No per diem ? I don't have to present receipts for basic food and lodging provided I stay under the companies estimated costs for the market area I am working in. X amount of dollars per day for food and a basic lodging rate. If something exceeds that limit I either call and get authorization or retain and file the receipts. Most of my lodgings are arranged ahead of time and paid for by corporate accounting and I don't even have to do a thing besides show ID and sleep.
A higher resolution is all well and good, but can it create something worth watching ? All this improvement in color and clarity and we're still watching half a day of reruns of bad reality shows, and the other half of paid advertisements. A reboot of a re-envisioned show about a neverwas starring a wannabe and 2 neverwillbe's.
I just the other day went to the RadioShack here in Yuma. I bought lots of cables and adaptors and miscellaneous crap they had left at 90% off. I got USB cables, HDMI cables and adaptors for nearly everything I've ever used, for pennies on the dollar. It made me sad because I've grown up shopping at the Shack for all kinds of electronic components since I was in grade school. Heck I even bought several LED light fixtures from display cases for my garage and man cave are and spent less than $50 for what I would value is several hundred dollars worth of stuff. RIP RadioShack.
Commercial tomatoes are crap in general. Hard as a rock, tasteless, and generally mealy textured fruits. The only good tomato is a home grown one, and they do grow well in a wide variety of climates in hundreds of breeds. I live in Yuma Arizona and it is hot as hell here and I can still grow tomatoes almost year round.
Who has the medical license, the AI or the Dr. using it ? You don't sue the gun manufacturer, or the stethoscope company, they are just tools used by the licensed to 'practice' medicine doctor.
I understand the purpose of the FDA and the FTC, and even the SEC. The area I was referring to would/should fall under the FDA's jurisdiction in the monitoring and certifying basic but critical medical and drug supplies and the working with the FTC and possibly the SEC to ensure that the entities involved weren't, say colluding or manipulating the market to ensure their continued monopoly and profiteering to the detriment of US citizens and our health care in general.
See, without the great and wise FDA's policies of looking out for the people by allowing the concentration of critical supplies and medicines into the hands of 2 such wise and benevolent entities we'd not be in a position where decisions made entirely for profit could affect the lives of the general public. As much as I hate to see people suffer, I almost wish there would be deaths as a result of this and that forced some legal light onto the situation. Critical basics that are free from patent should required to be multiply sourced to ensure a steady interruption free supply chain, not concentrated into one or two 'most' profitable and controllable streams.
You do have a point. The corporate world has concentrated production and ownership into far too few hands. When the production of sustenance level items, e.g. food was in the hands of thousands of small producers things were much more robust and stable. I buy much of my food from local producers and the open farmers market, often bartering my labor and skills in the computer industry for goods. I also realize that isn't an option for most people...
Just as has been occurring for the biggest part of human existence. The idea of a set price and or posted price tags is relatively new to civilization.
If my car is susceptible to a virus in the first year via hardware OR software, I will be invoking the lemon law and getting anew car. A car is not a computer and had better be safe and secure while I am on the road. Adding software to a car should bring software UP to the level of safety and security of a car, not lower the car to the level of safety and security of barely tested and uncertified crapware.
Does a joke have to be funny or is it just a string of words ? Who determines if it is funny or can you just get in trouble for saying a sentence or 2 that someone else used before you did ?
Do the professors and instructors address the students as Mr. or Ms. Student ? Show the respect you demand and you will often find the respect you deserve. My advisors always addressed me as Sir or Mr. except in the most informal of circumstances. In the later years we were on a first name basis outside of campus but always a formal basis in class, lecture or lab.
Do the carriers really even want to update ? I think they want the OS to grow stale and to use that as a reason to force users to update to this weeks new hardware. The cost of maintaining the branded OS and apps on last springs 'in' phone or device is not worth it for them, they just want you to by the 'new' fashion accessory phone. Cobalt blue is the new 'secure' device dejour.
I am not particularly claustrophobic but I'd hate to be in a tunnel in CA during an earthquake, or in case of the inevitable car crash and subsequent vehicle fire. I've always had bad feelings in the BART Transbay tube. That would be a bad place to be stuck in an emergency no matter what platitudes and assurances they post about emergency exits and safety procedures. I was living in the bay area during the Northridge quake, and the Loma Prieta quake as well.
You have much luck reasoning with a four year old ? When they get a wee bit older you can actually talk with them but I found a firm smack on the butt far more effective at getting their attention and stopping the developing tantrum in its' tracks. Note I am not suggesting routinely beating your children or anything that archaic, but a small show of force lasts a long time and draws a big don't cross line in the proverbial sand.
If I got mouthy and I did a few times, I got my butt smacked. If a parent tried that today they'd end up in jail with their kids in Child Protective Services. I don't see how a timeout resolves the situation, nor teaches the precious little snowflake a lesson in reality. Children who wander off into the proverbial wilderness get eaten by the big bad wolf, or cooked by the wicked witch. Contemporary children who misbehave get a participation trophy and some form of add/adhd drug...
My kids don't have the ability to sign a contract, nor do they own a phone. They are allowed to use one that I own and pay for because they are basically good kids and I love them, but should I choose to listen in on their conversations I reserve that right. Just as I have the right as account holder to track and deactivate the device should I choose. That is part of being a parent, and/or responsible guardian. Do you know where your children are now:)
There is one area I had totally overlooked. Greek theatre/arts. The art of the play and sculpture the rest of the world was bequeathed by ancient Greece is in itself both astounding and phenomenal.
What you speak is gutter speech. The honored Greek is long dead, As for teaching us Barbarians, Rome gave us the engineering, math and all the solid stuff, our numerals are Arabic, what we got from Greece is bath houses and philosophy based in a world that lacked a logical framework. Nothing to be sneezed at but of course but even the concept of Zero originated elsewhere.
If Apple would just pay their taxes and stop hiding money in foreign countries, this would be a moot point. They are of course not alone or entirely at fault for taking advantage of loopholes bought and paid for by corporations, but the point remains.
Women are generally less confrontation and can defuse a situation with out it seeming to become a pissing contest. I can attest to this from personal experience. In a few situations some good 'ol boys just won't accept any authority from a women but that is rare. For many years the best criteria for becoming a police officer was to be big and intimidating, now education and common sense are high on that list. My only objection to hiring women as cops and fire people rests on the fact of being physically able to perform the life saving duties, can you carry the 110 lb. dummy from the burning car or can you physically open the fire hydrant, everything else is a matter of temperament and training.
Note I was in a previous life, long ago a Sheriff's deputy, and I was partnered with both men and women. Only in the county jail did I see women perform poorer and that wasn't because of what they did, but because of the mental retards that populate our county jails.
Umm so it is ok for a private individual to come into your house to check and make sure you are not stealing things or using pirated services without any documentation or supporting evidence ? You are a hypocrite at best and a danger to the rest of society otherwise...
Stop including name, rank, and sex as part of the code or review process. Just review the end product based on efficiency. I worked at a large institution and they hired a far greater % of the female applicants than the males, but still ended up with an environment dominated by younger males. You cant hire those that don't apply.
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No per diem ? I don't have to present receipts for basic food and lodging provided I stay under the companies estimated costs for the market area I am working in. X amount of dollars per day for food and a basic lodging rate. If something exceeds that limit I either call and get authorization or retain and file the receipts. Most of my lodgings are arranged ahead of time and paid for by corporate accounting and I don't even have to do a thing besides show ID and sleep.
A higher resolution is all well and good, but can it create something worth watching ? All this improvement in color and clarity and we're still watching half a day of reruns of bad reality shows, and the other half of paid advertisements.
A reboot of a re-envisioned show about a neverwas starring a wannabe and 2 neverwillbe's.
I just the other day went to the RadioShack here in Yuma. I bought lots of cables and adaptors and miscellaneous crap they had left at 90% off. I got USB cables, HDMI cables and adaptors for nearly everything I've ever used, for pennies on the dollar. It made me sad because I've grown up shopping at the Shack for all kinds of electronic components since I was in grade school. Heck I even bought several LED light fixtures from display cases for my garage and man cave are and spent less than $50 for what I would value is several hundred dollars worth of stuff. RIP RadioShack.
Commercial tomatoes are crap in general. Hard as a rock, tasteless, and generally mealy textured fruits. The only good tomato is a home grown one, and they do grow well in a wide variety of climates in hundreds of breeds. I live in Yuma Arizona and it is hot as hell here and I can still grow tomatoes almost year round.
Who has the medical license, the AI or the Dr. using it ? You don't sue the gun manufacturer, or the stethoscope company, they are just tools used by the licensed to 'practice' medicine doctor.
I understand the purpose of the FDA and the FTC, and even the SEC. The area I was referring to would/should fall under the FDA's jurisdiction in the monitoring and certifying basic but critical medical and drug supplies and the working with the FTC and possibly the SEC to ensure that the entities involved weren't, say colluding or manipulating the market to ensure their continued monopoly and profiteering to the detriment of US citizens and our health care in general.
See, without the great and wise FDA's policies of looking out for the people by allowing the concentration of critical supplies and medicines into the hands of 2 such wise and benevolent entities we'd not be in a position where decisions made entirely for profit could affect the lives of the general public. As much as I hate to see people suffer, I almost wish there would be deaths as a result of this and that forced some legal light onto the situation. Critical basics that are free from patent should required to be multiply sourced to ensure a steady interruption free supply chain, not concentrated into one or two 'most' profitable and controllable streams.
You do have a point. The corporate world has concentrated production and ownership into far too few hands. When the production of sustenance level items, e.g. food was in the hands of thousands of small producers things were much more robust and stable. I buy much of my food from local producers and the open farmers market, often bartering my labor and skills in the computer industry for goods. I also realize that isn't an option for most people...
Just as has been occurring for the biggest part of human existence. The idea of a set price and or posted price tags is relatively new to civilization.
https://www.quora.com/When-dur...
If my car is susceptible to a virus in the first year via hardware OR software, I will be invoking the lemon law and getting anew car. A car is not a computer and had better be safe and secure while I am on the road. Adding software to a car should bring software UP to the level of safety and security of a car, not lower the car to the level of safety and security of barely tested and uncertified crapware.
Does a joke have to be funny or is it just a string of words ? Who determines if it is funny or can you just get in trouble for saying a sentence or 2 that someone else used before you did ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Do the professors and instructors address the students as Mr. or Ms. Student ? Show the respect you demand and you will often find the respect you deserve. My advisors always addressed me as Sir or Mr. except in the most informal of circumstances. In the later years we were on a first name basis outside of campus but always a formal basis in class, lecture or lab.
Do the carriers really even want to update ? I think they want the OS to grow stale and to use that as a reason to force users to update to this weeks new hardware. The cost of maintaining the branded OS and apps on last springs 'in' phone or device is not worth it for them, they just want you to by the 'new' fashion accessory phone. Cobalt blue is the new 'secure' device dejour.
This brings to mind the Caldecott Tunnel fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I am not particularly claustrophobic but I'd hate to be in a tunnel in CA during an earthquake, or in case of the inevitable car crash and subsequent vehicle fire. I've always had bad feelings in the BART Transbay tube. That would be a bad place to be stuck in an emergency no matter what platitudes and assurances they post about emergency exits and safety procedures. I was living in the bay area during the Northridge quake, and the Loma Prieta quake as well.
I used to love the liner notes. How else could I prove to my meathead friends that it wasn't Reverend Bluejeans...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
You have much luck reasoning with a four year old ? When they get a wee bit older you can actually talk with them but I found a firm smack on the butt far more effective at getting their attention and stopping the developing tantrum in its' tracks. Note I am not suggesting routinely beating your children or anything that archaic, but a small show of force lasts a long time and draws a big don't cross line in the proverbial sand.
If I got mouthy and I did a few times, I got my butt smacked. If a parent tried that today they'd end up in jail with their kids in Child Protective Services. I don't see how a timeout resolves the situation, nor teaches the precious little snowflake a lesson in reality. Children who wander off into the proverbial wilderness get eaten by the big bad wolf, or cooked by the wicked witch. Contemporary children who misbehave get a participation trophy and some form of add/adhd drug...
My kids don't have the ability to sign a contract, nor do they own a phone. They are allowed to use one that I own and pay for because they are basically good kids and I love them, but should I choose to listen in on their conversations I reserve that right. Just as I have the right as account holder to track and deactivate the device should I choose. That is part of being a parent, and/or responsible guardian. Do you know where your children are now :)
There is one area I had totally overlooked. Greek theatre/arts. The art of the play and sculpture the rest of the world was bequeathed by ancient Greece is in itself both astounding and phenomenal.
What you speak is gutter speech. The honored Greek is long dead, As for teaching us Barbarians, Rome gave us the engineering, math and all the solid stuff, our numerals are Arabic, what we got from Greece is bath houses and philosophy based in a world that lacked a logical framework. Nothing to be sneezed at but of course but even the concept of Zero originated elsewhere.
If Apple would just pay their taxes and stop hiding money in foreign countries, this would be a moot point. They are of course not alone or entirely at fault for taking advantage of loopholes bought and paid for by corporations, but the point remains.
Women are generally less confrontation and can defuse a situation with out it seeming to become a pissing contest. I can attest to this from personal experience. In a few situations some good 'ol boys just won't accept any authority from a women but that is rare. For many years the best criteria for becoming a police officer was to be big and intimidating, now education and common sense are high on that list. My only objection to hiring women as cops and fire people rests on the fact of being physically able to perform the life saving duties, can you carry the 110 lb. dummy from the burning car or can you physically open the fire hydrant, everything else is a matter of temperament and training.
Note I was in a previous life, long ago a Sheriff's deputy, and I was partnered with both men and women. Only in the county jail did I see women perform poorer and that wasn't because of what they did, but because of the mental retards that populate our county jails.
Umm so it is ok for a private individual to come into your house to check and make sure you are not stealing things or using pirated services without any documentation or supporting evidence ? You are a hypocrite at best and a danger to the rest of society otherwise...
Stop including name, rank, and sex as part of the code or review process. Just review the end product based on efficiency. I worked at a large institution and they hired a far greater % of the female applicants than the males, but still ended up with an environment dominated by younger males. You cant hire those that don't apply.