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[quote]If a kid wants to work for a bit of extra cash, fine, don't stop them... but if they just want to be a kid, then let them[/quote] This kid was 15 or 16, and what the parents were facing was that she was going to be off to college before long. Then they'll be paying tens of thousands of dollars for someone to go to college with zero work ethic. Trying to instill basic living habits in your kids with a year left is like planning for retirement at a

My only issue is, why is it "patriotic" to go after someone who threatens Israel? Did these guys do anything to threaten AMERICA? Last I checked, patriotism is about defending AMERICA. Let the Israeli patriots take care of Israel.

I guess I should revise my opinion on the mad dad, after my friends & family have viewed the video--not so much because it was posted on this forum, but because it's freaking viral. #2 most viewed on YouTube, and on every news station in America. I think it all rides on who is telling the truth about her chores. If it's true, all she has to do is make her own bed, wipe the counter, empty the dishwasher, then she is one seriously spoiled brat who des

6 month severance package is pretty good. I might have done the same in your shoes. If you had gone after them I think you would have won, but maybe not worth it. If they just threw you out with nothing you probably could have taken them for a $100,000 judgement--rightfully, I might add. And that's just for you--if they had thrown your wife out, too, it would have been so blatant you probably would have become millionaires.

[quote] I lost a job for turning in the CFO for bringing a gun into the office[/quote] Holy smokes. Did you check to see if you had a case for wrongful termination? If bringing a gun to work is illegal in your state, you were whistleblowing. Next time you turn someone in like that make you sure have documentation of your whistleblowing. Come to think of it, it doesn't even have to be illegal, either: only against written c

I'm siding with Dad on all counts (except maybe a few very minor points, like making her pay you back for the $130 in software or cussing and putting it on her Facebook for other kids to see). We used to explode explosives more powerful than dynamite on our land. Perfectly legal. But we freaked out the neighbors in the neighboring trailer park (and ourselves, one time), so we didn't do it anymore. And we were just blowing up stuff for the sake of blo

#4 is what intrigues me the most. Compensation? Okay, so, have a clear compensation system. I get that. What I don't get is not to pay compensation to build good will. You mean don't pay bonuses? What is the incentive for giving my heart and soul to my job? If we agree on a clear plan that "you are paid X to do Y"-- then I will do Y, for 40 hours a week, then I go home. But if we say, "here is a stretch goal. Atta

We even had a business forum??

I had an opportunity to co-op in grad school, and I chose to turn it down in favor of graduating sooner. My logic was that if I took a semester to co-op., vs. work full-time a semester earlier, that I would make more doing the latter, and I would get jump-started doing what I was ultimately going to be doing anyway. I actually don't regret doing that. Nowadays, though, with the job market being tighter, it might be a good idea to co-op and get that experience, simply bec

I believe at-will employment is the norm in most states. You can be fired at any time for no reason without notice; but then again, you can quit at anytime, too. Your antidote is to have value. If you have a skillset the employer needs, have a proven track record--for example in sales, you have a history of consistently closing 10X your base salary in sales--the company already has $$$ invested in your training, etc....then at-will employment works in your

Yeah, sales as a career is not for everybody. But to get your foot in the door, I found that to be a good one. I did not end up going into sales for a career. I mean, if you interviewed a kid for an IT job who listed a job in sales...and you asked him about it and he said sales was not for him...wouldn't you like that? You know, you've got somebody who tried sales and failed at it (but learned from the experience), vs. somebody who never even worked

The way I got my foot in the door when I was a teenager was in sales. Some sales jobs are better than others (e.g. selling a scam and the employer wants a little money up front is probably not for you...), but believe me, landing a sales job was SIGNIFICANTLY easier--and better--than McDonalds. Plus I ended up making about twice what my peers were who did make the cut in the retail sector. Sales will sure train your work ethic: how they rate your performance is r

[quote]I'm not sure that there's anything easy to articulate there [e digicons]:)[/e] For me, at least, it's pretty much just the vibe I get from them (not empirical, I know, but I have a better success rate with that than some of the usual 'bullet point' methods that might work for others).[/quote] I pretty much just bang them hard on the technical. I rejected behavioral interviewing a long time ago (that's not to say everyone

[quote](after a while, you do pick up on some of the telltales that let you identify them, though).[/quote] What do you think are some of the telltales for the experienced people? Just curious.

I had experience under my belt by the time I got my degree(s), but still, actually I found full-time work very EASY compared to college--even grad school. I mean--you work only 9 hours a day, 5 days a week??? And on top of that, you have MONEY!!! Ohmigosh I was rich!!! In college, every hour you spent doing something was an hour you could have spent sleeping, and there was no hour in the 24-hour day when you were any more or less likely to

[quote]Caesar for president! He is coming over the hills after defeating Marc Antony, all hail Caesar! [e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Ain't gonna happen. I'm playing the Huns, and my horse archers will eat you both up.

More power to you. If it were me, I'd be saying this is a game site and OT inflammatory topics are beyond the scope of this forum. It deteriorates from the professionalism of the company. That's what I'd say. But if another forum owner believes allowing these topics adds to the sense of community, and community adds to customer loyalty, I can see their point.

[quote]Which conclusions are you speaking of?[/quote] You pick. Pick any conclusion you want, I will wager that debunking it on the internet is a few simple mouse clicks away. [quote]Well....while those who debunk the entire 'theory' of evolution are at it they can also discount carbon dating[/quote] Extensive debunking of carbon dating--and, for that matter, all dating based on radioactive half-life--has already been do

"Intuition" is an interesting mathematical topic in itself. That's what AI and neural nets are all about. Of course that is also something we are not very good at because that, too, is another extremely complex biological phenomenon. I would venture that it may even surpass biology and start getting into where biology meets the soul, in which case mathematics will never be able to touch it completely. I'm just a little incredulous

Is that a Jedi yorkie in your avatar, Kestral?

[quote]Crikey you made my day. Humanity is only 6000 years old, that is too funny. Better not tell the Aboriginals of Australia who have been there about 70,000 years ago. The reason christians go on about 6000 years is because some muppet decided to go through the genealogy from Adam to Jesus and count up the years.[/quote] Actually, that goes back to the books of Moses, so it's more Jewish than Christianity. Also you have to back up your claim that the aboriginals

So the first thing, I think the science writer just made a writing mistake. Of course the earth doesn't revolve around the sun every 28 days. For the second thing, you can say anything is the center of the universe you want. Everything is relative. But that doesn't mean it makes the mathematical modelling easier. In this case, sure, we can say the sun revolves around the earth. I mean every 365.25 days it makes a full circle around the

[quote]'m pretty much out of the "discussion" here (for obvious reasons) but I think it's inappropriate for a moderator to suggest a person stop posting (with a suggestion to be careful or be at risk of a ban) because he disagrees with their statements on a personal level and then ends with "move on".[/quote] While I agree with this statement in general, I don't think that is what's happening here. It can be unclear when a mod has their mod hat on/mod

Good points. Of course, if biological systems are far too complex to model with deterministic accuracy, we can still model them with stochastic accuracy, and that would still be regarded as scientific. The philosophic arguments serve well to formulate good hypotheses. But you still have to collect experimental data, and if that can be put on a histogram, you can reasonably argue some conclusions from it (and better recognize where your grey areas are). &nbsp

We indeed do have another halftime show scandal. Nice: http://news.yahoo.com/m-middle-finger-upstages-madonnas-super-bowl-125125952--spt.html Never pass up an opportunity to give the FCC the finger, I say. [e digicons]:|[/e]