You don't need a college degree to know how to work a phone. I know the HR hysteria in the USA would have you believe otherwise, but trust me! It's not that hard...
Haven't seen the dang phone system we just had bestowed upon us, have you? Geez. Why not just drill my skull and put an implant in and get rid of this Cisco stuff.
As I read it, it is just the inclusion in toys that are banned....we just have to shop at legitimate supplier sources and build our own toys now...no biggie.
And that legit supplier goes by the name eBay (though I have bought some RE magnets from other sources, it's effectively the mall.
How about a ban on stupid trailer-park dumbass kids who ruin it for the rest of us?
I found a load of these on the ground in a park. Never mind how they got there, how do you expect children to read the warning which isn't present with these things? Also, you, I and likely everyone else on/. put stuff in our mouths in a time when we were so young we don't remember what these things were (but our mothers tell us, usually at the most inopportune times) These things, for the amusement value vs. the hazard value are understandable. See some of the x-rays where a couple of these things pinch and then pass through stomach and intestine walls. I've ever received some darn painful pinches from them while idly playing with them.
I hate to see it happen, but these really are a danger to children.
i dont think a company that sells spyware to government entities is worried about their public image...
Actually, they prefer to be completely opaque.. to the point people are unaware they exist. It is the glare from the spotlight of attention they squirm under.
Nothing to see here, nothing at all, we're just a bunch of chickens, nothing special.. why don't you go see what Rebecca and Andy are up to?
So it's a natural record. No one said human record. If dinosaurs kept records, would you not count those either?
I can just see it now... New York Times bestseller: The Dinosaur Diaries - all the dirt, all the scandal, everything you wanted to know about those Diplodoci next door!
It's fun debates like this which undermine both sides.
There's no such thing as 'enough', let alone 'too much' screen space.
I disagree. The optimal amount of screen space just fills my field of vision. Add any more, and spacial memory starts to work less well. I spent a while working with dual 30" monitors, and it was really easy to lose windows and have to spend some time finding them. A 27" display seems about right, maybe slightly small, but it's possible to put it where you don't need to turn your head to see everything.
27 inch is a very good screen size. I think my eyes would recede into my skull if I had anything wider to look at. Great for side-by-side comparisons or doing some transposition of code, but don't need to see more than 2 windows at a time (in most cases).
Still plugging along with an ancient Samsung 172t on one computer, which I must say is an absolute rock of a monitor considering its age.
I assume these are screens that where rejected for minor defects by their intended brand and resold. This happens a lot, even with name brand products such as CISCO network gear.
Probably get some great comedy reading the manuals, too, as cut rate electronics sellers usually don't want to tie up any money on wages for people actually capable of translating and editing
for best experience insert power outlet recepticle the power cord before turn on
I have, more than once, ordered something cheap that turned out to be good, then ordered a 2nd or 3rd copy, only to have the later ones (branded the same) be.... different.
Latest case in point: $90 7" tablets - first one: 4.5 hour battery life, second one: 2.0 hour battery life.
This is where you really win with Samsung, Apple and only a few other manufacturers - pushing new technology and acceptable failure rates of manufacturing are turning out a lot of garbage. Read reviews on Amazon for some CE stuff, wildly varying accounts by users "It was dead in 20 minutes", "Wonderful, would buy again!" "Best deal I've had in years!" "This thing worked at first, then started acting up so I sent it back" "BEWARE!!!" etc.
Don't temp them to mine the 1960s and 1970s TV shows for more "inspiration".
You're a couple decades late there. Remember the Addams Family movies? Brady Bunch? Bewitched? Hell, they even did a Car 54 movie.
Hollywood is practically run by bean-counters and Wall Street now.
There was never a time when it wasn't.
Go back to the 40s, 50s and 60s and you had studios taking considerable risks, many moguls ran the industry and studios were privately held or few people held large enough share blocs to ensure business was done the way they wanted. There were contract actors and actresses and merchandising was a rare thing. High profile pictures were rolled out, some of the greatest cinematic endeavours lost money or just broke even.
Now it's rubbish, cut-n-paste jokes, bland dialogue, suspense removed (or toned down) because it requires too much thought from the audience, and special effects are more important than a script which is even remotely plausible (even in a Super Hero inhabited world.) They've mocked and screwed around with the 60s and 70s, but they can just as quickly go back for more, and I suspect they have some in the works.
Meanwhile, where's Rendezvous With Rama? Morgan Freeman has recovered, but he's getting seriously on in years and it may never happen.:(
or worse, it'll be turned into the sort of junk Starship Troopers was.
Sadly, this is not always possible. In many places, high tech industry has a specific exemption from overtime compensation laws, or provides the employer with the option of mandating time off in lieu.
Yes, we saw that being passed in California. I thought that was some seriously flawed legislation.
I am 'willing' to not get downsized in the next set of sweeps I am 'willing' to keep my income from stagnating I am 'willing' to not seem less competitive than other workers
of course you could replace 'willing' with 'scared shitless', 'being strong-armed' or 'having a gun held to my head' and it would describe the situation all the same
What is truly shocking is the long-term loss of effectiveness of unions and/or their complete lack of influence in hi-tech 'salary' jobs. Sure, you can poo poo Unions, their largess in the '70s even their (apparently) corrupt leadership, but it is high time that Americans came to realize the positive benefits of Union membership and the need to maintain leverage against corporate leadership that seems willing to work us to death and feed our remains back to the rest of the workers (for the sake of shareholder value dammit)
Yeah, I'm willing, yeah I'm tired, yeah it gives me a sad chuckle to read about the rosy projections from the 1950's about 20 hour workweeks and the benefits of automation
After seeing that enormous amounts of loyalty are never paid back I've seen the light, about 15 years ago. Outsource twice - thank you very much.
"Our devices enabled employers to make their employees work 24/7, but it is our strange American political and cultural systems that have allowed them to do so."
Or you could just say 'No'. So long as people are willing (if not eager) to be tied to work 24/7, companies will be happy to allow them to be.
I remember how I hated carrying a pager on weekends. I felt like I had a leash around my neck, which could be yanked the moment I was engaged in some activity or just relaxing, further, I couldn't go see a movie or play golf, because I could be pulled out in an instant because someone wanted to use something which was down (or not down, but they were such a lazy twit, they'd call and bug me to see if it was up, rather than check themselves.)
Years ago I established the limits I would go to for work and have stuck to them. My time is my time. I only choose to exchange so many hours of the day for wages and such.
"You're not a team player!" -- the latest management fad
Truly. Exchanging your time and energy for money is an exchange which must be acceptable to both you and your employer. When you are treated as a serf it's time to pack your desk and blow, before you lose perspective and ultimately power over your own life.
I think the judge's intent, especially in refusing to separate the cases, is to wrestle both parties into playing nice, stopping their tantrums, and actually trying to reach a reasonable compromise.
In other words, emphasizing the "civil" in "civil court".
A college prof of mine, who was still a practicing attorney, pointed out that 99% of all law is based upon common sense. Not a load of fiddly technical things forced upon a people by their government, but sensible stuff so we can all get along. The Ten Commandments were same thing, when you think about it - don't steal, don't lie, don't covet stuff that isn't yours and you'll get along much better with the neighbors.
Disappointing how we seem to have a society (including businesses) which treats laws as a way to hurt each other or gain some sort of advantage (I have a patent on breathing, if you breathe without paying me, I'll sue!) sort of behaviour.
Is Hollyweird out of old movies t hey can rehash and turn a profit on?
Will they have to get their creative juices flowing even though that's been long gone in the past two decades?
Don't temp them to mine the 1960s and 1970s TV shows for more "inspiration".
The Super Hero genre has got very, very old for me. I'm not interested in seeing any more, reboot or otherwise. I once spent about half my disposable (after rent, food, and expenses) income on movies, but find Hollywoods desire to hedge on known quantities (sequels, copy-what's-popular, rehash/remake) is killing the creative content. Scads of great books would make for some awesome movies, I certainly have at least one in mind, but Hollywood is practically run by bean-counters and Wall Street now.
It takes someone with finances or clout (like Spielberg) to do something they want to (and alas, Spielberg's War of the Worlds fell far short of what it could have been) so I don't hold out much hope. Now if I want to see a good flick I spend more of my movie & popcorn money on indie and foreign cinema, some people are still creating and I should reward them with my dollar votes rather than the garbage recyclers Hollywood have become.
Keep in mind Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett was referring to why this wasn't in mediation, that's it.
And it's a fair point by the judge, things don't go to negotiation first, they go straight to court. Reminds me of squabbles by rich people in my old home town, fighting over every little stupid perceived slight or whatever, driving their El Dorados over each others lawns, etc. Judge had enough and forced them to sort out who owned what by a court appointed mediator. Judge was furious this family tied up the courts rather than settle things among themselves. Court should be last resort, not first. But I don't suppose you're going to hear legal counsel say that, unless they are company lawyers who would rather be doing something other then fighting in court all the time.
I'm neither here nor there on temps going up or down, but I certainly can't help but notice dramatic shifts in weather patterns are happening more frequently.
and for the record I never refer to something as Global Warming, but as Climatic Disruption.
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You don't need a college degree to know how to work a phone. I know the HR hysteria in the USA would have you believe otherwise, but trust me! It's not that hard...
Haven't seen the dang phone system we just had bestowed upon us, have you? Geez. Why not just drill my skull and put an implant in and get rid of this Cisco stuff.
As I read it, it is just the inclusion in toys that are banned....we just have to shop at legitimate supplier sources and build our own toys now...no biggie.
And that legit supplier goes by the name eBay (though I have bought some RE magnets from other sources, it's effectively the mall.
How about a ban on stupid trailer-park dumbass kids who ruin it for the rest of us?
I found a load of these on the ground in a park. Never mind how they got there, how do you expect children to read the warning which isn't present with these things? Also, you, I and likely everyone else on /. put stuff in our mouths in a time when we were so young we don't remember what these things were (but our mothers tell us, usually at the most inopportune times) These things, for the amusement value vs. the hazard value are understandable. See some of the x-rays where a couple of these things pinch and then pass through stomach and intestine walls. I've ever received some darn painful pinches from them while idly playing with them.
I hate to see it happen, but these really are a danger to children.
i dont think a company that sells spyware to government entities is worried about their public image...
Actually, they prefer to be completely opaque .. to the point people are unaware they exist. It is the glare from the spotlight of attention they squirm under.
Nothing to see here, nothing at all, we're just a bunch of chickens, nothing special .. why don't you go see what Rebecca and Andy are up to?
To leave Win world as soon as possible.
So it's a natural record. No one said human record. If dinosaurs kept records, would you not count those either?
I can just see it now ... New York Times bestseller: The Dinosaur Diaries - all the dirt, all the scandal, everything you wanted to know about those Diplodoci next door!
It's fun debates like this which undermine both sides.
There's no such thing as 'enough', let alone 'too much' screen space.
I disagree. The optimal amount of screen space just fills my field of vision. Add any more, and spacial memory starts to work less well. I spent a while working with dual 30" monitors, and it was really easy to lose windows and have to spend some time finding them. A 27" display seems about right, maybe slightly small, but it's possible to put it where you don't need to turn your head to see everything.
27 inch is a very good screen size. I think my eyes would recede into my skull if I had anything wider to look at. Great for side-by-side comparisons or doing some transposition of code, but don't need to see more than 2 windows at a time (in most cases).
Still plugging along with an ancient Samsung 172t on one computer, which I must say is an absolute rock of a monitor considering its age.
I assume these are screens that where rejected for minor defects by their intended brand and resold. This happens a lot, even with name brand products such as CISCO network gear.
Probably get some great comedy reading the manuals, too, as cut rate electronics sellers usually don't want to tie up any money on wages for people actually capable of translating and editing
for best experience insert power outlet recepticle the power cord before turn on
I have, more than once, ordered something cheap that turned out to be good, then ordered a 2nd or 3rd copy, only to have the later ones (branded the same) be.... different.
Latest case in point: $90 7" tablets - first one: 4.5 hour battery life, second one: 2.0 hour battery life.
This is where you really win with Samsung, Apple and only a few other manufacturers - pushing new technology and acceptable failure rates of manufacturing are turning out a lot of garbage. Read reviews on Amazon for some CE stuff, wildly varying accounts by users "It was dead in 20 minutes", "Wonderful, would buy again!" "Best deal I've had in years!" "This thing worked at first, then started acting up so I sent it back" "BEWARE!!!" etc.
Yeah, you'll be happy until they break after a few months and have no one to get a refund or RMA from.
Can't wait to have one of these on a phone or tablet.
what? what?
You're a couple decades late there. Remember the Addams Family movies? Brady Bunch? Bewitched? Hell, they even did a Car 54 movie.
There was never a time when it wasn't.
Go back to the 40s, 50s and 60s and you had studios taking considerable risks, many moguls ran the industry and studios were privately held or few people held large enough share blocs to ensure business was done the way they wanted. There were contract actors and actresses and merchandising was a rare thing. High profile pictures were rolled out, some of the greatest cinematic endeavours lost money or just broke even.
Now it's rubbish, cut-n-paste jokes, bland dialogue, suspense removed (or toned down) because it requires too much thought from the audience, and special effects are more important than a script which is even remotely plausible (even in a Super Hero inhabited world.) They've mocked and screwed around with the 60s and 70s, but they can just as quickly go back for more, and I suspect they have some in the works.
Meanwhile, where's Rendezvous With Rama? Morgan Freeman has recovered, but he's getting seriously on in years and it may never happen. :(
or worse, it'll be turned into the sort of junk Starship Troopers was.
Sadly, this is not always possible. In many places, high tech industry has a specific exemption from overtime compensation laws, or provides the employer with the option of mandating time off in lieu.
Yes, we saw that being passed in California. I thought that was some seriously flawed legislation.
I am 'willing' to not get downsized in the next set of sweeps
I am 'willing' to keep my income from stagnating
I am 'willing' to not seem less competitive than other workers
of course you could replace 'willing' with 'scared shitless', 'being strong-armed' or 'having a gun held to my head' and it would describe the situation all the same
What is truly shocking is the long-term loss of effectiveness of unions and/or their complete lack of influence in hi-tech 'salary' jobs. Sure, you can poo poo Unions, their largess in the '70s even their (apparently) corrupt leadership, but it is high time that Americans came to realize the positive benefits of Union membership and the need to maintain leverage against corporate leadership that seems willing to work us to death and feed our remains back to the rest of the workers (for the sake of shareholder value dammit)
Yeah, I'm willing, yeah I'm tired, yeah it gives me a sad chuckle to read about the rosy projections from the 1950's about 20 hour workweeks and the benefits of automation
After seeing that enormous amounts of loyalty are never paid back I've seen the light, about 15 years ago. Outsource twice - thank you very much.
"Our devices enabled employers to make their employees work 24/7, but it is our strange American political and cultural systems that have allowed them to do so."
Or you could just say 'No'. So long as people are willing (if not eager) to be tied to work 24/7, companies will be happy to allow them to be.
I remember how I hated carrying a pager on weekends. I felt like I had a leash around my neck, which could be yanked the moment I was engaged in some activity or just relaxing, further, I couldn't go see a movie or play golf, because I could be pulled out in an instant because someone wanted to use something which was down (or not down, but they were such a lazy twit, they'd call and bug me to see if it was up, rather than check themselves.)
Years ago I established the limits I would go to for work and have stuck to them. My time is my time. I only choose to exchange so many hours of the day for wages and such.
"You're not a team player!" -- the latest management fad
Truly. Exchanging your time and energy for money is an exchange which must be acceptable to both you and your employer. When you are treated as a serf it's time to pack your desk and blow, before you lose perspective and ultimately power over your own life.
I think the judge's intent, especially in refusing to separate the cases, is to wrestle both parties into playing nice, stopping their tantrums, and actually trying to reach a reasonable compromise.
In other words, emphasizing the "civil" in "civil court".
A college prof of mine, who was still a practicing attorney, pointed out that 99% of all law is based upon common sense. Not a load of fiddly technical things forced upon a people by their government, but sensible stuff so we can all get along. The Ten Commandments were same thing, when you think about it - don't steal, don't lie, don't covet stuff that isn't yours and you'll get along much better with the neighbors.
Disappointing how we seem to have a society (including businesses) which treats laws as a way to hurt each other or gain some sort of advantage (I have a patent on breathing, if you breathe without paying me, I'll sue!) sort of behaviour.
And the stress is killing me!
Is Hollyweird out of old movies t hey can rehash and turn a profit on?
Will they have to get their creative juices flowing even though that's been long gone in the past two decades?
Don't temp them to mine the 1960s and 1970s TV shows for more "inspiration".
The Super Hero genre has got very, very old for me. I'm not interested in seeing any more, reboot or otherwise. I once spent about half my disposable (after rent, food, and expenses) income on movies, but find Hollywoods desire to hedge on known quantities (sequels, copy-what's-popular, rehash/remake) is killing the creative content. Scads of great books would make for some awesome movies, I certainly have at least one in mind, but Hollywood is practically run by bean-counters and Wall Street now.
It takes someone with finances or clout (like Spielberg) to do something they want to (and alas, Spielberg's War of the Worlds fell far short of what it could have been) so I don't hold out much hope. Now if I want to see a good flick I spend more of my movie & popcorn money on indie and foreign cinema, some people are still creating and I should reward them with my dollar votes rather than the garbage recyclers Hollywood have become.
It sounds like Tony Stark may have had a hand in this one.
What happens when Tony Stark/Iron man becomes infected by a virus?
Keep in mind Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett was referring to why this wasn't in mediation, that's it.
And it's a fair point by the judge, things don't go to negotiation first, they go straight to court. Reminds me of squabbles by rich people in my old home town, fighting over every little stupid perceived slight or whatever, driving their El Dorados over each others lawns, etc. Judge had enough and forced them to sort out who owned what by a court appointed mediator. Judge was furious this family tied up the courts rather than settle things among themselves. Court should be last resort, not first. But I don't suppose you're going to hear legal counsel say that, unless they are company lawyers who would rather be doing something other then fighting in court all the time.
It invented itself.
and each of us is merely a cell, at part of the body.
Obligatory:
http://xkcd.com/481/
The comments on YouTube videos are a plague of idiocy, racism, hate-mongering, astro-turfing...
Something has to be done, no?
Yeah, link them to your Google+ which requires a "real name"*
* my real name is Bob 4. Apples.
Whaddaya wanna bet that there are no more than 15 billion distinct faces in that collection?
How many with a figure up the nose to the second knuckle?
third knuckle, coulda been him, but maybe not...
I'm neither here nor there on temps going up or down, but I certainly can't help but notice dramatic shifts in weather patterns are happening more frequently.
and for the record I never refer to something as Global Warming, but as Climatic Disruption.
And it's melting...
No, it's half empty and it's thawing.