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What about the Salvation Army social worker who claims that his supervisor harassed him because he is gay and Jewish and then fired him when he complained?
Also, the Salvation Army has been lobbying to include a special provision that would allow them to discriminate against hiring homosexuals and still receive federal funding.
I wonder why it is better for individuals to give food to these food banks instead of giving them cash? In many areas, food banks have plenty of food provided to them by food drives and by the food and grocery industry. The biggest needs of many food banks are volunteer help and money for non-food overhead things; such as salaries, utilities, storage space, transportation, fuel, etc. In those cases where food banks would need to purchase food, donating money allows the food bank to buy the specific type of food that it is short of.
It seems that if one is donating food to food banks, the following are the most appreciated foods:
* canned fruit and vegetables * canned tuna * canned meats * canned soups, stews, and chili * peanut butter in plastic jars * cereal * pasta * rice * beans
Comparing Bush and Gates to a couple of coward dictators is absolutely foolish and immature.
Bush has blood on his hands and the People of the US are just now starting to find out how he has been signing orders that violated the US Constitution (and claims that he will continue to do so).
All of these acts are over 10 years old. Hell, most of these acts over 30 years old!
U2 1978 Band formed The Eagles 1971 * Band formed Neil Diamond 1966 * Composed "Solitary Man" Kenny Chesney 1994 First album Sir Paul McCartney 1970 * First solo album Rod Stewart 1969 * First solo album Sir Elton John 1970 * First sucessful album Dave Matthews Band 1991 Band formed Jimmy Buffett 1970 * First album Green Day 1988 First EP as "Green Day"
The Wikipedia article about Aether theory has been properly marked as being an obsolete theory, as has the article about Phlogiston theory. The article on Intelligent Design indicates properly indicates that it is not a valid scientific theory. The Wikipedia also has several articles concerning obsolete theories. Are there any (properly marked) obsolete or not valid theories or articles concerning obsolete theories in the Encylopedia Britannica?
I was in the Air Force in the late 1970's and in the Army National Guard in the 1980's. The military installation commander is essentially like a town mayor, the difference is that he is not elected and he only has to answer to higher authority. The result is that the installation commander has wide discretion about defining what is legal or illegal on base as long as it does not conflict with higher US federal and military authority. In the US, military installation regulations try to harmonize with local civil law. This can lead to odd installation regulations; one Air Force base had regulations that required that men in civilian clothes wear and prohibited men from wearing tank top shirts (there was an exemption for the base gym and swimming pools). If I remember correctly, US DOD and/or USAF regulations used to specifify that the installation commander was given the authority to set the base drinking age. I have seen cases where certain driving laws are different on-base from what they were off-base. US federal laws, military laws, and military regulations apply to military personnnel on military reservations; state and local laws do not apply to military personnnel on US military reservations unless the federal or military authority wants them to.
When I was working in Saudi Arabia in the 1980's, I came across two types of workers that were called Engineers but they would not be considered to be engineers in the US. One group was called "Electrical Engineers" (nationality unknown, they were Muslims and looked Asian) which were doing (sloppy) electrician type work. The other group that I came across were called "Mechanical Engineers" which were Pakistani and I believe that in the US they would be considered to be very good diesel mechanics.
OK, free enterprise rules for the local telco also means that the telcos will have to agree to pay property owners whatever the property owners think is fair for right of way. This also means that anybody can run cable anywhere that they want to (assuming that they can negotiate right of way with property owners). In the short run, telcos would likely not have to bother keeping up the networks until they can replace the cable (and the rights of way) when they find that proprty owners want LOTS of money to allow the cable to run through their property.
Am I the only one here to realize that a study like this is actually a pointer to a huge market opportunity? I guess you'd have to convince folks that HD is worth paying a tech $50/hour to get it set up right, but they already dropped $1K+ on a HD TV, that that next pill shouldn't be too hard to swallow.
In my experience people will pay $1000 for a TV but resist paying for the labor to properly set it up. Part of the problem is that many people perceive that the labor rate is what the technician gets paid per hour and they consider it to be excessive. $1000 puts a shiny object in their home but they don't get another shiny thing for $50 an hour.
In a former life I was a TV/radio repairman for a TV/radio dealer. At that time, dealers didn't sell boxes and service policies, they sold operational TVs and radios. Buying a console TV or stereo included having a technician go to the customer's home to properly set up the equipment. Way before my time, color televisions were delivered without the picture tube; a technician came and installed the picture tube in the customer's home. In-home TV repairs were usually either simple parts replacements (tubes, fuses, lightbulbs) or quick adjustments. Many customers resented paying $50 for me to just turn a few knobs or to replace a tube that they could buy at the drugstore. Those customers perceived that I made $50 for doing something simple, they didn't realize that I would be paid only about $10 of that $50.
What do you mean by "This problem exists because of people like you"? The vast majority of the people like you that you are talking about did not design the equipment that much of the world can't operate properly. The people like you are the ones that have to spend weekends and holidays cleaning computers or explaining things over and over again to people who will never understand why they don't have to turn the power off on their cable box or or relatives nagging about why the little red light is still on when their equipment is turned off.
Frankly, I am getting tired of trying to explain things to people who can't get past the fact that the television in the living room works differently than than the television in the family room. I am tired of sitting on the phone talking them through my written step by step instructions, when after the third time through I realize that they keep skipping the step where I had written "On the Sony remote, press the button that says 'DVD'". They kept skipping that step because they didn't think that they needed to tell the remote that they were pressing the DVD buttons on the remote. (Yeah, I had it happen, and no, I have no idea what they were talking about).
I am getting to the point that I am seriously considering helping these people by just handing out cards that have the customer service telephone numbers for the major equipment manufacturers and dealers. "Oh, your computer is acting up? Call CompUSA, their number is on this card".
Please do try to keep up. I believe that my rhetorical question, and my previous post within this thread shows that I do not believe that fundies are a majority in the US (although the fundies seem to believe that they are). Why would you think that the EU has tried to tell me anything concerning fundies in the US, and more importantly, HOW would they tell me that?
This is basically forcing a business [Microsoft] to advertise for its competitors - it makes no logical sense!
This penalty was imposed as part of Microsoft's sentencing for breaking Korea's anti-monopoly laws. As a part of the punishment for a company convicted of violation of anti-monopoly laws, it does make sense and it seems quite appropriate.
The anology would be be less totally wrong if GM was required to include the names and addresses for other CD player manufacturers in the glove compartment rather than literature for other car makers. GM would also still be able to give away "free" CD players, they just couldn't come factory installed. The issue that hasn't been covered is whether GM would be allowed to provide an "incentive" to dealers that required them to install the "free" GM CD players in all cars sold by the dealer.
The first three items (Credit card verification, Check scanners, ATMs) would cause local disruption and some people may consider it to be the end of the world, but it really is not the end of the world. The secret is not to DEPEND upon credit cards, checks, and ATMs for day to day purchases. People should carry enough cash to pay for three days of day to day purchases. Large retailers should keep their dedicated private lines for credit card verification, there are still many private ATMs that use dialup for verification, and who still uses paper checks?
The possiblity of the loss of VOIP to offshore call centers should be enough to keep corporate C*Os awake at night long enough to realize that off-shoring using Internet based VOIP is a risky practice.
The rest of the items (airlines, factories, and UPS) and any other users that consider near real time data transfer to be vital, such as banks, should keep their data on dedicated private lines.
It is just a common MS practice that MS uses to retain it's monopoly position. For more information concerning Microsoft's practice of embracing, extending, and extinguishing industry standards, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_e xtinguish
I would imagine that Microsoft considers them to be very useful in continuing their practice of embracing, extending, and extinguishing industry standards.
The problem seems to be that Greece has trademark disputes with the name "Macedonia" and the symbol on Macedonia's flag. There does not seem to be any evidence that the Republic of Macedonia has a territorial dispute with Greece. Greece needs to join the rest of the civilised world and get over the name of the Republic of Macedonia.
Somebody in another post mentioned something about Quebec changing it's name to New York and annexing the State of New York. I seriously doubt that any Americans would give a rat's ass if Quebec changed it's name to New York (although some Americans might giggle). I think that the Quebecois would take serious issue with the name of their province changing to an English name.
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What about the Salvation Army social worker who claims that his supervisor harassed him because he is gay and Jewish and then fired him when he complained?
Also, the Salvation Army has been lobbying to include a special provision that would allow them to discriminate against hiring homosexuals and still receive federal funding.
I wonder why it is better for individuals to give food to these food banks instead of giving them cash? In many areas, food banks have plenty of food provided to them by food drives and by the food and grocery industry. The biggest needs of many food banks are volunteer help and money for non-food overhead things; such as salaries, utilities, storage space, transportation, fuel, etc. In those cases where food banks would need to purchase food, donating money allows the food bank to buy the specific type of food that it is short of.
It seems that if one is donating food to food banks, the following are the most appreciated foods:
* canned fruit and vegetables
* canned tuna
* canned meats
* canned soups, stews, and chili
* peanut butter in plastic jars
* cereal
* pasta
* rice
* beans
Comparing Bush and Gates to a couple of coward dictators is absolutely foolish and immature.
Bush has blood on his hands and the People of the US are just now starting to find out how he has been signing orders that violated the US Constitution (and claims that he will continue to do so).
They are in good company; Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and George W. Bush have also been Time's Man of the Year.
All of these acts are over 10 years old. Hell, most of these acts over 30 years old!
U2 1978 Band formed
The Eagles 1971 * Band formed
Neil Diamond 1966 * Composed "Solitary Man"
Kenny Chesney 1994 First album
Sir Paul McCartney 1970 * First solo album
Rod Stewart 1969 * First solo album
Sir Elton John 1970 * First sucessful album
Dave Matthews Band 1991 Band formed
Jimmy Buffett 1970 * First album
Green Day 1988 First EP as "Green Day"
* = Act is over 30 years old
The Wikipedia article about Aether theory has been properly marked as being an obsolete theory, as has the article about Phlogiston theory. The article on Intelligent Design indicates properly indicates that it is not a valid scientific theory. The Wikipedia also has several articles concerning obsolete theories. Are there any (properly marked) obsolete or not valid theories or articles concerning obsolete theories in the Encylopedia Britannica?
I was in the Air Force in the late 1970's and in the Army National Guard in the 1980's. The military installation commander is essentially like a town mayor, the difference is that he is not elected and he only has to answer to higher authority. The result is that the installation commander has wide discretion about defining what is legal or illegal on base as long as it does not conflict with higher US federal and military authority. In the US, military installation regulations try to harmonize with local civil law. This can lead to odd installation regulations; one Air Force base had regulations that required that men in civilian clothes wear and prohibited men from wearing tank top shirts (there was an exemption for the base gym and swimming pools). If I remember correctly, US DOD and/or USAF regulations used to specifify that the installation commander was given the authority to set the base drinking age. I have seen cases where certain driving laws are different on-base from what they were off-base. US federal laws, military laws, and military regulations apply to military personnnel on military reservations; state and local laws do not apply to military personnnel on US military reservations unless the federal or military authority wants them to.
When I was working in Saudi Arabia in the 1980's, I came across two types of workers that were called Engineers but they would not be considered to be engineers in the US. One group was called "Electrical Engineers" (nationality unknown, they were Muslims and looked Asian) which were doing (sloppy) electrician type work. The other group that I came across were called "Mechanical Engineers" which were Pakistani and I believe that in the US they would be considered to be very good diesel mechanics.
OK, free enterprise rules for the local telco also means that the telcos will have to agree to pay property owners whatever the property owners think is fair for right of way. This also means that anybody can run cable anywhere that they want to (assuming that they can negotiate right of way with property owners). In the short run, telcos would likely not have to bother keeping up the networks until they can replace the cable (and the rights of way) when they find that proprty owners want LOTS of money to allow the cable to run through their property.
Am I the only one here to realize that a study like this is actually a pointer to a huge market opportunity? I guess you'd have to convince folks that HD is worth paying a tech $50/hour to get it set up right, but they already dropped $1K+ on a HD TV, that that next pill shouldn't be too hard to swallow.
In my experience people will pay $1000 for a TV but resist paying for the labor to properly set it up. Part of the problem is that many people perceive that the labor rate is what the technician gets paid per hour and they consider it to be excessive. $1000 puts a shiny object in their home but they don't get another shiny thing for $50 an hour.
In a former life I was a TV/radio repairman for a TV/radio dealer. At that time, dealers didn't sell boxes and service policies, they sold operational TVs and radios. Buying a console TV or stereo included having a technician go to the customer's home to properly set up the equipment. Way before my time, color televisions were delivered without the picture tube; a technician came and installed the picture tube in the customer's home. In-home TV repairs were usually either simple parts replacements (tubes, fuses, lightbulbs) or quick adjustments. Many customers resented paying $50 for me to just turn a few knobs or to replace a tube that they could buy at the drugstore. Those customers perceived that I made $50 for doing something simple, they didn't realize that I would be paid only about $10 of that $50.
The difference between Magnetic North and True North historically (magnetic declination) is constantly changing. Clued people who use magnetic compasses are well aware of the dynamic nature of magnetic declination and take it into consideration when determining compass directions. For more information see http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.ht ml and/or http://www.geography.wisc.edu/sco/maps/magneticdec lination.php
What do you mean by "This problem exists because of people like you"? The vast majority of the people like you that you are talking about did not design the equipment that much of the world can't operate properly. The people like you are the ones that have to spend weekends and holidays cleaning computers or explaining things over and over again to people who will never understand why they don't have to turn the power off on their cable box or or relatives nagging about why the little red light is still on when their equipment is turned off.
Frankly, I am getting tired of trying to explain things to people who can't get past the fact that the television in the living room works differently than than the television in the family room. I am tired of sitting on the phone talking them through my written step by step instructions, when after the third time through I realize that they keep skipping the step where I had written "On the Sony remote, press the button that says 'DVD'". They kept skipping that step because they didn't think that they needed to tell the remote that they were pressing the DVD buttons on the remote. (Yeah, I had it happen, and no, I have no idea what they were talking about).
I am getting to the point that I am seriously considering helping these people by just handing out cards that have the customer service telephone numbers for the major equipment manufacturers and dealers. "Oh, your computer is acting up? Call CompUSA, their number is on this card".
Do you think fundies are a majority here?
Please do try to keep up. I believe that my rhetorical question, and my previous post within this thread shows that I do not believe that fundies are a majority in the US (although the fundies seem to believe that they are). Why would you think that the EU has tried to tell me anything concerning fundies in the US, and more importantly, HOW would they tell me that?
And tell you that it's as obvious as burning your hand if you stick it in a hot fire or some shit ;)
If the fundies believe $it and the Harris Poll shows that a majority do not believe $it, does that mean that the fundies are not a majority in the US?
If you substitute "Republicans" for "The Federal Coalition" and "rat's ass" for "FA", you have just described the political situation in the US.
I think there is a prevalent belief that it is impossible not to be negatively affected by looking at pornography...
x .asp?PID=606
p hy/prngrphy_ovrvw.html
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According to Harris Poll: "No Consensus Among American Public on the Effects of Pornography on Adults or Children or What Government Should Do About It" http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/inde
There was a study done at the University of Hawai`i concerning the effects of pornography: http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornogra
There was another study done at the University of Pennsylvania concerning the effects of pornography: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/chunter/porn_effects
Mea culpa, mea culpa ;)
These are the same people who also don't know and don't care that they allowed music disks to install rootkits and backdoors on their computers.
I would settle for true Compact Disks that contain good music and have imaginative covers and liners.
This is basically forcing a business [Microsoft] to advertise for its competitors - it makes no logical sense!
This penalty was imposed as part of Microsoft's sentencing for breaking Korea's anti-monopoly laws. As a part of the punishment for a company convicted of violation of anti-monopoly laws, it does make sense and it seems quite appropriate.
The anology would be be less totally wrong if GM was required to include the names and addresses for other CD player manufacturers in the glove compartment rather than literature for other car makers. GM would also still be able to give away "free" CD players, they just couldn't come factory installed. The issue that hasn't been covered is whether GM would be allowed to provide an "incentive" to dealers that required them to install the "free" GM CD players in all cars sold by the dealer.
The first three items (Credit card verification, Check scanners, ATMs) would cause local disruption and some people may consider it to be the end of the world, but it really is not the end of the world. The secret is not to DEPEND upon credit cards, checks, and ATMs for day to day purchases. People should carry enough cash to pay for three days of day to day purchases. Large retailers should keep their dedicated private lines for credit card verification, there are still many private ATMs that use dialup for verification, and who still uses paper checks?
The possiblity of the loss of VOIP to offshore call centers should be enough to keep corporate C*Os awake at night long enough to realize that off-shoring using Internet based VOIP is a risky practice.
The rest of the items (airlines, factories, and UPS) and any other users that consider near real time data transfer to be vital, such as banks, should keep their data on dedicated private lines.
It is just a common MS practice that MS uses to retain it's monopoly position. For more information concerning Microsoft's practice of embracing, extending, and extinguishing industry standards, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_e xtinguish
I would imagine that Microsoft considers them to be very useful in continuing their practice of embracing, extending, and extinguishing industry standards.
The problem seems to be that Greece has trademark disputes with the name "Macedonia" and the symbol on Macedonia's flag. There does not seem to be any evidence that the Republic of Macedonia has a territorial dispute with Greece. Greece needs to join the rest of the civilised world and get over the name of the Republic of Macedonia.
Somebody in another post mentioned something about Quebec changing it's name to New York and annexing the State of New York. I seriously doubt that any Americans would give a rat's ass if Quebec changed it's name to New York (although some Americans might giggle). I think that the Quebecois would take serious issue with the name of their province changing to an English name.