So much for leadership. "Hey, I just give the orders around here, my staff is responsible!" The boss sets the schedule, allocates the resources, sets priorities, etc but he/she isn't the one liable?
Based on his logic can we make CEOs personaly responsible for corporate debts and violations?
I don't think it is a matter of stupidity (the writer is excluded, right?) as much as a matter of not caring or being unaware. People in general don't react to things until they become a crisis, i.e. ignoring their diet until they get heart disease, building in 100 year flood plains, slowly trashing the environment, watching their freedoms get whittled away, etc. It is hard to think for the long term (look at most US companies) and the people who may be aware of this bill will not stop and think about the ramifications of it for the future. I'd also guess that most people are not even aware of this bill. Face it, most people watch sports instead of reading Slashdot.
When voting for someone people just think to themselves "How can I believe what they say they will do? There are so many issues and I barely can understand them so screw it, I'll just vote on my gut or for my party." This is how we end up with so many ideologues, gold diggers, and unqualified politicians.
God - Cease and Desist notice Amazon.com - Your order ("The Baby-sitters Club") has been shipped FCC - Revised naughty word list for your approval (added "bottom") New Orleans - HELP! CIA - Update: Still looking for WMDs Disney Corp. - Re: Extending copyrights to "end of time" Tom DeLay - Master, why have you forsaken me? Osama Bin Laden - Nyaah Nyaah! Southern Baptists - Correction, Earth is only 500 years old (not 5000) Satan - As per our agreement Iraq - LAST NOTICE: You still owe $50,000,000,000 God - I did NOT tell you to bomb ANYONE! RNC - Shuttle trips for doners? What do you think?
Sorry but I disagree. My list WASN'T specifically for New Orleans. NO was one specific situation, my list was in general. Most floods that last more than a day are from rivers and that water is fresh. NO was unique in being below sea level and being next to the sea, thus trapping a mix of salt-fresh water. The chemical contamination there was worse than what most residential areas could expect. LA is notorious for poor environmental laws. Keeping enough bottled water around the house for a worst case scenario is an unreasonable task for most people (unless they get sufficient warning and can get the supplies). I live in an apartment so storing a filter is much easier than storing weeks of water.
I've used backpacking filters to drink out of the murkiest puddles and some of them clean out viruses (or you can back it up with iodine or bleach). In NO the chemical contamination wasn't as much a worry as the possibility of disease. Chemicals might give you cancer in 30 years but severe diarreha can kill you in a couple of days.
I agree though that in the specific case of NO with salt contaminated water you would need bottled water, a reverse osmosis filter (pricey), or a rain water trapping system that stores water for emergencies.
I put the walkie-talkie in there because after seeing how people were suddenly isolated in New Orleans, and how phone based communications went down, I figure at least you could use it to try to broadcast your location to any rescuers monitoring the airwaves.
I like your additions, especially the bleach and TP.
After seeing what happened in New Orleans it seems the best place to get gear would be a camping store and a hardware store.
- Water filter + spare filter - Liquid fuel camp stove + at least 1 gallon of fuel - Axe - Emergency blanket (doubles as shelter) - Multitool knife - Walkie-talkie + spare batteries or solar charger - LED flashlights (batteries last longer) - A bunch of cheapo butane lighters - Alcohol gel hand cleaner - First-aid kit - Wool blanket or synthetic filled sleeping bag
I'd put a generator under "optional". Same goes for a radio.
Any food should be in waterproof containers and either doesn't require cooking (nuts) or only requires boiling (pasta).
And if you live in a flood plain consider a rowboat.;)
If it got that bad I'd also suggest getting yourself a bright red mohawk, some leather biker gear, and then forming a gang of post-apocalyptic outlaws.
I feel the same way you do. There are alot of people who fetishize guns but I don't discount them out of hand.
One bit of advice would be not to focus on getting the biggest gun so much as taking some time to practice with it so you are comfortable firing it and could actually hit something if you needed to.
I'd be curious as to whether Lego has ever considered making blocks using materials other than plastic, such as steel, ceramic, or glass. That would open a whole new range of possibilities to adults including practical applications.
Look, I made a miniature working Bessemer converter!
Sorry, but the foundation of software development is caffeine and constant snacking. To finish off the "lifestyle" just grow an ugly beard, wear a snug t-shirt (preferably a black one with an animè iron-on) and old black cut-off jeans. Congratulations, now you either look like Richard Stallman or The Comic Book Guy!
I blame any hearing loss I have on going to shows at clubs (you know this show rocks because your ears are ringing!) and having a firework go off too close to my head as a kid.
If you use Windows you can also use osk.exe (On Screen Keyboard) to enter your password, this will allow you to bypass the keyboard completely. This also assumes that you have taken precautions against TEMPEST and CRT diffuse visible light monitoring.
"1) China has nukes and ICBMs. But you knew that."
So did the USSR and we weren't doing billions of dollars of business with them.
"How many decades did South Korea have an authoritarian government?"
Many dictatorships we supported didn't come down until the cold war ended and we didn't need them anymore (i.e Chile, Indonesia). Sometimes it is the carrot that keeps them alive.
"It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see China becoming a capitalist democracy"
Actually it does take a lot of imagination. China has thousands of years of authoritarian government and weak support for democracy. The strongest push in China is against corruption and class divisions. Being able to write letters to the editor isn't a priority there.
"Engagement vs. isolation, carrot vs. the stick. Use the right tool for the job."
And isolation is better for Cuba but not for China why?
It is interesting how we attack Iraq for being totalitarian (official excuse) and we embargo Cuba decade after decade for the same reason. China however is totalitarian and we not only encourage investment there we allow our companies to aid and abet their oppression. Nice set of double standards we have.
Unfortunetly I know the cause of the bulge around my waist. The end of summer cookouts should help.
Seriously though, if you have ever been to the Three Sisters Wilderness you quickly see that the whole area is one huge mass of old cones and lava flows. It is like hiking on the moon in some places.
Please! Isn't far simpler to think of stars being part of some invisible array of high power lines (we'll have proof some day, don't worry) and that neutrinos and heavy elements are being generated by some sort of electrical thingy. Stars explode and discharge mass through an electrical discharge which means the vacuum of space has an electrical potential of some sort that varies from place to place, once again we can't prove it but we know you are wrong.
Now compare this to the misguided THEORIES of those scientists who try to suppress us! Instead of our wonderfully complex and gap riddled ideas they would have you believe it is as simple as gravitational compression. Arrogant fools! Common sense demands that the simpler explanation be dropped.
Stop being fooled by MAINSTREAM scientists with their experiments, controls, peer reviews, data, exhaustive studies, hard work, successful predictions, working theories, revisions, and hard evidence.
Next week, how refrigerator magnets can cure arthritis.
Fogging ski goggles is a real safety issue. Your breath always manages to get up into them, especially if you are wearing a face mask.
When I was climbing Mt Rainier I had to wear goggles on the last half due to strong winds and I was practically blind from the iced up fog. No attempts to rewarm them in my jacket worked, it was a real pain. Same thing happens on winter climbs in the Presidentials in NH. I've even tried applied coatings like "cat crap" but they don't work.
A coating that works on plastic that can stop icing as well as fogging would be a major safety enhancement.
I don't know why people feel the need to eat during movies anyway. I think they do it mainly out of tradition.
I avoid having drinks because the last thing I want is to have to run to the bathroom in the middle of the movie. I hate having to do the old "Is this scene going to be important to the plot?" check before I can run off.
There is no need to teach programming skills to every student anymore than there is no need to teach every student how to draw blood. It is a specific job skill for a specific type of career, not a skill needed for life in general. How many nurses need to know how to use a debugger or database theory?
If there are enough students interested in a class for specific job skills then go ahead and offer it but to claim that everyone needs them is ridiculous.
Instead of worrying about teaching them how to use a GUI (which might be irrelevant in a few years) I'd much rather see kids learn a truly valuable skill that will help them no matter what job they end up in, such as financial (i.e. handling credit, mortages) or communications (i.e. speaking to groups) skills.
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So much for leadership. "Hey, I just give the orders around here, my staff is responsible!" The boss sets the schedule, allocates the resources, sets priorities, etc but he/she isn't the one liable?
Based on his logic can we make CEOs personaly responsible for corporate debts and violations?
I don't think it is a matter of stupidity (the writer is excluded, right?) as much as a matter of not caring or being unaware. People in general don't react to things until they become a crisis, i.e. ignoring their diet until they get heart disease, building in 100 year flood plains, slowly trashing the environment, watching their freedoms get whittled away, etc. It is hard to think for the long term (look at most US companies) and the people who may be aware of this bill will not stop and think about the ramifications of it for the future. I'd also guess that most people are not even aware of this bill. Face it, most people watch sports instead of reading Slashdot.
When voting for someone people just think to themselves "How can I believe what they say they will do? There are so many issues and I barely can understand them so screw it, I'll just vote on my gut or for my party." This is how we end up with so many ideologues, gold diggers, and unqualified politicians.
I guess it would be for Turkish DONORS.
God - Cease and Desist notice
Amazon.com - Your order ("The Baby-sitters Club") has been shipped
FCC - Revised naughty word list for your approval (added "bottom")
New Orleans - HELP!
CIA - Update: Still looking for WMDs
Disney Corp. - Re: Extending copyrights to "end of time"
Tom DeLay - Master, why have you forsaken me?
Osama Bin Laden - Nyaah Nyaah!
Southern Baptists - Correction, Earth is only 500 years old (not 5000)
Satan - As per our agreement
Iraq - LAST NOTICE: You still owe $50,000,000,000
God - I did NOT tell you to bomb ANYONE!
RNC - Shuttle trips for doners? What do you think?
Personally I welcome our new carpetbagging overlords.
Is this now the war against foreign cultures? "Sorry, you can't use your god image anymore, it bears too close a resemblence to Mickey Mouse."
Sorry but I disagree. My list WASN'T specifically for New Orleans. NO was one specific situation, my list was in general. Most floods that last more than a day are from rivers and that water is fresh. NO was unique in being below sea level and being next to the sea, thus trapping a mix of salt-fresh water. The chemical contamination there was worse than what most residential areas could expect. LA is notorious for poor environmental laws. Keeping enough bottled water around the house for a worst case scenario is an unreasonable task for most people (unless they get sufficient warning and can get the supplies). I live in an apartment so storing a filter is much easier than storing weeks of water.
I've used backpacking filters to drink out of the murkiest puddles and some of them clean out viruses (or you can back it up with iodine or bleach). In NO the chemical contamination wasn't as much a worry as the possibility of disease. Chemicals might give you cancer in 30 years but severe diarreha can kill you in a couple of days.
I agree though that in the specific case of NO with salt contaminated water you would need bottled water, a reverse osmosis filter (pricey), or a rain water trapping system that stores water for emergencies.
I put the walkie-talkie in there because after seeing how people were suddenly isolated in New Orleans, and how phone based communications went down, I figure at least you could use it to try to broadcast your location to any rescuers monitoring the airwaves.
I like your additions, especially the bleach and TP.
After seeing what happened in New Orleans it seems the best place to get gear would be a camping store and a hardware store.
;)
- Water filter + spare filter
- Liquid fuel camp stove + at least 1 gallon of fuel
- Axe
- Emergency blanket (doubles as shelter)
- Multitool knife
- Walkie-talkie + spare batteries or solar charger
- LED flashlights (batteries last longer)
- A bunch of cheapo butane lighters
- Alcohol gel hand cleaner
- First-aid kit
- Wool blanket or synthetic filled sleeping bag
I'd put a generator under "optional". Same goes for a radio.
Any food should be in waterproof containers and either doesn't require cooking (nuts) or only requires boiling (pasta).
And if you live in a flood plain consider a rowboat.
If it got that bad I'd also suggest getting yourself a bright red mohawk, some leather biker gear, and then forming a gang of post-apocalyptic outlaws.
I feel the same way you do. There are alot of people who fetishize guns but I don't discount them out of hand.
One bit of advice would be not to focus on getting the biggest gun so much as taking some time to practice with it so you are comfortable firing it and could actually hit something if you needed to.
I'd be curious as to whether Lego has ever considered making blocks using materials other than plastic, such as steel, ceramic, or glass. That would open a whole new range of possibilities to adults including practical applications.
Look, I made a miniature working Bessemer converter!
Sorry, but the foundation of software development is caffeine and constant snacking. To finish off the "lifestyle" just grow an ugly beard, wear a snug t-shirt (preferably a black one with an animè iron-on) and old black cut-off jeans. Congratulations, now you either look like Richard Stallman or The Comic Book Guy!
I blame any hearing loss I have on going to shows at clubs (you know this show rocks because your ears are ringing!) and having a firework go off too close to my head as a kid.
Now if I go to a show I ALWAYS wear ear plugs.
I've been using them for years and my hearing is fine. What? I said, IT IS FINE!
(Original joke format banned by slashdot mommy-bot)
You'd have to be able to fit your hold hand up there at the same time though. Finally, a practical use for fisting.
If you use Windows you can also use osk.exe (On Screen Keyboard) to enter your password, this will allow you to bypass the keyboard completely. This also assumes that you have taken precautions against TEMPEST and CRT diffuse visible light monitoring.
"1) China has nukes and ICBMs. But you knew that."
So did the USSR and we weren't doing billions of dollars of business with them.
"How many decades did South Korea have an authoritarian government?"
Many dictatorships we supported didn't come down until the cold war ended and we didn't need them anymore (i.e Chile, Indonesia). Sometimes it is the carrot that keeps them alive.
"It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see China becoming a capitalist democracy"
Actually it does take a lot of imagination. China has thousands of years of authoritarian government and weak support for democracy. The strongest push in China is against corruption and class divisions. Being able to write letters to the editor isn't a priority there.
"Engagement vs. isolation, carrot vs. the stick. Use the right tool for the job."
And isolation is better for Cuba but not for China why?
It is interesting how we attack Iraq for being totalitarian (official excuse) and we embargo Cuba decade after decade for the same reason. China however is totalitarian and we not only encourage investment there we allow our companies to aid and abet their oppression. Nice set of double standards we have.
Judging from my inbox I'd say Yahoo never gets mad at anyone for opening too many accounts.
Unfortunetly I know the cause of the bulge around my waist. The end of summer cookouts should help.
Seriously though, if you have ever been to the Three Sisters Wilderness you quickly see that the whole area is one huge mass of old cones and lava flows. It is like hiking on the moon in some places.
Please! Isn't far simpler to think of stars being part of some invisible array of high power lines (we'll have proof some day, don't worry) and that neutrinos and heavy elements are being generated by some sort of electrical thingy. Stars explode and discharge mass through an electrical discharge which means the vacuum of space has an electrical potential of some sort that varies from place to place, once again we can't prove it but we know you are wrong.
Now compare this to the misguided THEORIES of those scientists who try to suppress us! Instead of our wonderfully complex and gap riddled ideas they would have you believe it is as simple as gravitational compression. Arrogant fools! Common sense demands that the simpler explanation be dropped.
Stop being fooled by MAINSTREAM scientists with their experiments, controls, peer reviews, data, exhaustive studies, hard work, successful predictions, working theories, revisions, and hard evidence.
Next week, how refrigerator magnets can cure arthritis.
Fogging ski goggles is a real safety issue. Your breath always manages to get up into them, especially if you are wearing a face mask.
When I was climbing Mt Rainier I had to wear goggles on the last half due to strong winds and I was practically blind from the iced up fog. No attempts to rewarm them in my jacket worked, it was a real pain. Same thing happens on winter climbs in the Presidentials in NH. I've even tried applied coatings like "cat crap" but they don't work.
A coating that works on plastic that can stop icing as well as fogging would be a major safety enhancement.
That comes with the drink? I'd hate to see what comes with the popcorn.
I don't know why people feel the need to eat during movies anyway. I think they do it mainly out of tradition.
I avoid having drinks because the last thing I want is to have to run to the bathroom in the middle of the movie. I hate having to do the old "Is this scene going to be important to the plot?" check before I can run off.
There is no need to teach programming skills to every student anymore than there is no need to teach every student how to draw blood. It is a specific job skill for a specific type of career, not a skill needed for life in general. How many nurses need to know how to use a debugger or database theory?
If there are enough students interested in a class for specific job skills then go ahead and offer it but to claim that everyone needs them is ridiculous.
Instead of worrying about teaching them how to use a GUI (which might be irrelevant in a few years) I'd much rather see kids learn a truly valuable skill that will help them no matter what job they end up in, such as financial (i.e. handling credit, mortages) or communications (i.e. speaking to groups) skills.