I don't know why you all are complaining, this is going to create a large number of jobs for people like us. Instead of the current trivial cheap efficient widespread and low error way of collecting gas tax. We are going to replace it with an inefficient, error prone, custom way to do it. And that means jobs for technology people.
It sure does sound like the worst of it is in California. While things are bad in my area (Utah), it sure does seem really bad in California. According to this article it sounds like the mismanagement of the state government will likely make it a lot worse in California before it gets any better. I wouldn't be surprised to see a monster tax increase in California. I hope I'm wrong, but this would be a huge hit to California's chance of creating new jobs.
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How about a global nonprofit organization committed to helping the world's poorest youth eat and avoid dying from preventable diseases?
The difficulty with this is that most of the starvation and by extension diseases, in the world is due to political upheavals, North Koreans starve because it suits their government to let them starve. Zimbabwe starves because Robert Mugabe finds it to his political advantage to allow them to starve. (Zimbabwe is a nation blessed with an extremely fertile soil and was once known as the bread basket of southern Africa, yet now Zimbabweans starve). There are certainly many more examples of this.
So how can a global nonprofit organization solve this problem? Many already exist, and they usually end up helping the tyrant retain power. The nonprofit brings in supplies the tyrant's goons steal and the people still starve. (The taliban were notorious for this.)
Unless you are planning a nonprofit that has as it mission the overthrow of dictatorships, and the establishment of freedom in these nations.
I remember when phoenixdsl went under. About 5 months later a monster truck competion in town was going on, and they had TV ads, that said the competion was in part sponsored by Phoenixdsl, a company that had gone out of business months before.
Your bringing back really bad memories. I remember Phoenixdsl. I jumped off the roller coaster when MegaPath sold the remnants to telocity. Phoenixdsl was screwed up but telocity when I talked to them about transitioning over was so unbelievably bad and disorganized, that I took the offer to end my 2 yr contract early. Well, at least I thought I was off. Soon there aft er telocity was aquired by Hughes and then they decide that I'm really not gone. And they start charging my credit card and also backcharge me for all the monthes they had missed. I needless to say was pissed. Some 250 dollars in charges for a service that I no longer had, and had opted out of. They made it really obvious that they had no intetion of doing the right thing and refunding the money. And oh by the way we want the modem back that megapath gave you when they terminated your contract. To make a long story short, I eventually ended up having to go to my credit card company and reverse the charges. My guess is that I wasn't the only one they tried to screw.
What scares me about this stuff is same technology that is used to push an asteroid away could be used to push an asteroid to hit the earth. Some madman could probably even time it to hit exactly the spot on earth that they want to.
What I want is a jammer of my own. But I don't want it to work perfectly, just about 80%, Enough to make it hard for the person to hear the conversation. Then when they turn to get better reception, turn the jammer off. Keep playing this game til it looks like they are playing twister. (Kinda like those devices you can buy that make peoples radar detectors go off.)
That works well in a class setting where the same people meet again and again. But you would always have different people in the theatre. I think it would be much less effective
I'm impressed, going straight from stuffer of bags to child psychologist
Proper social behavior is a learned trait and 2 year old children typically are just learning it. In particular thier communication skills are minimal. Crying is often the only way for small children to communicate thier needs. (ie You just pushed your cart by the candy aisle and didn't get them any candy) It really has more to do with teaching children coping and communication skills, versus discipline (by discipline I assume you mean punishment). I've noticed that using negative reinforment (punishment) often makes the tantrum worse. Yet using positive reinforment (praise) accomplishes much more. Realize that when you hear a child have tantrum in a public place that it isn't aimed at you personally. Just relax and don't worry about it. Some children take longer to learn it, than others. It doesn't mean they are bad parents. And it certainly doesn't merit your disdain of them.
BTW, I wouldn't put to much stock in the accounts you recieved concerning what a "wonderful" child you were. People have a tendency to remember the good and suppress the bad. I've watched mothers get on TV and say what a wonder kid thier kid was, and they had no clue that he would murder someone. And go on about what a perfect angel they were. Then later come to find out that the kid had a juvenile rap sheet the size of a novel.
I read somewhere that some of these schools were starting to let in a few ordinary schmucks to anchor the grading curve. To many high school valedictorians couldn't handle suddenly getting B's and C's, when they compete against a higher caliber of student. But the less cerebral type of person didn't have such a problem with B's and C's.
This whole event merely shows a different face with public corporations. The people running the corporations have little connection to the owners of the company. CEO, CFO, Board of Directors, etc run companies like a combination of robber barons, vampires, and third world dictators. They often seem to just be in it to see how much they can loot.
What you need to realize is that most people don't really care. They are trying to watch the movie, play, or listen to the concert. Not listen to you talk on the phone, or be crawled over 5-6 times during a show, while you go to the lobby to yak.
I see you're one of those idiots whose had his cellphone surgically attached to their ear. Let me explain it to you. Yak on the cell phone on your time. When your in the theater, shut the damn thing off, or be very sure the only calls you are going to get are emergencies (real ones).
The reason the mega corps are taking over is really quite simple. Better service, better selection, better prices, better locations, and often better products. If mom and pop stores could provide the service, selection, etc., that walmart, target, home depot, barnes and noble, costco, etc provide, then these little stores wouldn't be going out of business. It's called economy of scale and it usually kicks the shit out of mom and pop stores, whether you like it or not.
The "big picture" is that these stores thrive because they do a much better job at serving the customer. Alarmism aside, walmart isn't in going to take over the world any time soon (likely never), they have quite a bit of competition, They aren't even close to a monopoly.
Hell, plenty of their movies never even make it to the theater.
The "direct to video" movies really suck though, I bought cinderella II for my kids, it is soooooooooo bad that I can't stand to be in the same room when my kids watch it.
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I don't know why you all are complaining, this is going to create a large number of jobs for people like us. Instead of the current trivial cheap efficient widespread and low error way of collecting gas tax. We are going to replace it with an inefficient, error prone, custom way to do it. And that means jobs for technology people.
It sure does sound like the worst of it is in California. While things are bad in my area (Utah), it sure does seem really bad in California. According to this article it sounds like the mismanagement of the state government will likely make it a lot worse in California before it gets any better. I wouldn't be surprised to see a monster tax increase in California. I hope I'm wrong, but this would be a huge hit to California's chance of creating new jobs.
How about a global nonprofit organization committed to helping the world's poorest youth eat and avoid dying from preventable diseases?
The difficulty with this is that most of the starvation and by extension diseases, in the world is due to political upheavals, North Koreans starve because it suits their government to let them starve. Zimbabwe starves because Robert Mugabe finds it to his political advantage to allow them to starve. (Zimbabwe is a nation blessed with an extremely fertile soil and was once known as the bread basket of southern Africa, yet now Zimbabweans starve). There are certainly many more examples of this.
So how can a global nonprofit organization solve this problem? Many already exist, and they usually end up helping the tyrant retain power. The nonprofit brings in supplies the tyrant's goons steal and the people still starve. (The taliban were notorious for this.)
Unless you are planning a nonprofit that has as it mission the overthrow of dictatorships, and the establishment of freedom in these nations.
I glanced at this a thought for a moment, what the hell does the Boy Scouts of America(bsa) have to do with computer audits.
One of the strongest indicators that a law is a bullshit law, is when the government puts an exception in the law for itself.
I remember when phoenixdsl went under. About 5 months later a monster truck competion in town was going on, and they had TV ads, that said the competion was in part sponsored by Phoenixdsl, a company that had gone out of business months before.
I ended up having to dispute the charges to my card. They had no intention as far as I could tell to fix it.
Your bringing back really bad memories. I remember Phoenixdsl. I jumped off the roller coaster when MegaPath sold the remnants to telocity. Phoenixdsl was screwed up but telocity when I talked to them about transitioning over was so unbelievably bad and disorganized, that I took the offer to end my 2 yr contract early. Well, at least I thought I was off. Soon there aft er telocity was aquired by Hughes and then they decide that I'm really not gone. And they start charging my credit card and also backcharge me for all the monthes they had missed. I needless to say was pissed. Some 250 dollars in charges for a service that I no longer had, and had opted out of. They made it really obvious that they had no intetion of doing the right thing and refunding the money. And oh by the way we want the modem back that megapath gave you when they terminated your contract. To make a long story short, I eventually ended up having to go to my credit card company and reverse the charges. My guess is that I wasn't the only one they tried to screw.
Of course the WTC could provide workspace for over a 100,000 people vs 3 for the ISS. Also the WTC actually had a positive balace sheet.
But on the other hand, we probably don't have to worry about terrorists flying airplanes into it.
No alls we have to do is stop sending fuel up to it and in 3 years some fish in the pacific ocean get a 40 billion dollar fireworks show.
As long as the money is spent by the federal gov't. That is the only place it will go.
What scares me about this stuff is same technology that is used to push an asteroid away could be used to push an asteroid to hit the earth. Some madman could probably even time it to hit exactly the spot on earth that they want to.
Of course with my luck, it'll be pre-empted by some sporting event.
That counts as good luck in my book. A good game sounds a lot more interesting.
What I want is a jammer of my own. But I don't want it to work perfectly, just about 80%, Enough to make it hard for the person to hear the conversation. Then when they turn to get better reception, turn the jammer off. Keep playing this game til it looks like they are playing twister. (Kinda like those devices you can buy that make peoples radar detectors go off.)
So does anyone know where I can get one?
That works well in a class setting where the same people meet again and again. But you would always have different people in the theatre. I think it would be much less effective
I'm impressed, going straight from stuffer of bags to child psychologist
Proper social behavior is a learned trait and 2 year old children typically are just learning it. In particular thier communication skills are minimal. Crying is often the only way for small children to communicate thier needs. (ie You just pushed your cart by the candy aisle and didn't get them any candy) It really has more to do with teaching children coping and communication skills, versus discipline (by discipline I assume you mean punishment). I've noticed that using negative reinforment (punishment) often makes the tantrum worse. Yet using positive reinforment (praise) accomplishes much more. Realize that when you hear a child have tantrum in a public place that it isn't aimed at you personally. Just relax and don't worry about it. Some children take longer to learn it, than others. It doesn't mean they are bad parents. And it certainly doesn't merit your disdain of them.
BTW, I wouldn't put to much stock in the accounts you recieved concerning what a "wonderful" child you were. People have a tendency to remember the good and suppress the bad. I've watched mothers get on TV and say what a wonder kid thier kid was, and they had no clue that he would murder someone. And go on about what a perfect angel they were. Then later come to find out that the kid had a juvenile rap sheet the size of a novel.
Vegas typically likes card counters. The typical card counter can be quite good for the bottom line of the casino.
I read somewhere that some of these schools were starting to let in a few ordinary schmucks to anchor the grading curve. To many high school valedictorians couldn't handle suddenly getting B's and C's, when they compete against a higher caliber of student. But the less cerebral type of person didn't have such a problem with B's and C's.
This whole event merely shows a different face with public corporations. The people running the corporations have little connection to the owners of the company. CEO, CFO, Board of Directors, etc run companies like a combination of robber barons, vampires, and third world dictators. They often seem to just be in it to see how much they can loot.
H1-Bs are NOT cheap labor. The H1-B program requires companies to pay the H1-B workers the same amount of money than permanent citizens.
The law also requires people to not smoke marijuana. And because the law requires that no one in the US smokes marijauana. Right?
Please, that's not a pun, that's a lisp.
If your gf was raped in an underground parking lot, wouldn't you wish they did have phone boosters?
To be quite honest a cell phone is pretty useless in this situation. I would much rather have my wife armed with a Glock, and the training to use it.
What you need to realize is that most people don't really care. They are trying to watch the movie, play, or listen to the concert. Not listen to you talk on the phone, or be crawled over 5-6 times during a show, while you go to the lobby to yak.
I see you're one of those idiots whose had his cellphone surgically attached to their ear. Let me explain it to you. Yak on the cell phone on your time. When your in the theater, shut the damn thing off, or be very sure the only calls you are going to get are emergencies (real ones).
The reason the mega corps are taking over is really quite simple. Better service, better selection, better prices, better locations, and often better products. If mom and pop stores could provide the service, selection, etc., that walmart, target, home depot, barnes and noble, costco, etc provide, then these little stores wouldn't be going out of business. It's called economy of scale and it usually kicks the shit out of mom and pop stores, whether you like it or not.
The "big picture" is that these stores thrive because they do a much better job at serving the customer. Alarmism aside, walmart isn't in going to take over the world any time soon (likely never), they have quite a bit of competition, They aren't even close to a monopoly.
Hell, plenty of their movies never even make it to the theater.
The "direct to video" movies really suck though, I bought cinderella II for my kids, it is soooooooooo bad that I can't stand to be in the same room when my kids watch it.