This, of course, assumes that the candidates are fairly evenly matched and it went down to minute detail to figure out who to hire in the end. If you got beat by the big fish, all of the post-interview thank you notes, professional dress, etc won't add up to much.
In the course of my job search, I've only met one or two people that actually stay in touch after the interview (although I wasn't hired) and take an interest in what I've been up to. Their offices are places I would want to work based on that alone. Finding a company that doesn't jerk its applicants around is finding an oasis in the desert these days.
If they truely learned from history, the Justice Department wouldn't allow AT&T to buy up its old subsidiaries that it took years of court battles to cleave apart.
and I'm SURE it wouldn't have anything to do with letting the intelligence agencies have unfettered access to the data flowing through the pipes in exhange for resurrecting Ma Bell with little fanfare.
This illustration changes slightly when executed at the quantum level: while the envelopes were in transit, both slips of paper were actually grey... though some might insist that they were both all possible colors, until they were finally observed.
I've never understood this part of quantum mechanics. The papers in your example didn't magically change color because they weren't being observed. One was always black and one was always white. The uncertainty only comes into play as to which person gets which color slip of paper.
By this logic, my dog can recite the complete works of shakespeare in esparanto.... unless somebody is in listening distance.
You might want to look up "straw man" because I am not saying that "nothing" should be done.
I don't think thats what the GP was getting at. After 9/11, having a bad plan was seen as being better than no plan at all. Nothing would get the bureaucrats in hot water faster than giving even the appearance of doing nothing differently.
The contribution to security from these measures is, at best, marginal, but as long as it makes people feel safe, it makes no real difference. Perception is reality.
Do as they do in other countries. March on Washington. With 5 or 10 million people campled around your capital and the eyes of the world looking on you can reclaim a government of the people by the people.
Millions worldwide marched in protest of the Iraq war, look how effective that was.
A government with superior firepower and a will to use it won't step aside because some people march around with signs and chant. Those that try an armed uprising to affect real change as the founding fathers intended will be marginalized and villified by a compliant media, painted as terrorists and traitors.
As long as there is a steady supply of bread and circus, it will be business as usual. Those in power will see to that.
Are you sure that you really want to end famine and disease? Though it may sound cruel, these kinds of things are necessary. The population is growing quickly already [wikipedia.org] and without those things it would grow faster still. Besides - famine is Nature's way of saying, "Wow, there's too many of you." I'm all for the Bird Flu. Bring it on! I'll even help spread it for the good of the world.
Who wants a kiss?
Good work, the ladies will fall for that one for sure!
We fire employees by examining their visited site history later with monitoring software.
Then , managers visit what looks objectionable or possibly disallowed.
Last time I checked, the Milgram experiment didn't involve guys in trenchcoats threatening to kill you and your entire family if you don't do your "duty".
That is true, but the authority exuded by the "researcher" in the Milgram experiment is similar. The person doing the shocking feels relieved of responsibility and has a figure to point to if things went sour. It's not like they're going down the street shocking people at random of their own volition, they're being told to in the context of a scientific experiment.
With this kind of disconnect, the results of the Milgram experiment weren't very "shocking".
The books are about the power of love vs. the power of hatred (ironic that Christians try to ban these books--they just don't get much of anything, do they?)
In all of the books, Rowling always includes a scene of the characters celebrating Christmas. I've always wondered if she did that to pacify the religious wackos who would seek to ban the book due to "satanic and occult themes". Point to the Christmas part of the book and say "How can they be worshipping the devil if they're exchanging gifts and opening crackers?".
but I would like to take the opportunity to point out that this Sheldon Cohen is not the same as the former IRS tax commissioner who wrote the tax code in '78 and is the author of the famous and controversial book on the insight into the IRS's inner chamber members that so many of us are familiar with.
Sorry man, I think you're the only one who blurted out "OMG, thisSheldonCohenisnotthesameastheformerIRStaxcommi ssionerwhowrotethetaxcodein78andistheauthorofthefa mousandcontroversialbook!" upon seeing this story.
Does Jury Nullification have any real standing in law other than the concept being used to describe jurors disregarding the law, evidence, and judge's instructions?
When I was a kid, there was a Walt Disney movie about a car nut who baby cries sounded like a car horn, crashes the classroom car simulator, and finds love in the back seat of the car.
Times like this I wish Slashdot had a +1 - Batshit insane Disney reference moderation.
"Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having. 'Dammit Otto, you're an alcoholic.' 'Dammit Otto, you have Lupus'. One of these just doesn't sound right".
The article reminded me of this story from years ago about Columbian drug cartels having an actual IT staff to keep its organization running.
The most remarkable part of that article was the IBM mainframe they'd have datamining phone switch info, cross-referencing it with known numbers of government agents in order to ferret out rats.
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This, of course, assumes that the candidates are fairly evenly matched and it went down to minute detail to figure out who to hire in the end. If you got beat by the big fish, all of the post-interview thank you notes, professional dress, etc won't add up to much.
In the course of my job search, I've only met one or two people that actually stay in touch after the interview (although I wasn't hired) and take an interest in what I've been up to. Their offices are places I would want to work based on that alone. Finding a company that doesn't jerk its applicants around is finding an oasis in the desert these days.
Didn't you hear? Big is the new small.
Think different!
C'mon congress, learn from history.
If they truely learned from history, the Justice Department wouldn't allow AT&T to buy up its old subsidiaries that it took years of court battles to cleave apart.
and I'm SURE it wouldn't have anything to do with letting the intelligence agencies have unfettered access to the data flowing through the pipes in exhange for resurrecting Ma Bell with little fanfare.
This illustration changes slightly when executed at the quantum level: while the envelopes were in transit, both slips of paper were actually grey... though some might insist that they were both all possible colors, until they were finally observed.
I've never understood this part of quantum mechanics. The papers in your example didn't magically change color because they weren't being observed. One was always black and one was always white. The uncertainty only comes into play as to which person gets which color slip of paper.
By this logic, my dog can recite the complete works of shakespeare in esparanto.... unless somebody is in listening distance.
You might want to look up "straw man" because I am not saying that "nothing" should be done.
I don't think thats what the GP was getting at. After 9/11, having a bad plan was seen as being better than no plan at all. Nothing would get the bureaucrats in hot water faster than giving even the appearance of doing nothing differently.
The contribution to security from these measures is, at best, marginal, but as long as it makes people feel safe, it makes no real difference. Perception is reality.
"e-learning 2.0"? Is this a subset of Web 2.0?
This is where one can leverage their synergies to create new paradigms while using colored parachutes to find out who moved their cheese.
Do as they do in other countries. March on Washington. With 5 or 10 million people campled around your capital and the eyes of the
world looking on you can reclaim a government of the people by the people.
Millions worldwide marched in protest of the Iraq war, look how effective that was.
A government with superior firepower and a will to use it won't step aside because some people march around with signs and chant. Those that try an armed uprising to affect real change as the founding fathers intended will be marginalized and villified by a compliant media, painted as terrorists and traitors.
As long as there is a steady supply of bread and circus, it will be business as usual. Those in power will see to that.
"We didn't land on Radio Shack. Radio Shack landed on US!"
- Malcolm Xbot, 2087
Are you sure that you really want to end famine and disease? Though it may sound cruel, these kinds of things are necessary. The population is growing quickly already [wikipedia.org] and without those things it would grow faster still. Besides - famine is Nature's way of saying, "Wow, there's too many of you." I'm all for the Bird Flu. Bring it on! I'll even help spread it for the good of the world.
Who wants a kiss?
Good work, the ladies will fall for that one for sure!
We fire employees by examining their visited site history later with monitoring software.
Then , managers visit what looks objectionable or possibly disallowed.
Sounds productive to me, carry on!
Last time I checked, the Milgram experiment didn't involve guys in trenchcoats threatening to kill you and your entire family if you don't do your "duty".
That is true, but the authority exuded by the "researcher" in the Milgram experiment is similar. The person doing the shocking feels relieved of responsibility and has a figure to point to if things went sour. It's not like they're going down the street shocking people at random of their own volition, they're being told to in the context of a scientific experiment.
With this kind of disconnect, the results of the Milgram experiment weren't very "shocking".
No need to loose your temper.
The books are about the power of love vs. the power of hatred (ironic that Christians try to ban these books--they just don't get much of anything, do they?)
In all of the books, Rowling always includes a scene of the characters celebrating Christmas. I've always wondered if she did that to pacify the religious wackos who would seek to ban the book due to "satanic and occult themes". Point to the Christmas part of the book and say "How can they be worshipping the devil if they're exchanging gifts and opening crackers?".
and owls hunt Uncle Vernon into the sea.
O RLY?
but I would like to take the opportunity to point out that this Sheldon Cohen is not the same as the former IRS tax commissioner who wrote the tax code in '78 and is the author of the famous and controversial book on the insight into the IRS's inner chamber members that so many of us are familiar with.
i ssionerwhowrotethetaxcodein78andistheauthorofthefa mousandcontroversialbook!" upon seeing this story.
Sorry man, I think you're the only one who blurted out "OMG, thisSheldonCohenisnotthesameastheformerIRStaxcomm
Coming soon to a landfill near you!
Does Jury Nullification have any real standing in law other than the concept being used to describe jurors disregarding the law, evidence, and judge's instructions?
When I was a kid, there was a Walt Disney movie about a car nut who baby cries sounded like a car horn, crashes the classroom car simulator, and finds love in the back seat of the car.
Times like this I wish Slashdot had a +1 - Batshit insane Disney reference moderation.
"Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having. 'Dammit Otto, you're an alcoholic.' 'Dammit Otto, you have Lupus'. One of these just doesn't sound right".
- Mitch Hedberg
When I have to thumb through hard paper manuals to get info, it makes me feel sad, aggrivated and annoyed.
/motions to leather couch, scribbles furiously on notepad
Hmmm, interesting, how long have you had these feelings? What does this inkblot look like?
Then you'd better get a move on to the planning office in Alpha Centauri where the plans are on display.*
* - Disclaimer: Not responsible for leopard attacks.
like its a gift to net-abusers like spammers, child porners, etc.
Damn straight it is. With the holidays approaching, do you know how hard it is to buy for those guys?
The article reminded me of this story from years ago about Columbian drug cartels having an actual IT staff to keep its organization running.
The most remarkable part of that article was the IBM mainframe they'd have datamining phone switch info, cross-referencing it with known numbers of government agents in order to ferret out rats.
Wow, looks like somebody at that group read the BOFH stories before drafting these guidelines...
Perhaps you dont have metal coat hangers in the US who knows.
Actually, wire hangers were banned in the US per the Joan Collins Act of 1967.