legitimate Presidential candidate 80 years after getting the vote. It takes time for people to push through barriers and trickle into career fields they previously had no access to.
The only reason race keeps coming up as an issue in the US is because PEOPLE KEEP BRINGING IT UP.
Ah, the Bill O'Reilly "I'm color-blind!" argument. Too bad that your theory doesn't hold water. The fact is we all live in a racist society and there's plenty of empirical evidence to prove it e.g. in the current home mortgage crisis a Black American was far more likely to get a worse loan package (points, ARMs, percentage) even with the exact same credit as a White American. I'm not saying that race is a catch-all excuse for underachieving, but pretending that it's not an issue when you KNOW that's not true is the reason race relations have stagnated for the last 30 years.
Because lobbying short circuits the process. If a bunch of citizens want to change laws to the disadvantage of Corporation America, we'd each commit a few hours a week to our cause. Meanwhile, the corporation has people on staff full-time and cash on hand to "invest" in the legislation it needs.
So, the entire theory of how our government should function is practically blown out of the water. The obvious solution is lobbying reform, but the same problem above keeps that from happening. That and a sizable portion of our population think that money equals free speech.
This was it, thanks! Demon Seed sounds pretty interesting, too, but much more serious fare. BTW, I've developed a hobby of sorts watching 80s movies and finding obscure actors in their earliest roles. Very interesting to see that Virginia Madsen was the girlfriend in this!
I hope someone can answer this question, there was an 80s movie about a guy who wired his house along ubiquitous computing lines. Then, the computer went sentient (and crazy) on him. I've been trying to find the title for years now.
Gawd I hate Libertarians. If the last 7 years should have taught you anything, it's that government regulation is GOOD and blindly relying on profit motive to fix the ills of the world is BAD.
it's downright screwed up to use governmental force to make everyone go along with it without a public purpose behind it.
I think the posters have outlined enough of the public concerns.
I'm still in the process of finishing the The Origin of Species (so forgive me if I'm wrong), but natural selection isn't always as deliberate as you imply. Snakes have hideously powerful venom because it evolved to kill reptiles, not mammals with our much faster metabolisms (really bad for us).
Who knows what wacky serious of evolutionary events resulted in this immune system? Hell, it could be as simple as having survived as a species for long enough to evolve advanced features.
We've had Kylie Minogue on that set, but it was Dawkins people were worshipping.
Kylie Minogue was on the set and people were chasing Richard Dawkins??? Wow, that show really IS for geeks.
Oh yeah! Next, we'll discover that these two stars are engorged with milk.
Anyone who's dated or flirted has dealt with women (I'm sure it works both ways) who feign sexual interest to achieve another outcome, or feigned disinterested friendliness when the opposite is true. I consider myself an expert as I've misread women in just about any way possible.
Umm, you can apply that logic to any video game. A bot will respond "more effectively" than a human every time assuming enough is known about the game's mechanics.
...you mean, get married? Ladies, I kid!
Waaay off topic, but I'm a big zombie movie fan and I'm glad to see that the rules account for the often unanswered question, "So, how long does a zombie live?" Forty-eight hours according to the rule set I looked at.
Maybe YOU think America is going to be screwed. I think we're BEING screwed by the most incompetent administration in the history of the Union. I'm elated to see the massive turnout by voters who've finally come to the realization that the current neo-con philosophies are attrocious failures. And, I don't base my opinions on soundbites. I take in probably 6-7 hours of news coverage a day.
My only problem with the long primary season is Hillary's scorched-earth tactics. Some insider suspicions are that she's actually trying to kill Obama's chances in the general election to get another shot at the job in 2012 (indicated by her fawning over McCain's experience and Obama's lack thereof). Other than that, this mobilization in many new states normally neglected by early nominations will strengthen the party. And, I don't think this election will be close; I'm talking a +20% lead in the general by the Dem (you know who).
Just an observation, most people who think we're "screwed" in the next POTUS election are just bitter that their candidate is out of the running.
This is precisely my conclusion after I started working in a corporate IT environment. That's the theory. The practice is that your marketroids/bureaucracy create a buffer between the craftsman and the consumer. They then quickly realize that they can use that buffer as an information wall. All of a sudden, you have very little knowledge about the details of contracts with your consumers. The marketroids then start siphoning off the money for themselves or whatever uses they see fit. Soon, you end up with a front office composed entirely of obscenely-paid people moving up within the bureaucracy while the craftsmen are treated as an autonomous "labor box."
If the trend continues, the company's leadership becomes so disassociated from its product and market, then it starts to rot from the top down. Not to say that everyone in that sphere works the same way, but I've seen the pattern repeat itself frequently.
Who cares if they were temporary? String together enough temporary budget surpluses and we pay off the debt. Much better than the fiscal policies we have in place now.
A government agent in an unmarked car drove up and handed him a wad of cash? Sign me up!
They gave him the bird!
Hell yes Bush did. He looked GREAT on paper:
My point is that resume bullets look good when you don't have to give the details; i.e. rejected by law school and daddy got him into the Guard to duck combat service, CEO of several failed companies, ripped off tax payers of Houston on the stadium deal then turned around and sold team to reap profit from stadium tax, only got into Yale because of legacy, etc.
I too was really disappointed that sen. Obama didn't take the opportunity to say on the record that racism is racism and that black people shouldn't behave in a racist manner either. Just seems to me to be common sense, as well as common courtesy. Race relations are largely a mess because of the differing standards that come into play. As well as the willingness to not play well with other minority groups.
Did you read the speech? The whole point was that people have reasons for their flawed beliefs, and we should empathize with what the origins are, but he in no way endorsed them. I think a lot of people haven't gone any further into this subject than "Wright is Barack's pastor" and a few 10 second YouTube.com clips. As for standards, they're different because people in this country have historically been treated differently. I think the speech was historic in that it spoke at an adult level. Now, if you chose to evaluate his words at the same old bumper-sticker level, then that's your fault.
Richardson was the best candidate that the Democrats fielded this election
That's obviously a very small minority opinion. Resume bullets are only a small part of the job interview. Remember, GWB had great resume bullets as well.