That is not accurate. The percentage of the union dues used for representation purposes, etc. (regulated to be 85% as far as I know) is deducted. As I said above, the quitter still gets all of the benefits of being in the union (salary increases, work rules, etc.). It would somehow be fair to have the union members completely carrying the freeloaders?
I, for one, am quite comfortable in negotiating my own salary and benefits for a job that I am trying to get.
If I don't want to be in a union, I have no problem in negotiating my own terms of employment at hiring time. Why should this not be an avenue open for all people?
Anyone feeding a tube amp from a digital source is already living in a state of sin...
How do your figure? Ok...so, I don't have my turntable yet, but I figure with things ripped to flac..I'm lossless, and no wow/flutter running it from harddisk....
Seems pretty good to me so far....but I do want to get a nice turntable for some special albums on vinyl...
Not saying this is the case for the GP....but I know lots of parents who would laugh at you for saying that and then say "Hell no I don't trust him". Some of us had to be taught the consequences of doing wrong.
Whew...boy, I'm glad I grew up in the days before cell phones, and all this tracking crap.
I mean, I grew up in a world without anything but land lines as a kid...I came home from school on the bus, and was home alone for hours before the parental units came in.
Even so, I learned the consequences of doing wrong....when they caught me, and even so..I learned them too, when I was able to fix the problem I made, and be smart (and sometimes lucky) enough to cover my tracks.
I actually feel a bit sorry for kids today...helicopter parents, every activity scheduled and organized, soccer moms, etc.
I don't think kids get to be kids...during summers, my parents worked, and from about 6th-7th grade on, I pretty much had free run of the neighborhood and one surrounding me. When young, I just had to call into Mom at the office every couple hours or so...but as I got older, didn't have to do that. My friends and I swam at the neighborhood pool....built forts out in the woods (before the developed the whole area), and rode bikes and skatboards all over the place...cooked our own lunches.
All without extreme supervision. I don't see that for many kids today....hell, I'm almost afraid that these days, the way our parents raised us and left us alone at times, etc....they'd be arrested for child abuse or something in todays world.
If I were to be wanting to put together a good 'media' box, for doing higher end audio (flac) to my living room stereo, the good one (decware tube amps, Klipschorn speakers, etc)...and wanting to do it with Linux...
What would be some of the best audio cards to get and be able to use with good amps, etc? Possibly also multi-channel sound? Something with good drivers...
Also, what would be the good applications to play my tunes with?
Too right. I summarise as I'm writing. Often adding my own thoughts in a column, include some small sketches, lines, arrows, etc. Generally I have found, it I take good enough notes, I don't usually have to go back over them, unless I'm a bit uncertain on something - then I use the notes (which may include such marvelous comments as "*research this item*") only as a brief review.
I'm the same way...written notes back then (when I could actually read my own chicken scratch) in school, helped me remember more. I used to also often doodle in my text books, in addition to underlining things, highlighting things and writing notes in the margins.
When I would take tests...I could actually close my eyes, and see the pages on the books and notes and 'turn' the pages in my head looking for the answers. I often remembered the doodles as much as anything else to help me literally see and read the page in my head.
I can't do that with computer screen notes and literature. I guess that's why I often, for things I need to really learn and keep notes on...print out hard copies of things. I can usually find what I need on them quicker, and again...as I study them I write notes and doodles on the margins, and eventually I can 'see' what I need to recall.
I just can't do that on screen.
Needless to say, I'm not a good candidate for the paperless office...I have piles of paper all over and around my desk...BUT, I can seem to find things and info I need when I need it.
Err....color me ignorant, but I had no idea that anyone was compelled to REPORT crimes to the police. You mean, just because I observe a crime being committed, and fail to take initiative to run to the cops to report it, that I could be charged with a crime?
I Don't think it has yet been rooted and the Nook Color lacks one thing, 3g I think.
Nook color also doesn't have a camera either...but I don't miss it on my rooted nook color. I scored my new one for $135 with some deals..and I use it all the time!!
Arms get tired, hands get cold, while holding up a book. I'd love something which allows me to keep warm while reading (I tend to read a lot during the Winter) Maybe something with a headboard mount, or tripod with an arm to support it - and as I'm at home reading in bed
Ok, I'm going out on a limb here I know but....how about turning on the freakin' heater till you're not cold anymore?
:)
And for tired arms...why not lay on your stomach..perhaps with a pillow under your chest, or head, and read that way with the reader on the bed?
I quite often go between reading while laying on my back and stomach....and if laying on your back, just rest the bottom of the reader or book on your chest...and hold on each side with your hands...that way your arms don't get tired. No need to hold the darned thing in the air in front of you the whole time...
Well they do pay taxes. Most notably sales taxes, gas taxes.. and that's far more of a burden on the guy making $25,000 a year than that + income tax is for the guy making $250,000/yr.
We're talking about FEDERAL income tax here...not state and local.
If you don't like the state and local taxes (not all states have sales tax), then vote to fix that where you live.
Just remember you can play bluegrass and jazz without electricity. Unlike all rock.
I dunno..I remember an OLD special on MTV (back when they actually played music)...with Aerosmith Unplugged...one of the first unplugged specials.
Those guys rocked in acoustic!!
I had it recorded on VHS back then, I wish to hell I could find that whole 30 min special ( or longer if it exists) out there somewhere either to buy or download.....
Ok, but as someone mentioned before....if two candidates are up for the job...one civilian and one military.
Let's say they're closely qualified, maybe the civilian has slightly more real work experience, etc....but the company gets a tax break for hiring the military guy, so you hire him instead of the guy that actually was slightly more qualified., that's not discriminatory?
Hell, lets say they were 100% equally qualified...rather than maybe flip a coin, you always go to the military guy? That seems a bit slanted and discriminatory...etc.
I'm assuming, of course, that said job would not directly benefit from military experience (say some military IT job developing HR for the military, etc).
Just wait until occupy wallstreet has a real army!
Nah...they're just the 2000's version of the hippies/yippies from the 60's. Loud, boisterous...but not really adept at accomplishing anything, nor even having a real concrete, unified goal or message to promote.
The OWS today's shouts of "Kill the Corporations" and "Life is Unfair" are basically the analogous to the "Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out" of that day. Fun to say and march to....but in the end, fairly useless and pointless.
First, this isn't meant to disparage any of our fine service men and women who have served our country...and risked their lives for us. I truly appreciate their service and sacrifice. That take guts.
However, to be candid....the majority of ex-military folks I've run across...while capable in many ways, just often don't seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer.
I've often thought maybe that was due, in large part...to the volunteer military we have now, and that many if not most recruits viewed joining the military as the opportunity of last resort? The military offered them a job, a home and in many cases some form of education that they could not attain in the normal civilian world.
Is this the way for everyone in the military and coming out? No...but I have to say, that many I've seen, met and even worked with in past years, are not the smartest of folks, and would be (and have been ) ill suited many times to work in IT work requiring a great deal of mental abilities, and ability to think quick on the feet and independent of others, in other words...act on their own without orders. That latter one sometimes applies to those with the mental capabilities...
Perhaps the groupthink/action required for successful military life, is not often the best mental training for civilian live, particularly where free and imaginative thinking is often required?
Anyway...just my anecdotal observations...what are yours?
Not having decent internet nowadays is more socially and economically crippling than not having telephone service.
Really? Seriously?
I mean..don't get me wrong....I go into withdrawls when I am without internet connectivity, but it is ONLY really for mostly entertainment, and convenience.
I really would not suffer at ALL if it went down tomorrow. Sure, I'd not be able to have to quickly email anyone, but I could easily start phoning them again (assuming txt went out too).
If you're alluding to FaceBook. I don't have an account...and have not suffered socially at all because of it. I have a ton of friends, and we all interact mostly daily or weekly at the very least. We often get together and spend time in meatspace, which is what I call true social interaction.
I don't see it hurting me economically not having internet connectivity at home, with the possible exception that I'd lose a bit of money having to buy things locally and pay sales tax,but shy of that, I don't see how it would cripple me if home connectivity disappeared tomorrow.
Well, maybe right after you put the rice in the pot of boiling water..but not after??
Rice: 2:1 ration water to rice, I like to add in some salt or a chicken bullion cube.
Boil water
Once water is boiling...add rice...stir...once water starts to boil again, put on lid, cut heat down to low so that just a little steam keeps coming out from the lid.
Leave this alone with lid on for about 20-22 minutes...then, remove from heat, open lid and fluff with a fork.
Unless you're doing risotto...where is all this stirring of rice you're talking about?
What I listed above is pretty much the universal basic boiled rice....
You know...I'll be concerned about private banks' bonuses...as soon as the bonuses for failure at somewhat public failures like Fannie and Freddie are addressed.
They want morebail out money this year and are planning to give out something like $13M in bonuses?
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I, for one, am quite comfortable in negotiating my own salary and benefits for a job that I am trying to get.
If I don't want to be in a union, I have no problem in negotiating my own terms of employment at hiring time. Why should this not be an avenue open for all people?
How do your figure? Ok...so, I don't have my turntable yet, but I figure with things ripped to flac..I'm lossless, and no wow/flutter running it from harddisk....
Seems pretty good to me so far....but I do want to get a nice turntable for some special albums on vinyl...
Whew...boy, I'm glad I grew up in the days before cell phones, and all this tracking crap.
I mean, I grew up in a world without anything but land lines as a kid...I came home from school on the bus, and was home alone for hours before the parental units came in.
Even so, I learned the consequences of doing wrong....when they caught me, and even so..I learned them too, when I was able to fix the problem I made, and be smart (and sometimes lucky) enough to cover my tracks.
I actually feel a bit sorry for kids today...helicopter parents, every activity scheduled and organized, soccer moms, etc.
I don't think kids get to be kids...during summers, my parents worked, and from about 6th-7th grade on, I pretty much had free run of the neighborhood and one surrounding me. When young, I just had to call into Mom at the office every couple hours or so...but as I got older, didn't have to do that. My friends and I swam at the neighborhood pool....built forts out in the woods (before the developed the whole area), and rode bikes and skatboards all over the place...cooked our own lunches.
All without extreme supervision. I don't see that for many kids today....hell, I'm almost afraid that these days, the way our parents raised us and left us alone at times, etc....they'd be arrested for child abuse or something in todays world.
Sad....
What would be some of the best audio cards to get and be able to use with good amps, etc? Possibly also multi-channel sound? Something with good drivers...
Also, what would be the good applications to play my tunes with?
Thanks in advance....
You don't put allspice in gumbo!!!
You put in file (I don't know how to put the accent mark over the 'e'). It comes from the sassafras tree.
But allspice is not a normal seasoning to put into gumbo. Trust me..I live in New Orleans.
I'm the same way...written notes back then (when I could actually read my own chicken scratch) in school, helped me remember more. I used to also often doodle in my text books, in addition to underlining things, highlighting things and writing notes in the margins.
When I would take tests...I could actually close my eyes, and see the pages on the books and notes and 'turn' the pages in my head looking for the answers. I often remembered the doodles as much as anything else to help me literally see and read the page in my head.
I can't do that with computer screen notes and literature. I guess that's why I often, for things I need to really learn and keep notes on...print out hard copies of things. I can usually find what I need on them quicker, and again...as I study them I write notes and doodles on the margins, and eventually I can 'see' what I need to recall.
I just can't do that on screen.
Needless to say, I'm not a good candidate for the paperless office...I have piles of paper all over and around my desk...BUT, I can seem to find things and info I need when I need it.
Err....color me ignorant, but I had no idea that anyone was compelled to REPORT crimes to the police. You mean, just because I observe a crime being committed, and fail to take initiative to run to the cops to report it, that I could be charged with a crime?
First I've heard of that.....
Ok, I guess I'm one of them.
Exactly what war crimes are you insisting that Bush Jr. committed? Who has charged him with said crimes...etc?
I've certainly not heard of any call around the world or the US for him to come to trial for any so-called war crimes. Care to list and cite these?
Nook color also doesn't have a camera either...but I don't miss it on my rooted nook color. I scored my new one for $135 with some deals..and I use it all the time!!
I ended up trying the AP for awhile...
I'm trying to figure out how to get the damned content on my TV....
PS3 doesn't do streaming AP, like it does with Netflix....and my new samsung plasma doesn't seem to have it in all the apps it runs.
I didn't buy a 50" HDTV to just watch content on a little computer monitor....so, trying to find a way to stream AP to my tv.....any ideas?
Ok, I'm going out on a limb here I know but....how about turning on the freakin' heater till you're not cold anymore?
And for tired arms...why not lay on your stomach..perhaps with a pillow under your chest, or head, and read that way with the reader on the bed?
I quite often go between reading while laying on my back and stomach....and if laying on your back, just rest the bottom of the reader or book on your chest...and hold on each side with your hands...that way your arms don't get tired. No need to hold the darned thing in the air in front of you the whole time...
We're talking about FEDERAL income tax here...not state and local.
If you don't like the state and local taxes (not all states have sales tax), then vote to fix that where you live.
Yet...even as old as they are, they still blow away about 99% of what passes for music talent in todays world and generation of bands.
That's a perfectly cromulent term!!!
I dunno..I remember an OLD special on MTV (back when they actually played music)...with Aerosmith Unplugged...one of the first unplugged specials.
Those guys rocked in acoustic!!
I had it recorded on VHS back then, I wish to hell I could find that whole 30 min special ( or longer if it exists) out there somewhere either to buy or download.....
Let's say they're closely qualified, maybe the civilian has slightly more real work experience, etc....but the company gets a tax break for hiring the military guy, so you hire him instead of the guy that actually was slightly more qualified., that's not discriminatory?
Hell, lets say they were 100% equally qualified...rather than maybe flip a coin, you always go to the military guy? That seems a bit slanted and discriminatory...etc.
I'm assuming, of course, that said job would not directly benefit from military experience (say some military IT job developing HR for the military, etc).
Nah...they're just the 2000's version of the hippies/yippies from the 60's. Loud, boisterous...but not really adept at accomplishing anything, nor even having a real concrete, unified goal or message to promote.
The OWS today's shouts of "Kill the Corporations" and "Life is Unfair" are basically the analogous to the "Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out" of that day. Fun to say and march to....but in the end, fairly useless and pointless.
However, to be candid....the majority of ex-military folks I've run across...while capable in many ways, just often don't seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer.
I've often thought maybe that was due, in large part...to the volunteer military we have now, and that many if not most recruits viewed joining the military as the opportunity of last resort? The military offered them a job, a home and in many cases some form of education that they could not attain in the normal civilian world.
Is this the way for everyone in the military and coming out? No...but I have to say, that many I've seen, met and even worked with in past years, are not the smartest of folks, and would be (and have been ) ill suited many times to work in IT work requiring a great deal of mental abilities, and ability to think quick on the feet and independent of others, in other words...act on their own without orders. That latter one sometimes applies to those with the mental capabilities...
Perhaps the groupthink/action required for successful military life, is not often the best mental training for civilian live, particularly where free and imaginative thinking is often required?
Anyway...just my anecdotal observations...what are yours?
Ok, you lost me on this one....
So, you're saying that if they defeat net neutrality, I'm going to get my monthly ISP fees reduced substantially?
How's that going to happen?
Really? Seriously?
I mean..don't get me wrong....I go into withdrawls when I am without internet connectivity, but it is ONLY really for mostly entertainment, and convenience.
I really would not suffer at ALL if it went down tomorrow. Sure, I'd not be able to have to quickly email anyone, but I could easily start phoning them again (assuming txt went out too).
If you're alluding to FaceBook. I don't have an account...and have not suffered socially at all because of it. I have a ton of friends, and we all interact mostly daily or weekly at the very least. We often get together and spend time in meatspace, which is what I call true social interaction.
I don't see it hurting me economically not having internet connectivity at home, with the possible exception that I'd lose a bit of money having to buy things locally and pay sales tax,but shy of that, I don't see how it would cripple me if home connectivity disappeared tomorrow.
No, but I do have a SERIOUS problem with, in the US, over 45% of the populace not paying any Federal Income tax, due to deductions, etc.
I've seen article that households making up near $48K/yr actually pay no net Federal Income tax.
I'm sorry...everyone in the US should have at least a little skin in the game, you know?
I don't care if the minimum is 0.5 - 1%....something.
Actually, I do quite well....and have nice things...
Well, maybe right after you put the rice in the pot of boiling water..but not after??
Rice: 2:1 ration water to rice, I like to add in some salt or a chicken bullion cube.
Boil water
Once water is boiling...add rice...stir...once water starts to boil again, put on lid, cut heat down to low so that just a little steam keeps coming out from the lid.
Leave this alone with lid on for about 20-22 minutes...then, remove from heat, open lid and fluff with a fork.
Unless you're doing risotto...where is all this stirring of rice you're talking about?
What I listed above is pretty much the universal basic boiled rice....
Well, it is if they leave after you finish fucking them....
You know the old definition of "Eternity", don't you?
That span of time between when you *come* and she *leaves*....
They want morebail out money this year and are planning to give out something like $13M in bonuses?
Let's clean the federal house first....