I used to rent about a movie a week, and I did so for a few years, I was never late returning. One time I returned a movie Friday afternoon, then went out of town for my own Stag and Doe.
Next time I rented a movie, they charged me a late fee because I didn't return the movie until Saturday morning. Even explaining the situation to the manager didn't get them to waive it. So I didn't rent the handful of movies I did have and told them to cancel the account. At this point I was sternly told they'd cancel it this one time, but I shouldn't expect any more freebies.
The game might have the same characters, but I don't expect the game to have the same humour of the show. I find Stewie and Brian to be the funniest characters anyway.
The Patriot act says that a US company must turn over information to the US government, even if such information currently resides outside US jurisdiction or is held by a foreign subsiduary.
I think the pre-existing situation was the US would have to work with the foreign government to get an order to release information not held in the US. This cooperation would ensure the laws of the country holding the information were respected, whereas the Patriot act ignores them.
The problem is if the US government demands the US company hand over data via the Patriot act, they have to. So this could result in a messy case of a US company having to decide to follow the US law, or the EU law. In this case the company is screwed, unfortunately the fear is a US company would rather break a foreign law then the US law.
Make sure you know what they are doing, and the decisions they are making. Ensure they aren't being unneccessarily held up by problems, use your management power to make things easier for them to get their work done.
Watch for favouritism. Don't let opinions, personal preferences and such have a negative impact.
Sheesh, growing up is learning. Is it a surprise that looking back you wasted all that time, not listening and finding it out for yourself?
He didn't listen when he was younger, do you really think kids today will? I don't.
I think that the random and chaotic, sometimes hard experiences we go through are what make us what we are. I tried a lot of stuff, made quite a few mistakes and I think I'm the better for it.
Most investors lose money, Care to prove it with any stats?
Long term investing in the US stock market indexes has a positive return. If losing money is your greatest fear, buy government bonds in their native currency.
I know many people who have made and lost paper millions, I know very few who have actually come out behind.
- selling alcohol Excessive alcohol consumption may be damaging, but small to moderate consumption is not, and may even be beneficial.
- selling weapons Depends on the end use. Weapons are just a tool.
Gambling does NOT destroy lives, it merely reallocates resources to those who will make better use of them. I enjoy gambling, it can be a fun recreational activity. If I lose control that is my problem.
As for illegal but okay recreational drugs
- Marijunna is NOT less dangerous then tobbacco A broad selection of other drugs can cause problems, E, Acid, heroin. If you look around you can find that most have documented health risks.
I consider ethical behaviour fair behaviour. A transaction that is a free choice, and enacted with proper knowledge (or the option to aquire such knowledge) is fair and ethical behaviour. If the transaction is forced, or made in a way to prevent fair disclosure it is not ethical.
This is why I consider casino gambling very fair, everyone has access to the odds for the games, and I've never seen anyone forced to gamble in a Casino.
The GPL does NOT take ownership of it. I own everything I do. The GPL just limits what I can do with a combined product.
This is specifically why Linus doesn't own the copyright to the whole kernel. It would be very hard to hijack it since there are many owners who would need to give permission.
If he doesn't like people poaching "his code", he shouldn't use a free license. If he starts to obfuscate everything, then he'll likely end up killing his fork anyway.
Take the high road, continue to use the best available resources (even his code) and document and give credit to the appropriate people.
1. Companies will make simple consumer readable EULAs.
2. People will sign away all their rights without checking the fine print. 2a Resulting in a raft of stupid consumer protection. 2b Huge public backlash when the companies try to press their rights.
3. Some people will not accept these agreements and the EULA might become a factor on what software you purchase.
when it affects their bottom line, when its worth the expense, they will only switch to renewable energy when renewable energy becomes cheaper than fossil fuels and it costs more to use those fuels. This article is great news towards that eventual shift.
They're already free here. Once per year isn't a huge cost.
This also helps the credit bureau keep accurate records, which is a benefit to them. If you have a bad credit rating due to an error, you might choose not to borrow money due to the high cost. This is a lost opportunity for a lender. Accurate data is good for business.
We have mass production in manufacturing. One person on modern systems can produce much more then they did just a generation ago. This hasn't caused massive job loss and unemployment, we just demand more. Our houses are larger, we have more stuff, more TV's mroe of everything. More computing capability hasn't satisfied me, now I want computer modelling of everything. My email has gone from text, to formatted text, to images, and now video. We will keep growing our expectations. Production gains in the automotive industry haven't resulted in lost jobs as much as a global increase in cars. Yes jobs are shifting locations globally, but they aren't disappearing. And the auto industry is a very competative manufacturing enviroment.
In lots of jobs there is a baseline required education. You might not notice it, but if you start to move up, eventually the lack of formal education may start to hold you back.
Take a stack of resumes. The first thing I would filter by is education/equivalent experience. If you lack both, why bother.
The users won't change. Not all problems can be 'solved'. This is one of them.
You need to accept you will get these same requests forever. I have managed to adapt myself to just calmy continue, and it doesn't bother me anymore, it isn't like I know everything, I barely remember what I've just been told.
If you can't handle this, work somewhere else, but many jobs are like this.
Yes Canada is larger, but look at the population distribution. Most of our population is in a narrow band along the US border. The actual area to be wired to cover most of the population is small. Look at the urban/rural ratio too, it is no surprise why the US is taking longer with this.
A second consideration is the level of technology acceptance, Canadians tend to be a bit more open to new technology, this is probaly pulling it along with it.
I liked my big cardboard boxes. One year I even got a set of large cardboard bricks to build a house. So I'd play lego inside my own cardboard block house.
The other toy I like a lot are balloons. Every two year old I know thinks it is funny that I bounce a balloon off their head, over and over.
And of course at christmas a hockey stick, hockey net and a road hockey ball.
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I used to rent about a movie a week, and I did so for a few years, I was never late returning.
One time I returned a movie Friday afternoon, then went out of town for my own Stag and Doe.
Next time I rented a movie, they charged me a late fee because I didn't return the movie until Saturday morning. Even explaining the situation to the manager didn't get them to waive it.
So I didn't rent the handful of movies I did have and told them to cancel the account. At this point I was sternly told they'd cancel it this one time, but I shouldn't expect any more freebies.
The game might have the same characters, but I don't expect the game to have the same humour of the show.
I find Stewie and Brian to be the funniest characters anyway.
I would prefer to see research on the effectiveness of behaviour monitoring.
I believe the credit card companies use this type of technology. Why not see what their real usage yields in effectiveness?
(I have not read the Patriot act)
The Patriot act says that a US company must turn over information to the US government, even if such information currently resides outside US jurisdiction or is held by a foreign subsiduary.
I think the pre-existing situation was the US would have to work with the foreign government to get an order to release information not held in the US. This cooperation would ensure the laws of the country holding the information were respected, whereas the Patriot act ignores them.
The problem is if the US government demands the US company hand over data via the Patriot act, they have to.
So this could result in a messy case of a US company having to decide to follow the US law, or the EU law. In this case the company is screwed, unfortunately the fear is a US company would rather break a foreign law then the US law.
Be aware and be fair.
Make sure you know what they are doing, and the decisions they are making.
Ensure they aren't being unneccessarily held up by problems, use your management power to make things easier for them to get their work done.
Watch for favouritism. Don't let opinions, personal preferences and such have a negative impact.
Sheesh, growing up is learning. Is it a surprise that looking back you wasted all that time, not listening and finding it out for yourself?
He didn't listen when he was younger, do you really think kids today will? I don't.
I think that the random and chaotic, sometimes hard experiences we go through are what make us what we are. I tried a lot of stuff, made quite a few mistakes and I think I'm the better for it.
You're just jealous that you can't get a RIM-job.
Most investors lose money,
Care to prove it with any stats?
Long term investing in the US stock market indexes has a positive return.
If losing money is your greatest fear, buy government bonds in their native currency.
I know many people who have made and lost paper millions, I know very few who have actually come out behind.
I don't care about addictions.
It just means the affected person must put out even more effort to overcome it.
Just because some people are sex addicts doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to sleep with my wife. (or yours for that matter)
Ethics aren't absolute.
- selling alcohol
Excessive alcohol consumption may be damaging, but small to moderate consumption is not, and may even be beneficial.
- selling weapons
Depends on the end use. Weapons are just a tool.
Gambling does NOT destroy lives, it merely reallocates resources to those who will make better use of them.
I enjoy gambling, it can be a fun recreational activity. If I lose control that is my problem.
As for illegal but okay
recreational drugs
- Marijunna is NOT less dangerous then tobbacco
A broad selection of other drugs can cause problems, E, Acid, heroin. If you look around you can find that most have documented health risks.
I consider ethical behaviour fair behaviour.
A transaction that is a free choice, and enacted with proper knowledge (or the option to aquire such knowledge) is fair and ethical behaviour.
If the transaction is forced, or made in a way to prevent fair disclosure it is not ethical.
This is why I consider casino gambling very fair, everyone has access to the odds for the games, and I've never seen anyone forced to gamble in a Casino.
They aren't protestors.
They're scumbags causing a disturbance who want sympathy to get out of it.
The one guy is a drunk driver, one of the crimes I have absolutely no sympathy for.
The GPL does NOT take ownership of it.
I own everything I do.
The GPL just limits what I can do with a combined product.
This is specifically why Linus doesn't own the copyright to the whole kernel. It would be very hard to hijack it since there are many owners who would need to give permission.
If he doesn't like people poaching "his code", he shouldn't use a free license.
If he starts to obfuscate everything, then he'll likely end up killing his fork anyway.
Take the high road, continue to use the best available resources (even his code) and document and give credit to the appropriate people.
Well in this case a few things could happen.
1. Companies will make simple consumer readable EULAs.
2. People will sign away all their rights without checking the fine print.
2a Resulting in a raft of stupid consumer protection.
2b Huge public backlash when the companies try to press their rights.
3. Some people will not accept these agreements and the EULA might become a factor on what software you purchase.
I loved mathcad, so simple and graphical, but I never found a free alternative.
It makes it really easy to document equations for reports and stuff.
I know the nice GUI makes some real mathies flinch, but for those who just want to get work done it's great.
when it affects their bottom line, when its worth the expense, they will only switch to renewable energy when renewable energy becomes cheaper than fossil fuels and it costs more to use those fuels. This article is great news towards that eventual shift.
They're already free here.
Once per year isn't a huge cost.
This also helps the credit bureau keep accurate records, which is a benefit to them.
If you have a bad credit rating due to an error, you might choose not to borrow money due to the high cost. This is a lost opportunity for a lender.
Accurate data is good for business.
We have mass production in manufacturing.
One person on modern systems can produce much more then they did just a generation ago.
This hasn't caused massive job loss and unemployment, we just demand more.
Our houses are larger, we have more stuff, more TV's mroe of everything. More computing capability hasn't satisfied me, now I want computer modelling of everything. My email has gone from text, to formatted text, to images, and now video.
We will keep growing our expectations.
Production gains in the automotive industry haven't resulted in lost jobs as much as a global increase in cars. Yes jobs are shifting locations globally, but they aren't disappearing. And the auto industry is a very competative manufacturing enviroment.
So I can outsource to a destitute person to act on my behalf. Then I am free of any fines, and they have nothing to lose.
This is the cause of the lease liability laws in some states.
In lots of jobs there is a baseline required education.
You might not notice it, but if you start to move up, eventually the lack of formal education may start to hold you back.
Take a stack of resumes.
The first thing I would filter by is
education/equivalent experience. If you lack both, why bother.
What penalty do you propose for crime? I don't want a buy your way to freedom justice system.
What if someone sets fire to your house? That isn't a violent crime, just a destruction of property. I say throw them in jail.
The users won't change.
Not all problems can be 'solved'. This is one of them.
You need to accept you will get these same requests forever. I have managed to adapt myself to just calmy continue, and it doesn't bother me anymore, it isn't like I know everything, I barely remember what I've just been told.
If you can't handle this, work somewhere else, but many jobs are like this.
Yes Canada is larger, but look at the population distribution.
Most of our population is in a narrow band along the US border. The actual area to be wired to cover most of the population is small.
Look at the urban/rural ratio too, it is no surprise why the US is taking longer with this.
A second consideration is the level of technology acceptance, Canadians tend to be a bit more open to new technology, this is probaly pulling it along with it.
I liked my big cardboard boxes.
One year I even got a set of large cardboard bricks to build a house.
So I'd play lego inside my own cardboard block house.
The other toy I like a lot are balloons. Every two year old I know thinks it is funny that I bounce a balloon off their head, over and over.
And of course at christmas a hockey stick, hockey net and a road hockey ball.