Perhaps you should learn to use a dictionary. A usage note is not part of a definition. Here let me give you an actual definition of the word "culture":
1. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. 2. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty. 3. These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture. 4. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization.
Now, lets talk about "cultural bias":
Cultural bias is interpreting and judging phenomena in terms particular to one's own culture. This is a danger in any field of knowledge that claims objectivity and universality, such as philosophy and the natural sciences. The problem of cultural bias is central to social and human sciences, such as economics, psychology, anthropology and sociology, which have had to develop methods and theories to compensate for or eliminate cultural bias.
Cultural bias occurs when people of a culture make assumptions about conventions, including conventions of language, notation, proof and evidence. They can then mistake these assumptions for laws of logic or nature.
Whether or not one knows algebra is not based on culture, but rather on education. Mathematics is the same all over the world. There is no cultural interpretation of mathematical equation or formula. If one does not know how to solve an algebra problem, then one does not know how to solve a algebra problem. That is an educational deficiency and not a "cultural thing". You as well argue requiring someone to spell properly is culturally biased.
Trying to disguise ignorance as a cultural phenomenon is dishonest.
For real. Now, this will work best at a small to medium sized company where such things will not be hard.
There is no law that says you can't volunteer to work for a company for free for a short period to demostrate your abilities. You would not be considered an employee. You would be a volunteer.
You mention $8/hr. That would be $16/hr for normal pay. That is a salary of $33k. A company might be leery of hiring someone to do high level work for $8/hr permanently. But, we are talking about that. This is a reduced pay during evaluation kind of thing. The longer you work there, they more you get paid. If you don't work out, they are not out that much money. If you do work out, they got a good employee at a bargin price for the first few weeks.
And, if you are willing to work for free to network, volunteer to help some non-profits in your area. Make contacts with the other volunteers.
A background in pure mathematics has nothing to do with "culture". Asking a pure mathematics question does not show a "cultural bias". You obviously have no idea what a "cultural bias" is.
An example of a cultural bias quiz would be something on the order of "Tim played a par 65 course. During his round, he had 4 birdies and 2 eagles. What was his final score?"
Golf is a game more likely to be played by caucasians and asians, the upper middle class and above, and suburbanites. Without an explanation of the rules of golf, the above question would be a good way to weed out hispanics, blacks, lower middle class and below, people who live in the inner city, and people who grew up in rural areas.
Yes, this is legal. The reason it is legal is that they are asking you to do it. You have been authorized to do it.
It is the authorization that makes it legal. Just like if you hire someone to pop the lock on your car, or to pick the lock on your house because you lost/forgot your key.
Contact them and see if they would be willing to do a trial period at a reduced pay rate. Say 3 months at half the going rate. Then, a review and if they keep you, another 3 months at 3/4th the going rate. Then another review and if you are acceptable, you continue on at full pay rate.
Obviously you don't know what "first mover" advantage is.
First mover is not about innovation. It is about who was first. Stop thinking software and start thinking games.
The "first mover" in TicTacToe has much greater chance of winning. Microsoft is the "first mover" in the game between Windows and Linux. MS had the first move, with DOS and so they have the "first mover" advantages of installed user base, OEMs, etc.
In this context, "first mover" does not mean "innovator". "FirstMover" is who has the advantage of the first move in the game. Microsoft has that advantage. They are already out there. They are a known quantity. They have the installed user base. They have the OEMs.
I used both Windows and Linux back in the mid 1990s. Linux was missing a great deal of things back then. And, that is from a time when I was working as a Windows Admin and SysV Unix admin running on AT&T 3B2Gs.
Is anyone at the "LIFEBOAT FOUNDATION" even a physicist?
I saw biologists, doctors, writers, sociologists, computer scientist/mathmatician, but no physicist.
What makes this group of people qualified to even talk about this project? Imagine the uproar if a physicist said "We should not perform this medical procedure because it could be dangerous."
Stealing from the register: Those "Receipt or it's free" signs (it is a way to get the customer to watch for the clerk stealing). Double counting. Cameras. Company checkbook: counter signing, receipts, audits. Company creditcard: receipts and audits.
Prospective employer # 3 : "Gee, look at this. The credit report lists Janet James as having a dependent child, but no husband. We don't need sinners like that here. Next!"
Actually, it would be more like: "Gee, look at this. The credit report lists Janet James as having a dependent child, but no husband. We don't need single parents who will be late and absent more often than married or childless people.
Also, credit helps you create wealth. Suppose you have zero dollars in the bank, and a $5,000 credit card, and you know how to make widgets. You can take that credit card, buy $5,000 worth of widget parts, and assemble 5,000 widgets out of it. Then you can turn around and sell the widgets for $2 apiece. Net profit: $5,000.
What if it takes you over a year to make that $5000 in profit? What if it takes 6 months to make your first sale? What is someone comes along and is able to buy enough to make 20,000 widgets for $10,000 and then sells them for $1.50? What if widgets become obsolete and are replaced by wodgets before you sell all the widgets? What if that net profit of $5000 is eaten up by finance and interest charges?
Ironically, the credit score in insurance isn't about being a better or worse driver.
Interestingly, according to the insurance industry, it is about what kind of driver you are. The line of thought is the same as has been echoed in other places "If one is irresponsible about one's finances, then one will be irresponsible in other areas."
And, about that "more like to pay for a $2500 repair out of their own pocket" thing, um no. Most people will not pay for a repair out of their own pocket unless they perceive a benefit such as avoiding a ticket or avoiding a major increase in one's insurance. Thing to remember is that most people have deductables below $1500.
I helped my sister's family keep from being foreclosed when brother-in-law was disabled on the job. I went into help them. A week before they got their settlement, I was laid off. When they got their settlement, they said "Sorry, can't help you and can't pay back the money we owe you". I lost pretty much everything. I could not pay my bills because I couldn't find a job.
When I did find a job, it barely covered my living expenses. I found a job that allowed me to actually start paying down my debt. After 2 years there, I was laid off on Sept 24 2001. I had just come back from 2 weeks vacation. I received no severance and only 1 weeks pay. I was back in the hole.
For several years I worked anything I could find. Often I ended up making less than $10.00 an hour. I couldn't get an apartment. I ended up moving in with my Mother and paying $300/month in rent.
For a long time, I couldn't get even a savings account. I have been working my way back for over 10 years. I paid off all my credit cards and now have a job working in IT. I have experience as telephone support, user support, Win/Unix Net Admin, cabling, SGML, scripting, and a letter from a boss who said I did more in nine months than anyone else had done in nine years. I have a strong work ethic. I am generally early to work, I don't call in sick, and work hard.
I still have trouble finding a job because of my credit.
I worked at a small firm that did just that. Nepotism was rife there. And, it wasn't just familial. People hired and promoted friends instead of the best people.
At one point, I worked for a man and worked with his wife. I sent my work to his wife and she would send it back saying it was not good enough. He started asking why I was having problems getting the work done. I finally had to sit down with him with work she had sent back and have him show me where the problems were. He didn't find a single one. This was an image conversion position. They were both mathmaticians.
The (UNIX) system administrator was a friend and ex-student of the founder. So was the lead developer. The file system had each disk mounted to the root directory as though they were Widows/DOS boxes. The apps were written to use this format. They were both math majors.
I am surprised the company is still around, but it is. Of course, they are still around because ocassionally they don't pay their employees.
You don't really provide enough info to form a comprehensive strategy.
What kind of competition do is there? Are the products custom applications or commercial products?
One thing to touch on is "People will use that which works well and is easiest to use". That is where you must direct the discussion. Show how poor UI will result in low sales.
Yeah, this is good. Keep thinking that. Wait until it finds its way into Word and Excel, then tell me how "good" it is.
Every time you start to type a verb it will try to guess what you are trying to put down. I can tell this is going to be yet another annoying "feature". Just like autocapitalization and a few other items.
No, no, you misunderstand. OS and apps on one drive. Documents, mp3s, porn, and other assorted data files on another. In fact you, you only really need two drives.
BTW, you can use a neat little script to point the My Documents folder to the second drive. Fun Fun.
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Here let me give you an actual definition of the word "culture":
Now, lets talk about "cultural bias":
Whether or not one knows algebra is not based on culture, but rather on education. Mathematics is the same all over the world. There is no cultural interpretation of mathematical equation or formula. If one does not know how to solve an algebra problem, then one does not know how to solve a algebra problem. That is an educational deficiency and not a "cultural thing". You as well argue requiring someone to spell properly is culturally biased.
Trying to disguise ignorance as a cultural phenomenon is dishonest.
For real. Now, this will work best at a small to medium sized company where such things will not be hard.
There is no law that says you can't volunteer to work for a company for free for a short period to demostrate your abilities. You would not be considered an employee. You would be a volunteer.
You mention $8/hr. That would be $16/hr for normal pay. That is a salary of $33k. A company might be leery of hiring someone to do high level work for $8/hr permanently. But, we are talking about that. This is a reduced pay during evaluation kind of thing. The longer you work there, they more you get paid. If you don't work out, they are not out that much money. If you do work out, they got a good employee at a bargin price for the first few weeks.
And, if you are willing to work for free to network, volunteer to help some non-profits in your area. Make contacts with the other volunteers.
A background in pure mathematics has nothing to do with "culture". Asking a pure mathematics question does not show a "cultural bias". You obviously have no idea what a "cultural bias" is.
An example of a cultural bias quiz would be something on the order of "Tim played a par 65 course. During his round, he had 4 birdies and 2 eagles. What was his final score?"
Golf is a game more likely to be played by caucasians and asians, the upper middle class and above, and suburbanites. Without an explanation of the rules of golf, the above question would be a good way to weed out hispanics, blacks, lower middle class and below, people who live in the inner city, and people who grew up in rural areas.
THAT is cultural bias.
Yes, this is legal. The reason it is legal is that they are asking you to do it. You have been authorized to do it.
It is the authorization that makes it legal. Just like if you hire someone to pop the lock on your car, or to pick the lock on your house because you lost/forgot your key.
F. Steal all the money and then burn the place down to cover your tracks.
Contact them and see if they would be willing to do a trial period at a reduced pay rate. Say 3 months at half the going rate. Then, a review and if they keep you, another 3 months at 3/4th the going rate. Then another review and if you are acceptable, you continue on at full pay rate.
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Obviously you don't know what "first mover" advantage is.
First mover is not about innovation. It is about who was first. Stop thinking software and start thinking games.
The "first mover" in TicTacToe has much greater chance of winning. Microsoft is the "first mover" in the game between Windows and Linux. MS had the first move, with DOS and so they have the "first mover" advantages of installed user base, OEMs, etc.
In this context, "first mover" does not mean "innovator". "FirstMover" is who has the advantage of the first move in the game. Microsoft has that advantage. They are already out there. They are a known quantity. They have the installed user base. They have the OEMs.
Apparently you did not read the article because they mention the fact that Linux is free several times.
Microsoft is the "first mover" because Microsoft existed before Linux. DOS was on the field before Linux.
That is the total meaning of "first mover"
I used both Windows and Linux back in the mid 1990s. Linux was missing a great deal of things back then. And, that is from a time when I was working as a Windows Admin and SysV Unix admin running on AT&T 3B2Gs.
Is anyone at the "LIFEBOAT FOUNDATION" even a physicist?
I saw biologists, doctors, writers, sociologists, computer scientist/mathmatician, but no physicist.
What makes this group of people qualified to even talk about this project? Imagine the uproar if a physicist said "We should not perform this medical procedure because it could be dangerous."
Everything you mention is already covered.
Stealing from the register: Those "Receipt or it's free" signs (it is a way to get the customer to watch for the clerk stealing). Double counting. Cameras.
Company checkbook: counter signing, receipts, audits.
Company creditcard: receipts and audits.
Prospective employer # 3 : "Gee, look at this. The credit report lists Janet James as having a dependent child, but no husband. We don't need sinners like that here. Next!"
Actually, it would be more like: "Gee, look at this. The credit report lists Janet James as having a dependent child, but no husband. We don't need single parents who will be late and absent more often than married or childless people.
What if it takes you over a year to make that $5000 in profit?
What if it takes 6 months to make your first sale?
What is someone comes along and is able to buy enough to make 20,000 widgets for $10,000 and then sells them for $1.50?
What if widgets become obsolete and are replaced by wodgets before you sell all the widgets?
What if that net profit of $5000 is eaten up by finance and interest charges?
Interestingly, according to the insurance industry, it is about what kind of driver you are. The line of thought is the same as has been echoed in other places "If one is irresponsible about one's finances, then one will be irresponsible in other areas."
And, about that "more like to pay for a $2500 repair out of their own pocket" thing, um no. Most people will not pay for a repair out of their own pocket unless they perceive a benefit such as avoiding a ticket or avoiding a major increase in one's insurance. Thing to remember is that most people have deductables below $1500.
I helped my sister's family keep from being foreclosed when brother-in-law was disabled on the job. I went into help them. A week before they got their settlement, I was laid off. When they got their settlement, they said "Sorry, can't help you and can't pay back the money we owe you". I lost pretty much everything. I could not pay my bills because I couldn't find a job.
When I did find a job, it barely covered my living expenses. I found a job that allowed me to actually start paying down my debt. After 2 years there, I was laid off on Sept 24 2001. I had just come back from 2 weeks vacation. I received no severance and only 1 weeks pay. I was back in the hole.
For several years I worked anything I could find. Often I ended up making less than $10.00 an hour.
I couldn't get an apartment. I ended up moving in with my Mother and paying $300/month in rent.
For a long time, I couldn't get even a savings account. I have been working my way back for over 10 years. I paid off all my credit cards and now have a job working in IT. I have experience as telephone support, user support, Win/Unix Net Admin, cabling, SGML, scripting, and a letter from a boss who said I did more in nine months than anyone else had done in nine years. I have a strong work ethic. I am generally early to work, I don't call in sick, and work hard.
I still have trouble finding a job because of my credit.
I worked at a small firm that did just that. Nepotism was rife there. And, it wasn't just familial. People hired and promoted friends instead of the best people.
At one point, I worked for a man and worked with his wife. I sent my work to his wife and she would send it back saying it was not good enough. He started asking why I was having problems getting the work done. I finally had to sit down with him with work she had sent back and have him show me where the problems were. He didn't find a single one. This was an image conversion position. They were both mathmaticians.
The (UNIX) system administrator was a friend and ex-student of the founder. So was the lead developer. The file system had each disk mounted to the root directory as though they were Widows/DOS boxes. The apps were written to use this format. They were both math majors.
I am surprised the company is still around, but it is. Of course, they are still around because ocassionally they don't pay their employees.
You don't really provide enough info to form a comprehensive strategy.
What kind of competition do is there? Are the products custom applications or commercial products?
One thing to touch on is "People will use that which works well and is easiest to use". That is where you must direct the discussion. Show how poor UI will result in low sales.
It all comes down to the bottom line
Yeah, this is good. Keep thinking that. Wait until it finds its way into Word and Excel, then tell me how "good" it is.
Every time you start to type a verb it will try to guess what you are trying to put down. I can tell this is going to be yet another annoying "feature". Just like autocapitalization and a few other items.
No, no, you misunderstand. OS and apps on one drive. Documents, mp3s, porn, and other assorted data files on another. In fact you, you only really need two drives.
BTW, you can use a neat little script to point the My Documents folder to the second drive. Fun Fun.
Mass processing of text files including moving and renaming files and following links?
Sounds like a job for some custom PERL code.
Oh sure, push my mind out of the gutter so you can have it all to yourself. I see how you are.
Well, their secretaries do that... or the fax.