That didn't work too well in the 19th and early 20th century.
We aren't living in the 19th or early 20th century any longer. The patent medicine salesman can't wheel his wagon into town and sell snake oil to the gullible townspeople.
There is a lot better communication now.
It is always laughable that people defending the archaic FDA bureaucrats have to reach back so far.
The 'better' argument being criticized by the GP does not depend on whether it is correlation or causation. If people are not better off, it isn't necessary for him to show why.
So your point is moot. Even though you hefted around so many big words in attempting to make it.
"Cloud computing? What's that?" Says the old CO who still uses an AOL account... that he hasn't logged into in years....
The interesting fact is that the 'old CO' can get by without knowing the buzzword-of-the-moment. The real work is getting done, the numbers are looking fine, and product is getting produced, sold, and shipped. The filing clerks, the people who keep toner in the printers, and the other people performing custodial tasks like IT can fritter away in their little enclaves and trade jargon and fad ideas all they like.
BTW: how is the dude 'still using an AOL account' if he hasn't logged into it for years? Maybe 'the Internet' (that icon on the machine with Windows 95 on it in his basement) isn't very important in the circles he travels in.
Don't start sputtering and go furious at that last sentence. I meant 'the Internet' as represented by that icon. Everybody knows how significant the Internet Revolution has been on business practices. Why, paperclips are even a different shape now. Manilla file folders come with a barcode on them!
Trying to put my substantial ego aside, the business is trying there damnedest to make Datacenter IT folk a commodity, and it's working.
And what is so wrong with that? There's no real reason why IT work, i.e. being a Data Janitor, should be an artisan skill. The whole IT business is, what is the word for it? Automation. Yes, that's the term that I think gets used.
So you're saying that the Telcos were too blamed dumb to run their business the right way, and they have the Unions to thank for straightening them out?
You have the right to refuse to do any work you wish. But the moment you forget you're an employee, you might not be one any longer.
It's time to bury that notion that Unions cripple an economy.
It's time to bury the early 20th century notion that Unions 'save the workers' from some horrible plight.
Ford's wage-doubling action was an ideological Taylorist move. It's really surprising to see someone supposedly on "the working man's side" citing it in a positive light.
But then again, it's all just rhetoric, when it comes to backing The Union Bosses in these sorts of discussions.
Seriously, you just copied and pasted that off the UAW web site, right?
Because the Unions in the Auto Plants forced the automakers to become very inflexible and ossified in how they conducted operations. Any minor change in process required expensive retraining, and lord help them if a new process made it possible for something to be done with fewer employees.
Yes, we know all about Microsoft's planned obsolescence. It's shocking to see it presented as a virtue. But, then, you're probably used to talking mostly to people who make a lot of money selling stuff.
Direct3D, as an API, supports more hardware features at the API level than OpenGL does without reverting to basically bypassing OpenGL and going straight to the hardware.
Unfortunately, it can only do so through a rather formidable and opaque hardware abstraction layer called Windows.
Almost undoubtedly the disposable pen market. The premium car companies are all dying. Mostly they've been bought up by the big auto companies. They are truly a boutique industry.
Borland had superior development tools to Microsoft in every way DESPITE Microsoft owning the technology. Yet, Borland blew it.
Now, that's a history that has yet to be fully investigated and written. And probably it can't be written because slimes in expensive offices at Microsoft will never tell. But it's safe to say that Borland was slimed by Microsoft. They didn't 'blow it' unless sliming is considered a legitimate business practice.
History will come out eventually. Schoolchildren 100 years from now will be told the truth, and nothing that Bill Gates can do in his lifetime will be able to change that. Carnegie spent a lot of money on libraries and still wasn't able to clear his record either.
Do you honestly believe that the life of an asshole like you is worth more than a kid like that?
Throw your life in with the kids, and I think it sounds like a fair balance. We can be rid of the sickly kid, and the kind of damn fool who flips out at the trollbait on Slashdot, in one fell swoop.
Slashdot Mirror
I can buy 'all natural' peanut butter in a local grocery store for a little over $2 a jar.
That didn't work too well in the 19th and early 20th century.
We aren't living in the 19th or early 20th century any longer. The patent medicine salesman can't wheel his wagon into town and sell snake oil to the gullible townspeople.
There is a lot better communication now.
It is always laughable that people defending the archaic FDA bureaucrats have to reach back so far.
He reminds me of Marc Andreesen, back when Marc was that age.
Either way, if they leave the Canadian market, the law will be upheld.
The 'better' argument being criticized by the GP does not depend on whether it is correlation or causation. If people are not better off, it isn't necessary for him to show why.
So your point is moot. Even though you hefted around so many big words in attempting to make it.
They want all this experience and pay nothing. I don't know about everyone else but getting degrees and certifications "cost" money to obtain.
I'm confused by those sentences. Did you want experience, or wallpaper artists?
The interesting fact is that the 'old CO' can get by without knowing the buzzword-of-the-moment. The real work is getting done, the numbers are looking fine, and product is getting produced, sold, and shipped. The filing clerks, the people who keep toner in the printers, and the other people performing custodial tasks like IT can fritter away in their little enclaves and trade jargon and fad ideas all they like.
BTW: how is the dude 'still using an AOL account' if he hasn't logged into it for years? Maybe 'the Internet' (that icon on the machine with Windows 95 on it in his basement) isn't very important in the circles he travels in.
Don't start sputtering and go furious at that last sentence. I meant 'the Internet' as represented by that icon. Everybody knows how significant the Internet Revolution has been on business practices. Why, paperclips are even a different shape now. Manilla file folders come with a barcode on them!
Trying to put my substantial ego aside, the business is trying there damnedest to make Datacenter IT folk a commodity, and it's working.
And what is so wrong with that? There's no real reason why IT work, i.e. being a Data Janitor, should be an artisan skill. The whole IT business is, what is the word for it? Automation. Yes, that's the term that I think gets used.
Citation?
So you're saying that the Telcos were too blamed dumb to run their business the right way, and they have the Unions to thank for straightening them out?
You have the right to refuse to do any work you wish. But the moment you forget you're an employee, you might not be one any longer.
It's time to bury that notion that Unions cripple an economy.
It's time to bury the early 20th century notion that Unions 'save the workers' from some horrible plight.
Ford's wage-doubling action was an ideological Taylorist move. It's really surprising to see someone supposedly on "the working man's side" citing it in a positive light.
But then again, it's all just rhetoric, when it comes to backing The Union Bosses in these sorts of discussions.
Seriously, you just copied and pasted that off the UAW web site, right?
Because the Unions in the Auto Plants forced the automakers to become very inflexible and ossified in how they conducted operations. Any minor change in process required expensive retraining, and lord help them if a new process made it possible for something to be done with fewer employees.
Is it possible that Half of All Data Centers Are Overstaffed?
If the work continues to get done at these 'understaffed' data centers, maybe there's room for some housecleaning at the other data centers.
I know, I know. Unpopular idea. All kinds of people working in Data Centers who, uh, are hanging out on Slashdot will disagree with me.
Yes, it's certainly good justification.
And then, the new .exe file is released on download sites, with the MD5 hash in place....
I love stories about new PDAs; it shows the IT market is doing something different than the usual same-old desktop apps.
Same old, same old
I know of other games where you are instantly banned if you buy the primary game currency with real money and not through the approved channels.
Maybe Blizzard just needs to crack down on third party sellers.
Yes, we know all about Microsoft's planned obsolescence. It's shocking to see it presented as a virtue. But, then, you're probably used to talking mostly to people who make a lot of money selling stuff.
Direct3D, as an API, supports more hardware features at the API level than OpenGL does without reverting to basically bypassing OpenGL and going straight to the hardware.
Unfortunately, it can only do so through a rather formidable and opaque hardware abstraction layer called Windows.
What rubbish. The simple fact is that on the highest end hardware DirectX supports more features. OpenGL is well behind now.
"We're winning the war" said Rommel, in a telegram to Berlin.
Almost undoubtedly the disposable pen market. The premium car companies are all dying. Mostly they've been bought up by the big auto companies. They are truly a boutique industry.
I'm glad you made the case for the GP.
I couldn't find 'design1066' in the phone book. Googling didn't help, either.
Borland had superior development tools to Microsoft in every way DESPITE Microsoft owning the technology. Yet, Borland blew it.
Now, that's a history that has yet to be fully investigated and written. And probably it can't be written because slimes in expensive offices at Microsoft will never tell. But it's safe to say that Borland was slimed by Microsoft. They didn't 'blow it' unless sliming is considered a legitimate business practice.
History will come out eventually. Schoolchildren 100 years from now will be told the truth, and nothing that Bill Gates can do in his lifetime will be able to change that. Carnegie spent a lot of money on libraries and still wasn't able to clear his record either.
It would suffice to just kill off all the middle managers and their Powerpoint presentations.
Save a lot of money, too.
I was never a baby on an airplane.
So there we have it. A simple compromise solution. Keep your damn kids off the plane.
Do you honestly believe that the life of an asshole like you is worth more than a kid like that?
Throw your life in with the kids, and I think it sounds like a fair balance. We can be rid of the sickly kid, and the kind of damn fool who flips out at the trollbait on Slashdot, in one fell swoop.
YHBT. HAND.