I'm used to the commenters not reading the articles. That's life on the net, and with all those comments to read and reply to, who has time for the articles?
I've even gotten used to the slashdot editors not reading the articles. After all, there are a lot of submissions and it's not like it's their job. The queue is long, the day is short, etc etc. I understand all that.
But when I realized that even the submitters don't read the articles they summarize... that is when I cried. Something broke inside me.
Even that was a couple of years ago, though. I'm all better now, and life is wonderful now that things don't have to make sense anymore. I feel so free!
I think those stories are much more likely to be from recent displacements, specifically the stories that expanding farming populations told about the hunter-gatherers that lived in the forests around them.
The hard part of this is that it's not just what you put on the net about yourself. The Red Bull picture from the article was posted by someone else. It showed up on the defendant's Facebook page because it was tagged with his name, not because he posted it.
Song recommends telling employers that you can't be reached after a certain time every night. Employees should tell their bosses that not being connected 24/7 will increase productivity when they're in the office, and explain "what's in it for your boss if you have quiet time," he said.
If you make that argument, you have already lost. It means you have given your boss the authority to rearrange your life for greater productivity; you're just giving advice on the best way to do it.
To establish boundaries, you should let them make the first move. Just don't respond to emails or calls outside of working hours. If they want you to be available for work during certain hours, they need to negotiate those hours and convince you -- preferably with arguments you can take to the bank.
I think the problem is that the sysadmins at school are terrible role models. On every school or university computer lab I've seen, the sysadmins were actually tasked with snooping through the students' email. For the sake of detecting plagiarism, of course! But it teaches students that this kind of snooping is ok and expected. In fact, it seems to be what university sysadmins are for. They certainly weren't spending any time on making sure the backups worked, for instance.
Substitute oil for water in that story, and you have Saddam Hussein's justification for invading Kuwait. (His main complaint was that Kuwait was pumping too much oil from fields that crossed the border between the two countries.)
I don't see why it would be any better or worse than holding it in your hands above your lap. She was actually being careful, using both hands and her knees to control the cup, instead of trying to hold it with one hand while twisting the lid off with the other -- now there's a recipe for spills.
According to the article, two of the things your boss should know are:
- it takes a particular kind of worker to be a successful telecommuter and
- if telecommuting is an option for one employee, it should be available to all
Sigh. The car was not moving. She was in the passenger seat, the driver had stopped while she fiddled with the coffee to add cream and sugar, and she'd placed the cup between her knees because she needed both hands to get the lid off.
If you're going to complain about this case, please look up the facts of the case first.
I can't help but wonder if all the people who are working on different, paralell projects pooled their efforts where Linux would be today.
Same place as the HURD, I bet:)
Having parallel projects makes it possible for the good ones to flourish and the bad ones to die off. If there's a single, unified project, and it gets stuck for any reason, then the whole movement is stuck.
Ah, but he probably learned something. Even if it was only "I'm never gonna do that again":-) Getting X11 to jump through hoops is a useful skill in some places.
Much more important than any of those: it means you can switch to various international layouts without confusing anyone! It's a real treat when you have foreign visitors. After they're done with gibbering in panic of course.
Which Constitution do you mean? We changed the Debian one yesterday:) If you mean the U.S. Constitution, it's been amended twenty-seven times already. Once more won't hurt.
Oh, that reminds me. Some people have complained about Debian being too slow and bureaucratic. Just LOOK at that twenty-seventh amendment:
Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992
Most spam has forged headers, so you're probably sending out challenges to random people. Getting such random challenges is incredibly annoying, it basically doubles the volume of MY spam for YOUR benefit. I've played with the idea of answering all such challenges for spam mails, but I decided it would be too much work. I'm glad to hear that others are doing it, though.
In exchange for Microsoft's agreement to provide settlement benefits, claims you have against Microsoft may be settled and released if you do not opt out under the settlement agreement, class members agree to settle and release all claims, demands, actions, suits, and causes of action against Microsoft and/or its directors, officers, employees, attorneys, insurers or agents, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, that any member of the Florida Settlement Class ever had, could have had, now has or hereafter can, shall or may have, relating in any way to:
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It's in their tutorial about materials used: http://www.shapeways.com/about/material-options
The range is from $1.87 to $2.89 per cubic centimeter.
I've even gotten used to the slashdot editors not reading the articles. After all, there are a lot of submissions and it's not like it's their job. The queue is long, the day is short, etc etc. I understand all that.
But when I realized that even the submitters don't read the articles they summarize... that is when I cried. Something broke inside me.
Even that was a couple of years ago, though. I'm all better now, and life is wonderful now that things don't have to make sense anymore. I feel so free!
I think those stories are much more likely to be from recent displacements, specifically the stories that expanding farming populations told about the hunter-gatherers that lived in the forests around them.
The hard part of this is that it's not just what you put on the net about yourself. The Red Bull picture from the article was posted by someone else. It showed up on the defendant's Facebook page because it was tagged with his name, not because he posted it.
It seems the captioning craze has now hit the courts. lolfelons coming to a site near you!
If you make that argument, you have already lost. It means you have given your boss the authority to rearrange your life for greater productivity; you're just giving advice on the best way to do it. To establish boundaries, you should let them make the first move. Just don't respond to emails or calls outside of working hours. If they want you to be available for work during certain hours, they need to negotiate those hours and convince you -- preferably with arguments you can take to the bank.
I think the problem is that the sysadmins at school are terrible role models. On every school or university computer lab I've seen, the sysadmins were actually tasked with snooping through the students' email. For the sake of detecting plagiarism, of course! But it teaches students that this kind of snooping is ok and expected. In fact, it seems to be what university sysadmins are for. They certainly weren't spending any time on making sure the backups worked, for instance.
Substitute oil for water in that story, and you have Saddam Hussein's justification for invading Kuwait. (His main complaint was that Kuwait was pumping too much oil from fields that crossed the border between the two countries.)
I don't see why it would be any better or worse than holding it in your hands above your lap. She was actually being careful, using both hands and her knees to control the cup, instead of trying to hold it with one hand while twisting the lid off with the other -- now there's a recipe for spills.
According to the article, two of the things your boss should know are:
- it takes a particular kind of worker to be a successful telecommuter
and
- if telecommuting is an option for one employee, it should be available to all
This sounds like it would be a problem.
Sigh. The car was not moving. She was in the passenger seat, the driver had stopped while she fiddled with the coffee to add cream and sugar, and she'd placed the cup between her knees because she needed both hands to get the lid off.
If you're going to complain about this case, please look up the facts of the case first.
I expect the rabbits will turn out to be a lot smaller if they're fed on grass.
Same place as the HURD, I bet :)
Having parallel projects makes it possible for the good ones to flourish and the bad ones to die off. If there's a single, unified project, and it gets stuck for any reason, then the whole movement is stuck.
But China is not a nation-state :) It encompasses several distinct nations.
Yeah, he didn't mention that part, but between 128 and 256, 100 of them got shot in a riot.
Yep, that's where I work. No, really. I've had files on liver, kidney, and guts. But no anus.
Ah, but he probably learned something. Even if it was only "I'm never gonna do that again" :-) Getting X11 to jump through hoops is a useful skill in some places.
Much more important than any of those: it means you can switch to various international layouts without confusing anyone! It's a real treat when you have foreign visitors. After they're done with gibbering in panic of course.
People are beginning to call it "mainboard".
Which Constitution do you mean? We changed the Debian one yesterday :) If you mean the U.S. Constitution, it's been amended twenty-seven times already. Once more won't hurt.
Oh, that reminds me. Some people have complained about Debian being too slow and bureaucratic. Just LOOK at that twenty-seventh amendment:
Now THAT's slow.
The packages remaining in the non-free archive are mostly from people who said "no".
Apparently their position is:
Somehow I suspect the average judge will see through that.
Most spam has forged headers, so you're probably sending out challenges to random people. Getting such random challenges is incredibly annoying, it basically doubles the volume of MY spam for YOUR benefit. I've played with the idea of answering all such challenges for spam mails, but I decided it would be too much work. I'm glad to hear that others are doing it, though.
I don't see why it would have to be just one or the other.