Or it could mean that white people benefited from better education and privilege, there-fore having less reason to riot over perceived ills and taking alternative means of remedying the situation.
Or there could be different cultures at work.
My junior high was 1/3 white, 1/3 Hispanic, and 1/3 black. In 8th grade, a white kid was beaten severely enough to be sent to the hospital by a group of Hispanic kids. The vice principle (a huge black man with a commanding presence) got on the intercom and indicated that any retaliation would be dealt with severely. After school, all the blacks were in one large group, all of the Hispanics were in one large group in another area, and the whites were completely scattered---you couldn't find more than 4 white kids together in one group.
I found it interesting that the whites did not band together like the other races.
First, about half of what I buy on Amazon are gifts that I myself would not have any interest in owning.
IIRC, you can mark an item as a gift when you purchase it (not sure if that impacts recommendations). You can alter the recommendations via "Your Account", "Your Recommendations", "Improve Recommendations", "Don't use for recommendations."
I'm OK with targeted ads. I just wish they would figure out how to target them.
On the desktop version of Amazon, go to "Your Account" on the top right next to the search bar, then "Your Recommendations" from the drop down. Under the search bar there should be a "Improve Your Recommendations" link. Find your "Hello Kitty" purchase and click "Don't use for recommendations."
Note: If anyone cares, I do not work for Amazon any more than any of their other customers do.
Hmm, Kaiser. Where have I heard that name before? Oh, I remember: in the Nixon tapes when he's discussing HMO's, which in turn created the largest rise in healthcare costs in the entire history of the United States!
Well now that there is sure an unbiased source, yesiree Bob!
An Anonymous Coward does an ad hominem attack without bothering to see if his nay saying has any credibility. How useful.
We are 29 miles away and it felt stronger than any others I've been through in this same location - but still not very strong. However, my parents live in Napa - trying to contact them now.
It certainly can be. With schools aiming for the middle or least common denominator, intelligent kids get bored and don't live up to their potential. The kid that is motivated and has to struggle is far ahead in this system than the kid that is intelligent, finds everything easy, and gets bored with it all.
I don't know if Oregon's suit has merit or not, but that sure sounds like my employer's experience with Oracle.
This is pretty much SOP with any big custom system from a big company.
I know that we all like to paint with broad brushes, but back in the late 80s and 90s I worked for a large computer consulting outfit that did a reasonable job of delivering on time and on budget. But of course, it all depends on the individuals involved. The company had done an excellent job of hiring managers that hired technically competent people--and then trained them to estimate high to keep from causing problems later on.
It's funny how on the one hand we like to criticize pointy haired bosses for treating all employees like interchangeable widgets, but then when painting with such broad strokes, we do the same. But then again, if we're talking about Oracle, even if there are competent, well meaning individuals involved, they get over shadowed by a corporate culture of sleaze that starts at the top.
Place the realm blame where it belongs and leave Oracle alone.
Who? Lotus Notes? Bill Gates? Nixon?
Nixon. I say we blame Nixon. After all, he was the first sitting president to propose national health care (and of all ironies, Ted Kennedy helped spike it.)
The problems I had were manufacturing related,not design related. You close the rear door from the inside and the plastic modeling would come off in your hand (happened to [at least] two different Fords bought at the same time).
Maybe I'll trust them in 10 to 15 years when I buy my next vehicle if they outsource manufacturing away from Detroit.
It is a good thing that intelligence is not determined by genetics.
Citation needed --- and not to a stupid failed experiment that drew the wrong conclusion.
Yes. I know. It's politically incorrect to think that intelligence does have a genetic component. My anecdotal examples certainly leads my belief that there is a causal relationship.
And no. I'm not saying that genetics is everything; nor am I saying that all children of two intelligent people are intelligent. Anyone who has even the simplest understanding of genetics knows that not all children of brown haired parents have brown hair. But only someone who has baked their brain in a politically correct stew would think there is no genetic component.
I vote they change Winders to Mundungus Fletcher, from the Harry Potter books. He's a thief and has the handy nickname of Dung.
Why not go the whole hog and call it "Tommy Riddle"?
Naming a product after the founder's alter ego is seldom a good idea.
After you push a substandard product for so long, nobody will buy your stuff even when it is improved to the point of being superior to the competition. The stink just will not wash off.
Completely agree. The stink will take [at least] a generation to wash off. In the 90's I owned a Honda and the company cars were Fords. The Honda never gave us any trouble; the Fords had constant issues directly related to poor manufacturing control (side panels that would pop-off when the door was closed---on a two day old car).
I no long work for the company that provided Fords. Since then I've bought 3 Hondas (all made in Kentucky), 1 Nissan, 1 Toyota (used), and 1 BMW (used; built in North Carolina). While I read the stats that say the American Big Three have their act together, I'm not about to bet $30K or more that they do.
The sys-admin should know that if the company is running an old OWA version but have deployed new browser versions, then he need to set his users browsers to compatibility mode and they will have no problems.
What?!? You actually expect sys-admins to test before deployment?!? This is a Microsoft shop we're talking about.
No. Some politicians. not all. There are plenty of states that are citizen friendly regarding solar, and that's because the politician did what there voters, BaL, wanted.
Are you sure the friendliness is towards the voters and not the solar companies? Just curious?
Note: I'm just playing devil's advocate on perceptions. While normally I'm against government subsides, I personally think solar/alternative energy is a great thing for the governments to subsidize; especially when you consider that the "loser" (if there truly is one) is another government sponsored monopoly.
Educate the voters. Let them know what's going on.
The problem would be separating education from propaganda. Who decides what the education content is? The current incumbents? The media? Unions? Corporations? You?
And then of course we have the subtle slant that can go into the education:
Sources said...
The opposition claimed today...
The opposition complained today...
And of course for time -- just for time really -- we need to cut stories that are less relevant. You say it's censorship, I say good editing (or vice-versa, I don't care). We'll educate more on the possibility of impeachment (or more on Lois Lerner and the IRS scandal) depending on our point of view.
I suppose we could establish a bi-partisan commission -- one to designed to exclude third-parties from participation. After all, they aren't likely to win anyway.
So naturally I go price it out. 25-30k+ for most systems.
I assume that this is for solar. A friend who was a building contractor in a former life recently looked at solar and was rather peeved. Seems that the materials are about $5K (US) now and the installation takes a trained group of about 5 to 7 people one day to install. Someone is making a killing on these things.
My friend is now trying to convince local contractors to get into the installation business (most is done by "carpetbaggers") and lower the cost to 10K to 15K. (And the contractor still makes out).
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They ran off to enact laws allowing the police to arrest the other two groups based on their color.
[sarcasm]You're right. 8th graders tend to do that. [/sarcasm]
Or it could mean that white people benefited from better education and privilege, there-fore having less reason to riot over perceived ills and taking alternative means of remedying the situation.
Or there could be different cultures at work.
My junior high was 1/3 white, 1/3 Hispanic, and 1/3 black. In 8th grade, a white kid was beaten severely enough to be sent to the hospital by a group of Hispanic kids. The vice principle (a huge black man with a commanding presence) got on the intercom and indicated that any retaliation would be dealt with severely. After school, all the blacks were in one large group, all of the Hispanics were in one large group in another area, and the whites were completely scattered---you couldn't find more than 4 white kids together in one group.
I found it interesting that the whites did not band together like the other races.
First, about half of what I buy on Amazon are gifts that I myself would not have any interest in owning.
IIRC, you can mark an item as a gift when you purchase it (not sure if that impacts recommendations). You can alter the recommendations via "Your Account", "Your Recommendations", "Improve Recommendations", "Don't use for recommendations."
I'm OK with targeted ads. I just wish they would figure out how to target them.
On the desktop version of Amazon, go to "Your Account" on the top right next to the search bar, then "Your Recommendations" from the drop down. Under the search bar there should be a "Improve Your Recommendations" link. Find your "Hello Kitty" purchase and click "Don't use for recommendations."
Note: If anyone cares, I do not work for Amazon any more than any of their other customers do.
Hmm, Kaiser. Where have I heard that name before? Oh, I remember: in the Nixon tapes when he's discussing HMO's, which in turn created the largest rise in healthcare costs in the entire history of the United States! Well now that there is sure an unbiased source, yesiree Bob!
An Anonymous Coward does an ad hominem attack without bothering to see if his nay saying has any credibility. How useful.
You could have done a simple Google search
We are 29 miles away and it felt stronger than any others I've been through in this same location - but still not very strong. However, my parents live in Napa - trying to contact them now.
Use text messaging.
That's completely untrue. I gave a fuck to your mom during the earthquake. She said it was way better than when you do it.
Did she feel the earth move?
Why do Californians think they can "feel" the strength of a quake?
With the Northridge quake of '94 I was over 150 miles away and knew it was significant. Not by the rolling sensation, but by the duration.
Intelligence isn't a liability.
It certainly can be. With schools aiming for the middle or least common denominator, intelligent kids get bored and don't live up to their potential. The kid that is motivated and has to struggle is far ahead in this system than the kid that is intelligent, finds everything easy, and gets bored with it all.
I don't know if Oregon's suit has merit or not, but that sure sounds like my employer's experience with Oracle.
This is pretty much SOP with any big custom system from a big company.
I know that we all like to paint with broad brushes, but back in the late 80s and 90s I worked for a large computer consulting outfit that did a reasonable job of delivering on time and on budget. But of course, it all depends on the individuals involved. The company had done an excellent job of hiring managers that hired technically competent people--and then trained them to estimate high to keep from causing problems later on.
It's funny how on the one hand we like to criticize pointy haired bosses for treating all employees like interchangeable widgets, but then when painting with such broad strokes, we do the same. But then again, if we're talking about Oracle, even if there are competent, well meaning individuals involved, they get over shadowed by a corporate culture of sleaze that starts at the top.
Place the realm blame where it belongs and leave Oracle alone.
Who? Lotus Notes? Bill Gates? Nixon?
Nixon. I say we blame Nixon. After all, he was the first sitting president to propose national health care (and of all ironies, Ted Kennedy helped spike it.)
Bill Gates openly supports creating an income tax in Washington to pay for education.
Just because Bill Gates is successful at the capitalist game doesn't mean that he is a capitalist. Same goes for Warren Buffet.
p>I think the GP was being ironic.
Part of the problem is that no matter how stupid a position someone will honestly believe in it.
neat fact. all the current ford designs
The problems I had were manufacturing related,not design related. You close the rear door from the inside and the plastic modeling would come off in your hand (happened to [at least] two different Fords bought at the same time).
Maybe I'll trust them in 10 to 15 years when I buy my next vehicle if they outsource manufacturing away from Detroit.
It is a good thing that intelligence is not determined by genetics.
Citation needed --- and not to a stupid failed experiment that drew the wrong conclusion.
Yes. I know. It's politically incorrect to think that intelligence does have a genetic component. My anecdotal examples certainly leads my belief that there is a causal relationship.
And no. I'm not saying that genetics is everything; nor am I saying that all children of two intelligent people are intelligent. Anyone who has even the simplest understanding of genetics knows that not all children of brown haired parents have brown hair. But only someone who has baked their brain in a politically correct stew would think there is no genetic component.
I vote they change Winders to Mundungus Fletcher, from the Harry Potter books. He's a thief and has the handy nickname of Dung. Why not go the whole hog and call it "Tommy Riddle"?
Naming a product after the founder's alter ego is seldom a good idea.
Simulated meat.
You really think that McDonald's is going to spend more buying simulated meat when chicken is cheaper?
...feel Microsoft's pain.
After you push a substandard product for so long, nobody will buy your stuff even when it is improved to the point of being superior to the competition. The stink just will not wash off.
Completely agree. The stink will take [at least] a generation to wash off. In the 90's I owned a Honda and the company cars were Fords. The Honda never gave us any trouble; the Fords had constant issues directly related to poor manufacturing control (side panels that would pop-off when the door was closed---on a two day old car).
I no long work for the company that provided Fords. Since then I've bought 3 Hondas (all made in Kentucky), 1 Nissan, 1 Toyota (used), and 1 BMW (used; built in North Carolina). While I read the stats that say the American Big Three have their act together, I'm not about to bet $30K or more that they do.
The sys-admin should know that if the company is running an old OWA version but have deployed new browser versions, then he need to set his users browsers to compatibility mode and they will have no problems.
What?!? You actually expect sys-admins to test before deployment?!? This is a Microsoft shop we're talking about.
No. Some politicians. not all. There are plenty of states that are citizen friendly regarding solar, and that's because the politician did what there voters, BaL, wanted.
Are you sure the friendliness is towards the voters and not the solar companies? Just curious?
Note: I'm just playing devil's advocate on perceptions. While normally I'm against government subsides, I personally think solar/alternative energy is a great thing for the governments to subsidize; especially when you consider that the "loser" (if there truly is one) is another government sponsored monopoly.
Educate the voters. Let them know what's going on.
The problem would be separating education from propaganda. Who decides what the education content is? The current incumbents? The media? Unions? Corporations? You?
And then of course we have the subtle slant that can go into the education: ... ... ...
Sources said
The opposition claimed today
The opposition complained today
And of course for time -- just for time really -- we need to cut stories that are less relevant. You say it's censorship, I say good editing (or vice-versa, I don't care). We'll educate more on the possibility of impeachment (or more on Lois Lerner and the IRS scandal) depending on our point of view.
I suppose we could establish a bi-partisan commission -- one to designed to exclude third-parties from participation. After all, they aren't likely to win anyway.
If government didn't have the power to regulate this or that, corporations wouldn't be buying it off.
Or as P. J. O'Rourke put it When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
And, heck, arguably B5 has a better story than Trek ever did.
Star Trek had a story? What made B5 great was that there was a story arc. Star Trek never seemed to have any continuity from one episode to the next.
So naturally I go price it out. 25-30k+ for most systems.
I assume that this is for solar. A friend who was a building contractor in a former life recently looked at solar and was rather peeved. Seems that the materials are about $5K (US) now and the installation takes a trained group of about 5 to 7 people one day to install. Someone is making a killing on these things.
My friend is now trying to convince local contractors to get into the installation business (most is done by "carpetbaggers") and lower the cost to 10K to 15K. (And the contractor still makes out).
Having the source doesn't help you if it's an unmaintainable piece of crap,
Agreed. Having the source is necessary, not sufficient.