It is in your best interest to have all/most of the evidence of your victimization in your control. Think of it as the company pleading the fifth amendment regarding the correspondence that proves their fault.
Just like it's usually a waste of money to pay UPS or USPS to insure your package against their negligence.
Does that mean a Coca-Cola employee could be fired because they always buy lunch at Taco Bell and joke about hating the taste of Diet Coke? Does that mean I could be fired from the hotel where I work because I stayed at a Hilton and it was reported that I said Hiltons are much nicer? What if I posted these on a Myspace page? A twitter page? In a privately-visible Facebook entry? Where is the line drawn? Are my first-amendment rights applicable?
This is what happens when people who aren't competent in a field start dictating the activities in it.
How many legislators are Series 7 licensed? Series 66? 63? 6? Do any of these buffoons know how the market works? No floor also means no ceiling, there is no cap to how much an investor can make/lose.
Where I work (hotel), I'm the only tech-savvy employee. In the two years I've been employed here, one of the front-desk systems (running XP in administrator mode) has gone down for at least a day because of malware/virus problems 3+ times (once since the outsourced moron installed anti-virus software). More than that, some of the smallest problems result in calls to tech-support that is billed per call. By having novices using this equipment, the cost of operating goes up quickly.
Hiring competent employees means less calls for tech-support, and fewer (zero?) days of down-time from malware/virus issues. Hiring mechanics that know how to drive a manual transmission is beneficial for repair shops, plumbers should know metric and English systems, insurance agents should know basic math (or how to use a calculator); why shouldn't everyone who handles a computer (read: MS products) know the basics?
as a north dakota resident, i would like to add that i will where something other than a t-shirt (even if it's above zero) if the wind is strong enough.
actually, i rented a ps3 and downloaded the prologue demo for free. if you think that gran turismo 5 is identical to 4, i have to wonder if you were able to distinguish a difference between 2 and 3 or 3 and 4.
i am encouraged by your review of forza 3 and comparing it to the previous 2 parts of the series. when i next have a couple of days to devote to some serious electronic gaming, i will make it a point to rent an xbox360 and see if forza 3 gives the same kind of excitement that gran turismo 3 did when i first played it.
most people scoff at the idea of buying a console for a single game, but i have had zero regrets about buying a ps2 for gran turismo 3 and spending many solid weeks playing it (obviously, i found other things worth playing when gran turismo lost its luster, even though i come back to it often). i imagine the same will be true of the next console that i purchase.
i am not blindly loyal to any one line of product, the gran turismo series has consistently been superior to everything else i've played. i did not play the first part of the series, but from 2 onward, i've not been disappointed.
with the exception of forza and toca, all of the others are very cartoony games that leave a lot to be desired in realism, track selection, performance, variations, modifications, and ai. toca and forza fall short in many categories, but they're better than most. given the comparison between only forza and gran turismo, gran turismo wins. given that i don't have a ps3 or xbox360, forza 2 and 3 aren't even contenders, especially since i was so disappointed by forza.
when i hear from people who have played forza 2 that it doesn't improve much on the features that we mutually disliked in the first installment, there is little to encourage me to play. there are many things that deter me from forza et al, limiting it to just "ai" is like saying that i don't drive a red ford excursion because i don't like red (which is irrational and irrelevant).
considering that polyphony has broken ground with everything they've released, i don't think it's unrealistic to wait a little longer for them to reinvent the wheel.
having played the demo of gt5, i'm excited to see the whole game. personally, i don't think it needs some of the silliness that forza has added, but i haven't played anything past the first installment (ai drivers that drive race cars like bumper cars? what a waste).
i do like that the gran turismo series has stayed fairly strict to the spirit of racing and simulation, but i understand that big sales will require appealing to a broader audience. i only hope that appeal doesn't destroy the game like so many of the other racing games out there.
some extended warranties are a bit vague on the coverages or skimpy on the limitations, which means that more "failures" slip through the gaping holes coughbestbuycough
maybe it's just me, but i expect that many people will experience a significant number of "failures" with these products.
ianal: an employer can fire you for "no reason", but if it can be proven that they fired you for an illegal reason... such as something you did on your own time... there's a problem
i can't tell if you're being sarcastic; however, combining your post with the quotation leads me to believe that you might not understand what freedom means.
freedom means the freedom to make your own decisions, even if i don't agree with them. if someone can't handle that, perhaps they need to live in a tightly restricted community, or under a tyrant.
we'd better get these young people used to the idea that everyone is a criminal, no sense in letting them think they ever were or ever could be innocent. after all, there's no way to rule law-abiding citizens.
do you think most of america has any idea what is happening around the arabian peninsula?
more to the point: do you think the administration actually cares what the people want? everyone that i know, regardless of their religious or political views, says that the war in iraq was/is a waste; it's little bush trying to be like big bush.
over the years, this topic has been beaten to death.
NEWSFLASH: not everyone wants to play a guitar
i've been playing bass and guitar for about 10 years, and i enjoy guitar hero. i have had some auditions where we had no common ground for jamming, so one of us left the audition frustrated. one reason guitar hero is popular is because not everyone has to know how to play or even know the song (thought it does help) to have a good time with your friends (or strangers!).
I haven't tried it
so... what you're telling us is that you aren't a competent judge of the situation? try it before you declare it to be worthless.
face it, not everyone likes the same things or has the same aspirations.
the converse is not necessarily true. as a series 6/63/66/7 registered representative (licensed to sell financial products and offer investment advice), one can be held liable for saying something to someone that isn't a client or on their "off time". if you saw your stock broker or insurance agent at a grocery store and he mentioned something about another company being insolvent, how would that effect your feelings about that other company? your agent?
the positions of these public servants are titles that they wear all the time. like it or not, these jobs aren't just jobs, if they aren't comfortable with it, they should leave the position.
how about the fact that your credit report can contain arbitrary negative marks. case in point, i rent an extra room in my home to people that i know who are between jobs or apartments. one was kind of difficult, but livable. he put me on a rental application as a past landlord and i got a call from one of the credit bureaus. i asked a few questions and gave impartial information regarding the young man. the creepy thing is this: i asked about offering information regarding a past tenant that skipped town without paying, and they accepted it graciously. no real proof of identification or any transaction was necessary!
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I didn't mean it in the sense of actually doing such a thing, but simply that their evidence of wrongdoing might not appear.
It is in your best interest to have all/most of the evidence of your victimization in your control. Think of it as the company pleading the fifth amendment regarding the correspondence that proves their fault.
Just like it's usually a waste of money to pay UPS or USPS to insure your package against their negligence.
Does that mean a Coca-Cola employee could be fired because they always buy lunch at Taco Bell and joke about hating the taste of Diet Coke? Does that mean I could be fired from the hotel where I work because I stayed at a Hilton and it was reported that I said Hiltons are much nicer? What if I posted these on a Myspace page? A twitter page? In a privately-visible Facebook entry? Where is the line drawn? Are my first-amendment rights applicable?
This is what happens when people who aren't competent in a field start dictating the activities in it.
How many legislators are Series 7 licensed? Series 66? 63? 6? Do any of these buffoons know how the market works? No floor also means no ceiling, there is no cap to how much an investor can make/lose.
I find your ideas fascinating and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Where I work (hotel), I'm the only tech-savvy employee. In the two years I've been employed here, one of the front-desk systems (running XP in administrator mode) has gone down for at least a day because of malware/virus problems 3+ times (once since the outsourced moron installed anti-virus software). More than that, some of the smallest problems result in calls to tech-support that is billed per call. By having novices using this equipment, the cost of operating goes up quickly.
Hiring competent employees means less calls for tech-support, and fewer (zero?) days of down-time from malware/virus issues. Hiring mechanics that know how to drive a manual transmission is beneficial for repair shops, plumbers should know metric and English systems, insurance agents should know basic math (or how to use a calculator); why shouldn't everyone who handles a computer (read: MS products) know the basics?
Didn't we discuss this before? Weren't there several outcomes?
1. You cannot face your accuser if it's a sentience-less robot.
2. car driving through red light ! = person paying fine
3. Governments hate their people.
I'll just try to get by on my > 4" weiner.
That seems like an odd diet, I hope it serves you well.
I'm curious, why would you not want something that increases the volumetric efficiency AND helps the engine produce more torque?
I really wish press-releases would stop using "PC" when they really mean "Windows-only".
as a north dakota resident, i would like to add that i will where something other than a t-shirt (even if it's above zero) if the wind is strong enough.
actually, i rented a ps3 and downloaded the prologue demo for free. if you think that gran turismo 5 is identical to 4, i have to wonder if you were able to distinguish a difference between 2 and 3 or 3 and 4.
i am encouraged by your review of forza 3 and comparing it to the previous 2 parts of the series. when i next have a couple of days to devote to some serious electronic gaming, i will make it a point to rent an xbox360 and see if forza 3 gives the same kind of excitement that gran turismo 3 did when i first played it.
most people scoff at the idea of buying a console for a single game, but i have had zero regrets about buying a ps2 for gran turismo 3 and spending many solid weeks playing it (obviously, i found other things worth playing when gran turismo lost its luster, even though i come back to it often). i imagine the same will be true of the next console that i purchase.
i am not blindly loyal to any one line of product, the gran turismo series has consistently been superior to everything else i've played. i did not play the first part of the series, but from 2 onward, i've not been disappointed.
with the exception of forza and toca, all of the others are very cartoony games that leave a lot to be desired in realism, track selection, performance, variations, modifications, and ai. toca and forza fall short in many categories, but they're better than most. given the comparison between only forza and gran turismo, gran turismo wins. given that i don't have a ps3 or xbox360, forza 2 and 3 aren't even contenders, especially since i was so disappointed by forza.
when i hear from people who have played forza 2 that it doesn't improve much on the features that we mutually disliked in the first installment, there is little to encourage me to play. there are many things that deter me from forza et al, limiting it to just "ai" is like saying that i don't drive a red ford excursion because i don't like red (which is irrational and irrelevant).
every time i shoot at funny, all i hear is whoosh
considering that polyphony has broken ground with everything they've released, i don't think it's unrealistic to wait a little longer for them to reinvent the wheel.
having played the demo of gt5, i'm excited to see the whole game. personally, i don't think it needs some of the silliness that forza has added, but i haven't played anything past the first installment (ai drivers that drive race cars like bumper cars? what a waste).
i do like that the gran turismo series has stayed fairly strict to the spirit of racing and simulation, but i understand that big sales will require appealing to a broader audience. i only hope that appeal doesn't destroy the game like so many of the other racing games out there.
some extended warranties are a bit vague on the coverages or skimpy on the limitations, which means that more "failures" slip through the gaping holes coughbestbuycough
maybe it's just me, but i expect that many people will experience a significant number of "failures" with these products.
ianal: an employer can fire you for "no reason", but if it can be proven that they fired you for an illegal reason... such as something you did on your own time... there's a problem
(nb, my zip code is 58103)
i can't tell if you're being sarcastic; however, combining your post with the quotation leads me to believe that you might not understand what freedom means.
freedom means the freedom to make your own decisions, even if i don't agree with them. if someone can't handle that, perhaps they need to live in a tightly restricted community, or under a tyrant.
we'd better get these young people used to the idea that everyone is a criminal, no sense in letting them think they ever were or ever could be innocent. after all, there's no way to rule law-abiding citizens.
i hope dell doesn't get their hands on this...
do you think most of america has any idea what is happening around the arabian peninsula?
more to the point: do you think the administration actually cares what the people want? everyone that i know, regardless of their religious or political views, says that the war in iraq was/is a waste; it's little bush trying to be like big bush.
over the years, this topic has been beaten to death.
NEWSFLASH: not everyone wants to play a guitar
i've been playing bass and guitar for about 10 years, and i enjoy guitar hero. i have had some auditions where we had no common ground for jamming, so one of us left the audition frustrated. one reason guitar hero is popular is because not everyone has to know how to play or even know the song (thought it does help) to have a good time with your friends (or strangers!).
I haven't tried it
so... what you're telling us is that you aren't a competent judge of the situation? try it before you declare it to be worthless.
face it, not everyone likes the same things or has the same aspirations.
the converse is not necessarily true. as a series 6/63/66/7 registered representative (licensed to sell financial products and offer investment advice), one can be held liable for saying something to someone that isn't a client or on their "off time". if you saw your stock broker or insurance agent at a grocery store and he mentioned something about another company being insolvent, how would that effect your feelings about that other company? your agent?
the positions of these public servants are titles that they wear all the time. like it or not, these jobs aren't just jobs, if they aren't comfortable with it, they should leave the position.
how about the fact that your credit report can contain arbitrary negative marks. case in point, i rent an extra room in my home to people that i know who are between jobs or apartments. one was kind of difficult, but livable. he put me on a rental application as a past landlord and i got a call from one of the credit bureaus. i asked a few questions and gave impartial information regarding the young man.
the creepy thing is this: i asked about offering information regarding a past tenant that skipped town without paying, and they accepted it graciously. no real proof of identification or any transaction was necessary!