If you notice, everything is specific to the single instance of the Charley Pride CD. Who cares? What was really needed was an agreement like this for labeling *ALL* future discs.
Easy: that's 'cause it's the Judicial Branch's job to make decisions based on current law, and it's up to the Legislative Branch (Congress) to make new laws.
Unfortunately, that doesn't always work the way it's supposed to. See Roe v. Wade.
This is a Pro Forma profit, which is a nice (and legal) way of saying they've deviated from GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and done some creative accounting. CPA types will be glad to explain why there are several dozen ways to define $PROFIT.
I always knew Word was bad at anything but the absolute basics, but it was made blatantly obvious to me when I did my my latest resume in InDesign. When it comes to layout, Word is quite possibly the worst program for the job, but only a handful of companies will accept my resume in.PDF format. This is despite the fact that I have yet to find one single reason why.DOC would be a better choice than.PDF.
Bit of advice...
If you feel that strongly, (and I can see why you should), then don't work for a company that can't handle.PDF!
Back around, '95 or '96 was the last time I looked for an employer. Well, I decided that my resume was going to be on the web, and if anyone wanted to read it, they could navigate themselves right on over. No paper. No Word. No floppies. No fax.
Ended up, I got a *sweet* development job. When I told my interviewer how I felt about modern communication and why my standards were what they were, his jaw dropped.
Stick to your guns. Companies are dying for good people. (Always have been, always will be.)
I believe it has something to do with the fact that, while most home schooled children get better educations more well suited for thier induvidual talents, they suffer in that they do not have constant social interaction outside of the home.
That's not at all true anymore. Due to the exponential growth of home schooling, particularly the past few years, clubs and groups have great social interaction.
At our church, home schoolers use the classrooms for group projects on Fridays, and almost 100 kids show up!
I'm in the habit of making up random SS numbers when people ask for them -- so much easier than the old 'Do I *have* to supply it?' routine.
Anyway, I'm in the process of getting an AT&T cell, and they ask for the last 4 digits, which I promply made up. You know what? The sales droid told me "Sorry sir, that's not what I have here in the computer". WTF?
Of course, I went straight to the head-droid-in-charge and asked what the deal was. She told me that they bought my SS# from a credit agency, which didn't make me too pleased.
Anyway, when I told her that I made up SS numbers all the time, she got real upset. Told me I could screw up my credit reports, etc.
I was happy to remind her that it's a credit world, I don't need credit, I don't want credit, and I've got people lining up begging me to take it. The only thing I might screw up was the AT&T database, and that really didn't keep me up at night.
We went round & round for almost 10 minutes -- it was a *lot* of fun.
Do you have any idea how many databases would need to change? Every product that deals with american style phone numbers has this format: ###-###-####
If for some reason this were to change (as no doubt it eventually will), this would (will) require revisions and fixes like the IT world has never seen.
It's not a company's *job* to be social responsible. It's a company's *job* to be ecomomically responsible in making money for those who've invested the capital. Frequently, that does involve 'social responsibility' as a result.
If you want to be socially responsible, here's your best bet:
Make the best deal you can, for the best price that you can, and donate your 'extra' money to the charity or cause of your choice. Using the company as a social proxy is in-efficient compared to making a normal buying decision and having your personal causes a separate and distinct thing.
I'm not against the concept of social responsibility, I just think it's best done independently.
>'74 recession was under Ford(R)
>'82 recession was under Reagan(R)
>'90 recession was under Bush Sr.(R)
>'01 recession... hmm well... maybe the Republicans are just unlucky...
Oh, come on now. Let's try to be intellectually honest, M'Kay? If we are to lay blame or heap credit on any particular political body, it should be the US Congress, not the President.
The President doesn't have enough power to control the economy, and shouldn't be tied to it that tightly.
Slashdot Mirror
"Can you explain an area where you feel the government could conceivably help, but is limited by the Constitution?"
I asked my state rep. that question in front of a room full of people, and pretty much left him speachless. It was a beautiful thing.
Easy... are you drinking from it or is the bartender filling it?
Easy: that's 'cause it's the Judicial Branch's job to make decisions based on current law, and it's up to the Legislative Branch (Congress) to make new laws.
Unfortunately, that doesn't always work the way it's supposed to. See Roe v. Wade.
This is a Pro Forma profit, which is a nice (and legal) way of saying they've deviated from GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and done some creative accounting. CPA types will be glad to explain why there are several dozen ways to define $PROFIT.
Please, check the footnotes...
Bit of advice... If you feel that strongly, (and I can see why you should), then don't work for a company that can't handle .PDF!
Back around, '95 or '96 was the last time I looked for an employer. Well, I decided that my resume was going to be on the web, and if anyone wanted to read it, they could navigate themselves right on over. No paper. No Word. No floppies. No fax.
Ended up, I got a *sweet* development job. When I told my interviewer how I felt about modern communication and why my standards were what they were, his jaw dropped.
Stick to your guns. Companies are dying for good people. (Always have been, always will be.)
That's not at all true anymore. Due to the exponential growth of home schooling, particularly the past few years, clubs and groups have great social interaction.
At our church, home schoolers use the classrooms for group projects on Fridays, and almost 100 kids show up!
Wow. Interviewing the folks from Hughes that pulled this off would be an awesome slashdot interview.
How 'bout it?
I'm in the habit of making up random SS numbers when people ask for them -- so much easier than the old 'Do I *have* to supply it?' routine.
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Anyway, I'm in the process of getting an AT&T cell, and they ask for the last 4 digits, which I promply made up. You know what? The sales droid told me "Sorry sir, that's not what I have here in the computer". WTF?
Of course, I went straight to the head-droid-in-charge and asked what the deal was. She told me that they bought my SS# from a credit agency, which didn't make me too pleased.
Anyway, when I told her that I made up SS numbers all the time, she got real upset. Told me I could screw up my credit reports, etc.
I was happy to remind her that it's a credit world, I don't need credit, I don't want credit, and I've got people lining up begging me to take it. The only thing I might screw up was the AT&T database, and that really didn't keep me up at night.
We went round & round for almost 10 minutes -- it was a *lot* of fun.
call att.tweek("garbage keys")
Do you have any idea how many databases would need to change? Every product that deals with american style phone numbers has this format: ###-###-####
If for some reason this were to change (as no doubt it eventually will), this would (will) require revisions and fixes like the IT world has never seen.
I see big money in my future...
It's not a company's *job* to be social responsible. It's a company's *job* to be ecomomically responsible in making money for those who've invested the capital. Frequently, that does involve 'social responsibility' as a result.
If you want to be socially responsible, here's your best bet:
Make the best deal you can, for the best price that you can, and donate your 'extra' money to the charity or cause of your choice. Using the company as a social proxy is in-efficient compared to making a normal buying decision and having your personal causes a separate and distinct thing.
I'm not against the concept of social responsibility, I just think it's best done independently.
Mod this link up please. This has been done and is uber-cool.
http://www.cybergeography.com/atlas/atlas.html
>'74 recession was under Ford(R)
>'82 recession was under Reagan(R)
>'90 recession was under Bush Sr.(R)
>'01 recession
Oh, come on now. Let's try to be intellectually honest, M'Kay? If we are to lay blame or heap credit on any particular political body, it should be the US Congress, not the President.
The President doesn't have enough power to control the economy, and shouldn't be tied to it that tightly.