So really it's like, you're paying a ton of money to replicate what you can do with a disposable camera and 1 hour film developing.
The last time I took a disposable camera in for "1 hour" film developing the clerk asked me how soon I wanted the pictures. I said, "How about 1 hour." The clerk said they were "backed up" and the best they could do was to have them "sometime tomorrow". That response seems typical of our current "service" economy.
That's not a bad idea. Issue everyone a Radio Shack Battery Club card and force them to report to Radio Shack once a month for interogation for their mailing list.
Checkout what the FBI was worried about in the 50's at www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/madfbi1.shtml
The FBI investigated MAD magazine because of what it felt were unAmerican activities. MTV once told its viewers that, "Bevis and Butthead aren't role models, they're not even human". Apparently J. Edgar wasn't any better than the average MTV viewer at telling the difference between "regular people" and Alfred E. Neuman.
"A room full of lawyers can create a hundred times more wealth.."
Actually, lawyers create little more than billing statements and friction in the economy. They only transfer wealth from one pocket to another and siphon off a big chunk of it in the process.
Would you work 50% smarter/harder for 50% more money? What worked for coal probably doesn't work for software. I was a manager for over 25 years at large and small companies and saw almost no correlation between pay and performance.
Inadequate pay is definitely a disincentive but a pay increase never acted as an incentive in my experience. Same for options and bonuses. Most people view their pay/option/bonus as an entitlement and whether it is good or bad is dependent on the disposition of the individual.
Work satisfaction, enjoyment and the intelligence of the worker were the biggest factors in productivity.
"we'll teach you VB and send you out into the world"
Couldn't argree with this more. Almost everything you learn in "vo-tech mode" will be obsolete in 5 years. I've seen too many "experts" in the current fad language who can't program didley.
Learn the fundamentals and then you'll be able to use any language that comes along.
If you plan on doing imbedded systems programming (cars, medical products, industrial control, etc.) get to know the hardware side of things. You'll get better work and more $.
...the public Human Genome Project had actually finished its work three days before the private effort by Celera Genomics...
Whether or not they finished is debatable and certainly the quality of the work is important. The Human Genome Project took 10 years. Celera did the work in 3. Celera's map is more complete and easier to navigate. The proof? People willingly pay $10,000 a year for Celera's work even though the Human Genome Project's map is available for free.
Just another example of how private enterprise can beat government (i.e. tax supported) research any day.
Yes! Wood is a renewable resource and it works for power and heat. Several years ago I read that six acres of hardwood would be sufficient to sustain an ongoing supply for a family of four. So I tried it and 14 years later I can say that it works.
I have only used dead wood or trees damaged by storms with two wood stoves and a woodchip electric generator. One might think that the property would slowly lose all of its trees but this is not the case. The number of trees and volume of wood on the property now is greater than when I moved in. I also have my own septic system and well so that I can be completely independent of government supplied services.
Obviously, this is not a solution for LA or NYC but it can work for the individual who wants to strike out on his own. It is also environmentally sound. Removing the dead wood improves the look of the property and the remaining trees are healthier.
Listen to your system with headphones for a while.
Then take the headphones and a familiar CD/DVD along when you evaluate speakers. I found this very useful when buying speakers since it helps determine how the store has their EQ set. They may be trying to compensate for a weak low or high end and it's impossible to know without a reference.
I'm a programmer, a drummer and over 50. If I spoke with a classic "black" voice and applied for a job with a black hip hop or rap band, don't you think they would have a look of surprise on their face?
For two years I was in a band made up of 1 Filipino, 1 Puerto Rican, 1 Black, and a couple white guys. I was, by far, the oldest and they referred to me as father time. I thought the title was pretty cool but maybe I should have thought of it as age discrimination and sued them for all they had. Oh, wait, they didn't have any $. All we had was a good time.
iKantBelieve states that it is part of his job description to take over temporary responsibility for the group and that he is willing to do so. The current management may be immature and unprofessional but I think you have to read that into post. All we know from the text is that management wants him to take over. We don't even know if iKantBelieve has stated his objections to management.
Although your post takes a balanced view, what is striking to me is the amount of hostility in many of the/. responses when there are so few stated facts. Seems like there's a lot of repressed hostility in the IT community.
Think of this department as your own company. The department is big enough (6 - 8 people) that it needs management and direction and you are obviously the best person to take on the responsibility in this temporary crisis. Step in, get things running smoothly and then hire your replacement. That way you'll be a hero and wind up working for someone competent and compatible.
Lawyers, threat of retribution and ultimatims are all counterproductive for you and your employer.
One reason it's 50/50 is because Joe Lieberman never gave up his day job. If he had, maybe people would have thought he was serious about being vice president.
Strum Thurmond will probably croak in a week or two and that could change everything as well.
I've seen flextime from the perspective of a worker bee and a manager. I believe there is nothing more demeaning or less productive to a manager or an employee than having to play the roles of school teacher and tardy student. If the company sets hard time rules, a manager is expected to enforce them and it can create all kinds of relationship problems, second guessing and bitterness. Flextime lowers everyones stress level.
Disadvantages? There aren't any. Once flextime is instituted, people very quickly sort themselves into early and late arrivers with a few in between. We're creatures of habit and once the commuting patterns are set, individuals come in at about the same time everyday, so it's easy to adapt.
The ballot has an arrow pointing directly to each hole. It would take a monumental act of stupidity to punch the wrong hole.
How do you know there are 3500 ballots? Obviously, some of those people voted intentionally for Pat B. How would one know who those ballots belong to? There are no names on the ballots. How would one know who to believe? Even if you could determine who the ballots belonged to, how would one know for certain the ballot had been cast in error? Certainly some of the people who think they made a mistake, didn't make a mistake. So tens of thousands of people may show up to make sure they get it right the second time. Of course the morons who got it wrong the first time would probably get it wrong again.
Every state allows you to get a new ballot if you screw one up. But you have to do it before you cast your vote.
Al Gore has spent his entire adult life working towards the presidency. Yet within 30 minutes of Dan, Peter, and Tom saying that Bush had won Florida he called to concede. Earlier, when the same trio claimed Florida for Gore, Bush said, "Let's see what the people actually counting the ballots have to say."
Who would you rather have for President, someone who listens to the network anchors or someone who listens to the people?
Reminds me of the Indian proverb about a small bird paralyzed by fear from the stare of a King Cobra. The bird forgets that it has wings and can simply fly away.
Jimmy Carter's policy was exactly what you propose and it didn't work. Fundamentally,"alternative" forms of energy cannot provide the BTU's required to provide the economy and lifestyle we enjoy and oil is used for a lot more than gasoline.
Large population centers are habitable only because of massive heating, ventilation and air conditioning efforts based on electricity derived from oil. Food distribution requires long-distance low-cost transportation. Oil is found in some form in almost every product we use from the keyboard you type on to the seats you sit on in your ULEV Civic.
The answer to your question - the only viable "alternative" energy source to oil is nuclear energy and no politician would admit that. Even nuclear energy only addresses some of the need since even a Civic is hard to drive with a sail.
Accounting for small business is simple and can be accomplished by consistently applying the "You lose" rule. If it appears that there are two options for paying a tax, only the option that requires you to pay the higher tax (you lose) will be correct.
Taxation is a game that is played by very strict and enforceable rules. The good players win (pay no taxes) and everyone else loses. If the good players win often enough, congress changes the rules to make it harder to win. I have no problem seeing a corporation or individual win as long as they play by the rules.
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The last time I took a disposable camera in for "1 hour" film developing the clerk asked me how soon I wanted the pictures. I said, "How about 1 hour." The clerk said they were "backed up" and the best they could do was to have them "sometime tomorrow". That response seems typical of our current "service" economy.
That's not a bad idea. Issue everyone a Radio Shack Battery Club card and force them to report to Radio Shack once a month for interogation for their mailing list.
Could be some truth here. After all, how secure are workers in a convenience store?
The FBI investigated MAD magazine because of what it felt were unAmerican activities. MTV once told its viewers that, "Bevis and Butthead aren't role models, they're not even human". Apparently J. Edgar wasn't any better than the average MTV viewer at telling the difference between "regular people" and Alfred E. Neuman.
What, me worry?
The 500,000 people who signed up for this must be the same ones who think that AOL=internet.
Actually, lawyers create little more than billing statements and friction in the economy. They only transfer wealth from one pocket to another and siphon off a big chunk of it in the process.
Inadequate pay is definitely a disincentive but a pay increase never acted as an incentive in my experience. Same for options and bonuses. Most people view their pay/option/bonus as an entitlement and whether it is good or bad is dependent on the disposition of the individual.
Work satisfaction, enjoyment and the intelligence of the worker were the biggest factors in productivity.
Neil Armstrong was required to submit a customs declaration for the moon rocks he brought back.
Want to save $100K on a CS degree and still be a great programmer? Buy Don Knuth's books, then learn and practice everything he teaches.
Couldn't argree with this more. Almost everything you learn in "vo-tech mode" will be obsolete in 5 years. I've seen too many "experts" in the current fad language who can't program didley.
Learn the fundamentals and then you'll be able to use any language that comes along.
If you plan on doing imbedded systems programming (cars, medical products, industrial control, etc.) get to know the hardware side of things. You'll get better work and more $.
Whether or not they finished is debatable and certainly the quality of the work is important. The Human Genome Project took 10 years. Celera did the work in 3. Celera's map is more complete and easier to navigate. The proof? People willingly pay $10,000 a year for Celera's work even though the Human Genome Project's map is available for free.
Just another example of how private enterprise can beat government (i.e. tax supported) research any day.
I have only used dead wood or trees damaged by storms with two wood stoves and a woodchip electric generator. One might think that the property would slowly lose all of its trees but this is not the case. The number of trees and volume of wood on the property now is greater than when I moved in. I also have my own septic system and well so that I can be completely independent of government supplied services.
Obviously, this is not a solution for LA or NYC but it can work for the individual who wants to strike out on his own. It is also environmentally sound. Removing the dead wood improves the look of the property and the remaining trees are healthier.
Listen to your system with headphones for a while. Then take the headphones and a familiar CD/DVD along when you evaluate speakers. I found this very useful when buying speakers since it helps determine how the store has their EQ set. They may be trying to compensate for a weak low or high end and it's impossible to know without a reference.
For two years I was in a band made up of 1 Filipino, 1 Puerto Rican, 1 Black, and a couple white guys. I was, by far, the oldest and they referred to me as father time. I thought the title was pretty cool but maybe I should have thought of it as age discrimination and sued them for all they had. Oh, wait, they didn't have any $. All we had was a good time.
Although your post takes a balanced view, what is striking to me is the amount of hostility in many of the /. responses when there are so few stated facts. Seems like there's a lot of repressed hostility in the IT community.
Lawyers, threat of retribution and ultimatims are all counterproductive for you and your employer.
Strum Thurmond will probably croak in a week or two and that could change everything as well.
I've seen flextime from the perspective of a worker bee and a manager. I believe there is nothing more demeaning or less productive to a manager or an employee than having to play the roles of school teacher and tardy student. If the company sets hard time rules, a manager is expected to enforce them and it can create all kinds of relationship problems, second guessing and bitterness. Flextime lowers everyones stress level.
Disadvantages? There aren't any. Once flextime is instituted, people very quickly sort themselves into early and late arrivers with a few in between. We're creatures of habit and once the commuting patterns are set, individuals come in at about the same time everyday, so it's easy to adapt.
How do you know there are 3500 ballots? Obviously, some of those people voted intentionally for Pat B. How would one know who those ballots belong to? There are no names on the ballots. How would one know who to believe? Even if you could determine who the ballots belonged to, how would one know for certain the ballot had been cast in error? Certainly some of the people who think they made a mistake, didn't make a mistake. So tens of thousands of people may show up to make sure they get it right the second time. Of course the morons who got it wrong the first time would probably get it wrong again.
Every state allows you to get a new ballot if you screw one up. But you have to do it before you cast your vote.
Al Gore has spent his entire adult life working towards the presidency. Yet within 30 minutes of Dan, Peter, and Tom saying that Bush had won Florida he called to concede. Earlier, when the same trio claimed Florida for Gore, Bush said, "Let's see what the people actually counting the ballots have to say." Who would you rather have for President, someone who listens to the network anchors or someone who listens to the people?
Reminds me of the Indian proverb about a small bird paralyzed by fear from the stare of a King Cobra. The bird forgets that it has wings and can simply fly away.
Apparently you had no questions he could answer.
Jimmy Carter's policy was exactly what you propose and it didn't work. Fundamentally,"alternative" forms of energy cannot provide the BTU's required to provide the economy and lifestyle we enjoy and oil is used for a lot more than gasoline. Large population centers are habitable only because of massive heating, ventilation and air conditioning efforts based on electricity derived from oil. Food distribution requires long-distance low-cost transportation. Oil is found in some form in almost every product we use from the keyboard you type on to the seats you sit on in your ULEV Civic. The answer to your question - the only viable "alternative" energy source to oil is nuclear energy and no politician would admit that. Even nuclear energy only addresses some of the need since even a Civic is hard to drive with a sail.
Accounting for small business is simple and can be accomplished by consistently applying the "You lose" rule. If it appears that there are two options for paying a tax, only the option that requires you to pay the higher tax (you lose) will be correct.
Taxation is a game that is played by very strict and enforceable rules. The good players win (pay no taxes) and everyone else loses. If the good players win often enough, congress changes the rules to make it harder to win. I have no problem seeing a corporation or individual win as long as they play by the rules.