And are you a slave, or did you get paid for your work? If you give me something that is worth $20 to you, in return for $20 cash, and it happens to be worth $21 to me, there is no theft.
Then likewise, if you give government $20 dollars in tax (and yes, you gave it, you implicitly agreed to do so by staying and obeying government... nobody said you can't rebel), and government gives you something in return that's worth $19 to you, it is also not theft
Nonsense. If I come to your home, explain that I will ruin your life if you don't pay me, and understanding that fact, you give me the money, then you haven't "implicitly agreed" to anything. That is called "complying under duress", and we all do it to get by. That doesn't mean what I did wasn't wrong or that it shouldn't be changed.
I don't suppose you realize that when you take something away from someone because you want to, then you become the tyrant?
Where did the rich who you work for get that money? From YOUR labor; your labor generated the wealth that they accumulate and control. If you steal twenty dollars from me, and I then pick your pocket for five, who is the thief?
And are you a slave, or did you get paid for your work? If you give me something that is worth $20 to you, in return for $20 cash, and it happens to be worth $21 to me, there is no theft.
Well when you have a massive debt, everyone has to give up something
No you don't. You can increase revenue. The 1% own something like 75% of everything, they can afford it. FUCKING DOUBLE THEIR TAXES! History has shown that high taxes on the rich do NOT harm the economy.
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"The tyrant fears the laugh more than the assassin's bullet." Heinlein, Our Fair City
I don't suppose you realize that when you take something away from someone because you want to, then you become the tyrant? The ends justify the means? Is that really what you want?
Franklin: "Well, the patient is confused, delusional. Unable to separate his natural sense of loyalty for his home team from the reality that they stink, and only got to the playoffs on a technicality." Ramierez: "Yeah, what technicality? The Mars team hit more home runs than any other team on the books!" Franklin: "Only because Martian gravity is 40% less than Earth normal. Alright, the ball travels faster and further skewing the results. Now once they hit Earth gravity, Helen Keller could bat better than any one of them."
I have a 4U server that I built hanging vertically on the wall in my wiring closet at home using one of these: http://istarusa.com/claytek/products.php?model=WUT-40B . My case has lots of fans, so no problem moving the air vertically through it, and I left enough space below it to afford access to the connectors. They make other sizes of vertical mounts which may be more appropriate for your switch. It isn't a full rack, but it is a lot cheaper than a full rack, more practical than a full rack, and you can always upgrade later.
I'm sure that it is coincidence that this sort of story gets publicity now. Nothing to do with countering the bad press the TSA has gotten today. And I'm sure there is no way this sort of thing could be prevented in the future without an all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful TSA keeping watch on everyone who decides not to stay in one place all the time. Nothing to see here. Move along. Except for you, and you over there. We'll need you to step over here for a moment...
[...], but in a large percentage of cases around the country, where the teachers are in fact poor, [...]
[citation needed]
Citing personal experience, perhaps.
Few people have personal experience with "a large percentage of cases around the country", and those who do should generally have something they can cite to back up their claims.
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It is equally immoral to take the earned product of someone's labor to give it to someone else. If you don't want to be a heartless bastard, then don't be one: give whatever you want to whomever you choose. However, if you take it away from someone you think is less deserving to give it to someone you think is more deserving, then you are a thieving bastard. Using the government to do your work for you is just as bad as doing it yourself.
At this point you are clearly too important to sack, so no worries there.
I don't know about that. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, or insecure, or something like that... But I suspect I could be replaced fairly easy.
There aren't a whole lot of IT jobs up here... And we've got a decent college absolutely full of fresh IT graduates...
Granted, they wouldn't know the place like I do. They wouldn't have the experience. They'd need a lot of training. The place would go to hell in the mean-time.
But when has that stopped a place from canning a good employee for somebody cheaper?
Of course, you are in the best position to judge your circumstances. Just wanted to put some food for thought out there. You might also want to keep in mind that there are real costs to the employer for firing/hiring, and they would have to balance that (and the whole going-to-hell thing) against the possible benefits to them.
Besides that, occasionally you will find that that there are decent human beings that just don't "get it" overseeing these things. If you are subtle and avoid the "screw you guys, I'm slacking" confrontations, someone might realize there are real issues to deal with and do the decent thing, especially if there are people around who recognize your value. Again, depends a lot on circumstances.
Here's a thought: stop working longer hours; you are just reinforcing management's bad behavior. At this point you are clearly too important to sack, so no worries there. Do your excellent job at a reasonable pace, and keep a backlog of things you have to do, making it available to interested parties who wonder why things aren't getting done faster. And when new work arrives, let them know that while you would be more than happy to fix their problems right away, there is a pile of other stuff to get through first, so it will have to wait. And most of all, stop worrying about it. It may be that nobody ever wises up and get you some technical help, but at least you'll be less overworked, and maybe a bit happier.
What we really need are proper apprenticeships, where there is an agreement between the employer and apprentice where the former provides training -- along with compensation commensurate with obtained skills and effort, over time -- in return for service. This could replace full-time college studies in many cases, with apprentices taking individual classes that would prove valuable as needed.
I was under the impression that a contract cannot take away rights guaranteed by the constitution. Am I wrong?
True or not, the agreement is assigning copyright on future speech, presumably to allow for DMCA takedowns of "offending" speech, not actually restricting future speech. Really underhanded and sneaky, but to my non-legally-trained eye, not necessarily unconstitutional.
While Approval Voting is arguably an improvement over simple first-past-the-post voting, it doesn't allow for voters to express preference among those they can live with. Instant Runoff Voting is a little more complicated, but still understandable, and allows voters to express preference, not just acceptance. There are other voting systems with additional desirable properties, and it is worth reading up on them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system
Quiet! You're legitimizing the War On Drugs! After all, if we are literally under assault by drug smuggling then we have to respond with military action, right?
There are the support costs when the user can't figure out how to configure it.
AES? PSK? What the heck are those things? What do you mean it doesn't work if everything isn't set up the same? I just want it to work. Why won't it work?
Companies have to pay people to answer these questions.
I'm not saying it isn't a good idea, just that there are actual costs.
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Back to the 70's, and ancient Atlantis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Monster
And are you a slave, or did you get paid for your work? If you give me something that is worth $20 to you, in return for $20 cash, and it happens to be worth $21 to me, there is no theft.
Then likewise, if you give government $20 dollars in tax (and yes, you gave it, you implicitly agreed to do so by staying and obeying government... nobody said you can't rebel), and government gives you something in return that's worth $19 to you, it is also not theft
Nonsense. If I come to your home, explain that I will ruin your life if you don't pay me, and understanding that fact, you give me the money, then you haven't "implicitly agreed" to anything. That is called "complying under duress", and we all do it to get by. That doesn't mean what I did wasn't wrong or that it shouldn't be changed.
I don't suppose you realize that when you take something away from someone because you want to, then you become the tyrant?
Where did the rich who you work for get that money? From YOUR labor; your labor generated the wealth that they accumulate and control. If you steal twenty dollars from me, and I then pick your pocket for five, who is the thief?
And are you a slave, or did you get paid for your work? If you give me something that is worth $20 to you, in return for $20 cash, and it happens to be worth $21 to me, there is no theft.
Well when you have a massive debt, everyone has to give up something
No you don't. You can increase revenue. The 1% own something like 75% of everything, they can afford it. FUCKING DOUBLE THEIR TAXES! History has shown that high taxes on the rich do NOT harm the economy.
--
"The tyrant fears the laugh more than the assassin's bullet." Heinlein, Our Fair City
I don't suppose you realize that when you take something away from someone because you want to, then you become the tyrant? The ends justify the means? Is that really what you want?
Of course, baseball isn't an olympic sport anymore, but it translates well enough to other sports.
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Franklin: "Well, the patient is confused, delusional. Unable to separate his natural sense of loyalty for his home team from the reality that they stink, and only got to the playoffs on a technicality."
Ramierez: "Yeah, what technicality? The Mars team hit more home runs than any other team on the books!"
Franklin: "Only because Martian gravity is 40% less than Earth normal. Alright, the ball travels faster and further skewing the results. Now once they hit Earth gravity, Helen Keller could bat better than any one of them."
Dang. And my mod points just expired.
+1 Insightful, otherwise.
I have a 4U server that I built hanging vertically on the wall in my wiring closet at home using one of these: http://istarusa.com/claytek/products.php?model=WUT-40B . My case has lots of fans, so no problem moving the air vertically through it, and I left enough space below it to afford access to the connectors. They make other sizes of vertical mounts which may be more appropriate for your switch. It isn't a full rack, but it is a lot cheaper than a full rack, more practical than a full rack, and you can always upgrade later.
I'm sure that it is coincidence that this sort of story gets publicity now. Nothing to do with countering the bad press the TSA has gotten today. And I'm sure there is no way this sort of thing could be prevented in the future without an all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful TSA keeping watch on everyone who decides not to stay in one place all the time. Nothing to see here. Move along. Except for you, and you over there. We'll need you to step over here for a moment...
[...], but in a large percentage of cases around the country, where the teachers are in fact poor, [...]
[citation needed]
Citing personal experience, perhaps.
Few people have personal experience with "a large percentage of cases around the country", and those who do should generally have something they can cite to back up their claims.
It is equally immoral to take the earned product of someone's labor to give it to someone else. If you don't want to be a heartless bastard, then don't be one: give whatever you want to whomever you choose. However, if you take it away from someone you think is less deserving to give it to someone you think is more deserving, then you are a thieving bastard. Using the government to do your work for you is just as bad as doing it yourself.
At this point you are clearly too important to sack, so no worries there.
I don't know about that. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, or insecure, or something like that... But I suspect I could be replaced fairly easy.
There aren't a whole lot of IT jobs up here... And we've got a decent college absolutely full of fresh IT graduates...
Granted, they wouldn't know the place like I do. They wouldn't have the experience. They'd need a lot of training. The place would go to hell in the mean-time.
But when has that stopped a place from canning a good employee for somebody cheaper?
Of course, you are in the best position to judge your circumstances. Just wanted to put some food for thought out there. You might also want to keep in mind that there are real costs to the employer for firing/hiring, and they would have to balance that (and the whole going-to-hell thing) against the possible benefits to them.
Besides that, occasionally you will find that that there are decent human beings that just don't "get it" overseeing these things. If you are subtle and avoid the "screw you guys, I'm slacking" confrontations, someone might realize there are real issues to deal with and do the decent thing, especially if there are people around who recognize your value. Again, depends a lot on circumstances.
Good luck...
Here's a thought: stop working longer hours; you are just reinforcing management's bad behavior. At this point you are clearly too important to sack, so no worries there. Do your excellent job at a reasonable pace, and keep a backlog of things you have to do, making it available to interested parties who wonder why things aren't getting done faster. And when new work arrives, let them know that while you would be more than happy to fix their problems right away, there is a pile of other stuff to get through first, so it will have to wait. And most of all, stop worrying about it. It may be that nobody ever wises up and get you some technical help, but at least you'll be less overworked, and maybe a bit happier.
What we really need are proper apprenticeships, where there is an agreement between the employer and apprentice where the former provides training -- along with compensation commensurate with obtained skills and effort, over time -- in return for service. This could replace full-time college studies in many cases, with apprentices taking individual classes that would prove valuable as needed.
Doesn't that then make them the NFSF (non-free software foundation)?
No, it would make them the Free Software, Non-Free Non-Software Foundation. FSNFNSF.
This is like the Vatican releasing a paper with suggestions on how to pick a religion.
I was under the impression that a contract cannot take away rights guaranteed by the constitution. Am I wrong?
True or not, the agreement is assigning copyright on future speech, presumably to allow for DMCA takedowns of "offending" speech, not actually restricting future speech. Really underhanded and sneaky, but to my non-legally-trained eye, not necessarily unconstitutional.
Anyone interested in designing a peer-to-peer analogue of USENET News?
While Approval Voting is arguably an improvement over simple first-past-the-post voting, it doesn't allow for voters to express preference among those they can live with. Instant Runoff Voting is a little more complicated, but still understandable, and allows voters to express preference, not just acceptance. There are other voting systems with additional desirable properties, and it is worth reading up on them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system
Quiet! You're legitimizing the War On Drugs! After all, if we are literally under assault by drug smuggling then we have to respond with military action, right?
Except, of course, that penta- is from the Greek; quint- would be the Latin.
There are the support costs when the user can't figure out how to configure it.
AES? PSK? What the heck are those things?
What do you mean it doesn't work if everything isn't set up the same?
I just want it to work. Why won't it work?
Companies have to pay people to answer these questions.
I'm not saying it isn't a good idea, just that there are actual costs.
Pray. A lot.
It sounds like the desktop version will be "AM3r2", or AM3 without the legacy DDR2 support.
Hey cool! They’ve got a blimp!