Well, someone else will have a log for sending it. Course, then the question is - did it get lost, corrupted, or intentionally deleted? Cause the third one might be a federal felony at that point. (I'll let you guess which one will be the assumed state.)
Yeah, I didn't particularly like the new focus Gulianni put on jaywalking, but it kinda made sense. It can be pretty ridiculous, especially when you get out-of-town drivers facing off against native pedestrians.
But this law... well, if they were jaywalking & got hit, then they've already broken a law, and making another law seems silly. But if they were following the crossing signals, then it's the fault of the motorist. A new law seems unnecessary.
So you never, not even once, had school canceled when your child was too young to be left alone, and had to call work and explain you'd be in a bit late because you had to find a babysitter at 7am? Because that was my post was about - if your employer has a "there's no acceptable excuse for being late" policy, as I've heard (from more than one person) is the official policy at Wal-Mart, you could find yourself being reprimanded for that situation. And that is ridiculous.
While (maybe, at least according to some dead white dudes) it is better to let ten guilty men go free than to punish one innocent... the same is not true of "security risks" (according to some bizarre metric) and getting a job.
Communism, as an idelogy & theory of economics, didn't kill millions of people. Poor planning & rushed collectivization killed millions of people. If we're going to blame the a government system for deaths caused by poor planning, then who is going to take the blame for the slow response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980's?
The way it was originally phrased, everyone working for the government is an idiot. The reality is, a lot of bright, idealistic people end up with idiot managers. The problem with an idiot manager in civil service is akin to an idiot professor with tenure - one has to catch them boning their secretary (or the mailboy, or what have you) in order for any good chance of reprecussions.
Funny how no show ever shows us how our money is wasted. Real life in an agency would probably be just too boring to air on TV. Who's interested in losers ending up working for government, or in endless bureaucracy wars and moronic projects wasting lots of money?
Having spent a bit of time working for Uncle Sam, I can actually see how there would be a certain limited market for a realistic docu-drama. Mostly for people who enjoy watching things that piss them off. The problem is, it's all well-intentioned. The procurement process is the way it is (for most purchases & contracts )because they want to avoid the appearance of corruption. The human resources policies are the way they are because they want to avoid the appearance of institutional racism, sexism, etc. The health insurance... well, every health insurance policy in the US is fucked up, so you can't be surprised that the federal government (and even the military) has a pretty screwed-up system.
I am a bit put off by one thing, though - the perception that people who work for the government, at most levels, are too incompotent to work in the 'real world'. I took the job that I did because around 9/11, I felt the need to 'do for my country', blah blah blah. And I think there's a lot of people (from civil service, federal law enforcement, the military, and so on) who feel/felt the same. Course, a few years of the actuality, and working with people who really do think that a lite-bright looks like a bomb... well, either you start turning into one of them, or you get disgusted and look for other employment.
So, lemme see if I've got this straight... because a group of (primarily Saudi Arabian) Muslims have killed civilians, it's okay to restrict the civil liberties of Muslims everywhere else? Including natives of one's own country, whose biggest crime was donating to a poorly organized charity?
Call it what you want, but whenever police or security forces start "paying extra attention" based on ethnicity, race, or apparent religion, they've started down an unpleasant road.
I can agree with most of your post. But... seriously...
Too bad ATHF jumped the shark a bit (IMHO) after season 3.
It's a TV show about a talking wad of meat, an asshatish milkshake, and a extra-large order of french fries that can throw lightning. I would say season 3 was just getting comfortable with the appropriate level of surrealism.
Eh, that's an American trick. Germans are too hung up on following the rules to try and bend them that way. They'll just get the rules re-written to make all computers not owned by the government be considered public.
I know, I know, RTFA is so passe... but the point the guy was making was not that Microsoft was going to do this. The point was that some company is going to go bankrupt, and their obligations & contracts will get bought by somebody with the mentality of a patent troll. And that's when people will start getting sued. And if he/she/it's successful, it will encourage others to do the same.
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Well, someone else will have a log for sending it. Course, then the question is - did it get lost, corrupted, or intentionally deleted? Cause the third one might be a federal felony at that point. (I'll let you guess which one will be the assumed state.)
Amazing what a few years working for a silly outfit will do to one's motivation & idealism, isn't it?
But this law... well, if they were jaywalking & got hit, then they've already broken a law, and making another law seems silly. But if they were following the crossing signals, then it's the fault of the motorist. A new law seems unnecessary.
So you never, not even once, had school canceled when your child was too young to be left alone, and had to call work and explain you'd be in a bit late because you had to find a babysitter at 7am? Because that was my post was about - if your employer has a "there's no acceptable excuse for being late" policy, as I've heard (from more than one person) is the official policy at Wal-Mart, you could find yourself being reprimanded for that situation. And that is ridiculous.
I've found beer works well. (Although I guess that falls under retarded.)
Do you have children? Have you ever tried to take them to day care and/or school an hour, or even half an hour, early?
While (maybe, at least according to some dead white dudes) it is better to let ten guilty men go free than to punish one innocent... the same is not true of "security risks" (according to some bizarre metric) and getting a job.
Communism, as an idelogy & theory of economics, didn't kill millions of people. Poor planning & rushed collectivization killed millions of people. If we're going to blame the a government system for deaths caused by poor planning, then who is going to take the blame for the slow response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980's?
The 'one blown fuse' is something of another issue, though - what level of testing have all the components gone through?
The way it was originally phrased, everyone working for the government is an idiot. The reality is, a lot of bright, idealistic people end up with idiot managers. The problem with an idiot manager in civil service is akin to an idiot professor with tenure - one has to catch them boning their secretary (or the mailboy, or what have you) in order for any good chance of reprecussions.
You say stick figures like it's a bad thing.
Not that that's ever happened, or anything. (Mostly cause I avoid cop's daughters like the plague since this little incident in high school.)
I mean, even if I want to pay for it? Man, talk about a rock and a not-so-hard place...
Having spent a bit of time working for Uncle Sam, I can actually see how there would be a certain limited market for a realistic docu-drama. Mostly for people who enjoy watching things that piss them off. The problem is, it's all well-intentioned. The procurement process is the way it is (for most purchases & contracts )because they want to avoid the appearance of corruption. The human resources policies are the way they are because they want to avoid the appearance of institutional racism, sexism, etc. The health insurance... well, every health insurance policy in the US is fucked up, so you can't be surprised that the federal government (and even the military) has a pretty screwed-up system.
I am a bit put off by one thing, though - the perception that people who work for the government, at most levels, are too incompotent to work in the 'real world'. I took the job that I did because around 9/11, I felt the need to 'do for my country', blah blah blah. And I think there's a lot of people (from civil service, federal law enforcement, the military, and so on) who feel/felt the same. Course, a few years of the actuality, and working with people who really do think that a lite-bright looks like a bomb... well, either you start turning into one of them, or you get disgusted and look for other employment.
Call it what you want, but whenever police or security forces start "paying extra attention" based on ethnicity, race, or apparent religion, they've started down an unpleasant road.
Well, that makes a lot more sense.
If I can get the patent on that, I'd be rich!
(Don't worry, by 2050ish it'll be genetically tailored kids, or people with prosthetic something or others. The wheel, it keeps on turning.)
Eh, that's an American trick. Germans are too hung up on following the rules to try and bend them that way. They'll just get the rules re-written to make all computers not owned by the government be considered public.
Implying, nothing. It's just pretty much getting stated.
Damn, like I need two more strokes against me...
I dunno. I'd assume, from the lack of a '/' between the 'W' & 'h', that they're meaning watt-hour, not watt per hour.
I know, I know, RTFA is so passe... but the point the guy was making was not that Microsoft was going to do this. The point was that some company is going to go bankrupt, and their obligations & contracts will get bought by somebody with the mentality of a patent troll. And that's when people will start getting sued. And if he/she/it's successful, it will encourage others to do the same.
Nope. They haven't got the Scrooge McDuck-esque treasury built up yet.