No, it didn't happen because it was never a realistic prediction. Those types of layoffs happen at failing companies. IBM is not a failing company, it is a company making massive profits and revenue. I think IBM probably has too many employees, and is making cuts that percentage-wise are small and likely make sense from a business standpoint. But the company had no need in 2007 to shed massive amounts of workers, and no need to do so now. The idea that the Cringely article from 2007 prevented IBM from laying off a third of its work force is ridiculous. That is not how companies make decisions.
The Cringely prediction cited as being "approximately true" (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070504_002027.html) was nothing of the sort. Cringely predicted IBM would imminently lay off 150,000 employees. That was five years. Didn't happen.
Working at home is the BEST. If you have a job you like, and you want to do good work, motivation is no problem. If anything, the problem is trying to carve out non-working hours. Still, if you need to get a quick thing done at midnight, it's quite convenient since you've already got your work computer set up.
I've even been exercising more since I began working from home as I can take a quick break during the day, in which I get on the mini-elliptical and watch the previous night's episode of the Colbert Report (all about 5 feet away from my desk).
Wow, in 12 years in the workforce it has never once occurred to me not to use all my vacation time, and I've also always insisted on comp time for traveling on weekends. I understand the reasoning (and as a work at home type I probably do too much work at odd hours) but most people need time off to recharge. As long as you prove your worth during your days on this shouldn't be an issue.
I bought a 3TB drive from Best Buy for $150 or so. By the time I received it in the mail, about 3 or 4 days later, the price was already up to $250. Glad I bought when I did.
I switched from Firefox to Chrome 2+ years ago because at the time FF was constantly crashing. Just this week I switched back to FF because Chrome on Mac has had numerous problems for me over the past month. So far I am liking Firefox, but I am relying on a few plugins or add-ons. The quick development cycle will make it tough for users who have to rely on add-ons that may not be updated to support new browser versions immediately upon release.
Parent is correct. Admittedly this story is up to/. standards, but the editors should fix the post.
Parent is wrong about "published". PCMag isn't in print anymore, but is still a busy web site.
Disclosure: I have written for them for many years and run the Security Watch blog.
Well, as an online writer I use the word publish to mean anything published online or in print. Hell, I read all my books on the Kindle now. Anyway, I used to write for IDG so I noticed the error right away.
One time I was driving from my apartment to the gym and there was a major detour because of a parade, with no obvious way around it. I stopped and asked the police offer how to get where I was going and he says in the most condescending way possible: "How long have you lived in [city I lived in at the time]?"
I lied and said a few months, and he proceeds to attempt to give me directions around the detour. And he eventually gives up because he doesn't know the way or the names of any streets.
My own experience is that on those rare occasions when I need to ask someone directions, no one has any idea where anything is, even if they live or work in the area I am lost in. I'm not sure whether to blame GPS, or general human stupidity. Luckily, my phone GPS usually works.
I like the software center in Mint better than Ubuntu because of the way it's organized in categories and subcategories, but the one problem I found with Mint for a newbie is that it's hard to upgrade from one version to another when they update the OS. There's a list of things you have to do to make the upgrade, whereas with Ubuntu it's just a click or two.
I'm not sure I understand the distinction between web apps launched from the home screen and web apps launched in Safari. I have an Android so maybe I'm just unfamiliar but it sounds like home screen apps are just bookmarks to websites. When you open the bookmark wouldn't it launch in Safari? Is this only an issue in iOS 4.3 or was it in previous versions?
You're probably right in this case. I just assumed it was an unauthorized copy because that's how I'm used to seeing my articles reprinted.
My apologies to the Economic Times!
I am a journalist so of course I know what news syndication is, but I also know my work and articles by other publications are routinely reprinted in their entirety without permission. This one might be legitimate, but reprints without permission far outnumber legitimate ones, in my experience.
That doesn't mean you're allowed to reprint an entire article. Unless they have a specific deal with the NY Times, that is copyright infringement. It's similar to the fact that you cannot reprint a book and sell it, unless it is out of copyright (i.e., 100 years old).
Sure, that's possible. It does look unauthorized to me, though. All the time I see my articles reprinted on sites we have no agreement with, and they put the whole text with a mention of my website's name, but no byline, no link back to the original article, and the formatting is screwed up. I could be wrong but that's what this one looks like to me.
I read Fabric of the Cosmos and thoroughly enjoyed it. I then read the Elegant Universe and grew more and more frustrated with each page as Greene delved into theories that can never be proven or disproven. At a certain point, this become little more than fantasy and has as much credibility as religion and mythology, both of which can also never be proven or disproven.
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Also, I submitted (and wrote) the article that rebutted the 2007 one: http://it.slashdot.org/story/07/05/07/2116251/analysts-call-ibm-layoff-estimates-hogwash?sdsrc=rel Cringely was claiming that IBM was about to lay off its ENTIRE US workforce. Come on, at some point you have to exercise a little common sense and not report things that just can't be true.
No, it didn't happen because it was never a realistic prediction. Those types of layoffs happen at failing companies. IBM is not a failing company, it is a company making massive profits and revenue. I think IBM probably has too many employees, and is making cuts that percentage-wise are small and likely make sense from a business standpoint. But the company had no need in 2007 to shed massive amounts of workers, and no need to do so now. The idea that the Cringely article from 2007 prevented IBM from laying off a third of its work force is ridiculous. That is not how companies make decisions.
The Cringely prediction cited as being "approximately true" (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070504_002027.html) was nothing of the sort. Cringely predicted IBM would imminently lay off 150,000 employees. That was five years. Didn't happen.
Working at home is the BEST. If you have a job you like, and you want to do good work, motivation is no problem. If anything, the problem is trying to carve out non-working hours. Still, if you need to get a quick thing done at midnight, it's quite convenient since you've already got your work computer set up. I've even been exercising more since I began working from home as I can take a quick break during the day, in which I get on the mini-elliptical and watch the previous night's episode of the Colbert Report (all about 5 feet away from my desk).
I wrote a story for Ars on this theme if anyone wants to check it out: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/protesting-sopa-what-you-can-do.ars Good luck! I also love the idea of an anti-SOPA Super PAC.
Wow, in 12 years in the workforce it has never once occurred to me not to use all my vacation time, and I've also always insisted on comp time for traveling on weekends. I understand the reasoning (and as a work at home type I probably do too much work at odd hours) but most people need time off to recharge. As long as you prove your worth during your days on this shouldn't be an issue.
I bought a 3TB drive from Best Buy for $150 or so. By the time I received it in the mail, about 3 or 4 days later, the price was already up to $250. Glad I bought when I did.
I switched from Firefox to Chrome 2+ years ago because at the time FF was constantly crashing. Just this week I switched back to FF because Chrome on Mac has had numerous problems for me over the past month. So far I am liking Firefox, but I am relying on a few plugins or add-ons. The quick development cycle will make it tough for users who have to rely on add-ons that may not be updated to support new browser versions immediately upon release.
Parent is correct. Admittedly this story is up to /. standards, but the editors should fix the post.
Parent is wrong about "published". PCMag isn't in print anymore, but is still a busy web site.
Disclosure: I have written for them for many years and run the Security Watch blog.
Well, as an online writer I use the word publish to mean anything published online or in print. Hell, I read all my books on the Kindle now. Anyway, I used to write for IDG so I noticed the error right away.
PC World is published by IDG. Ziff Davis published PCMag.
One time I was driving from my apartment to the gym and there was a major detour because of a parade, with no obvious way around it. I stopped and asked the police offer how to get where I was going and he says in the most condescending way possible: "How long have you lived in [city I lived in at the time]?" I lied and said a few months, and he proceeds to attempt to give me directions around the detour. And he eventually gives up because he doesn't know the way or the names of any streets.
My own experience is that on those rare occasions when I need to ask someone directions, no one has any idea where anything is, even if they live or work in the area I am lost in. I'm not sure whether to blame GPS, or general human stupidity. Luckily, my phone GPS usually works.
I like the software center in Mint better than Ubuntu because of the way it's organized in categories and subcategories, but the one problem I found with Mint for a newbie is that it's hard to upgrade from one version to another when they update the OS. There's a list of things you have to do to make the upgrade, whereas with Ubuntu it's just a click or two.
Absolutely. I wish I had taken an economics course in college. It's only in my "old age" that I've started to become interested in this stuff.
Ive had more problems with us air and united than any other airline. Theyre incompetent
oh we're posting real stories now? In all seriousness, this lawsuit is frivolous.
I'm not sure I understand the distinction between web apps launched from the home screen and web apps launched in Safari. I have an Android so maybe I'm just unfamiliar but it sounds like home screen apps are just bookmarks to websites. When you open the bookmark wouldn't it launch in Safari? Is this only an issue in iOS 4.3 or was it in previous versions?
You're probably right in this case. I just assumed it was an unauthorized copy because that's how I'm used to seeing my articles reprinted. My apologies to the Economic Times!
I am a journalist so of course I know what news syndication is, but I also know my work and articles by other publications are routinely reprinted in their entirety without permission. This one might be legitimate, but reprints without permission far outnumber legitimate ones, in my experience.
That doesn't mean you're allowed to reprint an entire article. Unless they have a specific deal with the NY Times, that is copyright infringement. It's similar to the fact that you cannot reprint a book and sell it, unless it is out of copyright (i.e., 100 years old).
Sure, that's possible. It does look unauthorized to me, though. All the time I see my articles reprinted on sites we have no agreement with, and they put the whole text with a mention of my website's name, but no byline, no link back to the original article, and the formatting is screwed up. I could be wrong but that's what this one looks like to me.
Yes, you're right. It is copyright infringement, not plagiarism. Unless the site is owned by NY Times.
Looks like the article was ripped out (i.e. plagiarized) from the NY Times. original article, with better formatting, is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/business/13hire.html?hp
I read Fabric of the Cosmos and thoroughly enjoyed it. I then read the Elegant Universe and grew more and more frustrated with each page as Greene delved into theories that can never be proven or disproven. At a certain point, this become little more than fantasy and has as much credibility as religion and mythology, both of which can also never be proven or disproven.
There is a lot of white space but I do like this design. It's very uncluttered. Still a great site.