I have done that, though at least I mute it until I'm done;)
I have also dropped an Xbox controller right in the toilet that way - never try to stuff it in your front pocket and assume it will stay, just put it down on the counter...
And I read his comment right after he posted it, tried to reply, and it was rejected due to an "unknown error". Then the entire article disappeared for an hour.
I was beginning to think Chinese hackers took it down...
I have a theory that the next major human pandemic will be spread by tablets. At least with a smartphone people generally keep it to themselves. When you use someone's iPad, you are now sharing the bathroom habits of everyone else who has touched that iPad.
You know, I'm fine with using a smartphone to check email or read the news in the bathroom. But do people really have to answer calls and talk in the stall??
"Although Syria is not a major oil exporter by Middle Eastern standards, oil is a major pillar of the economy. According to the International Monetary Fund, oil sales for 2010 were projected to generate $3.2 billion for the Syrian government and account for 25.1% of the state's revenue. Syria is the only significant crude oil producing country in the Eastern Mediterranean region, which includes Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Syria had 2.5 billion barrels of petroleum reserves as of January 1, 2010"
Syria has a fair amount of oil... enough to get its neighbors interested, at least...
Or... arrested because he's 4 years too young to have a concealed handgun.
Don't worry, I'm sure Gov. Perry will correct that. I mean, how is a 17 year old going to defend himself from rabid squirrels while jogging without a laser-sighted pistol?
...is a perfect example of why schools need to spend more time teaching and less policing. Holy crap that's some bad grammar! I think it actually physically hurt my brain trying to understand it.
It ONLY refers to prosecution for extortion under a law created to fight organized crime (Hobbs Act), and is ONLY APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL LAW. Since most criminal offenses are prosecuted under state/local laws anyway, this really doesn't change much in a legal sense.
I'll give you it's true that union violence is clearly under-prosecuted, but then again, so is police violence. But it's not codified into law, it's a failure to enforce it.
"Pickets have no immunity from prosecution for committing criminal offences and they have no right to compel others to stop or to listen to the pickets' views. However, employees and their trade union representatives picketing their own place of work are immune from civil legal action for inducing others to break commercial or employment contracts with the employer involved in the dispute."
The immunity is to *civil* action for inducing someone else to break a contract. There is no immunity for inducement/conspiracy to commit a criminal act.
Health care benefits are just another piece of an employee's compensation package. Making an employee pay for more of it is the same as making them take a pay cut. Who knows, maybe they are all overpaid and Verizon needs to cut their compensation to stay profitable (though with a net income $2.5B last year, I doubt it). But don't play their game and pretend benefits are not just another aspect of the overhead of an employee, just like their salary/wages, payroll tax, and free muffins in the break room...
And it has absolutely nothing to do with the employee being in a union or not. In fact, I'm not in a union, but my company pays for all of my health insurance. They may have better group bargaining power to prevent changes to their contracts and compensation, but I have much more individual bargaining power over my salary, as there are dozens of companies I could join and do similar work for similar pay.
Someone wrote, performed, and recorded a song. If you would like to be able to listen to their work whenever you want, pay $0.99 for it (which is 1/2 of the cost of a fricking cup of coffee these days, and that will last you about an hour until you pee it out).
Did they force you to download it and now demand money or they will break your fingers? No? Then it's not extortion.
I don't get why people complain about this stuff so much. It's a completely elective entertainment expense, you decide if it's worth it and either buy it or don't...
I was going to look it up and sarcastically post a link, but it turns out almost every crappy poseur goth or death metal band on the planet has released a song called "Death Knell", so you'll have to choose for yourself...
Personally I don't give a crap about Google+ or Facebook. But it took Facebook over 3 years to get 25 million users, active or not, and Google+ did it in less than a month in a beta. Don't know whether they will be successful or not, but my point stands. Not too shabby.
I can't believe they would do something so blatantly against customers' interests with the t-mobile deal so close to approval. Sprint has been lobbying hard to have it rejected, maybe this will actually help (though unless someone on the FCC is an AT&T 1000 SMS plan user, I seriously doubt it).
After buying DOOM3 on reputation, I'm definitely not bothering with Rage unless it gets stellar reviews across the board. I'm kind of guessing there are plenty of other gamers out there with the same idea...
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Don't forget the iPad commercial TV producers.
No worries, Russia has fished out most of their quality caviar.
If you want decent caviar the cost for overnight air delivery would be noise compared to what the caviar itself costs ($1000-$20,000+ per kg).
Or if you can plan it in advance, that's when you get the loaded burrito for lunch.
I have done that, though at least I mute it until I'm done ;)
I have also dropped an Xbox controller right in the toilet that way - never try to stuff it in your front pocket and assume it will stay, just put it down on the counter...
Don't close them yet! China is actually one of Walmart's biggest growth markets.
We just need to wait until their long term invasion plan is in place, and they have everyone in China wearing blue vests instead of green caps.
And I read his comment right after he posted it, tried to reply, and it was rejected due to an "unknown error". Then the entire article disappeared for an hour.
I was beginning to think Chinese hackers took it down...
I have a theory that the next major human pandemic will be spread by tablets. At least with a smartphone people generally keep it to themselves. When you use someone's iPad, you are now sharing the bathroom habits of everyone else who has touched that iPad.
You know, I'm fine with using a smartphone to check email or read the news in the bathroom. But do people really have to answer calls and talk in the stall??
"Although Syria is not a major oil exporter by Middle Eastern standards, oil is a major pillar of the economy. According to the International Monetary Fund, oil sales for 2010 were projected to generate $3.2 billion for the Syrian government and account for 25.1% of the state's revenue. Syria is the only significant crude oil producing country in the Eastern Mediterranean region, which includes Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Syria had 2.5 billion barrels of petroleum reserves as of January 1, 2010"
Syria has a fair amount of oil... enough to get its neighbors interested, at least...
Or... arrested because he's 4 years too young to have a concealed handgun.
Don't worry, I'm sure Gov. Perry will correct that. I mean, how is a 17 year old going to defend himself from rabid squirrels while jogging without a laser-sighted pistol?
In Texas is it now, literally, illegal to defend yourself.
It's Texas. He should have used a concealed handgun to defend himself - he'd probably be off scot-free.
...is a perfect example of why schools need to spend more time teaching and less policing. Holy crap that's some bad grammar! I think it actually physically hurt my brain trying to understand it.
That's not even close to citation of your claim.
It ONLY refers to prosecution for extortion under a law created to fight organized crime (Hobbs Act), and is ONLY APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL LAW. Since most criminal offenses are prosecuted under state/local laws anyway, this really doesn't change much in a legal sense.
I'll give you it's true that union violence is clearly under-prosecuted, but then again, so is police violence. But it's not codified into law, it's a failure to enforce it.
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It's not illegal for a striking employee to sabotage their employer's facilities and steal their computer equipment? Yeah, right.
Can you provide *any* citation or proof for this?
Here's what I found:
"Pickets have no immunity from prosecution for committing criminal offences and they have no right to compel others to stop or to listen to the pickets' views. However, employees and their trade union representatives picketing their own place of work are immune from civil legal action for inducing others to break commercial or employment contracts with the employer involved in the dispute."
The immunity is to *civil* action for inducing someone else to break a contract. There is no immunity for inducement/conspiracy to commit a criminal act.
Health care benefits are just another piece of an employee's compensation package. Making an employee pay for more of it is the same as making them take a pay cut. Who knows, maybe they are all overpaid and Verizon needs to cut their compensation to stay profitable (though with a net income $2.5B last year, I doubt it). But don't play their game and pretend benefits are not just another aspect of the overhead of an employee, just like their salary/wages, payroll tax, and free muffins in the break room...
And it has absolutely nothing to do with the employee being in a union or not. In fact, I'm not in a union, but my company pays for all of my health insurance. They may have better group bargaining power to prevent changes to their contracts and compensation, but I have much more individual bargaining power over my salary, as there are dozens of companies I could join and do similar work for similar pay.
Someone wrote, performed, and recorded a song. If you would like to be able to listen to their work whenever you want, pay $0.99 for it (which is 1/2 of the cost of a fricking cup of coffee these days, and that will last you about an hour until you pee it out).
Did they force you to download it and now demand money or they will break your fingers? No? Then it's not extortion.
I don't get why people complain about this stuff so much. It's a completely elective entertainment expense, you decide if it's worth it and either buy it or don't...
I was going to look it up and sarcastically post a link, but it turns out almost every crappy poseur goth or death metal band on the planet has released a song called "Death Knell", so you'll have to choose for yourself...
Aaaand welcome Facebook employee/fanboy posting AC!
Personally I don't give a crap about Google+ or Facebook. But it took Facebook over 3 years to get 25 million users, active or not, and Google+ did it in less than a month in a beta. Don't know whether they will be successful or not, but my point stands. Not too shabby.
Not that the iPhone matters any more, AT&T's only real competitor has them now, anyway.
The IP-based messages still use the cell towers, they just use the GSM data protocols (GPRS/UMTS/etc) instead of SMS.
I can't believe they would do something so blatantly against customers' interests with the t-mobile deal so close to approval. Sprint has been lobbying hard to have it rejected, maybe this will actually help (though unless someone on the FCC is an AT&T 1000 SMS plan user, I seriously doubt it).
After buying DOOM3 on reputation, I'm definitely not bothering with Rage unless it gets stellar reviews across the board. I'm kind of guessing there are plenty of other gamers out there with the same idea...
Same with Facebook. But no one wants you to know the number of inactive users on their service...