I use an encrypted database of passwords for internal use, and the boss has the password to that and access to the resource. Whenever I change it, he gets the new password.
This only works because he knows better than to open that database, get a network admin password out and use it to do something retarded. And why would he when he can just have me do whatever it is he wants done.
From Nalgene... I've bolded the part I found interesting.
Question: Why is Nalgene transitioning from polycarbonate to other materials? Answer: [Blah, blah, blah] Our decision to phase out production of the Outdoor line of polycarbonate containers is in response to consumer demand for products that do not include Bisphenol-A (BPA).
We are confident that the bottles which contain BPA are safe for their intended use. However, because of consumer requests for alternative materials, we have decided to transition our polycarbonate product line to Eastman Tritanâ copolyester. This product joins our family of bottles and containers made of various non-BPA materials such as HDPE, PP, LDPE and PET.
[Blah, blah, blah]
Based on the findings of the Food and Drug Administration, The Environmental Protection Agency, The European Food Safety Authority, The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, The Japan Ministry of Health, Labor & Welfare, The American Plastics Council and other reliable sources from around the world, we continue to firmly believe in the safety of our products containing BPA. However, we intend to carefully monitor the results of the National Toxicology Report and the Canadian government's inquiry into this issue and any other relevant scientific information.
Now I'm not sure the Plastics Council is a group I'd want to get my info from, but the rest sound somewhat compelling. So what's the deal, yes it leaches, but it's not necessarily harmful? I wouldn't want to be a sucker for some company's BS, but what's the deal with groups above?
"I also watched one of them stare at the table saw blade as it was rotating- asked him what he was doing- and he said he knows he's not supposed to but he was wondering if he could tap the blade while it was spinning- if he was fast enough (look up table saw finger injuries- you'll understand why I was sickened)."
Maybe he saw that episode of TimeWarp with the safety table saw!
Joking aside, it sounds like you're seeing a certain segment of kids that age. A little depressing that they're already working out insurance scams in HS though. This is something we used to frown on.
In IL at least you need to be state licensed to be a plumber, which requires time in apprenticeship, etc. You can't just ship in a bunch of workers from India, hand them tools and call them plumbers. God forbid you manage to get people here, sponsor them through apprenticeship, get them licensed, etc., and then they look at the union laborers and realize they can make a TON more. Then the plan goes to shit.
By comparison they can ship someone in to do my IT work, no problem. There are no barriers to entry other than knowing what you're doing and being on-site.
I know I'm goofy this way, but I've always liked to think that it only happens just as much as it always did, or even less often.
It seems like the difference is much greater access to information. It wasn't that long ago that this sort of situation would have happened and you NEVER would have known. It just wouldn't have been big enough news to take up space in some newspaper halfway across the country.
Yeah, my initial thought was, aren't there LOTS of people who work for our intelligence agencies doing this with much better imagery and expertise, augmented by feet on the ground?
I think what he was saying is that the kernel developers are extremely careful about backward compatibility for the benefit of all the cheap, lazy companies out there that want to run some crapware legacy app from Windows 9x on Windows 7.
What he did was complement them and the insane requirements they work under.
Well I'm guessing they'd blame movie piracy. "Nobody goes to the movies because they download them instead, omg, what are we going to do?"
The last thing they'd concede is that video games are clearly a better value. You can buy most of them on release day. You take games home (or download them) and play them as much as you want, or at least for a month on subscription games. On the other hand, going to the theater is stupid-expensive (that's a formal metric), and you go home with nothing. So... four evenings for $40+ or a bunch of nights for $40+?
I think the important distinction we're all looking for in the case of these military "robots", is that humans still do the killing. The weapons are just fancier than ever.
I don't know why you posted anon, I agree with that completely.
Just off the top of my head I'm thinking a HUD in photochromic glasses for riding on my bike. Speedo, tach, proximity alerts, maybe rear view, etc. displayed in a way that doesn't interfere with my view of the road, doesn't require me to look down at the gauges or turn my head 90 degrees while moving.
You're right, and that would be my first complaint. I do think they're trying to change this though. Verizon is selling subsidized hp mini-notes for $200 when you sign up for their "mobile broadband" service. Thinner client, wider internet accessibility. Still not quite for me, but getting there.
Yeah, except you'd have to expand that to "Google owns the building the dealership is in".
People can't get around Google today. Or at least, nobody wants to. Google owns the search engine, google profits from the advertisers, google provides a place for people to questionably violate trademark for profit, google profits from this questionable behavior.
I think he was saying that there must also be ants that are native to Texas and that these flies will damage their populations, in addition to the foreign fire ant populations.
Of course because you're outlawing something you have no business outlawing, you drive it underground and force up prices (thus enticing more people into the act you want to ban) and make it dangerous for all involved. Instead of blasting CL for allowing the ads, they should be rethinking the law making the ads illegal in the first place.
I dunno man, I didn't find this argument convincing when it was called "LEGALIZE IT!", either.
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I know if I'm playing at the Venetian or in some asshole's basement. Not to say there aren't scams, but it's largely the same with online gambling.
In online gambling I think most of us would actively seek out the legit joints to play.
I mean, not that I would know anything about it. :)
Absolutely right.
And if it were a game of luck we wouldn't see the same people winning consistently over the course of years. Those players are good at the game.
I use an encrypted database of passwords for internal use, and the boss has the password to that and access to the resource. Whenever I change it, he gets the new password.
This only works because he knows better than to open that database, get a network admin password out and use it to do something retarded. And why would he when he can just have me do whatever it is he wants done.
I'm going to guess you're from the other side of the pond. There are quite a few beers that are sold in cans and plastic bottles here in the US.
But we all know glass bottles just make it taste better. :)
From Nalgene... I've bolded the part I found interesting.
Question: Why is Nalgene transitioning from polycarbonate to other materials?
Answer: [Blah, blah, blah] Our decision to phase out production of the Outdoor line of polycarbonate containers is in response to consumer demand for products that do not include Bisphenol-A (BPA).
We are confident that the bottles which contain BPA are safe for their intended use. However, because of consumer requests for alternative materials, we have decided to transition our polycarbonate product line to Eastman Tritanâ copolyester. This product joins our family of bottles and containers made of various non-BPA materials such as HDPE, PP, LDPE and PET.
[Blah, blah, blah]
Based on the findings of the Food and Drug Administration, The Environmental Protection Agency, The European Food Safety Authority, The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, The Japan Ministry of Health, Labor & Welfare, The American Plastics Council and other reliable sources from around the world, we continue to firmly believe in the safety of our products containing BPA. However, we intend to carefully monitor the results of the National Toxicology Report and the Canadian government's inquiry into this issue and any other relevant scientific information.
Now I'm not sure the Plastics Council is a group I'd want to get my info from, but the rest sound somewhat compelling. So what's the deal, yes it leaches, but it's not necessarily harmful? I wouldn't want to be a sucker for some company's BS, but what's the deal with groups above?
Excellent point.
It didn't help that Japan was leaning heavy on both Triumph and Harley at the time.
Fortunately, both seem to be enjoying new life, and I LOVE my shiny new Triumph Speedmaster! :)
"I also watched one of them stare at the table saw blade as it was rotating- asked him what he was doing- and he said he knows he's not supposed to but he was wondering if he could tap the blade while it was spinning- if he was fast enough (look up table saw finger injuries- you'll understand why I was sickened)."
Maybe he saw that episode of TimeWarp with the safety table saw!
Joking aside, it sounds like you're seeing a certain segment of kids that age. A little depressing that they're already working out insurance scams in HS though. This is something we used to frown on.
In IL at least you need to be state licensed to be a plumber, which requires time in apprenticeship, etc. You can't just ship in a bunch of workers from India, hand them tools and call them plumbers. God forbid you manage to get people here, sponsor them through apprenticeship, get them licensed, etc., and then they look at the union laborers and realize they can make a TON more. Then the plan goes to shit.
By comparison they can ship someone in to do my IT work, no problem. There are no barriers to entry other than knowing what you're doing and being on-site.
Sounds like IT guys in the world I come from.
I'm told some get to sit at their desk all day.
I know I'm goofy this way, but I've always liked to think that it only happens just as much as it always did, or even less often.
It seems like the difference is much greater access to information. It wasn't that long ago that this sort of situation would have happened and you NEVER would have known. It just wouldn't have been big enough news to take up space in some newspaper halfway across the country.
Yeah, my initial thought was, aren't there LOTS of people who work for our intelligence agencies doing this with much better imagery and expertise, augmented by feet on the ground?
MPAA... and MediaSentry. Dur.
The RIAA didn't demand that he be kicked out of student dorms. His school did that.
I think what he was saying is that the kernel developers are extremely careful about backward compatibility for the benefit of all the cheap, lazy companies out there that want to run some crapware legacy app from Windows 9x on Windows 7.
What he did was complement them and the insane requirements they work under.
Well I'm guessing they'd blame movie piracy. "Nobody goes to the movies because they download them instead, omg, what are we going to do?"
The last thing they'd concede is that video games are clearly a better value. You can buy most of them on release day. You take games home (or download them) and play them as much as you want, or at least for a month on subscription games. On the other hand, going to the theater is stupid-expensive (that's a formal metric), and you go home with nothing. So... four evenings for $40+ or a bunch of nights for $40+?
I think the important distinction we're all looking for in the case of these military "robots", is that humans still do the killing. The weapons are just fancier than ever.
I think we should build giant ethical bear robots.
"Uh, those bears appear to have guns and motorcycles."
I don't know why you posted anon, I agree with that completely.
Just off the top of my head I'm thinking a HUD in photochromic glasses for riding on my bike. Speedo, tach, proximity alerts, maybe rear view, etc. displayed in a way that doesn't interfere with my view of the road, doesn't require me to look down at the gauges or turn my head 90 degrees while moving.
"$Header: index.html,v 1.2 2009/05/08 14:53:14 james Web page status: Draft 0.8. Req action: Mktg to review wording and imagery (better screenshots required etc..), and QA to check links. Expected launch date: July 2009. Software status: Ready. $"
Except oddly, it looks like this is a leak.
I'm not being argumentative, just curious, how do you sue the guy if you don't know for sure that it's him?
You're right, and that would be my first complaint. I do think they're trying to change this though. Verizon is selling subsidized hp mini-notes for $200 when you sign up for their "mobile broadband" service. Thinner client, wider internet accessibility. Still not quite for me, but getting there.
Yeah, except you'd have to expand that to "Google owns the building the dealership is in".
People can't get around Google today. Or at least, nobody wants to. Google owns the search engine, google profits from the advertisers, google provides a place for people to questionably violate trademark for profit, google profits from this questionable behavior.
It'll be interesting to see what happens.
I think he was saying that there must also be ants that are native to Texas and that these flies will damage their populations, in addition to the foreign fire ant populations.
Soooo, what you're saying is that it's TOTALLY WORTH IT?
Of course because you're outlawing something you have no business outlawing, you drive it underground and force up prices (thus enticing more people into the act you want to ban) and make it dangerous for all involved. Instead of blasting CL for allowing the ads, they should be rethinking the law making the ads illegal in the first place.
I dunno man, I didn't find this argument convincing when it was called "LEGALIZE IT!", either.