Yeah, you can refuse searches and they can't do much, but if they tell you to get out, you gotta go.
Funny enough as a sideline though, it's been ruled in the past that restaurants provide a service, not a product (there was a court case where a man was denied a to-go box for his steak at a high-end restaurant and the court ruled that the restaurant was providing him the service of eating there, not the product of the food), so if a restaurant asks you to leave then they've removed your obligation to pay, within reason. I was with some friends after going clubbing, and a whole bunch of people from that club were there, and a couple of groups were getting rowdy and the restaurant manager asked us to all leave. He then tried to pass out bills. I told him that as I was being forcibly ejected from his restaurant without finishing my meal and that he chose to discontinue service before it was complete that I would not pay my bill, and he backed down.
That, too, is in error. Duke Nukem: Forever was released at the beginning of time. This universe? It is simply the computer on which Duke Nukem: Forever is running. Duke Nukem: Forever is the question to the answer calculated by a previous universe, and, when finally this universe comes to an end, those beyond shall know in entirety the question.
I think that if Duke was here right now, he wouldn't understand what you'd said and would beat the crap out of you instead.
I have a feeling that most users are too stupid to understand what their ISPs do, and if people-in-the-know don't organize to fight it that it will just get worse.
A couple of years ago I was looking around at places to live, in Phoenix, in June. One of the places that I looked at was a luxury 1 bedroom condo/townhouse with a two-car garage. The AC was off when I looked at it, but the temperature wasn't too bad inside, because it had 10' ceilings and thick insulation. If the garage had been bigger (needed to be able to work on my '78 Chrysler) I'd have rented it...
...and the beat goes on... ...and the beat goes on...
Drums keep poundin' a rhythm to the brain...
Let me know when they've got a copy-protection method that doesn't get cracked in a few weeks or months of its debut. Otherwise it's just the regular pattern.
Maybe if they want their precious movies to avoid this, they should consider using a media that physically has no computer-based player...
...because technologies similar to the ones that people are already familiar with, like DVD Audio, would occupy the same form factor as CDs, but give all of the audio quality that can be mustered, assuming that music is mastered properly. They store in the same space, load the same way, and players can be made in the same form factor (car DIN, bookshelf, component, rack-mount), and can even be played in existing DVD players.
The argument for going back to Vinyl is like if I were to argue in favor of going back to Laserdisc (which is analog) because analog will capture nuances that are left out of digitally-mastered DVDs. Mind you, I have 380 Laserdiscs, but I'm not about to argue that every Laserdisc is better, and I can only argue that one Laserdisc is truly better (the first Highlander DVD that I found is terrible for its digital artifacting).
Keep making Vinyl. DJs like it as it's cool looking and if they want to scratch they can, and yes, some people can tell the difference. The cover art is also really cool compared to CDs. But, don't reasonably expect vinyl to come back, especially when optical players are cheap.
Harassment would only really be a concern depending on what those employees did for the company. If they were some of the few legitimate tech people then if anything people would be more inclined to pity them, maybe buy them a beer...
Even if it does, if you find one of those last-generation Motorola 68000 machines and compile your entire OS from scratch I doubt that they'll have a binary-compatible version to install on it...
Of course, be prepared to have one SETI@Home packet take about four weeks to process, and to have a bogomips rating of something like 16.9...
I found that porn sites use mostly black backgrounds with light (usually pink) text. I've committed this research for over thirteen years, and I consider myself something of an expert on the subject...
And to think that the headline writer could have prevented all of this off-topic banter by writing "Hungarian Officials..." instead of "Hungary Officials..."
Watching a show last night on Saturn, I started asking myself why we don't fund more large missions. Cassini was 3.4 Billion Dollars. That's a lot of money. The Federal Budget for 2008 is requested to be $2.9 Trillion though.
Wouldn't building Cassini-like projects get cheaper per unit if multiple projects were designed off of a common reference and shared parts? Obviously launch fuel wouldn't really get cheaper, but the craft themselves might, even with some specialized instruments for each mission. It would be incredible to have ten or fifteen missions to all of the planets, several moons, and the asteroid belt, and would definitely advance science...
Oh, and to counter the arguments about those who say that it's wrong for a citizen to do it but is okay for the government or for law enforcement, get the footage from government cameras via Freedom of Information Act and show that, especially the derogatory or particularly revealing things that are caught, and air that. And, also try to find examples on tape of officers doing illegal things that aren't prosecuted...
...and play back the tape on prime time TV. Or, just cut to the things that they really don't want, like picking wedgies, adjusting bra fitment, picking noses, kissing and getting touchy-feely, or parts where they did something mildly unethical, lewd, crass, rude, or some other behavior that would embarass them. Or just zoom in on women's low-cut tops and cleavage, or butts and "whale tail" thong sightings...
I guarantee that nearly everyone who saw such footage of themselves would be horrified beyond belief. When I was in high school I did a presentation on why video surveillance of innocent people was wrong. I hid a camera (which was very hard given the size of the average camcorder in 1995) in the classroom where it recorded, from a side vantage, my presentation and the class receiving the presentation unawares. I had the instructor's permission so that someone was aware of what I was doing. To underscore my point, to end my presentation I walked over, exposed the camera for the class, stopped the tape, took it out, and put it in the VCR, to play it for the class for a few minutes. The students, by and large, were irate. Even (maybe especially) those who were defending the position that surveillance was okay were mad. The principal received at least four telephone calls from angry parents, and several students complained quite angrily or tearfully to the teacher how what I did was wrong. There was no punitive action taken upon me (the Principal was very cool about some of this sort of thing), and the students learned a valuable lesson in privacy.
Oh, sorry about the single paragraph ramble. I had forgotten that Slashdot doesn't automatically turn text entry box carriage returns into ones in the post, and it ran a lot more together than it was supposed to...
No, he'd probably do whatever they asked him to do, while you would object when they'd ask you to do something ridiculous/illegal/unethical. Or, if he's slower then he makes them more money for the repair, while if you're too quick and run out of work to do then they make less money, assuming that they bill per real hour of work performed. Or, he wouldn't think to not use the procedures that they want him to use to do whatever they want (such as format/reimage) while you'd take the time to fix the computer, assuming that the shop charges "by the job" rather than by hour worked...
Or, they could hire him for jack shit and still get enough work done. Or, the manager realised that your degree in Computer Science isn't really applicable to replacing defective memory or installing operating systems, and that since you're college trained you'd be more of a pain in the ass as an employee, and would critique or criticize the way the place is run.
If I may offer a criticism, it's very difficult to believe that he didn't know "what Linux was" at least to be able to answer that it's an operating system. Also, lots of computer people that I know used to work in food service, or in custodial/janitorial, or the like, and managed to get beyond that and improve their careers. Being that, "[he]...used to work in fast food." I'd be inclined to say to him, "good for you, getting ahead to something better than Wendy's", while your "I have a degree in Computer Science and 7 years IT experience..." comes across poorly. It makes you sound, rightly or not, like you're elitist and that you feel you're entitled to get what you want, along the lines of a Lord among the commoners. If that impression is in error then it would behoove you to consider working on those communications skills, as being able to sell others on giving you the work is as important, if not moreso unfortunately, then being able to do the work itself. If you're never given the chance to do it (though one hell of a sales pitch) then it doesn't matter if you're better than anyone else or not.
Personally, if I were hiring, I would probably steer away from you for a very low-level computer service and repair job, simply on account of you being unhappy in the job due to your overqualified nature. I would honestly wonder why you were willing to even consider a job that far beneath you, especially if better, more challenging jobs that match your skillset are available. Computer languages and programming aren't needed beyond a little bit of batch scripting in that kind of position, and after a number of years in IT you should be interested in managing and servicing volumes of PCs in a structured environment where individual PC skills are needed, but the ability to coordinate repair, rollout, and preventative maintenance go far above and beyond what the youngin' from Best Buy would be able to even understand.
I like Fark and all, but it's getting a little ridiculous lately, especially with the changing away from the old days of naughtiness that alas, are gone...
Thing is, flat out there would be no one in any profession at all except for a couple of people in Salem, Massachusetts if this sort of thing prevented people from working...
I could understand a future employer asking her to recaption the photo or to place it in an area of her MySpace page that requires "friends" to be logged in to see it, but I know a teacher who was in Girls of the PAC 10 in Playboy, and it's not a problem...
"Additionally, several school districts even go so far as to have "no public drinking" policies. So if she was in one of these districts (I know, I know, RTFM), that could be reason enough. I hate it that employers think they can control every aspect of your life, but if you sign the contract it's your own damn fault."
This woman wasn't even working though, she was a student finishing her teaching degree at a university. She was 27 years old when she was denied her degree, and 25 when the image was created that led to the denial of her degree. Her action was not illegal in any way, nor does it reflect anything that is generally societally unacceptable. Even worse, she was censored by the SCHOOL, not by an employer of any kind...
I wouldn't think that real women would be more expensive assuming similar levels of food intake and environmental considerations. They just require more effort and time...
Hmmm... Kind of like Linux or any other Windows-replacing OS...
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Funny enough as a sideline though, it's been ruled in the past that restaurants provide a service, not a product (there was a court case where a man was denied a to-go box for his steak at a high-end restaurant and the court ruled that the restaurant was providing him the service of eating there, not the product of the food), so if a restaurant asks you to leave then they've removed your obligation to pay, within reason. I was with some friends after going clubbing, and a whole bunch of people from that club were there, and a couple of groups were getting rowdy and the restaurant manager asked us to all leave. He then tried to pass out bills. I told him that as I was being forcibly ejected from his restaurant without finishing my meal and that he chose to discontinue service before it was complete that I would not pay my bill, and he backed down.
...that about seven years ago, friends of mine and I joked about abducting Jordan and holding him until he finished the series...
I have a feeling that most users are too stupid to understand what their ISPs do, and if people-in-the-know don't organize to fight it that it will just get worse.
A couple of years ago I was looking around at places to live, in Phoenix, in June. One of the places that I looked at was a luxury 1 bedroom condo/townhouse with a two-car garage. The AC was off when I looked at it, but the temperature wasn't too bad inside, because it had 10' ceilings and thick insulation. If the garage had been bigger (needed to be able to work on my '78 Chrysler) I'd have rented it...
Just be careful to keep the aim right, you don't want to end up blowing up your power station and taking out a few blocks of your city...
Let me know when they've got a copy-protection method that doesn't get cracked in a few weeks or months of its debut. Otherwise it's just the regular pattern.
Maybe if they want their precious movies to avoid this, they should consider using a media that physically has no computer-based player...
...because technologies similar to the ones that people are already familiar with, like DVD Audio, would occupy the same form factor as CDs, but give all of the audio quality that can be mustered, assuming that music is mastered properly. They store in the same space, load the same way, and players can be made in the same form factor (car DIN, bookshelf, component, rack-mount), and can even be played in existing DVD players.
The argument for going back to Vinyl is like if I were to argue in favor of going back to Laserdisc (which is analog) because analog will capture nuances that are left out of digitally-mastered DVDs. Mind you, I have 380 Laserdiscs, but I'm not about to argue that every Laserdisc is better, and I can only argue that one Laserdisc is truly better (the first Highlander DVD that I found is terrible for its digital artifacting).
Keep making Vinyl. DJs like it as it's cool looking and if they want to scratch they can, and yes, some people can tell the difference. The cover art is also really cool compared to CDs. But, don't reasonably expect vinyl to come back, especially when optical players are cheap.
Harassment would only really be a concern depending on what those employees did for the company. If they were some of the few legitimate tech people then if anything people would be more inclined to pity them, maybe buy them a beer...
Of course, be prepared to have one SETI@Home packet take about four weeks to process, and to have a bogomips rating of something like 16.9...
I found that porn sites use mostly black backgrounds with light (usually pink) text. I've committed this research for over thirteen years, and I consider myself something of an expert on the subject...
And to think that the headline writer could have prevented all of this off-topic banter by writing "Hungarian Officials..." instead of "Hungary Officials..."
Watching a show last night on Saturn, I started asking myself why we don't fund more large missions. Cassini was 3.4 Billion Dollars. That's a lot of money. The Federal Budget for 2008 is requested to be $2.9 Trillion though.
Wouldn't building Cassini-like projects get cheaper per unit if multiple projects were designed off of a common reference and shared parts? Obviously launch fuel wouldn't really get cheaper, but the craft themselves might, even with some specialized instruments for each mission. It would be incredible to have ten or fifteen missions to all of the planets, several moons, and the asteroid belt, and would definitely advance science...
Oh, and to counter the arguments about those who say that it's wrong for a citizen to do it but is okay for the government or for law enforcement, get the footage from government cameras via Freedom of Information Act and show that, especially the derogatory or particularly revealing things that are caught, and air that. And, also try to find examples on tape of officers doing illegal things that aren't prosecuted...
...and play back the tape on prime time TV. Or, just cut to the things that they really don't want, like picking wedgies, adjusting bra fitment, picking noses, kissing and getting touchy-feely, or parts where they did something mildly unethical, lewd, crass, rude, or some other behavior that would embarass them. Or just zoom in on women's low-cut tops and cleavage, or butts and "whale tail" thong sightings...
I guarantee that nearly everyone who saw such footage of themselves would be horrified beyond belief. When I was in high school I did a presentation on why video surveillance of innocent people was wrong. I hid a camera (which was very hard given the size of the average camcorder in 1995) in the classroom where it recorded, from a side vantage, my presentation and the class receiving the presentation unawares. I had the instructor's permission so that someone was aware of what I was doing. To underscore my point, to end my presentation I walked over, exposed the camera for the class, stopped the tape, took it out, and put it in the VCR, to play it for the class for a few minutes. The students, by and large, were irate. Even (maybe especially) those who were defending the position that surveillance was okay were mad. The principal received at least four telephone calls from angry parents, and several students complained quite angrily or tearfully to the teacher how what I did was wrong. There was no punitive action taken upon me (the Principal was very cool about some of this sort of thing), and the students learned a valuable lesson in privacy.
Oh, sorry about the single paragraph ramble. I had forgotten that Slashdot doesn't automatically turn text entry box carriage returns into ones in the post, and it ran a lot more together than it was supposed to...
No, he'd probably do whatever they asked him to do, while you would object when they'd ask you to do something ridiculous/illegal/unethical. Or, if he's slower then he makes them more money for the repair, while if you're too quick and run out of work to do then they make less money, assuming that they bill per real hour of work performed. Or, he wouldn't think to not use the procedures that they want him to use to do whatever they want (such as format/reimage) while you'd take the time to fix the computer, assuming that the shop charges "by the job" rather than by hour worked... Or, they could hire him for jack shit and still get enough work done. Or, the manager realised that your degree in Computer Science isn't really applicable to replacing defective memory or installing operating systems, and that since you're college trained you'd be more of a pain in the ass as an employee, and would critique or criticize the way the place is run. If I may offer a criticism, it's very difficult to believe that he didn't know "what Linux was" at least to be able to answer that it's an operating system. Also, lots of computer people that I know used to work in food service, or in custodial/janitorial, or the like, and managed to get beyond that and improve their careers. Being that, "[he]...used to work in fast food." I'd be inclined to say to him, "good for you, getting ahead to something better than Wendy's", while your "I have a degree in Computer Science and 7 years IT experience..." comes across poorly. It makes you sound, rightly or not, like you're elitist and that you feel you're entitled to get what you want, along the lines of a Lord among the commoners. If that impression is in error then it would behoove you to consider working on those communications skills, as being able to sell others on giving you the work is as important, if not moreso unfortunately, then being able to do the work itself. If you're never given the chance to do it (though one hell of a sales pitch) then it doesn't matter if you're better than anyone else or not. Personally, if I were hiring, I would probably steer away from you for a very low-level computer service and repair job, simply on account of you being unhappy in the job due to your overqualified nature. I would honestly wonder why you were willing to even consider a job that far beneath you, especially if better, more challenging jobs that match your skillset are available. Computer languages and programming aren't needed beyond a little bit of batch scripting in that kind of position, and after a number of years in IT you should be interested in managing and servicing volumes of PCs in a structured environment where individual PC skills are needed, but the ability to coordinate repair, rollout, and preventative maintenance go far above and beyond what the youngin' from Best Buy would be able to even understand.
That's why I take their hard disk out and slave it up in the tech diagnostic station, and mount the drive read-only...
...it's a revenue stream.
I like Fark and all, but it's getting a little ridiculous lately, especially with the changing away from the old days of naughtiness that alas, are gone...
Thing is, flat out there would be no one in any profession at all except for a couple of people in Salem, Massachusetts if this sort of thing prevented people from working... I could understand a future employer asking her to recaption the photo or to place it in an area of her MySpace page that requires "friends" to be logged in to see it, but I know a teacher who was in Girls of the PAC 10 in Playboy, and it's not a problem...
"Additionally, several school districts even go so far as to have "no public drinking" policies. So if she was in one of these districts (I know, I know, RTFM), that could be reason enough. I hate it that employers think they can control every aspect of your life, but if you sign the contract it's your own damn fault."
This woman wasn't even working though, she was a student finishing her teaching degree at a university. She was 27 years old when she was denied her degree, and 25 when the image was created that led to the denial of her degree. Her action was not illegal in any way, nor does it reflect anything that is generally societally unacceptable. Even worse, she was censored by the SCHOOL, not by an employer of any kind...
All you've got to do is style her hair a bit and give her the right clothes and suddenly things are a whole lot different...
But it's also for a different use... *grin*
I wouldn't think that real women would be more expensive assuming similar levels of food intake and environmental considerations. They just require more effort and time...
Hmmm... Kind of like Linux or any other Windows-replacing OS...