You should know your management better than us, but that being said....
Don't say anything negative. Never. NOT ever. This is twice as true in regards to other dept or managers. This is thrice as true, if someone starts talking about how it's ok to open up and talk as equals.
Everything should be phrased in the manner of how things could be better if "Thing A" was able to happen.
If the whole thing turns sour, be sure to have your resume up-to-date, since the effects will be targeted along the lines of: "Were they at the dinner?"
If anyone considers being completely neutral as racist, I think they may be a little too full of themselves.
The actual response given to that line of thinking is that since you are proclaiming your neutrality, you're supporting the majority, since the status quo benefits the majority.
Minorities are just that. A democracy is based on the will of the majority being forced on the minority. Minorities lose. That's the way it is.
Holy cow, if that was actually uttered by a politician, there'd be charges of racism, race baiting, insensitivity, discriminiation, etc...
And in the Southern states where the Voting Rights Act is in effect, there is somewhat of a loose requirement of not diluting AA vote strength.
Exactly! You have the Dems using those requirements (and the other socio-economic factors you mention) to insure an increase in the Dem headcount, plus you have the Repubs using that same logic to cluster their vote.
The problem is that while it would be fair on a population basis, it would be excoriated and deemed racist for not representing (ethnic) minorities.
In our (USA) political system, certain ethnicities can only be fairly represented by people of the same ethnicity (or at least that's the claim by a the representatives of the minorities).
So... when you start dividing up the population and trying to determine which minorities are significant enough to rate fair representation, a population based district is completely out the window.
Face it, it's all a big crapshoot. You're hoping that with your vote that you are sending someone who will represent you. Don't forget, after that vote, you've got nothing to say about the process. You can carp, applaud, or sometime recall, but there's nothing democratic going on.
Sooo... all we learned is that computers make gerrymandering more efficient?
This has been going on for a _long_ while. Aside from the increased ease of redistricting, it seems like this is only a big deal in the media now only because that the scales tip more towards the "R" side.
Big deal, politics runs in cycles and in a few years the Repubs will be making the same complaints about the Dems, just like they were a few years ago. Back then (80's wasn't it?) it was the Repubs saying the the Dems were consolidating their base through redistricting to insure themselves a safe seat in Congress and that the bizarre contortions the districts went through circumvented the democratic process.
So... flash forward a few years and the Dems have their safe seats, but in the swing of politics the Repubs have taken control of the redistricting process and now the Dem are complaining about the contorted shapes of the districts they have.
Wow, a Doctor of a competing diet plan (Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss) who doesn't think the Atkins diet is a good diet? Who would of thought?
Mostly it makes people sick, and all the meat drives their cholesterol levels up. (Didn't know that, did you?)
Hmmm... scientific studies fly in the face of your cholesterol claim. That being said, any change in diet that restricts caffeine will give the caffeine addict a headache.
I've seen the people on Atkins, and just watching them eat makes me puke. I love bacon, steak, and fatty stuff as much as the next guy, but who likes downing all that stuff everyday without carbs, and other stuff.
It doesn't sound like you were watching someone on the official Atkins diet. Lots of people focus on the stuff they like to eat (bacon, steak, eggs, etc), but the Atkins plan is much more than that.
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I'd encourage you to check out the specifics of the diet. There are different stages to the Atkins diet and the different stages allow different things in the diet. Fruits are fine, at the right time.
Dr Atkins died after slipping on some ice and hitting his head. Of course, I guess if he hadn't been on the diet, the fat might have cushioned his fall. 8-)
I actually ended up eating more, but it didn't matter, since I made sure the stuff I was eating didn't impact the diet in a negative way (no more Moutain Dew!).
The only thing I can figure is that they didn't like the old logo and only had space for 3 letters in the new logo.
This is from their marketing page:
Low or Full-speed Product Packaging Recommendations:
Products that operate at only low or full-speed can qualify to use only the Basic Version of the logo (i.e. without the special Hi-Speed identifier). The old USB logo is obsolete and should not be used. The USB-IF recommends vendors simply use "USB" as has always been done, on packaging and in marketing materials for low or full-speed USB products. Avoid using terminology such as USB 2.0 Full Speed, Full Speed USB or USB 2.0 which can be confusing for consumers whose expectation is that a USB 2.0 product is by definition high-speed.
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Here's the info
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to the Explorer 8000 they're going to roll out with the service.
It'll be interesting to see if all the I/O features are left enabled.
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Peter, Tom and Dan are "mostly conservative and right-leaning"? Holy cow, where do you get your TV news from? Cuba or N. Korea?
Don't say anything negative. Never. NOT ever. This is twice as true in regards to other dept or managers. This is thrice as true, if someone starts talking about how it's ok to open up and talk as equals.
Everything should be phrased in the manner of how things could be better if "Thing A" was able to happen.
If the whole thing turns sour, be sure to have your resume up-to-date, since the effects will be targeted along the lines of: "Were they at the dinner?"
When you do the math (birds/turbine/year), my neighbor's cat is several mutiples more deadly than a wind turbine.
The actual response given to that line of thinking is that since you are proclaiming your neutrality, you're supporting the majority, since the status quo benefits the majority.
Minorities are just that. A democracy is based on the will of the majority being forced on the minority. Minorities lose. That's the way it is.
Holy cow, if that was actually uttered by a politician, there'd be charges of racism, race baiting, insensitivity, discriminiation, etc...
BTW, I agree with you completely.
Exactly! You have the Dems using those requirements (and the other socio-economic factors you mention) to insure an increase in the Dem headcount, plus you have the Repubs using that same logic to cluster their vote.
Both sides should be happy right? 8-)
In our (USA) political system, certain ethnicities can only be fairly represented by people of the same ethnicity (or at least that's the claim by a the representatives of the minorities).
So... when you start dividing up the population and trying to determine which minorities are significant enough to rate fair representation, a population based district is completely out the window.
Actually we're not, we're a Republic.
Face it, it's all a big crapshoot. You're hoping that with your vote that you are sending someone who will represent you. Don't forget, after that vote, you've got nothing to say about the process. You can carp, applaud, or sometime recall, but there's nothing democratic going on.
This has been going on for a _long_ while. Aside from the increased ease of redistricting, it seems like this is only a big deal in the media now only because that the scales tip more towards the "R" side.
Big deal, politics runs in cycles and in a few years the Repubs will be making the same complaints about the Dems, just like they were a few years ago. Back then (80's wasn't it?) it was the Repubs saying the the Dems were consolidating their base through redistricting to insure themselves a safe seat in Congress and that the bizarre contortions the districts went through circumvented the democratic process.
So... flash forward a few years and the Dems have their safe seats, but in the swing of politics the Repubs have taken control of the redistricting process and now the Dem are complaining about the contorted shapes of the districts they have.
SHOCKING!!!!
It's all about the bandwidth!
I guess if the signs haven't shown up in 30 years, it is possible for them to show up in 60 or perhaps 90 years? 8-)
Wow, a Doctor of a competing diet plan (Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss) who doesn't think the Atkins diet is a good diet? Who would of thought?
Hmmm... scientific studies fly in the face of your cholesterol claim. That being said, any change in diet that restricts caffeine will give the caffeine addict a headache.
It doesn't sound like you were watching someone on the official Atkins diet. Lots of people focus on the stuff they like to eat (bacon, steak, eggs, etc), but the Atkins plan is much more than that.
I'd encourage you to check out the specifics of the diet. There are different stages to the Atkins diet and the different stages allow different things in the diet. Fruits are fine, at the right time.
Just in case other people bite on the troll...
Dr Atkins died after slipping on some ice and hitting his head. Of course, I guess if he hadn't been on the diet, the fat might have cushioned his fall. 8-)
I actually ended up eating more, but it didn't matter, since I made sure the stuff I was eating didn't impact the diet in a negative way (no more Moutain Dew!).
I'd encourage you to do some research, there's all kinds of urban myths about the diet. BTW, I've heard the Earth is flat. 8-)
That aside, any diet will impact different people in different ways and common sense should be observed.
Do you find yourself trying to find someone named Kenneth to talk to?
You're not kidding, we're talking within minutes!
Now all we need is PKWare suing Winzip for patent infringement and we'll have poor Phil spinning (sloshing?) in his grave!
This is from their marketing page:
It'll be interesting to see if all the I/O features are left enabled.
I'm guessing you just skimmed it, since the reviewer actually complains that there is too much of the philisophical mumbo-jumbo.
No sense depriving yourself! You can have the low carb beers, i.e. Miller Lite or Mich Ultra.
That's referred to as the 1D10T error, if I remember correctly.