You are wrong. A number of studies show that stretching when cold is not a good idea. As the article stated, stretching is good, AFTER, a light warm up like an easy jog for 5 to 10 minutes. Stretching when cold does not help prevent injury, and does not improve athletic performance. You should not do intense stretching before playing sports. If you need to improve flexibility do the stretching as a separate exercise on your work out days.
They are more worried about using phones as remote-controls for bombs.
Still an example of "pre-crime" and the average citizen should be outraged that the government is using something less dangerous than driving as an excuse to grossly infringe their civil rights.
Yes, that is correct. Terrorists are much less dangerous than driving to the average western citizen.
If I leave they are screwed. But they don't care. I don't need any logic bombs. IF they actually pissed me off enough for me to find another job they are screwed. They know they are screwed and have been trying, but not too hard, to hire a backup that I can train, but after three years I don't think they are serious.
Now you wonder why I'm still there. It's not a totally horrible job. Was pretty good 5 years a go. I'm staying until management really screws up, or all my kids are out of school.
Most of the rest of the Western world is amazed and stunned that in the USA you can be fired without cause in most states. I personally find that bizarre. The only regulation you need is that after a 3 month probation period management needs a valid reason to fire you. Then you can work without fear if you are at least competent.
I thought the main reason to buy a fuel efficient car was because it was good for the environment. If saving money was your main concern you would buy a used car.
Re:Sixty-hour work weeks with no overtime...
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You are working 60 hour weeks for 40 hours pay because you are spineless.
I had a programming job that was paid hourly wages. Then I was "promoted" to a salaried position. It was explained that this meant no over-time. If I worked a 40 hour week it was a raise in pay. So I stopped working over-time. I came in at 9, left at 5. My manager asked me to stay late once, and I said what would my compensation be? He kind of looked puzzled and I went home. I worked a free hour of OT here and there when milestones where behind, but not every day. I was the only guy there not working for free everyday.
It is not my problem if management doesn't know how to run a project. And I don't work for free.
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I am a unionized IT worker in Canada. I have worked for non-unionized private companies, and as a free-lance consultant.
I have to agree that some trades unions in both the USA and Canada managed to get very restrictive contracts in place. Here in BC, most of the more stupid union rules have been trimmed back for the trades.
IT and unions.
Overall, I see the union as a great big rusty ratchet. You never move backwards, but it is hard to move forward. The best and brightest DO move up the ladder faster within the union, but not as fast as in a non-union company. On the flip side you can't be fired or held back as easily if a manager or two don't like you. You don't see "golden boys" winging past you because they can lose at golf gracefully. You have well defined rules for over-time, on-call, stand-by, and telephoned in work. You never work for free. Our union is not "militant". There are not overly specific rules about who can do what job. This gives managers flexibility, and workers opportunities to learn new skills. But it also means that sometimes you find you have gradually started doing work that should pay more, and sometimes have to fight to get your position re-classified at a higher rate of pay. For most IT people moving up the ladder means applying for higher paying jobs within the company. Staying in the same position gives pretty small annual raises for 4 to 5 years on top of whatever general wage increase the union contract calls for. After that you have to move up the ladder to get a real increase.
Our union represents all the "office workers and professionals" - this means everything from clerks to guys designing huge province spanning networks. Web monkeys to unix admins managing systems with 6 giant boxes with fail over, SANS, and complex networking requirements. There are a lot more clerks. At the lower pay scales you do much better in the union than in the private sector. As you move up the pay scale you start to do about the same and at the very top not quite as well as the private companies. But your benefits are much better. Sane working hours. Double-time for most over time. Lots of time off. I find the union job suits people who want good steady work and time to raise a family. People interested in making big bucks, usually young and single, often move on after getting some experience that looks good on the resume.
So there are pluses and minuses. And you do have to make sure to elect people to the union who look out for you and not just the 'union'.
"What could this bill be made of? the right for all humans to food, water, shelter, education."
You are confusing rights with entitlements. Rights are laws that say what you can do, and what you cannot stop others from doing. Entitlements are things others must give you. One day in the far future when we have the technology to provide these things without human labour we could talk about them as rights.
Until we reach that technological utopia, we do have to work, we do have to use a system that takes into account the fact that people are they way they are, not the way we wish they were. That means hard work must be rewarded, and sloth discouraged.
I work for a USA multi-national in Canada. It is illegal for the company to use their normal payroll servers in Chicago for Canadian payroll as the Patriot Act (and other anti-privacy laws) violate Canadian privacy laws. We had to setup a Canadian payroll system on Canadian soil.
USA firms have lost other work due to these laws, for example a system to 'computerize' BC's medical records.
The USA has had plans to invade Canada in place since before WWII. Us Canadians don't see it as sinister, just a bit overly thorough on the part of your military's planning department. Some plans dating to the 1950's were declassified and partially printed up here in the local papers.
Another big reason large buildings tend to fall straight down is that is the direction gravity is pulling them. Anything much bigger than three or four stories is going to come apart very soon after leaving vertical, and the pieces come straight down.
So, now that China and Iran, among others, are ramping up their space programs does this mean the USA will finally get serious about their space program?
That is inconsistent and hard to read. It is much more important to see the structure of the if / else / for / while of the code than to save white space.
If you have to maintain code that you haven't looked at for a year or more then having a very clear code indentation style makes seeing the code structure much easier. I've been using a style that you think 'wastes space' since an 80 column mda monitor was top of the line. The trade off for readability vs space was still no contest in favour of readability.
I want to be able to do a fan-fold print out and lay a ruler down and see the blocks all line up with that ruler.
At last, some sense. I use this style as I find it the most readable, easiest to line up blocks, and easiest to come back to in a year and figure out the code.
I'm shocked you have so little regard for the life of women, and the potential child that you want forced to be brought up by someone who may not want, be able to, or otherwise be unable to properly raise the child.
Women have rights for sure. Embryos - not so much.
An embryo is actually a clump of cells. A fully grown human is NOT a clump of cells. It's like saying a lump of coal deserves the same rights as people because they both contain carbon.
The whole 'if the DNA test says its human' it deserves human rights argument is also bogus. If you cut yourself and blood drops spill I doubt you want to protect the human rights of that blood despite it having human DNA.
There is some point when a fetus (NOT an embryo) does deserve some protection. I do not know for sure where that line should be drawn, but I do know that women are actually human beings with human rights and they should have the biggest say on their own bodies.
Many so called 'pro-life' people are just anti-women.
Kids watch TV and see the cool new toy do something that looks like great fun. Explain to child that the neato stunt they just saw took adults a hundred tries to get to work. The 99 failures were not shown.
If it isn't too dangerous, say go ahead , but be careful, when they ask to do something stupid. Ideally the stupid idea will just taste bad.
As the kids get older you can start explaining about politicians, polls, conveniently changing policies, and bribes (tax breaks etc...) just before elections. Remember, you paid for that tax break.
While I am not religious, I think it is discourteous to be dismissive of another's closely held beliefs as long as they are harmless. Trying to get religious dogma taught in science class is not harmless. Basing reasonable morals and ethics on your religion is generally harmless.
Here in Vancouver, BC, Canada, there are many small independent computer shops that sell no-name computers without any OS at all. BUT, all the larger chains only advertise computers pre-loaded with vista. I have found that most people who just want to use the computer as a tool just buy from a big chain thinking they will get support if anything goes wrong. Those who are comfortable installing an OS, and hardware tend to buy from the smaller shops who often have lower prices, don't force you to buy an OS, and actually have good support if you bring the computer in.
How many fossils are created by a species depends a great deal on where they live and die. The animals body must fall into mud or a place where sediment is going to form fairly quickly. Fish fossils are very common because of this while animals that live in rocky, dry places tend to create fewer fossils.
You would expect to have proportional numbers of fossils per species from a single rich site.
It's their job to spread disinformation in a way that makes it seem believable. I would completely discount the venue as a data point regarding how accurate this information is.
They say it is out side of the USA. It must be outside of any country with power utilities that have even the slightest amount of competency regarding security.
On the other hand, there is already enough food for everyone on the whole planet, but human greed, for both wealth and power, prevents a huge number of people from enjoying peace and prosperity. And no amount of technical or political knowledge is going to help.
In short, it is a very low chance event with very bad results that we CAN do something about.
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You are wrong. A number of studies show that stretching when cold is not a good idea. As the article stated, stretching is good, AFTER, a light warm up like an easy jog for 5 to 10 minutes. Stretching when cold does not help prevent injury, and does not improve athletic performance. You should not do intense stretching before playing sports. If you need to improve flexibility do the stretching as a separate exercise on your work out days.
Stretch after warm up.
Stretch after your work-out, Athletes who stretch cold have more injuries.
Warm up, then stretch.
Stretching doesn't help beginners, too much bad for elite. (lots of pointers to articles/studies at end)
Fire Dept. says go easy on stretching, only after warm up.
I think that is enough for now. Only stretch after you warm up. Don't over do it.
They are more worried about using phones as remote-controls for bombs.
Still an example of "pre-crime" and the average citizen should be outraged that the government is using something less dangerous than driving as an excuse to grossly infringe their civil rights.
Yes, that is correct. Terrorists are much less dangerous than driving to the average western citizen.
Regular good mileage car cheaper than Volt?
Your calculation is reasonable if you put zero value on the environment.
If I leave they are screwed. But they don't care. I don't need any logic bombs. IF they actually pissed me off enough for me to find another job they are screwed. They know they are screwed and have been trying, but not too hard, to hire a backup that I can train, but after three years I don't think they are serious.
Now you wonder why I'm still there. It's not a totally horrible job. Was pretty good 5 years a go. I'm staying until management really screws up, or all my kids are out of school.
Most of the rest of the Western world is amazed and stunned that in the USA you can be fired without cause in most states. I personally find that bizarre. The only regulation you need is that after a 3 month probation period management needs a valid reason to fire you. Then you can work without fear if you are at least competent.
I thought the main reason to buy a fuel efficient car was because it was good for the environment. If saving money was your main concern you would buy a used car.
You are working 60 hour weeks for 40 hours pay because you are spineless.
I had a programming job that was paid hourly wages. Then I was "promoted" to a salaried position. It was explained that this meant no over-time. If I worked a 40 hour week it was a raise in pay. So I stopped working over-time. I came in at 9, left at 5. My manager asked me to stay late once, and I said what would my compensation be? He kind of looked puzzled and I went home. I worked a free hour of OT here and there when milestones where behind, but not every day. I was the only guy there not working for free everyday.
It is not my problem if management doesn't know how to run a project. And I don't work for free.
I am a unionized IT worker in Canada. I have worked for non-unionized private companies, and as a free-lance consultant.
I have to agree that some trades unions in both the USA and Canada managed to get very restrictive contracts in place. Here in BC, most of the more stupid union rules have been trimmed back for the trades.
IT and unions.
Overall, I see the union as a great big rusty ratchet. You never move backwards, but it is hard to move forward. The best and brightest DO move up the ladder faster within the union, but not as fast as in a non-union company. On the flip side you can't be fired or held back as easily if a manager or two don't like you. You don't see "golden boys" winging past you because they can lose at golf gracefully. You have well defined rules for over-time, on-call, stand-by, and telephoned in work. You never work for free. Our union is not "militant". There are not overly specific rules about who can do what job. This gives managers flexibility, and workers opportunities to learn new skills. But it also means that sometimes you find you have gradually started doing work that should pay more, and sometimes have to fight to get your position re-classified at a higher rate of pay. For most IT people moving up the ladder means applying for higher paying jobs within the company. Staying in the same position gives pretty small annual raises for 4 to 5 years on top of whatever general wage increase the union contract calls for. After that you have to move up the ladder to get a real increase.
Our union represents all the "office workers and professionals" - this means everything from clerks to guys designing huge province spanning networks. Web monkeys to unix admins managing systems with 6 giant boxes with fail over, SANS, and complex networking requirements. There are a lot more clerks. At the lower pay scales you do much better in the union than in the private sector. As you move up the pay scale you start to do about the same and at the very top not quite as well as the private companies. But your benefits are much better. Sane working hours. Double-time for most over time. Lots of time off. I find the union job suits people who want good steady work and time to raise a family. People interested in making big bucks, usually young and single, often move on after getting some experience that looks good on the resume.
So there are pluses and minuses. And you do have to make sure to elect people to the union who look out for you and not just the 'union'.
"What could this bill be made of? the right for all humans to food, water, shelter, education."
You are confusing rights with entitlements. Rights are laws that say what you can do, and what you cannot stop others from doing. Entitlements are things others must give you. One day in the far future when we have the technology to provide these things without human labour we could talk about them as rights.
Until we reach that technological utopia, we do have to work, we do have to use a system that takes into account the fact that people are they way they are, not the way we wish they were. That means hard work must be rewarded, and sloth discouraged.
I work for a USA multi-national in Canada. It is illegal for the company to use their normal payroll servers in Chicago for Canadian payroll as the Patriot Act (and other anti-privacy laws) violate Canadian privacy laws. We had to setup a Canadian payroll system on Canadian soil.
USA firms have lost other work due to these laws, for example a system to 'computerize' BC's medical records.
The USA has had plans to invade Canada in place since before WWII. Us Canadians don't see it as sinister, just a bit overly thorough on the part of your military's planning department. Some plans dating to the 1950's were declassified and partially printed up here in the local papers.
Another big reason large buildings tend to fall straight down is that is the direction gravity is pulling them. Anything much bigger than three or four stories is going to come apart very soon after leaving vertical, and the pieces come straight down.
So, now that China and Iran, among others, are ramping up their space programs does this mean the USA will finally get serious about their space program?
Wiki, Asteroid Deflection
NYT Study suggests mirrors best
NASA has non-nuke plans
Using a 300Kg impactor
Seems the consensus is that nukes would only be used if we discovered the asteroid too late for other methods to be effective.
Please! mod up.
You have to enforce one standard. Even if it isn't my favourite.
That is inconsistent and hard to read. It is much more important to see the structure of the if / else / for / while of the code than to save white space.
If you have to maintain code that you haven't looked at for a year or more then having a very clear code indentation style makes seeing the code structure much easier. I've been using a style that you think 'wastes space' since an 80 column mda monitor was top of the line. The trade off for readability vs space was still no contest in favour of readability.
I want to be able to do a fan-fold print out and lay a ruler down and see the blocks all line up with that ruler.
At last, some sense. I use this style as I find it the most readable, easiest to line up blocks, and easiest to come back to in a year and figure out the code.
if ( stuff ) // note space after/ before ()
x=foo(a, b, c); // no spaces for functions
I'm shocked you have so little regard for the life of women, and the potential child that you want forced to be brought up by someone who may not want, be able to, or otherwise be unable to properly raise the child.
Women have rights for sure. Embryos - not so much.
You are comparing apples and oranges.
An embryo is actually a clump of cells. A fully grown human is NOT a clump of cells. It's like saying a lump of coal deserves the same rights as people because they both contain carbon.
The whole 'if the DNA test says its human' it deserves human rights argument is also bogus. If you cut yourself and blood drops spill I doubt you want to protect the human rights of that blood despite it having human DNA.
There is some point when a fetus (NOT an embryo) does deserve some protection. I do not know for sure where that line should be drawn, but I do know that women are actually human beings with human rights and they should have the biggest say on their own bodies.
Many so called 'pro-life' people are just anti-women.
Kids watch TV and see the cool new toy do something that looks like great fun. Explain to child that the neato stunt they just saw took adults a hundred tries to get to work. The 99 failures were not shown.
If it isn't too dangerous, say go ahead , but be careful, when they ask to do something stupid. Ideally the stupid idea will just taste bad.
As the kids get older you can start explaining about politicians, polls, conveniently changing policies, and bribes (tax breaks etc...) just before elections. Remember, you paid for that tax break.
While I am not religious, I think it is discourteous to be dismissive of another's closely held beliefs as long as they are harmless. Trying to get religious dogma taught in science class is not harmless. Basing reasonable morals and ethics on your religion is generally harmless.
Here in Vancouver, BC, Canada, there are many small independent computer shops that sell no-name computers without any OS at all. BUT, all the larger chains only advertise computers pre-loaded with vista. I have found that most people who just want to use the computer as a tool just buy from a big chain thinking they will get support if anything goes wrong. Those who are comfortable installing an OS, and hardware tend to buy from the smaller shops who often have lower prices, don't force you to buy an OS, and actually have good support if you bring the computer in.
Fix It Again Tony was what we used locally.
How many fossils are created by a species depends a great deal on where they live and die. The animals body must fall into mud or a place where sediment is going to form fairly quickly. Fish fossils are very common because of this while animals that live in rocky, dry places tend to create fewer fossils.
You would expect to have proportional numbers of fossils per species from a single rich site.
It's their job to spread disinformation in a way that makes it seem believable. I would completely discount the venue as a data point regarding how accurate this information is.
They say it is out side of the USA. It must be outside of any country with power utilities that have even the slightest amount of competency regarding security.
Moving an asteroid is MUCH easier than solving poverty, crime or homelessness. If you have enough lead time it takes a relatively small rocket attached to the asteroid to steer it clear of the earth. A paper on moving asteroid, with 10N of force! Another simple proposal.
On the other hand, there is already enough food for everyone on the whole planet, but human greed, for both wealth and power, prevents a huge number of people from enjoying peace and prosperity. And no amount of technical or political knowledge is going to help.
In short, it is a very low chance event with very bad results that we CAN do something about.