The funny thing is that in the data warehouse the concensus is slowly forming that "cleansing is BAD!". Precisely because of this reason. The whole popularity of Data Vault modeling is due in no small part thanks to its unrelenting focus on the data, and ALL the data.
Apparently, scientists need compliance and validation lessons. And the appropriate laws to go with it.
Almost like evolution theory. It's been holding up pretty well, but any day now we're going to find that dinosaur being killed by a lasergun and boy, there goes the theory...
Lots of suburbs in Europe consists of rows of chained houses with fences between the gardens. Free-standing houses are much more expensive ( (think: 500K) than normal houses (200-400K).
Where I live, land costs 1000 euro per square meter (without the house) in the city with all the infrastructure on it. This is what makes the setup attractive to about 9 million people in densely populated land.
I'm not even talking about Shanghai, or Beijing, where footprint is the main issue. This would be a big help there.
The solution is to make anything but FTE a very expensive option, not the other way around.
Which is not the way capitalism works and thus means you have to implement a new economic system first. It's been tried, but not with much success up to now.
As far as consulting goes: I find it much better to actually justify the salary I get in terms of what my customer needs, rather than to just sit there and get a salary without people actually looking at what I give them. I love being a freelancer precisely because of that sort of thing. And yes it runs the risk of being used to undercut present workers. Well, there's always the trade unions to combat that sort of thing. They've been at that game for over a century so they have some experience with that.
The Chinese haven't privatized their companies in the sense that they are separate from the state: a lot of companies are part of the state and the army actually runs many companies since they have to create their own budget (and food). A self sufficient army is a big tenet of the Chinese strategy. That's what makes this a bit more unpleasant than otherwise because normally, there would be an independent arbiter reigning in the companies. No such thing in China. The arbiter is playing too.
I can also set up a new company for an hours worth of time and 50 dollars in fees. Adding the badges to "Fictitional App Writers, Inc." won't hurt the bottom line all that much. And they're not going to detect it.
No, just let people get their own ticket. A company can decide to reimburse.
Oh wow. They legalized scalping AND profited from that? I knew the Olympic committee was composed of evil scum but I hadn't considered they'd flout it so blatantly.
It would conflict with Google's mantra though if they copied this.
You might want to visit Ruanda, where the incitement of the Hutu radiostation speakers was directly responsible for tens of thousands more dead people than without that station.Without the incitement the casualties would have been less immediate, the riots would have spread much slower and less coordinated, giving more people time to escape. Anyone involved with radiostation that got caught, got what he or she deserved (and sometimes much less, unfortunately, and most of the perps fled before they got what they deserved).
Operating heavy machinery would fall under the "critical job" for me. However, I see a lot of stories about companies where having 2 critical jobs in the company means they test everyone. And that just is someone enforcing their own morality on others with a weak excuse for doing so.
But if we really want drug tests, let's take it up a notch to be more effective. Since alcohol is much more dangerous and prevalent, I think that when you have drug tests, you should also institute tests for alcohol before entering any company buildings. For everyone. And everyone still having some alcohol in their blood come monday morning should be fired. Because I'm all for a sober workforce:)
Only the drug test annoys me, though sometimes it's understandable (as when applying for a programming job with a company that mostly employs manufacturing workers).
I don't have a clue why manufacturing workers don't have a right to privacy. The onliest place where I can see drug tests as reasonable are for pilots under suspicion of substance abuse, and people in critical jobs (bus drivers, surgeon in operating theatre or something like that) that look fishy.
If you can't tell people who are actively smoking pot or abusing alcohol, from the normal workers, chances are you need new management.
If no one had done it before (for emoticons) then why would it be obvious?
Because noone cared for the extra key before? If someone asks me "how can I design something, say, an input function, on the phone that will quickly write an emoticon in the message they're typing" then an extra key would be *pretty* obvious. Hence, it fails the "obvious" test.
This whole patent was stupid to start with, and now it's been weaponized. Great going.
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The funny thing is that in the data warehouse the concensus is slowly forming that "cleansing is BAD!". Precisely because of this reason. The whole popularity of Data Vault modeling is due in no small part thanks to its unrelenting focus on the data, and ALL the data.
Apparently, scientists need compliance and validation lessons. And the appropriate laws to go with it.
Must have missed the part where he was a famous climatologist.
I don't think the parent poster was asking for models from random passers-by, celebrities, politicians and other lay-folk.
Almost like evolution theory. It's been holding up pretty well, but any day now we're going to find that dinosaur being killed by a lasergun and boy, there goes the theory...
It might be a tie. Not sure though - it's difficult to tell the difference between various shades of undiluted insanity :)
Ah... but now it's libel "with a computer". Quick, patent it before someone else does!
Dear me, I'll just have to go for Soylent Green Pringles then :)
Lots of suburbs in Europe consists of rows of chained houses with fences between the gardens. Free-standing houses are much more expensive ( (think: 500K) than normal houses (200-400K).
But that is a big deal in lots of densely populated areas, such as Chinese cities or The Netherlands or Japan.
Where I live, land costs 1000 euro per square meter (without the house) in the city with all the infrastructure on it. This is what makes the setup attractive to about 9 million people in densely populated land.
I'm not even talking about Shanghai, or Beijing, where footprint is the main issue. This would be a big help there.
Customers a-plenty for this one.
The solution is to make anything but FTE a very expensive option, not the other way around.
Which is not the way capitalism works and thus means you have to implement a new economic system first. It's been tried, but not with much success up to now.
As far as consulting goes: I find it much better to actually justify the salary I get in terms of what my customer needs, rather than to just sit there and get a salary without people actually looking at what I give them. I love being a freelancer precisely because of that sort of thing. And yes it runs the risk of being used to undercut present workers. Well, there's always the trade unions to combat that sort of thing. They've been at that game for over a century so they have some experience with that.
You can't access Hulu from outside the states, you insensitive clod!
Glad to see the "Hey I'm done stealing so you all need to stop too" defense is alive and kicking too.
Let's just say that the biggest thief on the block is hardly a fit epitome of moral outrage.
The Chinese haven't privatized their companies in the sense that they are separate from the state: a lot of companies are part of the state and the army actually runs many companies since they have to create their own budget (and food). A self sufficient army is a big tenet of the Chinese strategy. That's what makes this a bit more unpleasant than otherwise because normally, there would be an independent arbiter reigning in the companies. No such thing in China. The arbiter is playing too.
I can also set up a new company for an hours worth of time and 50 dollars in fees. Adding the badges to "Fictitional App Writers, Inc." won't hurt the bottom line all that much. And they're not going to detect it.
No, just let people get their own ticket. A company can decide to reimburse.
Oh wow. They legalized scalping AND profited from that? I knew the Olympic committee was composed of evil scum but I hadn't considered they'd flout it so blatantly.
It would conflict with Google's mantra though if they copied this.
You might want to visit Ruanda, where the incitement of the Hutu radiostation speakers was directly responsible for tens of thousands more dead people than without that station.Without the incitement the casualties would have been less immediate, the riots would have spread much slower and less coordinated, giving more people time to escape. Anyone involved with radiostation that got caught, got what he or she deserved (and sometimes much less, unfortunately, and most of the perps fled before they got what they deserved).
I'll stop before I Godwin the thread.
Operating heavy machinery would fall under the "critical job" for me. However, I see a lot of stories about companies where having 2 critical jobs in the company means they test everyone. And that just is someone enforcing their own morality on others with a weak excuse for doing so.
But if we really want drug tests, let's take it up a notch to be more effective. Since alcohol is much more dangerous and prevalent, I think that when you have drug tests, you should also institute tests for alcohol before entering any company buildings. For everyone. And everyone still having some alcohol in their blood come monday morning should be fired. Because I'm all for a sober workforce :)
IN this particular case, it's very likely the fraudulent fish is the one that's best for the environment :/
Only the drug test annoys me, though sometimes it's understandable (as when applying for a programming job with a company that mostly employs manufacturing workers).
I don't have a clue why manufacturing workers don't have a right to privacy. The onliest place where I can see drug tests as reasonable are for pilots under suspicion of substance abuse, and people in critical jobs (bus drivers, surgeon in operating theatre or something like that) that look fishy.
If you can't tell people who are actively smoking pot or abusing alcohol, from the normal workers, chances are you need new management.
Cool - it's a DOS attack with humans as captured nodes. Memetic warfare FTW! :)
For some strange reason, people have come to think of "God" as some deity's proper name.
It's "God"(tm) then. Or would that be "God" (c) -2000 ? Or even "God" (R) ? I'm sure the Republicans would love that last one :)
That was, IIRC, in Xenocide, but not in the books mentioned.
If no one had done it before (for emoticons) then why would it be obvious?
Because noone cared for the extra key before? If someone asks me "how can I design something, say, an input function, on the phone that will quickly write an emoticon in the message they're typing" then an extra key would be *pretty* obvious. Hence, it fails the "obvious" test.
This whole patent was stupid to start with, and now it's been weaponized. Great going.
Relevant article of other person who this happened too: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/opinion-baio-yahoo-patent-lie/
Paintings aren't reproducible? Tell that to Han van Meegeren ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_van_Meegeren ) ...
I don't know. But I'm collecting it so that when they do find out, I can pay it :)