As a student at Penn State, I can attest to the power of alumni support. The education here is pretty good, and that is my main advantage when looking for a job. However, one big advantage(probably 3rd behind education and experience) is the freaking HUGE network of alumni that "bleed blue and white" and prefer to hire Penn State grads. As more and more people go into higher education, the percentage of Ivy League grads is dropping, and to a certain extent, I think there is some resentment towards them.
Also, to me it seems people at the top schools have tough times finding jobs. I'm not sure why, maybe it is an over-reliance on technology(they don't network, they just resume bomb on monster) and a lot of them end up hiding out in grad school for a while, maybe never going to work at a big company.
The report doesn't seem to mention the possibility of a global pandemic drastically altering the global landscape. A lot of epidemiologists seem to agree that the world is "overdue" for a pandemic. However nobody knows what it will be or when/where it will strike(Probably be influenza related though). A pandemic could drastically alter the world landscape. The plague practically ended feudalism in Europe because when there were not enough peasants to work the fields, the peasants found out that they were scarce and could demand much more than eeking out a minimal existance.
Mario and I became quite close over the ensuing days and months. He became like a friend to me, he would do whatever I ask of him, and all he wanted in return is a nice mushroom or flower and he so desired to avoid getting hit on the head by a hammer. We spent many a long summer night together, you know the kind where the air just kind of hangs there and the crickets are the moons only companion.
It was in the heady days of my youth that I first discovered Mario. I was at a toystore with my parents when, underneath the glowing halogen lights, and above the pristine reflective floor, I saw him. It was in that austere environment that I fell in love for the first time. Although he was wrapped in plastic, that round face and bright eyes called to me. It was as if he was saving himself just for me. I decided then and there that I would not leave without my beloved. I screeched, "Mommy, mommy, I need Mario!". At first she resisted, perhaps out of a misguided notion that a boy does not need a greasy Italian video game character as a friend, but she eventually found out that there was no consoling me and politely requested the game from the pimply face teenage store clerk.
The whole ride home my heart palpitated with anticipation. "It's real! It's real!" I kept on repeating as I rocked back and forth in my mother's 81 Ford station wagon, you know the kind with the wood paneling and guady interior. What innocous surroundings for my dear...dear Mario. I clutched the box covered with twilight and screen shots to my chest dearly and rocked back and forth. Come to think of it, maybe my mother was right.
Home was a split level in a planned community in pretty much any northeastern city you can think of. We lived in the back of a cul-de-sac where everyone knew what toys everyone else had. As we pulled into our driveway next to the spotlessly manicured lawn my mother opened the garage door. Finally, the last gate to pass before I could finally get to know my precious Mario. Unfortunately, much like the real gates of heaven one has to pass by Saint Peter first. In this case, my Father...
"I thought I told you to rake the fucking lawn!" he bellowed.
"But dad....Mario...this is the most important day in my young life!" I pleaded.
"I am going to pretend I didn't hear that" he replied as he threw a rusty rake into my chest, causing me to drop the treasure I had so carefully been clutching.
"Finish and you can do whatever you want." he said coldly as he went inside.
After about an hour that seemed like an eternity, I asked him to survey the job I had done. He said that it was acceptable, but that if I don't start doing a better job, I'll end up a failure in life. I tried to comprehend the statement, but there was Mario afoot. I slid open the glass door and stepped inside the kitchen. It was a cramped space with slightly dingy tile floors, a refigerator that ran too loudly, and a microwave that just flashed 12:00 over and over again. The picture of imperfection. I walked past my doting mother who was making stuffed cabbages for dinner. Not very Italian, but we are Polish. I guess some people just cannot get over their roots.
I tore open the box with the veracity of a lion ripping open the side of a gazzelle. After taking a second to marvel at my dream machine, which had not 1 but 2 different shades of grey on it, I thought, "Nintendo", that is Japanese. Imagine, a totally alien culture, a country that my nation had gone to war with not 40 years ago, was now the home of the manufacturer of dreams come true.
I was sitting there, staring at the box on top of the plain brown carpet, in the plain living room, 7 feet high, about 4 times that long and wide, with the plain floral print furniture, the plain tables, the non-descript lamps. It's comfortable, but a dangerous kind of comfortable. The neutral shade of green painted haphazardly on the walls called for one to relax, but to never leave. The throwpillows in the love seat comforted you but mocked you at the same tim
on mobile devices. These devices can get tussled about a decent amount, what happens if the device breaks? Do you have to pay for an expensive repair just to get access to your files?
There is always the joke(and it's variants) Normal person to large asshole: How do you sleep at night? Asshole:On top of a big pile of money next to a different beautiful woman every night! NP:Ok, I was just curious...
Hopefully companies will realize
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that they can get money from their old IP without BEING GREEDY! What would be nice would be an iTMS-like classic gaming store, where one could(legally) get roms for about $.99 or so each. Unfortunately, the mere lawyers fees alone to get this kind of deal together kills it....
It's been a while since I took civics class, but can a politician really claim defemation? I thought libel and slander suits only applied to non-famous people. If you go in the limelight, then you give up a lot of those rights(but then you are filthy rich, so who cares).
For example:
Saying Daryll Q. Handtro of 123 South Berry Street, Polandville, AL loves hot monkey sex, then I could be sued for libel(provided he does not in fact, partake in said monkey sex of course). But if I said that Micheal Jordan and Uma Thurman are secretly funeeling their money to build a lab that will clone Cowboy Neal, I cannot be sued.
You actually just proved my point. Real GDP growth has been hovering at around 0(sometimes going positive, sometimes going negative) for about the past ten years, look for info on the "lost decade". Your point being that in the past 4 years is quite moot. A) Americans are still the most productive per employee the world over and b) Japan's labor market was so inefficient in every sector save manufacturing, it had no where to go but up. It has gone from being severly bloated to just plain bloated, but it shows NO signs of passing up the US anytime soon. In addition, Japan's society is aging much more rapidly than that of the US or even the EU. Therefore, in the future each worker will have to carry more of a burden to support the elderly. Also note that Japan has the largest debt to GDP ratio(130-140%) of any industrial country in the world. One caveat of course being Japan's debt is largely domestically held, unlike that of the US.
In closing, what's your point again?
Yeah, and those same companies tend to pay the person who does nothing all day because they shouldn't be in engineering in the first place more than someone who produces the ass off but has less seniority. I know people at/. like to fawn over Japan as the perfect society, but that is pure and utter BS. Japan has been in about 0% GDP growth mode for A DECADE!!! With very few signs of abating. A large part of the problem in Japan is the fact that everyone gets treated the same really. It's bloated and in-efficient. I wouldn't exactly call that a utopian society.
Yeah, the American corporate system sucks, but *MOST* universities are the real magnent for talent. They tend to allow you much more freedom and give you recognition for your achievements(unless of course you are a grad student).
TFA doesn't mention anything about whether or not this young Marine had a will. I would imagine(please correct me if I am wrong) that the Armed Services would provide some type of legal services for will making for him. If he wanted people to read his mail, it should have been in a will......
Eh, it's really no different from shoplifting in some regards. Most people who get caught shoplifting are not shoplifting for the first time. The first time they were probably very vigilant in their efforts and got past security easily. However, all this success went to their heads and they soon believe security to be a bunch of idiots. They get arrogant, they get caught. We humans are very vain creatures...
Re:Did you have to be under 15 to vote?
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Pearl Harbor made it, so it cannot be soley on the quality of the movies! (Actually, if you read the page, they admit the movie pretty much does suck, but the extras are quite interesting). I think it's based mostly on what the DVD includes, but having a good movie behind it never hurts!
Heh, well look at the revision history. The talk page is largely about revisions that one guy kept on making to the main article. The article is currently not inflammatory, but it was in the past and may very well be in the future. At least this one was caught, there are how many other pages out there that could be a lot like this one.
where they deployed PCs everywhere. They also had tons of grease and all other sorts of contaminants being flung about. They just used generic Compaq computers with cheapy 15" flatscreens. We just stored them in a cheaply made wooden shelf with a plastic shield to protect the monitor and a keyboard shelf. I imagine since you are good with tools, you could construct one of these yourself.
They tried using special keyboard mouse combo devices(basically just a trackball and a few buttons added on to the right side of the keyboard), but these ended up breaking quite frequently and seem to be harder to find. I would recommend just using cheap keyboards and mice, and keep plenty around. They are probably the most likely thing to break.
with Wikipedia, read this. It seems there are some people who refuse to acknowledge that the other side may have some good points and they try to boil complex social problems into 1 sentence solutions. Now this is not nearly as popular an article as George W. Bush I am sure, but I would be willing to be that a 3rd grader is much more likely to do a report on homelessness than they are Bush.....
But by using your same logic I could say that the Americans are more innovative and resourceful than the Japanese. Which country has 2 rovers currently on Mars that have by far exceeded all expectations? The EUs robot crashed in the atmosphere, Japan's didn't even come close to hitting Mars. You have some good points, but your examples are too narrow.
Americans and Japanese innovate in different ways. It's pretty much always been that way since Japan became an economic power after the occupation. Americans tend to neglect a lot of the little innovations like this that can make a big economic impact, but tend to excel in huge undertakings(Man on the Moon, the Internet etc). Japan seems to be the exact opposite. Their space programs have been an abysmal failure, and yet their consumer level technology is unrivaled. Interesting to see how different cultures react to similiar circumstances.
for not meeting their projected processor speed targets. Granted, they were over-hyped but the real reason they did not meet the targets is because both Intel and IBM ran into a lot of unforseen roadblocks when they went to 90 nm technology. I would hardly call that "vaporware".
Unlike Duke Nukem Forever, they were both going into uncharted waters, and it's really no surprise that they didn't make it to their destination as fast as they had wanted to....
Nintendo is quickly going the way of Sega.
They still are making a profit(might not be a lot, but it's still a profit). Until they start bleeding cash, I think it's a bit early to be making statements like this.
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As a student at Penn State, I can attest to the power of alumni support. The education here is pretty good, and that is my main advantage when looking for a job. However, one big advantage(probably 3rd behind education and experience) is the freaking HUGE network of alumni that "bleed blue and white" and prefer to hire Penn State grads. As more and more people go into higher education, the percentage of Ivy League grads is dropping, and to a certain extent, I think there is some resentment towards them.
Also, to me it seems people at the top schools have tough times finding jobs. I'm not sure why, maybe it is an over-reliance on technology(they don't network, they just resume bomb on monster) and a lot of them end up hiding out in grad school for a while, maybe never going to work at a big company.
Another Steelers victory.
Go Steelers!
Go Steelers!
Pittsburgh is going to the Super Bowl!
The report doesn't seem to mention the possibility of a global pandemic drastically altering the global landscape. A lot of epidemiologists seem to agree that the world is "overdue" for a pandemic. However nobody knows what it will be or when/where it will strike(Probably be influenza related though). A pandemic could drastically alter the world landscape. The plague practically ended feudalism in Europe because when there were not enough peasants to work the fields, the peasants found out that they were scarce and could demand much more than eeking out a minimal existance.
Mario and I became quite close over the ensuing days and months. He became like a friend to me, he would do whatever I ask of him, and all he wanted in return is a nice mushroom or flower and he so desired to avoid getting hit on the head by a hammer. We spent many a long summer night together, you know the kind where the air just kind of hangs there and the crickets are the moons only companion.
It was in the heady days of my youth that I first discovered Mario. I was at a toystore with my parents when, underneath the glowing halogen lights, and above the pristine reflective floor, I saw him. It was in that austere environment that I fell in love for the first time. Although he was wrapped in plastic, that round face and bright eyes called to me. It was as if he was saving himself just for me. I decided then and there that I would not leave without my beloved. I screeched, "Mommy, mommy, I need Mario!". At first she resisted, perhaps out of a misguided notion that a boy does not need a greasy Italian video game character as a friend, but she eventually found out that there was no consoling me and politely requested the game from the pimply face teenage store clerk.
The whole ride home my heart palpitated with anticipation. "It's real! It's real!" I kept on repeating as I rocked back and forth in my mother's 81 Ford station wagon, you know the kind with the wood paneling and guady interior. What innocous surroundings for my dear...dear Mario. I clutched the box covered with twilight and screen shots to my chest dearly and rocked back and forth. Come to think of it, maybe my mother was right.
Home was a split level in a planned community in pretty much any northeastern city you can think of. We lived in the back of a cul-de-sac where everyone knew what toys everyone else had. As we pulled into our driveway next to the spotlessly manicured lawn my mother opened the garage door. Finally, the last gate to pass before I could finally get to know my precious Mario. Unfortunately, much like the real gates of heaven one has to pass by Saint Peter first. In this case, my Father...
"I thought I told you to rake the fucking lawn!" he bellowed.
"But dad....Mario...this is the most important day in my young life!" I pleaded.
"I am going to pretend I didn't hear that" he replied as he threw a rusty rake into my chest, causing me to drop the treasure I had so carefully been clutching.
"Finish and you can do whatever you want." he said coldly as he went inside.
After about an hour that seemed like an eternity, I asked him to survey the job I had done. He said that it was acceptable, but that if I don't start doing a better job, I'll end up a failure in life. I tried to comprehend the statement, but there was Mario afoot. I slid open the glass door and stepped inside the kitchen. It was a cramped space with slightly dingy tile floors, a refigerator that ran too loudly, and a microwave that just flashed 12:00 over and over again. The picture of imperfection. I walked past my doting mother who was making stuffed cabbages for dinner. Not very Italian, but we are Polish. I guess some people just cannot get over their roots.
I tore open the box with the veracity of a lion ripping open the side of a gazzelle. After taking a second to marvel at my dream machine, which had not 1 but 2 different shades of grey on it, I thought, "Nintendo", that is Japanese. Imagine, a totally alien culture, a country that my nation had gone to war with not 40 years ago, was now the home of the manufacturer of dreams come true.
I was sitting there, staring at the box on top of the plain brown carpet, in the plain living room, 7 feet high, about 4 times that long and wide, with the plain floral print furniture, the plain tables, the non-descript lamps. It's comfortable, but a dangerous kind of comfortable. The neutral shade of green painted haphazardly on the walls called for one to relax, but to never leave. The throwpillows in the love seat comforted you but mocked you at the same tim
on mobile devices. These devices can get tussled about a decent amount, what happens if the device breaks? Do you have to pay for an expensive repair just to get access to your files?
There is always the joke(and it's variants)
Normal person to large asshole: How do you sleep at night?
Asshole:On top of a big pile of money next to a different beautiful woman every night!
NP:Ok, I was just curious...
that they can get money from their old IP without BEING GREEDY! What would be nice would be an iTMS-like classic gaming store, where one could(legally) get roms for about $.99 or so each. Unfortunately, the mere lawyers fees alone to get this kind of deal together kills it....
It's been a while since I took civics class, but can a politician really claim defemation? I thought libel and slander suits only applied to non-famous people. If you go in the limelight, then you give up a lot of those rights(but then you are filthy rich, so who cares).
For example:
Saying Daryll Q. Handtro of 123 South Berry Street, Polandville, AL loves hot monkey sex, then I could be sued for libel(provided he does not in fact, partake in said monkey sex of course). But if I said that Micheal Jordan and Uma Thurman are secretly funeeling their money to build a lab that will clone Cowboy Neal, I cannot be sued.
You actually just proved my point. Real GDP growth has been hovering at around 0(sometimes going positive, sometimes going negative) for about the past ten years, look for info on the "lost decade". Your point being that in the past 4 years is quite moot. A) Americans are still the most productive per employee the world over and b) Japan's labor market was so inefficient in every sector save manufacturing, it had no where to go but up. It has gone from being severly bloated to just plain bloated, but it shows NO signs of passing up the US anytime soon. In addition, Japan's society is aging much more rapidly than that of the US or even the EU. Therefore, in the future each worker will have to carry more of a burden to support the elderly. Also note that Japan has the largest debt to GDP ratio(130-140%) of any industrial country in the world. One caveat of course being Japan's debt is largely domestically held, unlike that of the US.
In closing, what's your point again?
Yeah, and those same companies tend to pay the person who does nothing all day because they shouldn't be in engineering in the first place more than someone who produces the ass off but has less seniority. I know people at /. like to fawn over Japan as the perfect society, but that is pure and utter BS. Japan has been in about 0% GDP growth mode for A DECADE!!! With very few signs of abating. A large part of the problem in Japan is the fact that everyone gets treated the same really. It's bloated and in-efficient. I wouldn't exactly call that a utopian society.
Yeah, the American corporate system sucks, but *MOST* universities are the real magnent for talent. They tend to allow you much more freedom and give you recognition for your achievements(unless of course you are a grad student).
TFA doesn't mention anything about whether or not this young Marine had a will. I would imagine(please correct me if I am wrong) that the Armed Services would provide some type of legal services for will making for him. If he wanted people to read his mail, it should have been in a will......
Eh, it's really no different from shoplifting in some regards. Most people who get caught shoplifting are not shoplifting for the first time. The first time they were probably very vigilant in their efforts and got past security easily. However, all this success went to their heads and they soon believe security to be a bunch of idiots. They get arrogant, they get caught. We humans are very vain creatures...
Pearl Harbor made it, so it cannot be soley on the quality of the movies! (Actually, if you read the page, they admit the movie pretty much does suck, but the extras are quite interesting). I think it's based mostly on what the DVD includes, but having a good movie behind it never hurts!
when people use a * without qualifying what the * means, now I am going to go crazy trying to figure it out!
first post! I probably failed it
Heh, well look at the revision history. The talk page is largely about revisions that one guy kept on making to the main article. The article is currently not inflammatory, but it was in the past and may very well be in the future. At least this one was caught, there are how many other pages out there that could be a lot like this one.
where they deployed PCs everywhere. They also had tons of grease and all other sorts of contaminants being flung about. They just used generic Compaq computers with cheapy 15" flatscreens. We just stored them in a cheaply made wooden shelf with a plastic shield to protect the monitor and a keyboard shelf. I imagine since you are good with tools, you could construct one of these yourself.
They tried using special keyboard mouse combo devices(basically just a trackball and a few buttons added on to the right side of the keyboard), but these ended up breaking quite frequently and seem to be harder to find. I would recommend just using cheap keyboards and mice, and keep plenty around. They are probably the most likely thing to break.
You are my new hero!
with Wikipedia, read this. It seems there are some people who refuse to acknowledge that the other side may have some good points and they try to boil complex social problems into 1 sentence solutions. Now this is not nearly as popular an article as George W. Bush I am sure, but I would be willing to be that a 3rd grader is much more likely to do a report on homelessness than they are Bush.....
so I am expecting CNN to be listed as the greatest innovation in the past 25 years.
But by using your same logic I could say that the Americans are more innovative and resourceful than the Japanese. Which country has 2 rovers currently on Mars that have by far exceeded all expectations? The EUs robot crashed in the atmosphere, Japan's didn't even come close to hitting Mars. You have some good points, but your examples are too narrow.
Americans and Japanese innovate in different ways. It's pretty much always been that way since Japan became an economic power after the occupation. Americans tend to neglect a lot of the little innovations like this that can make a big economic impact, but tend to excel in huge undertakings(Man on the Moon, the Internet etc). Japan seems to be the exact opposite. Their space programs have been an abysmal failure, and yet their consumer level technology is unrivaled. Interesting to see how different cultures react to similiar circumstances.
for not meeting their projected processor speed targets. Granted, they were over-hyped but the real reason they did not meet the targets is because both Intel and IBM ran into a lot of unforseen roadblocks when they went to 90 nm technology. I would hardly call that "vaporware".
Unlike Duke Nukem Forever, they were both going into uncharted waters, and it's really no surprise that they didn't make it to their destination as fast as they had wanted to....
Nintendo is quickly going the way of Sega.
They still are making a profit(might not be a lot, but it's still a profit). Until they start bleeding cash, I think it's a bit early to be making statements like this.
Random Simpson's reference time:
Ralph Wiggum:Go bannana!