Similarly, I can claim Greek citizenship if I wanted to move there, simply because I'm of Greek ancestry, but a "non-ethnically-Greek" immigrant can't. Basically the European version of Israel's "law of return".
I'm assuming that you simply haven't bothered to check the facts, rather than appear to be grinding away at an axe.
If you cannot claim Greek ancestry, then you may apply for Greek citizenship after being a Greek resident for 10 years within the previous 12. The usual restrictions apply, such as not being convicted of a serious crime, but the final say lies with the Ministry of the Interior, since the granting of the citizenship is a prerogative of the Hellenic Republic.
Civil Disobedience. Umm, be more specific. You mean not paying parking fines, or terrorism?
Bond/Repo Men/Private investigators. Oh boo-hoo. These people need this to do their job? I think not. They've existed pretty well until now. Not a reason to introduce this.
Complaing to people in power without revealing identity or giving off the "CALLER ID BLOCKED" message. How is this legitimate? If you're going to complain, SAY SO. Symptomatic of a society where no-one takes responsibility.
Getting around hairy social or legal situations in an ethical manner. Remember, legal does not equal correct. Illegal does not equal incorrect. How is lying "ethical"? If you have a social or legal situation - meet it head on, not get around it. Grow up and get a spine. Don't hide behind anonymity.
Road warriors "spoofing" their work phone numbers and not their cell numbers. I have two lines on my phone. One paid by my employer, and out of hours it goes to voicemail. Hardly legitimate, and entirely lazy to spoof caller ID in this case.
... but its gonna give us at least a week or two of 20+ sec hold times.
Wow, if recalling hardware gets hold times as low as 20 seconds we should arrange for more recalls. There's only so long one can listen to Girl From Ipanema while your laptop fumes.
I'm married, and my wife and I have no intention of having children. We're now entering the stage of life where it's too late to have kids, so I doubt we'll ever reproduce. Sorry, LK, but "Married couples have children,..." is no argument. Try "Many married couples have children" and avoid pigeon-holing us heteros as much as you love pigeon-holing non-heteros.
"Marriage" means a joining, as does "wedding". It's usually applied to man-woman matrimonial ceremoneis, but not exclusively.
Will someone refresh my memory and tell me which book this was? It's about 15-20 years since I read any books featuring Daneel, and rather than add them all to my ever-increasing list of books-I-have-to-read-real-soon I'd rather go for this one first.
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This can frustrate both ends, as the programmer thinks the stuff sucks, but keeps quiet because that's how it's done in his culture
I've been a programming grunt before, and more often than not I've raised issues with the spec and been told to "shut the fuck up" or even "that's nothing to do with you, just do as you're told". Hardly a cultural thing, unless you deem "management" to be a culture. Dilbert strikes home all over the globe, not just outside Asia.
and the boss is upset because the stuff comes back just like he said it, but it sucks.
I couldn't possibly comment on the state of education in the U.S. as I don't live there.
But I don't need to live there to know population figures and internet usage (or even computing degree passes), so exercise your own educated mind, and go look up the figures for yourself - even the population ones would be a start. Change that "Perhaps" into an "Of course":)
Wow, there are 1 to 2 billion people with high-level educations in computers in the U.S.? Cool.
Seriously though, there are about the same number of people in Europe as in the U.S. There are also about the same number of people with high-level educations in computers in Europe as in the U.S. Now add to this mix India, Japan, Australasia, South America, even Africa. The odds are that a non-American would win it, if you're only statistically speaking of course.
Computer voice recognition works in a similar fashion. The computer waits for a keyword or trigger before it accepts input directed at it. So you would say, "Computer, kill the bastard". Saying the keyword "Computer" alerts the computer that this is an istruction that is directed at it rather just some background noise or other conversation that it is not expected to act upon.
So last night, dude, it was awesome. I was like, all over the other guys in Quake, it was bitching. I got myself a really fast computer - Kill The Bastard (FX: BLAM BLAM BLAM) I was shouting all the time, and... dude? Dude - are you OK?...
I'm not sure about "octopus" though. Is the plural form "octopuses" or "octopi"? I know I've heard (non-techie) people pluralize it as "octopi" so that plural form must be at least semi-legit.
I think technically it may be octopodes, but I didn't study ancient Greek. The common usage in these here parts is octopuses, but if you don't want to embarrass yourself in the local pet shop when buying two of them then try this:
You: Can I buy an octopus please? Shopkeeper: Will that be all, sir? You: Hmm, better give me another to keep it company.
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Indeedy.
Everything follows the laws of the universe. When we see stuff that appears not to, then we've mis-understood the laws of the universe.
We kid ourselves to think we know more than we do.
Why does everyone have it in for the librarians?
...)
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I think the word "necessarily" was missing.
:-)
I am tempted to stray from the topic and list things Americans are not free to do
Similarly, I can claim Greek citizenship if I wanted to move there, simply because I'm of Greek ancestry, but a "non-ethnically-Greek" immigrant can't. Basically the European version of Israel's "law of return".
I'm assuming that you simply haven't bothered to check the facts, rather than appear to be grinding away at an axe.
If you cannot claim Greek ancestry, then you may apply for Greek citizenship after being a Greek resident for 10 years within the previous 12. The usual restrictions apply, such as not being convicted of a serious crime, but the final say lies with the Ministry of the Interior, since the granting of the citizenship is a prerogative of the Hellenic Republic.
Well considering that Apple has revenue that that is 10,000 times more than my revenue, that makes them a mega corp...
only if you = 100 corps
So if I say that I know you're a paedophile, then I'm not lying, bacause no-one actually asked me if you were or not?
Telling lies is not simply giving false answers to queries.
Saying something that is false, is lying.
Giving a false phone number in order to mislead, is unethical.
None of these reasons is legitimate
Civil Disobedience.
Umm, be more specific. You mean not paying parking fines, or terrorism?
Bond/Repo Men/Private investigators.
Oh boo-hoo. These people need this to do their job? I think not. They've existed pretty well until now. Not a reason to introduce this.
Complaing to people in power without revealing identity or giving off the "CALLER ID BLOCKED" message.
How is this legitimate? If you're going to complain, SAY SO. Symptomatic of a society where no-one takes responsibility.
Getting around hairy social or legal situations in an ethical manner. Remember, legal does not equal correct. Illegal does not equal incorrect.
How is lying "ethical"? If you have a social or legal situation - meet it head on, not get around it. Grow up and get a spine. Don't hide behind anonymity.
Road warriors "spoofing" their work phone numbers and not their cell numbers.
I have two lines on my phone. One paid by my employer, and out of hours it goes to voicemail. Hardly legitimate, and entirely lazy to spoof caller ID in this case.
... but its gonna give us at least a week or two of 20+ sec hold times.
Wow, if recalling hardware gets hold times as low as 20 seconds we should arrange for more recalls. There's only so long one can listen to Girl From Ipanema while your laptop fumes.
Perhaps the UK does indeed attract many of the most influential scientists in the world.
Or maybe the UK slant is simply a table-turning on the usual "We said the world but we meant the USA. Same thing anyway".
Either way, chill dude.
Odd. All the ones I know call them "rooters". Here, let me ask the hundred or so I can contact over the next few minutes.
...
#I get my kicks
#On rowt sixty-six
"Please do not download this trailer again"
Is that like the capital of London, or the capital of Paris?
"Married couples have children,..."
Homosexuals can adopt children...
I'm married, and my wife and I have no intention of having children. We're now entering the stage of life where it's too late to have kids, so I doubt we'll ever reproduce. Sorry, LK, but "Married couples have children,..." is no argument. Try "Many married couples have children" and avoid pigeon-holing us heteros as much as you love pigeon-holing non-heteros.
"Marriage" means a joining, as does "wedding". It's usually applied to man-woman matrimonial ceremoneis, but not exclusively.
Will someone refresh my memory and tell me which book this was? It's about 15-20 years since I read any books featuring Daneel, and rather than add them all to my ever-increasing list of books-I-have-to-read-real-soon I'd rather go for this one first.
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Just get everyone to remember the IP address of all sites they are ever likely to visit.
Roll on IPv6!
This can frustrate both ends, as the programmer thinks the stuff sucks, but keeps quiet because that's how it's done in his culture
I've been a programming grunt before, and more often than not I've raised issues with the spec and been told to "shut the fuck up" or even "that's nothing to do with you, just do as you're told". Hardly a cultural thing, unless you deem "management" to be a culture. Dilbert strikes home all over the globe, not just outside Asia.
and the boss is upset because the stuff comes back just like he said it, but it sucks.
Man, who's fault is that? Gotta be the boss.
Gr
I couldn't possibly comment on the state of education in the U.S. as I don't live there.
:)
But I don't need to live there to know population figures and internet usage (or even computing degree passes), so exercise your own educated mind, and go look up the figures for yourself - even the population ones would be a start. Change that "Perhaps" into an "Of course"
Wow, there are 1 to 2 billion people with high-level educations in computers in the U.S.? Cool.
Seriously though, there are about the same number of people in Europe as in the U.S. There are also about the same number of people with high-level educations in computers in Europe as in the U.S. Now add to this mix India, Japan, Australasia, South America, even Africa. The odds are that a non-American would win it, if you're only statistically speaking of course.
No matter how big the movie budget, the graphics are always better on radio.
Call in Hans Blix immediately!
No, I have 8 fingers like most other people. ...
I also have two thumbs
Computer voice recognition works in a similar fashion. The computer waits for a keyword or trigger before it accepts input directed at it. So you would say, "Computer, kill the bastard". Saying the keyword "Computer" alerts the computer that this is an istruction that is directed at it rather just some background noise or other conversation that it is not expected to act upon.
... dude? Dude - are you OK? ...
So last night, dude, it was awesome. I was like, all over the other guys in Quake, it was bitching. I got myself a really fast computer - Kill The Bastard (FX: BLAM BLAM BLAM) I was shouting all the time, and
Tom Baker just let slip live on BBC TV here that Eddie Izzard is to be the new Doctor Who.
Woo!
I'm not sure about "octopus" though. Is the plural form "octopuses" or "octopi"? I know I've heard (non-techie) people pluralize it as "octopi" so that plural form must be at least semi-legit.
I think technically it may be octopodes, but I didn't study ancient Greek. The common usage in these here parts is octopuses, but if you don't want to embarrass yourself in the local pet shop when buying two of them then try this:
You: Can I buy an octopus please?
Shopkeeper: Will that be all, sir?
You: Hmm, better give me another to keep it company.
Gr
Canada has no Bill of Rights. Their equivalent of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" is "Peace, Order, and Good Government."
Anyone with half a brain can tell these are not the same thing.
Canada gets a lot of things right, but they also get some very critical things wrong.
Well maybe when you get half a brain cell you'll notice that Canada HAS a Bill of Rights: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-12.3/