Yep, just finished reading it. The idea is that the morality of feeling bad about being late was wiped away by the small fee. The parents were paying approx $360/mo USD for care so an extra $60 a month to be as late as they needed to be wasn't such a big deal.
Once the trial was over they stopped charging a late fee but the parents continued to be habitually late. I say $20 per incident would have set them straight.
It was all about the incentives, be them moral or monetary, which one was less expensive to the parents in this case? $3 a shot. I have learned something about people by reading that book.. it is really about incentives. To cheat, to be late, to achieve.. it's all about incentives.
We use Lotus Notes, mostly for the database aspect.
Users are limited to: 100 MB - Joe User 250 MB - IT and managers 500 MB - Big Wigs
Attachments over 5 mb inside the network are put on low priority while over 5 MB outside doesn't go at all. Some of us are pretty anal about watching sizes, if i'm bored one day i'll go through the files and email the offending users to archive or delete what they can.
We're a Canadian oilfield company and are required to keep everything for 7 years, emails, docs, financials, everything.
And how many theories have you published lately? I'm an athiest but I don't call other peoples' views of religion bullshit. Science is a process of failures, we accept a theory until something better comes along. And that's just it, it's theoretical, look it up, it's a best guess based on what we see. Feel free not to believe it but have some contradictory informationsupporting you, you can't sluff off one of the best minds we have as a bullshitter without backing up what you're saying.
We had two SAP servers go down at the same time.. Turns out it was zinc particles in some sort of tile on the wall that got airborne while the tiles were being cut to make room for other stuff.
Sorry if the explanation is a little vague, i wasn't part of it, just heard about it through inter-company email from the network guys after the issue was resolved.
It's funny we mention the whole being blinded thing because if, for example, you used it to defend against someone penetrating a road block i think blindness would be last on their list of things to worry about considering they'd be dead from a barrage of gun fire immediately following a laser to the eyes anyway.
Sources, monetary and otherwise for conflicting studies...
Greenpeace: Global warming is in effect OPEC: Global warming doesn't exist PETA: Global warming is in effect George Bush: Global warming doesn't exist Kyoto Accord: Global warming is in effect...
There are many sources of studies and they definitively create two sides of the fence. I grew up in Estevan, SK and there are two coal fired plants within a ten minute drive of one another. Estevan has increased levels of skin cancer, and lung problems, lots of external issues like eyes and asthma and a perma haze over a town of 11,000 people. Not ot mention if you look out to the east of the city (Hwy 39) on google maps you'll see the wonderful spill piles from years of careless strip mining. While the results are in fact cloudy, you can't change the fact that what we're doing to the environment is having an effect in some way.
Mother nature is way more powerful than a lot of people realize (see: trying to control a hurricane). I agree that Earth will continue on it's merry way wether we manage to kill ourselves or not in the process of stripping it bare and filling the sky with garbage.
It'll all work out in the end, we only notice and care because we're the only ones aware enough to see the problems we're creating.
"that pictorial resurfacing was the reason she was asked to leave the show."
Denise Crosby felt that her character wasn't being explored enough, that's why she left the show. It's part of a hardcover i have and i can't remember the title for some reason. It goes through production and series problems, all the trials and tribulations of running a TV show, things like that.
"Humanity as a whole, however, does."
Thank you. Arguing these two sides, for me at least (agnostic is pushing it), requires proof from which to argue. I see no proof placed in front of me that lends itself to ID, creation, whatever the definition of the day is. I read of proof of older types of human all the time, evolution has at least provided some evidence of being correct whereas the bible must be taken as the only proof we have that God exists ans did in fact create us as we are.
"Science enthusiasts need not be atheists..."
I agree, and even though i'm agnostic i would like to point out that the Vatican runs a telescope in Arizona. It was originally located in Rome quite some time ago (1891). It's called the VATT (Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope) Observatory on Mount Graham.
Boy, this is similar to when i realized the difference between 'dog's bollocks' and 'bollocks' in the movie Snatch. It was a totally different film after that!
I would like to point out that the Vatican runs a telescope in Arizona; before that (1891) it was located in Rome, after light pollution started to encroach it was then moved to the pope's summer residence in the Alban hills southeast of the city. They decided to move again in 1978 to Mount Graham in southern Arizona and the new 1.8 meter scope was finished in 1993.
While i largely believe that religion tends to be of a philosophy of "Do as we say, not as we do.", and being a proud agnostic to boot, i could see how all those years ago, the quest for answers about God could lead to looking into the 'heavens' for those answers.
God, Gods, spirits, whatever you happen to believe in is simply an accepted superstition. I do not push my beliefs on anyone and i would ask that they do the same.
In my opinion science is simply the search for answers where religion is the acceptance that you'll never find the answers you seek.
"...or x-ray and gamma-ray bursts from acceleration jets and from energy emitted by the accretion disk."
This is provided that the black hole was pointed at an angle that we could detect the disk and/or jets, otherwise we'd miss it trying to detect it with that method alone.
It's called "The Continuing Mission". It's a ten year anniversary hardcover. Covers lots of neat stuff, prop and ship design, writers squabbles, how Berman was actually wired into every major decision. A must read for trekkies.
That's fair too. I have a book mostly centered on TNG that i'm reading, it came out after the 7th season ended and explains the rough start that TNG had and the core crew that they finally ended up with. Gene Roddenberry actively pursued Berman to join the franchise. Berman took Roddenberry's direction and ideas as best he could i think. They have strayed with the cowboyish mindset Enterprise has but TOS was like that as well.
All we actually need to put together is say $50,000, that ought to be enough to hire someone to whack Berman and get Star Trek back on track with a new head.
of 100 million dollars US paid over your lifetime.
say you win when you're 50 so that's 950*12=11400 months. 100M USD / 11400 = $8771.93 dollars a month, not accounting for intrest or anything of course. Mind you, in a thousand years 8771.93 will only buy you a chocolate bar anyway.
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Yep, just finished reading it. The idea is that the morality of feeling bad about being late was wiped away by the small fee. The parents were paying approx $360/mo USD for care so an extra $60 a month to be as late as they needed to be wasn't such a big deal.
Once the trial was over they stopped charging a late fee but the parents continued to be habitually late. I say $20 per incident would have set them straight.
It was all about the incentives, be them moral or monetary, which one was less expensive to the parents in this case? $3 a shot. I have learned something about people by reading that book.. it is really about incentives. To cheat, to be late, to achieve.. it's all about incentives.
We use Lotus Notes, mostly for the database aspect.
Users are limited to:
100 MB - Joe User
250 MB - IT and managers
500 MB - Big Wigs
Attachments over 5 mb inside the network are put on low priority while over 5 MB outside doesn't go at all. Some of us are pretty anal about watching sizes, if i'm bored one day i'll go through the files and email the offending users to archive or delete what they can.
We're a Canadian oilfield company and are required to keep everything for 7 years, emails, docs, financials, everything.
And how many theories have you published lately? I'm an athiest but I don't call other peoples' views of religion bullshit. Science is a process of failures, we accept a theory until something better comes along. And that's just it, it's theoretical, look it up, it's a best guess based on what we see. Feel free not to believe it but have some contradictory informationsupporting you, you can't sluff off one of the best minds we have as a bullshitter without backing up what you're saying.
We had two SAP servers go down at the same time.. Turns out it was zinc particles in some sort of tile on the wall that got airborne while the tiles were being cut to make room for other stuff. Sorry if the explanation is a little vague, i wasn't part of it, just heard about it through inter-company email from the network guys after the issue was resolved.
It's funny we mention the whole being blinded thing because if, for example, you used it to defend against someone penetrating a road block i think blindness would be last on their list of things to worry about considering they'd be dead from a barrage of gun fire immediately following a laser to the eyes anyway.
How many union workers does it take to change a light bulb?
Five... You got a problem with that?
Sources, monetary and otherwise for conflicting studies...
Greenpeace: Global warming is in effect
OPEC: Global warming doesn't exist
PETA: Global warming is in effect
George Bush: Global warming doesn't exist
Kyoto Accord: Global warming is in effect...
There are many sources of studies and they definitively create two sides of the fence. I grew up in Estevan, SK and there are two coal fired plants within a ten minute drive of one another. Estevan has increased levels of skin cancer, and lung problems, lots of external issues like eyes and asthma and a perma haze over a town of 11,000 people. Not ot mention if you look out to the east of the city (Hwy 39) on google maps you'll see the wonderful spill piles from years of careless strip mining. While the results are in fact cloudy, you can't change the fact that what we're doing to the environment is having an effect in some way.
Mother nature is way more powerful than a lot of people realize (see: trying to control a hurricane). I agree that Earth will continue on it's merry way wether we manage to kill ourselves or not in the process of stripping it bare and filling the sky with garbage.
It'll all work out in the end, we only notice and care because we're the only ones aware enough to see the problems we're creating.
The same reason water boils faster at higher elevations.. Less pressure the more capable a fluid is of vaporizing.
Huygens> Affirmative, parachute deployed.
Cassini> Can you see anything down there yet?
Huygens> Not really, it's pretty dark.
Cassini> Turn on your flashlight.
Huygens> Alright, taking it out... aw crap, I dropped it, not gettin that one back, I'm still at 10,000 meters.
Cassini> Oh that sucks, what about your water proof matches? Says here in the manual that we should use them in case of emergency.
Huygens> Well, it's better than sitting here in the dark... Taking them out, opening the box, I'll use two jus... *carrier terminated*
Cassini> Huygens? Huygens respond. Come on back now. Uh, Houston.. we have a problem.
"Anybody that powerful that wants to fully fund NASA is a great guy, in my book."
Anybody that powerful that wants to fully fund NASA and actually does it is a great guy in my book.
"that pictorial resurfacing was the reason she was asked to leave the show."
Denise Crosby felt that her character wasn't being explored enough, that's why she left the show. It's part of a hardcover i have and i can't remember the title for some reason. It goes through production and series problems, all the trials and tribulations of running a TV show, things like that.
"Humanity as a whole, however, does." Thank you. Arguing these two sides, for me at least (agnostic is pushing it), requires proof from which to argue. I see no proof placed in front of me that lends itself to ID, creation, whatever the definition of the day is. I read of proof of older types of human all the time, evolution has at least provided some evidence of being correct whereas the bible must be taken as the only proof we have that God exists ans did in fact create us as we are.
"Science enthusiasts need not be atheists..." I agree, and even though i'm agnostic i would like to point out that the Vatican runs a telescope in Arizona. It was originally located in Rome quite some time ago (1891). It's called the VATT (Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope) Observatory on Mount Graham.
"Bible-thumping fundies will just be replaced by some other group of ignorant buffoons..."
Sorry, this already happened.. It's called Scientology.
Things that i haven't come across in the posts yet:
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1. In Soviet Russia, bacteria freezes YOU.
2. Could you imagine a Beowolf cluster of these?
3. I, for one, welcome our thawed bacterial overlords.
4. Nazi reference in the scope of religion.
5. Enough mod points to seriously deter people from starting a religious argument on
Boy, this is similar to when i realized the difference between 'dog's bollocks' and 'bollocks' in the movie Snatch. It was a totally different film after that!
Kinda like this BS sticker for your fuel tank.. and only $299 each, it's a steal!!
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"...holographic frequencies into the gas tank and changes the molecular structure of the gasoline"
http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbibles/index.
If you're up for a good chuckle. i saw it a couple months ago, and can't find a link to the site anymore.
I would like to point out that the Vatican runs a telescope in Arizona; before that (1891) it was located in Rome, after light pollution started to encroach it was then moved to the pope's summer residence in the Alban hills southeast of the city. They decided to move again in 1978 to Mount Graham in southern Arizona and the new 1.8 meter scope was finished in 1993. While i largely believe that religion tends to be of a philosophy of "Do as we say, not as we do.", and being a proud agnostic to boot, i could see how all those years ago, the quest for answers about God could lead to looking into the 'heavens' for those answers. God, Gods, spirits, whatever you happen to believe in is simply an accepted superstition. I do not push my beliefs on anyone and i would ask that they do the same. In my opinion science is simply the search for answers where religion is the acceptance that you'll never find the answers you seek.
"...or x-ray and gamma-ray bursts from acceleration jets and from energy emitted by the accretion disk."
This is provided that the black hole was pointed at an angle that we could detect the disk and/or jets, otherwise we'd miss it trying to detect it with that method alone.
no prob, happy reading!
It's called "The Continuing Mission". It's a ten year anniversary hardcover. Covers lots of neat stuff, prop and ship design, writers squabbles, how Berman was actually wired into every major decision. A must read for trekkies.
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That's fair too. I have a book mostly centered on TNG that i'm reading, it came out after the 7th season ended and explains the rough start that TNG had and the core crew that they finally ended up with. Gene Roddenberry actively pursued Berman to join the franchise. Berman took Roddenberry's direction and ideas as best he could i think. They have strayed with the cowboyish mindset Enterprise has but TOS was like that as well.
All we actually need to put together is say $50,000, that ought to be enough to hire someone to whack Berman and get Star Trek back on track with a new head.
But i'm not angry.. no, seriously.
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of 100 million dollars US paid over your lifetime.
say you win when you're 50 so that's 950*12=11400 months. 100M USD / 11400 = $8771.93 dollars a month, not accounting for intrest or anything of course. Mind you, in a thousand years 8771.93 will only buy you a chocolate bar anyway.