So what? The exchange probably put a proposal out there, and a company that build the linux setup they use happened to win it. Or do you really think people running an exchange care at all about anything other than price and that it works?
Stupidest comment ever, eh? Flexible employment gives you lots of options in life that go way beyond seeing movies in the daytime. I thought that would be obvious, but I guess I needed to spell it out for you.
Except the context were are in is how much it is to see a movie. The fact that a more flexible schedule allows other things is irrelevent to the point you were making.
Then again, you may not have the education or employment options to take control of your life in this fashion, which explains your angry outburst. Sorry.
Or you could be a stupid fuckwad that doesn't realize that everyone has different priorities, and that's what prompted my angry outburst.
For example, knowing that I'll never have to work past 5 is a plus in my book. So is the salary I'm getting. Being able to decide which technology to apply to solve a particular problem is a plus. Asking and getting pretty much anything I need (ie, a brand new server), provided I can give a good reason, makes my job much easier.
Yes, flex time would be nice, but you seem to think that's the only thing that matters when chosing where to work.. and the only reason you gave initially was that you could see a movie at noon if you wanted (alone, like a loser). Even if I could see one at noon, I wouldn't want to... I'd rather go at night with my wife, and make an evening of it.
My point wasn't that nobody wants such jobs, it was that they pay more than the private sector would, which is clearly not the case. The job I was offered had almost none of those perks, and the added joy of driving an hour each way on an interstate over mountainous areas in the dead of winter.
The job I did take is strict 8 hours, no more, no less, I can wear jeans and a nicer shirt and sneakers. Benefits suck... but fortunately my wife works where they are better.. and I'm given specific goals and left to my own to figure out how best to build the software to meet those goals. So yes, I did weight everything.. but like I said, just because the government gets involved in a project doesn't mean everyone involved is overpaid.
Wow... stupidest comment ever. I should find another job, even though I'm happy where I am, so I can see a movie during the day? Why... to save a fucking $1.50? Of course the nice part of my inflexible employer is that I'm ALWAYS done at EXACTLY 5. Never worked more than 40 hours in the three years I've been here.
The problem is that we don't live in a democracy, but stupid people keep claiming we do. We have a republic to help protect the rights of the minority, even when the majority is against it. Democracy is a nice euphemism for mob rule. I'm right because five people agree with me, and only four agree with you.
I've yet to see any one of these projects that have use or did use taxpayer money. I have service from my city, and no tax dollars were spent on the project. None. Nor do they take any income from taxes.
And yes, my service is orders of magnitude better than anything Comcast could offer.
Sorry, you're wrong. People love to spout this kind of garbage, but it's just not true. Case in point, I could have had a programming job with the state government... the problem is they want to pay me 1/3 of what I can make at my current company. And that would be the MAX salary.
Ya know what, I really don't care if it's fair to TW or not. Let the cable companies go screw, they've done NOTHING good for me but offer headache and misery and crappy service.
I'm much happier with my city run fiber and the phone / internet / tv they offer.
Why convert it to a private entity? Just run it as a city utility. I have city power, water, AND fiber triple play. The service and quality is much better then anything I've ever gotten form private companies.
Let the government own and operate the lines, and let others offer services over those lines.
Matinee here is more than $6, unless you happen to be under 12 or over 60. Regardless, I have a day job, and seeing that I can get discounted tickets for $7.50.. but regardless, a decent size HDTV is much more than the cost of going to the movies over a year.
Ya, I'm going to waste my vacation time just to go to a movie. It's not worth it, and $13 for two tickets I beat even your matinee price, and can go at a much more preferable time.
I think your math is off. It's more than $100. Of course, a GOOD HDTV, not your 20" special will be at least a grand. Given those numbers, I can afford to go to the movies every week ($13 for two tickets) and still be under a grand.
Not that there's anything wrong with the HDTV and home theather, but theres something to be said for leaving your house now and then, and provided you get a good audience, it's more fun to watch the movie in a theater than at home.
Oh please, step down from your high horse. You just look like an ass.
There's nothing wrong with wanting an intelligent movie. I enjoy them as well. But sometimes I just want something that's just fun to watch, no matter how much the story lacks.
Harder to administer? How about impossible, and if you think the IRS digs too much into your life, just want until you have the government documenting EVERY possestion as you leave the country.. and don't forget they'll have to catalog your MP3s too!
Thanks, I'll stick to the income tax.. which also rightly puts more budren on those most able to afford it.
Nothing you said about a public fiber project is true. My city rolled out fiber to every home in the city, at no cost to taxpayers.
It doesn't eliminate choice, it enables it. The city can run fiber and offere services over it, and it can also open it up to other to offer the same services on the fiber. Because the organization only needs to pay for upgrades / maintence, not make a profit, the cost to provide services is lower.
Even if you were to use tax money.. so what? My tax dollars are stolen from me for a number of things I don't support and I'm willing to bet you do. So tough shit.
Your "reasons" for not wanting fiber as infrastructure are totally off base; or do you argue that the road system would be better if private companies managed it?
No, that's simply part of the contract. The employer pays me, and in exchange I do the job I've agreed to do. Of course, if what they ask is unethical or doesn't make sense, I absolutely tell them so. After all, they hired me for my experience and expertise, not because I'm a brainless flunky who unquestioningly does what they're told. And if they persist in doing something silly, and I can't bring myself to do the job they ask of me, then I'll find another employer.
No one said anything about being a brainless flunky, but if you're employer wants it done you either do it or the relationship ends. You don't get to pick and chose what you do if you want to stay.
That's only true if you're dumb enough to place yourself in a situation where the sudden loss of your job followed by a short period of unemployment would be problematic. You haven't done that, have you?
My personal situtation is irrelevent as we're talking generalities here. Even with good planning though, with the current recession any sensible person would be more conservative and not jump ship lightly, since its more likely than not to be a long period of unemployment.
At any rate the employer is in charge if you want to maintain the relationship, not you. A parternship is more equal, where both parties discuss things up front prior to making a decision. That's rarely how a company works.. decisions are made top down. The fact that you can leave if you disagree doesn't change the nature of the relationship, where you likely don't have equal say. That's the key.. equal say vs. being able to object, but the possiblity of being overruled. Terminating the relationship is extreme, and I would hope you'd not do that with any kind of relationship lightly.
My point is that if your employer tells you to do something, you largely due it. It's not a parternship, it's a hierarchy. Your only recourse is to leave... but you kid yourself if you view your employer relationship as a partnership.
In that regard, it IS much more similar to the parent child relationship; they hold the power. And while you can say "I'll quit!" all you want, realistically you're stuck there until you find another job, which unless you're going on your own, will be the same kind of relationship.
Well, the portable electronics aren't anywhere close to demanding the amount of energy that a car battery would, which is likely there have only been incremental improvements. It takes a lot more power to move a car 200 miles then power my zune for a few hours.
So if your boss says you need to start filling out timesheets, you think that's an area of discussion, or do you just do it? If your employer saying they are changing your healthcare plan, is he asking your opinion, or making a decision without your input?
Lower your grades could affect which school you get into (if you get into one at all), which ultimately could decide your salary for the rest of your life. Start off at a job making 25% less and compound that for your entire career and the economics of it can be pretty massive.
And yet children really suck at that kind of forethinking, for the most part. That's partly why they are children.
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So what? The exchange probably put a proposal out there, and a company that build the linux setup they use happened to win it. Or do you really think people running an exchange care at all about anything other than price and that it works?
Cloud computing is the latest fad that isn't going anywhere. Remember SOA? I don't.
Stupidest comment ever, eh? Flexible employment gives you lots of options in life that go way beyond seeing movies in the daytime. I thought that would be obvious, but I guess I needed to spell it out for you.
Except the context were are in is how much it is to see a movie. The fact that a more flexible schedule allows other things is irrelevent to the point you were making.
Then again, you may not have the education or employment options to take control of your life in this fashion, which explains your angry outburst. Sorry.
Or you could be a stupid fuckwad that doesn't realize that everyone has different priorities, and that's what prompted my angry outburst.
For example, knowing that I'll never have to work past 5 is a plus in my book. So is the salary I'm getting. Being able to decide which technology to apply to solve a particular problem is a plus. Asking and getting pretty much anything I need (ie, a brand new server), provided I can give a good reason, makes my job much easier.
Yes, flex time would be nice, but you seem to think that's the only thing that matters when chosing where to work.. and the only reason you gave initially was that you could see a movie at noon if you wanted (alone, like a loser). Even if I could see one at noon, I wouldn't want to... I'd rather go at night with my wife, and make an evening of it.
My point wasn't that nobody wants such jobs, it was that they pay more than the private sector would, which is clearly not the case. The job I was offered had almost none of those perks, and the added joy of driving an hour each way on an interstate over mountainous areas in the dead of winter.
The job I did take is strict 8 hours, no more, no less, I can wear jeans and a nicer shirt and sneakers. Benefits suck... but fortunately my wife works where they are better.. and I'm given specific goals and left to my own to figure out how best to build the software to meet those goals. So yes, I did weight everything.. but like I said, just because the government gets involved in a project doesn't mean everyone involved is overpaid.
Wow... stupidest comment ever. I should find another job, even though I'm happy where I am, so I can see a movie during the day? Why... to save a fucking $1.50? Of course the nice part of my inflexible employer is that I'm ALWAYS done at EXACTLY 5. Never worked more than 40 hours in the three years I've been here.
The problem is that we don't live in a democracy, but stupid people keep claiming we do. We have a republic to help protect the rights of the minority, even when the majority is against it. Democracy is a nice euphemism for mob rule. I'm right because five people agree with me, and only four agree with you.
I've yet to see any one of these projects that have use or did use taxpayer money. I have service from my city, and no tax dollars were spent on the project. None. Nor do they take any income from taxes.
And yes, my service is orders of magnitude better than anything Comcast could offer.
Sorry, you're wrong. People love to spout this kind of garbage, but it's just not true. Case in point, I could have had a programming job with the state government... the problem is they want to pay me 1/3 of what I can make at my current company. And that would be the MAX salary.
Ya know what, I really don't care if it's fair to TW or not. Let the cable companies go screw, they've done NOTHING good for me but offer headache and misery and crappy service.
I'm much happier with my city run fiber and the phone / internet / tv they offer.
Why convert it to a private entity? Just run it as a city utility. I have city power, water, AND fiber triple play. The service and quality is much better then anything I've ever gotten form private companies.
Let the government own and operate the lines, and let others offer services over those lines.
Matinee here is more than $6, unless you happen to be under 12 or over 60. Regardless, I have a day job, and seeing that I can get discounted tickets for $7.50.. but regardless, a decent size HDTV is much more than the cost of going to the movies over a year.
If the American audience of this site didn't use pirate bay, I doubt we'd be hearing about it.
Ya, I'm going to waste my vacation time just to go to a movie. It's not worth it, and $13 for two tickets I beat even your matinee price, and can go at a much more preferable time.
I think your math is off. It's more than $100. Of course, a GOOD HDTV, not your 20" special will be at least a grand. Given those numbers, I can afford to go to the movies every week ($13 for two tickets) and still be under a grand.
Not that there's anything wrong with the HDTV and home theather, but theres something to be said for leaving your house now and then, and provided you get a good audience, it's more fun to watch the movie in a theater than at home.
Oh please, step down from your high horse. You just look like an ass.
There's nothing wrong with wanting an intelligent movie. I enjoy them as well. But sometimes I just want something that's just fun to watch, no matter how much the story lacks.
So an American run site funded by American organizations shouldn't be focused on America?
Harder to administer? How about impossible, and if you think the IRS digs too much into your life, just want until you have the government documenting EVERY possestion as you leave the country.. and don't forget they'll have to catalog your MP3s too!
Thanks, I'll stick to the income tax.. which also rightly puts more budren on those most able to afford it.
I just have to say this. You're an idiot.
Nothing you said about a public fiber project is true. My city rolled out fiber to every home in the city, at no cost to taxpayers.
It doesn't eliminate choice, it enables it. The city can run fiber and offere services over it, and it can also open it up to other to offer the same services on the fiber. Because the organization only needs to pay for upgrades / maintence, not make a profit, the cost to provide services is lower.
Even if you were to use tax money.. so what? My tax dollars are stolen from me for a number of things I don't support and I'm willing to bet you do. So tough shit.
Your "reasons" for not wanting fiber as infrastructure are totally off base; or do you argue that the road system would be better if private companies managed it?
Processor production is a mature commoditized business as well, yet we're still improving there. The fact is cells have been improving since production first began, and research continues to show how we might futher improve batteries: http://news.cnet.com/A-tenfold-improvement-in-battery-life/2100-1041_3-6226196.html
No, that's simply part of the contract. The employer pays me, and in exchange I do the job I've agreed to do. Of course, if what they ask is unethical or doesn't make sense, I absolutely tell them so. After all, they hired me for my experience and expertise, not because I'm a brainless flunky who unquestioningly does what they're told. And if they persist in doing something silly, and I can't bring myself to do the job they ask of me, then I'll find another employer.
No one said anything about being a brainless flunky, but if you're employer wants it done you either do it or the relationship ends. You don't get to pick and chose what you do if you want to stay.
That's only true if you're dumb enough to place yourself in a situation where the sudden loss of your job followed by a short period of unemployment would be problematic. You haven't done that, have you?
My personal situtation is irrelevent as we're talking generalities here. Even with good planning though, with the current recession any sensible person would be more conservative and not jump ship lightly, since its more likely than not to be a long period of unemployment.
At any rate the employer is in charge if you want to maintain the relationship, not you. A parternship is more equal, where both parties discuss things up front prior to making a decision. That's rarely how a company works.. decisions are made top down. The fact that you can leave if you disagree doesn't change the nature of the relationship, where you likely don't have equal say. That's the key.. equal say vs. being able to object, but the possiblity of being overruled. Terminating the relationship is extreme, and I would hope you'd not do that with any kind of relationship lightly.
My point is that if your employer tells you to do something, you largely due it. It's not a parternship, it's a hierarchy. Your only recourse is to leave... but you kid yourself if you view your employer relationship as a partnership.
In that regard, it IS much more similar to the parent child relationship; they hold the power. And while you can say "I'll quit!" all you want, realistically you're stuck there until you find another job, which unless you're going on your own, will be the same kind of relationship.
Well, the portable electronics aren't anywhere close to demanding the amount of energy that a car battery would, which is likely there have only been incremental improvements. It takes a lot more power to move a car 200 miles then power my zune for a few hours.
So if your boss says you need to start filling out timesheets, you think that's an area of discussion, or do you just do it? If your employer saying they are changing your healthcare plan, is he asking your opinion, or making a decision without your input?
Lower your grades could affect which school you get into (if you get into one at all), which ultimately could decide your salary for the rest of your life. Start off at a job making 25% less and compound that for your entire career and the economics of it can be pretty massive.
And yet children really suck at that kind of forethinking, for the most part. That's partly why they are children.
Um, didn't the founders start killing over taxes and housing of soliders in private homes? You know, all the stuff in the bill of rights basically?