Comment feminism (Score 2, Interesting) 642
The simple rule is to treat others as you'd want to be treated. Period. How often do you hear about women having too much power? Never by sane people. How many females are on boards of directors? Way too few. Do women have way more obstacles to overcome just to do well at work? You bet your ass they do. Of course men "don't talk and bitch about it" because they have no idea how poorly women can be treated.
I know women to this day who are seen more as sex objects than colleagues and never taken seriously at work, even though they happen to be smarter than many of the others in the room. They are often ignored or 'mansplained to' (Wikipedia). Women (and men) actually ARE doing something productive about it by informing the ignorant that women generally have it rougher than men.
As for life being unfair, I agree with you, but not with the word 'sometimes'. Being a woman on earth means 'almost every time' life is unfair, and I don't see why that should be the status quo nor why we shouldn't set a high standard of conduct for ourselves to resolve that.
By the way, why is calling a locker room full of guys 'ladies' or something based on the feminine like 'bitching' derogatory , while telling women to 'man up' supposed to mean to strive for better?
I don't see why the burden of action should be on those who are subjugated to unfair behaviour. Why isn't it up to men to stop being jerks?
Comment How could you miss... (Score 5, Interesting) 608
Comment I once placed my hands on Seven and Five (Score 1) 380
I once placed my hands on Seven and Five
Then my summer employer wanted to ensure on gravel roads I can drive
With the assessor I took to the road
and upon me this knowledge she bestowed:
"If ever you crash and the airbags go off
please remember, do not scoff
Because you will scream deathly calls
As your hands completely squish your balls...
Please be safe
Drive at least at Four and Eight"
Comment Unintended Camera Purchase (Score 2, Interesting) 248
Comment What about second-hand books? (Score 1) 390
Comment Re:How Much Damage? (Score 3, Interesting) 289
Comment 'Owning A Canadian' refers to a joke (Score 5, Informative) 513
Comment Re:Celsius: It's for telling temperature (Score 1) 1233
Make a cube of that side, a cubic meter. Fill that with water near the sea level and you get a volume of 1 Liter of water.
There are 1000L in a cubic meter, not one.
Comment Re:Back it up with a little detail helps. (Score 1) 260
Comment Surprised? (Score 3, Insightful) 384
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Comment Re:And they wonder why..... (Score 1) 299
Neither GM nor Chrysler will "get it". Why should they? They have governed by finance pros instead of by engineers.
I'm an engineer, and the marketing department at my company will always get over double the budget of my design dept. This is normal, and simply a question of marketing. It has nothing to do with any mismanagement of GM at all, actually. Seth Godin's blog, although usually vague and general, gives a bit of insight into this matter. Moral of the story: People don't buy what's best, people buy what they want. GM is just providing an option to cater to something people would want, and making good money doing it. It's not like they were sacrificing any performance for the add-on. If anything, they're managing their resources even better by doing this.
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