They must build up a cushion before those people get too old to work.
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China cannot afford an economic contraction at this point in their development.
Which is a perfect reason NOT to buy products made in China. Yeah, yeah, all those electronic gizmos people buy are made in China (most anyway), but you don't have to buy that spatula, plates, dog toy, sneakers or anything else made in their country.
I've done it and while at times it can get frustrating, it can be done with minimal to no effect on ones lifestyle. The only things so far I can't find that aren't made in China are gloves and sunglasses. Yes, I can go out and buy sunglasses made in Italy for $100, but I'm not that desperate.
Between their overall human rights abuses combined with their continued occupation and suppression of Tibet, now is the best time to wean yourself from the Chinese teat.
Since Lars and the band perform the song(s) and probably have some rights to the song(s), he can't pirate his own work.
That's like saying a photographer who downloads a picture of one of his works from a gallery is pirating his work or an author who makes a copy of one of his own books is pirating his book.
But please, let's not let common sense get in the way of people justifying not paying performers for their work.
The difference between using online banking and electronic voting is that at all steps in the process for online banking you have a trail. You, as the user, can take a screen shot of each step along the way and print out a confirmation notice so you have a physical copy of what took place. In fact, most places send you a confirmation email. I know this happens when I pay my electric and phone bills online.
The same is not the case for electronic voting. At no point, in most cases, does the user get something that shows them exactly how their vote is recorded. If you use a bubble sheet then yes, you do have a record but when using touch-screen machines, the vast majority do not provide you with any way to verify if your votes were recorded correctly.
The bare minimum that should be done is have a sheet printed out at the end with all your votes which you then put in a box. Unlike chads or other methods, the sheet will be clearly readable and will unambiguously show your votes.
It's a step up from the traditional pen and paper vote-casting but only more definite.
Letting someone rack up a bill on the order of 1000x normal is utterly irresponsible of the provider.
Why is it the responsibility of the provider to monitor how much you use your cell phone? How are they supposed to know, at all times, where you are and who you are calling?
What if the guy really was in international waters? Should the bill be reversed simply because he thinks it's too much? What about if the guy is in the southern part of Chile and making calls?
In the current case, as others have pointed out, it's a screw-up with the ship, not the user but that still doesn't mean the provider has to monitor usage.
until people start using Ryanair's new in-flight cell phone system. I can just hear the people whining about how much their calls to the ground cost them.
I know a guy who was laid off and actually heard that he was laid off from the press.
I'll see your "laid off from the press" and raise you a "new Chairman of the Board at the meeting".
The government agency I work in has a Board composed of 3 appointed members. The year after I started, the then Chairman of the Board was at the first meeting of the year and, from what I heard, the opening discussions went something like this:
We'd like to welcome the new Chairman of the Board,...
Not an auspicious, or professional, way to introduce the new Chairman.
When I need mod points, they are no where to be found. Your comments are exactly what I am trying to do where I work (government agency which makes it even more difficult).
Everything that needs to be documented is written down and saved in a specific location (Procedures) so anyone can go there and see the exact step-by-step procedures which need to be done to install and configure software, who to contact for X problem which is handled outside the agency, screenshots, and anything else that may come up. Especially those once-a-year happenings which no one can remember how to resolve from the previous time.
We still have a mainframe which, supposedly, is to be used to update patch panels, wiring schemes, etc, but which isn't remotely up-to-date, so instead, I've taken the initiative to create a spreadsheet with a tab for each switch documenting cable numbers and what is on them. Needless to say, this involves cleaning up the mess the guy who is as organized as a rabid wombat has created because he's too lazy to do things the right way and then swears off when you tell him he needs to update the file (Naw, I don't use the spreadsheet. [You don't use the mainframe file either moron]).
Your final words are the exact phrase I use when I tell people who have solved a problem. Write it down! Don't let us guess at the answer.
Yeah, I know, preaching to the choir. It's not as if employers want someone who can get the job done, correctly, on time and fully documentated so they know what's what.
Maybe next time, NASA should include some type of cleaning devices,
This comes up every time the rovers are mentioned. Here is a detailed explanation why there are no wipers, or any other cleaning device, on the rovers.
So is it illegal to have it? Or just have the intent to use it?
Both. According to the gaming laws in Nevada:
NRS 465.075 Use of device for calculating probabilities. It is unlawful for any person at a licensed gaming establishment to use, or possess with the intent to use, any device to assist:
1. In projecting the outcome of the game;
2. In keeping track of the cards played;
3. In analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the game; or
4. In analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game,
Ê except as permitted by the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 970)
The solution involves a photonic chip that uses laser light for switching signals, and a form of the exotic material type, chalcogenide, or arsenic trisulfide."
Once you have the photonic chip installed, you will need to realign the deflector shield to output a graviton pulse through the arsenic trisulfide to create an anti-tachyon pulse which will modulate itself based upon the resonant frequency of the transport medium, thus allowing for longer distance transmittal of data than is currently possible.
Granted, it will take 15 years and research team of a hundred to complete, but it is doable.
At what point do you define a new species.. now 1% is probably enough to classify as that, but what about 0.01%?
Your guess is as good as mine. I'm not a geneticist, or any -ist for that matter, so I have no answer. However, since the chimpanzees 2-3% discrepancy is enough to differentiate it from us, it would stand to reason that a 1% difference would also be sufficient. It's when you get to fractions of a percent that things get muddled.
However, here is something to ponder. Since we know evolution is an ongoing process, at some point in the future will humans diverge into two or more different branches? Will genetic drift/mutation/whatever, occur to such an extent that like the one episode of Enterprise where there were two groups of humanoids living on the same planet but one was suffering from a disease while the other wasn't, will there come a time when there will be two distinct groups of humans?
how much difference was there between neanderthals and modern humans, and was it enough of a difference that they could not have interbred.
According to the researcher they had on NPR this morning, that question has not been answered. Here is the NPR link. The third paragraph talks about the divergence between humans and neanderthals. The next to last paragraph mentions the question of interbreeding. You of course can listen to the entire broadcast by following the link at the top of the article.
You and I have different dna.
That is true as individuals, but as we are both humans, we have the same overall genome and so could breed (assuming male-female of course). With neanderthals having a slightly different genome than humans, there could be enough of a difference to not have allowed that to happen, especially since we and they diverged to two different branches just as we and the great apes diverged even earlier. Obviously, those in the know will have to make that determination.
No, you'd better hope that there is a difference between the human genome and the Neanderthal genome.
According to what was said on NPR this morning, there is less than a 1% difference between the human genome and the neanderthal genome.
The fact that there is a difference at all shows we and they were two distinct species. This doesn't even take into consideration the 2-3% difference between humans and chimpanzees.
You, like most people, are confusing the most overall votes with the electoral college way of selecting a president. As the last several presidential elections have shown, the winner of the electoral college votes for most states have been narrow. Certainly, there are some states which go one way or the other consistently, but overall, the election victory has been narrow.
If a candidate wins one state by 10K votes, they may lose another state by the same amount. Thus, they have to work harder to get as many votes as possible as opposed to the current way of zeroing in on a few states with a high electoral college count.
The size of the state and its population would be irrelevant since one is looking for the most overall votes. Candidates could easily split the votes in California and thus be dependent upon getting votes in Iowa or Kansas.
Whoever gets the most votes, wins. It's that simple.
The original idea was good for its time but just as the Constitution has been amended to reflect changes in society, the electoral college should be abolished completely and the popular vote be used to decide who the winner is.
The presidential election is the ONLY election in the entire country in which the person with the most votes may not be the winner. Even in elementary school when voting is done by classes, the one with the most votes win.
If it's good enough for elementary school elections, it's good enough for the presidential elections.
And before anyone whines about this giving more power to states like California, explain how it is any different than people fixating on Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida for a person to win the presidency.
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China cannot afford an economic contraction at this point in their development.
Which is a perfect reason NOT to buy products made in China. Yeah, yeah, all those electronic gizmos people buy are made in China (most anyway), but you don't have to buy that spatula, plates, dog toy, sneakers or anything else made in their country.
I've done it and while at times it can get frustrating, it can be done with minimal to no effect on ones lifestyle. The only things so far I can't find that aren't made in China are gloves and sunglasses. Yes, I can go out and buy sunglasses made in Italy for $100, but I'm not that desperate.
Between their overall human rights abuses combined with their continued occupation and suppression of Tibet, now is the best time to wean yourself from the Chinese teat.
Since Lars and the band perform the song(s) and probably have some rights to the song(s), he can't pirate his own work.
That's like saying a photographer who downloads a picture of one of his works from a gallery is pirating his work or an author who makes a copy of one of his own books is pirating his book.
But please, let's not let common sense get in the way of people justifying not paying performers for their work.
I can finally get rid of that pile in my backyard.
The neighbors were beginning to complain.
The difference between using online banking and electronic voting is that at all steps in the process for online banking you have a trail. You, as the user, can take a screen shot of each step along the way and print out a confirmation notice so you have a physical copy of what took place. In fact, most places send you a confirmation email. I know this happens when I pay my electric and phone bills online.
The same is not the case for electronic voting. At no point, in most cases, does the user get something that shows them exactly how their vote is recorded. If you use a bubble sheet then yes, you do have a record but when using touch-screen machines, the vast majority do not provide you with any way to verify if your votes were recorded correctly.
The bare minimum that should be done is have a sheet printed out at the end with all your votes which you then put in a box. Unlike chads or other methods, the sheet will be clearly readable and will unambiguously show your votes.
It's a step up from the traditional pen and paper vote-casting but only more definite.
Letting someone rack up a bill on the order of 1000x normal is utterly irresponsible of the provider.
Why is it the responsibility of the provider to monitor how much you use your cell phone? How are they supposed to know, at all times, where you are and who you are calling?
What if the guy really was in international waters? Should the bill be reversed simply because he thinks it's too much? What about if the guy is in the southern part of Chile and making calls?
In the current case, as others have pointed out, it's a screw-up with the ship, not the user but that still doesn't mean the provider has to monitor usage.
until people start using Ryanair's new in-flight cell phone system. I can just hear the people whining about how much their calls to the ground cost them.
I know a guy who was laid off and actually heard that he was laid off from the press.
...
I'll see your "laid off from the press" and raise you a "new Chairman of the Board at the meeting".
The government agency I work in has a Board composed of 3 appointed members. The year after I started, the then Chairman of the Board was at the first meeting of the year and, from what I heard, the opening discussions went something like this:
We'd like to welcome the new Chairman of the Board,
Not an auspicious, or professional, way to introduce the new Chairman.
Imagine the new colors they could bring to their new desktop scheme...
Such as plaid?
Just open it in something other than Adobe Reader 9.
Not quite. From the InfoWorld article:
The flaw affects version 9 of Reader and Acrobat as well as earlier versions, according to Adobe's advisory.
a 154-page document detailing and analyzing the hundreds of comments (PDF)
It's a trap!
When I need mod points, they are no where to be found. Your comments are exactly what I am trying to do where I work (government agency which makes it even more difficult).
Everything that needs to be documented is written down and saved in a specific location (Procedures) so anyone can go there and see the exact step-by-step procedures which need to be done to install and configure software, who to contact for X problem which is handled outside the agency, screenshots, and anything else that may come up. Especially those once-a-year happenings which no one can remember how to resolve from the previous time.
We still have a mainframe which, supposedly, is to be used to update patch panels, wiring schemes, etc, but which isn't remotely up-to-date, so instead, I've taken the initiative to create a spreadsheet with a tab for each switch documenting cable numbers and what is on them. Needless to say, this involves cleaning up the mess the guy who is as organized as a rabid wombat has created because he's too lazy to do things the right way and then swears off when you tell him he needs to update the file (Naw, I don't use the spreadsheet. [You don't use the mainframe file either moron]).
Your final words are the exact phrase I use when I tell people who have solved a problem. Write it down! Don't let us guess at the answer.
Yeah, I know, preaching to the choir. It's not as if employers want someone who can get the job done, correctly, on time and fully documentated so they know what's what.
Also, do not forget that the best way to ensure you will never be promoted, is to make yourself indispensable at your current position.
Egads man! You read what I wrote!
Maybe next time, NASA should include some type of cleaning devices,
This comes up every time the rovers are mentioned. Here is a detailed explanation why there are no wipers, or any other cleaning device, on the rovers.
Replying a second time because I forgot to include the link. Here is the full text of the regulation in question.
So is it illegal to have it? Or just have the intent to use it?
Both. According to the gaming laws in Nevada:
NRS 465.075 Use of device for calculating probabilities. It is unlawful for any person at a licensed gaming establishment to use, or possess with the intent to use, any device to assist:
1. In projecting the outcome of the game;
2. In keeping track of the cards played;
3. In analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the game; or
4. In analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game,
Ê except as permitted by the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 970)
If it wasn't the same guy, Gregory Popovich has a long-running show in Vegas which uses trained cats.
As an aside, all his cats come from the Humane Society or shelters. To quote Bob Barker, "Remember to spay and neuter your pets."
The solution involves a photonic chip that uses laser light for switching signals, and a form of the exotic material type, chalcogenide, or arsenic trisulfide."
Once you have the photonic chip installed, you will need to realign the deflector shield to output a graviton pulse through the arsenic trisulfide to create an anti-tachyon pulse which will modulate itself based upon the resonant frequency of the transport medium, thus allowing for longer distance transmittal of data than is currently possible.
Granted, it will take 15 years and research team of a hundred to complete, but it is doable.
At what point do you define a new species.. now 1% is probably enough to classify as that, but what about 0.01%?
Your guess is as good as mine. I'm not a geneticist, or any -ist for that matter, so I have no answer. However, since the chimpanzees 2-3% discrepancy is enough to differentiate it from us, it would stand to reason that a 1% difference would also be sufficient. It's when you get to fractions of a percent that things get muddled.
However, here is something to ponder. Since we know evolution is an ongoing process, at some point in the future will humans diverge into two or more different branches? Will genetic drift/mutation/whatever, occur to such an extent that like the one episode of Enterprise where there were two groups of humanoids living on the same planet but one was suffering from a disease while the other wasn't, will there come a time when there will be two distinct groups of humans?
how much difference was there between neanderthals and modern humans, and was it enough of a difference that they could not have interbred.
According to the researcher they had on NPR this morning, that question has not been answered. Here is the NPR link. The third paragraph talks about the divergence between humans and neanderthals. The next to last paragraph mentions the question of interbreeding. You of course can listen to the entire broadcast by following the link at the top of the article.
You and I have different dna.
That is true as individuals, but as we are both humans, we have the same overall genome and so could breed (assuming male-female of course). With neanderthals having a slightly different genome than humans, there could be enough of a difference to not have allowed that to happen, especially since we and they diverged to two different branches just as we and the great apes diverged even earlier. Obviously, those in the know will have to make that determination.
No, you'd better hope that there is a difference between the human genome and the Neanderthal genome.
According to what was said on NPR this morning, there is less than a 1% difference between the human genome and the neanderthal genome.
The fact that there is a difference at all shows we and they were two distinct species. This doesn't even take into consideration the 2-3% difference between humans and chimpanzees.
You, like most people, are confusing the most overall votes with the electoral college way of selecting a president. As the last several presidential elections have shown, the winner of the electoral college votes for most states have been narrow. Certainly, there are some states which go one way or the other consistently, but overall, the election victory has been narrow.
If a candidate wins one state by 10K votes, they may lose another state by the same amount. Thus, they have to work harder to get as many votes as possible as opposed to the current way of zeroing in on a few states with a high electoral college count.
The size of the state and its population would be irrelevant since one is looking for the most overall votes. Candidates could easily split the votes in California and thus be dependent upon getting votes in Iowa or Kansas.
Whoever gets the most votes, wins. It's that simple.
The original idea was good for its time but just as the Constitution has been amended to reflect changes in society, the electoral college should be abolished completely and the popular vote be used to decide who the winner is.
The presidential election is the ONLY election in the entire country in which the person with the most votes may not be the winner. Even in elementary school when voting is done by classes, the one with the most votes win.
If it's good enough for elementary school elections, it's good enough for the presidential elections.
And before anyone whines about this giving more power to states like California, explain how it is any different than people fixating on Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida for a person to win the presidency.
That is both hilarious and scary. Thanks!
the IE fix ONLY affects IE 7. If you're running IE 6 (or even 5) on any platform, you don't have a patch to install.
Could it be, *gasp*, that IE 6 is more secure than IE 7? The mind wobbles.*
*For you yungins, go look up Kelly Bundy and the above phrase.
Why did you uninstall it after the Olympics?
I can't speak for the OP, but Flash is evil and no Silverlight either.