Perhaps you mean "jobs which can be done anywhere in the world, but were done in the US for a while because it worked out cheaper that way _at_ _that_ _time_"?
Or perhaps you mean "jobs creating products which are used in the US"? In which case to make it "noble" or "the right thing to do" or whatever, you will have to stop exporting.
Face it. If you're going to export products, you are also going to export jobs.
No-one in their right mind drives 5 miles to collect & return a rental. In reality the trips are either far far shorter, or are trips that will be made anyway.
I would go so far as to suggest that the vast majority of rentals go to people living within a block or four of the rental store.
Possibly L5 over L4 (if I've got them the right way round) as the moon would act as a sweeper for some percentage of debris with the station following through slightly clearer space behind it?
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I have no evidence or backing for this at all, so please be sparing with the informatives. Insightfulls, on the other hand, will be fine.
I've made use of this provision of the data protection act on three occasions. Once to determine the existence of, and demand correction of, a maliciously planted piece of false information relating to my work history and twice to ensure that the imcompetents in the irish tax office (revenue to you) had actually got it right.
I still can't search for a batch to exe compiler without getting back page after page after page after page of warped and twisted links back to Brandon Dargo's piece' o' crap...
Note, the aforementioned piece' o' crap may be all well and good, but it's of no use to me, and because its so ubiquitous it's made locating a working alternative extremely difficult. I mean, I had to revert to altavista for chrissakes... *shudders* Sooo many bad memories....
*blinks*
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds awfully like "We don't have the information or ability to understand whats actually going on around us, so we'll just make stuff up and claim divine authority."
I'm suggesting that they _shouldn't_ believe it, not that they don't.
Between the ongoing "contraception=evil" on one side and "homosexuality=evil" on the other (Just to pick two of the clearest examples) it's quite clear that they (and many of their immediate subordinates) are full believers of their respective creeds, have lost sight of their real job as controllers of the selfish/dumb hordes and things have been going downhill very fast for a long time.
This, combined with the education of the selfish/dumb just enough to allow them reject religion but not enough to contribute voluntarilly to society, is _one_ of the major sources of global societies troubles.
"Religion is the opiate of the masses" may have been intended as a criticism of religion, whereas its actually just a statement of the purpose of religion.
Sorry to have picked on the christian side of things like this. I'm just answering the specific question asked. Similiar examples hold true for most if not all other creeds where founders died and folks who actually believed the claims stepped in.
Finally, in case anyones wondering, I am strong/militant agnostic, meaning I hold a dogma of "I don't know, and neither do you."
Why do we as a species rush to believe in the supernatural with no solid evidence? Come on Darwinists, explain the evolutionary advantage to faith!
It allows those with no other survival traits to survive by threatening the physically stronger (but lacking in smarts) with a mix of divine retribution and/or miserable afterlives.
Essentially its the scrawny kid from the one-kid familly threatening the bullies with his never seen "big brother who's in military school now, but will be back in the summer".
A slightly less cynical view is that its a means by which the smart and socially inclined can inflict social cooperation on a crowd otherwise to focused on their next meal/lay to otherwise accept a rule of law.
Either way, its fairly self evident that it will always go severely downhill if those preaching it begin to believe it.
In other words, organised religion is fine and a good thing, and essential for the survival of primitive societies (and the integration of primitives in less primitive societies) as long as those leading it know that its a means to an end, and not a great truth in and of itself.
Note that where I use the term "primitive" I am referring to those who cannot put their immediate desires on hold for long term benefit, as opposed to the usual definition of "habitually wears less clothes than I do".
Unfortunately my previous employment required two copies be signed, one of which was presented and required back in the presence of the HR bloodsuckers.
I had to battle long and hard to get it taken out as well. Eventually after walking out of talks twice got it down to (paraphrasing) "anything done in normal office hours (excluding holidays) or anything done on specific request of a company manager or anything which could be sold to a current (at the time of creation of the software) client of the company."
That last one was a bit stretchy, but I got a witnessed written statement by the CEO that it would apply only where such items were _sucessfully_ sold to a client.
As we were selling very specialised software to electrical companies at the time it worked out ok.
Moral of the story. Be good at what you do. Be ready to walk away. Don't sign it unless you agree to it.
Sir,
I regret that I must inform you that I am quite disatisfied with the level of service being provided by you and your organisation. The up-time is at best less than 75% in any given day (dropping to less than 40% for months at a time) and basic quality of service fluctuates wildly over the course of each year.
As such I request the immediate discontinuation of my subscription to your services. I recognise there are arrears owing, and will be glad to pay off any outstanding dues once the requested "turning off" operation has been satisfactorilly completed.
However do be aware that I have no real option but to hold you financially accountable for any and all expenses incurred by myself in counterring the more negative effects of this continued unwanted service. If necessary I shall inform you, via lawyer, once these costs have become greater than the outstanding arrears.
Also because Persil, Daz, Ariel, Bold, all brandname dishwashing soaps & tablets, most bath and shower gels, shampoos and just about anything else that exists to dissolve grease while smelling nice are actually the same 3 base chemicals (with differring perfumes and colours added in after production) all manufactured by the one corporation, "Lever".
Seriously folks (especially you with the mod points to waste on the parent (Insightful? In what way exactly?)), the constant "Stop with the SCO" is getting aggravating.
Ok, so you don't want to read about the largest currently running legal threat to various aspects of geek life. Guess what? No-ones forcing you to! Read "SCO" in the headline and skip on down to the next story if you so desire.
In the meantime those of us that are actually quite interested (and/or worried) about where all this will eventually end up
(as opposed to debating the treatment of recordings of game screens as movies or the use of flat screen tv's as picture frames (cool, but overpriced))
can continue to appreciate as much info on real world/relevant nerd news as we can get.
Thats GeorDy, and I'm afraid he used the local buffers, while keeping the beam itself disabled, forcing the buffers to refresh every [trail away into technobabble here]...
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As I sit here in Manchester, UK (Thats Europe to anyone who's wondering) and observe its declaration that I am resident in the good ol' US of A I can't shake a sneaking suspicion that it may not be quite so easy to tell where someone is as they'd like you to think.
Slashdot Mirror
Define "US jobs"?
Perhaps you mean "jobs which can be done anywhere in the world, but were done in the US for a while because it worked out cheaper that way _at_ _that_ _time_"?
Or perhaps you mean "jobs creating products which are used in the US"? In which case to make it "noble" or "the right thing to do" or whatever, you will have to stop exporting.
Face it. If you're going to export products, you are also going to export jobs.
Thats all well and good. Just keep the underwater launch crew and their string vests away...
Pffft. Dude. Choices of Joe90, Stingray, and UFO (YOU CAN _SO_ STILL SEE THE STRINGS!) and you start badmouthing Thunderbirds?
Not cool dude. Not cool at all.
No-one in their right mind drives 5 miles to collect & return a rental. In reality the trips are either far far shorter, or are trips that will be made anyway.
I would go so far as to suggest that the vast majority of rentals go to people living within a block or four of the rental store.
True, but that still doesn't account for, or excuse, those that like windows.
Possibly L5 over L4 (if I've got them the right way round) as the moon would act as a sweeper for some percentage of debris with the station following through slightly clearer space behind it?
--
I have no evidence or backing for this at all, so please be sparing with the informatives.
Insightfulls, on the other hand, will be fine.
I've made use of this provision of the data protection act on three occasions. Once to determine the existence of, and demand correction of, a maliciously planted piece of false information relating to my work history and twice to ensure that the imcompetents in the irish tax office (revenue to you) had actually got it right.
I still can't search for a batch to exe compiler without getting back page after page after page after page of warped and twisted links back to Brandon Dargo's piece' o' crap...
Note, the aforementioned piece' o' crap may be all well and good, but it's of no use to me, and because its so ubiquitous it's made locating a working alternative extremely difficult. I mean, I had to revert to altavista for chrissakes... *shudders* Sooo many bad memories....
Hmmm, belief required in the actuality of existence as opposed to belief in the purpose of existence...
At that level you'll get no disagreement from me nor, I suspect, from quantum or string theorists...
*blinks*
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds awfully like "We don't have the information or ability to understand whats actually going on around us, so we'll just make stuff up and claim divine authority."
Please tell me I'm misinterpreting?
I'm suggesting that they _shouldn't_ believe it, not that they don't.
Between the ongoing "contraception=evil" on one side and "homosexuality=evil" on the other (Just to pick two of the clearest examples) it's quite clear that they (and many of their immediate subordinates) are full believers of their respective creeds, have lost sight of their real job as controllers of the selfish/dumb hordes and things have been going downhill very fast for a long time.
This, combined with the education of the selfish/dumb just enough to allow them reject religion but not enough to contribute voluntarilly to society, is _one_ of the major sources of global societies troubles.
"Religion is the opiate of the masses" may have been intended as a criticism of religion, whereas its actually just a statement of the purpose of religion.
Sorry to have picked on the christian side of things like this. I'm just answering the specific question asked. Similiar examples hold true for most if not all other creeds where founders died and folks who actually believed the claims stepped in.
Finally, in case anyones wondering, I am strong/militant agnostic, meaning I hold a dogma of "I don't know, and neither do you."
Why do we as a species rush to believe in the supernatural with no solid evidence? Come on Darwinists, explain the evolutionary advantage to faith!
It allows those with no other survival traits to survive by threatening the physically stronger (but lacking in smarts) with a mix of divine retribution and/or miserable afterlives.
Essentially its the scrawny kid from the one-kid familly threatening the bullies with his never seen "big brother who's in military school now, but will be back in the summer".
A slightly less cynical view is that its a means by which the smart and socially inclined can inflict social cooperation on a crowd otherwise to focused on their next meal/lay to otherwise accept a rule of law.
Either way, its fairly self evident that it will always go severely downhill if those preaching it begin to believe it.
In other words, organised religion is fine and a good thing, and essential for the survival of primitive societies (and the integration of primitives in less primitive societies) as long as those leading it know that its a means to an end, and not a great truth in and of itself.
Note that where I use the term "primitive" I am referring to those who cannot put their immediate desires on hold for long term benefit, as opposed to the usual definition of "habitually wears less clothes than I do".
Unfortunately my previous employment required two copies be signed, one of which was presented and required back in the presence of the HR bloodsuckers.
I had to battle long and hard to get it taken out as well. Eventually after walking out of talks twice got it down to (paraphrasing) "anything done in normal office hours (excluding holidays) or anything done on specific request of a company manager or anything which could be sold to a current (at the time of creation of the software) client of the company."
That last one was a bit stretchy, but I got a witnessed written statement by the CEO that it would apply only where such items were _sucessfully_ sold to a client.
As we were selling very specialised software to electrical companies at the time it worked out ok.
Moral of the story. Be good at what you do. Be ready to walk away. Don't sign it unless you agree to it.
Sir,
I regret that I must inform you that I am quite disatisfied with the level of service being provided by you and your organisation. The up-time is at best less than 75% in any given day (dropping to less than 40% for months at a time) and basic quality of service fluctuates wildly over the course of each year.
As such I request the immediate discontinuation of my subscription to your services. I recognise there are arrears owing, and will be glad to pay off any outstanding dues once the requested "turning off" operation has been satisfactorilly completed.
However do be aware that I have no real option but to hold you financially accountable for any and all expenses incurred by myself in counterring the more negative effects of this continued unwanted service. If necessary I shall inform you, via lawyer, once these costs have become greater than the outstanding arrears.
Sincerely,
X.
Also because Persil, Daz, Ariel, Bold, all brandname dishwashing soaps & tablets, most bath and shower gels, shampoos and just about anything else that exists to dissolve grease while smelling nice are actually the same 3 base chemicals (with differring perfumes and colours added in after production) all manufactured by the one corporation, "Lever".
Seriously folks (especially you with the mod points to waste on the parent (Insightful? In what way exactly?)), the constant "Stop with the SCO" is getting aggravating.
Ok, so you don't want to read about the largest currently running legal threat to various aspects of geek life. Guess what? No-ones forcing you to! Read "SCO" in the headline and skip on down to the next story if you so desire.
In the meantime those of us that are actually quite interested (and/or worried) about where all this will eventually end up
(as opposed to debating the treatment of recordings of game screens as movies or the use of flat screen tv's as picture frames (cool, but overpriced))
can continue to appreciate as much info on real world/relevant nerd news as we can get.
Nope. They left him running, along with the missus, in his own private digital universe.
Perfect taste case possibly...
Thats GeorDy, and I'm afraid he used the local buffers, while keeping the beam itself disabled, forcing the buffers to refresh every [trail away into technobabble here]...
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It's nerdy, just a differant kind of nerdy...
Rapidly become a monopoly?
AIB = Allied Irish Banks They're ATMS tend to be signposted with "AIB Bank ATM Machine" or near equivalent.
You can afford bread?
As I sit here in Manchester, UK (Thats Europe to anyone who's wondering) and observe its declaration that I am resident in the good ol' US of A I can't shake a sneaking suspicion that it may not be quite so easy to tell where someone is as they'd like you to think.
Always preferred
Big fleas have little fleas,
Upon their backs to bite'em.
And little fleas have lesser fleas,
And so on, ad infinitum
And you can have 10% of that if you'll allow them use your chequing account to clear the transfers....