I posted this earlier, but typically, they have a clause in the relocation contract that says if you leave within a year you have to pay back all relocation monies. I.e. you won't be able to start job-hunting "immediately". Besides that, you don't want too many "job-hops" on your resume either.
These relocation packages typically include a clause that state; if you leave within a year, either voluntarily or due to termination, they can demand you repay all relocation monies.
I'm in that boat right now, I even have another offer on the table, but I have to wait.
First off, I largely agree with you, but I think you neglect that anything, not just physical violence, can be taken too far.
Case in point, my family moved around a lot and I was in several high schools. In one particular such school, I got targeted by a fairly popular individual that started spreading rumors about me being a "faggot". To this day, I have no idea why. Anyway, with his social network, he pretty much destroyed me socially. If I complained to counselors, I was told to "not let it bother me". If I complained to my parents, I was told I was "too sensitive". Every school day, I had to put up with being called "faggot" and, on several evenings, I was getting obscene phone calls from people who really were gay.
The, one day, it happened....I was walking down the hall and heard someone call me "faggot" just one too many times,....and I reflexively punched him in the face. He went sprawling backwards into a door with a surprised look on his face, then ran to a nearby teacher saying that I hit him for "no reason". Soon after that, I'm in a counselors office with my parents being told that, not only am I "too sensitive", but I have an "anger management problem" as well.
It was at this point I realized that, not only am I targeted, but nobody really cares.
A similar incident would happen a few weeks later, only this time it was the guy I knew to have started the rumor. I took a slightly different approach with him. I grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. Then, I told him the following, "you want to tell everyone I'm a faggot?, fine!, I'm going to march you in front of your friends and THEN! I'm going to kick your ass!".
At that point, he turned into something more animal than human and started pleading with me to let him go.
Ya know what?....I let him go.
He got about 8-9 feet away, turned around, and begged me to never tell anyone what just happened....and I never did....and he never bothered me again (he didn't go running to a teacher either)....and neither did his friends....even the harassing phone calls stopped....but I never did repair the damage to my social status, at least not until we moved again.
I submit that, if I truly had a problem with self control, I would have crushed that guy when I had the chance. All I really wanted, however, was for him to leave me alone, and I got that.
Sadly, high school students can't really hire lawyers to file slander and libel suits.
At least, not when you are "on the go", use the "virtual display goggles" I've seen on occasion. Expensive, perhaps, but will fit in your "satchel" and be relatively protected.
Good for Graef that he realized he was using the wrong tool to fight against what was happening to his wife. However, let's not forget that he has a right to be upset. I wonder if the people who made this video will also show they can be mature and take it down willingly? Somehow, I doubt it.
Believe it or not, there is such a thing as taking a joke too far. There's "edgy" and then there's hackneyed and juvenille. The subject of this video stikes me as high school level male "group think".
At one time, I lived about 8 miles from work and would commute by bike. When you factored in traffic, lights, etc., my commute took about the same time as driving. I would also do a 12 mile loop over my lunch break so a typical day involved 28 miles of riding. Once a week, however, I would ride - again about 8 miles - to an evening group ride that was about 25 or 30 miles. I would discover that, if I did that 8 mile "warm-up" ride to the group ride, I tended to perform better than if I just drove to it. After the group ride was finished, it was about 7.5 miles from there to home.
Needless to say, I was 15-20 lbs lighter than I am today. Right now, I'm looking at a job offer where my office will, one again, be about 8-9 miles from home, only these days I have a mountain bike. Looking forward to it nonetheless.
So, what we really have is one person saying, "it's better than my nVidia 5700" in a non-troll-like manner vs. you saying "you're full of shit" in a...well..toll-like manner.
So, we have two opposing opinions, one with only anecdotal evidence and one with....bupkis.
Why don't you do the "uncritical and accepting" masses on Slashdot a favor and point us to some data we can use?
In fact, maybe you should, otherwise, you might start to look like the one who's "full of shit".
I've been monitoring this thread with some interest. I'm looking to build a new home computer that will run Linux exclusively (most likely Kubuntu). Mostly, it will be my personal workstation but I do plan to install some games - mostly 1st person shooter types. While I don't require "cutting edge", I would like decent performance. Can this chipset handle things like the latest UT or Doom III on Linux?
I mean, I like nVidia, but if Intel is supported out-of-the-box with open source drivers, then that works for me as well.
1) I actually listened to Rush myself for several years
2) My opinions on Rush Limbaugh have no bearing on whether or not I believe you are a "hick", let's not
do the tired and hackneyed "straw man" approach, OK?
3) I'm also a middle to high income engineer, although I've never though of "Walmart-shoppers" as
automatically belonging to a lower class as your statement appears to imply.
4) I don't think Rush is a flaming looney, I think his radio and TV presence is specifically crafted to
generate ratings. He does this by making fun of opposing opinions and personal attacks people who
don't agree with him. This is not a "looney", this is an intellegent, articulate, asshole.
5) I don't watch Fox New, or much TV news at all these days (use the internet), so I have no opinion.
Although, I am aware of the popular opinion of Fox News.
6) Nothing I've stated would so far would give any reasonable person cause to assume that I
think, "Creationist are Idiots". In fact, I have posted to Slashdot in defense of Creationist.
Once again, I would ask that you dispense with the "straw man" attack and remain focused.
7) I am politically independant, (not liking Rush) != (liberal)
Please refrain from making such broad-based assumptions about me that are based upon nothing more than the statement that I don't like Rush Limbaugh.
and, for the record, at one time I listened to Rush every morning and Mike Gallagher every early afternoon. I've even seen Rush's TV show.
From where I sit, his primary method of refuting an opposing point of view is to make fun of it. I can't really respect that, regardless of political orientation.
Funny thing about Rush, when he's being interviewed, he comes across as your basic articulate, intellengent person...which lend's to my opinion that his radio personality is just a fassad. Then again, G. Gordon Liddy gave me the same impression.
It's "assholes with access to microphones" that sell. "Political Radio Shows" these days are to "intelligent discourse" as "Professional Wrestling" is to "Combative Sports". Rush Limbaugh was not popular because of his knowledge of political matters (which he may well have had), he was popular because he made controversial and obviously inflammatory statements on the air. Apparantly, he was better at it than Al Franken.
For another example - intentionally taken from other than the "talk radio" arena to help emphasize my point, "Judge Judy" might be a well qualified judge...or, she might not. The reason she has a TV show, however, is because she's a "bitch on wheels".
Contraversy, imflammatory statements, and being a general cynical asshole might make you popular to the lowest common denominator, but it doesn't make your point of view better or inherently more popular.
Speaking for myself, I've been using Linux for a while now and, these days, it is the primary OS I use on my home desktop computer. Windows is still there, but for legacy programs that I still need and I switch off the internet whenever I start Windows (it's WinME).
If you can give me a Linux distribution that is supported and comes bundled with legal implementations of all the codecs at a reasonable price point, I'll buy it. Throw in something like Cedega for games or Crossover Office for other apps (if I even need it at this point) so I can get rid of my Windows installation entirely and that would be an ideal solution for me.
Proprietary, non-free applications are going to be essential to getting Linux into the mainstream. Software sellers aren't interested in an OS they can't sell software to run on.
The article I linked to actually has links of it's own that go into the level of detail you appear to be looking for. For example...http://www2.physics.umd.edu/%7Eyakovenk/ papers/EPL-69-304-2005.pdf
There is more, I suggest you read in detail if you are truly interested.
I think I know what your referring to, Obi-Wan is saying something to Yoda about Luke being their last hope and Yoda replied, "There is another". I interpereted that as Obi-Wan not realizing that Lea had potential as a Jedi. This would make sense because Obi-Wan was only watching over Luke while Lea was being raised by (I think) Bale Organa
Let me give you a simple test of logic. You presented three options:
1) You're a troll
2) You don't know how a database works
3) You don't know how to read
Using only your innate powers of deduction, which of these three options can you eliminate right now?
My point being that, who's the troll here? The guy who asked about the effectiveness of going through 22 million records only to obtain 322 viable hits? or the guy who decided to take personal shots at the original post?
Well, obviously a database search to limited criteria is cost-effective and non-invasive. Hell, "ploughed through" might have even been a poor choice of words.
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I posted this earlier, but typically, they have a clause in the relocation contract that says if you leave within a year you have to pay back all relocation monies. I.e. you won't be able to start job-hunting "immediately". Besides that, you don't want too many "job-hops" on your resume either.
These relocation packages typically include a clause that state; if you leave within a year, either voluntarily or due to termination, they can demand you repay all relocation monies.
I'm in that boat right now, I even have another offer on the table, but I have to wait.
Too speling korrections poasted....moor two kum i'm shur
no grammer nazi came by later to pick apart the spelling errors.
First off, I largely agree with you, but I think you neglect that anything, not just physical violence, can be taken too far.
Case in point, my family moved around a lot and I was in several high schools. In one particular such school, I got targeted by a fairly popular individual that started spreading rumors about me being a "faggot". To this day, I have no idea why. Anyway, with his social network, he pretty much destroyed me socially. If I complained to counselors, I was told to "not let it bother me". If I complained to my parents, I was told I was "too sensitive". Every school day, I had to put up with being called "faggot" and, on several evenings, I was getting obscene phone calls from people who really were gay.
The, one day, it happened....I was walking down the hall and heard someone call me "faggot" just one too many times,....and I reflexively punched him in the face. He went sprawling backwards into a door with a surprised look on his face, then ran to a nearby teacher saying that I hit him for "no reason". Soon after that, I'm in a counselors office with my parents being told that, not only am I "too sensitive", but I have an "anger management problem" as well.
It was at this point I realized that, not only am I targeted, but nobody really cares.
A similar incident would happen a few weeks later, only this time it was the guy I knew to have started the rumor. I took a slightly different approach with him. I grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. Then, I told him the following, "you want to tell everyone I'm a faggot?, fine!, I'm going to march you in front of your friends and THEN! I'm going to kick your ass!".
At that point, he turned into something more animal than human and started pleading with me to let him go.
Ya know what?....I let him go.
He got about 8-9 feet away, turned around, and begged me to never tell anyone what just happened....and I never did....and he never bothered me again (he didn't go running to a teacher either)....and neither did his friends....even the harassing phone calls stopped....but I never did repair the damage to my social status, at least not until we moved again.
I submit that, if I truly had a problem with self control, I would have crushed that guy when I had the chance. All I really wanted, however, was for him to leave me alone, and I got that.
Sadly, high school students can't really hire lawyers to file slander and libel suits.
At least, not when you are "on the go", use the "virtual display goggles" I've seen on occasion. Expensive, perhaps, but will fit in your "satchel" and be relatively protected.
WRONG + WRONG != RIGHT
but...
WRONG^2 = RIGHT
hmmmmmm
This is what ultimately feeds the legal industry.
To put it in a more Slashdot fashion, "Laws are digital, morality is analog".
Good for Graef that he realized he was using the wrong tool to fight against what was happening to his wife. However, let's not forget that he has a right to be upset. I wonder if the people who made this video will also show they can be mature and take it down willingly? Somehow, I doubt it.
Believe it or not, there is such a thing as taking a joke too far. There's "edgy" and then there's hackneyed and juvenille. The subject of this video stikes me as high school level male "group think".
At one time, I lived about 8 miles from work and would commute by bike. When you factored in traffic, lights, etc., my commute took about the same time as driving. I would also do a 12 mile loop over my lunch break so a typical day involved 28 miles of riding. Once a week, however, I would ride - again about 8 miles - to an evening group ride that was about 25 or 30 miles. I would discover that, if I did that 8 mile "warm-up" ride to the group ride, I tended to perform better than if I just drove to it. After the group ride was finished, it was about 7.5 miles from there to home.
Needless to say, I was 15-20 lbs lighter than I am today. Right now, I'm looking at a job offer where my office will, one again, be about 8-9 miles from home, only these days I have a mountain bike. Looking forward to it nonetheless.
So, what we really have is one person saying, "it's better than my nVidia 5700" in a non-troll-like manner vs. you saying "you're full of shit" in a...well..toll-like manner.
So, we have two opposing opinions, one with only anecdotal evidence and one with....bupkis.
Why don't you do the "uncritical and accepting" masses on Slashdot a favor and point us to some data we can use?
In fact, maybe you should, otherwise, you might start to look like the one who's "full of shit".
I've been monitoring this thread with some interest. I'm looking to build a new home computer that will run Linux exclusively (most likely Kubuntu). Mostly, it will be my personal workstation but I do plan to install some games - mostly 1st person shooter types. While I don't require "cutting edge", I would like decent performance. Can this chipset handle things like the latest UT or Doom III on Linux?
I mean, I like nVidia, but if Intel is supported out-of-the-box with open source drivers, then that works for me as well.
warning patrons of a whore house to be wary of the "loose women"
It's almost, like, surreal...ya know?
1) I actually listened to Rush myself for several years
2) My opinions on Rush Limbaugh have no bearing on whether or not I believe you are a "hick", let's not
do the tired and hackneyed "straw man" approach, OK?
3) I'm also a middle to high income engineer, although I've never though of "Walmart-shoppers" as
automatically belonging to a lower class as your statement appears to imply.
4) I don't think Rush is a flaming looney, I think his radio and TV presence is specifically crafted to
generate ratings. He does this by making fun of opposing opinions and personal attacks people who
don't agree with him. This is not a "looney", this is an intellegent, articulate, asshole.
5) I don't watch Fox New, or much TV news at all these days (use the internet), so I have no opinion.
Although, I am aware of the popular opinion of Fox News.
6) Nothing I've stated would so far would give any reasonable person cause to assume that I
think, "Creationist are Idiots". In fact, I have posted to Slashdot in defense of Creationist.
Once again, I would ask that you dispense with the "straw man" attack and remain focused.
7) I am politically independant, (not liking Rush) != (liberal)
Please refrain from making such broad-based assumptions about me that are based upon nothing more than the statement that I don't like Rush Limbaugh.
Thank You,
and, for the record, at one time I listened to Rush every morning and Mike Gallagher every early afternoon. I've even seen Rush's TV show.
From where I sit, his primary method of refuting an opposing point of view is to make fun of it. I can't really respect that, regardless of political orientation.
Funny thing about Rush, when he's being interviewed, he comes across as your basic articulate, intellengent person...which lend's to my opinion that his radio personality is just a fassad. Then again, G. Gordon Liddy gave me the same impression.
It's "assholes with access to microphones" that sell. "Political Radio Shows" these days are to "intelligent discourse" as "Professional Wrestling" is to "Combative Sports". Rush Limbaugh was not popular because of his knowledge of political matters (which he may well have had), he was popular because he made controversial and obviously inflammatory statements on the air. Apparantly, he was better at it than Al Franken.
For another example - intentionally taken from other than the "talk radio" arena to help emphasize my point, "Judge Judy" might be a well qualified judge...or, she might not. The reason she has a TV show, however, is because she's a "bitch on wheels".
Contraversy, imflammatory statements, and being a general cynical asshole might make you popular to the lowest common denominator, but it doesn't make your point of view better or inherently more popular.
Speaking for myself, I've been using Linux for a while now and, these days, it is the primary OS I use on my home desktop computer. Windows is still there, but for legacy programs that I still need and I switch off the internet whenever I start Windows (it's WinME).
If you can give me a Linux distribution that is supported and comes bundled with legal implementations of all the codecs at a reasonable price point, I'll buy it. Throw in something like Cedega for games or Crossover Office for other apps (if I even need it at this point) so I can get rid of my Windows installation entirely and that would be an ideal solution for me.
Proprietary, non-free applications are going to be essential to getting Linux into the mainstream. Software sellers aren't interested in an OS they can't sell software to run on.
"Hold your wee for a Wii"
Time for a stiffer mainspring
Time to "Spring Forward"...now "Fall Back" SPRING FORWARD! FALL BACK! SPRING FORWARD!...(you get the idea)
Time to switch to brass bells
Time to go from "analog" to "digital"
anyone else care to add?
Isn't this more of an Iron Man thing?...or does it need to fly first?
darn...that didn't come out right at all...
The article I linked to actually has links of it's own that go into the level of detail you appear to be looking for. For example...http://www2.physics.umd.edu/%7Eyakovenk/ papers/EPL-69-304-2005.pdf
There is more, I suggest you read in detail if you are truly interested.
I think you might find this interesting:
http://www.lcurve.org/
If only it was a good as 80-20
I think I know what your referring to, Obi-Wan is saying something to Yoda about Luke being their last hope and Yoda replied, "There is another". I interpereted that as Obi-Wan not realizing that Lea had potential as a Jedi. This would make sense because Obi-Wan was only watching over Luke while Lea was being raised by (I think) Bale Organa
my God, I'm a geek
Let me give you a simple test of logic. You presented three options:
1) You're a troll
2) You don't know how a database works
3) You don't know how to read
Using only your innate powers of deduction, which of these three options can you eliminate right now?
My point being that, who's the troll here? The guy who asked about the effectiveness of going through 22 million records only to obtain 322 viable hits? or the guy who decided to take personal shots at the original post?
Well, obviously a database search to limited criteria is cost-effective and non-invasive. Hell, "ploughed through" might have even been a poor choice of words.
But at least I wasn't a dick about it.