You're a cog in a machine especially if you think the way I do. If you put your creativity and energy in a job and you're any good, you will be noticed.
Of course your manager might notice you as a threat because you're more competent than him/her, and get you fired.
The problems start when corporate types begin to see their underlings as "lucky to have a job". Things usually go from bad to worse at that point.
Heh, my boss has said this to me in almost as many words. I'm part time, but she expects me to be on call the entire time the computer lab (where I work) is open. Plus, the lab assistants are college students, but she expects them to fit their classes around the lab's schedule (and is only offering 9 hours a week of work).
This is why I'm quitting to teach at a community college.
This wouldn't be for the purpose of generating electricity - it would be for moving heat to where it's needed.
At a not-too-deep level, the earth stays a consistent temperature, around 62 degrees or so. You pump the heat from your house down there when outside it's 100 degrees, and you'll be using far less electricity than if you're trying to dump it outside. Similarly when you're trying to heat the house and the temperature outside is 40, 30, or lower like some of you Yankees experience (anyone north of the Mason-Dixon is a Yankee, you know).
The major downside is the up-front cost, but a home equity loan might be worthwhile, considering you'll get an immediate savings on your heating/cooling bills.
I'm mostly kidding about the Yankee thing - I'm in Texas.
Indoor climate control can be made much more efficient. Geothermal heating in cooling, which is essentially digging holes, putting pipes underground filled with a heat-transfer medium, and pumping heat into or out of it, would work better for most purposes than pumping heat into or out of the air outside. That would cut down on demand plenty, and it's available now.
In the "Nickled and Dimed" book referenced earlier, Ehrenreich explains how many of the poor have to live in motels, because they can't scrape enough for a deposit on an apartment. Not only is this more expensive long term, it makes it much more difficult to get decent food since you don't have a kitchen.
It's only impeachable if over half of the US House Representatives say it is, and only convictable (is that a word?) if two-thirds of the US Senators say it is.
They could remove him for having a ham sandwich if they so desired, so long as enough of them wanted to.
What happened was the rising necessity for both parents to work, brought about by the downfall of unions and the upsurge in offshoring (manufacturing first).
Want more parenting? Improve the lot of the average worker.
Or rather, it is the belief that the basic rules of the universe don't change. We don't happen to know them, but whatever they are, they don't change.
Because the alternative is that they DO change, and could change at any time, meaning that no amount of prior experience will help you, and you might as well just act totally randomly.
Forget negligence - try pressing charges for reckless endangerment, all the way up to the principal for implementing such a strict policy that it doesn't allow for exceptions to protect the health of the students.
Which brings up another point: why are we (i.e., US citizens) such pussies nowadays? I say that crowd of students should have physically intervened to stop those police!
What, and get charged with assaulting a police officer? That's a felony, I believe.
And, since technical people tend to have fewer social skills and have a harder time finding mates, there needs to be a lottery amongst the non-technical people. Draw the "lucky" number, and you are required to marry a tech person.
The government will also be monitoring the bedrooms of these couples to ensure that the mandated sexual encounter per week is not avoided.
You point out something I have always found amusing. Let's say someone breaks into your home, in most states you are within your legal rights to kill them.
However, in all states that I am aware of, if you setup a trap you are not only liable but criminally liable.
I believe it is because there are legitimate reasons why someone might want to break into your house without your express permission. For instance, firefighters rescuing you from your burning house. Or police officers serving a search warrant.
In either case, were you to simply blow the intruder away, I'm pretty sure you'd be on the hook for manslaughter at least (IANAL, so ask one if you plan to do it).
A trap cannot distinguish between a burglar and a police officer breaking into your house - therefore, they're illegal.
So all the skilled people become doctors and lawyers and only the unskilled become teachers?
The number of doctors is restricted by the number of medical schools open, and that is restricted by law. All lawyers also require a license from the state, but I'm not sure how much more restricted they are than that.
So likely, many more people would be doctors, at least, if the market were a little bit more free.
This is a list of plans for making oven that use solar thermal energy to cook food. Most of them are made out of cardboard, aluminum foil, and a plastic cooking bag. The first known solar cooker was built by Horace de Saussure in 1767 (from the Wikipedia article).
Similarly, solar thermal water heaters can cut your electric bill a good deal.
In essence, we need to look into all kinds of energy generation ideas, not just the ones that go directly into electricity.
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This is why I'm quitting to teach at a community college.
Sorry, the health insurance industry has her paid up for quite a while. She won't be opposing them for anything.
This wouldn't be for the purpose of generating electricity - it would be for moving heat to where it's needed.
At a not-too-deep level, the earth stays a consistent temperature, around 62 degrees or so. You pump the heat from your house down there when outside it's 100 degrees, and you'll be using far less electricity than if you're trying to dump it outside. Similarly when you're trying to heat the house and the temperature outside is 40, 30, or lower like some of you Yankees experience (anyone north of the Mason-Dixon is a Yankee, you know).
The major downside is the up-front cost, but a home equity loan might be worthwhile, considering you'll get an immediate savings on your heating/cooling bills.
I'm mostly kidding about the Yankee thing - I'm in Texas.
Plus, as soon as the cells get cheap enough, every single parking lot of any size will become a covered parking lot.
Indoor climate control can be made much more efficient. Geothermal heating in cooling, which is essentially digging holes, putting pipes underground filled with a heat-transfer medium, and pumping heat into or out of it, would work better for most purposes than pumping heat into or out of the air outside. That would cut down on demand plenty, and it's available now.
In the "Nickled and Dimed" book referenced earlier, Ehrenreich explains how many of the poor have to live in motels, because they can't scrape enough for a deposit on an apartment. Not only is this more expensive long term, it makes it much more difficult to get decent food since you don't have a kitchen.
It's only impeachable if over half of the US House Representatives say it is, and only convictable (is that a word?) if two-thirds of the US Senators say it is.
They could remove him for having a ham sandwich if they so desired, so long as enough of them wanted to.
Want more parenting? Improve the lot of the average worker.
Or rather, it is the belief that the basic rules of the universe don't change. We don't happen to know them, but whatever they are, they don't change.
Because the alternative is that they DO change, and could change at any time, meaning that no amount of prior experience will help you, and you might as well just act totally randomly.
Criticizing Ayn Rand is ALWAYS a good point.
Forget negligence - try pressing charges for reckless endangerment, all the way up to the principal for implementing such a strict policy that it doesn't allow for exceptions to protect the health of the students.
I'm enough of a jerk to try that.
But it does mean that being a ninja = flipping out and killing people.
And, since technical people tend to have fewer social skills and have a harder time finding mates, there needs to be a lottery amongst the non-technical people. Draw the "lucky" number, and you are required to marry a tech person.
The government will also be monitoring the bedrooms of these couples to ensure that the mandated sexual encounter per week is not avoided.
A giant, self-aware computer.
Serve the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
In either case, were you to simply blow the intruder away, I'm pretty sure you'd be on the hook for manslaughter at least (IANAL, so ask one if you plan to do it).
A trap cannot distinguish between a burglar and a police officer breaking into your house - therefore, they're illegal.
So likely, many more people would be doctors, at least, if the market were a little bit more free.
Christ, you have low expectations.
I think they're saying that Windows is a Merlot, and Linux is a Zinfandel.
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This is a list of plans for making oven that use solar thermal energy to cook food. Most of them are made out of cardboard, aluminum foil, and a plastic cooking bag. The first known solar cooker was built by Horace de Saussure in 1767 (from the Wikipedia article).
Similarly, solar thermal water heaters can cut your electric bill a good deal.
In essence, we need to look into all kinds of energy generation ideas, not just the ones that go directly into electricity.
So in other words... go into sales and forget CS.
I agree, approval voting would be a great improvement.
Now give us a plan for getting it implemented.