Regardless of job requirements. If you don't go the extra mile and the guy beside you does, you'll simply be left behind. I wave back at a lot of people who used to say "They can have me on my time if they pay me triple time". Guess what? I progressed while they didn't. I now have more schedule flexibility, more vacation, more pay and more growth opportunity.
I'm just curious. Why is it that so many countries in the world have universal health care paid by the population (through taxes) yet one of the most prosperous and powerful countries in the world can't figure it out or refuses to implement it?
Is capitalist greed getting in the way or am I missing something?
This is very much application specific. Nobody needs this on their A to B car. On the other hand, vehicles that spend time off roads can make use of this to see where their wheels are. I know people who work in the woods with dump trucks and trust me when I said they could make good use of this. Obviously the camera would need regular cleaning but the benefits would out weight the inconvenience.
A friend of my grandfather actually tipped a dump truck in an open pit mine because one of the 8 wheels (yes 8 wheels for extra weight capacity) came off the road causing enough weight to shift and for the truck to tumble to the road bellow. Lucky enough nobody was hurt. With a system like this he could have anticipated the wheel coming off the road and avoid the accident.
My argument would be more along the lines of: It's ok for them to be given the power they need to do their job as long as they are accountable. Monitoring systems ensures there is no abuse.
I bet this supplier who provided you these procedures either 1) had the procedure ready to go 2) you're on a service contract so they are paid regardless 3) you are a valuable customer to them (meaning $$ in the pocket)
The OS has been dead for 3 years now. I think MS gave enough notice to it's users and partners. I'd love to see anybody call a software company about software released 12 years ago. They would get the shaft in 99% of cases. What I can tell you is that H/W manufacturers won't even take a call on products that used to run on Windows XP. They will tell you to look at the support site or go in the forums.
Me and my friends were coding at the age of 14 (in the 90s). We enjoyed it because we could create. Today, I know a few kids ages 12 - 16 that enjoy coding.
I love coding for a living. I challenge myself to make more maintainable code and to learn new methods to increase my output and quality.
I doubt they are trying to catch up to Apple's OS X. They have a different clientele hence a completely different design requirement. MS doesn't care about Apple's interface and vice versa.
There is an uninstall for the software you know. If you cant uninstall a program then you probably have no clue what bloat ware is anyway. Some Asus laptops now gives you the option to install or not install the software on first boot up.
And you can't blame the OS maker for their distributors installing bloat ware.
Don't take my word. Look at the words from an actual Crimea civilian who posted here. He said clearly said that most of the Crimea population wants this.
I apologize for not covering the motion detector topic earlier. They don't work well. I know there are many different types but the more common ones have a limited life so expect to have to replace them or deal with their degraded return.
Forget about the degradation of their function over time. Positioning them properly is key and can be a heck of a job. I have rooms where using the switch based sensors would be no good because the lights aren't all in view of the sensor which means it won't detect movement (e.g. shower). Maybe I could spend a lot more money and get a more configurable sensor that allows increased delay but how much do I have to spend and where do I find these solutions?
Also, don't take me wrong. I'm no fan of the expensive bulb with built-in wifi. I'm more a fan of home automation because it can achieve more than just lighting and it can be centralized into one system.
Read the message from Strange Quark Star. He sums it up pretty nice! If you knew people from Crimea you wouldn't argue the results. The people from Crimea have felt oppressed by the Ukrainian system for many years and no hope in sight.
As for the election, there are no impartial observers in this election. The EU, US doesn't want to see Russia expand their land and Russia wants nothing more than an extra port to do business and conduct war from.
Your kidding right? Immigrate? They want to be part of Russia. Why would they leave their current homes? If a majority of the population wants this why wouldn't you let them decide.
And Russia didn't take the land, they actually let them vote and the vote was unanimous. Most people don't understand that the only interest being protected here is the political powers of Ukraine which benefits EU and US by preventing Russia from expanding.
The price here is adherence to their ways and commitment to their platform. This worked for SQL Express, it surely will work for the OS. The fact is nobody yet offers a STABLE package that easily installs on almost any computer with little to no configuration. I just did a bunch of Ubuntu installs (which I consider to be the best installer package out there for a Linux distro) and it wasn't easy for every single PC I installed it.
At the end of the day they will either sell MS Office licenses, user licenses (Domain) or other services as part of their OS. It's no different than HP selling you a printer at cost and making a fortune on toner.
As for bloatware, stop buying pre-packaged computers with 85 pre-installed trial versions of software. A clean install of Windows is not bloated.
Maybe the news I'm seeing isn't accurate but it appears the majority of people currently "invaded" wants to join Russia. Hope is all those people want and joining a large world force/economy is something that can provide people with a better life. Especially considering that a large percentage of this population is of Russian background.
Not having the USA flag floating over Iraq doesn't mean they don't control it. The USA has been very good at injecting puppets so that political control remains possible. Not saying that these are vile intensions but they do benefit them in the end. After all, if you go fight a war and move the dictator out, the last thing you want is another dictator showing up and the best way to avoid that is political control.
They said CFL would last 7 years. Good luck having one last more than 2 years if it's used regularly. I replace my outside CFLs yearly. I don't, buy the garbage brand either so where am I going wrong? I also don't touch them with my hands unless I have gloves on (which is required for any type of bulb.
Ok then. Lets not start looking for long term solutions. Your thinking will change when you start paying 50 cents per KW. You think I'm crazy. Currently peak hours which is considered to be 7am to 8pm is 15 cents per KW. Just 3 years ago I paid a flat rate of 6 cents per KW. You also didn't consider the high cost of these LED bulbs. The cost of replacement should also be added to the equation as these bulbs do not last as long as their claims. I consider myself lucky when a CFL lasts more than 2 years (And yes, I take proper precautions when installing them).
This kind of thinking is the same thinking car companies and consumers had in the 70s. Ahh, gas is cheap, who cares about using less.
Fact is that there is no harm in developing home automation systems like this as they serve multiple purposes outside just saving energy. If saving energy in the process is a possibility, then why not?
Good thing is most current devices have a sleep mode which is nice. Home power monitoring could also be very nice as it would allow you to notice higher than normal usage through trending. I know this kind of hardware exists already. I should probably get my hands on it.
The major advantage I see of having lighting controlled is to allow automatic management of such. Does a bare bone interface to turn on individual lights make sense? IMHO, NO. But with the right software and hardware managing lighting and other devices in a home is an essential step to reduce the bill.
I can tell you that by simply putting a timer on the exhaust fan, I have managed to save at least $4.00 per month. This is based on local rates and assumes one of the 3 fans was left on for 8 hours. This used to happen all the time where I'd get home and my wife or kids left the fan on after a shower or a number 2. At 160 watt hour that's almost $4.00 per month let alone the cost of replacing the fan, the lost of heating and the list goes on. The switch was expensive (I believe it was $20) but if you think about it I've had them now for 5 years so I've paid all 3 switches many times over.
Now if we could do this for more components in our house.
That's just the tip of the iceberg as it does far more damage than this. Stealing products and bullying manufacturers down to 3% margins. Not only do they give low wages to their loyal employees but they are more than happy to ship your job to China.
I avoid Wal-Mart as much as I can but the choices are getting slimmer by the minute with long time trusted company falling into the same business model. Nobody is a patriot anymore. It's all about me myself and I. Facebook is a good testament to this with all the selfies. And those who think it doesn't matter are wrong.
Side note. I love the bumper sticker I see once in a while: "Out of a job yet? Keep buying foreign"
They work. There's plenty of proof of them working in games such as League of Legends. I've seen the progression of their system. I used to have to deal with a dick every second game, now I'm lucky if I get one every 100 games. I'd say the system works perfectly.
And subjective, I disagree. If people don't want to play with you there's nothing subjective about that. Go play against the AI if you're too much of a dick to be reasonable when gaming.
LoL actually has a tribunal that rewards players for taking their time to handle cases (1 minute per case at most). The judges are also validated against other already validated judges so it's easy to keep the judges competent.
What Xbox is doing is much simpler and in volume will work. ++---+++--- --- this player gets a yellow color -----------++- --- this player gets a red color etc.
Simple and effective if you ask me. If everybody starts reporting people who won when they lost then I say turn the internet off for 3 months and have them go behave like that on a soccer field. LOL!!!!
RIOT has successfully implemented a penalty system in League of Legends. As far as I'm concerned it is the most respectful gaming environment I've ever seen. I'm very happy this is being implemented. If a few people who don't like you report you it won't matter as many won't rate you or will rate you as a good teammate.
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Nailed it.
Regardless of job requirements. If you don't go the extra mile and the guy beside you does, you'll simply be left behind. I wave back at a lot of people who used to say "They can have me on my time if they pay me triple time". Guess what? I progressed while they didn't. I now have more schedule flexibility, more vacation, more pay and more growth opportunity.
I'm just curious. Why is it that so many countries in the world have universal health care paid by the population (through taxes) yet one of the most prosperous and powerful countries in the world can't figure it out or refuses to implement it?
Is capitalist greed getting in the way or am I missing something?
This is very much application specific. Nobody needs this on their A to B car. On the other hand, vehicles that spend time off roads can make use of this to see where their wheels are. I know people who work in the woods with dump trucks and trust me when I said they could make good use of this. Obviously the camera would need regular cleaning but the benefits would out weight the inconvenience.
A friend of my grandfather actually tipped a dump truck in an open pit mine because one of the 8 wheels (yes 8 wheels for extra weight capacity) came off the road causing enough weight to shift and for the truck to tumble to the road bellow. Lucky enough nobody was hurt. With a system like this he could have anticipated the wheel coming off the road and avoid the accident.
My argument would be more along the lines of: It's ok for them to be given the power they need to do their job as long as they are accountable. Monitoring systems ensures there is no abuse.
Poor direction doesn't mean they don't care.
I bet this supplier who provided you these procedures either 1) had the procedure ready to go 2) you're on a service contract so they are paid regardless 3) you are a valuable customer to them (meaning $$ in the pocket)
The OS has been dead for 3 years now. I think MS gave enough notice to it's users and partners. I'd love to see anybody call a software company about software released 12 years ago. They would get the shaft in 99% of cases. What I can tell you is that H/W manufacturers won't even take a call on products that used to run on Windows XP. They will tell you to look at the support site or go in the forums.
Me and my friends were coding at the age of 14 (in the 90s). We enjoyed it because we could create. Today, I know a few kids ages 12 - 16 that enjoy coding.
I love coding for a living. I challenge myself to make more maintainable code and to learn new methods to increase my output and quality.
I doubt they are trying to catch up to Apple's OS X. They have a different clientele hence a completely different design requirement. MS doesn't care about Apple's interface and vice versa.
There is an uninstall for the software you know. If you cant uninstall a program then you probably have no clue what bloat ware is anyway. Some Asus laptops now gives you the option to install or not install the software on first boot up.
And you can't blame the OS maker for their distributors installing bloat ware.
Don't take my word. Look at the words from an actual Crimea civilian who posted here. He said clearly said that most of the Crimea population wants this.
I apologize for not covering the motion detector topic earlier. They don't work well. I know there are many different types but the more common ones have a limited life so expect to have to replace them or deal with their degraded return.
Forget about the degradation of their function over time. Positioning them properly is key and can be a heck of a job. I have rooms where using the switch based sensors would be no good because the lights aren't all in view of the sensor which means it won't detect movement (e.g. shower). Maybe I could spend a lot more money and get a more configurable sensor that allows increased delay but how much do I have to spend and where do I find these solutions?
Also, don't take me wrong. I'm no fan of the expensive bulb with built-in wifi. I'm more a fan of home automation because it can achieve more than just lighting and it can be centralized into one system.
Read the message from Strange Quark Star. He sums it up pretty nice! If you knew people from Crimea you wouldn't argue the results. The people from Crimea have felt oppressed by the Ukrainian system for many years and no hope in sight.
As for the election, there are no impartial observers in this election. The EU, US doesn't want to see Russia expand their land and Russia wants nothing more than an extra port to do business and conduct war from.
Your kidding right? Immigrate? They want to be part of Russia. Why would they leave their current homes? If a majority of the population wants this why wouldn't you let them decide.
And Russia didn't take the land, they actually let them vote and the vote was unanimous. Most people don't understand that the only interest being protected here is the political powers of Ukraine which benefits EU and US by preventing Russia from expanding.
Nothing is free. Don't be fooled.
The price here is adherence to their ways and commitment to their platform. This worked for SQL Express, it surely will work for the OS. The fact is nobody yet offers a STABLE package that easily installs on almost any computer with little to no configuration. I just did a bunch of Ubuntu installs (which I consider to be the best installer package out there for a Linux distro) and it wasn't easy for every single PC I installed it.
At the end of the day they will either sell MS Office licenses, user licenses (Domain) or other services as part of their OS. It's no different than HP selling you a printer at cost and making a fortune on toner.
As for bloatware, stop buying pre-packaged computers with 85 pre-installed trial versions of software. A clean install of Windows is not bloated.
Is it really more objectionable?
Maybe the news I'm seeing isn't accurate but it appears the majority of people currently "invaded" wants to join Russia. Hope is all those people want and joining a large world force/economy is something that can provide people with a better life. Especially considering that a large percentage of this population is of Russian background.
Not having the USA flag floating over Iraq doesn't mean they don't control it. The USA has been very good at injecting puppets so that political control remains possible. Not saying that these are vile intensions but they do benefit them in the end. After all, if you go fight a war and move the dictator out, the last thing you want is another dictator showing up and the best way to avoid that is political control.
They said CFL would last 7 years. Good luck having one last more than 2 years if it's used regularly. I replace my outside CFLs yearly. I don't, buy the garbage brand either so where am I going wrong? I also don't touch them with my hands unless I have gloves on (which is required for any type of bulb.
Ok then. Lets not start looking for long term solutions. Your thinking will change when you start paying 50 cents per KW. You think I'm crazy. Currently peak hours which is considered to be 7am to 8pm is 15 cents per KW. Just 3 years ago I paid a flat rate of 6 cents per KW. You also didn't consider the high cost of these LED bulbs. The cost of replacement should also be added to the equation as these bulbs do not last as long as their claims. I consider myself lucky when a CFL lasts more than 2 years (And yes, I take proper precautions when installing them).
This kind of thinking is the same thinking car companies and consumers had in the 70s. Ahh, gas is cheap, who cares about using less.
Fact is that there is no harm in developing home automation systems like this as they serve multiple purposes outside just saving energy. If saving energy in the process is a possibility, then why not?
Very nice.
Good thing is most current devices have a sleep mode which is nice. Home power monitoring could also be very nice as it would allow you to notice higher than normal usage through trending. I know this kind of hardware exists already. I should probably get my hands on it.
The major advantage I see of having lighting controlled is to allow automatic management of such. Does a bare bone interface to turn on individual lights make sense? IMHO, NO. But with the right software and hardware managing lighting and other devices in a home is an essential step to reduce the bill.
I can tell you that by simply putting a timer on the exhaust fan, I have managed to save at least $4.00 per month. This is based on local rates and assumes one of the 3 fans was left on for 8 hours. This used to happen all the time where I'd get home and my wife or kids left the fan on after a shower or a number 2. At 160 watt hour that's almost $4.00 per month let alone the cost of replacing the fan, the lost of heating and the list goes on. The switch was expensive (I believe it was $20) but if you think about it I've had them now for 5 years so I've paid all 3 switches many times over.
Now if we could do this for more components in our house.
That's just the tip of the iceberg as it does far more damage than this. Stealing products and bullying manufacturers down to 3% margins. Not only do they give low wages to their loyal employees but they are more than happy to ship your job to China.
I avoid Wal-Mart as much as I can but the choices are getting slimmer by the minute with long time trusted company falling into the same business model. Nobody is a patriot anymore. It's all about me myself and I. Facebook is a good testament to this with all the selfies. And those who think it doesn't matter are wrong.
Side note. I love the bumper sticker I see once in a while: "Out of a job yet? Keep buying foreign"
They work. There's plenty of proof of them working in games such as League of Legends. I've seen the progression of their system. I used to have to deal with a dick every second game, now I'm lucky if I get one every 100 games. I'd say the system works perfectly.
And subjective, I disagree. If people don't want to play with you there's nothing subjective about that. Go play against the AI if you're too much of a dick to be reasonable when gaming.
LoL actually has a tribunal that rewards players for taking their time to handle cases (1 minute per case at most). The judges are also validated against other already validated judges so it's easy to keep the judges competent.
What Xbox is doing is much simpler and in volume will work.
++---+++--- --- this player gets a yellow color
-----------++- --- this player gets a red color
etc.
Simple and effective if you ask me. If everybody starts reporting people who won when they lost then I say turn the internet off for 3 months and have them go behave like that on a soccer field. LOL!!!!
In my experience, on a server with 60 players there's usually only 1 or 2 players that will point you out. I doubt that would change your rating.
RIOT has successfully implemented a penalty system in League of Legends. As far as I'm concerned it is the most respectful gaming environment I've ever seen. I'm very happy this is being implemented. If a few people who don't like you report you it won't matter as many won't rate you or will rate you as a good teammate.