Pro Bono work = work that lawyers are willing to do for free because it's in a good cause.
Find a lawyer to work for you pro bono might be hard, though, depending on your circumstances. It helps to be an obvious charity, and poor besides.
Jon
So don't be a burger flipper
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You're talking a deadend job that any normal person can pick up within a week and master within a few months. Is it going to be a career? Of course not! How can you ask for continued raises when you max out what you can do within the first year?
The kinds of positions you're talking about are unstable because the standards are so low.
The solution is to find a job that challenges you and uses all of your abilities! You'll be far better paid, and HAPPIER as well!
I seem to remember Lucas saying somewhere (the interview he did with WIRED, maybe?) that he wouldn't be doing the third trilogy because the actors were all getting too old. I assume that's why the novelizations all take place in this time period.
I'm not sure how much of Lucas's notes and ideas for the third trilogy were used to create the books, though obviously as more books come out, they're less and less of the original, more and more of whoever is writing the book.
I'm just hoping that TPM is more like the first two movies and less like JEDI.
The big win in putting a base on the moon is getting the raw materials for space stations. The cost to move processed metals from the Moon to Earth orbit is tiny compared to the cost of launching out of Earth's gravity well. (Of course, you have to have the moonbase first, and that's non-trivial.)
Another advantage of Luna over Mars is that you're close enough to Earth for a lot of the work to be done using teleoperation (waldoes). You keep the balance of your workers down on earth, and have them remotely operate the machinery using TV links, robot arms, and etc. Mars is way too far away for this to be feasible: the time-lag on communications is too long.
Lastly, the Moonbase is close enough to Earth that the inevitable problems with getting a self-sustaining biosphere started can be helped out with shipments from Earth in a timely fashion.
I really don't see what a base on Mars gets you, besides a 50 billion dollar Martian trailer park. The moonbase will give you a real lasting advantage.
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Translation: "You know, the problem with the workplace today is that I'M not in charge!"
I see any attempt to form a union in my work field as a threat to my freedom to find a job for myself and succeed on my own talents and merits.
I don't want anything to do with a union, and I will vigorously oppose any attempts to unionize my workplace. Count me in as your loyal opposition.
Pro Bono work = work that lawyers are willing to do for free because it's in a good cause.
Find a lawyer to work for you pro bono might be hard, though, depending on your circumstances. It helps to be an obvious charity, and poor besides.
Jon
You're talking a deadend job that any normal person can pick up within a week and master within a few months. Is it going to be a career? Of course not! How can you ask for continued raises when you max out what you can do within the first year?
The kinds of positions you're talking about are unstable because the standards are so low.
The solution is to find a job that challenges you and uses all of your abilities! You'll be far better paid, and HAPPIER as well!
Jon
I seem to remember Lucas saying somewhere (the interview he did with WIRED, maybe?) that he wouldn't be doing the third trilogy because the actors were all getting too old. I assume that's why the novelizations all take place in this time period.
I'm not sure how much of Lucas's notes and ideas for the third trilogy were used to create the books, though obviously as more books come out, they're less and less of the original, more and more of whoever is writing the book.
I'm just hoping that TPM is more like the first two movies and less like JEDI.
Jon
The big win in putting a base on the moon is getting the raw materials for space stations. The cost to move processed metals from the Moon to Earth orbit is tiny compared to the cost of launching out of Earth's gravity well. (Of course, you have to have the moonbase first, and that's non-trivial.)
Another advantage of Luna over Mars is that you're close enough to Earth for a lot of the work to be done using teleoperation (waldoes). You keep the balance of your workers down on earth, and have them remotely operate the machinery using TV links, robot arms, and etc. Mars is way too far away for this to be feasible: the time-lag on communications is too long.
Lastly, the Moonbase is close enough to Earth that the inevitable problems with getting a self-sustaining biosphere started can be helped out with shipments from Earth in a timely fashion.
I really don't see what a base on Mars gets you, besides a 50 billion dollar Martian trailer park. The moonbase will give you a real lasting advantage.
Jon