I've had Sprint since forever, and yeah, the voicemail thing is obnoxious. Don't know why it is this way, since I've run some tests with text messages and other things, and it's practically instantaneous, *except* for voicemail. I dunno why this is, but it is annoying, and potentially costly for me. I don't have any evidence that other services will be any better. Sprint is ok, but coverage is weird, even here in CA....
That is the only way in this market. Sometimes you can get lucky and hit a startup, but you might only have a job for six months. However, I was just informed of a recent event which is very encouraging. My Dad has contacts at various and sundry VC firms, and apparently one VC firm stole an opportunity to invest in a company from another. This has not happened since about 1997 in his memory, which is indeed very encouraging. So, get that network happening, but keep your ear to the ground for startups, they can be a gold mine...
Ummm... How do you get to be under 25 *and* have at least 15 years of experience? Start coding commercial software at age 10? He wants to make software, not polish shell casings...
I had a friend die of bacterial endocarditis. She was 29 years old, and she thought she just had a very bad flu until her left arm went numb. By the time she got to the hospital, she was dead. It's shocking and it happens fast. I saw her a week before and she was fine.
There is something to that. Can't get a source, but I remember reading something by I think a German or perhaps Danish researcher that seems to indicate that the quest to eradicate germs from children's lives has indeed made them more susceptible to infection. It makes sense. Your immune system is kind of like a muscle, in that it needs exercise or it goes flabby.
Yes, but then we can't interrogate the terrorists ourselves. We'd be relying on foreign intelligence to tell us what we want to know. This is, of course, assuming that the current administration has any desire to review intelligence that does not support their predetermined course of action.
This wouldn't be tried in the ICC even if it existed as previously proposed today. The hacker would be extradited to the US, as I'm pretty sure that it's against the law in the UK to hack or attempt to hack government/military networks of any kind. Considering the relationship between the US and the UK, the ICC's prosecutors, even if they existed, would certainly not even consider prosecuting this case.
The ICC is specifically designed to address the 'justice vacuum' created by events such as Rwanda and Yugoslavia. The ICC seeks to address a *new* legal problem, not supplant or replace already existing run-of-the-mill crime that has an international dimension.
This is not to say that the ICC isn't a good idea, it is, and I think the US withdrawal from supporting it is arrogant and base on the desire to protect people like Kissinger from possible prosecution. Remember, the reason the US gives for not supporting the ICC is that they don't want any US citizens or military personnel prosecuted for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Does this mean that in fact the US is admitting that it committed atrocities? No, but clearly we know that it's possible. US actions abroad, even within the last 20 years (I'm thinking specifically about El Salvador, Nicaragua) have certainly been complicit at least, in the commission of what could certainly be viewed by an international body as crimes against humanity, which is specifically what the ICC is designed to address. Extradition between the US and UK is easy. Probably easier than extradition from Canada.
The argument that the US is trying to apply it's laws worldwide can be made, but this is not the case you want to use to prove that point.
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there are still a lot of differences
There are quite a few, which is why I just don't buy Nader's rhetoric about both parties being the same. Republicans, by and large, believe that abortion should be illegal. Democrats, by and large, do not. The Republican party is dominated by a small but vocal minority of people who believe in a literal interpretation of the bible, and believe that the whole separation of church and state thing is a myth.
Those are just a few of the differences. I don't belong to any party, but I don't see how I could ever vote Republican as long as those odious so-called 'Christians' are running the show.
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Hey, in Oakland we got the fancy electronic ones. They're made by Diebold, and they're pretty slick. Unfortunately, I just saw the latest returns, and that asshat Bill Simon was ahead... I swear, Oregon here I come...
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EXCEPT the employment card. Contrary to public opinion, unions are not out to destroy American companies (think: *Why* would they do that? ), or "rip-off" employers. Whole issue with the ILWU (the union) and the PMA (the port owners) was that the PMA was stalling on their contract. The Longshoremen where working for over three months without a contract. As for the automation, the ILWU isn't stupid, they know that they're going to lose some jobs because of automation. They also know that there will be some new jobs created by automation, and they want to make sure that those workers end up getting the bargaining rights, too. The PMA's response to this dispute was to ignore the union, and refuse to budge one inch on the new contract. They struck, not because they were the lazy, overpaid, hand-out happy slobs you make them out to be, but because they had to. You don't get paid when you're on strike. Striking is bad for workers as well as owners.
Indeed. Pitt seems hell-bent on proving that everything people say about him is true. Even the most die-hard Bush supporter has to at least concede that Pitt's SEC is designed to be totally ineffective (it fits the ideology of Cheney, et. al.). Of course, most die-hard Bush supporters probably believe that the SEC should be eliminated anyway, so I guess there's no disconnect there.
So, when was the last time you dug a ditch, slashdot man?
You and Bob Roberts...
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Oliver! Little goof with glasses... The death knell for a failing series: the addition of the WTF? character.
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Hey, Art Therapy does wonders for abused children and children with disabilities like autism and such. Art Therapy is a form of treatment, like Physical Therapy. An Art Therapist is not a 'painter'. Just because something isn't totally technical doesn't mean it's worthless. Becoming an Art Therapist is something you have to go to school for (unlike programming).
If you had a child that could benefit from Art Therapy, you'd change your tune awful fast. Until then, try not bash something as worthless just because it has the word 'Art' in the name.
I'm sure the harpist for the New York Philharmonic makes enough to live comfortably. Are you saying that becoming a musician is worthless as well?
I was one of the so-called 'victims' of the dot-com boom. If it wasn't for that boom, I'd probably still be a bartender like I was right out of school. I fell for some of that spend now, pay leter mentality. I financed a car that I probably shouldn't have, but that's about it.
I have given up on using credit cards. I now only spend money I actually have, and I am determined to never, ever got bogged down in debt.
My dot-com days left me with some stock that is not totally worthless, so I'm taking advantage of the lull by going back to school and getting an MBA. It will help fill in a lot of blanks for me, and it just might make me more employable in the future.
The point is, you can use this time to improve yourself while the economy gets fired back up again.
If he lives in the Bay Area, $50k is probably enough to afford rent, car insurance, and bills. He'll have some spending cash, but no Gucci and Prada for him. How people survive in this area for the salaties they are paid I'll never know.
Please. In Northern California, Disney hardly even registers. California is HUGE, and I seriously doubt that any Rep from the Northern part is going to give much heed to pressure from Disney. Disney may be a big spender, but their influence is hardly state wide.
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I've had Sprint since forever, and yeah, the voicemail thing is obnoxious. Don't know why it is this way, since I've run some tests with text messages and other things, and it's practically instantaneous, *except* for voicemail. I dunno why this is, but it is annoying, and potentially costly for me. I don't have any evidence that other services will be any better. Sprint is ok, but coverage is weird, even here in CA....
Games games games...
Otherwise there would be no need for me to have Windows. I don't want a dual boot system.
One word: Plastics...
That is the only way in this market. Sometimes you can get lucky and hit a startup, but you might only have a job for six months. However, I was just informed of a recent event which is very encouraging. My Dad has contacts at various and sundry VC firms, and apparently one VC firm stole an opportunity to invest in a company from another. This has not happened since about 1997 in his memory, which is indeed very encouraging. So, get that network happening, but keep your ear to the ground for startups, they can be a gold mine...
Ummm... How do you get to be under 25 *and* have at least 15 years of experience? Start coding commercial software at age 10? He wants to make software, not polish shell casings...
I wish they all were. There would be less of them to bother us sensible people
That's cool! She looks like a moon elf!!
The creationist's faith in the healing power of the Holy Spirit (TM) should preclude their using antibiotics altogether.
Oh wait, I forgot. Bible thumpers are only anti-science when it furthers their theocratic agenda.
I had a friend die of bacterial endocarditis. She was 29 years old, and she thought she just had a very bad flu until her left arm went numb. By the time she got to the hospital, she was dead. It's shocking and it happens fast. I saw her a week before and she was fine.
There is something to that. Can't get a source, but I remember reading something by I think a German or perhaps Danish researcher that seems to indicate that the quest to eradicate germs from children's lives has indeed made them more susceptible to infection. It makes sense. Your immune system is kind of like a muscle, in that it needs exercise or it goes flabby.
Yes, but then we can't interrogate the terrorists ourselves. We'd be relying on foreign intelligence to tell us what we want to know. This is, of course, assuming that the current administration has any desire to review intelligence that does not support their predetermined course of action.
This wouldn't be tried in the ICC even if it existed as previously proposed today. The hacker would be extradited to the US, as I'm pretty sure that it's against the law in the UK to hack or attempt to hack government/military networks of any kind. Considering the relationship between the US and the UK, the ICC's prosecutors, even if they existed, would certainly not even consider prosecuting this case.
The ICC is specifically designed to address the 'justice vacuum' created by events such as Rwanda and Yugoslavia. The ICC seeks to address a *new* legal problem, not supplant or replace already existing run-of-the-mill crime that has an international dimension.
This is not to say that the ICC isn't a good idea, it is, and I think the US withdrawal from supporting it is arrogant and base on the desire to protect people like Kissinger from possible prosecution. Remember, the reason the US gives for not supporting the ICC is that they don't want any US citizens or military personnel prosecuted for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Does this mean that in fact the US is admitting that it committed atrocities? No, but clearly we know that it's possible. US actions abroad, even within the last 20 years (I'm thinking specifically about El Salvador, Nicaragua) have certainly been complicit at least, in the commission of what could certainly be viewed by an international body as crimes against humanity, which is specifically what the ICC is designed to address. Extradition between the US and UK is easy. Probably easier than extradition from Canada.
The argument that the US is trying to apply it's laws worldwide can be made, but this is not the case you want to use to prove that point.
there are still a lot of differences
There are quite a few, which is why I just don't buy Nader's rhetoric about both parties being the same. Republicans, by and large, believe that abortion should be illegal. Democrats, by and large, do not. The Republican party is dominated by a small but vocal minority of people who believe in a literal interpretation of the bible, and believe that the whole separation of church and state thing is a myth.
Those are just a few of the differences. I don't belong to any party, but I don't see how I could ever vote Republican as long as those odious so-called 'Christians' are running the show.
Hey, in Oakland we got the fancy electronic ones. They're made by Diebold, and they're pretty slick. Unfortunately, I just saw the latest returns, and that asshat Bill Simon was ahead... I swear, Oregon here I come...
What does Green stand for?
Get
Republicans
Elected
Every
November
Fine then it's the best representative republic that money can buy, cock knocker.
it means that Unions hold -all- the cards.
EXCEPT the employment card. Contrary to public opinion, unions are not out to destroy American companies (think: *Why* would they do that? ), or "rip-off" employers. Whole issue with the ILWU (the union) and the PMA (the port owners) was that the PMA was stalling on their contract. The Longshoremen where working for over three months without a contract. As for the automation, the ILWU isn't stupid, they know that they're going to lose some jobs because of automation. They also know that there will be some new jobs created by automation, and they want to make sure that those workers end up getting the bargaining rights, too. The PMA's response to this dispute was to ignore the union, and refuse to budge one inch on the new contract. They struck, not because they were the lazy, overpaid, hand-out happy slobs you make them out to be, but because they had to. You don't get paid when you're on strike. Striking is bad for workers as well as owners.
Indeed. Pitt seems hell-bent on proving that everything people say about him is true. Even the most die-hard Bush supporter has to at least concede that Pitt's SEC is designed to be totally ineffective (it fits the ideology of Cheney, et. al.). Of course, most die-hard Bush supporters probably believe that the SEC should be eliminated anyway, so I guess there's no disconnect there.
When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby! /I
So, when was the last time you dug a ditch, slashdot man?
You and Bob Roberts...
Oliver! Little goof with glasses... The death knell for a failing series: the addition of the WTF? character.
If you had a child that could benefit from Art Therapy, you'd change your tune awful fast. Until then, try not bash something as worthless just because it has the word 'Art' in the name.
I'm sure the harpist for the New York Philharmonic makes enough to live comfortably. Are you saying that becoming a musician is worthless as well?
I have given up on using credit cards. I now only spend money I actually have, and I am determined to never, ever got bogged down in debt.
My dot-com days left me with some stock that is not totally worthless, so I'm taking advantage of the lull by going back to school and getting an MBA. It will help fill in a lot of blanks for me, and it just might make me more employable in the future.
The point is, you can use this time to improve yourself while the economy gets fired back up again.
If he lives in the Bay Area, $50k is probably enough to afford rent, car insurance, and bills. He'll have some spending cash, but no Gucci and Prada for him. How people survive in this area for the salaties they are paid I'll never know.
A J.D. from where? The Goebbels Institute?
Please. In Northern California, Disney hardly even registers. California is HUGE, and I seriously doubt that any Rep from the Northern part is going to give much heed to pressure from Disney. Disney may be a big spender, but their influence is hardly state wide.