Cthulhu is as much as religon as Q is in Star Trek.:-)
Actually, I never really looked into it. I just know that it's a fictional being from horror books. There could actually be a Cult of Cthulhu out there.
"what magical land do you live in that has no natural disasters?"
Colorado. Although the natural disaster here has been drought, and fire. You know what happened after that? People who want to build their houses in the woods can't get fire insurance.
And if their homes get burned down again, they shouldn't get federal money for that.
I do appreciate culture and history. When will be rebuild Pompeii?
The city is sinking into the swamp like a scene in a Monty Python skit and you want to build it up again.
New Orleans has been sinking into the swamp for years. The city is essentially a hole in the ground, surrounded by water. You know why the cemetaries have above ground caskets? They're 15 feet below sea level. The hole fills up with water as fast as they can dig it.
If we rebuild, it *will* happen again. And then what? We pay to have it rebuilt again? If the city was next to an active volcano, would you be saying we should rebuild it?
The levy that broke WAS upgraded to withstand the cat4 hurricanes.
And the project to upgrade the levys has been going since 1965! This is not the federal governments fault. If the dam levy is so important to people in New Orleans, have them come up with the money to fix it themselves!
The companies have to train people to use their million dollar mainframes. It's not rocket science.
BTW, I live in Denver, Colorado. If anyone wants to pick me up to work in their mainframe shop, I'm game. I've only touched one in college though, MVS class. So you'll have to train me.
If there are no reponses to this post, then there is no problem with a shortage of mainframe workers.
Actually, I'm surprised more businesses don't outsource to Canada.
If I were to hazard a guess as to why they don't, it's probably because of your socialistic laws. Sure you start out with cheaper labor, but you end up paying for the difference in taxes and other things to make things "fair".
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Are these actual color pictures? From what I understand, most of the color pics coming out of NASA are actually B&W with the color added.
Get a car. Then you can drive around real fast!
I thought the Chinese were making their own "Dragon" chip or something...
I didn't realize it was just a clone of an x86 chip.
You socialists?
What in the world did I say that was socialist?
Cthulhu is as much as religon as Q is in Star Trek.
Actually, I never really looked into it. I just know that it's a fictional being from horror books. There could actually be a Cult of Cthulhu out there.
"what magical land do you live in that has no natural disasters?"
Colorado. Although the natural disaster here has been drought, and fire. You know what happened after that? People who want to build their houses in the woods can't get fire insurance.
And if their homes get burned down again, they shouldn't get federal money for that.
I do appreciate culture and history. When will be rebuild Pompeii?
The city is sinking into the swamp like a scene in a Monty Python skit and you want to build it up again.
"There isn't a binary choice between complete dependence and complete independence."
Yet in practice, it certianly seems that's what happens.
Goverment control becomes focused an a few areas, and the rest becomes...sans government.
On one hand, there had been two previous hurricanes that caused evac orders to be issued. And those missed.
On the other hand, you're putting your life in your hands with that decision.
"My having a gun or a knife is not a threat to any good person and not a threat to police."
Unless they start shooting at you.
But that's a whole other discussion on why the 2nd amendment is so important.
Louisiana has a big problem with incompetent politicians and corruption.
The system can stumble along in normal times. When the shit hits the fan, it all falls apart.
I wonder if this will be enough of a shock to get things moving on the right track...
FEMA is more of a disaster management service. When it hits, they move into the area and help organize all the local emergency services.
The vast majority being faith-based services.
Have you looked into these services to see if they'll be ripping you off? Or is this just an anti-religon knee-jerk response?
Heartless bastard reporting for duty.
New Orleans has been sinking into the swamp for years. The city is essentially a hole in the ground, surrounded by water. You know why the cemetaries have above ground caskets? They're 15 feet below sea level. The hole fills up with water as fast as they can dig it.
If we rebuild, it *will* happen again. And then what? We pay to have it rebuilt again? If the city was next to an active volcano, would you be saying we should rebuild it?
The levy that broke WAS upgraded to withstand the cat4 hurricanes.
And the project to upgrade the levys has been going since 1965! This is not the federal governments fault. If the dam levy is so important to people in New Orleans, have them come up with the money to fix it themselves!
On one hand, that's just sad. I still come across file formats I've never heard of. I go look it up and find the program to decode them.
On the other hand, the vast majority of compression requirements are satisfied with
So you're saying, you can't go to jail for speeding, unless you're speeding really fast.
Sounds like going to jail for speeding to me.
Heh. How cute.
So, did you know that when doing research into fixing spine damage, they actually have to break the spines of the rats?
Think about how they do that for a while.
It's the end of a river. Isn't the "Natural course" constantly changing and moving?
You've got to mess around with that or you can't have a city there.
The companies have to train people to use their million dollar mainframes. It's not rocket science.
BTW, I live in Denver, Colorado. If anyone wants to pick me up to work in their mainframe shop, I'm game. I've only touched one in college though, MVS class. So you'll have to train me.
If there are no reponses to this post, then there is no problem with a shortage of mainframe workers.
I think that's a horrible idea.
Do you really want the essental core of the company to be changeable to the whim of any PHB?
It's easy to criticize.
If you think the US is going about this the wrong way, post a better way. Acting like someone's mother-in-law never helps.
I knew it! Woo! Wooooooo!
Interesting. Your Zenith is a 20 year old widescreen CRT TV that can do 480p?
I doubt it.
(shrug)
Then they won't call it a CEO anymore to get around that rule.
Do you plan on having the government decide what the top salary is for every possible position in the company?
Actually, I'm surprised more businesses don't outsource to Canada.
If I were to hazard a guess as to why they don't, it's probably because of your socialistic laws. Sure you start out with cheaper labor, but you end up paying for the difference in taxes and other things to make things "fair".
Actually, the poor are getting richer too.
You could say that the distance between the bottom and the top is growing, but who cares?