Not that I'm defending the currently screwed-up copyright system, but Hasbro *does* have officially-licensed online versions of Scrabble, according to a different version of this story I read.
Very possibly true, I certainly can't personally vouch for what some of the countries in Europe do. But the point, of course, was that Resumes and CVs in many if not most countries, are specifically very different things.
I'd never even heard of a CV in the US until I had more friends in academic circles, where they are seemingly much more common.
Despite what Wikipedia (currently) says, a CV and a Resume are not the same thing at all.
The primary differences between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV) are the length, what is included and what each is used for. A resume is a one or two page summary of your skills, experience and education. While a resume is brief and concise - no more than a page or two, a Curriculum Vitae is a longer (at least two page) and more detailed synopsis.
A Curriculum Vitae includes a summary of your educational and academic backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors, affiliations and other details. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, employers expect to receive a curriculum vitae.
In the United States, a curriculum vitae is used primarily when applying for academic, education, scientific or research positions. It is also applicable when applying for fellowships or grants.
Here's my theory about audiophiles obsessed with vinyl. They're like guys who think that if they store a woman properly and only have sex with her very carefully, she won't lose her virginity.
Me, I like my music like I like my women: sturdy, affordable, and able to hold up to repetitive playing.
Also, hasn't Linus expressly maintained that he has no problem with what Tivo does? I'd swear I remember reading something about his objections to the whole Anti-Tivo portions of the GPL3.
I haven't attended any Women Studies courses, but I have friends in my classes who have. I know no rabid feminists outside those classes, and very few normal girls in those classes. Oh, and no guys either. On gay guy allegedly enrolled in one of those classes, but then dropped out. Go figure.
While attending film school, Joss Whedon's biggest concentration was gender studies and feminism.
It's a question of comparing how much money they can make from one fraudulent sale compared to how much they risk losing in future sales from being outed as blatantly selling fraudulent products. If you willfully sell a *lot* of fraudulent products as one of the world's most high profile auction houses, your risks of being caught red-handed increase dramatically.
Surely things like giant dams and massive wind farms aren't really considered *cleaner*, are they? The dams destroy existing ecosystems, and the wind farms scar the landscape and kill massive numbers of birds.
I don't know about tidal and wave but there seems to be relatively few ways of generating power that have zero footprint on the surrounding area.
Also presumably in linux you wouldn't be running the game client update process as a user who even *could* touch the system boot environment even if it wanted to.
Man, it's not like this isn't *exactly* the sort of thing Consumer Reports collects reams of data on.
From their October 2007 report:
Reliability trends Our latest survey tracks a decade's worth of trouble
Over the years, the reliability of Toyota-built vehicles (including Lexus and Scion) has been nothing short of sterling. However, our 2007 Annual Car Reliability Survey indicates that the Japanese automaker has slipped a bit. Three models manufactured by Toyota, including a version of the top-selling Camry, now rate below average in our predicted reliability.
By contrast, Ford's domestic makes have made considerable improvements in reliability. Of the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury models in our survey, 93 percent scored average or better in predicted reliability.
Other news from our latest survey:
Overall, Asian models still dominate in reliability, accounting for 34 of the 39 models in the Most reliable new car list. Thirty-one are Japanese and three are South Korean.
Despite Toyota's problems, the automaker still ranks third overall in reliability, behind only Honda and Subaru, with 17 models in the best list. Honda has seven with a smaller model lineup.
Only four domestic models made the Most reliable list: the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Pontiac Vibe, and the two-wheel-drive Ford F-150 with the V6 engine. U.S. makes, however, account for almost half the models--20 of 44--on the Least reliable list. There are 13 from GM, 6 from Chrysler, and 1 from Ford.
European makes account for 17 models on the Least reliable list. This includes six each from Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen/Audi.
Man I really can't keep up in this industry any more. Last I heard from IT executives mainframes were supposed to be coming *back*, with people buying mainframes to run bajillions of virtual linux machines inside them. Now you're telling me people are getting rid of mainframes again? It's a MADHOUSE! It's like I don't even know which in-flight magazine to believe any more!
Having been on both sides of about 10 corporate acquisitions, both being the buyer and the buyee, I can guarantee you, *every single acquisition* gets told this. And in every single case, it is a complete lie.
What it really means in every case is "we won't change much for about a year, then we swallow you whole".
The fact that Activision's CEO is the new CEO is the most telling. If you ever want to know which company is the alpha male in a merger, simply look to see who the CEO is.
Also, they messed up with the new company name. I would totally have named it Blizz-O-Vision.
One of the things I liked about gamespot...or at this point I guess I *used* to like about Gamespot, was they often did give games very low scores. Sometimes the most entertaining reviews were the ones for games given a 1.2.
But it's true, the perception of ratings scores is all fucked up. I really don't get the outrage I see from people when a game they like gets an 8 out of 10.
Er, that's pretty much accurate. Nothing destroyed civilization like the rise of religion.
Ooh, please educate me more on this "Rise of religion". I'd love to know more about the thousands of years of human history before religion existed. I always thought religious beliefs arose at the latest around the time we advanced from bands to tribes, but apparently religion didn't arise until christianity!
Hell, I'd even been led to believe that the Romans were a very religious culture themselves, but I guess those "Roman gods" I heard about must have been referring to something else.
Back to my example of bad and dangerous drivers... yes, there's a "collective right" to "control" bad behavior, but you wouldn't blockade the interstates in the interest of "control". Similarly, to unilaterally disable all cell phones is ludicrous.
I don't agree with the use of cell phone jammers either, but the analogy doesn't really hold up. A better question is: Do I have the right to blockade my driveway? Or private roads on my private property?
What about another tactic though? Suppose, rather than active jamming, someone just constructed a building that passively blocked the signals inside? Where does the law stand on that?
It may be mocking political pundits, but his guests are real and were brought on for a reason, and he talks over them like a moron.
You mean....just like on "real" pundit shows? I don't see how your description doesn't equally apply to OReilly and the rest of his ilk. And since that's exactly what Colbert is parodying, it seems he is spot on.
Why should a company be entitled to request something from me that is not necessary?
Anyone is *entitled* to *request* anything from anyone. Well, within some reasonable legal restrictions, of course.
They can request that you work 9-5. They can request that you wear a big gold sombrero. They can request that you submit all your status reports in iambic pentameter.
What you are *entitled* to, is not complying with their requests, and not working for them. You're not *entitled* to a job with any specific employer.
He still gets through on KGO every once in a while, I heard him briefly on the Ron Owens show just a few weeks ago when I was in the bay area for a week.
If you arrive to the airport early or arrive for a connection early, they will try to get you on the earliest flight for free.
In my experience Southwest has stopped doing this in the last few years, unless you are flying on a full-fare ticket. I used to get offered to fly out on an earlier flight regularly when I showed up early, but that hasn't happened in at least 4 years, and the one time I asked about it I was told I would have to pay the difference between my discount fare and the full fare price.
Which is not a strong complaint, it's not a service I particularly expect from an airline. I'd still rather fly Southwest than most other airlines these days.
while Google's intent is also to use your text for other, commercial purposes (which clearly doesn't really have my interest at heart)
Free email service is not in your interest? How exactly should this free service be paid for then?
Their interest is in providing a service free of charge to you that you would want to use. If you don't like the price of that free service, that's fine. But it's hardly evidence that they are out to get you.
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Not that I'm defending the currently screwed-up copyright system, but Hasbro *does* have officially-licensed online versions of Scrabble, according to a different version of this story I read.
Very possibly true, I certainly can't personally vouch for what some of the countries in Europe do. But the point, of course, was that Resumes and CVs in many if not most countries, are specifically very different things.
I'd never even heard of a CV in the US until I had more friends in academic circles, where they are seemingly much more common.
Here's my theory about audiophiles obsessed with vinyl. They're like guys who think that if they store a woman properly and only have sex with her very carefully, she won't lose her virginity.
Me, I like my music like I like my women: sturdy, affordable, and able to hold up to repetitive playing.
Also, hasn't Linus expressly maintained that he has no problem with what Tivo does? I'd swear I remember reading something about his objections to the whole Anti-Tivo portions of the GPL3.
While attending film school, Joss Whedon's biggest concentration was gender studies and feminism.
It's a question of comparing how much money they can make from one fraudulent sale compared to how much they risk losing in future sales from being outed as blatantly selling fraudulent products. If you willfully sell a *lot* of fraudulent products as one of the world's most high profile auction houses, your risks of being caught red-handed increase dramatically.
Surely things like giant dams and massive wind farms aren't really considered *cleaner*, are they? The dams destroy existing ecosystems, and the wind farms scar the landscape and kill massive numbers of birds.
I don't know about tidal and wave but there seems to be relatively few ways of generating power that have zero footprint on the surrounding area.
Also presumably in linux you wouldn't be running the game client update process as a user who even *could* touch the system boot environment even if it wanted to.
From their October 2007 report:
Man I really can't keep up in this industry any more. Last I heard from IT executives mainframes were supposed to be coming *back*, with people buying mainframes to run bajillions of virtual linux machines inside them. Now you're telling me people are getting rid of mainframes again? It's a MADHOUSE! It's like I don't even know which in-flight magazine to believe any more!
Is this like that story about who the sucker is at the poker table? Look around the room and see who the sheep is, if you don't see it, it's you?
Having been on both sides of about 10 corporate acquisitions, both being the buyer and the buyee, I can guarantee you, *every single acquisition* gets told this. And in every single case, it is a complete lie.
What it really means in every case is "we won't change much for about a year, then we swallow you whole".
The fact that Activision's CEO is the new CEO is the most telling. If you ever want to know which company is the alpha male in a merger, simply look to see who the CEO is.
Also, they messed up with the new company name. I would totally have named it Blizz-O-Vision.
One of the things I liked about gamespot...or at this point I guess I *used* to like about Gamespot, was they often did give games very low scores. Sometimes the most entertaining reviews were the ones for games given a 1.2.
But it's true, the perception of ratings scores is all fucked up. I really don't get the outrage I see from people when a game they like gets an 8 out of 10.
Ooh, please educate me more on this "Rise of religion". I'd love to know more about the thousands of years of human history before religion existed. I always thought religious beliefs arose at the latest around the time we advanced from bands to tribes, but apparently religion didn't arise until christianity!
Hell, I'd even been led to believe that the Romans were a very religious culture themselves, but I guess those "Roman gods" I heard about must have been referring to something else.
I don't agree with the use of cell phone jammers either, but the analogy doesn't really hold up. A better question is: Do I have the right to blockade my driveway? Or private roads on my private property?
What about another tactic though? Suppose, rather than active jamming, someone just constructed a building that passively blocked the signals inside? Where does the law stand on that?
You mean....just like on "real" pundit shows? I don't see how your description doesn't equally apply to OReilly and the rest of his ilk. And since that's exactly what Colbert is parodying, it seems he is spot on.
Anyone is *entitled* to *request* anything from anyone. Well, within some reasonable legal restrictions, of course.
They can request that you work 9-5. They can request that you wear a big gold sombrero. They can request that you submit all your status reports in iambic pentameter.
What you are *entitled* to, is not complying with their requests, and not working for them. You're not *entitled* to a job with any specific employer.
Are you sure the crazy radio guy you're referring to isn't Stephen Lightfoot? If so, it's *Stephen King* that shot John Lennon, not Stephen Spielberg.
http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/
He still gets through on KGO every once in a while, I heard him briefly on the Ron Owens show just a few weeks ago when I was in the bay area for a week.
In my experience Southwest has stopped doing this in the last few years, unless you are flying on a full-fare ticket. I used to get offered to fly out on an earlier flight regularly when I showed up early, but that hasn't happened in at least 4 years, and the one time I asked about it I was told I would have to pay the difference between my discount fare and the full fare price.
Which is not a strong complaint, it's not a service I particularly expect from an airline. I'd still rather fly Southwest than most other airlines these days.
If it truly is your right, then just do it. The fact that your name is inside doesn't change what your rights are. (Or just remove your name.)
Free email service is not in your interest? How exactly should this free service be paid for then?
Their interest is in providing a service free of charge to you that you would want to use. If you don't like the price of that free service, that's fine. But it's hardly evidence that they are out to get you.
There's tools like this for importing old mail into GMail:
http://marklyon.org/gmail/instruction.htm
Elements of Dirk Gently are also fairly similar to plot elements in City of Death.
Holy crap, you're talking about Warp Nacelles! GENE RODDENBERRY WAS RIGHT!