"Danks was originally told police weren't going to take any action against him, but he unwisely continued to share the movie files after his initial detainment with authorities."
In other words, the cop had decided to let him go with a warning for speeding, and then, while the cop was walking back to his car, he peeled out and gunned the engine, accelerating as hard as he could.
Instead of doing your job, your actions will be tailored to suit the device. You will spend most of your energy and brainpower to look to the algorithm, instead of actually doing your work. We have seen this from ultra-competitive workplaces, e.g. Microsoft, where middle-managers and "top" employees were more concerning of how they were doing on their performance reviews, often sabotaging their coworkers work, than actually working.
These boxes might be closer than you think. We are already 'printing' food, perhaps in not so distant future, we just need our weekly protein 'gray-goo' for the foodbox, and you can stuff your face with synthesized goose liver.
And the Power Box, whenever we have cold-fusion (always 10 years away) we might see a household scaled model of it one day.
And the repair box would not repair, you would just dump the broken object into it, and it would print a new one. (See Diamond Age).
I don't know why you are marked as stupid, but your comment has a grain of truth in it. The markets for super-yachts with gold-plated toilets are very small and limited, however the market for inexpensive cars and tv's is huge. A 10 billion extra for the super-rich doesn't change much, most of it will probably end up in off-shore accounts, but spread the same amount in the middle-class, or even the poorest, and the most of the money will quickly go back into the economy...
That's the problem. Employers are very reluctant so shorten hours. The working week seems to be stuck around 40 hours since WWII. It was getting shorter since the beginning from last century, down from just under 60. (http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/whaples.work.hours.us)
But even with all the automation progress since the WWII, and especially in the last 40 years (computers, robotics), the 40 hour week still remains. (Warning, armchair theory coming up!) I suspect it is psychological, probably related to the employer reluctance of allowing people to work from home. "They might be goofing off, watching cartoons in their underwear instead of sitting in their cubicle, suited up!" As a solo programmer in a company, I could technically work anywhere in the world, as long as I have an internet connection. And I would actually be ok with fewer hours instead of few bucks more.
It just a show off of touch tecnology; "Oh look, we have multi-touch screens!". But I find it annoying to use, you need to use both hands instead of just pressing zoom icons with your thumb.
Why do big businesses lose their ethics? Does MBA stand for "Must Be an A**hole"?
Actually, yes. I can't find it, but I recall reading about a MBA project, where the students had to maximize the profit of some hypothetical mining company. The group that used child labor and other very shady practices scored highest.
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instead of time in prison, he should be forced to watch the shitty movie continuously for 33 months
...in his own crappy cam-rip format.
"Danks was originally told police weren't going to take any action against him, but he unwisely continued to share the movie files after his initial detainment with authorities."
In other words, the cop had decided to let him go with a warning for speeding, and then, while the cop was walking back to his car, he peeled out and gunned the engine, accelerating as hard as he could.
And ran a few red lights as well.
And stole policeman's helmet.
So, her name will be Thora (óra is legit Icelandic name, just like ór)
I'm still waiting for my memristor computer...
I find that very hard to believe.
"Every time I come up with clever analogies, the printer starts spewing out resumes..."
--Soulskills boss
Instead of doing your job, your actions will be tailored to suit the device. You will spend most of your energy and brainpower to look to the algorithm, instead of actually doing your work. We have seen this from ultra-competitive workplaces, e.g. Microsoft, where middle-managers and "top" employees were more concerning of how they were doing on their performance reviews, often sabotaging their coworkers work, than actually working.
Regulation is impending on my rights to make money!
Well, regulation is preventing me seeing Game of Thrones as soon as it is released, so boo-hoo... /sorry about the rant...
Time to create firefox/chrome add-on that types and then deletes all kinds of bullshit...
Not that many people check or even know what it is, but why would any sane person give money to a website who uses domainbyproxy?
Now I have to say Pics or STFU.
Does anybody else hate the 1920x1080 "standard" resolution? It seems to be the only thing available now. At least give me 1200 vertical pixels...
That makes no sense, we frown upon be-headings too... or what?
I got my Nexus 7 in the USA, and it works fine...
Too close for comfort?
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Don't forget the sign on the door: "Beware of the Leopard".
Is it just me, or does anybody have the feeling that this job is probably the opposite of the title?
So... when we will see his exo-skeleton rocket suit?
I thought she had become pregnant by accident, that hers or the donators eggs had somehow be fertilized....
I wish I had some votes for you.
These boxes might be closer than you think. We are already 'printing' food, perhaps in not so distant future, we just need our weekly protein 'gray-goo' for the foodbox, and you can stuff your face with synthesized goose liver.
And the Power Box, whenever we have cold-fusion (always 10 years away) we might see a household scaled model of it one day.
And the repair box would not repair, you would just dump the broken object into it, and it would print a new one. (See Diamond Age).
I don't know why you are marked as stupid, but your comment has a grain of truth in it. The markets for super-yachts with gold-plated toilets are very small and limited, however the market for inexpensive cars and tv's is huge. A 10 billion extra for the super-rich doesn't change much, most of it will probably end up in off-shore accounts, but spread the same amount in the middle-class, or even the poorest, and the most of the money will quickly go back into the economy...
That's the problem. Employers are very reluctant so shorten hours. The working week seems to be stuck around 40 hours since WWII. It was getting shorter since the beginning from last century, down from just under 60. (http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/whaples.work.hours.us)
But even with all the automation progress since the WWII, and especially in the last 40 years (computers, robotics), the 40 hour week still remains. (Warning, armchair theory coming up!) I suspect it is psychological, probably related to the employer reluctance of allowing people to work from home. "They might be goofing off, watching cartoons in their underwear instead of sitting in their cubicle, suited up!"
As a solo programmer in a company, I could technically work anywhere in the world, as long as I have an internet connection.
And I would actually be ok with fewer hours instead of few bucks more.
Stop making sense you fool!
This is not my beautiful house!
It just a show off of touch tecnology; "Oh look, we have multi-touch screens!". But I find it annoying to use, you need to use both hands instead of just pressing zoom icons with your thumb.
Why do big businesses lose their ethics? Does MBA stand for "Must Be an A**hole"?
Actually, yes. I can't find it, but I recall reading about a MBA project, where the students had to maximize the profit of some hypothetical mining company. The group that used child labor and other very shady practices scored highest.