Are you serious? You wouldn't give up the right to be an outrageous asshole (which I personally never chose to do) in exchange for free health care and six weeks paid vacation a year? If my family didn't live here, I'd be gone in a heartbeat. Then again, I'm not deluded that my country is the greatest in the world simply because I happened to have been born in it.
I can. I can name several. I'm on a first name basis with the head of the Teabaggers in my city. (He's a complete tool). And I can tell you that everyone one I know is at least a closeted racist, if not out and proud. And every single one's philosophy can be summed up as follows: "Fuck you , I got mine." You people are kidding yourselves if you think we can't see through your bullshit. Keep telling me what you really stand for. Go ahead. I'm still listening. Really. Mmm hmm. Fascinating.
The sad fact is GPA and the school you went to really matter a lot when getting past HR.
I think this is a common misconception on slashdot. Perhaps it's a regional thought process, but here in Austin, if you have the degree, it doesn't matter where you got it from (as long as it's accredited) and nobody will ever know your GPA (unless you tell them).
How about this: GPA largely doesn't matter, except when it is exceptional - over 3.7 or under 2.0 - a this will ONLY matter on your first real job after college. Once you have two years experience in the field, your degree becomes a check mark - as in "Does he have one?". No one will ever look closely again. The school you went to can help you longer term, but again, only if it is exceptional. If you went to an Ivy league school, you may run across a manager some day that will give you a leg up because of it. Otherwise, any old degree from any old school will do.
I have no doubt you are correct sir. By my elementary and secondary test scores, I should be a mathematician. I was doing college algebra in the sixth grade. However, I found in 11th and 12th grade (pre-calc and calc) that I just plain didn't understand the math anymore. I could do the equations, and I knew when to apply them, but I no longer had any understanding of why I was doing what I was doing. I never developed that relationship with math that the truly gifted people I knew developed. As a result, I got a D in Calc II in college, and never took another math class.
By the way, I am also proof positive that you can have a good career in IT without much math.:) I may not be an uber-programmer, but somebody has to make the stuff those guys write work.
I said at best Deists. Calling the founding fathers "religious men" is revisionist history. These men were deeply skeptical of religion.
What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the civil authority; on many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not. - James Madison
God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there will never be any liberal science in the world. - John Adams
This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. -John Adams
The truth is, that the greatest enemies of the doctrine of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have perverted them to the structure of a system of fancy absolutely incomprehensible, and without any foundation in his genuine words. And the day will come, when the mystical generation [birth] of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation [birth] of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. - Thomas Jefferson
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. -Thomas Jefferson
I could go on. At length. All damn day, in fact. But go ahead, tell me more about how the founding fathers were such deeply religious men. I enjoy a good fairy tale as much as the next rube.
You are reading the wrong history. Most of those men were at best Diests, and if I end up being wrong and there is such a thing as a Christian hell, I have no doubt many of the founding fathers are roasting over the flame reserved for Franklin. If there was ever an un-Christian man, it was him.
Actually, it is a proven fact that the teenage brain is not fully developedand is incapable of impulse control. Just like a newborn is incapable of walking, a teenager is incapable of practicing adult self-discipline. It is BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL CHILDREN. You can spout all you want about how adults are old and stupid; it does not change the fact that you are still a child and not physically able to do some things that adults can.
You want a Popcorn Hour. I've had one for two years now, and I get a chubby just thinking about it. This thing plays anything. I honestly don't know how I ever did without one. I haven't watched a preview or FBI warning in months. Seriously. Check it out.
It's a bit of a visual trick you have to master. The closest example I can relate it to is from my (one year) in band. You have to train your eyes to watch the music and the conductor at the same time, and at first it is quite the trick. With a 2D image, the edges of the image are well defined - the edge of the screen. With a 3D image, the edges are still well defined, bu the foreground and background are not. As object move into the visual field, they move from out-of-focus to in-focus, because there is no hard edge to the foreground field. In order to enjoy 3D as Avatar did it (IMHO), you have to train your eyes to look past the edges of the foreground and into the visual field. People who have problems doing this HATE 3D movies.
Yes, you did. The fact that you didn't notice the 3D showed how well it was done. My wife couldn't stand the movie because she was constantly distracted by the ever-present 3D.
Since you work in the lighting field, can you offer me some advice? My entire house is wired with recessed lighting (50 W max) on dimmer switches. When incandescents are no longer available, what should I do?
What part of "new covenant" do you not understand? Besides, if we are going to accept the Old Testament, then that means no shellfish, pork...keeping a kosher house...it's legal to own slaves, beat your wife...adulterers must be killed...talk about cherry picking!
Yes, but that's still better than the Democratic Party alternative, which wants to give unlimited power to the central U.S. government, like a modernized version of Lenin Socialist-Communism, and treat all the citizens as too stupid to run their own lives (i.e. like serfs), therefore the government will make decisions FOR us.
Except none of that is true (not that you are going to let that stop you).
If I can lower my supply costs by using trans fats, I can sell my product more cheaply than yours, which is a strong incentive to use them. Same logic as a smoking ban.
Whose thinking of the kid here? What if it was YOUR child that died, not his? You know, the three year old was playing with it, it went off, and killed your son in your backyard. I know I would believe the bastard belongs in prison. Can you really say you don't?
You are only responding this way because the kid died. What if she had lived? What if she had suffered permanent brain damage, was in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, couldn't speak? It's called the criminal JUSTICE system. Letting this dickhead go because he doesn't have any more kids to kill and therefore can do no further harm is not justice.
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There are a large group of Americans that are with you. We call them Democrats.
Payback is a bitch, innit?
Are you serious? You wouldn't give up the right to be an outrageous asshole (which I personally never chose to do) in exchange for free health care and six weeks paid vacation a year? If my family didn't live here, I'd be gone in a heartbeat. Then again, I'm not deluded that my country is the greatest in the world simply because I happened to have been born in it.
I can. I can name several. I'm on a first name basis with the head of the Teabaggers in my city. (He's a complete tool). And I can tell you that everyone one I know is at least a closeted racist, if not out and proud. And every single one's philosophy can be summed up as follows: "Fuck you , I got mine." You people are kidding yourselves if you think we can't see through your bullshit. Keep telling me what you really stand for. Go ahead. I'm still listening. Really. Mmm hmm. Fascinating.
The sad fact is GPA and the school you went to really matter a lot when getting past HR.
I think this is a common misconception on slashdot. Perhaps it's a regional thought process, but here in Austin, if you have the degree, it doesn't matter where you got it from (as long as it's accredited) and nobody will ever know your GPA (unless you tell them).
How about this: GPA largely doesn't matter, except when it is exceptional - over 3.7 or under 2.0 - a this will ONLY matter on your first real job after college. Once you have two years experience in the field, your degree becomes a check mark - as in "Does he have one?". No one will ever look closely again. The school you went to can help you longer term, but again, only if it is exceptional. If you went to an Ivy league school, you may run across a manager some day that will give you a leg up because of it. Otherwise, any old degree from any old school will do.
Giving up my mods to reply - this thing plays anything - mkv, avi wmv, iso, mp4...I don't know how I ever lived without mine.
By the way, I am also proof positive that you can have a good career in IT without much math. :) I may not be an uber-programmer, but somebody has to make the stuff those guys write work.
No it isn't. I've read your writing. If you think you are average, your perceptions are distorted.
What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the civil authority; on many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not. - James Madison
God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there will never be any liberal science in the world. - John Adams
This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. -John Adams
The truth is, that the greatest enemies of the doctrine of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have perverted them to the structure of a system of fancy absolutely incomprehensible, and without any foundation in his genuine words. And the day will come, when the mystical generation [birth] of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation [birth] of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. - Thomas Jefferson
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. -Thomas Jefferson
I could go on. At length. All damn day, in fact. But go ahead, tell me more about how the founding fathers were such deeply religious men. I enjoy a good fairy tale as much as the next rube.
You are reading the wrong history. Most of those men were at best Diests, and if I end up being wrong and there is such a thing as a Christian hell, I have no doubt many of the founding fathers are roasting over the flame reserved for Franklin. If there was ever an un-Christian man, it was him.
Actually, it is a proven fact that the teenage brain is not fully developedand is incapable of impulse control. Just like a newborn is incapable of walking, a teenager is incapable of practicing adult self-discipline. It is BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL CHILDREN. You can spout all you want about how adults are old and stupid; it does not change the fact that you are still a child and not physically able to do some things that adults can.
Comodo gives you firewall and anti-virus in one package, and I have been using it for a couple of years.
You want a Popcorn Hour. I've had one for two years now, and I get a chubby just thinking about it. This thing plays anything. I honestly don't know how I ever did without one. I haven't watched a preview or FBI warning in months. Seriously. Check it out.
It's a bit of a visual trick you have to master. The closest example I can relate it to is from my (one year) in band. You have to train your eyes to watch the music and the conductor at the same time, and at first it is quite the trick. With a 2D image, the edges of the image are well defined - the edge of the screen. With a 3D image, the edges are still well defined, bu the foreground and background are not. As object move into the visual field, they move from out-of-focus to in-focus, because there is no hard edge to the foreground field. In order to enjoy 3D as Avatar did it (IMHO), you have to train your eyes to look past the edges of the foreground and into the visual field. People who have problems doing this HATE 3D movies.
Many thanks for your insight. This is why I love slashdot. :)
Yes, you did. The fact that you didn't notice the 3D showed how well it was done. My wife couldn't stand the movie because she was constantly distracted by the ever-present 3D.
Since you work in the lighting field, can you offer me some advice? My entire house is wired with recessed lighting (50 W max) on dimmer switches. When incandescents are no longer available, what should I do?
He's right; you're a tool. Sorry. Exactly is is our EXECUTIVE redistributing wealth? Is he ordering the army to do it?
What part of "new covenant" do you not understand? Besides, if we are going to accept the Old Testament, then that means no shellfish, pork...keeping a kosher house...it's legal to own slaves, beat your wife...adulterers must be killed...talk about cherry picking!
Except none of that is true (not that you are going to let that stop you).
If I can lower my supply costs by using trans fats, I can sell my product more cheaply than yours, which is a strong incentive to use them. Same logic as a smoking ban.
So as long as I only kill people who will have no one to miss them when they are gone, it's ok? Your views are rather disturbing.
And you have a small penis.
Whose thinking of the kid here? What if it was YOUR child that died, not his? You know, the three year old was playing with it, it went off, and killed your son in your backyard. I know I would believe the bastard belongs in prison. Can you really say you don't?
You are only responding this way because the kid died. What if she had lived? What if she had suffered permanent brain damage, was in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, couldn't speak? It's called the criminal JUSTICE system. Letting this dickhead go because he doesn't have any more kids to kill and therefore can do no further harm is not justice.