...communicate they still consider those rather trivial (like they're looking for a moron) by asking for: Proficiency with Microsoft Office and PowerPoint.
Oh, it's even worse at public institutions. They're so worried about possible discrimination lawsuits, they really spell out the bare minimum requirements.
The school district I worked at lists things like: "Physical requirements: sitting for extended periods of time; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead; lifting light objects; hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to read, prepare and proofread documents; ability to inhale oxygen and metabolize food to sustain homeothermic balance..."
Okay, I made up the last one, but the others are real!
> Also here's the obligatory grammar gripe. "Have big corporations finally learned that they can go to far." Where is this "far" place and how do I get there?
"A. You can NEVER go to far."
"B. If I'm gonna get busted, it is NOT going to be by a company like eBay!"
(see also: "Goto-far Statement Considered Harmful")
And just how the hell do you propose feeding 14 tyrannosaurus for 40 days.
Well, without having them eat the rest of the animals.
That's not even the half of it... it supposedly rained for 40 days and nights, but the ark was afloat for 150 days!
Believe it or not, YECs argue that the animals didn't have to eat much because they went into some type of 'hibernation.' This despite the fact that the verse says Noah was commanded to bring enough food for them all. Creationists second-guess the bible in countless ways. They sure don't have much faith in the book they claim to be literal truth.
> However, it can be shown that there are no reasons for a god to exist
Well, I'm certainly no believer, but it's worth pointing out that existence is independent of reason. If God exists, he exists - whether or not there are reasons for it, just like everything else that exists.
That's one of the main reaons St. Anselm's argument doesn't hold water.
> Scanned documents are both images and documents.
Exactly. I don't mean to be rude, but the GP's comment is just silly.
"Documents" can be either graphical or text (or both). There's a reason why word processing formats allow embedding of images.
In fact, "document" has become an almost meaningless term since it can apply to so many types of data. About the only thing all the different "document" formats have in common is that their content is 2D!
Amen. The constitution doesn't list these as US citizenship given rights. They are named as God given rights specifically because an overpowered government could choose when and to what extent it could abuse people.
Well put, although it's the Declaration of Independence, IIRC, that refers to people being "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," not the Constitution.
BTW, did you hear what McCain said about the SCOTUS ruling on Gitmo?
"These are people who are not citizens; they do not and never have been given the rights that citizens of this country have...
"Americans are going to be shocked to find that that mastermind of 9-11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, now has the same legal standing as an American citizen."
Well, yeah... I thought that this country was founded on the idea that everyone has the same rights. Apparently McCain disagrees.
While I agree with the privacy infringements, I really wish it wasn't someone suspected on child porn complaining about it. It certainly won't garner much support from the general public, informed or not.
That's true, but the public really needs to understand that this is not about protecting the guy with child porn on his laptop - it's about protecting all of us from unreasonable searches while they're on fishing expeditions for someone with child porn.
Yes, they found lots of personal effects from passengers on the planes, including those of CeeCee Lyles, a flight attendant who faked a phone call to her family while the 'hijackers' were pretending to take over the plane. She then faked her death in the impact of United Flight 93, landing at a secret airport and she remains in hiding today.
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Here's an example from Derek Sivers. In his case, using RoR actually turned out to be a huge time and labor sink:
http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2007/09/7_reasons_i_switched_back_to_p_1.html
Oh, it's even worse at public institutions. They're so worried about possible discrimination lawsuits, they really spell out the bare minimum requirements.
The school district I worked at lists things like: "Physical requirements: sitting for extended periods of time; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead; lifting light objects; hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to read, prepare and proofread documents; ability to inhale oxygen and metabolize food to sustain homeothermic balance..."
Okay, I made up the last one, but the others are real!
"...and pink hearts, yellow moons, green clovers, and blue diamonds!" :-9
See: http://slashdot.org/~hansreiser
Yes, I remember it well... particularly when he jumped up and shouted:
"It's chowdah! CHOWDAH!! Say it RIGHT!!!"
"I'll kill you-- I'll kill all of you, especially those of you in the jury!!!"
> Also here's the obligatory grammar gripe. "Have big corporations finally learned that they can go to far." Where is this "far" place and how do I get there?
"A. You can NEVER go to far."
"B. If I'm gonna get busted, it is NOT going to be by a company like eBay!"
(see also: "Goto-far Statement Considered Harmful")
I think I'll take banjos, for $500.
> And for privacy watchdogs, it's a duel threat
I guess they really threw down the gauntlet, huh?
Now which weapon should I choose... rapier and/or dagger?
That's not even the half of it... it supposedly rained for 40 days and nights, but the ark was afloat for 150 days!
Believe it or not, YECs argue that the animals didn't have to eat much because they went into some type of 'hibernation.' This despite the fact that the verse says Noah was commanded to bring enough food for them all. Creationists second-guess the bible in countless ways. They sure don't have much faith in the book they claim to be literal truth.
> However, it can be shown that there are no reasons for a god to exist
Well, I'm certainly no believer, but it's worth pointing out that existence is independent of reason. If God exists, he exists - whether or not there are reasons for it, just like everything else that exists.
That's one of the main reaons St. Anselm's argument doesn't hold water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument
> Correlation is not causation Correlation is not coincidence either. :)
I remember hearing about a guy whose vanity plate got rejected. His request: "33M T33"
> Scanned documents are both images and documents.
Exactly. I don't mean to be rude, but the GP's comment is just silly.
"Documents" can be either graphical or text (or both). There's a reason why word processing formats allow embedding of images.
In fact, "document" has become an almost meaningless term since it can apply to so many types of data. About the only thing all the different "document" formats have in common is that their content is 2D!
So true. Amiga instantly raised the bar for multimedia machines.
Apple should have taken one look at it and said, "Okay, from now on every machine we make has to be at least this good!"
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...
Yep, I hear ALL the students there are 'A' students! :)
Another one is the fjords. Someone said they were carved out much later by glaciers, when we know in fact they were custom designed by Slartibartfast!
A møøse once bit my sister...
"Censorship, as defined in the constitution, is when the government suppresses speech against the government because it is negative.
*Ahem* care to point out where the Constitution mentions the word censorship? This is the U.S. Constitution we're talking about, right?
Well put, although it's the Declaration of Independence, IIRC, that refers to people being "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," not the Constitution.
BTW, did you hear what McCain said about the SCOTUS ruling on Gitmo?
"These are people who are not citizens; they do not and never have been given the rights that citizens of this country have...
"Americans are going to be shocked to find that that mastermind of 9-11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, now has the same legal standing as an American citizen."
Well, yeah... I thought that this country was founded on the idea that everyone has the same rights. Apparently McCain disagrees.
"Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter." :)
Seriously, though, have you started a SourceForge project on this?
That's true, but the public really needs to understand that this is not about protecting the guy with child porn on his laptop - it's about protecting all of us from unreasonable searches while they're on fishing expeditions for someone with child porn.
Yes, they found lots of personal effects from passengers on the planes, including those of CeeCee Lyles, a flight attendant who faked a phone call to her family while the 'hijackers' were pretending to take over the plane. She then faked her death in the impact of United Flight 93, landing at a secret airport and she remains in hiding today.
http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2006/08/your-documents-please.html
http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2006/12/911-deniers-on-ceecee-lyles.html
> Do you have a link to the plasma thing?
Here ya go: http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/07/aist-improves-3d-projector/
Interesting! I don't know how Traduku.net handles circumflexes. The "c^" is supposed to be a 'c' with a circumflex on it.
:)
And for your amusement and bemusement, because Traduku.net doesn't understand colloquialisms...
hundo = dog
-in- suffix = female
-ac^- suffix = foul, abominable