It's not just being tired. On my long drives, the first three hours are sometimes the most dificult. After that, the rest of the day is a breeze. I think sometimes, there's some kind of hypnotic effect that can put you into what apparently can be a fairly deep trance that looks like you may have fallen asleep. Effectively, you have. I vaguely remember tech that you mention being written up several years ago. I don't know what became of it.
It's all that P2P "shoplifting" going on...right?:-) If we stop "stealing", the price will go down to 10 cents a song...right? They WILL drop the prices...right? You don't fool me. Everyone knows there's no sanity clause
Eventually this will lead to a total-control model, whereby drunk driving would become a thing of the past, tickets would be a thing of the past, driving lessons would be a thing of the past, and speed limits would be a thing of the past.
You do understand that you would be cutting off a major source of revenue for many small towns...right? The only really safe system will be little four passenger pods riding in an elevated mag lev tube, protected from the weather and animals, etc. It should as safe and simple as an elevator. A well run operation could easily be as cheap as a penny a mile. If we demand it, it will happen.
/me still bitter about the driver of a full size truck that rear-ended me on the freeway because he was looking at a tow truck in the ditch and not the road.
There's a solution for this. The cops need to put up a "curtain" between the accident and the road. Then they should charge say $5 to anyone who wants to pull over and see the accident. Profit!!
There can be mitigating circumstances for this. For example, if you're driving a certain speed and the street lights or painted lane dividers are spaced apart at the right distance. The frequency or flashing or whatever the word might be, can put you into a trance (for lack of a better word). Same thing can happen when you're driving along featureless landscape. It's kind of like hypoxia(sp). You don't know what's happening until it's too late.
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I wanna die in my sleep. Like my grampa Not yelling and screaming Like the other passengers in the car.
Start here. And I wish you the best. Even though I referred you to a big union, they provide excelent info on organizing. Everything zogger said is very right on, and some of his/hers(?) posts should be required reading for some people here. Especially the industry drones that post here. You know who you are. Anyway, like the man said, you DO have the power. Use it wisely and effectively. The best of luck and keep us "posted" - no pun intended. We need to hear success stories from our side for a change.
The fact that the work was destroyed is exactly the point. Copying does not destroy the work. or its value as a work. The work had value in that the person got paid for performing the work. The copies have no real value, except to people who get paid to make copies. If you value the copies, then, by all means, buy it and enjoy it.
Many jobs in tv are now "daily hire". It's very convienient for me, because there's no long term commitment, from me or the employer. I'm up front about my plans when I start up for the season, and it's all good. When I'm ready to bug out for the winter, I usually have something waiting for me in May. I've been very lucky, but my kind of work is relatively easy to find. If I don't get anything, well, then, I guess the gig is up, and I find that perfectly acceptable. I can't spend my time thinking about it. I just do what I can, and hope for the best. You won't find me crying to the gov't or anyone else to protect my job. I accept responsablity for my misfortunes. How about you?
What if you built something, then I burn it down, your work amounted to nothing, so should you not get paid?
Then you can be charged with destruction of property. Quite different from copying. If you were to copy his work, he might not care. He may have gotten paid before starting the work. Media distibuters will always be able to serve a niche market. The concept created in Hollywood of "artist as king" is now obsolete, and was probably created to entice artists to sign over their rights.
Full time is not the only option. I only work six months out of the year and live in a cheap country the other six months. It's not dificult, and it helps you maintain your sanity.
Then we should ban di-hydrogen monoxide from the schools also.:-)
I think somebody did an animal experiment where they covered up the eyes since birth, so that part of the brain normally used for sight went on to do "other things". When they took the blinders off, the animal remained blind, because there was literally nothing "wired" to the eyes anymore. My point being that if you don't use your brain, it will get "flabby". You'll find yourself forgetting how to do things. Until you finish high school, you need to be well rounded in all aspects (of math in this case). When you start to specialize in a specific field, go nuts and use all the tools at your disposal.
For all the obvious reasons. Think about it, seriously.
...why should calculators be banned from math?
Because you are there to work your brain. That's what school is supposed to be about. Hell, if it was up to me, I would ban pencils and paper, and make you work it out in your head (just kidding). Calculators are fine at work, where time is money, but in school, learning is money in your pocket, even though you won't realize it until much later.
Yeah, well, that's how capitalism works. Buy low sell high. It's perfectly natural. Live with it. We're all replacable. That's fine with me. Quit yer bellyachin' and adapt. If I can do it, so can you.
The area of a circle with a radius of 3 is simply 9*pi, on a test why does it matter if the student plugs the number in to get a decimal number?
Because you're just repeating the formula. The answer is single number, real or otherwise. I need to know the actual area of the circle, not the formula for figuring it out.
So do I. They should be banned from school, just like guns. It's one thing to use them in business for quick work. They have no place in school where you're supposed to be learning how to add.
an awful lot of resentment here. What? Is it because they're "foreigners"?. Would you treat them different if they were American? Why? We're on the same planet...right? Stop looking to other people for your security. Nobody owes to you, and nobody's going to give it to you. Let them have the damn job. Do something else. Save your money. Don't run up so much debt. And wear a rubber, for christ's sake!
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Faux fur is a celebration of the beauty of animals, and given that no animals were harmed in its production, I don't really see an issue with it.
Faux news is a celebration of the beauty of the news, and given that no reporters were harmed in its production, I don't really see an issue with it.
I was more afraid that they were talking about that "Linus in speedos" thing, again.
It's not just being tired. On my long drives, the first three hours are sometimes the most dificult. After that, the rest of the day is a breeze. I think sometimes, there's some kind of hypnotic effect that can put you into what apparently can be a fairly deep trance that looks like you may have fallen asleep. Effectively, you have. I vaguely remember tech that you mention being written up several years ago. I don't know what became of it.
It's all that P2P "shoplifting" going on...right? :-)
If we stop "stealing", the price will go down to 10 cents a song...right?
They WILL drop the prices...right?
You don't fool me.
Everyone knows there's no sanity clause
...The loud crunching noise awakens you in time to see the final few seconds of life!
See the breaking glass
In the underpass
See the breaking glass
In the underpass
Warm leatherette
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Melts on your burning flesh
You can see your reflection
In the luminescent dash
Warm leatherette
A tear of petrol
Is in your eye
The hand brake
Penetrates your thigh
Quick - Let's make love
Before you die
On warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Join the car crash set
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Eventually this will lead to a total-control model, whereby drunk driving would become a thing of the past, tickets would be a thing of the past, driving lessons would be a thing of the past, and speed limits would be a thing of the past.
You do understand that you would be cutting off a major source of revenue for many small towns...right? The only really safe system will be little four passenger pods riding in an elevated mag lev tube, protected from the weather and animals, etc. It should as safe and simple as an elevator. A well run operation could easily be as cheap as a penny a mile. If we demand it, it will happen.
/me still bitter about the driver of a full size truck that rear-ended me on the freeway because he was looking at a tow truck in the ditch and not the road.
There's a solution for this. The cops need to put up a "curtain" between the accident and the road. Then they should charge say $5 to anyone who wants to pull over and see the accident. Profit!!
There can be mitigating circumstances for this. For example, if you're driving a certain speed and the street lights or painted lane dividers are spaced apart at the right distance. The frequency or flashing or whatever the word might be, can put you into a trance (for lack of a better word). Same thing can happen when you're driving along featureless landscape. It's kind of like hypoxia(sp). You don't know what's happening until it's too late.
--
I wanna die in my sleep.
Like my grampa
Not yelling and screaming
Like the other passengers in the car.
Start here. And I wish you the best. Even though I referred you to a big union, they provide excelent info on organizing. Everything zogger said is very right on, and some of his /hers(?) posts should be required reading for some people here. Especially the industry drones that post here. You know who you are. Anyway, like the man said, you DO have the power. Use it wisely and effectively. The best of luck and keep us "posted" - no pun intended. We need to hear success stories from our side for a change.
They also said it pretty well in "Money for Nothing"
The fact that the work was destroyed is exactly the point. Copying does not destroy the work. or its value as a work. The work had value in that the person got paid for performing the work. The copies have no real value, except to people who get paid to make copies. If you value the copies, then, by all means, buy it and enjoy it.
Many jobs in tv are now "daily hire". It's very convienient for me, because there's no long term commitment, from me or the employer. I'm up front about my plans when I start up for the season, and it's all good. When I'm ready to bug out for the winter, I usually have something waiting for me in May. I've been very lucky, but my kind of work is relatively easy to find. If I don't get anything, well, then, I guess the gig is up, and I find that perfectly acceptable. I can't spend my time thinking about it. I just do what I can, and hope for the best. You won't find me crying to the gov't or anyone else to protect my job. I accept responsablity for my misfortunes. How about you?
What if you built something, then I burn it down, your work amounted to nothing, so should you not get paid?
Then you can be charged with destruction of property. Quite different from copying. If you were to copy his work, he might not care. He may have gotten paid before starting the work. Media distibuters will always be able to serve a niche market. The concept created in Hollywood of "artist as king" is now obsolete, and was probably created to entice artists to sign over their rights.
Full time is not the only option. I only work six months out of the year and live in a cheap country the other six months. It's not dificult, and it helps you maintain your sanity.
...drowning is more likely to kill you.
:-)
Then we should ban di-hydrogen monoxide from the schools also.
I think somebody did an animal experiment where they covered up the eyes since birth, so that part of the brain normally used for sight went on to do "other things". When they took the blinders off, the animal remained blind, because there was literally nothing "wired" to the eyes anymore. My point being that if you don't use your brain, it will get "flabby". You'll find yourself forgetting how to do things. Until you finish high school, you need to be well rounded in all aspects (of math in this case). When you start to specialize in a specific field, go nuts and use all the tools at your disposal.
"Just look for the big W. Then youll find all the money in world...just waitin for somebody to come along, and dig it up."
How 'bout "Butt-Head Software Vender"?
They can't have that much spam to weed through.
While the rest of us are getting spam for "Cat's Claw", They're getting spam for "Camel Toe". The Canadians? They get "Moose Knuckle"
Why should guns be banned from school?
...why should calculators be banned from math?
For all the obvious reasons. Think about it, seriously.
Because you are there to work your brain. That's what school is supposed to be about. Hell, if it was up to me, I would ban pencils and paper, and make you work it out in your head (just kidding). Calculators are fine at work, where time is money, but in school, learning is money in your pocket, even though you won't realize it until much later.
Yeah, well, that's how capitalism works. Buy low sell high. It's perfectly natural. Live with it. We're all replacable. That's fine with me. Quit yer bellyachin' and adapt. If I can do it, so can you.
The area of a circle with a radius of 3 is simply 9*pi, on a test why does it matter if the student plugs the number in to get a decimal number?
Because you're just repeating the formula. The answer is single number, real or otherwise. I need to know the actual area of the circle, not the formula for figuring it out.
It boils down to the old cliche, "Garbage in, garbage out."
My calc teacher hates us using calculators...
So do I. They should be banned from school, just like guns. It's one thing to use them in business for quick work. They have no place in school where you're supposed to be learning how to add.
an awful lot of resentment here. What? Is it because they're "foreigners"?. Would you treat them different if they were American? Why? We're on the same planet...right? Stop looking to other people for your security. Nobody owes to you, and nobody's going to give it to you. Let them have the damn job. Do something else. Save your money. Don't run up so much debt. And wear a rubber, for christ's sake!
If they get a really bad one from your employer...
They can probably sue. In some states, the employer can only say whether or not you were employed there. Anything more can get them in trouble.