Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
in [Europe]
|
From: mrtravel on 15 Aug 2006 12:59 The Reid wrote: > Following up to Dave Frightens Me > > >>>>Contrast this with Athens and Berlin. A tiny minority of the people have >>>>shared fluency in any language. >>> >>>Almost all speak English. >> >>*chuckle* >> >>You would be one of those ignorant yanks if you believe this! > > > that's a classic, "everybody in Europe speaks English". Is the > man trolling? It is true. If you speak slow enough and loud enough, everyone understands.
From: Hatunen on 15 Aug 2006 13:02 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:00:56 +0200, Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:43:22 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: > >>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:34:13 +0200, Dave Frightens Me >><deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >> >>>On 14 Aug 2006 18:09:13 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>No. Just pointing out the fact that the reason so many Euros have >>>>passports is due to hatred and bigotry, not some cultural superiority >>>>as has been implied. >>> >>>Very bizzare response. >> >>Not as bizarre as it looks at first glance. Passports are a >>result of World War One. > >His inclusion of the phrase "so many" suggests that's not what he >meant. I have no idea what he actually meant. The phrasing doesn't make a lot of sense. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 15 Aug 2006 13:03 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:00:52 +0100, The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: >Following up to Dave Frightens Me > >>>> Contrast this with Athens and Berlin. A tiny minority of the people have >>>> shared fluency in any language. >>> >>>Almost all speak English. >> >>*chuckle* >> >>You would be one of those ignorant yanks if you believe this! > >that's a classic, "everybody in Europe speaks English". Is the >man trolling? In all fairness, he didn't say "everybody". ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Miguel Cruz on 15 Aug 2006 17:54 Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: > Miguel Cruz <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote: >> The easiest way to synchronize them is using a common time source. > > But there will always be propagation time differences from that > source to the devices being synched. If you know the location of the clocks you're setting, and you know the location of your time beacon, then it's a trival matter to cancel out the radio propagation delay. This is entirely different from the vagaries of time sync propagation across the internet, which is Mxsmanic's red herring of the day. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: Hatunen on 15 Aug 2006 18:23
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:54:03 -0400, Miguel Cruz <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote: >Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote: >> Miguel Cruz <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote: >>> The easiest way to synchronize them is using a common time source. >> >> But there will always be propagation time differences from that >> source to the devices being synched. > >If you know the location of the clocks you're setting, and you know the >location of your time beacon, then it's a trival matter to cancel out >the radio propagation delay. > >This is entirely different from the vagaries of time sync propagation >across the internet, which is Mxsmanic's red herring of the day. Propagation delays are not necessarily constant, although they may sometimes be constant enough for the purpose at hand. Not to mention it takes already syched clocks to determine the delay. For truly precise work, timekeeper synchronization can be tricky. But a minute or two will usually get me to the movies on time. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |