"Alcohol and nicotine are the worst drugs around."
Oh, come on now! Even someone with a modicum of intelligence will recognise the ridiculousness of that statement. Some of the worst, granted, but not The worst.
Alochol and tobacco are the worst, absolutely no doubt about it. In terms of raw numbers of deaths and health problems #1. In terms of % of users experiencing death or health problems, #1. In terms of cost to society #1. Even a quick browse via google will give you numbers. sheesh
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm
Re:Did you have to be under 15 to vote?
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That is a fair question. I guess you have to like the movie. I for one love this movie. The look and feel of the movie is superb. A lot of people seem to like this movie. 4 out of 5 stars from 779 reviews on Amazon. Sure Amazon isn't the final say, but thats a lot of reviews.
In the end, its a matter of personal taste, and UGO seem to lack it.
The profit-motive is incentive to improve efficiency and service.
If providing certain services conflicts with the profit motive then those services are dropped. A clear example of this the crappy service provided to rural customers by Australia's dominant telco, Telstra. Without legislation people in rural areas would suffer greatly because providing those services is much more expensive than in urban areas. The limited capital available could be used more profitably elsewhere. There are many examples of this sort of behaviour and if your head wasn't so far up your ass, you would see this.
But if the govt can supply the same service to the consumer for less, then surely this is good for the consumer. If all other things are equal in terms of service then there must be a net benefit in providing the service at a cheaper rate. Should govts legislate to protect the profits of companies? They sure as hell don't legislate to protect the jobs of workers from offshoring.
I grow my own vegetables (and soon fruit and eggs). While this does not make money, it certainly saves money. Long term I hope to be able to do IT part time, and sell high quality organic produce on a small scale.
It you have the room for it, I would certainly recommend it. The quality of home grown produce is far better than what you can buy in stores. It also means you don't have to go around looking for work and you can do it in your own time. It provides exercise and you are somehow encouraged to eat more vegies.
"I know if I had someone working for me with that attitude...well, they'd be gone the second I found out about it"
Maybe that's the problem with your class. You fire people for attitude. I don't see you mention poor work performance, you don't mention if the attitude has a negative affect on the busiess. noooo, you will fire for his ATTITUDE to YOU. Is your ego so precious to you? We are told if we work hard then we can get somewhere, but it seems that sometimes tools such as yourself get in the way. It's a sad state the world is in.
And assuming that you were assuming "adulterous, irresponsible, and don't do work" then isn't this attitude towards you justified?
This is absolutely true, I've read about this in the past. They call the 2 types of men cads and dads.
http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/news/200309 27 045843_health_news.shtml For long-term relationships, women like dads - men who are kind, compassionate and monogamous. But for short-term relationships, women prefer cads - the classic Romantic dark heroes who are dominant, promiscuous and daring.
Or do a search on google for "cads and dads". In relationship terms, it would seem that all we are good for is being economic and parenting units.
Just a comment....if you must use dynamic SQL in SQL Server, use SP_EXECUTESQL instead of EXECUTE.
From MSDN: "Using sp_executesql is recommended over using the EXECUTE statement to execute a string. Not only does the support for parameter substitution make sp_executesql more versatile than EXECUTE, it also makes sp_executesql more efficient because it generates execution plans that are more likely to be reused by SQL Server."
It might be free but it isn't equal. When the employer has more bargining power than the worker or visversa(spel?), then the outcome will never be mutually beneficial. Employers love that fact that there isn't low unemployment, it allows them to exploit workers for more easily.
Remember the article a few months ago about some IT leader bemoaning the fact that IT workers didn't want to accept minimum wage? Obviously not.
Well, thats the point! I don't care if they export my job India, but in return I expect to pay what you pay for goods and services. Why doesn't the global economy work for me?
If you are a member of a fund, a plan, if you have a bank deposit then you can make a difference. Call your institution and tell them that you would be willing to take a slightly lower return in order to keep jobs in Australia/USA/etc.
I know there are things like ethical and triple bottom line investments, anyone care to give their thoughts on these sorts of things?
The solution is to take away the battery aspect. Generate power and put back it into the grid. You continue to run standard appliances from 110v/240v power as you normally do. The power you make, you sell back to an electricity company, and thus you offset the cost of your electicity. (you can do this in Australia) The grid acts a battery for you.
Unfortunately the costs, even without batteries, converters, etc, can still be prohibitive.
Spot on. The fans of electronic voting systems have yet to answer 1 simple question:
In Australia, we have scrutineers from both sides of politics, watching the count to make sure everything is above board. How do you scrutinise an electronic vote?
I agree with this 100%. Isn't your personality part of who you are? Should we also ask people to changed their color/sexpref/religion/politics just to fit in? If he isn't hurting anyone, why should he change?
Gee Jimmy, the other kids in your class don't relate to Jewish people, why don't you change your religion. Why isn't that allowed, after all changing your religion is easier than changing your personality.
As they love to point out, the system is about supply and demand. If (not when) the market comes back, the geeks will fuck over the bosses. AND RIGHTLY SO.
I've decided that I want to semi-retire. I've had enough of the full time IT indutry. Check out my post at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=64082&cid=5960 917
Bingo! This is the truth about job creation in Australia for the last 10 years. Don't fall for these lies. While Australia's conservative govt crows about the "low" unemployment figure, the reality is that most of it has been as low paid part-time/casual jobs at the expense of full time jobs.
Hand made scopes tend to have better figures than commercial scopes. Like any product, commercial scopes are made to a certain quality. By making your own scope, you can make it to your own standard of quality. My home made 8" newtonian is optically far superior than the average commercial scope, and thats why I made it.
You don't need a drive to use of an encoder. There are hand controllers which take input from encoders, but provide instructions, left/right/up/down x units, so that a human user can point the thing in the right direction. Something like this: http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au/
Last year I finished my first, an 8" f6.6 and the figuring was rather hard. I think my next attempt should be better, but something like this at f8 is much easier to figure!
I'll show the article to my ATM mentor and see what he thinks about it. Especially some of those contentious sentences.
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"Alcohol and nicotine are the worst drugs around."
Oh, come on now! Even someone with a modicum of intelligence will recognise the ridiculousness of that statement. Some of the worst, granted, but not The worst.
Alochol and tobacco are the worst, absolutely no doubt about it. In terms of raw numbers of deaths and health problems #1. In terms of % of users experiencing death or health problems, #1. In terms of cost to society #1. Even a quick browse via google will give you numbers. sheesh
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm
That is a fair question. I guess you have to like the movie. I for one love this movie. The look and feel of the movie is superb. A lot of people seem to like this movie. 4 out of 5 stars from 779 reviews on Amazon. Sure Amazon isn't the final say, but thats a lot of reviews.
In the end, its a matter of personal taste, and UGO seem to lack it.
There is a phrase missing from all this...
looming labour shortage at the wages they are willing to pay
Anytime you want to hand back the gains that unions have made on your behalf in the last 100 years, please feel free to do so.
The profit-motive is incentive to improve efficiency and service.
If providing certain services conflicts with the profit motive then those services are dropped. A clear example of this the crappy service provided to rural customers by Australia's dominant telco, Telstra. Without legislation people in rural areas would suffer greatly because providing those services is much more expensive than in urban areas. The limited capital available could be used more profitably elsewhere. There are many examples of this sort of behaviour and if your head wasn't so far up your ass, you would see this.
But if the govt can supply the same service to the consumer for less, then surely this is good for the consumer. If all other things are equal in terms of service then there must be a net benefit in providing the service at a cheaper rate. Should govts legislate to protect the profits of companies? They sure as hell don't legislate to protect the jobs of workers from offshoring.
I grow my own vegetables (and soon fruit and eggs). While this does not make money, it certainly saves money. Long term I hope to be able to do IT part time, and sell high quality organic produce on a small scale.
It you have the room for it, I would certainly recommend it. The quality of home grown produce is far better than what you can buy in stores. It also means you don't have to go around looking for work and you can do it in your own time. It provides exercise and you are somehow encouraged to eat more vegies.
"I know if I had someone working for me with that attitude...well, they'd be gone the second I found out about it"
Maybe that's the problem with your class. You fire people for attitude. I don't see you mention poor work performance, you don't mention if the attitude has a negative affect on the busiess. noooo, you will fire for his ATTITUDE to YOU. Is your ego so precious to you? We are told if we work hard then we can get somewhere, but it seems that sometimes tools such as yourself get in the way. It's a sad state the world is in.
And assuming that you were assuming "adulterous, irresponsible, and don't do work" then isn't this attitude towards you justified?
This is absolutely true, I've read about this in the past. They call the 2 types of men cads and dads.
9 27 045843_health_news.shtml
http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/news/20030
For long-term relationships, women like dads - men who are kind, compassionate and monogamous. But for short-term relationships, women prefer cads - the classic Romantic dark heroes who are dominant, promiscuous and daring.
Or do a search on google for "cads and dads". In relationship terms, it would seem that all we are good for is being economic and parenting units.
If only you could see what I've seen with
your eyes.
Just a comment....if you must use dynamic SQL in SQL Server, use SP_EXECUTESQL instead of EXECUTE.
From MSDN:
"Using sp_executesql is recommended over using the EXECUTE statement to execute a string. Not only does the support for parameter substitution make sp_executesql more versatile than EXECUTE, it also makes sp_executesql more efficient because it generates execution plans that are more likely to be reused by SQL Server."
It might be free but it isn't equal. When the employer has more bargining power than the worker or visversa(spel?), then the outcome will never be mutually beneficial. Employers love that fact that there isn't low unemployment, it allows them to exploit workers for more easily.
Remember the article a few months ago about some IT leader bemoaning the fact that IT workers didn't want to accept minimum wage? Obviously not.
Well, thats the point! I don't care if they export my job India, but in return I expect to pay what you pay for goods and services. Why doesn't the global economy work for me?
If you are a member of a fund, a plan, if you have a bank deposit then you can make a difference. Call your institution and tell them that you would be willing to take a slightly lower return in order to keep jobs in Australia/USA/etc.
I know there are things like ethical and triple bottom line investments, anyone care to give their thoughts on these sorts of things?
The solution is to take away the battery aspect. Generate power and put back it into the grid. You continue to run standard appliances from 110v/240v power as you normally do. The power you make, you sell back to an electricity company, and thus you offset the cost of your electicity. (you can do this in Australia) The grid acts a battery for you.
Unfortunately the costs, even without batteries, converters, etc, can still be prohibitive.
I'm glad this shit post got modded down to 0. You Sir, are an ASS.
Spot on. The fans of electronic voting systems have yet to answer 1 simple question:
In Australia, we have scrutineers from both sides of politics, watching the count to make sure everything is above board. How do you scrutinise an electronic vote?
I agree with this 100%. Isn't your personality part of who you are? Should we also ask people to changed their color/sexpref/religion/politics just to fit in? If he isn't hurting anyone, why should he change?
Gee Jimmy, the other kids in your class don't relate to Jewish people, why don't you change your religion. Why isn't that allowed, after all changing your religion is easier than changing your personality.
As they love to point out, the system is about supply and demand. If (not when) the market comes back, the geeks will fuck over the bosses. AND RIGHTLY SO.
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I've decided that I want to semi-retire. I've had enough of the full time IT indutry. Check out my post at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=64082&cid=596
The war on poverty is no longer being fought, there was a ceasfire long ago.
(to paraphrase Bill Hicks)
Bingo! This is the truth about job creation in Australia for the last 10 years. Don't fall for these lies. While Australia's conservative govt crows about the "low" unemployment figure, the reality is that most of it has been as low paid part-time/casual jobs at the expense of full time jobs.
ATM = Amateur Telescope Maker
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Hand made scopes tend to have better figures than commercial scopes. Like any product, commercial scopes are made to a certain quality. By making your own scope, you can make it to your own standard of quality. My home made 8" newtonian is optically far superior than the average commercial scope, and thats why I made it.
You don't need a drive to use of an encoder. There are hand controllers which take input from encoders, but provide instructions, left/right/up/down x units, so that a human user can point the thing in the right direction. Something like this: http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au/
Last year I finished my first, an 8" f6.6 and the figuring was rather hard. I think my next attempt should be better, but something like this at f8 is much easier to figure!
I'll show the article to my ATM mentor and see what he thinks about it. Especially some of those contentious sentences.