That's a pretty good incentive model, although I don't think that you should use terms such as 'overpaying', 'underpaying' or 'minimum wage' when describing it, because terms like that get perceived incorrectly in this instance.
What you are basically doing is paying a series of small recoupable advances against the end revenues. That sounds much more palatable than saying that you are paying your employees minimum wage.
This model will also obviously only work on smaller projects. You can't really expect workers to be able to live on the smaller advances for a long period of time, unless they have some pretty good savings built up.
I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps the solution would be to install an iris scanner which has been modded to do pattern matching on the user's "brown eye".
In a related story, editors at the popular tech website Slashdot today launched a major new development initiative, the aim of which is to create a groundbreaking new piece of vaporware known as "Dupe and Grammar Protection." The project, codenamed "HellFreeze", is currently slated to launch shortly after the Apocalypse.
It's not quite the same. Had it been Microsoft, the story would have been loudly trumpeting the fact that MS was an advertiser, and there would have been 250+ posts by now decrying them as Evil.
Ah, yes, the good old/. double standard. Gotta love it...
Also, tomorrow's fucking dupe of this story will also be the same assload of bullshit as well. It's because, as fucking usual, those cocksucking editors can't seem to get their goddamn shit together. At least I will be able to point to this post tomorrow and say, "See! I fucking told you so!"
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And also, does he have a "post" with a girlfriend like that?
That's a pretty good incentive model, although I don't think that you should use terms such as 'overpaying', 'underpaying' or 'minimum wage' when describing it, because terms like that get perceived incorrectly in this instance.
What you are basically doing is paying a series of small recoupable advances against the end revenues. That sounds much more palatable than saying that you are paying your employees minimum wage.
This model will also obviously only work on smaller projects. You can't really expect workers to be able to live on the smaller advances for a long period of time, unless they have some pretty good savings built up.
Exactly *how* is this a troll? Moderator activism at its finest...
Great, one junk science theory down in flames. Now, if we can just continue on and get rid of this "Global Warming" crap...
Q: What's the difference between a porcupine and a turbosteamer?
A: The porcupine has the pricks on the outside.
...just as stoopid as us Americanos :D
How's THAT for a self-evident statement?
Everyone else in Times Square will be face-down at that moment...
I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps the solution would be to install an iris scanner which has been modded to do pattern matching on the user's "brown eye".
In a related story, editors at the popular tech website Slashdot today launched a major new development initiative, the aim of which is to create a groundbreaking new piece of vaporware known as "Dupe and Grammar Protection." The project, codenamed "HellFreeze", is currently slated to launch shortly after the Apocalypse.
As if on cue...
It's not quite the same. Had it been Microsoft, the story would have been loudly trumpeting the fact that MS was an advertiser, and there would have been 250+ posts by now decrying them as Evil.
/. double standard. Gotta love it...
Ah, yes, the good old
I think some people around here need to give at least the engineers and researchers in Microsoft a little more respect.
/.? I suspect that day will occur right around...NEVER.
Here? On
The purpose of taxation is to fund the government, not to redistribute wealth or otherwise engineer society.
If you didn't have a 5-digit UID, I'd swear that you were new here.
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<item id="1">get troll patent</item>
<item id="2">make frivolous claim</item>
<item id="3">???</item>
<item id="4">profit!!!</item>
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That's true. One term is an oxymoron, and the other is 'socialism'.
...a certain IDIOT NY times writer...
I think that you're repeating yourself there.
I typed in "dog shit" and got Ashlee Simpson's entire catalog! This thing is amazing!
Dear ikewillis,
Lucille really HAS messed your mind up! HAHAHAHAHA!
Sincerely,
HBO
"Oh wait, do HBO do The West Wing?"
Thanks, but we got "What a bunch of assholes" the first time around; no need for redundancy.
It's this thing that some asshat named George Steinbrenner keeps trying to buy every year. Luckily, he fails more often than he succeeds.
To wit, the following was retrieved from the in-flight recorder:
Flight Attendant (FA): Umm, yeah, hieeee...
Pilot (P): Captain speaking.
FA: Yeah, there's like this guy who, umm...I dunno, he just kinda looks icky and, y'know, gross...
P: What's the problem?
FA: Ohh, gosh, I'm sorry, it's just...this guy, y'know, he's scaring me...
P: [sound of pages flipping] WHAT MA'AM IS HE A TERRORIST?
FA: Uhh, I don't think so...
P: [whew] Uhh...Lisa?
FA: Yeah! This is stupid.
P: I know, baby. We gotta do this, though. Just try to keep it up. Just another sec.
FA: I thought you said down in the bar that you were gonna show me how to play your rusty trombone.
[END OF TRANSCRIPT]
Uh, the door is there for a reason.
Well, duh! Bring on the sexy stews, man! Yeaaaah, baby!
Yeah. Umm, OK...yeah, sorry, that was bad.
Also, tomorrow's fucking dupe of this story will also be the same assload of bullshit as well. It's because, as fucking usual, those cocksucking editors can't seem to get their goddamn shit together. At least I will be able to point to this post tomorrow and say, "See! I fucking told you so!"
...that this "tech" they speak of includes a discreet method to apply a substance known as "deodorant" to the participants...
Oddly enough, I once had an idiot for an IT manager whose name was...wait for it...Peter.