what if you are writing a paper on wikipedia? or on open source reference tools? Or on collabrative knowledge?
Fuck! A blanket ban on any reference , regardless of topic is stupid. A blanket ban on any reference is stupid also...just a way for the prof/teacher to get out of having to decide if a students paper AS a WHOLE has merit.
If I site 100 references and 1 is wikipedia my paper is not as thorough as somebody who has 5 and one is britanica?
it still does....right now in my area( 150k pop. ) there is 1 guy that will do warrantee work on big screen tv's. My store( one of maybe 25 in the area) send him about 1000 dollars a month worth of work. We would send him more but he will not take it.
that is funny...i dropped out of college...lack of funds. I make more than a lot of people with BA's and at every job I have..I have a few work for me.
If I had an 18 y/o son I would not tell him to go to college. There are FAR better career paths one can take that are paid training.
One example: a friend of mine started working as a plumber when he was 18( well a helper) by the time everyone else( well not me) was just getting out of college with 100k of loans to repay he was licensed MASTER plumber making about 60k per year with 0 loans to repay. As a master plumber he really did not have to touch a tool, just hang his license on the wall and answer questions when other ( younger) guys needed help. by age 29 this cat had a house halfway paid for and was a plumbing inspector making 6 figures. I bet he works less hours than most guys in IT do for the same bread.
well law school cost my friend( she just got done last year) 80K. That was the principle of her loans. Using a couple of web based tools, assuming a 454.00 a month note and a 30 year repayment,at 5.5% compounding interest quarterly...she pays 828,507 total. That does not count her undergrad. Now she can pay this off sooner but her note will be bigger.
the whole purpose of a union is the fact that in some areas employers and employees are at odds.
take salary as an example!
The problem in the US is that the vast majority of people who need unions have NONE! Ford can say FUCK YOU and move the factory to china( at some point) but walmart can;t move it's stores to china...nor can best buy move geek squad.
you can get out of it...just take a goverment job for Galveston County, Texas..or one of the few other US county goverments that opted INTO a pilot program back in the 60's allowing their employees to privately invest SS funds. The retirement these boomers are getting is crazy...an average of 2500 per month( and I can promise that most of them did not even pay in the MAX yearly for SS) as of 2004's numbers.
they should make the extra funding optional..like funding the general election is. Just check a box and 10 you can pay 10 extra dollars to NASA. I know a lot of people would pay 10 bucks a year to fund the space program better, myself included!
the head of our IT dept was showing me his new laptop the other day. It came with vista of course, but he had installed ubuntu instead. His excuse was,"because I just can't STAND vista!" I am pretty sure we will no longer be a windows using company come the next upgrade.
not to invoke godwinn's law...but that is nazi strategy also...read the nazi plans for occupation of the UK. They where even ordered to be polite to local merchants and pay bills timely.
first off a cooperative system is not needed. However the JUDGE should be ( at least prior to conviction) an advocate for the defendant receiving a fair trial ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS. Not advocating the defendants case per say, BUT carefully scrutinizing the DA and the state for any injustice. This is why you have a judge in a criminal case- to protect the rights of people against the tyranny of the majority. Once a person is convicted, the judge should be there to insure punishment that is fair, just and considerate of the state and victimns interest.
Secondly practicing law is one of this country's highest priveledges . A lawyer( DA) who violates those ethics in a way that risks a citizen's freedom should have his/her license revoked in all 50 states FOREVER..ZERO TOLERANCE. Same for cops.
wow why go through the trouble here in housto,tx the crime lab justs ask the DA what results they want..then fabricates them...of course they got busted but hardly anybody went to jail...
other countries have private healthcare..they just have public risk sharing. Here in the USA we rely mostly on private risk sharing entities(insurance companies) to pay our public and private sector providers( hospitals, dr.s etc). In canada doctors do not owrk for the goverment..the goverment pays the bill. In the UK they have a system of national health insurance also.
ok i work in retail management. And although many/'ers think people in retail are mindless dolts, lets look at this case.
First the GM at that best buy store is no college kid. He makes 100,000 per year PLUS bonus. He likely has a degree and 10 years retail management under his belt. For a guy like that to make such a bad decision is beyond the pale. The media attention from this will likely get him fired.
Of course in retail you have many "Scammers" trying to beat you. Any one of them does not cost your store much, BUT if you feed them( give them what they want) they will come back( in numbers) and break you. Plus the calls to home office usually cost you money( or ranking points that amount to money/job security).
Although I think it was likely a bad decison KUDOS to best buy for backing this guy up. Most companies will not.
kickbacks exactly...The kind of deals this ruling targets involve kickbacks. In my area we have time warner. Not the best cable co BUT FAR FROM THE WORST. In some apartments you HAVE to use some no name cable co with 65 channels and no highspeed internet..with a cost MUCH greater than what time warner provides to the same area.
This is because some shady , small provider pays a certain amount to the apt complex for an exclusive right to provide cable. It is simply ripping off consumers + they usually do not have the better(newer) features. This should have been outlawed 10 years ago.
right now at walmart i can buy an acer with 80g hd, dvd combo drive, 14" monitor and windows for less than 500 bucks. It will also have 512 ram and a modern( likely single core amd 64) cpu.
I am in the market for a cheap laptop( not desktop replacement) that plays DVD's, surfs web and does email. I will likely run ubuntu on it. I would love ubuntu pre installed, but for the money these guys want this PC is a no go for me.
ok i am happy with ubuntu, having been on XP for years. I purchased a PC with vista and said NO WAY. there are a few things i can not do with ubuntu. Please anybody help with the following:
1. play quick time movies
2. a better IM client...gain will not let me view webcams or receive files
3. play WOW and other games
really this is it..not bad so far...I admit i am not a prof geek...just a geekish person..so please no flames if these problems are easily solved...
umn why not just add another show when a concert sells out? ticket master could have an auto preorder, so when you try to buy a sold out ticket you can pay an extra buck or two to reserve a seat for a second/third/fourth show. If the show never happens you get a refund( maybe less a buck or two to cover costs). The scalps would get broke every time trying to corner an infinite market. Why cant major acts do 2 and 3 nights in most cities and 4-6 in major cities? Just makes them MUCH more money.
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the idea behind wiki is that the crap will get edited out..or at least have an opposing view along side it
what if you are writing a paper on wikipedia? or on open source reference tools? Or on collabrative knowledge? Fuck! A blanket ban on any reference , regardless of topic is stupid. A blanket ban on any reference is stupid also...just a way for the prof/teacher to get out of having to decide if a students paper AS a WHOLE has merit. If I site 100 references and 1 is wikipedia my paper is not as thorough as somebody who has 5 and one is britanica?
actually all forms of media include lies and bias...the pros are just better at hiding/covering up than wiki
no because the software and hardware will be defeated within weeks after it's roll out and they will need a new billion dollar solution.
it still does....right now in my area( 150k pop. ) there is 1 guy that will do warrantee work on big screen tv's. My store( one of maybe 25 in the area) send him about 1000 dollars a month worth of work. We would send him more but he will not take it.
that is funny...i dropped out of college...lack of funds. I make more than a lot of people with BA's and at every job I have ..I have a few work for me.
If I had an 18 y/o son I would not tell him to go to college. There are FAR better career paths one can take that are paid training.
One example: a friend of mine started working as a plumber when he was 18( well a helper) by the time everyone else( well not me) was just getting out of college with 100k of loans to repay he was licensed MASTER plumber making about 60k per year with 0 loans to repay. As a master plumber he really did not have to touch a tool, just hang his license on the wall and answer questions when other ( younger) guys needed help. by age 29 this cat had a house halfway paid for and was a plumbing inspector making 6 figures. I bet he works less hours than most guys in IT do for the same bread.
well law school cost my friend( she just got done last year) 80K. That was the principle of her loans. Using a couple of web based tools, assuming a 454.00 a month note and a 30 year repayment,at 5.5% compounding interest quarterly...she pays 828,507 total. That does not count her undergrad. Now she can pay this off sooner but her note will be bigger.
the whole purpose of a union is the fact that in some areas employers and employees are at odds. take salary as an example! The problem in the US is that the vast majority of people who need unions have NONE! Ford can say FUCK YOU and move the factory to china( at some point) but walmart can;t move it's stores to china ...nor can best buy move geek squad.
you can get out of it...just take a goverment job for Galveston County, Texas..or one of the few other US county goverments that opted INTO a pilot program back in the 60's allowing their employees to privately invest SS funds. The retirement these boomers are getting is crazy...an average of 2500 per month( and I can promise that most of them did not even pay in the MAX yearly for SS) as of 2004's numbers.
they should make the extra funding optional..like funding the general election is. Just check a box and 10 you can pay 10 extra dollars to NASA. I know a lot of people would pay 10 bucks a year to fund the space program better, myself included!
the head of our IT dept was showing me his new laptop the other day. It came with vista of course, but he had installed ubuntu instead. His excuse was,"because I just can't STAND vista!" I am pretty sure we will no longer be a windows using company come the next upgrade.
not to invoke godwinn's law...but that is nazi strategy also ...read the nazi plans for occupation of the UK. They where even ordered to be polite to local merchants and pay bills timely.
thank GOD they can't get my jawa( with the cape) ..i keep that one WITH ME at ALL times!
if i am accused of anything trial by ordeal of the cross is fine with me!
is there a "Godwin's Law" for references to the JFK asassination ?
first off a cooperative system is not needed. However the JUDGE should be ( at least prior to conviction) an advocate for the defendant receiving a fair trial ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS. Not advocating the defendants case per say, BUT carefully scrutinizing the DA and the state for any injustice. This is why you have a judge in a criminal case- to protect the rights of people against the tyranny of the majority. Once a person is convicted, the judge should be there to insure punishment that is fair, just and considerate of the state and victimns interest. Secondly practicing law is one of this country's highest priveledges . A lawyer( DA) who violates those ethics in a way that risks a citizen's freedom should have his/her license revoked in all 50 states FOREVER..ZERO TOLERANCE. Same for cops.
wow why go through the trouble here in housto,tx the crime lab justs ask the DA what results they want ..then fabricates them...of course they got busted but hardly anybody went to jail...
other countries have private healthcare..they just have public risk sharing. Here in the USA we rely mostly on private risk sharing entities(insurance companies) to pay our public and private sector providers( hospitals, dr.s etc). In canada doctors do not owrk for the goverment..the goverment pays the bill. In the UK they have a system of national health insurance also.
ok i work in retail management. And although many /'ers think people in retail are mindless dolts, lets look at this case.
First the GM at that best buy store is no college kid. He makes 100,000 per year PLUS bonus. He likely has a degree and 10 years retail management under his belt. For a guy like that to make such a bad decision is beyond the pale. The media attention from this will likely get him fired.
Of course in retail you have many "Scammers" trying to beat you. Any one of them does not cost your store much, BUT if you feed them( give them what they want) they will come back( in numbers) and break you. Plus the calls to home office usually cost you money( or ranking points that amount to money/job security).
Although I think it was likely a bad decison KUDOS to best buy for backing this guy up. Most companies will not.
"That fucking retarded crook-harboring scamshop Best Buy" has a nice ring to it! I think i like it better than "Worst Buy"
kickbacks exactly...The kind of deals this ruling targets involve kickbacks. In my area we have time warner. Not the best cable co BUT FAR FROM THE WORST. In some apartments you HAVE to use some no name cable co with 65 channels and no highspeed internet ..with a cost MUCH greater than what time warner provides to the same area.
This is because some shady , small provider pays a certain amount to the apt complex for an exclusive right to provide cable. It is simply ripping off consumers + they usually do not have the better(newer) features. This should have been outlawed 10 years ago.
right now at walmart i can buy an acer with 80g hd, dvd combo drive, 14" monitor and windows for less than 500 bucks. It will also have 512 ram and a modern( likely single core amd 64) cpu. I am in the market for a cheap laptop( not desktop replacement) that plays DVD's, surfs web and does email. I will likely run ubuntu on it. I would love ubuntu pre installed, but for the money these guys want this PC is a no go for me.
ok i am happy with ubuntu, having been on XP for years. I purchased a PC with vista and said NO WAY. there are a few things i can not do with ubuntu. Please anybody help with the following: 1. play quick time movies 2. a better IM client ...gain will not let me view webcams or receive files
3. play WOW and other games
really this is it..not bad so far...I admit i am not a prof geek...just a geekish person..so please no flames if these problems are easily solved...
sure pre installed os my suck for you if you have dedicated IT dept. Small companies that have 1 or maybe 2 servers often do not have this.
umn why not just add another show when a concert sells out? ticket master could have an auto preorder, so when you try to buy a sold out ticket you can pay an extra buck or two to reserve a seat for a second/third/fourth show. If the show never happens you get a refund( maybe less a buck or two to cover costs). The scalps would get broke every time trying to corner an infinite market. Why cant major acts do 2 and 3 nights in most cities and 4-6 in major cities? Just makes them MUCH more money.