That's basically how most technical interviews I give have gone. I give them a question, they work it out, and if they make a mistake I ask them to explain a part of the circuit again, or ask them to check it with a test case. I learn more about those that see their mistake, understand why it's wrong, and fix, it than those who get it correct from the start.
I want even those that don't get hired to come away with a feeling that we're a company full of smart and nice people, and that they learned something and will be more successful in future technical interviews because of it.
This isn't accurate. While you see the nutjobs growing more vehement in some areas of the country, places like Texas are actually moving more to the left due to large influx of immigrants. There are stories now that point to the shifting demographics as an indicator that Texas will be a battleground state in 8-10 years, and will (barring other voting pattern changes) shift further left after that. Non-hispanic whites are already a minority in the state, and this will only continue to change, and Hispanics vote for liberal candidates by a large majority.
That also presumes the patent is written in a way that it's obviously infringement. Usually there's plenty of vagueness that could be interpreted either way, hence the attorney and client aren't meeting to commit a tort, but to verify that they don't commit a tort. The fact that later someone else interprets it differently and sues them doesn't mean the protected nature of their original meeting has changed.
I think parts of the government realize that they are one of the biggest recipients of those returns, in the form of a wealthier tax base, more vigorous economy, and stronger technology-based national defense, making it a worthwhile government investment.
Our 2003 Sony plasma still works great, too. Black isn't quite as sharp as it used to be but that's to be expected. Sony, at least in the past (10+ years ago), made good hardware.
The problem, though, is that the Sony content divisions drive the company to fuck over the users of their hardware products. It doesn't matter how good the hardware is if the company can fill it with proprietary DRM, or make it dependent upon some sort of network connection that they can later use to remove features (PS3) or turn off a "forever free" feature (DVR guide). And they always, always (afaik) use a proprietary Sony format instead of a standard, so there's no way to hack around the issue.
Just be happy that your DVD player still works, and keep it away from a phone line or ethernet port so Sony executives can't screw it up.
I don't think wiki world is a good source for that. They aren't even consistent: "Gross income in United States tax law is receipts and gains from all sources less cost of goods sold." per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_income
That's the definition most people on this site would rightfully quote.
far too many times you see small enclaves of people who do not deem it necessary to interact with the locals.
Do you presume this is new? Because, from my anecdotal perspective, this is exactly how it's always been. My surname ancestors emigrated from Canton Glarus, Switzerland, to New Glarus, Wisconsin, in the 1850s. Does that sound like they were moving to this country to assimilate? They formed an enclave of people with similar backgrounds. I don't believe my great-great-great-great grandfather had any need whatsoever to learn English; he was already an adult when he emigrated, and lived in a community surrounded by immigrants. However, his children (even those that emigrated with him) knew English, fought in the Civil War, and had children who no longer spoke German but only English.
I don't see anything different happening right now. The only difference is that, from the perspective of your relatively short life, you can't see how the current generation of immigrant will beget bilingual children who will both shape and assimilate culture, and who will beget monolingual children that are fully part of American culture from birth.
Most of education should be treated more like an investment than a business. An venture capitalist doesn't just consider how much a venture will cost, but also the rate of return. A larger investment in STEM yields higher returns, so subsidies can be higher.
This is the same way grade-school education works, from an economic perspective. Current taxpayers subsidize the education of future taxpayers, who will eventually subsidize the education of even-more-future taxpayers. Generally only those who don't think the people have a right to form a government and collect taxes for the public good oppose this.
The out-of-state university I attended waives out-of-state tuition for students receiving any one of a wide range of university honors and academic scholarships. If a state school wants and expects out-of-state students to stay in the state after graduation, and contribute to the state's tax base, then they can advance a little tax money and waive the out-of-state fees.
I see nothing whatsoever wrong with a public university system deciding to waive out-of-state tuition for certain degrees or certain students, while charging it for other degrees and students. That's a state-level economic decision, no different than one to fund grade school education for all to produce future taxpayers.
This assumes, of course, that there is available space at the university and a desire to attract more out-of-state talent. At the University of Texas, for example, the engineering program is packed with in-state students and they have no such need to be competitive, at least until other nearby schools offer better incentives.
Patents are different than trademarks; for patents, damages increase if the infringement is deemed willful, so having deniability under oath is a good thing.
What is supposed to happen of course, if you think something might be patented, is to call the company lawyer, and then do a patent search in his presence. That ought to be covered by attorney-client privileges and you could deny it ever happened while under oath.
I'm not a lawyer, of course; that's just a rough summary of what I was told by one of our lawyers.
The stupidity of the law doesn't change the illegality of breaking it. If you don't like the law, "fuck our legal" system is just a juvenile way of whining about it.
That's what Rosa Parks said when she went to the back of the bus.
Safer at sea than at port - though I saw mention that they were in dry dock very recently, which might be safer than either other option. The stupider part though was that they didn't sail due East to get away from the storm, but instead tried to sail South towards their destination in Florida (after going only a little bit East to try to avoid the storm).
I have two VHS tapes of episodes from the '90s, all of which have the original music, but the video quality is awful. I haven't taken the time to convert them to a better format, hoping instead to capture them digitally on a future airing, but if that will never happen then I'll have to do so.
Of course I agree with your completely. I don't think anyone should drop out. The parent poster seemed to want high school to become someplace where people aren't required to take any classes that don't interest you, meaning there would be people with high school diplomas that choose not to study English, math, communications skills, business skills, marketing skills, and more.
Okay, there are already are plenty of people with high school diplomas that lack all of those skills, yes, but not because the curriculum didn't try to give them that education.
I presume he meant selling them over the course of a few years in smaller lots, so as to not flood the market. If he thinks they have an inherent "worth" then he would want people to bid on them, as opposed to just listing them all for sale at an opening bid a.k.a. fixed price and waiting for them to slowly sell.
They can air the original versions in TV syndication, just not in any home distributions or Internet uses. I'm hoping for it to get picked up by a no-name cable channel, and I'll capture them all myself.
I own and have ripped the DVD set with the overdubbed music, and I'd love to replace them one-by-one with better versions.
Expand your analogy a bit. Nailguns make it easier to build houses for good builders, because it's faster to put in a nail than by hand. On the other hand, nailguns make it easier for bad builders to make houses, because "When in doubt, shoot three more nails into it" becomes viable, whereas with each nail going in by hand the builder might think a little longer about where and how to put those nails.
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That's basically how most technical interviews I give have gone. I give them a question, they work it out, and if they make a mistake I ask them to explain a part of the circuit again, or ask them to check it with a test case. I learn more about those that see their mistake, understand why it's wrong, and fix, it than those who get it correct from the start.
I want even those that don't get hired to come away with a feeling that we're a company full of smart and nice people, and that they learned something and will be more successful in future technical interviews because of it.
This isn't accurate. While you see the nutjobs growing more vehement in some areas of the country, places like Texas are actually moving more to the left due to large influx of immigrants. There are stories now that point to the shifting demographics as an indicator that Texas will be a battleground state in 8-10 years, and will (barring other voting pattern changes) shift further left after that. Non-hispanic whites are already a minority in the state, and this will only continue to change, and Hispanics vote for liberal candidates by a large majority.
That also presumes the patent is written in a way that it's obviously infringement. Usually there's plenty of vagueness that could be interpreted either way, hence the attorney and client aren't meeting to commit a tort, but to verify that they don't commit a tort. The fact that later someone else interprets it differently and sues them doesn't mean the protected nature of their original meeting has changed.
I think parts of the government realize that they are one of the biggest recipients of those returns, in the form of a wealthier tax base, more vigorous economy, and stronger technology-based national defense, making it a worthwhile government investment.
We'll, it is reported to be launching on January 20, 2012. The report is just wrong.
Our 2003 Sony plasma still works great, too. Black isn't quite as sharp as it used to be but that's to be expected. Sony, at least in the past (10+ years ago), made good hardware.
The problem, though, is that the Sony content divisions drive the company to fuck over the users of their hardware products. It doesn't matter how good the hardware is if the company can fill it with proprietary DRM, or make it dependent upon some sort of network connection that they can later use to remove features (PS3) or turn off a "forever free" feature (DVR guide). And they always, always (afaik) use a proprietary Sony format instead of a standard, so there's no way to hack around the issue.
Just be happy that your DVD player still works, and keep it away from a phone line or ethernet port so Sony executives can't screw it up.
I don't think wiki world is a good source for that. They aren't even consistent:
"Gross income in United States tax law is receipts and gains from all sources less cost of goods sold."
per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_income
That's the definition most people on this site would rightfully quote.
I don't think patent infringement is a crime, so I doubt that applies.
This is in the same vein as creating carbon taxes and credits, to internalize an externality and allow free-market effects to act on it.
far too many times you see small enclaves of people who do not deem it necessary to interact with the locals.
Do you presume this is new? Because, from my anecdotal perspective, this is exactly how it's always been. My surname ancestors emigrated from Canton Glarus, Switzerland, to New Glarus, Wisconsin, in the 1850s. Does that sound like they were moving to this country to assimilate? They formed an enclave of people with similar backgrounds. I don't believe my great-great-great-great grandfather had any need whatsoever to learn English; he was already an adult when he emigrated, and lived in a community surrounded by immigrants. However, his children (even those that emigrated with him) knew English, fought in the Civil War, and had children who no longer spoke German but only English.
I don't see anything different happening right now. The only difference is that, from the perspective of your relatively short life, you can't see how the current generation of immigrant will beget bilingual children who will both shape and assimilate culture, and who will beget monolingual children that are fully part of American culture from birth.
Most of education should be treated more like an investment than a business. An venture capitalist doesn't just consider how much a venture will cost, but also the rate of return. A larger investment in STEM yields higher returns, so subsidies can be higher.
This is the same way grade-school education works, from an economic perspective. Current taxpayers subsidize the education of future taxpayers, who will eventually subsidize the education of even-more-future taxpayers. Generally only those who don't think the people have a right to form a government and collect taxes for the public good oppose this.
The out-of-state university I attended waives out-of-state tuition for students receiving any one of a wide range of university honors and academic scholarships. If a state school wants and expects out-of-state students to stay in the state after graduation, and contribute to the state's tax base, then they can advance a little tax money and waive the out-of-state fees.
I see nothing whatsoever wrong with a public university system deciding to waive out-of-state tuition for certain degrees or certain students, while charging it for other degrees and students. That's a state-level economic decision, no different than one to fund grade school education for all to produce future taxpayers.
This assumes, of course, that there is available space at the university and a desire to attract more out-of-state talent. At the University of Texas, for example, the engineering program is packed with in-state students and they have no such need to be competitive, at least until other nearby schools offer better incentives.
$50 on a clothes rack? Was it Martha Stewart Signature Series product?
Patents are different than trademarks; for patents, damages increase if the infringement is deemed willful, so having deniability under oath is a good thing.
What is supposed to happen of course, if you think something might be patented, is to call the company lawyer, and then do a patent search in his presence. That ought to be covered by attorney-client privileges and you could deny it ever happened while under oath.
I'm not a lawyer, of course; that's just a rough summary of what I was told by one of our lawyers.
The stupidity of the law doesn't change the illegality of breaking it. If you don't like the law, "fuck our legal" system is just a juvenile way of whining about it.
That's what Rosa Parks said when she went to the back of the bus.
Safer for the ship, of course, not the crew.
Safer at sea than at port - though I saw mention that they were in dry dock very recently, which might be safer than either other option. The stupider part though was that they didn't sail due East to get away from the storm, but instead tried to sail South towards their destination in Florida (after going only a little bit East to try to avoid the storm).
I wonder what sea water flooding implies for the financial district.
All the Facebook millionaires spend another white-knuckle day waiting for their stocks to sell...
Bah, that's too bad.
I have two VHS tapes of episodes from the '90s, all of which have the original music, but the video quality is awful. I haven't taken the time to convert them to a better format, hoping instead to capture them digitally on a future airing, but if that will never happen then I'll have to do so.
Who let you out of your cage?
I was thinking about voting for the green party candidate, but I'll vote for Obama just for you, okay?
Of course I agree with your completely. I don't think anyone should drop out. The parent poster seemed to want high school to become someplace where people aren't required to take any classes that don't interest you, meaning there would be people with high school diplomas that choose not to study English, math, communications skills, business skills, marketing skills, and more.
Okay, there are already are plenty of people with high school diplomas that lack all of those skills, yes, but not because the curriculum didn't try to give them that education.
I presume he meant selling them over the course of a few years in smaller lots, so as to not flood the market. If he thinks they have an inherent "worth" then he would want people to bid on them, as opposed to just listing them all for sale at an opening bid a.k.a. fixed price and waiting for them to slowly sell.
They can air the original versions in TV syndication, just not in any home distributions or Internet uses. I'm hoping for it to get picked up by a no-name cable channel, and I'll capture them all myself.
I own and have ripped the DVD set with the overdubbed music, and I'd love to replace them one-by-one with better versions.
Expand your analogy a bit. Nailguns make it easier to build houses for good builders, because it's faster to put in a nail than by hand. On the other hand, nailguns make it easier for bad builders to make houses, because "When in doubt, shoot three more nails into it" becomes viable, whereas with each nail going in by hand the builder might think a little longer about where and how to put those nails.