"It's our duty to extract as much money from the customer as we can and send them home with a smile on their face." --Bob Stupak, former owner of Vegas World Casino.
The old 'if you've got nothing to hide, you won't mind us looking around' argument? I'll admit it's not as big a privacy concern as the real life use of it, but I just don't see what's so evil about not handing out your work in a form that allows people to use it without paying you for your efforts. While I do appreciate open source software, I don't have a problem with people writing software that isn't.
I wouldn't be so sure of that... Studies have shown that talking on the phone while driving, even using a handsfree phone, can have a serious negative impact on a person's driving. I would not be the least bit surprised to find that composing a text message, even if you keep your eyes on the road and one hand on the wheel, would be just as detrimental.
I imagine they believe it's in their own best interest to create and sell an iPhone application themselves or (more likely) somehow get a cut from his.
What, paying you isn't enough? What makes you more deserving of appreciation than any other profession?
A little extra show of appreciation, especially to someone who often has to work late without warning or come in at odd times and deal with frustrating problems and frustrated people, can go a long way to making a person feel comfortable and, well, appreciated. Treating people nicely, whatever their profession, generally encourages them to go that extra mile for you; saying that you give them a check and they don't deserve an iota more encourage the opposite.
And of course, you're obviously talking about the more recent event that just happened... This is what happens when you don't delay the starting of the Slashdot Posting service until the brain is fully booted.
Well, perhaps (and this is just a guess, mind you), astronomers didn't have equipment quite as advanced as current near-earth object surveillance systems back in 1770 when the incident occured.
I expect it was modded troll/flamebait because it was the equivalent of raving that one sneeze could wipe out an entire state with swine flu. Saying reactors can be dangerous isn't flamebait; grossly exaggerating the dangers of them is.
When there's a viable alternative that people actually want, apparently, according to Russia. The article also only mentions selling (and supplying) XP, not supporting it.
No, missing the boat is arriving too late. Microsoft waited to introduce their product until Apple was firmly entrenched in the handheld music player market and the entire industry had become standardized around them. The Zune may be better (or it may not be--I haven't bothered to compare them), but everyone is used to the iPod and products made by other companies are designed to work with it.
Ironically, this makes the iPod like Windows and the Zune like Linux in the handheld music player market.
Except according to the article, the university wasn't able to show that she'd ever been trained to handle the substance she was working with. The university also knew this lack of training was an issue:
including its inability to show that Sangji had been trained to handle the dangerous substance and the lack of proper protective attire. UCLA's own safety officials had already faulted the lab on the latter issue back in October, but the problem went uncorrected.
It wasn't a question of someone ignoring the protocols she'd been taught--it was a case of someone never being trained in those protocols in the first place and nothing being done to correct this known problem.
Allard: "Why is Ballmer having us make a 'magic wand', anyway?"
Wilson: "He says it's important to his plans of world domination. And if you know what's good for you, you'll refer to him as 'The Nobleman Ravenstyl' like he commanded in his last company-wide email!"
While most people generally find exclusives a bit annoying but acceptable, this particular case is different. This isn't Nintendo announcing the next Mario game--only on the Wii. This is a game that was already announced as being multiplatform and even had a release date, but suddenly it's become a timed exclusive for one system. The versions for the other systems will all be ready, but Sony's holding them back. Worse yet, this news is coming with almost no advance warning.
A big, shiny prize was dangled in front of people and it's been snatched away at the last second. Of course people are going to be angry.
I have never heard of Santa Rosa Junior College and if they hadn't gotten themselves on Slashdot, I never would have. Even if they don't get a single email address changed, they've gotten something out of this move.
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"It's our duty to extract as much money from the customer as we can and send them home with a smile on their face." --Bob Stupak, former owner of Vegas World Casino.
I think a better rule is not to say anything your wouldn't say while being recorded (which you are).
There's always something better around the corner.
It will be called the SHC.
That reminds me of a computer store I used to pass. It was named Mega Micro Computers. I always figured they had one computer for sale.
The old 'if you've got nothing to hide, you won't mind us looking around' argument? I'll admit it's not as big a privacy concern as the real life use of it, but I just don't see what's so evil about not handing out your work in a form that allows people to use it without paying you for your efforts. While I do appreciate open source software, I don't have a problem with people writing software that isn't.
I wouldn't be so sure of that... Studies have shown that talking on the phone while driving, even using a handsfree phone, can have a serious negative impact on a person's driving. I would not be the least bit surprised to find that composing a text message, even if you keep your eyes on the road and one hand on the wheel, would be just as detrimental.
I imagine they believe it's in their own best interest to create and sell an iPhone application themselves or (more likely) somehow get a cut from his.
If I had mod points, I'd be soooo tempted to mod that post redundant...
A little extra show of appreciation, especially to someone who often has to work late without warning or come in at odd times and deal with frustrating problems and frustrated people, can go a long way to making a person feel comfortable and, well, appreciated. Treating people nicely, whatever their profession, generally encourages them to go that extra mile for you; saying that you give them a check and they don't deserve an iota more encourage the opposite.
And of course, you're obviously talking about the more recent event that just happened... This is what happens when you don't delay the starting of the Slashdot Posting service until the brain is fully booted.
Well, perhaps (and this is just a guess, mind you), astronomers didn't have equipment quite as advanced as current near-earth object surveillance systems back in 1770 when the incident occured.
I expect it was modded troll/flamebait because it was the equivalent of raving that one sneeze could wipe out an entire state with swine flu. Saying reactors can be dangerous isn't flamebait; grossly exaggerating the dangers of them is.
Damn! Now how am I going to use all my Qs?!
That's true, but doesn't it also serve as added security versus people connecting directly to your computer?
Just what we need... Another rhythm game.
When there's a viable alternative that people actually want, apparently, according to Russia. The article also only mentions selling (and supplying) XP, not supporting it.
No, missing the boat is arriving too late. Microsoft waited to introduce their product until Apple was firmly entrenched in the handheld music player market and the entire industry had become standardized around them. The Zune may be better (or it may not be--I haven't bothered to compare them), but everyone is used to the iPod and products made by other companies are designed to work with it.
Ironically, this makes the iPod like Windows and the Zune like Linux in the handheld music player market.
It wasn't a question of someone ignoring the protocols she'd been taught--it was a case of someone never being trained in those protocols in the first place and nothing being done to correct this known problem.
Allard: "Why is Ballmer having us make a 'magic wand', anyway?"
Wilson: "He says it's important to his plans of world domination. And if you know what's good for you, you'll refer to him as 'The Nobleman Ravenstyl' like he commanded in his last company-wide email!"
Of course, this would require getting Yahoo to divulge the owner of the page, which may still require taking them to court.
If that doesn't stop you, it reverts to Windows ME.
C) He doesn't need the money the job provided
While most people generally find exclusives a bit annoying but acceptable, this particular case is different. This isn't Nintendo announcing the next Mario game--only on the Wii. This is a game that was already announced as being multiplatform and even had a release date, but suddenly it's become a timed exclusive for one system. The versions for the other systems will all be ready, but Sony's holding them back. Worse yet, this news is coming with almost no advance warning.
A big, shiny prize was dangled in front of people and it's been snatched away at the last second. Of course people are going to be angry.
I have never heard of Santa Rosa Junior College and if they hadn't gotten themselves on Slashdot, I never would have. Even if they don't get a single email address changed, they've gotten something out of this move.