I just read an article on the People's Court within the last couple weeks, wish I could remember where I read so I could link it for you ... but the gist of what you said is very close the reality except for one key component: the judgement in the TV court shows is in fact a legally binding arbitration. You cannot…

Just to be clear ... I did not mean you'd not still be at the company five years hence ... I meant that (assuming you are working in a for-profit American corporation) whatever the makeup of your core team currently is, it is very unlikely that the exact same people will all be working together more than 18 months…

When I worked for IBM several years ago, it was required that we keep a CV (curriculum vitae, they were clearly "too cool" for just a feckin resume) updated on their system. Now that I look back, it's kinda funny how that was a harbinger of things to come. IBM (don't know for sure that this is still current practice,…

I really don't see this individual team lasting longer than 3-5 years before being nixed

Just to touch on this subject:

I won't say "technically" because there is no tech spec text-book definition, but common usage and understanding is that you refer to a vehicle as a "hatchback" when it's basically a passenger car (usually compact or smaller) with a rear hatch opening to a small cargo space directly behind the passenger area instead…

Neutral: Hyundai Santa Cruz: Would You Buy One?

No way that's a TSA-approved water bottle. Can't be opaque.

the real problem, which is that there are too many unskilled workers trying to fill the available jobs at that level

I don't know the "facts" but if you follow the links, several of the more newsy outlets have phrased it not as "threw" or "aimed" but simply "hit" or "punched".

Here's the facts: people are more likely to support or attempt change where they have reason to believe they can be successful. To that end, you are more likely to be successful to create a change if the change you seek is (a) feasible and (b) within the power of the local authorities who are (presumably) beholden to…

There was a lot of bad driving decisions being made in that compilation, but it seemed to me that a really large number of the clips were simply heavy traffic — e.g. people trying to change lanes and/or merge in order to get into a freeway on-ramp to make a turn at an upcoming intersection, even that one where our…

Did ya notice the intersections / stoplights ? Not a freeway. There is no 'fast lane/slow lane' dichotomy on standard surface streets (aka controlled highways). The person in the left lane had no obligation or responsibility to move over. On a freeway, sure, I'd expect someone to move over, but on a surface road? If…

You (among others) are missing the "clever" bit ...

I just started using MFP ... and have not connected with any other users there ... it never even entered my mind to "make friends" on a health tracking website.

I just started using "MyFitnessPal" (website, not app) and it allows you to enter foods + concomitant nutritional data into their database. You can be a hero to everyone else who eats non-Western foods by adding what you can to the main database, or you can add items to your personal profile only.

Both extreme diet and exercise are recipes for failure

Even going 30 they would have to swerve to avoid that, purely brakes would not save them.

Sorry, DD, not saying you factually misstated anything ... I just felt that the tone of the posting (and much more in the reader comments than what you wrote up there) was that all the flaws of the Hummer were directly and only GM's fault. Yeah, the bad engine conking out unexpectedly, whether under military use in…

fyi ... Hummer H1 was neither designed by, nor built by, GM. It was both designed and built by AM General, who licensed the "Hummer" brand name and the H1 model to GM.