Many employers say they're going to continue trimming budgets, particularly in human resources.
When I read this I thought "Hot damn, they're going to turf a layer or two of HR personnel. Bout time someone put those useless, meddling bastards up against the wall."
But no. The writer meant get rid of bonuses and perks. Life is ephemeral, bureaucracy everlasting.
My post wasn't serious. The number of possible bone-headed acts is likely too vast to list, much less remember. There's no substitute for a little mental firepower.
But let's face it - the Darwin Awards are funny in the same way as South Park is. It's the perverseness of it, perhaps a reaction to the stifling and hypocritical political correctness found in segments of our society (e.g., the modern university).
But did you think of how many lives (or genitals) this award has saved? There are some out there who might consider using their plugged-in laptop while in the bathtub, or stick their johnson down a garburator. Such people, lacking the ability to think through the consequences of these ideas, at least have the benefit of other people's experiences to draw on.
How many gigaflops will this sucker do? How is parallel programming done? Is it standard multi-threading, or something else? What's the expected cost of these babies?
Bottom line me here.
If we are to have justice, concepts such as "free will" should be put aside. Beyond being satisfied that there is criminal intent, I don't care why someone did what they did or if they feel remorse or if they are likely to re-offend. Justice should not be an exercise in mind reading.
What is this MRI supposed to prove? That someone who raped and killed a 10-year-old child is abnormal? I already knew that. It's the act we should pass sentence on, not the mind.
Rather similar to this, but shorter, is "the question".
We describe a fairly simple (but not trivial) software project to the candidate. We then ask "What steps would you go through to carry out this project?"
Every time the candidate stops talking, we ask "And then what would you do?"
The answer to this question is extremely useful in assessing the candidate's knowledge of and maturity in software development. For example:
Do they question the objectives of the project? Do they question whether the project should even be done?
How early do they bring the user into the process? Do they even mention the user?
Do they design the software before programming to any degree?
Do they discuss reviews, testing, and documentation?
What is their approach to software quality?
And so on. Obviously there are no right answers, and it's critical not to be biased in favour of one's own pet methodologies. What you're looking for is someone who takes intense interest in not just coding, but in the entire process of developing quality software.
Regarding the heckler's veto, I agree with disallowing
it in universities. It falls under the category "disruption of university functions."
One does not, for example, have the right to shout down a
professor during a classroom lecture. Neither should one have the
right to shout down a visiting lecturer.
Preventing someone from talking by yelling them down is called the "heckler's veto". I do not consider it a proper use of free speech, and some universities have rules against it.
The company has completed a wage management initiative that will result in the separation of approximately 3,400 store Associates. The separations, which are occurring today, focused on Associates who were paid well above the market-based salary range for their role. New Associates will be hired for these positions and compensated at the current market range for the job.
How far up your butt does your head have to be to refer to a layoff as a "separation"? Such gutless prose deserves our complete contempt.
It has been my experience that managers who lay off their best people to save money don't understand their business. This is what happens when you hire MBA's.
You expected my analogy to mean that Ireland was once under Sharia law, perhaps?
Historically even the democratically elected governments were under the thumb of the Catholic Church. Here's a quote from Wikipedia:
The Roman Catholic Church had a powerful influence over the Irish state for much of its history. The clergy's influence meant that the Irish state had very conservative social policies, forbidding, for example, divorce, contraception, abortion, pornography as well as encouraging the censoring and banning of many books and films. In addition the Church largely controlled the State's hospitals, schools and remained the largest provider of many other social services.
Ireland is indeed exceptional. Their constitution specifically allows for criminalizing blasphemy. The legislation that did so was struck down (in 1981?) for being too vague.
We tend to think of Ireland is a liberal democracy, but historically it has been more like a Catholic Iran, with bishops as Ayatollah.
Well, we don't know that, do we? We'll have to wait and see.
But be damned if I know who'll make the final pronouncement, since we would have to make sure that person dies before we know for sure.
And what, prey tell, is wrong with the good ol' fashion genital cuffs? I know water boarding is the "in" thing these days, but there's no reason to abandon traditional methods when they work just fine.
I was raised on the cuffs, and my scholastic performance was excellent, thank you very much.
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Many employers say they're going to continue trimming budgets, particularly in human resources.
When I read this I thought "Hot damn, they're going to turf a layer or two of HR personnel. Bout time someone put those useless, meddling bastards up against the wall."
But no. The writer meant get rid of bonuses and perks. Life is ephemeral, bureaucracy everlasting.
Bachelor, are we?
My post wasn't serious. The number of possible bone-headed acts is likely too vast to list, much less remember. There's no substitute for a little mental firepower.
But let's face it - the Darwin Awards are funny in the same way as South Park is. It's the perverseness of it, perhaps a reaction to the stifling and hypocritical political correctness found in segments of our society (e.g., the modern university).
But did you think of how many lives (or genitals) this award has saved? There are some out there who might consider using their plugged-in laptop while in the bathtub, or stick their johnson down a garburator. Such people, lacking the ability to think through the consequences of these ideas, at least have the benefit of other people's experiences to draw on.
I may get -1 flamed for this, but I agree. Monkeedude's just asking for it.
Never apologize in advance. There's always time to apologize afterwords.
I agree. Inch by inch, Britain sinks into the muck of totalitarianism. All for the common good.
I hate to be pedantic (ahem), but heat from the earth's core is nuclear power, since it is the decay of radioactive materials that heats the core.
But cooling the earth's core would halt continental drift. Did anyone think of that? And then where would we be? Screwed, that where.
People just don't think these things through.
How many gigaflops will this sucker do? How is parallel programming done? Is it standard multi-threading, or something else? What's the expected cost of these babies? Bottom line me here.
In Canada, we put them out on the ice flows and let the polar bears pass sentence. Two mammals enter, one (fat) mammal leaves.
If we are to have justice, concepts such as "free will" should be put aside. Beyond being satisfied that there is criminal intent, I don't care why someone did what they did or if they feel remorse or if they are likely to re-offend. Justice should not be an exercise in mind reading.
What is this MRI supposed to prove? That someone who raped and killed a 10-year-old child is abnormal? I already knew that. It's the act we should pass sentence on, not the mind.
Cousin to Sofa King Awesome, I suppose. You people are so immature.
The answer to this question is extremely useful in assessing the candidate's knowledge of and maturity in software development. For example:
And so on. Obviously there are no right answers, and it's critical not to be biased in favour of one's own pet methodologies. What you're looking for is someone who takes intense interest in not just coding, but in the entire process of developing quality software.
Regarding the heckler's veto, I agree with disallowing it in universities. It falls under the category "disruption of university functions."
One does not, for example, have the right to shout down a professor during a classroom lecture. Neither should one have the right to shout down a visiting lecturer.
Preventing someone from talking by yelling them down is called the "heckler's veto". I do not consider it a proper use of free speech, and some universities have rules against it.
How far up your butt does your head have to be to refer to a layoff as a "separation"? Such gutless prose deserves our complete contempt.
It has been my experience that managers who lay off their best people to save money don't understand their business. This is what happens when you hire MBA's.
The other point of working in the music industry is to make gobs of money. Any scheme to change music copyright laws must allow for that.
Although there is a tendency to attribute noble and altruistic motives for artists, experience suggests otherwise.
Historically even the democratically elected governments were under the thumb of the Catholic Church. Here's a quote from Wikipedia:
Ireland is indeed exceptional. Their constitution specifically allows for criminalizing blasphemy. The legislation that did so was struck down (in 1981?) for being too vague.
We tend to think of Ireland is a liberal democracy, but historically it has been more like a Catholic Iran, with bishops as Ayatollah.
Gonorrhea and Syphilis are far more contagious than HIV. What's more, you can't be immunized against them.
It wouldn't have to be 100% effective to eradicate HIV. Slowing the spread of a disease can be enough to make it (eventually) disappear.
Well, we don't know that, do we? We'll have to wait and see.
But be damned if I know who'll make the final pronouncement, since we would have to make sure that person dies before we know for sure.
Then you'd make a fine Canuck, since most of us are impaired too.
Have you considered the possibility that this story is a joke?
And what, prey tell, is wrong with the good ol' fashion genital cuffs? I know water boarding is the "in" thing these days, but there's no reason to abandon traditional methods when they work just fine.
I was raised on the cuffs, and my scholastic performance was excellent, thank you very much.