Yes, just like the Pope is directly chosen by God through a majority vote of the College of Cardinals. And sometimes it takes dozens of rounds of voting for God to make his infallible selection clear to the Cardinals.
Equating Republican House Members with shit-kickers is an affront to red necks and hillbillies everywhere! As the descendant of a long line of red necks who actually (gasp) voted for Obama, I demand that you apologize!
They are pandering to their base of ill-informed extreme right wingnuts. It doesn't matter that they know it will never become law as long as they can tell the Koch brothers, "See, we did what you told us to!"
Right. That's why Clinton left office with a huge surplus, while G. W. Bush managed to leave office with the largest deficit in history only 8 years later. Way to go with that "responsible parenting" thing, Repubs! Invading another country for no rational reason is something every responsible parent does! Oh, and that TARP bailout -- still trying to blame that on the Democrats, are we?
Right, because no Democrats voted to authorize the war in Iraq! Oh, wait...
The only current difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans currently hold the record for the worst president ever. But that's not for lack of trying on the behalf of the Democrats!
How much have Comcast and Verizon payed out in campaign contributions to House members? Can somebody put together an approximate figure on what it cost to have rulings like this blocked by the house? It'll come in handy when I want them to create laws to benefit me.
You're correct. What I meant to say is you have no legal recourse. The only recourse you have is to STFU and find another contract. Which is exactly what I did when I was contracting at Intel. Twice. (Their motto appears to be "We hate contractors... and it shows!") For some reason managers acting abusive towards contractors appears to be the rule rather than the exception at Intel. Including the former manager of of the Netport products group that was fired for sexual harassment. (Hi Claudio! Yes, I'm talking about you!)
You're right, she was about 5 at the time. She's 10 now, so it might work better. My wife has worked nights for most of my daughter's life, so 95% of the child care falls upon me, and my wife can't be bothered to keep my daughter from bothering me.
With some of the people I've worked with that have burst into my office screaming at me, or burst into private meeting threatening to beat me up, I'm not seeing the downside to not seeing people at the office. (As a contractor, you have zero recourse no matter how badly people treat you.)
Then factor in the possibility of children banging down the door to play, and the guilt you feel by having to shuffle them out to finish a project. Then a spouse who takes advantage of you "being there" for babysitting, phone calls, emotional chats, and I'd rather be at work during the day.
You hit the nail on the head; that's exactly why I don't even try to telecommute. I tried setting up a room in my house with computers where I could go in, lock the door, and write software. My daughter would invariably starting banging on the door until I opened it, even if I spanked her for doing so. And my wife who feels that any whim she has is automatically the highest priority for the family doesn't see anything wrong with interrupting me no matter what I happen to be doing at the time to ask me to explain to her something I've already told her multiple times how to do.
So, yeah... telecommuting is great, provided you live alone.
On the bright side, if you telecommute you can be getting a blowjob while working at your computer! Try doing that at work! (I did... does anybody know of any companies hiring programmers in the Portland, Oregon area?)
The problem is that most organization have no way of actually tracking productivity, so they pay people basically for being on site for X hours a day. Meaning that anybody who isn't filling a chair for X hours a day will be suspected of not pulling their own weight. Pay people for what they actually accomplish, instead of just for being there, and telecommuting looks a lot better.
In IT, there is another problem... ever try rebooting a server while logged into it remotely? Hint: All the connections go away the moment you reboot it. A lot of sites require that you either physically be on site, or take home with you thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
No, they want to be able to afford blowjobs from attractive women (or men, as the case may be). So do I, but I don't go around screwing other people over in order to achieve that goal. That's sort of like saying, "Sure, he killed people and stole their money, but he was only doing it because he was broke!" Or perhaps I'm simply not recognizing your attempt at sarcasm...
Ok, so the patent is not on the gene itself, but for that gene expressed in mice. So the method of splicing the gene into mice may be patentable. Did they actually invent gene sequencing and gene splicing, or was that developed by the NIH? Even if the method is theirs, they are claiming royalties not only on their method, but on all descendants of any mice ever created by their method? Isn't that kind of like the first guy to cross a Poodle with a Labrador Retriever demanding royalties on every Labradoodle ever sold, including those unrelated to his own dogs?
Wait... why were you calling them? Were you actually planning on going in armed with automatic weapons?!? For God's sake, I was joking man! Please, please don't take my suggestion seriously!!!
And by the way, what is their real address? Because I have a, uh, friend who wants to know...
Reductio ad absurdum is a valid debating technique because it illustrates well the real question: Where should we draw the line in enforcing a patent that is so clearly and obviously not in the public interest?
That's a very good point. It is egregious abuses of the patent law like this that might finally spur congress to finally fix the patent laws. Pretty much anyone can relate to the argument, "Wait, you're suing people for using a sequence of information that has been naturally occurring in people for hundreds of years? That can't be right! Why is that even patentable in the first place?" And any jury is definitely going to sympathize with the Alzheimer's sufferers, regardless of what the law says.
Shouldn't the AIA also be suing the Swedish family that has the gene? They are using it all the time, without permission, and their offspring are definitely profiting from it! A patent is a patent; it should cover every use of the patented method or device! Or perhaps you could just admit that maybe a sequence of genes that has occurred naturally for hundreds of years shouldn't be patentable in the first place...
Every time I've searched for a name on Facebook, it has turned up dozens of matches. Unless they are using their actual picture for their profile pic, it's impossible to disambiguate. Of course, the problem is even worse when searching for people on Skype. But you do have a point -- you should use whatever method works.
Can somebody equip an Alzheimer's patient with a few Uzi's, send him into these guys office, and tell him the office is full of Nazi's? He can claim he is not responsible for his actions due to his Alzheimer's, and these bastards can get the justice they so richly deserve.
I joined an Alzheimer's support group, but I keep forgetting to go to the meetings...
Are there Open Source accounting apps available? Seems to me that accounting isn't exactly rocket science, just about anybody can write an accounting app, even a Visual Basic programmer...
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Yes, just like the Pope is directly chosen by God through a majority vote of the College of Cardinals. And sometimes it takes dozens of rounds of voting for God to make his infallible selection clear to the Cardinals.
Equating Republican House Members with shit-kickers is an affront to red necks and hillbillies everywhere! As the descendant of a long line of red necks who actually (gasp) voted for Obama, I demand that you apologize!
They are pandering to their base of ill-informed extreme right wingnuts. It doesn't matter that they know it will never become law as long as they can tell the Koch brothers, "See, we did what you told us to!"
Right. That's why Clinton left office with a huge surplus, while G. W. Bush managed to leave office with the largest deficit in history only 8 years later. Way to go with that "responsible parenting" thing, Repubs! Invading another country for no rational reason is something every responsible parent does! Oh, and that TARP bailout -- still trying to blame that on the Democrats, are we?
Right, because no Democrats voted to authorize the war in Iraq! Oh, wait...
The only current difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans currently hold the record for the worst president ever. But that's not for lack of trying on the behalf of the Democrats!
How much have Comcast and Verizon payed out in campaign contributions to House members? Can somebody put together an approximate figure on what it cost to have rulings like this blocked by the house? It'll come in handy when I want them to create laws to benefit me.
You're correct. What I meant to say is you have no legal recourse. The only recourse you have is to STFU and find another contract. Which is exactly what I did when I was contracting at Intel. Twice. (Their motto appears to be "We hate contractors... and it shows!") For some reason managers acting abusive towards contractors appears to be the rule rather than the exception at Intel. Including the former manager of of the Netport products group that was fired for sexual harassment. (Hi Claudio! Yes, I'm talking about you!)
Spanking the wife would be another option.
Not if she enjoys it...
You're right, she was about 5 at the time. She's 10 now, so it might work better. My wife has worked nights for most of my daughter's life, so 95% of the child care falls upon me, and my wife can't be bothered to keep my daughter from bothering me.
Firstly, I don't make as much as the average tech pro.
So... what's the weather like in Bangalore today?
With some of the people I've worked with that have burst into my office screaming at me, or burst into private meeting threatening to beat me up, I'm not seeing the downside to not seeing people at the office. (As a contractor, you have zero recourse no matter how badly people treat you.)
Then factor in the possibility of children banging down the door to play, and the guilt you feel by having to shuffle them out to finish a project. Then a spouse who takes advantage of you "being there" for babysitting, phone calls, emotional chats, and I'd rather be at work during the day.
You hit the nail on the head; that's exactly why I don't even try to telecommute. I tried setting up a room in my house with computers where I could go in, lock the door, and write software. My daughter would invariably starting banging on the door until I opened it, even if I spanked her for doing so. And my wife who feels that any whim she has is automatically the highest priority for the family doesn't see anything wrong with interrupting me no matter what I happen to be doing at the time to ask me to explain to her something I've already told her multiple times how to do.
So, yeah... telecommuting is great, provided you live alone.
On the bright side, if you telecommute you can be getting a blowjob while working at your computer! Try doing that at work! (I did... does anybody know of any companies hiring programmers in the Portland, Oregon area?)
The problem is that most organization have no way of actually tracking productivity, so they pay people basically for being on site for X hours a day. Meaning that anybody who isn't filling a chair for X hours a day will be suspected of not pulling their own weight. Pay people for what they actually accomplish, instead of just for being there, and telecommuting looks a lot better.
In IT, there is another problem... ever try rebooting a server while logged into it remotely? Hint: All the connections go away the moment you reboot it. A lot of sites require that you either physically be on site, or take home with you thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
No, they want to be able to afford blowjobs from attractive women (or men, as the case may be). So do I, but I don't go around screwing other people over in order to achieve that goal. That's sort of like saying, "Sure, he killed people and stole their money, but he was only doing it because he was broke!" Or perhaps I'm simply not recognizing your attempt at sarcasm...
Ok, so the patent is not on the gene itself, but for that gene expressed in mice. So the method of splicing the gene into mice may be patentable. Did they actually invent gene sequencing and gene splicing, or was that developed by the NIH? Even if the method is theirs, they are claiming royalties not only on their method, but on all descendants of any mice ever created by their method? Isn't that kind of like the first guy to cross a Poodle with a Labrador Retriever demanding royalties on every Labradoodle ever sold, including those unrelated to his own dogs?
Wait... why were you calling them? Were you actually planning on going in armed with automatic weapons?!? For God's sake, I was joking man! Please, please don't take my suggestion seriously!!!
And by the way, what is their real address? Because I have a, uh, friend who wants to know...
Reductio ad absurdum is a valid debating technique because it illustrates well the real question: Where should we draw the line in enforcing a patent that is so clearly and obviously not in the public interest?
That's a very good point. It is egregious abuses of the patent law like this that might finally spur congress to finally fix the patent laws. Pretty much anyone can relate to the argument, "Wait, you're suing people for using a sequence of information that has been naturally occurring in people for hundreds of years? That can't be right! Why is that even patentable in the first place?" And any jury is definitely going to sympathize with the Alzheimer's sufferers, regardless of what the law says.
Shouldn't the AIA also be suing the Swedish family that has the gene? They are using it all the time, without permission, and their offspring are definitely profiting from it! A patent is a patent; it should cover every use of the patented method or device! Or perhaps you could just admit that maybe a sequence of genes that has occurred naturally for hundreds of years shouldn't be patentable in the first place...
Considered seeking help for your dyslexia, ArhcAngel?
Sweeden, yah, where artificial sweedeners were invented!
Every time I've searched for a name on Facebook, it has turned up dozens of matches. Unless they are using their actual picture for their profile pic, it's impossible to disambiguate. Of course, the problem is even worse when searching for people on Skype. But you do have a point -- you should use whatever method works.
That's because she's dead, you necrophiliac perv!
Can somebody equip an Alzheimer's patient with a few Uzi's, send him into these guys office, and tell him the office is full of Nazi's? He can claim he is not responsible for his actions due to his Alzheimer's, and these bastards can get the justice they so richly deserve.
I joined an Alzheimer's support group, but I keep forgetting to go to the meetings...
Are there Open Source accounting apps available? Seems to me that accounting isn't exactly rocket science, just about anybody can write an accounting app, even a Visual Basic programmer...