This is standard. Where I work, they escort you off the premises and over-night your desk-area belongings and books to you. I have seen it several times and everyone knows the policy. It's nothing personal; they just cannot afford to take the risk.
At least your notice might get you a good reference from your ex-boss.
You think the rest of the World drives better than Americans? I know it's quite fashionable to dis Americans these days. Tell me, have you been to Thailand? How about Korea? Hmm, thought not. Driving over there is the closest you can get to suicide without actually putting a gun barrell in your mouth. The Japanese pretty much suck, too. However, since their speed limits are ludicrously slow, they tend not to have as many fatal accidents as you might expect.
Americans may be many things; stupid, fat, and lazy...(yes, I'm an American, too) but they do drive pretty well. This has been my direct obesrvation after 9 years in the far east. --go ahead moderators. I fear no karma.
And not once in all of that did I see an accident that could have been prevented by "evasive high speed".
Hogwash,
High speed and rapid accelration has saved my bacon more than once. I commute on a motorcycle and at least 3 times I have used rapid acceleration to save my life from a brain-dead, latte-drinking cage rider who thought they had more of a right to my lane than I did. Hell, many motorist figure they can do whatever they want to a motorcyclist because they are nimble and quick.....you guys know who you are....
The cable companies will need (or desire) to maintain about the same level of profit they currently enjoy now. If you choose only a handful of channels, rest assured they absolutely WILL increase in price, especially, as the grandparent post mused, if they are popular channels.
I can sell you a bag of rice at $10 a bag or if you prefer a grain-at-a-time for $0.12 a grain. Take your pick.
I tried to find one of those same sets for my children. Unfortunately, they are all small, specialized kits.
My biggest complaint is the eggregiuos (sp?) price. Lego toys are WAY over priced considering they are just simple plastic blocks. If they cut the price, I would make sure the Christmas tree this year had plenty of Legos for my kids.
Increase the pressue of the system to keep it liquid above 100 degrees C. That will work for a while anyway. I don't think that is going to work all the way up to 140 degrees, though.
There will never, ever be a shortage of new recruits in IT. A Billion Chinese and nearly as many Indians will see to this. The only shortage will be IT jobs for educated people who happen to live in developed countries.
Let's be honest, gentlemen. Developer jobs, especially, are getting quite hard to find where I live. We get a lot of calls from head hunters and recruiters each week pleading for openings. All the while we are downsizing our developer staff. We are just beginning to train a staff in India on our product line. The writing is on the wall. If I still have a job with my present company in 18 months, I will be surprised. Yes, we are making money but we can make MORE money if we jettison the developers that gave the company the freaking product in the first place.
I say those legions of students not choosing IT as a career are a pretty perceptive lot. Sure some may be truly passionate about the subject (like most of us aren't?) but they are also passionate about eating with shelter from the elements, too.
Isn't Miscrosoft considering offering future versions of MS Office as a subscription-based service via web clients? I could be wrong but I thought I read that somewhere. If they are, would this not make the software a service and not a product the customer actually owns?
I think the the distinction is murky. Can you make the distinction clearer to me?
That's funny...I have asked several Prius owners what they get as far as mileage. The top answer has been 45MPG so far. Now I suppose it is possible you could eek out a bit more but that might involve highway-only driving at low speeds.
Now my motorcycle gets 55MPG without even trying. Am I a conservationist? No. To most motorists, I'm a moving target and welcome diversion. Most Californians would rather talk about the environment and road congestion problems than use the best alternative to those ills available to us now.
Aircarft use 400Hz systems. The big reason for using such high frequency equipment is converters can be much smaller (and lighter) physically, which is a big deal in aircraft.
I'll go for the "cargo cult" angle. If we see evidence of life on another world, many people will begin to worship them as gods that, no doubt, had some influence on our development.
Your research and the source you have provided has failed you. There is no known way of communicating information faster than light. An observer of the message would have to know the state of a particle at both ends to read it. For vast distances, this is a practical impossibility.
Crystal oscillators use the piezoelectric effect of quartz crystals.....who's fundamental and harmonic freq's are an order of magnitude beyond the vibrations from a mechanical shock. I suppose no osc should ever maintain a lock in a handheld device.....? Think about it.
How did your discussion of chip capacitors get into my thread of conversation.....And who the hell modded this guy a +3?
I have indeed seen it all now. This is absolute, irrefutable proof man as a species is on the decline. Not since tele-evangelism have I experienced more obscene, naked ignorance.
I simply would like to add a point. Another reason we like to go beyond frequency responses of greater than 20 Khz is the fact consumer electronic manufacturers count the range all the way up to the 3db rolloff that you can see on a Bode plot. The greater response keeps the response curve flatter all the way to the 20Khz limit of most hearing.
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This is standard. Where I work, they escort you off the premises and over-night your desk-area belongings and books to you. I have seen it several times and everyone knows the policy. It's nothing personal; they just cannot afford to take the risk.
At least your notice might get you a good reference from your ex-boss.
Hmm....this sounds an awful lot like the Patriot Act. It is amazing what the public will accept in times of (perceived) crisis.
More than my privacy, however, I fear having to pay $0.10 / mile as soon as they figure out how to monitor me.
You suppose my neighbors would object if I install a magnetron in my kitchen for the purposes of irradiating comestibles with RF radiation?
Imagine the outcry. Hell, we'd have to have a city council meeting at the very least.
Psst....Buddy, want to buy a .Sig?
You think the rest of the World drives better than Americans? I know it's quite fashionable to dis Americans these days. Tell me, have you been to Thailand? How about Korea? Hmm, thought not. Driving over there is the closest you can get to suicide without actually putting a gun barrell in your mouth. The Japanese pretty much suck, too. However, since their speed limits are ludicrously slow, they tend not to have as many fatal accidents as you might expect.
Americans may be many things; stupid, fat, and lazy...(yes, I'm an American, too) but they do drive pretty well. This has been my direct obesrvation after 9 years in the far east.
--go ahead moderators. I fear no karma.
And not once in all of that did I see an accident that could have been prevented by "evasive high speed".
Hogwash,
High speed and rapid accelration has saved my bacon more than once. I commute on a motorcycle and at least 3 times I have used rapid acceleration to save my life from a brain-dead, latte-drinking cage rider who thought they had more of a right to my lane than I did. Hell, many motorist figure they can do whatever they want to a motorcyclist because they are nimble and quick.....you guys know who you are....
I apologize. I read that mean prices WOULD decrease. Mea Culpa.
I disagree completely,
The cable companies will need (or desire) to maintain about the same level of profit they currently enjoy now. If you choose only a handful of channels, rest assured they absolutely WILL increase in price, especially, as the grandparent post mused, if they are popular channels.
I can sell you a bag of rice at $10 a bag or if you prefer a grain-at-a-time for $0.12 a grain. Take your pick.
Let's not forget that whole Internet-thingy that DoD came up with....
I tried to find one of those same sets for my children. Unfortunately, they are all small, specialized kits.
My biggest complaint is the eggregiuos (sp?) price. Lego toys are WAY over priced considering they are just simple plastic blocks. If they cut the price, I would make sure the Christmas tree this year had plenty of Legos for my kids.
Increase the pressue of the system to keep it liquid above 100 degrees C. That will work for a while anyway. I don't think that is going to work all the way up to 140 degrees, though.
There will never, ever be a shortage of new recruits in IT. A Billion Chinese and nearly as many Indians will see to this. The only shortage will be IT jobs for educated people who happen to live in developed countries.
Let's be honest, gentlemen. Developer jobs, especially, are getting quite hard to find where I live. We get a lot of calls from head hunters and recruiters each week pleading for openings. All the while we are downsizing our developer staff. We are just beginning to train a staff in India on our product line. The writing is on the wall. If I still have a job with my present company in 18 months, I will be surprised. Yes, we are making money but we can make MORE money if we jettison the developers that gave the company the freaking product in the first place.
I say those legions of students not choosing IT as a career are a pretty perceptive lot. Sure some may be truly passionate about the subject (like most of us aren't?) but they are also passionate about eating with shelter from the elements, too.
Chewbacon,
How do you "set" an app to target a particular core?
You say software is not a service but a product.
Isn't Miscrosoft considering offering future versions of MS Office as a subscription-based service via web clients? I could be wrong but I thought I read that somewhere. If they are, would this not make the software a service and not a product the customer actually owns?
I think the the distinction is murky. Can you make the distinction clearer to me?
That's funny...I have asked several Prius owners what they get as far as mileage. The top answer has been 45MPG so far. Now I suppose it is possible you could eek out a bit more but that might involve highway-only driving at low speeds.
Now my motorcycle gets 55MPG without even trying. Am I a conservationist? No. To most motorists, I'm a moving target and welcome diversion. Most Californians would rather talk about the environment and road congestion problems than use the best alternative to those ills available to us now.
Aircarft use 400Hz systems. The big reason for using such high frequency equipment is converters can be much smaller (and lighter) physically, which is a big deal in aircraft.
That should read (I)^2 * R, not I2R.
I'll go for the "cargo cult" angle. If we see evidence of life on another world, many people will begin to worship them as gods that, no doubt, had some influence on our development.
It would create 12 new religions overnight.
True dat...
Falcon,
Read the entry in Wikipedia on quantum entanglement. It's a fine summary of what I am trying to get at but am too inarticulate to get across.
Enjoy.
Your research and the source you have provided has failed you. There is no known way of communicating information faster than light. An observer of the message would have to know the state of a particle at both ends to read it. For vast distances, this is a practical impossibility.
Sorry.
Quantum entanglement does not imply information transfer faster than light. Do a few searches on the subject.
Crystal oscillators use the piezoelectric effect of quartz crystals.....who's fundamental and harmonic freq's are an order of magnitude beyond the vibrations from a mechanical shock. I suppose no osc should ever maintain a lock in a handheld device.....? Think about it.
How did your discussion of chip capacitors get into my thread of conversation.....And who the hell modded this guy a +3?
Christ Titty Fuck,
I have indeed seen it all now. This is absolute, irrefutable proof man as a species is on the decline. Not since tele-evangelism have I experienced more obscene, naked ignorance.
Your post is correct,
I simply would like to add a point. Another reason we like to go beyond frequency responses of greater than 20 Khz is the fact consumer electronic manufacturers count the range all the way up to the 3db rolloff that you can see on a Bode plot. The greater response keeps the response curve flatter all the way to the 20Khz limit of most hearing.