The advancing Islamofascist assault on the western world.?
Turn the TV off and go outside. Your chances of getting killed by a terrorist are on the same order as that you'll be stung to death by bees. The Islamofascist boogeyman is not hiding behind every corner and under every bush, regardless of what you heard on Fox News.
I didn't read the article but my response to the question, "What is the difference between Linux and Windows?" is "Kids who learn to use the Linux system will be able to use both. Kids who learn to use the Windows system will be able to use neither."
They are having a labor shortage. That's a shortage of labor that is willing to work for 50 cents per day. Labor shortage as defined by 21st century industrialists.
When I posted the parent rhetorical questions, I was hoping someone would recognize the historical importance that Unions played in creating the middle class. Furthermore, you recognize that, as the power of the Trade Unions wanes, so do the living standards of the working stiffs. If I were moderating, you'd get an insightful.
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If productivity per man-hour has increased so much, then why the hell are we still working over 40 hours a week? Where is all this new wealth accruing? Why am I working more hours with a college degree to have a lower living standard than my father had 40 years ago? And he didn't even graduate from high school. We should have been on a 32 hour standard workweek many years ago.
Get your elderly user to take a look at the book "PC's for Dummies". Several of you spoke of scenarios in which you attempted to explain some computer or internet-related concept, only to find that your grandfather was so lacking in fundamental knowledge that your explanation made no sense to him at all. This book was written with this type of user in mind. I began using PC's later in life than most of you. "PC's for Dummies" explained many things that authors of other, allegedly, beginner level books assumed I already knew.
That's illegal - because it enables a voter to prove how he voted to someone else.
- This enables vote-buying schemes.
- It also breaks the secret ballot by enabling pressure (by employers, thugs, and corrupt officials) on the voters to vote a particular way and prove they did.
The voter could be given a random number that they can use to verify their vote and not a physically identifiable ticket. When the employer, thug, etc. asks you to prove how you voted you don't have to show them your number, but rather any number that reflects what they want to see.
If the alleged nuclear test wasn't really nuclear, I wonder if Kim Jung Il knows that's the case. Maybe his nuke team couldn't deliver on time so they faked it, not so much to fool the rest of the world as to fool Kim Jung Il. If he learns of it from western news sources heads will roll in North Korea.
No win situation for the rep. Accept "no" for an answer: You're fired. If the customer records you and makes public your not accepting "No" for answer: You're fired. That is if they actually fired him. I doubt it. All we really know about the rep is that his phone-name is John. If I were in John's situation and got fired over this, I'd go public with more of the crap AOL pulls over these cancellation requests. In fact I'd have made the appearance on CNBC with the customer. SRR
I think an example of what they had in mind when they made the RFI would be a VB Macro converter. I have some spreadsheets written by a coworker to automate some procedures. They have Visual Basic Macro's for some of the processes. I'd like to be able to open these with OpenOffice and have them function in the same way as with Excel. But I don't want to devote the time to learning how to rewrite the macros. SRR
Here come all the claims about how Microsoft somehow cheated in this comparison. Next, you'll be telling me that Republicans stole the elections. Can't you ever just accept the results of a fair and unbiased contest?
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The advancing Islamofascist assault on the western world.?
Turn the TV off and go outside. Your chances of getting killed by a terrorist are on the same order as that you'll be stung to death by bees. The Islamofascist boogeyman is not hiding behind every corner and under every bush, regardless of what you heard on Fox News.
For my clunky old machines even XFCE is heavy and bloated.
I'm using FVWM with TkDesk as a Desktop system.
I didn't read the article but my response to the question, "What is the difference between Linux and Windows?"
is "Kids who learn to use the Linux system will be able to use both.
Kids who learn to use the Windows system will be able to use neither."
They are having a labor shortage. That's a shortage of labor that is willing to work for 50 cents per day.
Labor shortage as defined by 21st century industrialists.
"If it weren't for the USA, you'd all be speaking German right now."
The French provided critical assistance in the American Revolution against England. If it weren't for the French, you'd be speaking English.
When I posted the parent rhetorical questions, I was hoping someone would recognize the historical importance that Unions played in creating the middle class. Furthermore, you recognize that, as the power of the Trade Unions wanes, so do the living standards of the working stiffs. If I were moderating, you'd get an insightful.
If productivity per man-hour has increased so much, then why the hell are we still working over 40 hours a week? Where is all this new wealth accruing? Why am I working more hours with a college degree to have a lower living standard than my father had 40 years ago? And he didn't even graduate from high school. We should have been on a 32 hour standard workweek many years ago.
Get your elderly user to take a look at the book "PC's for Dummies". Several of you spoke of scenarios in which you attempted to explain some computer or internet-related concept, only to find that your grandfather was so lacking in fundamental knowledge that your explanation made no sense to him at all. This book was written with this type of user in mind. I began using PC's later in life than most of you. "PC's for Dummies" explained many things that authors of other, allegedly, beginner level books assumed I already knew.
The GPL includes freedom to fork.
They'll never take my forking freedom!
That's illegal - because it enables a voter to prove how he voted to someone else.
- This enables vote-buying schemes.
- It also breaks the secret ballot by enabling pressure (by employers, thugs, and corrupt officials) on the voters to vote a particular way and prove they did.
The voter could be given a random number that they can use to verify their vote and not a physically identifiable ticket. When the employer, thug, etc. asks you to prove how you voted you don't have to show them your number, but rather any number that reflects what they want to see.
If the alleged nuclear test wasn't really nuclear, I wonder if Kim Jung Il knows that's the case. Maybe his nuke team couldn't deliver on time so they faked it, not so much to fool the rest of the world as to fool Kim Jung Il. If he learns of it from western news sources heads will roll in North Korea.
At 43, I'm really (sarcasm) looking forward to retiring in a world run by a generation that has been raised to have no expectation of privacy.
I'd pay big bucks to be able to live in the boonies.
Harvard? Is this the university that bestowed an MBA on George W. Bush?
How can we expect cogent analysis from a diploma mill like that?
I just want it to work. Why does it have to be new and exciting? I prefer old and reliable.
Rodney King is turning in his grave.
Or at least an organization of existing student unions need to address this issue.
Oh man! Don't do it. They'll crucify you
No win situation for the rep.
Accept "no" for an answer: You're fired.
If the customer records you and makes public your not accepting "No" for answer: You're fired.
That is if they actually fired him. I doubt it. All we really know about the rep is that his phone-name is John.
If I were in John's situation and got fired over this, I'd go public with more of the crap AOL pulls over these cancellation requests. In fact I'd have made the appearance on CNBC with the customer.
SRR
I think an example of what they had in mind when they made the RFI would be a VB Macro converter.
I have some spreadsheets written by a coworker to automate some procedures. They have Visual Basic Macro's for some of the processes.
I'd like to be able to open these with OpenOffice and have them function in the same way as with Excel. But I don't want to devote the time to learning how to rewrite the macros.
SRR
Aren't you glad that they are finally thinking of the children.
SRR
Is it possible that the Pope was having a little toungue-in-cheek humor with Hawking when he made this comment?
...welcome our neocon overlords.
Here come all the claims about how Microsoft somehow cheated in this comparison.
Next, you'll be telling me that Republicans stole the elections.
Can't you ever just accept the results of a fair and unbiased contest?