I am 1/4 black, by your definition I am a nigger - on that half the other quarter is Amerindian. This nigger got his graduates degree in maths and masters in electrical engineering. This nigger started, made solid, and sold his company for an "upper-medium" eight digit figure - ten digits if you count stock in the buyer's parent company. In fact, if you go to some stadiums then you may have driven across roads and entered a stadium that this nigger's company did the traffic modeling (vehicular and, eventually, pedestrian) for. This nigger did much managing and clerical work (more so at the start) and programmed, made custom hardware like 10BASE-2 boards to network a plotter long before such was commercially available -- it even supported a queue, and submitted proposals as well as performed consulting work across the country and in Canada with an eventual expanding to three offices that were able to cover the entire potential sales area. It was a lucrative business which was better, safer, and easier than this nigger working the corner to sell drugs.
Niggers - we do more than pick cotton and we do it well. I usually avoid using the title (it is often assumed that I know medicine even after I clarify) but I will make an exception for you my bigoted fellow human... You, Mr. Anonymous Coward (who will not personally accept blowback for their racist beliefs) can call me Doctor. You, Sir or Ma'am, have my express permission, nay my demand, to call me Dr. Nigger. I, on the other hand, will be proud of such a title being used by you and your ilk.
I do not hate you. I do not wish you harm. I am happy and you have no power to control my thoughts or actions. I do choose, however, to be sorry for you. Why am I sorry for you? Well, I will leave that as an exercise for your imagination.
Also, I sleep with your white women.
Good day. No, I mean it. Seriously, have yourself an excellent day.
This does not detract from your post but I think you mean AXIS and not AXES. Using an ax to vet employees is likely either very counterproductive or very effective depending on the field.
I have the feeling that this is going to be a long post as I have a lot to say on this subject so this is a novella warning - TL;DR Ahead!
My Experiences, Observations, and Gathered Data Concerning the Veteran's Administration Hospitals.
Do you have experience with the VA? I have, a lot. There are some hospitals which are the exception to the rule (on either end of the spectrum) but my personal experience has shown that the only issues I have had were long wait times at the emergency check-in because of triage. The myriad VA hospitals I have been to all have had small emergency departments which can be problematic but a real emergency is still paid for if one goes to a non-VA hospital. They have many non-VA clinics and doctors as well.
Methinks you were not in the military and have not experienced a visit to the VA. I think this is called, "talking out of church." Even with the influx of many new patience due to the FUBAR that is the middle east and our desire to police them into democracy there has never been a time I have not had adequate care and time with my GP or specialists. Never - as in ZERO times. I have NEVER had to wait an unreasonable time to get an appointment with a specialist - in fact I have waited less time than I have when getting private care. The exception, in my experience, is listed above and is only in the emergency area (generally not a separate building) and is for a just reason - triage but one could reasonably conclude size is an issue.
The turnover rate is also reasonable, again, in my observations. I show up early for my appointments and almost inevitably get called into my appointment as much as a half hour before it is scheduled. (My Nook keeps me busy if I have to wait until the scheduled time.) I have one sibling and one father (who is ancient and has more appointments than I - they even pick him up for them if he wants but one of us usually drives him as he doesn't drive much any more) all have the same experiences in many different locations as well. My veteran buddies all have similar stories, I know because we all get together and talk or we all communicate via chat, email, our own private (and vetted - no pun intended) mailing lists.
What you say is, for the most part, true if one is using data from the 1980s and early 1990s. They were much worse. Anyone who makes these claims as being the norm for the typical VA hospital is likely just as guilty of fudging the statistics as are the people cited in this summary and article. If it is true then it belies the many experiences I have had or have heard testified. There are, quite literally, near zero complaints among the many other people I communicate with and there are zero complaints (other than wait times for "emergencies" due to size and triage) among those closest to me and from myself.
As for the emergency complaints, the VA hospital in my area (Maine) is currently constructing a new giant brick building to replace 1 South and one of the major reasons for the new construction is to increase the size and make a whole separate area for a more traditional emergency room that can handle about three times as many patients. They will be rehabilitating the old 1 South to make a large portion of it into a walk-in clinic for the less pressing things that need quick attention but are not actual emergencies but are also not something that can be resolved in a timely manner by the patient's general practitioner.
A good portion of that building (1 South) will be re-purposed as an inbound call center for crisis intervention and suicide prevention (many folks are returning from the middle east with PTSD) that will also offer general crisis/pressing matters information. It will be staffed with paid employees and trained volunteers. Out-patient mental health will be getting their own ward in the building. The current in-patient mental health patients will be moved to that building and will occupy the entirety of the fourth floor (which is a huge amount of space if one is unfamiliar with VA hospita
"Living?" Could you share your data and methodology. I *am* a graduate with a maths degree (and a major in EE) but I am not seeing where you are getting the "living" status as there is a singular pope normally. I know of only one situation where they had two popes simultaneously. However, I am not a Catholic nor have I made a real effort to study their history. The only reason I know of two popes at one time is due to a bathroom trivia book. So, it stands to reason, that I am missing something. Once someone resigns as pope they are no longer the pope I understand. If the new pope dies the old, resigned, pope does not step in, do they? Even still, isn't there only one pope who is alive AND resigned? I am obviously missing some data if your statement can be proven correct.
To be fair they did not say all or best. I think the implication was that this could happen and that those people mentioned could also have earned the job via merit. I do not dare say that was certainly their intent but I try to believe the best rather than beating up strawmen of my own construction.
I doubt they would be compensated at all? The only way they would be compensated would be if they were directly impacted. I can not sue on behalf of Burger King employees and take their money. I can not sue at all. I am not affiliated with the company in any manner. I do not even eat there.
Alright. I read that, what is your point? That she was fired just like 20 other people in a clear company policy that has nothing to do with her race, gender, or lawsuit?
The first two people I hired to work at my business were females. The first was a stenographer/secretary. The second was a programmer of some note that I stole from a buddy (he did not mind too much) who owned his own company as well. The third was a black male who was also a programmer. Then came a bunch of females as a sales force - being held accountable to a female. For quite some time my other business friends called my shop, "The Bunny Ranch."
Actually, the first person I hired was Amerindian, Black, and White. It was me. I had an asshole for a boss too. He made me work long hours, sometimes without pay, and seldom paid me for all the hours I put in until long after the company was secure.
Anyhow, my point has nothing to do with me wanting diversity. In fact, that was the furthest thing from my mind. I wanted to hire the best, pay them well, and encourage low turnover by incentivising (spell check says that is not a word, if it is not then I declare it as such now) remaining with the company. I was easily approachable (then HR was) and if one felt they were inclined to leave we would do our best to ensure that they were given reasons to remain. We paid more by default, we offered better benefits by default and immediately upon hire, and we offered "telecommuting" long before such was a word. Due to the expense we paid for their connection and hardware as well - allowing them to keep the hardware (even if they resigned) and generally left the connection running for some time as well. This was seldom applicable though, and this was a good thing.
It is not diversity that matters (though it can happen by accident as you see above). What matters is merit, low-turnover, and an employer that does not treat you like an asset or a piece of meat.
Palm Beach and Atlanta are not too far apart, really, so I think one could move to the other location fairly easily. However, well, I think we should compromise and they should open an office in Panama City Beach, FL.
If I am a customer than I am affiliated, right? Hmm... So I can setup a system here to call any/all employees and the company's customer service lined over and over again...
Yeah, it seems stable enough. I may buy another to play around with at some point/soon. I figure the more I play with it the more I will like it. I am not really all that concerned with any particular OS, they all pretty much work well enough.
If the price is $10 and it is raised by 50% then the new price is $15. If they cut the new price by 50% then the new price is $7.50. People will realize this.
That is why I do not subscribe to Hulu. I tried it for a month but still got ads so I canceled. I stopped watching television because I dislike the ads and the limited content was not justification for watching the ads. I will cancel my Netflix account if this happens to me. That was not what I agreed to when I joined right after their inception. I recall skimming (not reading all of it) their ToS and I do not recall that being subjected to ads was a part of it.
Internet trolls and other hyperbolic posters have been around as long as the Internet was around. I remember when I first started posting one Usenet in the very early 1990s (1990-91 or so),...
First I would like to offer my sincere apologies. I have converted to Buddhism (about ten years ago) and have changed my ways. I wish I could claim I was young and stupid then but I was not young, I was just stupid.
Second, I would like to share that the first eBay auction I saw was someone offering to fly to anywhere in the US, knock on the door at the address given, and beat the person up. I was unable to find Chuck Norris' address. The auction was canceled.
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I am 1/4 black, by your definition I am a nigger - on that half the other quarter is Amerindian. This nigger got his graduates degree in maths and masters in electrical engineering. This nigger started, made solid, and sold his company for an "upper-medium" eight digit figure - ten digits if you count stock in the buyer's parent company. In fact, if you go to some stadiums then you may have driven across roads and entered a stadium that this nigger's company did the traffic modeling (vehicular and, eventually, pedestrian) for. This nigger did much managing and clerical work (more so at the start) and programmed, made custom hardware like 10BASE-2 boards to network a plotter long before such was commercially available -- it even supported a queue, and submitted proposals as well as performed consulting work across the country and in Canada with an eventual expanding to three offices that were able to cover the entire potential sales area. It was a lucrative business which was better, safer, and easier than this nigger working the corner to sell drugs.
Niggers - we do more than pick cotton and we do it well. I usually avoid using the title (it is often assumed that I know medicine even after I clarify) but I will make an exception for you my bigoted fellow human... You, Mr. Anonymous Coward (who will not personally accept blowback for their racist beliefs) can call me Doctor. You, Sir or Ma'am, have my express permission, nay my demand, to call me Dr. Nigger. I, on the other hand, will be proud of such a title being used by you and your ilk.
I do not hate you. I do not wish you harm. I am happy and you have no power to control my thoughts or actions. I do choose, however, to be sorry for you. Why am I sorry for you? Well, I will leave that as an exercise for your imagination.
Also, I sleep with your white women.
Good day. No, I mean it. Seriously, have yourself an excellent day.
This does not detract from your post but I think you mean AXIS and not AXES. Using an ax to vet employees is likely either very counterproductive or very effective depending on the field.
I have the feeling that this is going to be a long post as I have a lot to say on this subject so this is a novella warning - TL;DR Ahead!
My Experiences, Observations, and Gathered Data Concerning the Veteran's Administration Hospitals.
Do you have experience with the VA? I have, a lot. There are some hospitals which are the exception to the rule (on either end of the spectrum) but my personal experience has shown that the only issues I have had were long wait times at the emergency check-in because of triage. The myriad VA hospitals I have been to all have had small emergency departments which can be problematic but a real emergency is still paid for if one goes to a non-VA hospital. They have many non-VA clinics and doctors as well.
Methinks you were not in the military and have not experienced a visit to the VA. I think this is called, "talking out of church." Even with the influx of many new patience due to the FUBAR that is the middle east and our desire to police them into democracy there has never been a time I have not had adequate care and time with my GP or specialists. Never - as in ZERO times. I have NEVER had to wait an unreasonable time to get an appointment with a specialist - in fact I have waited less time than I have when getting private care. The exception, in my experience, is listed above and is only in the emergency area (generally not a separate building) and is for a just reason - triage but one could reasonably conclude size is an issue.
The turnover rate is also reasonable, again, in my observations. I show up early for my appointments and almost inevitably get called into my appointment as much as a half hour before it is scheduled. (My Nook keeps me busy if I have to wait until the scheduled time.) I have one sibling and one father (who is ancient and has more appointments than I - they even pick him up for them if he wants but one of us usually drives him as he doesn't drive much any more) all have the same experiences in many different locations as well. My veteran buddies all have similar stories, I know because we all get together and talk or we all communicate via chat, email, our own private (and vetted - no pun intended) mailing lists.
What you say is, for the most part, true if one is using data from the 1980s and early 1990s. They were much worse. Anyone who makes these claims as being the norm for the typical VA hospital is likely just as guilty of fudging the statistics as are the people cited in this summary and article. If it is true then it belies the many experiences I have had or have heard testified. There are, quite literally, near zero complaints among the many other people I communicate with and there are zero complaints (other than wait times for "emergencies" due to size and triage) among those closest to me and from myself.
As for the emergency complaints, the VA hospital in my area (Maine) is currently constructing a new giant brick building to replace 1 South and one of the major reasons for the new construction is to increase the size and make a whole separate area for a more traditional emergency room that can handle about three times as many patients. They will be rehabilitating the old 1 South to make a large portion of it into a walk-in clinic for the less pressing things that need quick attention but are not actual emergencies but are also not something that can be resolved in a timely manner by the patient's general practitioner.
A good portion of that building (1 South) will be re-purposed as an inbound call center for crisis intervention and suicide prevention (many folks are returning from the middle east with PTSD) that will also offer general crisis/pressing matters information. It will be staffed with paid employees and trained volunteers. Out-patient mental health will be getting their own ward in the building. The current in-patient mental health patients will be moved to that building and will occupy the entirety of the fourth floor (which is a huge amount of space if one is unfamiliar with VA hospita
And assuming an exact equal number across the genders. This is not true.
"Living?" Could you share your data and methodology. I *am* a graduate with a maths degree (and a major in EE) but I am not seeing where you are getting the "living" status as there is a singular pope normally. I know of only one situation where they had two popes simultaneously. However, I am not a Catholic nor have I made a real effort to study their history. The only reason I know of two popes at one time is due to a bathroom trivia book. So, it stands to reason, that I am missing something. Once someone resigns as pope they are no longer the pope I understand. If the new pope dies the old, resigned, pope does not step in, do they? Even still, isn't there only one pope who is alive AND resigned? I am obviously missing some data if your statement can be proven correct.
To be fair they did not say all or best. I think the implication was that this could happen and that those people mentioned could also have earned the job via merit. I do not dare say that was certainly their intent but I try to believe the best rather than beating up strawmen of my own construction.
I doubt they would be compensated at all? The only way they would be compensated would be if they were directly impacted. I can not sue on behalf of Burger King employees and take their money. I can not sue at all. I am not affiliated with the company in any manner. I do not even eat there.
Alright. I read that, what is your point? That she was fired just like 20 other people in a clear company policy that has nothing to do with her race, gender, or lawsuit?
The first two people I hired to work at my business were females. The first was a stenographer/secretary. The second was a programmer of some note that I stole from a buddy (he did not mind too much) who owned his own company as well. The third was a black male who was also a programmer. Then came a bunch of females as a sales force - being held accountable to a female. For quite some time my other business friends called my shop, "The Bunny Ranch."
Actually, the first person I hired was Amerindian, Black, and White. It was me. I had an asshole for a boss too. He made me work long hours, sometimes without pay, and seldom paid me for all the hours I put in until long after the company was secure.
Anyhow, my point has nothing to do with me wanting diversity. In fact, that was the furthest thing from my mind. I wanted to hire the best, pay them well, and encourage low turnover by incentivising (spell check says that is not a word, if it is not then I declare it as such now) remaining with the company. I was easily approachable (then HR was) and if one felt they were inclined to leave we would do our best to ensure that they were given reasons to remain. We paid more by default, we offered better benefits by default and immediately upon hire, and we offered "telecommuting" long before such was a word. Due to the expense we paid for their connection and hardware as well - allowing them to keep the hardware (even if they resigned) and generally left the connection running for some time as well. This was seldom applicable though, and this was a good thing.
It is not diversity that matters (though it can happen by accident as you see above). What matters is merit, low-turnover, and an employer that does not treat you like an asset or a piece of meat.
What about the person who is formally known as Prince? I bet not even Burger King calls him back.
Your username is Kaiser. I am not sure how unbiased you can be. ;)
Palm Beach and Atlanta are not too far apart, really, so I think one could move to the other location fairly easily. However, well, I think we should compromise and they should open an office in Panama City Beach, FL.
If I am a customer than I am affiliated, right? Hmm... So I can setup a system here to call any/all employees and the company's customer service lined over and over again...
It is probably a wholly owned subsidiary of MyCleanPC.
You are eaten by a Grue. Better luck next time.
This may no longer be true but if you had a Microsoft email you could log in and add stuff to Help pages online if you were an MVP or similar.
Yeah, it seems stable enough. I may buy another to play around with at some point/soon. I figure the more I play with it the more I will like it. I am not really all that concerned with any particular OS, they all pretty much work well enough.
D'oh! Somehow I read it as raising the price 50%.
10 + 5 is not doubling the price. Get a math teacher and read my post again. Have them help you.
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I would call that attacked for his scientific work. He was placed on house arrest (for life) in 1632.
That is bad marketing...
If the price is $10 and it is raised by 50% then the new price is $15. If they cut the new price by 50% then the new price is $7.50. People will realize this.
That is why I do not subscribe to Hulu. I tried it for a month but still got ads so I canceled. I stopped watching television because I dislike the ads and the limited content was not justification for watching the ads. I will cancel my Netflix account if this happens to me. That was not what I agreed to when I joined right after their inception. I recall skimming (not reading all of it) their ToS and I do not recall that being subjected to ads was a part of it.
I am going to have to get one of those swipe machines for IDs.
Or stop picking up chicks from the high school parking lot.
This could be solved by enabling a "punch poster in the face" button on every computer. Well, except maybe Macs... (I kid, I kid...)
Internet trolls and other hyperbolic posters have been around as long as the Internet was around. I remember when I first started posting one Usenet in the very early 1990s (1990-91 or so), ...
First I would like to offer my sincere apologies. I have converted to Buddhism (about ten years ago) and have changed my ways. I wish I could claim I was young and stupid then but I was not young, I was just stupid.
Second, I would like to share that the first eBay auction I saw was someone offering to fly to anywhere in the US, knock on the door at the address given, and beat the person up. I was unable to find Chuck Norris' address. The auction was canceled.