While I am sure most people would like for their potential employers to not look at whatever they've posted of their personal lives online, the fact is that most people will start with getting the job, then caring about how their employer views their personal life.
Aside from that, I don't see why employers should care what I did in college, etc. other than what is on my resume and criminal record.
I almost added "and public records" to that, and then realized that that would include anything freely available on the Internet. On the other hand, it does give them a better idea of whether or not the potential employee would fit well in the company, hopefully by thinking of the other employees.
Yeah, and some people can't even get any form of broadband no matter how it's defined. I have been on 21.6kbps dialup for six (6) years. I don't have access to anything other than crap satellite. It's not even about density any more. There's cable lines all around me (I can see the frickin things on the power poles) but nothing on my road. As far as I know there is no broadband internet available despite there being infrastructure. The telecom (o great and revered because its deploying Fios Verizon) has sent out letters about DSL being available, but is it really, no. The government or someone (Googlenet anyone?) needs to force the cable companies and telecoms to provide at least some form of broadband. You complain about 1mbps DSL, I dream of it. I have friends with comcast no more than 3 or 4 miles away but God forbid they bring it here. You bring up profitability? What about those gobs of money they make in the cities? You dont have to make gobs of money everywhere you go. I'd also bet that more people would move into the slightly rural areas if they had broadband access. I live only 15 minutes from a decent sized town and only 30 from a major city. Oh, and I'm in Michigan where everything sucks. Monroe county, the worst of them all.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Christian does not mean stupid. Christian does not mean anti-science. Christian does not mean ignorant. I understand that there are many, many people who claim to be Christian and act otherwise. I am a Christian, I was raised in a Christian home, but guess what, I LOVE science. Biology, chemistry, physics, I love it.
I'm a graduating senior and there are tons of people in high school who know nothing. Kids care more about the number of blow off classes they can take than about where they're going to college or simply what they're going to do after they graduate. Science isn't the be all end all, but students' interest in higher level classes is extremely low. The thing I hate most are upper level classes slowed down for the people who shouldn't be in them. The other thing I hate are great teachers who excel in teaching the upper classes forced to teach low level classes.
To a depressingly huge percentage of the US and UK population this will just disprove THE THEORY even more. They'll point out scornfully that you now have TWO missing links where previously you jst had the one. 'Silly scientists' they'll say to themselves, laughing ruefully as they prepare for their next bible meeting.
I am all for learning as much as we can about everything we can, with common sense exclusions, but what does it really matter what people believe. As long as you're not physically hurting someone, and you're allowed to continue with your research, what do you really care what everyone else thinks. Why should you even care? How much of an impact does what everyone else believes REALLY have on you? Besides, does it REALLY matter if we know exactly how we came to be? We have an extensive record of the past that speaks volumes, and no, I'm not saying we don't need to continue research, but how much of an impact would it have if we KNEW where we came from?
By the way, for those who read this and are thinking that this must be one of those dumb Christians, well.....you're right. I'm a Christian that loves science, I love chemistry, I'm good in biology, but I fail to see why it matters so much that I believe what I believe and you believe what you believe.
You get the bandwidth and someone will find a use for it. Ten years ago someone would've asked why we need 50Mbit Internet connections. Besides, with perpendicular recording, and all the other stuff that is bound to come out, we'll have the space.
This is like asking why you need four video cards and 2TB space. More or less: because you can.
Such plants still consume very finite, non-renewable resources, and produce a significant amount of pollution.
Nuclear power plants produce practically no pollution. The reknowned cooler stacks are just giant radiators. The only plausible pollution is the spent fuel, which, is hardly spent, and can be reprocessed several different ways. There was an article in last month's Popular Science about fast-neutron reactors that get a ton more energy out of the same fuel, even the "spent" stuff. Utilizing nuclear energy is merely a matter of advancing the technology. Current reactors are slow-neutron and use highly enriched(extra U-235) uranium pellets. The fast neutron reactors break down practically everything, even some of the plutonium I believe.
that ruins the entire book. reading about someone crashing and bleeding out just isn't the same when you know there's a vaccine. wonder if it would work on the Shiva virus.
Unlike nuclear technology which contains the world "nuclear" in the title and will therefore definitely turn large swathes of the country into a post-Little Boy Hiroshima within 15 seconds of being turned on.
Do you know how weak the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were compared to today's nuke's? They pale in comparison.
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Too bad the US will never see it.
Many of my coworkers running Ubuntu (and I've occasionally seen this with XP also) can't reliably sleep and wake without crashing.
I read that as "Many of my coworkers can't reliably sleep and wake without crashing." I thought sleeping wasn't allowed at work. Can I have their job?
The obvious answer is to just blur out California.
Too bad we can't do that in real life.
While I am sure most people would like for their potential employers to not look at whatever they've posted of their personal lives online, the fact is that most people will start with getting the job, then caring about how their employer views their personal life.
Aside from that, I don't see why employers should care what I did in college, etc. other than what is on my resume and criminal record.
I almost added "and public records" to that, and then realized that that would include anything freely available on the Internet. On the other hand, it does give them a better idea of whether or not the potential employee would fit well in the company, hopefully by thinking of the other employees.
Yeah, and some people can't even get any form of broadband no matter how it's defined. I have been on 21.6kbps dialup for six (6) years. I don't have access to anything other than crap satellite. It's not even about density any more. There's cable lines all around me (I can see the frickin things on the power poles) but nothing on my road. As far as I know there is no broadband internet available despite there being infrastructure. The telecom (o great and revered because its deploying Fios Verizon) has sent out letters about DSL being available, but is it really, no. The government or someone (Googlenet anyone?) needs to force the cable companies and telecoms to provide at least some form of broadband. You complain about 1mbps DSL, I dream of it. I have friends with comcast no more than 3 or 4 miles away but God forbid they bring it here. You bring up profitability? What about those gobs of money they make in the cities? You dont have to make gobs of money everywhere you go. I'd also bet that more people would move into the slightly rural areas if they had broadband access. I live only 15 minutes from a decent sized town and only 30 from a major city. Oh, and I'm in Michigan where everything sucks. Monroe county, the worst of them all.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Christian does not mean stupid. Christian does not mean anti-science. Christian does not mean ignorant. I understand that there are many, many people who claim to be Christian and act otherwise. I am a Christian, I was raised in a Christian home, but guess what, I LOVE science. Biology, chemistry, physics, I love it. I'm a graduating senior and there are tons of people in high school who know nothing. Kids care more about the number of blow off classes they can take than about where they're going to college or simply what they're going to do after they graduate. Science isn't the be all end all, but students' interest in higher level classes is extremely low. The thing I hate most are upper level classes slowed down for the people who shouldn't be in them. The other thing I hate are great teachers who excel in teaching the upper classes forced to teach low level classes.
To a depressingly huge percentage of the US and UK population this will just disprove THE THEORY even more. They'll point out scornfully that you now have TWO missing links where previously you jst had the one. 'Silly scientists' they'll say to themselves, laughing ruefully as they prepare for their next bible meeting.
I am all for learning as much as we can about everything we can, with common sense exclusions, but what does it really matter what people believe. As long as you're not physically hurting someone, and you're allowed to continue with your research, what do you really care what everyone else thinks. Why should you even care? How much of an impact does what everyone else believes REALLY have on you? Besides, does it REALLY matter if we know exactly how we came to be? We have an extensive record of the past that speaks volumes, and no, I'm not saying we don't need to continue research, but how much of an impact would it have if we KNEW where we came from?
By the way, for those who read this and are thinking that this must be one of those dumb Christians, well.....you're right. I'm a Christian that loves science, I love chemistry, I'm good in biology, but I fail to see why it matters so much that I believe what I believe and you believe what you believe.
You get the bandwidth and someone will find a use for it. Ten years ago someone would've asked why we need 50Mbit Internet connections. Besides, with perpendicular recording, and all the other stuff that is bound to come out, we'll have the space.
This is like asking why you need four video cards and 2TB space. More or less: because you can.
All the while lining the pockets of good ol' Mike Dell.
Pockets? Try bed and pillows. Although sleeping on a couple million bucks might not be as comfy as it sounds.
Such plants still consume very finite, non-renewable resources, and produce a significant amount of pollution.
Nuclear power plants produce practically no pollution. The reknowned cooler stacks are just giant radiators. The only plausible pollution is the spent fuel, which, is hardly spent, and can be reprocessed several different ways. There was an article in last month's Popular Science about fast-neutron reactors that get a ton more energy out of the same fuel, even the "spent" stuff. Utilizing nuclear energy is merely a matter of advancing the technology. Current reactors are slow-neutron and use highly enriched(extra U-235) uranium pellets. The fast neutron reactors break down practically everything, even some of the plutonium I believe.
that ruins the entire book. reading about someone crashing and bleeding out just isn't the same when you know there's a vaccine. wonder if it would work on the Shiva virus.
"...the sky is blue, dogs still bark, cats meow, and down is still down."
No.....the enemy's gate is down.
I had these years ago in SimCity, 'bout time they caught up with me.
Donkey: "Oh, I see it now. The big, shiny one." Shrek: "That would be the moon." Donkey: "Oh."
Unlike nuclear technology which contains the world "nuclear" in the title and will therefore definitely turn large swathes of the country into a post-Little Boy Hiroshima within 15 seconds of being turned on.
Do you know how weak the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were compared to today's nuke's? They pale in comparison.