Sentences with phrase «on the whim of»

It's risky to depend on the whims of ISPs for your business model, Gupta said.

Somehow this is akin to the culture in many companies where you have a new program every quarter based on the whims of the Chief Executive.

To establish a site with steady rankings and traffic, you need to build links from sources that will not simply be devalued on the whim of Google.

Here's the deal, Yes, it used to be 28 billion years, now it's 14 billion but that's not on whims of scientists who just want to screw with the common everyday man, it's when certain evidence comes to light and we have to revise our understanding.

We can not consign children to a bleak future dependent on the whims of Mum's latest boyfriend and occasional visits from a social worker committed to the sort of agenda described above.

Hmmmm, a religion based on the whims of a Roman procurator??? Maybe we should rethink the importance of the crucifixion and concentrate on the Beat - itudes!!!!

Fingers being cut off for offenses and people being tortured or imprisoned on the whims of others can be a way of life in war - torn countries that are governed by various opposing leaders of the Islamic faith.

Hmmmm, a religion based on the whims of a Roman procurator??? Maybe you should rethink the importance of the crucifixion and concentrate on the Beatitudes!!!!

truthfollower01, it appears that you do not believe there is any absolute standard for morality, yourself, but, instead, believe actions that would otherwise be regarded as immoral can be regarded as moral based on the whims of your god.

Who wants to believe in a religion that says that we're here on the whim of an evil alien overlord who killed us to take care of a population problem.

Even THEN it is still a work of fiction, edited by humans for readability as well as content (how many «lost books of the Bible» were left out on the whim of the «church» who was threatened by them?????????) Since this is likely boring folks I will not start on the Church (capital C, not lowercase C)!!!!!! My 2 cents is all — for what it is worth.

Chelsea's success is dependant on the whim of a billionaire, not the money from the fans, it could all disappear very quickly

Utterly stupid arsene wenger again leaving things to the last minute every bloody year, it's time for arsenal fc have a sporting director who in conjunction with the manager agrees before end of season where the team need to be strengthend and go for it instead of waiting on the whim of arsene and his stupid mind games, if lamar signing goes through I'll take my hat off to him but I doubt it.

One thing they certainly shouldn't do is change the coach on the whim of a player who is clearly being badly advised and who owes much of his career success so far to the man currently in charge.

This is hard to verify: man of the match awards are not recorded and archived with the same reverence as scorelines, and tend to be made on the whim of a co-commentator, a public vote, or whoever's still conscious in the corporate boxes.

Maybe, the Ashanti regional minister needs to be reminded that Ghana is a nation governed by laws and not on whims of self conceited government appointees who take instructions from political simpletons; may he be reminded once again that, through this act of indiscretion, he is effectively opening the government up for huge legal liabilities that may culminate in the payment of huge government debt.

Do remember, the objective is to establish an effective council for the long term, not just on the whim of a few motivated self interested individuals!

Given that so much of what happens in New York City depends on the whims of people in the state legislature hostile to the city's very existence, this test isn't too much to ask for.

Mr. de Blasio's ambitious agenda — from implementing universal prekindergarten and after - school programs to raising the city's minimum wage — is highly dependent on the whims of Albany.

But with the very real possibility of Democrats also taking over the State Senate — depending on the whims of one mercurial senator — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo ever eager to ban any gun he can find, this threat to shooting sports is all too real.

But if you want to see correspondence between the same gas company and your local Assembly member or senator, you may or may not get it, depending largely on the whim of the lawmaker in question.

You know when you go down that road of clean tech, you not only have cleaner air, you not only have a new industry — an export industry that can't be outsourced so easily in global demand — you not only become more economically stable, because you're not shipping all those dollars abroad; you are not only able to become more secure because your source of fuel isn't dependent on the whims of some petro - dictator.

The current system opens up the possibility of a centre being closed on the whim of a small group of public servants.

Should a physicist who disagrees with his or her boss be excluded on the whim of the superior?

On a whim of impulse shopping — something I am normally much better at avoiding — I ordered these online.

Promo codes can change, depending on the whims of the online dating sites, but as of right now, the eharmony promotional codes that we know of are listed below in the Current Online Dating Deals.

Sam investigates and replicates the sequence of events that saw his father get sucked into cyberspace, a dangerous, militaristically oppressive place called The Grid, where people are enslaved on the whim of a grand force of some sort.

And remember, all opening dates are subject to change based on the whims of the studios.

It has a colorful cast of characters who can be swapped out at any moment on the whims of the plot, and has your protagonist face himself and the dark things he's done, wondering if he's even worthy of saving those around him.

«What's different now is you have a reliable system that is not just based on the whim of a principal, but on the basis of who is doing a great job,» Weisberg said.

Palm Beach County teachers, humiliated by evaluations they say are too dependent on the whims of administrators, are demanding changes to the system that rates them.

Not everyone has the luxury of downsizing to a compact on the whim of what's trending.

The rules which most writers within the traditional publishing scene have to agree to when signing that contract, in effect means they are nothing more than poorly paid slaves, dependent on the whim of their publisher.

It's a new world, and none of us are dependent on the whims of New York publishing to get our writing read.

Elizabethan galleons were frail and entirely dependent on the whim of the winds and the swirl of the currents.

For example, an artist could go from a starving nobody, and based on the whims of social circles, catapult to social elite in a very short time.

There's some hope that all Honeycomb devices will have access to the update at that time, depending on the whims of individual carriers and OEMS.

Much like Crunchyroll's anime section, the quality of the manga translations solely depends on the whims of the translator.

I think it's unwise for anybody to be 100 % dependent on the whims of Amazon's ever - changing algorithms.

Others are wary because gold prices depend heavily on the whims of investors, since little is used in the production of goods integral to the economy.

Bonds are considered less risky because they are a debt the company owes you and pays back, rather than relying on the whims of the market.

«Before you jump in, ask yourself if you really want to invest based on the whims of a friend,» Zajac said.

Today, its price fluctuates based on the whims of financial markets.

And soon, your passive income will exceed your expenses and your financial stability won't depend on the whims of customers and the moods of managers.

The state kicked in around 13 - 15 % per year (changed based on the whims of the legislature).

But why would Nintendo wish to downgrade itself to a business model that is based on the whims of bored iPhone or Android users?

However, the output of wind turbines and solar panels is totally dependent on the whims of the weather.

oh you mean Germany and the other dopey twerps destroying their electricity supply systems on the whims of the defunct AGW religion.

In addition to its nuclear plants, which must run 24/7 for safety reasons, the province will need to manage thousands of wind turbines and solar panels that can suddenly surge up or shut down on the whims of the wind and Sun.

The inevitable consequences of trying to run an economy on the whims of the weather are universal.