If one would use Google, one might find references to at least one real lawsuit, one that was settled out of court (hence no case law).
Remember, in the US, you can sue anyone for anything at any time.
I won't be suing my employer for any porn spam I get either. The same will probably hold true for a large majority of US citizens. But then there're the bible beating soccer moms...
Sexual harrassment laws. One interpretation of such laws claims porn spam in employee's inboxes create a hostile work environment, of which the employer is responsible for.
There are several references to porn spam and hostile work environment. One such reference is at http://www.dynamicnet.net/news/articles/sexual_har assment_from_spam.html
Fuck off. I wasn't bashing the US, but merely pointing out EU, in its everlasting quest to imitate everything the US does, has, once again, managed to update their laws to copy what US already does.
I find the American cheese quite satisfying, although it does not suit all occasions. In fact, why don't I go and eat some cheese that tonight after work while laughing at the expense of the US worker I displaced by working in the US for the past 6 years.
Think about it: words in the dictionary vs. trademark names, which one wins?
All this means that the competitors of Axa, who are now buying the keyword "Axa", would have to buy some other keyword likely to be used when searching for insurance / financial advisor services.
When I was younger I was the same, stressed about everything and everyone. Every little thing that was not going right was a major catastrophe.
You're going to have to learn to treat your work as just that, work. It is not your life. Do not take it home. When you leave work, forget it. You're not responsible for other peoples' work and mistakes. You can only do your best and if that's not enough for others, then that's THEIR problem, not yours. Also don't be afraid to ask for help, if you're completely overwhelmed.
I had to learn this the hard way after all that made my life miserable when I was working at my first professional job. I made a conscious effort to chance my attitude from the "worry about everything" to "don't sweat the small stuff". I haven't been miserable at work ever since even though there always is some level of stress involved.
But it's not the stress that you should be worried about, it's how you react to it.
Damn right, brother. I used to buy a shitload of CDs. I no longer do, largely for the same reasons you mentioned. DVDs just have a much better shelf life.
Nowadays when I do buy CDs, I almost always buy used. The only CDs I buy new are the half a dozen or so bands / artists that are still producing music that I'm willing to pay $15 per album.
I will never, ever register any of my personal domains with valid registration information. There's absolutely no way.
I will not have all the people who don't like what I publish on my websites harrass me at my home address, which is the only "valid" address I currently have to use in my whois records. I will not give that information out in public for any reason. There are way too many net.kooks out there for me to volunteer my home address.
I will also not pay to get a p.o. box to avoid being harrassed. Why should I pay to be left alone?
For businesses, however, I do agree, the whois records should be valid and uptodate. This includes the spamming parasites, who've made it an art form to forge every single record of theirs they possibly can.
The US has been doing this to European Union, Japan and others ever since the process was enacted and agreed upon.
What you just said is exactly what's wrong with the WTO process. It enables other countries, mainly the one that's the biggest and the baddest, i.e. US, to impose their own laws on others in the name of free trade and globalization.
Guess who the biggest proponent of the WTO is? I'll give you a free clue: it's one of the two Northern American nations.
What's eventually going to happen though is that the US is going to ignore the ruling, just as they always do when they don't like the international treaty or ruling in question, and work to undermine the process under which they were ruled to have done something wrong.
The gaming industry has been at this same situation for the past decade or so and it hasn't died yet.
What's going to keep the industry strong include:
1. The neverending cycle of new video game machines being released every 2 - 3 years. They WILL be bought, and since they're not backwards compatible, the new owners of those brand spanking new machines will buy games
2. Sony PSP and other portable gaming machines including cellphones
3. Virtual reality gaming might some day become viable, and not in that ugly 3D fashion you see in Tron, but more like the combat simulators the US Army and police forces around the world are using
4. Multiplayer online gaming. The games so far have only scratched the surface of online gaming.
I started job hunting about three weeks ago using networking, resume/job search sites and headhunter contacts.
I've gotten 1 qualified lead through networking (and my network is pretty large), 0 qualified leads through existing headhunter contacts and about 10 qualified leads through resume/job search sites.
(qualified lead == interview)
The leads through resume/job search sites are either headhunters or inhouse recruiters contacting me after they've seen my resume online or me contact a company whose job listing I saw on the site.
Those figures are not counting the dozens of unqualified leads produced by keyword monkeys (oh, you've done Perl 10 years ago, let me ask you if you'd like to do a Perl project in Outer Mongolia for $5 / hr). I do still think most headhunters only slightly higher on the evolutionary ladder than earth worms. Under no circumstance ever think they're your friends...they're not although they will always try to convince you they are.
I think rather than concentrating on which job search tactic is better, job hunters should use ALL of them to maximize the amount of good job leads you get.
Get over yourself. I'm not talking about passports. Obviously there needs to be some border controls while there still are countries (personally, I'd be more than happy just to be a citizen of Earth, but that won't be happening in my lifetime).
I'm talking about gathering biometric data, tracking foreigners, subjecting them to invasive "interviews", detainment without charges (and I'm NOT talking about the suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo) and other measures outlined in the US "Patriot" Act. Read the act while pretending you're a foreigner and see how you feel about it.
Every country does NOT consider foreigners as guilty until proven innocent, like the US does now.
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He isn't really hoping to win the suit, as such.
What he is hoping is that he can scare SpamCop and their new corporate owner into settling out of court to avoid costly litigation.
Exactly as he did when he sent Felstein after SpamHaus, SPEWS and the 7 individual spam fighters the last time.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers. The slower and more painful, the better
If one would use Google, one might find references to at least one real lawsuit, one that was settled out of court (hence no case law).
Remember, in the US, you can sue anyone for anything at any time.
I won't be suing my employer for any porn spam I get either. The same will probably hold true for a large majority of US citizens. But then there're the bible beating soccer moms...
Sexual harrassment laws. One interpretation of such laws claims porn spam in employee's inboxes create a hostile work environment, of which the employer is responsible for.
r assment_from_spam.html
There are several references to porn spam and hostile work environment. One such reference is at http://www.dynamicnet.net/news/articles/sexual_ha
Fuck off. I wasn't bashing the US, but merely pointing out EU, in its everlasting quest to imitate everything the US does, has, once again, managed to update their laws to copy what US already does.
"Go back and eat some cheese, you euro-fag."
I find the American cheese quite satisfying, although it does not suit all occasions. In fact, why don't I go and eat some cheese that tonight after work while laughing at the expense of the US worker I displaced by working in the US for the past 6 years.
You can do the same for any US employer using existing discrimination / harrassment laws.
Think about it: words in the dictionary vs. trademark names, which one wins?
All this means that the competitors of Axa, who are now buying the keyword "Axa", would have to buy some other keyword likely to be used when searching for insurance / financial advisor services.
Amen! Excellent advice, and exactly what I did wrong when I was younger.
Mod the parent up, peeps.
When I was younger I was the same, stressed about everything and everyone. Every little thing that was not going right was a major catastrophe.
You're going to have to learn to treat your work as just that, work. It is not your life. Do not take it home. When you leave work, forget it. You're not responsible for other peoples' work and mistakes. You can only do your best and if that's not enough for others, then that's THEIR problem, not yours. Also don't be afraid to ask for help, if you're completely overwhelmed.
I had to learn this the hard way after all that made my life miserable when I was working at my first professional job. I made a conscious effort to chance my attitude from the "worry about everything" to "don't sweat the small stuff". I haven't been miserable at work ever since even though there always is some level of stress involved.
But it's not the stress that you should be worried about, it's how you react to it.
"buying less CDs"
Damn right, brother. I used to buy a shitload of CDs. I no longer do, largely for the same reasons you mentioned. DVDs just have a much better shelf life.
Nowadays when I do buy CDs, I almost always buy used. The only CDs I buy new are the half a dozen or so bands / artists that are still producing music that I'm willing to pay $15 per album.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill RIAA
Bribe^H^H^H^H^HEncourage politicians to enact a tax on streaming video/music providers.
If that fails, they'll install spyware on every goddamn computer on the face of the earth. Ethics and laws mean nothing to these folks.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill RIAA/MPAA
How has outsourcing affected India; individuals doing outsourcing work, companies involved with it and Indian in general?
My question is:
How do you think the rising salaries in India are going to affect the current outsourcing trend?
I will never, ever register any of my personal domains with valid registration information. There's absolutely no way.
I will not have all the people who don't like what I publish on my websites harrass me at my home address, which is the only "valid" address I currently have to use in my whois records. I will not give that information out in public for any reason. There are way too many net.kooks out there for me to volunteer my home address.
I will also not pay to get a p.o. box to avoid being harrassed. Why should I pay to be left alone?
For businesses, however, I do agree, the whois records should be valid and uptodate. This includes the spamming parasites, who've made it an art form to forge every single record of theirs they possibly can.
Maybe you should read on what the WTO can and can not do.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill anonymous morons
The US has been doing this to European Union, Japan and others ever since the process was enacted and agreed upon.
What you just said is exactly what's wrong with the WTO process. It enables other countries, mainly the one that's the biggest and the baddest, i.e. US, to impose their own laws on others in the name of free trade and globalization.
Guess who the biggest proponent of the WTO is? I'll give you a free clue: it's one of the two Northern American nations.
What's eventually going to happen though is that the US is going to ignore the ruling, just as they always do when they don't like the international treaty or ruling in question, and work to undermine the process under which they were ruled to have done something wrong.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill hypocricy
The gaming industry has been at this same situation for the past decade or so and it hasn't died yet.
What's going to keep the industry strong include:
1. The neverending cycle of new video game machines being released every 2 - 3 years. They WILL be bought, and since they're not backwards compatible, the new owners of those brand spanking new machines will buy games
2. Sony PSP and other portable gaming machines including cellphones
3. Virtual reality gaming might some day become viable, and not in that ugly 3D fashion you see in Tron, but more like the combat simulators the US Army and police forces around the world are using
4. Multiplayer online gaming. The games so far have only scratched the surface of online gaming.
I still play Nethack, btw. GREAT game.
Uh. Why do you think zombie networks and selling access to them wasn't a problem earlier?
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill spammers. The more painful and slower, the better.
I started job hunting about three weeks ago using networking, resume/job search sites and headhunter contacts.
I've gotten 1 qualified lead through networking (and my network is pretty large), 0 qualified leads through existing headhunter contacts and about 10 qualified leads through resume/job search sites.
(qualified lead == interview)
The leads through resume/job search sites are either headhunters or inhouse recruiters contacting me after they've seen my resume online or me contact a company whose job listing I saw on the site.
Those figures are not counting the dozens of unqualified leads produced by keyword monkeys (oh, you've done Perl 10 years ago, let me ask you if you'd like to do a Perl project in Outer Mongolia for $5 / hr). I do still think most headhunters only slightly higher on the evolutionary ladder than earth worms. Under no circumstance ever think they're your friends...they're not although they will always try to convince you they are.
I think rather than concentrating on which job search tactic is better, job hunters should use ALL of them to maximize the amount of good job leads you get.
He must be on something.
Proletariat of the world, unite to get high
What do you mean you don't want your phone to do
everything and then some??? You're no real geek!
I demand you voluntarily give up your geek license,
right now!
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill wannabe geeks
Get your facts straight.
It's sad that you should be counting on media to make the politicians to the right thing.
Proletariat of the world, unite to vote
Remember who voted for this bill and who signed it next time you vote.
Proletariat of the world, unite to vote
Get over yourself. I'm not talking about passports. Obviously there needs to be some border controls while there still are countries (personally, I'd be more than happy just to be a citizen of Earth, but that won't be happening in my lifetime).
I'm talking about gathering biometric data, tracking foreigners, subjecting them to invasive "interviews", detainment without charges (and I'm NOT talking about the suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo) and other measures outlined in the US "Patriot" Act. Read the act while pretending you're a foreigner and see how you feel about it.
Every country does NOT consider foreigners as guilty until proven innocent, like the US does now.
Proletariat of the world, unite to kill hypocricy