Doesn't that company have an employee population of > 300K? If so, the percent of suicides is (16/300000)*100 = 0.0053 %. As horrible as suicide is, that seems to me a small percentage.
Agreed. The more tools and techniques developed by any government to help inform citizens of any and all ideas is a good thing. The free flow of information and debate is important in order to come to the correct conclusions about current events, technology, systems of government, foreign policies, fiscal mandates, freedom, etc.
Just another libtard who rocks like Rain Man repeating Faux News, Faux News, Faux News. Just admit you're a communist to your shrink and be done with it.
That's a fair analysis about history and how news is disseminated. I'll even concede that comedy is a powerful method of making a point. Maybe there popularity, especially with youth, is based on the seriousness of the subject matter of the world today. Some of it's even scary and their comedic medium may be a way for youth to cope. I see the problems of the world today and disagree with how these clowns treat it. However, maybe I should be grateful they're engaging the youth with these important ideas, even if they do so with a bias.
Could be. My interpretation of the Daily Show and the Colbert report are of my own opinion. It may be I'm out of touch and dull or am a part of the demographic that has moved on or both. To be honest, those guys were never funny to me. I will say their popularity is troubling when such a large population of America's youth enjoys getting their political news in the form of slap stick humor. In contrast, the older generations (especially WWII) were engaged in current events on a more serious medium. I wonder if the difference in news content vs. how the generations received their news as young adults represents how America has been dumbed down. Or maybe previous generations had no sense of humor, were bland and too serious. Personally, I find myself respecting the ways of the old timers. Stewart and Colbert are juvenile to me. To each their own, I guess.
I think these guys legitimately care about their ideology and are stuck with comedian jobs. They know their relevance is ending when the 20 somethings that used to watch them while eating cheetos are now turning 30 and are bored with their childish humor. These rallies are their attempt to stay relevant.
The more platforms we have available as developers, the easier it is to find solutions. Being able to program in Java and.NET and mixing a system seamlessly allows for faster development and more bells and whistles. I welcome.NET on any platform because it's better at certain things over Java (and vice versa).
These old fuddy duddies have lost all perspective of engineering. They're both right and wrong. Understanding a system can be obtained from different perspective, INCLUDING the genome. To dismiss, as Meyers did, that the genome isn't the approach and Kurzweil's redefinition of his comments misses the point. Both need to realize that in the end the brain will be mastered by many researchers from many disciplines in many labs. The culmination of knowledge will yield from different angles through different experiments. To suggest that our understanding of the mind will only come from angle A, B and Z is like saying the only way to wrap your mind around an application is by studying the database alone.
Get the digital box from Comcast and set the channel to Sesame Street. Broadcast the channel over analog to all the municipality TV's. Maybe then you guys will learn to count and balance your budgets.
I wonder if she still does that at the beginning of her program? It seemed that when Bush was in office, the left screamed bloody murder when it came to the war(s). Now that their guy is in office, you can hear chirping from crickets.
Be careful about judging motives when the merits of the decision sound perfectly reasonable to me. We're so used to being shamed into believing that just because personal inclinations exist we have to throw out all logic and reason. Don't throw the baby outwith the oily bath water.
Too bad this is happening because I've always been a fan of private industry gaining more experience in the space exploration industry. It seems, not only was NASA inefficient and bureaucratic when it came to building space vehicles, they're impotent when charged with the simple task of doling out cash to competent private companies who are better equipped to handle the job. Yet another example of how large government is broken. I've worked in both the private and public sector and know from experience the problem lies with accountability. There is a serious disconnect between reality (i.e. what works vs. doesn't) and politics. Policies in private industry are based on getting the job done quickly, efficiently and competitively whereas there is no such incentive in the government sector.
Entitlement is a funny thing. It somehow gets in the way of economics in the minds of many. This is the problem we face today with the government's out of control spending. Utopia vs. Reality should be a required course at every college.
I just called customer service to claim my 2 year extended service, afforded to customer's effected by last weeks outage (according the the article above). I was told that they haven't received authorization to provide that. I replied that I wanted my account canceled in which case I was hung up on. Looks like I'll be going with another anti-virus company on the next go around.
It's ironic we're talking about "fast and loose with facts" when the topic at hand is how the climate warming/cooling (which is it folks?) researchers who for years distorted findings for additional research money and to regulate private industry under the auspices of championing environmental agendas.
If you don't already own a Kindle and an iPhone, iTouch, Droid or Nexus One, the iPad is cool and you should get it. Otherwise, save your money because the aforementioned does everything you want.
The iPad isn't all that revolutionary folks. It's just a tablet laptop.
Speed is scalable with hardware so I'm not concerned about Java there. My main concern is whether youth can overcome the environmental hurdles that comes with Java. MS got it write with.NET. Setting up MS's framework is effortless which may attract those who don't wish to fight the platform to incorporate lucene or red5 to their project.
The future of Java will depend on standardization of cross project support. It's gotta be easy like connecting legos.
For me the only good spot is somewhere in the middle, accepting social needs and human motivation.
Let's take the U.S.'s newly socialized health care system for example: What it basically says is, "Dear Doctors, despite your dedication and persistence to the craft of medicine, you will not be allowed to practice the way you see fit. Your decade of training, continued education and superior skill set obtained will not be rewarded based on what the market will bear. In fact, you will be told how to do your job. We will regulate your salary because your time isn't yours, it's ours. Your time isn't your, it's ours. Let me repeat this so we're very clear -- your time isn't yours, we own you. Don't you dare call this slavery because it is not. Your time is ours. You will do what we say and you will be paid what we suggest. That agreement you had with John Doe to replace his organ? He may have agreed to your price but we don't. You will replace that person's organ at a price we set. Your time is NOT yours anymore. Good day to you Sir. We appreciate your service even if you think you know medicine better then us."
We live in a state that rewards bad behavior and punishes success. This is how empires fall.
When I was on unemployment I got $550 a week. That's equivalent to a $15/hour job, and I thought to myself: "This is a pretty sweet deal. I get paid the same amount as my brother, but while he's truck driving and delivering goods, I'm just sitting here watching TV and playing games."
That's awesome.
Am I the only one in this world that sees the un-sustainable direction this country is going? Our grandparents didn't think like this. They believed in working hard, paying their dues and doing the right thing. We've become soft and immoral when we're willing to pass our debt to the next generation so we can "watch TV and play video games". I'm disappointed in my country.
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Doesn't that company have an employee population of > 300K? If so, the percent of suicides is (16/300000)*100 = 0.0053 %. As horrible as suicide is, that seems to me a small percentage.
Agreed. The more tools and techniques developed by any government to help inform citizens of any and all ideas is a good thing. The free flow of information and debate is important in order to come to the correct conclusions about current events, technology, systems of government, foreign policies, fiscal mandates, freedom, etc.
Just another libtard who rocks like Rain Man repeating Faux News, Faux News, Faux News. Just admit you're a communist to your shrink and be done with it.
That's a fair analysis about history and how news is disseminated. I'll even concede that comedy is a powerful method of making a point. Maybe there popularity, especially with youth, is based on the seriousness of the subject matter of the world today. Some of it's even scary and their comedic medium may be a way for youth to cope. I see the problems of the world today and disagree with how these clowns treat it. However, maybe I should be grateful they're engaging the youth with these important ideas, even if they do so with a bias.
Could be. My interpretation of the Daily Show and the Colbert report are of my own opinion. It may be I'm out of touch and dull or am a part of the demographic that has moved on or both. To be honest, those guys were never funny to me. I will say their popularity is troubling when such a large population of America's youth enjoys getting their political news in the form of slap stick humor. In contrast, the older generations (especially WWII) were engaged in current events on a more serious medium. I wonder if the difference in news content vs. how the generations received their news as young adults represents how America has been dumbed down. Or maybe previous generations had no sense of humor, were bland and too serious. Personally, I find myself respecting the ways of the old timers. Stewart and Colbert are juvenile to me. To each their own, I guess.
I think these guys legitimately care about their ideology and are stuck with comedian jobs. They know their relevance is ending when the 20 somethings that used to watch them while eating cheetos are now turning 30 and are bored with their childish humor. These rallies are their attempt to stay relevant.
The more platforms we have available as developers, the easier it is to find solutions. Being able to program in Java and .NET and mixing a system seamlessly allows for faster development and more bells and whistles. I welcome .NET on any platform because it's better at certain things over Java (and vice versa).
These old fuddy duddies have lost all perspective of engineering. They're both right and wrong. Understanding a system can be obtained from different perspective, INCLUDING the genome. To dismiss, as Meyers did, that the genome isn't the approach and Kurzweil's redefinition of his comments misses the point. Both need to realize that in the end the brain will be mastered by many researchers from many disciplines in many labs. The culmination of knowledge will yield from different angles through different experiments. To suggest that our understanding of the mind will only come from angle A, B and Z is like saying the only way to wrap your mind around an application is by studying the database alone.
Dear Mr. Government employee,
Get the digital box from Comcast and set the channel to Sesame Street. Broadcast the channel over analog to all the municipality TV's. Maybe then you guys will learn to count and balance your budgets.
You'll have a hard time getting 4% of the vote without booty to pay them off...
Nonsense. Politicians can always be paid off with booty. Prostitution is at the heart of all leader's psyche.
I wonder if she still does that at the beginning of her program? It seemed that when Bush was in office, the left screamed bloody murder when it came to the war(s). Now that their guy is in office, you can hear chirping from crickets.
Be careful about judging motives when the merits of the decision sound perfectly reasonable to me. We're so used to being shamed into believing that just because personal inclinations exist we have to throw out all logic and reason. Don't throw the baby outwith the oily bath water.
Too bad this is happening because I've always been a fan of private industry gaining more experience in the space exploration industry. It seems, not only was NASA inefficient and bureaucratic when it came to building space vehicles, they're impotent when charged with the simple task of doling out cash to competent private companies who are better equipped to handle the job. Yet another example of how large government is broken. I've worked in both the private and public sector and know from experience the problem lies with accountability. There is a serious disconnect between reality (i.e. what works vs. doesn't) and politics. Policies in private industry are based on getting the job done quickly, efficiently and competitively whereas there is no such incentive in the government sector.
Entitlement is a funny thing. It somehow gets in the way of economics in the minds of many. This is the problem we face today with the government's out of control spending. Utopia vs. Reality should be a required course at every college.
I just called customer service to claim my 2 year extended service, afforded to customer's effected by last weeks outage (according the the article above). I was told that they haven't received authorization to provide that. I replied that I wanted my account canceled in which case I was hung up on. Looks like I'll be going with another anti-virus company on the next go around.
Nobody is talking about cooling. Where do you get that?
Here and here
I could site contemporary and historical global warming/cooling research/contradictions all day but I'm lazy.
It's ironic we're talking about "fast and loose with facts" when the topic at hand is how the climate warming/cooling (which is it folks?) researchers who for years distorted findings for additional research money and to regulate private industry under the auspices of championing environmental agendas.
Their credibility is shot.
If you don't already own a Kindle and an iPhone, iTouch, Droid or Nexus One, the iPad is cool and you should get it. Otherwise, save your money because the aforementioned does everything you want.
The iPad isn't all that revolutionary folks. It's just a tablet laptop.
I thought Apple pushed people toward Quicktime format? Didn't they invent that?
Is there a way both of them can lose?
Yes
machine = man
inevitably...
Speed is scalable with hardware so I'm not concerned about Java there. My main concern is whether youth can overcome the environmental hurdles that comes with Java. MS got it write with .NET. Setting up MS's framework is effortless which may attract those who don't wish to fight the platform to incorporate lucene or red5 to their project.
The future of Java will depend on standardization of cross project support. It's gotta be easy like connecting legos.
For me the only good spot is somewhere in the middle, accepting social needs and human motivation.
Let's take the U.S.'s newly socialized health care system for example: What it basically says is, "Dear Doctors, despite your dedication and persistence to the craft of medicine, you will not be allowed to practice the way you see fit. Your decade of training, continued education and superior skill set obtained will not be rewarded based on what the market will bear. In fact, you will be told how to do your job. We will regulate your salary because your time isn't yours, it's ours. Your time isn't your, it's ours. Let me repeat this so we're very clear -- your time isn't yours, we own you. Don't you dare call this slavery because it is not. Your time is ours. You will do what we say and you will be paid what we suggest. That agreement you had with John Doe to replace his organ? He may have agreed to your price but we don't. You will replace that person's organ at a price we set. Your time is NOT yours anymore. Good day to you Sir. We appreciate your service even if you think you know medicine better then us."
We live in a state that rewards bad behavior and punishes success. This is how empires fall.
When I was on unemployment I got $550 a week. That's equivalent to a $15/hour job, and I thought to myself: "This is a pretty sweet deal. I get paid the same amount as my brother, but while he's truck driving and delivering goods, I'm just sitting here watching TV and playing games."
That's awesome.
Am I the only one in this world that sees the un-sustainable direction this country is going? Our grandparents didn't think like this. They believed in working hard, paying their dues and doing the right thing. We've become soft and immoral when we're willing to pass our debt to the next generation so we can "watch TV and play video games". I'm disappointed in my country.
Fuckin' A, man. I got a rash, man.