Don't ask why you didn't get the job, as that will make the other person defensive. People usually clam up when they feel threatened in some way. Ask for recommendations as to what you could do better as you continue your job search. Most people like to help, especially when someone comes to them for advice or expertise. You'd be amazed at how much more information you get using this approach, even though you are essentially asking the same question.
I wondered when the day would come that companies would wake up and realize that conferences, along with the vast majority of other business travel, is a total waste of company funds. WebEx should be able to replace 90% of business travel. I never did understand the stupidity of flying across the country just for a 2 hour meeting.
There are some cities that will actually disconnect you from the sewer system if you have a stormwater system that drains into the sanitary sewer as opposed to the storm sewer. Often times older homes are set up this way since they were built before the installation of storm sewers. The owners get a surprise repair bill if the city finds out.
'I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion.'"
That's funny; Steve Dahl pretty much described himself there.
Chicago traffic court judges are political appointees. Whether or not your ticket will get thrown out depends on how big of a "court cost" you've offered to pay. It's the Chicago Way; soon to become the National Way.
I noticed the same thing when I was in school 10 years ago. The professors (or sometimes merely "instructors") who complained the most about class attendance, sleeping, reading newspapers, etc (nobody had a laptop and there was no wifi) were always the least inspiring instructors who would merely regurgitate textbook material they sometimes didn't even fully understand and then wonder why students weren't interested. I'm sure it never occurred to them that students were getting nothing out of their class.
Did you read that part about his boss not noticing the same data for the past three months? Does it sound to you like his boss was educating himself about the particulars of the job and making informed decisions? His boss was wasting a lot of peoples' time; nothing more, nothing less. Are you the kind of manager who does the same thing, by assigning useless reports just for the sake of doing a report? No way in hell are you a techie.
Everyone who has really worked in IT has seen this kind of pointlessness: some process that was a good idea when it started but has outlived its usefulness and nobody has had the guts to pull the plug on it.
You've got to remember this is Europe, where they don't believe in punishing people. 9 years for murder is a harsh sentence in most European countries. And then they actually reduce a sentence because the guy is violent; shit, any logically thinking person would use this as a reason to increase it. I'd hate to think what their crime rates will look like 30 years from now.
Any business who relies on making money this way will be short-lived. With the proliferation of mobile internet devices and the coming rollout of new technologies such as WiMax, WiFi won't be the valuable commodity it is today.
Sure, the Razr sold a lot. But how many of those phones are still functional today? The reason this phone was a disaster is not because it didn't sell, but because it didn't last. Most people I knew with a Razr didn't have it more than a few months when it partially or completely quit working. And these phones were NOT replaced with other Motorola phones. I wouldn't exactly call that a win for the old lumbering dinosaur that is Motorola.
Neither of these stories had any examples of people who were truly innocent but forced to plead guilty. Prisons are full of people who say they are innocent, yet the vast majority of them are in fact guilty. I'm not saying no innocent person has ever been coerced into pleading to something they didn't do, but there was no evidence of it in your examples. Many inmates who pled guilty claimed to have done so despite being innocent, but hardly ever is that the case. Criminals lie quite often, especially about being innocent.
The real purpose of cap and trade has nothing to do with the environment. It is all about transferring wealth from first world nations to the third world, and allowing financial markets to reap huge profits in the process. Otherwise, why would this idea get so much corporate support?
This kind of mindless voting is what has enabled the Chicago Democratic Machine for over a century now. Too many sheep in Chicago will mindlessly vote for anyone with a (D) after their name, which explains the quality of our politicians.
The biggest reason this will not be an iPod killer is that it is made by Motorola, a bloated bureaucratic mess of a company known for poor quality. The Razr was a disaster. How will they compete with more stylish Apple or more nimble LG?
Ah I see. Microsoft apparently needs to kick up the lobbying (bribing) efforts for EU officials since they aren't quite yet in Microsoft's pockets like every US politician.
Which court was rough on Microsoft? I know there have been some scary sounding decisions handed down, but then the courts wimp out in the penalty phase and basically make Microsoft pay a file equivalent to about 1% of their earnings. Which court has really slapped Microsoft around in a way that really hurt them?
American phone and cable bills have numerous itemized taxes listed at the bottom of the bill. They add up to anywhere between 10% and 40% of the total bill. Somehow Americans are not outraged about this. Popular presidential candidate for the 2000 election Al Gore even proposed new tazes for utilities (in the name of helping the poor, of course) yet not only were prople not outraged, Gore even won the presidential popular vote.
So I am sorry to say that itemizing taxes won't really accomplish anything. Sure, people will complain, but the same politicians will get reelected anyway so it will make no difference in the end. The real problem is the public is too apathetic and too willing to support any candidate who is either a member of their preferred party or who offers them "free stuff" in exchange for a vote.
Many of the far-left environmental whackos seem more interested in destroying quality of life for humans than they do in meaningful environmental improvements.
This kind of stunt has become a common play in the PR handbook. Do something moderately outrageous, just enough to piss off some special interest group, and your company gets a ton of free publicity as a result. Pepsi did something like this a few months ago with an iPhone app: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33310411/. You can't tell me that nobody in charge knew this stuff would be controversial. They knew exactly what they were doing and that it would get them more publicity than they were willing to pay for. The company can always fake an apology later to make it look unintentional.
I suppose that is to stop nightclubs using radio to avoid paying hefty music license fees.
The music industry already has that one covered. They made all radio stations so shitty that nobody wants to listen to them for anything more than background noise, such as when you're driving somewhere and forgot to put any decent music in the car. Besides, no business can gain any proprietary advantage from something that is broadcast freely to everyone. That would be like saying that a restaurant can gain an advantage by serving tap water. But if the music industry can use this illogical logic to convince legislators to put more money in their pockets, they will of course do so.
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Don't ask why you didn't get the job, as that will make the other person defensive. People usually clam up when they feel threatened in some way. Ask for recommendations as to what you could do better as you continue your job search. Most people like to help, especially when someone comes to them for advice or expertise. You'd be amazed at how much more information you get using this approach, even though you are essentially asking the same question.
I wondered when the day would come that companies would wake up and realize that conferences, along with the vast majority of other business travel, is a total waste of company funds. WebEx should be able to replace 90% of business travel. I never did understand the stupidity of flying across the country just for a 2 hour meeting.
"Texas has executed so many people that have later been proven innocent by DNA evidence "
Do you care to list any names? If there are SO many, I'd think you could come up with at least a few examples.
There are some cities that will actually disconnect you from the sewer system if you have a stormwater system that drains into the sanitary sewer as opposed to the storm sewer. Often times older homes are set up this way since they were built before the installation of storm sewers. The owners get a surprise repair bill if the city finds out.
'I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion.'"
That's funny; Steve Dahl pretty much described himself there.
Chicago traffic court judges are political appointees. Whether or not your ticket will get thrown out depends on how big of a "court cost" you've offered to pay. It's the Chicago Way; soon to become the National Way.
I noticed the same thing when I was in school 10 years ago. The professors (or sometimes merely "instructors") who complained the most about class attendance, sleeping, reading newspapers, etc (nobody had a laptop and there was no wifi) were always the least inspiring instructors who would merely regurgitate textbook material they sometimes didn't even fully understand and then wonder why students weren't interested. I'm sure it never occurred to them that students were getting nothing out of their class.
Did you read that part about his boss not noticing the same data for the past three months? Does it sound to you like his boss was educating himself about the particulars of the job and making informed decisions? His boss was wasting a lot of peoples' time; nothing more, nothing less. Are you the kind of manager who does the same thing, by assigning useless reports just for the sake of doing a report? No way in hell are you a techie.
Everyone who has really worked in IT has seen this kind of pointlessness: some process that was a good idea when it started but has outlived its usefulness and nobody has had the guts to pull the plug on it.
True; Verizon has always been great for voice but terrible for data due to their pricing structure.
You've got to remember this is Europe, where they don't believe in punishing people. 9 years for murder is a harsh sentence in most European countries. And then they actually reduce a sentence because the guy is violent; shit, any logically thinking person would use this as a reason to increase it. I'd hate to think what their crime rates will look like 30 years from now.
Any business who relies on making money this way will be short-lived. With the proliferation of mobile internet devices and the coming rollout of new technologies such as WiMax, WiFi won't be the valuable commodity it is today.
Sure, the Razr sold a lot. But how many of those phones are still functional today? The reason this phone was a disaster is not because it didn't sell, but because it didn't last. Most people I knew with a Razr didn't have it more than a few months when it partially or completely quit working. And these phones were NOT replaced with other Motorola phones. I wouldn't exactly call that a win for the old lumbering dinosaur that is Motorola.
That is the case for the vast majority of the articles in this section. Many of them are just anti-government propaganda fearmongering.
Neither of these stories had any examples of people who were truly innocent but forced to plead guilty. Prisons are full of people who say they are innocent, yet the vast majority of them are in fact guilty. I'm not saying no innocent person has ever been coerced into pleading to something they didn't do, but there was no evidence of it in your examples. Many inmates who pled guilty claimed to have done so despite being innocent, but hardly ever is that the case. Criminals lie quite often, especially about being innocent.
In a system like that, why would anyone ever plead guilty? There doesn't seem to be an advantage to the defendant to do so.
The real purpose of cap and trade has nothing to do with the environment. It is all about transferring wealth from first world nations to the third world, and allowing financial markets to reap huge profits in the process. Otherwise, why would this idea get so much corporate support?
This kind of mindless voting is what has enabled the Chicago Democratic Machine for over a century now. Too many sheep in Chicago will mindlessly vote for anyone with a (D) after their name, which explains the quality of our politicians.
The biggest reason this will not be an iPod killer is that it is made by Motorola, a bloated bureaucratic mess of a company known for poor quality. The Razr was a disaster. How will they compete with more stylish Apple or more nimble LG?
People still buy Nokia phones? Nokia is stuck in a time warp to 1999.
Ah I see. Microsoft apparently needs to kick up the lobbying (bribing) efforts for EU officials since they aren't quite yet in Microsoft's pockets like every US politician.
Which court was rough on Microsoft? I know there have been some scary sounding decisions handed down, but then the courts wimp out in the penalty phase and basically make Microsoft pay a file equivalent to about 1% of their earnings. Which court has really slapped Microsoft around in a way that really hurt them?
American phone and cable bills have numerous itemized taxes listed at the bottom of the bill. They add up to anywhere between 10% and 40% of the total bill. Somehow Americans are not outraged about this. Popular presidential candidate for the 2000 election Al Gore even proposed new tazes for utilities (in the name of helping the poor, of course) yet not only were prople not outraged, Gore even won the presidential popular vote.
So I am sorry to say that itemizing taxes won't really accomplish anything. Sure, people will complain, but the same politicians will get reelected anyway so it will make no difference in the end. The real problem is the public is too apathetic and too willing to support any candidate who is either a member of their preferred party or who offers them "free stuff" in exchange for a vote.
Many of the far-left environmental whackos seem more interested in destroying quality of life for humans than they do in meaningful environmental improvements.
This kind of stunt has become a common play in the PR handbook. Do something moderately outrageous, just enough to piss off some special interest group, and your company gets a ton of free publicity as a result. Pepsi did something like this a few months ago with an iPhone app: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33310411/. You can't tell me that nobody in charge knew this stuff would be controversial. They knew exactly what they were doing and that it would get them more publicity than they were willing to pay for. The company can always fake an apology later to make it look unintentional.
I suppose that is to stop nightclubs using radio to avoid paying hefty music license fees.
The music industry already has that one covered. They made all radio stations so shitty that nobody wants to listen to them for anything more than background noise, such as when you're driving somewhere and forgot to put any decent music in the car. Besides, no business can gain any proprietary advantage from something that is broadcast freely to everyone. That would be like saying that a restaurant can gain an advantage by serving tap water. But if the music industry can use this illogical logic to convince legislators to put more money in their pockets, they will of course do so.