Dividends, which is what you are talking about, have not been paid in years.
Don't know what market you're invested in, but I've owned three NYSE stocks that have been paying dividends for over ten years...and usually at a rate that's better than what I'd get in the bank.
Working in sin industries may affect your ability to be bondable, or to get security clearance. I've turned down a number of offers for that reason.
As for a U.S. clearance...no. If you don't have a gambling problem, or credit issues, or something that makes you a blackmail target, they won't care.
As for hiring someone with gaming industry experience is concerned, I wouldn't hesitate (I've probably interviewed 100+ people in the last ten yrs). But, I'll qualify that by admitting that I do a Vegas vacation every year.
Of course it isn't a last mile solution but you have to have SOMETHING for the last mile. You can't just run a giant fiber pipe into the middle of a city and tell everyone they have to access it from that point because there is no last mile infrastructure
No, but you could run it to the same location as other major transportation, like maybe the airport, where people could easily transfer from one mode of xport to another, and there's already significant parking, hotels, etc.
Here in VA, we're finally going to get the D.C. Metro system out to Dulles airport. I boggle at why we didn't do that when it was built in the first place.
SO? They are impaired from fucking with the radio, too, aren't they? Holding cell phone conversations? Eating? Putting on make-up? Slapping the kids around?
Yes, never said they weren't. But, so are you impaired from your cellphone/texting, only you're too full of yourself too believe it.
In Germany, home of ultra strict driving laws...
I don't need lessons in German driving from you...I drove on the Autobahns for six years. Yes, I wish we would train our drivers the same way, and yes our lack of any real drivers training is shameful. By the way, if you're going to use statistics, you need to not compare apples to oranges...deaths by percentage of population is a poor comparison...try something like...Germany:6 fatalities/billion miles, U.S.:8 fatalities/billion miles.
Wow, not quite the "slaughter" you make it out to be, is it?
I guess 40,000+ isn't a slaughter?
You really don't have any say in the matter. It's illegal to smoke pot and to speed, too, but people still do it and get away with it all the time. It sure does infuriate people like you who see they can't control others with an iron fist
Actually, I do. I vote, and write to my congress critters. Maybe you need to back away from your pipe long enough to stop assuming that you know what other peoples feelings are, and stop judging them. As for what those feelings are, well I'll tell you, since you were so kind. I personally don't give a shit what anyone else does to themselves as long as it doesn't interfere with another persons right to do the same.
LOL, no, I won't be suffering, because I'm just going to continue doing the same thing I've been doing.
I'm sure you're not old enough to remember when people drove around w/o seat belts, and the days before M.A.D.D. I am, and times have changed, and now you see cops pulling folks over for not wearing them. You occasionally see sobriety checkpoints. And, now you're seeing enough of the population that's pissed off enough about the morons weaving down the road that you're very likely to observe police action. So, good luck with your go-fuck-yourself-I'm-gonna-do-whatever-I-want attitude.
No, of course not. Why the hell would I want to do that?
Well, you were the "dumbass" that made the claim that you weren't impaired while texting. I was offering an opportunity for you to stand up and prove it, but here's your admission of...well, not really...rookie.
You've made several posts now claiming that texters aren't as bad after the initial incident. The initial incident is normally where you have the accident. Maybe I'm reading too much between the lines, but you appear to be attempting to defend (your?) texting while driving.
In my 30-45 min commute, I see people doing this every day, and was nearly rear ended by one yesterday. The number of people doing this is enormous compared to the number of drunks on the road. A few weeks ago, in rush hour, I had a person reading the paper in front of me, one on the phone to the right, and one doing her makeup behind me...I was literally surrounded with the embankment to my left. If I could have been the DMV czar for a day, I would have shredded each of their licenses. I have to admit that this is one of the reasons I haven't gotten out of my SUV and into a small fuel efficient vehicle...I know one of these assholes is gonna hit me...again. Christ, I had one playing drumsticks on the steering wheel recently as he weaved down the highway...as I zipped by, I saw he was steering with his legs. It's time for some of these cops to stop revenuing and start focusing on the people who are actually a threat. If you're looking down while driving, that threat is you.
Only if you're a dumbass whose ENTIRE ATTENTION is needed to send a text message. It is entirely possible to watch the road while texting.
Ok, you may be the rare gifted talented exception that isn't impaired while texting and driving. However, for the other 99.9% of "dumbass" people, they are impared. And, because we can't continue to allow those dumbasses to continue the slaughter, you will just have to suffer with the rest of them as the laws change. I just never realized that the percentage of dumbasses was so high.
Think you could drive through some s-turns and a set of cones as quickly while texting? I'd bet cash you couldn't w/o leaving a trail of pylons.
Malpractice accounts for about 1% of health care costs.
Reference? Are you saying the direct cost? How about all the extra tests doctors do to cover their legal asses? How about all the unnecessary c-sections that are performed?
You've certainly seen all the ambulence-chaser commercials on TV. That shit needs to cease.
So my suspicion was right, this isn't SGI, it's a server company banking on SGI's name.
Well, Rackable certainly didn't replace the entire staff. I can personally vouch for that, having just spent the last month getting trained on SGI equipment, by "SGI" personnel...folks who were bought out. So, this isn't just another company using the SGI name.
Having been through a buy out before, it took quite a while to feel the impact from our new parent company. I would suspect that would be the norm, not the exception. Certainly, these systems were under design for quite some time prior to the buyout.
When I was in the military, the most prominent college available on base (stationed overseas) was called "The University of Maryland University College"
It's as much of a university as, say, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic.
As a CS grad from UM ('91), I can say that the program I went through was every bit as rigorous as the majority of other state schools I've seen. I've personally investigated schools from Delaware, Penn State, UVA, George Mason, VA Tech, UNC, and U of SC...all in preparation for my kid, now a freshman, starting her own adventure. Maryland did offer degrees in Computer Studies, and Information Systems Mgmt., both of which I considered relatively useless, but school is what you make of it. My experience was obviously different from yours, so I'm curious what program you were in.
"no one can read Fortran anyway"...you must be new here. It certainly wasn't designed to the standards young engineers expect today, but given the limitations of processors back in the 60's to early 80's, it served its purpose. I did my first college CS class in Fortran back in '83. Anyone can write illegible code, but with a little effort, one could write fairly readable Fortran.
Made in USA? My 128k Mac didn't seem to have much inside from the US (lots of Sony parts). And in '85, when I lived in Korea, they were pumping out parts full bore. I'm curious how many hardware companies there actually were in the US making PC parts?
There are... many Indie artists who would love to sell DRM-free music on iTunes, but Apple will not allow them
I'm all for allowing Indie artists access. My question is how would you implement this, and not end up with every American Idol reject? How would the typical user be able to sift through it all to find talent vs. a bunch of basement bands? Sure a rating system would be helpful, but if I'm searching by song names could still end up with long lists of remakes. There needs to be some sort of minimum standard, otherwise the system will get unwieldy.
I don't see how this can be enforced, assuming the country you live in doesn't have some sort of agreement with the U.S. and you don't plan to return to the U.S. What can the IRS do, garnish your wages in Nigeria?
Well, the parent wasn't talking about enforcement. Though, he was misguided in his comment about multi-nationals (the feds would garnish wages through them, and they would cave in a heartbeat). Anyway, if you're leaving, and never coming back, yes you could probably disappear without too much trouble. However, as someone who spent twelve years filing 2555s, I saw the IRS come after people on several occasions (myself included...they sent me a $70k tax bill, for a year that I didn't even earn that much). If you have any U.S. based assets, or your employer does, and the IRS gets wind of it, you're in for a shakedown.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most snobbish, elitist, egotistical, chicken shit posts I've ever seen on Slashdot. Oh, and the same goes for the mods who found this crap "Insightful". There is absolutely nothing enlightening stereotyping entire sections of the country, and if you had made the same comments about African-Americans or Latinos, you would have most likely been tagged for the troll that you are. Please grow some fuzz on your nuts and post with your name so I can ignore your future rants.
You made an argument that educational level/IQ might have something to do with peoples willingness to fight for the freedoms that our founding fathers did. What do you suppose is the average level of formal schooling attained by members of the various branches of federal govt. who are pushing for more? I don't know the answer, but would bet there are few w/o a four year degree.
I'm actually on the same side as you when it comes to retaining our rights. I just can't stand asshats who accuse others, of differing viewpoints, of being educationally challenged. Get over yourself, and stop believing that you're Kevin Bacon in some Footloose movie.
For the record, I'm not from any of the offended areas. And,according to your way of thinking, the demographics for my county (below) show that I likely have a higher IQ than you (sarcasm intended). --Average Income Families W/Children $108,725 --Percent High School Graduates 96.2 --Percent College Graduates 67 --Average SAT Scores 1107
Actually the best way to go off the grid is to expat to another country. If your destination is a place with a non-Roman alphabet, I doubt any databases will be able to link your name to anything without human intervention. Provided that you don't make the $80,000 required to be eligible for US taxes, you'll be able to sign contracts, use credit cards, etc. without the US or its corporations finding anything out. As far as the multinationals are concerned, 'you' are two different people.
Even if you make less than the $82,400 that the Foreign Earned Income exclusion allows for, you're still required to file the forms. This doesn't take you "off the grid". The concept is that you owe the taxes, and are filing for exclusion from them by submitting your form 2555. For more info see: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/ article/0,,id=97324,00.html
You weren't complaining last year when your housing development's floorplans were on file at city hall, available to all citizens for a small archiving fee, while the floor plans to the White House were classified and restricted. Why complain this year that your house is on Google Maps, but Indian government facilities are not?
I don't know where you live, but floor plans aren't available at city halls around here. You can find out who owns what house, how much they paid for it, what the taxes are, and basic info (number of rooms, finished basement, etc....used for tax assessment purposes), but no floor plans.
I wish/. would let us write directly to each other w/o posting.
Engineer's are a dime a dozen...I know, I grew up soldering transistors on boards back in the 70's, and now manage twenty software engineers (yesterday was my 25 anniversary ) So, please remove the chip from your shoulder. Nobody is going to be grateful to you, even if you design the next iPod, zipper, or Post It Note...few will remember. If you want thank yous, go do some volunteer work.
The simple fact of the matter is that people are taught from early childhood, that if it walks like a duck, or quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. So, until you get over your ego, you'll continue to get to put up with the folks who stare at you as you carry your circuit boards around. Why the hell wouldn't you have it in some anti-static wrap anyway (or does the old "static zap makes crap" phrase no longer apply)?
I'll grant that I didn't RTFA, and wouldn't know a bomb from from a breadbox, even with all my years in engineering. But, I can certainly tell when something looks out of place, which from the commentary seems to have been the case. So, I don't think it's surprising that it got reported, and probably took time for the cops to clear the area, take a quick peek (realizing they didn't know what it was still), call in the experts, etc., etc. All of that takes time, and wastes everyone else's time.
Now, for what it's worth, I spent several years living in Germany back in the 80's & 90's, during the height of the old Bader-Meinhof terrorist days. The officers club at the base I worked on was blown by a bomb shaped under the hollowed bottom of a fire extinguisher...other attacks occurred at Frankfurt Airport, and Ramstein A.B. So, we were always told to report things that were out of place, and I know of several briefcases that got destroyed because they were left unattended...paranoia?...or healthy caution?
Has the whole terrorist threat to us been overblown (pun unintended)?...arguably yes. But, I can guarantee you doing unusual things is always going to get attention, and that has nothing to do with the current state of affairs.
It really makes me sick that we're at the point where people mistake everyday things for bombs and have homeland security called in. I can't even ride my universities bus holding a wired up circuit board (for a class) without people looking at me like I'm about to blow them up
Maybe you should try walking through an airport with a water pistol next. Sure what you're doing with your circuit board is probably nothing, but thanks to the media/govt./Hollywood, you need to adapt to the times. Otherwise you're just like a drunken sorority sister at a frat party...wondering why you woke up without your panties.
Seriously, CIOs generally come with a tech background. To be CEO, you need to know how to make money, because that's what Wall Street demands. And in the real world, your typical publicly traded high tech company isn't really about high tech, it's about profits. You don't often get that kind of experience with a CIO on your way up the ladder to CIO, while the VPs in sales and finance do. Sure there are exceptions, but I don't think we'd need a study to figure out the obvious here. I mean really, how often does the VP of HR, or facilities get to become CEO?...sheesh.
Where were the Paris riots last year? In the city or in the outer suburbs?
Right, let's use a unique event as a statistical representation of the overall crime rates. Shirley, you can do better. I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that even with that occurance, the annual crime rate per capita was higher in the city.
Strangely enough, it is only in America that inner-cities are more dangerous than suburbs.
Bullshit. European and Asian cities have plenty of crime as well. I lived in a suburban area of Germany for six years (as well as an urban Asian area with extremely high crime for another six...my own vehicle being vandalized on three occasions), where people normally left their doors unlocked, and while only anecdotal, I never heard of anything more than a single petty theft in the area. I defy you to link crime statistics contradicting what I've personally observed.
Having spent thirty years traveling around the world (about forty countries now), I've finally settled down in a nice suburban area with 1/3 acre lots, where people aren't living on top of each other. We have a relatively low crime rate, and one of the best school systems in the state (my kid can bike the three miles safely). I'm sure all you anti-sprawl folks hate me now, but I grew up in downtown Detroit (8-mile, that was nothing...get a grip Eminem) so I've seen what a shit hole looks like, and many other U.S cities aren't that much better. Until the time that crime rates and public transportation improve, people will continue to do what's best for them and their families. It really is unfortunate that our public transportation system sucks (my fifteen mile commute would take two hours by bus/rail here).
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Dividends, which is what you are talking about, have not been paid in years.
Don't know what market you're invested in, but I've owned three NYSE stocks that have been paying dividends for over ten years...and usually at a rate that's better than what I'd get in the bank.
provided that you employ proper grammar an etiquette
While I agree, I wish I could mod this ironic. :-)
Working in sin industries may affect your ability to be bondable, or to get security clearance. I've turned down a number of offers for that reason.
As for a U.S. clearance...no. If you don't have a gambling problem, or credit issues, or something that makes you a blackmail target, they won't care.
As for hiring someone with gaming industry experience is concerned, I wouldn't hesitate (I've probably interviewed 100+ people in the last ten yrs). But, I'll qualify that by admitting that I do a Vegas vacation every year.
assfault roads
I do NOT want to drive around your neighborhood...
Enough with the wisecracks
Of course it isn't a last mile solution but you have to have SOMETHING for the last mile. You can't just run a giant fiber pipe into the middle of a city and tell everyone they have to access it from that point because there is no last mile infrastructure
No, but you could run it to the same location as other major transportation, like maybe the airport, where people could easily transfer from one mode of xport to another, and there's already significant parking, hotels, etc.
Here in VA, we're finally going to get the D.C. Metro system out to Dulles airport. I boggle at why we didn't do that when it was built in the first place.
SO? They are impaired from fucking with the radio, too, aren't they? Holding cell phone conversations? Eating? Putting on make-up? Slapping the kids around?
Yes, never said they weren't. But, so are you impaired from your cellphone/texting, only you're too full of yourself too believe it.
In Germany, home of ultra strict driving laws...
I don't need lessons in German driving from you...I drove on the Autobahns for six years. Yes, I wish we would train our drivers the same way, and yes our lack of any real drivers training is shameful. By the way, if you're going to use statistics, you need to not compare apples to oranges...deaths by percentage of population is a poor comparison...try something like...Germany:6 fatalities/billion miles, U.S.:8 fatalities/billion miles.
Wow, not quite the "slaughter" you make it out to be, is it?
I guess 40,000+ isn't a slaughter?
You really don't have any say in the matter. It's illegal to smoke pot and to speed, too, but people still do it and get away with it all the time. It sure does infuriate people like you who see they can't control others with an iron fist
Actually, I do. I vote, and write to my congress critters. Maybe you need to back away from your pipe long enough to stop assuming that you know what other peoples feelings are, and stop judging them. As for what those feelings are, well I'll tell you, since you were so kind. I personally don't give a shit what anyone else does to themselves as long as it doesn't interfere with another persons right to do the same.
LOL, no, I won't be suffering, because I'm just going to continue doing the same thing I've been doing.
I'm sure you're not old enough to remember when people drove around w/o seat belts, and the days before M.A.D.D. I am, and times have changed, and now you see cops pulling folks over for not wearing them. You occasionally see sobriety checkpoints. And, now you're seeing enough of the population that's pissed off enough about the morons weaving down the road that you're very likely to observe police action. So, good luck with your go-fuck-yourself-I'm-gonna-do-whatever-I-want attitude.
No, of course not. Why the hell would I want to do that?
Well, you were the "dumbass" that made the claim that you weren't impaired while texting. I was offering an opportunity for you to stand up and prove it, but here's your admission of...well, not really...rookie.
You've made several posts now claiming that texters aren't as bad after the initial incident. The initial incident is normally where you have the accident. Maybe I'm reading too much between the lines, but you appear to be attempting to defend (your?) texting while driving.
In my 30-45 min commute, I see people doing this every day, and was nearly rear ended by one yesterday. The number of people doing this is enormous compared to the number of drunks on the road. A few weeks ago, in rush hour, I had a person reading the paper in front of me, one on the phone to the right, and one doing her makeup behind me...I was literally surrounded with the embankment to my left. If I could have been the DMV czar for a day, I would have shredded each of their licenses. I have to admit that this is one of the reasons I haven't gotten out of my SUV and into a small fuel efficient vehicle...I know one of these assholes is gonna hit me...again. Christ, I had one playing drumsticks on the steering wheel recently as he weaved down the highway...as I zipped by, I saw he was steering with his legs. It's time for some of these cops to stop revenuing and start focusing on the people who are actually a threat. If you're looking down while driving, that threat is you.
Only if you're a dumbass whose ENTIRE ATTENTION is needed to send a text message. It is entirely possible to watch the road while texting.
Ok, you may be the rare gifted talented exception that isn't impaired while texting and driving. However, for the other 99.9% of "dumbass" people, they are impared. And, because we can't continue to allow those dumbasses to continue the slaughter, you will just have to suffer with the rest of them as the laws change. I just never realized that the percentage of dumbasses was so high.
Think you could drive through some s-turns and a set of cones as quickly while texting? I'd bet cash you couldn't w/o leaving a trail of pylons.
Malpractice accounts for about 1% of health care costs.
Reference? Are you saying the direct cost? How about all the extra tests doctors do to cover their legal asses? How about all the unnecessary c-sections that are performed?
You've certainly seen all the ambulence-chaser commercials on TV. That shit needs to cease.
So my suspicion was right, this isn't SGI, it's a server company banking on SGI's name.
Well, Rackable certainly didn't replace the entire staff. I can personally vouch for that, having just spent the last month getting trained on SGI equipment, by "SGI" personnel...folks who were bought out. So, this isn't just another company using the SGI name.
Having been through a buy out before, it took quite a while to feel the impact from our new parent company. I would suspect that would be the norm, not the exception. Certainly, these systems were under design for quite some time prior to the buyout.
When I was in the military, the most prominent college available on base (stationed overseas) was called "The University of Maryland University College"
It's as much of a university as, say, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic.
As a CS grad from UM ('91), I can say that the program I went through was every bit as rigorous as the majority of other state schools I've seen. I've personally investigated schools from Delaware, Penn State, UVA, George Mason, VA Tech, UNC, and U of SC...all in preparation for my kid, now a freshman, starting her own adventure. Maryland did offer degrees in Computer Studies, and Information Systems Mgmt., both of which I considered relatively useless, but school is what you make of it. My experience was obviously different from yours, so I'm curious what program you were in.
Think someone forgot about cockroaches
"no one can read Fortran anyway"...you must be new here. It certainly wasn't designed to the standards young engineers expect today, but given the limitations of processors back in the 60's to early 80's, it served its purpose. I did my first college CS class in Fortran back in '83. Anyone can write illegible code, but with a little effort, one could write fairly readable Fortran.
Made in USA? My 128k Mac didn't seem to have much inside from the US (lots of Sony parts). And in '85, when I lived in Korea, they were pumping out parts full bore. I'm curious how many hardware companies there actually were in the US making PC parts?
Ok, so the waves are making the sound. Now tell us what causes the waves. I didn't notice a source in TFA.
There are... many Indie artists who would love to sell DRM-free music on iTunes, but Apple will not allow them
I'm all for allowing Indie artists access. My question is how would you implement this, and not end up with every American Idol reject? How would the typical user be able to sift through it all to find talent vs. a bunch of basement bands? Sure a rating system would be helpful, but if I'm searching by song names could still end up with long lists of remakes. There needs to be some sort of minimum standard, otherwise the system will get unwieldy.
I don't see how this can be enforced, assuming the country you live in doesn't have some sort of agreement with the U.S. and you don't plan to return to the U.S. What can the IRS do, garnish your wages in Nigeria?
Well, the parent wasn't talking about enforcement. Though, he was misguided in his comment about multi-nationals (the feds would garnish wages through them, and they would cave in a heartbeat). Anyway, if you're leaving, and never coming back, yes you could probably disappear without too much trouble. However, as someone who spent twelve years filing 2555s, I saw the IRS come after people on several occasions (myself included...they sent me a $70k tax bill, for a year that I didn't even earn that much). If you have any U.S. based assets, or your employer does, and the IRS gets wind of it, you're in for a shakedown.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most snobbish, elitist, egotistical, chicken shit posts I've ever seen on Slashdot. Oh, and the same goes for the mods who found this crap "Insightful". There is absolutely nothing enlightening stereotyping entire sections of the country, and if you had made the same comments about African-Americans or Latinos, you would have most likely been tagged for the troll that you are. Please grow some fuzz on your nuts and post with your name so I can ignore your future rants.
You made an argument that educational level/IQ might have something to do with peoples willingness to fight for the freedoms that our founding fathers did. What do you suppose is the average level of formal schooling attained by members of the various branches of federal govt. who are pushing for more? I don't know the answer, but would bet there are few w/o a four year degree.
I'm actually on the same side as you when it comes to retaining our rights. I just can't stand asshats who accuse others, of differing viewpoints, of being educationally challenged. Get over yourself, and stop believing that you're Kevin Bacon in some Footloose movie.
For the record, I'm not from any of the offended areas. And,according to your way of thinking, the demographics for my county (below) show that I likely have a higher IQ than you (sarcasm intended).
--Average Income Families W/Children $108,725
--Percent High School Graduates 96.2
--Percent College Graduates 67
--Average SAT Scores 1107
Actually the best way to go off the grid is to expat to another country. If your destination is a place with a non-Roman alphabet, I doubt any databases will be able to link your name to anything without human intervention. Provided that you don't make the $80,000 required to be eligible for US taxes, you'll be able to sign contracts, use credit cards, etc. without the US or its corporations finding anything out. As far as the multinationals are concerned, 'you' are two different people.
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Even if you make less than the $82,400 that the Foreign Earned Income exclusion allows for, you're still required to file the forms. This doesn't take you "off the grid". The concept is that you owe the taxes, and are filing for exclusion from them by submitting your form 2555. For more info see:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international
You weren't complaining last year when your housing development's floorplans were on file at city hall, available to all citizens for a small archiving fee, while the floor plans to the White House were classified and restricted. Why complain this year that your house is on Google Maps, but Indian government facilities are not?
I don't know where you live, but floor plans aren't available at city halls around here. You can find out who owns what house, how much they paid for it, what the taxes are, and basic info (number of rooms, finished basement, etc....used for tax assessment purposes), but no floor plans.
I wish /. would let us write directly to each other w/o posting.
Engineer's are a dime a dozen...I know, I grew up soldering transistors on boards back in the 70's, and now manage twenty software engineers (yesterday was my 25 anniversary ) So, please remove the chip from your shoulder. Nobody is going to be grateful to you, even if you design the next iPod, zipper, or Post It Note...few will remember. If you want thank yous, go do some volunteer work.
The simple fact of the matter is that people are taught from early childhood, that if it walks like a duck, or quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. So, until you get over your ego, you'll continue to get to put up with the folks who stare at you as you carry your circuit boards around. Why the hell wouldn't you have it in some anti-static wrap anyway (or does the old "static zap makes crap" phrase no longer apply)?
I'll grant that I didn't RTFA, and wouldn't know a bomb from from a breadbox, even with all my years in engineering. But, I can certainly tell when something looks out of place, which from the commentary seems to have been the case. So, I don't think it's surprising that it got reported, and probably took time for the cops to clear the area, take a quick peek (realizing they didn't know what it was still), call in the experts, etc., etc. All of that takes time, and wastes everyone else's time.
Now, for what it's worth, I spent several years living in Germany back in the 80's & 90's, during the height of the old Bader-Meinhof terrorist days. The officers club at the base I worked on was blown by a bomb shaped under the hollowed bottom of a fire extinguisher...other attacks occurred at Frankfurt Airport, and Ramstein A.B. So, we were always told to report things that were out of place, and I know of several briefcases that got destroyed because they were left unattended...paranoia?...or healthy caution?
Has the whole terrorist threat to us been overblown (pun unintended)?...arguably yes. But, I can guarantee you doing unusual things is always going to get attention, and that has nothing to do with the current state of affairs.
It really makes me sick that we're at the point where people mistake everyday things for bombs and have homeland security called in. I can't even ride my universities bus holding a wired up circuit board (for a class) without people looking at me like I'm about to blow them up
Maybe you should try walking through an airport with a water pistol next. Sure what you're doing with your circuit board is probably nothing, but thanks to the media/govt./Hollywood, you need to adapt to the times. Otherwise you're just like a drunken sorority sister at a frat party...wondering why you woke up without your panties.
Seriously, CIOs generally come with a tech background. To be CEO, you need to know how to make money, because that's what Wall Street demands. And in the real world, your typical publicly traded high tech company isn't really about high tech, it's about profits. You don't often get that kind of experience with a CIO on your way up the ladder to CIO, while the VPs in sales and finance do. Sure there are exceptions, but I don't think we'd need a study to figure out the obvious here. I mean really, how often does the VP of HR, or facilities get to become CEO?...sheesh.
Where were the Paris riots last year? In the city or in the outer suburbs?
Right, let's use a unique event as a statistical representation of the overall crime rates. Shirley, you can do better. I'd be willing to bet dollars to donuts that even with that occurance, the annual crime rate per capita was higher in the city.
Strangely enough, it is only in America that inner-cities are more dangerous than suburbs.
Bullshit. European and Asian cities have plenty of crime as well. I lived in a suburban area of Germany for six years (as well as an urban Asian area with extremely high crime for another six...my own vehicle being vandalized on three occasions), where people normally left their doors unlocked, and while only anecdotal, I never heard of anything more than a single petty theft in the area. I defy you to link crime statistics contradicting what I've personally observed.
Having spent thirty years traveling around the world (about forty countries now), I've finally settled down in a nice suburban area with 1/3 acre lots, where people aren't living on top of each other. We have a relatively low crime rate, and one of the best school systems in the state (my kid can bike the three miles safely). I'm sure all you anti-sprawl folks hate me now, but I grew up in downtown Detroit (8-mile, that was nothing...get a grip Eminem) so I've seen what a shit hole looks like, and many other U.S cities aren't that much better. Until the time that crime rates and public transportation improve, people will continue to do what's best for them and their families. It really is unfortunate that our public transportation system sucks (my fifteen mile commute would take two hours by bus/rail here).