Hmmm... by the very end, probably. Of course there were more than a few details omitted for brevity... some other details:
- New company hires intolerable HR "person". She has no real work with her position. She goes around annoying/interrupting actual work. Is the direct cause of the old owner (very well liked) being fired. We complained to new owner about the situation, he ignores it. At the very least, she becomes a pejorative.
- After working with the old owner for over a year, we knew him very well. From time to time, would have a drink or meal with him outside of work. The new owner didn't want us to talk to him. Of course, we already did, several times. This is the "reason" two of us were let go, not work performance related.
- My work computer was purchased by the new owners, I didn't use it, mainly because I used my personal laptop. It was setup the way I wanted and WAY more portable. The old owner encouraged this, since he got more work out of me. If they would have provided a laptop, I would certainly have used that, and they would have had all the current code.
- After the collapse of the company, found out the new owners didn't pay the old owners for said company. Big lawsuit, judge basically ruled sale never occured, but this was YEARS after the company folded due to piss-poor management.
- After two of us were let go, talked with old owner, found out he was starting something new and got in at the ground floor. Though, the software was completely different from the previous company, all of the old practices were re-introduced. Over the course of 2-3 months, all of the previous employees came over to the new enterprise, leaving just 1 development person in the old company.
It turnes out, me being fired actually helped the original owner with his new venture...
I could have been classified as a disgruntled worker, I guess.
Several years back during the bubble, I was part of a software dev team working on bleeding edge biometric encryption and stuff. One of the tasks I was given, was to develop a way to encrypt emails on the fly and had a dedicated reader to decrypt them.
Well, we were recently bought out and the new company didn't really have a clue, burned through hundreds of thousands of dollars for junk that wasn't needed by us, and generally hosed the investors. Needless to say, they got rid of the old owner which caused a bit of tension.
I used to work lots of hours at home (I was salaried, and before we were bought out, I enjoyed being "at home" working). Needless to say, I used my personal laptop for LOTS of development.
One morning I got a call from a co-worker saying he was terminated. Rushed into work (oops, "forgot" my laptop), and found out I was let go as well. Turned out we were the only two let go.
Several days later, the new boss had a meeting with the rest of the staff, and one of his questions was about the new email encryption that was being worked on. Silence. Finally, one of my friends spoke up and mentioned that I was the person working on it.. the only person working on it.
That company went under due to incompetence a couple months later.
Turns out that I never checked in my code that I worked on, never asked to see my laptop (that I had brought in every day for a year, sans one), or I would guess even had a clue what I was even working on. In fact, the company development computer that I was assigned had very little on it, and its version of the source tree was about 3 months out of date.
It is theorized that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, so there could be cycles of weather pattern which may be involved which we have no real clue about. Let's face it, on a cosmic scale, we've not been around for very long, like.. a blip in time really in comparison to our planet's age.
So, in light of this... what role does the Sun play in climate change?... OBVIOUSLY it plays a role. Without the sun, we would cease to exist.
Just a few articles about the recent LACK of sunspots:
If you read these articles, you'll realize that the sun plays a larger part in our climate than we do. In addition, check out the "mini-ice ages" after each of the periods... from the NASA article... The longest minimum on record, the Maunder Minimum of 1645-1715, lasted an incredible 70 years. Sunspots were rarely observed and the solar cycle seemed to have broken down completely. The period of quiet coincided with the Little Ice Age, a series of extraordinarily bitter winters in Earth's northern hemisphere....
It may appear that the whole "global warming" hysteria is about to come to an end... and just like the 70's, the next big scare will be "global cooling"... check out:
Population: 6,666,666,666
Land area of Texas: 261,797.12 mi^2 (let's convert that to feet -> 7.29848483 x 10^12 feet^2)
And finally how much per person? 1094.77 feet^2
But the point to be made here, is that every person in the WORLD could comfortably fit into the state of Texas and there would not be a soul ANYWHERE else on the Earth. Also this assumes that every person would have their OWN area, and not combined into families.
Well, that was rather stupid of you. Why in god's name would you not make the motion? Even if you know the judge is going to deny it, if you in good faith think you have ground to file it (the judge disagreeing does not mean it's groundless), you have to make the motion to preserve that issue for appeal.
ER, actually, if you make the same poor/bad motions time and time again, you will get sanctions against you. In fact, he DID mention that fact in the OP.
Take, for instance, tax protesters. They ROUTINELY use arguments that (almost) ALWAYS gets them into more trouble. Even if you bring up an argument that has "been settled" by the courts in prior trials will turn a judge against you.
The blatent gall that the RIAA lawyers have in telling the judge he's wrong will NOT get the judge to say "Oh gee, you're right all along, my bad". It'll just piss him off to the point of letting him find more flaws with the RIAA's arguments in other areas.
After reading many comments here about live performers playing covers/original material which is pretty current music and all...
What about classical? Before 1900 there wasn't the perpetual copyright (like there is today), and most of the composers are unavailable to deliver checks to... can these shakedown companies charge for works in the public domain?
First, "they" claim that the worlds fish population will be gone by 2048. How do they know? By the best evidence... anecdotal? Or is it just fearmongering?
Well.. the fine article starts out all in a tizzy... but finally gets to the real meat:
The National Fisheries Institute, a trade association for the seafood industry, does not share the researchers alarm.
"Fish stocks naturally fluctuate in population," the institute said in a statement. "By developing new technologies that capture target species more efficiently and result in less impact on other species or the environment, we are helping to ensure our industry does not adversely affect surrounding ecosystems or damage native species."
Steve Murawski, chief scientist for the National Marine Fisheries Service, said the method the study's authors used to predict worldwide fish supplies is flawed.
"We have major problems with their forecast of no commercial fish stocks by 2048," said Murawski said Thursday. "We just don't think that forecast is credible for the United States."
Hmmm.... but we shouldn't believe them... they're in it for the money.
After reading several comments on how this isn't news (because disabling protections to install stuff is easy)... the point that was COMPLETELY MISSED that was in the article, was that the "IE Reset" function actually worked, sans Yahoo.
This, I believe is the main point of the article, because this will help EVERYONE keep junk off of IE. Not that it deletes anything, but allows the clutter to be easily fixed.
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Quick ... need to trademark all even numbers between 2012 and 2100.
And IMHO absolutely deserving to be kicked out.
Hmmm ... by the very end, probably. Of course there were more than a few details omitted for brevity ... some other details:
- New company hires intolerable HR "person". She has no real work with her position. She goes around annoying/interrupting actual work. Is the direct cause of the old owner (very well liked) being fired. We complained to new owner about the situation, he ignores it. At the very least, she becomes a pejorative.
- After working with the old owner for over a year, we knew him very well. From time to time, would have a drink or meal with him outside of work. The new owner didn't want us to talk to him. Of course, we already did, several times. This is the "reason" two of us were let go, not work performance related.
- My work computer was purchased by the new owners, I didn't use it, mainly because I used my personal laptop. It was setup the way I wanted and WAY more portable. The old owner encouraged this, since he got more work out of me. If they would have provided a laptop, I would certainly have used that, and they would have had all the current code.
- After the collapse of the company, found out the new owners didn't pay the old owners for said company. Big lawsuit, judge basically ruled sale never occured, but this was YEARS after the company folded due to piss-poor management.
- After two of us were let go, talked with old owner, found out he was starting something new and got in at the ground floor. Though, the software was completely different from the previous company, all of the old practices were re-introduced. Over the course of 2-3 months, all of the previous employees came over to the new enterprise, leaving just 1 development person in the old company.
It turnes out, me being fired actually helped the original owner with his new venture ...
I could have been classified as a disgruntled worker, I guess.
Several years back during the bubble, I was part of a software dev team working on bleeding edge biometric encryption and stuff. One of the tasks I was given, was to develop a way to encrypt emails on the fly and had a dedicated reader to decrypt them.
Well, we were recently bought out and the new company didn't really have a clue, burned through hundreds of thousands of dollars for junk that wasn't needed by us, and generally hosed the investors. Needless to say, they got rid of the old owner which caused a bit of tension.
I used to work lots of hours at home (I was salaried, and before we were bought out, I enjoyed being "at home" working). Needless to say, I used my personal laptop for LOTS of development.
One morning I got a call from a co-worker saying he was terminated. Rushed into work (oops, "forgot" my laptop), and found out I was let go as well. Turned out we were the only two let go.
Several days later, the new boss had a meeting with the rest of the staff, and one of his questions was about the new email encryption that was being worked on. Silence. Finally, one of my friends spoke up and mentioned that I was the person working on it .. the only person working on it.
That company went under due to incompetence a couple months later.
Turns out that I never checked in my code that I worked on, never asked to see my laptop (that I had brought in every day for a year, sans one), or I would guess even had a clue what I was even working on. In fact, the company development computer that I was assigned had very little on it, and its version of the source tree was about 3 months out of date.
Guess I was gruntled ...
Although I'll admit that breaking into someone's Yahoo account is a breach of privacy, I think that in this case I condone it.
Ok ... so you would then support breaking into Barack Obama's private Yahoo account as well?
And if you found emails from the convicted felon Tony Rezko about Obama's home land deal .. that's fair game? Obama on Rezko deal: It was a mistake
And emails from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ... about the contributions to his campaign? ... that's cool too ... right? Barack Obama largest recipient of political funds from mortgage giants Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae
Yeah, I can see how one would like to see private emails concerning their politicians of choice.
So, in light of this ... what role does the Sun play in climate change? ... OBVIOUSLY it plays a role. Without the sun, we would cease to exist.
Just a few articles about the recent LACK of sunspots:
If you read these articles, you'll realize that the sun plays a larger part in our climate than we do. In addition, check out the "mini-ice ages" after each of the periods ... from the NASA article ... The longest minimum on record, the Maunder Minimum of 1645-1715, lasted an incredible 70 years. Sunspots were rarely observed and the solar cycle seemed to have broken down completely. The period of quiet coincided with the Little Ice Age, a series of extraordinarily bitter winters in Earth's northern hemisphere. ...
It may appear that the whole "global warming" hysteria is about to come to an end ... and just like the 70's, the next big scare will be "global cooling" ... check out:
I'm NOT saying that man doesn't play a trival part, but realistically, we don't matter that much on a global scale.
Just listen to George Carlin ... he DOES make some sense.
After the blame goes around for a few weeks, the next order is to stop it.
I propose taking all the RIAA lawyers and sue god for a defective designed Earth.
If that fails, then use them to plug the vent.
People in Wyoming mostly have common sense.
Wait a sec, Wyoming is a "Red-State" and Cheney came from there ... You MUST be new here ...
We're talking science here ... not woodshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw
Cow Farts
Now its people? I thought we already had consensus of this science
Well, I also believe in free speech, but I can't let you say those things about that guy, that's hate speech.
Population: 6,666,666,666
Land area of Texas: 261,797.12 mi^2 (let's convert that to feet -> 7.29848483 x 10^12 feet^2)
And finally how much per person? 1094.77 feet^2
But the point to be made here, is that every person in the WORLD could comfortably fit into the state of Texas and there would not be a soul ANYWHERE else on the Earth. Also this assumes that every person would have their OWN area, and not combined into families.
Makes that large population seem pretty small ...
Well, that was rather stupid of you. Why in god's name would you not make the motion? Even if you know the judge is going to deny it, if you in good faith think you have ground to file it (the judge disagreeing does not mean it's groundless), you have to make the motion to preserve that issue for appeal.
ER, actually, if you make the same poor/bad motions time and time again, you will get sanctions against you. In fact, he DID mention that fact in the OP.
Take, for instance, tax protesters. They ROUTINELY use arguments that (almost) ALWAYS gets them into more trouble. Even if you bring up an argument that has "been settled" by the courts in prior trials will turn a judge against you.
The blatent gall that the RIAA lawyers have in telling the judge he's wrong will NOT get the judge to say "Oh gee, you're right all along, my bad". It'll just piss him off to the point of letting him find more flaws with the RIAA's arguments in other areas.
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Yeah
You, for one, should bow down to our primitive hominid overlords.
but it does mean Microsoft has created an incredibly effective piracy device.
.... 2 .... 1 ....
... who's lawyers are better? MS or RIAA?
And RIAA's lawyers are set to go in 3
Just as a side note
After reading many comments here about live performers playing covers/original material which is pretty current music and all ...
... can these shakedown companies charge for works in the public domain?
What about classical? Before 1900 there wasn't the perpetual copyright (like there is today), and most of the composers are unavailable to deliver checks to
SHHHHH
Uhmm ... you didn't read anything ....
Too bad the legal system is as mucked up as it is, and the procedures that are used in it are difficult for the layman to understand.
What would be nice, is a RIAA-lawsuit toolkit that ANYBODY could use to be a Pro-se litigant, and using templates that would hold up in court.
Unfortunately, the system is stacked against pro-se litigants, but it would be nice to cause the RIAA to bleed money, but not defendants.
Where do we draw the line on Police state America?
Obviously, you are not a good citizen.
Please review the following propaganda refresher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvsADU2OOWM
Remember, We're the government, and you're not.
Truely ... a sad day when a "Hello World" application is 1.5Meg ....
Yes.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2006/10/31/21
First, "they" claim that the worlds fish population will be gone by 2048. How do they know? By the best evidence
Well
Hmmm
On a side note
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2006/10/31/21
Well, how else would you know what a toyota is?
... especially if you're wondering "Was it a car or a cat I saw"
... knowing "A Toyotas a toyota" may be very important.
It may be necessary to point that out
To someone who can't tell the difference
After reading several comments on how this isn't news (because disabling protections to install stuff is easy) ... the point that was COMPLETELY MISSED that was in the article, was that the "IE Reset" function actually worked, sans Yahoo.
This, I believe is the main point of the article, because this will help EVERYONE keep junk off of IE. Not that it deletes anything, but allows the clutter to be easily fixed.
That may be a little harder now