Am I the only one who has signed a petition for something that I ended up voting against?
When you're dealing with a petitioner on the street, you don't have time to research the issue and you have to take the petitioner's description of the issue at face value.
For me, signing a petition doesn't mean I've decided to vote for it or even that I'm likely to vote for it. It just means that I believe that the public should vote on it.
Just say "It will take between ${minimum_estimate} and 40 years". Chances are pretty good that this estimate will be accurate (and if it's not accurate you'll be retired by then).
Making an estimate both accurate and precise is harder.
In the IPO example, the company benefited when you bought the stock. At that time, they wanted cash and figured $5/share was a fair price. I wouldn't fault the company because you made a lot of money (and they didn't) as long as price they sold it for was fair at the time they sold it.
Similarly many companies (especially start-ups) give stock to employees as part of their compensation because they don’t have the cash to pay their employees what they’re worth. If it encourages you to work harder, so much the better.
I don't know the particulars of this case, but I don't blame the executives for cashing out the shares that they were given years ago. Maybe they didn't deserve them at the time, but it's too late to change that decision.
It seems to me that a better business model would be for wireless carriers or ISPs to give these away in order to get/keep subscribers (sort of like the "free" cell phones that my family got for agreeing to pay $80 a month for 2 years).
Sez Who? The lists have always been public in the past.
Yes, activists can picket your house or your place of work, but they could also do this based on the fact that you went to a political meeting, church, etc.
The reality is that it's impractical to do so. Thousands of people signed these petitions, and activists aren't going to be able to bother all of them.
As I read it, the spacecraft would be positioned so that they each cover half Mars with no overlap or gaps.
If the spacecraft were at the Legrange points, then the near/day side of Mars would have a large area that could see both spacecraft and far/night side of Mars would have a large area couldn't see either of them.
Unemployment benefits are meant to help people with no income.
I don't think so. Laws vary from state to state, but in Oregon you can draw Unemployment if you've been laid off and get a part time job.
Each week you have to tell them how many hours you worked and how much you got paid. If it's less than 40 hours then they deduct a percentage of what you make from your compensation. You can't make more than half of your fully employed salary this way, but it can help pay the bills.
How far does this ban go?
For example: the good Indiana Jones movies have a lot of Nazis and swastikas in them. Did they have to be editted for this ban?
If you buy a book and lose it or toss it in the fireplace, that's your fault.
This is more like you buying a book and the bookstore realizing that they shouldn't have sold it to you, and taking it from you without your permission. They're the ones taking the action, so they're at fault.
I'll second that. You have to consider what different countries get compared to what they spend.
The US spends more per capita and as a percentage of GDP on health care than any other country, but we're not getting better outcomes than countries that spend less.
The experiment was the second for the institute, whose previous effort in 1999 ended in scandal when a Canadian woman complained of being forcibly kissed by a Russian captain and said that two Russian crew members had a fist fight that left blood splattered on the walls.
Russian officials at the time downplayed the incidents, attributing it to cultural gaps and stress.
Soviet engineers also tried a similar yearlong experiment, but that was interrupted because of unending conflicts between crew members.
It sounds like this is there only successful attempt in three tries.
"In the midst of all this public bickering, "Let it Rot" was released as a film, an album, and a lawsuit. In 1970, Dirk sued Stig, Nasty, and Barry; Barry sued Dirk, Nasty, and Stig; Nasty sued Barry, Dirk, and Stig; and Stig sued himself accidentally. It was the beginning of a golden era for lawyers, but for the Rutles, live on a London rooftop, it was the beginning of the end."
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But you can go #1 for free. You only have to pay if you go #2.
http://xkcd.com/545/
Nope, we're not a hologram.
Let's find out:
x = 0.9998...
10x = 9.9988...
9x = 8.999
x = 8.999 / 9
x = 8999 / 9000
x = 1 - 1/9000
So x is not 1
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of them
It would be nice if reporters did a better job of putting numbers into perspective.
cars drive you.
Am I the only one who has signed a petition for something that I ended up voting against?
When you're dealing with a petitioner on the street, you don't have time to research the issue and you have to take the petitioner's description of the issue at face value.
For me, signing a petition doesn't mean I've decided to vote for it or even that I'm likely to vote for it. It just means that I believe that the public should vote on it.
For one thing, Katzer thought it was worth stealing.
Just say "It will take between ${minimum_estimate} and 40 years". Chances are pretty good that this estimate will be accurate (and if it's not accurate you'll be retired by then).
Making an estimate both accurate and precise is harder.
In the IPO example, the company benefited when you bought the stock. At that time, they wanted cash and figured $5/share was a fair price. I wouldn't fault the company because you made a lot of money (and they didn't) as long as price they sold it for was fair at the time they sold it.
Similarly many companies (especially start-ups) give stock to employees as part of their compensation because they don’t have the cash to pay their employees what they’re worth. If it encourages you to work harder, so much the better.
I don't know the particulars of this case, but I don't blame the executives for cashing out the shares that they were given years ago. Maybe they didn't deserve them at the time, but it's too late to change that decision.
Um... why didn't the other 24 kids in their class get vaccinated?
but they don't even have pictures (just memories to hold).
It seems to me that a better business model would be for wireless carriers or ISPs to give these away in order to get/keep subscribers (sort of like the "free" cell phones that my family got for agreeing to pay $80 a month for 2 years).
Sez Who? The lists have always been public in the past.
Yes, activists can picket your house or your place of work, but they could also do this based on the fact that you went to a political meeting, church, etc.
The reality is that it's impractical to do so. Thousands of people signed these petitions, and activists aren't going to be able to bother all of them.
I think the issue is better coverage on Mars.
As I read it, the spacecraft would be positioned so that they each cover half Mars with no overlap or gaps.
If the spacecraft were at the Legrange points, then the near/day side of Mars would have a large area that could see both spacecraft and far/night side of Mars would have a large area couldn't see either of them.
Unemployment benefits are meant to help people with no income.
I don't think so. Laws vary from state to state, but in Oregon you can draw Unemployment if you've been laid off and get a part time job.
Each week you have to tell them how many hours you worked and how much you got paid. If it's less than 40 hours then they deduct a percentage of what you make from your compensation. You can't make more than half of your fully employed salary this way, but it can help pay the bills.
It's obvious that we're starting to hit the Photon Belt
How far does this ban go? For example: the good Indiana Jones movies have a lot of Nazis and swastikas in them. Did they have to be editted for this ban?
They're trying to prevent a crime-wave of armless people writing bad checks.
It was not the owners fault.
If you buy a book and lose it or toss it in the fireplace, that's your fault.
This is more like you buying a book and the bookstore realizing that they shouldn't have sold it to you, and taking it from you without your permission. They're the ones taking the action, so they're at fault.
I'll second that. You have to consider what different countries get compared to what they spend. The US spends more per capita and as a percentage of GDP on health care than any other country, but we're not getting better outcomes than countries that spend less.
We were already entrenched in the Vietnam war before we landed on the moon (let alone before Apollo was cancelled).
The experiment was the second for the institute, whose previous effort in 1999 ended in scandal when a Canadian woman complained of being forcibly kissed by a Russian captain and said that two Russian crew members had a fist fight that left blood splattered on the walls.
Russian officials at the time downplayed the incidents, attributing it to cultural gaps and stress.
Soviet engineers also tried a similar yearlong experiment, but that was interrupted because of unending conflicts between crew members.
It sounds like this is there only successful attempt in three tries.
"In the midst of all this public bickering, "Let it Rot" was released as a film, an album, and a lawsuit. In 1970, Dirk sued Stig, Nasty, and Barry; Barry sued Dirk, Nasty, and Stig; Nasty sued Barry, Dirk, and Stig; and Stig sued himself accidentally. It was the beginning of a golden era for lawyers, but for the Rutles, live on a London rooftop, it was the beginning of the end."