So Wall Street selling America's technology and manufacturing infrastructure/defensive arsenal/war reserve to the communists in the PRC directly (for example, Bain Capital is a leader in the field) is "OK", but Americans exercising their right to free speech and assembly is a "no-no"?
Hey, NCIS/FBI? Think about it: Why bother? There isn't any America left to protect when the only thing that defines treason is whether or not you're making money at it.
Useful to China, by the way - when the news spreads that it was just a spoof, it in turn spreads "Western journalism is all lies, and only Chinese journalism is trustworthy.". Between China's superior manipulations at home and their ally in News Corp abroad, they're winning on the propaganda front.
Quite obviously they've honed playing the greed of the West's few to a fine art, and so are far, far ahead on the industrial infrastructure/defense arsenal and financial fronts.
It's been sad to watch, really...like watching Confucius pick on Western kindergartners.
Don't make fun of China, 'cuz Fox depends on people making the exact same assumption to get away with their bovine scat: "If it wasn't true, they wouldn't be allowed to say it."
When your government lets you down, you're a prime candidate to join the march of the lemmings.
Do you evaluate performance based upon specific goals - that is, lines of code/subroutines/class modules/interfaces/boards/prototypes/thingamabobs built, or something more ethereal, like how well I kiss ass?
It seems to me that the necks of the capitalist pigs are still quite intact.
lollll...only 'cuz Immelt controls a "corporate person", and that "corporate person" can afford to buy America's politicians in bulk.
The generals who know damned good and well that they will have to watch their men die because of Immelt's betrayals in the here and now work for those politicians, and so they know their hands - and the hands of the intelligence community - are well and thoroughly tied.
I.e., capitalism - as re-corrupted since 1980 by the modern American right - is a self-betraying system; it ensures that the hog trough is crowded with both corporate and political leaders - and the PRC plays it well.
I swear to God that loyalty to each other (Harvard/Yale grads/Skull and Crossbones/whatever) is a substitute for the lack of an individual code of morality and ethics.
...seems like there is an underlying lesson in the comments.
The increasingly stultifying "Corporate America" scene values "networking" over talent and ability (herein noted by remarks such as "getting past the human resources department"); that has consequences: Managerial incompetence must be concealed with offshore production and continual M&A activity. A startup might do well to filter hiring based on raw intelligence rather than "well-known school" and, in particular, make damned sure that potential candidates do NOT have preexisting "connections" that lead to the internecine politics that destroy from within...i.e., if the new hire has an Ivy League or well-known B-school degree, show 'em the door...
lolll...unless, or course, you're looking to turn'n'burn...that is, your intention is to unload into the hands of those who have money and/or connections to money but no brains. It is amazing how many individuals come out of Ivy League schools with degrees and connections but who are literally as dumb as rocks...George W. Bush, for instance, has a BA from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
A fact which might also suggest that they do not teach the finer points of ethics in the Ivy League schools - a consideration any idealistic startup would do well to keep in mind.
So...it was better to 'dig in the heels', and have the company fail and ALL jobs now gone..rather than keep working on hope that the company could resurrect and the jobs there could be saved?
Then I suppose that there will be a period of a dozen years or so when there will be a homemade guillotine on every street corner, the 1% will become either anonymous or headless, and at the end of that period all of our currency will have new pictures on it. (God, I hope that they don't choose Oprah.)
At least, that is the pattern that repeats over and over again throughout human history, and we sure as hell appear to be stuck in that same old rut of "I have a right to exercise my greed to the detriment of the greater society!" until it all blows up.
And this is why he had to resign...the Republicans would have made political hay out of the situation, his past service to our country notwithstanding.
The more discussed, the better. If it was here two weeks ago, the planet's population has increased by somewhere in the vicinity of 2,952,992 humans since then.
Thinking the Univac would have blown up in today's election environment - when its computations were interrupted for the 34th time by a phone call from RNC headquarters.
While on the surface it may seem that "Big Brother" (or the competition, or China - assuming that they're not one and the same) is less likely to have his nose in your PC given that the intent of a phone is to maintain external communications links, one would do well to remember that those teeny commo chips that fit onto a phone's dinky mobo would fit onto a massive PC mobo, too. Which is something that has probably occurred to anybody who remembers the Tandy 1000 TX - and so remembers anonymous custom chips.
Which brings me to my point: It is a lot easier to build a Faraday cage for a phone-sized device to make sure that it truly is firewalled off...so a phone-sized PC with true computational power - assuming sufficient storage (and, ideally, a means of accessing external dumb storage) - is progress.
(Yeah, I know: Paranoia, extraordinaire. lollll...but if you'd had the jobs I've had...)
Not really an innovation; It doesn't take an intelligent camera to know what comes next.
Oh, I know that there is no safe way to answer it. But if said camera can warn me that the question is about to be asked, I can evade the situation entirely. That might offer me the opportunity to again develop/cultivate a worthwhile "significant other".
As it stands, I've found that my penchant for honesty is entirely too intrusive.
For the first time - and I'm saying this from the perspective of having used Windows from before it could network - I think you're right. The GUI change of Windows 8 is dramatic enough that a user retraining effort/cost will be incurred, plus there will be a hardware cost, plus licensing costs. If you're running a shop with more than a dozen systems...no, scratch that: Everybody should seriously look at whether they're willing to continue on the path of buying new Windows stuff because Microsoft says they have to.
The big question: Is the U.S. economy going to provide us with the income to meet Microsoft's demands for expenditures? I don't see anybody doing anything about the inequitable nature of free trade; that is, I still see other countries rigging their currency exchange rates to ensure that the United States is not competitive, and I still see U.S. corporations - to include Microsoft - prioritizing "shareholder value" and the CEO's pay over the longevity of the corporation itself and America herself. Further, I still see the banks and America's HNWIs using the oil and gasoline commodities markets as the vehicle from which they can levy their own private taxes - which means the cost of living in America will continue to rise. And as America's jobs continue to go offshore, that means the ability of offshore nations to outbid America for food raised and grown in America will continue to increase.
My point is stupid policies - forced oil addiction, voodoo economics, inequitable free trade, and deregulation - have decimated our manufacturing and service sectors...savaging the bottom of our tax base while cutting taxes at the top. That means we're becoming third-world; we need to - as individuals, and as businesses - look at cutting costs.
One way is getting off of the Microsoft permanent upgrade cycle. Our leaders won't save us...they're owned by the 0.01% who are getting fatter and wealthier by destroying America. You and I - Main Street - must look to saving ourselves.
Only two reads a year? lollll...man. Hope they don't read the day after you ran that extra line out to the backyard so you could deep fry a turkey. If your gas company estimates like my gas company, yours will be more than happy to estimate that one-off peak usage for each month of the next six months.
...while the big telecomms and banks...the big retailers...your electric company...your natural gas company...your credit card company that knows just who you donate to...all those chunks of Corporate America that have far more in-depth information on you and far more experience at mining that data - and far, far more interest in seeing Mitt Romney elected...
Do you suppose they even make Romney and the Republicans pay for that data, or just give it to 'em gratis?
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Gorilla arm smearing banana residue all over touchscreen...
Four decades of "stellar" leadership, and the swan song is the auctioning off of America's space program.
But some few Americans - and the OPEC nations, and the last communist nation and burgeoning superpower on planet Earth - got rich...
So Wall Street selling America's technology and manufacturing infrastructure/defensive arsenal/war reserve to the communists in the PRC directly (for example, Bain Capital is a leader in the field) is "OK", but Americans exercising their right to free speech and assembly is a "no-no"?
Hey, NCIS/FBI? Think about it: Why bother? There isn't any America left to protect when the only thing that defines treason is whether or not you're making money at it.
Useful to China, by the way - when the news spreads that it was just a spoof, it in turn spreads "Western journalism is all lies, and only Chinese journalism is trustworthy.". Between China's superior manipulations at home and their ally in News Corp abroad, they're winning on the propaganda front.
Quite obviously they've honed playing the greed of the West's few to a fine art, and so are far, far ahead on the industrial infrastructure/defense arsenal and financial fronts.
It's been sad to watch, really...like watching Confucius pick on Western kindergartners.
Don't make fun of China, 'cuz Fox depends on people making the exact same assumption to get away with their bovine scat: "If it wasn't true, they wouldn't be allowed to say it."
When your government lets you down, you're a prime candidate to join the march of the lemmings.
This question is impossible to answer truthfully
Snicker. Guess you told us how you'd answer it - if you answered it truthfully.
Do you evaluate performance based upon specific goals - that is, lines of code/subroutines/class modules/interfaces/boards/prototypes/thingamabobs built, or something more ethereal, like how well I kiss ass?
It seems to me that the necks of the capitalist pigs are still quite intact.
lollll...only 'cuz Immelt controls a "corporate person", and that "corporate person" can afford to buy America's politicians in bulk.
The generals who know damned good and well that they will have to watch their men die because of Immelt's betrayals in the here and now work for those politicians, and so they know their hands - and the hands of the intelligence community - are well and thoroughly tied.
I.e., capitalism - as re-corrupted since 1980 by the modern American right - is a self-betraying system; it ensures that the hog trough is crowded with both corporate and political leaders - and the PRC plays it well.
I swear to God that loyalty to each other (Harvard/Yale grads/Skull and Crossbones/whatever) is a substitute for the lack of an individual code of morality and ethics.
But you didn't hear me say that.
...seems like there is an underlying lesson in the comments.
The increasingly stultifying "Corporate America" scene values "networking" over talent and ability (herein noted by remarks such as "getting past the human resources department"); that has consequences: Managerial incompetence must be concealed with offshore production and continual M&A activity. A startup might do well to filter hiring based on raw intelligence rather than "well-known school" and, in particular, make damned sure that potential candidates do NOT have preexisting "connections" that lead to the internecine politics that destroy from within...i.e., if the new hire has an Ivy League or well-known B-school degree, show 'em the door...
lolll...unless, or course, you're looking to turn'n'burn...that is, your intention is to unload into the hands of those who have money and/or connections to money but no brains. It is amazing how many individuals come out of Ivy League schools with degrees and connections but who are literally as dumb as rocks...George W. Bush, for instance, has a BA from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
A fact which might also suggest that they do not teach the finer points of ethics in the Ivy League schools - a consideration any idealistic startup would do well to keep in mind.
I agree. Slaves need to be kept in their place.
At least until the 1% have the 58% of America's wealth that they don't currently possess.
Then I suppose that there will be a period of a dozen years or so when there will be a homemade guillotine on every street corner, the 1% will become either anonymous or headless, and at the end of that period all of our currency will have new pictures on it. (God, I hope that they don't choose Oprah.)
At least, that is the pattern that repeats over and over again throughout human history, and we sure as hell appear to be stuck in that same old rut of "I have a right to exercise my greed to the detriment of the greater society!" until it all blows up.
And this is why he had to resign...the Republicans would have made political hay out of the situation, his past service to our country notwithstanding.
The more discussed, the better. If it was here two weeks ago, the planet's population has increased by somewhere in the vicinity of 2,952,992 humans since then.
Getting time to leave.
Lawyer argues court is better.
Thinking the Univac would have blown up in today's election environment - when its computations were interrupted for the 34th time by a phone call from RNC headquarters.
Don't they call a biodegradable server chassis a brain?
ain't it?
While on the surface it may seem that "Big Brother" (or the competition, or China - assuming that they're not one and the same) is less likely to have his nose in your PC given that the intent of a phone is to maintain external communications links, one would do well to remember that those teeny commo chips that fit onto a phone's dinky mobo would fit onto a massive PC mobo, too. Which is something that has probably occurred to anybody who remembers the Tandy 1000 TX - and so remembers anonymous custom chips.
Which brings me to my point: It is a lot easier to build a Faraday cage for a phone-sized device to make sure that it truly is firewalled off...so a phone-sized PC with true computational power - assuming sufficient storage (and, ideally, a means of accessing external dumb storage) - is progress.
(Yeah, I know: Paranoia, extraordinaire. lollll...but if you'd had the jobs I've had...)
Not really an innovation; It doesn't take an intelligent camera to know what comes next.
Oh, I know that there is no safe way to answer it. But if said camera can warn me that the question is about to be asked, I can evade the situation entirely. That might offer me the opportunity to again develop/cultivate a worthwhile "significant other".
As it stands, I've found that my penchant for honesty is entirely too intrusive.
A camera that can tell me if I'm about to be asked "Do I look fat in this dress?"
Bugs Bunny did it a long time ago, making a hole out of nothing to pop into to get away from Elmer Fudd.
Money?
For the first time - and I'm saying this from the perspective of having used Windows from before it could network - I think you're right. The GUI change of Windows 8 is dramatic enough that a user retraining effort/cost will be incurred, plus there will be a hardware cost, plus licensing costs. If you're running a shop with more than a dozen systems...no, scratch that: Everybody should seriously look at whether they're willing to continue on the path of buying new Windows stuff because Microsoft says they have to.
The big question: Is the U.S. economy going to provide us with the income to meet Microsoft's demands for expenditures? I don't see anybody doing anything about the inequitable nature of free trade; that is, I still see other countries rigging their currency exchange rates to ensure that the United States is not competitive, and I still see U.S. corporations - to include Microsoft - prioritizing "shareholder value" and the CEO's pay over the longevity of the corporation itself and America herself. Further, I still see the banks and America's HNWIs using the oil and gasoline commodities markets as the vehicle from which they can levy their own private taxes - which means the cost of living in America will continue to rise. And as America's jobs continue to go offshore, that means the ability of offshore nations to outbid America for food raised and grown in America will continue to increase.
Finally, there are plenty of efforts underway to export U.S. shale gas as well as refined fuels such as gasoline and diesel...and there are moves underway to export U.S. crude oil. What does that mean? That means we will not be able to bring manufacturing back to America by using our own cheaper energy to offset the offshore labor made cheaper by rigged currency exchange rates.
My point is stupid policies - forced oil addiction, voodoo economics, inequitable free trade, and deregulation - have decimated our manufacturing and service sectors...savaging the bottom of our tax base while cutting taxes at the top. That means we're becoming third-world; we need to - as individuals, and as businesses - look at cutting costs.
One way is getting off of the Microsoft permanent upgrade cycle. Our leaders won't save us...they're owned by the 0.01% who are getting fatter and wealthier by destroying America. You and I - Main Street - must look to saving ourselves.
Only two reads a year? lollll...man. Hope they don't read the day after you ran that extra line out to the backyard so you could deep fry a turkey. If your gas company estimates like my gas company, yours will be more than happy to estimate that one-off peak usage for each month of the next six months.
...while the big telecomms and banks...the big retailers...your electric company...your natural gas company...your credit card company that knows just who you donate to...all those chunks of Corporate America that have far more in-depth information on you and far more experience at mining that data - and far, far more interest in seeing Mitt Romney elected...
Do you suppose they even make Romney and the Republicans pay for that data, or just give it to 'em gratis?