Before I enter the station, I see guard dogs, handled by security officers (in their 20s). They're actually a bit cute. Except they have sharp teeth and they're trained to kill etc.
"Guard dogs" are never trained to kill, that would make them unpredictable and hard to handle. The dogs you're talking about are most probably trained to sniff explosives and possibly to tackle and hold.
Given the mandatory conscription at ~18, the "security officers in their 20s" were most likely officers with 4+ years of military service (or 3+ years in case of sergeants).
I have to take my bags and put them through an X-ray machine, examined by a clueless security officer. I also have to step through a metal detector in case I have a gun/knife on me (never gets triggered by my belt and house keys)
These security officers are rarely clueless since if anything happens, their ass is toast. Also see above, although they usually don't have as much training as those that handle dogs.
The metal detectors are calibrated not to get triggered by your keys since a knife that size will not constitute a much bigger threat than a sharp pencil.
Then as the train arrives, commuters are instructed not to board it until "security examinations" are finished (even if it's the back-and-forth shuttle train that only has two stops).
Before suicide bombings became fashionable, the modus operandi was: board bus/train with a bag full of explosives; stash bag under seat; disembark, conveniently "forgetting" the bag; remotely detonate explosives (or use a timer). That happened often enough to be deemed a real threat.
All train personnal are armed with a pistol. Including drivers.... And then a 20 year old soldier walks in carrying an M16 and ammo which he is somehow allowed to because he has a slip of paper and uniform.
The government considered these people safe enough to grant them a licence to carry arms, and provided them with papers/uniforms to prove the fact. You also probably missed the civilians that have the equivalent of a concealed carry permit.
The risk that a terrorist would get a hold of a uniform and/or forged papers was deemed not to outweigh the inconvenience of disallowing soldiers to use public transportation. Considering that about 2.4% of the population are on active duty and 8.5% on reserve duty, I'd say it is a reasonable compromise.
But in the process of playing around with VMware Player, I did see an option for creating new virtual machines. Didn't explore any further, but it seems the new version does support not just playing, but building.
So what are the differences between the (free) player and the (not free) workstation?
It's a fair guess that most actually do not feel this way, considering that the Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed in 2003, during a time when those whose political ideals seem most likely to approve of retributive prison violence were in control of all major branches of government.
I also don't agree that my copyright interest has been removed from the program. Although one of the developers once said so, I don't think he knew what he was talking about.
This is easy to check. Download the source, compare it to your code, indicate what pieces of code you have a "copyright interest" in.
In Brazil, tax rate is a flat 20%. And you get 100% of it back at the end of the year. The government takes the money, invests it, and spends next years budget out of the earnings - you get all your taxes back, the only loss is a bit of earnings and inflation.
What's so hard to understand? Not what's reasonable to the corporation; what's reasonable to the judge. Works pretty well in several countries in Europe.
In any sane implementation of a "loser pays" system, the loser is liable for "reasonable" costs (which may be less than the actual costs) as determined by a judge.
In other words, if your opponent spent $1M on their defence, but the judge determined that a fair cost would be $2K, that's what you'd be on the hook for.
The more I hear this sentiment echoed, the more I think they're the ones who came out right, and we're the ones who are broken.
What is "right"? From an evolutionary point of view, group members have an advantage over solitary individuals. If Autism hinders effective communication and group cohesiveness, it will be selected against.
consultants? nice way to get out of paying for there health care and makeing them pay all the taxes on there own. How about helping and makeing them w2 workers?
Please note that while the article and she summary are about the Chicago based Aspiritech, the "hourly consultants" quote refers to the Danish Specialisterne, so I am not sure how W-2 comes into the picture.
Specialisterne has valid reasons to go that route. From TFA:
"Potential employees go through months of screening and training before they are sent as hourly consultants to clients who must understand that the specialists will work only part-time, and they cannot work in a chaotic environment with more than a few other people in the room. In return, Specialisterne assumes much more responsibility for their employees than most companies, with learning experts and social workers on staff."
I assume that Aspiritech intends to follow a similar model, especially as they mention Specialisterne as "Proof of Concept" on their site.
I am not an American so I am not familiar with your intricacies of employee classification but this is what I found on the Web:
Not all companies allow telecommuting for full-time workers and having an employee in the office that cannot fit the workplace dynamics is usually bad for both said employee and for others. Having a firm that would subcontract their services no a per-project basis while ensuring the best work environment for them and taking care of all the aspects of interpersonal interaction that may cause them (or their employer) discomfort seems like a good solution to me.
Actually, non-profits are allowed to run a surplus, even for years in a row.
What they can't do is redistribute that surplus to employees or owners, as for-profit companies do. They are required to retain the surplus for reinvestment in the business.
I used that for a while, but I got annoyed when I realized that they were essentially making a closed-source for-pay fork of Thunderbird. Thunderbird 3 has a lot of what I liked from Postbox (well, it should, considering they based it off of TB3) so I switched back as soon as they announced a price. They had been hinting at it for a while I guess, but I thought maybe they might reconsider, but the closed-source nature was the final straw. Grr licensing loopholes.
Don't know about the IRA but several bombings in Jerusalem followed that pattern (before suicide bombings became fashionable). Plant two charges in close proximity, detonate the first, wait for the paramedics and other emergency services to arrive, detonate the second.
Given the level of precision apparently needed, it seems unlikely that simply plopping on a cooled helmet is the best way to go about reducing brain trauma.
CRIA is a mini-me of the RIAA and with any luck, they will be sued out of existence before they bring a backward, Draconian & American DMCA to Canada. But I doubt it.
Given a choice between liberals, ndp, conservatives and green, I had no choice but to go conservative. I don't care how much I am moded as a troll, I vote Conservative, that's my choice
I have no love for the Conservatives but your choice to vote for them does not make you a troll.
I do suggest however that you reevaluate your choice and vote Green the next time. Enough people do that and the major parties may take notice and start listening to their constituents for a change.
In most cases, the default vote should be against the incumbent. That way your elected representatives would have to actually earn their keep to stay in office.
Politicians, like diapers, have to be changed regularly and often, and for the same reason.
Joking aside, I have no love for Harper but if there is anything that I've learnt from the US Bush/Obama fiasco, Ignatieff's government will be just as revolting, possibly more so. However, I'm afraid that will remain academic.
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Yes, but the density will fall with the square of the distance.
Aside: Will we still be using imperial units as a space-faring species?
I'll bite.
"Guard dogs" are never trained to kill, that would make them unpredictable and hard to handle. The dogs you're talking about are most probably trained to sniff explosives and possibly to tackle and hold.
Given the mandatory conscription at ~18, the "security officers in their 20s" were most likely officers with 4+ years of military service (or 3+ years in case of sergeants).
These security officers are rarely clueless since if anything happens, their ass is toast. Also see above, although they usually don't have as much training as those that handle dogs.
The metal detectors are calibrated not to get triggered by your keys since a knife that size will not constitute a much bigger threat than a sharp pencil.
Before suicide bombings became fashionable, the modus operandi was: board bus/train with a bag full of explosives; stash bag under seat; disembark, conveniently "forgetting" the bag; remotely detonate explosives (or use a timer). That happened often enough to be deemed a real threat.
The government considered these people safe enough to grant them a licence to carry arms, and provided them with papers/uniforms to prove the fact. You also probably missed the civilians that have the equivalent of a concealed carry permit.
The risk that a terrorist would get a hold of a uniform and/or forged papers was deemed not to outweigh the inconvenience of disallowing soldiers to use public transportation. Considering that about 2.4% of the population are on active duty and 8.5% on reserve duty, I'd say it is a reasonable compromise.
So what are the differences between the (free) player and the (not free) workstation?
Doesn't seem to be working too well.
Between Kzinti telepaths and the Aurora chair... No way!
This is easy to check. Download the source, compare it to your code, indicate what pieces of code you have a "copyright interest" in.
I am a little confused about your point. What exactly are you arguing about?
I did not offer a value judgment, just stated a fact.
Did you pull that out of your ass?
Somebody just described the Canadian health care system.
What's so hard to understand? Not what's reasonable to the corporation; what's reasonable to the judge.
Works pretty well in several countries in Europe.
In any sane implementation of a "loser pays" system, the loser is liable for "reasonable" costs (which may be less than the actual costs) as determined by a judge.
In other words, if your opponent spent $1M on their defence, but the judge determined that a fair cost would be $2K, that's what you'd be on the hook for.
And more than enough minerals in the Mazda.
What is "right"? From an evolutionary point of view, group members have an advantage over solitary individuals. If Autism hinders effective communication and group cohesiveness, it will be selected against.
Please note that while the article and she summary are about the Chicago based Aspiritech, the "hourly consultants" quote refers to the Danish Specialisterne, so I am not sure how W-2 comes into the picture.
Specialisterne has valid reasons to go that route. From TFA:
"Potential employees go through months of screening and training before they are sent as hourly consultants to clients who must understand that the specialists will work only part-time, and they cannot work in a chaotic environment with more than a few other people in the room. In return, Specialisterne assumes much more responsibility for their employees than most companies, with learning experts and social workers on staff."
I assume that Aspiritech intends to follow a similar model, especially as they mention Specialisterne as "Proof of Concept" on their site.
I am not an American so I am not familiar with your intricacies of employee classification but this is what I found on the Web:
A 1099 employee has a contract with a very specific end date. The worker is free to set their own schedule, and is only responsible for completing the project by the date specified in their contract. On the other hand, a W2 employee has a set schedule of work hours managed by the employer and has no specified end-date of employment. Essentially, a 1099 employee is paid on a project basis, whereas a W2 employee is paid based on hours worked.
Not all companies allow telecommuting for full-time workers and having an employee in the office that cannot fit the workplace dynamics is usually bad for both said employee and for others. Having a firm that would subcontract their services no a per-project basis while ensuring the best work environment for them and taking care of all the aspects of interpersonal interaction that may cause them (or their employer) discomfort seems like a good solution to me.
And by the way, it's "making" and "on their own".
Are they prevented from paying inflated salaries?
Under what license is TB distributed?
No need to go this far. Let him just publish publish the browsing history of himself, his spouse, his children and his grandchildren.
Surely he can find no fault in such a request.
No, Eric Schmidt is a very smart person.
A very smart evil person.
Don't know about the IRA but several bombings in Jerusalem followed that pattern (before suicide bombings became fashionable).
Plant two charges in close proximity, detonate the first, wait for the paramedics and other emergency services to arrive, detonate the second.
Of course not!
You need coolant rods inserted directly into the brain.
Not to worry, you'll get it via ACTA instead.
I have no love for the Conservatives but your choice to vote for them does not make you a troll.
I do suggest however that you reevaluate your choice and vote Green the next time. Enough people do that and the major parties may take notice and start listening to their constituents for a change.
In most cases, the default vote should be against the incumbent. That way your elected representatives would have to actually earn their keep to stay in office.
Politicians, like diapers, have to be changed regularly and often, and for the same reason.
Apparently, about 9m.
Joking aside, I have no love for Harper but if there is anything that I've learnt from the US Bush/Obama fiasco, Ignatieff's government will be just as revolting, possibly more so.
However, I'm afraid that will remain academic.
ad hominem == insightful.