No, not really. It was actually neutral in that the governor was a secessionist but the legislature was pro-union. Neutrality was first broken by Southern troops but Unionists weren't far behind in moving in. (see "Grant Goes South" by Bruce Catton or a host of other books on the Civil War.)
It depends on how you define a good driver. In my state, rules of the road say that when turning onto a multiple-lane highway, you turn into the lane closest to you. Yet, I constantly see people in the small town I live in who seem to believe that multi-lane means multi-choice. OTOH, it provides me a little fun because instead sitting at the intersection, waiting to turn left while I let all the right-turn drives pick their lane, I turn left into the lane closest to me and, every once in a while, see the 'right-turning' driver swerve to get into the proper lane. (Yes, I know, it won't be that much fun when it causes an accident. Then, again, it will be fun when the other driver gets a ticket for illegal lane usage.)
Completely off-topic, but I noticed you wrote Fredricksburg, TX. I've been thinking of visiting that museum on the war in the Pacific (WW2 for you youngsters). I'll be heading to Dallas for a few days. I thought maybe I'd use one of them to visit the museum. If you've been there, what are your impressions? Is it a large musuem with a lot of equipment\displays?
Totally agree on your non-compete comment. Most don't hold up.
However, they still can work. I'll show you: There is a company called Epic. They are a hospital information system (HIS) vendor. Now, HIS' are very complex creatures needing specialized training to install. So, there are a lot of companies that do consulting: helping to configure\setup the HIS for that particular hospital, etc. even though Epic consultants do the same on initial sale\setup. Back to Epic: if you leave, you cannot take another position at any company that consults or works on Epic for, iirc, 18 months. This clause is probably pretty unenforceable in a court of law. HOWEVER, no consultant company who specializes in Epic is going to hire you for the time period. Simply for the reason they don't want to PO the powers that be at Epic.
So, a non-compete may be unenforceable but that doesn't mean it can't be effective.
Being one of those "over 55," I'm planning for my retirement (when and if I ever do retire). If Medicare is changed to something where the feds give me a check and I buy my own insurance, that's fine. I don't think it will ever come to that. I doubt if the AARP would accede to such an act. Ditto with Social Security. Both are way too popular with people for it to happen.
Not if he signed a contract that anything he developed while in GS employ belongs to GS (as long as they can show he developed it on their time). I'm sure there's a ton of programmers on/. that have to sign something like that.
I have an Associates degree in CS and I'm doing okay. In fact, those with nursing degrees and a good grasp of computers are really doing okay due to Meaningful Use (part of the ARRA act. In fact, one of our clinical analysts was offered a job by a consultant (she gets about one call a week on average) with M-Th travel and a six figure salary.
Due some research before posting blanket statements.
Spoken by someone with nary a clue as to the complexity involved and the unintended consequences of such an idea, if put in place. You'd see a boatload of IT people leave. I know I would. But just imagine what affect that would have on the delivery of healthcare. Think how tight security would get.
True but how far do you go or what do you do to guarantee that the out-sourced company is fully compliant with HIPAA security and privacy regulations? Look at this scenario (btw, I work in IT in a hospital): Upload patient data via VPN (fully encrypted, AES, etc.) to a data mining company for patient safety study. The company shown they've been audited by security auditors and passed. However, they don't mention they're upgrading their systems and something gets missed during the upgrade and BAM! patient data revealed.
I think in that scenario, the provider, having shown due diligence, may get by without a fine but if the records revealed amount to =>500 patients, they'll still get listed on the wall of shame.
Yes, there is a penalty. It's called a fine by CMS for a HIPAA violation. Providers (doctors and hospitals) are being with with fines by CMS. This idea that companies are not being fined is not true. Jeez, just do a quick search on "hipaa+fine" and see what you get. Even/. had a story on it (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/25/2021232/first-ever-hipaa-fine-is-43m).
Having had a son with allopecia who had major bald spots on his head and a daughter who was over-weight go to high school, I can tell you nothing can school up a young person faster than high school. Maybe its not programming but it can really cause later in life (as in after graduation) problems.
Not a good idea. More than likely, the people paying the most in property taxes are also the ones who could afford private school. Then it just becomes a loop where the only ones stuck in public schools, that are falling apart due to lack of funding, are the ones who can't afford to send their kids to private schools.
I work in a small IT department with women (it's about 5 men, 3 women). We don't have any issues with harassment. But, then again, we are all over 21 years of age.
I wrote "hoping" in that they are hoping to get into the middle class. Millions of Chinese leaving rural areas and moving into the major cities such as Shanghai for work. (And, btw, I'm in the middle class and doing pretty good. Well, for now, I guess. Future's unknown as they say.)
I wonder what will happen to all those Chinese hoping to get into the middle class when their jobs are being replaced by robots. It could be very bad news for the ones in power.
Well, since we're thowing in our own definition: to me an activist judge is not just someone who says a law is unconstitutional but then mandates that actions x, y and z must be taken.
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No, not really. It was actually neutral in that the governor was a secessionist but the legislature was pro-union. Neutrality was first broken by Southern troops but Unionists weren't far behind in moving in. (see "Grant Goes South" by Bruce Catton or a host of other books on the Civil War.)
It depends on how you define a good driver. In my state, rules of the road say that when turning onto a multiple-lane highway, you turn into the lane closest to you. Yet, I constantly see people in the small town I live in who seem to believe that multi-lane means multi-choice. OTOH, it provides me a little fun because instead sitting at the intersection, waiting to turn left while I let all the right-turn drives pick their lane, I turn left into the lane closest to me and, every once in a while, see the 'right-turning' driver swerve to get into the proper lane. (Yes, I know, it won't be that much fun when it causes an accident. Then, again, it will be fun when the other driver gets a ticket for illegal lane usage.)
Completely off-topic, but I noticed you wrote Fredricksburg, TX. I've been thinking of visiting that museum on the war in the Pacific (WW2 for you youngsters). I'll be heading to Dallas for a few days. I thought maybe I'd use one of them to visit the museum. If you've been there, what are your impressions? Is it a large musuem with a lot of equipment\displays?
I think the leaders of the old Soviet Union believed in quantity over, not necessarily quality, but innovation and superior weapons\avionics.
I guess I must be out of it. This is the first time I ever heard neocon applied to people at the Washington Post.
And what happens when that plant realizes it's power over the remote? Good-bye Superbowl, hello Garden Channel.
Totally agree on your non-compete comment. Most don't hold up. However, they still can work. I'll show you: There is a company called Epic. They are a hospital information system (HIS) vendor. Now, HIS' are very complex creatures needing specialized training to install. So, there are a lot of companies that do consulting: helping to configure\setup the HIS for that particular hospital, etc. even though Epic consultants do the same on initial sale\setup. Back to Epic: if you leave, you cannot take another position at any company that consults or works on Epic for, iirc, 18 months. This clause is probably pretty unenforceable in a court of law. HOWEVER, no consultant company who specializes in Epic is going to hire you for the time period. Simply for the reason they don't want to PO the powers that be at Epic. So, a non-compete may be unenforceable but that doesn't mean it can't be effective.
Being one of those "over 55," I'm planning for my retirement (when and if I ever do retire). If Medicare is changed to something where the feds give me a check and I buy my own insurance, that's fine. I don't think it will ever come to that. I doubt if the AARP would accede to such an act. Ditto with Social Security. Both are way too popular with people for it to happen.
Did you just copy\paste the last line from a DNC website? Sure reads like it.
Not if he signed a contract that anything he developed while in GS employ belongs to GS (as long as they can show he developed it on their time). I'm sure there's a ton of programmers on /. that have to sign something like that.
I have an Associates degree in CS and I'm doing okay. In fact, those with nursing degrees and a good grasp of computers are really doing okay due to Meaningful Use (part of the ARRA act. In fact, one of our clinical analysts was offered a job by a consultant (she gets about one call a week on average) with M-Th travel and a six figure salary. Due some research before posting blanket statements.
Sometimes that's not possible. (Bad example on my part, though.)
Spoken by someone with nary a clue as to the complexity involved and the unintended consequences of such an idea, if put in place. You'd see a boatload of IT people leave. I know I would. But just imagine what affect that would have on the delivery of healthcare. Think how tight security would get.
True but how far do you go or what do you do to guarantee that the out-sourced company is fully compliant with HIPAA security and privacy regulations? Look at this scenario (btw, I work in IT in a hospital): Upload patient data via VPN (fully encrypted, AES, etc.) to a data mining company for patient safety study. The company shown they've been audited by security auditors and passed. However, they don't mention they're upgrading their systems and something gets missed during the upgrade and BAM! patient data revealed. I think in that scenario, the provider, having shown due diligence, may get by without a fine but if the records revealed amount to =>500 patients, they'll still get listed on the wall of shame.
Yeah, right. He asks for a citation and you come with another moronic comment.
"..hit with fines."
Yes, there is a penalty. It's called a fine by CMS for a HIPAA violation. Providers (doctors and hospitals) are being with with fines by CMS. This idea that companies are not being fined is not true. Jeez, just do a quick search on "hipaa+fine" and see what you get. Even /. had a story on it (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/25/2021232/first-ever-hipaa-fine-is-43m).
Having had a son with allopecia who had major bald spots on his head and a daughter who was over-weight go to high school, I can tell you nothing can school up a young person faster than high school. Maybe its not programming but it can really cause later in life (as in after graduation) problems.
Not a good idea. More than likely, the people paying the most in property taxes are also the ones who could afford private school. Then it just becomes a loop where the only ones stuck in public schools, that are falling apart due to lack of funding, are the ones who can't afford to send their kids to private schools.
I work in a small IT department with women (it's about 5 men, 3 women). We don't have any issues with harassment. But, then again, we are all over 21 years of age.
I wrote "hoping" in that they are hoping to get into the middle class. Millions of Chinese leaving rural areas and moving into the major cities such as Shanghai for work. (And, btw, I'm in the middle class and doing pretty good. Well, for now, I guess. Future's unknown as they say.)
I did that only it was an electric leaf blower. It does work wonders on cleaning hardwood floors.
I wonder what will happen to all those Chinese hoping to get into the middle class when their jobs are being replaced by robots. It could be very bad news for the ones in power.
Well, since we're thowing in our own definition: to me an activist judge is not just someone who says a law is unconstitutional but then mandates that actions x, y and z must be taken.
Yup. And I got off of that merry-go-round a long time ago. Now, when I stay in a hotel and see what's on, I'm glad I did.