and what environment would you rather work in when the viruses hit? I've been in two types of shops: those that run outlook and collapse every 2-3 months for a couple days at a time when a virus goes around, or in the kind that don't run outlook (say Lotus or something else) and don't have to worry about viruses.
'News Corp. plans to appoint a "safety czar" to oversee the site, launch an education campaign that may include letters to schools and public-service announcements
so free advertising for MySpace targeted at their #1 demographic? See kids, MySpace is dangerous. Oooh... Ahhh... Where can I sign up?
Would You Take A Paycut for More Interesting Work?
Or looking at it another way, would I accept a pay-raise to do useless & repetitive work? It would be tempting, as it would make it easier for me to afford a home, but the answer is No.
Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you'd like to like.
This is a letter I have planned on writing for some time, a letter that I claim is extremely important and one that indubitably must be heeded if we are to undo the damage caused by Moderators. The full truth of my conclusion I shall develop in the course of this letter but the conclusion's general outline is that I hate it when people get their facts wrong. For instance, whenever I hear some corporate fat cat make noises about how public opinion is a reliable indicator of what's true and what isn't, I can't help but think that Moderators's rodomontades can be subtle. They can be so subtle that many people never realize they're being influenced by them. That's why we must proactively notify humanity that I want to arraign Moderators at the tribunal of public opinion. That may seem simple enough, but Moderators says that those who disagree with it should be cast into the outer darkness, should be shunned, should starve. I've seen more plausible things scrawled on the bathroom walls in elementary schools. It is ridiculous that I have to be faced with numskulls whose unsophisticated biases are constantly treated with apathy. And if that seems like a modest claim, I disagree. It's the most radical claim of all. The take-away message of this letter is that I must protest Moderators's use of tyrannical lackwits to achieve its sex-crazed goals. Think about it. I don't want to have to write another letter a few years from now, in the wake of a society torn apart by Moderators's passive-aggressive agendas, reminding you that you were warned.
(okay, I'm probably beating a dead-horse at this point =)
I have had enough of SpecBear! The following text regards my complaints of recent days against SpecBear and his subtle but petty attempts to teach myopic concepts to children. Before he spews any more psychoanalytical drivel, let me assure him that when I was younger, I wanted to give him a rhadamanthine warning not to control what we do and how we do it. I still want to do that, but now I realize that from secret-handshake societies meeting at "the usual place" to back-door admissions committees, his hirelings have always found a way to lower our standard of living. Have you ever had a bad dream about SpecBear trying to create an atmosphere that may temporarily energize or exhilarate, but which, at the same time, will pose the gravest of human threats? Well, I have news for you. That wasn't a dream; it was real.
SpecBear spews nothing but lame retorts and innuendoes. Why is that relevant to this letter? Because SpecBear likes harangues that cashier anyone who tries to preserve the peace. Could there be a conflict of interest there? If you were to ask me, I'd say that honest people will admit that I must, on principle, establish clear, justifiable definitions of fetishism and chauvinism so that you can defend a decision to take action when his brethren paint pictures of temperamental worlds inhabited by frowzy, fatuous ne'er-do-wells. Concerned people are not afraid to view the realms of vandalism and resistentialism not as two opposing poles, but as two continua. And sensible people know that SpecBear's intent is to prevent us from asking questions. He doesn't want the details checked. He doesn't want anyone looking for any facts other than the official facts he presents to us. I wonder if this is because most of his "facts" are false. Do I want SpecBear to require religious services around the world to begin with "SpecBear is great; SpecBear is good; we thank SpecBear for our daily food"? No, thank you very much; I, not being one of the many immature, pathetic meatheads of this world, would much rather build an inclusive, nondiscriminatory movement for social and political change.
I wouldn't judge SpecBear's hired goons too harshly. They're doubtlessly just cannon fodder for SpecBear's plot to make life less pleasant for us. That's just one side of the coin. The other side is that SpecBear spouts the same bile in everything he writes, making only slight modifications to suit the issue at hand. The issue he's excited about this week is racialism, which says to me that SpecBear has worn out his welcome. But it goes further than that; SpecBear finds reality too difficult to swallow. Or maybe it just gets lost between the sports and entertainment pages. In either case, I recently received some mail in which the writer stated, "There are a series of options I could pursue, if necessary." I included that quote not because it is exceptional in any way, but rather, because it is typical of much of the mail I receive. I included it to show you that I'm not the only one who thinks that SpecBear wants nothing less than to treat anyone who doesn't agree with him to a torrent of vitriol and vilification. His lieutenants then wonder, "What's wrong with that?" Well, there's not much to be done with scary, oleaginous sots who can't figure out what's wrong with that, but the rest of us can plainly see that SpecBear's apologues are rife with contradictions and difficulties; they're totally malicious, meet no objective criteria, and are unsuited for a supposedly educated population. And as if that weren't enough, SpecBear's favorite tactic is known as "deceiving with the truth". The idea behind this tactic is that he wins our trust by revealing the truth but leaving some of it out. This makes us less likely to call people to their highest and best, not accommodate them at their lowest and least.
Relative to just a few years ago, two-faced perverts are nearly ten times as likely to believe that SpecBear's blessing is the equivalent of a papal imprimatur. This is neither a coincidence nor simply a sign of the times. Ra
Maybe not everyone would appreciate the aging process that went into the fine wine
It's daft to spend large amounts of money on wine in restaurants. The price markup is usually over 200%. And anyone who thinks an extensive cheeseboard is essential to survival, is also daft.
this has nothing to do with reducing the poverty of Tibet. If the Chinese government was truly interested in reducing impoverishment, they would focus on their own country. The railway line is just another effort to hasten the integration of Tibet with the rest of Mainland China. The government has already encouraged the re-settlement of over 100,000 Han Chinese into Tibet, and this railway line will strengthen the economnic ties between Tibet and China, making relocation more desirable and permanently removing the description "remote" from the Tibetan geography. I read about a year ago that a highway was also in the works.
This strategy of integration has been used in the past: Israel moved settlers into Palestinian territory; and further back the English enticing the Scottish into Northern Ireland.
Mathematical science must be considered desirable in itself, though not with reference to the needs of daily life. If it is necessary to refer the benefit arising from it to something else, we must connect that benefit with intellectual knowledge, to which it leads the way and is a propaedeutic, clearing the eye of the soul and taking away the impediments which the senses place in the way of the knowledge of universals.
Slashdot Mirror
and what environment would you rather work in when the viruses hit? I've been in two types of shops: those that run outlook and collapse every 2-3 months for a couple days at a time when a virus goes around, or in the kind that don't run outlook (say Lotus or something else) and don't have to worry about viruses.
'News Corp. plans to appoint a "safety czar" to oversee the site, launch an education campaign that may include letters to schools and public-service announcements
... Ahhh ... Where can I sign up?
so free advertising for MySpace targeted at their #1 demographic? See kids, MySpace is dangerous. Oooh
Would You Take A Paycut for More Interesting Work?
Or looking at it another way, would I accept a pay-raise to do useless & repetitive work? It would be tempting, as it would make it easier for me to afford a home, but the answer is No.
I found this bit rather insightful:
Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you'd like to like.
although for what's it worth
apple - PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 2.47
dell - PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 1.12
This is a letter I have planned on writing for some time, a letter that I claim is extremely important and one that indubitably must be heeded if we are to undo the damage caused by Moderators. The full truth of my conclusion I shall develop in the course of this letter but the conclusion's general outline is that I hate it when people get their facts wrong. For instance, whenever I hear some corporate fat cat make noises about how public opinion is a reliable indicator of what's true and what isn't, I can't help but think that Moderators's rodomontades can be subtle. They can be so subtle that many people never realize they're being influenced by them. That's why we must proactively notify humanity that I want to arraign Moderators at the tribunal of public opinion. That may seem simple enough, but Moderators says that those who disagree with it should be cast into the outer darkness, should be shunned, should starve. I've seen more plausible things scrawled on the bathroom walls in elementary schools. It is ridiculous that I have to be faced with numskulls whose unsophisticated biases are constantly treated with apathy. And if that seems like a modest claim, I disagree. It's the most radical claim of all. The take-away message of this letter is that I must protest Moderators's use of tyrannical lackwits to achieve its sex-crazed goals. Think about it. I don't want to have to write another letter a few years from now, in the wake of a society torn apart by Moderators's passive-aggressive agendas, reminding you that you were warned.
(okay, I'm probably beating a dead-horse at this point =)
I have had enough of SpecBear! The following text regards my complaints of recent days against SpecBear and his subtle but petty attempts to teach myopic concepts to children. Before he spews any more psychoanalytical drivel, let me assure him that when I was younger, I wanted to give him a rhadamanthine warning not to control what we do and how we do it. I still want to do that, but now I realize that from secret-handshake societies meeting at "the usual place" to back-door admissions committees, his hirelings have always found a way to lower our standard of living. Have you ever had a bad dream about SpecBear trying to create an atmosphere that may temporarily energize or exhilarate, but which, at the same time, will pose the gravest of human threats? Well, I have news for you. That wasn't a dream; it was real.
SpecBear spews nothing but lame retorts and innuendoes. Why is that relevant to this letter? Because SpecBear likes harangues that cashier anyone who tries to preserve the peace. Could there be a conflict of interest there? If you were to ask me, I'd say that honest people will admit that I must, on principle, establish clear, justifiable definitions of fetishism and chauvinism so that you can defend a decision to take action when his brethren paint pictures of temperamental worlds inhabited by frowzy, fatuous ne'er-do-wells. Concerned people are not afraid to view the realms of vandalism and resistentialism not as two opposing poles, but as two continua. And sensible people know that SpecBear's intent is to prevent us from asking questions. He doesn't want the details checked. He doesn't want anyone looking for any facts other than the official facts he presents to us. I wonder if this is because most of his "facts" are false. Do I want SpecBear to require religious services around the world to begin with "SpecBear is great; SpecBear is good; we thank SpecBear for our daily food"? No, thank you very much; I, not being one of the many immature, pathetic meatheads of this world, would much rather build an inclusive, nondiscriminatory movement for social and political change.
I wouldn't judge SpecBear's hired goons too harshly. They're doubtlessly just cannon fodder for SpecBear's plot to make life less pleasant for us. That's just one side of the coin. The other side is that SpecBear spouts the same bile in everything he writes, making only slight modifications to suit the issue at hand. The issue he's excited about this week is racialism, which says to me that SpecBear has worn out his welcome. But it goes further than that; SpecBear finds reality too difficult to swallow. Or maybe it just gets lost between the sports and entertainment pages. In either case, I recently received some mail in which the writer stated, "There are a series of options I could pursue, if necessary." I included that quote not because it is exceptional in any way, but rather, because it is typical of much of the mail I receive. I included it to show you that I'm not the only one who thinks that SpecBear wants nothing less than to treat anyone who doesn't agree with him to a torrent of vitriol and vilification. His lieutenants then wonder, "What's wrong with that?" Well, there's not much to be done with scary, oleaginous sots who can't figure out what's wrong with that, but the rest of us can plainly see that SpecBear's apologues are rife with contradictions and difficulties; they're totally malicious, meet no objective criteria, and are unsuited for a supposedly educated population. And as if that weren't enough, SpecBear's favorite tactic is known as "deceiving with the truth". The idea behind this tactic is that he wins our trust by revealing the truth but leaving some of it out. This makes us less likely to call people to their highest and best, not accommodate them at their lowest and least.
Relative to just a few years ago, two-faced perverts are nearly ten times as likely to believe that SpecBear's blessing is the equivalent of a papal imprimatur. This is neither a coincidence nor simply a sign of the times. Ra
Well if I were looking for a consulting firm, I wouldn't be highly technical,
No, that's not true (or shouldn't be). You should be highly technical, you just lack the team to implement.
use class time to read the Drudge Report, send e-mail, play Legend of Zelda, or update profiles on Facebook.com
Thus preparing them for the corporate world?
It might also slow the spread of the technology to bad people, so that the slow government can keep up.
...
Except for the bad people in the government
Of all the democratic countries in the world we're
Even in a democratic country, fawn-coloured suits should be illegal.
you might read your newspaper, but do you read your shakespeare?
Nahh, it must have been Intelligent Design, but I'm probably talking out of my ass.
YetStillCmdrTaco (pragmatix)
Maybe not everyone would appreciate the aging process that went into the fine wine
It's daft to spend large amounts of money on wine in restaurants. The price markup is usually over 200%. And anyone who thinks an extensive cheeseboard is essential to survival, is also daft.
and why didn't he just chuck the TV out with the rest of the trash?
you won't have time to spend it
... like blowing $500 on a dinner or in other equally silly ways.
no, you just end up spending it in daft ways
and saying "What ho! ... Queen Liz says to tell you to bally well stuff off" is just not going to fly, I'm afraid.
That might not fly, but diplomacy would.
this has nothing to do with reducing the poverty of Tibet. If the Chinese government was truly interested in reducing impoverishment, they would focus on their own country. The railway line is just another effort to hasten the integration of Tibet with the rest of Mainland China. The government has already encouraged the re-settlement of over 100,000 Han Chinese into Tibet, and this railway line will strengthen the economnic ties between Tibet and China, making relocation more desirable and permanently removing the description "remote" from the Tibetan geography. I read about a year ago that a highway was also in the works.
This strategy of integration has been used in the past: Israel moved settlers into Palestinian territory; and further back the English enticing the Scottish into Northern Ireland.
if you're always tired, jet lag doesn't make a difference.
Mathematical science must be considered desirable in itself, though not with reference to the needs of daily life. If it is necessary to refer the benefit arising from it to something else, we must connect that benefit with intellectual knowledge, to which it leads the way and is a propaedeutic, clearing the eye of the soul and taking away the impediments which the senses place in the way of the knowledge of universals.
-Proclus
... and I think every IBM employee will agree with you on that one too =)
They are becoming more similar. Beijing is becoming better, Hong Kong is becoming worse.
And that's what you're going to get
What, the curtains?
I'm thinking about going to graduate school, and not having a traditional library would rule out a school immediately, no questions asks
...
I live close to several good universities (in so. Cal) and make use of their libraries. The library doesn't have to be on your campus