Owner status trumps technical experience every time. Trust me, any PHB stupid enough to demand access to areas they know nothing about and then go messing about is going to screw something up. When they realize just how much money it will take to fix their screwups, sooner or later they will realize why it isn't smart to give themselves access to said areas. But if the owner demands the keys to the kingdom he owns, he get them whether or not it is the smart move or not. How long do you think any employee who refuses an order from the owner is going to last? And how do you go about determining who is qualified to make the decision if someone is qualified?
You do realize that less than 1% of the 250,000 cables in WikiLeaks possession have been released to the public so far, right? I am certain there is more damaging information in them than what US diplomats think of foreign leaders. Wikilekas isn't going to release the juiciest ones first - they have to build the excitement.
There are dancers in Las Vegas wearing nothing but electrical tape over their nipples. Personally I don't care about digital nudity all that much, so I don't need to see the actual (fake digital) nipples. You can hire prostitutes or buy drugs and alcohol in game, so not sure how else you intend to "get your rocks off".
Do you really not understand the difference between "innocent until proven guilty" and "incapable of ever being guilty"? Assuming someone is innocent until you have actual proof of their guilt is not the same as never thinking anyone is ever guilty of anything. Getting the police to start an investigation into a crime is not asking them to hang the suspect right off the bat.
No, that isn't what I was saying at all. I am saying even without laws requiring time off, you are still able to get jobs that offer time off as one of the benefits here. If time off is very important to you, there are jobs that offer it - mandatory laws or not.
Well, if time off is important to you, get a job like I did that gives a lot of time off. My pay probably isn't as good as if I worked in the private sector, but I would also get much less time off. My amount of time off is well above the average, and is one of the reasons I took the job I did - the benefits. Base salary isn't everything when it comes to your job.
Well, I didn't quite make that claim. I am just saying if the government makes companies give 30 paid days off, then the companies can meet the requirements of the law by not giving any more than that. Some may give more, and I am sure some do not. But if these companies were already being generous with the amount of paid time off given, there would be no need for a law that requires them to do so, now would there be?
Sure, if you like being limited to only games approved and made available by Apple in the App store. (Ask any serious gamer about Apple being a real platform for gaming.) Also, sometimes I want to play some free simple flash-based games on the web. Good luck doing that on the iPod Touch.
Depends on who you work for in the USA. I work for a state University, and have been there about 10 years. With the paid holidays I get, and the amount of sick and vacation time I accrue, I end up getting about 47 days off total a year. I will take that over the government mandated 30. And I still get at least 2 more time accrual increases if i stick around a few more years. Someone who has been at the University 20 years gets 60+ days off per year, which gives even European countries a run for their money.
If it was my job,I would tell them to shove it as I don't need a doctor's note unless I have been out for 3 consecutive days.
Who goes to the doctor if they are sick for 1 day? You have a much better chance of catching something more serious going to the doctor all the time. I would never work for a company that requires a doctor's note for a 1 day absence. Plus who wants to pay an office co-pay, drag your sick ass out of bed, go to the HMO and wait for an hour, only to have the doctor tell you "Yep, you have a cold. Get lots of rest and drink fluids." Wow, really? Thanks doctor. My boss used to tell me I was out too often due to illness. So the next time i was sick, I came in and worked. Got 3 of my co-workers sick, including my boss. She never gave me crap about sick days since that happened.
I believe more in the apathy and ignorance of consumers than I do in consumers making informed purchases based on their beliefs. If people in the US were really that conscientious of their shopping choices, how can places like Wal-Mart thrive? Sure they may have the lowest prices, but what are the real costs when 80% of your products are made in China?
Yeah, denial of service attacks make Amazon big bucks. A high bandwidth customer may be profitable. A high bandwidth denial of service attack is not going to result in more profit for Amazon.
In reality, boycotts are rarely effective. Especially against a giant corporation like Amazon. Do you think 90% of your average consumers know or care about Wikileaks? And if they do know, are they willing to spend more money at another site just to make a political statement? I think you over estimate greatly the intelligence and resolve of the average internet consumer.
I believe it had little to do with the actual content, and a lot to do with having a massive DDoS launched against whoever was hosting Wikileaks. Why take on a client like Wikileaks when you could host another client that doesn't have someone using up GBs of bandwidth a second in dropped packets?
Basically they are saying they accepted the agreement under duress, because had Comcast just dropped them, there may have been interruption of services. Now that Comcast isn't going to "unplug" them, they are talking about the deal.
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And those "dumb" converter boxes are connected back to Comcast's "smarter" servers. Why would you think a company that has the potential to collect millions of dollars worth of demographic television viewing information wouldn't? Do you think Comcast has the best interests of it's customers, or it's shareholders in mind? Because as one of their customers, it is very plain to me whose interests they are looking out for, and it isn't mine.
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Yeah, all the IT department can do is leak several hundred thousand secret cables to WikiLeaks. No real damage though.
Owner status trumps technical experience every time. Trust me, any PHB stupid enough to demand access to areas they know nothing about and then go messing about is going to screw something up. When they realize just how much money it will take to fix their screwups, sooner or later they will realize why it isn't smart to give themselves access to said areas. But if the owner demands the keys to the kingdom he owns, he get them whether or not it is the smart move or not. How long do you think any employee who refuses an order from the owner is going to last? And how do you go about determining who is qualified to make the decision if someone is qualified?
Sure, then all you have to do is convince Google to do the complete opposite of what they want.
You do realize that less than 1% of the 250,000 cables in WikiLeaks possession have been released to the public so far, right? I am certain there is more damaging information in them than what US diplomats think of foreign leaders. Wikilekas isn't going to release the juiciest ones first - they have to build the excitement.
Tell me about it. But there's no law against selling kids tomacco. That little "m" is worth a lot of money to us -and to you.
There are dancers in Las Vegas wearing nothing but electrical tape over their nipples. Personally I don't care about digital nudity all that much, so I don't need to see the actual (fake digital) nipples. You can hire prostitutes or buy drugs and alcohol in game, so not sure how else you intend to "get your rocks off".
Do you really not understand the difference between "innocent until proven guilty" and "incapable of ever being guilty"? Assuming someone is innocent until you have actual proof of their guilt is not the same as never thinking anyone is ever guilty of anything. Getting the police to start an investigation into a crime is not asking them to hang the suspect right off the bat.
No, that isn't what I was saying at all. I am saying even without laws requiring time off, you are still able to get jobs that offer time off as one of the benefits here. If time off is very important to you, there are jobs that offer it - mandatory laws or not.
Well, if time off is important to you, get a job like I did that gives a lot of time off. My pay probably isn't as good as if I worked in the private sector, but I would also get much less time off. My amount of time off is well above the average, and is one of the reasons I took the job I did - the benefits. Base salary isn't everything when it comes to your job.
Or you could just play on an Android device, where the walls are so short, they don't exist at all. Anybody at all can develop for Android.
Hiring a $200/hour private investigator on the off chance they will catch a $20/hour employee playing hooky. Brilliant!
Well, I didn't quite make that claim. I am just saying if the government makes companies give 30 paid days off, then the companies can meet the requirements of the law by not giving any more than that. Some may give more, and I am sure some do not. But if these companies were already being generous with the amount of paid time off given, there would be no need for a law that requires them to do so, now would there be?
Sure, if you like being limited to only games approved and made available by Apple in the App store. (Ask any serious gamer about Apple being a real platform for gaming.) Also, sometimes I want to play some free simple flash-based games on the web. Good luck doing that on the iPod Touch.
Depends on who you work for in the USA. I work for a state University, and have been there about 10 years. With the paid holidays I get, and the amount of sick and vacation time I accrue, I end up getting about 47 days off total a year. I will take that over the government mandated 30. And I still get at least 2 more time accrual increases if i stick around a few more years. Someone who has been at the University 20 years gets 60+ days off per year, which gives even European countries a run for their money.
If it was my job,I would tell them to shove it as I don't need a doctor's note unless I have been out for 3 consecutive days.
Who goes to the doctor if they are sick for 1 day? You have a much better chance of catching something more serious going to the doctor all the time. I would never work for a company that requires a doctor's note for a 1 day absence. Plus who wants to pay an office co-pay, drag your sick ass out of bed, go to the HMO and wait for an hour, only to have the doctor tell you "Yep, you have a cold. Get lots of rest and drink fluids." Wow, really? Thanks doctor. My boss used to tell me I was out too often due to illness. So the next time i was sick, I came in and worked. Got 3 of my co-workers sick, including my boss. She never gave me crap about sick days since that happened.
iDoubt it.
I believe more in the apathy and ignorance of consumers than I do in consumers making informed purchases based on their beliefs. If people in the US were really that conscientious of their shopping choices, how can places like Wal-Mart thrive? Sure they may have the lowest prices, but what are the real costs when 80% of your products are made in China?
Yeah, denial of service attacks make Amazon big bucks. A high bandwidth customer may be profitable. A high bandwidth denial of service attack is not going to result in more profit for Amazon.
In reality, boycotts are rarely effective. Especially against a giant corporation like Amazon. Do you think 90% of your average consumers know or care about Wikileaks? And if they do know, are they willing to spend more money at another site just to make a political statement? I think you over estimate greatly the intelligence and resolve of the average internet consumer.
I believe it had little to do with the actual content, and a lot to do with having a massive DDoS launched against whoever was hosting Wikileaks. Why take on a client like Wikileaks when you could host another client that doesn't have someone using up GBs of bandwidth a second in dropped packets?
Facebook is so 2009.
Saying "[object] is so [year number]" is so 2008.
What do you bet my proposed "SatanLand" theme park I am trying to build in Kentucky doesn't get the same tax breaks?
Basically they are saying they accepted the agreement under duress, because had Comcast just dropped them, there may have been interruption of services. Now that Comcast isn't going to "unplug" them, they are talking about the deal.
Really?
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* For Windows XP, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 500 MHz or higher, and 256 MB RAM or higher.
And those "dumb" converter boxes are connected back to Comcast's "smarter" servers. Why would you think a company that has the potential to collect millions of dollars worth of demographic television viewing information wouldn't? Do you think Comcast has the best interests of it's customers, or it's shareholders in mind? Because as one of their customers, it is very plain to me whose interests they are looking out for, and it isn't mine.