Posts by Mark 85

Re: Don't accept it, act on it

Hell... I live here and I don't want to travel anymore due to this crap. TSA, Customs, etc. all seem to go out of their way to life more of a bitch than it already is. I do believe things are going to get worse before they get better (for some value of "better"). With the local cops looking to pull over anyone for any infraction (cash for their city/countyselves), the grossly abused Forfeiture Laws (again enriching someone) why would I want to go out and face that?

Hell, I assume everything I do on Net is recorded somewhere, at the least by the ISP and then available for any government agency that wants the details. I won't even get into those same ISP's and other corporates gathering everything they can and selling it to the highest bidder.

It's a cesspool, these days.... it really is.

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My apologies to everyone not in this country. We have some great people here and wonderful things to see, but our government has been taking Gestapo, Stasi, and KBG lessons for the last few decades and that has got us where we are today.

Re: You answered your own question

It's the role of managers (from the most junior, to the most senior) to understand and identify the difference between the good and poor performers, between productive and unproductive work - but most can't, of course.

Actually, I think many can. But when it's about the manager's job and bonus.. well... logic and reality go out the window.

A wise man decades ago told me: "The primary job of management is the preservation of management's jobs.". It was true then and still true today.

Re: What an asshole

You moron, if you didn't vote for Clinton, you voted for Trump by throwing it away to an (unfortunately) useless "third party."

This is bullshit. I live in state that historically votes for the Dems.... good, bad, and the ugly whatever. By voting 3rd party, it makes a statement. Also under the rules, for any 3rd party to get Federal funding they must attract a certain percentage of the vote. IF one of them ever gets that funding, they might start fielding respectable and able candidates. Or at a minimum, break the Dem/Repub stranglehold.

In this day and age, if we want change (not the political BS change of this and all previous elections) we have to game the system by their rules.

> I don't think it's the IT people at the coal face.

You didn't. I was adding to the point that in spite of where the blame gets laid (that it's those in the trenches fault). Management is root of all insanity.

Re: when will hated leaders realise

Which "dear leader"?? I can think of several... oh wait... you said "leaders".

Might be easier to figure out who isn't a "dear leader"....

While Java is popular Leisure Suit antics could force Google and others to seriously look at alternatives to Java.

Other than for Oracle, this would be a problem how?

Re: Just like all the hep cats

But no "woka, woka, woka" unless you want bear playing a piano.

Re: The economics still work

Given the terrain and population, a shotgun would be viable. Just make sure to bury the dead drone. Afterall, the crims aren't going to go the police... hmm... second thought.. some might because "idiots" like reporting their drug-dealer swindled them.

Re: what about ..

You'd probably get the 2-14 years because you plugged it in and looked to see what was on it.

Re: What NASA should do....

Better get a bigger spaceship. I'm sure there's quite a few politicians on both sides of the pond that would fight for a seat on it.

Re: you can't sue Uncle Sam

It's worse than that.. you can sue the government but only if "they" decide to let you sue them.

Re: you must know the drill by now . . .

There is that, Trevor. But the way things have sliding down the muddy slope, a well-educated and well-rounded, able to think for themselves workforce and hence electorate, isn't what the powers that be want.

The dumbing down of America is well underway. Have look at Common Curriculum in the schools for an example. The result is people who want pap of which reality tv is a good example. Documentaries? Nope. Anything that might be science? Nope. The powers that be want a managed population.

Re: No let ME be CEO now!

why do Lardyarse Americans wish to transport themselves at high speed from one side of the country to the other whilst missing out the middle bit.

Who says we do except those are trying to build it? I'm one who'd prefer to look out a window see the scenery be it car, train, or airplane. (Though TSA and the lines don't make flying worth it anymore, nor do the airlines with their cattle planes.)

Then again, there are those to whom the scenery wouldn't matter nor the hassles with TSA. Even riding in a car, they stick their noses into their electronic equipment and ignore everything anyway. So maybe there is a market.

Re: Is "Black Country Accent" on the list??

We've given up flying for this very reason. Full stop. My lady has a prosthetic leg and numerous joint replacements. She gets pulled out every freakin' time. She'll them that she can't do some things they want her to like raise her hands over her head (shoulder replacements) and then they try to force her arms to move where they can't. They'll fiddle with her prosthetic for awhile, discover the battery (it's microprocessor leg) and try to confiscate it because.. bombs.

Fucking morons running amok is what they are.

Re: What about not guilty

I can only speak for traffic violations in the state I'm in... cop pulls you over and writes ticket. Arguing with the cop is noted. Cop consults little book and writes in fine amount on ticket. Variables... being pleasant and admitting you screwed up to the cop may induce him/her to reduce the "term" of the violation.. say from 30 over the speed limit to 20. Plead guilty on the ticket and mail in fine. You'll get a check back by the amount the fine was reduced for paying by mail.

Yeah... I was doing about 80 in a 55 mph zone. Told the cop I was guilty as hell. He put down 70 with a fine of $150. I sent off the ticket and check and got a refund of $50. I ate the points for the ticket but what the heck...

Re: The dead hand of Obama lives on...

That sounds like some others I can think of including at least one in tech.....

Phones have ruined the internet by saturating it with retards and their children.

But not cats? I'm shocked.. shocked I tell you.

Add "and one or two steely eyed missile men"*

*Reference the Apollo 13

Re: "Unless you go the full totalitarian, and run a private security state"

I'm not sure about the current brood on military senior officers, but every person in the US military takes the oath to "defend and protect the Constitution"... not to blindly follow the President or protect/defend him personally. I daresay that if any of the old breed of military are in charge anywhere, such a thing would result in forcefully evicting the resident of the White House.

There was a rumor that we came close to this in the not too distant past but I'm pretty sure it was wishful thinking on the part of those telling the tale.

@martinusher -- Re: Just my two cents...

I do remember freedom, privacy, the promise of a good life, etc. Most younger than me, don't take these things seriously as they've not seen them. Or at least been old enough to appreciate them when they did.

Yes, I've heard some of the drivel on AM Radio that passes for "talk radio". Same for Fox and the other networks as all of them have an agenda and shouty people.

Pity that we've sunk this low. This not the USA that I went to war for back in the 60's.....

Re: This will work

I think this is a smart move on Apple's part to second source things. After watching the way new administration feels about China, I'd be nervous if my only source was in China. At least they didn't go to Mexico for second source. No telling how that will turn out.

Re: One to bookmark...

So you'll be reading this again everyday? Or is there actually such a thing as a good day at the office?