My GF worked at a bank overseas with all-Japanese (and males) in management and above positions, although technically the facility was on sovereign American soil. Everybody there was salary, and was expected to work overtime and weekends. My GF was one of the few who refused to comply. She got all of her work done within the standard 8-hour workday, and generally outperformed her co-workers. (According to her, anyway.. I didn't work with her, but I haven't known her to be a liar, and she seemed genuinely upset that her hard work was undermined by the fact that she wasn't willing to waste every day staying late for no reason.)
At any rate, that shit doesn't fly in the US -- at least not for very long. The bank was being investigated by the Dept. of Labor for its employment practices by the time she left. I believe they're now shuttering, although probably for reasons more related to the economic downturn.
This is already common practice in many tropical locations with flat roofs (as seen in TFA in the video). The problem is keeping them clean -- mildew grows pretty fast in warm moist climates. Biennial cleaning is necessary at a *bare minimum*, and even then the roof will still be largely covered by the time it's due for cleaning.
In temperate climates, you won't have as much of a net gain because you'll be losing natural heating during the winter.
The living room "simulator" actually seems to give a decent idea of how bright it is -- in any sort of lighting at a distance >100", the image is basically unviewable.
I gave my GF an iPhone for Christmas, as a way for me to check it out without getting stuck with it indefinitely (just like her -- hi dear!). Anyway, my existing phone is an HTC Windows Mobile smartphone, and while it has more features, I'd take the iPhone over it any day. There's simply a wide variety of easily accessible apps. None of this searching the web for hours (usually from a desktop, because it's too unweildy to use my phone for extended browsing), only to get "This program was not designed for your version of Windows Mobile". iPhone apps don't crash when I switch to landscape mode. And as a developer, I can submit my app directly to the app store instead of setting up my own shitty website and trying to drive traffic through SEO and purchases through trialware.
That group you describe exists, although I've always managed to avoid them. But there are certainly an entirely larger section of tattoo recipients who get them because their fathers had them, or their villages, or even their relatively recently minted gang. Particulary look at the flesh between the thumb and forefinger of otherwise well-heeled and clean-cut women. You may see what appear to be beauty marks, or simple dots, or small religious symbols -- these signs mean the woman are owned, and you'd be wise to avoid them. I'm some cases these marks reflect a history instead of a present reality, but the undesirable element is still there, lurking just out of sight.
is all I can say. It is truly amazing that anything created on a phone could embody the level of dignity and sophistication required to appear on the cover of the same magazine that featured the "Obama Terrorist Fist Bump" and other cartoons of much hilarity and wit.
"47% of business travelers responded that Wi-Fi was the most important airport amenity, outscoring basic travels needs such as food by nearly 30 percent"
I would argue that the restroom is, and will remain, the second most important amenity for the foreseeable future, particularly since beer is the first.
The "facts" you enumerate (if they are indeed facts) are a function of poor labor protections in Brazil, not conditions necessitated by the production of ethanol. In other words, just because the someone uses a sweat shop to make tennis shoes does not mean tennis shoes must be made in sweat shops.
To me downloadable and rental are two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence.
Actually, the concept was pioneered by the Sega Channel. It had its limits, but was probably my favorite method of game distribution of all time. Large selection, low cost, nearly instant delivery.. what's not to like? It beat the hell out of paying $50 for a game, and then having it rot away in a drawer once you finished, or else selling it back to the store for a fraction of what you paid.
Very few games have high replay value even today (to me). For those that do, renting them first means I'd get to (legally) try before I buy, AND prices will likely be lower a few weeks later, should I decide to actually buy it. I just wish this model would propagate to the PC.
* No disrespect to anyone who lost a loved one here, but it's a non-sequitur to claim that the most-fit would be killed off. If anything, it was either random distribution (SCUD missile hitting barracks), or else those least-fit to survive combat (not good at hiding, or shooting, or whatever).
* The draft is and was not unavoidable. From college, to conscientious objection, to hiding in Canada, there's a whole range of methods and reasons to avoid the draft. I would assume that those who tried and succeeded in avoiding the draft were better survivors than those who tried and failed.
* You're predetermining which traits are useful, and which are not. In the modern world, is it better to have arched feet, or a BS in EE? Both are useful, but I would wager that, on average, the income of people who can dunk a ball is lower than those who can design a microchip. If society collapses, then obviously physical traits gain importance -- it's going to be rough surviving the Thunderdome if you're blind. If society advances, then physical traits become less important -- a consciousness is transferred to silicon probably doesn't have much use for human appendages. (Although we'll probably be able to grow replacement limbs by that time anyway, again thanks to engineers).
Zero impact, maybe not, but it only affect a very narrow range of ages, and so excluded the vast majority of healthy parents with healthy children under 18.
And you're assuming that the majority of draftees were killed, which simply isn't the case. 2.1 Million Americans fought in Vietnam, and 58,000 died. It would be hard to argue that, even if all 2.1M died, it would have affected the population at large (genetically), because most of those people had brothers, sisters, children, etc. Furthermore, the Sole Survivor Policy has long been in place to help ensure entire family lines aren't simply wiped out (although for practical matters, it doesn't cover people with no siblings).
You've obviously never heard of pigeons. (The entire floor in that photo is covered in pigeon droppings, with the chair half buried in stool). Most pigeon nests are filthy, infested with toxins and parasites. Many animals shit where they live, and live in their shit. Dogs don't sleep in their feces, but they eat them.
I'm not justifying the GPs paranoia, but we certainly live in much more sterile conditions than ever before, or any other species that shares this planet. There's just no comparison.
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My GF worked at a bank overseas with all-Japanese (and males) in management and above positions, although technically the facility was on sovereign American soil. Everybody there was salary, and was expected to work overtime and weekends. My GF was one of the few who refused to comply. She got all of her work done within the standard 8-hour workday, and generally outperformed her co-workers. (According to her, anyway.. I didn't work with her, but I haven't known her to be a liar, and she seemed genuinely upset that her hard work was undermined by the fact that she wasn't willing to waste every day staying late for no reason.)
At any rate, that shit doesn't fly in the US -- at least not for very long. The bank was being investigated by the Dept. of Labor for its employment practices by the time she left. I believe they're now shuttering, although probably for reasons more related to the economic downturn.
This is already common practice in many tropical locations with flat roofs (as seen in TFA in the video). The problem is keeping them clean -- mildew grows pretty fast in warm moist climates. Biennial cleaning is necessary at a *bare minimum*, and even then the roof will still be largely covered by the time it's due for cleaning.
In temperate climates, you won't have as much of a net gain because you'll be losing natural heating during the winter.
The living room "simulator" actually seems to give a decent idea of how bright it is -- in any sort of lighting at a distance >100", the image is basically unviewable.
The "source selector" is pretty pointless though.
Does it run on sharks?
I gave my GF an iPhone for Christmas, as a way for me to check it out without getting stuck with it indefinitely (just like her -- hi dear!). Anyway, my existing phone is an HTC Windows Mobile smartphone, and while it has more features, I'd take the iPhone over it any day. There's simply a wide variety of easily accessible apps. None of this searching the web for hours (usually from a desktop, because it's too unweildy to use my phone for extended browsing), only to get "This program was not designed for your version of Windows Mobile". iPhone apps don't crash when I switch to landscape mode. And as a developer, I can submit my app directly to the app store instead of setting up my own shitty website and trying to drive traffic through SEO and purchases through trialware.
Answer: The number of minutes it would take for gravity-powered travel between antipodes, and the angle in degrees which causes a rainbow to appear.
Ah, but how are they to be mimicking the bizarre structure of grammar I am having to become accustomed to?
That group you describe exists, although I've always managed to avoid them. But there are certainly an entirely larger section of tattoo recipients who get them because their fathers had them, or their villages, or even their relatively recently minted gang. Particulary look at the flesh between the thumb and forefinger of otherwise well-heeled and clean-cut women. You may see what appear to be beauty marks, or simple dots, or small religious symbols -- these signs mean the woman are owned, and you'd be wise to avoid them. I'm some cases these marks reflect a history instead of a present reality, but the undesirable element is still there, lurking just out of sight.
is all I can say. It is truly amazing that anything created on a phone could embody the level of dignity and sophistication required to appear on the cover of the same magazine that featured the "Obama Terrorist Fist Bump" and other cartoons of much hilarity and wit.
"47% of business travelers responded that Wi-Fi was the most important airport amenity, outscoring basic travels needs such as food by nearly 30 percent"
I would argue that the restroom is, and will remain, the second most important amenity for the foreseeable future, particularly since beer is the first.
The "facts" you enumerate (if they are indeed facts) are a function of poor labor protections in Brazil, not conditions necessitated by the production of ethanol. In other words, just because the someone uses a sweat shop to make tennis shoes does not mean tennis shoes must be made in sweat shops.
And people call me crazy for snorting my cash.
Every week, he'll just take a stack of a few orders, put disks in them, and mail them out.
Hope he's remitting sales taxes accordingly!
I believe technically any jokes would fall into the category of "toilet humor," by default.
It's the difference between 24k gold teeth, and 24k gold plated teeth. With plastic spinners.
This one goes to 11.
Wrong again. The correct answer is: If you can't keep it in your pants, keep it in the family.
That word, reticent.. I do not think it means what you think it means.
No it won't.EOF
To me downloadable and rental are two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence.
Actually, the concept was pioneered by the Sega Channel. It had its limits, but was probably my favorite method of game distribution of all time. Large selection, low cost, nearly instant delivery.. what's not to like? It beat the hell out of paying $50 for a game, and then having it rot away in a drawer once you finished, or else selling it back to the store for a fraction of what you paid.
Very few games have high replay value even today (to me). For those that do, renting them first means I'd get to (legally) try before I buy, AND prices will likely be lower a few weeks later, should I decide to actually buy it. I just wish this model would propagate to the PC.
* No disrespect to anyone who lost a loved one here, but it's a non-sequitur to claim that the most-fit would be killed off. If anything, it was either random distribution (SCUD missile hitting barracks), or else those least-fit to survive combat (not good at hiding, or shooting, or whatever).
* The draft is and was not unavoidable. From college, to conscientious objection, to hiding in Canada, there's a whole range of methods and reasons to avoid the draft. I would assume that those who tried and succeeded in avoiding the draft were better survivors than those who tried and failed.
* You're predetermining which traits are useful, and which are not. In the modern world, is it better to have arched feet, or a BS in EE? Both are useful, but I would wager that, on average, the income of people who can dunk a ball is lower than those who can design a microchip. If society collapses, then obviously physical traits gain importance -- it's going to be rough surviving the Thunderdome if you're blind. If society advances, then physical traits become less important -- a consciousness is transferred to silicon probably doesn't have much use for human appendages. (Although we'll probably be able to grow replacement limbs by that time anyway, again thanks to engineers).
Zero impact, maybe not, but it only affect a very narrow range of ages, and so excluded the vast majority of healthy parents with healthy children under 18.
And you're assuming that the majority of draftees were killed, which simply isn't the case. 2.1 Million Americans fought in Vietnam, and 58,000 died. It would be hard to argue that, even if all 2.1M died, it would have affected the population at large (genetically), because most of those people had brothers, sisters, children, etc. Furthermore, the Sole Survivor Policy has long been in place to help ensure entire family lines aren't simply wiped out (although for practical matters, it doesn't cover people with no siblings).
Most animals don't foul their own nests either.
You've obviously never heard of pigeons. (The entire floor in that photo is covered in pigeon droppings, with the chair half buried in stool). Most pigeon nests are filthy, infested with toxins and parasites. Many animals shit where they live, and live in their shit. Dogs don't sleep in their feces, but they eat them.
I'm not justifying the GPs paranoia, but we certainly live in much more sterile conditions than ever before, or any other species that shares this planet. There's just no comparison.
the only fun to be had was in diagramming that sentence.
I know it's a cliche that Slashdotters need to get out more, but I believe in this case it's particularly applicable..