During review time, when they brought up their constant 60+ hours per week... management said "we never asked you to do that, you did that on your own".
Did management assign tasks and deadlines which left an option? This is a common bullshit ploy borne of cowardice and culpable deniability, assign far more work than can posibly be completed in a week and leave it to the employee to find a way, unsupported. If they don't, dismissal and replacement demonstrates managers are willing to "do what it takes." Revolting, craven, bullshit.
"This rulling is directed at union solictiation/events after work and in company uniform."
Really?
"So how did the NLRB decide to weaken fundamental workplace protections? Security firm Guardsmark instituted a rule directing employees not to "fraternize on duty or off duty, date, or become overly friendly with the client's employees or with co-employees." "
"...so I think that the Apple brand itself was the draw."
Maybe. For me the HP brand is a major disincentive. As the owner of a Compaq/HP Presario R3000, what HP did to the OS alone will assure I never buy anything from the company again, at home or work.
Nothing that unusual required. We loaded a machine with XP at work and had to re-do it two weeks later when the original drive failed. The new load from the same disk refused to activate, claiming another machine was already using the key. One of the techs phoned Microsoft, waited fifteen minutes on hold before getting a person on the line who told us.... you just can't make this stuff up..... that he couldn't process the activation because his computer was down.
Personally, I think this move on Redmond's part is one of the biggest boosts for Linux in a long time.
"A very welcome change to the religious people's "God did it! now go pray"."
Please, don't lump all "religious people" together under the umbrella of fundamentalists.
An unfortunate shorthand. Not all religious people are fundamentalists but all fundamentalists are acting in the name of religion. We need louder moderates.
"The thing I regret most in this life is that of all the science fiction movies I loved watching as I grew up, Soylent Green ends up being the one that most closely depicts the future."
Having had yet another Windows driver update trash yet another desktop at work, I was going to say the same of ATI. Their drivers may be harder to install in some Linux distros but please tell don't me they work worse than the Win equivalents! (Obvious NV guy.;))
" 1) Results in instant fragmentation of every country in the world into tiny..."
Like Europe?
"2) Abide by this and guys like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc..
Or the Shah of Iran, the Marcos, Hussien and Hitler, all who saw strong western support? It was eventually withdrawn only in the latter two cases and neither time due to humanitarian concerns, it took an attack on neighbouring countries. In fact the world was willing to let Hitler keep vast tracts of eastern Eurpoe. It took the Japanese to get Americans involved in WW2. You also know Pol Pot rose to power on the destabilization resulting from the illegal American bombing of Cambodia and it was the then-hated Vietnamese who finally ended his reign? In fact, point 2 is almost perverse in twisting world history.
The Western nations have been bringing democracy to the Middle East for well over a century now. All I see happening is the erosion of democracy in the West.
Are you sure NASA wouldn't settle? I recall reading (perhaps one for Scopes) about another woman who sued her hospital after surgery, claiming the procedure destroyed her psychic abilities. They settled out of court.
Following on the points in the link, what conclusion should be drawn about tea kettles, percolators, cauldrons and other easily available home devices which routinely dispense liquids at temperatures well above that of MacDonalds coffee? Did the woman never brew a cup of tea at home and place herself at even greater risk? Perhaps not a frivolous lawsuit but certainly an opportunistic one possible only in an overly litiguous society, just like this Russian suit.
"I follow the speed limits to the letter becasue I've NEVER seen an unreasonable speed limit anywhere in my travels."
Congrats on achieving total faith in the infalibility of all transport authority figures, it's a rare and difficult creed. Not one in a hundred million match your devotion. BTW, your turn signal's been on for the last ten miles.
Isn't it interesting how the public now requires a license in the form of an embedded DRM decoder to access content delivered over publicly-owned airwaves? People literally require a license from a private corporation to use what they used to own, a sort of 'eminent domain' in the sky.
Slashdot Mirror
Which generally isn't illegal.
Personally, I railed against Marilyn Manson because the music sucked.
Sure it is, untrue ad hominem generalizations are a great way to incite. Apparently the editors have no clue as to the age of many gamers.
The is no evidence at all for a creator, therefore
All evidence is false
Falsification of all evidence could only be the work of an omnipotent and omniscient agent
Therefore one exists
Therefore ID is true
QE =D
(Note for the logic and-or humour impaired, not my professed position.)
Did management assign tasks and deadlines which left an option? This is a common bullshit ploy borne of cowardice and culpable deniability, assign far more work than can posibly be completed in a week and leave it to the employee to find a way, unsupported. If they don't, dismissal and replacement demonstrates managers are willing to "do what it takes." Revolting, craven, bullshit.
Really?
"So how did the NLRB decide to weaken fundamental workplace protections? Security firm Guardsmark instituted a rule directing employees not to "fraternize on duty or off duty, date, or become overly friendly with the client's employees or with co-employees." "
Why dampen wit by RTFA?
The marketing people are still working on the "selling" part. After spinning off research it's about all HP has left.
Maybe. For me the HP brand is a major disincentive. As the owner of a Compaq/HP Presario R3000, what HP did to the OS alone will assure I never buy anything from the company again, at home or work.
Relax, Tipper Gore was a bitch too.
Same box, different subnet and city. We brought it back to the shop for repair.
Personally, I think this move on Redmond's part is one of the biggest boosts for Linux in a long time.
to me it read as a Patriot Act sentence: penetration testing for Google hackers.
Please, don't lump all "religious people" together under the umbrella of fundamentalists.
An unfortunate shorthand. Not all religious people are fundamentalists but all fundamentalists are acting in the name of religion. We need louder moderates.
I'll remember that next time I'm shopping for a buggy whip.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/ireland/Ful l_Story/did-sg46g7Ks0cvBEsg7OWirIStPSk.asp
My vote goes to Robocop.
Having had yet another Windows driver update trash yet another desktop at work, I was going to say the same of ATI. Their drivers may be harder to install in some Linux distros but please tell don't me they work worse than the Win equivalents! (Obvious NV guy. ;))
LILILILILILILILILILILILI.....
Where is Microsoft's responsibility in this punishment scheme?
Like Europe?
"2) Abide by this and guys like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc..
Or the Shah of Iran, the Marcos, Hussien and Hitler, all who saw strong western support? It was eventually withdrawn only in the latter two cases and neither time due to humanitarian concerns, it took an attack on neighbouring countries. In fact the world was willing to let Hitler keep vast tracts of eastern Eurpoe. It took the Japanese to get Americans involved in WW2. You also know Pol Pot rose to power on the destabilization resulting from the illegal American bombing of Cambodia and it was the then-hated Vietnamese who finally ended his reign? In fact, point 2 is almost perverse in twisting world history.
The Western nations have been bringing democracy to the Middle East for well over a century now. All I see happening is the erosion of democracy in the West.
Remove 'user:pass@' if you require an authentication prompt. Problem solved.
Are you sure NASA wouldn't settle? I recall reading (perhaps one for Scopes) about another woman who sued her hospital after surgery, claiming the procedure destroyed her psychic abilities. They settled out of court.
Following on the points in the link, what conclusion should be drawn about tea kettles, percolators, cauldrons and other easily available home devices which routinely dispense liquids at temperatures well above that of MacDonalds coffee? Did the woman never brew a cup of tea at home and place herself at even greater risk? Perhaps not a frivolous lawsuit but certainly an opportunistic one possible only in an overly litiguous society, just like this Russian suit.
Congrats on achieving total faith in the infalibility of all transport authority figures, it's a rare and difficult creed. Not one in a hundred million match your devotion. BTW, your turn signal's been on for the last ten miles.
Isn't it interesting how the public now requires a license in the form of an embedded DRM decoder to access content delivered over publicly-owned airwaves? People literally require a license from a private corporation to use what they used to own, a sort of 'eminent domain' in the sky.