Actually, this could be a way to force the replacement to learn to do what needs doing while the OP is still in house to answer any questions. I've seen a lot of jobs handed off on the last day to people who claimed to know what they were doing. There may be some method to the madness.
Constructive dismissal is when they effectively fire you without actually terminating employment, or in some places forcing you to quit. All a claim of constructive dismissal would do is allow him to sue for wrongful termination. Given he's already given notice, how exactly would that help.
If you're high enough in the company, it's called gardening leave. It's like a paid non-compete period. It prevents effective poaching of executives and allows the company time to deal with whatever the guy was working on.
you vote SHIT like these into power, just because they ranted about conservative values, and they make a total crap out of everything.
Because the people paying for these laws wouldn't ever think to donate to both sides would they? No matter who you vote for, you get best government money can buy. Remember "No representation without compensation," and these people can buy a lot of representation.
They're also the only people that seem to be making money with e-books.
They won't do PDF. (Fixed page layout sucks on a small screen.) They will do RTF, to make *printing* the things easier. (Buying a paperback is easier/cheaper though.) The HTML versions are great for reference. I saw a familiar name in a later book of a series, grep showed me where I'd seen it before. (Also great for finding quotes.)
Given the current version sells for AUD500, how the hell do you expect them to sell a bigger model for 400? I guess if the US dollar tanks a bit more we could see some decent price drops.
I'm sure the American government has never asked foreign owned businesses to do anything they wouldn't like. I love the smell of politics in the morning. It smells like hypocrisy.
It's called teamwork. While one group is building the tools you mention, others are putting themselves in the path of an 800 lb. gorilla. It's not just the heroes who save the day, but all of the little people in red shirts that buy them time.
Well, they didn't like the things people did with the license for 3rd edition, so they are planning to tighten it up for 4th. I was looking at something like this and the 3rd edition licenses had the following problems: - The OGL would let you do it but didn't cover things like character generation and a couple of other key parts. - The D20 license let you use the extra parts, but you couldn't 'create an interactive game.' The translation provided by WOTC was that you could build software but couldn't roll any dice for the players.
I don't remember why, but some of the devices don't work under Win2k. IIRC, it's things like the webcam. Some people have got 2k mostly running on the eee and they say it flies.
Think about it from the point of view of the guys supporting such a setup. Think about the kinds of problem customers who would get involved and the people you have working the floor. Can you still guarantee security?
An alternative I could see working is for them to email a copy of the receipt, but it would probably only work if you had one of their loyalty cards or whatever. (I'm just as happy giving a random shop my email as I would be having random USB devices plugged into my financial systems.)
Yep, but in NSW they have to give you two weeks notice of monitoring. At least that's how it used to work.
They can't monitor phone calls because of the Listening Devices Act. (Which is why when you ring a call center, they have to tell you that they may record the conversation. You give them implied consent by continuing the call.)
Where to start? WfW 3.11 had networking and it could technically act as a server, but with very limited access controls. Most of the networking was as a client.
The partner screwed by NT was IBM not Novell.
The password added to Windows 98 was the same one that was there in WfW and Win 95. BIG CLUE: It had nothing to do with access to the local machine. It unlocked the password list for access to network resources. EVEN BIGGER CLUE: There was a secret back door hidden under the ESC key. (This got you on to the box, without automatic access to network shares.)
Err, what? You could run NT 3.51 or 4 on some of those home machines and it definitely had a decent security model. (There were plenty of other options, but I'll play with a handicap.)
You need to look back to CPM and thus MS-DOS. There was one user on an isolated machine, therefore you didn't need separation. Application writers got used to writing software for this environment and every time MS did something about it, the application writers stamped their feet and did things the same as always and the users blamed Bill Gates.
For example:
* How long did it get games writers to use Direct X and stop trying to touch hardware. DOS let them do it, so why shouldn't Win 95? Nobody multi-tasks. * How many stupid little applications required an NT user to run as administrator. NT 4 came out in 1996 and vendors still had problems a decade later. (Some of it could be fixed with ACL changes, but some of it was just stupid and mean.) * XP came along and suddenly all of the home users had real (ish) security and what did most of the application vendors tell them? Run as administrator.
Don't even get me started on registry evil. The worst offender ever was the IE4 setup. It effectively removed 4MB of RAM by breaking one of the big rules of the registry. (Never put anything large in there. The other biggie that brings us full circle is that user settings go in HKCU not HKLM.)
A simple profit/loss calculation. They can run a cheap, half arsed 'investigation' and rake in the dollars from their protection racket. If they have to actually work for results, then they stop making money.
What does it cost them to grab an IP, get a name and send a letter? Probably nothing. Once they have to use real investigators and lawyers, they have to spend real money and have a risk of losing.
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come There's a faraway look on the face of the bum The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer What a terrible place is a pub with no beer
The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!"
There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer
Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear? I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"
Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, me dear" Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
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Actually, this could be a way to force the replacement to learn to do what needs doing while the OP is still in house to answer any questions. I've seen a lot of jobs handed off on the last day to people who claimed to know what they were doing. There may be some method to the madness.
Constructive dismissal is when they effectively fire you without actually terminating employment, or in some places forcing you to quit. All a claim of constructive dismissal would do is allow him to sue for wrongful termination. Given he's already given notice, how exactly would that help.
If you're high enough in the company, it's called gardening leave. It's like a paid non-compete period. It prevents effective poaching of executives and allows the company time to deal with whatever the guy was working on.
Because the people paying for these laws wouldn't ever think to donate to both sides would they? No matter who you vote for, you get best government money can buy. Remember "No representation without compensation," and these people can buy a lot of representation.
They're also the only people that seem to be making money with e-books.
They won't do PDF. (Fixed page layout sucks on a small screen.) They will do RTF, to make *printing* the things easier. (Buying a paperback is easier/cheaper though.) The HTML versions are great for reference. I saw a familiar name in a later book of a series, grep showed me where I'd seen it before. (Also great for finding quotes.)
It could just be a sample, like "The quick sly fox jumps over the slashdotted web server."
Given the current version sells for AUD500, how the hell do you expect them to sell a bigger model for 400? I guess if the US dollar tanks a bit more we could see some decent price drops.
If those are Australian prices, the first generation are selling for $500 not $300. So it's an extra $100-150, but it will still hurt.
I'm sure the American government has never asked foreign owned businesses to do anything they wouldn't like. I love the smell of politics in the morning. It smells like hypocrisy.
We can do both.
It's called teamwork. While one group is building the tools you mention, others are putting themselves in the path of an 800 lb. gorilla. It's not just the heroes who save the day, but all of the little people in red shirts that buy them time.
You forgot the expensive furniture.
...and how it can be used to get porn. :)
Craigslist should just state that they're "not really a company" and their stock isn't stock. It works for ebay and paypal.
Or Clarke's Second Law of Management: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
This could also be a judge being subtle. In six pages he says "You're not evil, just stupid."
Well, they didn't like the things people did with the license for 3rd edition, so they are planning to tighten it up for 4th. I was looking at something like this and the 3rd edition licenses had the following problems:
- The OGL would let you do it but didn't cover things like character generation and a couple of other key parts.
- The D20 license let you use the extra parts, but you couldn't 'create an interactive game.' The translation provided by WOTC was that you could build software but couldn't roll any dice for the players.
So, probably not.
I don't remember why, but some of the devices don't work under Win2k. IIRC, it's things like the webcam. Some people have got 2k mostly running on the eee and they say it flies.
7. Profit
Think about it from the point of view of the guys supporting such a setup. Think about the kinds of problem customers who would get involved and the people you have working the floor. Can you still guarantee security?
An alternative I could see working is for them to email a copy of the receipt, but it would probably only work if you had one of their loyalty cards or whatever. (I'm just as happy giving a random shop my email as I would be having random USB devices plugged into my financial systems.)
Yep, but in NSW they have to give you two weeks notice of monitoring. At least that's how it used to work.
They can't monitor phone calls because of the Listening Devices Act. (Which is why when you ring a call center, they have to tell you that they may record the conversation. You give them implied consent by continuing the call.)
Yeah, but if we can get the right people on the committee we can fix OOXML. Let's give Microsoft a moving target. :)
As to cross standard efforts, I think ODF should embrace OOXML, then extend it.
Application and hardware support. Vendors of applications and drivers didn't really get on board with NT until 5.1 (XP) came out.
Where to start? WfW 3.11 had networking and it could technically act as a server, but with very limited access controls. Most of the networking was as a client.
The partner screwed by NT was IBM not Novell.
The password added to Windows 98 was the same one that was there in WfW and Win 95. BIG CLUE: It had nothing to do with access to the local machine. It unlocked the password list for access to network resources. EVEN BIGGER CLUE: There was a secret back door hidden under the ESC key. (This got you on to the box, without automatic access to network shares.)
Err, what? You could run NT 3.51 or 4 on some of those home machines and it definitely had a decent security model. (There were plenty of other options, but I'll play with a handicap.)
You need to look back to CPM and thus MS-DOS. There was one user on an isolated machine, therefore you didn't need separation. Application writers got used to writing software for this environment and every time MS did something about it, the application writers stamped their feet and did things the same as always and the users blamed Bill Gates.
For example:
* How long did it get games writers to use Direct X and stop trying to touch hardware. DOS let them do it, so why shouldn't Win 95? Nobody multi-tasks.
* How many stupid little applications required an NT user to run as administrator. NT 4 came out in 1996 and vendors still had problems a decade later. (Some of it could be fixed with ACL changes, but some of it was just stupid and mean.)
* XP came along and suddenly all of the home users had real (ish) security and what did most of the application vendors tell them? Run as administrator.
Don't even get me started on registry evil. The worst offender ever was the IE4 setup. It effectively removed 4MB of RAM by breaking one of the big rules of the registry. (Never put anything large in there. The other biggie that brings us full circle is that user settings go in HKCU not HKLM.)
A simple profit/loss calculation. They can run a cheap, half arsed 'investigation' and rake in the dollars from their protection racket. If they have to actually work for results, then they stop making money.
What does it cost them to grab an IP, get a name and send a letter? Probably nothing. Once they have to use real investigators and lawyers, they have to spend real money and have a risk of losing.
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
There's a faraway look on the face of the bum
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer
The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!"
There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer
Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes
But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear?
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"
Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, me dear"
Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer