Nonsense - you're either an agnostic or an atheist. Agnostics say that they don't know for sure one way or another whether god exists - atheists say god doesn't exist. Which is why Richard Dawkins isn't really an atheist - he's "almost certain." - which makes him a nervous agnostic fence-sitter publicity hound who's trying to have it both ways so that if god does exist, hopefully god won't be as pissed off with him as with the real atheists.
Pay them a bounty. You'll get a lot more participation. And if they don't keep their "correctly identified" ratio high enough, they get dumped. Money talks.
We've seen it work with everything from rewards for reporting crime to bug bounties.
But it will be to hard to police!" Seriously? That's not an excuse. You're supposed to be so good at AI - have AI look for patterns of abuse of the bounty system. Or is it time to admit that your "targeted ads platform" isn't all that capable after years of work, showing people ads for stuff they already bought, etc? Same problem as Amazon?
The first smartphones were crap too. And the "If I had all the computing power I needed in a phone and bloat slowed, then I could reasonably go 5-6 years on the same phone." is the same argument as "if my dead grandma had wheels she'd be a car."
Relatively recent? Only about as recent as feature phones, which have been along longer than smart phones. Before that, who cares - the market for brick phones was really limited in comparison, so it's a case of apples-oranges.
Phones wear out. The get dropped in toilets and sinks and bathtubs. They get stolen. Batteries fail to hold a charge as long as when new. Screens get cracked, and in many cases the person will buy a newer phone with more features than pay for a new battery or a new screen, specifically because "good enough" is cheap, lowering the cost/value proposition for battery and screen repairs.
There are no rules from the CRTC about Netflix. Not even requirements for Canadian content. See my reply elsewhere. Netflix licenses content from content producers on a per-country basis. The legal restrictions are set by the content providers, not a Canadian regulator. If Netflix decides that the content licence for a particular area is unfavorable, they just don't licence it for that area.
If they pay to license more content for Canada, they're legally allowed to show it, which contradicts the premise expressed in your question. The same way that tv or radio stations can't broadcast content under copyright they don't have a license for, and publishers can't publish books under copyright they don't have a license for.
Unifor media council chair Randy Kitt also criticized the broadcast regulator for failing to force Netflix to follow Canadian content rules. "Netflix isn't shy about collecting subscription fees in Canadian dollars and repatriating them to the U.S., so why do they continue to get a free pass?" he asked in a statement.
Your posting history says you're obsessed with me. Your posting content says you're obsessed with me. And your delusional belief that estrogen destroys the brain (contrary to evidence that, if anything, it helps slow down alzheimers and dementia, as well as increasing muscle mass and strength in people on HRT even if they don't exercise, slows down bone demineralization, protects the heart and cardiovascular system, lowers the risk of stroke, with no negative side effects (unless you're stupid enough to use horse hormones such as Premarin), you might want to consider trying it yourself.
It also adds 3 years to my lifespan, restoring the traditional age gap in longevity between men and women that has been declining since the WHI studies mistakenly badmouthed all estrogens.
It's only insubordination if it is refusal to obey a lawful order. If a jury finds that the demand was unlawful because it conflicts with a person's right to privacy or ANY OTHER RIGHT it's not insubordination. This is not the military where you are required to obey an unlawful order. But you don't know the difference.
Courts overrule laws and other rules all the time. Just ask Trump how well his "rules" fared in the courts.
In the US, you have to if your employer asks for it. If you refuse, your employer can fire you. It's up to them whether or not they do so, however. Disagree? Again, prove it: Cite the specific statute.
That is such an obvious lie. If they fire you because they ask you to do something illegal and you refuse, you may end up owning the company in a bankruptcy proceeding. Employer retaliation is illegal. So is unlawful termination for refusing to carry out an order that is against the law or public order - in both cases, it can't be defined as insubordination because the original order was unenforceable.
But here again, your final argument returns to hating on transsexuals. Considering the only (legal) sex you get is fucking one hand or the other or both, or maybe some American Pie, you are the master at "go fuck yourself." Why would I even want to try to compete?
People keep their phones for only a few years. If one telco offered free unlocked phones, the others would see maybe 1/3 of their customers potentially leaving. All it took was for one to take the step - but none did because it was a cash cow.
Netflix's region locking is due to licensing restrictions that content suppliers demand, not the CRTC. Content not licensed by the content supplier to the Canadian market - netflix has to block it or be in breach of the licensing deal.
You missed an important point - you can already buy decent phones - unlocked - for less than $240, and you'll save more than $10 a month compared to buying a phone with a plan.
Since we're talking about Canada, the carriers most certainly pay GST (Goods and Services Tax), plus provincial or combined taxes, to the supplier. They get a credit for the tax they've paid and only pay the difference to the tax men when they sell the phone to a consumer. (It's a bit more complicated, but they most certainly do not get their phones tax-free).
Now if they import them, they have to pay the tax to the governments instead of to the supplier. When they sell on the phone, they still charge the customer taxes on the full price, but only remit the difference between what they already paid the government and the taxes they collected.
The old way, with the manufacturer's sales tax and tax numbers that allowed you to buy tax-free if you weren't the final consumer, was killed when the GST was introduced.
"Established case law" is ALWAYS subject to being over-ruled. If you had any brains, you'd know that the Supreme Court has reversed it's on decisions. So much for "established case law" being writ in stone.
That employers can ask for notes has nothing to do with the matter. They can ask a lot of things - doesn't mean they will get them. If it's on uncompensated time, there is NO reason to give them one.
Same as when I was on jury duty. I was supposed to give my employer a copy of my letter admitting me to the jury before the trial started. I didn't. If someone doesn't trust me, I don't want to work with them. Why would any adult under such circumstances? This isn't grade school where you need a note from your mom.
You really are obsessed with me. You need help. But at this point we both know you'll never get it, and I'm actually satisfied with the way it worked out.
Unfortunately, most of my free time is spent constructively helping others in the real world. Being able to do tons of volunteer work is one of the benefits of early retirement, and I'm making the most of it, so you'll have to be content with dribs and drabs of moi. So while you troll the net or play stupid games, I'll be back out there making a positive difference in many people's lives, not just the flood disaster victims.
And because I'm bilingual in a largely English-speaking area, I'm able to take a break and sit down with them and let them know how important it is to us to help improve their lives. Many come in beaten down, and leave with smiles and tears of joy because we treat them with respect instead of treating them just as victims.
So you go back to your lonely life. Imagine that everyone laughs at me because I'm a transsexual, that I'm seen as defective, that they don't want me using the woman's washroom, whatever. Fortunately, this is Canada, so that shit doesn't happen here, at least not to me. But you can pretend I live in the US if that will make you happy.
Re-check the law. If the employer is not paying for your health care benefits they can't fire you if you refuse. Any whatever the law says, any employee can sue, and juries are the final arbitrator of the facts. If they decide that in fact the employer over-stretched, then the law gets changed, not the verdict.
BTW - why the infatuation with transsexual women? You're like the trans version of Godwin's Law. You turn every conversation into a critique of my transsexuality.
Why? What is it to you that any topic must inevitably be turned towards your fetish about what's in my panties and how it got that way? Explain that, just for the hell of it.
You missed the point - the employer can ask all they want, but what you do on your own uncompensated time (or on days that you are allowed to book as time off for personal use) is your own business. They can't compel you to answer. And if they fire you or take other job actions against you because you refuse, sue them. It's the American way.
Doctor's notes leak personal information. If you're taking a day off to see a doctor, or for any other reason, they're not paying for it so why would they have any right to know what you do on your own time? We're not (yet) slaves.
Back to the original point you keep dodging, asshole. You still haven't countered my original assertion that a business demanding a doctor's note is an illegal invasion of privacy. It doesn't take much searching to find out the specialty of the doctor who wrote the note. You bring back a note from a psychiatrist or a cancer specialist and see how quickly you're dropped. Medical conditions are protected by HIPAA, and businesses requiring doctor's notes is a clear violation - they should not even be allowed to know you have a medical condition.
As fror the rest - what an idiot you are. Go look at pictures. The nerves are preserved as is a fair amount of tissue. And let's face it, it's the nerves and connected tissue that count. The parts that enable an erection are definitely not wanted, as they not only don't contribute, they detract from the final result.
The prostate doesn't enter into it. Anti-androgens and estrogens shrink it to almost nothing. And also reduce the cancer risk to next to nothing. The same way that breast cancer screening isn't necessary because M2F have a lower breast cancer risk than men.
There is little disagreement among professionals - unless you talk to the ones with religious motivations - and who the fuck needs their opinion on anything, whether it's assisted suicide, abortion, or whatever. That's predominantly a problem in backward countries and the US.
But of course, you're just some dumb hick narcissist who projects too much. There's a lot of dumb hicks down there - even Trump admits it. He likes dumb white trash because they will vote for him because, well, they're dumb white trash.
Not all unions are the same. Same as not all businesses are the same. Argument from stereotype is pretty shitty. Unions can have pay scales that reflect both experience and ability - that's up to the members to decide.
As for you saying "Everyone must march in lockstep, identical interchangable (sic) cogs in the machine", that sounds more like business's attitude. Unions fight the whole "interchangeable cogs" thing by making it harder to just toss workers out at will like interchangeable cogs in a machine. Why do you think so many businesses hate unions? It takes away one of their perks.
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Nonsense - you're either an agnostic or an atheist. Agnostics say that they don't know for sure one way or another whether god exists - atheists say god doesn't exist. Which is why Richard Dawkins isn't really an atheist - he's "almost certain." - which makes him a nervous agnostic fence-sitter publicity hound who's trying to have it both ways so that if god does exist, hopefully god won't be as pissed off with him as with the real atheists.
Pay them a bounty. You'll get a lot more participation. And if they don't keep their "correctly identified" ratio high enough, they get dumped. Money talks.
We've seen it work with everything from rewards for reporting crime to bug bounties.
But it will be to hard to police!" Seriously? That's not an excuse. You're supposed to be so good at AI - have AI look for patterns of abuse of the bounty system. Or is it time to admit that your "targeted ads platform" isn't all that capable after years of work, showing people ads for stuff they already bought, etc? Same problem as Amazon?
The first smartphones were crap too. And the "If I had all the computing power I needed in a phone and bloat slowed, then I could reasonably go 5-6 years on the same phone." is the same argument as "if my dead grandma had wheels she'd be a car."
I did. But also to you, because you obviously didn't check your premise. Garbage in, garbage out :-)
Relatively recent? Only about as recent as feature phones, which have been along longer than smart phones. Before that, who cares - the market for brick phones was really limited in comparison, so it's a case of apples-oranges.
Phones wear out. The get dropped in toilets and sinks and bathtubs. They get stolen. Batteries fail to hold a charge as long as when new. Screens get cracked, and in many cases the person will buy a newer phone with more features than pay for a new battery or a new screen, specifically because "good enough" is cheap, lowering the cost/value proposition for battery and screen repairs.
There are no rules from the CRTC about Netflix. Not even requirements for Canadian content. See my reply elsewhere. Netflix licenses content from content producers on a per-country basis. The legal restrictions are set by the content providers, not a Canadian regulator. If Netflix decides that the content licence for a particular area is unfavorable, they just don't licence it for that area.
If they pay to license more content for Canada, they're legally allowed to show it, which contradicts the premise expressed in your question. The same way that tv or radio stations can't broadcast content under copyright they don't have a license for, and publishers can't publish books under copyright they don't have a license for.
Unifor media council chair Randy Kitt also criticized the broadcast regulator for failing to force Netflix to follow Canadian content rules. "Netflix isn't shy about collecting subscription fees in Canadian dollars and repatriating them to the U.S., so why do they continue to get a free pass?" he asked in a statement.
It also adds 3 years to my lifespan, restoring the traditional age gap in longevity between men and women that has been declining since the WHI studies mistakenly badmouthed all estrogens.
It's only insubordination if it is refusal to obey a lawful order. If a jury finds that the demand was unlawful because it conflicts with a person's right to privacy or ANY OTHER RIGHT it's not insubordination. This is not the military where you are required to obey an unlawful order. But you don't know the difference.
Courts overrule laws and other rules all the time. Just ask Trump how well his "rules" fared in the courts.
In the US, you have to if your employer asks for it. If you refuse, your employer can fire you. It's up to them whether or not they do so, however. Disagree? Again, prove it: Cite the specific statute.
That is such an obvious lie. If they fire you because they ask you to do something illegal and you refuse, you may end up owning the company in a bankruptcy proceeding. Employer retaliation is illegal. So is unlawful termination for refusing to carry out an order that is against the law or public order - in both cases, it can't be defined as insubordination because the original order was unenforceable.
But here again, your final argument returns to hating on transsexuals. Considering the only (legal) sex you get is fucking one hand or the other or both, or maybe some American Pie, you are the master at "go fuck yourself." Why would I even want to try to compete?
You're really pitiful.
Why would you want to move to a lock-in situation if everything else stays the same?
"Freedom Mobile" Now I want some French Fries. :-)
People keep their phones for only a few years. If one telco offered free unlocked phones, the others would see maybe 1/3 of their customers potentially leaving. All it took was for one to take the step - but none did because it was a cash cow.
Netflix's region locking is due to licensing restrictions that content suppliers demand, not the CRTC. Content not licensed by the content supplier to the Canadian market - netflix has to block it or be in breach of the licensing deal.
You missed an important point - you can already buy decent phones - unlocked - for less than $240, and you'll save more than $10 a month compared to buying a phone with a plan.
Since we're talking about Canada, the carriers most certainly pay GST (Goods and Services Tax), plus provincial or combined taxes, to the supplier. They get a credit for the tax they've paid and only pay the difference to the tax men when they sell the phone to a consumer. (It's a bit more complicated, but they most certainly do not get their phones tax-free).
Now if they import them, they have to pay the tax to the governments instead of to the supplier. When they sell on the phone, they still charge the customer taxes on the full price, but only remit the difference between what they already paid the government and the taxes they collected.
The old way, with the manufacturer's sales tax and tax numbers that allowed you to buy tax-free if you weren't the final consumer, was killed when the GST was introduced.
It's grammar nazi time! Pay attention to the correct forms:
The consumerS gets what they want or The consumer gets what HE wants
It's grammEr nazi time! Pay attention to the correct form: The consumerS get what they want.
It's grammar, not grammer.
-- spelling nazi :-)
"Established case law" is ALWAYS subject to being over-ruled. If you had any brains, you'd know that the Supreme Court has reversed it's on decisions. So much for "established case law" being writ in stone.
That employers can ask for notes has nothing to do with the matter. They can ask a lot of things - doesn't mean they will get them. If it's on uncompensated time, there is NO reason to give them one.
Same as when I was on jury duty. I was supposed to give my employer a copy of my letter admitting me to the jury before the trial started. I didn't. If someone doesn't trust me, I don't want to work with them. Why would any adult under such circumstances? This isn't grade school where you need a note from your mom.
You really are obsessed with me. You need help. But at this point we both know you'll never get it, and I'm actually satisfied with the way it worked out.
Unfortunately, most of my free time is spent constructively helping others in the real world. Being able to do tons of volunteer work is one of the benefits of early retirement, and I'm making the most of it, so you'll have to be content with dribs and drabs of moi. So while you troll the net or play stupid games, I'll be back out there making a positive difference in many people's lives, not just the flood disaster victims.
And because I'm bilingual in a largely English-speaking area, I'm able to take a break and sit down with them and let them know how important it is to us to help improve their lives. Many come in beaten down, and leave with smiles and tears of joy because we treat them with respect instead of treating them just as victims.
So you go back to your lonely life. Imagine that everyone laughs at me because I'm a transsexual, that I'm seen as defective, that they don't want me using the woman's washroom, whatever. Fortunately, this is Canada, so that shit doesn't happen here, at least not to me. But you can pretend I live in the US if that will make you happy.
You're so full of shit - again. Your very first post in this thread was a personal attack on me. Try again, perv.
Re-check the law. If the employer is not paying for your health care benefits they can't fire you if you refuse. Any whatever the law says, any employee can sue, and juries are the final arbitrator of the facts. If they decide that in fact the employer over-stretched, then the law gets changed, not the verdict.
BTW - why the infatuation with transsexual women? You're like the trans version of Godwin's Law. You turn every conversation into a critique of my transsexuality.
Why? What is it to you that any topic must inevitably be turned towards your fetish about what's in my panties and how it got that way? Explain that, just for the hell of it.
You missed the point - the employer can ask all they want, but what you do on your own uncompensated time (or on days that you are allowed to book as time off for personal use) is your own business. They can't compel you to answer. And if they fire you or take other job actions against you because you refuse, sue them. It's the American way.
Doctor's notes leak personal information. If you're taking a day off to see a doctor, or for any other reason, they're not paying for it so why would they have any right to know what you do on your own time? We're not (yet) slaves.
Back to the original point you keep dodging, asshole. You still haven't countered my original assertion that a business demanding a doctor's note is an illegal invasion of privacy. It doesn't take much searching to find out the specialty of the doctor who wrote the note. You bring back a note from a psychiatrist or a cancer specialist and see how quickly you're dropped. Medical conditions are protected by HIPAA, and businesses requiring doctor's notes is a clear violation - they should not even be allowed to know you have a medical condition.
As fror the rest - what an idiot you are. Go look at pictures. The nerves are preserved as is a fair amount of tissue. And let's face it, it's the nerves and connected tissue that count. The parts that enable an erection are definitely not wanted, as they not only don't contribute, they detract from the final result.
The prostate doesn't enter into it. Anti-androgens and estrogens shrink it to almost nothing. And also reduce the cancer risk to next to nothing. The same way that breast cancer screening isn't necessary because M2F have a lower breast cancer risk than men.
There is little disagreement among professionals - unless you talk to the ones with religious motivations - and who the fuck needs their opinion on anything, whether it's assisted suicide, abortion, or whatever. That's predominantly a problem in backward countries and the US.
But of course, you're just some dumb hick narcissist who projects too much. There's a lot of dumb hicks down there - even Trump admits it. He likes dumb white trash because they will vote for him because, well, they're dumb white trash.
He'll just pop up somewhere else. Probably as an advisor to the Transport secretary in the current White House (mis)administration.
Not all unions are the same. Same as not all businesses are the same. Argument from stereotype is pretty shitty. Unions can have pay scales that reflect both experience and ability - that's up to the members to decide.
As for you saying "Everyone must march in lockstep, identical interchangable (sic) cogs in the machine", that sounds more like business's attitude. Unions fight the whole "interchangeable cogs" thing by making it harder to just toss workers out at will like interchangeable cogs in a machine. Why do you think so many businesses hate unions? It takes away one of their perks.