In places like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand people regularly have to use masks that allow them to breathe, specially during the burning of fields in Indonesia (look for "haze" and the name of each country).
In places like Chile and Argentina people have to use UV blockers regularly to avoid skin cancer thanks to the destruction of the ozone layer.
Oil and gas fields are finite, idiot. One day they will be empty. Moron.
The methods of exploration have become very sophisticated, but that was necessary because little by little it is more difficult to find oil.
Even countries like the Gulf States are beginning to worry about what are they going to do when the oil dries out. Not to plan for that certainity (it is not a matter of if but when) is most cavalier and irresponsible.
And don;t start with the " is a distribution problem, not production" lame excuse.
The reality is that people are starving or going hungry every day, it is of no use to tell the hungry that we are producing enough food but we can deliver it where is needed (as the Afghanistan campaign showed it, where ther is a will to get things done, things get done).
Nothing personal, I just felt like paraphrasing that great freedom fighter who said it.
Look sonny, when I need to work I want to leave my computer running for 2 or 3 days without having to close all my apps and find where I was last time I was working and without waiting for the machine to come back from its nth ( n>>>>1 ) crash.
Specialy now with broadband connection to the internet, the computer can do many things during the night or while I am at work. For that to happen the underlying OS has to be stable.
In my office I have to reboot my Winblows machine 2 or 3 times per week because it just gets confussed when running more than one or two things (MS things, mind you).
Similar apps in Linux can run for weeks without any problem.
That is why I have to reboot my office's Windows NT4.0 workstation once or twice a week (uncontrolled memory leakage) while at home similar applications keep running in Linux for months.
Company has not moved to W2K (but they are beginning migration, objective: by W2K shop by end of *next* year) and they don't even see in their radar WXP, the drawbacks of both solutions are too many.
Lets say an slashdotter posts here that he knows Bill Gates, Ballmer and the rest of the big guys are dumping tomorrow all their MS shares.
And the bozo works for MS.
Or for a financial advisor.
The company that employs him may be found liable if this individual used company equipment (i.e. Internet access) for his diatribe.
What about pr()n or racism?
TO open in the workplace some material deemed either sexist or racist and willingly or unwillingly expose coworkers to this could make the company liable as well.
There are tools, both legal and personal to get away of such situation.
I have worked in many companies, only people that are not confident about their abilities (normally poorly skilled) or with no self respect would tolerate a situation like what you describe.
Sorry to be blunt, but people like your bosses get away with it because employees lack self respect. I have left a couple of excellently paid jobs to go and flip burgers whne basic principles where compromised.
And regarding the software you mention, if is is so blantlantly ovbious that they are stealing GPLed code, how it comes no body else has noticed it?
The first "disalllowed" goal of Spain only the ref knows, becuase thankfully, there is no good camera shoot of what happened. But of course if it was agains a big European team, it must be a conspiracy.
The second "disallowed" goal is not such: the referees made a detition (that the ball was out, maybe it was not, but that is said with a camera view that was very clear). This second was a mistake, but nothing out of the ordinary. Simply the technology that allows to see this so clearly makes us believe that is absolutely clear, which in the pitch it is not.
About Italy, Totti was diving all around the place, the referee got fedup. It reminds wolf-cry-lying I don't know why.
European conspiracy theories...
on
World Cup Final
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
the media (what a great surprise) make a big fuss about this after watching 30 replays from 50 different angles for hours and hours.
Most of the "mistakes" where borderline situations in which the referess (or mostly their assistants) did not have a celar view of what was going on.
The "disallowed" goal of Spain against Korea for example (it is not really disallowed, it was never scored and given for good), the ball is crossed when it is exactly in the line. Check a replay, the linesman has at least two players obstructing his view of a very borderline situation.
We the public saw the best angle and the media cried murder. Sorry, but it seems like the media and the public are living parallel realities to what really happens in a pitch where difficult decissions have to be taken in a matter of instants.
Since when each piece of private property needs to gurrantee you can make your living by hindering the costumers that make possible that the landlord makes a living?
If anything, cinemas, theatres and any other public fora like those should be suing the hell out of those unconsiderate enough to take those instruments of hell in public places. Such anoyance surely must be puting off possible cinemagoers.
Slashdot Mirror
In places like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand people regularly have to use masks that allow them to breathe, specially during the burning of fields in Indonesia (look for "haze" and the name of each country).
In places like Chile and Argentina people have to use UV blockers regularly to avoid skin cancer thanks to the destruction of the ozone layer.
So I think the fake is you.
What do we do once all tha oil is gone?
Which much of what you said is BS anyway, but would be nice to hear your solution...
Oil and gas fields are finite, idiot. One day they will be empty. Moron.
The methods of exploration have become very sophisticated, but that was necessary because little by little it is more difficult to find oil.
Even countries like the Gulf States are beginning to worry about what are they going to do when the oil dries out. Not to plan for that certainity (it is not a matter of if but when) is most cavalier and irresponsible.
And don;t start with the " is a distribution problem, not production" lame excuse.
The reality is that people are starving or going hungry every day, it is of no use to tell the hungry that we are producing enough food but we can deliver it where is needed (as the Afghanistan campaign showed it, where ther is a will to get things done, things get done).
Then came the black choppers and Dustin Hoffman was chasing a monkey.
Good movie...
If one go movie after movie just having fun, well, one ends just a simplet uninteresting moron, or one was one in the first place.
Even fun has to be presented in an intelligent, original manner.
you are just constraining yourslef (as most people do) to a very narrow choice (Hollywood blockbusters).
Try more Indy cinema and foreign films, many riches are to be found there, concentrating more on the movie and less in the artists and the hype.
Hollywood IS bland...
Nothing personal, I just felt like paraphrasing that great freedom fighter who said it.
Look sonny, when I need to work I want to leave my computer running for 2 or 3 days without having to close all my apps and find where I was last time I was working and without waiting for the machine to come back from its nth ( n>>>>1 ) crash.
Specialy now with broadband connection to the internet, the computer can do many things during the night or while I am at work. For that to happen the underlying OS has to be stable.
In my office I have to reboot my Winblows machine 2 or 3 times per week because it just gets confussed when running more than one or two things (MS things, mind you).
Similar apps in Linux can run for weeks without any problem.
Did ya get it now?
That is why I have to reboot my office's Windows NT4.0 workstation once or twice a week (uncontrolled memory leakage) while at home similar applications keep running in Linux for months.
Company has not moved to W2K (but they are beginning migration, objective: by W2K shop by end of *next* year) and they don't even see in their radar WXP, the drawbacks of both solutions are too many.
There you can learn about unjust laws and when it becomes justifiable to break them.
Only sheep follow the laws without questioning the motives behind them.
She went back to evening school, got a Masters degree all while taking care of 3 children (with the help of my dad of course).
A lot of work? Yeah.
A good excuse? Bollocks.
That is a bit too little time to ascert the quality of a product.
I feel your pain though and will have a look.
Lets say an slashdotter posts here that he knows Bill Gates, Ballmer and the rest of the big guys are dumping tomorrow all their MS shares.
And the bozo works for MS.
Or for a financial advisor.
The company that employs him may be found liable if this individual used company equipment (i.e. Internet access) for his diatribe.
What about pr()n or racism?
TO open in the workplace some material deemed either sexist or racist and willingly or unwillingly expose coworkers to this could make the company liable as well.
There are tools, both legal and personal to get away of such situation.
I have worked in many companies, only people that are not confident about their abilities (normally poorly skilled) or with no self respect would tolerate a situation like what you describe.
Sorry to be blunt, but people like your bosses get away with it because employees lack self respect. I have left a couple of excellently paid jobs to go and flip burgers whne basic principles where compromised.
And regarding the software you mention, if is is so blantlantly ovbious that they are stealing GPLed code, how it comes no body else has noticed it?
Your delusory dreams: "starving people will kill".
Reality: we have seen many famine situations in Africa, widespread murder for whatever food is available has never happened.
Idiot.
.... you would do a great philosopher.
Well put.
The working week in the banking industry in the UK is 35 hours per week.
The first "disalllowed" goal of Spain only the ref knows, becuase thankfully, there is no good camera shoot of what happened. But of course if it was agains a big European team, it must be a conspiracy.
The second "disallowed" goal is not such: the referees made a detition (that the ball was out, maybe it was not, but that is said with a camera view that was very clear). This second was a mistake, but nothing out of the ordinary. Simply the technology that allows to see this so clearly makes us believe that is absolutely clear, which in the pitch it is not.
About Italy, Totti was diving all around the place, the referee got fedup. It reminds wolf-cry-lying I don't know why.
the media (what a great surprise) make a big fuss about this after watching 30 replays from 50 different angles for hours and hours.
Most of the "mistakes" where borderline situations in which the referess (or mostly their assistants) did not have a celar view of what was going on.
The "disallowed" goal of Spain against Korea for example (it is not really disallowed, it was never scored and given for good), the ball is crossed when it is exactly in the line. Check a replay, the linesman has at least two players obstructing his view of a very borderline situation.
We the public saw the best angle and the media cried murder. Sorry, but it seems like the media and the public are living parallel realities to what really happens in a pitch where difficult decissions have to be taken in a matter of instants.
Enough said.
There are many types of IT jobs.
I sit here 9 to 5, never travel, enviable salary and perks.
... the "Kronos Quartet" or the "Emerson String Quartet" I declare you an snobist rocker.
I sentence you to death penalty if you don't make it into old age.
Since when each piece of private property needs to gurrantee you can make your living by hindering the costumers that make possible that the landlord makes a living?
If anything, cinemas, theatres and any other public fora like those should be suing the hell out of those unconsiderate enough to take those instruments of hell in public places. Such anoyance surely must be puting off possible cinemagoers.