Bingo, thanks. If I had points you'd be modded up. I can't it stand when I see a car driving on a dirt road or even grass and they dub in the tire screaching.
They should point this thing at MySpace and see what shows up. I'm guessing it's going to look like Walt Disney threw up in Technicolor(TM) all over the floor.
it has to cut the loser's pay or bump yours, if it chooses to continue averaging it out.
If the loser doesn't like the pay cut, separation makes it easier to average it out. And the playing field is truly level.
Or, they do nothing which I think is much more likely to happen in a not-for-profit (where I work) or in government. It's been my experience that it's very rare for these types of organizations to ever actually reduce someone's salary.
As to being paid relative to your peers, you're right about salaries being transparent. If they were, there would be a revolt and no work would get done for some time. Case in point: we had a DBA fired on the spot when she was confronted and admitted to sharing salary information from our payroll system with her peers. She got busted because others in her own group found out what everyone else was making and predictably, the lower paid staff were angry and complained to their manager. It was a good six months before all the dust settled from that and the employees that remained in the admin group got over their anger and settled down to work. I don't know if any salary adjustments were ever made or not.
Bottom line, I'm happy where I am now. But if I find out that the person coming in off the street that I have to train is making more than I am, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to be a less productive employee. But is there anything I can do about it? Depends, but probably not, at least not where I work.
Um, not really. A typical independant bee keeper makes around $30k per year. Honey prices have bottomed out due to cheap foreign imports and the cost of keeping bees has tripled over the last several years. Now that hives are disappearing, I'm sure that prices will rise (supply/demand and all that). But I think your free-market jab is unfounded, at least in this case.
Interesting, thanks. We registered our home number when the do-not-call registry first went on line and I don't remember if they had an option for mobile numbers then. As to your second link, I think I knew this was illegal but what's your recourse when the offending number is blocked? Last time I tried calling Verizon, I was on hold for a very long time. Perhaps I'll try the website. Thanks again.
I don't either, but I do get a lot of unsolicited voice messages, mostly recordings from Time Share companies telling me I've won a free vacation. I never give out my Verizon number, so all I can think of is that these are from an auto-dialer program that's just looking to get lucky. The caller ID is always blocked on these calls. So now if I see 'restricted' on my LCD, I just don't pick it up. But it still annoys the crap out of me.
The Mars rover Spirit used to get quite confused when it came upon a rock.
Same thing happens to me when I come upon a door or other obstacle after a long Friday night at the local watering hole. Is the software OSS? I'd love to get a copy for these occasions.
(sic)and one over its touch-screen technology in the UK.
Touch screen technology is patented? I support two different brands of laptops that both use touch screens and I'm sure there are others out there. I don't believe they all use the same underylying configuration, but I could be wrong. Does anyone know if this patent only applies to phones, or to mobile devices in general? TFA doesn't really specify.
It's already being done. Been to Disney lately? Their trams and many other vehicles arlready run on natural gas. Same with the National Park Service in some areas. You probably have an LP tank sitting there under your back yard BBQ grill. When was the last time you heard of one of these blowing up? The problem with this is not the nature of the fuel, but in how you store it. Pretty strict regulations are in place in the US that regulate the manufacutre and limit the life of LP tanks (I think it's 12 years). I can't recall ever hearing of one of these accidentally exploding. Granted, adding it to a fast moving (highway speed) vehicle increases the danger but it's already in use in a lot of slower moving vehicles.
Too bad Rumsfeld's not in a position to announce this to the public. I can hear the press conference now: "There are the ones we know we lost, then there are the ones we don't know we lost, then are are the ones we know are not lost....."
You may be joking, but I've recently been quite impressed by their level of professionalism and the timeliness of their articles. Recent editions have included stories covering a wide range of topics including the war on terror, government corruption, drug diversion and other topics that interested me greatly. And they do it quite a bit better than Faux News or a lot of the other talking head outfits out there IMHO. My wife was given a subscription some time ago and that was when I learned that VF is more than just a fashion rag.
Of course, because I'm such an avid reader I tell her that I want to get Playboy just for the articles, but I don't think she's buying it.
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Bingo, thanks. If I had points you'd be modded up. I can't it stand when I see a car driving on a dirt road or even grass and they dub in the tire screaching.
They should point this thing at MySpace and see what shows up. I'm guessing it's going to look like Walt Disney threw up in Technicolor(TM) all over the floor.
As to being paid relative to your peers, you're right about salaries being transparent. If they were, there would be a revolt and no work would get done for some time. Case in point: we had a DBA fired on the spot when she was confronted and admitted to sharing salary information from our payroll system with her peers. She got busted because others in her own group found out what everyone else was making and predictably, the lower paid staff were angry and complained to their manager. It was a good six months before all the dust settled from that and the employees that remained in the admin group got over their anger and settled down to work. I don't know if any salary adjustments were ever made or not.
Bottom line, I'm happy where I am now. But if I find out that the person coming in off the street that I have to train is making more than I am, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to be a less productive employee. But is there anything I can do about it? Depends, but probably not, at least not where I work.
I always thought it was MTV Cribs that killed the video star.
I hope my leg don't break...
You forgot the best one of all!
* Outlook not so good.
What if there is no fiber? I'm guessing all the tubes will clog and the internets will become constipated.
Um, not really. A typical independant bee keeper makes around $30k per year. Honey prices have bottomed out due to cheap foreign imports and the cost of keeping bees has tripled over the last several years. Now that hives are disappearing, I'm sure that prices will rise (supply/demand and all that). But I think your free-market jab is unfounded, at least in this case.
Sounds like your parents never taught you about the 'birds and the bees'.
So are you proposing bringing in a bunch of Chinese and Indian bees under an H1-Bee visa or something?
Interesting, thanks. We registered our home number when the do-not-call registry first went on line and I don't remember if they had an option for mobile numbers then. As to your second link, I think I knew this was illegal but what's your recourse when the offending number is blocked? Last time I tried calling Verizon, I was on hold for a very long time. Perhaps I'll try the website. Thanks again.
Alcohol and mock theta functions don't mix. You should never drink and derive.
I don't either, but I do get a lot of unsolicited voice messages, mostly recordings from Time Share companies telling me I've won a free vacation. I never give out my Verizon number, so all I can think of is that these are from an auto-dialer program that's just looking to get lucky. The caller ID is always blocked on these calls. So now if I see 'restricted' on my LCD, I just don't pick it up. But it still annoys the crap out of me.
It's already being done. Been to Disney lately? Their trams and many other vehicles arlready run on natural gas. Same with the National Park Service in some areas. You probably have an LP tank sitting there under your back yard BBQ grill. When was the last time you heard of one of these blowing up? The problem with this is not the nature of the fuel, but in how you store it. Pretty strict regulations are in place in the US that regulate the manufacutre and limit the life of LP tanks (I think it's 12 years). I can't recall ever hearing of one of these accidentally exploding. Granted, adding it to a fast moving (highway speed) vehicle increases the danger but it's already in use in a lot of slower moving vehicles.
That's Manuel Towers you hideous orangutang. Who is man with beard?
God, I loved that show.
Just imagine a beowulf cluster of MS Malware. Oh, wait...I just described Vista.
I kid, I kid.
Too bad Rumsfeld's not in a position to announce this to the public. I can hear the press conference now: "There are the ones we know we lost, then there are the ones we don't know we lost, then are are the ones we know are not lost....."
You may be joking, but I've recently been quite impressed by their level of professionalism and the timeliness of their articles. Recent editions have included stories covering a wide range of topics including the war on terror, government corruption, drug diversion and other topics that interested me greatly. And they do it quite a bit better than Faux News or a lot of the other talking head outfits out there IMHO. My wife was given a subscription some time ago and that was when I learned that VF is more than just a fashion rag.
Of course, because I'm such an avid reader I tell her that I want to get Playboy just for the articles, but I don't think she's buying it.