I know several large companies in the US where coworkers are tacitly encouraged (not merely implicitly sanctioned) to have relationships, including marriage. Superiors/Subordinates is still technically a no-no, but HR looks the other way the instant a ring is produced. The HR policies you refer to seem to be the results of politically-correct fear mongering in your HR department(s).
Heh; That reminded me of the cartoon in my church's bulletin this morning:
The picture was of two guys fishing on a dock, and one of them has a mermaid on his line, half out of the water. The other guy says to him: "You've got to toss her back; we're Fishers of Men here."
It would be better if you rode the bus to the library. But that would be inconvenient.
Better than taking a car to the library, or better than doing a Google Search? I think it's:
Phone call to Information Desk at Library (unless you count the Librarian's exhalation of CO2 during the search) > Google Search > Mass transit to Library > Driving to Library > Helicopter to Library...
In terms of convenience:
Google Search > Phone call to Information Desk at Library > Helicopter to Library > Driving to Library > Mass transit to Library...
Google seems to win both ways.
It's okay- I bowl on it. The star trek game seems pretty painful so far.
What Star Trek game hasn't been painful (not counting the old BASIC text-based Star Trek game)? Try some games that make good use of the Wiimote. From my experience: Boom Blox, Okami, Zelda - Twilight Princess (yes, it's not what it _could_ be, but it's better than several games). It sounds like you were blase about the wii to begin with though; seven months is a long time for a geek to let a new piece of technology sit untested.
I wonder if the ever agenda driven Slashdot would get a little butt hurt if somebody took one of their open-source programs or Linux; they closed sourced it to make it proprietary and hosted it on a torrent website.
What, like BSD network stack and Windows? I think the BSD people are happy that Microsoft chose to use good code.
Jail time for a rootkit, geez and here I thought the RIAA might have been a little psycho.
Yes, jail time for a rootkit. If it makes more sense, it's jail time for hundreds of thousands of rootkits, several hundred in low-security government computers.
More likely: It will be like the episode of the Simpsons where Itchy and Scratchy was forced to become non-violent. The (federal) government doesn't really want that many people waking up and going outside, getting fit and having localized fun. American TV is one of the few ways that people in NY, NY can have culture in common with people in San Diego (or Hawaii). See, I used a TV show to analogize.
Because very few people ever used a Sun keyboard. Other IBM keyboards from ancient days use the current setup. For evil fun, use rubbing alcohol on a Sun keyboard intended for a newbie, and watch the confusion as attempts to stop a program become CcCcCc.
I live close to some digital TV broadcast towers, and the signal even goes out during thunderstorms and strong rain (without thunderstorms), so it's also a public safety issue (many people are used to receiving weather warnings via TV). Buy crank-powered weather radios, folks!
Yeah, except this actually makes sense, unlike the notreallyfreecreditreportdotcom* commercials. "Wah, I'm a singing pirate because of some unpaid bills" Huh?
If people were this committed to, say hammers or forstner bits -- you'd think they were completely insane.
I know people that are this rabid about other tools which do multiple things (like computers): Swiss Army knives and Leatherman multi-tools. They will swear that the generics are worthless, break or rust. Come to think of it, I know someone who won't use a non-Craftsman hammer because he's a Craftsman snob. But... insanity? No, just strong preference.
DS9 copied everything from another, older show. There was this show called Star Trek back in the 70's. It had a Federation, Star Fleet, transporters, warp drive, phasers, photon torpedoes, Vulcans, Klingons, and there was one episode of DS9 where they even used old footage of Star Trek and digitally added in DS9 characters. T(e)ribble, if you ask me.;)
Most people I know use it like IRC; a really big IRC channel with every twitter user, people are default muted and friends are un-muted (followed). Some forget that their tweets go to the _whole_ "IRC" channel though. I'm ignoring twitter since I've only had two people tell me I _need_ to be using it, and the constant server troubles in the geek-news doesn't impress me either.
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I know several large companies in the US where coworkers are tacitly encouraged (not merely implicitly sanctioned) to have relationships, including marriage. Superiors/Subordinates is still technically a no-no, but HR looks the other way the instant a ring is produced. The HR policies you refer to seem to be the results of politically-correct fear mongering in your HR department(s).
ADD also tends to drive creativity [...] Get the right ADD medication and some paxil.
And lose my creativity? No thanks.
Even Scarier: It's nigh invulnerable, and does damage to Gold instead of Hit Points. Maybe it could be paired with Death.
Heh; That reminded me of the cartoon in my church's bulletin this morning:
The picture was of two guys fishing on a dock, and one of them has a mermaid on his line, half out of the water. The other guy says to him: "You've got to toss her back; we're Fishers of Men here."
It would be better if you rode the bus to the library. But that would be inconvenient.
Better than taking a car to the library, or better than doing a Google Search? I think it's: ... ...
Phone call to Information Desk at Library (unless you count the Librarian's exhalation of CO2 during the search) > Google Search > Mass transit to Library > Driving to Library > Helicopter to Library
In terms of convenience:
Google Search > Phone call to Information Desk at Library > Helicopter to Library > Driving to Library > Mass transit to Library
Google seems to win both ways.
It's okay- I bowl on it. The star trek game seems pretty painful so far.
What Star Trek game hasn't been painful (not counting the old BASIC text-based Star Trek game)? Try some games that make good use of the Wiimote. From my experience: Boom Blox, Okami, Zelda - Twilight Princess (yes, it's not what it _could_ be, but it's better than several games). It sounds like you were blase about the wii to begin with though; seven months is a long time for a geek to let a new piece of technology sit untested.
I wonder if the ever agenda driven Slashdot would get a little butt hurt if somebody took one of their open-source programs or Linux; they closed sourced it to make it proprietary and hosted it on a torrent website.
What, like BSD network stack and Windows? I think the BSD people are happy that Microsoft chose to use good code.
Jail time for a rootkit, geez and here I thought the RIAA might have been a little psycho.
Yes, jail time for a rootkit. If it makes more sense, it's jail time for hundreds of thousands of rootkits, several hundred in low-security government computers.
More likely: It will be like the episode of the Simpsons where Itchy and Scratchy was forced to become non-violent. The (federal) government doesn't really want that many people waking up and going outside, getting fit and having localized fun. American TV is one of the few ways that people in NY, NY can have culture in common with people in San Diego (or Hawaii). See, I used a TV show to analogize.
Lemonade?
Because very few people ever used a Sun keyboard. Other IBM keyboards from ancient days use the current setup. For evil fun, use rubbing alcohol on a Sun keyboard intended for a newbie, and watch the confusion as attempts to stop a program become CcCcCc.
Are any LCD TVs using LED backlights like some laptops do now?
Eventually all other countries will follow suit
Are you suggesting there will be a domino-effect?
In the broken fallacy nothing is gained from breaking the window and replacing it.
There is _something_ gained: It keeps the window breakers and window makers busy, improving their crafts and keeping them from revolting.
I think this guy answered your question: http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1082225&cid=26348585
comparison between Washington and terrorists whom purposefully target civilians is absurd.
Now Sherman during the U.S. Civil War...
I live close to some digital TV broadcast towers, and the signal even goes out during thunderstorms and strong rain (without thunderstorms), so it's also a public safety issue (many people are used to receiving weather warnings via TV). Buy crank-powered weather radios, folks!
Remind you of any commercials you've seen lately?
Yeah, except this actually makes sense, unlike the notreallyfreecreditreportdotcom* commercials. "Wah, I'm a singing pirate because of some unpaid bills" Huh?
*http://www.ftc.gov/freereports
"Individuals primarily use portable computers, which have become dramatically lighter and thinner than the notebook computers of ten years earlier. "
Am I supposed to think that they just get bigger and bigger after 10 years?
There are 19" laptops now.
No, people's brains are the ultimate destination. I doubt anyone would want to stream a movie to a TV when no one, not even a dog, is at home.
If people were this committed to, say hammers or forstner bits -- you'd think they were completely insane.
I know people that are this rabid about other tools which do multiple things (like computers): Swiss Army knives and Leatherman multi-tools. They will swear that the generics are worthless, break or rust. Come to think of it, I know someone who won't use a non-Craftsman hammer because he's a Craftsman snob. But... insanity? No, just strong preference.
DS9 copied everything from another, older show. There was this show called Star Trek back in the 70's. It had a Federation, Star Fleet, transporters, warp drive, phasers, photon torpedoes, Vulcans, Klingons, and there was one episode of DS9 where they even used old footage of Star Trek and digitally added in DS9 characters. T(e)ribble, if you ask me. ;)
Most people I know use it like IRC; a really big IRC channel with every twitter user, people are default muted and friends are un-muted (followed). Some forget that their tweets go to the _whole_ "IRC" channel though. I'm ignoring twitter since I've only had two people tell me I _need_ to be using it, and the constant server troubles in the geek-news doesn't impress me either.
Nothing makes programmers better than increased workload, stress, and loss of the coworkers that didn't properly comment their code.
/sarcasm
The real secret is that the Stargate show is intended to distract from the true military program: Wormhole X-Treme!
Okay...
Do what now?
You must be intentionally thick to have misread that article so badly.
It's a joke, son! </leghorn>