"I think the death toll is just another campaign ploy by the democrats. I'd be careful mentioning it, because you really are using their caskets as a device."
I have heard that similar things were said about Vietnam once. It was before my time, but it sounds very similar to things I've read.
Iraq was about removing a dictator that GWB's father put in power when he was head of CIA. That's all. Cleanup of a family mistake.
I love how he replied with sources and you disappeared.
Perhaps you could site YOUR sources now?
I'm doubting I'll see a response with sources in it, but what the hell -- I'll remain open-minded and laugh when I don't see any.
And cry when Follower Republicans who don't check their facts vote for their Hero, GWB because they believe the same unsubstansiated "facts" you believe.
Let's see your hand, bub. Or are you just bluffing like "All Hat, No Cattle, GWB"?
He hasn't made good on his campaign promises and is promising the same things (Tax Reform, Lower Taxes) again this time around... and he's had a Republican House and Senate to work with!
Completely ineffective at best, an amazing lier at worst. Better at fabricating truths than Clinton could ever possibly have been.
Clinton got caught lying about a blow job. Bush hasn't been caught lying about what he truly wants to do with the country.
Four more years of what? Nothing? The War is important but he's saying things like "Re-elect me and I will do *fill in the blank*" and they're domestic things he could have already COMPLETED if he were truly interested in doing them.
Was Bush AWOL 30 years ago? Maybe. Does it matter? Sure. It's not on the same level as an admitted war criminal, but it matters. However, there is nothing but a lack of evidence to back those charges up.
You apparently missed the news that new documentation about this was released under and FOIA request yesterday showing that Bush without a doubt, was AWOL.
So nothing in your Free Market World ever fills in the gaps left by the U.S. leaving an area? No possibility for other good little Capitalists to show up and make a fortune?
Hint: If there's really a market for goods and/or services there that's not high-risk, the business people are already headed that-a-way. If we pull out and the local economy collapses it was being artificially propped up by us, from your tax dollar.
And if you were a true Conservative (look up the meaning of the word and the ideology) you wouldn't want us doing that.
"There hasn't been a President worth blasting his face into the side of a granite mountain for a long time, son."
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That he's not doing.
His RNC speech was full of "If you elect me I will do... blah." Count them. There's a lot of them.
Of course, none of his followers (yes, followers... not leaders) are asking why with the chance of a lifetime (a Republican House and Senate) he hasn't told the Party folks to get off their asses and draft some legislation he'll happily sign.
Nope, he doesn't really want to cut taxes, simplify tax law, or any of the other multitude of things prefaced with those words during his speech... OR THEY'D ALREADY BE DONE!
He's either lying or completely ineffective as a leader. Even with the War to run, the Republicans could have proposed massive sweeping changes to Tax law, since that's one of the promises. They haven't.
Of course the real reason it's not getting done is because he isn't in Washington enough to actually work with legislators. Go figure.
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Of course I would. It'd be more important to me than watching six days of the Olympics, and people did that.
Even one full good day with normal breaks would be a plus over what we now get.
I honestly don't believe you that you can't find competant programmers. (And no, I'm not one.)
There's something else wrong with the situation here. Perhaps the money isn't right, perhaps HR is screening people wrong, but it's damn near impossible NOT to be able to find programmers that need work.
You're just not looking in the right places.
Part of the story would apparently be that you're waiting around for HR to send you "canidates". Have all of the programmers at your organization no friends or collegues they would recommend to the company? If those people are already employed, is the company willing to make them a better offer to take them away from somewhere else?
Have any of the programmers gone to job boards THEY would use or their favorite mailing lists (read: their community) and posted messages like "Hey, I'm not the hiring manager or even the HR person, but I know we've been looking for competant programmers that can handle doing X, Y, and Z." Possibly with a similar but not exactly the same programming question like the ones you give potential canidates after HR spoon-feeds them to you?
Sounds fishy to me. Like EVERYONE's not very engaged in the process of making your company a success.
Mention to the other programmers and HR that if the programmers want other good programmers, they're probably the best-qualified to know where programmers of their caliber live, what they do, how to reach them, etc. Tell HR to put a bounty on the heads. A good one.
People will work in their spare time to find canidates if there's a reward at the end.
No, if EA wants to do something about it to retain LOYAL customers, it's certainly within their power to do so. But the original posting demanded it of them. EA is free to ignore the problem and lose future business, if they feel like it.
Oh my goodness, a whole month? Someone might have to wait a whole month to purchase a GAME if they want to know there's not major bugs hiding in it?
The comment about non-gamers is funny. Could be re-worded as "Those who don't want to drink the Kool-Aid laced with cyanide should be prohibited from discussing cults."
NASA does research. Saying that they "trust" the science before they've done the science is pretty retarded. They want data, they're not actually attempting to raise productivity. (i.e. There's a difference between a NASA *RESEARCH* project and NASA Engineering. A big one.)
You have zero-clue what the study conditions actually were, because they're not published there with the article.
You also ignore the fact that the study notes in the tiny little article there specifically state that the skillset tested was typing/clerical. Those colors just *might* be absolutely horrible for someone doing either a creative job, or a teacher trying to teach adults, for example.
The article sucks, the study appears to suck, and you're defending it?
Feel free to find the actual study requirements and then we'll agree that your defense of the study is valid. Meanwhile skepticism reigns.
This is only a loss to those silly people who think that their $50 web cam is so damn important that all of the kernel developers should support binary interfaces to cater for undocumented video hardware.
Let's rephrase your statement as:
This is only a loss for people who'd like to buy an inexpensive webcam and actually get something done with it like monitor their property or communicate with family members, and who would also like to use a Free OS to do it.
Fair 'nuff?
Everyone's biased. What you're saying is you don't like his bias, but you're allowed to show yours? Pot. Kettle. Black.
I'm enjoying my eMachines M2105 laptop. $600 after rebate, 2.8 GHz Celeron and a 15.4" widescreen. Damn sight cheaper than the competition, and runs SuSE just dandy.
And guess what... if you do your homework you find out they don't make them themselves, a company in Taiwan does, and they sell these things into the U.S. under three brand names. eMachines is just one of them... the cheapest.
Actually if you ask them about system security and they're a GOOD boss, they'll stare at you blankly and then say they don't care -- that's the IT guy's problem. And they're right.
Hell, my XP Home machine (well, multi-boot partition really...) got it from automatic update almost a week ago. The only thing that "broke" is I noticed it changed the Windows bootsplash from "Windows XP Home Edition" to just "Windows XP".
Firewall was already on, and it detected McAfee as the Anti-virus software in the new "security" console.
Apparently the hype surrounding the world ending was exactly that...
Yes, we prefer transmission line efficiency and less death by accidental electrocutions. Silly us.
Not to mention you didn't say whether or not you're also pulling more CURRENT with that extra voltage. If not your sissy 380V isn't worth the hype, cause E=I*R, ya know.
(And of course, I'm leaving out power factor calculations, which have to be done for AC power also...)
Generally what I'm saying here is - you're trying to make a joke without doing the math, which probably just shows ignorance of how electricity really works, and isn't all that funny to people paying attention and thinking.
But hell, this is Slashdot... nevermind, no one here's thinking. Why would I think THAT?
My friend, you're correct. Business owners constantly look for new ways to "fuck you". I guarantee it. They're looking to maximixe their profits and roll their profits into new businesses, since their expenses are paid PRE-tax in this country.
The only way to beat the numbers is to start working your ass off to start your own business. Good business. Business that will run and grow as an asset even if you disappear and take a vacation. And building a business like that from scratch is damn hard work -- but at 26, you're in the PRIME spot in your life to decide. Do I spend money on buying assets that can grow into a business, or do I buy that big TV? That shiny new car? That house with more rooms that I need to live in?
Think about it. Look at the numbers NOW while you're young and make a conscious decision to be one of those "bastards" who's screwing everyone else over. Or decide to buy the big house, the TV, and the car and sit on your ass watching TV and working at a job that builds someone else's assets.
Thank you for mentioning this. The press is just as clueless here in the States about anything Aeronautical. Most "Aviation Experts" on CNN, etc... are generally sensationalists, not professionals. Commercial aviation is boring because it's DESIGNED to be... system failures with multiple redundant systems and training on how to use all of them and understand the systems is... a non-event in almost all cases. (The computer industry could learn a lot from the Aviation industry, but the drama queen project managers and their staff who like drama would never stand for it.)
About the only good source of Aviation news (although highly biased toward supporting Aviation and not ashamed to admit their bias unlike the "Fair and Balanced" reporting of some...) in the U.S. is AvWeb.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association magazine and website aren't bad either, but they have to be careful not to step on toes... if they want to accomplish anything. Phil Boyer is an excellent statesman, but sometimes it takes an outside editorial from "the press" before he can really say anything bad about any particular sub-set of aviation.
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"I think the death toll is just another campaign ploy by the democrats. I'd be careful mentioning it, because you really are using their caskets as a device."
I have heard that similar things were said about Vietnam once. It was before my time, but it sounds very similar to things I've read.
Iraq was about removing a dictator that GWB's father put in power when he was head of CIA. That's all. Cleanup of a family mistake.
I love how he replied with sources and you disappeared.
Perhaps you could site YOUR sources now?
I'm doubting I'll see a response with sources in it, but what the hell -- I'll remain open-minded and laugh when I don't see any.
And cry when Follower Republicans who don't check their facts vote for their Hero, GWB because they believe the same unsubstansiated "facts" you believe.
Let's see your hand, bub. Or are you just bluffing like "All Hat, No Cattle, GWB"?
He hasn't made good on his campaign promises and is promising the same things (Tax Reform, Lower Taxes) again this time around... and he's had a Republican House and Senate to work with!
Completely ineffective at best, an amazing lier at worst. Better at fabricating truths than Clinton could ever possibly have been.
Clinton got caught lying about a blow job. Bush hasn't been caught lying about what he truly wants to do with the country.
Four more years of what? Nothing? The War is important but he's saying things like "Re-elect me and I will do *fill in the blank*" and they're domestic things he could have already COMPLETED if he were truly interested in doing them.
Was Bush AWOL 30 years ago? Maybe. Does it matter? Sure. It's not on the same level as an admitted war criminal, but it matters. However, there is nothing but a lack of evidence to back those charges up.
You apparently missed the news that new documentation about this was released under and FOIA request yesterday showing that Bush without a doubt, was AWOL.
So nothing in your Free Market World ever fills in the gaps left by the U.S. leaving an area? No possibility for other good little Capitalists to show up and make a fortune?
Hint: If there's really a market for goods and/or services there that's not high-risk, the business people are already headed that-a-way. If we pull out and the local economy collapses it was being artificially propped up by us, from your tax dollar.
And if you were a true Conservative (look up the meaning of the word and the ideology) you wouldn't want us doing that.
As one of my good friends put it...
"There hasn't been a President worth blasting his face into the side of a granite mountain for a long time, son."
That he's not doing.
His RNC speech was full of "If you elect me I will do... blah." Count them. There's a lot of them.
Of course, none of his followers (yes, followers... not leaders) are asking why with the chance of a lifetime (a Republican House and Senate) he hasn't told the Party folks to get off their asses and draft some legislation he'll happily sign.
Nope, he doesn't really want to cut taxes, simplify tax law, or any of the other multitude of things prefaced with those words during his speech... OR THEY'D ALREADY BE DONE!
He's either lying or completely ineffective as a leader. Even with the War to run, the Republicans could have proposed massive sweeping changes to Tax law, since that's one of the promises. They haven't.
Of course the real reason it's not getting done is because he isn't in Washington enough to actually work with legislators. Go figure.
Of course I would. It'd be more important to me than watching six days of the Olympics, and people did that.
Even one full good day with normal breaks would be a plus over what we now get.
I honestly don't believe you that you can't find competant programmers. (And no, I'm not one.)
There's something else wrong with the situation here. Perhaps the money isn't right, perhaps HR is screening people wrong, but it's damn near impossible NOT to be able to find programmers that need work.
You're just not looking in the right places.
Part of the story would apparently be that you're waiting around for HR to send you "canidates". Have all of the programmers at your organization no friends or collegues they would recommend to the company? If those people are already employed, is the company willing to make them a better offer to take them away from somewhere else?
Have any of the programmers gone to job boards THEY would use or their favorite mailing lists (read: their community) and posted messages like "Hey, I'm not the hiring manager or even the HR person, but I know we've been looking for competant programmers that can handle doing X, Y, and Z." Possibly with a similar but not exactly the same programming question like the ones you give potential canidates after HR spoon-feeds them to you?
Sounds fishy to me. Like EVERYONE's not very engaged in the process of making your company a success.
Mention to the other programmers and HR that if the programmers want other good programmers, they're probably the best-qualified to know where programmers of their caliber live, what they do, how to reach them, etc. Tell HR to put a bounty on the heads. A good one.
People will work in their spare time to find canidates if there's a reward at the end.
Was he?
I bet without much hesitation that there ARE some businesspeople at the company that WILL think like that.
Not saying they're right, just saying they will.
Ahh... finally a real businessman joins the conversation. Damn right they will. And the crack-addict gamers will buy yet another copy...
No, if EA wants to do something about it to retain LOYAL customers, it's certainly within their power to do so. But the original posting demanded it of them. EA is free to ignore the problem and lose future business, if they feel like it.
Oh my goodness, a whole month? Someone might have to wait a whole month to purchase a GAME if they want to know there's not major bugs hiding in it?
The comment about non-gamers is funny. Could be re-worded as "Those who don't want to drink the Kool-Aid laced with cyanide should be prohibited from discussing cults."
Oh no, cry us a river.
Ever heard of Caveat Emptor? Or possibly waiting a week or two and reading reviews of a product before purchasing it?
In other words, no Virgina, there is no Santa Claus. Grow up. No, they don't owe you anything. You bought a lemon.
Make lemonade: Give it to a deserving kid who won't whine and complain about the "realism" of a retarded video game.
NASA does research. Saying that they "trust" the science before they've done the science is pretty retarded. They want data, they're not actually attempting to raise productivity. (i.e. There's a difference between a NASA *RESEARCH* project and NASA Engineering. A big one.)
You have zero-clue what the study conditions actually were, because they're not published there with the article.
You also ignore the fact that the study notes in the tiny little article there specifically state that the skillset tested was typing/clerical. Those colors just *might* be absolutely horrible for someone doing either a creative job, or a teacher trying to teach adults, for example.
The article sucks, the study appears to suck, and you're defending it?
Feel free to find the actual study requirements and then we'll agree that your defense of the study is valid. Meanwhile skepticism reigns.
Sounds like IT jobs too! ;-)
Ahh.. let's see here... who's bias is showing?
This is only a loss to those silly people who think that their $50 web cam is so damn important that all of the kernel developers should support binary interfaces to cater for undocumented video hardware.
Let's rephrase your statement as:
This is only a loss for people who'd like to buy an inexpensive webcam and actually get something done with it like monitor their property or communicate with family members, and who would also like to use a Free OS to do it.
Fair 'nuff?
Everyone's biased. What you're saying is you don't like his bias, but you're allowed to show yours? Pot. Kettle. Black.
Except that he misspelled Roscoe.
I'm enjoying my eMachines M2105 laptop. $600 after rebate, 2.8 GHz Celeron and a 15.4" widescreen. Damn sight cheaper than the competition, and runs SuSE just dandy.
And guess what... if you do your homework you find out they don't make them themselves, a company in Taiwan does, and they sell these things into the U.S. under three brand names. eMachines is just one of them... the cheapest.
Actually if you ask them about system security and they're a GOOD boss, they'll stare at you blankly and then say they don't care -- that's the IT guy's problem. And they're right.
Hell, my XP Home machine (well, multi-boot partition really...) got it from automatic update almost a week ago. The only thing that "broke" is I noticed it changed the Windows bootsplash from "Windows XP Home Edition" to just "Windows XP".
Firewall was already on, and it detected McAfee as the Anti-virus software in the new "security" console.
Apparently the hype surrounding the world ending was exactly that...
Oh good God... then I type the equation wrong.
Guess now I'm the moron.
Good night!
Move out of the desert then.
Yes, we prefer transmission line efficiency and less death by accidental electrocutions. Silly us.
Not to mention you didn't say whether or not you're also pulling more CURRENT with that extra voltage. If not your sissy 380V isn't worth the hype, cause E=I*R, ya know.
(And of course, I'm leaving out power factor calculations, which have to be done for AC power also...)
Generally what I'm saying here is - you're trying to make a joke without doing the math, which probably just shows ignorance of how electricity really works, and isn't all that funny to people paying attention and thinking.
But hell, this is Slashdot... nevermind, no one here's thinking. Why would I think THAT?
I guess I'm not thinking.
My friend, you're correct. Business owners constantly look for new ways to "fuck you". I guarantee it. They're looking to maximixe their profits and roll their profits into new businesses, since their expenses are paid PRE-tax in this country.
The only way to beat the numbers is to start working your ass off to start your own business. Good business. Business that will run and grow as an asset even if you disappear and take a vacation. And building a business like that from scratch is damn hard work -- but at 26, you're in the PRIME spot in your life to decide. Do I spend money on buying assets that can grow into a business, or do I buy that big TV? That shiny new car? That house with more rooms that I need to live in?
Think about it. Look at the numbers NOW while you're young and make a conscious decision to be one of those "bastards" who's screwing everyone else over. Or decide to buy the big house, the TV, and the car and sit on your ass watching TV and working at a job that builds someone else's assets.
Thank you for mentioning this. The press is just as clueless here in the States about anything Aeronautical. Most "Aviation Experts" on CNN, etc... are generally sensationalists, not professionals. Commercial aviation is boring because it's DESIGNED to be... system failures with multiple redundant systems and training on how to use all of them and understand the systems is... a non-event in almost all cases. (The computer industry could learn a lot from the Aviation industry, but the drama queen project managers and their staff who like drama would never stand for it.)
About the only good source of Aviation news (although highly biased toward supporting Aviation and not ashamed to admit their bias unlike the "Fair and Balanced" reporting of some...) in the U.S. is AvWeb.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association magazine and website aren't bad either, but they have to be careful not to step on toes... if they want to accomplish anything. Phil Boyer is an excellent statesman, but sometimes it takes an outside editorial from "the press" before he can really say anything bad about any particular sub-set of aviation.