If there are 20 left, then they will breed and fill the slot. Or something else will fill it.
Heck- it only took about 25 years for areas completely killed by the chernoble leak to repopulate-- not weakly but verdantly.
Likewise, it only took 4 years of not fishing the north atlantic during the war for the fish populations to bounce back.
Humans, who breed a lot slower than frogs can multiply their numbers by 10x (or more) in only 20 years given abundant resources and the right social incentives.
American workers take a 25% haircut and become competitive again.
During the great depression there were several major waves of pay cuts.
This service economy fantasy is not sustainable.
What's missing is the 75% pay cut for the executive class back to 1987 levels when they "only" made 50 times the average worker (instead of over 400 times today) AND raising taxes on dividends and capital gains from 15% back to normal income levels ( these extremely low tax rates on div and capital gains are why warren buffet averages 17% income tax rate while his secretary averages about 30%)
We have "Fry's" and dvd's typically drop below $10 about 12 - 18 months (then go back up until about 36 months where they can drop as low as 3.99). Except for the hottest blockbuster films (but those you just check out from the library or netflix)
I guess I should say... I stopped buying books before they hit $8 and the last few books I've read were loaned to me by friends who recommended them as good ones (doing my editing for me).
I got my Wii game for $29.99 at walmart. It was probably worth $20 but I felt i had to have one besides wii sports. Agree that i used to get a month to three months out of games and now nowhere near that. Combination of being easier and having prettier content but a lot less of it.
Best game I ever purchased was Total Annihilation. I *still* play it now and then.
Moulin Rouge and Princess Bride are about about love.
Silverado is the "non-offbeat" movie on the list.
But, I'd be happy to sit down and watch any of the above films again. I probably see them once a year plus random stumbling upon.
Times viewed Movie 11 Office Space 20+ Moulin Rouge 15+ Princess Bride 13~ Silverado
7 Dark City 50+? RHPS... tho I probably only see it once every few years now for old time's sake. Was in the cast a few times.
Star Wars 1-3 (well, these days IV to VI) was 5-7 and i might see them again someday (but never the last half of III) Star Wars 4-6 (well, I to III) was once... and will never need to see again.
which makes it amazing when they try to make up a reason instead of just saying "your fired... because we want to" and then the reason violates the law./slap forehead at their stupidity.
jk rowling gets rich, lots of other writers starve because she is getting too much of the pie.
books should be much cheaper than they are. current prices are based on costs that no longer exist.
there are a million other forms of entertainment they compete with that did not used to exist.
Hmmm $8 for a paperback, or $8 for a DVD of a movie, or $24 for a video game that plays 20 books worth of time, or...
Books are way overpriced now. My solution is mostly the same as for music- I just stopped buying them. If they were $4, I would probably buy them-- $8 for a paperback (1000% inflation in 30 years-- they were.75 when I was in highschool) is just stupid when some authors are making a billion dollars (and you know the publishers and the bookstores made at least another billion each as well).
Firstly, Capture their communications saying they would give you a bad rating for leaving on 3 weeks notice. Then take the notice down to 2 weeks as the parent poster suggests
Secondly Companies no longer give references in many cases. All they do is record years of service and pay. They have enormous legal exposure for doing otherwise.
Thirdly, If they are really pissy, I'd say "you know... I feel really ill today". You probably have 2 weeks of sick time. Come in late... leave early. For bonus points, Gut a fish on your desk.
Fourthly Your *real* references come from work friends and managers who you were on friendly terms with. Get their names and numbers. Screw the company. It may not even exist in 2 years.
I'm not a chiropractor (I'm a massage therapist on the side).
Fact is that a bone being 1/16th out of position and "stuck" is pulling one or more muscles and making them spasm. All you have to do is get the bone to slide back in it's normal position and everything can relax. I can massage a muscle forever but if it is attached to a bone in the wrong position, my work won't do any good.
I know a couple of chiro moves and tho I can't use them during a professional (aka paid) massage, I have fixed two people who had long term pain. One was hitting himself with a hammer when I came into his restaurant. I fixed him- got a free lunch- thought nothing of it- but the next time I saw him, he said he had been in pain for over a decade without relief and now he had been pain free for three weeks.
The problem with chiro is that it has a lot of associated mysticism.
However some things make a lot of sense that seem squirrelly- like adjusting your back to fix a stomach problem- because the nerves leading to your stomach were being pinched.
The Houston Chronicle is much more "pro elite" than it is right or left wing. So they are for trains that will make the elite rich when they sell land they bought for stations at a premium. They were for the stadium being built when 49.99% of houston violently opposed it.
And so on.
I read the editorials and the funnies. The news is a bit pointless (who cares that someone was kidnapped or murdered in kentucky or oregan) or redundant.
I subscribe to it for now... at 33 cents a day, it's not bad. However, the newstand price is up to $1 and it is not worth that price.
If Fry's goes out of Business, the H.C. would probably have to cut an entire section from their paper.
We have a "heaven or hell" scenario brewing. We could be in a situation where everyone works about 30 hours a week, has a good life, esteem from "working" a job, or we could have people working 50 hours a week for smaller and smaller pay trying desperately to avoid being tossed into the unemployed underclass.
It really bothers me that we have seen huge productivity increases since the 1940's and yet we are still working 40 hours a week. A fair amount of that time in my job is sitting doing nothing.
When I was a consultant, I found my natural work day was about 6.5 hours. They liked it because they didn't have to pay me more, I liked it because I didn't have to pointlessly hang out at the office after I had my daily work done.
I think the government, and the health and insurance industries have eaten a lot of that productivity.
is to forward emails to a private email address if there is even a chance of this happening.
You don't always have access to the keyboard when laid off. That is likely to increase after a couple farewell emails viewed as "bad for morale".
We had a couple- that were deleted by the administrators (even if you read them- but I'd forwarded it on to my private address).
I hope companies will switch to pay cuts over lay offs like HP did and like some companies in Germany are doing (nice there, you get a pay cut but you also get hours cut so you have more life to enjoy at least).
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If there are 20 left, then they will breed and fill the slot. Or something else will fill it.
Heck- it only took about 25 years for areas completely killed by the chernoble leak to repopulate-- not weakly but verdantly.
Likewise, it only took 4 years of not fishing the north atlantic during the war for the fish populations to bounce back.
Humans, who breed a lot slower than frogs can multiply their numbers by 10x (or more) in only 20 years given abundant resources and the right social incentives.
Same.
What I wish would happen is a 20% pay cut and only work 4 days a week as german companies have done.
Since 1980, our purchasing power has gone down.
American workers take a 25% haircut and become competitive again.
During the great depression there were several major waves of pay cuts.
This service economy fantasy is not sustainable.
What's missing is the 75% pay cut for the executive class back to 1987 levels when they "only" made 50 times the average worker (instead of over 400 times today) AND raising taxes on dividends and capital gains from 15% back to normal income levels ( these extremely low tax rates on div and capital gains are why warren buffet averages 17% income tax rate while his secretary averages about 30%)
These things have *always* happened.
The only difference is that cameras, record-keeping databases, and surveillance have all gotten much better over the last thirty years.
Hell some of the early popes had mistresses.
Power corrupts.
The only real solution is shrinking the amount of power and wealthy any one person can have. And that boat has sailed.
We need to enforce these laws against the children of music/movie executives and politicians and the wealthy.
Then the laws will be changed quickly.
But most of those groups think they are immune to the same treatment as the rest of humanity.
in 50 years those frogs that survive the fungus will fill the open spot in the food chain.
we spend a lot of effort trying to stop change.
Shhh.
No one talks about slashdotters having spouses.
No... the slashdot curse applies to lesbians as well..
they live solitary* lives without girlfriends until they skip posting for at least a year.
* But not lonely-- too busy doing geeky things.
We have "Fry's" and dvd's typically drop below $10 about 12 - 18 months (then go back up until about 36 months where they can drop as low as 3.99). Except for the hottest blockbuster films (but those you just check out from the library or netflix)
I guess I should say... I stopped buying books before they hit $8 and the last few books I've read were loaned to me by friends who recommended them as good ones (doing my editing for me).
I got my Wii game for $29.99 at walmart. It was probably worth $20 but I felt i had to have one besides wii sports. Agree that i used to get a month to three months out of games and now nowhere near that. Combination of being easier and having prettier content but a lot less of it.
Best game I ever purchased was Total Annihilation. I *still* play it now and then.
Moulin Rouge and Princess Bride are about about love.
Silverado is the "non-offbeat" movie on the list.
But, I'd be happy to sit down and watch any of the above films again. I probably see them once a year plus random stumbling upon.
Times
viewed Movie
11 Office Space
20+ Moulin Rouge
15+ Princess Bride
13~ Silverado
7 Dark City
50+? RHPS... tho I probably only see it once every few years now for old time's sake. Was in the cast a few times.
Star Wars 1-3 (well, these days IV to VI) was 5-7 and i might see them again someday (but never the last half of III)
Star Wars 4-6 (well, I to III) was once... and will never need to see again.
which makes it amazing when they try to make up a reason instead of just saying "your fired... because we want to" and then the reason violates the law. /slap forehead at their stupidity.
One of the best movies of all time.
A guy at work *tried* to do this but all he could bring himself to do was to leave fish sticks scattered about his desk.
I'd given him a red stapler (after he bought a burgundy one)-- gotta be a purist you know.
I'd say my four favorites are
office space
princess bride
moulin rouge
silverado
(Dark City is barely off the list tho)
and it isn't those authors funding this.
it's the jk rowling's.
jk rowling gets rich, lots of other writers starve because she is getting too much of the pie.
books should be much cheaper than they are. current prices are based on costs that no longer exist.
there are a million other forms of entertainment they compete with that did not used to exist.
Hmmm $8 for a paperback, or $8 for a DVD of a movie, or $24 for a video game that plays 20 books worth of time, or ...
Books are way overpriced now. My solution is mostly the same as for music- I just stopped buying them. If they were $4, I would probably buy them-- $8 for a paperback (1000% inflation in 30 years-- they were .75 when I was in highschool) is just stupid when some authors are making a billion dollars (and you know the publishers and the bookstores made at least another billion each as well).
Firstly,
Capture their communications saying they would give you a bad rating for leaving on 3 weeks notice.
Then take the notice down to 2 weeks as the parent poster suggests
Secondly
Companies no longer give references in many cases. All they do is record years of service and pay. They have enormous legal exposure for doing otherwise.
Thirdly,
If they are really pissy, I'd say "you know... I feel really ill today". You probably have 2 weeks of sick time. Come in late... leave early. For bonus points, Gut a fish on your desk.
Fourthly
Your *real* references come from work friends and managers who you were on friendly terms with. Get their names and numbers. Screw the company. It may not even exist in 2 years.
as admin, he should have some kind of masterkey/password. he was the source of all security.
His issue (besides being pissed) was that he felt the new people were going to screw things up and then he would be held legally responsible.
A little paranoia (perhaps justified the way things turned out).
As far as the root article... "providing modems" is a crime is just stupid. That's part of your job as an admin.
They still try to find cause to avoid unemployment taxes.
It's amazing how stupid they can be tho... even in "at will" states, you can't say "You are fired, we want a younger person".
Exactly.
I'm not a chiropractor (I'm a massage therapist on the side).
Fact is that a bone being 1/16th out of position and "stuck" is pulling one or more muscles and making them spasm. All you have to do is get the bone to slide back in it's normal position and everything can relax. I can massage a muscle forever but if it is attached to a bone in the wrong position, my work won't do any good.
I know a couple of chiro moves and tho I can't use them during a professional (aka paid) massage, I have fixed two people who had long term pain. One was hitting himself with a hammer when I came into his restaurant. I fixed him- got a free lunch- thought nothing of it- but the next time I saw him, he said he had been in pain for over a decade without relief and now he had been pain free for three weeks.
The problem with chiro is that it has a lot of associated mysticism.
However some things make a lot of sense that seem squirrelly- like adjusting your back to fix a stomach problem- because the nerves leading to your stomach were being pinched.
The Houston Chronicle is much more "pro elite" than it is right or left wing. So they are for trains that will make the elite rich when they sell land they bought for stations at a premium. They were for the stadium being built when 49.99% of houston violently opposed it.
And so on.
I read the editorials and the funnies. The news is a bit pointless (who cares that someone was kidnapped or murdered in kentucky or oregan) or redundant.
I subscribe to it for now... at 33 cents a day, it's not bad. However, the newstand price is up to $1 and it is not worth that price.
If Fry's goes out of Business, the H.C. would probably have to cut an entire section from their paper.
Exactly!
We have a "heaven or hell" scenario brewing. We could be in a situation where everyone works about 30 hours a week, has a good life, esteem from "working" a job, or we could have people working 50 hours a week for smaller and smaller pay trying desperately to avoid being tossed into the unemployed underclass.
It really bothers me that we have seen huge productivity increases since the 1940's and yet we are still working 40 hours a week. A fair amount of that time in my job is sitting doing nothing.
When I was a consultant, I found my natural work day was about 6.5 hours. They liked it because they didn't have to pay me more, I liked it because I didn't have to pointlessly hang out at the office after I had my daily work done.
I think the government, and the health and insurance industries have eaten a lot of that productivity.
is to forward emails to a private email address if there is even a chance of this happening.
You don't always have access to the keyboard when laid off. That is likely to increase after a couple farewell emails viewed as "bad for morale".
We had a couple- that were deleted by the administrators (even if you read them- but I'd forwarded it on to my private address).
I hope companies will switch to pay cuts over lay offs like HP did and like some companies in Germany are doing (nice there, you get a pay cut but you also get hours cut so you have more life to enjoy at least).
I'm thinking effects similar to forest.
Shade, cooler, a little less evaporation, only shade tolerant bushes underneath.
Of course you don't want plants overgrowing your solar power plant anyway.
Energy that would have passed by earth will be directed to it. This is sorta like putting a big mirror out there.
They also find that if the people had to suffer / pay more to get / keep one of the socks, they would want it more.
Part of the reason people stay in abusive relationships apparently.
That's cool. So then with a sufficient social network, there really isn't a need for the pirate bay.
It is tighter here. Sweden must focus more on large scale infringement.
Kinda bizarre tho-- you could make a couple hundred copies of a song this way in a week socially.
You are so correct.
Dale Carnegie noticed close to a hundred years ago that we make decisions emotionally and then we weight the facts to support that decision.
If someone likes you, they weigh down bad facts and up good facts.
If you take the time to truly know and like them, then your actions will naturally follow to their benefit.