The "Right Wing" represents a little over one-half of one-third of the federal government, they are the "ruling class"?
Were the Democrats the "ruling class" when they likewise held numerical control of the House, but the Republicans held the Senate and the Oval office under George Bush's last two years in office?
I don't remember them being referred to as the "ruling class"...
The IRS saw "Tea Party" and "Patriot" in the names and just assumed those groups were political in nature.
No, a low-level IRS employee in Cincinnati, OH jumped to that conclusion, in violation of IRS policy and possibly against the law, but no worries - the inquiries weren't politically motivated (although they were based on the political terms in the groups names?) and though highly improper and egregious enough to warrant a formal apology from the IRS (I can not ever EVER remember the IRS apologizing to any, ever, for anything!), have no worries for the low-level IRS worker that started this, there will be no disciplinary measures taken.
Yep, I bet that low-level worker learned their lesson - do this again, and nothing will happen to you...
There do appear to be some abuses of power here, but keeping an eye on organizations likely to be engaged in political activity isn't wrong.
The IRS requesting donor lists was illegal, yet they did it and the mainstream media ignored the complaints because...because...why?
Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias. . . . she told The AP that no high level IRS officials knew about the practice..
Really? This is something that a low-level employee can do on their own, without any of their superiors being aware of it? Then again, it was low-level employees that decided to initiate a gun-running operation into Mexico and low-level employees that denied the Consulate in Benghazi additional security in the face ot increased threats, so why not? The press has accepted this pitiful excuse before, why not this time?
And the reason they measure on top of a spewing volcano? Because it was so accessible? Because of the killer waves on the island?
OK, so they put a CO2 sensor at the top of the hill, then they put the other CO2 sensor where, exactly? Inside the volcano? At the base of the volcano? Ten feet away from the other sensor?
We understood the math, we don't understand how they are getting the "local levels" elsewhere - in some disciplines that would be called a "fudge factor":
A fudge factor is an ad hoc quantity introduced into a calculation, formula or model in order to make it fit observations or expectations. Examples include Einstein's Cosmological Constant, dark energy, dark matter and inflation.
Or cows... Or deforestation... or maybe it's just a peak in a cycle that has a period somewhat longer than our history of direct measurements shows us...
I find it interesting that we only have direct measurements for about 60 years, but these folks are supremely confident that they know the CO2 level over the past 800,000+ years...
No less an authority than the United Nations pins a full 9% of all human-related CO2 production on cows, but it's worse than that:
When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 per cent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.
And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.
The page you linked to had a very helpful section for someone in your situation:
Buying a full version of Windows 8 If you want to build your own PC and install Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro, or want an additional operating system running in either a local virtual machine or separate partition (including a Mac), you can buy the Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro System Builder products (OEM versions). If available in your country or region, you can buy Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro System Builder products at participating stores, but you'll need to ask a sales rep for more info. This version doesn't include customer support.
Most OEM reinstall media has the product activation key "baked in" - Dells, for example, embed a code in the BIOS and the install media detects the presence of the code in the BIOS, bypassing activation hassels...
Retail Windows OS can be re-installed up to three times before you need to manually activate the product.
As I understand it, the activation process creates a system profile "hash", and ties it to the product key. When your system changes in a significant way (MB, CPU or NIC) it can trigger a re-activation.
People that rebuiild their systems frequently are familiar with this problem.
Why on god's green earth would you have senior management determine the network infrastructure? Do they typically decide what machines to run their servers on?
The organization that put the bid together for the ERM suite you are buying should have done a site evaluation, should include specifications for all infrastructure requirements and upgrades needed to have a successful deployment, etc.
They need to approve the cost/purchase, beyond that they have to trust their employees.
My father was a senior cost engineer (a branch/off-shoot of civil engineering) at a chemical company.
Someone in senior management got it in their head in the very mid 70's that computers would assist them in their work, so they took all their senior engineers and signed them up for FORTRAN programming classes - the thinking was that these well-paid engineers would suddenly turn into programming wizards and crank out useful tool after useful tool, multiplying the work each engineer could accomplish. The reality was my father never returned for the second day of class.
It was his opinion that computers could serve him well in his job, but he didn't feel the need to learn a whole need field (software engineering) to get that benefit.
Ask yourself, do you really think senior management is sitting around wondering how Ethernet works? Big-endian vs. Little Endian? CISC vs. RISC? WHat are the differences between the various RAID levels?
If your bosses were going to buy a corporate jet would you want to teach them about the mechanics of flight? Why do they need to know about how computers work in order to buy a tool to solve a problem?
They need to know not only the benefits of the software packages they are considering but also the limitations and the cost of each option. They should also consider the need for outside consulting work to implement a solution, as well as the possible need for an on-going maint./support contract and what that will cost/provide the organization.
I'm certain your employers have bought lots of machines they don't understand the operation of - that is why they hire subject matter experts (like you), If they wanted to learn about computers they'd take a class or read a book or two, not hire you.
Also remember that a policy like this creates a perverse incentive to favor employing a man instead of a woman-- he's less of a financial liability.
But I thought women make, what is it now, 72 cents for every dollar a man makes? Why would anyone hire a man to do a job if he can get an equally capable/qualified worker for 72 cents on the dollar?
but most companies give 0 weeks of leave to fathers and 6 to 8 weeks to mothers (often at a discount) so why are we getting on Yahoo's case for going above and beyond 99% of the employers in the US, with the same difference?
What happens if two men adopt a child? I suspect each gets 8 weeks off under this policy.
What if two women adopt a child, do both get 12 weeks off or 8?
What if two women have their own child, with one carrying the child - do both women still get 12 weeks off or does the one that carried get 12 weeks while the other "only" gets 8 weeks off?
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At MF Global Jon Corzine *literally* stole client money to cover his own company's underwater trading positions, and no charges were filed.
The "Right Wing" represents a little over one-half of one-third of the federal government, they are the "ruling class"?
Were the Democrats the "ruling class" when they likewise held numerical control of the House, but the Republicans held the Senate and the Oval office under George Bush's last two years in office?
I don't remember them being referred to as the "ruling class"...
They threw no one under the bus.
Three hundred organizations were targeted.
Three Hundred - that takes time, how does that go "under the radar"?
IRS Manager: "Susie, what have you been up to these last few days? You seem very busy and you've sent out a lot of oversize envelopes..."
Low-level IRS Worker: "Oh nothing, just working on a little personal business, nothing you need to concern yourself with boos."
IRS Manager: "Oh, OK, keep up the good work!"
No, a low-level IRS employee in Cincinnati, OH jumped to that conclusion, in violation of IRS policy and possibly against the law, but no worries - the inquiries weren't politically motivated (although they were based on the political terms in the groups names?) and though highly improper and egregious enough to warrant a formal apology from the IRS (I can not ever EVER remember the IRS apologizing to any, ever, for anything!), have no worries for the low-level IRS worker that started this, there will be no disciplinary measures taken.
Yep, I bet that low-level worker learned their lesson - do this again, and nothing will happen to you...
The IRS requesting donor lists was illegal, yet they did it and the mainstream media ignored the complaints because...because...why?
Really? This is something that a low-level employee can do on their own, without any of their superiors being aware of it? Then again, it was low-level employees that decided to initiate a gun-running operation into Mexico and low-level employees that denied the Consulate in Benghazi additional security in the face ot increased threats, so why not? The press has accepted this pitiful excuse before, why not this time?
This volcano has only been above water level for the last 400,000 years, what are they basing their 800,000 year history of reading on?
Here's another one for you to ponder - the volcano has only existed for 700,000 years...
It's called science - it's "only hard if you don't understand it."
And the reason they measure on top of a spewing volcano? Because it was so accessible? Because of the killer waves on the island?
OK, so they put a CO2 sensor at the top of the hill, then they put the other CO2 sensor where, exactly? Inside the volcano? At the base of the volcano? Ten feet away from the other sensor?
We understood the math, we don't understand how they are getting the "local levels" elsewhere - in some disciplines that would be called a "fudge factor":
Maybe this story has some insight into the process - Climate scientists accused of 'manipulating global warming data' (from 2009)
Or cows... Or deforestation... or maybe it's just a peak in a cycle that has a period somewhat longer than our history of direct measurements shows us...
I find it interesting that we only have direct measurements for about 60 years, but these folks are supremely confident that they know the CO2 level over the past 800,000+ years...
No less an authority than the United Nations pins a full 9% of all human-related CO2 production on cows, but it's worse than that:
Source: Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
The page you linked to had a very helpful section for someone in your situation:
Source: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/upgrade-to-windows-8#section_5
It's also interesting that you were "pushed to Linux" by the activation process of a product you claim you couldn't buy.
Did you try googling your product key? It might have become the new "magic" product key for "free" Win 7 installs...
Most OEM reinstall media has the product activation key "baked in" - Dells, for example, embed a code in the BIOS and the install media detects the presence of the code in the BIOS, bypassing activation hassels...
Retail Windows OS can be re-installed up to three times before you need to manually activate the product.
As I understand it, the activation process creates a system profile "hash", and ties it to the product key. When your system changes in a significant way (MB, CPU or NIC) it can trigger a re-activation.
People that rebuiild their systems frequently are familiar with this problem.
My friend, you and I have different definitions of what it means for a computer to be "screaming"...
Amazon has them for $10/ea
You can easily load your own content, you start by loading it into MediaWiki, then take an XML dump, then upload it to the reader.
You can also easily load 33K Project Gutenberg books, you just need to upgrade the microSDHC card.
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Why on god's green earth would you have senior management determine the network infrastructure? Do they typically decide what machines to run their servers on?
The organization that put the bid together for the ERM suite you are buying should have done a site evaluation, should include specifications for all infrastructure requirements and upgrades needed to have a successful deployment, etc.
They need to approve the cost/purchase, beyond that they have to trust their employees.
My father was a senior cost engineer (a branch/off-shoot of civil engineering) at a chemical company.
Someone in senior management got it in their head in the very mid 70's that computers would assist them in their work, so they took all their senior engineers and signed them up for FORTRAN programming classes - the thinking was that these well-paid engineers would suddenly turn into programming wizards and crank out useful tool after useful tool, multiplying the work each engineer could accomplish. The reality was my father never returned for the second day of class.
It was his opinion that computers could serve him well in his job, but he didn't feel the need to learn a whole need field (software engineering) to get that benefit.
Ask yourself, do you really think senior management is sitting around wondering how Ethernet works? Big-endian vs. Little Endian? CISC vs. RISC? WHat are the differences between the various RAID levels?
If your bosses were going to buy a corporate jet would you want to teach them about the mechanics of flight? Why do they need to know about how computers work in order to buy a tool to solve a problem?
They need to know not only the benefits of the software packages they are considering but also the limitations and the cost of each option. They should also consider the need for outside consulting work to implement a solution, as well as the possible need for an on-going maint./support contract and what that will cost/provide the organization.
I'm certain your employers have bought lots of machines they don't understand the operation of - that is why they hire subject matter experts (like you), If they wanted to learn about computers they'd take a class or read a book or two, not hire you.
Who used the word "deserves"?
But I thought women make, what is it now, 72 cents for every dollar a man makes? Why would anyone hire a man to do a job if he can get an equally capable/qualified worker for 72 cents on the dollar?
Oh yeah, because it isn't true... Never mind.
ed note: Media Matters insists it actually exists - but oddly they left out the Department of Labor report in their "analysis - shocking!
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Consider same-sex couples:
What happens if two men adopt a child? I suspect each gets 8 weeks off under this policy.
What if two women adopt a child, do both get 12 weeks off or 8?
What if two women have their own child, with one carrying the child - do both women still get 12 weeks off or does the one that carried get 12 weeks while the other "only" gets 8 weeks off?