if you have a server farm then you should buy a tape library in first place. besides i wouldn't use IDE drives in servers anyways.
i think the maxtor disks the article is about were meant for home usage anyways.
well, i remember i read somwhere that the galactic year for the sun is around 250 million years. so that would make around 4 complete rotations in 1 billion years.
how could the sun pass through the arms 7 times?
i suppose they are rotating too with roughly aequivalent velocities and in the same direction.
even if the arms would stand still the sun could've passed perseus for example, max 4 times in the last 1 billion years.
or am i missing something here?
i feel we're arguing just for the fun to argue.
you know well that even in countries with the most restrictive labour laws the employee can very well terminate the contract with an employee. he has to stick to some procedures (notice) and the employee can apply for another vacany within the company (if there is any) and his application should be treated preferentially (although that doesn't mean he will get the job regardless (saw it a few times happening)). but he cannot sack you without notice as he pleases (with the well-known exceptions).
on the other hand, the employee, has to respect his notice period too. and then there are things like non-compete agreements, training for which the employee might have to pay etc.
Germany for example, is quite overregulated in this matter, because the labour unions are a political factor which cannot be easily dismissed. Thus unemployment is higher than normal, because alot of employers would not hire new staff,
But i think the UK employment laws are pretty well balanced, proof is an all-time low in unemployment (according to the recent statistics).
to answer your question eventually (although i suspect is was of rethorical nature), yes, in an association both parties have (and should have) the right to terminate it, but not without notice.
there are boundaries set by the declaration of human rights to which, as far i know, most nations subscribed.
thus even if majority would favour anything like what you pointed at, it could not be implemented without major international repercussions. (remember south africa?)
back to the original topic, i fail to see why a specific individual should have the right to exploit a large(r) number of other individuals.
this is what labor movements fought for since the 2nd half of the 19th century.
and it's not like it's impossible to make an employee redundant in europe. you have to stick to some regulations (which are more liberal in the UK and more tight in Germany for example).
Does that hurt business? On short term yes. It makes them spend more money. Would the opposite hurt the employees? More so. Nobody would be able to make any long term financial planning, knowing he could be sacked any moment.
As for medical care, that is a basically tax. Much like any other. Is taxing people legal? ethical? no idea.
i read somewhere that income tax was introduced in canada 1917(?) as temporary measure which was never canceled.
and yes you are right, unlimited democracy is indeed 3 wolves and a sheep voting for dinner.
i fail to see where i advocated that.
so i'd define as democracy basically as the right to do what ever you wish unless you don't harm anyone.
No way. To pay a share of the medical treatment and to be prevented to fire someone at will is part of framework under which you do business.
Nobody forces you to do business under these terms. But if you want to, you have to abide those rules.
hell yeah. i once worked with a guy who was so bloody proud himself that he sorted a list of 500 domains alphabetically by hand. when i pointed out that by using sort would take around 4-5 seconds he said "this is hard work!"
i told him that his comment was asine and he left the room angryly.
working hard might often not be proportional with productivity.
took part in the development of such a system in Germany last year. problem is what if the network is overloaded and the SMS asking you to authenticate takes a few hours to arrive? most probably the transaction would time out (ours was set up to do so after 20 mins). and network overloading happens regularily on Easter, Christmas and a few other occasions.
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if you have a server farm then you should buy a tape library in first place. besides i wouldn't use IDE drives in servers anyways. i think the maxtor disks the article is about were meant for home usage anyways.
well, i remember i read somwhere that the galactic year for the sun is around 250 million years. so that would make around 4 complete rotations in 1 billion years. how could the sun pass through the arms 7 times? i suppose they are rotating too with roughly aequivalent velocities and in the same direction. even if the arms would stand still the sun could've passed perseus for example, max 4 times in the last 1 billion years. or am i missing something here?
i feel we're arguing just for the fun to argue. you know well that even in countries with the most restrictive labour laws the employee can very well terminate the contract with an employee. he has to stick to some procedures (notice) and the employee can apply for another vacany within the company (if there is any) and his application should be treated preferentially (although that doesn't mean he will get the job regardless (saw it a few times happening)). but he cannot sack you without notice as he pleases (with the well-known exceptions). on the other hand, the employee, has to respect his notice period too. and then there are things like non-compete agreements, training for which the employee might have to pay etc. Germany for example, is quite overregulated in this matter, because the labour unions are a political factor which cannot be easily dismissed. Thus unemployment is higher than normal, because alot of employers would not hire new staff, But i think the UK employment laws are pretty well balanced, proof is an all-time low in unemployment (according to the recent statistics). to answer your question eventually (although i suspect is was of rethorical nature), yes, in an association both parties have (and should have) the right to terminate it, but not without notice.
there are boundaries set by the declaration of human rights to which, as far i know, most nations subscribed. thus even if majority would favour anything like what you pointed at, it could not be implemented without major international repercussions. (remember south africa?) back to the original topic, i fail to see why a specific individual should have the right to exploit a large(r) number of other individuals. this is what labor movements fought for since the 2nd half of the 19th century. and it's not like it's impossible to make an employee redundant in europe. you have to stick to some regulations (which are more liberal in the UK and more tight in Germany for example). Does that hurt business? On short term yes. It makes them spend more money. Would the opposite hurt the employees? More so. Nobody would be able to make any long term financial planning, knowing he could be sacked any moment. As for medical care, that is a basically tax. Much like any other. Is taxing people legal? ethical? no idea. i read somewhere that income tax was introduced in canada 1917(?) as temporary measure which was never canceled. and yes you are right, unlimited democracy is indeed 3 wolves and a sheep voting for dinner. i fail to see where i advocated that. so i'd define as democracy basically as the right to do what ever you wish unless you don't harm anyone.
pffff...you still can replace them by vote. that's what's usually called "democracy" and btw. in the UK you actually need the majority.
No way. To pay a share of the medical treatment and to be prevented to fire someone at will is part of framework under which you do business. Nobody forces you to do business under these terms. But if you want to, you have to abide those rules.
hell yeah. i once worked with a guy who was so bloody proud himself that he sorted a list of 500 domains alphabetically by hand. when i pointed out that by using sort would take around 4-5 seconds he said "this is hard work!" i told him that his comment was asine and he left the room angryly. working hard might often not be proportional with productivity.
took part in the development of such a system in Germany last year. problem is what if the network is overloaded and the SMS asking you to authenticate takes a few hours to arrive?
most probably the transaction would time out (ours was set up to do so after 20 mins).
and network overloading happens regularily on Easter, Christmas and a few other occasions.
and a rm -rf / after printing the resumes. works flawlessly cross-platform.
what about being detained without a charge?