Why should someone have to take extra steps beyond using a standard web browser to read content provided *on the web*? Perhaps the provider of the content should make the text available in a standard web format that all web browsers can read properly?
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Dude, get out. I've been in the same situation, and you know what? The company wasn't around 5 years later, much less 2 years later, so being there from the beginning meant jack.
As long as you continue to believe what they tell you, they'll continue to tell you one thing and do another. Believe what they do, not what they say. If they don't offer you a competitive salary now, find someone else who will. It's worth the effort of searching.
Like you said, put your interests first, above the company's. That's not to mean you shouldn't look out for the company's interests at all, but rather that you should only look out for them if they do the same for you. Putting yourself first ends up making you happier and, most importantly for the company, more productive as an employee. It's in their best interests to make you happy.
So, if Christ is the Highest, wouldn't Christ++ wrap around (2's complement) to the lowest possible, meaning the devil? No wonder SCO is located there...
Oh, you mean the half-page "article" that basically says, "Nothing to see here, folks! Move along! Someone's doing some investigation, but there's no real problem."
Washington Post, NPR, NY Times... All so-called "liberal" media outlets, huh? Any news about this in the Washington Journal or Fox News? Doubt it, cause we all know who Diebold's friends with...
You have to remember that capsules from the early NASA days were able to decelerate just fine by use of parachutes and they were just "falling rocks" that were probably going just as fast as the crew module was going (anyone have any figures on this?). I wouldn't be surprised if we see highly rugged crew modules with self-contained parachute systems installed in the next generation of space vehicles. Kind of a capsule-with-wings type of setup. If the controlled-flight portion of the vehicle fails, it could still revert to a free fall/parachute descent.
Uh, no. Not everyone started out on the same level. In fact, many countries and populations have in fact been forced down the economic ladder by the actions of other countries, like the U.S. I need only point out the example of slavery to show that much of the wealth that is in the southern United States was built on the backs of slavery. Do you think the countries that these slaves were taken from weren't affected by this?
The problem with you attitude is that you don't realize it's a zero sum game here. You can't raise everyone up to the living standards of the middle class of the United States without decreasing something somewhere. It's just not sustainable on the amount of resources in this world.
Also, life is not a contest. We are not on this world to see who wins the race. We are on this world to advance the human condition. Life is unfair, but life is also what we make it. Fairness is something we can give to the world. If you think it's okay for us to live in luxury while others in this world live in filth and poverty, so be it, but what you don't realize is that those who live in poverty become jealous quite easily and then things like 9-11 happen because they cry vengeance when they see those with wealth stomping on those without it, all while chanting "Life's unfair. Get a job!"
You also think that just by working hard, you will be rewarded. That's not how it works, bud. There are millions of people in this world who work far, far harder then you ever will and they a paid a pittance of the amount of money you are paid. If you consider that fair, I weep for you.
By just being born into a beneficial system, you are countless years ahead of others in this world. There is no competition there. You didn't earn your place in this world, but were born into it. Therefore, it is your Christian/Buddhist/Jewish/Moral/etc. duty to spread the benefits that were given to you to those who surround you. You purpose is to advance the human race, not just yourself.
When you talk about how you "did it, let other catch up" you're actually talking about all those who came before you. You actually didn't do anything special yourself to put yourself in your situation. You were most likely born into a strong family, a solid home, had a good education, got a good job (based on your education), etc. You were *given* these things, remember. You should try to give some of it back to others so that they may have the same opportunities and advancements as you.
You talk about every man for himself, but you don't realize that when more and more people start losing the race and fewer and fewer people are winning, then progress slows, because the people on top get lazy in their wealth. We've become lazy as Americans and lost our competitive edge because we've gathered up so much wealth that we think we're entitled to just by going to work each day. We've stopped actually *working* for it. If others are doing it cheaper and more efficiently, then we need to do find a way to compete.
Whatever, the point of this rant is that life is no longer a competition. It's not a game of survival of the fittest as it was in our caveman days. It is a quest for the betterment of all human life and progress of the human condition. If we have to sacrifice a little so that others might eat for a day, I'm more than willing to give of myself.
In what has completely baffled geeks and nerds of the world, CmdrTaco has proven once again for the nth straight year that he can post duplicate stories right on time.
I knew that scream sounded familiar. As soon as I saw the heading of this news item, I knew exactly which scream they were talking about, though I remember it most from the Sarlac pit in RotJ.
However, this is interesting:
"Under the Tuscan Sun" (2003) After moving into her villa, Frances experiences a terrible thunderstorm. Listen very carefully when her washing machine is struck by lightening...
I went to this movie with my wife (it was good, btw, if you're looking for a nice date movie), but I don't seem to remember this one. I guess even sound engineers throw in easter eggs sometimes...
It looks like the original poster didn't really understand that he was being billed for the doctor studying his EKG results (and possible also performing the actual EKG test, unless it was listed as a separate item not mentioned), and not for the doctor explaining to him what an EKG is. He only assumed it was the latter because he wasn't there later in the day when the doctor was examining his EKG readings.
Outsourcing is okay, people. It just drives up the quality of living in India, which will eventually drive up prices, which will eventually make it more cost-effective to do the work here.
So, we help other countries increase their standard of living with just a bit of headache on our side.
Anyway, the U.S. can't survive by being stagnant in technology. Our purpose is to innovate and create new technologies. Once something becomes standard and "script" it can be sent off to other countries with cheaper labor (Creating web pages is not innovative anymore, people!).
Because of this fact, as U.S. citizens, we have to be prepared to switch careers throughout our lifetime, depending on how new technologies are evolving. For instance, the movie, computer gaming and biotech industries here are light years ahead of most other countries and good places to find tech jobs. These things are on the cutting edge of technology and not something that can be easily exported to other countries (yet). Also, small businesses (established and entrepreneurial) also need local talent as they don't have the time or money to deal with managing offshore development. Another reason why small businesses and innovation are the lifebloods of our economy.
If you know of people in the government that object to your daughters learning to cure a ham, I'd love to hear names. But that's beside the point, because curing a ham is far different from having sex with and then shooting to death a prostitute. I think you'll agree with me there.
This type of law does not tell a parent what they can and cannot buy for their children, which I would also object to. What it does do, is give a *guideline* that parents can use to help them make their own personal decisions about what is appropriate and what is not. Just as movies have ratings systems that are based on generally accepted scales of violence, language and sexual content, so are these games rated on a similar scale and games that receive a rating equivalent to "R" would be restricted to minors and would only be sold *in the presence of an adult guardian*.
You may personally think that some games in the restricted section are okay for your children, but that's okay, because you can still go in and buy them for your kids, just as you could take your kids to an "R" rated movie if you thought the subject material was appropriate for them. No one is taking away your right to do that.
I find a lot of people who think that their moral compasses are far different from others and that's why they object to government mandated ratings systems, but the truth of the matter is that most of us think basically the same things and have the same objections to the same levels of violence, language and sex for our kids. And that's all this law is doing - mirroring the majority accepted moral standards of our society and enforcing them in a way that still provides flexibility.
A law like this actually puts more accountability, and therefore more responsibility, on the parents of children who wish to play games with violent or sexual content. In no way does it remove the ability of parents to decide what's best for their children. In fact, it makes it even easier for parents to make those choices because now they'll have a clear indicator of what games they should think twice about getting for their kids.
No rights are being removed from parents here.
BTW, the only reason this type of law is being put forward is because game distributors are not even enforcing the industry standard rating systems already in place. If they had been living up to those promises, then they wouldn't have lawmakers breathing down their backs.
Slashdot Mirror
...1-800-MAGNETS reported a very large order from an undisclosed source for very high-powered magnets...
Yeah, 7-bit operating systems kill in groups of 28. 8-bit systems kill in groups of 32.
I, for one, welcome our new pacemaker overlords.
...since he managed to kill it in the process.
He must not have learned, 'cause he just killed his webserver as well...
Why should someone have to take extra steps beyond using a standard web browser to read content provided *on the web*? Perhaps the provider of the content should make the text available in a standard web format that all web browsers can read properly?
MyDoom: "Who are you?"
DoomJuice: "I'm your Grim Reaper."
MyDoom: "Like hell you are. This is my machine, punk."
DoomJuice: "Prepare to meet thy maker (wink wink)."
MyDoom: "Over my dead process."
DoomJuice: "Look, a little old lady on a Windows 98 machine!"
MyDoom: (turns) "Who? Where?"
DoomJuice: "Your Mom." *BONK* "Muhahahaha! Mine, the world is mine!"
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Go Blue Baby!
Hail to the Victors!
Yeah, all fine and dandy, until your friend "Big-Head Joe" takes up position in the middle of the back seat.
Dude, get out. I've been in the same situation, and you know what? The company wasn't around 5 years later, much less 2 years later, so being there from the beginning meant jack.
As long as you continue to believe what they tell you, they'll continue to tell you one thing and do another. Believe what they do, not what they say. If they don't offer you a competitive salary now, find someone else who will. It's worth the effort of searching.
Like you said, put your interests first, above the company's. That's not to mean you shouldn't look out for the company's interests at all, but rather that you should only look out for them if they do the same for you. Putting yourself first ends up making you happier and, most importantly for the company, more productive as an employee. It's in their best interests to make you happy.
Ooooh, you made the "Contact" reference before I could get to it...
So, if Christ is the Highest, wouldn't Christ++ wrap around (2's complement) to the lowest possible, meaning the devil? No wonder SCO is located there...
Oh, you mean the half-page "article" that basically says, "Nothing to see here, folks! Move along! Someone's doing some investigation, but there's no real problem."
Washington Post, NPR, NY Times... All so-called "liberal" media outlets, huh? Any news about this in the Washington Journal or Fox News? Doubt it, cause we all know who Diebold's friends with...
Who's looking out for you?
You have to remember that capsules from the early NASA days were able to decelerate just fine by use of parachutes and they were just "falling rocks" that were probably going just as fast as the crew module was going (anyone have any figures on this?). I wouldn't be surprised if we see highly rugged crew modules with self-contained parachute systems installed in the next generation of space vehicles. Kind of a capsule-with-wings type of setup. If the controlled-flight portion of the vehicle fails, it could still revert to a free fall/parachute descent.
Uh, no. Not everyone started out on the same level. In fact, many countries and populations have in fact been forced down the economic ladder by the actions of other countries, like the U.S. I need only point out the example of slavery to show that much of the wealth that is in the southern United States was built on the backs of slavery. Do you think the countries that these slaves were taken from weren't affected by this?
The problem with you attitude is that you don't realize it's a zero sum game here. You can't raise everyone up to the living standards of the middle class of the United States without decreasing something somewhere. It's just not sustainable on the amount of resources in this world.
Also, life is not a contest. We are not on this world to see who wins the race. We are on this world to advance the human condition. Life is unfair, but life is also what we make it. Fairness is something we can give to the world. If you think it's okay for us to live in luxury while others in this world live in filth and poverty, so be it, but what you don't realize is that those who live in poverty become jealous quite easily and then things like 9-11 happen because they cry vengeance when they see those with wealth stomping on those without it, all while chanting "Life's unfair. Get a job!"
You also think that just by working hard, you will be rewarded. That's not how it works, bud. There are millions of people in this world who work far, far harder then you ever will and they a paid a pittance of the amount of money you are paid. If you consider that fair, I weep for you.
By just being born into a beneficial system, you are countless years ahead of others in this world. There is no competition there. You didn't earn your place in this world, but were born into it. Therefore, it is your Christian/Buddhist/Jewish/Moral/etc. duty to spread the benefits that were given to you to those who surround you. You purpose is to advance the human race, not just yourself.
When you talk about how you "did it, let other catch up" you're actually talking about all those who came before you. You actually didn't do anything special yourself to put yourself in your situation. You were most likely born into a strong family, a solid home, had a good education, got a good job (based on your education), etc. You were *given* these things, remember. You should try to give some of it back to others so that they may have the same opportunities and advancements as you.
You talk about every man for himself, but you don't realize that when more and more people start losing the race and fewer and fewer people are winning, then progress slows, because the people on top get lazy in their wealth. We've become lazy as Americans and lost our competitive edge because we've gathered up so much wealth that we think we're entitled to just by going to work each day. We've stopped actually *working* for it. If others are doing it cheaper and more efficiently, then we need to do find a way to compete.
Whatever, the point of this rant is that life is no longer a competition. It's not a game of survival of the fittest as it was in our caveman days. It is a quest for the betterment of all human life and progress of the human condition. If we have to sacrifice a little so that others might eat for a day, I'm more than willing to give of myself.
...because you never can have too many autonomous bomb-delivery devices.
In what has completely baffled geeks and nerds of the world, CmdrTaco has proven once again for the nth straight year that he can post duplicate stories right on time.
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/1
I knew that scream sounded familiar. As soon as I saw the heading of this news item, I knew exactly which scream they were talking about, though I remember it most from the Sarlac pit in RotJ.
However, this is interesting:
"Under the Tuscan Sun" (2003)
After moving into her villa, Frances experiences a terrible thunderstorm. Listen very carefully when her washing machine is struck by lightening...
I went to this movie with my wife (it was good, btw, if you're looking for a nice date movie), but I don't seem to remember this one. I guess even sound engineers throw in easter eggs sometimes...
It looks like the original poster didn't really understand that he was being billed for the doctor studying his EKG results (and possible also performing the actual EKG test, unless it was listed as a separate item not mentioned), and not for the doctor explaining to him what an EKG is. He only assumed it was the latter because he wasn't there later in the day when the doctor was examining his EKG readings.
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I'm a liberal and I hate you too.
That doctor made as much in 2 minutes as I do in 6 hours at work...
Yeah, but you don't have to shell out $50,000 a year in medical malpractice insurance.
Outsourcing is okay, people. It just drives up the quality of living in India, which will eventually drive up prices, which will eventually make it more cost-effective to do the work here.
So, we help other countries increase their standard of living with just a bit of headache on our side.
Anyway, the U.S. can't survive by being stagnant in technology. Our purpose is to innovate and create new technologies. Once something becomes standard and "script" it can be sent off to other countries with cheaper labor (Creating web pages is not innovative anymore, people!).
Because of this fact, as U.S. citizens, we have to be prepared to switch careers throughout our lifetime, depending on how new technologies are evolving. For instance, the movie, computer gaming and biotech industries here are light years ahead of most other countries and good places to find tech jobs. These things are on the cutting edge of technology and not something that can be easily exported to other countries (yet). Also, small businesses (established and entrepreneurial) also need local talent as they don't have the time or money to deal with managing offshore development. Another reason why small businesses and innovation are the lifebloods of our economy.
If you know of people in the government that object to your daughters learning to cure a ham, I'd love to hear names. But that's beside the point, because curing a ham is far different from having sex with and then shooting to death a prostitute. I think you'll agree with me there.
This type of law does not tell a parent what they can and cannot buy for their children, which I would also object to. What it does do, is give a *guideline* that parents can use to help them make their own personal decisions about what is appropriate and what is not. Just as movies have ratings systems that are based on generally accepted scales of violence, language and sexual content, so are these games rated on a similar scale and games that receive a rating equivalent to "R" would be restricted to minors and would only be sold *in the presence of an adult guardian*.
You may personally think that some games in the restricted section are okay for your children, but that's okay, because you can still go in and buy them for your kids, just as you could take your kids to an "R" rated movie if you thought the subject material was appropriate for them. No one is taking away your right to do that.
I find a lot of people who think that their moral compasses are far different from others and that's why they object to government mandated ratings systems, but the truth of the matter is that most of us think basically the same things and have the same objections to the same levels of violence, language and sex for our kids. And that's all this law is doing - mirroring the majority accepted moral standards of our society and enforcing them in a way that still provides flexibility.
A law like this actually puts more accountability, and therefore more responsibility, on the parents of children who wish to play games with violent or sexual content. In no way does it remove the ability of parents to decide what's best for their children. In fact, it makes it even easier for parents to make those choices because now they'll have a clear indicator of what games they should think twice about getting for their kids.
No rights are being removed from parents here.
BTW, the only reason this type of law is being put forward is because game distributors are not even enforcing the industry standard rating systems already in place. If they had been living up to those promises, then they wouldn't have lawmakers breathing down their backs.
High Technology always loses! Hasn't anyone ever seen Stargate? Camel-riding nomads will always destroy their teched-out overlords!