My company has an entire office full of people in Italy that do nothing because we have no more use for the facility but the local laws do not allow us to fire them.
We call those types of people Senators over here in the USA.
Funny, it reminded me of the college where I work. A bunch of people sitting around watching You Tube videos, chatting about video games (these are 40, 50, 60 year old people), and their favorite shows. Sometimes they stop to bitch about their job for a while. I hate downtime! I can't wait to fly this coop...soon...soon.
This is true. If you cut decent check to a college you get whatever you want. The people cutting the checks know they are getting something in return and those processing the checks get the picture as well. I've witnessed the power of "donations" first hand in a college.
I agree, one of the major value points of FaceBook is the sharing of cat-centric media. Seriously. My family has had good times consuming many a cat video or meme shared on FB. I think I'm going over to the oatmeal right now.
Indeed, it is just a tool. Regular everyday people think about it as much as they think about how much they love their phone company or internet provider. It is just something that is there that they need to use. Nothing more, a utility.
Giving away something in exchange for being exploited, no matter how bad that sounds, is just trade. Are you using the word "exploited" in the US cultish anti-economic anti-capitalistic sense, or were you not being a troll?
Indeed, I'm a really cool in fucked up situations for some reason (I was born that way) and it has saved my ass several times. If you panic when a bitch is coming at you with a knife you're toast. Sometimes you do just get tired of defending yourself and you let the bat-shit-crazy wench pop you one. Maybe that is a sign of something?
I used to carry Peter Norton's books around with me when I was a kid. I'll never forget sitting in the cabin and working through my first lesson in assembler on an old XT. I used to try to call Peter's house in California to ask him questions. No lie.
Harry Feet, you know that all you have to do is show up to get hundreds of mod points each year. The only people who use them are those who cannot contribute in any other way and feel a need to empower themselves by expressing their anger and inferiority by modding shit on slashdot. I'm thrilled to hold a mod 1 anymore. Oooo...wow, I didn't go negative on that one, go figure!
Forget Photoshop and GIMP...what about Illustrator and Inkscape? GIMP could easily change its name to something sensible and compete with Photoshop, but the other elephant in the room is the all important Illustrator which is slowly being encroached on by Inkscape (how did that FOSS project get such a good name?).
Adobe has added significant value to each new release, and everyone I see using the Creative Suite professionally always upgrade. If you want to make money efficiently then you need to get the new versions. Compare Dreamweaver CS4 to CS5. The only thing stopping people from buying the hell out of Adobe software is the price. I agree with the above post which asks about the incentive to produce new versions instead of milking people. There is no alternative to the Adobe Creative Suite for professionals.
and see that our money is spent on things that are in our best interests.
Yeah, by not giving the government your profit. Notice how the word profit has become dirty and evil in our present day? Profit is just livelyhood, the ability to make choices. By taking YOUR profit they take your choice!!!
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My company has an entire office full of people in Italy that do nothing because we have no more use for the facility but the local laws do not allow us to fire them.
We call those types of people Senators over here in the USA.
Funny, it reminded me of the college where I work. A bunch of people sitting around watching You Tube videos, chatting about video games (these are 40, 50, 60 year old people), and their favorite shows. Sometimes they stop to bitch about their job for a while. I hate downtime! I can't wait to fly this coop...soon...soon.
This is true. If you cut decent check to a college you get whatever you want. The people cutting the checks know they are getting something in return and those processing the checks get the picture as well. I've witnessed the power of "donations" first hand in a college.
I'm sorry about your troubles Hairy. I hope things get better for you.
Y E A H.....we have shitty data plans and phones that can consume 12 movies at once. We are in a bandwidth hole.
Damn dude....you just blew my fucking mind.
He, like Bill Gates, was just faced with his own mortality which reveled his true nature as a toddler in a man's body. Cut him some slack.
I think it is a simple Google-search away.
I agree, one of the major value points of FaceBook is the sharing of cat-centric media. Seriously. My family has had good times consuming many a cat video or meme shared on FB. I think I'm going over to the oatmeal right now.
Yes, it makes a great OpenID substitute. However, I have preference for Google as my single sign on.
Indeed, it is just a tool. Regular everyday people think about it as much as they think about how much they love their phone company or internet provider. It is just something that is there that they need to use. Nothing more, a utility.
I would hardly consider Motorolla "table scraps." Their phones work flawlessly.
Giving away something in exchange for being exploited, no matter how bad that sounds, is just trade. Are you using the word "exploited" in the US cultish anti-economic anti-capitalistic sense, or were you not being a troll?
DAMNIT!
Indeed, I'm a really cool in fucked up situations for some reason (I was born that way) and it has saved my ass several times. If you panic when a bitch is coming at you with a knife you're toast. Sometimes you do just get tired of defending yourself and you let the bat-shit-crazy wench pop you one. Maybe that is a sign of something?
You've never been in a relationship have you?
If I had to use a hard hat and I couldn't get one used I would definitely slam it on concrete several hundred times the night before.
I used to carry Peter Norton's books around with me when I was a kid. I'll never forget sitting in the cabin and working through my first lesson in assembler on an old XT. I used to try to call Peter's house in California to ask him questions. No lie.
Indeed, I would love to party with this guy, but I wouldn't leave my kids with him, and I would still be kind of paranoid at the party.
Harry Feet, you know that all you have to do is show up to get hundreds of mod points each year. The only people who use them are those who cannot contribute in any other way and feel a need to empower themselves by expressing their anger and inferiority by modding shit on slashdot. I'm thrilled to hold a mod 1 anymore. Oooo...wow, I didn't go negative on that one, go figure!
That is a really good synopsis. Why couldn't you have done that earlier?
Let me translate...Hairyfeet is currently banging a fat black chick.
And folks wonder where the phrase "Ugly Americans" comes from.
Something to do with hairy feet?
Relax man, he isn't drugged up, obviously, and isn't his wife/girl about 20-something?
Forget Photoshop and GIMP...what about Illustrator and Inkscape? GIMP could easily change its name to something sensible and compete with Photoshop, but the other elephant in the room is the all important Illustrator which is slowly being encroached on by Inkscape (how did that FOSS project get such a good name?).
Adobe has added significant value to each new release, and everyone I see using the Creative Suite professionally always upgrade. If you want to make money efficiently then you need to get the new versions. Compare Dreamweaver CS4 to CS5. The only thing stopping people from buying the hell out of Adobe software is the price. I agree with the above post which asks about the incentive to produce new versions instead of milking people. There is no alternative to the Adobe Creative Suite for professionals.
and see that our money is spent on things that are in our best interests.
Yeah, by not giving the government your profit. Notice how the word profit has become dirty and evil in our present day? Profit is just livelyhood, the ability to make choices. By taking YOUR profit they take your choice!!!