In a way, I guess it makes sense that the Indiana Jones series should always be a Spielberg and Lucas collaboration, and SW should remain just a Lucas series... but a joint collaboration on the last SW movie (if they don't ever make the final trilogy!) probably would have yielded one hell of a movie! Probably a long movie at that, and the two would squabble so much that the next movie would take longer to get into the theaters!
I have tried to be a standards follower, testing in Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc., but in the end, if I need to do something unique and it works in IE, then I run with it. That is why all my websites state at the bottom that "this site is best viewed in IE 5 or higher."
If a new musician's birthname is Mick Jagger, they have every right to release an album under that name and own the domain. Same applies here and that damn Peter Frampton case last year.
I don't care how damn important or popular you think you are, you don't OWN the rights to your name.
Is this simply the WWF's way of drumming up fear in the public since GW Bush is not one of their biggest supporters. Yes, we need to muffle pollution better, and we need to increase recycling efforts and start using alternative fuels, but we'll die from new war before we'll all die of pollution and resource exhaustion.
How in the hell can it be illegal to deep link to a publicly available URL? If the website doesn't want people linking to the printable, ad-free page, don't let them thru security, not law.
What's next? No bookmarks allowed? Get arrested if you leave a magazine open to a specific article? What crap!
How can we possibly consider taking the world to metric time when the U.S. won't even switch to metric measurements like most of the world. Metric is easier though, no doubt.
I think the first step in the time conversion would be switching the world to military time; doing about with AM/PM.
But how do we set the metric clock?: 100 seconds in a minute; 100 minutes in an hour... how many hours in a day? 100 would mean one damn fast clock! 10 hours would be crazy sounding to the laymen, although when considering the 100sec.-minute/100min.-hour, might work. And we certainly cannot change the number of days in a year!!! Although, we may be able to change days per month; maybe just use day-of-year instead, cutting out months altogether. But what about weeks?.... what a mess!
I agree. Any rental car company has the right to monitor the activity of their vehicles. It's how the data is used and telling the customer upfront that is the issue in this case.
I've rented a car before and you always sign a contract before getting the keys to THEIR car. The contract explicitly states that you will be fined for leaving the contract area or receiving moving violations while driving their vehicle. And the customer service agent usually says this too, but they are not obligated to. That is all fine. And as long as the satellite monitoring is explicitly mentioned in the written contract, then the car-rental company is in the right. If the customer doesn't read the contract, that is the customer's problem.
Now, I also mentioned how the data is used. If the data is used for third-party marketing purposes, that needs to be explicitly stated in the contract as well. Along with the possibility that law enforcement may contact the car-rental company for records concerning your use of their vehicle.
My point here: as long as all this is in the contract that all customers are obligated to READ and sign, then the car-rental companies are in the right, and it's the customer's fault for breaking the contract, not to mention the law!
"When you and a co-worker discuss an idea in a conference room, that pretty much limits the communication potential to just you two; when you discuss it over a game of pool, soon half the company has wandered by and had the opportunity to comment."
Why do most American executives think so differently? When will most industries realize that not just customer support/loyalty is important, but employee morale and out-of-the-box thinking leads to more productivity (when done right) and then more profits (if managed right)?
I have been using MySQL longer than MS SQL Server, and trust me, I'm forced to use MS SQL Server at work; for my own projects, MySQL is my choice. It's just so damn easy, efficient and not filled with filler like MS SQL.
...all because of the two words "under God," added in the 1950s. The word God is on our currency, carved into federal and state buildings, spoken in court by witnesses giving oath, and most importantly, its in the damn Constitution itself!
I am not a member of organized religion and fall somewhere between being agnostic and athiest, but I would still proudly give my pledge of allegiance to our flag and this country.
The U.S. was colonized by those looking for religious freedom and this country was founded on God-like ideals.
It's because of judges like these and stupid parents that file lawsuits that our country has become so damn politically correct. Freedom of Speech has no meaning anymore because what I say may offend some pansy-ass jerk.
Whatever, the Supreme Court has already said that if this case makes it to their court, it's dead on arrival and the Pledge of Allegiance will remain legal and schools will be allowed to force their teachers to lead their students in pledge their faith in this country. God is not the issue, patriotism is.
Saw the Nemeis trailer on ET last night and it looked outstanding. I still haven't seen the last ST:TNG movie, but "First Contact" is one of my favorite sfi-fi movies.
Also downloaded the lastest Lord of the Rings: Two Towers trailers and it looks to be even better than the first.
I think a project manager can do a great job despite not having the technical background of his programmers under him/her.
I've done web programming and website project management, and I would have to say, as a programmer I trust a tech skilled project manager more; and as a project manager, I feel I'm a better manager knowing the basics of what my programmers are working with/on.
But still, if a project manager is simply a great leader and listens to his programmers' suggestions, then any lack of background skills can be forgotten.
Like I said, it all depends on the situation and the people involved.
The travel agency I work for archives all our customer service phone calls onto DVD-R and has been doing so for quite awhile now. Then, if a customer asks to speak to a manager or files a complaint, a manager can review the entire phone call to see what was in fact said to the customer and what the customer said. The phone call can even be played back to the customer over the phone. Easy way to know who's telling the truth!
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I agree. I think this is a very wise move and hopefully other chains will follow suit. VHS needs to be phased out. Then again, audio cassettes were never completely phased out, so who knows what will happen.
Stated perfectly! I tried AllTheWeb and didn't like the results reporting. Google is far superior in reporter the results you want in the fashion you want (and need!).
Sure, life isn't always fair, but in the year 2002, any professor or school that gives a coding exam on paper is not thinking "read world." There is something about the keyboard and the computer screen that helps a computer programmer create code.
I completely agree with this well-put example/statement. It all depends, and part of that "depending" is exactly what you told your current employer were you reasons for leaving.
If you said anything negative about your current job, take the other offer and run. If you explicitly said compensation was the only reason for looking at a new job offer, then take the higher counter offer on the condition that this situation will not cause tension between you and your boss.
I currently do not care for my place of employment AND feel that I'm underpayed by $10k. I'm currently in the running for a exciting job further away from home, but with slightly higher pay. I'm hoping I'll get a job offer there for the sole purpose of forcing my current employer to counter-offer. If my current employer will beat the other offer, I'm stay.
On the other hand, I'm also waiting to hear back from a much higher paying job just minutes from my house. If that offer comes in, I don't care what the counter-offer is at my current work, cause I have 2-3 reasons to leave then.
It's all about situations. But if you have a bad feeling about accepting a counter-offer or simple question the ethic of it, don't accept. You'll only be sitting around wondering if everybody hates you and then you'll become standoffish and wish you took the other offer.
Edward Almos has opened up a can of worms, and it ain't just about computer hardware and being a tech geek.
I'm married and live in a single family home. I have to say that "my stuff" takes up less space "in the house" (as opposed to storage) every time we move. Keep in mind that first we lived in a two-bedroom apartment, then a 1700 sqft townhome, and now a 2100 sqft two-level house.
This isn't necessarily a battle of the sexes either. It all depends on who had the most toys or "collectibles" in the first place.
In my case, she moved in to my apartment with 5 CDs, a boombox, clothes and makeup. I had the computer, the stereo system, the furniture, the Star Wars collection, the 1500 CD collection, the diecast car collection, and the game tables!
And no matter how much you give up, you "asked" to give up more. It's like all my stuff has to replaced by the other's newly bought stuff.
As a matter of fact, this past week has been hair-raizing in our house. I bought new CD/media drawer cabinets (top of the line Can-Am units from Canada!!!) and we decided it was now time to paint and reorg my home office. WHAT A NIGHTMARE!
My home office consists of that same computer, a newer stereo system, 2000 CDs, a couple stacks of books, 10 framed and mounted Star Wars posters and some other "me" items.
At this point, I am looking into Amazon.com's used book selling options, and selling most of my Star Wars stuff at eBay! ANYBODY WANT TO BUY MY STAR WARS ITEMS, mostly newer generation toys? E-mail me.
I feel it would be easier to sell "my" stuff and stop hearing the bitching. Is this good for my mental health? Doesn't matter, it sucks either way.
I agree that "it's her house too," but getting married does not mean giving up EVERYTHING you enjoyed before that person came into your life.
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In a way, I guess it makes sense that the Indiana Jones series should always be a Spielberg and Lucas collaboration, and SW should remain just a Lucas series ... but a joint collaboration on the last SW movie (if they don't ever make the final trilogy!) probably would have yielded one hell of a movie! Probably a long movie at that, and the two would squabble so much that the next movie would take longer to get into the theaters!
Here's the Zeropaid news comment on this headline: http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/0709200 2f.php
I have to agree with Azureash here.
I have tried to be a standards follower, testing in Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc., but in the end, if I need to do something unique and it works in IE, then I run with it. That is why all my websites state at the bottom that "this site is best viewed in IE 5 or higher."
If a new musician's birthname is Mick Jagger, they have every right to release an album under that name and own the domain. Same applies here and that damn Peter Frampton case last year.
I don't care how damn important or popular you think you are, you don't OWN the rights to your name.
Is this simply the WWF's way of drumming up fear in the public since GW Bush is not one of their biggest supporters. Yes, we need to muffle pollution better, and we need to increase recycling efforts and start using alternative fuels, but we'll die from new war before we'll all die of pollution and resource exhaustion.
How in the hell can it be illegal to deep link to a publicly available URL? If the website doesn't want people linking to the printable, ad-free page, don't let them thru security, not law.
What's next? No bookmarks allowed? Get arrested if you leave a magazine open to a specific article? What crap!
How can we possibly consider taking the world to metric time when the U.S. won't even switch to metric measurements like most of the world. Metric is easier though, no doubt.
... how many hours in a day? 100 would mean one damn fast clock! 10 hours would be crazy sounding to the laymen, although when considering the 100sec.-minute/100min.-hour, might work. And we certainly cannot change the number of days in a year!!! Although, we may be able to change days per month; maybe just use day-of-year instead, cutting out months altogether. But what about weeks? .... what a mess!
I think the first step in the time conversion would be switching the world to military time; doing about with AM/PM.
But how do we set the metric clock?: 100 seconds in a minute; 100 minutes in an hour
I agree. Any rental car company has the right to monitor the activity of their vehicles. It's how the data is used and telling the customer upfront that is the issue in this case.
I've rented a car before and you always sign a contract before getting the keys to THEIR car. The contract explicitly states that you will be fined for leaving the contract area or receiving moving violations while driving their vehicle. And the customer service agent usually says this too, but they are not obligated to. That is all fine. And as long as the satellite monitoring is explicitly mentioned in the written contract, then the car-rental company is in the right. If the customer doesn't read the contract, that is the customer's problem.
Now, I also mentioned how the data is used. If the data is used for third-party marketing purposes, that needs to be explicitly stated in the contract as well. Along with the possibility that law enforcement may contact the car-rental company for records concerning your use of their vehicle.
My point here: as long as all this is in the contract that all customers are obligated to READ and sign, then the car-rental companies are in the right, and it's the customer's fault for breaking the contract, not to mention the law!
Here is the Zeropaid news thread on this topic: http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/0704200 2a.php
Here is the Zeropaid discussion on this headline: http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/0703200 2e.php
"When you and a co-worker discuss an idea in a conference room, that pretty much limits the communication potential to just you two; when you discuss it over a game of pool, soon half the company has wandered by and had the opportunity to comment."
Why do most American executives think so differently? When will most industries realize that not just customer support/loyalty is important, but employee morale and out-of-the-box thinking leads to more productivity (when done right) and then more profits (if managed right)?
Yes, I'm jealous.
I have been using MySQL longer than MS SQL Server, and trust me, I'm forced to use MS SQL Server at work; for my own projects, MySQL is my choice. It's just so damn easy, efficient and not filled with filler like MS SQL.
That's my two cents.
Can you all believe that 2 out of 3 judges ruled that the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional?
http://www.networkofminds.com/networkofminds/searc hnews.cfm?q=pledge+allegiance
...all because of the two words "under God," added in the 1950s. The word God is on our currency, carved into federal and state buildings, spoken in court by witnesses giving oath, and most importantly, its in the damn Constitution itself!
I am not a member of organized religion and fall somewhere between being agnostic and athiest, but I would still proudly give my pledge of allegiance to our flag and this country.
The U.S. was colonized by those looking for religious freedom and this country was founded on God-like ideals.
It's because of judges like these and stupid parents that file lawsuits that our country has become so damn politically correct. Freedom of Speech has no meaning anymore because what I say may offend some pansy-ass jerk.
Whatever, the Supreme Court has already said that if this case makes it to their court, it's dead on arrival and the Pledge of Allegiance will remain legal and schools will be allowed to force their teachers to lead their students in pledge their faith in this country. God is not the issue, patriotism is.
Zeropaid.com discussion of this.
Saw the Nemeis trailer on ET last night and it looked outstanding. I still haven't seen the last ST:TNG movie, but "First Contact" is one of my favorite sfi-fi movies.
Also downloaded the lastest Lord of the Rings: Two Towers trailers and it looks to be even better than the first.
Damn I love quality sci-fi/fantasy movies!
You can discuss this story at Zeropaid, too.
I think a project manager can do a great job despite not having the technical background of his programmers under him/her.
I've done web programming and website project management, and I would have to say, as a programmer I trust a tech skilled project manager more; and as a project manager, I feel I'm a better manager knowing the basics of what my programmers are working with/on.
But still, if a project manager is simply a great leader and listens to his programmers' suggestions, then any lack of background skills can be forgotten.
Like I said, it all depends on the situation and the people involved.
The travel agency I work for archives all our customer service phone calls onto DVD-R and has been doing so for quite awhile now. Then, if a customer asks to speak to a manager or files a complaint, a manager can review the entire phone call to see what was in fact said to the customer and what the customer said. The phone call can even be played back to the customer over the phone. Easy way to know who's telling the truth!
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Top-quality engineering and reliability
Software package featuring Microsoft Works 6.0 and CyberLink PowerDVD
I agree. I think this is a very wise move and hopefully other chains will follow suit. VHS needs to be phased out. Then again, audio cassettes were never completely phased out, so who knows what will happen.
Stated perfectly! I tried AllTheWeb and didn't like the results reporting. Google is far superior in reporter the results you want in the fashion you want (and need!).
Sure, life isn't always fair, but in the year 2002, any professor or school that gives a coding exam on paper is not thinking "read world." There is something about the keyboard and the computer screen that helps a computer programmer create code.
Somebody is getting fired!!!
I completely agree with this well-put example/statement. It all depends, and part of that "depending" is exactly what you told your current employer were you reasons for leaving.
If you said anything negative about your current job, take the other offer and run. If you explicitly said compensation was the only reason for looking at a new job offer, then take the higher counter offer on the condition that this situation will not cause tension between you and your boss.
I currently do not care for my place of employment AND feel that I'm underpayed by $10k. I'm currently in the running for a exciting job further away from home, but with slightly higher pay. I'm hoping I'll get a job offer there for the sole purpose of forcing my current employer to counter-offer. If my current employer will beat the other offer, I'm stay.
On the other hand, I'm also waiting to hear back from a much higher paying job just minutes from my house. If that offer comes in, I don't care what the counter-offer is at my current work, cause I have 2-3 reasons to leave then.
It's all about situations. But if you have a bad feeling about accepting a counter-offer or simple question the ethic of it, don't accept. You'll only be sitting around wondering if everybody hates you and then you'll become standoffish and wish you took the other offer.
Edward Almos has opened up a can of worms, and it ain't just about computer hardware and being a tech geek.
I'm married and live in a single family home. I have to say that "my stuff" takes up less space "in the house" (as opposed to storage) every time we move. Keep in mind that first we lived in a two-bedroom apartment, then a 1700 sqft townhome, and now a 2100 sqft two-level house.
This isn't necessarily a battle of the sexes either. It all depends on who had the most toys or "collectibles" in the first place.
In my case, she moved in to my apartment with 5 CDs, a boombox, clothes and makeup. I had the computer, the stereo system, the furniture, the Star Wars collection, the 1500 CD collection, the diecast car collection, and the game tables!
And no matter how much you give up, you "asked" to give up more. It's like all my stuff has to replaced by the other's newly bought stuff.
As a matter of fact, this past week has been hair-raizing in our house. I bought new CD/media drawer cabinets (top of the line Can-Am units from Canada!!!) and we decided it was now time to paint and reorg my home office. WHAT A NIGHTMARE!
My home office consists of that same computer, a newer stereo system, 2000 CDs, a couple stacks of books, 10 framed and mounted Star Wars posters and some other "me" items.
At this point, I am looking into Amazon.com's used book selling options, and selling most of my Star Wars stuff at eBay! ANYBODY WANT TO BUY MY STAR WARS ITEMS, mostly newer generation toys? E-mail me.
I feel it would be easier to sell "my" stuff and stop hearing the bitching. Is this good for my mental health? Doesn't matter, it sucks either way.
I agree that "it's her house too," but getting married does not mean giving up EVERYTHING you enjoyed before that person came into your life.