I'm not a programmer, I'm a network admin, so maybe I'm missing something here...but couldn't a teleconference provide the same benefits that you are claiming to find in the main development office? I have three company provided laptops, all of which have built in web cams. I really don't see why you still couldn't have whiteboard sessions and meetings with stakeholders, even when working from home, the local coffee shop/pub or satellite office.
Being smart would be buying on Black Friday and saving a shit ton of money.
It's only smart if the time you spend camping outside of the store and fighting the mob inside the store is worth less to you than the difference in price. My time is valuable; wasting it on Black Friday shopping is a poor choice, IMHO.
I don't find "RTFM" to be on the same level. My wife's school's unofficial motto was "IHTFP", which could sort of fall into that same category, but has much more personal significance.
Oh, no...I agree. I wasn't arguing with your point above (many apologies, if it sounded like I was!) so much as describing an example of how corporate culture can be a highly variable thing. In my case, the corporate culture was very laid back, and it has made for an enjoyable work place.
When I applied for the job I currently hold, the senior network admin, now my boss, was wearing an "RTFM" t-shirt under an open flannel shirt. I knew this would be a good place to work right then and there (and for the most part, I was right).
But even if you choose to accept the liberal translation of Internet access as an "essential service", the post above did not state that you couldn't get essential services without requiring any EULA. It specifically stated "without a disagreeable EULA". You can always use a WiFi hot spot for your Internet access (I've never seen a EULA at the coffee shop I visit, although hotels typically have one) and If you can't find an agreeable EULA among the GPL v2, GPL v3, BSD license, the license(s) associated with OS X, or the venerable MS EULAs, you're probably being...well...anal.
It should be illegal to even write [draconian, unethical, and immoral] contracts or EULAs...
...I would like to point out that you did, in fact, have a choice: accept the contract, or do without the job. It's not much of a choice, admitted, but you did weigh the pros and cons of both options and decide to choose the option that sucked less for you in your circumstances.
FWIW, my initial terms of employment were similar, but when I addressed my concerns to HR, they agreed to reduce the terms to something a little less draconian. Specifically, projects outside the scope of my employment, that do not compete with my employer and that are completed on my own time are mine. Work related projects, projects that might compete with my employer or that are created on company time...not so much. A second option would be to accept the contract for now since you apparently really needed the income, put your personal projects on hold, and continue to search for employment with a more reasonable employer.
If you don't have the financial backing from the corporations, you will never even make the news headlines, much less actually get elected to anything. Not saying I disagree, mind you, just that it's a pipe dream.
I haven't watched Doctor Who since Tom Bakker played the good Doctor (although that has more to do with time and priorities than quibbles with the quality of the show). What I loved about Doctor Who was that it was campy, it was hokey...but it didn't take itself too seriously and as a result, it was fun. Hollywood has an entirely different feel than the Doctor Who. I can't help but fear that Hollywood will try to make it too modern, hip, sexy, trendy...and will lose the essence of what made Doctor Who so enjoyable as a result.
They are still evil. Putting their billing cycle on a 28-day schedule and their automatic payment option on a calendar schedule (i.e., money gets withdrawn on the same day every month, even if that's after the due date of their billing cycle) is just one of many examples I could give you of the way BoA tries to rip off their customers.
Meh. I've got an account with a credit union centered in the Pacific Northwest, but I've had decent luck using my debit card while traveling through Canada and even in Guatemala last year. Just check the network that your credit union is in, and make sure it exists where you want to travel...and carry a little extra cash for those few times when the debit card doesn't work.
I doubt that. The banks are levying every fee they can get away with shoving at the consumer for the exact same reason the airlines are charging for in-flight meals, checked baggage, etc.: they sucky economy and pissed-off customers are finally starting to make them hurt, too. I don't have much sympathy for the likes of BoA and Wells-Fargo. They are pretty evil, IMHO, and I actually hope they crumble (although I'm not naive enough to think they actually will). But I'm all for spending as little money as possible on those leeches until I can actually cancel all of my accounts with them.
If you do business with them, you are an enabler and partially responsible for the bank meltdown of '08.
What a nice, idealistic world you live in. Unfortunately, for many of us, dumping the bank isn't financially possible at the drop of a hat. Case in point: my wife started two businesses in the last eight years. In case you've never tried it, it takes a lot of capital to start a business, which we acquired through a combination of loans and credit cards. She sold the first business a year after she started the second business, but unfortunately, ended up owner-financing it...which means, we'll get the debt paid off, but not right away like we'd hoped. My wife sold the second business last month, and again, ended up owner-financing it (although it will be paid off much sooner than the other business). If things go as planned, we will have dumped BoA by May of next year because you are right -- they are frickin' evil. However, I guess for right now, I'm just an enabler because eight years ago, I didn't see the bailout coming and right now, I don't feeling like selling my house and living in a car just to spite those fat-cat money-pimps at BoA </sarc>
I know better than to feed the troll, but here goes anyway.
While I do have concerns about nuclear power, I have to say that your post comes across sounding more like a raving lunatic than someone who has a logical, rational argument against nuclear power, and therefore, you are unlikely to win anyone over to your point of view with your rant. I'll list some of the more obvious objections here:
Nuclear technology must be abolished and destroyed, and anyone possessing it must be put to death for the greater good of mankind.
Groan. You do realize that once the genie has been let out of the bottle, you can't just put it back in, right? The knowledge has been released, and if you try to obliterate that knowledge, all you are going to do is drive it underground. Even if you *could* convince every country in the world to do as you suggest -- and just to be clear, you won't -- that means the only people to still have nuclear technology are the very people you DON'T want possessing it.
...Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Several atolls in the Pacific... How many more places must be contaminated before we admit defeat? WE CAN STILL MEASURE RADIOACTIVITY AT HIROSHIMA!
Yeah...so what's your point? You may still be able to measure the radioactivity at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but those are currently thriving, populated cities teeming with normal, healthy people. You may be able to measure some amount of residual radiation there, but obviously it isn't causing any significant health effects. I saw an article within the last year or two claiming that life was even returning to the Chernobyl area much quicker than scientists expected. There were some definite genetic anomalies there so I wouldn't recommend moving the family there yet, but animal life was thriving nonetheless. IIRC, the scientists studying the site claimed that life was actually more diverse near Chernobyl than in the surrounding areas because of the lack of human activity there...despite the increased radiation levels.
[HIROSHIMA] THE OLDEST NUCLEAR EVENT IN HISTORY!
Ummm...may I humbly suggest you check your facts before spouting things that are just patently untrue? Hiroshima was the second nuclear explosion. The first was near Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA, one month before Hiroshima. The first sustained nuclear chain reaction occurred in a lab three years earlier in Chicago. And nuclear fission was first demonstrated in Germany seven years before Hiroshima (source: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/tp/nuclear.01.htm, found in about 30 seconds via Google).
I'm not saying that nuclear doesn't have its problems and that we should immediately rip out all coal, oil and natural gas power plants so that we can replace them with Fukushima Daiichi plants across the world. But really, dude...at least try to make a reasoned argument against nuclear power instead of just "screaming" hysterically.
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Yup. And it determines how easy it is to dump your current gear when you are ready to upgrade to the next level.
unfortunately, "terrorist" has become a new witch-hunt word - equal in power (or a VERY close second to "pedo")
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." --George Santayana.
"Witch" in the 1600's.
"Communist" in the 1950's.
"Terrorist" from 2001-???
And we keep repeating the same mistakes, over and over and over again.
I'm not a programmer, I'm a network admin, so maybe I'm missing something here...but couldn't a teleconference provide the same benefits that you are claiming to find in the main development office? I have three company provided laptops, all of which have built in web cams. I really don't see why you still couldn't have whiteboard sessions and meetings with stakeholders, even when working from home, the local coffee shop/pub or satellite office.
Being smart would be buying on Black Friday and saving a shit ton of money.
It's only smart if the time you spend camping outside of the store and fighting the mob inside the store is worth less to you than the difference in price. My time is valuable; wasting it on Black Friday shopping is a poor choice, IMHO.
I don't find "RTFM" to be on the same level. My wife's school's unofficial motto was "IHTFP", which could sort of fall into that same category, but has much more personal significance.
Oh, no...I agree. I wasn't arguing with your point above (many apologies, if it sounded like I was!) so much as describing an example of how corporate culture can be a highly variable thing. In my case, the corporate culture was very laid back, and it has made for an enjoyable work place.
When I applied for the job I currently hold, the senior network admin, now my boss, was wearing an "RTFM" t-shirt under an open flannel shirt. I knew this would be a good place to work right then and there (and for the most part, I was right).
But even if you choose to accept the liberal translation of Internet access as an "essential service", the post above did not state that you couldn't get essential services without requiring any EULA. It specifically stated "without a disagreeable EULA". You can always use a WiFi hot spot for your Internet access (I've never seen a EULA at the coffee shop I visit, although hotels typically have one) and If you can't find an agreeable EULA among the GPL v2, GPL v3, BSD license, the license(s) associated with OS X, or the venerable MS EULAs, you're probably being...well...anal.
It should be illegal to even write [draconian, unethical, and immoral] contracts or EULAs...
FWIW, my initial terms of employment were similar, but when I addressed my concerns to HR, they agreed to reduce the terms to something a little less draconian. Specifically, projects outside the scope of my employment, that do not compete with my employer and that are completed on my own time are mine. Work related projects, projects that might compete with my employer or that are created on company time...not so much. A second option would be to accept the contract for now since you apparently really needed the income, put your personal projects on hold, and continue to search for employment with a more reasonable employer.
That's why you will never be in charge.
If you don't have the financial backing from the corporations, you will never even make the news headlines, much less actually get elected to anything. Not saying I disagree, mind you, just that it's a pipe dream.
Yeah...but a steep learning curve means the user never learns anything, because most of them just say "screw it" and don't bother.
I'll have to check it out, then. Thanks for the tip!
Exactly!
I haven't watched Doctor Who since Tom Bakker played the good Doctor (although that has more to do with time and priorities than quibbles with the quality of the show). What I loved about Doctor Who was that it was campy, it was hokey...but it didn't take itself too seriously and as a result, it was fun. Hollywood has an entirely different feel than the Doctor Who. I can't help but fear that Hollywood will try to make it too modern, hip, sexy, trendy...and will lose the essence of what made Doctor Who so enjoyable as a result.
Win!
Get a life.
Says the anonymous coward, living in his mom's basement. LOL.
Sure. That's why all of the truth in advertising laws should be repealed and "caveat emptor" should be the law of the land. </sarc>
Ummm, you're not "up here", you're "down there"...at least from my house ;)
And?
They are still evil. Putting their billing cycle on a 28-day schedule and their automatic payment option on a calendar schedule (i.e., money gets withdrawn on the same day every month, even if that's after the due date of their billing cycle) is just one of many examples I could give you of the way BoA tries to rip off their customers.
Meh. I've got an account with a credit union centered in the Pacific Northwest, but I've had decent luck using my debit card while traveling through Canada and even in Guatemala last year. Just check the network that your credit union is in, and make sure it exists where you want to travel...and carry a little extra cash for those few times when the debit card doesn't work.
I doubt that. The banks are levying every fee they can get away with shoving at the consumer for the exact same reason the airlines are charging for in-flight meals, checked baggage, etc.: they sucky economy and pissed-off customers are finally starting to make them hurt, too. I don't have much sympathy for the likes of BoA and Wells-Fargo. They are pretty evil, IMHO, and I actually hope they crumble (although I'm not naive enough to think they actually will). But I'm all for spending as little money as possible on those leeches until I can actually cancel all of my accounts with them.
If you do business with them, you are an enabler and partially responsible for the bank meltdown of '08.
What a nice, idealistic world you live in. Unfortunately, for many of us, dumping the bank isn't financially possible at the drop of a hat. Case in point: my wife started two businesses in the last eight years. In case you've never tried it, it takes a lot of capital to start a business, which we acquired through a combination of loans and credit cards. She sold the first business a year after she started the second business, but unfortunately, ended up owner-financing it...which means, we'll get the debt paid off, but not right away like we'd hoped. My wife sold the second business last month, and again, ended up owner-financing it (although it will be paid off much sooner than the other business). If things go as planned, we will have dumped BoA by May of next year because you are right -- they are frickin' evil. However, I guess for right now, I'm just an enabler because eight years ago, I didn't see the bailout coming and right now, I don't feeling like selling my house and living in a car just to spite those fat-cat money-pimps at BoA </sarc>
In the spirit of science I'll toast to his memory with a pint when I gets home tonight.
That's as good a reason as any, and better than most. I may have to do likewise ;)
Pity...
While I do have concerns about nuclear power, I have to say that your post comes across sounding more like a raving lunatic than someone who has a logical, rational argument against nuclear power, and therefore, you are unlikely to win anyone over to your point of view with your rant. I'll list some of the more obvious objections here:
Nuclear technology must be abolished and destroyed, and anyone possessing it must be put to death for the greater good of mankind.
Groan. You do realize that once the genie has been let out of the bottle, you can't just put it back in, right? The knowledge has been released, and if you try to obliterate that knowledge, all you are going to do is drive it underground. Even if you *could* convince every country in the world to do as you suggest -- and just to be clear, you won't -- that means the only people to still have nuclear technology are the very people you DON'T want possessing it.
...Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Several atolls in the Pacific... How many more places must be contaminated before we admit defeat? WE CAN STILL MEASURE RADIOACTIVITY AT HIROSHIMA!
Yeah...so what's your point? You may still be able to measure the radioactivity at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but those are currently thriving, populated cities teeming with normal, healthy people. You may be able to measure some amount of residual radiation there, but obviously it isn't causing any significant health effects. I saw an article within the last year or two claiming that life was even returning to the Chernobyl area much quicker than scientists expected. There were some definite genetic anomalies there so I wouldn't recommend moving the family there yet, but animal life was thriving nonetheless. IIRC, the scientists studying the site claimed that life was actually more diverse near Chernobyl than in the surrounding areas because of the lack of human activity there...despite the increased radiation levels.
[HIROSHIMA] THE OLDEST NUCLEAR EVENT IN HISTORY!
Ummm...may I humbly suggest you check your facts before spouting things that are just patently untrue? Hiroshima was the second nuclear explosion. The first was near Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA, one month before Hiroshima. The first sustained nuclear chain reaction occurred in a lab three years earlier in Chicago. And nuclear fission was first demonstrated in Germany seven years before Hiroshima (source: http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/tp/nuclear.01.htm, found in about 30 seconds via Google).
I'm not saying that nuclear doesn't have its problems and that we should immediately rip out all coal, oil and natural gas power plants so that we can replace them with Fukushima Daiichi plants across the world. But really, dude...at least try to make a reasoned argument against nuclear power instead of just "screaming" hysterically.
What about the celibate Americans?
--An American
Stuff that was converted from matter to energy last week.