Given how most Slashdotters have surely been on the receiving end of a bully at some point in their lives (myself included), I'll bet they'd gladly trade an asskicking delivered by the school thug for a bunch of idiots talking smack on Myspace.
When you apply for many jobs they ASK you how much salary you expect. That is a negotiation right there.
That should not be confused with negotiation. They are simply asking your price to see if you are affordable enough to bother with in the first place.
Like it or not, the GP is absolutely right. Pretending that the employer/employee relationship is anything approaching equal is laughable at best. Most employers could put out an ad on monster or dice and get more resumes than they know what to do with in a matter of hours. People who will gladly do the job, no questions asked. Whether they're right for the job is another story altogether, but once the employee has that kind of opportunity at their fingertips, then the relationship is a little more equitable.
Unless you have a rockstar skillset or the company by the balls, you're at their mercy.
This is known in the proxy industry as shadow voting. In ballot issues considered to be routine, unvoted shares will be proportionally voted in the same manner as the majority of returned votes.
I think the parent is confusing stun guns with Tazers. Stun guns also deliver an electric shock like the Tazer does, but you have to get right up and close to use it. With the Tazer, it shoots out barbed darts that penetrate the skin and deliver the shock. No need to get too close, iirc, you can hit a target from up to 15 feet away.
This hypothetical faraday long underwear would need Kevlar fibers to make it puncture-resistant.
Not true. Ever watched the show It Takes a Thief? They broke into so many people's homes [with permission] with 'family dogs.' The animals were so use to people, they just wagged their tail after being pet, or he'd quickly find them a treat in the fridge.
I've seen this show several times and might have seen the very episode that you're referring to. I don't think the burglar would have gotten away with much if it were a protective & territorial german shepherd instead of a sweetly dumb golden retriever.
Anyway, I never liked the 2nd half of the program where they'd have the same guy try to break in after putting in their beefed-up security from the first break-in. I'd love to see a real professional burglar who could neutralize all of those fancy new countermeasures and waltz out with whatever he wanted.
Even if you do manage to get a picture of someone in the act, I doubt that the police are going to put out an APB with the snapshot that your system took. At best, if you know who is doing this in your neighborhood, you can help build a case against them. If it isn't, they're not going to play CSI with the pics from your security system and will focus on violent crimes and/or revenue-producing law enforcement opportunities.
On the plus side, the presence of such a system could scare off the less motivated crooks. YMMV.
In a few TZ episodes, you can see where sponsors logos were blotted out. I can't find the site at the moment, but they had stills of the credits from the original airing versus the credits with the logos blotted out in syndication. I believe "Black Leather Jackets" was the episode where it was really noticable in the end credits with a big black bar.
It would be interesting to get a hold of Carlin's drivers license to see if he really did pledge the only two parts he said he would give out during that bit: his rectum and his anus.
I've never met anyone who had a problem with MST3K on that level.
This isn't to say that MST3K didn't run into this in the post-Joel years. I remember Joe Don Baker took great offense to the jokes leveled at him during "Mitchell".
However, in my house we practice this apparently rare thing called, 'mutual respect' whereby he doesn't do such things, and I don't invade his privacy.
There's no more time for that! The TV tells me that the internet is trying to fuck my children!
I'm boggled by what you've just written. When employment threads come up on Slashdot, you get countless posts from people who have so much trouble finding IT/CS-related jobs or that their jobs are at constant peril of outsourcing or replacement by cheaper entry-level kids or interns. An employer can put an ad out on Monster or Dice and get more resumes then they know what to do with in a matter of hours; people who would be thrilled to take the job, especially during economic down times, no questions asked.
Given a willing pool of applicants who would love to jump into their place if they screw up, how can such high absenteeism and grating demands that the workplace fashion itself into a dot-bomb cliche be tolerated for long? Unless they have such rockstar skillsets or the company by the balls, I can't think of any place that wouldn't have sent them packing months ago.
I know I'm getting all these advertisments for night clubs and bars sent to my home. Then my wife starts asking me all these questions about where I'm going. not cool.
I wonder if they do that at Cafe Royale too...
I've driven past the Donkey for years wondering when Dreamworks is going to sue them to hell and back especially after the sucess of Shrek:
Slashdot Mirror
It won't work if you don't put in the crystals.
Hear, hear!
Given how most Slashdotters have surely been on the receiving end of a bully at some point in their lives (myself included), I'll bet they'd gladly trade an asskicking delivered by the school thug for a bunch of idiots talking smack on Myspace.
but our founding fathers were brilliant men who cared deeply for human freedom
Once you get past that whole "slavery" thing, they really did care deeply for human freedom!
You cannot tell me that you don't enjoy summoning the wwwizzzzard for hours on end.
Of course, but at least I wash my hands afterward.
When you apply for many jobs they ASK you how much salary you expect. That is a negotiation right there.
That should not be confused with negotiation. They are simply asking your price to see if you are affordable enough to bother with in the first place.
Like it or not, the GP is absolutely right. Pretending that the employer/employee relationship is anything approaching equal is laughable at best. Most employers could put out an ad on monster or dice and get more resumes than they know what to do with in a matter of hours. People who will gladly do the job, no questions asked. Whether they're right for the job is another story altogether, but once the employee has that kind of opportunity at their fingertips, then the relationship is a little more equitable.
Unless you have a rockstar skillset or the company by the balls, you're at their mercy.
Actually, slashcode supports an Enterprise-style auto-destruct sequence. Talk into your mouse and try it out.
This is known in the proxy industry as shadow voting. In ballot issues considered to be routine, unvoted shares will be proportionally voted in the same manner as the majority of returned votes.
I think the parent is confusing stun guns with Tazers. Stun guns also deliver an electric shock like the Tazer does, but you have to get right up and close to use it. With the Tazer, it shoots out barbed darts that penetrate the skin and deliver the shock. No need to get too close, iirc, you can hit a target from up to 15 feet away.
This hypothetical faraday long underwear would need Kevlar fibers to make it puncture-resistant.
Not true. Ever watched the show It Takes a Thief? They broke into so many people's homes [with permission] with 'family dogs.' The animals were so use to people, they just wagged their tail after being pet, or he'd quickly find them a treat in the fridge.
I've seen this show several times and might have seen the very episode that you're referring to. I don't think the burglar would have gotten away with much if it were a protective & territorial german shepherd instead of a sweetly dumb golden retriever.
Anyway, I never liked the 2nd half of the program where they'd have the same guy try to break in after putting in their beefed-up security from the first break-in. I'd love to see a real professional burglar who could neutralize all of those fancy new countermeasures and waltz out with whatever he wanted.
Even if you do manage to get a picture of someone in the act, I doubt that the police are going to put out an APB with the snapshot that your system took. At best, if you know who is doing this in your neighborhood, you can help build a case against them. If it isn't, they're not going to play CSI with the pics from your security system and will focus on violent crimes and/or revenue-producing law enforcement opportunities.
On the plus side, the presence of such a system could scare off the less motivated crooks. YMMV.
In a few TZ episodes, you can see where sponsors logos were blotted out. I can't find the site at the moment, but they had stills of the credits from the original airing versus the credits with the logos blotted out in syndication. I believe "Black Leather Jackets" was the episode where it was really noticable in the end credits with a big black bar.
I don't question the money my doctor will make when he sticks needles in my eye tomorrow.
Aren't you taking the whole "cross my heart, hope to die" thing a little too far?
It would be interesting to get a hold of Carlin's drivers license to see if he really did pledge the only two parts he said he would give out during that bit: his rectum and his anus.
Put away the oxygen, Don, this man's a DONOR!
I hope wherever he's gone, it's full of stars.
He died and went to Hollywood?
Would a campaign slogan consisting of "One of us! One of us! One of us!" reach its target market of voters effectively?
I also voted twice in this primary.
Diebold strikes again!
It's good that my humanities degree is finally coming to use.
Next question...
Do you want fries with that?
I'd mod you up, but somebody beat me to it. Besides, I hear you can trade Slashdot mod points for Levis Jeans over there.
I've never met anyone who had a problem with MST3K on that level.
This isn't to say that MST3K didn't run into this in the post-Joel years. I remember Joe Don Baker took great offense to the jokes leveled at him during "Mitchell".
Here's the cached article: Has E.T. Made A Call?
Well, it would explain why my Speak-n-spell was taken apart...
However, in my house we practice this apparently rare thing called, 'mutual respect' whereby he doesn't do such things, and I don't invade his privacy.
There's no more time for that! The TV tells me that the internet is trying to fuck my children!
I promise a petrified Natalie Portman in every home and hot grits down all pants!
I'm boggled by what you've just written. When employment threads come up on Slashdot, you get countless posts from people who have so much trouble finding IT/CS-related jobs or that their jobs are at constant peril of outsourcing or replacement by cheaper entry-level kids or interns. An employer can put an ad out on Monster or Dice and get more resumes then they know what to do with in a matter of hours; people who would be thrilled to take the job, especially during economic down times, no questions asked.
Given a willing pool of applicants who would love to jump into their place if they screw up, how can such high absenteeism and grating demands that the workplace fashion itself into a dot-bomb cliche be tolerated for long? Unless they have such rockstar skillsets or the company by the balls, I can't think of any place that wouldn't have sent them packing months ago.
I know I'm getting all these advertisments for night clubs and bars sent to my home. Then my wife starts asking me all these questions about where I'm going. not cool.
I wonder if they do that at Cafe Royale too...
I've driven past the Donkey for years wondering when Dreamworks is going to sue them to hell and back especially after the sucess of Shrek:
The Crazy Donkey logo
vs
The donkey character from Shrek
She's also a devout Southern Baptist. So much for stereotypes, huh?
Not only that, but a Slashdotter with a wife? It's a two for one stereotype busting bargain!