I totally aggree that push-polling is advertising. Commerial speech is regulated more tightly than other speech. When you say or imply that you are conducting a poll that lends credibility to what is said in the poll. Information contained in a poll question is supposed to be established fact. However the problem is not that the facts maybe wrong or misleading it is that the call is being represented as a actual poll. Representing the call as a poll when it just an advertisement is called fraud. I'm not saying individuals that are employed to do this should be fined and thrown in jail but the people who setup these operations should be just as business would be if they used deceptive practices in order to sell something. (Example: you have just won a prize but first you have to buy some magazines). This is why push-polls are conducted in secret. An easy way to identify one is if the caller asks you if you are a member of the media or worker in a political organization and then subsequently a poll is conducted afterwards. If you are called by a push-poller as with any other fraud you should contact your attorney general and tell them about the occurrence.
I had the same problem a few months ago. It was too slow. Trying it just now it seems to be much speedier than before. It's faster than the normal UI. The only issue now for me is if I want to have the three panel taking up space all at once. I can't comment on what the ads look like since I pay for my account.
No you are wrong. A crossword puzzle is the worst type of puzzle for a IT person to show their puzzle solving skill. A crossword puzzle consists of vague questions with meanings that are highly influenced by linguistic and cultural nuances of the puzzle creator. The reliance on ambiguity is antithetical to testing the logic skills of a person. Any IT person should be annoyed (like blinking text annoyance) by the this kind of vagueness in a puzzle.
A puzzle like sudoku is much more appropriate to test logic skills. It requires logic and memory to be able to complete it quickly. Sure you can complete it in a long time using simple techniques but if you are clever and have good short term memory then you can complete it more quickly. I do several puzzles a day and it is way more satisfying than crosswords. It's even a little addicting.
Great we should ship our eggs in the death trap known as the space shuttle. I wish they would stop scewing around with probes and design a new shuttle already.
Back to praying to Xenu...
It isn't a significant threat if normal weapons get on a plane since they can't get into the cockpit anyway. If a terrorist wanted to kill two or three people why would he need to get on a plane to do that?
The real threat is bombs making it onto planes. It would be good if no one in the world wanted to hurt us but we need to think *logically* about security as well.
Yes, it takes work to find the good stuff but frankly it is easier now than ever before. Read Ebert for movies, go to metacritic.com, and download or stream artists' freely available singles. I don't listen to radio and have 150 CDs in my collection but still buy 2 or 3 a month. I don't watch TV but can still find great movies to see by listening to word-of-mouth and reading media coverage.
A fight broke out between two students and the teacher held one back.
The student turned around. He looked at the teacher, paused to recognized him, and then elbowed him in the face.
If holding the student back got the student hurt by not allowing him to defend himself then elbowing the teacher could be a natural reaction. With only selective information being available about the fight you may be able to justify any punishment. The school administrators need to examine all the facts of the incident.
Is your company casting a narrow net by only hiring people with experience on your specific platform? The thing that is discouraging is that some companies look only at candidates with X years of experience on Y development platform. I would argue that programmers are not drag and drop either and a little investment could go a long way on certain candidates. Your company would get a higher hit rate on finding people who pass the programming test if HR changed its criteria.
(Oh yeah, I vote no on the IDE's too. So this comment is still relevant.)
Yahoo has better news coverage than MSN. MSN may be more flashy but Yahoo has more news, more organized. Its mail service has a better interface than Hotmail. Yahoo has free chat rooms which MSN does not.
Obviously some companies are doing well in Texas. I got this unsolicited spam on a Debian list the other day.
Thank you for your interest in Halliburton. If you applied for a
specific posted position, your resume will be reviewed. A human
resources representative will contact you for further information only
if your qualifications match those required for the position.
Randomly fucking poll the paper votes. Another poster suggests digital signatures which would be good to include as well. I could cast my vote, look at the paper, and check for my vote on the web. I could also give my digital key to my party (if I choose) and they can verify the total count of their supporters.
btw, can anyone can tell me what makes GW so much worse than other past presidents? Just as some examples, I think his dad was MUCH worse by pulling out of Iraq, and John F Kennedy nearly annihilated the entire planet because he wouldn't just make a deal with the russians (sure it would be a small sign of weakness, but jesus christ, the alternative is crazy).
I have no idea if you are asking a rhetorical question or not. I was going to flame the shit out of you but now that I have calmed down I will try to be helpful. Others might find this useful as well. Consider getting your information about current events from sources other than CNN and FOX News. Does anybody fucking read anymore (not necessarily directed at you)?
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He read it in MacWorld I guess.
I totally aggree that push-polling is advertising. Commerial speech is regulated more tightly than other speech. When you say or imply that you are conducting a poll that lends credibility to what is said in the poll. Information contained in a poll question is supposed to be established fact. However the problem is not that the facts maybe wrong or misleading it is that the call is being represented as a actual poll. Representing the call as a poll when it just an advertisement is called fraud. I'm not saying individuals that are employed to do this should be fined and thrown in jail but the people who setup these operations should be just as business would be if they used deceptive practices in order to sell something. (Example: you have just won a prize but first you have to buy some magazines). This is why push-polls are conducted in secret. An easy way to identify one is if the caller asks you if you are a member of the media or worker in a political organization and then subsequently a poll is conducted afterwards. If you are called by a push-poller as with any other fraud you should contact your attorney general and tell them about the occurrence.
I had the same problem a few months ago. It was too slow. Trying it just now it seems to be much speedier than before. It's faster than the normal UI. The only issue now for me is if I want to have the three panel taking up space all at once. I can't comment on what the ads look like since I pay for my account.
There are fundamentalists Christians and neocons (atheists pretending to be religious). Bush is a hybrid, fundie and neocon in one.
The Congress gave the President a stick to disarm Saddam. It was too bad he didn't care about weapons but just wanted to invade for other reasons.
People who do push polling need to be fined or thrown in jail. I can't believe you would do that and even admit it.
No you are wrong. A crossword puzzle is the worst type of puzzle for a IT person to show their puzzle solving skill. A crossword puzzle consists of vague questions with meanings that are highly influenced by linguistic and cultural nuances of the puzzle creator. The reliance on ambiguity is antithetical to testing the logic skills of a person. Any IT person should be annoyed (like blinking text annoyance) by the this kind of vagueness in a puzzle.
A puzzle like sudoku is much more appropriate to test logic skills. It requires logic and memory to be able to complete it quickly. Sure you can complete it in a long time using simple techniques but if you are clever and have good short term memory then you can complete it more quickly. I do several puzzles a day and it is way more satisfying than crosswords. It's even a little addicting.
This is not a new language. It's a new implementation of a language.
Try pressing that 10 times really fast in a dark room.
Great we should ship our eggs in the death trap known as the space shuttle. I wish they would stop scewing around with probes and design a new shuttle already. Back to praying to Xenu...
LOL, ping being the most useful application on the Internet why not optimize it the the fullest.
It isn't a significant threat if normal weapons get on a plane since they can't get into the cockpit anyway. If a terrorist wanted to kill two or three people why would he need to get on a plane to do that?
The real threat is bombs making it onto planes. It would be good if no one in the world wanted to hurt us but we need to think *logically* about security as well.
I get randomly search every time I fly oneway. I got randomly picked for anthrax testing when I sported a full beard.
Slackware users know how to compile the kernel.
i would like to hear more discussion about the merits of this discovery, myself. otherwise, i think zealots on both sides should shut up.
A Bill O'Reilly catch phrase has been detected. Your agument it automatically null and void. Besides you don't know how to use capitalization.
Thanks for your advise on a cause you don't believe it. It's very helpful.
Yes, it takes work to find the good stuff but frankly it is easier now than ever before. Read Ebert for movies, go to metacritic.com, and download or stream artists' freely available singles. I don't listen to radio and have 150 CDs in my collection but still buy 2 or 3 a month. I don't watch TV but can still find great movies to see by listening to word-of-mouth and reading media coverage.
It doesn't matter who wins the fight but how it started and what was done.
Is your company casting a narrow net by only hiring people with experience on your specific platform? The thing that is discouraging is that some companies look only at candidates with X years of experience on Y development platform. I would argue that programmers are not drag and drop either and a little investment could go a long way on certain candidates. Your company would get a higher hit rate on finding people who pass the programming test if HR changed its criteria. (Oh yeah, I vote no on the IDE's too. So this comment is still relevant.)
Your wife is probably some psycho TA that doesn't understand that students don't care to use a ruler not that they can't use one.
Yahoo has better news coverage than MSN. MSN may be more flashy but Yahoo has more news, more organized. Its mail service has a better interface than Hotmail. Yahoo has free chat rooms which MSN does not.
Obviously some companies are doing well in Texas. I got this unsolicited spam on a Debian list the other day.
Thank you for your interest in Halliburton. If you applied for a specific posted position, your resume will be reviewed. A human resources representative will contact you for further information only if your qualifications match those required for the position.
Randomly fucking poll the paper votes. Another poster suggests digital signatures which would be good to include as well. I could cast my vote, look at the paper, and check for my vote on the web. I could also give my digital key to my party (if I choose) and they can verify the total count of their supporters.
btw, can anyone can tell me what makes GW so much worse than other past presidents? Just as some examples, I think his dad was MUCH worse by pulling out of Iraq, and John F Kennedy nearly annihilated the entire planet because he wouldn't just make a deal with the russians (sure it would be a small sign of weakness, but jesus christ, the alternative is crazy).
I have no idea if you are asking a rhetorical question or not. I was going to flame the shit out of you but now that I have calmed down I will try to be helpful. Others might find this useful as well. Consider getting your information about current events from sources other than CNN and FOX News. Does anybody fucking read anymore (not necessarily directed at you)?
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