Actually, we should take a page from Japan's rule book for CEOs. If you're CEO at a company that goes down due to your corruption, you are disgraced and have to commit ritual suicide. I know that some haven't, but those that are "in charge" should pay the same price. The responsibility has to stop somewhere and it should be on the shoulders of the person in charge.
Our "friends" at the newspapers like it when they're allowed to keep information from the public and then publish it for the sensationalism. To have someone else horn in on their territory is not to be accepted. In the last 20 years I've seen the "news" business go from fact driven reports to "newstainment". I'd rather read the information that Wikileaks puts on their website and make my own decisions based on the FACTS. Wikileaks is more of a journalist trying to put out the information they get so that we aren't keep in the dark by politicians, TV news monkeys, and the "We'll do whatever our government tells us to do" newspapers.
Apologies for the rant; I just get a little P.O.ed when the big guys are trying to squish the little guys who are willing to show us what's really going on.
How about slapping the same warning on all political commentary, books, papers, laws, bills, etc? At the beginning of political "news" shows? Just because a document is hundreds of years old does NOT mean the truths and wisdom contained within are irrelevant due to the current point-of-view.
If someone is stupid enough to get an artificial heart/pacemaker/defibrillator with a built-in webserver, they should be given an instant Darwin Award.
There are somethings that don't belong on the Internet now or in the future.
social conservatism is always "do as i say, not as i do". and there isn't really any malice in their simple-mindedness.... social conservatives are not evil, they're just stupid
Well, here's where the "social conservatives" came from...
Actually, we at the TSA have ordered 2,000 800-pound gorillas to replace the current airport screeners. Just remember: o DON'T wear anything yellow o DON'T bend over o DON'T argue with the screeners
So, how do they simulate the sensation of hundreds of cockroaches crawling all over your body? It sounds like only visuals of cockroaches are being simulated and it's not a big deal. However, having the sensation of a cockroach crawling over your face at 2 A.M. will wake you up faster than espresso.
Hopefully their fight about who's first should blow over soon.
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Frankly, I was a bit surprised to see LON come out and suggest people should not commit crimes when they are desperate for money. I think this would be obvious to any rational person.
Unfortunately, there are people that do become irrational when they lose their source of income. I have had several ex-coworkers call and ask for monetary assistance. There was one that pulled a knife on me when I told him I couldn't help as my wife had lost her job the previous week.
It's never easy to be laid off. It took me being laid off of several jobs to realize that the company isn't angry at you, it's just that the PHBs want to save their own asses by cutting staff. However, I've seen many otherwise rational people become irrational when they are told that they're being laid off. I've seen adults beg, cry, plead and throw temper tantrums to keep their jobs. It's at times like these to remind them to act like adults and it's not the end of the world.
We only resort to using containment when the servers have been very, very naughty. We've found that chains, steel cable and duct tape are the best ways to keep servers in their racks.
the corporate "persons" are speaking through their mouthpiece, the government. Let others decide for themselves how they want to treat "intellectual property".
Here's a proposal for eliminating all distractions in the cockpit: All personal items must be left outside the cockpit, personal clothing will be removed and replaced with hospital gowns.
I'm pretty sure that will make the aircrew pay attention to the instruments during the entire flight.
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Actually, we should take a page from Japan's rule book for CEOs. If you're CEO at a company that goes down due to your corruption, you are disgraced and have to commit ritual suicide. I know that some haven't, but those that are "in charge" should pay the same price. The responsibility has to stop somewhere and it should be on the shoulders of the person in charge.
Our "friends" at the newspapers like it when they're allowed to keep information from the public and then publish it for the sensationalism. To have someone else horn in on their territory is not to be accepted. In the last 20 years I've seen the "news" business go from fact driven reports to "newstainment". I'd rather read the information that Wikileaks puts on their website and make my own decisions based on the FACTS. Wikileaks is more of a journalist trying to put out the information they get so that we aren't keep in the dark by politicians, TV news monkeys, and the "We'll do whatever our government tells us to do" newspapers.
Apologies for the rant; I just get a little P.O.ed when the big guys are trying to squish the little guys who are willing to show us what's really going on.
...uses the sugar rich urine or elderly diabetics to make his high-end single malt whisky.
The whiskey is made of PEOPLE!
Now pardon me while I find a toilet.
I think the words "in our favor" were omitted.
"I bet the guy has a career awaiting him in PR for a pea-growing company."
Green Giant Vegetables, of course.
Ho ho ho.
I already have a zero-fatality vehicle: it's called the M1A1 Abrams.
Gas mileage sucks, though.
Have the scientists figured out how to eliminate the buzzing noise these new solar cells will surely generate?
Does this mean we'll have to start referring to the proton as a "dwarf particle"?
I threw one of my old Maximum PC issues into my modified microwave and had a steaming cup of Ramen noodles in just 3 minutes!
Thanks!
How about slapping the same warning on all political commentary, books, papers, laws, bills, etc? At the beginning of political "news" shows?
Just because a document is hundreds of years old does NOT mean the truths and wisdom contained within are irrelevant due to the current point-of-view.
If someone is stupid enough to get an artificial heart/pacemaker/defibrillator with a built-in webserver, they should be given an instant Darwin Award.
There are somethings that don't belong on the Internet now or in the future.
Look, when you live on or near a volcano and holes begin appearing, it's time to get your ash out of there!
It's like operating on a patient and going 'Trust me, I'm a doctor'.
A doctor on TV!
Count me out!
I don't think anyone wants food made from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_franken
Well, maybe this guy would: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_lecter
I'm just interested in how long it will take before the scientist blue-screens.
Actually, we have Bugs Bunny beta testing a solution to secession:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTM2HQ0g98
social conservatism is always "do as i say, not as i do". and there isn't really any malice in their simple-mindedness. ...
social conservatives are not evil, they're just stupid
Well, here's where the "social conservatives" came from...
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/27/1853237/Neanderthals-Had-Sex-With-Modern-Man
Just Say No to Neanderthal Sex!
Actually, we at the TSA have ordered 2,000 800-pound gorillas to replace the current airport screeners.
Just remember:
o DON'T wear anything yellow
o DON'T bend over
o DON'T argue with the screeners
So, how do they simulate the sensation of hundreds of cockroaches crawling all over your body?
It sounds like only visuals of cockroaches are being simulated and it's not a big deal. However, having the sensation of a cockroach crawling over your face at 2 A.M. will wake you up faster than espresso.
Hopefully their fight about who's first should blow over soon.
Frankly, I was a bit surprised to see LON come out and suggest people should not commit crimes when they are desperate for money. I think this would be obvious to any rational person.
Unfortunately, there are people that do become irrational when they lose their source of income. I have had several ex-coworkers call and ask for monetary assistance. There was one that pulled a knife on me when I told him I couldn't help as my wife had lost her job the previous week.
It's never easy to be laid off. It took me being laid off of several jobs to realize that the company isn't angry at you, it's just that the PHBs want to save their own asses by cutting staff. However, I've seen many otherwise rational people become irrational when they are told that they're being laid off. I've seen adults beg, cry, plead and throw temper tantrums to keep their jobs. It's at times like these to remind them to act like adults and it's not the end of the world.
We only resort to using containment when the servers have been very, very naughty. We've found that chains, steel cable and duct tape are the best ways to keep servers in their racks.
the corporate "persons" are speaking through their mouthpiece, the government.
Let others decide for themselves how they want to treat "intellectual property".
Here's a proposal for eliminating all distractions in the cockpit:
All personal items must be left outside the cockpit, personal clothing will be removed and replaced with hospital gowns.
I'm pretty sure that will make the aircrew pay attention to the instruments during the entire flight.
Wasn't this the star of a 1958 movie? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051418/
Looks like it's working on a remake http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1501672/