US citizens: Write, phone, email your Representatives and Senators - and ask them to knock down at least some of the more onerous provisions of the Patriot Act - I'm thinking of provisions like the one allowing secret warrants, for example.
Many of them will be back in their districts for the holidays. Visit their offices and talk politely with their staff. Inform yourselves of the Act's details, and make to-the-point suggestions.
Exercise democracy. The Act is vulnerable at this moment.
Well, we each are entitled to our own way of working.
I have stayed at places that wouldn't listen to me for years... and ended up bitter and cynical. So for my happiness, I moved to an employer who would respect my experience and listen to my suggestions, and implement most of them, which benefited both of us.
I've done this before as well. It's a good stopgap solution.
It's also a good way to keep the tech running so you can move on to greener pastures.
Ultimately, though, you have to weigh your pride in your work against the lack of consideration being shown to you by the management, and find a position in a organization where sufficient resources are being allocated to the IT branch.
Krause argued that Titleserv never owned the program copies at issue, but rather possessed them as a licensee pursuant to an oral agreement. Titleserv countered that it owned the copies because it paid Krause a substantial sum to develop them and had an undisputed right to possess and use them permanently.
Organ printing is an emerging branch of medicine which uses healthy cells to repair a damaged or diseased organ. But as its name implies, this new medical technology needs ink, paper and a printer. Now, a new hydrogel -- or biopaper -- developed at the University of Utah has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to speed up this process, according to Deseret Morning News. This five-year NSF study will initially try to print blood vessels and cardiovascular networks. But its real goal is to build some complex organs, such as livers or kidneys. This technology can potentially help millions of people waiting for transplants. This overview contains more details and a picture of the process of organ printing.
Sources: Lois M. Collins, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, November 5, 2005; and various web sites
The Monroe Doctrine "...a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."
The Internet Doctrine "...a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the Internet, by the free and independent condition which it has assumed and maintains, is henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future control by any national powers."
>a lightweight analysis that is better for engendering sound bites on NPR and The Daily Show than for convincing serious readers....which makes it perfect for us Slashdotters!
Gotta run... I'm analyzing the 'subtle narrative' of a rubber ball.
I was an Aperture user for a number of years. The product had a CAD front-end and a proprietary database linked to objects in the drawings.
We used it to manage configuration changes in a datacenter. If you clicked on a server, you could see the vendor, model, added components, software and maintenance contracts, and all sorts of other useful information. All of this resided in tables that were linked together. You could run reports and make global or specific changes. Very expensive and useful software.
Admittedly this is very different from Apple's Aperture, but I'm sure Aperture Technologies will still be unhappy - one of their early partners was Apple, and this product was first developed for - the Macintosh.
Slashdot Mirror
Y'allah Akbar.
Such is the will of God.
US citizens:
Write, phone, email your Representatives and Senators - and ask them to knock down at least some of the more onerous provisions of the Patriot Act - I'm thinking of provisions like the one allowing secret warrants, for example.
Many of them will be back in their districts for the holidays. Visit their offices and talk politely with their staff. Inform yourselves of the Act's details, and make to-the-point suggestions.
Exercise democracy. The Act is vulnerable at this moment.
Concise and on point.
:)
Bravo!
What the heck are you doing on Slashdot?
Well, we each are entitled to our own way of working.
I have stayed at places that wouldn't listen to me for years... and ended up bitter and cynical. So for my happiness, I moved to an employer who would respect my experience and listen to my suggestions, and implement most of them, which benefited both of us.
Paychecks are a necessity. So is peace of mind.
I've done this before as well. It's a good stopgap solution.
It's also a good way to keep the tech running so you can move on to greener pastures.
Ultimately, though, you have to weigh your pride in your work against the lack of consideration being shown to you by the management, and find a position in a organization where sufficient resources are being allocated to the IT branch.
You assume way too much.
Kudos to moorley for a balanced reply to your spiel.
Nice use of bullet points, though.
Time to update the ol' resume and make for the exits.
There is no intelligent life there.
I've been in a similar situation. Company went belly-up a few years later.
Update 8-track technology and make some fab tape cartridges for video playback... terabytes of spoolable striped data...
What's so great about random access, anyhow?
I knew these fancy optical storage formats were just a flash in the pan...
Krause argued that Titleserv never owned the program copies at issue, but rather possessed them as a licensee pursuant to an oral agreement. Titleserv countered that it owned the copies because it paid Krause a substantial sum to develop them and had an undisputed right to possess and use them permanently.
This quote is from:
HERE
Hoy! An oral agreement.
Legal, binding, but not provable in this case.
>bafoon?
Similar in usage to "What a maroon!*"
*not to be confused with maricon.
A New Biopaper for Organ Printing
Organ printing is an emerging branch of medicine which uses healthy cells to repair a damaged or diseased organ. But as its name implies, this new medical technology needs ink, paper and a printer. Now, a new hydrogel -- or biopaper -- developed at the University of Utah has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to speed up this process, according to Deseret Morning News. This five-year NSF study will initially try to print blood vessels and cardiovascular networks. But its real goal is to build some complex organs, such as livers or kidneys. This technology can potentially help millions of people waiting for transplants. This overview contains more details and a picture of the process of organ printing.
Sources: Lois M. Collins, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, November 5, 2005; and various web sites
I actually do have an admiration for France...
I just felt like stirring vous up a bit.
Merci beaucoup, for Lafayette, Miss Liberty, Montreal, and New Orleans.
Still don't like snails.
Hey, I appreciate Charles Martel. Few do.
Snails I don't.
As for the moron comment, you're the one who decided to slur your urls.
Merde, eh?
That's what I said.
Let's send the root servers to the Moon.
The Monroe Doctrine
"...a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."
The Internet Doctrine
"...a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the Internet, by the free and independent condition which it has assumed and maintains, is henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future control by any national powers."
www.cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys.fr?
...more?
www.beret-wearing-napoleon-complex-midgets.fr?
www.paris-is-burning.fr?
www.muslim-girls-must-not-wear-scarves.fr?
You can imagine the CEO chewing on a toothpick, feet up on his desk, while saying this...
>a lightweight analysis that is better for engendering sound bites on NPR and The Daily Show than for convincing serious readers. ...which makes it perfect for us Slashdotters!
Gotta run... I'm analyzing the 'subtle narrative' of a rubber ball.
This still doesn't explain that 'dirty feeling' I get when I post here.
Now I have to go shower.
>By this reasoning the assembly of Frankenstein's monster was a vivisection because afterwards it was alive... same holds for zombies I guess.
In my experience, both of those are properly called reanimation... a growth field, by the way. Would you like a brochure?
I was an Aperture user for a number of years.
The product had a CAD front-end and a proprietary database linked to objects in the drawings.
We used it to manage configuration changes in a datacenter.
If you clicked on a server, you could see the vendor, model, added components, software and maintenance contracts, and all sorts of other useful information. All of this resided in tables that were linked together. You could run reports and make global or specific changes. Very expensive and useful software.
Admittedly this is very different from Apple's Aperture, but I'm sure Aperture Technologies will still be unhappy - one of their early partners was Apple, and this product was first developed for - the Macintosh.
Getting a product to market with a new technology can advance the adoption of a standard.
Chicken, meet egg.
Of course it's a gamble...
but that's one way to make the big money.
Has anyone else noticed that there is a software company called Aperture which makes a product called Aperture?
Didn't they have enough hassles with Apple Records?
We're all going home now.
Last one to leave please turn off the lights.
I on the other hand favor the West Pole (A. A. Milne warning) as the repository. Tigger? Pooh? Oh Dear Me!