Why SHOULD there be legally mandated vacation time? I do not understand why the government should interfere in my negotiations with my employer over things such as vacation time.
Because given the chance employers would give people zero vacation time. It's the same reason labor laws exist -- because people in power rarely demonstrate morality, or apathy for the condition of the rank-and-file worker, if they aren't forced to.
All it takes is a collusion of all employers in the same industry in an area to stop anyone in that group from having vacation time.
Those weeks of vacation are at your employer's discretion in their compensation package they offered you. You've had good luck in the employers you've had, nothing more. There is no legally mandated vacation time for workers in the U.S.
Without reading the CFR, 700mhz is probably licensed spectrum, and probably does not apply - licensee takes priority. The lighting system probably is a noise issue, not a purposeful emission.
CM
I thought the 700 mhz band was specifically the unlicensed spectrum we freed up by ending analog TV transmission.
I don't see these as services that should be moved outside your home. VoIP is going to be dependent on a third-party provider to start with. Security cameras are going to need to record to a in-home location due to data amounts, and putting home automation control outside your home sounds like a security risk.
In the end this still sounds like a case of wanting to share files, pictures, and video really, so you'd want the storage to be off-site. You could have your own server put up at a shared data center if you want to own the hardware, but you could get a VPS account and then tweak it as you want instead. If you do the colo solution you do have the bonus of shipping the hardware around the country for the initial (looong) backup before it's installed.
If you couldn't access it before the cable converter giveaway, you lost nothing and deserve nothing.
I used to be able to get 12-18 stations over the air on analog (a few network repeats from different affiliates on there). I live 45 miles from one broadcasting area, 24 miles from another. There are no big mountains or anything like that involved here. But there are some hills, and this is the Plains.
I get zero stations now after the digital cutover. I could probably get some by erecting a really tall mast out back (25 feet or so up). But building laws require that if you erect a tower or anything else like that, it has to be short enough that if it falls over in any direction, it stays on your property. Hardly anyone has a lot that large for their home, and if they do they are using pay TV already.
I disagree, though, that the Desktop is "pretty close except for the lack of a Start menu". It wasn't just that. Common things were in a different place, weren't grouped together properly and/or needed a memorized cabalistic gesture to make available. As many have said, Win8 lacks greatly in "conveyance". It's not apparent what are clickable objects and what are unclickable labels. These issues did not all go away with 8.1, nor does Classic Shell fix anything except the addition of a walking menu (which must be configured by the user).
Classic Shell has pre-configured setups where you can simply select if you want a Luna (XP) type Start menu, a Vista-theme one, or a Windows 7 inspired menu. The user doesn't have to build their own Start menu item-for-item (in fact, that option is hidden in the "show all settings" mode). Classic Shell's installer also has the option of installing additional items that make changes to Windows Explorer and IE, so it's more than just a Start menu.
Is this better than Windows 7? No, obviously not.
But there's not reason to act like one must find those vendors still offering Windows 7 PCs, or that getting a Windows 8 machine is dooming a user to Microsoft-account enabled, Metro crApp usability nightmare. Having the PC boot to Desktop and just pinning all your most used programs for the taskbar really is a fine solution when you stop and think about what Joe Sixpack actually uses his computer for nowadays:
1. Web Browser -- wow, we just covered 80% of his uses right here - Facebook, Email, Netflix, Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Pogo, etc, etc, etc
2. Email Client -- for if he still uses his ISP account or has a work email address.
3. Office (maybe, for work)
That's it! We're looking at maybe a half-dozen programs to pin at the most (if we pin the Office apps individually). Even a laptop with a 1366x768 screen will give you enough Taskbar for that. We already have Windows Explorer down there for accessing files. We can still add a video player or a digital camera app, but we're pretty much done. Besides teaching he user how to shut off the computer from the Charms menu, what do we need a Start menu for?
I vote to change the system. That you refuse to vote with me, wasting your vote, makes you the problem, not me.
Who says I don't want to change the system? Who says I refuse to vote?
Do you have any source for these statements, or are you pulling them out of your ass? This is like an earlier reply to me where you accused me of "hoarding cash under [my] mattress". Completely baseless retorts.
One who truly wants to change the system wouldn't be taking advantage of it for his own personal gain. Your actions speak louder than your words.
You're just another "I got mine, fuck you." opportunist.
I haven't voted for a winning president. Ever. 20+ years of voting, and never once voted for the winner.
Would you like a gold star, Marc? You've had zero effect on the system either way, just like me. I live in a blue city in a red state. It doesn't matter who I vote for, because the electoral college says we vote for the Republican, whether he's the right person for the job or not. But I still vote every election -- so you might want to check with your source, because he sounds like a commentator on Fox News right now.
If you ignore the Metro interface, and the desktop, and the apps, Windows 7 and 8 are the same thing.
The apps only run on the Metro side, so I consider the "apps" and Metro one and the same. Easily ignorable. There are no "killer apps" that are only available through Microsoft's stupid store (except the 8.1 updater, which doesn't require a Microsoft Store account to download).
The Desktop is pretty close except the lack of a Start menu. Add Classic Shell and it's back to business as usual if you don't want to just pin all your programs to the Taskbar like I do. I have Classic Shell installed but don't really need it generally.
I've seen a ton of people complaining about the new Office interface, for example, because it's apparently all been 'flattened' to look as crap as Windows 8 does.
You can run older non-flattened and even non-ribbon interface versions of Microsoft Office on Windows 8 fine.
Prices go up 5%, interest/investment pays me 5%, so I lose nothing. Why are you hoarding cash under your mattress?
The value of your home is effected my the local housing market much more than the national inflation rate -- which is why we had the housing bubble screw so many people. Also, keep in mind the value of your home will be negatively impacted over time, because your house is getting older and maintenance costs will increase on it, better technology for utilities and energy efficiency in newer homes, ect.
The bank account issue is exactly as I said it. The money left in the bank (assuming "bank" means deposit account) will be worth less dollar for dollar from inflation. The total buying power value of your account will be less, unless you're getting an interest rate that's higher than inflation from your bank (and you wont be).
It steals nothing. My $100 in the bank is worth $105 after the fed increases the money supply 5%. My house goes from $200,000 to 210,000, again, matching the inflation.
What? Inflation makes your buying power less not more. The house may go up in (numeric) value, but you $100 in the bank is worth less now since it's not worth as much in actual exchange for goods and services.
I just added the figures myself and they add up fine. Parent needs to get a new calculator. They are breaking down the Windows OSes as a part of the whole enchilada , not just Windows.
Honestly, if you ignore the Metro interface, Windows 7 and 8 are the same thing. Except 8 performs better. Get rid of the tablet interface and everyone would want to move to 8.
They could be listing the individual Windows OSes as percentages of the whole OS landscape. Except the subtotals should then add up to 90.72% and as you point out, they don't.
As far as the free shipping goes - It's not just about two day shipping, the "free" (non-Prime) supersaver shipping option only applies on orders over $25. Ordering one book or one DVD won't qualify.
It's actually $35 minimum now, but that really isn't hard to do. I will lots of times pad my order with a cartridges for my inkjet, or optical media blanks -- things I like to have around and don't have to use immediately. Also, you can set up your order to include pre-order items. Amazon will send you the items that are immediately available, and then wait for the preorder item to release to ship it, and you'll still get free shipping on everything even though the order was technically split (provided you don't cancel the pre-order).
No, they have a body that can really take that kind of punishment. Every once in awhile someone on here links to a pictures of their asshole demonstrating (except they never tell us they're linking to it for some reason).
Judging by this thread, kids will use and value their programming credit as much as their foreign language credit.
That's fine. How about the people who are actually interested in programming at that age? Now they can take the programming courses for their foreign language requirement and be free to use their elective hours for something else they enjoy.
Maybe part of the problem here is that we're forcing people to take foreign language classes that for many will be a waste of time. Being a well rounded person is great and all, but if they really aren't going to ever use this and will likely forget it, why not just drop the requirement and make them take extra electives instead, so they can at least spend the time on something else humanities or science-related they want to study.
Why should anybody be respected for their choice in profession?
Because one of the causes of credential inflation in job requirements is society looking down on people who do certain types of jobs. There are many jobs that need to be done by someone, but people don't want to do them because they aren't respected for choosing them. So high-schools are pressured to put out more graduates and let people through who aren't ready, and everyone runs out and gets college degrees, and schools (being for-profit) lower their standards to get as many students as possible, instead of just breaking it to someone "Johnny, you're just not smart enough to make it here -- but you'd do well in a trade."
So now we have people who have BA but are still morons, so employers are having to up their qualifications to get someone who's truly competent when their job could be filled with a high-school diploma holder 30 years ago because kids had to work harder to get those As then. This is sad because it means people who meet those qualifications today but can't go to college for financial/family/etc reasons are SOL now. They're assumed to be of lower caliber than people from those degree-mill universities.
Don't you think CS classes are going a little overboard for solving the problem of dumb users?
Don't you think FL classes are going a little overboard for solving the problem of cultural stereotypes and poor geographical knowledge by Americans?
Shouldn't anyone realize that any key literally means any key and not "any" key?
I see someone's never worked in a support job. You can have the user start a process and when the computer asks "are you sure you want to ______?" they ask you which button to choose. I can't tell if they've forgotten what it is they're trying to accomplish or too stupid to understand what they're being asked by the dialog even if it's a question in plain English.
Not sure what the deal is with all the hate here in the thread. Isn't the Slashdot groupthink supposed to say that anything that exposes people to computers and programming is a good thing? Even when it's that nonsense of trying to teach primary grade-schoolers to code?
People are a lot less likely to take a computer programming language than they are a foreign language class in high school, but I'd say the computer programming course is more valuable to them. If they take the semester or two of foreign language, they will likely have forgotten it in a couple years from non-practice and even if they did want to study further will be having to start at year one anyway in college. If they never travel to a country where they speak the language what they do learn will be limited usefulness in life. It's another one of those subjects people study to be a more rounded person. But exposure to programming means learning more about computers in general and how to operate them, that means less idiots in offices hitting "reply all" when unnecessary or looking for the "any" key. And even those who decide programming isn't for them will come away with a better understanding (and possibly respect) for those that do go into programming.
I signed up and it did not require an email confirmation. You can use any name & email account.
But the default settings for an account are: - Send me my top headlines - Send me news alerts for big stories - Send me tips for using Trove
Signing up is signing up for spam, ladies and gentlemen. Unless, of course, you use a non-existent email account (or one that belongs to someone else).
Where does it say "Send me info on products or services from special partners" or "Send me special offers" in your list? "My Top Headlines" you want. "Big News Stories" is questionable as nowadays Justin Bieber's new haircut qualifies as "big news". "Tips" on how to use an iOS app that undoubted does not come with a manual or any sort? That's not spam, either.
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Why SHOULD there be legally mandated vacation time? I do not understand why the government should interfere in my negotiations with my employer over things such as vacation time.
Because given the chance employers would give people zero vacation time. It's the same reason labor laws exist -- because people in power rarely demonstrate morality, or apathy for the condition of the rank-and-file worker, if they aren't forced to.
All it takes is a collusion of all employers in the same industry in an area to stop anyone in that group from having vacation time.
Those weeks of vacation are at your employer's discretion in their compensation package they offered you. You've had good luck in the employers you've had, nothing more. There is no legally mandated vacation time for workers in the U.S.
FUCK PETA! ...Wait, what are we angry about, again?
The mistreatment of animalistic Slashdotters at the hands of Dice and their experiments in website design!
Without reading the CFR, 700mhz is probably licensed spectrum, and probably does not apply - licensee takes priority. The lighting system probably is a noise issue, not a purposeful emission.
CM
I thought the 700 mhz band was specifically the unlicensed spectrum we freed up by ending analog TV transmission.
VoIP, Security Cameras, HTPC, Home Automation?
I don't see these as services that should be moved outside your home. VoIP is going to be dependent on a third-party provider to start with. Security cameras are going to need to record to a in-home location due to data amounts, and putting home automation control outside your home sounds like a security risk.
In the end this still sounds like a case of wanting to share files, pictures, and video really, so you'd want the storage to be off-site. You could have your own server put up at a shared data center if you want to own the hardware, but you could get a VPS account and then tweak it as you want instead. If you do the colo solution you do have the bonus of shipping the hardware around the country for the initial (looong) backup before it's installed.
If you couldn't access it before the cable converter giveaway, you lost nothing and deserve nothing.
I used to be able to get 12-18 stations over the air on analog (a few network repeats from different affiliates on there). I live 45 miles from one broadcasting area, 24 miles from another. There are no big mountains or anything like that involved here. But there are some hills, and this is the Plains.
I get zero stations now after the digital cutover. I could probably get some by erecting a really tall mast out back (25 feet or so up). But building laws require that if you erect a tower or anything else like that, it has to be short enough that if it falls over in any direction, it stays on your property. Hardly anyone has a lot that large for their home, and if they do they are using pay TV already.
I disagree, though, that the Desktop is "pretty close except for the lack of a Start menu". It wasn't just that. Common things were in a different place, weren't grouped together properly and/or needed a memorized cabalistic gesture to make available. As many have said, Win8 lacks greatly in "conveyance". It's not apparent what are clickable objects and what are unclickable labels. These issues did not all go away with 8.1, nor does Classic Shell fix anything except the addition of a walking menu (which must be configured by the user).
Classic Shell has pre-configured setups where you can simply select if you want a Luna (XP) type Start menu, a Vista-theme one, or a Windows 7 inspired menu. The user doesn't have to build their own Start menu item-for-item (in fact, that option is hidden in the "show all settings" mode). Classic Shell's installer also has the option of installing additional items that make changes to Windows Explorer and IE, so it's more than just a Start menu.
Is this better than Windows 7? No, obviously not.
But there's not reason to act like one must find those vendors still offering Windows 7 PCs, or that getting a Windows 8 machine is dooming a user to Microsoft-account enabled, Metro crApp usability nightmare. Having the PC boot to Desktop and just pinning all your most used programs for the taskbar really is a fine solution when you stop and think about what Joe Sixpack actually uses his computer for nowadays:
1. Web Browser -- wow, we just covered 80% of his uses right here - Facebook, Email, Netflix, Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Pogo, etc, etc, etc
2. Email Client -- for if he still uses his ISP account or has a work email address.
3. Office (maybe, for work)
That's it! We're looking at maybe a half-dozen programs to pin at the most (if we pin the Office apps individually). Even a laptop with a 1366x768 screen will give you enough Taskbar for that. We already have Windows Explorer down there for accessing files. We can still add a video player or a digital camera app, but we're pretty much done. Besides teaching he user how to shut off the computer from the Charms menu, what do we need a Start menu for?
I vote to change the system. That you refuse to vote with me, wasting your vote, makes you the problem, not me.
Who says I don't want to change the system?
Who says I refuse to vote?
Do you have any source for these statements, or are you pulling them out of your ass?
This is like an earlier reply to me where you accused me of "hoarding cash under [my] mattress". Completely baseless retorts.
One who truly wants to change the system wouldn't be taking advantage of it for his own personal gain. Your actions speak louder than your words.
You're just another "I got mine, fuck you." opportunist.
I haven't voted for a winning president. Ever. 20+ years of voting, and never once voted for the winner.
Would you like a gold star, Marc? You've had zero effect on the system either way, just like me. I live in a blue city in a red state. It doesn't matter who I vote for, because the electoral college says we vote for the Republican, whether he's the right person for the job or not. But I still vote every election -- so you might want to check with your source, because he sounds like a commentator on Fox News right now.
My tax rate should be 3x what it is, but I'm happy to use the system to my benefit. Even if the system is broken.
Translation: I'm part of the problem.
If you ignore the Metro interface, and the desktop, and the apps, Windows 7 and 8 are the same thing.
The apps only run on the Metro side, so I consider the "apps" and Metro one and the same. Easily ignorable. There are no "killer apps" that are only available through Microsoft's stupid store (except the 8.1 updater, which doesn't require a Microsoft Store account to download).
The Desktop is pretty close except the lack of a Start menu. Add Classic Shell and it's back to business as usual if you don't want to just pin all your programs to the Taskbar like I do. I have Classic Shell installed but don't really need it generally.
I've seen a ton of people complaining about the new Office interface, for example, because it's apparently all been 'flattened' to look as crap as Windows 8 does.
You can run older non-flattened and even non-ribbon interface versions of Microsoft Office on Windows 8 fine.
Prices go up 5%, interest/investment pays me 5%, so I lose nothing. Why are you hoarding cash under your mattress?
The value of your home is effected my the local housing market much more than the national inflation rate -- which is why we had the housing bubble screw so many people. Also, keep in mind the value of your home will be negatively impacted over time, because your house is getting older and maintenance costs will increase on it, better technology for utilities and energy efficiency in newer homes, ect.
The bank account issue is exactly as I said it. The money left in the bank (assuming "bank" means deposit account) will be worth less dollar for dollar from inflation. The total buying power value of your account will be less, unless you're getting an interest rate that's higher than inflation from your bank (and you wont be).
It steals nothing. My $100 in the bank is worth $105 after the fed increases the money supply 5%. My house goes from $200,000 to 210,000, again, matching the inflation.
What? Inflation makes your buying power less not more. The house may go up in (numeric) value, but you $100 in the bank is worth less now since it's not worth as much in actual exchange for goods and services.
I just added the figures myself and they add up fine. Parent needs to get a new calculator.
They are breaking down the Windows OSes as a part of the whole enchilada , not just Windows.
Honestly, if you ignore the Metro interface, Windows 7 and 8 are the same thing. Except 8 performs better. Get rid of the tablet interface and everyone would want to move to 8.
They could be listing the individual Windows OSes as percentages of the whole OS landscape. Except the subtotals should then add up to 90.72% and as you point out, they don't.
The rest might be using 95 or earlier.
Except the graph already has those tabulated "Windows old, 0.10%"
As far as the free shipping goes - It's not just about two day shipping, the "free" (non-Prime) supersaver shipping option only applies on orders over $25. Ordering one book or one DVD won't qualify.
It's actually $35 minimum now, but that really isn't hard to do. I will lots of times pad my order with a cartridges for my inkjet, or optical media blanks -- things I like to have around and don't have to use immediately. Also, you can set up your order to include pre-order items. Amazon will send you the items that are immediately available, and then wait for the preorder item to release to ship it, and you'll still get free shipping on everything even though the order was technically split (provided you don't cancel the pre-order).
Keeping all the most important "people" in America (at least, people on paper) safe.
No, they have a body that can really take that kind of punishment. Every once in awhile someone on here links to a pictures of their asshole demonstrating (except they never tell us they're linking to it for some reason).
Judging by this thread, kids will use and value their programming credit as much as their foreign language credit.
That's fine. How about the people who are actually interested in programming at that age? Now they can take the programming courses for their foreign language requirement and be free to use their elective hours for something else they enjoy.
Maybe part of the problem here is that we're forcing people to take foreign language classes that for many will be a waste of time. Being a well rounded person is great and all, but if they really aren't going to ever use this and will likely forget it, why not just drop the requirement and make them take extra electives instead, so they can at least spend the time on something else humanities or science-related they want to study.
Why should anybody be respected for their choice in profession?
Because one of the causes of credential inflation in job requirements is society looking down on people who do certain types of jobs. There are many jobs that need to be done by someone, but people don't want to do them because they aren't respected for choosing them. So high-schools are pressured to put out more graduates and let people through who aren't ready, and everyone runs out and gets college degrees, and schools (being for-profit) lower their standards to get as many students as possible, instead of just breaking it to someone "Johnny, you're just not smart enough to make it here -- but you'd do well in a trade."
So now we have people who have BA but are still morons, so employers are having to up their qualifications to get someone who's truly competent when their job could be filled with a high-school diploma holder 30 years ago because kids had to work harder to get those As then. This is sad because it means people who meet those qualifications today but can't go to college for financial/family/etc reasons are SOL now. They're assumed to be of lower caliber than people from those degree-mill universities.
Don't you think CS classes are going a little overboard for solving the problem of dumb users?
Don't you think FL classes are going a little overboard for solving the problem of cultural stereotypes and poor geographical knowledge by Americans?
Shouldn't anyone realize that any key literally means any key and not "any" key?
I see someone's never worked in a support job. You can have the user start a process and when the computer asks "are you sure you want to ______?" they ask you which button to choose. I can't tell if they've forgotten what it is they're trying to accomplish or too stupid to understand what they're being asked by the dialog even if it's a question in plain English.
Not sure what the deal is with all the hate here in the thread. Isn't the Slashdot groupthink supposed to say that anything that exposes people to computers and programming is a good thing? Even when it's that nonsense of trying to teach primary grade-schoolers to code?
People are a lot less likely to take a computer programming language than they are a foreign language class in high school, but I'd say the computer programming course is more valuable to them. If they take the semester or two of foreign language, they will likely have forgotten it in a couple years from non-practice and even if they did want to study further will be having to start at year one anyway in college. If they never travel to a country where they speak the language what they do learn will be limited usefulness in life. It's another one of those subjects people study to be a more rounded person. But exposure to programming means learning more about computers in general and how to operate them, that means less idiots in offices hitting "reply all" when unnecessary or looking for the "any" key. And even those who decide programming isn't for them will come away with a better understanding (and possibly respect) for those that do go into programming.
You know, where Android supplants all other OSs and electronic-based lifeforms?
Yeah, not going to happen. Google is now going to monetize, so you'll see forks like Amazon FireOS. Or you might see a resurgence of WindowsPhone...
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Let's not start talking crazy here.
I'd think we'd see wider adoption of the FirefoxOS on phones instead.
As long as you're not in /r/bitcoin I haven't seen a bitcoin problem there, unlike say Wired for example.
Whoosh! (he was referring to Slashdot)
I signed up and it did not require an email confirmation. You can use any name & email account.
But the default settings for an account are:
- Send me my top headlines
- Send me news alerts for big stories
- Send me tips for using Trove
Signing up is signing up for spam, ladies and gentlemen. Unless, of course, you use a non-existent email account (or one that belongs to someone else).
Where does it say "Send me info on products or services from special partners" or "Send me special offers" in your list? "My Top Headlines" you want. "Big News Stories" is questionable as nowadays Justin Bieber's new haircut qualifies as "big news". "Tips" on how to use an iOS app that undoubted does not come with a manual or any sort? That's not spam, either.