You are undoubted correct, and I do preferr direct deposit personally, but a group of us at a former employer found out that the employer is allowed to do "correcting transactions". Well this former employer decided that they needed the funds tied up in what would have constituted our last paychecks ( unbeknownst to most of us ). So they had the payroll company do a "correcting transaction" to suck the money they had paid us ( that last paycheck ) back out. Both transactions happened off hours, moments from each other, for a lot of us. Those who got checks kept their money, as I understand it ( any ex-iFusioneers to correct me? ).
Course, they proceeded to run the company into the ground on that money anyway...
Less vacation has something to do with it. Less vacation == more hours worked ~= more productivity. Had nothing, in my reading, to do with the number of stars in the flag. Appeal to emotion?
Why do you assume that the rate is "more reasonable"?
And, final question, what happens to this "American Dream" when all the jobs go abroad?
But, you have not seen communism in Soviet Russia, nor in China. You saw the dictatorship of the proletariat hijacked to become a straight-up dictatorship.
Please do not assume the above is a defence of communism. I do not believe that communism works well with the current revision of humanity.
All you say may very well be true, and probably is.
What I find distastefull, especially from the company that talks so much about how they innovate, is how MS cant seem to see anyone enter any market and do well in it without having to enter it themselves. Whether it makes real sense for them to be in that market or not. They do a lot of following for a company that talks so much about innovation.
Not that they should be disallowed from entering new technology arenas, but I would like to see them blaze a new trail every once in a while.
It is true that the people are responsible for their own actions.
But, arent the credit card companies responsible for their actions? They *know* the demographic they are selling to. They know where this is all headed in the end. The person on the recieving end may or may not be ignorant of the consequences, this may be their learning experience. But the CCC knows. And they extend the credit anyway. I know they do, I was on the recieving end of offers beyond count when I was in not so good shape in the credit arena. They ran my scores ( towards the bad end ) and decided to offer me credit. I didnt take them, except to transfer money to lower interest rates ( not all of them are worth taking, BTW. )
Seriously. I dont suppose you could drop your disdain for others that think different than you. It doesnt make them stupid, or unpatriotic or any other bad thing. There is room for differences without assuming ill intent.
But for the record, it *was*, as I understand it, a republican in charge of diebold (sp?) that "promised" ( yes, it is likely he was misunderstood, but Republicans have deliberatly "misunderstood" their share of things, so knock it off or dont complain ) the election to Bush.
Dont know about the above points, but one good point for the electric fan is that the engine temp goes up for a while after the engine is shut off. No cooling system to speak of working. The electric fan can continue to run after the engine is shut off to continue cooling the radiator.
Quite. I was not proposing that locomotives switch to automatic transmissions, the diesel electric system seems quite optimal, especially when you consider how many wheels they have.
I was just pointing out that there were other options besides the manual transmission the original (to our conversation) post seemed to be assuming.
An automatic transmission ( really, the torque converter ) can produce torque at zero RPM. Note, the zero RPM is on the *output* side, not the input side.
The part in brackets is a correction applied by the editor.
I.E. in the [o]n a 10... The original text likely had "n a 10...". The editor pick up that the author meant "on a 10...", but since he/she/it got it as "n a 10...", he/she/it ought not just correct without some indication of the correction. Hence the brackets surrouding what he/she/it changed.
On the [T]he... the sentence was probably carved from the middle of a longer sentence and the original t was not capitalized. Again, just a notation so we know what the editor changed to correct things..
I like to watch old movies. ( wait, there is a point ). I was watching a movie from the 1944 ( http://imdb.com/title/tt0037366/ ) called "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo". They refered to cigarettes as "coffin nails" ( in the scene with Van Johnson and Robert Mitchum, where they are on the carrier, the carrier has just left port and is headed out to sea at night ). Anecdotal, and only one data point, but at least the script writer ( and presumably Van Johnson / Robert Mitchum ) knew. I'd bet other instances could be found both in and out of entertainment.
My recollection is that they were attempting an experiement to see if they could continue to draw power from the unit while it was "going down", and this was why they disabled some of the safety mechanisms.
I dont expect MS to cooperate on either Samba or OpenOffice. Both are threats to their hegemony, and therefore ( as they see it, I think ) their revenue stream. You would have no real reason to add another XP box to your network for file storage if you could put up a Linux machine with Samba, and you would have no reason to buy another licence for Office if you could get OpenOffice for free.
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3 years+ later, I got my money back from a class action suit.
And, yup, that was where they were: Morally bankrupt. Financial followed.
You are undoubted correct, and I do preferr direct deposit personally, but a group of us at a former employer found out that the employer is allowed to do "correcting transactions". Well this former employer decided that they needed the funds tied up in what would have constituted our last paychecks ( unbeknownst to most of us ). So they had the payroll company do a "correcting transaction" to suck the money they had paid us ( that last paycheck ) back out. Both transactions happened off hours, moments from each other, for a lot of us. Those who got checks kept their money, as I understand it ( any ex-iFusioneers to correct me? ).
Course, they proceeded to run the company into the ground on that money anyway...
In what way does this professor argue his own interest?
And in what way is he a drain on the economy?
"...Rather than whining about not having a piece of pie, you can go buy yourself a slice."
Just how?
Amen, sibling!
What right do those CEO's have to those salaries?
Less vacation has something to do with it. Less vacation == more hours worked ~= more productivity. Had nothing, in my reading, to do with the number of stars in the flag. Appeal to emotion?
Why do you assume that the rate is "more reasonable"?
And, final question, what happens to this "American Dream" when all the jobs go abroad?
Yes, that is the motto of communism.
But, you have not seen communism in Soviet Russia, nor in China. You saw the dictatorship of the proletariat hijacked to become a straight-up dictatorship.
Please do not assume the above is a defence of communism. I do not believe that communism works well with the current revision of humanity.
All you say may very well be true, and probably is.
What I find distastefull, especially from the company that talks so much about how they innovate, is how MS cant seem to see anyone enter any market and do well in it without having to enter it themselves. Whether it makes real sense for them to be in that market or not. They do a lot of following for a company that talks so much about innovation.
Not that they should be disallowed from entering new technology arenas, but I would like to see them blaze a new trail every once in a while.
Explaining the difficulties to people who think it is easy.
Dude, you are KO in my book.
He started when he was -10 years old. He is 20 now.
Here is the math: Age now - Age when started = term
20 - -10 = 30.
See?
It is true that the people are responsible for their own actions.
But, arent the credit card companies responsible for their actions? They *know* the demographic they are selling to. They know where this is all headed in the end. The person on the recieving end may or may not be ignorant of the consequences, this may be their learning experience. But the CCC knows. And they extend the credit anyway. I know they do, I was on the recieving end of offers beyond count when I was in not so good shape in the credit arena. They ran my scores ( towards the bad end ) and decided to offer me credit. I didnt take them, except to transfer money to lower interest rates ( not all of them are worth taking, BTW. )
This?
Money.
You would have been closer to the truth!
Seriously. I dont suppose you could drop your disdain for others that think different than you. It doesnt make them stupid, or unpatriotic or any other bad thing. There is room for differences without assuming ill intent.
But for the record, it *was*, as I understand it, a republican in charge of diebold (sp?) that "promised" ( yes, it is likely he was misunderstood, but Republicans have deliberatly "misunderstood" their share of things, so knock it off or dont complain ) the election to Bush.
A couple of questions:
How do we know the count is correct?
Who has audited the code? How do we know? Can we trust this entity?
Do you know how we can certify that the version that was audited was on the machine used in voting?
And if there are any procedural issues, how can we retroactively find out what the voters intent was?
Theoretically, you are correct, but the devil is decidedly in the details.
Dont know about the above points, but one good point for the electric fan is that the engine temp goes up for a while after the engine is shut off. No cooling system to speak of working. The electric fan can continue to run after the engine is shut off to continue cooling the radiator.
Quite. I was not proposing that locomotives switch to automatic transmissions, the diesel electric system seems quite optimal, especially when you consider how many wheels they have.
I was just pointing out that there were other options besides the manual transmission the original (to our conversation) post seemed to be assuming.
An automatic transmission ( really, the torque converter ) can produce torque at zero RPM. Note, the zero RPM is on the *output* side, not the input side.
The part in brackets is a correction applied by the editor.
I.E. in the [o]n a 10...
The original text likely had "n a 10...". The editor pick up that the author meant "on a 10...", but since he/she/it got it as "n a 10...", he/she/it ought not just correct without some indication of the correction. Hence the brackets surrouding what he/she/it changed.
On the [T]he... the sentence was probably carved from the middle of a longer sentence and the original t was not capitalized. Again, just a notation so we know what the editor changed to correct things..
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I like to watch old movies. ( wait, there is a point ). I was watching a movie from the 1944 ( http://imdb.com/title/tt0037366/ ) called "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo". They refered to cigarettes as "coffin nails" ( in the scene with Van Johnson and Robert Mitchum, where they are on the carrier, the carrier has just left port and is headed out to sea at night ). Anecdotal, and only one data point, but at least the script writer ( and presumably Van Johnson / Robert Mitchum ) knew. I'd bet other instances could be found both in and out of entertainment.
My recollection is that they were attempting an experiement to see if they could continue to draw power from the unit while it was "going down", and this was why they disabled some of the safety mechanisms.
To write a Java app correctly?
Stop raping, *and* apologize to the victims.
I dont expect MS to cooperate on either Samba or OpenOffice. Both are threats to their hegemony, and therefore ( as they see it, I think ) their revenue stream. You would have no real reason to add another XP box to your network for file storage if you could put up a Linux machine with Samba, and you would have no reason to buy another licence for Office if you could get OpenOffice for free.