I'm willing to pay 30cents an hour for some "terrorist" to play 12 hours of WOW a day. Not much time life to pay for jihad after that anyways. Not that your income tax doesn't go toward funding oppressive regimes accross the world. And your paying much more then 30 cents an hour for that priviledge.
I really like the part where he was saying that he was making less money as a vehicle repairman. It really brings the discrepency of money accross the world to light. Although the shifts seems fairly excessive they seem to be able to live off of it decently. I really have a problem seing the downside to it. Besides the fear of taxation and policing by the providers of the game. They are providing a service for a fee. If people weren't willing to pay for it they wouldn't exist. Inflation works both ways. If people with more money buy the best gear its easy for the people not willing to pay up for their gold to make a lot of money selling the gear they get for profit. Really isn't it about finding what makes the game fun for you and doing that part of it?
So it's ok to pay the US once and the OPEC countries once? It never made any sense to me why OPEC doesn't accept whatever currency the country use. Right now they are proping up the US economy for no good reason. Why shouldn't they be the sole profiteers of their own endeavors?
If its ordinary and obvious then their can not be any patent infrigment if its prior art and that prior art has a patent the problem still exists only not with the same company.
What makes you think Verizon is willing to license to Vonage? Because there is money in doing so. It's likely more profitable for Verizon to obtain royalties from Vonage then to have them take over their business.
Or it's a matter of Verizon trying to sue Vonage out of business. Despite what you think company execs aren't vicious little monsters out to destroy everything that is not them. It is more profitable for them to charge large licensing fees to Vonage then to destroy them.
Huh? How do you think the injunction came into existence in the first place? Verizon has already taken the argument to court. We are still in the deliberation stage. Verizon and Vonage can still reach an agreement that is mutually beneficial (at least better then one that may be arbitrary assigned by a judge).
Somehow i doubt this case will result in a large portion of the Patent laws being repealed. Vonnage will look at its cost/risk analysis and decide that paying royalties to Verizon is much better then facing the risk of losing their business. A settlement will be reached behind closed door. All this posturing is merely a game of trying to reach the minimum amount of royalties they have to incur. Two large corporations fighting each other will not result in more freedom for the rest of us. The patent business is to profitable to jeopardize by bringing an argument to court.
I don't think we have entered in a symbiotic relationship yet but I do believe that if this trend were too continue it would develop into one. Even benign bacteria have side effects (like acne). The point is that as the bots evolve due to pressures in the enviroment the likely most beneficial ones will be the ones that try to minimize the annoyance to the host while maximizing the defense. Its a gradual process... in nature it took a few billion years.
I think this one oneupmanship is very good. Sure bots are bad but if we look at a virus they are now developing a symbiotic relationship with the hosts. How long until they become indispensable to the security unconscious consumer. Sorta like how bacteria evolved into helping the organism it inhabited. Very interesting to see where this will ultimately lead.
Yet you will still vote Democrat because the only option you see is the Republican's. It's good that you have the blinders on so tight that you can't possibly see any other options. You can have all the freedoms you want because most Americans cannot conceive of a different choice. You are free to pick the color of the car as long as you chose black. Rise up and protest, strike don't just post witty comments on forums... but of course you won't, it doesn't bother you enough... Its good to know that they have realized they can take your life away bit by bit since you can only protest when crazy excesses happen.
The world has gotten to large for your version of government to work. Its a good thing your government has already realized this and removed it from your control. Good luck trying to change anything now without a massive uprising.
There is very little left to say about these continual abuses by the US goverment. Of course the one in charge of keeping the people safe want to increase the powers they have. No matter what they do or were stopped from doing if another terrorist attack happens people will blame them for everything they do. The problem is not that they are seeking power to protect their own interests it is that their is no strong oposition to it. If Americans revolted, held country wide strikes, marched down the street then you would see a change because not having that change would be even worse. As it stands, no one cares about your witty words and your self righteous indignation as yet more of your rights are removed.
- I do agree that it's easy for me to criticize because i'm not an American and i understand that i just did the same thing here that I criticize in my post but what can i say I'm a hypocrite.
Isn't it unfair to those people Circuit City will employ who are willing to work at the lower wage if CC doesn't do this?
I mean if there is more supply of labour then demand then the price should be lowered. I don't understand why people think seniority matters in a low end job, its not that the skills and training you require to do a passable job are unatainable. If you want to be paid more you have to be worth more to the company.
How is this different then switching manufacturer when your original one becomes to expensive for you to keep competing. It makes only business sense to remove the fat from the company. If Circuit City believes it can get the same quality employees at a cheaper price it can and should do so.
This doesn't mean that the behavior is not acceptable but with the lower prices does come lower loyalty which is a risk that is acceptable to take in a job that takes very little skill or training. They have the suply (employement) for the demand if people don't want to risk that kind of behavior they can not work there. People who do not want to work at circuit city do not have to work there. Nothing is binding them to the company. If they believe they can get better pay elsewhere (whether that pay be money or special benefits) then they are welcome to do so. If a company does not want you to work for them then it is their perogative to do the same.
I don't see the big deal here. Microsoft needs top notch PR people, they have an image issue as can be seen by the blatant anti-MS posts which consists of half the comments on any article dealing with Microsoft. Knowing this, no company wouldn't do their utmost to prepare their executives for an interview. As far as I could tell the summary was fair and provided in depth coverage. I'm somewhat amazed at the level of preperation that goes into these interviews and would like to know if they did it any time someone talks to the press but talking to someone from Wired and getting a positive article out of it surely is worth the effort that you hit on the right points. Not every company can afford it but I don't think Microsoft can afford not to.
The website for CNW Research seems very dubious http://www.nvo.com/cnwmr/
they don't list any real credentials for their research except in a faq which says
Art was named President of CNW Marketing Research, Inc. on January 12, 2001, but he still reports to the all-knowing yet unseen CEO and Managing Director Stephanie Yanez. He spent 20 something years as a newspaper and magazine editor and learned the market research craft from none other than J. D. Power (the person, not the company). His resume is too long and too boring to detail here, but those in the know consider it to be impressive.
Which is hardly professional. I'd take this entire article to be highly irregular at best.
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I'm willing to pay 30cents an hour for some "terrorist" to play 12 hours of WOW a day. Not much time life to pay for jihad after that anyways. Not that your income tax doesn't go toward funding oppressive regimes accross the world. And your paying much more then 30 cents an hour for that priviledge.
I really like the part where he was saying that he was making less money as a vehicle repairman. It really brings the discrepency of money accross the world to light. Although the shifts seems fairly excessive they seem to be able to live off of it decently. I really have a problem seing the downside to it. Besides the fear of taxation and policing by the providers of the game. They are providing a service for a fee. If people weren't willing to pay for it they wouldn't exist. Inflation works both ways. If people with more money buy the best gear its easy for the people not willing to pay up for their gold to make a lot of money selling the gear they get for profit. Really isn't it about finding what makes the game fun for you and doing that part of it?
So it's ok to pay the US once and the OPEC countries once? It never made any sense to me why OPEC doesn't accept whatever currency the country use. Right now they are proping up the US economy for no good reason. Why shouldn't they be the sole profiteers of their own endeavors?
If its ordinary and obvious then their can not be any patent infrigment if its prior art and that prior art has a patent the problem still exists only not with the same company.
Somehow i doubt this case will result in a large portion of the Patent laws being repealed. Vonnage will look at its cost/risk analysis and decide that paying royalties to Verizon is much better then facing the risk of losing their business. A settlement will be reached behind closed door. All this posturing is merely a game of trying to reach the minimum amount of royalties they have to incur. Two large corporations fighting each other will not result in more freedom for the rest of us. The patent business is to profitable to jeopardize by bringing an argument to court.
I don't think we have entered in a symbiotic relationship yet but I do believe that if this trend were too continue it would develop into one. Even benign bacteria have side effects (like acne). The point is that as the bots evolve due to pressures in the enviroment the likely most beneficial ones will be the ones that try to minimize the annoyance to the host while maximizing the defense. Its a gradual process... in nature it took a few billion years.
I think this one oneupmanship is very good. Sure bots are bad but if we look at a virus they are now developing a symbiotic relationship with the hosts. How long until they become indispensable to the security unconscious consumer. Sorta like how bacteria evolved into helping the organism it inhabited. Very interesting to see where this will ultimately lead.
Yet you will still vote Democrat because the only option you see is the Republican's. It's good that you have the blinders on so tight that you can't possibly see any other options. You can have all the freedoms you want because most Americans cannot conceive of a different choice. You are free to pick the color of the car as long as you chose black. Rise up and protest, strike don't just post witty comments on forums... but of course you won't, it doesn't bother you enough... Its good to know that they have realized they can take your life away bit by bit since you can only protest when crazy excesses happen.
The world has gotten to large for your version of government to work. Its a good thing your government has already realized this and removed it from your control. Good luck trying to change anything now without a massive uprising.
There is very little left to say about these continual abuses by the US goverment. Of course the one in charge of keeping the people safe want to increase the powers they have. No matter what they do or were stopped from doing if another terrorist attack happens people will blame them for everything they do. The problem is not that they are seeking power to protect their own interests it is that their is no strong oposition to it. If Americans revolted, held country wide strikes, marched down the street then you would see a change because not having that change would be even worse. As it stands, no one cares about your witty words and your self righteous indignation as yet more of your rights are removed. - I do agree that it's easy for me to criticize because i'm not an American and i understand that i just did the same thing here that I criticize in my post but what can i say I'm a hypocrite.
Isn't it unfair to those people Circuit City will employ who are willing to work at the lower wage if CC doesn't do this?
I mean if there is more supply of labour then demand then the price should be lowered. I don't understand why people think seniority matters in a low end job, its not that the skills and training you require to do a passable job are unatainable. If you want to be paid more you have to be worth more to the company.
How is this different then switching manufacturer when your original one becomes to expensive for you to keep competing. It makes only business sense to remove the fat from the company. If Circuit City believes it can get the same quality employees at a cheaper price it can and should do so.
This doesn't mean that the behavior is not acceptable but with the lower prices does come lower loyalty which is a risk that is acceptable to take in a job that takes very little skill or training. They have the suply (employement) for the demand if people don't want to risk that kind of behavior they can not work there. People who do not want to work at circuit city do not have to work there. Nothing is binding them to the company. If they believe they can get better pay elsewhere (whether that pay be money or special benefits) then they are welcome to do so. If a company does not want you to work for them then it is their perogative to do the same.
I don't see the big deal here. Microsoft needs top notch PR people, they have an image issue as can be seen by the blatant anti-MS posts which consists of half the comments on any article dealing with Microsoft. Knowing this, no company wouldn't do their utmost to prepare their executives for an interview. As far as I could tell the summary was fair and provided in depth coverage. I'm somewhat amazed at the level of preperation that goes into these interviews and would like to know if they did it any time someone talks to the press but talking to someone from Wired and getting a positive article out of it surely is worth the effort that you hit on the right points. Not every company can afford it but I don't think Microsoft can afford not to.