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Otherwise I think, they may not give up their life.
So, you’re ready to condemn the guy who saves a roomful of people by jumping on a live grenade?
The Wolf
Wolf- But I also say dad
It was a joke. I never called my father “Pop” either. It was always “Dad.”
The Wolf
Where i grew up we called it pop not soda
Where I grew up, we called Pop Soda.
“Soda,” I would say, “can I have twenty bucks and borrow the car, please?” 🙂
The Wolf
She has to verbalize this to do this. This isn’t commonly done. And if it is, she loses rights she was entitled to from her kesuba (i.e. support).
She obviously gives up the right to support. I don’t believe she gives up her rights with regard to payment at the termination of the marriage. Nor does she give up her non-economic rights as well.
The Wolf
Perhaps in your individual circumstances it has no effect for some reason. But the fact that it goes into a communal pot doesn’t negate its effect. The communal pot, per halacha, is yours and not hers.
Unless I will it otherwise, which I do.
The Wolf
GM,
OTOH, someone can give something to a married woman on the condition that her husband not have any share in it and it becomes hers exclusively.
One could argue that by giving his wife a gift, the husband is voluntarily relinquishing any rights to ownership of the item (or else what’s the point of the gift?).
The Wolf
Hamaivin yovin
Instead of being snarky and answering cryptically, how about answering my question in a straightforward manner. Why would you not recommend that I cook for my wife?
The Wolf
My question is, what is the practical effect of this halacha?
For us, it has no effect. All our money goes into the communal pot — regardless of who earns it.
The Wolf
I would not be surprised to find out that the origin of every single one of them was a result of a lawsuit (either to the product manufacturer or to one of their competitors).
The Wolf
They aren’t permitted to overcharge in the first place. The recourse is if they broke that law.
Fair enough. Thanks for the correction.
The Wolf
Heh. You’re in the only place in the world where you would be considered a gentile. 🙂
Have fun snowboarding!
The Wolf
Would you recommend Oracle or MS SQL as a better option (personal biases aside, if possible) to train for?
I have never used Oracle, so I really can’t answer that question.
The Wolf
Why, is she a racist? 🙂
No… monogamist. She won’t let me date an Ashkenazi either. 🙂
The Wolf
As far as overcharging, a store can charge whatever they want
Well, yes and no. The store can charge what they like, but if it’s over 1/6th, the customer may have recourse to recover the excess price in Bais Din.
The Wolf
Why then, do you persist?
Sometimes I just can’t resist. It’s a failing of mine.
The Wolf
(although I wouldn’t recommend it)
Why wouldn’t you recommend that I cook lunch for my wife? Especially in light of the fact that you immediately said afterward that it was a nice gesture.
The Wolf
Any thoughts?
Yes… that you cannot make a general rule about something like this. There are those for whom it is better to rent than to buy, and there are those for whom the opposite is true. Among the factors to be considered are:
Market conditions
Geography
Personal income
How long you intend to stay
Interest rates
Your personal credit
and on and on.
No doubt there are many people for whom it makes more economic sense to rent than to buy. But it’s hardly universally so.
The Wolf
No, I would not date a Sephardi…
… my wife won’t let me. 🙂
The Wolf
It’s just that it cheapens your relationship to be trying to buy his love and affection with gifts.
Why do assume that the purpose of a gift is to “buy” someone’s love?
I cooked lunch for Eeees yesterday. Was I (in your opinion) doing it merely to “buy her love?”
The Wolf
You should show your appreciation by being devoted to him, not by giving nonsensical presents. It flies in the face of everything we stand for.
Cite, please.
The Wolf
I took a class in SQL Server about twelve years ago which lasted a few months. It was a part of a larger certificate program in client-server programming. The course I took covered querying… and that was about it.
However, there is MUCH more to databases than simply knowing how to write a query. There is database administration, database development, analytics, business intelligence, data mining and on and on. You may want to look into these various fields and decide what aspect of it you want to go into. The amount of time you wish to devote to this is strictly up to you — but keep in mind that, like most any other endeavor, the more time you put into it, the better you will be at it.
The Wolf
Sorry… I missed your question earlier.
The best way to find out what the salary range on any particular tech job is to go to job boards (Dice.com is very good for tech jobs) and do a quick search of your area.
As for training, I would probably advise you to take a class if at all possible. While writing a SELECT statement is not rocket science, that’s really just the very basics of database management.
The Wolf
wolf – im just curious why you felt it important to let us all know that potent fact?
The person asked what we did in kindergarten. No one *had* to respond — we all did by choice. So I too was answering that I did not do so because I went to public school.
Why do you feel that that fact is so potent?
The Wolf
by the goyisha they celebrate their birthday because they are not happy (because all they strive for is money), so its another year down the tubes.
Wow. How appropriate the username…
The Wolf
I was in public school for kindergarten (the only year I was in public school) and so I did not have this experience at all.
The Wolf
That’s not what I was saying nebach to.
My apologies… I thought it was clear that I was joking.
The Wolf
Spoiled,
I’m glad it worked out for you, and I certainly won’t call what happened to you a “bubba maiseh.”
But keep in mind that one anecdotal case doth not a study make. There could be any number of reasons why this worked for you but would not work for someone else — or why some people don’t have a problem with chocolate (perhaps the problem is really sugar?) at night.
In short, I wouldn’t call what you say a “bubba maiseh.” But I wouldn’t start proposing it as the cure to everyone’s nightmare problems either — at least not until you have far more evidence to back up the claim.
The Wolf
Nebach
I agree that it’s a nebach that I thanked him for clarifying his previous post, but what can you do? Politeness is a character flaw of mine.
The Wolf
Nebach was directed towards BPT and his blue stitching story.
Fair enough. Thank you for the clarification.
The Wolf
How is the employment market for database management (DBMS)?
As long as there are databases and as long as people need structured data storage, there will always be a need for people to program/administer databases.
And which DBMS are currently most popular (Oracle, MS SQL) and employable?
Both Oracle and MS SQL Server are widely used. Mysql is becoming more and more popular for web applications.
What is the learning curve to learn DBMS from the beginning (for someone coming from a general IT background with a decade + old B.S. in MIS)?
Learning to write a SELECT statement is not rocket science. SQL is, at it’s core, a very simple language.
A larger part of the deal isn’t the language, but learning how to effectively and efficiently use the database. Learning how/when to index, how to optimize queries, proper database management, etc.
The Wolf
What other areas of IT are worthwhile exploring for training towards employment?
I say ‘Pay-sach’, my husband says ‘Pie-sach” … you say potato & I say pototo… 😉
… let’s call the whole thing off. 🙂
The Wolf
Can I do that from Excel or google docs? Any recommendations?
I don’t know about Google Docs, but from Excel and Word — absolutely.
The Wolf
What DBMS (Oracle, Sybase, etc.) are you trained with?
MS SQL Server
The Wolf
We say Pay-sach… although, on reflection, I’ve got to admit that Peh-sach is probably the correct way of saying it.
The Wolf
I say this to you as a professional, long-time database programmer…
For the vast majority of weddings, a simple spreadsheet will be more than sufficient. Unless you have some really complicated wedding planning issues, your best bet is to use Excel or Google Docs.
The Wolf
Nebach.
Was that directed at me?
And, if so, please explain what, exactly, you think is “nebach.”
Thanks,
The Wolf
Obligatory reference to Shel Silverstein. 🙂
The Wolf
Are you asking what most people do, or are you asking what the individual members of the CR do?
The answer to the former question is obvious — most people stay home (or go to someone else’s home).
As for us (to answer the latter possibility), we are the stay at home type. Over the last six years or so, we’ve worked out a nice system where we go to my sister’s house for one seder and she and her family come to us for the other.
The Wolf
My daughter went from a school with a strict uniform to one that has none. In fact, her school emphasizes dressing comfortably and casual. Denim skirts and T-shirts/sweatshirts (all of appropriate length, of course) are the *preferred* mode of dress. The student handbook discourages wearing fancy or elaborate clothing.
Personally, I think it’s a very good thing. It’s training her to learn how to dress within halachic guidelines while still being able to express her individuality. The fact that the girls *don’t* compete with fancy outfits and are encouraged to be casual and comfortable helps to avoid the competitive “fashion show” environment.
All I can say is this — my daughter does not have fancy clothes, but she has never complained to us that she feels like she’s dressed worse than anyone else at school.
The Wolf
Avosainu.
The Wolf
Juggle live bobcats? >:)
The Wolf
Ask your LOR.
The Wolf
It is my understanding that information is made available to friends, friends friends and so on, so that I may end up with information I dont ever want. I can control who I see and who I speak with in the real world. In cyberspace, I cant control who posts what, when, where and how if I was opened to it as a friend.
Well, you can control whom you want your information going to. If you want your information to be restricted to your friends, you have that option.
As for information going in the other direction (i.e. to you), the same applies in real life. You’ve never met your friends’ friends? You’ve never had a friend tell you about something a friend/relative of theirs did or said? You’ve never met someone someplace and discovered that you might have a friend in common with them? Again, I fail to see how real life is different than FB in this regard.
In any event, with FB, I never see other people’s posts in my feed. The only people I see are the people with whom I am friends. You may have the option to expand that if you wish (I don’t know) but that would be up to the individual user.
The Wolf
I dont have a facebook account (is this correct term?), so cant say this with certainty, but you can choose who you friend, but you cant choose who your friends friends and you certainly cant control who your friends friend, friends.
The same applies to your friends in their lives outside of Facebook as well. I don’t see how Facebook is any worse in this regard.
The Wolf
Is it against yiddishkeit?
Does something have to be against yiddishkeit to personally disapprove of it?
The Wolf