The point is that OP doesn't find acceptable that he left because they allowed a sponsor linked to Defense and the Military. I said it's hardly reprehensible that he exercises his good conscience and choose to step aside if he doesn't agree with the money source. You said that they are not so bad because DARPA kickstarted the Internet, but it's irrelevant since they still do research with military applications. After all, DARPA had Project AGILE.
Note that in EVERY single god game, taxes just show up by magic... Imagine Civilization with a Greek setting, build a granary, food production mysteriously drops while some fat cats get richer. Would be rather hard to win the game right?
Pure gold.
Now, seriously, maybe a biometrical solution would be enough? Not every lose of privacy is bad or unacceptable: I just have an issue with i if other people can tell what I do or where I'm going. I would certainly give my biometrical data away if it helps me prove I am me.
It's not a a failure, and you said why: a lot of people like using credit cards!. Those companies already accept the fact that, every now and then, cards get stolen. They continue to operate under this scheme because it's so lucrative.
I agreed at first glance, but then I thought of orchestra directors and music players: they play 8 hours a day and don't falter. Perhaps it's just a matter of training and adequate resting positions?
I'm glad to find this piece of opinion. People don't realise how exerted our current infrastructure is today. If all the people that watch BluRay movies today made the switch and started watching HD + 5.1 DD a la BluRay, the Internet would collapse.
They may even think that download caps are because "they are greedy"! Ha!
Of course it would be broken! Every security system fails. Thing is, AACS was designed with this in mind. It was never meant to be invulnerable; it was meant to be renewable and resilient.
First, sorry for the ugly formatting. I thought the "ul" and "li" tags would work. With that out of the way, the meaty stuff:
So, better to just let the manager be unreasonable and selfish?
Maybe it's a cultural thing, but the vast majority of people I worked with would much rather avoid a conflict, lay low and try to solve it privately with their employer, than organise and ask something in group. Maybe they lack balls, are selfish, or have something to lose (in a pseudo game-theory sense). I remember this one project: the salaries for the whole team were still due three months after we started, and I said to my co-workers how crazy this was, that we should do something: they told me that I should do what I think is correct on my own, that they would do nothing, and that they didn't want any problems. In retrospective, I understand that people sometimes just want to cope with it, even if it's abusive.
Without a union, you definitely are a pawn in someone else's game.
I know I'm still a slave, that's why I put "[nother]". My point: I don't want to promote and spend energy on someone who'll just use me as a means to an end. I've seen a few union leaders talking to hidden cameras, even public speeches, so I know it's not paranoia. Let's take the case of Argentina: Hugo Moyano, the leader of the biggest union in the country, publicly threatened to paralyse the country with a mass strike because the Swiss Government wanted to investigate him for alleged money laundering.
What actually dissuades me from joining a union is the political taint. I mentioned Argentina, so let's continue with it (Uruguay also has this trait). There are two unions for IT workers there. None are registered in the Department of Labor, so they aren't exactly legal, but I digress. One is allied with the Socialist Party and the other with the Peronist Party. I don't agree with any of them, so I'd be at odds with a few decisions they made in the past. Instead of focusing exclusively on IT workers' issues, they have a political agenda. That alienates me.
My point is not 'let the shitty bosses run amok'. I think I was impartial, although a few people are already bashing me for missing a few arguments for/against. In these latitudes, for me, the pros don't outmatch the cons.
My 2 cents about unions, and why I don't unionise:
Pros:
It's the easiest and most cost-effective way to advance workers' issues. Period.
As long as all parties are reasonable, and took Negotiations 101, It Just Works.
Cons:
As soon as someone becomes unreasonable or selfish (either the manager or the union leader), then it's constant conflict time, alienating people.
Someone gets power, and power tends to corrupt. No one wants to be a[nother] pawn in someone else's game.
This may apply only to Latin America, but unions there usually ally with a political party (for instance, the Socialist Party). That also alienates people.
These dogs are sniffing around a public area. If a dog starts being really playful with someone, police officers have a legitimate reason to think he's are committing a crime. We are talking about drugs, so we're talking about a felony. Since he's in a car, there's not as much privacy expectation as in a house. In that scenario, it's definitely OK to have warrantless searches. Whether or not he was near the US border is irrelevant at this point.
This. Somehow, WoW had a similar arrangement: you paid for whichever server you were running and you played with your friends. Yet, this is innovative?
Wow, amazing. I'd expect the average of all those normal curves to result in a fattier normal curve. I'm still wondering if a simple shift in the time axis means they are uncorrelated, though.
I guess I'll have to reread a few books on quality management...
I know this won't change your mind, and maybe it only applies to Spanish South America, but still...
A German acquaintance said it find it difficult to speak and convey emotions so intensely as Spanish speakers. He said that, in Spanish, you can speak as if you were singing, with a smile on your face. I guess it has to do with the extra use of vowels...
You speak a language that can do this! Isn't that cool?:)
Unrelated: Maybe you should try Latin America? People there are warmer than Spaniards, and in some places it's hard to find someone who knows English, so your knowledge will come handy.
You reminded me of a friend who included that phrase in an essay: "Professor, if you see this sentence, ask me about my bunny.". Of course, he didn't do it. This in an example of how education solves everything...
Just kidding! XD . I did read your post. Sometimes, I think the same thing, even here. Why bother reading what other people write, even TFA, when I can assume, scream whatever I'm thinking, and move on? Life is too short! Discussions here that don't relate to OP's comment are a natural sight: my only/. journal article has a single comment, and it's only marginally related to it.
I'd gamble that it's a mix between community ties, a bit of anonymity loss (with karma) and personality/culture.
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Canada extracts a *lot* of oil. It's the biggest exporter of oil to the US (more than Saudi Arabia, for instance). It tends to be cheaper there.
The real trolls here are the people from the legislature! Just ignore them and the crappy law they redacted *on purpose*. Otherwise, they win.
The point is that OP doesn't find acceptable that he left because they allowed a sponsor linked to Defense and the Military. I said it's hardly reprehensible that he exercises his good conscience and choose to step aside if he doesn't agree with the money source. You said that they are not so bad because DARPA kickstarted the Internet, but it's irrelevant since they still do research with military applications. After all, DARPA had Project AGILE.
Yeah, it's crazy for them to dislike something they find unacceptable. They even have the nerve to leave institutions that do stuff they don't like!
Weird stuff.. do you have a link?
Viruses happens...
Note that in EVERY single god game, taxes just show up by magic... Imagine Civilization with a Greek setting, build a granary, food production mysteriously drops while some fat cats get richer. Would be rather hard to win the game right?
Pure gold.
Now, seriously, maybe a biometrical solution would be enough? Not every lose of privacy is bad or unacceptable: I just have an issue with i if other people can tell what I do or where I'm going. I would certainly give my biometrical data away if it helps me prove I am me.
It's not a a failure, and you said why: a lot of people like using credit cards!. Those companies already accept the fact that, every now and then, cards get stolen. They continue to operate under this scheme because it's so lucrative.
I agreed at first glance, but then I thought of orchestra directors and music players: they play 8 hours a day and don't falter. Perhaps it's just a matter of training and adequate resting positions?
IMHO, I find DeBroglie-Bohm theory much more convincing, even palatable, as it doesn't deal with wavefunction collapse and other "Copenhagian" quirks.
I'm glad to find this piece of opinion. People don't realise how exerted our current infrastructure is today. If all the people that watch BluRay movies today made the switch and started watching HD + 5.1 DD a la BluRay, the Internet would collapse.
They may even think that download caps are because "they are greedy"! Ha!
Amen.
Of course it would be broken! Every security system fails. Thing is, AACS was designed with this in mind. It was never meant to be invulnerable; it was meant to be renewable and resilient.
The part in which the magnet rips your skin apart must be a downer, I guess...
Without further information, that claim may actually come from the parent. It's the most probable case, since no other kid/parent has complained yet.
I'm going to not RTFA or the comments, and finish the book.
Too late, now you know the final chapter! :P
First, sorry for the ugly formatting. I thought the "ul" and "li" tags would work. With that out of the way, the meaty stuff:
So, better to just let the manager be unreasonable and selfish?
Maybe it's a cultural thing, but the vast majority of people I worked with would much rather avoid a conflict, lay low and try to solve it privately with their employer, than organise and ask something in group. Maybe they lack balls, are selfish, or have something to lose (in a pseudo game-theory sense). I remember this one project: the salaries for the whole team were still due three months after we started, and I said to my co-workers how crazy this was, that we should do something: they told me that I should do what I think is correct on my own, that they would do nothing, and that they didn't want any problems. In retrospective, I understand that people sometimes just want to cope with it, even if it's abusive.
Without a union, you definitely are a pawn in someone else's game.
I know I'm still a slave, that's why I put "[nother]". My point: I don't want to promote and spend energy on someone who'll just use me as a means to an end. I've seen a few union leaders talking to hidden cameras, even public speeches, so I know it's not paranoia. Let's take the case of Argentina: Hugo Moyano, the leader of the biggest union in the country, publicly threatened to paralyse the country with a mass strike because the Swiss Government wanted to investigate him for alleged money laundering.
What actually dissuades me from joining a union is the political taint. I mentioned Argentina, so let's continue with it (Uruguay also has this trait). There are two unions for IT workers there. None are registered in the Department of Labor, so they aren't exactly legal, but I digress. One is allied with the Socialist Party and the other with the Peronist Party. I don't agree with any of them, so I'd be at odds with a few decisions they made in the past. Instead of focusing exclusively on IT workers' issues, they have a political agenda. That alienates me.
My point is not 'let the shitty bosses run amok'. I think I was impartial, although a few people are already bashing me for missing a few arguments for/against. In these latitudes, for me, the pros don't outmatch the cons.
Oh no. I really want Haskell to succeed over Erlang, but 100% of their creators have beards, over only 67% of Haskell's.
My 2 cents about unions, and why I don't unionise:
Pros:
Cons:
These dogs are sniffing around a public area. If a dog starts being really playful with someone, police officers have a legitimate reason to think he's are committing a crime. We are talking about drugs, so we're talking about a felony. Since he's in a car, there's not as much privacy expectation as in a house. In that scenario, it's definitely OK to have warrantless searches. Whether or not he was near the US border is irrelevant at this point.
This. Somehow, WoW had a similar arrangement: you paid for whichever server you were running and you played with your friends. Yet, this is innovative?
Wow, amazing. I'd expect the average of all those normal curves to result in a fattier normal curve. I'm still wondering if a simple shift in the time axis means they are uncorrelated, though.
I guess I'll have to reread a few books on quality management...
Wouldn't an average between all those clocks raise the standard deviation of the (granted) extremely precise measurement?
Wouldn't be better to just use a single clock?
I know this won't change your mind, and maybe it only applies to Spanish South America, but still...
A German acquaintance said it find it difficult to speak and convey emotions so intensely as Spanish speakers. He said that, in Spanish, you can speak as if you were singing, with a smile on your face. I guess it has to do with the extra use of vowels...
You speak a language that can do this! Isn't that cool? :)
Unrelated: Maybe you should try Latin America? People there are warmer than Spaniards, and in some places it's hard to find someone who knows English, so your knowledge will come handy.
Side note: if you've read this far...
You reminded me of a friend who included that phrase in an essay: "Professor, if you see this sentence, ask me about my bunny.". Of course, he didn't do it. This in an example of how education solves everything...
Just kidding! XD . I did read your post. Sometimes, I think the same thing, even here. Why bother reading what other people write, even TFA, when I can assume, scream whatever I'm thinking, and move on? Life is too short! Discussions here that don't relate to OP's comment are a natural sight: my only /. journal article has a single comment, and it's only marginally related to it.
I'd gamble that it's a mix between community ties, a bit of anonymity loss (with karma) and personality/culture.