I understand where you're coming from, but you also have to take into account the history of all of Germany. Her citizens were led into one of the worst atrocities of modern times - the mass genocide of millions of Jews. These crimes were perpetrated by ordinary people like you and I. The German law recognizes this conundrum and that murderers, while they may have done horrible things, were seduced by poor thinking. While I would agree that some murderers are self deprecating to the point where they will continue to have poor thinking. As evidenced by German society as a whole, these same people who were once murders can come to a point of recognition of the atrocity of their actions, and learn to find healthy ways to relate when problems arise. I have met with a number of Germans who, while not old enough at the time to have committed the atrocities, were old enough to remember what it was like, and all of them not only express shame in what happened, but also a need to distance themselves from the mindsets, even those they were participatory in. People who express remorse and distance themselves from a murderous mindset show the ability of people to change.
By claiming that you shouldn't need a license to practice these types of claims, MediaSentry has essentially decided that any simple google search of a user should suffice as verifiable evidence. The reason the law was created, and the reason that the law exists is to make sure that the supposed evidence is actually legitimate. A private investigator is likely to do a real search into the evidence to see if it is legitamate, whereas a simple google search leaves no proof, but merely a statement of possibility. If someone were trying to deceive people who were spying on them, they might use a false IP address, and thereby throw off the untrained. This is why governments require a PI license, and why these ready, shoot, aim lawsuits aren't legally sanctioned. It's based on the idea that most of the time they'll get it right, not proof that they're right first.
You sound like me 2 years ago. I went to school for Electrical Engineering, and started having sworn I would never learn German. While in college, one of my professors really emphasized that we all should learn a foreign language. I didn't really get what all the hoopla was about until he said that a friend of his, Bill VanderRoost who is a higher up of TRW Automotive (a Fortune 200 company) said that it's of utmost importance for engineers to learn a foreign language. We live in a global society now and to have an ability to work with colleagues across the sea or in the next country over gives you a huge leg up against the competition. Not only that, but the fact that you took a foreign language shows a lot to a potential employer - it shows you have initiative. One of the sticking points for me though was this: If a company is looking to send someone overseas to say Germany to visit their sister company, they're more likely to choose the guy who speaks the language, so if you do, then if it's between you, the German speaker and Joe Blow, they're going to pick you to travel. It has also helped me speak with foreign colleagues who have come to visit here in the U.S. and made me very employable even in a down market.
I learned German, and actually ended up spending a few weeks in Germany, and it was very rewarding. Learning German and how Germans think about engineering is really enlightening to an engineer - it gives you a fresh perspective on what it means to strive for perfection in your engineering. There is also a huge amount of history in Germany that opens your eyes to a different world. And I think one of the best reasons to learn German is this: they're the absolute nicest people I've ever met.
(P.S. It's also not very hard to learn German once you get some base words down because everything is an amalgamation of different words. Oh, and they have a word "gepimpt" meaning "pimped":D )
Actually, the technique you refer to in order to find out which atoms are in there works a little differently. The actual technique is called X-Ray diffraction.
X-ray diffraction is done by shooting rays at the surface from different angles. If the rays are diffracted, it means that they have crossed through a plane of atoms, hit the next, then "bounce" back. The angles at which the rays are diffracted can then be used via Bragg's Law to find the interplanar spacing. This interplanar spacing yields an atomic radius which reveals which atoms we're working with.
We could sneak one of our corporate spies into their company and form a hostile takeover of their website as well. Just apply by sending an email to jobs@vx30.com YOU could be the one responsible for getting the GPL code released as it should be!
Part and parcel of Microsoft's continued desire to improve the overall security of its products, Microsoft Corporation looks to augment their internal security testing and turns to their trusted partner, Security Innovation, for an additional round of security vulnerability testing for Internet Explorer.
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I understand where you're coming from, but you also have to take into account the history of all of Germany. Her citizens were led into one of the worst atrocities of modern times - the mass genocide of millions of Jews. These crimes were perpetrated by ordinary people like you and I. The German law recognizes this conundrum and that murderers, while they may have done horrible things, were seduced by poor thinking. While I would agree that some murderers are self deprecating to the point where they will continue to have poor thinking. As evidenced by German society as a whole, these same people who were once murders can come to a point of recognition of the atrocity of their actions, and learn to find healthy ways to relate when problems arise. I have met with a number of Germans who, while not old enough at the time to have committed the atrocities, were old enough to remember what it was like, and all of them not only express shame in what happened, but also a need to distance themselves from the mindsets, even those they were participatory in. People who express remorse and distance themselves from a murderous mindset show the ability of people to change.
By claiming that you shouldn't need a license to practice these types of claims, MediaSentry has essentially decided that any simple google search of a user should suffice as verifiable evidence. The reason the law was created, and the reason that the law exists is to make sure that the supposed evidence is actually legitimate. A private investigator is likely to do a real search into the evidence to see if it is legitamate, whereas a simple google search leaves no proof, but merely a statement of possibility. If someone were trying to deceive people who were spying on them, they might use a false IP address, and thereby throw off the untrained. This is why governments require a PI license, and why these ready, shoot, aim lawsuits aren't legally sanctioned. It's based on the idea that most of the time they'll get it right, not proof that they're right first.
You sound like me 2 years ago. I went to school for Electrical Engineering, and started having sworn I would never learn German. While in college, one of my professors really emphasized that we all should learn a foreign language. I didn't really get what all the hoopla was about until he said that a friend of his, Bill VanderRoost who is a higher up of TRW Automotive (a Fortune 200 company) said that it's of utmost importance for engineers to learn a foreign language. We live in a global society now and to have an ability to work with colleagues across the sea or in the next country over gives you a huge leg up against the competition. Not only that, but the fact that you took a foreign language shows a lot to a potential employer - it shows you have initiative. One of the sticking points for me though was this: If a company is looking to send someone overseas to say Germany to visit their sister company, they're more likely to choose the guy who speaks the language, so if you do, then if it's between you, the German speaker and Joe Blow, they're going to pick you to travel. It has also helped me speak with foreign colleagues who have come to visit here in the U.S. and made me very employable even in a down market. I learned German, and actually ended up spending a few weeks in Germany, and it was very rewarding. Learning German and how Germans think about engineering is really enlightening to an engineer - it gives you a fresh perspective on what it means to strive for perfection in your engineering. There is also a huge amount of history in Germany that opens your eyes to a different world. And I think one of the best reasons to learn German is this: they're the absolute nicest people I've ever met. (P.S. It's also not very hard to learn German once you get some base words down because everything is an amalgamation of different words. Oh, and they have a word "gepimpt" meaning "pimped" :D )
Actually, the technique you refer to in order to find out which atoms are in there works a little differently. The actual technique is called X-Ray diffraction. X-ray diffraction is done by shooting rays at the surface from different angles. If the rays are diffracted, it means that they have crossed through a plane of atoms, hit the next, then "bounce" back. The angles at which the rays are diffracted can then be used via Bragg's Law to find the interplanar spacing. This interplanar spacing yields an atomic radius which reveals which atoms we're working with.
We could sneak one of our corporate spies into their company and form a hostile takeover of their website as well. Just apply by sending an email to jobs@vx30.com YOU could be the one responsible for getting the GPL code released as it should be!
You mean this model?
Part and parcel of Microsoft's continued desire to improve the overall security of its products, Microsoft Corporation looks to augment their internal security testing and turns to their trusted partner, Security Innovation, for an additional round of security vulnerability testing for Internet Explorer.
Mmmm, less power= less light shining in my eyes. Sounds like I might not need to increase the strength of my contacts after all!