Oh, that's silly. Of course there are common sense exemptions. Basically, illegal acts by either party. If someone is harassed, of course they can leave immdiately. And if an employee commits a crime they can be removed from the premises immediately. You can also be escorted out of the building on that day, and given two weeks pay, in lieu of notice.
There's "pointless intrusion on the private affairs of labor and commerce" and then there's fair labor relations, or would you like to go back to the days of the Triangle Factory fire?
Because it works? I thought the whole point of this thread was that it doesn't. Look what I wrote: I wasn't talking about legislated job security, I was talking about fair notice and just cause. I don't see how two weeks notice on either side is that much of a hinderance, and I think that employer's should have a valid reason for firing you, not just because they don't like the look of your face.
If you think that working hard and being loyal to your company is going to see it returned in kind, then I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you. No matter how loyal you are to your company, if they can profit, or improve their stock price, by dumping you, then they'll do so at the drop of a hat, with no apologies.
Okay, U.S. 4.9% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) Canada 7.2%. (Source StatsCan) for the month of August. Considering that Canada's unemployment rate is assumed to be greater because of the proportionally larger number of farmers and fishermen, and the U.S. stats don't include fram workers, I don't think there's much difference.
Anyway, I fail to see the corolation. How does the ability to fire someone with no reason equate to lower unemployment?
Exactly. From my limited experience working in the U.S. (U.S. citizens feel free to revise or correct) the basic employment agreement is the 'at will' agreement. This means that either party can terminate the agreement 'at will' with no warning or cause.
Coming from Canada, this wrinkle caught me off-guard. In Ontario, at least, either party must give the other at least two weeks notice, and sometimes longer, if it is written in the employment contract. And termination without cause is grounds for a lawsuit.
I think that these basic changes would benefit employees (obviously) but also benefit employers, as they would have to take more care in hiring. For the life of me, I can't understand the rationale of the 'at will' agreement, and how it has managed to stand for so long.
Tom's been cut; honestly, no great loss. The whole sequence had nothing to do with the story anyway.
If they tried to film the book accurately, I think the movies would end being 15-20 hours long. The BBC cut out Bombadil for their radio version, and it's still about 13 hours long.
I'd also be interested to see if someone can find the EULA for FrontPage 2002 online (most of them are). No, they ain't. I did a Google search for 'frontpage eula' and got back almost zip from Microsoft.com. (There was a reference to a FrontPage SDK). There were custom EULAs for educational institutions, but nothing from Microsoft themselves.
This raises an interesting question: whether or not the quote in this article is accurate, why don't Microsoft put their licence agreements on the Web? It seems like a bait-an-switch to me. You can't read the EULA until you've got the box home and out of the shrink-wrap, and by that time most people don't care and don't bother
This worries me, too; Novell is deeply wierd. Their server software was coded in assember for years, and only their chief architect understood the code. When they shipped 4.0 with a 'C' codebase the guy said something like "I'm still learning C, I can't get the hang of those pointers." There's a warm and fuzz feeling for you.
They keep going on about print and file services, long after printers became cheap and servers were used for applications. It's always been a pain to develop a Novell server app, because of the closed architecture and toolset. Meanwhile, almost any idiot could build a Visual Basic server app for Windows NT server. (It might not be a good app, but that's another story.)
Then Novell went on a buying spree, trying to build an office suite to complete with Microsoft. That didn't work, and they sold all their end-user products for about 1/10 what they paid for them.
Now they're a small middleware company that no one pays much attention to. If Schmidt trys to extend Google into markets they have no business being in (like turning them into a Yahoo/Excite style 'portal') then they're in trouble. I hope Google can keep their focus.
For a lot of reasons. It's easy to install on NT/2K server, it natively supports ASP, it's mind-numbingly simple to adminster, it seemlessly hooks into other Microsoft server products, and a large number of thrid party server apps require it.
Now, if you want any good reasons.. I can't help you.
Jeez, Ben, you're a journalist; you should know this. A quick scan of some other articles on that 'news' site reveals a strong anti-homosexual, anti-abortion, right-wing bias, with absolutely no back-up except porported 'interviews'. it's not a news site, it's a propangda mill.
Maybe you're right, but my initial thought was that there is money to be made, while there is no money to be made from deCSS. And while the US government is trying to strong-other countries into going along with their security policies (see this article about the US pressuring the Canadian government) you may not have a place to hide. Realistically, it's far-fetched, but that's the logical outcome I see of the situation.
If they implement back doors to crypto, or outright ban crypto, then crypto will go underground. The people who want the illegal crypto will pay through the nose to get it, and will pay the best coders to develop the best crypto. It will be like the drug dealers out-gunning the cops because they have more money to spend on guns.
Yes, but you could at least have posted without the +1 bonus.
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They're up the creek without a paddle, since everyone has forgotten about them, and they're sitting right under a bomb site.
Seriously, the mother of one of the american workers asked that the government remember that her daughter was in Kabul before they started bombing it. A voice in the wilderness, I'm afraid.
That's a really nice little piece of writing. Pity the AC copied it, instead of providing a link, and posted it in a completely unrelated article. However, a quick search (Google is your friend) turned up the original source. Here it is: http://www.blindwino.com/driver.html
Although that may be true, I can't see it making any difference now. How are Sherriff "Dead or Alive" Bush and Deputy Chaney going to back down if it turns out bin Laden wasn't responsible?
There are smarter countries in the world. Urk. Could you point one out, please, because I want to move there. I'm deathly afraid that this one is going to destroy itself. I just hope it doesn't take the rest of the world with it.
Somebody on an anime message board pointed out that September 11 is also the date of Second Impact. Is there some kind of religious significance to that particular day?
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Oh, that's silly. Of course there are common sense exemptions. Basically, illegal acts by either party. If someone is harassed, of course they can leave immdiately. And if an employee commits a crime they can be removed from the premises immediately. You can also be escorted out of the building on that day, and given two weeks pay, in lieu of notice.
There's "pointless intrusion on the private affairs of labor and commerce" and then there's fair labor relations, or would you like to go back to the days of the Triangle Factory fire?
If you think that working hard and being loyal to your company is going to see it returned in kind, then I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you. No matter how loyal you are to your company, if they can profit, or improve their stock price, by dumping you, then they'll do so at the drop of a hat, with no apologies.
Okay, U.S. 4.9% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) Canada 7.2%. (Source StatsCan) for the month of August. Considering that Canada's unemployment rate is assumed to be greater because of the proportionally larger number of farmers and fishermen, and the U.S. stats don't include fram workers, I don't think there's much difference.
Anyway, I fail to see the corolation. How does the ability to fire someone with no reason equate to lower unemployment?
Exactly. From my limited experience working in the U.S. (U.S. citizens feel free to revise or correct) the basic employment agreement is the 'at will' agreement. This means that either party can terminate the agreement 'at will' with no warning or cause.
Coming from Canada, this wrinkle caught me off-guard. In Ontario, at least, either party must give the other at least two weeks notice, and sometimes longer, if it is written in the employment contract. And termination without cause is grounds for a lawsuit.
I think that these basic changes would benefit employees (obviously) but also benefit employers, as they would have to take more care in hiring.
For the life of me, I can't understand the rationale of the 'at will' agreement, and how it has managed to stand for so long.
Tom's been cut; honestly, no great loss. The whole sequence had nothing to do with the story anyway.
If they tried to film the book accurately, I think the movies would end being 15-20 hours long. The BBC cut out Bombadil for their radio version, and it's still about 13 hours long.
This raises an interesting question: whether or not the quote in this article is accurate, why don't Microsoft put their licence agreements on the Web? It seems like a bait-an-switch to me. You can't read the EULA until you've got the box home and out of the shrink-wrap, and by that time most people don't care and don't bother
This worries me, too; Novell is deeply wierd. Their server software was coded in assember for years, and only their chief architect understood the code. When they shipped 4.0 with a 'C' codebase the guy said something like "I'm still learning C, I can't get the hang of those pointers." There's a warm and fuzz feeling for you.
They keep going on about print and file services, long after printers became cheap and servers were used for applications. It's always been a pain to develop a Novell server app, because of the closed architecture and toolset. Meanwhile, almost any idiot could build a Visual Basic server app for Windows NT server. (It might not be a good app, but that's another story.)
Then Novell went on a buying spree, trying to build an office suite to complete with Microsoft. That didn't work, and they sold all their end-user products for about 1/10 what they paid for them.
Now they're a small middleware company that no one pays much attention to. If Schmidt trys to extend Google into markets they have no business being in (like turning them into a Yahoo/Excite style 'portal') then they're in trouble. I hope Google can keep their focus.
Now, if you want any good reasons.. I can't help you.
Obviously not, since he is a Star Wars fan-boy, and this is the first Star Wars DVD. It's a whole new world to him.
Jeez, Ben, you're a journalist; you should know this. A quick scan of some other articles on that 'news' site reveals a strong anti-homosexual, anti-abortion, right-wing bias, with absolutely no back-up except porported 'interviews'. it's not a news site, it's a propangda mill.
Maybe you're right, but my initial thought was that there is money to be made, while there is no money to be made from deCSS. And while the US government is trying to strong-other countries into going along with their security policies (see this article about the US pressuring the Canadian government) you may not have a place to hide. Realistically, it's far-fetched, but that's the logical outcome I see of the situation.
If they implement back doors to crypto, or outright ban crypto, then crypto will go underground. The people who want the illegal crypto will pay through the nose to get it, and will pay the best coders to develop the best crypto. It will be like the drug dealers out-gunning the cops because they have more money to spend on guns.
Yes, but you could at least have posted without the +1 bonus.
They're up the creek without a paddle, since everyone has forgotten about them, and they're sitting right under a bomb site.
Seriously, the mother of one of the american workers asked that the government remember that her daughter was in Kabul before they started bombing it. A voice in the wilderness, I'm afraid.
That's a really nice little piece of writing. Pity the AC copied it, instead of providing a link, and posted it in a completely unrelated article. However, a quick search (Google is your friend) turned up the original source. Here it is:
http://www.blindwino.com/driver.html
Although that may be true, I can't see it making any difference now. How are Sherriff "Dead or Alive" Bush and Deputy Chaney going to back down if it turns out bin Laden wasn't responsible?
"Crash into Me" is actually "Crash' which is on the list. But you've figured out their mind-set.
Worse, you'll never again see the 1976 re-make of King Kong with the climatic battle atop the World Trade Center instead of the Empire State Building.
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Oh, wait. That's a good thing. The movie sucked
Yeah, and the Clash's "Rock the Casbah".
There are smarter countries in the world.
Urk. Could you point one out, please, because I want to move there. I'm deathly afraid that this one is going to destroy itself. I just hope it doesn't take the rest of the world with it.
Now Apple's telling me I have to pay for 10.1 or not. It looks like it could be free (or just shipping and handling costs). Look here.
I know it was last year, but I thought it was Sept 11. Oh well.
Somebody on an anime message board pointed out that September 11 is also the date of Second Impact. Is there some kind of religious significance to that particular day?
Arghh! 360 degrees in a circle, 365 days in a year. Or is he implying the battery lasts for a year?