LIbraries are a public good, and the value added is in many cases indirect and intangible, especially if information researched there goes towards educating the mind and consequently boosting productivity and with it the GDP.
Supposing I get so pissed at your assertiveness that I decide to call all of my buddies in the tech sector and basically make sure you NEVER get a job in IT again?
Managers are dicks because they can be. They sit on the regal step up on the totem pole that lets them play God with your career.
Since they can always shitcan you and get someone else who's eager for the job, they have no real incentive to cultivate a cordial working environment. They are free to give into their natural instincts and alpha male their subordinates into submission.
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My college (and according to rumor, a few ISPs) block outbound DNS to anyone except their own filtered servers.
Legal fees: $25,000
Fine: $1,000
Loss of business: $130,000
Getting free publicity on slashdot: Priceless.
Maybe it's "Google is a third party and what we decide to do or not do with them is none of your business".
Google's own privacy might well be an issue, and the judge might just be saying "Ask Google about it".
At least someone got the reference.
It's a two party system.
I had to vote for one of them.
And you forfeit hundreds of dollars on a non refundable plane ticket.
I know that subsidies give ethanol corn and beef and other inefficient goods a leg up on what farmers would otherwise be making.
It distorts the incentives.
Let farmers grow whatever they want to and decide for themselves what's efficient.
The ramp down period is so we don't starve.
Failing that, a general across the board subsidy that doesn't play favorites by food type wouldn't be a bad alternative.
Ramp the subsidies down.
Personally I'd like to see the farmers grow what is most efficient without subsidies meddling with the market and playing favorites.
LIbraries are a public good, and the value added is in many cases indirect and intangible, especially if information researched there goes towards educating the mind and consequently boosting productivity and with it the GDP.
Parent pic is scatological.
"You're fired." ...
"Crap I really shouldn't have fired him..."
Meanwhile though you're still out of a job.
Supposing I get so pissed at your assertiveness that I decide to call all of my buddies in the tech sector and basically make sure you NEVER get a job in IT again?
Managers are dicks because they can be. They sit on the regal step up on the totem pole that lets them play God with your career.
Since they can always shitcan you and get someone else who's eager for the job, they have no real incentive to cultivate a cordial working environment. They are free to give into their natural instincts and alpha male their subordinates into submission.
There are folks at either end of the spectrum that are happy to castigate the other one.
The real answer is "pay attention to your corporate culture and be adaptive".
You can get nailed for doing something in one business that would get you shitcanned if you didn't do it in another.
There is no one size fits all solution. Just be adaptive and pay attention to your corporate culture.
I did qualify with:
"If I was shitty enough"
I'm not, and was making the point that taking away the coffee machine was a dick move itself.
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If you have a contract for the garbage guy to come onto your property to collect your trash, they have permission to be there and are not trespassing.
What if I LOAN you something and YOU throw it in YOUR trash heap?
Except that the museum didn't have the authority to dispose of NASA property.
If the guy gets to keep the rock, NASA has the right to sue for conversion.
"Stay and burn yourself out or I'm going to fucking FIRE you."
How do you deal with that in an economy like this where there are a million people fighting to take your place?
If I was shitty enough to take away your coffee machine, I would have fired you for insubordination when you got another one.
On the spot.
Especially if you used corporate funds to acquire it.
Idle hands may be the devil's playthings, but what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
If you have a boss sleazy enough to double dip hiring one guy to do the work of two, how much work do you think HE's really doing?
It helps when you get subscriber perks.
OK, so I cheated :)
Patent troll waiting for a ripe moment to cash in?
First post.
About as much as you've done for them.