Most phones and computers support Bluetooth connections by now, so that's a non-issue.
Unless you use Verizon Wireless.......
I beg do differ: unless you are dumb enough to accept a crippled device. Either chose a provider that doesn't cripple their phones or take the money instead a cheap phone and buy your own.
As todays bibles are a distorted accumulation of intentional alterations (happened in the middle age and before, mostly to suit desires of the particular leaders) and loads of translational (and before Gutenberg also transcriptional) errors, it is obvious that noone of today can read the bible right, because there is none available to read.
"at all costs"... within the boundaries of the law.
Dude, you seem to come from an ideal world. I'll correct your mistake so the sentence fits in this world:... within the boundaries of what $CORP can get away with, completely regardless of law and/or morals.
In a perfect world, perhaps. Guess where they go in ours? Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe, Attorneys at Law.
LOL, a perfect example of how you Americans view the world.;-) No need to switch the planet, leaving the USA should be sufficient. I bet, here in Germany such a case would be dismissed in no time.
I'd like to know how morons who not only allow such bullshit to get a hearing at their court, but will decide in favor of the mentally ill complainant can become judges in your country? Shouldn't applicants to such positions be screened for being down to earth, having and using their common sense?
A desktop background of a supermodel isn't appropriate for a large corporate office.
Bullshit. If someone feels offended by such a picture, he/she should be sent to a psychatrist asap.
There's a good reason sexual harassment policies are so goddamned strict.
Bullshit. Such overreacting policies go the wrong way - they make the situation even worse as they endorse the underlying problem instead of doing something against it by having a policy being made from a common sense POV.
Which a picture of a dressed woman does NOT qualify for. Period.
And even if he had had a picture of a nude person on the background, it is completely insane to fire him. Although I don't understand what could be wrong with nudity[1], a simple request to remove the offending picture should be sufficient[2].
[1] Especially in "god's own country": Seeing something wrong in picturing a human in the state of clothing god created him in means there is something wrong in god's creation. Heresy anyone?
[2] As a boss, if person A complained about person B, in most cases I would refuse to do anything about it if person A had not tried to solve the issue with B himself before. After all I'm their boss, not their father!
Also, they think that the engine de-greaser they call wine is the best stuff in the world.
France is for sure not the only country in the world with regions where very fine wines are made. There are Italy, Spain and Chile, just to name some (and Germany for white wine). But by calling a good Bordeaux "engine de-greaser", you clearly display that you do not have a bit of a clue about good wine. Although these wines are heavily overpriced:. A "Montes Alpha" from Chile for 15,- is similar in quality to Bordeaux wines pricing at 50,- and above.
Just subscribe to some thing called "flatrate". Yes, the real thing. If they complain, threaten to sue them, because even in.uk it can't be legal to offer a flatrate, get paid for a flatrate but then refuse to deliver one.
I had even > 300 GB in some months, and never got any complaint, but I'm in Germany.:-)
1. Fix their damn website so it does not become unuseable without Javascript activated and shows at least the datasheet of this thing if not some real pictures and screenshots of the device in use.
2. s/GSM/UMTS/ or at least GPRS, More memory and one or two CF slots
3. Implement a IR device so it can be the ultimate remote
4. Drop the price to a reasonable level of under 500,-
If there are that many people that desperate to get into a university, the obvious question would be, why don't they just open more schools?"
The communist party doesn't want that. It's obvious that they want to keep the number of educated people as little as possible, because the more educated the people are, the more will they question the communist party dictatorship, and they wouldn't like the outer world seeing another mass murder of students like on the Tiananmen Square. Keeping the number down also allows control over who gets educated and who not.
And while the Squeezebox is usable, it's unbuyable due to it's absolutely insane pricetag.
The cheapest offer for the wireless version I could find (in Germany) is ~ 320,-. Such a price wouldn't be adequate even if the box played not only audio files, but video! A reasonable price would be under 100,-.
So, the best solution is a Xbox that boots directly into XBMC. Sells (with modchip installed) for under 180,-. When you need wireless, just attach a cheap 11 Mbit AP, which adds ~ 15,-.
Sometimes they try such things even here with passages like "eventual overtime pay is included in regular wage" in the contract. I'd respond to such a thing with "oh, at this position in the contract you forgot the passage that says "eventual needed overmoney is included in regular working hours".
Why on earth should I donate my time to an employer who'll never donate money to me just because I say "I need"? The whole idea sounds so ridiculous to me!
You can't be fired for refusing to do something that is not covered by your contract.
Sure, it is my job to do the work that I'm assigned to do, as it is specified in the contract. But it's also part of the job of your boss not to assign more work to you than can be done in the regular hours, at least not steadily. In Germany, this is even covered by law (duty of care).
When you have a boss who's pushing the legal boundaries of acceptable work behavior, and a HR department that's looking the other way, your choices are pretty narrow: bear with it, try to document it as part of a legal compliant, or move on.
What about simply not doing what is not acceptable?
A boss can't demand anything outside the contract! If he wants me to work overhours, especially for such a long timespan, he'll have to ask (no need to mention that the hours have to be paid or otherwise compensated). A try to demand such things instead of asking for it would make it very unlikely that I agree to do it.
Nope. Sueing $EVIL_COMPANY because of prior art is even more expensive than patenting $INNOVATION. Goal missed by lightyears.
We gravely need a cheap (if not free as in beer) and easy way to protect one's knowledge and innovations, that he doesn't use commercially, from being sucked into any compay's pool of patents.
I always used my mouth to deliver the answer (wireless) in spoken language. Worked perfectly, and, much better than even an open source solution, absolutely no hard- or software is needed for it.
you can't even touch the bottles if you are under 21 in Mass.
How do they manage this, antigravitational fields?
Re:A few things I hate about cubicle life.
on
Cubicle Privacy
·
· Score: 1
There are a lot of things in life that "I shouldn't have to". But they don't care what I think about them, they are simply there. They won't vanish just because I choose not to deal with them.
In the given case, I'd first ask this cow-orker politely to stop annoying me and others. If he does not comply, he'll get one or two warnings, not to mess with me, and if he still didn't grok it, I'll either LART him myself or ask $BOSS to do his job and provide an acceptable environment that I can get my work done (which also means that the asshole gets a "LART").
Slashdot Mirror
As imperial units are obsolete for a long time: mostly historians.
Most phones and computers support Bluetooth connections by now, so that's a non-issue.
Unless you use Verizon Wireless.......
I beg do differ: unless you are dumb enough to accept a crippled device. Either chose a provider that doesn't cripple their phones or take the money instead a cheap phone and buy your own.
As todays bibles are a distorted accumulation of intentional alterations (happened in the middle age and before, mostly to suit desires of the particular leaders) and loads of translational (and before Gutenberg also transcriptional) errors, it is obvious that noone of today can read the bible right, because there is none available to read.
"at all costs" ... within the boundaries of the law.
... within the boundaries of what $CORP can get away with, completely regardless of law and/or morals.
Dude, you seem to come from an ideal world. I'll correct your mistake so the sentence fits in this world:
About 100 years ago, your doctor could have also given you some Bayer Heroin(tm).
Today, he could even give you stuff like Fentanyl, which is ~ 100 times stronger than morphine.
Yes, go ahead, assume the Australian citizen is an American. Good on ya.
:-)
OK, I apologize.
In a perfect world, perhaps. Guess where they go in ours? Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe, Attorneys at Law.
;-) No need to switch the planet, leaving the USA should be sufficient. I bet, here in Germany such a case would be dismissed in no time.
LOL, a perfect example of how you Americans view the world.
I'd like to know how morons who not only allow such bullshit to get a hearing at their court, but will decide in favor of the mentally ill complainant can become judges in your country? Shouldn't applicants to such positions be screened for being down to earth, having and using their common sense?
A desktop background of a supermodel isn't appropriate for a large corporate office.
Bullshit. If someone feels offended by such a picture, he/she should be sent to a psychatrist asap.
There's a good reason sexual harassment policies are so goddamned strict.
Bullshit. Such overreacting policies go the wrong way - they make the situation even worse as they endorse the underlying problem instead of doing something against it by having a policy being made from a common sense POV.
clearly inappropriate things
Which a picture of a dressed woman does NOT qualify for. Period.
And even if he had had a picture of a nude person on the background, it is completely insane to fire him. Although I don't understand what could be wrong with nudity[1], a simple request to remove the offending picture should be sufficient[2].
[1] Especially in "god's own country": Seeing something wrong in picturing a human in the state of clothing god created him in means there is something wrong in god's creation. Heresy anyone?
[2] As a boss, if person A complained about person B, in most cases I would refuse to do anything about it if person A had not tried to solve the issue with B himself before. After all I'm their boss, not their father!
Also, they think that the engine de-greaser they call wine is the best stuff in the world.
France is for sure not the only country in the world with regions where very fine wines are made. There are Italy, Spain and Chile, just to name some (and Germany for white wine). But by calling a good Bordeaux "engine de-greaser", you clearly display that you do not have a bit of a clue about good wine. Although these wines are heavily overpriced:. A "Montes Alpha" from Chile for 15,- is similar in quality to Bordeaux wines pricing at 50,- and above.
Kosi
Just subscribe to some thing called "flatrate". Yes, the real thing. If they complain, threaten to sue them, because even in .uk it can't be legal to offer a flatrate, get paid for a flatrate but then refuse to deliver one.
:-)
I had even > 300 GB in some months, and never got any complaint, but I'm in Germany.
Kosi
1. Fix their damn website so it does not become unuseable without Javascript activated and shows at least the datasheet of this thing if not some real pictures and screenshots of the device in use.
2. s/GSM/UMTS/ or at least GPRS, More memory and one or two CF slots
3. Implement a IR device so it can be the ultimate remote
4. Drop the price to a reasonable level of under 500,-
If there are that many people that desperate to get into a university, the obvious question would be, why don't they just open more schools?"
The communist party doesn't want that. It's obvious that they want to keep the number of educated people as little as possible, because the more educated the people are, the more will they question the communist party dictatorship, and they wouldn't like the outer world seeing another mass murder of students like on the Tiananmen Square. Keeping the number down also allows control over who gets educated and who not.
Kosi
Just saw that /. stole all the EURO signs in the parent. All prices in the above post are EURO, not $.
And while the Squeezebox is usable, it's unbuyable due to it's absolutely insane pricetag.
The cheapest offer for the wireless version I could find (in Germany) is ~ 320,-. Such a price wouldn't be adequate even if the box played not only audio files, but video! A reasonable price would be under 100,-.
So, the best solution is a Xbox that boots directly into XBMC. Sells (with modchip installed) for under 180,-. When you need wireless, just attach a cheap 11 Mbit AP, which adds ~ 15,-.
This is some kind of legalized slavery!
Sometimes they try such things even here with passages like "eventual overtime pay is included in regular wage" in the contract. I'd respond to such a thing with "oh, at this position in the contract you forgot the passage that says "eventual needed overmoney is included in regular working hours".
Why on earth should I donate my time to an employer who'll never donate money to me just because I say "I need"? The whole idea sounds so ridiculous to me!
Oh, you mean being fired for insubordination?
You can't be fired for refusing to do something that is not covered by your contract.
Sure, it is my job to do the work that I'm assigned to do, as it is specified in the contract. But it's also part of the job of your boss not to assign more work to you than can be done in the regular hours, at least not steadily. In Germany, this is even covered by law (duty of care).
When you have a boss who's pushing the legal boundaries of acceptable work behavior, and a HR department that's looking the other way, your choices are pretty narrow: bear with it, try to document it as part of a legal compliant, or move on.
What about simply not doing what is not acceptable?
A boss can't demand anything outside the contract! If he wants me to work overhours, especially for such a long timespan, he'll have to ask (no need to mention that the hours have to be paid or otherwise compensated). A try to demand such things instead of asking for it would make it very unlikely that I agree to do it.
Nope. Sueing $EVIL_COMPANY because of prior art is even more expensive than patenting $INNOVATION. Goal missed by lightyears.
We gravely need a cheap (if not free as in beer) and easy way to protect one's knowledge and innovations, that he doesn't use commercially, from being sucked into any compay's pool of patents.
To prevent things like that is one of the reasons you have to pay several thousands, if not tens of thousands, to have something patented worldwide.
Nice try, although!
I always used my mouth to deliver the answer (wireless) in spoken language. Worked perfectly, and, much better than even an open source solution, absolutely no hard- or software is needed for it.
Kosi
You can't have good financial projections if you allocate a certain amount to free drinks or t-shirts
Even if (what is very likely) you gain much more than the drinks cost you? Why?
Kosi
you can't even touch the bottles if you are under 21 in Mass.
How do they manage this, antigravitational fields?
There are a lot of things in life that "I shouldn't have to". But they don't care what I think about them, they are simply there. They won't vanish just because I choose not to deal with them.
In the given case, I'd first ask this cow-orker politely to stop annoying me and others. If he does not comply, he'll get one or two warnings, not to mess with me, and if he still didn't grok it, I'll either LART him myself or ask $BOSS to do his job and provide an acceptable environment that I can get my work done (which also means that the asshole gets a "LART").