Um- this sounds like buying most things, from washing machines to cars. Salespeople that aren't knowledgable? No way! You need to research things yourself....
I'll take the bait-
They drop out of CS and go into something easier... like an MBA? They drop out of an undergrad program, and enter a master's program? I am confused, how does that work? Is that a complicated transfer?
Also- easy is a relative term. There are people who can do crazy things with math/computers/engineering, but would fail marketing 101. There are people who can earn a company 100's of millions in marketing but couldn't learn to write simple html.
Different people are naturally good at different things- don't insult people for no reason. I have an MBA and a JD, and I will tell you that neither was easy to get...
I don't want to argue about whether the perception is true or not, but rather how the preception affects the issue. From what I have heard (anecdotal eveidence, but we all have it) many people in th US are shunning CS because the perception is that you won't be able to get a job. As I said, I am not arguing reality, just perception. A lot of people assume that you will maybe get a job for a couple years before you have to train your replacement in a third world country who will make $2 an hour.
I would solve this by making companies show that there are NO Americans at all who can do the job before getting an H1B. Also, I would love to see companies that are shipping jobs away boycotted.
I would too, but not just for the usual reasons that are cited against PayPal. I don't use paypal for a lot of reasons, and one of them is that it is seen as unprofessional. (For example, a professional organization I belong to needs a way to take cc payments over the web, but is too small for a merchant acct. And PayPal makes you look like a doofus, like an aol email addy.) Because Google is so much "cooler" and trendier, it would be easier to get google payment adopted instead of PayPal. I have no idea why PayPal seems so hokey... Is it the name?
Why remove nude art, when you can dress them!!!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No longer will the attorney general be photographed in front of two partially nude statues in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/01/29/sta tues.htm
Why don't they just do what the radio stations in my area seem to do:
Have every station (that has ads) have the exact same commercial schedule. That way, whenever you switch channels, you would get commercials, just different ones. If I am listening to the radio I dont bother to switch channels during commercials because I know I am just going to get more commercials...
I for one would surf on over to CSPAN or PBS to stick it to the man. (With my luck it would be pledge week on PBS- but hey, I could get a nifty canvas tote!)
It isn't that he was wrong, it is that he was dumb enough to say it....
You don't want someone that tactless around. I remember way back in highschool I worked at a restaurant. They gave out a questionaire with questions like "Is it okay to steal" and "Have you ever stolen anything."
It was explained to me that these questions were not to see who was dishonest (who is dumb enough to say in an interview that they steal?) but rather to see if people could read and if they were so dumb they would admit they steal..
hehe- How about a more apt car analogy (Since if you can drive/work on a ford, you can drive/work on a Dodge)
It would be more like someone who is used to driving and working on a V8 looking into a Wankel rotary motor. You hear about the benefits, but it is quirky. If you can work on a V8, you can probably figure out how to work on the rotary, but you need some direction.
In my opinion (as a non Linux user who is interested in using it) someone needs to write a basic, easy to understand overview book about the differences between Linux and Windows. A book about Linux geared towards Windows users would be great. The times I have tried to learn about Linux I have been told "(fill in the blank with a rude statement) n00b!!!"
In all seriousness- Older people who live in retirement villages are ridiculously similar to college students. (My grandfather was in one)
You have people who have massive amounts of time, and excited about sitting on the couch and enjoy TV. (Of course not all older people or college students are like this)
My grandfather's place had a dorm feel to it. I could very easily picture the "oldsters" playing video games.
Wow- My brother drives an ambulance in a suburb that the beltway runs through. You can't belive his stories about the wrecks they respond to that are found to be due to driver distraction.
I have an odd theory that I can't prove, but: I would say that as long as the number of people driving on cells is below X, accidents will be fairly low because 100-x, i.e. people not on cells, will be able to avoid the X people on cells. (For example, I can tell you about many times where on the highway I have had to break or swerve away from someone changing lanes into me while on a cell. Had I been on a cell too, we likely would have wrecked). Once X becomes greater than 50%, we will be in for a world of hurt, because two people on cells will collide, where someone not on a cell can usually evade the wild driver on a cell....
With all due respect, I am assuming you don't have kids.
Kids in carseats need to be in the back seat. When I am with my kids, my wife isn't always with us. Thus, to put them safely in the backseat when my wife isn't with me means that they are alone back there.
Reality is what it is. When you have kids you will understand. btw- you will also figure out that with the first kid not only will you take 1,000,000,000 pictures, you will also want them to waer helmsts and full body armor. With the second kid, you will take about 10 pictures and just be glad that they are wearing a diaper...
Perhaps one of our German friends can enlighten us, but when I was in Germany a few years ago, I seem to remember it being illegal to drive without both hands on the wheel.
Now, I know that this is just one man's anecdotal eveidence, but I have noticed that the biggest danger to me (when i am out walking, jogging or cycling) are women in giant SUVs on the phone. (My wife is one of them) I have seen other scary drivers on cells, but in my area, it is the giant SUV women who are the worst. They seem to pay NO attention, and it is hard to check your blind spots before changing lanes when you have a cell phone held to your ear.
I used to be one of those people that said NO ONE SHOULD USE A CELL WHEN DRIVING (except me!) but about a year ago I just stopped using mine behind the wheel. If I was in sales or had some job where I needed to be accesible while on the road, my tune might change, and I don't begrudge people who need to for work. But for me, there is nothing pressing enough for me to talk on the phone while driving...
I see policemen all the time driving while on the cell- but they are trained professional drivers. (I have heard operating a police radio while driving is tougher than using a cell). Same goes for truckers. I guess my point is, I can understand people who have to have business conversations behind the wheel, but I am scared sh%tless by the giant SUV cellphone women.
Fair enough. I think you and I have such different experiences however, because I live in NE Ohio.
In Ohio, we use so much road salt it is ridiculous, and between that and frost heave, the roads get ruined every year anyway.
Plus, most roads, especially in urban areas, are engineered to handle heavy trucks. Partly because everyone in Ohio has a pickup (Not really, but it seems that way) but also because of the aformentioned salt and freeze.
Touche- I see your point.
You should see these tiny women in giant SUVS trying to park them in the grocery store parking lot.
On the subject of licensing, I would like to see the US go to a system like the Germans, i.e. you actually have to know how to drive to get a license. I also think that for people over 50, you should have to get your license recertified (w/ a road test)every couple years.
How would we enforce this however? I just read that over 14% of drivers don't have insurance (which is required) and I am sure in Cali, with all the illegal aliens, many people drive w/out licenses...
BTW- what would you think of this argument- "Because fuel has the highway taxes in the price, vehicles that get fewer MPG and tear up the road more, are already paying more..."
Pretty much, someone at the company read a graduate management textbook, threw in some buzzwords, integrated it with some technology and VIOLA! The world's most modern managemnet system... If the company goes under, will it still be considered a success???
Most companies (bigger ones) have an 800 number to report ethical violations/crimes.
It is popular now to have 360degree reviews (i.e. you review you boss and those who work for you)
I am confused about how this is new or modern?
I respectfully disagree- I think it is scary to have the gov't telling us what we can and can't do. How about a tax on home A/C? How about a tax on homes bigger than people really need (This is so subjective, but think about it)?
And another point to consider- Who is better- the person with a vehicle that gets 10 miles to the gallon and drive 20 miles per day (2 gallons) or the person with a vehicle that gets 30 mpg and drives 100 miles a day (over 3 gallons).
I actually have an F350- I use it in the winter for my second job plowing snow. I dont drive it otherwise, because w/ diesel at $3 a gallon I can't drive around in a vehicle that gets 8-10 mpg. PS- would you also tax sedans that get bad mileage? How about sports cars? How about black boxes in cars that record how people drive so you can tax people who do a lot of fuel sucking jackrabbit starts.
SUVs are a popular target- people don't like them for a myriad of reasons, including hating someone that can afford a 60K$ Escalade.
Interesting Factiod- ITMS asks Ohioans for their county of residence. In Ohio we have 88 counties and 88 sales tax rates. (FUN STUFF!)
I live in Ohio and this is only "enforced" in one direction. I live in X County where the tax is 5% . The next county over is Y County, where the tax is 7% . When someone from Y buys something in X, they are supposed to report and pay the 2% difference in taxes. Of course, if someone from X buys something at the higher rate in Y, they can't get the 2% difference back.
(For those who are wondering, when you buy a car in Ohio you pay the tax rate of the county where you live- otherwise everyone in the state would buy their car in the ocunty w/ the lowest tax rates...)
Actually, yahoo has a significant business email program...
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/business_services /
They also have a lot of people who use Yahoo as a web host (paid) and get email @theirdoman.com....
So Yahoo mail is not always free.....
It is a touch more complicated than that (which is maybe why law school is 3 years...) Anyway, here is an interesting article about the UCC that includes references to British Common Law. http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Sep/1/131122.html
I got a J.D. but never bothered to take the bar. But any intro class will explain how American and British Common law are related. It isn't worth discussing here because it will degenerate into a flame war about the war for independence...
Ugh- And not every document with a signature is a contract...
Mutual assent, consideration, competant parties (depending on the type of contract this can include minors, drunks, the insane etc., but the contracts can still be ratified...) etc etc etc...
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Um- this sounds like buying most things, from washing machines to cars. Salespeople that aren't knowledgable? No way! You need to research things yourself....
I'll take the bait-
They drop out of CS and go into something easier... like an MBA? They drop out of an undergrad program, and enter a master's program? I am confused, how does that work? Is that a complicated transfer?
Also- easy is a relative term. There are people who can do crazy things with math/computers/engineering, but would fail marketing 101. There are people who can earn a company 100's of millions in marketing but couldn't learn to write simple html.
Different people are naturally good at different things- don't insult people for no reason. I have an MBA and a JD, and I will tell you that neither was easy to get...
I don't want to argue about whether the perception is true or not, but rather how the preception affects the issue. From what I have heard (anecdotal eveidence, but we all have it) many people in th US are shunning CS because the perception is that you won't be able to get a job. As I said, I am not arguing reality, just perception. A lot of people assume that you will maybe get a job for a couple years before you have to train your replacement in a third world country who will make $2 an hour.
I would solve this by making companies show that there are NO Americans at all who can do the job before getting an H1B. Also, I would love to see companies that are shipping jobs away boycotted.
I would too, but not just for the usual reasons that are cited against PayPal. I don't use paypal for a lot of reasons, and one of them is that it is seen as unprofessional. (For example, a professional organization I belong to needs a way to take cc payments over the web, but is too small for a merchant acct. And PayPal makes you look like a doofus, like an aol email addy.) Because Google is so much "cooler" and trendier, it would be easier to get google payment adopted instead of PayPal. I have no idea why PayPal seems so hokey... Is it the name?
Why remove nude art, when you can dress them!!!a tues.htm
WASHINGTON (AP)
-- No longer will the attorney general be photographed in front of two partially nude statues in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/01/29/st
Why don't they just do what the radio stations in my area seem to do:
Have every station (that has ads) have the exact same commercial schedule. That way, whenever you switch channels, you would get commercials, just different ones. If I am listening to the radio I dont bother to switch channels during commercials because I know I am just going to get more commercials...
I for one would surf on over to CSPAN or PBS to stick it to the man. (With my luck it would be pledge week on PBS- but hey, I could get a nifty canvas tote!)
It isn't that he was wrong, it is that he was dumb enough to say it....
You don't want someone that tactless around. I remember way back in highschool I worked at a restaurant. They gave out a questionaire with questions like "Is it okay to steal" and "Have you ever stolen anything."
It was explained to me that these questions were not to see who was dishonest (who is dumb enough to say in an interview that they steal?) but rather to see if people could read and if they were so dumb they would admit they steal..
I just submitted an online request to my local library- they will have it ready for me to pick up tommorow. Thanks for the help.
hehe- How about a more apt car analogy (Since if you can drive/work on a ford, you can drive/work on a Dodge)
It would be more like someone who is used to driving and working on a V8 looking into a Wankel rotary motor. You hear about the benefits, but it is quirky. If you can work on a V8, you can probably figure out how to work on the rotary, but you need some direction.
In my opinion (as a non Linux user who is interested in using it) someone needs to write a basic, easy to understand overview book about the differences between Linux and Windows. A book about Linux geared towards Windows users would be great. The times I have tried to learn about Linux I have been told "(fill in the blank with a rude statement) n00b!!!"
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Chuck norris was writing an email, and then he realized it would be faster to just run
In all seriousness- Older people who live in retirement villages are ridiculously similar to college students. (My grandfather was in one)
You have people who have massive amounts of time, and excited about sitting on the couch and enjoy TV. (Of course not all older people or college students are like this)
My grandfather's place had a dorm feel to it. I could very easily picture the "oldsters" playing video games.
Wow- My brother drives an ambulance in a suburb that the beltway runs through. You can't belive his stories about the wrecks they respond to that are found to be due to driver distraction.
I have an odd theory that I can't prove, but: I would say that as long as the number of people driving on cells is below X, accidents will be fairly low because 100-x, i.e. people not on cells, will be able to avoid the X people on cells. (For example, I can tell you about many times where on the highway I have had to break or swerve away from someone changing lanes into me while on a cell. Had I been on a cell too, we likely would have wrecked). Once X becomes greater than 50%, we will be in for a world of hurt, because two people on cells will collide, where someone not on a cell can usually evade the wild driver on a cell....
With all due respect, I am assuming you don't have kids.
Kids in carseats need to be in the back seat. When I am with my kids, my wife isn't always with us. Thus, to put them safely in the backseat when my wife isn't with me means that they are alone back there.
Reality is what it is. When you have kids you will understand. btw- you will also figure out that with the first kid not only will you take 1,000,000,000 pictures, you will also want them to waer helmsts and full body armor. With the second kid, you will take about 10 pictures and just be glad that they are wearing a diaper...
STAND UP BASS!!!
Your right!
Thanks for the correction....
Perhaps one of our German friends can enlighten us, but when I was in Germany a few years ago, I seem to remember it being illegal to drive without both hands on the wheel.
Now, I know that this is just one man's anecdotal eveidence, but I have noticed that the biggest danger to me (when i am out walking, jogging or cycling) are women in giant SUVs on the phone. (My wife is one of them) I have seen other scary drivers on cells, but in my area, it is the giant SUV women who are the worst. They seem to pay NO attention, and it is hard to check your blind spots before changing lanes when you have a cell phone held to your ear.
I used to be one of those people that said NO ONE SHOULD USE A CELL WHEN DRIVING (except me!) but about a year ago I just stopped using mine behind the wheel. If I was in sales or had some job where I needed to be accesible while on the road, my tune might change, and I don't begrudge people who need to for work. But for me, there is nothing pressing enough for me to talk on the phone while driving...
I see policemen all the time driving while on the cell- but they are trained professional drivers. (I have heard operating a police radio while driving is tougher than using a cell). Same goes for truckers. I guess my point is, I can understand people who have to have business conversations behind the wheel, but I am scared sh%tless by the giant SUV cellphone women.
Fair enough. I think you and I have such different experiences however, because I live in NE Ohio.
In Ohio, we use so much road salt it is ridiculous, and between that and frost heave, the roads get ruined every year anyway.
Plus, most roads, especially in urban areas, are engineered to handle heavy trucks. Partly because everyone in Ohio has a pickup (Not really, but it seems that way) but also because of the aformentioned salt and freeze.
Touche- I see your point.
You should see these tiny women in giant SUVS trying to park them in the grocery store parking lot.
On the subject of licensing, I would like to see the US go to a system like the Germans, i.e. you actually have to know how to drive to get a license. I also think that for people over 50, you should have to get your license recertified (w/ a road test)every couple years.
How would we enforce this however? I just read that over 14% of drivers don't have insurance (which is required) and I am sure in Cali, with all the illegal aliens, many people drive w/out licenses...
BTW- what would you think of this argument- "Because fuel has the highway taxes in the price, vehicles that get fewer MPG and tear up the road more, are already paying more..."
Pretty much, someone at the company read a graduate management textbook, threw in some buzzwords, integrated it with some technology and VIOLA! The world's most modern managemnet system...
If the company goes under, will it still be considered a success???
Most companies (bigger ones) have an 800 number to report ethical violations/crimes.
It is popular now to have 360degree reviews (i.e. you review you boss and those who work for you)
I am confused about how this is new or modern?
I respectfully disagree- I think it is scary to have the gov't telling us what we can and can't do. How about a tax on home A/C? How about a tax on homes bigger than people really need (This is so subjective, but think about it)? And another point to consider- Who is better- the person with a vehicle that gets 10 miles to the gallon and drive 20 miles per day (2 gallons) or the person with a vehicle that gets 30 mpg and drives 100 miles a day (over 3 gallons).
I actually have an F350- I use it in the winter for my second job plowing snow. I dont drive it otherwise, because w/ diesel at $3 a gallon I can't drive around in a vehicle that gets 8-10 mpg.
PS- would you also tax sedans that get bad mileage? How about sports cars? How about black boxes in cars that record how people drive so you can tax people who do a lot of fuel sucking jackrabbit starts.
SUVs are a popular target- people don't like them for a myriad of reasons, including hating someone that can afford a 60K$ Escalade.
Interesting Factiod- ITMS asks Ohioans for their county of residence. In Ohio we have 88 counties and 88 sales tax rates. (FUN STUFF!)
I live in Ohio and this is only "enforced" in one direction. I live in X County where the tax is 5% . The next county over is Y County, where the tax is 7% . When someone from Y buys something in X, they are supposed to report and pay the 2% difference in taxes. Of course, if someone from X buys something at the higher rate in Y, they can't get the 2% difference back.
(For those who are wondering, when you buy a car in Ohio you pay the tax rate of the county where you live- otherwise everyone in the state would buy their car in the ocunty w/ the lowest tax rates...)
Actually, yahoo has a significant business email program...
s /
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/business_service
They also have a lot of people who use Yahoo as a web host (paid) and get email @theirdoman.com....
So Yahoo mail is not always free.....
It is a touch more complicated than that (which is maybe why law school is 3 years...) Anyway, here is an interesting article about the UCC that includes references to British Common Law. http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Sep/1/131122.html
I got a J.D. but never bothered to take the bar. But any intro class will explain how American and British Common law are related. It isn't worth discussing here because it will degenerate into a flame war about the war for independence...
Ugh- And not every document with a signature is a contract...
Mutual assent, consideration, competant parties (depending on the type of contract this can include minors, drunks, the insane etc., but the contracts can still be ratified...) etc etc etc...
I wouldn't know, I only read the Wall Steet Journal for the articles...