It's hard not to take home office supplies. You're running late to a meeting, so you grab a pen off your desk and stick it in your pocket. Then you forget about it
But that's not what the article is about.. Your scenarios wouldn't (most likely) result in office supply expenses shooting up by 20%. Nothing is ever black/white. There are always shades of grey.. But the story is talking about rampant supply thefts... I certainly wasn't talking about taking a single pen home by accident. But a large chunk of the morons are trying to justify this theft with "employers suck! Soak them!"
Then what is the phrase "ranging from a single pencil in the supply closet to a pallet of them on the company loading dock" about?
According to Shirlock Holmes "when you have eliminated the possible, only the impossible remains!"
I do not know who Shirlock Holmes is, but the actual Sherlock Holmes quote is:
"when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
I could be convinced of the "taxes for college education" angle, but only if we restrict the degrees pursued to an agreed upon list of useful degrees for professions society actually needs.
Isn't this similar to saying that you're willing to pay taxes, but only if the money will be used for things you find useful? If taxes worked that way, governments would never spend money on anything.
It is probable the Twilight Zone episode was broadcast before North by Northwest was released, but Landau actually did his scenes in NbN first. So: both.
He was one of my favourite actors from the sixties. And seventies. And nineties. An naughties.
He is already sorely missed. RIP
No it's not. Companies willfully implementing it in the most annoying way is. If the cookies are necessary for the site to work, they do not have to ask permission. The problem is that they insist on tracking your every move even though they have no need to.
However, if it's in the public domain, there is no monetary incentive to locate, digitize, and restore such a film.
If done right, there could be. The copyright on those particular prints has expired, but a decent (not necessarily excellent) restoration with (for example) some annotations could be eligible for copyright again.
What "doctrine" do you think the pledge of allegiance "indoctrinates" students with?
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America"
That's some fascism right there.
"and to the Republic for which it stands"
I don't have much of a problem with this part.
"one Nation under God"
This is the part I have the most trouble with and what most people probably are referring to when they talk about the indoctrination.
"indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
None of which seems to be true.
Sure. LBP came out when the PS3 was less than two years old.
uncharted 2 was magnificent looking in all areas.
Erm, what? Slamming a glossy look on everything does not make it look magnificent. Also, if you know where to look, you can use the crappy clipping to look around corners; they should have spent more time on that, and less time on forcing stupid camera angles on the player.
Yes, we had a very warm summer in april-june, then autumn started around the end of june and it's been one of the longest autumns ever. Still no sight of winter, although we're supposed to get some this week. Maybe.
Actually, Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn.
June wasn't warm, and we had 3-4 months of more or less continuous rain since. I usually like the rain, but not an entire summer of it.
Since there seems to be so much crappily-written Windows software like this, it seems like MS should have put a compatibility mode into Vista/7 wherein it fakes out the application, making it think it's being installed on an XP machine with admin rights, but in reality it's in its own little sandbox.
I used to work at a local cinema. Although I was never privy to any real financial information, I used to hear some things.
How can studios mandate ticket prices?
IIRC, they did not mandate ticket prices. They charged a (fixed) rental fee for the film itself, plus either a percentage of the ticket sales or a fixed $ amount per ticket. The percentage or amount would be higher in the first few weeks.
I think the rule of thumb in the theater was something like this: ticket sales have to pay for the film rent, the projectors, building maintenance, etc., and concession sales have to pay for everybody's salaries and profits. If the rent went up, ticket prices would have to be raised.
Isn't that illegal price fixing? Normally a manufacturer of a product can dictate minimum *advertised* price, but not minimum sale price. Do the rules differ for movies?
If the cinema wants to sell tickets at a loss, the distributor won't stop them, so long as they get their money.
Even though they might get a lesser sentence, they have historically been held just as responsible. There is such a thing as moral obligations. If you do not agree with a certain order you (should) have the right to be a conscientious objector.
Yes, you should. When you are faced with this kind of moral dilemma however, you usually don't have the option. Well, you could sacrifice yourself, I suppose...
The Nuremberg trials obviously codified this: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".
Which indicates that the person following orders will always remain somewhat responsible, not necessarily just as responsible.
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It's hard not to take home office supplies. You're running late to a meeting, so you grab a pen off your desk and stick it in your pocket. Then you forget about it
But that's not what the article is about.. Your scenarios wouldn't (most likely) result in office supply expenses shooting up by 20%. Nothing is ever black/white. There are always shades of grey.. But the story is talking about rampant supply thefts... I certainly wasn't talking about taking a single pen home by accident. But a large chunk of the morons are trying to justify this theft with "employers suck! Soak them!"
Then what is the phrase "ranging from a single pencil in the supply closet to a pallet of them on the company loading dock" about?
The ad said directly that "some" men were OK
No it did not. You haven't watched the ad.
Hold on, he might have a point here. That is, if "OK" is "the best a men can get".
According to Shirlock Holmes "when you have eliminated the possible, only the impossible remains!"
I do not know who Shirlock Holmes is, but the actual Sherlock Holmes quote is: "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
So... exactly the opposite of what you said.
I could be convinced of the "taxes for college education" angle, but only if we restrict the degrees pursued to an agreed upon list of useful degrees for professions society actually needs.
Isn't this similar to saying that you're willing to pay taxes, but only if the money will be used for things you find useful? If taxes worked that way, governments would never spend money on anything.
Speak for yourself Boris.
Oi!
My need to unsubscribe will never be that big.
McGoohan only wanted to make 13 episodes. The studio got him to make another 4, and you can definitely tell which ones were added.
And you missed the perfect opportunity for a "Be seeing you" reference.
I am very interested in how short near-sighted bald guys with beer bellies can become sex symbols.
Like Ron Jeremy?
It is probable the Twilight Zone episode was broadcast before North by Northwest was released, but Landau actually did his scenes in NbN first. So: both. He was one of my favourite actors from the sixties. And seventies. And nineties. An naughties. He is already sorely missed. RIP
(That fucking EU cookie law is ridiculous.)
No it's not. Companies willfully implementing it in the most annoying way is. If the cookies are necessary for the site to work, they do not have to ask permission. The problem is that they insist on tracking your every move even though they have no need to.
(And the US is already one of the least polluting nations
Not according to wikipedia. You're #2 in absolute emissions and #7 per capita. The U.S. produces over 14% of the world's total emissions.
However, if it's in the public domain, there is no monetary incentive to locate, digitize, and restore such a film.
If done right, there could be. The copyright on those particular prints has expired, but a decent (not necessarily excellent) restoration with (for example) some annotations could be eligible for copyright again.
What "doctrine" do you think the pledge of allegiance "indoctrinates" students with?
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America"
That's some fascism right there.
"and to the Republic for which it stands"
I don't have much of a problem with this part.
"one Nation under God"
This is the part I have the most trouble with and what most people probably are referring to when they talk about the indoctrination.
"indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
None of which seems to be true.
Also, the fat Jesus kind of offsets the two skinny ones.
It works, mate!
On a d6...
"I am not a number. I am a free man!" "Are you?" -- Number 6 & Number 2
Took them less then that,
Sure. LBP came out when the PS3 was less than two years old.
uncharted 2 was magnificent looking in all areas.
Erm, what? Slamming a glossy look on everything does not make it look magnificent. Also, if you know where to look, you can use the crappy clipping to look around corners; they should have spent more time on that, and less time on forcing stupid camera angles on the player.
Yes, we had a very warm summer in april-june, then autumn started around the end of june and it's been one of the longest autumns ever. Still no sight of winter, although we're supposed to get some this week. Maybe.
Actually, Winter gave Spring and Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn.
June wasn't warm, and we had 3-4 months of more or less continuous rain since. I usually like the rain, but not an entire summer of it.
Since there seems to be so much crappily-written Windows software like this, it seems like MS should have put a compatibility mode into Vista/7 wherein it fakes out the application, making it think it's being installed on an XP machine with admin rights, but in reality it's in its own little sandbox.
What, like XP Mode?
How can studios mandate ticket prices?
IIRC, they did not mandate ticket prices. They charged a (fixed) rental fee for the film itself, plus either a percentage of the ticket sales or a fixed $ amount per ticket. The percentage or amount would be higher in the first few weeks. I think the rule of thumb in the theater was something like this: ticket sales have to pay for the film rent, the projectors, building maintenance, etc., and concession sales have to pay for everybody's salaries and profits. If the rent went up, ticket prices would have to be raised.
Isn't that illegal price fixing? Normally a manufacturer of a product can dictate minimum *advertised* price, but not minimum sale price. Do the rules differ for movies?
If the cinema wants to sell tickets at a loss, the distributor won't stop them, so long as they get their money.
if the founding fathers could see 1/100th of what goes on in the modern USA, they'd start yet ANOTHER revolution.
(and they'd be called terrorists, too!)
They might be called terrorists. They would be called undead.
Inigo, is that you?
You're thinking of David Brin's "The Crystal Spheres".
Enjoy over-stating things, do we? Blade Runner has 3 versions and an unofficial workprint
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner#Versions there are a few more.
Even though they might get a lesser sentence, they have historically been held just as responsible. There is such a thing as moral obligations. If you do not agree with a certain order you (should) have the right to be a conscientious objector.
Yes, you should. When you are faced with this kind of moral dilemma however, you usually don't have the option. Well, you could sacrifice yourself, I suppose...
The Nuremberg trials obviously codified this: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".
Which indicates that the person following orders will always remain somewhat responsible, not necessarily just as responsible.