Our company had a very strict pantyhose rule when I first started here; one lady in accounting was actually sent home for wearing shoes with no hose - with a PANT SUIT. Not even a skirt. Just showing a bit of ankle. We only recently have been allowed to wear open-toed shoes in summer.
If you want happy workers, let them dress comfortably. Sheesh.
THANK YOU - I have been trying for years to remember the name of that game. Everyone I describe it to gives me a blank stare. Now I can find it and buy it!
As for Hasbro - someone here mentioned Monopoly rip-offs - let me tell you, they are still very much in control of that franchise. One of my clients wanted to use it as a theme for an event and I had to jump through hoops and recreate all the imagery to keep them off our back. So this is not a surprising development.
I've been involved in a sci-fi drama series since 2006; we've just wrapped shooting on season 3 this weekend. We've been churning out 30-minute+ episodes and making them available online (Veoh, Google Video, etc.) for free.
The director was hoping to cap the series off with a feature-length finale (and DVD release of the series episodes). If a studio were to back such a venture, would they want more of an intro/rehash/summary scenario (for new viewers) or would they trust in the existing fan base to pick up where the series left off?
There is a nugget of wisdom hiding in your joke. All designers (and most laymen) realize the impact of the color red. Using that in a table to help certain figures stand out more is a no-brainer.
Red as one of the colors used in a zebra-stripe, however, is a big no-no. Red is only useful in small doses.
With 12 years remaining to complete a job that'll take 2 years, and the longer you wait the cheaper it gets, no wonder NASA hasn't budgeted anything for it.
Well, sure, except for the latest and greatest and really this one's true this time theory that the world is going to end in 2012...due to, according to some, a big fat asteroid slamming into the planet. So NASA is holding off getting started until 2009/2010, so that they can save the day at the last second in true Hollywood style, thereby proving their worth once and for all, and earning a bigger chunk of the budget in Congress' next session.
a bit more exercise would help a world more than changing you diet.
...and therein lies the problem with these stories. Forgive my cynicism, but all us 'Mericans are much more inclined to binge on something we already like (coffee, wine, green tea, chocolate) than to lift our fannies off the couch and go for a walk.
This is exactly the comment I was going to make (minus the Lindsay Lohan reference *shudder*) - MOD UP!
I am sick to death of the stories that pass for 'news' on television, radio and internet outlets (yes,/., that includes you). If you make the effort to dig past the empty calorie headlines, you can sometimes find 'stuff that matters' but honestly how much of the general populace is willing to dig?
You make a good point, but I think the days of real leadership like that are pretty much over - and some of it is thanks, in part, to the Internet. It's easier now to share the mudslinging sound bytes than ever before and the media outlets all report opinions instead of facts (for example, Yahoo! makes me ill with their headlines - Objection! Website is leading the witness).
Your ideal politician who learns, thinks, then acts, isn't really allowed to exist now. Their job is to perpetrate the illusion that they're making everybody happy on both sides of the fence all the time. Charismatic and bold leadership can't thrive in a middle of the road approach like that. Do you think a guy like Teddy Roosevelt could get elected nowadays?
Actually, we are in fact in the Chinese Year of the (Earth) Rat (February 7, 2008 to January 25, 2009). Nimh headquarters was moved to Hong Kong in preparation for this moment.
I'm sorry, at what point in my post did I ever say astrology was a religion? It most certainly is not. It's a practice (like witchcraft) that can be used as part of a larger spirituality, but not a religion in and of itself.
And I am certainly not alone in the 'belief' that religion and science are not necessarily mutually exclusive...
"A little science estranges men from God; much science leads them back to Him." - Louis Pasteur
First let me say, not all us ladies read those pieces of crap magazines.
Second let me say, not all scientists are lonely men. (My sister is a chemist, happily married. Yes, there are other, single women in her lab. No, you can't have the number.)
Third, let me say that the horoscopes in said mags, or newspapers, are meant as entertainment, and of course are vague and could apply to anyone.
Astrology is not just another tool of divination, like tarot or I Ching or picking petals off a daisy. It is a system of looking at the flow of energy in the universe and how it affects you. You can use it superficially (like the horoscopes in the paper) or you can study the vast amounts of information available and discover that no, it's not meant to predict anything, it simply points out things that you are or are not prone to and YOU, as the master of your own destiny, can choose to use that knowledge to help yourself - or not.
Quantum theories about how all matter and energy is connected and interacts only help to prove to me that astrology is not so easily dismissed. If the moon can affect when I have my period, why can't Jupiter affect when I'll be in a good mood to throw a party?
Now last, let me say that there is more to a woman than titties. Well, most of us, anyway.;-)
Sheesh. Where are all the other geek girls in here when you need 'em?
They don't advance our understanding of the world.
I would argue vehemently that art (music can be art, though YMMV) has the ability to do just that. Certainly some song, film, poem, or other piece of art has moved you in some way before?
It's my opinion that the world would do well to financially reward thoughtful art instead of empty entertainment (sports, reality tv, morning news shows, britney spears...):-)
The project I'm involved with uploads to Google Video and Veoh simultaneously; we had to quit using YouTube because we're doing half-hour episodes and they have size limitations. (Where do they get off putting limits on their free service? Bah!) The director was having to chop things up into 10-minute chunks. Hence, Veoh, which is good quality but apparently not as popular.
Google Video is a markedly lower quality than what we get on Veoh; but for folks who don't want to be forced to sign up (or who have older machines that can't load their player) we have the Google option.
It would make me very happy if this positively affected Google Video.
Well, at the risk of getting gross (and sacrificing karma), I have to wonder how a 'second moon' would affect menstrual cycles. Twice a month? There's your downside!
I think the shift you're noting has more to do with the overwhelming bulk of e-mail than any perceived lack of privacy. I am finding that many of the e-newsletters and things I used to think were so entertaining/useful/enlightening/etc. are now just junking up my overcrowded inbox. I would much rather get a brochure in the mail than to try to save a dozen huge online brochures and have to read them on my screen... or to have an e-mail volley with some recruiter who may or may not ever stop spamming me.
I wasn't making a health/judgement call on meth, or any of the other drugs listed; nor was I trying to merely imply that the reselling of confiscated contraband was the only profit center for our Feds. The War on Drugs gets funded, annually. You think the taxes we as a nation of working stiffs pay for that come close to the sales tax on a bottle of cough syrup?
And I've gotten many compliments on my tinfoil hat, thankyouverymuch, it brings out the silver in the tracking devices the gov't put in my teeth...
Has nothing to do with security, has everything to do with power and profit.
It's because meth is produced by the people, for the people, unlike marijuana, smack and coke which we mostly import. The gov't can't get its share of the profits on meth the way it does on other stuff, so they are coming down harder on it. The 'War on Drugs' was never about saving us from the evils of substance abuse, you know.
Course, that's just MHO. (And I don't know about other states, but here in Virginia you have to also sign a piece of paper in order to buy said medicine. It's ridiculous. Makes me try all that much harder not to get sick!)
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Our company had a very strict pantyhose rule when I first started here; one lady in accounting was actually sent home for wearing shoes with no hose - with a PANT SUIT. Not even a skirt. Just showing a bit of ankle. We only recently have been allowed to wear open-toed shoes in summer.
If you want happy workers, let them dress comfortably. Sheesh.
THANK YOU - I have been trying for years to remember the name of that game. Everyone I describe it to gives me a blank stare. Now I can find it and buy it!
As for Hasbro - someone here mentioned Monopoly rip-offs - let me tell you, they are still very much in control of that franchise. One of my clients wanted to use it as a theme for an event and I had to jump through hoops and recreate all the imagery to keep them off our back. So this is not a surprising development.
M. Night is already working on that one, tentatively called "The Splattering".
*ducks*
I've been involved in a sci-fi drama series since 2006; we've just wrapped shooting on season 3 this weekend. We've been churning out 30-minute+ episodes and making them available online (Veoh, Google Video, etc.) for free.
The director was hoping to cap the series off with a feature-length finale (and DVD release of the series episodes). If a studio were to back such a venture, would they want more of an intro/rehash/summary scenario (for new viewers) or would they trust in the existing fan base to pick up where the series left off?
See my sig for info on the show.
There is a nugget of wisdom hiding in your joke. All designers (and most laymen) realize the impact of the color red. Using that in a table to help certain figures stand out more is a no-brainer.
Red as one of the colors used in a zebra-stripe, however, is a big no-no. Red is only useful in small doses.
With 12 years remaining to complete a job that'll take 2 years, and the longer you wait the cheaper it gets, no wonder NASA hasn't budgeted anything for it.
Well, sure, except for the latest and greatest and really this one's true this time theory that the world is going to end in 2012...due to, according to some, a big fat asteroid slamming into the planet. So NASA is holding off getting started until 2009/2010, so that they can save the day at the last second in true Hollywood style, thereby proving their worth once and for all, and earning a bigger chunk of the budget in Congress' next session.
Indeed, my bf's 8 year old complained about the idea of subtitles too, until we sat her down to watch "Howl's Moving Castle" and she did just fine.
Too much is lost in the dubbing process. Not worth watching, IMO.
one note surrounded by 4/4 beats and grunts for lyrics
That is the band my neighbors listen to at 2 a.m. on the weekends.
Aw great, now you've gone and done it. *knocks on wood* Are we considered intelligent enough to be endangered by your question?
a bit more exercise would help a world more than changing you diet.
...and therein lies the problem with these stories. Forgive my cynicism, but all us 'Mericans are much more inclined to binge on something we already like (coffee, wine, green tea, chocolate) than to lift our fannies off the couch and go for a walk.
This is exactly the comment I was going to make (minus the Lindsay Lohan reference *shudder*) - MOD UP!
/., that includes you). If you make the effort to dig past the empty calorie headlines, you can sometimes find 'stuff that matters' but honestly how much of the general populace is willing to dig?
I am sick to death of the stories that pass for 'news' on television, radio and internet outlets (yes,
Hmm, maybe that's the problem...
I guess it's just the kid in me, but now I want it turned on even more just to see what will really happen.
The jolly, candy-like button! Will he hold out, folks? CAN he hold out?!
I wonder just how 'closely' together they intend to have us working? *shudder*
You make a good point, but I think the days of real leadership like that are pretty much over - and some of it is thanks, in part, to the Internet. It's easier now to share the mudslinging sound bytes than ever before and the media outlets all report opinions instead of facts (for example, Yahoo! makes me ill with their headlines - Objection! Website is leading the witness).
Your ideal politician who learns, thinks, then acts, isn't really allowed to exist now. Their job is to perpetrate the illusion that they're making everybody happy on both sides of the fence all the time. Charismatic and bold leadership can't thrive in a middle of the road approach like that. Do you think a guy like Teddy Roosevelt could get elected nowadays?
Actually, we are in fact in the Chinese Year of the (Earth) Rat (February 7, 2008 to January 25, 2009). Nimh headquarters was moved to Hong Kong in preparation for this moment.
Based on the tone of his comment, I wouldn't get too close to his monitor if I were you.
So is Google discouraging this practice, as well? Seems a bit late.
I'm sorry, at what point in my post did I ever say astrology was a religion? It most certainly is not. It's a practice (like witchcraft) that can be used as part of a larger spirituality, but not a religion in and of itself.
And I am certainly not alone in the 'belief' that religion and science are not necessarily mutually exclusive...
"A little science estranges men from God; much science leads them back to Him." - Louis Pasteur
First let me say, not all us ladies read those pieces of crap magazines.
;-)
Second let me say, not all scientists are lonely men. (My sister is a chemist, happily married. Yes, there are other, single women in her lab. No, you can't have the number.)
Third, let me say that the horoscopes in said mags, or newspapers, are meant as entertainment, and of course are vague and could apply to anyone.
Astrology is not just another tool of divination, like tarot or I Ching or picking petals off a daisy. It is a system of looking at the flow of energy in the universe and how it affects you. You can use it superficially (like the horoscopes in the paper) or you can study the vast amounts of information available and discover that no, it's not meant to predict anything, it simply points out things that you are or are not prone to and YOU, as the master of your own destiny, can choose to use that knowledge to help yourself - or not.
Quantum theories about how all matter and energy is connected and interacts only help to prove to me that astrology is not so easily dismissed. If the moon can affect when I have my period, why can't Jupiter affect when I'll be in a good mood to throw a party?
Now last, let me say that there is more to a woman than titties. Well, most of us, anyway.
Sheesh. Where are all the other geek girls in here when you need 'em?
They don't advance our understanding of the world.
:-)
I would argue vehemently that art (music can be art, though YMMV) has the ability to do just that. Certainly some song, film, poem, or other piece of art has moved you in some way before?
It's my opinion that the world would do well to financially reward thoughtful art instead of empty entertainment (sports, reality tv, morning news shows, britney spears...)
The project I'm involved with uploads to Google Video and Veoh simultaneously; we had to quit using YouTube because we're doing half-hour episodes and they have size limitations. (Where do they get off putting limits on their free service? Bah!) The director was having to chop things up into 10-minute chunks. Hence, Veoh, which is good quality but apparently not as popular.
Google Video is a markedly lower quality than what we get on Veoh; but for folks who don't want to be forced to sign up (or who have older machines that can't load their player) we have the Google option.
It would make me very happy if this positively affected Google Video.
Well, at the risk of getting gross (and sacrificing karma), I have to wonder how a 'second moon' would affect menstrual cycles. Twice a month? There's your downside!
I think the shift you're noting has more to do with the overwhelming bulk of e-mail than any perceived lack of privacy. I am finding that many of the e-newsletters and things I used to think were so entertaining/useful/enlightening/etc. are now just junking up my overcrowded inbox. I would much rather get a brochure in the mail than to try to save a dozen huge online brochures and have to read them on my screen... or to have an e-mail volley with some recruiter who may or may not ever stop spamming me.
I wasn't making a health/judgement call on meth, or any of the other drugs listed; nor was I trying to merely imply that the reselling of confiscated contraband was the only profit center for our Feds. The War on Drugs gets funded, annually. You think the taxes we as a nation of working stiffs pay for that come close to the sales tax on a bottle of cough syrup?
And I've gotten many compliments on my tinfoil hat, thankyouverymuch, it brings out the silver in the tracking devices the gov't put in my teeth...
Has nothing to do with security, has everything to do with power and profit.
It's because meth is produced by the people, for the people, unlike marijuana, smack and coke which we mostly import. The gov't can't get its share of the profits on meth the way it does on other stuff, so they are coming down harder on it. The 'War on Drugs' was never about saving us from the evils of substance abuse, you know.
Course, that's just MHO. (And I don't know about other states, but here in Virginia you have to also sign a piece of paper in order to buy said medicine. It's ridiculous. Makes me try all that much harder not to get sick!)