It's pretty typical for us in that situation to develop specific injuries and weaknesses, one common one of which is weakened lower back muscles, leading to back problems
Like the other guy said: do situps and hyperextensions (the other way) and your back will feel better.
When people get together and say NO MORE. (Just look at the immigrants, with their marchs they're making the whitehouse sweat, aren't they?)
Um, they aren't immigrants. They don't even have the right to be here. Kind of ironic that your first example about stopping the erosion of rights is a bunch of people demanding rights they don't have and we wouldn't get in their position.
Don't care. I'd rather live in rural Iowa than either one of those cities. If more than 70% of the men in a given place don't know how to change a spark plug, I'm not moving there.
Why learn how to change spark plugs when you haven't got a car?
And that peroxide stuff whose name I can't recall?
Hydrogen Peroxide. Anything above 70% reacts with itself, and it catalyzes with any sort of organic substance (like oil and rubber). NASA likes it for rockets, and it's good for cleaning wounds at 0.5%. Dunno how to make it, but it can't be that hard - I found a recipe for Astrolite lying around, and that stuff is really interesting. If you really want to cause fatalities, you need look no further than swordfish - C4 + ball bearings hooked up to a proximity detonator similar to the sort of thing used to prevent shopping cart theft. You can also learn about building demolition and the psychology of crowds, then apply it to any enclosed area with a lot of people. Shut out the lights, lock the doors, and make some scary sounds, and people will do all the work for you.
I'm really not sure what any of this would accomplish - you still have more to fear from a cop trying to make points in a drug raid than a terrorist.
ROFL, do you think these things matter? the _IRS_ took down _AL freakin CAPONE_ the original gangster of all the original gangsters. Do you think he filed taxes and didn't lie about his income?
Obviously not, since he went down for tax evasion.
The IRS is generally involved to a great degree whenever any sort of organized crime is taken down.
Um, because they're otherwise shielded?
I really don't see how that applies here. Posting what you make on your tax forms generally does not incriminate yourself unless those incomes come from illegitmate means, which means you wouldn't tell in the first place unless you're really, really, really bad at being a criminal.
It's really simple: if you lie about where your income comes from, the IRS can go after you. If you don't, they don't tell anybody about what you said.
And really, if it hasn't been happening for pro-US foreigners over the last 5 decades, the constitution most certainly does not apply to the terrorists.
Sure it does, at least on US soil - you don't know that they're terrorists until they're convicted. Didn't you see Tim McVeigh's trial?
I read it again. He's calculating state tax +100% + federal tax. This is obviously crap. It's also a powergrab by the feds, which is reason enough to oppose it.
The 5th amendment protects you from being compelled to testify against yourself in a court. If you volunteer the information, you're out of luck.
You are compelled to list your income and occupation on the tax forms. Therefore, the IRS cannot share that info with the FBI or local cops. If you're a hooker and you declare that you made $150,000 last year and give uncle sam his cut, they won't do a damn thing to you. They won't (can't) tip off vice, because it's illegal.
I've never understood why governments don't set the tax services (I don't live in the USA; We call the equivilent of the IRS the Inland revenue, there's no service about it on this side of the Atlantic.) onto "Teh Terrorists!!!"
Well, assuming that terrorists actually file taxes and don't lie about their income, it would be illegal to use that info in criminal prosecution, as that would violate the 5th ammendment. Despite whatever the Chimp in Chief thinks, the constitution applies to everyone in the country, even the terrorists.
If the nerd/scientist gets the CEO position, nobody will take him seriously, because of the herd mentality that most "business" people suffer from.
I'm sure the founders of google would have something to say about that. The fact is, your advice smacks of passimism with no supporting evidence. Fact is, business isn't that hard, it's just irritating. The geeks can learn business better than business people can learn the technical stuff that is actually produced.
the nerd/scientist CEO will spend all his time dealing with accusations of being "inflexible" and "not suited to the job."
Or he will ignore the naysayers and concentrate on the things that make his company successful. After you succeed a couple of times, the accusations lose some of their potency.
If the business major gets the CEO position, the nerd/scientist gets relegated to the CTO position. The nerd/scientist will only last with the company until (a) the CEO decides to oust the nerd/scientist so he can keep all the glory for himself, or (b) the venture capitalists have decided that the idea factory is no longer worth keeping on the payroll.
On the one hand, you've got stock to keep your investment (with a non-dilution threshold). On the other hand, if you lose your idea factory, he goes on to make another company and you die slowly.
The only real solution: If you're a geek and you want to start a business, learn how to run a business yourself and absolutely refuse to buy into the concept that someone can go to school to study "business" without understanding the actual business/market they'll be dealing with.
This part I agree with - business is easy, the specifics are hard.
Ted Nelson tells the story of a friend of his, who founded a company, and wanted to avoid those boring meetings. At one meeting his investors decided to issue a second round of stock. He no longer controlled 51% of the stock, and those investors took control.
Add a non-dilution clause and you can keep your 51%, but you should still go to those meetings.
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How many of you believe that you could have done a better job of running HP than Carly? Personally, I think most of you are right.
Well, duh! Pick a higher standard. Jack Welch should be a hard act to follow. Carly, not so much.
say 500W because we know what you mean... you really mean average power.
Nah, you gotta be specific. Also, I wonder what happens if you drive that speaker at 4 Ohms.
If my desk vibrates, it's usually me getting paged.
You can always get a regular racing seat and mount it to a swivel base.
It's pretty typical for us in that situation to develop specific injuries and weaknesses, one common one of which is weakened lower back muscles, leading to back problems
Like the other guy said: do situps and hyperextensions (the other way) and your back will feel better.
When people get together and say NO MORE. (Just look at the immigrants, with their marchs they're making the whitehouse sweat, aren't they?)
Um, they aren't immigrants. They don't even have the right to be here. Kind of ironic that your first example about stopping the erosion of rights is a bunch of people demanding rights they don't have and we wouldn't get in their position.
Don't care. I'd rather live in rural Iowa than either one of those cities. If more than 70% of the men in a given place don't know how to change a spark plug, I'm not moving there.
Why learn how to change spark plugs when you haven't got a car?
Yecch. It looks like the a solid form of Acetylene, and I especially like the part where it sublimes into more and more unstable compounds.
And that peroxide stuff whose name I can't recall?
Hydrogen Peroxide. Anything above 70% reacts with itself, and it catalyzes with any sort of organic substance (like oil and rubber). NASA likes it for rockets, and it's good for cleaning wounds at 0.5%. Dunno how to make it, but it can't be that hard - I found a recipe for Astrolite lying around, and that stuff is really interesting. If you really want to cause fatalities, you need look no further than swordfish - C4 + ball bearings hooked up to a proximity detonator similar to the sort of thing used to prevent shopping cart theft. You can also learn about building demolition and the psychology of crowds, then apply it to any enclosed area with a lot of people. Shut out the lights, lock the doors, and make some scary sounds, and people will do all the work for you.
I'm really not sure what any of this would accomplish - you still have more to fear from a cop trying to make points in a drug raid than a terrorist.
Gravity is not a force.
Oh sure, like you know. Nobody has yet provided a satisfying answer to what exactly Gravity is.
And then someone ruins the joke by pointing out that the kernel source was signed by its authors...
Oh, I get it - sorry guys, I fed the troll.
Most of the "get more women into the field" noise comes from employers wanting to cut costs by paying women less.
Speaking for myself, I'm tired of an all male office.
There is nothing without God.
This is a science discussion - proselytizing has no place here.
Of course. Sitting at a computer for eight hours a day is not a social job.
I'm sitting at my computer for 2-3 hours on a normal day. The rest of the time is occupied with meetings and email, which are inherently social.
ROFL, do you think these things matter? the _IRS_ took down _AL freakin CAPONE_ the original gangster of all the original gangsters. Do you think he filed taxes and didn't lie about his income?
Obviously not, since he went down for tax evasion.
The IRS is generally involved to a great degree whenever any sort of organized crime is taken down.
Um, because they're otherwise shielded?
I really don't see how that applies here. Posting what you make on your tax forms generally does not incriminate yourself unless those incomes come from illegitmate means, which means you wouldn't tell in the first place unless you're really, really, really bad at being a criminal.
It's really simple: if you lie about where your income comes from, the IRS can go after you. If you don't, they don't tell anybody about what you said.
And really, if it hasn't been happening for pro-US foreigners over the last 5 decades, the constitution most certainly does not apply to the terrorists.
Sure it does, at least on US soil - you don't know that they're terrorists until they're convicted. Didn't you see Tim McVeigh's trial?
Because English has so many words with the same meaning it is supposedly the hardest language to learn.
Yeah, but it's easy to fake it.
What'd be really cool is a stealth ban where you can see your posts, but nobody else can.
While not illegal, some may considering it amoral to discriminate against stupid people.
Immoral? Hell, it's a moral imperative!
I read it again. He's calculating state tax +100% + federal tax. This is obviously crap. It's also a powergrab by the feds, which is reason enough to oppose it.
At the mom-and-pop: (6.00 * 1.06 + 6.00 * 1.23) = $13.74. Then (13.74/100.00) = 13.74% of my take-home income.
What are you, an idiot? The fairtax thing is 23%, not 129%.
The 5th amendment protects you from being compelled to testify against yourself in a court. If you volunteer the information, you're out of luck.
You are compelled to list your income and occupation on the tax forms. Therefore, the IRS cannot share that info with the FBI or local cops. If you're a hooker and you declare that you made $150,000 last year and give uncle sam his cut, they won't do a damn thing to you. They won't (can't) tip off vice, because it's illegal.
I've never understood why governments don't set the tax services (I don't live in the USA; We call the equivilent of the IRS the Inland revenue, there's no service about it on this side of the Atlantic.) onto "Teh Terrorists!!!"
Well, assuming that terrorists actually file taxes and don't lie about their income, it would be illegal to use that info in criminal prosecution, as that would violate the 5th ammendment. Despite whatever the Chimp in Chief thinks, the constitution applies to everyone in the country, even the terrorists.
If the nerd/scientist gets the CEO position, nobody will take him seriously, because of the herd mentality that most "business" people suffer from.
I'm sure the founders of google would have something to say about that. The fact is, your advice smacks of passimism with no supporting evidence. Fact is, business isn't that hard, it's just irritating. The geeks can learn business better than business people can learn the technical stuff that is actually produced.
the nerd/scientist CEO will spend all his time dealing with accusations of being "inflexible" and "not suited to the job."
Or he will ignore the naysayers and concentrate on the things that make his company successful. After you succeed a couple of times, the accusations lose some of their potency.
If the business major gets the CEO position, the nerd/scientist gets relegated to the CTO position. The nerd/scientist will only last with the company until (a) the CEO decides to oust the nerd/scientist so he can keep all the glory for himself, or (b) the venture capitalists have decided that the idea factory is no longer worth keeping on the payroll.
On the one hand, you've got stock to keep your investment (with a non-dilution threshold). On the other hand, if you lose your idea factory, he goes on to make another company and you die slowly.
The only real solution: If you're a geek and you want to start a business, learn how to run a business yourself and absolutely refuse to buy into the concept that someone can go to school to study "business" without understanding the actual business/market they'll be dealing with.
This part I agree with - business is easy, the specifics are hard.
Ted Nelson tells the story of a friend of his, who founded a company, and wanted to avoid those boring meetings. At one meeting his investors decided to issue a second round of stock. He no longer controlled 51% of the stock, and those investors took control.
Add a non-dilution clause and you can keep your 51%, but you should still go to those meetings.