I may be a little removed from my high school civics class, but a bill sitting on the governor's desk does not equal signed into law. Then, if Philly wants to, they can alweays challenge in the courts. One thing muinicipalities seem to have a lot of is government attorneys.
Yes, most people would think "...running a company, or being high up in the managerial food chain..."
but
this is slashdot where most people just want to try and impress you with how smart they are and how smart you aren't. The geek version of a pissing contest.
Yes, Gates & Ballmer have far different jobs than Linus. But you forget, short of Linus being caught in bed with a dead girl or live boy, he can do no wrong on/.
If you read his book, the guy sounds a lot like Forest Gump. Not in the idiot way, but that, if you believe how he tells it, he was involved in every national security crisis in the past 30 years and if it wasn't for him, by golly, we'd all be doomed. He almost single-handedly saves the day every time!
Yeah, that's how outsourcing relationships work. Investment bankers talk directly to farm workers. Perhaps comparing the cultural differences between Manhattan IT workers and Arkansas IT workers? Hmmm?
A classic example that I've heard in more than one outsourcing pros & cons presentation. Indian outsourcers will do exactly what you say. As soon as you tell them to go, they'll put resources on the project and hammer the bits until it's done. What they will not do, because it is much more of an American cultural thing, is challenge your original direction, even if it is a stupid idea and there's a better way to do it.
It's referred to as a "soft cost". They can be very difficult to quantify, so, yes, there is probably some fudging of the number to make it work. However, the "inconvenience factor" as well as cultural differences are two of the items you will see on almost every outsourcing pros & cons list.
In the case os a listing of pages on the internet, my guess is that it would be considered akin to the data in the phone book, which was recently ruled not subject to protection by copyright.
But, I am not a judge. Or a lawyer. And I expect that if Google litigated here, they would be setting precedent.
If not, it's called doing business and gaining an advantage any legitimate way that you can.
I think the interesting bit is in the conclusion. If MS is using this to establish a baseline, they can benchmark their spider against Google's over time.
Nurses, at least in California, are hourly workers and most hospitals these days frown on even back-to-back 12 hour shifts for fear of litigation.
Most hospitals have also cut down on the brutla hours that residents are required to put in for the same reason. In the resident's case, they do get a place to crash when (assuming) things slow down for a while (and they usually do, even in ERs that are major trauma centers in major cities)
It's posted completely anonymously. THe details are extrememly vague. If this is so prevalent at EA, I'm sure the blogger could come up with an example using a team other than her husbands and be more specific.
For all we know, the blogger's husband is off boinking his dept's admin until all hours and blaming it on "gee honey, these people are slave drivers". He even comes hhome exhausted.
That said, IMHO, anything over 72 hrs/week is inhuman.
Without being a part of the investigation, would it be safe to say you are only familiar with those parts of the incident that have been made public? Is it possible there could be other, non-public parts?
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I may be a little removed from my high school civics class, but a bill sitting on the governor's desk does not equal signed into law. Then, if Philly wants to, they can alweays challenge in the courts. One thing muinicipalities seem to have a lot of is government attorneys.
but
this is slashdot where most people just want to try and impress you with how smart they are and how smart you aren't. The geek version of a pissing contest.
Yes, Gates & Ballmer have far different jobs than Linus. But you forget, short of Linus being caught in bed with a dead girl or live boy, he can do no wrong on /.
Emphasis on "staff"
If you read his book, the guy sounds a lot like Forest Gump. Not in the idiot way, but that, if you believe how he tells it, he was involved in every national security crisis in the past 30 years and if it wasn't for him, by golly, we'd all be doomed. He almost single-handedly saves the day every time!
Or perhaps you'd better pray your hand develops mucous membranes.
The T-Mo version has no synchronization sw. I have almost 1000 contacts. No way am I entering each one manually on that dinky kybd.
The batter life is horrid and you cannot (easily)remove the battery and swap in a fresh one. Plan on charging this sucker nightly if you use it much.
On the bright side, there is an ssh client.
A classic example that I've heard in more than one outsourcing pros & cons presentation. Indian outsourcers will do exactly what you say. As soon as you tell them to go, they'll put resources on the project and hammer the bits until it's done. What they will not do, because it is much more of an American cultural thing, is challenge your original direction, even if it is a stupid idea and there's a better way to do it.
It's referred to as a "soft cost". They can be very difficult to quantify, so, yes, there is probably some fudging of the number to make it work. However, the "inconvenience factor" as well as cultural differences are two of the items you will see on almost every outsourcing pros & cons list.
That was the double-entendre in UNICS
Well he's being awfully quiet about it. There's no mention of it on his home page.
Interesting perspective. I would have never thought of that.
Just about any med these days has some/all of those listed as potential side effects. Read a few more pages of the PDR.
but, in about 10 minutes, 20mg of Ambien puts me out for 8 hrs
But, I am not a judge. Or a lawyer. And I expect that if Google litigated here, they would be setting precedent.
If not, it's called doing business and gaining an advantage any legitimate way that you can.
I think the interesting bit is in the conclusion. If MS is using this to establish a baseline, they can benchmark their spider against Google's over time.
That the posting is anonymous?
That the details are vague?
That the employee is boinking his dept admin?
It's great that you and other have stepped forward to corroborate. I never said it wasn't true, only that the source is vague.
That's open to interpretation. Given the exposure, I'm sure they believe their postion is quite defensible. Insurance companies are funny that way.
Nurses, at least in California, are hourly workers and most hospitals these days frown on even back-to-back 12 hour shifts for fear of litigation. Most hospitals have also cut down on the brutla hours that residents are required to put in for the same reason. In the resident's case, they do get a place to crash when (assuming) things slow down for a while (and they usually do, even in ERs that are major trauma centers in major cities)
You could certainly sue, but you can forget finding a lawyer to take it on contingency. Hope you're already rich!
For all we know, the blogger's husband is off boinking his dept's admin until all hours and blaming it on "gee honey, these people are slave drivers". He even comes hhome exhausted.
That said, IMHO, anything over 72 hrs/week is inhuman.
So as long as the method is acceptable, the result is too?
Kind of like a gag order, eh?
Without being a part of the investigation, would it be safe to say you are only familiar with those parts of the incident that have been made public? Is it possible there could be other, non-public parts?
Good enough reason for me to keep it sealed.
Serious analysis would take place in the lab in DC, not in the office of some schmuck in the field office cyber-crimes unit.