I'm curious that if they haven't paid in 6 months, why wasn't the initial contract written that after non-payment for 1 month, all work would stop right then?
Is that just not ever done, or has it been tried and been a big problem?
Not everyone can "just quit". Sometimes there's a rider on the relo package that says you have to pay the cost of that package back if you quit within a certain timeframe. That could be a pretty big hit on the old wallet.
If you hit them up for a six-figure check just for relocation, you shouldn't be surprised when they start expecting you to work long hours to get the job done...
There's another way to look at this. They wanted him to move, and he didn't want to. In order for him to go work for them, they had to fork out the relo package to get him there. Period. End of story.
I'm sure if the package had been "relo + hellish long hours" he wouldn't have taken it in the first place.
Only thing to add is "Save all email",should say "Save all email offsite". It's not going to do you much good if the e-mail is saved on a hard drive that you can't access.
I'm shocked that Moto let you actually use Mosaic. Back in the day (at least at the Moto facility I'm thinking of), they didn't want anything on their machines that wasn't "supported" by a company. I think they ended up delaying any sort of web browser stuff until Netscape hit the streets.
The link in the main posting about all this cites an article about some wacko that wants to push some agenda putting under the guise of "science". The author of the article comes down on this pretty hard, and I agree.
Problem is, it's not like one side or the other does this. They both do it.
Take global warming. Same deal. Both sides have issues about this, and neither wants to pay any attention to the other. Each calls the other side "a bunch of nuts", another both sides are dead set against listening to the other. Examples like this go on and on.
Yeah, well....great. Throwing political agendas into all of this isn't getting anyone anywhere, and will just gloss over the real problems. People that are "1000%" positive about things need to take a giant step back and re-evaluate what they're doing, because that kind of attitude is not helping anyone.
I swear the best thing that could happen is to get real objective scientists doing work, and leave the politics out of it.
Taking sides has already screwed up journalism pretty badly, it's a shame to see science going down the same path.
Fighting for the US Middle class? Give me a break. You're trolling.
Wishing financial destruction just because your guy lost? This from a party that supposed to have all this compassion for their fellow human beings? Give me a break. It's just partisan blah-blah-blah.
And it's exactly that sort of thing that lost the Democrats the election, seats in the House, and in the Senate.
If you really want to win, get the Democrats to come up with some ideas that will actually help the country. Not the crapola from the last election because that obviously didn't work. If you don't you'll still be see as running around like Chicken Little, and no one will listen.
Sorry, but you'll have to come up with better references than THE NATION..... I mean, come on! That thing is a joke! It's like the freakin' National Inquirer!
Zones are instanced, so don't worry about that. Plenty of room for everyone.
Do the boat tutorial, that'll get you to level 2. Once on the island, you should be level 3 when you talk to the first guy you're told to. Not much harder to get to level 6, and off the island.
I wish I could have this tatooed on everyone that ever brings up the last election. The people who do are the same reason that Kerry lost the election this time.... they're mean and bitter (which amazes me, since they think they're "progressive"). They have no freaking idea that the rest of the country looks on them with utter revulsion with the tactics they resort to try and get their "opinions" across.
I think most of all, I think the funniest thing is that they consider themselves more intelligent than the rest of the country, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Well said, except for that mandate thing. Whoever gets elected always claims the mandate. Clinton did it with not even a majority of the popular vote, either time he was elected.
Back to your original point: I'd REALLY like to see some enforcement of the laws for voter fraud. There were claims in each side of fraud, and they ALL need to be investigated. That is something we should absolutely NOT tolerate. Doesn't matter which candidate you were for, you have NO right to infringe on others rights to vote, or to screw around with the system.
And everyone else reading this, don't give me any of that "XYZ did it more and ABC did" crap. Both sides did it to one extent or the other, and they're BOTH wrong.
I left CoH after being in beta and signing up for the first month. They game was interesting, but it didn't have that "hook" that other MMORPGs have had for me. There just didn't seem that there was much to do, other than beat up the thugs. I know other people who have since quit CoH feel the same.
What's in CoH now that you feel would be a good reason to come back and what do you have planned in upcoming expansions that might keep me coming back?
Quit the revisionist history, dude. Everyone thought that.
Here are a few more of those "imbeciles" you're talking about.
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." --Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." --Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Letter to President Clinton, signed by: -- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." -- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies." Letter to President Bush, Signed by: -- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them." -- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." -- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." -- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." -- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will like
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I'm curious that if they haven't paid in 6 months, why wasn't the initial contract written that after non-payment for 1 month, all work would stop right then?
Is that just not ever done, or has it been tried and been a big problem?
"Hello, ma'am. We're from Boeing. Terribly sorry about your dog Fluffy. Our laser misfired."
Not everyone can "just quit". Sometimes there's a rider on the relo package that says you have to pay the cost of that package back if you quit within a certain timeframe. That could be a pretty big hit on the old wallet.
If you hit them up for a six-figure check just for relocation, you shouldn't be surprised when they start expecting you to work long hours to get the job done...
There's another way to look at this. They wanted him to move, and he didn't want to. In order for him to go work for them, they had to fork out the relo package to get him there. Period. End of story.
I'm sure if the package had been "relo + hellish long hours" he wouldn't have taken it in the first place.
Agree 100%.
Only thing to add is "Save all email",should say "Save all email offsite". It's not going to do you much good if the e-mail is saved on a hard drive that you can't access.
I'm shocked that Moto let you actually use Mosaic. Back in the day (at least at the Moto facility I'm thinking of), they didn't want anything on their machines that wasn't "supported" by a company. I think they ended up delaying any sort of web browser stuff until Netscape hit the streets.
You got that right about managers. After having many bad managers, having a good one can really open your eyes. It's like night and day.
Only problem is that once you have to move on and you're back to bad managers again, it's really frustrating.
The link in the main posting about all this cites an article about some wacko that wants to push some agenda putting under the guise of "science". The author of the article comes down on this pretty hard, and I agree.
Problem is, it's not like one side or the other does this. They both do it.
Take global warming. Same deal. Both sides have issues about this, and neither wants to pay any attention to the other. Each calls the other side "a bunch of nuts", another both sides are dead set against listening to the other. Examples like this go on and on.
Yeah, well....great. Throwing political agendas into all of this isn't getting anyone anywhere, and will just gloss over the real problems. People that are "1000%" positive about things need to take a giant step back and re-evaluate what they're doing, because that kind of attitude is not helping anyone.
I swear the best thing that could happen is to get real objective scientists doing work, and leave the politics out of it.
Taking sides has already screwed up journalism pretty badly, it's a shame to see science going down the same path.
corrected link:
here
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/10/votin g/index_np.html
So says a fellow using the words "Go back to jesusland, redneck", showing exactly how seriously his opinion should be weighed.
Fighting for the US Middle class? Give me a break. You're trolling.
Wishing financial destruction just because your guy lost? This from a party that supposed to have all this compassion for their fellow human beings? Give me a break. It's just partisan blah-blah-blah.
And it's exactly that sort of thing that lost the Democrats the election, seats in the House, and in the Senate.
If you really want to win, get the Democrats to come up with some ideas that will actually help the country. Not the crapola from the last election because that obviously didn't work. If you don't you'll still be see as running around like Chicken Little, and no one will listen.
Sorry, but you'll have to come up with better references than THE NATION..... I mean, come on! That thing is a joke! It's like the freakin' National Inquirer!
Zones are instanced, so don't worry about that. Plenty of room for everyone.
Do the boat tutorial, that'll get you to level 2. Once on the island, you should be level 3 when you talk to the first guy you're told to. Not much harder to get to level 6, and off the island.
It's not a click-a-thon, but you can't plan battle tactics per turn either.
I'd suggest trying it out anyway. It's a great game.
dave,
I wish I could have this tatooed on everyone that ever brings up the last election. The people who do are the same reason that Kerry lost the election this time.... they're mean and bitter (which amazes me, since they think they're "progressive"). They have no freaking idea that the rest of the country looks on them with utter revulsion with the tactics they resort to try and get their "opinions" across.
I think most of all, I think the funniest thing is that they consider themselves more intelligent than the rest of the country, when nothing could be further from the truth.
AC, you're full of crap. The above poster is right, Bush won. Hands down.
And look, he won again. This time on both in the popular vote and EC.
Get on with your life, and read things other than the tin foil hat conspiracy theory books and Michael Moore movies.
Nah, he was right.
Well said, except for that mandate thing. Whoever gets elected always claims the mandate. Clinton did it with not even a majority of the popular vote, either time he was elected.
Back to your original point: I'd REALLY like to see some enforcement of the laws for voter fraud. There were claims in each side of fraud, and they ALL need to be investigated. That is something we should absolutely NOT tolerate. Doesn't matter which candidate you were for, you have NO right to infringe on others rights to vote, or to screw around with the system.
And everyone else reading this, don't give me any of that "XYZ did it more and ABC did" crap. Both sides did it to one extent or the other, and they're BOTH wrong.
I'm not saying there wasn't content....I was saying that the content seemed to all be "go beat this up".
Update 2 sounds interesting though.
No effect whatsoever.
I left CoH after being in beta and signing up for the first month. They game was interesting, but it didn't have that "hook" that other MMORPGs have had for me. There just didn't seem that there was much to do, other than beat up the thugs. I know other people who have since quit CoH feel the same.
What's in CoH now that you feel would be a good reason to come back and what do you have planned in upcoming expansions that might keep me coming back?
Saddam,
For the last time, you can't vote in our elections.
Go back to playing Rock, Paper Saddam.
Signed,
The US
Personally, I'd be happy if Kerry would just release his record, which he still hasn't, and even admits to not releasing:
"Brokaw: Someone has analyzed the President's military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do.
Kerry: That's great. More power. I don't know how they've done it, because my record is not public. So I don't know where you're getting that from."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6354942/
And the reason for that appears to be that he didn't get an honorable discharge from the military:
http://www.nysun.com/article/4040
He could clear all this up by signing that form 180, which is has never done.
And why? Because he has everything to hide.
Quit the revisionist history, dude. Everyone thought that.
... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Here are a few more of those "imbeciles" you're talking about.
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will like