I think we can be 100% at this point that if we had spend the money and time we have on trying to develop a cure, on prevention, detection, and education that it would of did a whole lot more good.
That sounds pretty stupid of D&D.
Release open licence allowing others to expand upon, use, and profit from D&D.
Remove yourself from this now self sustaining community and lose your monopoly and the respect of all your past customers.
It sounds like D&D could not have made a worse business mistake if they had tried.
Thanks for the change summery, but I have one question.
Never played any DnD-like, except Doom the boardgame, which I think is wildly different but at least had a DM.
So how does stacking resolve then? You never seem to mention that. They got rid of math by having a generic advantage/disadvantage system. But does that mean that nothing stacks, or everything stacks? Can you have a double advantage? IMHO, stacking is a pretty important part of RPGs. RPGs that do not allow anything to stack tend to be shallow.
And I am not sure how they end up making a generic bonus work. Some bonuses need to be better than others, right? And some need huge advantages offset by medium disadvantaged, to have an interesting game. I think I am just confused because I am not imagining what the bonus system is correctly.
I have a relative who was ticketed for doing like 5 over. It all depends on if the police officer for whatever reason could not get his quota filled and it is Friday. Sometimes it happens, and they just need to get a few people for speeding and they simply do not have enough time to wait for some guy going 20 over.
Ya, it is not a ridiculous theory, but it is only a theory. Other experiments have found that women are often biased against other women, so who is to say which way that swings with KS projects.
There is a difference. The person in a suit is judging the social convention, and deciding to be a team player, go with a classic look, and act like an adult. The person in a fedora is more interested in the fashion trend of the second, being noticed, and not being a team player. Yes, you can act like a child and still be a great engineer, but that does not change that fact that you still fail at life.
Suitable business attire is completely a social convention, but your choice of how to follow or not follow that convention is completely on you. Just like talking like a urban youth, or saying "like" a lot will justifiably hugly change peoples opinions about you.
I guarantee you that in the history of mankind at least a few business deals have been lost over clogged toilets.
And probably more than a few when reduced sanitation caused multiple employees to be too sick to work.
The janitor and secretary makes and shapes businesses as well, and can make or lose multi-million dollar deals. Every person in a business is absolutely necessary, and they all make decisions. Some of those decisions are technical, some are hygienic, and some are business, etc.
Should I halt work on the next version for a month to do custom work for this important customer?
How is there no one more qualified to make this decision. This is more of a personal preference on how the business is run than a true decision. Sure someone with a deep background in business might be able to guess at the more profitable course, but 99% of this decision is just personal preference on what sort of business you want. And the biggest variable in this decision is definitely what the business has planned for the future.
How could your bosses not be more qualified to make that decision than you? How do you have this much disdain for their ability to run their own company?
And the reason technical people are often not allowed to talk to other companies, is not because it would not be the more efficient and effective way, but because effective and accurate speech is the cornerstone of technical jobs, while business and talking to the customer often requires a more acrobatic tongue. I am sure those business schools are filled with stories of letting an engineer go talk to the customer by himself, the engineer being brutally honest, and the customer canceling their business the next day. Hell, maybe even taking the head engineer with them.
And without him you probably would of been doing it as a hobby and losing money, instead of making a salary.
Everyone thinks every other person is an idiot, and every other occupation is redundant.
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They are really going to drive up to their house with a dump truck full of cash?
I think we can be 100% at this point that if we had spend the money and time we have on trying to develop a cure, on prevention, detection, and education that it would of did a whole lot more good.
Yep, my Lootin Bag is there and all accounted for.
I never realised how ironic/hypocritical that statement was until now.
What does spamming the entire campus body have to do with accessing a political article on wikipedia?
Perhaps it is because all universities are more about indoctrination than education.
Fixed that for you.
What does science have to do with professorships? Who do you think teach liberal arts? chemists?
Ok, so than about 20 thousand seems about right then... As every project manager would manage 10+ employees.
That sounds pretty stupid of D&D.
Release open licence allowing others to expand upon, use, and profit from D&D.
Remove yourself from this now self sustaining community and lose your monopoly and the respect of all your past customers.
It sounds like D&D could not have made a worse business mistake if they had tried.
Most people make money online with ads.
Thanks for the change summery, but I have one question. Never played any DnD-like, except Doom the boardgame, which I think is wildly different but at least had a DM. So how does stacking resolve then? You never seem to mention that. They got rid of math by having a generic advantage/disadvantage system. But does that mean that nothing stacks, or everything stacks? Can you have a double advantage? IMHO, stacking is a pretty important part of RPGs. RPGs that do not allow anything to stack tend to be shallow. And I am not sure how they end up making a generic bonus work. Some bonuses need to be better than others, right? And some need huge advantages offset by medium disadvantaged, to have an interesting game. I think I am just confused because I am not imagining what the bonus system is correctly.
.... Ya, if I was Ballmer I would be distancing myself and selling stock as fast as I could.
I have a relative who was ticketed for doing like 5 over. It all depends on if the police officer for whatever reason could not get his quota filled and it is Friday. Sometimes it happens, and they just need to get a few people for speeding and they simply do not have enough time to wait for some guy going 20 over.
Ya, it is not a ridiculous theory, but it is only a theory. Other experiments have found that women are often biased against other women, so who is to say which way that swings with KS projects.
Or they could of both been influenced by using the same tools, making the same paints in the same way, or being in the same environment.
I think the point is to not have work pile up while on vacation. I do not think people use "out of office" for after work hours.
Yes, but in all likelihood they will contaminate their relatives and families first.
Really interesting story.
There is a difference. The person in a suit is judging the social convention, and deciding to be a team player, go with a classic look, and act like an adult. The person in a fedora is more interested in the fashion trend of the second, being noticed, and not being a team player. Yes, you can act like a child and still be a great engineer, but that does not change that fact that you still fail at life. Suitable business attire is completely a social convention, but your choice of how to follow or not follow that convention is completely on you. Just like talking like a urban youth, or saying "like" a lot will justifiably hugly change peoples opinions about you.
I guarantee you that in the history of mankind at least a few business deals have been lost over clogged toilets. And probably more than a few when reduced sanitation caused multiple employees to be too sick to work.
Last I checked everyone had given up on bringing addons/GM scripts to IE.
The janitor and secretary makes and shapes businesses as well, and can make or lose multi-million dollar deals. Every person in a business is absolutely necessary, and they all make decisions. Some of those decisions are technical, some are hygienic, and some are business, etc.
Should I halt work on the next version for a month to do custom work for this important customer?
How is there no one more qualified to make this decision. This is more of a personal preference on how the business is run than a true decision. Sure someone with a deep background in business might be able to guess at the more profitable course, but 99% of this decision is just personal preference on what sort of business you want. And the biggest variable in this decision is definitely what the business has planned for the future.
How could your bosses not be more qualified to make that decision than you? How do you have this much disdain for their ability to run their own company?
And the reason technical people are often not allowed to talk to other companies, is not because it would not be the more efficient and effective way, but because effective and accurate speech is the cornerstone of technical jobs, while business and talking to the customer often requires a more acrobatic tongue. I am sure those business schools are filled with stories of letting an engineer go talk to the customer by himself, the engineer being brutally honest, and the customer canceling their business the next day. Hell, maybe even taking the head engineer with them.
And without him you probably would of been doing it as a hobby and losing money, instead of making a salary. Everyone thinks every other person is an idiot, and every other occupation is redundant.
Well if that is the case then janitors also make business decisions on a daily basis.