I actually kind of like the cold weather and the lack of daylight because it means snow and snowboarding and hot chocolate and warm fires and lots of good TV....but, that's just me.
Did somebody actually get CREDIT for doing this study, which appears to be a phenomenal statement of the obvious?
For the life of me, I'm blanking on the term right now, but you have demonstrated the fact that something is obvious once you know it (duh). It may not have been so obvious before someone told you though.
Christmas, like Halloween, father/mother/grandma/grandpa days, are commercial inventions, fake joy and fake happiness destined to make you shell out your hard-earned money
Well, I agree with you that all those holidays have been made commercial (the recent death due to Black Friday shows only how much), there *is* actually a true meaning behind Christmas. Whether you celebrate it (or even believe in it) is up to you. But, some people (myself included) appreciate the holiday for that reason and try not to let the commercialism of the season get them down.
In that case there should be mandatory licensing to operate one, you know... like a car.
Given that pretty much anybody can get a license (including some idiots that should never be a passenger in a car, much less the driver), I'm not entirely certain that this is the best analogy.
They call it "networking" but I dislike this term as it has a well defined technical meaning.
Hate to break it to you, but there are many words in the English language that have more than one meaning. Doesn't mean one definition is better or worse than another.
girlspeak translation: Get off the damn computer and pay attention to me when I'm around. It's damn rude to have someone over and then leave them to entertain themselves so you can go play a video game. Homework or a few minutes of e-mail, not a big deal... Wasting four hours on a video game because you need to "relax"... It gives a clear message: I'm not wanted. And when it's my boyfriend doing that, then it's elevate to not only aren't I wanted, but that I'm less attractive than a hunk of circuits and plastic. So yeah, most girls are going to be rightly pissed about that!
So quit inviting yourself over when I want to come home from work and want to spend a couple hours relaxing. I'll start resenting you if you do that.
Despite popular belief, girls can be just as selfish as guys can be. You two need to strike a balance. (And, by that, I mean a REAL balance. Not a "do what the girl wants" balance.)
This may be a silly question, but -- she may have spent three hours bitching to you about it, but has she spent that much time talking to him about it? Nothing is going to change unless he wants to change, and that will not happen unless he understands and accepts that there is a problem.
While I agree that it takes (many) women far too much time to actually vocalize their opinions to the person that needs to hear it (in this case, the boyfriend), what's the big deal about "changing" her boyfriend.
I dated a girl who pretty much hated that I played WoW. She saw it as something for me to do while she was in class or when I had some of my guy friends over. Other than that, she expected that we would always do something else. I hate to say - I *enjoyed* WoW. I didn't play it as filler, I played it because I wanted to play. Granted, I very much enjoyed spending time with her, but why must I change my interests because she doesn't "approve?" (WoW was not the only hobby I had that she didn't like - she wasn't very fond of my sports interests as well.) Basically, she wanted me to like what she liked, and that's it.
Screw that. Like me for who I am, not who you want me to be. It's much more attractive and appealing.
I personally think that the store doesn't need to posts a warning that the coffee is hot. Coffee is supposed to be hot (iced coffee not included). Its called personal responsibility.
You can ask questions about any topic as long as it isn't a driver in the decision making process...
As someone else said in another comment...
Question: "There's a man outside waiting to interview with me. What can you, as a women, provide better than he can."
Sexual discrimination suit, for sure...especially if she doesn't get the job (and I wouldn't blame her).
I don't know what your experience is with hiring (if any), but you have no clue what you are talking about. By asking the question, you automatically imply that you are making a decision based on the question. It doesn't matter whether you actually do. Besides - why would you be asking the question if you weren't?
And limitations (which are implied up front, such as in the case of the President's position) is not the same as discriminating after the fact. For example, if I post a job and say I want someone with 10 years of experience, they know up front that they can't get the job.
As long as your notes on the decision making process are clear as to what the reason (or reasons) were for not hiring someone, then those questions are moot.
You're in college aren't you? Or, you've never held a real job (or, rather, you've never been turned down for a job). You are rarely, if ever, given a reason why you were turned down. Usually it's some nice platitude, "You weren't right for the position" or "We found someone to fit the position better." Why are platitudes given? Exactly - no lawsuits can be brought against the hiring company.
Interesting story, but I'm calling shenanigans because your story sounds a whole heck of a lot like Joseph P. Kennedy's story.
From the story...
He found a brash young bootblack who fished for big tips by rattling off...... the New York Stock Exchange, Kennedy was surprised to discover that the shoeshine boy called the turn with amazing accuracy. I a mere boy could predict the movement of the market, Kennedy concluded, then it certainly was no place for a man with plenty of money to lose.
Of course, I could be wrong...but it's immediately what I thought of when I read your story.
That good GPA indicates you passed up a lot of opportunities that you'll regret later.
You were modded funny, but I think you were serious. (Actually I'm not sure.)
So...I'll say that he really probably didn't. He might have, but good grades doesn't imply that. College isn't all that difficult. I'm saying this as someone who took calculus-based physics, differential equations, software courses, etc, etc. Graduated with highest honors.
At the same time, I was out multiple times during the week with various activities, I regularly worked out at the gym, I had a steady girlfriend for over half my time at college.
Most people use their time ineffectively. That's the problem. I just used it better. (Heck, going to class and paying attention cuts study time by half at least. More if the course is easy.)
The problems with those types of qualifications are starting to bite the IT industry on it's collective ass.
Not sure why. I work with a wide variety of younger and older developers. Honestly...every age group has its range of suckage and awesomeness of developers.
The only thing that age gives anybody is experience...and that's only if the person chooses to learn from their experiences. If not, they're going to suck just as much at 50 as they did at 25.
If you happen to use age as a reason, then yes, there's an issue, but that DOES NOT mean that you cannot ask age related questions. nuff said...
Wrong. Very, very wrong. Here's why - asking age-related questions implies that you are considering their age as part of the hiring process. That's all they need to bring a lawsuit against you and/or your company (yes, you could personally be put on the chopping block). Might want to get your facts straight before you go asking questions that could get you in deep crap. (This is one area where HR has been known to be very helpful as they deal with this crap all the time.)
Oh, and by the way, that law was written to protect older employees against being dismissed due to age to keep from having to pay retirement benefits, not to protect young people from being excluded from a hiring process... May want to read a little more about that.... =)
This was a primary driver for it, absolutely. HOWEVER, that does not mean the law won't be enforced to protect younger employees from being discriminated against because they don't have enough experience. A law is a law no matter what reason it was originally put into place.
Your cocky attitude is going to get you, or your company, in trouble. Don't talk about what you don't know.
That's precisely what I was thinking. A question like this is typically not even allowed (especially within larger companies) because it clearly shows you are considering age as one of your delimiters (which you yourself said you were).
They give them time, wait for bug fixes and evidence that the platform is stable. With Vista, that never happened, so they didn't upgrade.
How much have you used Vista, exactly? That's a pretty bold assertion to make considering that I haven't seen it crash once, it runs everything I work on well (programming, games, various music applications to record my guitar music). Additionally, I like it MORE than XP (I use both operating systems).
Is Vista perfect? Nope. No OS is. But it's not the horror that many people try to make it out to be.
Hell if a police officers followed any random person for a single day as they went about their blameless buisness there's close to a 100% chancethat person could be caught commiting enough "crimes" to put them away for life.
Umm...I mean...I can see maybe being caught for things like speeding or jaywalking or something. But, dang. If, in a single day, you commit crimes to "put you away for life," what the hell do you do for a day job?
That wasn't what I was discussing at all, and you know it. -1 Flamebait for you.
I personally do check to see if someone's wearing a ring before approaching them. If they have a ring on, I don't even give them second thought as someone to date because, to me, marriage should be something more than "just the person I sleep next to." I would be doing a disservice to that belief by attempting to sway someone away from their husband.
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ReiserFS used to be the killer FS, but now it seems like it is stuck.
You're just confused. ReiserFS isn't the killer...its creator was.
I actually kind of like the cold weather and the lack of daylight because it means snow and snowboarding and hot chocolate and warm fires and lots of good TV. ...but, that's just me.
Did somebody actually get CREDIT for doing this study, which appears to be a phenomenal statement of the obvious?
For the life of me, I'm blanking on the term right now, but you have demonstrated the fact that something is obvious once you know it (duh). It may not have been so obvious before someone told you though.
Christmas, like Halloween, father/mother/grandma/grandpa days, are commercial inventions, fake joy and fake happiness destined to make you shell out your hard-earned money
Well, I agree with you that all those holidays have been made commercial (the recent death due to Black Friday shows only how much), there *is* actually a true meaning behind Christmas. Whether you celebrate it (or even believe in it) is up to you. But, some people (myself included) appreciate the holiday for that reason and try not to let the commercialism of the season get them down.
In that case there should be mandatory licensing to operate one, you know... like a car.
Given that pretty much anybody can get a license (including some idiots that should never be a passenger in a car, much less the driver), I'm not entirely certain that this is the best analogy.
The rest of your post is excellent, though.
They call it "networking" but I dislike this term as it has a well defined technical meaning.
Hate to break it to you, but there are many words in the English language that have more than one meaning. Doesn't mean one definition is better or worse than another.
and let's face it: Very, very few of us have the resources to conduct an exhaustive independent search on the internet.
I don't know. It's not too bad. I just use Google to conduct my exhaustive, independent searches.
Fark picked Keanu Reeves as the "robot actor." A more fitting pick, I believe.
Keanu Reeves Happy - :-| :-| :-|
Keanu Reeves Sad -
Keanu Reeves Really, Really, Angry -
(Women: the Most Incredible Puzzle Known to Man)
Not fun. It's not solvable. And there's very few rewards during the learning process.
girlspeak translation: Get off the damn computer and pay attention to me when I'm around. It's damn rude to have someone over and then leave them to entertain themselves so you can go play a video game. Homework or a few minutes of e-mail, not a big deal... Wasting four hours on a video game because you need to "relax"... It gives a clear message: I'm not wanted. And when it's my boyfriend doing that, then it's elevate to not only aren't I wanted, but that I'm less attractive than a hunk of circuits and plastic. So yeah, most girls are going to be rightly pissed about that!
So quit inviting yourself over when I want to come home from work and want to spend a couple hours relaxing. I'll start resenting you if you do that.
Despite popular belief, girls can be just as selfish as guys can be. You two need to strike a balance. (And, by that, I mean a REAL balance. Not a "do what the girl wants" balance.)
This may be a silly question, but -- she may have spent three hours bitching to you about it, but has she spent that much time talking to him about it? Nothing is going to change unless he wants to change, and that will not happen unless he understands and accepts that there is a problem.
While I agree that it takes (many) women far too much time to actually vocalize their opinions to the person that needs to hear it (in this case, the boyfriend), what's the big deal about "changing" her boyfriend.
I dated a girl who pretty much hated that I played WoW. She saw it as something for me to do while she was in class or when I had some of my guy friends over. Other than that, she expected that we would always do something else. I hate to say - I *enjoyed* WoW. I didn't play it as filler, I played it because I wanted to play. Granted, I very much enjoyed spending time with her, but why must I change my interests because she doesn't "approve?" (WoW was not the only hobby I had that she didn't like - she wasn't very fond of my sports interests as well.) Basically, she wanted me to like what she liked, and that's it.
Screw that. Like me for who I am, not who you want me to be. It's much more attractive and appealing.
Machines don't "go rogue".
Uhh...hellloooooo...Termintator! Duh.
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I personally think that the store doesn't need to posts a warning that the coffee is hot. Coffee is supposed to be hot (iced coffee not included). Its called personal responsibility.
P..pp...personal responsibility?
These words you say, they scare me.
To coin a Slashdot joke, it looks like bad karma got you!
You can ask questions about any topic as long as it isn't a driver in the decision making process...
As someone else said in another comment...
Question: "There's a man outside waiting to interview with me. What can you, as a women, provide better than he can."
Sexual discrimination suit, for sure...especially if she doesn't get the job (and I wouldn't blame her).
I don't know what your experience is with hiring (if any), but you have no clue what you are talking about. By asking the question, you automatically imply that you are making a decision based on the question. It doesn't matter whether you actually do. Besides - why would you be asking the question if you weren't?
And limitations (which are implied up front, such as in the case of the President's position) is not the same as discriminating after the fact. For example, if I post a job and say I want someone with 10 years of experience, they know up front that they can't get the job.
As long as your notes on the decision making process are clear as to what the reason (or reasons) were for not hiring someone, then those questions are moot.
You're in college aren't you? Or, you've never held a real job (or, rather, you've never been turned down for a job). You are rarely, if ever, given a reason why you were turned down. Usually it's some nice platitude, "You weren't right for the position" or "We found someone to fit the position better." Why are platitudes given? Exactly - no lawsuits can be brought against the hiring company.
4. Able to talk to virtual characters of the female (elf, dwarf, whatever) persuasion!!
A Female Dwarf? A FEMALE DWARF?! Have you SEEN what they look like?!
Dude...I was with you on that list until you said this. Then you just blew all your credibility.
Interesting story, but I'm calling shenanigans because your story sounds a whole heck of a lot like Joseph P. Kennedy's story.
From the story...
He found a brash young bootblack who fished for big tips by rattling off ... ... the New York Stock Exchange, Kennedy was surprised to discover that the shoeshine boy called the turn with amazing accuracy. I a mere boy could predict the movement of the market, Kennedy concluded, then it certainly was no place for a man with plenty of money to lose.
Of course, I could be wrong...but it's immediately what I thought of when I read your story.
That good GPA indicates you passed up a lot of opportunities that you'll regret later.
You were modded funny, but I think you were serious. (Actually I'm not sure.)
So...I'll say that he really probably didn't. He might have, but good grades doesn't imply that. College isn't all that difficult. I'm saying this as someone who took calculus-based physics, differential equations, software courses, etc, etc. Graduated with highest honors.
At the same time, I was out multiple times during the week with various activities, I regularly worked out at the gym, I had a steady girlfriend for over half my time at college.
Most people use their time ineffectively. That's the problem. I just used it better. (Heck, going to class and paying attention cuts study time by half at least. More if the course is easy.)
The problems with those types of qualifications are starting to bite the IT industry on it's collective ass.
Not sure why. I work with a wide variety of younger and older developers. Honestly...every age group has its range of suckage and awesomeness of developers.
The only thing that age gives anybody is experience...and that's only if the person chooses to learn from their experiences. If not, they're going to suck just as much at 50 as they did at 25.
If you happen to use age as a reason, then yes, there's an issue, but that DOES NOT mean that you cannot ask age related questions. nuff said...
Wrong. Very, very wrong. Here's why - asking age-related questions implies that you are considering their age as part of the hiring process. That's all they need to bring a lawsuit against you and/or your company (yes, you could personally be put on the chopping block). Might want to get your facts straight before you go asking questions that could get you in deep crap. (This is one area where HR has been known to be very helpful as they deal with this crap all the time.)
Oh, and by the way, that law was written to protect older employees against being dismissed due to age to keep from having to pay retirement benefits, not to protect young people from being excluded from a hiring process... May want to read a little more about that.... =)
This was a primary driver for it, absolutely. HOWEVER, that does not mean the law won't be enforced to protect younger employees from being discriminated against because they don't have enough experience. A law is a law no matter what reason it was originally put into place.
Your cocky attitude is going to get you, or your company, in trouble. Don't talk about what you don't know.
That's precisely what I was thinking. A question like this is typically not even allowed (especially within larger companies) because it clearly shows you are considering age as one of your delimiters (which you yourself said you were).
Bad. Very bad. Lawsuit waiting to happen.
They give them time, wait for bug fixes and evidence that the platform is stable. With Vista, that never happened, so they didn't upgrade.
How much have you used Vista, exactly? That's a pretty bold assertion to make considering that I haven't seen it crash once, it runs everything I work on well (programming, games, various music applications to record my guitar music). Additionally, I like it MORE than XP (I use both operating systems).
Is Vista perfect? Nope. No OS is. But it's not the horror that many people try to make it out to be.
Hell if a police officers followed any random person for a single day as they went about their blameless buisness there's close to a 100% chancethat person could be caught commiting enough "crimes" to put them away for life.
Umm...I mean...I can see maybe being caught for things like speeding or jaywalking or something. But, dang. If, in a single day, you commit crimes to "put you away for life," what the hell do you do for a day job?
(Dramatic much?)
damn non-editable Slashdpt
Now that is just funny...
That wasn't what I was discussing at all, and you know it. -1 Flamebait for you.
I personally do check to see if someone's wearing a ring before approaching them. If they have a ring on, I don't even give them second thought as someone to date because, to me, marriage should be something more than "just the person I sleep next to." I would be doing a disservice to that belief by attempting to sway someone away from their husband.
That's all I was referring to. Nothing more.