I teach, and use Mac OSX 10.2 and these are the things I don't think I can live without: iChat (Rendezvous client) and PowerSchool.
I am sure PowerSchool doesn't have a Linux port, but I know they make a Windows version. I am very hesitant to try to run the Windows version in wine, as I have never used wine. Also, the only computer they have given me (so far) is an old iMac. Can you run windows apps in wine on a Mac?
Also, I have heard that you can use Trillian to be a part of Rendezvous, but I tried it and it didn't work for me. Am I doing something wrong?
I see these (and the time it takes to install) as the 2 things stopping me from moving over to Linux at school.
I'm sorry, but if you can't appreciate The Empire Strikes Back as a grown-up, then you grew too far up.
Think about it: It's a funny movie, but it has no gags or outright jokes. It's a romantic movie, with only like 2 quick kisses. It's even an action movie, but there aren't even all of the expolosions like in a Lethal Weapon movie. Every good guy gets the crap kicked out of him, and you still leave it with a hopeful feeling. I have only discussed the story, and haven't even begin to touch the vast differences between the beauty of the worlds created by these people.
I realize that you have a right to an opinion, but I think you were out of line using words like thoughtless or stupefied, especially if you enjoy spending lots of time on other activities, like TV or video games.
The US has not signed the whole Geneva Convention. They didn't sign the original until 1955, and they never did sign the additional provisions of 1977. It doesn't look like the provisions of 1977 have anything to do with blinding, though, so I guess we would be bound by that requirement.
"I think history shows that the deck is stacked against individuals."
I think I get it. Thank you for clarifying. It seems like we're in the Old West, and we can't afford to hire lawyers, I mean gunfighters to protect our farms against the corporations, I mean cattlemen. They, of course, can afford all the gunmen they want.
While I am afraid the reason is not a logical one, I really wonder why that is so. Why would this be okay for software but not movies nor music?
Actually, now that I reread it, your post doesn't really make such a claim one way or another.
Still, it seems reasonable that they would both be allowed if one is. Is there a real reason why there is a difference? Come to think of it, how is this different that me removing the catalytic converter on my car to make it run more effeciently? It's not like I'm trying to pull a fast one on GM, I just want my car to do what I want it to do. I like to use analogies like this, because IANAL, and IANAProgrammer.
You assume that he has not spoken to anyone recently. On what do you base that assumption? Have you been listening for it? I get the feeling that this is a wasted post.
Assuming Google won't make these scanned copies available to everyone to just read on their Palm Pilot, what is the big deal? I would think that it would be to the copyright owner's benefit to have their text in a database to be searched. If Google has my book in its database, and someone searches for text that happens to be included in my book, doesn't that make it more likely someone will buy it?
Seriously, though, I feel like I'm missing something here. What is it?
Yeah, that was one of the points they made. I guess right now all it's good for is very specific, controlled situations, like making hotel reservations, where there are only so many things you can mean. It sounds like having a high school junior practicing his Spanish on you.
I read somewhere, but I can't find it on the 'Net, that Tommy Hilfiger would pay gangstas to be seen around South Central LA wearing Tommy's clothes. Has anyone else heard about this?
The logical upshot of this line of thinking would be that as the minimum wage has increased, consumption has decreased. Consumption has certainly increased since the inception of the minimum wage, hasn't it? The grocer can't do all the work himself, anyway. He has to have help or stay away from his family even more, or reduce the quality of service. Anyway, has employment decreased since minimum wage has come along?
Now that I think of it, there have been so many changes since minimum wage, there are too many variables to tell one way or the other, I guess.
Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Dan Quayle were in a little friendly spelling bee.
Guess who won?
Nope, it was Dan Quayle. The word was "harass."
Quayle was the only one who knew it was one word.
No, George Washington discovered that it was not, in fact, more efficient to have slaves. That was one of the reasons he wanted to free his slaves. He found that they did poor work unless you had overseers (who had to be paid), They would do anything to get out of work, they had to be clothed and fed, and so forth. He had ethical reasons as well, but the economic reasons were very serious.
I am not going to touch the first paragraph. Immigration is a big deal for me, and I have no idea how to solve it. I just don't know. I feel certain, however, that it is better here than where they came from.
Yes, it IS an employer's market, and that's the way it is. I am NOT being paid what I'm worth, because the organization has at least 50 qualified people ready to step in and take my job. Why should they pay me more when I am willing to work for what I get now? If I don't like it, I am free to go work somewhere else, where I may not get paid much more, but the cost-of-living isn't so heinous.
So what would you suggest? The legislature vote me a raise? (Yes, I do work for the state, but my pay is controlled by the county. It's complex.) So they vote me a raise, that money must come from somewhere (the taxpayer, or the department of transportation, or child and family services (oh wait, that's still the from the taxpayer)). Also, my job is impossible to outsource, so there is no danger of my job being given to someone in India, so I am not living under that particular danger.
So if they somehow force companies in the USA to pay all their workers more (like these H1B people getting saaries equal to their citizen colleagues), then the companies have few qualms about having some Indian or Mexican do their job. That makes business sense for the company (less $), and good deal for the Mexican (they don't come to the USA for the beaches, I can tell you that). I guess with IT jobs, it would probably be more likely to be shipped to India. They apparently would sell a limb to earn half of what I get every year.
So who would you prefer hold you by the short hairs? The government or your boss? You want to be held on to by neither? Go start your own business, and have the consumer hold you by the short hairs. It's part of life.
I guess my point is that this is the WAY IT IS today. It is not likely to change.
As for the minimum wage, if you make the grocery store owner pay is employees more, who is going to take it in the shorts? The grocery store owner is not going to sell his camp trailer to pay the increased wage, he is going to raise his prices.
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Good point.
I think it said that he had to turn on IMAP and it worked just fine.
I am sure PowerSchool doesn't have a Linux port, but I know they make a Windows version. I am very hesitant to try to run the Windows version in wine, as I have never used wine. Also, the only computer they have given me (so far) is an old iMac. Can you run windows apps in wine on a Mac?
Also, I have heard that you can use Trillian to be a part of Rendezvous, but I tried it and it didn't work for me. Am I doing something wrong?
I see these (and the time it takes to install) as the 2 things stopping me from moving over to Linux at school.
I ask because I have seen nothing on AIM on my PC, although the AIM client built in to iChat hasn't worked for me for about a week. Coincidence?
I HATE it when I am playing Enemy Territory and I get killed by a guy with aimbot. I like to play skill, not hacks.
Agreed! That was my least favorite thing about Ep. III.
Think about it: It's a funny movie, but it has no gags or outright jokes. It's a romantic movie, with only like 2 quick kisses. It's even an action movie, but there aren't even all of the expolosions like in a Lethal Weapon movie. Every good guy gets the crap kicked out of him, and you still leave it with a hopeful feeling. I have only discussed the story, and haven't even begin to touch the vast differences between the beauty of the worlds created by these people.
I realize that you have a right to an opinion, but I think you were out of line using words like thoughtless or stupefied, especially if you enjoy spending lots of time on other activities, like TV or video games.
I don't even know when TV shows start!
"Tonight at 8/7 Central"
What the smeg does that mean? I've lived in Mountain time for about 26 years, and I have NO IDEA!
I leave it to you guys: Interesting or Off-Topic?
I think I get it. Thank you for clarifying. It seems like we're in the Old West, and we can't afford to hire lawyers, I mean gunfighters to protect our farms against the corporations, I mean cattlemen. They, of course, can afford all the gunmen they want.
Actually, now that I reread it, your post doesn't really make such a claim one way or another.
Still, it seems reasonable that they would both be allowed if one is. Is there a real reason why there is a difference? Come to think of it, how is this different that me removing the catalytic converter on my car to make it run more effeciently? It's not like I'm trying to pull a fast one on GM, I just want my car to do what I want it to do. I like to use analogies like this, because IANAL, and IANAProgrammer.
Remind me never to play any games with you.
I apologize if you are being sarcastic, but you never know.
We don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse V.
Students: Cool!
Teacher: Now if this were a star, or this whole apparatus were travelling at the speed of light, ...
Students: What the crap? When's recess?
Have you read the Book of Mormon? I mean cover to cover, not snippets on the Web.
You assume that he has not spoken to anyone recently. On what do you base that assumption? Have you been listening for it? I get the feeling that this is a wasted post.
Seriously, though, I feel like I'm missing something here. What is it?
Hola Jack,
Le importaría si choqué en su lugar esta noche?
Eso es asesino!
Eso es la bomba!
Sí, será una explosión.
Jim
Yeah, that was one of the points they made. I guess right now all it's good for is very specific, controlled situations, like making hotel reservations, where there are only so many things you can mean. It sounds like having a high school junior practicing his Spanish on you.
Funny, I thought those shows were targeted at men.
I read somewhere, but I can't find it on the 'Net, that Tommy Hilfiger would pay gangstas to be seen around South Central LA wearing Tommy's clothes. Has anyone else heard about this?
Now that I think of it, there have been so many changes since minimum wage, there are too many variables to tell one way or the other, I guess.
Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Dan Quayle were in a little friendly spelling bee.
Guess who won?
Nope, it was Dan Quayle. The word was "harass."
Quayle was the only one who knew it was one word.
No, George Washington discovered that it was not, in fact, more efficient to have slaves. That was one of the reasons he wanted to free his slaves. He found that they did poor work unless you had overseers (who had to be paid), They would do anything to get out of work, they had to be clothed and fed, and so forth. He had ethical reasons as well, but the economic reasons were very serious.
Yes, it IS an employer's market, and that's the way it is. I am NOT being paid what I'm worth, because the organization has at least 50 qualified people ready to step in and take my job. Why should they pay me more when I am willing to work for what I get now? If I don't like it, I am free to go work somewhere else, where I may not get paid much more, but the cost-of-living isn't so heinous.
So what would you suggest? The legislature vote me a raise? (Yes, I do work for the state, but my pay is controlled by the county. It's complex.) So they vote me a raise, that money must come from somewhere (the taxpayer, or the department of transportation, or child and family services (oh wait, that's still the from the taxpayer)). Also, my job is impossible to outsource, so there is no danger of my job being given to someone in India, so I am not living under that particular danger.
So if they somehow force companies in the USA to pay all their workers more (like these H1B people getting saaries equal to their citizen colleagues), then the companies have few qualms about having some Indian or Mexican do their job. That makes business sense for the company (less $), and good deal for the Mexican (they don't come to the USA for the beaches, I can tell you that). I guess with IT jobs, it would probably be more likely to be shipped to India. They apparently would sell a limb to earn half of what I get every year.
So who would you prefer hold you by the short hairs? The government or your boss? You want to be held on to by neither? Go start your own business, and have the consumer hold you by the short hairs. It's part of life.
I guess my point is that this is the WAY IT IS today. It is not likely to change.
As for the minimum wage, if you make the grocery store owner pay is employees more, who is going to take it in the shorts? The grocery store owner is not going to sell his camp trailer to pay the increased wage, he is going to raise his prices.
Why would you want to do that? (Serious question) What would you hope to accomplish by doing that?