Far too many professionals simply cannot manage to type out a readable email. People with college degrees in high paying jobs should have some degree of competency with the English language.
I have to wonder if this has less to do with the format of email and more to do with the disappearance of secretaries.
Federal laws as well, naturally. I refered to state laws as EA is in California, and it's my understanding that the laws there are somewhat more restrictive then the federal laws.
First of all, everyone always needs to keep in mind that HR is not there for the benefit of the employees. That's what every company tells you, but the truth is, HR's job is to protect the corperation. Never trust an HR employee to look out for your best interest. That being said, EA's HR department has obviously failed them by allowing things to get to this point. They should have kept pay and hours legal within the bounds of the state law.
And did anyone else notice the featured game on the gamespot article? Sims2 by EA.
I don't feel that having F911 air is any more inappropriate then allowing all of the talk radio people continually talk about what a great man Bush is. It's all a matter of free speech, which should be protected. That being said, I have serious doubts that the film will ever be shown on a major network.
The "Liberal Media" tag has been thrown around for far too long by people who are so far to the right they no longer understand where the center may be. The truth is that most of the media is controlled by large corporations who stand to gain nothing by allowing someone in office who might restrict them from growing their monopolies. For the last 4 years, the media has given Bush a free ride. No serious investigations have been done into his past, despite allegations of conduct much worse then anything Clinton was ever accused of. Bush has been allowed to change his position over and over again and still point the finger at Kerry for being indecisive. The total time spent airing the RNC vs. the DNC should show whose side the media really is on.
I'm just hoping they did a better job on this one then on the last FF movie. The last one looked gorgeous, but the plot was almost non-existent. It was as if they had spent every ounce of effort producing the visuals, and someone had forgotten to bother with a script.
I loved FF:VII as a game, and I'm holding out hope that the movie will live up to the name this time.
Of course, I'm also hoping for a direct to DVD release since I refuse to go to a theatre any more.
At the end of "Strike Back" they literally close the book on the "Askewniverse". The commentary tracks, as well as "An Evening with Kevin Smith" all have Kevin saying that he would never do another movie within that realm.
Kevin Smith had said that he'd never revisit the world of Jay and Silent Bob after he finished shooting "Strike Back". I'm really glad he reconsidered. This'll be a movie worth seeing. Hopefully Mewes can stay out of rehab/jail long enough to shoot it.
Dead serious. Several places in Mississippi have such laws. An area of Indiana allowed stores to sell cold beer, as long as they didn't sell gas as well.
I too live in a state that doesn't allow liquor sales in grocery stores.
There are alot of counties here in MS that are totally dry. Needless to say there are large sales of liquor at the places that border those counties.
This will be a great seller in places with strange beer laws. For some reason, alot of places around the country won't let you buy cold beer. This will bypass those old laws nicley.
The infantry already carries a huge amount of weight with them at this point. All of this stuff is really cool from a tech standpoint, but the last thing a soldier really needs is more wieght.
There's already way too much tech in our cars already. I love technology, but there are some places where it should be kept to a minimum. I long for the days when you could work on your own car with a decent socket set and a few wrenches.
I understand. You have to trust your IT department. We have access to all the data and tools needed to steal the place blind. We need those things to do our job.
At the same time, you can't have a casino host bringing in things like a USB drive.
I work for a casino, and we don't allow our employees to bring in such devices either. I'm sure it still happens, but such policies are important when your customer database is vital to your income.
He wasn't asking them to give away their texts. He was suggesting improvements. Things he saw, as a teacher which would improve the texts.
That's what Cisco ignored.
It's great to hear a story about someone who took it upon himself to do what was needed. Cisco was obviously not responsive to him, so he goes out and does it on his own. Not only that, he decides to share his work with everyone.
Now hopefully Cisco has the common sense not to sue him for his efforts.
I do understand. I've got 2 kids. They have their own ps1 I picked up for them at a garage sale dirt cheap.
Personally, I'm more likely to break out my Sega Dreamcast then I am to put a ps1 game into the ps2.
Of course I'm a packrat with a closet full of old consoles;)
Fairchild Channel F tennis anyone?
I think this is a feature more people want then will actually ever use. It'd be nice to have, but it wouldn't be a deciding factor for me in buying a new system.
These things are designed to die X hours after the case is opened. This is just a guess, but I'm betting they won't be able to keep these things stable in the box. Shipping, mass production etc. are going to play hell with them.
I think we can count on the clowns at SCO to continue to drag this thing out. This may be the begining of the end, but it's still a long way from over.
Not my point at all.
My point is perhaps we should stop behaving like backwater ignorant rednecks who justify our policy based upon religion.
We continually call ourselves free, but when speech is censored, it isn't free at all.
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Far too many professionals simply cannot manage to type out a readable email. People with college degrees in high paying jobs should have some degree of competency with the English language. I have to wonder if this has less to do with the format of email and more to do with the disappearance of secretaries.
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Federal laws as well, naturally. I refered to state laws as EA is in California, and it's my understanding that the laws there are somewhat more restrictive then the federal laws.
First of all, everyone always needs to keep in mind that HR is not there for the benefit of the employees. That's what every company tells you, but the truth is, HR's job is to protect the corperation. Never trust an HR employee to look out for your best interest. That being said, EA's HR department has obviously failed them by allowing things to get to this point. They should have kept pay and hours legal within the bounds of the state law. And did anyone else notice the featured game on the gamespot article? Sims2 by EA.
Surely it must be clear to you that this is a sign from God. He obviously wants us all to do more coke. ;)
I don't feel that having F911 air is any more inappropriate then allowing all of the talk radio people continually talk about what a great man Bush is. It's all a matter of free speech, which should be protected. That being said, I have serious doubts that the film will ever be shown on a major network. The "Liberal Media" tag has been thrown around for far too long by people who are so far to the right they no longer understand where the center may be. The truth is that most of the media is controlled by large corporations who stand to gain nothing by allowing someone in office who might restrict them from growing their monopolies. For the last 4 years, the media has given Bush a free ride. No serious investigations have been done into his past, despite allegations of conduct much worse then anything Clinton was ever accused of. Bush has been allowed to change his position over and over again and still point the finger at Kerry for being indecisive. The total time spent airing the RNC vs. the DNC should show whose side the media really is on.
I'm just hoping they did a better job on this one then on the last FF movie. The last one looked gorgeous, but the plot was almost non-existent. It was as if they had spent every ounce of effort producing the visuals, and someone had forgotten to bother with a script. I loved FF:VII as a game, and I'm holding out hope that the movie will live up to the name this time. Of course, I'm also hoping for a direct to DVD release since I refuse to go to a theatre any more.
At the end of "Strike Back" they literally close the book on the "Askewniverse". The commentary tracks, as well as "An Evening with Kevin Smith" all have Kevin saying that he would never do another movie within that realm.
Kevin Smith had said that he'd never revisit the world of Jay and Silent Bob after he finished shooting "Strike Back". I'm really glad he reconsidered. This'll be a movie worth seeing. Hopefully Mewes can stay out of rehab/jail long enough to shoot it.
Dead serious. Several places in Mississippi have such laws. An area of Indiana allowed stores to sell cold beer, as long as they didn't sell gas as well. I too live in a state that doesn't allow liquor sales in grocery stores. There are alot of counties here in MS that are totally dry. Needless to say there are large sales of liquor at the places that border those counties.
This will be a great seller in places with strange beer laws. For some reason, alot of places around the country won't let you buy cold beer. This will bypass those old laws nicley.
The infantry already carries a huge amount of weight with them at this point. All of this stuff is really cool from a tech standpoint, but the last thing a soldier really needs is more wieght.
There's already way too much tech in our cars already. I love technology, but there are some places where it should be kept to a minimum. I long for the days when you could work on your own car with a decent socket set and a few wrenches.
I understand. You have to trust your IT department. We have access to all the data and tools needed to steal the place blind. We need those things to do our job. At the same time, you can't have a casino host bringing in things like a USB drive.
I work for a casino, and we don't allow our employees to bring in such devices either. I'm sure it still happens, but such policies are important when your customer database is vital to your income.
He wasn't asking them to give away their texts. He was suggesting improvements. Things he saw, as a teacher which would improve the texts. That's what Cisco ignored.
In this day and age, with the current laws on our books, the fact that he hasn't really done anything to get sued for doesn't mean they won't sue him.
It's great to hear a story about someone who took it upon himself to do what was needed. Cisco was obviously not responsive to him, so he goes out and does it on his own. Not only that, he decides to share his work with everyone. Now hopefully Cisco has the common sense not to sue him for his efforts.
I do understand. I've got 2 kids. They have their own ps1 I picked up for them at a garage sale dirt cheap. Personally, I'm more likely to break out my Sega Dreamcast then I am to put a ps1 game into the ps2. Of course I'm a packrat with a closet full of old consoles ;)
Fairchild Channel F tennis anyone?
I think this is a feature more people want then will actually ever use. It'd be nice to have, but it wouldn't be a deciding factor for me in buying a new system.
These things are designed to die X hours after the case is opened. This is just a guess, but I'm betting they won't be able to keep these things stable in the box. Shipping, mass production etc. are going to play hell with them.
Sounds like those are going to have to be some very pricey tickets. They'd have to be with only 12 passengers for each flight.
How many systems deployed in real world enviorments give anyone other then IT staff shell access?
I think we can count on the clowns at SCO to continue to drag this thing out. This may be the begining of the end, but it's still a long way from over.
Not my point at all. My point is perhaps we should stop behaving like backwater ignorant rednecks who justify our policy based upon religion. We continually call ourselves free, but when speech is censored, it isn't free at all.