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- How do you deal with dumb?
- That is a stupid question.When being paid to provide a product or service, you are the one who might make a "blunder", not the [b]paying[/b] customer. When [b]you're paying me[/b] you may offer your opinion. When [b]I'm paying you[/b] you do your
- Tags: off-topic, professional courtesy mandatory, not optional, Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-03-10
- Do you despise micro-management at work, yet vote for it in elections?
- If so, why do you believe [i]you[/i] are worthy of less freedom in your own home, which belongs to you, than at work, during time for which you have been paid to work for somebody else?Another place where I shouldJust shut my blinken mouf...I have a really hard time with...
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- How to copy Quick Launch items to new Toolbar
- I want to create a 'floating' Windows Toolbar because that type can be set to diappear when I'm not looking for a new program to open, thus freeing more desktop space - a considerable amount in my case.I also want to copy ALL the applications in my current Quick Launch...
- Tags: Absolutely, off-topic, Quick Launch, Quick Launch Toolbar, taskbar, toolbar, windows, xp
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- Comparison of government spending on academics, athletics.
- There has been a great deal of discussion in certain media in recent years of the United States 'falling behind' other industrial nations in education and economic production, with greatest concern in sectors dependent on advanced scientific and engineering knowledge. My casual observation is that none of these other...
- Tags: athletic, Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- How long is a 'conversation' in an open office/floorplan?
- How long does etiquette dictate that it is a 'meeting' instead?There are no offices or walls, even for the top managers in my building. Four clowns with exceptionally loud voices insist on holding conversations at full volume, all day long, about every triviality of their 'work' and personal lives....
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- What do you think is interesting about you?
- What do you tell people about yourself when meeting new people in social situations? What is the first thing you generally ask people about themselves when you meet them?
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- The 'perfect world' evasion
- First, I wish to give credit where credit is due. The phrase 'in a perfect world' and the context in which it is commonly used has always annoyed me, but until recently I couldn't fully verbalize why. Around the same time I joined TechRepublic I also began attending...
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-01-13
- Absolutely's global warming debate - 'team no' prep thread
- Gentlemen, start your engines!:DI know you will anyway, so I can at least have a laugh about it...:(
- Tags: Absolutely, capitalism, environmentalism, global warming, off-topic, politics, science, team
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Absolutely's global warming debate - 'team yes' prep thread
- Let's get started.We need to build an outline of principles to be covered & the means to ...demonstrate them.Some suggested starters:1) The crucial difference between [i]thermal energy[/i] and [i]temperature[/i] must be made clear. Many engaged in other discussions re. this matter seem to either confuse the 2, or perhaps...
- Tags: Absolutely, analogue, capitalism, deepsand, environmentalism, global warming, off-topic, physical system, politics, science, team
- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
- Attempt to formalize global warming debate, step 1
- This thread is merely for announcing your position, and your intention to participate in a debate, about whether or not global warming is in significant part caused by humanity.Please just answer "yes" if you believe humans do contribute significantly to global warming, and "no" if you believe humans don't contribute...
- Tags: Absolutely, global warming
- Discussion threads 2007-01-07
- Why don't I get 'discussions' emails any more?
- I still get the tech news I've subscribed to, but not notices about the off-topic Discussions. And I make sure the box is checked before I hit submit, on topics I want to follow. But I haven't gotten any of those emails about new posts to my discussions...
- Tags: e-mail, Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2007-01-07
- Stupid 'liberal' expects government to solve yet another problem, for her.
- These idiots should learn the literal meaning of the word 'democrat'. For now, a clue: being a true 'democrat' would require [i]personal involvement[/i] in your own government, not endless creation of new bureaucracies. If 'the people' wanted to know what their representatives were doing, they could get...
- Tags: 'i want the, 'you don't deserve the truth.', 'you want answers?', Absolutely, money where mouth is, off-topic, pay up, tanstaafl, transparency, U.S. Congress, you want answers you pay for them
- Discussion threads 2007-01-05
- What is the most blatant ponzi scheme you have seen? The subtlest?
- http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/other/dvimf16.htmThat's easySocial Security.Can you imagine the outcry if any established insurance/investment/brokerage firm managed their client's "retirement account" in such a way? The indiscretions of Enron and WorldCom pale in comparison to those of the Social Security Administration and its managers in Congress.Dang...Here I am, back for only a couple of...
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2006-12-28
- There is exactly one problem in the world, with many facets.
- Instead of working to earn what they want by merit, too many people attempt to impose their will on others by force or by fraud. The root of all evil is not greed. There is noting evil in the desire for things, but only in pursuing it at...
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2006-12-24
- Condolences to the Columnbine father, but...
- the guy I saw talking about the broader social implications of schoolkids with guns said something about keeping gods out of schools that really grated my cheese. The way he put it was, paraphrasing:[i]The cause of mass murder in public schools is
- Tags: columbine, moral decay, atheism, off-topic, science, evolution, Absolutely, game, species, aggressive specy, scumbag
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- "Energy Independence"
- FUEL ME ONCE, SHAME ON...WHO?by James Howard Kunstler[i]The day after the impressive Democratic election victory, Senate Majority Leader-to-Be Harry Reid declared that a top priority for the new congress would be policy leading to “energy indepen
- Tags: Absolutely, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-16
- "We're talking about getting these people to recognize reality."
- (classical conservative Andrew Sullivan, referring to neo-conservatives, especially President George Walker Bush and his Cabinet)"The only way to get him Bush to recognize reality is to elevate somebody like Nancy Pelosi to Speaker of the House."
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2006-11-03
- Global warming is real, and caused by humans.
- Excerpt from http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/911/2For the entire article, purchase a membership to www.sciencemag.org"Hurricanes are born in the warm waters of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which are both getting warmer. Over the 20th century, ocean surface temperatures increased by between 0.32 degrees Celsius in the Pacific tropical region and 0.67 degrees...
- Tags: CO2, global warming, sea surface temperature
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- "...the mullahs are willing to guarantee their own destruction..."
- This article from TomPaine.com claims that invasion of Iran would be stupid because even with nuclear weaponry, Iran is unlikely to start a war. The author's argument is based on an implicit assumption of rational self-interest attributed to every possible future ruler of Iran. I doubt the validity...
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2006-04-21
- lock him up & throw away the keys
- lock him up & throw away the keyshttp://apnews.myway.com/article/20060329/D8GL0BKO7.htmlZ. Moussaoui seems willing to die, eager to be remembered as a martyr. I'm for forcing him to endure a long, mundane stay in prison, and eventually dying of old age, not of religious fanaticism as he wishes. What do you...
- Tags: martyr
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
