As a former state employee, I can almost assure that Bob Taft signed this law in without ever reading it; he has people who read the important stuff for him. It probably sounded like common sense at the time, and he likely gave it no more thought than that. Sign the bill, move on.
Patently Offtopic Comment: Now for the really important stuff, Gov. Taft... former Gov. Voinovich left us a 'rainy day fund', i.e. a budget surplus that was to be kept in case of economic downturns. Where is it now?
The idea, of course, is to put the making of a fermented beverage under the microscope of science, but I see by the above posts that the discussion has degenerated into another US vs. Euro pissing match. Hmph.
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Only problem I see is that National Geographic had paid copyrights for all of the images once alredy, whereas nothing of the sort will have happened if this appliation...
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It's rare for photogs to simply sign over their copyrights to images they've created; instead their photos are likely covered under a use agreement, which very specifically states what the photos are to be used for. It may have been that these guys weren't specific enough in their paperwork.
This ruling will go through the photo community like an earthquake if not reviewed or overturned; pro photogs are paranoid^H^H^H very protective of misuse of their images, and rightly so (it's their livelihood, after all).
Disclaimer: IANAL... I have talked to pro photogs who outline the procedure they go through when copyrighting and distributing an image.
or 'every woman'... sigh, guess it's my shitty grammar that turns 'em away.
Weird present? Hmm... well now that I'm asking for consumable stuff instead of hard goods I don't need, I received lots of coffee, wine, and cheese this year. One of the cheeses is so rank, it's currently residing in my garage. Would gladly have taken a fruitcake instead of that one.
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nobody has ever figured out the algorithm for women's preferences
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On the contrary, my life is an O(1) relationship determinance algorithm... every women I meet, regardless of potential compatibility, takes the same amount of time to decide that they don't want to be around me.
As for that parent post, that's some freaky Japanese gaming... which I will never find under my tree unless I buy it for myself.
Yeah, except that so far all it has generated is comments like "the Hollywood establishment will never get Asimov right". Not exactly a buzz-fest, IMHO... if sci-fi fans can't get excited about it, who will?
Ah yeah, that makes a lot of sense... until you find out what the pay is at one of these outsourcing places. My coworkers and I got run out the door last year (at a company that just sold its assets off yesterday, hahaha), and were replaced by a local startup firm. I use the term 'firm' in the loosest possible sense, since replacing us was their first real account. We later found out that several of their people were not getting paid, they were merely on board "for something to do" (i.e. they were previously unemployed and had signed up on the promise of future payment).
The export of jobs to foreign lands is one thing, but I will not beat myself up over the notion that I can't compete with someone local who works for free.
In reference to another economy-related post above, the US Dollar is dropping in value even as Bushie-boy and Treasury Sec. Snow-job declare that they "support a strong dollar". For those who'd rather see the true picture, good charts for the dollar and other items can be found here.
Good analogy, because once the current housing boom fades (and it will, when interest rates go up), there will be a lot of guys with tools just standing around doing nothing.
Don't judge the entire US by one state and their stupid cowtown legislators. Ohio has a long history of dumb state and local laws (no talking on cell-phones while driving, for one). In fact, they....
looks at surroundings, and Slashdot handle...
D'oh.
(Really though, we do have very stupid people here, and they're usually in change of something.)
Aside from their ignomineous (sp?) buy-out by Compaq, one misstep was that they didn't follow the emerging standard of TCP/IP, instead going with what they thought was 'the future' of the OSI model, and implementing it through DecNet. They had an original class A IP subnet, an exceptionally solid base in multitasking OS, and a foothold in corporate datacenters, and blew it all. Tant pis, m.f.
W00t! My 'bullshit bingo' card just filled up! Must be management in the room somewhere...
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Hmm, so they're out in the middle of nowhere, get violently disassembled (as opposed to a Picard transport, which is at least intended for some sort of reassembly), and the premise is that the baddies also intended to reassemble our heroes at a later time for who knows what purpose?
I think that scenario would require the show to be named 'FarFetch' instead of Farscape.;)
Regardless, I'd still rather see a Lexx movie, with a rating of NC-17 or higher. If Xenia's not available, I bet Jaime Pressley would make a great Xev.
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Despite having watched most of at least three seasons of Farscape, I laughed my ass of when I saw that final scene. At the time, I thought, "So that's that, huh? OK, well at least they wrote off any chance of a sequel!"
So, uh, given the last episode, how do they reasonably start up the story line again? Crichton and Aeryn are dust, and I'd certainly not watch the show just to see that annoying little muppet get fried next.
If I wanted a flaky sci-fi series to come back as a movie, I'd want Lexx. They barely scraped the surface of what Zev/Xev could do;)
it's the forwarded resume, that gets to a recruiter, who calls you and asks "hey, great company wants to talk to you". [In fact, this is from a conversation that happened this past week]
Okay, what are they like?
"Great company, very busy, lots of growth."
Do tell. What kind of shop do they have?
"75 to 100 servers."
So they're not quite sure how big they are. You've been talking to a clueless manager, then.
(Pause) "Yeah, he wants you bad."
How bad? How many people are supporting these...
"uh, closer to 100 servers" ...yeah, how many people for these 100-ish boxes?
"3 on staff right now."
So they either had a cost-cutting purge or the previously overworked staffers walked before they keeled over.
"So then, do you want to talk to them?"
So sometimes it's the postings you *don't* see that you should worry about.
Yep, been there. Worked from COBOL prog'r to C prog'r to Unix admin to agency webmaster, all while being a Netware CNE (acck) and backup administrator (double accck).
When I left to get more money for less work (and I did), I told my boss that he'd need to hire two people to replace me. He didn't think that was funny.
On the other hand, whether or not you can be replaced isn't your problem if you move on to another place, and what with the current corporate loyalty to their employees (i.e. there is none), you may as well move on anyway.
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Maybe if UPN developed a Trek that fit their core audience, like Moesha in Space or something.... nahh.
Integrating real MS code into Wine would turn it into Vinegar.
Patently Offtopic Comment: Now for the really important stuff, Gov. Taft... former Gov. Voinovich left us a 'rainy day fund', i.e. a budget surplus that was to be kept in case of economic downturns. Where is it now?
The idea, of course, is to put the making of a fermented beverage under the microscope of science, but I see by the above posts that the discussion has degenerated into another US vs. Euro pissing match. Hmph.
... because driving with one eye covered has to mess with depth perception, etc.
Years ago I had a coworker who would blather on about the Urantia book and its 'answers'... but then he was an old stoner too.
It's rare for photogs to simply sign over their copyrights to images they've created; instead their photos are likely covered under a use agreement, which very specifically states what the photos are to be used for. It may have been that these guys weren't specific enough in their paperwork.
This ruling will go through the photo community like an earthquake if not reviewed or overturned; pro photogs are paranoid^H^H^H very protective of misuse of their images, and rightly so (it's their livelihood, after all).
Disclaimer: IANAL... I have talked to pro photogs who outline the procedure they go through when copyrighting and distributing an image.
Weird present? Hmm... well now that I'm asking for consumable stuff instead of hard goods I don't need, I received lots of coffee, wine, and cheese this year. One of the cheeses is so rank, it's currently residing in my garage. Would gladly have taken a fruitcake instead of that one.
On the contrary, my life is an O(1) relationship determinance algorithm... every women I meet, regardless of potential compatibility, takes the same amount of time to decide that they don't want to be around me.
As for that parent post, that's some freaky Japanese gaming... which I will never find under my tree unless I buy it for myself.
Yeah, except that so far all it has generated is comments like "the Hollywood establishment will never get Asimov right". Not exactly a buzz-fest, IMHO... if sci-fi fans can't get excited about it, who will?
The export of jobs to foreign lands is one thing, but I will not beat myself up over the notion that I can't compete with someone local who works for free.
In reference to another economy-related post above, the US Dollar is dropping in value even as Bushie-boy and Treasury Sec. Snow-job declare that they "support a strong dollar". For those who'd rather see the true picture, good charts for the dollar and other items can be found here.
Good analogy, because once the current housing boom fades (and it will, when interest rates go up), there will be a lot of guys with tools just standing around doing nothing.
For every politician for whom that makes sense, there's at least one Marion Barry.
with all those geese, hens, doves, swans and partridges running about, there'll be a Santa's sleigh-full of bird dung to deal with by the twelfth day.
SCO takes charge to pay lawyers
looks at surroundings, and Slashdot handle...
D'oh.
(Really though, we do have very stupid people here, and they're usually in change of something.)
Your name wouldn't happen to be Ed Esber, would it? mwhahahaha
Aside from their ignomineous (sp?) buy-out by Compaq, one misstep was that they didn't follow the emerging standard of TCP/IP, instead going with what they thought was 'the future' of the OSI model, and implementing it through DecNet. They had an original class A IP subnet, an exceptionally solid base in multitasking OS, and a foothold in corporate datacenters, and blew it all. Tant pis, m.f.
W00t! My 'bullshit bingo' card just filled up! Must be management in the room somewhere...
Regardless, I'd still rather see a Lexx movie, with a rating of NC-17 or higher. If Xenia's not available, I bet Jaime Pressley would make a great Xev.
So, uh, given the last episode, how do they reasonably start up the story line again? Crichton and Aeryn are dust, and I'd certainly not watch the show just to see that annoying little muppet get fried next.
If I wanted a flaky sci-fi series to come back as a movie, I'd want Lexx. They barely scraped the surface of what Zev/Xev could do ;)
Okay, what are they like?
...yeah, how many people for these 100-ish boxes?
"Great company, very busy, lots of growth."
Do tell. What kind of shop do they have?
"75 to 100 servers."
So they're not quite sure how big they are. You've been talking to a clueless manager, then.
(Pause) "Yeah, he wants you bad."
How bad? How many people are supporting these...
"uh, closer to 100 servers"
"3 on staff right now."
So they either had a cost-cutting purge or the previously overworked staffers walked before they keeled over.
"So then, do you want to talk to them?"
So sometimes it's the postings you *don't* see that you should worry about.
When I left to get more money for less work (and I did), I told my boss that he'd need to hire two people to replace me. He didn't think that was funny.
On the other hand, whether or not you can be replaced isn't your problem if you move on to another place, and what with the current corporate loyalty to their employees (i.e. there is none), you may as well move on anyway.