Most sites have gzip set up on their outbound transfers. Seems like gzip would eliminate a lot of these duplicate tags -- unless they are suggesting that gzip itself is slowing the entire process down?
The "sum of the votes" is relatively useless. If 200 people voted for it once, it is very likely those same 200 voted for it 10 or 100 times throughout each individual posting of the same idea. Therefore the total number of votes for the actual topic are still 200.
You know, it's really unfortunate that Christianity has been dragged to this right-wing point of view. It makes it really difficult for someone like me to be both a liberal thinker and a Christian at the same time.
If I believe in an omnipotent God, why wouldn't I believe that he's capable and perhaps even likely to have created the world we live in through means that are discoverable to us? Sure, the bible says seven days, but let's not forget that "day" and "night" were introduced during those seven days. The Bible is obviously written in terms that its intended audience would easily understand. In fact, Jesus often spoke in parables for the same reason.
I've lost my point in my own head now because I'm at work and haven't been able to write this in one thought...
I just can't stand how much lately it seems like you have to be a "conservative" to be a Christian. And some people wonder why the nation is moving away from Christianity??
Well, that's what we get for having a random blog post serve as fodder for "Stuff that matters." Seems like any reporter worth a damn might have called the airport and asked, perhaps?
They spend all their time telling you that you're going to burn in hell if you don't do this, or don't say that, or if you vote in favor of gay marriage, or eat red meat on Fridays during Lent, or use a condom or Pay us 10% of your wages or fail to wear your holy underwear at all times.
Wow, you've never been to a GOOD church. They do exist -- the ones that preach the benefits of being a christian instead of the punishment for not being one. "You matter" is the message, not "do this or go to hell."
Try this example: http://gccwired.org/
"Watch Services" on the left, if you're interested.
Now for my comment on the article. How many times have people pointed out that correlation does not imply causation? What other factors do these people have in common? This study is hardly complete with these bits of information.
Wow, I totally misread that at first. Something about the navy having a giant disk that masks out the sun reminded me of a Simpsons episode a while back. It wasn't until I saw you modded "informative" that I bothered with the link to see what you were actually talking about!
I find it likely that you work in an IT-centric company. Very many developers & IT pros work for companies where IT is a necessity, but not anywhere close to their primary focus. Manufacturers, sales, etc. There's very little someone in IT can do that will land a business deal to sell a non-IT product.
So yes, I'd say you're lucky. Hang on to that job!
Mod parent up? please? Why haven't you done it yet?
Seriously, there's a REASON the older folks don't tend to show the drive and ambition that the younger folks do. You can only work through so many nights without sleep before you finally realize you're not compensated enough (in pay, recognition, or even lack of complaints -- which == recognition in our field often). Sorry to be a whiny IT wonk, but pay alone doesn't cut it. You watch the person you made that app for take all the credit for it and you might get a ** mention in the fine print. They get promoted over and over and you get... another project. Let's face it, people good in IT are not often good with people, and there's not a lot of vertical headroom in tech-only positions in most companies.
Let's not also forget the time he's being paid to waste on this analysis that the business certainly has (or should have) people who are far more qualified to do. Our R&D department is perfectly capable of maintaining their own servers and to some degree even writing their own database systems -- however, our IT guys can do it better and faster AND the R&D guys can spend their time researching and developing new products. The only ones that lose in this scenario are the HR folks who are trying to keep headcounts down, and who cares about them anyway?
a voluntary fighting force is many times more effective than a drafted force
Are you implying that the soldiers who enlisted during WWII under their own power were somehow better trained than their drafted counterparts before being sent overseas? Logic tells me they were all thrown through training together at the time regardless of their motivation for enlisting. The fact that the country was cheaping out on their training in order to get them to the front lines more quickly is the reason they were poorly trained, not because they were drafted.
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Why is the parent modded "Troll"?
But you have to RTFA to get that.
Most sites have gzip set up on their outbound transfers. Seems like gzip would eliminate a lot of these duplicate tags -- unless they are suggesting that gzip itself is slowing the entire process down?
LMAO - Somebody please mod parent funny!
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Great post, +10 insightful! I'm not anywhere near the helpdesk and your post made me think differently about my career path!
Really? Your argument is "Put your attention here because we need your attention elsewhere"?? Come back when your high wears off...
The "sum of the votes" is relatively useless. If 200 people voted for it once, it is very likely those same 200 voted for it 10 or 100 times throughout each individual posting of the same idea. Therefore the total number of votes for the actual topic are still 200.
You know, it's really unfortunate that Christianity has been dragged to this right-wing point of view. It makes it really difficult for someone like me to be both a liberal thinker and a Christian at the same time. If I believe in an omnipotent God, why wouldn't I believe that he's capable and perhaps even likely to have created the world we live in through means that are discoverable to us? Sure, the bible says seven days, but let's not forget that "day" and "night" were introduced during those seven days. The Bible is obviously written in terms that its intended audience would easily understand. In fact, Jesus often spoke in parables for the same reason. I've lost my point in my own head now because I'm at work and haven't been able to write this in one thought... I just can't stand how much lately it seems like you have to be a "conservative" to be a Christian. And some people wonder why the nation is moving away from Christianity??
Well, that's what we get for having a random blog post serve as fodder for "Stuff that matters." Seems like any reporter worth a damn might have called the airport and asked, perhaps?
They spend all their time telling you that you're going to burn in hell if you don't do this, or don't say that, or if you vote in favor of gay marriage, or eat red meat on Fridays during Lent, or use a condom or Pay us 10% of your wages or fail to wear your holy underwear at all times.
Wow, you've never been to a GOOD church. They do exist -- the ones that preach the benefits of being a christian instead of the punishment for not being one. "You matter" is the message, not "do this or go to hell." Try this example: http://gccwired.org/ "Watch Services" on the left, if you're interested. Now for my comment on the article. How many times have people pointed out that correlation does not imply causation? What other factors do these people have in common? This study is hardly complete with these bits of information.
This is clearly off-topic, but the summary has way too many links. I find myself incredibly distracted while attempting to read it.
What the hell are you talking about? That's not a pyramid scheme at all, that's a basic organization structure.
How do we kill that which has no life?
Jeez folks, way to beat a dead hor
Thank you. (Sorry, no mod points today)
Wow, I totally misread that at first. Something about the navy having a giant disk that masks out the sun reminded me of a Simpsons episode a while back. It wasn't until I saw you modded "informative" that I bothered with the link to see what you were actually talking about!
That's it. Everybody back to the pile!
I find it likely that you work in an IT-centric company. Very many developers & IT pros work for companies where IT is a necessity, but not anywhere close to their primary focus. Manufacturers, sales, etc. There's very little someone in IT can do that will land a business deal to sell a non-IT product.
So yes, I'd say you're lucky. Hang on to that job!
Have you actually bothered to read any of the comments on the article? No? Ok, sit down and finish your pudding.
Mod parent up? please? Why haven't you done it yet?
Seriously, there's a REASON the older folks don't tend to show the drive and ambition that the younger folks do. You can only work through so many nights without sleep before you finally realize you're not compensated enough (in pay, recognition, or even lack of complaints -- which == recognition in our field often). Sorry to be a whiny IT wonk, but pay alone doesn't cut it. You watch the person you made that app for take all the credit for it and you might get a ** mention in the fine print. They get promoted over and over and you get... another project. Let's face it, people good in IT are not often good with people, and there's not a lot of vertical headroom in tech-only positions in most companies.
They can't be both of them. The second spot is already reserved for http://cuil.com/
Let's not also forget the time he's being paid to waste on this analysis that the business certainly has (or should have) people who are far more qualified to do. Our R&D department is perfectly capable of maintaining their own servers and to some degree even writing their own database systems -- however, our IT guys can do it better and faster AND the R&D guys can spend their time researching and developing new products. The only ones that lose in this scenario are the HR folks who are trying to keep headcounts down, and who cares about them anyway?
Yes, this summary is horrible. The article is actually about new warmup techniques that actually work, NOT telling you that you shouldn't warm up.
Are you implying that the soldiers who enlisted during WWII under their own power were somehow better trained than their drafted counterparts before being sent overseas? Logic tells me they were all thrown through training together at the time regardless of their motivation for enlisting. The fact that the country was cheaping out on their training in order to get them to the front lines more quickly is the reason they were poorly trained, not because they were drafted.