what adult would choose a bubblegum-flavored slurpee when a nice adult-oriented pina colada or margarita could be available, alcohol included?
Alchoholic beverages are not always an option for some of us "adults" due to the negative impact it would have on our health (including, but not limited to, interaction with medications). Also, do you have a job where you can consume alchohol while you are "on the clock"?
I can see stopping at a 7-11 for a slurpee during the day when I'm coming back from lunch or when I'm on the way to one of our sites to troubleshoot a technical problem. Stopping for a beer would result in me having a lot of free time on my hands...and no more paychecks.
I don't think you'd be fired for "failing to loan your employer money". But you'd find going to training classes and conferences very difficult. And you would be labeled as a "troublemaker".
Yes, it's possible to get cash advances from some employers for travel. But usually involves a large amount of paperwork. "Company credit cards" are also usually hard to get and end-up in the hands of managers if they exist at all. (In this discussion, I'm talking about techies who travel occassionally for training - I'm not talking about road warriors who make their living on the road.)
As far as "wrongful termination", I am a salaried I.S. person and we are "at-will employees" in this state. We can be terminated at any time. The case may be different in your state but it's made quite clear during employee orientation that we can be fired at any time. I don't think you'd have much of a chance in court with your "wrongful termination case". [The only exception would be if you are lucky enough to be a salaried I.S. person *and* be part of a union.]
Now, if you were fired because you are a minority, because of your sexual orienation, because of your gender, because you refused sexual advances from your supervisor, etc. then you have a case.
I love how the "big talkers" on Slashdot say "Well, I'd never take a job that required me to be a corporate drone. They can shove that job up their ass!" Please keep that attitude going. You will find yourself unable to get anything more meaningful than a job at McDonald's (if you can stand their "requirement" that you wear a uniform).
Let's take a step back for a second, my post said that some employers run a credit check (just as some run drug tests) on prospective employees. If your credit history looks "funny" compared to another equally-qualified candidate, things do not look good for you to get that job. As I said in my previous post, the techies that I've worked with who had severe performance problems also had very bad problems with their personal finances (both in the past as well as ongoing).
There's a difference between having "bad credit" and having "no credit history because you don't borrow money". The latter should certainly show that you can control your finances.
I agree with you there. But even if you have paid for everything with cash, you will still have some sort of credit history. If you have a "clean slate" with no store charge cards, no cars that were financed, no other loans, that tells me that you were at least diligent in paying your phone bill (both home and cellular) as well as your rent, your utility bill and everything else that is required in life. So even a "blank" credit report does tell a story (in this case, it's a "positive" reference).
As of now I'm volunteering to remove anyone's implant at no cost
What if we come to a point where boarding a form of mass transit requires that a passenger have a chip implanted? A human attempting to board without a chip will set off an alarm.
The real demand won't be physicians who can remove the chips, it will be for "connected" physicians who can remove the original chip and then successfully implant a new chip which provides a new, generic identity: "Welcome aboard Northworst Airlines Flight 739, Mister John Doe"
I knew a guy a while back who liked to live "outside the system" like you do. I'm not saying that it's something I favor but I think someday it will be hard to do *anything* if you don't have an "electronic history".
The idea is that a stable credit history implies that its owner will be a stable person, more responsible, and less likely to rob the company due to a high financial burden.
I've belived the same thing for quite a while. It seems that co-workers who have terrible personal credit also turn out to be very sloppy when it comes to technical work. They also seem to spend an extraordinary amount of time on the phone (when they should be working) trying to get their home phone/cell phone re-connected or talking to collection agencies.
I don't know about other lines of work, but techies won't can control their personal finances usually don't do that well at work either.
I also agree with your comment on traveling. Every place I've ever worked required me to use my own credit card when travelling and then I would be reimbursed. If someone has no credit or their card is maxed-out, how are they going to go to a conference or to a class in another city?
Last week I was having lunch with the president as well as the head of technical services for a local technology firm. I happened to bring up the credit check thing and they confirmed that they run a credit report on each person who interviews for a job. A bad credit report means you don't get any further in the interview process.
I've worked alongside I.T. people from all different kinds of backgrounds (male, female, black, white, gay, straight, etc.). But it has been the people with poor control over their personal finances who have consistently turned-out to be poor performers on the job.
Here in the Great State of Wisconsin, I pay $0.03362 per kWh for electricity between 1900 and 0700 M-F (all-day on Sat and Sun). "Peak" electricity costs me $0.18045.
As you can probably guess, I don't run the AC during the day and all "big" appliances (dishwasher, washing machine, dryer) run after the sun goes down. I don't envy you having to pay almost as much as my "peak" energy costs. I think the "normal" rate for this area is somewhere near the average of the two numbers listed above.
[For those WE Energies customers who read Slashdot, I added the "Energy Charge", "Fuel Cost Adjustment" and "Transmission Surcharge" for each category to get the numbers listed above.]
Nevermind the fact after doing so, I gave it back to whomever I borrowed it from.
So you're going to admit to the RIAA that you made copies of CDs that you did not purchase? Wow, I'm sure they'll wish that every "suspect" was that cooperative.
With your kind of logic, I predict that I'll be seeing you on "Cops" someday.
It's not the people who don't own the hardware that Cisco (and every other manufacturer) wants to keep out. It's the people who own the hardware but won't pony-up the bucks for a support contract. If you don't pay the annual support fee, you don't get the new firmware that has new features.
What about the case where you have to register for a website to VERIFY THAT YOU ARE A CUSTOMER WITH AN ACTIVE SUPPORT CONTRACT?
I use my CCO login to download software that I should not have access to *unless* I have a valid support contract in place. I don't expect Cisco to give away new versions of software and firmware for free. Those "products" should go only to the people who are paying for them.
$50? It's more like $100 a head to use SecurID (not counting server hardware) becuase each $60 token also needs a corresponding $40 license on the ACE/Server.
Every remote user who gets an RSA hardware (or software) token at the company I work for costs the company $100. This doesn't count the cost of administering the remote access accounts. We like to keep this figure handy for managers who request an RSA token (hard or soft) for everyone in their entire department. After they hear the cost, the number of people who really need the tokens often goes down substantially.
Are you implying that "beautiful people" have good looking children? And that smart people have smart children?
I don't think that always holds true. I have seen plenty of examples of HOT women who had average or below-average looking parents. And a set of hot parents can have an average looking (or below) child.
Riiiight. Up to 1000 amps going into the coil. Yeah....
When you say "1000 amps capacity", do you mean "Cold Cranking Amps" (which your cold weather concerns seem to imply)? My car doesn't need a battery that has a rating of 1000 CCA to start in the winter. More like half that figure.
The coil transforms the 12 Volts and 1000 amps into several thousand volts and correspondingly low amperage
WHAT kind of vehicle do you have that has 1000 amps flowing through any part of it? What mechanism does your vehicle use to generate such a large current at 12V?
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What about the nano-truckstops? Staffed with nano-waitresses?
:-)
:^)
etc. etc. etc.
You forgot the nano-Lot Lizards for the nano-truckstop.
(Oh, how I longed for a phaser back in the day!)
;^)
Just like Capt. Kirk when he was battling the Gorn....
Sex and Beer!
Your wish is my command:
Sex and Beer
what adult would choose a bubblegum-flavored slurpee when a nice adult-oriented pina colada or margarita could be available, alcohol included?
Alchoholic beverages are not always an option for some of us "adults" due to the negative impact it would have on our health (including, but not limited to, interaction with medications). Also, do you have a job where you can consume alchohol while you are "on the clock"?
I can see stopping at a 7-11 for a slurpee during the day when I'm coming back from lunch or when I'm on the way to one of our sites to troubleshoot a technical problem. Stopping for a beer would result in me having a lot of free time on my hands...and no more paychecks.
I don't think you'd be fired for "failing to loan your employer money". But you'd find going to training classes and conferences very difficult. And you would be labeled as a "troublemaker".
Yes, it's possible to get cash advances from some employers for travel. But usually involves a large amount of paperwork. "Company credit cards" are also usually hard to get and end-up in the hands of managers if they exist at all. (In this discussion, I'm talking about techies who travel occassionally for training - I'm not talking about road warriors who make their living on the road.)
As far as "wrongful termination", I am a salaried I.S. person and we are "at-will employees" in this state. We can be terminated at any time. The case may be different in your state but it's made quite clear during employee orientation that we can be fired at any time. I don't think you'd have much of a chance in court with your "wrongful termination case". [The only exception would be if you are lucky enough to be a salaried I.S. person *and* be part of a union.]
Now, if you were fired because you are a minority, because of your sexual orienation, because of your gender, because you refused sexual advances from your supervisor, etc. then you have a case.
I love how the "big talkers" on Slashdot say "Well, I'd never take a job that required me to be a corporate drone. They can shove that job up their ass!" Please keep that attitude going. You will find yourself unable to get anything more meaningful than a job at McDonald's (if you can stand their "requirement" that you wear a uniform).
Let's take a step back for a second, my post said that some employers run a credit check (just as some run drug tests) on prospective employees. If your credit history looks "funny" compared to another equally-qualified candidate, things do not look good for you to get that job. As I said in my previous post, the techies that I've worked with who had severe performance problems also had very bad problems with their personal finances (both in the past as well as ongoing).
There's a difference between having "bad credit" and having "no credit history because you don't borrow money". The latter should certainly show that you can control your finances.
I agree with you there. But even if you have paid for everything with cash, you will still have some sort of credit history. If you have a "clean slate" with no store charge cards, no cars that were financed, no other loans, that tells me that you were at least diligent in paying your phone bill (both home and cellular) as well as your rent, your utility bill and everything else that is required in life. So even a "blank" credit report does tell a story (in this case, it's a "positive" reference).
As of now I'm volunteering to remove anyone's implant at no cost
What if we come to a point where boarding a form of mass transit requires that a passenger have a chip implanted? A human attempting to board without a chip will set off an alarm.
The real demand won't be physicians who can remove the chips, it will be for "connected" physicians who can remove the original chip and then successfully implant a new chip which provides a new, generic identity: "Welcome aboard Northworst Airlines Flight 739, Mister John Doe"
I knew a guy a while back who liked to live "outside the system" like you do. I'm not saying that it's something I favor but I think someday it will be hard to do *anything* if you don't have an "electronic history".
He speaks the truth.
The idea is that a stable credit history implies that its owner will be a stable person, more responsible, and less likely to rob the company due to a high financial burden.
I've belived the same thing for quite a while. It seems that co-workers who have terrible personal credit also turn out to be very sloppy when it comes to technical work. They also seem to spend an extraordinary amount of time on the phone (when they should be working) trying to get their home phone/cell phone re-connected or talking to collection agencies.
I don't know about other lines of work, but techies won't can control their personal finances usually don't do that well at work either.
I also agree with your comment on traveling. Every place I've ever worked required me to use my own credit card when travelling and then I would be reimbursed. If someone has no credit or their card is maxed-out, how are they going to go to a conference or to a class in another city?
Last week I was having lunch with the president as well as the head of technical services for a local technology firm. I happened to bring up the credit check thing and they confirmed that they run a credit report on each person who interviews for a job. A bad credit report means you don't get any further in the interview process.
I've worked alongside I.T. people from all different kinds of backgrounds (male, female, black, white, gay, straight, etc.). But it has been the people with poor control over their personal finances who have consistently turned-out to be poor performers on the job.
Here in the Great State of Wisconsin, I pay $0.03362 per kWh for electricity between 1900 and 0700 M-F (all-day on Sat and Sun). "Peak" electricity costs me $0.18045.
As you can probably guess, I don't run the AC during the day and all "big" appliances (dishwasher, washing machine, dryer) run after the sun goes down. I don't envy you having to pay almost as much as my "peak" energy costs. I think the "normal" rate for this area is somewhere near the average of the two numbers listed above.
[For those WE Energies customers who read Slashdot, I added the "Energy Charge", "Fuel Cost Adjustment" and "Transmission Surcharge" for each category to get the numbers listed above.]
Build a lightweight VPN server into every router
Something like this?: http://martybugs.net/wireless/openwrt/openvpn.cgi
Nevermind the fact after doing so, I gave it back to whomever I borrowed it from.
So you're going to admit to the RIAA that you made copies of CDs that you did not purchase? Wow, I'm sure they'll wish that every "suspect" was that cooperative.
With your kind of logic, I predict that I'll be seeing you on "Cops" someday.
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I'm sure this guy never thought he'd be caught either....
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http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep04/262570.a
It's not the people who don't own the hardware that Cisco (and every other manufacturer) wants to keep out. It's the people who own the hardware but won't pony-up the bucks for a support contract. If you don't pay the annual support fee, you don't get the new firmware that has new features.
So you threw away the box that your precious Linksys router came in without noticing the Cisco logo on the box? :^)
"Interesting"? Wow! The mods are generous today.
What about the case where you have to register for a website to VERIFY THAT YOU ARE A CUSTOMER WITH AN ACTIVE SUPPORT CONTRACT?
I use my CCO login to download software that I should not have access to *unless* I have a valid support contract in place. I don't expect Cisco to give away new versions of software and firmware for free. Those "products" should go only to the people who are paying for them.
$50? It's more like $100 a head to use SecurID (not counting server hardware) becuase each $60 token also needs a corresponding $40 license on the ACE/Server.
Every remote user who gets an RSA hardware (or software) token at the company I work for costs the company $100. This doesn't count the cost of administering the remote access accounts. We like to keep this figure handy for managers who request an RSA token (hard or soft) for everyone in their entire department. After they hear the cost, the number of people who really need the tokens often goes down substantially.
...changes password every 30 seconds.
My SecurID hardware authenticators from RSA display a different tokencode every sixty seconds. Or are you talking about something else?
Are you implying that "beautiful people" have good looking children? And that smart people have smart children?
I don't think that always holds true. I have seen plenty of examples of HOT women who had average or below-average looking parents. And a set of hot parents can have an average looking (or below) child.
Dear Rude Turnip:
;^)
I told you that the bad thoughts would return if you stopped taking the pills.....
You think that's bad? I had a similar accident - but with Tribbles. Now the damn things are everywhere.
:^)
But that's The Trouble With Tribbles.
Ok, I give you that the battery may have some sort of short term "burst" to deliver 1000 amps.
But the original post said there was 1000 amps at 12V going into the coil.
I'll amend my original question to be: "What kind of vehicle are you driving that has 1000 Amps going into the coil?"
I'm sure the GP meant up to 1000amps.
Riiiight. Up to 1000 amps going into the coil. Yeah....
When you say "1000 amps capacity", do you mean "Cold Cranking Amps" (which your cold weather concerns seem to imply)? My car doesn't need a battery that has a rating of 1000 CCA to start in the winter. More like half that figure.
As such, 1000 amps capacity is required to start the car.
Riiiight. What about those of us who don't drive a semi or front-end loader to work?
Also, this still doesn't explain the G.P. who said there is 1000 amps going into his coil.
The coil transforms the 12 Volts and 1000 amps into several thousand volts and correspondingly low amperage
WHAT kind of vehicle do you have that has 1000 amps flowing through any part of it? What mechanism does your vehicle use to generate such a large current at 12V?