Posts by Bernard M. Orwell

Re: The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological what?

Alas, "Prospection" is indeed a real word.

Whilst not in common use on this side of the pond, it is more commonly found these days in US academic circles. It is listed in both Webster and the OED.

1.The action of looking forward into the future. Formed by analogy with retrospection. Not in common use, but there is some modern use and the OED gives citation back to the 19th and 17th centuries.

2.The act of prospecting for minerals. Also not in common use.

3.A search for archaeological remains, usually using modern technology, for example ground penetrating radar.

Re: Engage with them?

Yeah, because prison rape of some young man, perhaps of school age, is an entirely appropriate response. Have you seen this article, it probably chimes with your idea of justice....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/indian-sisters-fleeing-rape-punishment-appeal-to-supreme-court-for-protection-10476581.html

Re: Run!

Yep, you've got to play their game.

Get it all down on paper, run a risk analysis including all budget requirements and externalisations the company has created over the years and get it under the nose of the bean counters and execs. If you want to be flash, follow this up with a HLD doc, showing how, if *you* were the shot caller, it could be sorted out with various plans/costs clearly shown. Never make an actual change without CAB authorisation and approved rollback plans.

due diligence mate.

They love that shit.

Re: Whatever next?

Don't you go too near!

Re: From the article....

Happy staff are more productive, and ensuring your staff are engaged with the product and service you provide is essential. They need to feel part of what you're doing rather than just an unimportant statistic. From a capitalist POV, simply put, it pays to look after your people at all levels.

You can't buy or demand loyalty; you can only inspire it.

Here, have some research on the subject. We don't need to be bastards to be capitalists.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=happy+staff+are+more+productive&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IENTTR&conversationid=&adlt=strict

(Sorry for the use of Bing, the Employer's Choice, not mine....)

Re: Stupid Fight

"Has anyone ever been harmed by looking at the opposite sex?"

Bear in mind that staring at the opposite sex can be considered as sexual harassment in and of itself too.

http://www.safeworkers.co.uk/SexualHarassmentWork.html

Re: "The view of society is to vilify those that do get aroused by images naked children."

"we are no longer allowed to vilify or hate anyone else."

Nah, we get to hate the Terr'sts too. And the poor. And the lazy scroungers. And disabled scroungers. And immigrunts. And furreners who are weird. And lefties.

Lots of material available for the Mandatory Daily Hate.

Re: Errr...

No... he's a comic presenter.

"intended to rival Top Gear"

Hah. It won't merely rival it, it'll make Top Gear and the BBC eat it's dust. Clarkson is a good presenter, Evans is a knob.

Re: Maths != IT

This whole report flies in the face of my personal experience, so I too shall call shenanigans.

I suffer with a problem when it comes to basic arithmetic; it's a form of minor dyslexia associated with number itself. Simple problems can confuse me no end, and learning the "rules" of arithmetic has proven difficult throughout my life. My mother in law, a professor and tutor in mathematics demonstrated that I didn't have a problem with "maths" by giving me several simple tests which showed that when presented with a complex mathematical problem, I was able to solve it in a logical pattern. The MiL showed me evidence that many great mathematicians were able to solve problems through a process of creating the tools they needed, mentally, to cope with a deficit in arithmetic skills.

In addition to the mother in law, my wife is also a mathematician, and her brother and my sister in law are both maths teachers. I, on the other hand, am an IT professional with comprehensive programming experience, working at a relatively high level in the public sector. Guess who the family come to with their IT issues?

I solve mathematical problems using the techniques I've learnt from coding; my coding ability doesn't depend on my maths acquired from formal schooling in any way. If you need any particular mathematical skill in coding circles, its probably useful to understand a modicum of algebra and have a rough understanding of Boolean logic.

Re: "the only risk to children is fathers and other males"

"Well you have to admit that women are rather rarely of the rapey sort. They can bloody well kill you just as good as men though."

That's an interesting take on things.

I think there's a distinction being made here between physical violent abuse and sexual abuse; I'm not sure how useful that is.

I'm willing to bet that if you include ALL abuse of children instead of just limiting it to sexual abuse, that the gender balance of perpetrators will move swiftly towards something more like 50/50.

Just a hunch though, and I'd be interested to see some figures.

Under "Zero Hour" contracts, an individual is considered as employed by the contract provider, but has no fixed hours of work. Employees under this contract have limited employment rights, often no corporate/employment benefits, and are paid on an hourly or daily basis. The employer is under no obligation to actually provide the employee with ANY paid hours or work, and often the employee is engaged exclusively meaning they can't seek work with another employer when no hours are offered.

So, in summary, be "employed" by a company with no guarantee of pay, hours of work, employed benefits, the right to claim any kind of income support and, often, not be permitted to seek work elsewhere without breaching the contract.

The DWP, by the way, considers this to be "gainful employment" and will/has insisted that those on JSA or DSA be moved into Zero Hours contracts when they are adjudged fit for work.

And we thought "work fare" was bad.

Re: "including users' sexual fantasies"

For some people, these are all the same thing.

The more power they have, the more likely they fail to see the distinction.

Re: No big deal

"Give me Liberty or give me death."

~Patrick Henry, 1775.

I'm with him.

Re: reprehensible

Better to be a warrior than a sheep.

Re: jet fuel can't melt

That meme is such a successful disinformation technique.

Re: Reviews all appear to be on the PS4

Quick update: Changing the FPS setting in BMEngine.ini, along with disabling the motion blur setting, resolved *all* the issues I had with the game. It now runs slick and smooth at ~47fps.

and what a hell of a game it is!

Re: "Thru" ?

"that should be grinds thee'"

Forsooth and verily it doth grind most foul upon my person and my tooth, liken unto grit drawn from befoul'd oysters, but for thee and thine I can'st not speak.

Re: Boring Bernie Boring Bernie Marsbarbrain Waiting for Matt...

...awww, but daaaaaaad....!

Re: Typical.

" quickly identify known criminals (including those that are wanted) before they can do more crimes" - MB

"What is meant by 'known crims'?" - Divided

Quite so. Back in the day, when I was still a young lad living in an enlightened country, we had a word for people before they'd committed a crime: innocent.

Not a word you hear much anymore.