Top Ten Reasons To Work An Overtime Shift On The Weekend
10. Think of all the weight you'll lose from not getting to eat because of short staffing.
9. Think of the closeness you'll develop with you're co-workers after being knee-deep in Code 10's/Blues and Code "Browns".
8. Everyone is so frazzled, so next to them you look fabulous!
7. Think of what a challenge it will be to your nursing skills to run a Code without a Crash Cart because they are all down in Central being replaced.
6. The joy of having the previous shift's charge nurse tell you, " I don't understand why no one would return my calls to work today/tonight. Oh, and by the way, you are short two nurses and a CNA for this shift with a full house of patients sick as dog dirt."
5. Because you're a new grad and you want to be a "TEAM PLAYER" like your head nurse told you to be. (That and you have "sucker" stamped on your forehead!)
4. When you go home with your back aching from not having any nursing assistants who work weekends and your feet aching from running your butt off for "emergency procedures" (like the gas pain your patient has had for a week that is suddenly unbearable) you'll know that you really ARE a caregiver.
3. Think of all the computer skills you'll gain from putting in your own orders and ordering supplies from Central. (That can go on your resume' as...."Know how to operate multiple outdated computer models.")
2. You don't have time to adequately chart so you may get to learn how our judicial system works. On the bright side, your handwriting will be so bad that it can say whatever you want it to say!
1. Think of what a GREAT "Learning Experience" this will be. Translation: You just got shafted!!
When are we going to start seeing this type of improvements in Solid State Drive technology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive -It will not just be the storage that increases. Once the swap file if placed on one of these suckers, the speed increases will be amazing.
"Solid-state drives are especially useful on computers that already have the maximum amount of supported RAM. For example, some computer systems built on the x86-32 architecture can effectively be extended beyond the 4 GB limit by putting the paging file or swap file on an SSD. Owing to the bandwidth bottleneck of the bus they connect to, SSDs cannot read and write data as fast as main RAM can, but they are far faster than any mechanical hard drive. Placing the swap file on an SSD, as opposed to a traditional hard drive, can therefore provide a significant performance increase."
This is a good idea on many fronts. One if this is open and collaborative it cannot be instantly monetized. It can perhaps in the way linux can, but still it has the spirit of the open-source community behind it.
Two, information sharing is a good thing. If there are twenty separate universities working on this project independently, think of how much productivity loss happens. Instead, when they collaborate and share information in a formal manner, everyone wins.
Third, if there is open information sharing, it is a lot more simple to establish guidelines for using and monetizing this information.
This is interesting and I think should be followed closely.
One thing I think people fail to realize is that in the US there is much more area to cover with broadband, than in Europe and Japan. The fact that America doesn't have the current infrastructure to maintain broadband in every rural area is not something that should be looked down upon yet. Now, if this is still the status quo in five years, then we can start discussing quicker implementation models, until then I guess be patient. (note: it took me 4 years of bugging various telcom. and ISPs before I was able to get cable in my area)
" How does research that uses cloning techniques take away from the value of life?"
It takes away the value of life, from taking away the mystery, anticipation, or dare i say decency of human life. I mean how would that person deal with all the aspects of not having a family, or anything else that takes place with a normal baby. I will never agree to this for that reason. There are so many better things in which we can be using our resources to fix.
What fun would life be if it were not random. I mean playing God might sound like fun and all. But I disagree with it becuase I think that it would just take away from the greatness of life. Make better computers, make most stable OSs, make cleaner-fuel, but lets not take away from the value of human life.
Where would the profit made from this tax go towards? If it was something constructive, like put back into develpment in the IT field, then I guess I could be for this. It all depends where the money goes.
i can see something like this being useful to hikers, or campers or anyone like that who would get lost. I know wi-fi is way to limited for this type of thing, but maybe someday when they figure out how to get a better signal. The ring could show people the way if they get lost. Meh, just a thought.
I think this is a great idea. It allows for many different gains for both the company and its employees. For one it gives the employees the chance to get millions, which is a good thing. Another thing is that those millions are tied into the stock which is a direct correlation on how well the company does, and thus gives the employee more incentive to work productively. Kudos to google.
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Top Ten Reasons To Work An Overtime Shift On The Weekend 10. Think of all the weight you'll lose from not getting to eat because of short staffing. 9. Think of the closeness you'll develop with you're co-workers after being knee-deep in Code 10's/Blues and Code "Browns". 8. Everyone is so frazzled, so next to them you look fabulous! 7. Think of what a challenge it will be to your nursing skills to run a Code without a Crash Cart because they are all down in Central being replaced. 6. The joy of having the previous shift's charge nurse tell you, " I don't understand why no one would return my calls to work today/tonight. Oh, and by the way, you are short two nurses and a CNA for this shift with a full house of patients sick as dog dirt." 5. Because you're a new grad and you want to be a "TEAM PLAYER" like your head nurse told you to be. (That and you have "sucker" stamped on your forehead!) 4. When you go home with your back aching from not having any nursing assistants who work weekends and your feet aching from running your butt off for "emergency procedures" (like the gas pain your patient has had for a week that is suddenly unbearable) you'll know that you really ARE a caregiver. 3. Think of all the computer skills you'll gain from putting in your own orders and ordering supplies from Central. (That can go on your resume' as...."Know how to operate multiple outdated computer models.") 2. You don't have time to adequately chart so you may get to learn how our judicial system works. On the bright side, your handwriting will be so bad that it can say whatever you want it to say! 1. Think of what a GREAT "Learning Experience" this will be. Translation: You just got shafted!!
When are we going to start seeing this type of improvements in Solid State Drive technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive -It will not just be the storage that increases. Once the swap file if placed on one of these suckers, the speed increases will be amazing. "Solid-state drives are especially useful on computers that already have the maximum amount of supported RAM. For example, some computer systems built on the x86-32 architecture can effectively be extended beyond the 4 GB limit by putting the paging file or swap file on an SSD. Owing to the bandwidth bottleneck of the bus they connect to, SSDs cannot read and write data as fast as main RAM can, but they are far faster than any mechanical hard drive. Placing the swap file on an SSD, as opposed to a traditional hard drive, can therefore provide a significant performance increase."
This is a good idea on many fronts. One if this is open and collaborative it cannot be instantly monetized. It can perhaps in the way linux can, but still it has the spirit of the open-source community behind it. Two, information sharing is a good thing. If there are twenty separate universities working on this project independently, think of how much productivity loss happens. Instead, when they collaborate and share information in a formal manner, everyone wins. Third, if there is open information sharing, it is a lot more simple to establish guidelines for using and monetizing this information. This is interesting and I think should be followed closely.
One thing I think people fail to realize is that in the US there is much more area to cover with broadband, than in Europe and Japan. The fact that America doesn't have the current infrastructure to maintain broadband in every rural area is not something that should be looked down upon yet. Now, if this is still the status quo in five years, then we can start discussing quicker implementation models, until then I guess be patient. (note: it took me 4 years of bugging various telcom. and ISPs before I was able to get cable in my area)
I thought that the browser was going to be fully integrated into Longhorn and they were phasing out IE?
" How does research that uses cloning techniques take away from the value of life?" It takes away the value of life, from taking away the mystery, anticipation, or dare i say decency of human life. I mean how would that person deal with all the aspects of not having a family, or anything else that takes place with a normal baby. I will never agree to this for that reason. There are so many better things in which we can be using our resources to fix.
What fun would life be if it were not random. I mean playing God might sound like fun and all. But I disagree with it becuase I think that it would just take away from the greatness of life. Make better computers, make most stable OSs, make cleaner-fuel, but lets not take away from the value of human life.
Where would the profit made from this tax go towards? If it was something constructive, like put back into develpment in the IT field, then I guess I could be for this. It all depends where the money goes.
i can see something like this being useful to hikers, or campers or anyone like that who would get lost. I know wi-fi is way to limited for this type of thing, but maybe someday when they figure out how to get a better signal. The ring could show people the way if they get lost. Meh, just a thought.
I think this is a great idea. It allows for many different gains for both the company and its employees. For one it gives the employees the chance to get millions, which is a good thing. Another thing is that those millions are tied into the stock which is a direct correlation on how well the company does, and thus gives the employee more incentive to work productively. Kudos to google.