At the corporation that I work that, the CTO is a woman. *Every* single person that reports to her, is a woman. Most of management is female.
It's so anti-male, for instance, we recently had a tour of our department by upper management (approximately 15 people I'd guess) and there wasn't a man amongst them. I jokingly told my coworker the only way we'll ever get promoted is to cut off our penises, and... well it's partly true.
Majority of the IT sector is male. Majority of management is female. This is how my corporation works.
I would make the point that licensed drivers have no idea how to drive either. I'm sick to death of people not indicating for lane changes, people driving slow in the fast lane, etc. Drives me nuts. Can't wait for autonomous cars.
Stop putting stop signs/lights every 50 feet. Build more roundabouts.
Why the hell do I have to stop at a stop sign at 3 in the morning with no one in site and waste gas. Make it a mini-roundabout. Teach people how to drive.
The whole reason I stopped playing is because of a lack of copy and paste. There was an addon for it a while ago but it's not there anymore that I can see. I don't want to create the same station over and over again, and how on earth is it cheating to not want to?
I can't wait. Autonomous cars is a solution to a multitude of problems - namely bad drivers. How many times does a 3 lane highway merge into two lanes causing a traffic jam - know what causes that traffic jam? All the assholes who stay in the lane that's ENDING just to butt in at the front of the line. If all those cars had merged a mile back, there would be NO traffic jam!
Stop building highways bigger. Let the cars drive themselves, pack them in like sardines going 100 km/hr.
I love driving, but morons take the fun out of it.
I work hard. I worry about retirement, about having kids. I can't AFFORD to spend "extra" to go green. I will do what is cheapest. If, in the long run, a 30 mpg car helps my pocketbook over a 50 mpg car, I'll get it. I make no apologies.
Until it's actually CHEAPER to go green, why the hell would people, who are generally underpaid and overworked by Multi-Corp Corporatoin, go green. They can't AFFORD to. If it was cheaper for me to buy a Prius (without contemplating how green the batteries are but purely looking at it from a MPG view), I would. When you see the people in North America driving around with their inefficient pickups in this day and age of impending doom, you realize that we as a species are generally screwed anyways. You want small business to go green? It has to be in their best financial interest.
Westerners want cheap goods. They simply DO NOT CARE about the environmental footprint involved in making those goods in third world countries. They might even SAY they would pay more to get them made Green... but they're generally full of shit. Me going green doesn't make one shit tonne of difference to the world, especially when I see the absolute insane amount of waste of people around me. I could write a whole post about the shit I see on a daily basis that just makes me shake my head. What's holding people back, you ask? They don't care. Try telling some third world person shitting in a river trying to make ends meet on a daily basis that he has to go green.
We are at the top of the population graph, or will be very soon.... and it's all downhill from there. I have absolutely no faith that we can come through this, unless we get somebody who makes the decisions who isn't paid by Multi-Corp Corporation.
When was the last time you had to legitimately phone up a salesman to ask him a question anyways.
Last car I bought I knew the invoice price ahead of time. I picked two dealerships in different cities, emailed them my offer. When they both responded, I took the cheaper response and emailed the other dealership. Rinse and repeat. When one stopped negotiating, I then went to a third dealership with the lowest price so far.
In the end, I didn't even pick up the phone and talk to my salesman. I met him the day I picked up the car.
Once things are standardized, we can commence the march towards autonomous cars. Nothing would make traffic move smoother than cars driving themselves that can communicate with each other.
What I don't understand, and excuse my ignorance, is not only how the entire city was literally shut down (can you legally keep people off the street?), but how it appeared to me that police were systematically going from door to door and SEARCHING houses. Is that legal!??!
The answer to better mpg, traffic shaping, less accidents is - as much as I hate to say it - is autonomous cars.
They can drive at the best measured MPG zone, they don't get distracted, they have faster response times than human drivers. They don't hit the gas pedal stopping you from merging onto the highway or changing lanes, they don't pass illegally or drive recklessly. Numerous studies have shown that traffic jams are simply caused by people following too closely.
I don't know for sure, but I really think the next evolution of vehicle transport will be autonomous.
I took it to my parents house, where my 78 year old GRANDMOTHER was playing Wii Tennis.
My grandmother walked into the living room, saw us playing tennis and started laughing - I told her to grab the controller. She said "I can never play videogames". "Grandma, it's easy" I said.
She proceeded to play... to even jump to make smash shots. Most comical.
Also, my mom phones me once every couple of weeks to bring over the Wii.
It may not be the most powerful system, but it's definately opening Nintendo up to new demographics.
Quake is THE game that got me hooked on computer games, specifically online FPS. The only moment I've ever said "oh my god" when playing a game is when I bought my Monster 3D and ran glquake for the first time. I wish I could have another "oh my god" moment now:)
And of course, who could forget CTF - I'll never forget the first time I joined a CTF server and saw all these guys grappling around. *sighs* I sound like an old man now, but I miss the good ol' days.
Maybe you should wait until the product is actually UNVEILED and you've used one before you ramble on about how much it sucks, IF they are actually going this route. Me personally, my cell phone goes everywhere with me, I charge it in the car. To have a built in MP3 player (a GOOD one, akin to the quality of the Ipod) would be great.
I seem to recall slashdot's response to the original Ipod announcement from people like you.
As a recent visitor to the park for the first time, I have to say it's *THE* most thrilling ride I've ever gone on. I don't think anything less of skydiving will give me a rush like I experienced on this ride. Fantastic.
As a side note, while my buddies and I were waiting in line, we saw a sign to the effect "This ride doesn't always make it over the hill the first time.". If it hadn't, I'm not sure I could have gotten on it again LOL.
The most informative and revealing post I've read in a while. Really gets to the crux of the issue. Now, as other posters have posted, if we DID go after the SUV's, it WOULD make a larger difference than changing DST.
However, with the US's low taxes on gasoline, and oil companies having their hands in the decision making process...
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At the corporation that I work that, the CTO is a woman. *Every* single person that reports to her, is a woman. Most of management is female.
It's so anti-male, for instance, we recently had a tour of our department by upper management (approximately 15 people I'd guess) and there wasn't a man amongst them. I jokingly told my coworker the only way we'll ever get promoted is to cut off our penises, and... well it's partly true.
Majority of the IT sector is male. Majority of management is female. This is how my corporation works.
I would make the point that licensed drivers have no idea how to drive either.
I'm sick to death of people not indicating for lane changes, people driving slow in the fast lane, etc. Drives me nuts.
Can't wait for autonomous cars.
Stop putting stop signs/lights every 50 feet. Build more roundabouts.
Why the hell do I have to stop at a stop sign at 3 in the morning with no one in site and waste gas. Make it a mini-roundabout. Teach people how to drive.
The whole reason I stopped playing is because of a lack of copy and paste. There was an addon for it a while ago but it's not there anymore that I can see. I don't want to create the same station over and over again, and how on earth is it cheating to not want to?
I'd leave if that was permanent. That's horrible.
I can't wait. Autonomous cars is a solution to a multitude of problems - namely bad drivers. How many times does a 3 lane highway merge into two lanes causing a traffic jam - know what causes that traffic jam? All the assholes who stay in the lane that's ENDING just to butt in at the front of the line. If all those cars had merged a mile back, there would be NO traffic jam!
Stop building highways bigger. Let the cars drive themselves, pack them in like sardines going 100 km/hr.
I love driving, but morons take the fun out of it.
How about teaching him some grammeeeer?
Wait... who the hell asked you to join in the first place?
Bloody Americans.
You know what holds ME back?
I work hard. I worry about retirement, about having kids. I can't AFFORD to spend "extra" to go green. I will do what is cheapest. If, in the long run, a 30 mpg car helps my pocketbook over a 50 mpg car, I'll get it. I make no apologies.
Until it's actually CHEAPER to go green, why the hell would people, who are generally underpaid and overworked by Multi-Corp Corporatoin, go green. They can't AFFORD to. If it was cheaper for me to buy a Prius (without contemplating how green the batteries are but purely looking at it from a MPG view), I would. When you see the people in North America driving around with their inefficient pickups in this day and age of impending doom, you realize that we as a species are generally screwed anyways. You want small business to go green? It has to be in their best financial interest.
Westerners want cheap goods. They simply DO NOT CARE about the environmental footprint involved in making those goods in third world countries. They might even SAY they would pay more to get them made Green... but they're generally full of shit. Me going green doesn't make one shit tonne of difference to the world, especially when I see the absolute insane amount of waste of people around me. I could write a whole post about the shit I see on a daily basis that just makes me shake my head. What's holding people back, you ask? They don't care. Try telling some third world person shitting in a river trying to make ends meet on a daily basis that he has to go green.
We are at the top of the population graph, or will be very soon.... and it's all downhill from there. I have absolutely no faith that we can come through this, unless we get somebody who makes the decisions who isn't paid by Multi-Corp Corporation.
When was the last time you had to legitimately phone up a salesman to ask him a question anyways.
Last car I bought I knew the invoice price ahead of time. I picked two dealerships in different cities, emailed them my offer. When they both responded, I took the cheaper response and emailed the other dealership. Rinse and repeat. When one stopped negotiating, I then went to a third dealership with the lowest price so far.
In the end, I didn't even pick up the phone and talk to my salesman. I met him the day I picked up the car.
Once things are standardized, we can commence the march towards autonomous cars. Nothing would make traffic move smoother than cars driving themselves that can communicate with each other.
What I don't understand, and excuse my ignorance, is not only how the entire city was literally shut down (can you legally keep people off the street?), but how it appeared to me that police were systematically going from door to door and SEARCHING houses. Is that legal!??!
The answer to better mpg, traffic shaping, less accidents is - as much as I hate to say it - is autonomous cars.
They can drive at the best measured MPG zone, they don't get distracted, they have faster response times than human drivers. They don't hit the gas pedal stopping you from merging onto the highway or changing lanes, they don't pass illegally or drive recklessly. Numerous studies have shown that traffic jams are simply caused by people following too closely.
I don't know for sure, but I really think the next evolution of vehicle transport will be autonomous.
I took it to my parents house, where my 78 year old GRANDMOTHER was playing Wii Tennis.
My grandmother walked into the living room, saw us playing tennis and started laughing - I told her to grab the controller. She said "I can never play videogames". "Grandma, it's easy" I said.
She proceeded to play... to even jump to make smash shots. Most comical.
Also, my mom phones me once every couple of weeks to bring over the Wii.
It may not be the most powerful system, but it's definately opening Nintendo up to new demographics.
Quake is THE game that got me hooked on computer games, specifically online FPS. The only moment I've ever said "oh my god" when playing a game is when I bought my Monster 3D and ran glquake for the first time. I wish I could have another "oh my god" moment now :)
And of course, who could forget CTF - I'll never forget the first time I joined a CTF server and saw all these guys grappling around. *sighs* I sound like an old man now, but I miss the good ol' days.
Something along the lines of a massively huge dike between New Orleans and the ocean.
The question on everyone's mind is... will Rosie O'Donnell FIT?
Maybe you should wait until the product is actually UNVEILED and you've used one before you ramble on about how much it sucks, IF they are actually going this route. Me personally, my cell phone goes everywhere with me, I charge it in the car. To have a built in MP3 player (a GOOD one, akin to the quality of the Ipod) would be great.
I seem to recall slashdot's response to the original Ipod announcement from people like you.
As a recent visitor to the park for the first time, I have to say it's *THE* most thrilling ride I've ever gone on. I don't think anything less of skydiving will give me a rush like I experienced on this ride. Fantastic.
As a side note, while my buddies and I were waiting in line, we saw a sign to the effect "This ride doesn't always make it over the hill the first time.". If it hadn't, I'm not sure I could have gotten on it again LOL.
Replace the ROM chip a la Amiga.
This simply does not compute.
Firstly, right or wrong, is the RIAA not sueing the fileSHARERS, not the downloaders?
Subsequently... if I steal a 50 cent chocolate bar, should my "punishement" be... paying 50 cents?
I always found Quake 2 to be the slower of the Quake series....
The most informative and revealing post I've read in a while. Really gets to the crux of the issue. Now, as other posters have posted, if we DID go after the SUV's, it WOULD make a larger difference than changing DST.
However, with the US's low taxes on gasoline, and oil companies having their hands in the decision making process...
Grocery stores? You're talking about a 20% markup. Not huge.
There could be massive mountains and deep valleys there, or the surface could be completely flat. At this point, there's no way to tell.
Am I missing something? The title of the slashdot entry discusses the smooth surface, but I RTFA, and scientists don't KNOW... period?
That's the best you can do? I found a picture of the guy for you.