Really? You don't have a vote into whether you have to stay there? Usually, your boss has a vote on it, and you do. You want to leave, your vote overrides his. He wants to fire you, his vote overrides yours.
So a government like Franco's Spain or Mao's China could be considered democratic as long as you had the right to leave your own country or the government could throw you out?
I think you have a different idea about "democracy" than most people.
What makes us think a workplace should be democratic? You don't own the company you work for (unless it's an employee-owned company). It's private property, run by private citizens for the benefit of other private citizens. If you don't like it, go work somewhere else or start your own business, then you can be as big a dick, or as nice a guy, as you want when it comes to hiring.
I'll admit, there is a case where using a click track is important, and that's if you have a sampler synchronized to it to play pre-recorded material that has to line up. You could consider this a form of 'multitrack syncing', if that's what you were referring to. This is quite common in live pop and hip hop concerts.
It's not just "pop and hip-hop". Consider a band like Rush - in their live shows, all three of them are playing instruments (and like nobody else's business!), to a click track, while also kicking off samples and sequences, using pedals and such (pre-programmed key's on Lee's keyboard, V-Pads in Peart's kit, etc.) in real time.
Except for ending slavery, the Nazis, communism, & securing American independence, war has never solved anything.
I'll go along with the sentiment expressed there, with one caveat. In none of those cases (except, arguably, the Revolutionary War and that depends how you define the beginning of the war) did the United States start those wars; it's the other side that initiated the use of force. We have no business starting wars to achieve our political goals, but there are certainly times when retaliation against those who initiate the use of force is appropriate.
No right to privacy in the Constitution? What part of the 9th Amendment do you FAIL to understand?
The 9th Amendment says that we must not rule out the possibility of a right to privacy just because it is not explicitly granted in the Constitution. That doesn't automatically mean there is such a right. That's for the courts and/or Congress to decide.
Howard Stern was amusing 10 years ago, but he is way past his prime. I had a friend who signed up to listen to him, and wanted to cancel by the 2nd show. He canceled his service before the first month was up.
Anecdotal bits of evidence are like opinions and assholes - everybody has one, and they all stink. There is no denying the millions of new subscribers that Sirius picked up from the day they announced his contract, through the first year or so of his show and beyond. Depending on whose figures you listen to, Sirius XM is making anywhere from $25 million to $65 million a month because they have Stern (and $13 a month of that comes from me), well worth the $500 million of his contract (which is for the whole show, production, crew, etc. by the way; it doesn't all go to him).
I'm not saying I'm excited about parents being able to kill their kids' gaming experiences, but the idea of a Big Red Button that turns off your PC might sell well on ThinkGeek etc. I could see myself using it at quitting time, flipping open the clear protective cover, hovering my hand over it as I count "3... 2... 1"...
What amendment changed "government of the people, by the people, for the people" to "government of the politicians, by the politicians, for the corporations.?"
The one they passed that includes the secret clause stating that the Amendment is both copyrighted and patented, and therefore will never be published, announced, or discussed by anyone outside the shadow government.
The title is traditionally applied in two different (and probably more) senses. The first, Engineer, is given to a range of professions requiring a high degree of mathematical, scientific, and a well-rounded academic education, that is (supposed to be) typical of at least a four-year college degree. The second sense, engineer, is to refer to members of a range of vocational trades that branched out of heavy equipment operations, (especially steam-powered equipment) in the nineteenth century. Both of these traditional uses of the term have well-established precedent.
Here's another: my alma mater offered (not sure if they still do, don't think so) an Engineer's Degree. It was a professional-level degree, intended to be parallel to a law or medical degree - three years full-time beyond a B.S., just short of a Ph.D. Getting it didn't mean you were licensed, but you certainly had more education than the rank-and-file B.S. going out into the workplace.
People who live in colder places. Unless if they love freezing to death.
People who live in cold places don't use electricity for heating; they have (at least typically in the US) oil- or gas-fired furnaces and/or boilers. I don't even want to imagine what electric heating would cost in the wintertime, someplace like, say, Long Island.
Well, some of us do it to maintain our quality of life in these wonderful times.
Oh wait, I forgot - this is Slashdot where everyone is a white collar tech worker that makes a six figure salary... right?
I suspect there are a good many/.ers that don't even have the foggiest idea what good old fashioned knuckle-busting back-breaking work feels like. But that's a rant for another day.:)
Yes, and I have a mild case of it. But I've learned that more and more of it is just a lack of my self-control in sitting down to study and stay focused to complete it.
Um, yes. That "lack of self-control" you mention? It's called ADHD. The fact that some people are better at coping with it than others doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
How valuable are these guys when they're busy running their companies into the ground? Given the state of the US auto industry, they should make these guys walk instead of flying.
Its not hard to understand that a benevolent dictator would rather have distractions and sensitive subjects removed from public discourse.
Yes, it is, actually, at least to me. I don't see how "benevolent" and "seeks to suppress truth and freedom" can be reconciled. (Not to mention "dictator", but that was obvious.)
Agreed. There's an old saying that says 'one man's junk is another man's treasure.' And it's 100% true.
Absolutely. It's the very basis for the concept of a market economy. People can trade with each other because they value different things to different degrees. Otherwise, no one would have any incentive to exchange one thing for another.
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But what about the information other people have put out about me?
Depends - is it true?
Really? You don't have a vote into whether you have to stay there? Usually, your boss has a vote on it, and you do. You want to leave, your vote overrides his. He wants to fire you, his vote overrides yours.
So a government like Franco's Spain or Mao's China could be considered democratic as long as you had the right to leave your own country or the government could throw you out?
I think you have a different idea about "democracy" than most people.
What makes us think a workplace should be democratic? You don't own the company you work for (unless it's an employee-owned company). It's private property, run by private citizens for the benefit of other private citizens. If you don't like it, go work somewhere else or start your own business, then you can be as big a dick, or as nice a guy, as you want when it comes to hiring.
I'll admit, there is a case where using a click track is important, and that's if you have a sampler synchronized to it to play pre-recorded material that has to line up. You could consider this a form of 'multitrack syncing', if that's what you were referring to. This is quite common in live pop and hip hop concerts.
It's not just "pop and hip-hop". Consider a band like Rush - in their live shows, all three of them are playing instruments (and like nobody else's business!), to a click track, while also kicking off samples and sequences, using pedals and such (pre-programmed key's on Lee's keyboard, V-Pads in Peart's kit, etc.) in real time.
Except for ending slavery, the Nazis, communism, & securing American independence, war has never solved anything.
I'll go along with the sentiment expressed there, with one caveat. In none of those cases (except, arguably, the Revolutionary War and that depends how you define the beginning of the war) did the United States start those wars; it's the other side that initiated the use of force. We have no business starting wars to achieve our political goals, but there are certainly times when retaliation against those who initiate the use of force is appropriate.
...okay, smack me.
Buy american my ass.
I originally read that as "Buy American ass." Stimulus package for Vegas, maybe?
No right to privacy in the Constitution? What part of the 9th Amendment do you FAIL to understand?
The 9th Amendment says that we must not rule out the possibility of a right to privacy just because it is not explicitly granted in the Constitution. That doesn't automatically mean there is such a right. That's for the courts and/or Congress to decide.
Giving odds for finding a theoretical particle is like giving odds on finding life in the solar system.
Well, not really, since the odds of finding life in the solar system is 100% and has been for quite some time.
Howard Stern was amusing 10 years ago, but he is way past his prime. I had a friend who signed up to listen to him, and wanted to cancel by the 2nd show. He canceled his service before the first month was up.
Anecdotal bits of evidence are like opinions and assholes - everybody has one, and they all stink. There is no denying the millions of new subscribers that Sirius picked up from the day they announced his contract, through the first year or so of his show and beyond. Depending on whose figures you listen to, Sirius XM is making anywhere from $25 million to $65 million a month because they have Stern (and $13 a month of that comes from me), well worth the $500 million of his contract (which is for the whole show, production, crew, etc. by the way; it doesn't all go to him).
I'm not saying I'm excited about parents being able to kill their kids' gaming experiences, but the idea of a Big Red Button that turns off your PC might sell well on ThinkGeek etc. I could see myself using it at quitting time, flipping open the clear protective cover, hovering my hand over it as I count "3... 2... 1"...
Weird Nuts Dally? Good grief, you need to get out more. Too bad you couldn't link to a Rush broadcast while your at it.
Indeed. A broadcast of their 1976 track "Something For Nothing" would be particularly appropriate.
What amendment changed "government of the people, by the people, for the people" to "government of the politicians, by the politicians, for the corporations.?"
The one they passed that includes the secret clause stating that the Amendment is both copyrighted and patented, and therefore will never be published, announced, or discussed by anyone outside the shadow government.
I still have a PC that has a turbo button.
And Yeah, it changes the clock from 4.77Mhz to 10MHz.
It even has a 10MHz coprocessor, lol, with a whopping 4MB of memory.
Man, imagine a Beowulf cluster of those...
The title is traditionally applied in two different (and probably more) senses. The first, Engineer, is given to a range of professions requiring a high degree of mathematical, scientific, and a well-rounded academic education, that is (supposed to be) typical of at least a four-year college degree. The second sense, engineer, is to refer to members of a range of vocational trades that branched out of heavy equipment operations, (especially steam-powered equipment) in the nineteenth century. Both of these traditional uses of the term have well-established precedent.
Here's another: my alma mater offered (not sure if they still do, don't think so) an Engineer's Degree. It was a professional-level degree, intended to be parallel to a law or medical degree - three years full-time beyond a B.S., just short of a Ph.D. Getting it didn't mean you were licensed, but you certainly had more education than the rank-and-file B.S. going out into the workplace.
Hm, maybe not the best example...
Actually of the US auto makers Ford is in the best shape. Unlike Chrysler and GM Ford isn't about to go bankrupt.
That doesn't mean it's exactly in good shape, now, does it?
Or Ford Motor Company hasn't rolled over and died.
Hm, maybe not the best example...
People who live in colder places. Unless if they love freezing to death.
People who live in cold places don't use electricity for heating; they have (at least typically in the US) oil- or gas-fired furnaces and/or boilers. I don't even want to imagine what electric heating would cost in the wintertime, someplace like, say, Long Island.
Well, some of us do it to maintain our quality of life in these wonderful times.
Oh wait, I forgot - this is Slashdot where everyone is a white collar tech worker that makes a six figure salary... right?
I suspect there are a good many /.ers that don't even have the foggiest idea what good old fashioned knuckle-busting back-breaking work feels like. But that's a rant for another day. :)
Bitter much?
Yes, and I have a mild case of it. But I've learned that more and more of it is just a lack of my self-control in sitting down to study and stay focused to complete it.
Um, yes. That "lack of self-control" you mention? It's called ADHD. The fact that some people are better at coping with it than others doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
When somebody is that valuable, it makes sense.
How valuable are these guys when they're busy running their companies into the ground? Given the state of the US auto industry, they should make these guys walk instead of flying.
And it would give the development of powered armor a real shot in the arm, too.
Its not hard to understand that a benevolent dictator would rather have distractions and sensitive subjects removed from public discourse.
Yes, it is, actually, at least to me. I don't see how "benevolent" and "seeks to suppress truth and freedom" can be reconciled. (Not to mention "dictator", but that was obvious.)
Agreed. There's an old saying that says 'one man's junk is another man's treasure.' And it's 100% true.
Absolutely. It's the very basis for the concept of a market economy. People can trade with each other because they value different things to different degrees. Otherwise, no one would have any incentive to exchange one thing for another.
And what about the rest of the government? Is the Ayatollah elected?
But what do I know, you may be a genious instead of a random kidiot.
"genious"? Are you trolling for spelling lames or something?