So what are they supposed to keep a record of? "Received four copper pipes today of 7', 3', 2' in length".
And then what? If the thief is even remotely smart, they'll cut down what they steal, and then go around town selling chopped pieces to the various scrappers. And how is anyone going to prove whether they sold legitimate scrap or something that was stolen?
Material received, from whom received, price paid, date.
Yeah, people keep saying that, but its not true. Have a read of ohms law. E=I*R and P=E*I (e=voltage, i=current, r=resistance, p=power) If you want to put 50ma through a person who has 2ko of body resistance, you need 100V. That'll pull 5 watts from the fence. If your electric fence is 10kv but can only deliver 1 watt, the voltage will drop to 45V and the current will be 22ma with a 2k load.
You're pretty safe with anything less than 30ma. Most RCD safety devices wont trip until there is a 30ma leak.
Electric fences are designed to give painful but NOT fatal electric shocks. I've touched one. Hurt like a sonofobitch. Didn't do any permanent damage though. These things won't stop thieves. They're designed to stop animals that can't understand electricity well enough to know that all you have to do is cut the wire or short it out.
But if the government gave you permission to put in the booby trap, they might have trouble getting a conviction.
But seriously, all this means is the copper thieves will have to use insulated tools to cut the electrified wire first.
Here's what I would have them do: Stop the blockade of Gaza. Give full citizenship to every Palestinian. Give them back the land that was taken from them or make the Jews living on it now pay them fair value. Change the laws so they no longer favor Jews over Christians and Muslims and everybody else. Apologize for being complete dicks to the Arab population for the last 60 years.
'The Palestinians have been encouraged to believe that murdering innocent Israeli civilians is a legitimate tactic for advancing their cause....They blame suicide bombing on "desperation of occupation."....The first major terror bombing committed by Arabs against the Jewish state occurred ten weeks before Israel even became independent.On Sunday morning, February 22, 1948, in anticipation of Israel's independence, a triple truck bomb was detonated by Arab terrorists on Ben Yehuda Street, in what was then the Jewish section of Jerusalem. Fifty-four people were killed, and hundreds were wounded. Thus, it is obvious that Arab terrorism is caused not by the "desperation" of "occupation" but by the VERY THOUGHT of a Jewish state.'
Somehow it seems to make a difference to people when it's THEIR country being taken.
How come it's "anti-Semitic" to criticise Jews killing Arabs but not vice versa. Both groups are Semitic. And who started the conflict? Did it start with Hamas launching rockets or with Israel's blockade and border closing or some event years ago when Palestinians started violently resisting being forced off their land?
But they can't make it too efficient. Otherwise it would be hard to justify killing hundreds of Palestinians by shelling and bombing residential areas.
If we believe the dunning Kruger effect, that would imply that the self assessed intelligent people are in fact those whom are dumb and vice versa which greatly changes the meaning of these results.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
So when they say, "You're not as smart as you think you are, dumbass!" they mean every word?
100% agree. At the same time, depending on the company and position, this can still mean a lot of time spent looking through resumes and candidates.
I happen to be a hiring manager for our company and interview a lot of people. We have complicated systems that require quite a bit of time to understand the technology and rationale behind their design. Sadly, we have to reject vast majority of applicants for several reasons. Here are top 4:
#4: people don't want to work with old technologies (every technology becomes old after one year nowadays - the only companies that don't deal with them are startups),
#3: people come for a programming/software engineering position and fail a very basic programming test,
#2: people know they come to a 10 person team in a 50 person department and want to be the director in 5 years,
#1: people don't give rat's ass about the company they are applying to (we're not on either coast and with about a year of upfront training to become minimally productive, we can't afford people leaving after 6 months - we don't hire for a specific project).
Stop interviewing new college grads. The only real show stopper is #3. Here's why:
#4 -- What do you expect of kids? Either you take the time to teach them or you hire experienced programmers.
#2 -- What do you expect of kids? Experienced programmers know they're not going to climb the ladder that fast.
#1 -- Why should they give a rat's ass about your company? They can start caring when you hire them. If your company likes to keep people and see them develop and offer opportunities to do bigger things as they grow into their role, tell them that. Talk about how long some of your senior people have been with the company. That won't impress everybody, but the kind of people it does impress are the kind you are looking for.
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So what are they supposed to keep a record of? "Received four copper pipes today of 7', 3', 2' in length". And then what? If the thief is even remotely smart, they'll cut down what they steal, and then go around town selling chopped pieces to the various scrappers. And how is anyone going to prove whether they sold legitimate scrap or something that was stolen?
Material received, from whom received, price paid, date.
Yeah, people keep saying that, but its not true. Have a read of ohms law. E=I*R and P=E*I (e=voltage, i=current, r=resistance, p=power) If you want to put 50ma through a person who has 2ko of body resistance, you need 100V. That'll pull 5 watts from the fence. If your electric fence is 10kv but can only deliver 1 watt, the voltage will drop to 45V and the current will be 22ma with a 2k load. You're pretty safe with anything less than 30ma. Most RCD safety devices wont trip until there is a 30ma leak.
Electric fences are designed to give painful but NOT fatal electric shocks. I've touched one. Hurt like a sonofobitch. Didn't do any permanent damage though. These things won't stop thieves. They're designed to stop animals that can't understand electricity well enough to know that all you have to do is cut the wire or short it out.
But if the government gave you permission to put in the booby trap, they might have trouble getting a conviction. But seriously, all this means is the copper thieves will have to use insulated tools to cut the electrified wire first.
A 10 microfarad, 10kV capacitor makes all the difference.
Start making the recyclers who pay cash for copper keep records and start prosecuting them for receiving stolen goods.
I don't fault them for that so much as for creating Hamas and inflaming them through their oppressive practices.
Discussing their financial situation after being fired
Discussing their job prospects after being fired
I don't see that either of those would be relevant to her harassment claim.
...not as I do!
Different judge and different circumstances.
Supposing I didn't get the message I was expecting to receive, how do I know it wasn't intercepted?
Because the primary function of schools through high school is babysitting minors.
I was in middle school once. I beg to differ.
Here's what I would have them do: Stop the blockade of Gaza. Give full citizenship to every Palestinian. Give them back the land that was taken from them or make the Jews living on it now pay them fair value. Change the laws so they no longer favor Jews over Christians and Muslims and everybody else. Apologize for being complete dicks to the Arab population for the last 60 years.
'The Palestinians have been encouraged to believe that murdering innocent Israeli civilians is a legitimate tactic for advancing their cause....They blame suicide bombing on "desperation of occupation." ....The first major terror bombing committed by Arabs against the Jewish state occurred ten weeks before Israel even became independent.On Sunday morning, February 22, 1948, in anticipation of Israel's independence, a triple truck bomb was detonated by Arab terrorists on Ben Yehuda Street, in what was then the Jewish section of Jerusalem. Fifty-four people were killed, and hundreds were wounded. Thus, it is obvious that Arab terrorism is caused not by the "desperation" of "occupation" but by the VERY THOUGHT of a Jewish state.'
Somehow it seems to make a difference to people when it's THEIR country being taken.
How come it's "anti-Semitic" to criticise Jews killing Arabs but not vice versa. Both groups are Semitic. And who started the conflict? Did it start with Hamas launching rockets or with Israel's blockade and border closing or some event years ago when Palestinians started violently resisting being forced off their land?
For a sufficiently vague understanding of "they."
How do they out-pray the Hamas guys launching the rockets?
But they can't make it too efficient. Otherwise it would be hard to justify killing hundreds of Palestinians by shelling and bombing residential areas.
Stop whining on Slashdot for a few minutes and write your Senator and Congressman.
The reason is tha it would require exchange of keys with everybody who sends you email.
They still encourage you to air all your soon-to-be-former-friends' laundry and sell their identities for entertainment.
If we believe the dunning Kruger effect, that would imply that the self assessed intelligent people are in fact those whom are dumb and vice versa which greatly changes the meaning of these results. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
So when they say, "You're not as smart as you think you are, dumbass!" they mean every word?
If 50% of people have got something, it's not talent.
It sounds like yet another confirmation of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The drones people complain about in (for instance) Afghanistan aren't autonomous robots. They're flown and their weapons are targeted by human pilots.
Move along.
What do you mean? I want my Cylon Centurions!
100% agree. At the same time, depending on the company and position, this can still mean a lot of time spent looking through resumes and candidates.
I happen to be a hiring manager for our company and interview a lot of people. We have complicated systems that require quite a bit of time to understand the technology and rationale behind their design. Sadly, we have to reject vast majority of applicants for several reasons. Here are top 4: #4: people don't want to work with old technologies (every technology becomes old after one year nowadays - the only companies that don't deal with them are startups), #3: people come for a programming/software engineering position and fail a very basic programming test, #2: people know they come to a 10 person team in a 50 person department and want to be the director in 5 years, #1: people don't give rat's ass about the company they are applying to (we're not on either coast and with about a year of upfront training to become minimally productive, we can't afford people leaving after 6 months - we don't hire for a specific project).
Stop interviewing new college grads. The only real show stopper is #3. Here's why:
#4 -- What do you expect of kids? Either you take the time to teach them or you hire experienced programmers.
#2 -- What do you expect of kids? Experienced programmers know they're not going to climb the ladder that fast.
#1 -- Why should they give a rat's ass about your company? They can start caring when you hire them. If your company likes to keep people and see them develop and offer opportunities to do bigger things as they grow into their role, tell them that. Talk about how long some of your senior people have been with the company. That won't impress everybody, but the kind of people it does impress are the kind you are looking for.