Disclaimer: I'm not German, though my grandparents came from there, and I spent six years living there.
I sincerely don't think Germans think in the stereotypical manner to which you've referred. I've personally had many discussions with German nationals in regards to topics on American ethics (or lack thereof) and laws. Most often it came with a hint of arrogance because the German way must be better, right? Things like, how can an actor (Regan) run for president, why is the 38.5 hr. work week and six weeks off superior, and even about Hitler (with my great Aunt, who was alive during WWII, and thought he did great). It takes all kinds, and Germany has them in enough abundance that I don't believe your conclusion can be backed by any statistical evidence.
No, I mean the CEO of a US corporation would've never stepped down over something like this... s/he would've threw one of his (disposable) underlings under the bus instead.
Oh, you mean like the CEOs of Ashley Madison, United, Sea World and Reddit?
Unfortunately when engineers point out potential problems they have little recourse when upper management ignores them. Whistleblower protection has often failed.
While that may or may not be true, it's certainly not applicable in this case. Anyone involved here could have easily pointed out the way in which VW cheated, and the company would have had to back down. Every engineer and manager who was aware of this should be fired, and fined, and at least some of them should be doing a little time behind bars.
Your boss tells you to do something, you refuse to do it, you get fired and they get someone else to do what they want anyway.
Let's try another scenario. My boss tells me to do something illegal, I then I first point that out to him, and if he still insists, I find a way to gather enough evidence to take to HR, or the authorities, or the media...whichever level is necessary.
How cute! You think the competitors didn't cheat. Hint: no other car manufacturer in Germany has said anything about this affair. Wait a few months, and you'll learn that BMW/Porsche/Mercedes did the same. Japanese & American manufacturers probably did too.
Always love the "well, everyone else does it" argument. Especially when it comes w/o any evidence. It usually comes with a plea for sympathy for the accused (a la Lance Armstrong), or an attempt to claim that it's "the system's" fault.
Sure cheating in certain industries and sports is rampant. But if you're one who's unwilling to punish those who are caught, then you're also part of the problem (pointing at you NE Patriots fans).
Normally it is a case of pointing the finger down the food chain until someone cannot point any further. Engineers are normally the Middle Class people,
So, we should be pointing back up with the middle finger?
If I understood the GP correctly, you may be missing his point. If Google had to return it's operations to the U.S., it would also have to start paying taxes on it's operations that are much higher in the U.S. Not that it has broken laws, but that additional revenues would suddenly be additional tax dollars for the IRS.
Likewise, the old "thumb tack in the shoe" does NOT work, because you have to remove your shoes when taking a polygraph.Likewise, the old "thumb tack in the shoe" does NOT work, because you have to remove your shoes when taking a polygraph.
Not when I took one at a 3 letter agency a few years ago. Maybe they don't all do it the same way.
it is so, so, so important to you for this not to be islamophobia.
Pot, kettle. You really seem to have a chip on your shoulder. Just looking for anything negative that happens to any minority doesn't make it a "phobia". Come back and complain when you have actual evidence of such, and I'll be more than happy to be sympathetic.
You might want to consider the topology of NK (http://b.static.trunity.net/images/194500/600x617/scale/747px-north-korea-topography.png)
To "flatten" a country that's roughly the size of Indiana with mountain ranges is quite a bit different that doing it to a desert nation. You also get to deal with the tunnels and bunkers they've created: http://articles.orlandosentine...
Yes, the U.S. has bunker busters, but you have to know where to use them all. And the fact that NK has successfully tunneled into the ROK would indicate that the ability to detect them all is still lacking http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/...
My 470hp SRT8 Charger isn't quite a Hellcat, but it's all they had back in '12, when it replaced my '03 Infiniti FX45. And yes, it is my daily driver...why not? Oh, and it's getting a couple mpg more than the Infiniti, unless I put my foot down hard.
Can you link to any supporting documentation? I've never heard anyone making such broad claims about the Revolutionary war, but then my own knowledge is limited to a couple semesters of college American history.
This is the last thing the Federal Government needs to be involved in. The mountain is in a state, so let the state name it whatever they want. End of story. What a waste of Presidential time (not that he would be doing anything useful anyway) and front page news space.
The mountain doesn't belong to the state, it's federal property, belonging to us as a nation.
Naming things after politicians is stupid. Politicians are gone and forgotten in a matter of years; things like mountains are around for hundreds of years.
If you want to name a building after a politician, knock yourself out, but I fail to see why anyone would support remembering some politician for hundreds of years.
Hell yeah! Let's remove Washington State and D.C., Lincoln, Nebraska, and all those Jeffersons.
" Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were identified by an examination of footage from numerous private security cameras that were recording the crowd in downtown Boston during the Marathon. Imagine if they could have dispatched their bombs in the trunk of a car that they were never in themselves? Catching them might have been an order of magnitude more difficult than it was."
Let's see. Car...registration, license plates...probably fingerprints, and random DNA from hair. Yeah, that will be a "magnitude more difficult", even if it's a rental.
How is it that the Interior Secretary can unilaterally declare a name change? There has been a long congressional issue over this. It was a congressional act that named it in 1917. Note that it's mostly an Ohio (President McKinley was from Niles, Ohio) delegation that's previously resisted the name change.
Sorry for the delayed response...just back from a 3 day trip.
Your 1.5 drones would have to move pretty damn fast to do what you're suggesting. That's a rate of 333.3 one-way trips per drone. If the average line of sight distance was 3 miles (and it will surely be farther), they'd have to travel 1000 miles/shift. to equal one truck.
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I sincerely don't think Germans think that way.
Disclaimer: I'm not German, though my grandparents came from there, and I spent six years living there.
I sincerely don't think Germans think in the stereotypical manner to which you've referred. I've personally had many discussions with German nationals in regards to topics on American ethics (or lack thereof) and laws. Most often it came with a hint of arrogance because the German way must be better, right? Things like, how can an actor (Regan) run for president, why is the 38.5 hr. work week and six weeks off superior, and even about Hitler (with my great Aunt, who was alive during WWII, and thought he did great). It takes all kinds, and Germany has them in enough abundance that I don't believe your conclusion can be backed by any statistical evidence.
No, I mean the CEO of a US corporation would've never stepped down over something like this... s/he would've threw one of his (disposable) underlings under the bus instead.
Oh, you mean like the CEOs of Ashley Madison, United, Sea World and Reddit?
Unfortunately when engineers point out potential problems they have little recourse when upper management ignores them. Whistleblower protection has often failed.
While that may or may not be true, it's certainly not applicable in this case. Anyone involved here could have easily pointed out the way in which VW cheated, and the company would have had to back down. Every engineer and manager who was aware of this should be fired, and fined, and at least some of them should be doing a little time behind bars.
Your boss tells you to do something, you refuse to do it, you get fired and they get someone else to do what they want anyway.
Let's try another scenario. My boss tells me to do something illegal, I then I first point that out to him, and if he still insists, I find a way to gather enough evidence to take to HR, or the authorities, or the media...whichever level is necessary.
How cute! You think the competitors didn't cheat.
Hint: no other car manufacturer in Germany has said anything about this affair. Wait a few months, and you'll learn that BMW/Porsche/Mercedes did the same. Japanese & American manufacturers probably did too.
Always love the "well, everyone else does it" argument. Especially when it comes w/o any evidence. It usually comes with a plea for sympathy for the accused (a la Lance Armstrong), or an attempt to claim that it's "the system's" fault.
Sure cheating in certain industries and sports is rampant. But if you're one who's unwilling to punish those who are caught, then you're also part of the problem (pointing at you NE Patriots fans).
Normally it is a case of pointing the finger down the food chain until someone cannot point any further.
Engineers are normally the Middle Class people,
So, we should be pointing back up with the middle finger?
Have you ever dealt with IRS agents? I have. They treat it as their own.
Regardless, it would be much more money into U.S. tax coffers.
If I understood the GP correctly, you may be missing his point. If Google had to return it's operations to the U.S., it would also have to start paying taxes on it's operations that are much higher in the U.S. Not that it has broken laws, but that additional revenues would suddenly be additional tax dollars for the IRS.
Or, maybe I just read too much into it.
Likewise, the old "thumb tack in the shoe" does NOT work, because you have to remove your shoes when taking a polygraph.Likewise, the old "thumb tack in the shoe" does NOT work, because you have to remove your shoes when taking a polygraph.
Not when I took one at a 3 letter agency a few years ago. Maybe they don't all do it the same way.
it is so, so, so important to you for this not to be islamophobia.
Pot, kettle. You really seem to have a chip on your shoulder. Just looking for anything negative that happens to any minority doesn't make it a "phobia". Come back and complain when you have actual evidence of such, and I'll be more than happy to be sympathetic.
You might want to consider the topology of NK (http://b.static.trunity.net/images/194500/600x617/scale/747px-north-korea-topography.png)
To "flatten" a country that's roughly the size of Indiana with mountain ranges is quite a bit different that doing it to a desert nation. You also get to deal with the tunnels and bunkers they've created: http://articles.orlandosentine...
Yes, the U.S. has bunker busters, but you have to know where to use them all. And the fact that NK has successfully tunneled into the ROK would indicate that the ability to detect them all is still lacking http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/...
"Murder implies intent"
At a minimum, you could at least admit that it was negligent homicide.
What about all of us who can't wear watches because they just go bonkers/wrong?
Maybe you'd care to enlighten all of us who have no clue WTF you're talking about?
My 470hp SRT8 Charger isn't quite a Hellcat, but it's all they had back in '12, when it replaced my '03 Infiniti FX45. And yes, it is my daily driver...why not? Oh, and it's getting a couple mpg more than the Infiniti, unless I put my foot down hard.
Can you link to any supporting documentation? I've never heard anyone making such broad claims about the Revolutionary war, but then my own knowledge is limited to a couple semesters of college American history.
This just in: dcw3's yard doesn't belong to him: it's a national asset.
We've just renamed it the Slashdot Valley.
You can do that when you find the national park on my yard.
This is the last thing the Federal Government needs to be involved in. The mountain is in a state, so let the state name it whatever they want. End of story. What a waste of Presidential time (not that he would be doing anything useful anyway) and front page news space.
The mountain doesn't belong to the state, it's federal property, belonging to us as a nation.
Naming things after politicians is stupid. Politicians are gone and forgotten in a matter of years; things like mountains are around for hundreds of years.
If you want to name a building after a politician, knock yourself out, but I fail to see why anyone would support remembering some politician for hundreds of years.
Hell yeah! Let's remove Washington State and D.C., Lincoln, Nebraska, and all those Jeffersons.
I'm really, really trying... hold on, I think I'm starting to care... nope, lost it. Still don't care.
Liar. You cared enough to read and comment.
Obama can't have anything named after him. Only fair.
So you are going to stop calling it Obamacare?
Why? Obama calls it that.
How is it that the Interior Secretary can unilaterally declare a name change?
Guess we wouldn't have this problem then, as the name of the Mountain would have continued to be Denali, and never called McKinley.
Although it would be kinda cool if the people of Alaska would rename some part of Ohio and demand Ohio's citizens accept it.
Let's just call it state's rights, Alaskans by and large wanted it to return to Denali, so why shouldn't they.
That's fine, but it doesn't belong to the people of Alaska. It's a national asset.
And a side note for those commenting on Obama, and Rep. vs. Dem. The Ohio delegation has been from both parties.
" Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were identified by an examination of footage from numerous private security cameras that were recording the crowd in downtown Boston during the Marathon. Imagine if they could have dispatched their bombs in the trunk of a car that they were never in themselves? Catching them might have been an order of magnitude more difficult than it was."
Let's see. Car...registration, license plates...probably fingerprints, and random DNA from hair. Yeah, that will be a "magnitude more difficult", even if it's a rental.
How is it that the Interior Secretary can unilaterally declare a name change? There has been a long congressional issue over this. It was a congressional act that named it in 1917. Note that it's mostly an Ohio (President McKinley was from Niles, Ohio) delegation that's previously resisted the name change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Since when is a bullet an aircraft. idiot
Whooooosh. Asshole.
Sorry for the delayed response...just back from a 3 day trip.
Your 1.5 drones would have to move pretty damn fast to do what you're suggesting. That's a rate of 333.3 one-way trips per drone. If the average line of sight distance was 3 miles (and it will surely be farther), they'd have to travel 1000 miles/shift. to equal one truck.