Generally, job security these days comes from having flexible enough experience and training to be able to find *another* job easily.

This means that if people want to study, then the company should be prepared to meet their employees halfway, or they will only seek to de-motivate the parts of their workforce that's are usually self-motivated.

So while assisting with training doesn't help with the bottom line directly, having a de-motivated workforce will ultimately do more damage to your business.

The Christmas we celebrate is fundamentally the Dickens Victorian ideal of Christmas.

If they're as lonely as we are, and regardless of whether they used radio like we have, wouldn't any sufficiently advanced civilisation be transmitting radiowaves in all directions, with the purpose of getting a response from someone else? So, if they want to get in contact with us, radio seems like a good place to start, as least from a physics perspective?

We send out these kinds of signals now, but on a small scale. We should be sending these in all directions, and all the time, and the messages we should be sending are 'is there a better way to communicate with you guys? if there is, can you send us back some instructions on building a faster than light communication device?'

Probably because building a levee in preparation for a once in a 1000 year storm is prohibitively expensive.

Or, on other words, if your a politician and build a levee for a once in 50 year storm, the chances are still good that you wont be held responsible for it while you are in office.

weather != climate

Or the opposite. I used to pirate, but now I use steam.

Just think about it deeply, then forget itâ¦then an idea will jump up in your face.

A business must balance the interests of all stakeholders in order to be sustainable. If you cant balance the interests of your workers with the interests of other stakeholders then your business is doomed to fail.

In any case, activism in the unions usually is a sign of problems elsewhere in the industry. The real problem is a market shift away from these products, and management not being able to create new products to remain viable.

What you're voting for is representation of your views.

All right maggot, fallout! Colonel Homestarrunner is recruiting the most elite team of crack commandos to invade Strongbadia. Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy? Will you bring a sack lunch and some orange slices for me and serve your country? WILL YOU STUPID!?

Not to mention how pissed HRH will be she he finds out.

PC gaming is dead, as it has had to adapt to become more like a console in order to survive.

Gasoline is bad for lawnmower engines too, unless you add oil to the gasoline in your 2 stroke mower!

Point being, the engine is designed with the fuel in mind. If I want to use another fuel, I should consider buying another lawn mower. If I put something into the tank that it wasn't designed for, I shouldn't be angry at the fuel!

Correlation does not equal causation!