What you are saying makes sense, but from what I hear from people who are on the recruiting and HR side, software culls down the mountain of applicants to a more manageable number based on the job description. I suspect these HR or recruiting people are not able to express the true weight of each of these complex and ever-changing requirements to the filter (else they might have become IT professionals instead), and thus a large fraction of well-qualified people are never even passed on to a human for a phone screen, due to the absence of a certain keyword from their resume which is not actually that important to the job itself.

Where does a semi-automatic weapon even come into play here?

It doesn't. But why pass up an opportunity to propagate more confusion among the general public between fully-automatic and semi-automatic?

My thoughts as soon as I read that in the article: "I can't believe we still have reporters who don't know the difference between fully automatic and semi-automatic!"

Wait--Yes I can (willful ignorance, anyone?).

I can totally see that happening also.

Thanks for the discourse. I have been trying to walk down this path mentally myself recently.

they OWN the patent to Roundup, right? So why do they need to charge coming and going??? why can't they just let the gene get into whatever seeds it can and then just make a killing selling Roundup since everyones crops will already be "Roundup Ready"?

Oh, that one is easy. Monsanto's last commercially relevant US patent to glyphosate expired in 2000

Companies can act this way towards one another, and they sometimes do, but it rarely gets noticed. This is the reason that I love social media (so that we can help it get noticed)! If you appreciate this, post this on your facebook and or linkedin account. Small things like letting others know about this small act adds up to make a difference. I know it is hard to draw the line between something like this and all of the dumb crap people post in their status updates all the time. You do what you want. But I suggest at least considering posting about positive things that you see in the world, instead of just negative ones. Spread the good word (literally)!

Because the kids lost 2 of the white roads and 1 of the blue cities. And probably some of the soldier cards. And one of the dice.

I used to work at Microsoft (in 2 states other than Washington). There was one company that did the janitorial work. All the janitors worked for that company (not Microsoft). Another company did the Microsoft corporate security. All the security officers work for that company, not Microsoft. All the chefs and other kitchen workers are employed by another company (not Microsoft). The Microsoft Company Store is manned and managed by yet another company (not Microsoft). Even "half" of the people who worked in product support work for outside contracting companies, or as independent contractors. Since the sites I worked at provided mainly support (as opposed to product development), I can't say how many of the general population of the main Microsoft campuses were/are contractors or vendors. But I know the practice of hiring contractors and vendors was/is not exclusive to product support, because I see job postings all the time for contractor/vendor jobs within Microsoft product teams.
As low to the bottom of the corporate ladder as I was, in 2005, my rung was severed, and all of the front-line phone support was sent to India and Canada. So working for Microsoft at a minimum wage job is unlikely, if not impossible (unless things are really different in Washington state, or unless things have considerably changed where I was). I just worked at a Microsoft support site again for 9 months as a contractor, ending earlier this year, so I know they haven't changed in my state, at least.
having said all that, one likely can get a job at Microsoft for an admin-type position. I suspect those pay more than minimum wage, however, though maybe not that much more. I don't know if there is such a thing as a clerk at Microsoft, since automation through technology largely eliminated so many jobs of that type.

I have heard of people doing this, too. But that raises some theoretical questions:
Say I have 2 FB accounts: 1 for Friends and 1 for Authority.
First, my my parents may wonder why my cousin isn't on my friends list. So I could add my cousin (who is also a good friend of mine) to both lists, but then they would have to remember which one of my accounts is for friends and which one is for authority, so they don't tag the authority account on pics of our wild debauchery. That would be putting a burden on them.
I guess as long as your real life is cleanly divided into work and play, it might not be too hard, but if it does, anyone on both lists would have to remember not to post expletive-laced wall postings to the wrong account (assuming they agreed to care about this).

I hated how hard it was to get to some utilities that I often use, but then one day I realized that I can just hit the windows key, and then type whatever it is that I want, and it magically opens (no hunting involved)
For instance:
Windows key-->"printers"-->Enter. Boom, there are my printers.
Windows Key-->"device manager"-->Enter. Boom. There is my device manager.
You can even do throwbacks like Windows Ket-->"add remove programs"-->Enter, and Boom. There is the Programs & Settings box (which replaced the Add/Remove dialog box).
It's not harder, it's just different. And with different comes the opportunity to be even more powerful.

wow. I think everyone has been angry at someone in HR at some point or two in their lives. But if we eliminate HR completely, who will make sure we get paid?

There are companies who are filling IT positions with people who don't already have 3-5 years experience doing the job? Where?please tell me!

~15 years ago, I would have written off your examples as lunatic-fringe, tinfoil-hat-wearing and OMG-don't-you-have-anything-better-to-do-with-your-imagination, but events that have transpired in the past 15 or so years (starting with the signing into law of the DMCA in 1998) have convinced me otherwise.
I other words, I wouldn't put anything past our global corporation "people" who control billions of dollars (some of which are used to pay lobbyists, some of which are donated to candidates' election funds, and some of which are likely used for much worse purposes).

It took me a while to remember that the ribbon can be collapsed by double-clicking on any tab (the actual tab part). Once you know where the controls that you use are located, collapse the ribbon, and single-click a tab to open it for the duration of the command, and then after you click the command, it will snap back shut.

I can't believe no one has said anything about OperaTor yet. Mostly because it's the only one I was aware of before this article
Is it because OperaTor doesn't appear to be in development anymore (as in dead).