Most successful IT companies hire young White and Asian men because IQ matters, they are easy to mould and abuse and you generally don't get much shit if you have to fire them.
Um, if IQ matters so much, they wouldn't be so easy to "mould". Clearly Pinky's brain has been lobotomized. Joking aside, your premise is so racist/sexist that you're going to be dismissed w/o most people reading beyond the first paragraph.
Sounds good on paper, but how would you represent all this knowledge?
At our office, we're frequently required to capture "lessons learned". That's the good news. The bad news is that in the 35+ years I've been there, I don't recall anyone making use of those files. So yeah, we're damned to repeat our mistakes.
It's just like in mission critical systems, I frequently see single points of potential failure. How many times do we have to relearn these lessons?!?
Older workers should adapt with the times, not vice versa.
Older workers are experienced enough to know that not all change is for the better.
Also, it's tough to make progress if you keep throwing out all the people who learned lessons already, and then spend the next generation of staff learning all the same lessons again.
You can't stand on the shoulders of giants if you keep pushing them out the door.
Interesting. I'd say the biggest difference between 20-year-old me and 30-year-old me was probably was that 20-year-old me wanted to learn All The Things, while 30-year-old me was a lot more choosey about where limited time was spent.
And IMO, this is a good thing because it gives the 20-something exposure and lets them see what they're really interested in, and eventually the realization that they don't know what they don't know, and never will actually know it all.
Yes it was, my statement didn't specify that with THAAD deployed the US is protected from retaliatory strikes from other nations if the US decided to use a first strike option. That is why the US is deploying THAAD around the world and NK is a press beat up to cover the operation to deploy THAAD around the world so that the US can engage in a first strike option without the fear of retaliation.
Does that make it clear enough? Or are you going to tell me the US already has some sort of 'star wars' program that already has been deployed and the US already can make a nuclear first strike and be protected from retaliation.
You asserted that "This whole 'thing' about NK is a cover...", which I'm trying to get through your skull, isn't a logical conclusion. The U.S. doesn't need a "cover" if it wanted to make those deployments, and the entire premise is that we want to use them. Yeah, there are plenty of idiots who make asinine comments about turning NK (or some other place) to glass, but that's not going to happen w/o us being attacked first (though I'll grant that this is only my opinion as someone who's worked in and around the business for 40+ years). Our allies (South Korea, Israel, Taiwan, Japan, UAE, Oman, etc.) have specifically made requests for missile defense products such as Patriot and THAAD. So, yeah, I'm sure it's just a big cover story to allow the U.S. to have a protected first strike ability, because that's what we're really trying to accomplish...duh.
It is _only_ relevant if it helps understanding and forecasting the behaviour of the current players involved.
No, it becomes relevant to show the disingenuous nature of the argument. The left claimed Russia was our friend up until very recently, while nearly everyone else (except Trump) disagreed. You can't have it both ways w/o being a hypocrite. Which is exactly what the GP was doing by bringing up history, and yet you're claiming I should be able to respond to it because it's irrelevant.
I'm puzzled why this is marked informative. My question wasn't looking for an explanation of how carbon dating works, but rather how you date something that doesn't/didn't have carbon. There's no carbon half-life to examine in moon rocks, right??? Or did I have a complete brain freeze here?
Exactly. I work with a group of managers who were all put into cubicle farms a few years back, We frequently have conference calls, proposal work, disciplinary actions, salary discussions, and all within earshot of about a dozen other cubicles with non-managers. There are a limited number of rooms to go have a truly private discussion. So, while the company is saving on overhead, it was a penny wise, pound foolish decision. Personally, I try to work from home as frequently as I can get away with. It's ridiculous to expect us to have conference calls with customers on multi-million dollar contracts, where other people on the phone can hear three discussions going on near my cube. I often have to mute my mic. Now, as a former developer, I certainly saw value in having the team gather in a lab to pound out details, and get shit working, but that's not this failed concept. And you can toss "hoteling" in with it.
"The researchers dated the formation of the glassy material to between 1 billion and 2.5 billion years ago. "
How do you go about dating something that doesn't have carbon, or layers of sediment to compare with? I'm sure there are other methods, but the article doesn't elaborate.
"What has that got to do with deploying that capability? ABM/THAAD is being deployed around the world, that is the point."
It has everything to do with the earlier bullshit you claimed: "It's name is THAAD [wikipedia.org] a system that enables first strike capability."
"Apply some simple logic "
Back at ya.
"Don't be rude just because what I say challenges your assumptions"
I haven't made any assumptions. Your statement was factually incorrect, and now that I've pointed it out to you twice, you want to whine that I've been rude, or made assumptions? "American "leaders" must think..." Talk about assumptions.
Your opinion on if they should or shouldn't have been used is debatable. My own study of history, and I've been to both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, disagrees.
Kim Jong-un is obese, constantly ridiculed, and has increasing heath problems.
Do you think that's keeping him from getting all the ass he wants? Do you think anyone has ridiculed him within earshot and lived to their next birthday? Do you think he's not getting the best healthcare available?
I'm glad someone here sees this...+1! There have been others, and while we all want justice against people like Assad and Kim, it might be best to offer them an all expenses paid tropical island in order for them to just go peacefully. With the fall of the U.S.S.R., examples like this probably kept others (Cuba?) from opening up the gates to freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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It was mostly an attempt at humor. That aside, be careful what you wish for...all of those calls are keeping you and other IT folks employed.
Most successful IT companies hire young White and Asian men because IQ matters, they are easy to mould and abuse and you generally don't get much shit if you have to fire them.
Um, if IQ matters so much, they wouldn't be so easy to "mould". Clearly Pinky's brain has been lobotomized. Joking aside, your premise is so racist/sexist that you're going to be dismissed w/o most people reading beyond the first paragraph.
Right now I'm literally in Year 52 - How in hell can I get my IT customers to not lose their passwords?
By not making them 14+ random characters that they have to change every 90 days.
Sounds good on paper, but how would you represent all this knowledge?
At our office, we're frequently required to capture "lessons learned". That's the good news. The bad news is that in the 35+ years I've been there, I don't recall anyone making use of those files. So yeah, we're damned to repeat our mistakes.
It's just like in mission critical systems, I frequently see single points of potential failure. How many times do we have to relearn these lessons?!?
Older workers should adapt with the times, not vice versa.
Older workers are experienced enough to know that not all change is for the better.
Also, it's tough to make progress if you keep throwing out all the people who learned lessons already, and then spend the next generation of staff learning all the same lessons again.
You can't stand on the shoulders of giants if you keep pushing them out the door.
You can help an old geyser buy using Viagra. It will work for hours.
But hopefully, not more than four hours.
Interesting. I'd say the biggest difference between 20-year-old me and 30-year-old me was probably was that 20-year-old me wanted to learn All The Things, while 30-year-old me was a lot more choosey about where limited time was spent.
And IMO, this is a good thing because it gives the 20-something exposure and lets them see what they're really interested in, and eventually the realization that they don't know what they don't know, and never will actually know it all.
You be the judge...
https://www.opensecrets.org/pa...
Those political donations from BWX really paid off!
At first, I kinda thought you were trolling, but then there's this:
https://www.opensecrets.org/pa...
Yes it was, my statement didn't specify that with THAAD deployed the US is protected from retaliatory strikes from other nations if the US decided to use a first strike option. That is why the US is deploying THAAD around the world and NK is a press beat up to cover the operation to deploy THAAD around the world so that the US can engage in a first strike option without the fear of retaliation.
Does that make it clear enough? Or are you going to tell me the US already has some sort of 'star wars' program that already has been deployed and the US already can make a nuclear first strike and be protected from retaliation.
You asserted that "This whole 'thing' about NK is a cover...", which I'm trying to get through your skull, isn't a logical conclusion. The U.S. doesn't need a "cover" if it wanted to make those deployments, and the entire premise is that we want to use them. Yeah, there are plenty of idiots who make asinine comments about turning NK (or some other place) to glass, but that's not going to happen w/o us being attacked first (though I'll grant that this is only my opinion as someone who's worked in and around the business for 40+ years). Our allies (South Korea, Israel, Taiwan, Japan, UAE, Oman, etc.) have specifically made requests for missile defense products such as Patriot and THAAD. So, yeah, I'm sure it's just a big cover story to allow the U.S. to have a protected first strike ability, because that's what we're really trying to accomplish...duh.
Okay, got it, and thanks.
It is _only_ relevant if it helps understanding and forecasting the behaviour of the current players involved.
No, it becomes relevant to show the disingenuous nature of the argument. The left claimed Russia was our friend up until very recently, while nearly everyone else (except Trump) disagreed. You can't have it both ways w/o being a hypocrite. Which is exactly what the GP was doing by bringing up history, and yet you're claiming I should be able to respond to it because it's irrelevant.
I'm puzzled why this is marked informative. My question wasn't looking for an explanation of how carbon dating works, but rather how you date something that doesn't/didn't have carbon. There's no carbon half-life to examine in moon rocks, right??? Or did I have a complete brain freeze here?
Exactly. I work with a group of managers who were all put into cubicle farms a few years back, We frequently have conference calls, proposal work, disciplinary actions, salary discussions, and all within earshot of about a dozen other cubicles with non-managers. There are a limited number of rooms to go have a truly private discussion. So, while the company is saving on overhead, it was a penny wise, pound foolish decision. Personally, I try to work from home as frequently as I can get away with. It's ridiculous to expect us to have conference calls with customers on multi-million dollar contracts, where other people on the phone can hear three discussions going on near my cube. I often have to mute my mic. Now, as a former developer, I certainly saw value in having the team gather in a lab to pound out details, and get shit working, but that's not this failed concept. And you can toss "hoteling" in with it.
"The researchers dated the formation of the glassy material to between 1 billion and 2.5 billion years ago. "
How do you go about dating something that doesn't have carbon, or layers of sediment to compare with? I'm sure there are other methods, but the article doesn't elaborate.
"What has that got to do with deploying that capability? ABM/THAAD is being deployed around the world, that is the point."
It has everything to do with the earlier bullshit you claimed: "It's name is THAAD [wikipedia.org] a system that enables first strike capability."
"Apply some simple logic "
Back at ya.
"Don't be rude just because what I say challenges your assumptions"
I haven't made any assumptions. Your statement was factually incorrect, and now that I've pointed it out to you twice, you want to whine that I've been rude, or made assumptions? "American "leaders" must think..." Talk about assumptions.
Your opinion on if they should or shouldn't have been used is debatable. My own study of history, and I've been to both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, disagrees.
Kim Jong-un is obese, constantly ridiculed, and has increasing heath problems.
Do you think that's keeping him from getting all the ass he wants? Do you think anyone has ridiculed him within earshot and lived to their next birthday? Do you think he's not getting the best healthcare available?
NK isn't going to launch an attack on anyone, as it would be utter mass suicide and they know it.
Deterrents only work when you have reasonably rational people making the decisions on both sides. Here I'm not sure you have that on either side.
Um, no. NK's nuke deterrent is working because of the possibility of Kim being crazy enough to actually use it.
The US is occupying half their country. Attack is justified.
Yes, because ~23500 troops can occupy a country of ~51 million people. Makes total sense.
Negotiating with them hasn't worked since forever. How in the world do you expect to get over that hump? Please go read some history.
Yes, it's a blue state by popular vote. But, that's mostly concentrated in S.F., L.A., and S.D. Carve those out, and the state is mostly republican.
As if the U.S. hasn't had first strike capability for decades. But don't let that interfere with your facts.
Stick to spy thrillers, and turn in your geek card.
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I'm glad someone here sees this...+1! There have been others, and while we all want justice against people like Assad and Kim, it might be best to offer them an all expenses paid tropical island in order for them to just go peacefully. With the fall of the U.S.S.R., examples like this probably kept others (Cuba?) from opening up the gates to freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?...