. What other course of action would you propose in such a case as this? Just letting the car escape and perhaps injure or kill other drivers?
Yes. People tend to freak and do stupid things when chased - get the plate and follow it at a large distance unless it's a kidnapping or something.
You seem to imply that all police officers are jack-booted thugs just looking for the next innocent person to kill then "get off the hook" on a technicality.
That's the safe assumption. Not like you're going to put yourself at risk thinking that way, and cops tend to stick together, so they're as bad as the worst scum they protect.
*Most* police officers are brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect your right to sit on your ass and belittle them on Slashdot.
What, it's not as if they deliver pizza. Their job isn't all that dangerous.
It's not like they're going to start driving around and shooting this thing off at anyone who runs a red light. Any device such as this requires rigorous training on its use, dangers, and necessary precautions.
But limited things (like jewels, beach front condo's, a ticket to the california disneyland on a good day, a ticket to a rock concert, and... oil ) are going to be bid up in price.
Amusement parks are not limited, and neither are rock concerts - China has its own music scene. Copper, otoh, is somewhat limited.
Protectionism is about fear.
Protectionism is putting a regulator on the money pump. It allows us time to adjust.
They clearly cannot force you to sign something on the way out the door with no more money, but everything else is a grey area.
I recall that, in one case, they were able to enforce an implied NDA on a former employee under the argument that, um, I dunno. I t makes no sense, but it has happened.
Really, you are just demonstrating my point. I'm certain most people don't reason through the probability of a pronoun's correctness when typing a message on Slashdot. You are simply providing a rationale after the fact, something humans are excellent at. We're so good at it we can convince ourselves after that fact that we fully reasoned through a snap decision.
No, it's simply that slashdot is male dominated. Change that and I'll assume that it might be a girl. I'll still use 'he' for indeterminate cases because I speak proper english (mostly).
Oh, and what does this have to do with non-compete agreements?
This is a false dichotomy. I expect you to specific neither. There are many viable options available: using "one", avoiding pronoun use, rewriting sentences to utilize plural "they", or even the prescriptivists' dreaded (but increasingly popular) singular "they".
That's godawful. 'one' is snooty, rewriting sentences makes no more sense than for eliminating split infinitives, and they is sometimes useful, but I only use it when number is also indeterminate.
But what if the entity in question has a multiple personality disorder - sorry, I meant is singularity challenged ? Shouldn't it be "hesheittheyoneorsomeorallofthem" ?
Wrong! That's not an advantage, that's insane. At least, I can't remember the last time I was looking at my cellphone thinking, "Damn, I wish right now I could open up a Word document!", not even if one was attached to an e-mail.
Moreover, why is ANYONE "against" convergence? Seriously? Do you really WANT to be carrying around a camera, a phone, a PDA, and a laptop?
Sort of. I always have the phone. If it did limited PDA stuff, like email and calendar, that'd be okay, but it had better be a good phone and always available. I have 2 cameras - a casio that works great for quick photos and a DSLR for serious stuff when I want to engage in geekitude. Laptops stay in the car or the hotel on vacation.
They won't care until the quarterly update, at which point they will call you up on your cellphone (if they have it) and demand you come in and do whatever it is that you tried to train someone on (I assume noone is assigned or they didn't take perfect notes). For free, or else. At which point (if it were me), I'd quote a high hourly rate and demand a written contract before I did anything.
On the other hand, if that guy you trained called you up and asked you for a few minutes to go over some details, I'd have no problem at all.
So you trade some efficiency for better stability - the EU is keeping pace with the US in production, so maybe that's a good thing; I know which one I'd prefer.
Okay, backups are an exception. That and the root password. If I have either of those duties, I expect (demand) to lose them immediately. Other stuff that doesn't require root can be done while I transition stuff, but you will change the password and have someone else do backups.
So he broke into the Democratic headquarters and spied on them; so he made the White House Secret Service detail wear uniforms reminiscent of the Beefeaters; so he was a bit of an asshole who walked all over our civil liberties -- he did not start any wars and he did not funnel any contracts to any companies that he was a major stockholder of.
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. What other course of action would you propose in such a case as this? Just letting the car escape and perhaps injure or kill other drivers?
Yes. People tend to freak and do stupid things when chased - get the plate and follow it at a large distance unless it's a kidnapping or something.
You seem to imply that all police officers are jack-booted thugs just looking for the next innocent person to kill then "get off the hook" on a technicality.
That's the safe assumption. Not like you're going to put yourself at risk thinking that way, and cops tend to stick together, so they're as bad as the worst scum they protect.
*Most* police officers are brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect your right to sit on your ass and belittle them on Slashdot.
What, it's not as if they deliver pizza. Their job isn't all that dangerous.
It's not like they're going to start driving around and shooting this thing off at anyone who runs a red light. Any device such as this requires rigorous training on its use, dangers, and necessary precautions.
Yeah, just like with tasers, right?
If I were a badas, I'd do the shielding thing too. Just another part of the checklist.
But limited things (like jewels, beach front condo's, a ticket to the california disneyland on a good day, a ticket to a rock concert, and ... oil ) are going to be bid up in price.
Amusement parks are not limited, and neither are rock concerts - China has its own music scene. Copper, otoh, is somewhat limited.
Protectionism is about fear.
Protectionism is putting a regulator on the money pump. It allows us time to adjust.
You sell toilet paper and control reactors with the same machine?
So your professor says it's liberal - what sort of liberal? That word doesn't mean anything with the current climate.
Sounds like bad faith to me. Of course, it's also stupid to pass around a word doc as a contract to sign.
They clearly cannot force you to sign something on the way out the door with no more money, but everything else is a grey area.
I recall that, in one case, they were able to enforce an implied NDA on a former employee under the argument that, um, I dunno. I t makes no sense, but it has happened.
9th circuit is the most liberal in the country.
Based on what? It's the biggest and has more overturned acses as a result, but so what?
Damn, now I've got images of a hot (and brilliant) russian linguist running through my head.
Really, you are just demonstrating my point. I'm certain most people don't reason through the probability of a pronoun's correctness when typing a message on Slashdot. You are simply providing a rationale after the fact, something humans are excellent at. We're so good at it we can convince ourselves after that fact that we fully reasoned through a snap decision.
No, it's simply that slashdot is male dominated. Change that and I'll assume that it might be a girl. I'll still use 'he' for indeterminate cases because I speak proper english (mostly).
Oh, and what does this have to do with non-compete agreements?
This is a false dichotomy. I expect you to specific neither. There are many viable options available: using "one", avoiding pronoun use, rewriting sentences to utilize plural "they", or even the prescriptivists' dreaded (but increasingly popular) singular "they".
That's godawful. 'one' is snooty, rewriting sentences makes no more sense than for eliminating split infinitives, and they is sometimes useful, but I only use it when number is also indeterminate.
FYI: "intersexed" is the appropriate term. "hermaphrodite" is antiquated as well as inaccurate and derogatory to the interesexed.
Why is that? Is it the same reasoning that led to the ridiculous african american/people of color thing?
But what if the entity in question has a multiple personality disorder - sorry, I meant is singularity challenged ? Shouldn't it be "hesheittheyoneorsomeorallofthem" ?
Too many words - just use 'thingy'
I'm a feminist. That's true, however I'm far more supportive of men than the majority of feminists out there.
Perhaps your time would be better spent fighting for equality than railing against the features of English. He is a gender neutral pronoun.
Principle of the thing? Who's going to hire you if the last place owns your first half year of work?
woops - that makes sense.
Wrong! That's not an advantage, that's insane. At least, I can't remember the last time I was looking at my cellphone thinking, "Damn, I wish right now I could open up a Word document!", not even if one was attached to an e-mail.
Dude, that's sarcasm.
Moreover, why is ANYONE "against" convergence? Seriously? Do you really WANT to be carrying around a camera, a phone, a PDA, and a laptop?
Sort of. I always have the phone. If it did limited PDA stuff, like email and calendar, that'd be okay, but it had better be a good phone and always available. I have 2 cameras - a casio that works great for quick photos and a DSLR for serious stuff when I want to engage in geekitude. Laptops stay in the car or the hotel on vacation.
They won't care until the quarterly update, at which point they will call you up on your cellphone (if they have it) and demand you come in and do whatever it is that you tried to train someone on (I assume noone is assigned or they didn't take perfect notes). For free, or else. At which point (if it were me), I'd quote a high hourly rate and demand a written contract before I did anything.
On the other hand, if that guy you trained called you up and asked you for a few minutes to go over some details, I'd have no problem at all.
Did office write another damn widget set or did they actually refactor the UI in a usable way? Is the old UI available for people that are entrenched?
Do you think that they'd balance your till and get ahold of you if it comes up short? They do that anyway every night.
So if I leave without notice, I'm an asshole, but if I'm fired without notice, that's just business?
So you trade some efficiency for better stability - the EU is keeping pace with the US in production, so maybe that's a good thing; I know which one I'd prefer.
My current employer has an average halflife of 2.5 years. If it were longer (say 5-7 years), then a 6 month notice would be ok.
Okay, backups are an exception. That and the root password. If I have either of those duties, I expect (demand) to lose them immediately. Other stuff that doesn't require root can be done while I transition stuff, but you will change the password and have someone else do backups.
So he broke into the Democratic headquarters and spied on them; so he made the White House Secret Service detail wear uniforms reminiscent of the Beefeaters; so he was a bit of an asshole who walked all over our civil liberties -- he did not start any wars and he did not funnel any contracts to any companies that he was a major stockholder of.
No, that was LBJ