Why can't we have a long term positive male companion? Yes, it's nice to look at young women, but that isn't what Doctor Who is all about. Is it going to take a female doctor before we have can have a decent male companion that isn't a coward or dies every other episode?
(If it does require a female companion, can I vote for Emma Thompson?)
Considering that I have cold sores now, yes. Absolutely. 100% of the time and then some. Herpes, while sucky, is much better than tearing apart parts of your body to hopefully kill a cancer. And that's before all the hormone and self-esteem. Yes, herpes all the way.
I'd probably go with the Bible, Torah, and maybe Pale Blue Dot. I'm sure I could find a Hari Crishna and Sikh Bible while I was at it. If I wasn't married, the fun I could have....
Pretty much. Just define The Cloud the way you like it, and then explain why your definition could fail. Yet more proof that the only people who really understand The Cloud are marketing reps.
I disagree with this assessment entirely and completely. In order to have good employees on a micro level, it is necessary for them to be happy and sane. But on a macro level, I can see the argument. A lot of others, people who are right bastards, the sort of C-level people in companies, implement that argument successfully.
I'm sorry you posted that anonymously. I'd like to have a further conversion with you, and friend you. Filming the sexual encounter was wrong, but the guy lived in a dorm. That's just part of the dorm experience. Stupid things like that happen. And I don't see a difference between filming a heterosexual couple and a gay couple. The film should be destroyed and the filmer punched in the face. Not sentenced to jail.
I'd also say the same about the stupid boys who taunted you in high school. Punched in the face as well. No one should lose anything. Just some momentary pain as a punishment for being a moron.
Your opinion is clearly created by your aversion to violence and common sense. I've proposed a short-term punishment for short-term embarrassment. You instead want to punish a man by removing 10-20% of his life, which is what prison amounts to.
Further, I still see no evidence that this was done because of the victim's sexual orientation. And you are a little foolish bigot against gay men, not realizing that they are just as capable of defending themselves as any other man. Gay men are just that - men. They aren't skinny little fags with limp wrists who make cosmopolitans so that all the little straight girls can condescendingly come and drink in their bars. The Stonewall Riots did not consist of men in high heels line dancing against the police. They were men ( who are by birthright inherently dangerous) who had been pushed too far. Oppose this to the stupid Clementi, who simply should have punched Ravi in the face (and then buy him a beer) rather than leap off a bridge.
SmallFurryCreature, you're a right asshole. No one, not prisoners, not women, not anyone, deserves to be raped. People should not be placed into prison to be raped. If prison is not enough punishment, then punishment should be changed. But to expect, or in your evil case, demand that someone be raped in prison is wrong wrong wrong.
Ask yourself you conservative 'not a bleeding heart anymore' nutjob, what would Jesus have you do? Answer: Certainly not have a prisoner raped.
SmallFurryCreature, you should beg your creator for forgiveness and help for being more compassionate. Shame on you.
It's damn unfortunate for everyone involved. But even worse, Ravi is also going to have his life ruined by a man who decided to end his own. What Ravi did was punch in the nose wrong - not 10 years in prison and deportation. Heck, the stupid stuff we did on our floor in college was just as bad or worse. I'm sure 99% of every man who went to college in the dorms can say the same.
It took unionization (and new laws) the first time to achieve a 40 hour work week. I expect that something very similar will be required for a second stab at the 40 hour work week. But as for blaming salary people, that's assuming there is no disparity in employer employee information. Clearly, that is not case. Also, there are laws forcing some professionals (such as IT professions and people managers) to be hourly exempt. I will admit that a Galt's Gulch type solution might feel (and perhaps be) better, but in the meantime I'll keep supporting these looters so that I can participate in my favored activities.
The employer isn't getting 80 hours of work, that's certain. But from the employer's point of view, they do not care. They are not paying hourly, so for them the marginal benefit reduction in hour 80 versus hour 40 is not that big a deal, because it is still all positive for them.
That's just not correct. The employer is not paying for negative productivity. The employee is welcome to burn himself out and the employer can just hire a new one. Employees are easy to get these days. Even ones with hard to get qualifications. There's more population than there is demand for labor. Expect this trend to continue and wealth to continue to concentrate in the hands of the capital holders.
We can whine all we want about the 40 hour work week, but no one is willing to unionize in order to get back to it. Can you imagine a white collar middle-management union? People would rather put in 80 hours as an "assistant manager" at McBurger Queen rather than be classified in their own minds as a worker.
As for IT, goodness no. It would require a reshaping of the laws that have been created. There are many laws in place that keep IT workers down. The luddites couldn't dare have an intellectual revolution on their plates, after all.
Never! It would be impossible for a group of ancient terrorists to take over a modern Federation Cruiser. It's just the war-mongers at Star Fleet Command trying to explain away their blatant attack on the Klingon Nation! Look who's involved. The known racist Kirk and the Federation's puppet Vulcan Spock. And the nonsense about Spock's katra and the whales. A cover for Genesis Mark II device that the Federation tested on Earth and used as a justification for illegal time-travel activity, likely again aimed at provoking war with the Klingons. (Honestly, with these people, if it isn't the Klingons, it's the Romulans. We have always been at war with Eastasia.) The Federation Council must step in and put an end to this blatant subversion!
Government technology buffoonery has plagued this nation for decades. If banks can daily move trillions of dollars without the loss of a penny, why does the government require months or even years of waiting for various permits? The technology already exists. Companies like Fiserv, Jack Henry, Metavante, and Harland (maybe not Metavante, their technology and people skills suck) already manage off the shelf systems that could take a large bureaucracy like INS and make it super efficient.
If an Government CTO wanted to start somewhere, they should take advantage of this incredibly low hanging fruit. Tellers getting paid 8 dollars an hour are more efficient than the various case workers around the Federal Government. It's time to apply the same technology.
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errr, (If it does require a female doctor, can I vote for Emma Thompson?)
Why can't we have a long term positive male companion? Yes, it's nice to look at young women, but that isn't what Doctor Who is all about. Is it going to take a female doctor before we have can have a decent male companion that isn't a coward or dies every other episode?
(If it does require a female companion, can I vote for Emma Thompson?)
Considering that I have cold sores now, yes. Absolutely. 100% of the time and then some. Herpes, while sucky, is much better than tearing apart parts of your body to hopefully kill a cancer. And that's before all the hormone and self-esteem. Yes, herpes all the way.
I'd probably go with the Bible, Torah, and maybe Pale Blue Dot. I'm sure I could find a Hari Crishna and Sikh Bible while I was at it. If I wasn't married, the fun I could have....
Does that mean I can dress up as Mohammad and feed my potbellied pig the Koran?
Pretty much. Just define The Cloud the way you like it, and then explain why your definition could fail. Yet more proof that the only people who really understand The Cloud are marketing reps.
It's been done before with Stratovision. The model doesn't work with current fuel sources and repair times.
I disagree with this assessment entirely and completely. In order to have good employees on a micro level, it is necessary for them to be happy and sane. But on a macro level, I can see the argument. A lot of others, people who are right bastards, the sort of C-level people in companies, implement that argument successfully.
That's great stuff and nonsense. Hrmph. This sort of thing is why we need jury nullification.
Thanks for sharing that snowgirl. :) Good input. Wish I could mod it up.
I'm sorry you posted that anonymously. I'd like to have a further conversion with you, and friend you. Filming the sexual encounter was wrong, but the guy lived in a dorm. That's just part of the dorm experience. Stupid things like that happen. And I don't see a difference between filming a heterosexual couple and a gay couple. The film should be destroyed and the filmer punched in the face. Not sentenced to jail.
I'd also say the same about the stupid boys who taunted you in high school. Punched in the face as well. No one should lose anything. Just some momentary pain as a punishment for being a moron.
You shouldn't have posted this anonymously. I did not consider this until now. It's a viewpoint that should be more widely shared.
Your opinion is clearly created by your aversion to violence and common sense. I've proposed a short-term punishment for short-term embarrassment. You instead want to punish a man by removing 10-20% of his life, which is what prison amounts to.
Further, I still see no evidence that this was done because of the victim's sexual orientation. And you are a little foolish bigot against gay men, not realizing that they are just as capable of defending themselves as any other man. Gay men are just that - men. They aren't skinny little fags with limp wrists who make cosmopolitans so that all the little straight girls can condescendingly come and drink in their bars. The Stonewall Riots did not consist of men in high heels line dancing against the police. They were men ( who are by birthright inherently dangerous) who had been pushed too far. Oppose this to the stupid Clementi, who simply should have punched Ravi in the face (and then buy him a beer) rather than leap off a bridge.
SmallFurryCreature, you're a right asshole. No one, not prisoners, not women, not anyone, deserves to be raped. People should not be placed into prison to be raped. If prison is not enough punishment, then punishment should be changed. But to expect, or in your evil case, demand that someone be raped in prison is wrong wrong wrong.
Ask yourself you conservative 'not a bleeding heart anymore' nutjob, what would Jesus have you do? Answer: Certainly not have a prisoner raped.
SmallFurryCreature, you should beg your creator for forgiveness and help for being more compassionate. Shame on you.
It's damn unfortunate for everyone involved. But even worse, Ravi is also going to have his life ruined by a man who decided to end his own. What Ravi did was punch in the nose wrong - not 10 years in prison and deportation. Heck, the stupid stuff we did on our floor in college was just as bad or worse. I'm sure 99% of every man who went to college in the dorms can say the same.
I don't know pinyin. I just learned by speaking with people. The only character I can even recognize is double-happiness.
It took unionization (and new laws) the first time to achieve a 40 hour work week. I expect that something very similar will be required for a second stab at the 40 hour work week. But as for blaming salary people, that's assuming there is no disparity in employer employee information. Clearly, that is not case. Also, there are laws forcing some professionals (such as IT professions and people managers) to be hourly exempt. I will admit that a Galt's Gulch type solution might feel (and perhaps be) better, but in the meantime I'll keep supporting these looters so that I can participate in my favored activities.
The employer isn't getting 80 hours of work, that's certain. But from the employer's point of view, they do not care. They are not paying hourly, so for them the marginal benefit reduction in hour 80 versus hour 40 is not that big a deal, because it is still all positive for them.
That's just not correct. The employer is not paying for negative productivity. The employee is welcome to burn himself out and the employer can just hire a new one. Employees are easy to get these days. Even ones with hard to get qualifications. There's more population than there is demand for labor. Expect this trend to continue and wealth to continue to concentrate in the hands of the capital holders.
yo mayo pee-jyo? Danshi, bu Mei Gua pee-jyo. Mei Gua pee-jyo shi huai. Mayo pee-joy? Wo shang ar-gaw-toe.
I'd like to say I do fine in China, but honestly, I can't remember much after the first two days anyways. Don't drink the water!
Two very good examples:
www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17e_computer.pdf
http://www.synergistech.com/1706.shtml
We can whine all we want about the 40 hour work week, but no one is willing to unionize in order to get back to it. Can you imagine a white collar middle-management union? People would rather put in 80 hours as an "assistant manager" at McBurger Queen rather than be classified in their own minds as a worker.
As for IT, goodness no. It would require a reshaping of the laws that have been created. There are many laws in place that keep IT workers down. The luddites couldn't dare have an intellectual revolution on their plates, after all.
Never! It would be impossible for a group of ancient terrorists to take over a modern Federation Cruiser. It's just the war-mongers at Star Fleet Command trying to explain away their blatant attack on the Klingon Nation! Look who's involved. The known racist Kirk and the Federation's puppet Vulcan Spock. And the nonsense about Spock's katra and the whales. A cover for Genesis Mark II device that the Federation tested on Earth and used as a justification for illegal time-travel activity, likely again aimed at provoking war with the Klingons. (Honestly, with these people, if it isn't the Klingons, it's the Romulans. We have always been at war with Eastasia.) The Federation Council must step in and put an end to this blatant subversion!
Government technology buffoonery has plagued this nation for decades. If banks can daily move trillions of dollars without the loss of a penny, why does the government require months or even years of waiting for various permits? The technology already exists. Companies like Fiserv, Jack Henry, Metavante, and Harland (maybe not Metavante, their technology and people skills suck) already manage off the shelf systems that could take a large bureaucracy like INS and make it super efficient.
If an Government CTO wanted to start somewhere, they should take advantage of this incredibly low hanging fruit. Tellers getting paid 8 dollars an hour are more efficient than the various case workers around the Federal Government. It's time to apply the same technology.
100 million key strokes? I hope for his carpel tunnel's sake that he has an IBM Model M.
Well yeah. A few rounds here or there won't hurt anything. But a picture or two can stop an entire war.