I don't know about CSI-ish degrees, but GWU (I assume you mean George Washington University in Washington DC) is a great school overall. And the location is great.
I have a period in my gmail email address and I just confirmed this. However, when you log into gmail, you still need to use the account with the period. I could not log into the non-period account with my period-account's password.
There is some age discrimination too. I work as an IT Consultant to a US Federal Agency, and I've had my govt manager tell me multiple times that she is glad she has younger workers because older programmers "don't learn new things as well." I'm only 26, but several of my coworkers there are 45+. She even told one guy to his face that he's getting old, so he should let me do some of his work!
It is blatant in some places. There is no accountability to the people in the US govt who have hire/fire power or contract power when it comes to outsourcing to public/private companies.
People often think that companies have no obligation to protect or respect basic human rights. They are wrong. A company is nothing more than a collection of individuals. Why do we think basic moral obligations end when we create companies? Companies have moral obligations just like people do.
I'm not a philosophy guru, but this is covered in most intro business ethics classes.
We should hold companies accountable who help to opress others.
Most of the people I know who play video games (myself included) rarely have the time needed to devote to RPGs. We work. We have social lives and sig-others to worry about. We are more likely to buy games that multiple people can play together on a Friday night before we head out to a bar. Mario Party is great, as is Burnout. Things like that.
Even with informed consent, some (myself included) would argue that one has a fundamental, moral right to privacy that cannot be relinquished. In my eyes, drug testing etc is unethical no matter what.
I'm curious what made you say that using multiple languages together was difficult?
I'm currently working on a.NET project where most of the middle tier is written in C#, but the asp.net code-behind is written in vb.net, and so far we have had no problems whatsoever.
I couldn't have said it better. My parents were very involved in my education. Hell, in 11th grade I received a 'D' in English, probably because I was being lazy. My parents went straight to my teacher to find out what I was doing wrong. 11th grade! Of course I followed up with three quarters of 'A's.
What I'm trying to say is that most parents won't even investigate things K-8, let alone in high school.
..is not that people are outraged. That is there perogative. People can vote with their dollars and not buy the game. What gets me is that groups like this are so well organized that they can effectively move legislation to outlaw games like GTA (which is fun, btw), even while the "silent majority" just doesn't care.
Would I let my young son or daughter play GTA? Of course not, it is extremely violent. Would they play it behind my back? Probably. But like most rational people, I'd probably talk to my kids about why I didn't want them playing it.
Either way, what I wouldn't do is force my neighbor to make his children not play GTA.
But this is exactly what this group is going to try and do.
You should read "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris. It is a good book about religious dogma and why it threatens to destroy the world.
The premise is that rational debate on religion is stifled under the guise of tolerance. If I say that Christians are backwards because they believe someone walked on water, I'll be labeled intolerant. If I say Islam is a violent religion that opresses women, and rational thought, I'll be labeled intolerant.
If someone says the world is flat, and I say they are wrong, I'm not labeled intolerant.
You might want to check out Enterprise Patterns and MDA : Building Better Software with Archetype Patterns and UML (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
by Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt. They present a decent model to describe rules.
How can you support the free market and support farm aid? Most farming is done by corporations now, not families. I think the only good thing about farm aid is it helps to lower prices of the product, but that isn't even good some times.
The point I'm trying to make is why not spend some public money on the issue. IF we are already having some private firm develop the means, why not spend a decent amount of money and deliver a great product?
And as for the federal gov't having the right to develop touch-screen voting, well, I'm pretty sure they are charged with deciding how elections are run (via the constitution) - though some state powers may overlap.
I agree with you - paper and pencil works fine. But we are moving into a touch-screen voting system. No amount of "but pencil works fine!" arguing is going to change that. So that being said, the gov't need to step in and do the right thing.
Does anyone have any idea how much a secure and reliable alternative to the Diebold voting machines would cost to produce?
I mean, we plan on spending almost $3 billion in farm aid for 2004 - why can't we just set aside $100MM for a secure, reliable, verifiable voting platform? Would that be enough money?
There are plenty of states where a child does NOT have to recite the pledge, or even stand while it is being recited.
Part of the suit is based upon the fact that a child has divorced parents. The mother, who has full custody, doesn't mind if the child says the pledge. The father, who has partial, is an atheist.
If the father does not have standing of custody, he shouldn't be allowed to bring the suit.
Michael, you are an idiot. I hope the SCOTUS leaves it as is JUST to piss you off! That would make my day.
Propaganda? Pot, meet kettle.
Besides, the constitution says no t oa state sponsored rteligion, not no to religion in general. There is no specific religion being touted here.
These are the same problems that have plagued people with sports.
I play basketball regularly with some friends of mine at a local court, and that court is pretty much known as the place for people of "medium" ability to play. No one there is joining up with the NBA anytime soon, but no one sucks either. Occasionally really good or really bad people come, but eventually they leave because it is either not as challenging or too hard.
Likewise, about a mile down the road is a court that is known to have really really good players. When you want a real challenge you go there.
It is the same with online games. Why not have some sort of tiered league? You could give people the ability to kick off someone who obviously belongs in a different league.
Or some sort of ebay like system for rating people..rate them as "good" or "fair" or "only looking for an ego boost". I don't know.
It seems to work for basketball.
As for bad language, well, what can you do? People say what they say.
Some states in the US let a driver in an electric hybrid car ride in the HOV lanes without having to meet the minimum passenger rule. Though some are moving away from this.
Also, some states give tax credits for buying them (I think).
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If it is classified information, they (the leaker) should be prosecuted.
I don't know about CSI-ish degrees, but GWU (I assume you mean George Washington University in Washington DC) is a great school overall. And the location is great.
I have a period in my gmail email address and I just confirmed this. However, when you log into gmail, you still need to use the account with the period. I could not log into the non-period account with my period-account's password.
If that makes any sense.
There is some age discrimination too. I work as an IT Consultant to a US Federal Agency, and I've had my govt manager tell me multiple times that she is glad she has younger workers because older programmers "don't learn new things as well." I'm only 26, but several of my coworkers there are 45+. She even told one guy to his face that he's getting old, so he should let me do some of his work!
It is blatant in some places. There is no accountability to the people in the US govt who have hire/fire power or contract power when it comes to outsourcing to public/private companies.
People often think that companies have no obligation to protect or respect basic human rights. They are wrong. A company is nothing more than a collection of individuals. Why do we think basic moral obligations end when we create companies? Companies have moral obligations just like people do.
I'm not a philosophy guru, but this is covered in most intro business ethics classes.
We should hold companies accountable who help to opress others.
Don't annotations use reflection?
Most of the people I know who play video games (myself included) rarely have the time needed to devote to RPGs. We work. We have social lives and sig-others to worry about. We are more likely to buy games that multiple people can play together on a Friday night before we head out to a bar. Mario Party is great, as is Burnout. Things like that.
Even with informed consent, some (myself included) would argue that one has a fundamental, moral right to privacy that cannot be relinquished. In my eyes, drug testing etc is unethical no matter what.
I'm curious what made you say that using multiple languages together was difficult?
.NET project where most of the middle tier is written in C#, but the asp.net code-behind is written in vb.net, and so far we have had no problems whatsoever.
I'm currently working on a
I couldn't have said it better. My parents were very involved in my education. Hell, in 11th grade I received a 'D' in English, probably because I was being lazy. My parents went straight to my teacher to find out what I was doing wrong. 11th grade! Of course I followed up with three quarters of 'A's.
What I'm trying to say is that most parents won't even investigate things K-8, let alone in high school.
..is not that people are outraged. That is there perogative. People can vote with their dollars and not buy the game. What gets me is that groups like this are so well organized that they can effectively move legislation to outlaw games like GTA (which is fun, btw), even while the "silent majority" just doesn't care.
Would I let my young son or daughter play GTA? Of course not, it is extremely violent. Would they play it behind my back? Probably. But like most rational people, I'd probably talk to my kids about why I didn't want them playing it.
Either way, what I wouldn't do is force my neighbor to make his children not play GTA.
But this is exactly what this group is going to try and do.
You should read "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris. It is a good book about religious dogma and why it threatens to destroy the world.
The premise is that rational debate on religion is stifled under the guise of tolerance. If I say that Christians are backwards because they believe someone walked on water, I'll be labeled intolerant. If I say Islam is a violent religion that opresses women, and rational thought, I'll be labeled intolerant.
If someone says the world is flat, and I say they are wrong, I'm not labeled intolerant.
What's the difference?
You might want to check out Enterprise Patterns and MDA : Building Better Software with Archetype Patterns and UML (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt. They present a decent model to describe rules.
You can, however, create new AppDomains. Then destroy them.
"We're doing about $8 million or so in business every quarter, so we're not very big."
I wish my employer wasn't "very big" too.
How can you support the free market and support farm aid? Most farming is done by corporations now, not families. I think the only good thing about farm aid is it helps to lower prices of the product, but that isn't even good some times.
The point I'm trying to make is why not spend some public money on the issue. IF we are already having some private firm develop the means, why not spend a decent amount of money and deliver a great product?
And as for the federal gov't having the right to develop touch-screen voting, well, I'm pretty sure they are charged with deciding how elections are run (via the constitution) - though some state powers may overlap.
I agree with you - paper and pencil works fine. But we are moving into a touch-screen voting system. No amount of "but pencil works fine!" arguing is going to change that. So that being said, the gov't need to step in and do the right thing.
Does anyone have any idea how much a secure and reliable alternative to the Diebold voting machines would cost to produce?
I mean, we plan on spending almost $3 billion in farm aid for 2004 - why can't we just set aside $100MM for a secure, reliable, verifiable voting platform? Would that be enough money?
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Doesn't this simply mean that SCO will be seekign testimony from these people? It isn't like SCO is sueing Linus, right?
I agree that programming isn't something everyone can sit down and do.
Sounds like your friend isn't very good at his job. I've written plenty of code inside MS Access databases and it was easy to debug and maintain.
It's just like anything else - it takes thought.
Please. 99% of the public won't even hear about the story. And of the 1% that does, 99% of them won't give a rat's ass who Microsoft fired.
There are plenty of states where a child does NOT have to recite the pledge, or even stand while it is being recited.
Part of the suit is based upon the fact that a child has divorced parents. The mother, who has full custody, doesn't mind if the child says the pledge. The father, who has partial, is an atheist.
If the father does not have standing of custody, he shouldn't be allowed to bring the suit.
Michael, you are an idiot. I hope the SCOTUS leaves it as is JUST to piss you off! That would make my day.
Propaganda? Pot, meet kettle.
Besides, the constitution says no t oa state sponsored rteligion, not no to religion in general. There is no specific religion being touted here.
These are the same problems that have plagued people with sports.
I play basketball regularly with some friends of mine at a local court, and that court is pretty much known as the place for people of "medium" ability to play. No one there is joining up with the NBA anytime soon, but no one sucks either. Occasionally really good or really bad people come, but eventually they leave because it is either not as challenging or too hard.
Likewise, about a mile down the road is a court that is known to have really really good players. When you want a real challenge you go there.
It is the same with online games. Why not have some sort of tiered league? You could give people the ability to kick off someone who obviously belongs in a different league.
Or some sort of ebay like system for rating people..rate them as "good" or "fair" or "only looking for an ego boost". I don't know.
It seems to work for basketball.
As for bad language, well, what can you do? People say what they say.
I beleive, though I am not 100% sure, that you must exercise due diligence to determine if the material is legal or not.
Some states in the US let a driver in an electric hybrid car ride in the HOV lanes without having to meet the minimum passenger rule. Though some are moving away from this.
Also, some states give tax credits for buying them (I think).
Something to think about.