Maintaining a debt-state indefinietly is still a net drag on the economy. This is no different than a 20-something borrowing to maintain an extravagant lifestyle now based on their belief they'll get a promotion/raise before the debt comes due.
If the US defunded most of it's military and put that money into say, trying to address domestic poverty, then that would be laudable too.
Do you mean actually doing something to reduce poverty or just spend additional taxpayer dollars subsidizing it? Because as a nation the US already spends more on nominal anti-poverty schemes (welfare, food-stamps, unemployment, medicare etc.) than defense anyway.
Just like happens within the US when the government tells the public there is no need for one to be able to one's self, yet the police forces are under no obligation to actually protect anyone other than themselves.
I don't disagree, the point I'm asserting is that the cost, to the company, is greater than the simple cost of the training. However that cost is not representative of what the company is directly willing to spend on security. Which only adds to the argument that the security ROI might be better with technological measures rather than a time-consuming training regime.
What galls me most is I have to spend part of my IT budget this year spending money on this stupid notion because it is expected by auditors. This means I have to cut back on the security projects that make a real difference.
Have you tried getting your humar resources department to add it to their list of recurring mandatory-for-employment training; along with sexual harassment, EEO and all the other CYA events they are expected to cover?
The training itself may be inexpensive, but the lost time for "all" employees forced to take the course/class/lecture is not. Not to mention the burden on your staff in tracking attendance compliance etc.
I took my GRE in Tokyo while stationed overseas and the anti-cheating stuff was every bit as thorough as any testing center in the US. Up to and including making sure I took off my digital watch. I can't imagine them allowing a cell-phone in that room.
Sure it's fair. Remember everytime you cast a vote (i.e. shop at a business) you are diminishing your future ability to vote.
Sure Warren or Bill could ensure the success of their favorite establishment by spending a million dollars a day there but that doesn't take away from the competition's ability to earn business based on their own merit.
Did you mean "Do you get back a portion of what you contributed to the public coffers through various local, state and federal income, property, social security and sales taxes.?"
I thought one of the reasons the American Revolution was won was because the farmers used their hunting rifles while the professional soldiers used standard issue muskets.
There I was, standing in line at McD's sipping from the large hot chocholate I was just handed by Employee of the Month Candidate #1 when, after about 3 minutes of searching through menus on his cash register, he finally calls over EOMC#2. Well you can imagine my surprise after another couple of minutes of searching EOMC#2 looks up from the register and says, "We don't have large hot chocholate."
In all fainess to the 80's light cycles, they were only limited to 90 degree turns on the game grid. Once they escaped the grid they turned much like an ordinary two-wheeled machine.
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Maintaining a debt-state indefinietly is still a net drag on the economy. This is no different than a 20-something borrowing to maintain an extravagant lifestyle now based on their belief they'll get a promotion/raise before the debt comes due.
If the US defunded most of it's military and put that money into say, trying to address domestic poverty, then that would be laudable too.
Do you mean actually doing something to reduce poverty or just spend additional taxpayer dollars subsidizing it? Because as a nation the US already spends more on nominal anti-poverty schemes (welfare, food-stamps, unemployment, medicare etc.) than defense anyway.
All it does is build false hope and animosity.
Just like happens within the US when the government tells the public there is no need for one to be able to one's self, yet the police forces are under no obligation to actually protect anyone other than themselves.
I don't disagree, the point I'm asserting is that the cost, to the company, is greater than the simple cost of the training. However that cost is not representative of what the company is directly willing to spend on security. Which only adds to the argument that the security ROI might be better with technological measures rather than a time-consuming training regime.
What galls me most is I have to spend part of my IT budget this year spending money on this stupid notion because it is expected by auditors. This means I have to cut back on the security projects that make a real difference.
Have you tried getting your humar resources department to add it to their list of recurring mandatory-for-employment training; along with sexual harassment, EEO and all the other CYA events they are expected to cover?
The training itself may be inexpensive, but the lost time for "all" employees forced to take the course/class/lecture is not. Not to mention the burden on your staff in tracking attendance compliance etc.
Gorillas , written in BASIC of course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)
I took my GRE in Tokyo while stationed overseas and the anti-cheating stuff was every bit as thorough as any testing center in the US. Up to and including making sure I took off my digital watch. I can't imagine them allowing a cell-phone in that room.
No, but they do get a special tax-break.
Sure it's fair. Remember everytime you cast a vote (i.e. shop at a business) you are diminishing your future ability to vote.
Sure Warren or Bill could ensure the success of their favorite establishment by spending a million dollars a day there but that doesn't take away from the competition's ability to earn business based on their own merit.
Did you mean "Do you get back a portion of what you contributed to the public coffers through various local, state and federal income, property, social security and sales taxes.?"
Simulating everything is not the problem, doing it in anything approaching real time is. And no Moore's Law will not help.
Of course it would probably still be easier/faster just to pick up the paper and see how things turned out.
and nobody even bothers to say, "Sam, you dickhead, if you'd logged in yesterday, you could have stopped the fucking Holocaust."
Except of course that the event happened the night Flynn disappeard.
Exactly the opposite is just as efficient.
1. Choose the largest denomination bill/coin that still fits
2. Repeat
3. ?
4. Profit?
I thought one of the reasons the American Revolution was won was because the farmers used their hunting rifles while the professional soldiers used standard issue muskets.
Reminds me of the time...
There I was, standing in line at McD's sipping from the large hot chocholate I was just handed by Employee of the Month Candidate #1 when, after about 3 minutes of searching through menus on his cash register, he finally calls over EOMC#2. Well you can imagine my surprise after another couple of minutes of searching EOMC#2 looks up from the register and says, "We don't have large hot chocholate."
If you put them back together do you end up with Henry VIII?
In all fainess to the 80's light cycles, they were only limited to 90 degree turns on the game grid. Once they escaped the grid they turned much like an ordinary two-wheeled machine.
At least the 80 special effects had folks saying "how did they do that?"
Now you see the same quality of effects as the current movie in everything from video games to commercials for everyday (boring) products.
Of course "Chess -- the Motion Picture!" was actually called "Searching for Bobby Fischer".
Doh!
Math-geek FAIL!
In additional news...
Square Enix announced that the people responsible for the sacking have been sacked.
Does that mean that I can claim Final Post?
Of course later I'll have to explain that all subsequent posts are due to consumer demand for more.
Why that's nearly 892!
Of course it would be cool to see some of the potential applications make their way back into Dr. Who.
ex. the Doctor using his screwdriver as an ultrasonic welder.