The law's treatment of ISPs is nothing like a taxi firm, it's like a news seller:
Um, not unless I can walk into a news seller, step into a private booth so that no one knows I'm there, and push a magic button on a machine that magically dispenses any magazine in the world that I request, on demand. If these kinds of news sellers existed, then maybe it would be a the same. As it is, every time I buy a magazine, the person behind the counter verifies my age if I'm buying material that requires that I be a certain age.
I would also like to point out that requiring a news seller to not sell a certain list of magazines requires little or no time/effort on the part of the seller. They simply refrain from actively purchasing those titles. Requiring ISPs to filter on the other hand requires active filters. It's not like the ISPs manually enter a list of sites that people CAN get to (where they could simply leave off a few sites).
Who's attacking her personally. I'm saying that most of the people posting are saying that the "perma-temps" problem is a real problem - a point that I agree with. BUT, her case (which was the only example listed) is not an example of a perma-temp. What I said had nothing to do with her and everything to do with her case. I just don't think that she has one. If you're there for a couple of months as a contractor, you're on contract. You signed it. Now, if she's still listed by the company as a contractor after a significant period of time and it's clear that she's being used as cheap permenant labor, then she will have a case
Jennifer Miller of Nampa is one of the plaintiffs. Miller said she was employed by HP in Boise from 1989 to 1995, when she took a severance package and left the company. She returned later in 1995 as a contract worker and worked at HP until March 9. Part of the time she was a contract employee through Veritest and Manpower Professional. Her jobs included testing software for HP printers.
Miller said she faced the "same expectations... as an HP employee, but didn't get the same benefits as HP employees. That is not right."
So she only worked a couple of months as a contractor? Sounds like a contract employee to me, not a perma-temp. Granted, she is only one of the plaintiff's, but it's also the only story really explained in the article.
Send Chris Rock and Jackie Chan as our intergallactic emmissaries.
Alien: gip nib wooooo ghnash lap bah
Chris Rock: DO "YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH?"
Jackie Chan: "Let me try." "Huh. Wa. Wad is it goo fo. Absoluly nuthin"
It all depends on the school board, administrators, and teachers. For example, they are great in libraries. But in the normal classroom environment, they are often jsut a distraction. Take my high school experience for example (1993-1997):
My school had the highest student-computer ratio in our state, and made a big deal of that. They spent a ton of money puting together computer labs. But aside from typing reports, no one ever used them. So then they started MAKING teachers use them. For example, all foreign language classes were required to spend one day per week in the lab. What did we do? We played Tres en Raya. A damn Spanish grammar game. I learned nothing, NOTHING from that. But I managed to waste away 20% of my learning time. Other classes had similar rules. Computers are great tools when needed, but most of the time in schools, they're not needed. The problem comes when those who signed the purchase orders for the computers try to cram them down the faculty's throat in an attempt to justify their purchase. There simply aren't a lot of places that they come in handy in schools. A few of the places that they do are:
1. Typing papers (for any class) 2. Internet research (school-related, not porn) 3. Advanced math classes (trig, calc, etc where you do a lot of complex graphing) 4. Computer classes (obviously) 5. Some science classes (interactive disection, etc)
So, if properly used, and if only used when needed, computers can be beneficial. But when used improperly, they can definitely harm and education. I won't even get into the whole "let the students run the network" issue.
That one works too. The stupidity factor weighed in heavily, but could have been offset to an extent if the laziness factor hadn't set in. In combination, they are the most unstoppable force in the universe (or is it unmoveable - I can never remember)
So how do you use cheat codes? At the splash screen, but before the "Start Game" option comes up, just yell out "UP, SQUARE, DOWN, RIGHT, RIGHT, L-1, R-1, CIRCLE"
and of course the ever popular "UP DOWN UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A SELECT START"
Yes, of the perhaps 5% of web users who understand what an SSL certificate is, fully a third of them might read the certificate before clicking to accept it.
Now, now, while Linux is definitly not "ready for the desktop" no matter how many of the zealots tell you it is, I really can't say that it "takes all available free time to assemble some usable 'free desktop'".
I'm going to have to disagree here. It is more than ready for the desktop. It's the hardware vendors who aren't ready for a Linux desktop. When I put a PC together, put XP Pro on it, and the sound card, NIC, video card, and TV Tuner card don't work immediately, would you say that XP Pro isn't ready for the desktop? No. It just needs the manufacturer's drivers installed. That is the step that is missing from the Linux Desktop "experience". It's not an OS problem. It's a hardware vendor problem. I will grant you that the user's experience is diminished becuase of that, but again, it's not the OS. It's the hardware vendors. If they didn't release drivers for Windows, Microsoft would be in the same boat.
Here's a thought: if you only like 1 or 2 songs of a band, chances are you don't like that band. Go find something else to listen to, there is definitely good stuff out there but you have to find it yourself.
Hey hey hey. Don't blame the song just because the band sucks. There are lots of great songwriters out there. It's just that occasionally a crap band buys one of them. I like the song. And the only way I can listen to it is if that band is singing it. So I have to buy it.
1. Aliens probably have no interest in Viagra or other herbal enchancers. 2. The catchy new name for this will be SPIN (INtergalactic SPAM) 3. Within 10 years, any alien civilization within ad-range will be building up an attack force to shut us up. 4. The FCC will want full regulation of the industry (it's for the space-children. Think of the space-children)
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The law's treatment of ISPs is nothing like a taxi firm, it's like a news seller:
Um, not unless I can walk into a news seller, step into a private booth so that no one knows I'm there, and push a magic button on a machine that magically dispenses any magazine in the world that I request, on demand. If these kinds of news sellers existed, then maybe it would be a the same. As it is, every time I buy a magazine, the person behind the counter verifies my age if I'm buying material that requires that I be a certain age.
I would also like to point out that requiring a news seller to not sell a certain list of magazines requires little or no time/effort on the part of the seller. They simply refrain from actively purchasing those titles. Requiring ISPs to filter on the other hand requires active filters. It's not like the ISPs manually enter a list of sites that people CAN get to (where they could simply leave off a few sites).
Talk about crappy analogies
4+ years = perma-temp contractor a few months = temp contractor
Who's attacking her personally. I'm saying that most of the people posting are saying that the "perma-temps" problem is a real problem - a point that I agree with. BUT, her case (which was the only example listed) is not an example of a perma-temp. What I said had nothing to do with her and everything to do with her case. I just don't think that she has one. If you're there for a couple of months as a contractor, you're on contract. You signed it. Now, if she's still listed by the company as a contractor after a significant period of time and it's clear that she's being used as cheap permenant labor, then she will have a case
Jennifer Miller of Nampa is one of the plaintiffs. Miller said she was employed by HP in Boise from 1989 to 1995, when she took a severance package and left the company. She returned later in 1995 as a contract worker and worked at HP until March 9. Part of the time she was a contract employee through Veritest and Manpower Professional. Her jobs included testing software for HP printers.
... as an HP employee, but didn't get the same benefits as HP employees. That is not right."
Miller said she faced the "same expectations
So she only worked a couple of months as a contractor? Sounds like a contract employee to me, not a perma-temp. Granted, she is only one of the plaintiff's, but it's also the only story really explained in the article.
Send Chris Rock and Jackie Chan as our intergallactic emmissaries. Alien: gip nib wooooo ghnash lap bah Chris Rock: DO "YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH?" Jackie Chan: "Let me try." "Huh. Wa. Wad is it goo fo. Absoluly nuthin"
It all depends on the school board, administrators, and teachers. For example, they are great in libraries. But in the normal classroom environment, they are often jsut a distraction. Take my high school experience for example (1993-1997):
My school had the highest student-computer ratio in our state, and made a big deal of that. They spent a ton of money puting together computer labs. But aside from typing reports, no one ever used them. So then they started MAKING teachers use them. For example, all foreign language classes were required to spend one day per week in the lab. What did we do? We played Tres en Raya. A damn Spanish grammar game. I learned nothing, NOTHING from that. But I managed to waste away 20% of my learning time. Other classes had similar rules. Computers are great tools when needed, but most of the time in schools, they're not needed. The problem comes when those who signed the purchase orders for the computers try to cram them down the faculty's throat in an attempt to justify their purchase. There simply aren't a lot of places that they come in handy in schools. A few of the places that they do are:
1. Typing papers (for any class)
2. Internet research (school-related, not porn)
3. Advanced math classes (trig, calc, etc where you do a lot of complex graphing)
4. Computer classes (obviously)
5. Some science classes (interactive disection, etc)
So, if properly used, and if only used when needed, computers can be beneficial. But when used improperly, they can definitely harm and education. I won't even get into the whole "let the students run the network" issue.
Bastard programmers. Now they're taking away my retirement!!!!
I tried for that cert, but didn't get very far.
On the first post of the test, I clicked on the provided link and was immediately presented with a box that said:
"Anti-RTFA Section Status: FAILED"
It wouldn't even let me continue. Something about "learning the basics"
IRS demand for larger LCDs drove much of the that industrys momentum a couple of decades ago
Whoa...It wasn't driving very fast then. Large ones have only been around in decent supply and for decent prices for a few years now.
I think you left off the "you insensitive clod"
That one works too. The stupidity factor weighed in heavily, but could have been offset to an extent if the laziness factor hadn't set in. In combination, they are the most unstoppable force in the universe (or is it unmoveable - I can never remember)
Because, while people care when there's voting fraud, most people are too damned lazy to actually do anything about it.
It's been a while since I played Contra, pops :)
So how do you use cheat codes? At the splash screen, but before the "Start Game" option comes up, just yell out "UP, SQUARE, DOWN, RIGHT, RIGHT, L-1, R-1, CIRCLE" and of course the ever popular "UP DOWN UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A SELECT START"
See Timmy, if they work really really hard, a few hundred thousand people really can make a difference.
Yes, of the perhaps 5% of web users who understand what an SSL certificate is, fully a third of them might read the certificate before clicking to accept it.
Now see, I would call this an upshot of VOIP. You can DDoS the call centers. Sweet.
Now, now, while Linux is definitly not "ready for the desktop" no matter how many of the zealots tell you it is, I really can't say that it "takes all available free time to assemble some usable 'free desktop'". I'm going to have to disagree here. It is more than ready for the desktop. It's the hardware vendors who aren't ready for a Linux desktop. When I put a PC together, put XP Pro on it, and the sound card, NIC, video card, and TV Tuner card don't work immediately, would you say that XP Pro isn't ready for the desktop? No. It just needs the manufacturer's drivers installed. That is the step that is missing from the Linux Desktop "experience". It's not an OS problem. It's a hardware vendor problem. I will grant you that the user's experience is diminished becuase of that, but again, it's not the OS. It's the hardware vendors. If they didn't release drivers for Windows, Microsoft would be in the same boat.
Here's a thought: if you only like 1 or 2 songs of a band, chances are you don't like that band. Go find something else to listen to, there is definitely good stuff out there but you have to find it yourself. Hey hey hey. Don't blame the song just because the band sucks. There are lots of great songwriters out there. It's just that occasionally a crap band buys one of them. I like the song. And the only way I can listen to it is if that band is singing it. So I have to buy it.
Yes.
So you're the bastard that's keeping the CD industry alive. I've found you at last. Now I may die in peace.
Everyone knows the BSD triangle of NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD...
Damn, you beat me to it, I was going to go for an "Axis of BSDvil"
I figured it was a bad mix of "Looking a gift horse in the mouth" mixed with "Shooting yourself in the foot"
My bets regarding the future of this venture:
1. Aliens probably have no interest in Viagra or other herbal enchancers.
2. The catchy new name for this will be SPIN (INtergalactic SPAM)
3. Within 10 years, any alien civilization within ad-range will be building up an attack force to shut us up.
4. The FCC will want full regulation of the industry (it's for the space-children. Think of the space-children)
It's hippocritical to beat someone down for posting a dupe when you're responding with a comment that's perhaps the biggest "dup" post on Slashdot.
The irony is not realizing that you're doing it.
In a way, it's both.
Do you have any idea how many "This is a dup" comments I read every day?
**I assume no responsibility for any failures to see the sarcasm in the above post.**