I certainly believe lack of gun control might be one of the the reasons the number of gun kills[1] is orders of magnitude larger in US than Norway per capita,
The companies argue that part of your salary is provided to you in order to compensate you during your non-compete period. They usually try to claim that they are paying you more than the standard market rate (when a lot of them actually only pay market rate or less)
It's been poorly planned and executed the whole way through - partly because the people in charge don't understand their enemy and don't really take them seriously.
And I have to say that your sig is appropriate (not to mention one of my favorite lines from Sneakers).
They found out that they couldn't do so with complete effectiveness, so they tried to make it into more of a sport - competitve wu shu in which the actual martial aspects were downplayed and basically removed.
The main reason most kung fu that still exists actually still exists is because the teachers either went underground or were out of the country at the time.
Personally I don't believe she should be fired or sued, that takes away from valuable resources that should be used for the children
I disagree. Someone who shows such a flagrant abuse of authority should not be in a position of power. Especially over those whose only real recourse is to tell their parents and hope they do something and then hope that the system actually listens.
Unfortunately, such abuses of power seem to be pretty darned common in the education field and my experience with such things is that the system tends to listen to the people in power and not to the ones with complaints (no matter how highly regarded the people bringing the complaints are).
This woman should, at the bare minimum, be fired and it should be made sure that she can't be put in such a position again. She has proven that she does not deserve the position of authority which she was given by her actions.
Seems like religion almost always becomes an issue in elections here (Ohio).
In the last governor's election, they were slamming the now newly elected govorner because, even though he was a minister, he wasn't their kind of christain. Oh, and he was a "dirty liberal" too, but the religion portion of the smear campaign was just as out in front as the fact that the man wasn't so conservative that he had his head up his rear like the last several governors we've had.
I have found that "doing whatever is necessary to make it in today's world" leads to people expecting exactly that out of you. This translates to even more hours that you have to work with no increase in pay and, ironically, no real chance for advancement at the company because you're "too valuable" (read - too much of a sucker) to be moved out of your current position.
Of course, your milage may vary, but past experience has shown me that setting boundries and sticking to them puts you ahead more often than "doing whatever it takes" especially if you're salaried.
The only thing I can say is that I really hope you aren't running a business, because if you are, you have a great deal to learn.
As a business, you're not just paying employees to do work. You're paying them (in the form of money, benefits, and culture) to do work for *you* instead of for your competitors.
It's about more than money. It's also a matter of respect. Tick off your workers enough, and they'll go to work for someone else.
My experience with regard to paid 15 minute breaks is the same as the grandparent's and none of those involved a union. Most of the companies I've seen just do it because, and this is just speculation, making people keep track of every time they go to the bathroom is horribly demoralizing and would lead to them losing talent.
When I was younger, I used to train with my sifu. In college, I helped train duello style fencers. Now I don't have anyone to play with, so I have to train alone and it's really hard to get motivated.
My cat is a really interesting case. Not only is he very intelligent, he's also not entirely domestic. He's part bobcat and has the attitude (not to mention the large fangs and striking power) to match.
His vet thinks that he's gorgeous (he's also part maine coon so he is indeed a very beautiful cat), but quickly decided to let me do all of the animal handling when she saw the weaponry he was packing and was warned about his attitude toward strangers - especially vets (he caused his old vet to get stitches several times because the guy thought he could handle my evil little fuzzball).
The combination of intelligence, strength, and large teeth makes him quite fun to live with at times lol
Again, continuing the argument along those lines (and again stating that we're not outlining my beliefs, just following a logical course), it would be possible that an even higher order of being would think the same of us as you do of the lower animals.
Higher and lower are, on some levels, really just a matter of perspective which leads to classification. So, really, are the ways that intelligence is measured. See my comment to the poster above you about my dog, my cat, and primate tool use.
I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusion. I've seen quite a few examples of intelligent animals. The two that come to mind off the top of my head are my cat and dog.
My cat has figured out how to lock the door to my house and enjoys doing so every time I step outside if I've made him angry. It has gotten to the point that I take my keys with me if I go to check the mail.
My dog, on the other hand, figured out how to undo any lock we attached to his collar. The only thing that kept him at the house while he was alive (he died of old age several years ago) was his desire to be there. He would literally let himself loose, run around for a while and then come back, knock on the door and follow you into the back yard where he was tied out.
Even if you don't consider those things to be signs of intelligence, there have been stories recently (I believe one even made it on here) of primates using tools in order to hunt. There have been reports at zoos for years that they used them to gather food, and I think we can safely say that tool use is a sign of intelligence.
Personally, I think that your assertion that animals are unintelligent is pretty well shot...
Actually, proving something is possible is a large step on the way to proving something exists. That doesn't cause confusion unless you don't realize that the two are in fact, connected.
The words Necessary but not Sufficient come to mind.
Disclaimer: I'm just continuing the logical argument and not expressing my own beliefs.
By the same token, you could consider our wildlife tagging and study methods to be half-assed. I mean, after all, we aren't undetectable to the animals in question. The people doing the studies just don't think the animals are intelligent enough to be phased by the actions being performed on them.
Who says we aren't experiencing the same thing from the animal's point of view?
You don't believe in some invisible entity being responsible for life on this world. That means that you believe in evolution, yes?
Now, let's say that, theoretically, that this is not the only world out there capable of sustaining some form of life. Say there's one in every three planatary systems just for the sake of argument.
On some subset of those, there must be some form of life. On some subset of *that* it must have evolved into intelligent life. It then stands to reason that at least a few of *those* have evolved to the point of travel outside of their world - possibly even outside of their solar system.
Therefore it only makes sense, given the above, that it is indeed possible that UFOs are real.
Anyone who has interviewed at Microsoft (or Amazon/Google/Apple/Intel/...) knows that if you didn't get the job
I declined two interviews with Google because I honestly don't care for their culture of insane hours.
However, I did interview with Amazon. They approached me, and I said okay to the interview.
The reason I didn't get the job at Amazon was because I got tired of the insanity. Multiple hour+ long phone interviews (with after interview crap to finish and email in for each one) over the course of a month covering everything from logic problems and puzzles to development (which is what they contacted me for) to sysadmin stuff to stupid trivia questions (which, according to a friend who interviewed at MS, is normal there too).
Their interview was all over the freaking place. By the end of it, I wanted to scream at the person on the other end of the phone to find focus because not everyone there is going to be doing every job in the place. It was really that bad, and not in the difficult way.
I spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 9 hours if not more on their *phone* interviews if you count the post-interview stuff. There's no excuse for that.
All kidding aside, I feel kind of sorry for the people who post this kind of ask slashdot. As bad as it sounds, the best course of action most of the time is just to keep your mouth shut and continue with life as usual. Most entrenched management and executives do not want anyone to rock the boat and will make your life a living hell not only in your current job, but also possibly in the industry as a whole if you do rock the boat (and I don't care how big you think your industry is, most of the people at the upper levels know, or at least know of, each other).
Unless your job is specifically to do security audits, just let it go. Chances are they don't want to hear it and won't be happy if they *do* hear it.
I used to be bright-eyed, idealistic, and naieve with respect to this sort of thing. It lasted all of five minutes. Now I'm more of a hopeful cynic (expect the worst and hope it doesn't happen) lol
I don't know. I think winning the first Grammy in the Rap category in 1988, having two #1 hit songs ("Men in Black" and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"), and two platinum albums is sort of indicative of a career in music.
One library reported receiving twelve copies of Will Smith's abortive attempt to have a music career.
You mean to have a music career *again*. He had a music career before he started acting. Given the age of most people on slashdot, though, you might be too young to remember The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
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I certainly believe lack of gun control might be one of the the reasons the number of gun kills[1] is orders of magnitude larger in US than Norway per capita,
By that logic, explain Switzerland
The companies argue that part of your salary is provided to you in order to compensate you during your non-compete period. They usually try to claim that they are paying you more than the standard market rate (when a lot of them actually only pay market rate or less)
It's been poorly planned and executed the whole way through - partly because the people in charge don't understand their enemy and don't really take them seriously.
And I have to say that your sig is appropriate (not to mention one of my favorite lines from Sneakers).
The percentages seemed pretty accurate to me...
Actually, the communists tried to outlaw kung fu.
They found out that they couldn't do so with complete effectiveness, so they tried to make it into more of a sport - competitve wu shu in which the actual martial aspects were downplayed and basically removed.
The main reason most kung fu that still exists actually still exists is because the teachers either went underground or were out of the country at the time.
Or someone from Taiwan...
Personally I don't believe she should be fired or sued, that takes away from valuable resources that should be used for the children
I disagree. Someone who shows such a flagrant abuse of authority should not be in a position of power. Especially over those whose only real recourse is to tell their parents and hope they do something and then hope that the system actually listens.
Unfortunately, such abuses of power seem to be pretty darned common in the education field and my experience with such things is that the system tends to listen to the people in power and not to the ones with complaints (no matter how highly regarded the people bringing the complaints are).
This woman should, at the bare minimum, be fired and it should be made sure that she can't be put in such a position again. She has proven that she does not deserve the position of authority which she was given by her actions.
Maybe the people in the government in Washington just got around to watching Dark Angel.
Now, where's my Jam Pony ID...?
Seems like religion almost always becomes an issue in elections here (Ohio).
In the last governor's election, they were slamming the now newly elected govorner because, even though he was a minister, he wasn't their kind of christain. Oh, and he was a "dirty liberal" too, but the religion portion of the smear campaign was just as out in front as the fact that the man wasn't so conservative that he had his head up his rear like the last several governors we've had.
I have found that "doing whatever is necessary to make it in today's world" leads to people expecting exactly that out of you. This translates to even more hours that you have to work with no increase in pay and, ironically, no real chance for advancement at the company because you're "too valuable" (read - too much of a sucker) to be moved out of your current position.
Of course, your milage may vary, but past experience has shown me that setting boundries and sticking to them puts you ahead more often than "doing whatever it takes" especially if you're salaried.
The only thing I can say is that I really hope you aren't running a business, because if you are, you have a great deal to learn.
As a business, you're not just paying employees to do work. You're paying them (in the form of money, benefits, and culture) to do work for *you* instead of for your competitors.
It's about more than money. It's also a matter of respect. Tick off your workers enough, and they'll go to work for someone else.
My experience with regard to paid 15 minute breaks is the same as the grandparent's and none of those involved a union. Most of the companies I've seen just do it because, and this is just speculation, making people keep track of every time they go to the bathroom is horribly demoralizing and would lead to them losing talent.
I miss having people to attack with blades.
When I was younger, I used to train with my sifu. In college, I helped train duello style fencers. Now I don't have anyone to play with, so I have to train alone and it's really hard to get motivated.
His employer supplies him with a LART? nice... =]
My cat is a really interesting case. Not only is he very intelligent, he's also not entirely domestic. He's part bobcat and has the attitude (not to mention the large fangs and striking power) to match.
His vet thinks that he's gorgeous (he's also part maine coon so he is indeed a very beautiful cat), but quickly decided to let me do all of the animal handling when she saw the weaponry he was packing and was warned about his attitude toward strangers - especially vets (he caused his old vet to get stitches several times because the guy thought he could handle my evil little fuzzball).
The combination of intelligence, strength, and large teeth makes him quite fun to live with at times lol
Again, continuing the argument along those lines (and again stating that we're not outlining my beliefs, just following a logical course), it would be possible that an even higher order of being would think the same of us as you do of the lower animals.
Higher and lower are, on some levels, really just a matter of perspective which leads to classification. So, really, are the ways that intelligence is measured. See my comment to the poster above you about my dog, my cat, and primate tool use.
Animals aren't intelligent
I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusion. I've seen quite a few examples of intelligent animals. The two that come to mind off the top of my head are my cat and dog.
My cat has figured out how to lock the door to my house and enjoys doing so every time I step outside if I've made him angry. It has gotten to the point that I take my keys with me if I go to check the mail.
My dog, on the other hand, figured out how to undo any lock we attached to his collar. The only thing that kept him at the house while he was alive (he died of old age several years ago) was his desire to be there. He would literally let himself loose, run around for a while and then come back, knock on the door and follow you into the back yard where he was tied out.
Even if you don't consider those things to be signs of intelligence, there have been stories recently (I believe one even made it on here) of primates using tools in order to hunt. There have been reports at zoos for years that they used them to gather food, and I think we can safely say that tool use is a sign of intelligence.
Personally, I think that your assertion that animals are unintelligent is pretty well shot...
Actually, proving something is possible is a large step on the way to proving something exists. That doesn't cause confusion unless you don't realize that the two are in fact, connected.
The words Necessary but not Sufficient come to mind.
Disclaimer: I'm just continuing the logical argument and not expressing my own beliefs.
By the same token, you could consider our wildlife tagging and study methods to be half-assed. I mean, after all, we aren't undetectable to the animals in question. The people doing the studies just don't think the animals are intelligent enough to be phased by the actions being performed on them.
Who says we aren't experiencing the same thing from the animal's point of view?
Okay, time to play devil's advocate as it were.
You don't believe in some invisible entity being responsible for life on this world. That means that you believe in evolution, yes?
Now, let's say that, theoretically, that this is not the only world out there capable of sustaining some form of life. Say there's one in every three planatary systems just for the sake of argument.
On some subset of those, there must be some form of life. On some subset of *that* it must have evolved into intelligent life. It then stands to reason that at least a few of *those* have evolved to the point of travel outside of their world - possibly even outside of their solar system.
Therefore it only makes sense, given the above, that it is indeed possible that UFOs are real.
Anyone who has interviewed at Microsoft (or Amazon/Google/Apple/Intel/...) knows that if you didn't get the job
I declined two interviews with Google because I honestly don't care for their culture of insane hours.
However, I did interview with Amazon. They approached me, and I said okay to the interview.
The reason I didn't get the job at Amazon was because I got tired of the insanity. Multiple hour+ long phone interviews (with after interview crap to finish and email in for each one) over the course of a month covering everything from logic problems and puzzles to development (which is what they contacted me for) to sysadmin stuff to stupid trivia questions (which, according to a friend who interviewed at MS, is normal there too).
Their interview was all over the freaking place. By the end of it, I wanted to scream at the person on the other end of the phone to find focus because not everyone there is going to be doing every job in the place. It was really that bad, and not in the difficult way.
I spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 9 hours if not more on their *phone* interviews if you count the post-interview stuff. There's no excuse for that.
Ethical issues at a brokerage firm? I'm shocked :P
All kidding aside, I feel kind of sorry for the people who post this kind of ask slashdot. As bad as it sounds, the best course of action most of the time is just to keep your mouth shut and continue with life as usual. Most entrenched management and executives do not want anyone to rock the boat and will make your life a living hell not only in your current job, but also possibly in the industry as a whole if you do rock the boat (and I don't care how big you think your industry is, most of the people at the upper levels know, or at least know of, each other).
Unless your job is specifically to do security audits, just let it go. Chances are they don't want to hear it and won't be happy if they *do* hear it.
I used to be bright-eyed, idealistic, and naieve with respect to this sort of thing. It lasted all of five minutes. Now I'm more of a hopeful cynic (expect the worst and hope it doesn't happen) lol
Offtopic: I think this makes you It again...
I don't know. I think winning the first Grammy in the Rap category in 1988, having two #1 hit songs ("Men in Black" and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"), and two platinum albums is sort of indicative of a career in music.
One library reported receiving twelve copies of Will Smith's abortive attempt to have a music career.
You mean to have a music career *again*. He had a music career before he started acting. Given the age of most people on slashdot, though, you might be too young to remember The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Some of us only buy loss leader items there. When they sell 100 count spindles of cds for $5, I usually swing by and pick up a couple for example.