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The Innovators' Ball
Babylon Rocker writes "Latest Cringely: The Innovators' Ball: Why Business Isn't as Fun as it Used to be.
'Sharp business is cheating and not getting caught.'"
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If I can beg a little impartiality from the Slashdot editors, must every story include a dig at me or my company?
Decent article, but regarding this part:
We've gone from following the rules to playing the odds.
And if we do follow the rules and don't play the odds, then we are figured to be suckers.
Speak for yourself. Some of us just keep doing the right thing as best we can, no matter what everyone else is doing. We usually come out better in the long run.
everything in moderation
Microwaves don't use UV. They, uh, use microwaves. :)
You say
Call yourself a geek. You don't even know how a microwave works. I bet you use WinXP and use StyleXP to make it look like Linux.
-- Be careful what you say. Someone might remind you about it another day.
I'm not completely sure, but I think they created that stupid paperclip thingy in Word. At least I've never seen anyone else take credit for it.
nothing beats the happy fun ball
mirror...
Yeah, a cell phone with a camera was something new, but so was the first zipper painted blue!
Dr Seuss, is that you?!
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
... because I don't think I would have clicked on an article called "The Innovator's Balls".
Remember Bob? Nobody else does either. Even that wasn't invented there, really.
Amusingly enough, Mrs. Bill Gates was the Project Manager (PM) on that one.