Sola Scriptura is far from universally accepted, and you won't find Jesus preaching it either. My "Christian package" includes a variety of influences... the Bible is just a very important one.
Christianity does not collapse as soon as any intelligent being besides humanity is discovered. Note God Himself, Angels and Demons are all intelligent beings. Also note the vaugue (and interestingly, unique) reference to four "living beings" in Revelation (also note that this is translated very differently between versions of the Bible). What follows from this? Jesus died for the sin of man - other intelligent life need not apply. There is no salvation for (undeniably intelligent) demons.
OK then, I'll bite: East Timor. Now a peaceful nation, rebuilding well with ANZAC forces withdrawing in stages. No US presence or funding at all. I'll even go two: The Solomon Islands - still underway, but again an ANZAC initiative, with no US involvement.
This is true in aggregate. I know they are few and far between, but there are people alive who will stand on principal even if they have something to gain and there are no consequences to their actions.
Thanks for that insight. Does this relate back to the events described in the first few chapters of Acts (tongues, prophesy, healing, etc.) - or more to the "fruits" (happiness, peace, etc)?
Here in NZ there's a largish fleet of private military jets flying out of Ardmore airfield. Why? Because since we ditched our Airforce's strike capability, the Army and Navy have no way to train against being attacked from the air - so they pay private operators to 'attack' them with jets like these.
There is a major advantage to having the rear of your car in view - reversing into/out of a tight spot, or past an obstacle lower than your FOV will allow you to see (yes - some objects are invisible even if you turn your head).
I stand corrected:-) Strangely, they seem to be falling here in NZ for domestic traffic as well, though this could be due to the entry of some cut price outfits into the market...
I know this isn't central to your argument, but I feel the need to point out that you don't know what you're talking about. New Zealand is a developed, western nation with a top-20 spot on the OECD and quite clear laws regarding public nudity.
The "tribes" you refer to are known here as "iwi", and are also technologically advanced and largely western in lifestyle. The Maori (native New Zealand) people do not live in mud huts and run around in grass skirts - they live in brick-and-tile townhouses, and run around in jeans and t-shirt (or a 3-piece suit, depending who you meet).
It might be a small point, but I see these cultural stereotypes all the time on/. and it's just idiocy.
Actually, I live in New Zealand, and I can assure you that surfaced roads are reffered to here as "surfaced roads". A motorway is any road (surfaced or not) where traffic is restricted to powered vehicals with pneumatic tires and registration plates (eg; cars, trucks, motorcycles).
I've been involved in this sort of thing before, and have identified 3 key areas you probably need to at least look at. I've seen tremendous success with this kind of thing - I remember a helpdesk analyst getting an outstanding achievement award for fixing 68 faults in one day. Six months later (after these things had been looked at), the same analyst was awarded again - for 142 faults resolved in one day.
1) Ownership: There should be a single point of contact for all faults - the helpdesk. Each phone jockey should take a call, and whether or not they can resolve it, be responsible for calling the dev/sysadmin, and chasing them until it is done. This is transperant to the customer/user - and they know to call and ask for "Mike" (or whoever) regarding the incident they logged. This almost invariably results in a *huge* perception boost.
2) Leadership: Your managers/team leaders/shift supervisors need to be on the ball. They need to make sure work is distributed evenly, and, as a couple of people have mentioned, ensure that everyone has something to do that *doesn't* involve being on the phone - even if it's as simple as typing up some documentation. A well deserved break will improve morale (and, consequently, productivity) drastically. The guys on top also need to not be afraid to chip in now and then. Staff will be more inclined to follow a leader who helps them out in the tough times.
3) Motivation: Perhaps most important of all, the phone jockeys need to feel like they are going somewhere with this. Spending years of your life knowing that you will either be on the phone, or soon be on the phone, is disheartening. Allow staff to be promoted to engineering, admin, dev, whatever their interest is.
In short, happy, productive staff with clear objectives with boost the image and effectiveness of helpdesk immensely.
Try to get a time limit set on any non-compete clause. Your employer will likely want this to be a year or more, but in reality something more like 3 months is reasonable for you both.
This gives your employer time to react to the fact that you've left, find a replacement, and generally cover his/her proverbial butt, without leaving you out of work for an untenable length of time.
Note also that clauses that effectively prevent you from working in your field of expertise for significant amounts of time will probably be unenforcable in court.
In New Zealand, it is in fact perfectly legal to advertise whatever price you want, regardless of what you actually intend to sell something for.
This is because our government considers an advertised price to be an indication only, and it's the price at the checkout that matters. ie: when you reach the checkout, and the cashier says "That'll be $14.95, thanks", he/she is offering to sell you the goods for that price. The advertisment is not an offer.
What you *cannot* do is mislead consumers about the nature of the purchase - eg: if a store advertises "interest-free finance" on a good, but the cash price (at the checkout) is lower, they are breaking the law. Similarly you cannot mislead people about the nature of the goods (5-disc CD players must, in fact, take 5 discs).
Yup, that's exactly what it means - I've been evaling similar equipment of late, and basically everything on the same transformer is one network. Also, high noise devices (like vacuum cleaners) dirty up the signal badly. Powerline Ethernet is really very similar to Wireless, security and reliability wise.
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Here in New Zealand. Since it's Christmas, I'll organise them for anyone who needs them - I'll even send them to you wherever you are. Drop me a message and we'll get in touch.
DISCLAIMER: While this is a serious offer, I'm not really interested in getting into the Kalidescope export business. Offer is good for the first 20 people only:-)
I don't see any reason why that should change.
Mind you, if it *does* change, I'm sure those of us in up-and-coming tech economies will welcome the payrises and prosperity the Americans traded for DRM and Palladium.
Bring it on. I could triple my salary overnight if I moved to the USA
... and I went for it.
I had stable myopia of -5.75 in one eye, -7.25 in the other, and an astygmatism of -1.25 in the worst eye. The surgery itself was agonising, and I was totally blind for 48 hours, but since then I've had no problems at all (except for the halo around light sources at night that you've probably heard about).
I'd say go for it!
...and this country's ONLY imax went out of business a few months ago. It was part of a larger multiplex that had 8 or so conventional cinemas - so this technology may well have saved them.
You really can't blame us for not watching "Dinosaurs return!" or whatever other tripe they usually play there, can you?
To all of those people who say "this isn't a big issue, it's only a local exploit", I ask them to consider poor people like me, who run open-access computer labs at Universities. It's not like we can put a firewall between us and the exploits, is it?
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Sola Scriptura is far from universally accepted, and you won't find Jesus preaching it either. My "Christian package" includes a variety of influences... the Bible is just a very important one.
Christianity does not collapse as soon as any intelligent being besides humanity is discovered. Note God Himself, Angels and Demons are all intelligent beings. Also note the vaugue (and interestingly, unique) reference to four "living beings" in Revelation (also note that this is translated very differently between versions of the Bible). What follows from this? Jesus died for the sin of man - other intelligent life need not apply. There is no salvation for (undeniably intelligent) demons.
OK then, I'll bite: East Timor. Now a peaceful nation, rebuilding well with ANZAC forces withdrawing in stages. No US presence or funding at all.
I'll even go two: The Solomon Islands - still underway, but again an ANZAC initiative, with no US involvement.
This is true in aggregate. I know they are few and far between, but there are people alive who will stand on principal even if they have something to gain and there are no consequences to their actions.
Thanks for that insight. Does this relate back to the events described in the first few chapters of Acts (tongues, prophesy, healing, etc.) - or more to the "fruits" (happiness, peace, etc)?
If you're a Christian, what do you make of Pauls assertion in Corinthians 13 that not faith (or hope), but love is the most important component?
I would suggest he's talking about percentage points of total sales...
Here in NZ there's a largish fleet of private military jets flying out of Ardmore airfield. Why? Because since we ditched our Airforce's strike capability, the Army and Navy have no way to train against being attacked from the air - so they pay private operators to 'attack' them with jets like these.
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Like a spelling checker, you mean?
There is a major advantage to having the rear of your car in view - reversing into/out of a tight spot, or past an obstacle lower than your FOV will allow you to see (yes - some objects are invisible even if you turn your head).
I stand corrected :-) Strangely, they seem to be falling here in NZ for domestic traffic as well, though this could be due to the entry of some cut price outfits into the market...
I hate to be pedantic (actually, I love to be pedantic), but the New Zealand Commerce Commission blocked that merger.
There are some tribes in New Zealand...
/. and it's just idiocy.
Look,
I know this isn't central to your argument, but I feel the need to point out that you don't know what you're talking about. New Zealand is a developed, western nation with a top-20 spot on the OECD and quite clear laws regarding public nudity.
The "tribes" you refer to are known here as "iwi", and are also technologically advanced and largely western in lifestyle. The Maori (native New Zealand) people do not live in mud huts and run around in grass skirts - they live in brick-and-tile townhouses, and run around in jeans and t-shirt (or a 3-piece suit, depending who you meet).
It might be a small point, but I see these cultural stereotypes all the time on
Actually, I live in New Zealand, and I can assure you that surfaced roads are reffered to here as "surfaced roads". A motorway is any road (surfaced or not) where traffic is restricted to powered vehicals with pneumatic tires and registration plates (eg; cars, trucks, motorcycles).
I also know of no liberation in the history of the world where the oppressed have asked their liberators to please go home.
How about, uh, Vietnam? Or, um, post-WWII Germany?
I've been involved in this sort of thing before, and have identified 3 key areas you probably need to at least look at. I've seen tremendous success with this kind of thing - I remember a helpdesk analyst getting an outstanding achievement award for fixing 68 faults in one day. Six months later (after these things had been looked at), the same analyst was awarded again - for 142 faults resolved in one day.
1) Ownership: There should be a single point of contact for all faults - the helpdesk. Each phone jockey should take a call, and whether or not they can resolve it, be responsible for calling the dev/sysadmin, and chasing them until it is done. This is transperant to the customer/user - and they know to call and ask for "Mike" (or whoever) regarding the incident they logged. This almost invariably results in a *huge* perception boost.
2) Leadership: Your managers/team leaders/shift supervisors need to be on the ball. They need to make sure work is distributed evenly, and, as a couple of people have mentioned, ensure that everyone has something to do that *doesn't* involve being on the phone - even if it's as simple as typing up some documentation. A well deserved break will improve morale (and, consequently, productivity) drastically. The guys on top also need to not be afraid to chip in now and then. Staff will be more inclined to follow a leader who helps them out in the tough times.
3) Motivation: Perhaps most important of all, the phone jockeys need to feel like they are going somewhere with this. Spending years of your life knowing that you will either be on the phone, or soon be on the phone, is disheartening. Allow staff to be promoted to engineering, admin, dev, whatever their interest is.
In short, happy, productive staff with clear objectives with boost the image and effectiveness of helpdesk immensely.
Try to get a time limit set on any non-compete clause. Your employer will likely want this to be a year or more, but in reality something more like 3 months is reasonable for you both. This gives your employer time to react to the fact that you've left, find a replacement, and generally cover his/her proverbial butt, without leaving you out of work for an untenable length of time. Note also that clauses that effectively prevent you from working in your field of expertise for significant amounts of time will probably be unenforcable in court.
In New Zealand, it is in fact perfectly legal to advertise whatever price you want, regardless of what you actually intend to sell something for.
This is because our government considers an advertised price to be an indication only, and it's the price at the checkout that matters. ie: when you reach the checkout, and the cashier says "That'll be $14.95, thanks", he/she is offering to sell you the goods for that price. The advertisment is not an offer.
What you *cannot* do is mislead consumers about the nature of the purchase - eg: if a store advertises "interest-free finance" on a good, but the cash price (at the checkout) is lower, they are breaking the law. Similarly you cannot mislead people about the nature of the goods (5-disc CD players must, in fact, take 5 discs).
Yup, that's exactly what it means - I've been evaling similar equipment of late, and basically everything on the same transformer is one network. Also, high noise devices (like vacuum cleaners) dirty up the signal badly. Powerline Ethernet is really very similar to Wireless, security and reliability wise.
Here in New Zealand. Since it's Christmas, I'll organise them for anyone who needs them - I'll even send them to you wherever you are. Drop me a message and we'll get in touch.
:-)
DISCLAIMER: While this is a serious offer, I'm not really interested in getting into the Kalidescope export business. Offer is good for the first 20 people only
I don't see any reason why that should change.
Mind you, if it *does* change, I'm sure those of us in up-and-coming tech economies will welcome the payrises and prosperity the Americans traded for DRM and Palladium.
Bring it on. I could triple my salary overnight if I moved to the USA
... and I went for it. I had stable myopia of -5.75 in one eye, -7.25 in the other, and an astygmatism of -1.25 in the worst eye. The surgery itself was agonising, and I was totally blind for 48 hours, but since then I've had no problems at all (except for the halo around light sources at night that you've probably heard about). I'd say go for it!
...and this country's ONLY imax went out of business a few months ago. It was part of a larger multiplex that had 8 or so conventional cinemas - so this technology may well have saved them.
You really can't blame us for not watching "Dinosaurs return!" or whatever other tripe they usually play there, can you?
Please mod the parent up - it was meant to be FUNNY
To all of those people who say "this isn't a big issue, it's only a local exploit", I ask them to consider poor people like me, who run open-access computer labs at Universities. It's not like we can put a firewall between us and the exploits, is it?