This has been a pattern in sit-coms for a while -- doofus husband, whip-smart wife.
And to be more specific, it is an overweight, white guy that is the doofus.
You don't see this with Asians, Hispanics or Blacks....at least not with a mixed set of actors, if it is mixed the white guy is the dumb one. If an all Black show for instance, you will sometimes seen the doofus male...
It is political correctness in general, you can't make fun of anyone, besides straight white mails. Family Guy, while making fun of white males..is about the only exception to the rule I stated above...I've been amazed how they do seem to get by with so much, that is not seen on any other television show currently out today.
But seriously...being a leader and dressing at least a little more cicely than your subordinates, does help keep things in order strangely enough.
I'd say go with what many of us do...dress casual for days you're not crawling under 'cob-webby' desks....nice cotton slacks, nice polo style shirt, or even a comfy button down one with the sleeves rolled up would be nice. Polo 'brand' of either of these, would be nice....they're a little $$, but I find they are quality made and do hold up to a lot of wearing/washing cycles. And they look nice and classic.
For days you may be crawling around...wear a decent shirt, and jeans.
If your going to be public facing at all....try to get a feel for the customer's/vendor's dress level coming in, and try to match that....if you are business casual, when speaking to them, tell them that it is business casual there when inviting them....so they will know they don't have to go the jacket/tie route that is often expected in those situations.
Just a random thought: NBC video should be free. They were given a license to broadcast over the airwaves (which belong to the People) and should be sharing the NBC-Broadcast video for free over the air and the net. Else they should have their license revoked.
First, I agree largely with your sentiment, but I would point out...that NBC *is* broadcasting video free over the air, all you need is a tv and an aerial to receive and watch it.
But, that license isn't applicable to anything they do over the internet....? I mean, that is money above and beyond air transmission....and wasn't included in the broadcast license for the spectrum they are licensed to use.
The FCC really only has say over transmission over the air...not what companies do over the internet, if they did, then I'd have to get some kind of approval or license from the FCC for anything you or I put up or stream over the internet....and I kinda would like to keep it that way...
...but the guy's (Romney) toast once they get to the debates and he puts both feet in his mouth at the same time.
I dunno...Obama's pretty much useless without his teleprompters too. If either of them get off the planned out message....it will get interesting.
Neither of them are great debaters, the only thing Romney has going for him, is he's been in debates recently....Obama hasn't in almost 4 years, and pair that with no teleprompters, he might not actually do too well.
Some rather sketchy politician with really questionable ties to industries whom everyone is pretty sure is just doing it as a means of making a shit load of money, consequences and country be damned.
Well, as long as they have at least a couple of IQ points higher than Joe Biden....that guy scares me being only a heart attack away from the Presidency!!
After 3+ years of Joe..honestly, I'm not sure we got much better than an older male Palin....both of them seem so dense, that light bends around them....
But I'm wondering...do any of the laws specify that they can't be obscured for human eyes....?
Or does it just say maybe cannot be obsured from plain sight....which they would not be since they are quite visible to normal light sensing apparatus....like humans...
Do any of the laws specify it also has to be machine readable?
But from what I've seen...the infared LEDs, while invisible to the naked human eye...will basically 'blind' many cameras...so, hoping that might make me look fine to human cop eyes...but invisible to the cameras.
I like the idea of police having an OCR to scan all plates near them and flag cars that are stolen or have warrants. However, there is no need to update any file with the location the plate was detected. A simple "Blue Ford at your 5-o'clock position is reported stolen" is enough.
True...however, there really hasn't ever been a power or law granted or passed, that hasn't eventually been escalated far beyond its original intent. In this case, it is trivial to compile the data and analyze it...."it could be useful".
It will be, and actually....it is actually part of the plan with rollout on this one....
Anyone can sit down and write down liscense plate numbers. Citizens have done this on their own when they have suspected a house on their block of drug trafficking. Very few would consider this to be an invasion of privacy.
Police officers routinely check license plates against a registry of stolen cars. Few would consider this to be an invasion of privacy.
If police placed a device on my car that told them where I was 24/7, I'd consider that an invasion of privacy.
Having traffic plate scanners all over the place seems like an extension of case #2 where the police are checking license plates on their own..
Actually, it is MUCH closer to #3 than #2.
With these scanners all over the place (and eventually they will be)...they are scanning everyone and compiling data on everyone...so, it is trivial to find where anyone was at any given time. In essence...they are tracking you the same as if they had a device physically on your car, but in this case, they're using a database rather than the physical device.
I just saw a brief blurb on the local news in LA, that the state troopers down here, were looking closely at peoples' plates to see if they were obscured....due I guess to some problems lately with the traffic cams catching them, and I think I heard some police cars are now being outfitted here with plate readers.
I'm really wanting to get some of the high powered infrared LEDs and rig them up around my license plate...but with a switch in the cabin, to be able to turn them 'off' when appropriate...near a live cop.
A proper study is going to be paying patients, not charging them. A proper study will not be making advertising claims about the magic of stem cells.
Hmm..all the studies I participated in helping run, at a state educational learning center....didn't pay patients...the did inform them of the risks and benefits, made sure they understood, and consent forms signed.
That's what the doctors I'm talking about are doing...but in a private practice setting. They certainly aren't advertising this....only giving the options to patients that come in with qualifying problems. THey aren't advertising the options to have people come in....?
Stay up late an watch all those guys with a title of Dr pushing these things on late night TV ads.
The doctors I'm speakng of, that are doing stem cell therapy...are not the tv quacks you speak of....but all qualified physicians, with MORE than a few published studies to each of their names...all of those published are peer reviewed and approved!!
This isn't something you see advertised on late night TV my friend....
I worked in medical research for a number of years....associated with a major teaching university, and the work by these doctors IS research, now in private clinics. Along with published results, etc.
Why would you automatically think someone was trying to con someone?
Do you have some kind of knee-jerk, inherit distrust of anyone with the title of Dr?
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And to be more specific, it is an overweight, white guy that is the doofus.
You don't see this with Asians, Hispanics or Blacks....at least not with a mixed set of actors, if it is mixed the white guy is the dumb one. If an all Black show for instance, you will sometimes seen the doofus male...
It is political correctness in general, you can't make fun of anyone, besides straight white mails. Family Guy, while making fun of white males..is about the only exception to the rule I stated above...I've been amazed how they do seem to get by with so much, that is not seen on any other television show currently out today.
Yeah..kinda like Obama, when the teleprompters go blank.....
But seriously...being a leader and dressing at least a little more cicely than your subordinates, does help keep things in order strangely enough.
I'd say go with what many of us do...dress casual for days you're not crawling under 'cob-webby' desks....nice cotton slacks, nice polo style shirt, or even a comfy button down one with the sleeves rolled up would be nice. Polo 'brand' of either of these, would be nice....they're a little $$, but I find they are quality made and do hold up to a lot of wearing/washing cycles. And they look nice and classic.
For days you may be crawling around...wear a decent shirt, and jeans.
If your going to be public facing at all....try to get a feel for the customer's/vendor's dress level coming in, and try to match that....if you are business casual, when speaking to them, tell them that it is business casual there when inviting them....so they will know they don't have to go the jacket/tie route that is often expected in those situations.
Much like Slashdot has an American focus quite often...
There...FTFY...
First, I agree largely with your sentiment, but I would point out...that NBC *is* broadcasting video free over the air, all you need is a tv and an aerial to receive and watch it.
But, that license isn't applicable to anything they do over the internet....? I mean, that is money above and beyond air transmission....and wasn't included in the broadcast license for the spectrum they are licensed to use.
The FCC really only has say over transmission over the air...not what companies do over the internet, if they did, then I'd have to get some kind of approval or license from the FCC for anything you or I put up or stream over the internet ....and I kinda would like to keep it that way...
There...FTFY....
But that isn't gonna pay any bills, let you go on a great vacation trip, nor get you laid.....
Well, it sure was abpopular weapon for Clint Eastwood in some of his spaghetti westerns....
I live in the DEEP south too....much deeper, and I'd be in the Gulf.
I dunno...Obama's pretty much useless without his teleprompters too. If either of them get off the planned out message....it will get interesting.
Neither of them are great debaters, the only thing Romney has going for him, is he's been in debates recently....Obama hasn't in almost 4 years, and pair that with no teleprompters, he might not actually do too well.
Should be interesting to say the least.
He ain't black either....he's mixed race, remember, his mom was Caucasian....
Hell, as I've said before, I'd vote for a small soap dish over Obama at this point.
He's giving Bush II a run for the money to the bottom for 'worst president ever' vote....
Well, as long as they have at least a couple of IQ points higher than Joe Biden....that guy scares me being only a heart attack away from the Presidency!!
After 3+ years of Joe..honestly, I'm not sure we got much better than an older male Palin....both of them seem so dense, that light bends around them....
Or does it just say maybe cannot be obsured from plain sight....which they would not be since they are quite visible to normal light sensing apparatus....like humans...
Do any of the laws specify it also has to be machine readable?
But from what I've seen...the infared LEDs, while invisible to the naked human eye...will basically 'blind' many cameras...so, hoping that might make me look fine to human cop eyes...but invisible to the cameras.
True...however, there really hasn't ever been a power or law granted or passed, that hasn't eventually been escalated far beyond its original intent. In this case, it is trivial to compile the data and analyze it...."it could be useful".
It will be, and actually....it is actually part of the plan with rollout on this one....
Actually, it is MUCH closer to #3 than #2.
With these scanners all over the place (and eventually they will be)...they are scanning everyone and compiling data on everyone...so, it is trivial to find where anyone was at any given time. In essence...they are tracking you the same as if they had a device physically on your car, but in this case, they're using a database rather than the physical device.
Same outcome either way....
Well, at least at the state level, the people have more of a 'say' in the matters, and can affect change more efficiently.
I'm really wanting to get some of the high powered infrared LEDs and rig them up around my license plate...but with a switch in the cabin, to be able to turn them 'off' when appropriate...near a live cop.
Hmm....sounds like a fun weekend project!!
I kind of liked having the opening ceremonies timed to show in the US, about dinner time.....
It makes it easier to catch the important things by broadcasting it after I get off work, and have my usual tv watching time...
Yeah, I kinda thought of that just after I hit 'submit'.
Hmm..all the studies I participated in helping run, at a state educational learning center....didn't pay patients...the did inform them of the risks and benefits, made sure they understood, and consent forms signed.
That's what the doctors I'm talking about are doing...but in a private practice setting. They certainly aren't advertising this....only giving the options to patients that come in with qualifying problems. THey aren't advertising the options to have people come in....?
The doctors I'm speakng of, that are doing stem cell therapy...are not the tv quacks you speak of....but all qualified physicians, with MORE than a few published studies to each of their names...all of those published are peer reviewed and approved!!
This isn't something you see advertised on late night TV my friend....
Why would you automatically think someone was trying to con someone?
Do you have some kind of knee-jerk, inherit distrust of anyone with the title of Dr?