This is the same as the brilliant GE management philosophy of Jack Welch. This man was one of the most ignorant, self-serving CEO's of our time. I say that because he ALWAYS went after the short term gains and that's part of why GE sucks so bad right now. He left Immelt with an impending corporate meltdown (ie, a big business that was primarily a bank with some other smaller ops). Any manager that buys into any of Welch's BS should be publicly humiliated.
I worked with an aggressive, high-tech, medical electronics company that prided itself on running lean and mean and we exceled. Certainly there were times when we were over-whelmed, but we almost never had any layoffs of any significant number of employees. That's because management understood how to avoid becoming too over-staffed and sloppy. We were all paid fairly well and had great benefits with some phenomenal perks (wine coolers and beer on tap in the cafeteria, an incredible fitness room, and company parties that would blow the doors off anybody else's). Then we were bought out by GE. What an incredibly assinine management philosophy they have! In no time at all, a company that was number one in several product areas was destroyed and morale was in the toilet.
Firing the bottom 10% is a horrible, dim-witted concept primarily because of the damage it does to morale. If a company wants to cut costs, they need to start at the top. Travel only if absolutely necessary. Learn to use telecons. All execs take a pay cut. No bonuses. (I believe there shouldn't be bonuses for anyone making >100k. First of all, they are getting paid that much to do that job. Second of all, if you can't make ends meet and still set money aside, you need to see a financial counselor. Third, it increases potential for a huge division between workers and management and sets the stage for a union intrusion.)
And don't even start telling me about how bonuses are necessary to remain competitive. That is an absolute line of trash that is promulgated by other execs that serve on each others boards. These guys want that lie to prevail so they can continue to justify obscene bonuses. Meanwhile everyone else loses their jobs. It's time to hire execs that want to do a good job motivated by the desire to create a secure business that will result in job security for the employees and a good value for the customer.
Be embarassed, American businessmen. Be very embarassed. You were all contributors to this financial mess just as much as all the sheeple that just had to have that big SUV or that bigger home or the second 4-wheel ATV or the Prada purse (excuse me, "handbag"). American culture is in the trash heap along with its TV reality shows and American Idol. We've become a society of victims that always wants someone to do things for us and always wants more "stuff" or wants instant fame just because they think they can sing or dance. If we had any backbone we would have stuffed the immoral execs in the trash heap of history and sent all the materialistic dolts out for psychotherapy or spiritual counseling.
Hey, Barack. As far as I'm concerned, there damn well better be change, but not by coddling the already infantilized American citizen. We need to re-establish a sense of real ethics and values. What the American citizen needs now is a hard smack up side the head and then get all the lobbyists out of Washington. Put THEM out of THEIR jobs. And reign in the greed that is so prevalent amongst our business executives. Don't let businesses and consumers run our country. Let's take it back. Of the people, for the people, by the people. Does anybody remember that concept?
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This is in response to the fact that they've taken more market share from winD'ohs. They know that every script kiddie and his sun-light deprived cousin are going to start taking a shot at the Mac OS. Not to mention the criminal element. There is something to be said about prevalence re opportunity. (ie, The more there are, the more attempts there will be.)
Although malware *might not* penetrate as far into the Mac OS (because of it's Unix underpinnings) as on winD'ohs, it still comes down to NOT opening any suspicious emails and being careful about where you browse. Doing that coupled with a decent AV app is about as good as you can do.
Yah, ah, isn't this what version numbers are for? You know... Version 1.0 is not quite as good as version 2.0. Did I not get the memo?
Okay, I've really lost what little respect I still had for Google. Now they're playing word games. This does nothing more than compromise their credibility.
They need to add one more declaration into their business mantra. Do no evil and do nothing stupid.
Now I get it. The REAL reason they're losing money is because of these unbelievably stupid lawsuits. I bet if they just went back to selling whatever product they have that might be worth selling and fire all the lawyers they've retained over the years, they'd stop losing money.
Billy is the 'Conquistador' or literally 'the Conqueror.' Jerry is the bumbling public, ignorant and undirected. Jerry brings a sacrifice to the great conquistador to pay homage, gain an audience with the conqueror, and seek guidance.
After asking for enlightenment re new computers, Billy shakes (blech!) his butt. What this really means is 'All your dollars and business and computers are owned by me and now you can kiss my posterior.'
The reference to computers like cake is this. Billy's perception is that we the public are ignorant, living in a void, lacking any technical skill and understanding whatsoever. He, being a legend in his own mind, has great clarity of thought and can foresee the future of technology. And so he has created the greatest of all operating systems which is called Vista. BUT, we have scorned it. So now he figuratively says, 'Let them eat cake.' (I know HE doesn't actually say that, that's why it's figurative. It's the point in the... ah, dialog?...and implies the true meaning within the message.
It was a brilliantly disguised slap in the face to all of us. And the bonus is that an incredibly mediocre 'comedian' (and I use that term loosely) gets $10 million for it. Hey Jerry, it's time to write your memoirs.
Having lived in an apartment and a house with little or no exposure to sunlight, it strikes me that this design has that as a problem. That is, half the people will always be living in shadow. I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing.
Even if it's 'piped in,' indirect sunlight is no substitute for the real thing. Of course, by the time a concept like this is practical, UV radiation might be off the charts.
BTW, does this remind anyone else of Blade Runner?
Maybe the security that Moderatorrater refs is the warm, fuzzy feeling of continuing to use Microsoft products. It's the feeling of consistency, something familiar no matter how screwed up it might be.
It's been pretty well documented that Vista failed in many ways.
Not only that, the show just wasn't very funny. I was always amazed by watching a room of 5 or 6 people (my son and his friends) for the length of the show and nobody laughed. I couldn't blame them. The show wasn't funny. The writing was horribly contrived and the delivery of the lines and behavior of the characters was either very annoying or really buffoon like. I never developed an interest in any of the characters to the point where I would actually seek out a TV and watch. I was always puzzled by praise this show got. Reruns of "I Love Lucy" had more entertainment value and comedic content then "Seinfeld."
Personally, I believe the completely unremarkable careers of the entire Seinfeld cast is testimony to their actual talent or rather lack thereof.
...and if I might add this to the abstract above, they also don't need Microsoft support.
But the fact that these companies have chosen to use FOSS and GNU/Linux has given them that edge. They are not subject to lock in and some proprietary code of questionable quality. So they can go it alone.
And usually the people behind the perversion of our laws are lobbyists associated with some large corporation. This is why our country appears to be governed by corporate greed.
I'd like to think that having the item veto would be a step in the right direction, but then the lobbyists would get the congress to roll over and shoot it (item veto) down again.
I agree. A little transparency goes a long way toward reinforcing credibility. This is a very smart business move. It demonstrates two things. Amazon respects its customers enough not to insult them with some lame, vague 'hardware problem' excuse. And it validates that they actually troubleshoot their problems and understand them before they apply a solution. The combination of these two responses makes the apology even more sincere.
There is nothing to be confused about. It's simply a typo. The HP guy probably said they would be "shipping a Lottabytes" (as in a whole bunch of bytes) by 2013. Some editor just isn't doing his job very well.
You've eloquently expressed something that worries me as well.
And (hopefully) to expand on this perspective, business has been coddled and protected for decades by our single political party that wears two faces and names, the republicrats or the democrans. And what makes this political party so consistent in its existence and behavior is the influence that business has been able to apply to it in the form of lobbyists and special interests. In combination with the special groups like the RIAA, MPAA, BSA (Business Software Alliance not the Boy Scouts), etc, the citizen (now consumer) is powerless. We must expose these business entities for what they are - immoral organizations that are driven by greed.
Our only recourse is to reclaim our role as citizens. And we do that by 'voting with our wallets.' This simple phrase contains a subtle but very important implication. That is, we must make choices based on ethics and intelligence. We must be aware of what is right for our fellow human (not the business) and our environment. If we do this, business must change. The only other possible results are enslavement in a society of the haves and have-nots or anarchy.
I have to agree about people being too limited intellectually to navigate 3D. I personally have come close to several head-on collisions because of another driver being a cell-phone addicted, yammering idiot too dense to know what is going on around them. It would be total chaos and mayhem with these texting, chattering, morons moving about in 3D. And I know that we've all seen incredibly stupid moves by drivers with our current modes of transportation. Like crossing 3 lanes of heavy traffic at 70mph to make an exit ramp that's only a few hundred feet ahead. Or right turns from the left lane across 3 lanes of traffic. On the other hand, there is a chance for that thinning-the-herd thing to work its way through the driving public.
You're absolutely right. And speaking of people's rights, it worries me that some of these slackers might actually become lawyers. At this point, if I need a lawyer (God forbid), the first thing I'm going to do is check their diploma to see where they got their degree. If it's from the U of Chicago, forget it. I'll look somewhere else.
This (the US) is the country that perfected the robber barons, exploitation of the masses to benefit the wealthy, elite upper class, and gave the world MICROSOFT.
And therein lies the problem. IMO m$ has NO credibility. They communicate only when there will be a chance to influence the market to their advantage. To even think about allowing this "education" (aka, propaganda, marketing) to occur within our schools is absolutely counter to everything on which this country was originally founded. This is simply an avenue by which they can influence more impressionable people to buy their horrible products. This is nothing more than a freakin' commercial! Talk about "DUH!" And let's not even get into the age group that they're aiming for. Does anybody remember one of the most effective propaganda techniques used by some of the worst people in history? Push the lies at the youngest and most impressionable group and you have converts for life. Time out!!! What our schools NEED is classes that teach analytical thought, technique for objective assessment. They NEED to teach the impressionable students how the market will try to separate them from their hard-earned money. They need to teach them that not every convicted monopolist is going to tell you the truth.
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This is the same as the brilliant GE management philosophy of Jack Welch. This man was one of the most ignorant, self-serving CEO's of our time. I say that because he ALWAYS went after the short term gains and that's part of why GE sucks so bad right now. He left Immelt with an impending corporate meltdown (ie, a big business that was primarily a bank with some other smaller ops). Any manager that buys into any of Welch's BS should be publicly humiliated.
I worked with an aggressive, high-tech, medical electronics company that prided itself on running lean and mean and we exceled. Certainly there were times when we were over-whelmed, but we almost never had any layoffs of any significant number of employees. That's because management understood how to avoid becoming too over-staffed and sloppy. We were all paid fairly well and had great benefits with some phenomenal perks (wine coolers and beer on tap in the cafeteria, an incredible fitness room, and company parties that would blow the doors off anybody else's). Then we were bought out by GE. What an incredibly assinine management philosophy they have! In no time at all, a company that was number one in several product areas was destroyed and morale was in the toilet.
Firing the bottom 10% is a horrible, dim-witted concept primarily because of the damage it does to morale. If a company wants to cut costs, they need to start at the top. Travel only if absolutely necessary. Learn to use telecons. All execs take a pay cut. No bonuses. (I believe there shouldn't be bonuses for anyone making >100k. First of all, they are getting paid that much to do that job. Second of all, if you can't make ends meet and still set money aside, you need to see a financial counselor. Third, it increases potential for a huge division between workers and management and sets the stage for a union intrusion.)
And don't even start telling me about how bonuses are necessary to remain competitive. That is an absolute line of trash that is promulgated by other execs that serve on each others boards. These guys want that lie to prevail so they can continue to justify obscene bonuses. Meanwhile everyone else loses their jobs. It's time to hire execs that want to do a good job motivated by the desire to create a secure business that will result in job security for the employees and a good value for the customer.
Be embarassed, American businessmen. Be very embarassed. You were all contributors to this financial mess just as much as all the sheeple that just had to have that big SUV or that bigger home or the second 4-wheel ATV or the Prada purse (excuse me, "handbag"). American culture is in the trash heap along with its TV reality shows and American Idol. We've become a society of victims that always wants someone to do things for us and always wants more "stuff" or wants instant fame just because they think they can sing or dance. If we had any backbone we would have stuffed the immoral execs in the trash heap of history and sent all the materialistic dolts out for psychotherapy or spiritual counseling.
Hey, Barack. As far as I'm concerned, there damn well better be change, but not by coddling the already infantilized American citizen. We need to re-establish a sense of real ethics and values. What the American citizen needs now is a hard smack up side the head and then get all the lobbyists out of Washington. Put THEM out of THEIR jobs. And reign in the greed that is so prevalent amongst our business executives. Don't let businesses and consumers run our country. Let's take it back. Of the people, for the people, by the people. Does anybody remember that concept?
As I already commented below, check out http://www.cmsmatrix.org/. This site has lots of choices with comparisons and a discussion board. I've found it to be quite helpful.
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This is in response to the fact that they've taken more market share from winD'ohs. They know that every script kiddie and his sun-light deprived cousin are going to start taking a shot at the Mac OS. Not to mention the criminal element. There is something to be said about prevalence re opportunity. (ie, The more there are, the more attempts there will be.)
Although malware *might not* penetrate as far into the Mac OS (because of it's Unix underpinnings) as on winD'ohs, it still comes down to NOT opening any suspicious emails and being careful about where you browse. Doing that coupled with a decent AV app is about as good as you can do.
Disclosure: I'm OS whatever.
...and then they'll release a PR bragging about how they've "innovated" yet again.
That is incredibly well said. That made my day.
Thank you, Peter.
If I might offer and addendum to your brilliantly understated sig... ...nor is it brain science.
Thanks for a good laugh.
Yah, ah, isn't this what version numbers are for? You know... Version 1.0 is not quite as good as version 2.0. Did I not get the memo?
Okay, I've really lost what little respect I still had for Google. Now they're playing word games. This does nothing more than compromise their credibility.
They need to add one more declaration into their business mantra. Do no evil and do nothing stupid.
Now I get it. The REAL reason they're losing money is because of these unbelievably stupid lawsuits. I bet if they just went back to selling whatever product they have that might be worth selling and fire all the lawyers they've retained over the years, they'd stop losing money.
I wonder if they're interviewing for a CEO.
Billy is the 'Conquistador' or literally 'the Conqueror.' Jerry is the bumbling public, ignorant and undirected. Jerry brings a sacrifice to the great conquistador to pay homage, gain an audience with the conqueror, and seek guidance.
After asking for enlightenment re new computers, Billy shakes (blech!) his butt. What this really means is 'All your dollars and business and computers are owned by me and now you can kiss my posterior.'
The reference to computers like cake is this. Billy's perception is that we the public are ignorant, living in a void, lacking any technical skill and understanding whatsoever. He, being a legend in his own mind, has great clarity of thought and can foresee the future of technology. And so he has created the greatest of all operating systems which is called Vista. BUT, we have scorned it. So now he figuratively says, 'Let them eat cake.' (I know HE doesn't actually say that, that's why it's figurative. It's the point in the... ah, dialog? ...and implies the true meaning within the message.
It was a brilliantly disguised slap in the face to all of us. And the bonus is that an incredibly mediocre 'comedian' (and I use that term loosely) gets $10 million for it. Hey Jerry, it's time to write your memoirs.
Having lived in an apartment and a house with little or no exposure to sunlight, it strikes me that this design has that as a problem. That is, half the people will always be living in shadow. I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing.
Even if it's 'piped in,' indirect sunlight is no substitute for the real thing. Of course, by the time a concept like this is practical, UV radiation might be off the charts.
BTW, does this remind anyone else of Blade Runner?
Maybe the security that Moderatorrater refs is the warm, fuzzy feeling of continuing to use Microsoft products. It's the feeling of consistency, something familiar no matter how screwed up it might be.
It's been pretty well documented that Vista failed in many ways.
Good question. I know and I still ask it.
Not only that, the show just wasn't very funny. I was always amazed by watching a room of 5 or 6 people (my son and his friends) for the length of the show and nobody laughed. I couldn't blame them. The show wasn't funny. The writing was horribly contrived and the delivery of the lines and behavior of the characters was either very annoying or really buffoon like. I never developed an interest in any of the characters to the point where I would actually seek out a TV and watch. I was always puzzled by praise this show got. Reruns of "I Love Lucy" had more entertainment value and comedic content then "Seinfeld."
Personally, I believe the completely unremarkable careers of the entire Seinfeld cast is testimony to their actual talent or rather lack thereof.
...and if I might add this to the abstract above, they also don't need Microsoft support.
But the fact that these companies have chosen to use FOSS and GNU/Linux has given them that edge. They are not subject to lock in and some proprietary code of questionable quality. So they can go it alone.
Well said.
And usually the people behind the perversion of our laws are lobbyists associated with some large corporation. This is why our country appears to be governed by corporate greed.
I'd like to think that having the item veto would be a step in the right direction, but then the lobbyists would get the congress to roll over and shoot it (item veto) down again.
I agree. A little transparency goes a long way toward reinforcing credibility. This is a very smart business move. It demonstrates two things. Amazon respects its customers enough not to insult them with some lame, vague 'hardware problem' excuse. And it validates that they actually troubleshoot their problems and understand them before they apply a solution. The combination of these two responses makes the apology even more sincere.
I'm currently in the process of qualifying a mobo or mobos for a project. Thank you for making my job easier. One less to consider.
There is nothing to be confused about. It's simply a typo. The HP guy probably said they would be "shipping a Lottabytes" (as in a whole bunch of bytes) by 2013. Some editor just isn't doing his job very well.
You've eloquently expressed something that worries me as well.
And (hopefully) to expand on this perspective, business has been coddled and protected for decades by our single political party that wears two faces and names, the republicrats or the democrans. And what makes this political party so consistent in its existence and behavior is the influence that business has been able to apply to it in the form of lobbyists and special interests. In combination with the special groups like the RIAA, MPAA, BSA (Business Software Alliance not the Boy Scouts), etc, the citizen (now consumer) is powerless. We must expose these business entities for what they are - immoral organizations that are driven by greed.
Our only recourse is to reclaim our role as citizens. And we do that by 'voting with our wallets.' This simple phrase contains a subtle but very important implication. That is, we must make choices based on ethics and intelligence. We must be aware of what is right for our fellow human (not the business) and our environment. If we do this, business must change. The only other possible results are enslavement in a society of the haves and have-nots or anarchy.
I have to agree about people being too limited intellectually to navigate 3D. I personally have come close to several head-on collisions because of another driver being a cell-phone addicted, yammering idiot too dense to know what is going on around them. It would be total chaos and mayhem with these texting, chattering, morons moving about in 3D. And I know that we've all seen incredibly stupid moves by drivers with our current modes of transportation. Like crossing 3 lanes of heavy traffic at 70mph to make an exit ramp that's only a few hundred feet ahead. Or right turns from the left lane across 3 lanes of traffic. On the other hand, there is a chance for that thinning-the-herd thing to work its way through the driving public.
You're absolutely right. And speaking of people's rights, it worries me that some of these slackers might actually become lawyers. At this point, if I need a lawyer (God forbid), the first thing I'm going to do is check their diploma to see where they got their degree. If it's from the U of Chicago, forget it. I'll look somewhere else.
This (the US) is the country that perfected the robber barons, exploitation of the masses to benefit the wealthy, elite upper class, and gave the world MICROSOFT.
...especially if Colleen Kollar-Kotelly gets the case.
And therein lies the problem. IMO m$ has NO credibility. They communicate only when there will be a chance to influence the market to their advantage. To even think about allowing this "education" (aka, propaganda, marketing) to occur within our schools is absolutely counter to everything on which this country was originally founded. This is simply an avenue by which they can influence more impressionable people to buy their horrible products. This is nothing more than a freakin' commercial! Talk about "DUH!" And let's not even get into the age group that they're aiming for. Does anybody remember one of the most effective propaganda techniques used by some of the worst people in history? Push the lies at the youngest and most impressionable group and you have converts for life. Time out!!! What our schools NEED is classes that teach analytical thought, technique for objective assessment. They NEED to teach the impressionable students how the market will try to separate them from their hard-earned money. They need to teach them that not every convicted monopolist is going to tell you the truth.
Does anyone remember "The Forbin Project?"