I don't know about Boss, but the company I work for is one such example. We're well on our way to reaching our goal of web-based tax prep and filing, with seamless, transparent integration between our desktop software and our web-based services. We're a highly profitable company, and our online tax preparation and filing service is our flagship revenue stream.
Last time I checked, this company also makes a tidy profit.
The benefits can be seen in less obvious ways, too: MMPORGs seem to be making money for at least one company I can think of. Not to mention the impact had on software companies, who can now release beta software on a human-scale cycle, and trivially manage patching and upgrades for all their customers via the Internet.
I think the rule of thumb is that companies who use the Internet in support of (or as an extension of) a well-established business with a proven model are doing quite well, thank you very much.
Rebuild New York, but underground. Then restore the above-ground city as a decoy for the mystical space aliens. Hire some thirteen year old twitch gamers to defend humanity in their giant mecha, and we're set!
Build them better than what? What were the design parameters for those old structures? What were the constraints?
I have a hard time believing that we don't build stone castles to last a thousand years simply because modern man is too stupid to do so.
Actually, I'd recommend using a few throwaway certifications to get your foot in the door at a good company.
Personally, I find that to be a much better choice for making big bucks from sitting in front of a computer.
I can't imagine how you equate "paying several thousand dollars in annual tuition" with "making big bucks". Or did you mean that UW is the best choice for a stepping stone to those high-paying jobs? Because I'm sure there are millions of graduates of other schools around the world who would disagree with that statement.
That's not a problem with flowers, that's a problem with bullshit fake "holidays".
Try this: buy some roses for her on any other day of the year. Not only will they be easier and cheaper to get, but I guarantee you she will be ten times happier with a spontaneous sign of affection. All you're really saying on Feb. 14 is "I got you these flowers because my television told me to." Any other day of the year, the message is "I was driving home from work when it hit me how much I love you, so I stopped off at the store and bought you some flowers."
Somehow I doubt that my company will ever farm things out to "IT shops". Of course, we're a major software manufacturer, so we probably don't fit the profile you have in mind:)
What makes one experience more valuable than another? Where do you draw the line between experiences that are valuable, and those that are not? When you say I should experience my own life, do you mean that I should have more of the kinds of experience that you find valuable? Or are you simply suggesting that my current range of experience is not valuable?
I'm sorry you found yourself addicted to RPGs, but I think your "RPG-enthusiastic != life" perception is a little underinformed.
I'm not that other guy, but I'm dying to find a decently-priced music store in the San Diego area. I'd be eternally grateful if you happened to know the name of one.
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The spam enablers that provide the software. . . should be the most vilified and attacked.
Kinda like the kids who wrote DeCSS?
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Which is why, in pre-revolutionary France, people were ever so polite about resolving social disagreements with bloodshed.
An armed society might have less line-cutting, but might also have most of its line-cutting result in shooting injuries and deaths.
They've been doing this in Utah at least since Titanic was released. More here, though the editing issue is completely tangential to that particular article.
You missed the part where the "reality TV" program is actually not reality either[0].
And yes, it is just you. The rest of us have been equipped by long experience in the postmodern age to comprehend, interpret, and enjoy concepts like this.
[0] It's actually a "real people in unreal situations" sort of program. Kinda like the canonical "reality" show, MTV's The Real World.
I don't know if it really is easier to fly than drive; but we've had practical autopilots for over 50 years now. If driving were that easy, where's our robot cars, buses, trains, &c.?
Certainly. And nobody's saying that solution is foolproof. But it's decidedly non-trivial, and anyway it's difficult to tempt a happy employee.
Anyway, who's going to pay you "several million" to "never have to work again"? The whole reason that money's out there to begin with is they want you to work for them, instead of the competition.
I assume you feel the same way about disseminating a catalog of cars that are easy to hotwire. How about books on explosives? A list of local speed traps? The names of companies that do business with South Africa (if you care about that sort of thing)? Where, exactly, do you draw the line?
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And the CDROM attack...A Hacker could mail a CDROM and get it to install on a PC because some luser is curious? Yah, I suppose.
2) Have a clipboard, 99% of companies and people in those companies will not query a suit with a clipboard. This gives you the ability to walk into any areas saying you are doing a "Time and motion" study for the new Quality Iniative. Or do an "assets" audit and take away servers for "verification" that aren't on the "official register".
Our facility, though comprising over 300 people, functions as a closely knit team. Nobody unknown to us gets past the lobby, clipboard or not.
5) Supply the network upgrade at low low prices via a subsiduary, then ensure they can be "remotely administered as part of the outsourcing and support deal".
We manage all our networks internally. An "outsourcing and support deal" would be laughable.
7) Walk into PC support, ask for a backup of your server from date X put onto new server Y. Or even better just get the required files burnt onto CD. Sure you have to fake the paper work, but that isn't hard.
All of our change requests are managed electronically. To "fake the paperwork", you'd need access to a logged-in system, an acccount on the change management system, and you'd have to show up the next morning to represent your request at the daily change control meeting. Also, we manage our own backups. Nobody unkown to us would ever request one.
All of these will be more effective than hiring script kiddies.
None of these would be any more effective than hiring script kiddies. (Funny story: just this week a script kiddie was caught pounding one of our IPs. Security tracked him down and printed out a desist request on a printer on the kid's network. The attacks stopped a few minutes later.)
Seriously, the flight's only 7 hours. How many different games do you normally play in a 7 hour period (including meal breaks, the odd television show or movie, short walks, &c)?
Anyway, I could play nethack for 7 hours straight, so I'm already set:)
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Look, I'm not a creationist or anything, but your logic is unbelievably retarded. You do realize that, don't you?
Last time I checked, this company also makes a tidy profit.
The benefits can be seen in less obvious ways, too: MMPORGs seem to be making money for at least one company I can think of. Not to mention the impact had on software companies, who can now release beta software on a human-scale cycle, and trivially manage patching and upgrades for all their customers via the Internet.
I think the rule of thumb is that companies who use the Internet in support of (or as an extension of) a well-established business with a proven model are doing quite well, thank you very much.
Rebuild New York, but underground. Then restore the above-ground city as a decoy for the mystical space aliens. Hire some thirteen year old twitch gamers to defend humanity in their giant mecha, and we're set!
Build them better than what? What were the design parameters for those old structures? What were the constraints? I have a hard time believing that we don't build stone castles to last a thousand years simply because modern man is too stupid to do so.
Oh, you find both experiences rewarding? Never mind, then. Carry on.
Personally, I find that to be a much better choice for making big bucks from sitting in front of a computer.
I can't imagine how you equate "paying several thousand dollars in annual tuition" with "making big bucks". Or did you mean that UW is the best choice for a stepping stone to those high-paying jobs? Because I'm sure there are millions of graduates of other schools around the world who would disagree with that statement.
I dunno... does Sun pay a portion of your University's operating costs? That might be a big difference right there.
Clearly you haven't looked at Wired Magazine lately. This is undoubtedly an unbiased factual description of the magazine.
Try this: buy some roses for her on any other day of the year. Not only will they be easier and cheaper to get, but I guarantee you she will be ten times happier with a spontaneous sign of affection. All you're really saying on Feb. 14 is "I got you these flowers because my television told me to." Any other day of the year, the message is "I was driving home from work when it hit me how much I love you, so I stopped off at the store and bought you some flowers."
Somehow I doubt that my company will ever farm things out to "IT shops". Of course, we're a major software manufacturer, so we probably don't fit the profile you have in mind :)
Buffer overruns are like doomsday devices. If we haven't figured them out by now, we're probably never going to get around to it.
I'm sorry you found yourself addicted to RPGs, but I think your "RPG-enthusiastic != life" perception is a little underinformed.
It's well past time.
Enh. Too much story in between the trip sequences. The ultimate acid movie is probably Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
I'm not that other guy, but I'm dying to find a decently-priced music store in the San Diego area. I'd be eternally grateful if you happened to know the name of one.
Kinda like the kids who wrote DeCSS?
Which is why, in pre-revolutionary France, people were ever so polite about resolving social disagreements with bloodshed.
An armed society might have less line-cutting, but might also have most of its line-cutting result in shooting injuries and deaths.
They've been doing this in Utah at least since Titanic was released. More here, though the editing issue is completely tangential to that particular article.
You missed the part where the "reality TV" program is actually not reality either[0].
And yes, it is just you. The rest of us have been equipped by long experience in the postmodern age to comprehend, interpret, and enjoy concepts like this.
[0] It's actually a "real people in unreal situations" sort of program. Kinda like the canonical "reality" show, MTV's The Real World.
I don't know if it really is easier to fly than drive; but we've had practical autopilots for over 50 years now. If driving were that easy, where's our robot cars, buses, trains, &c.?
Anyway, who's going to pay you "several million" to "never have to work again"? The whole reason that money's out there to begin with is they want you to work for them, instead of the competition.
I assume you feel the same way about disseminating a catalog of cars that are easy to hotwire. How about books on explosives? A list of local speed traps? The names of companies that do business with South Africa (if you care about that sort of thing)? Where, exactly, do you draw the line?
Suppose, nothing! these guys do it all the time!
On my campus:
1) Buy people, rival firm has a product you need to sabotage... well hire their best brains so it turns out shit... and you get the product as well.
Our company is rated as one of the 50 best companies to work for by its own employees.
2) Have a clipboard, 99% of companies and people in those companies will not query a suit with a clipboard. This gives you the ability to walk into any areas saying you are doing a "Time and motion" study for the new Quality Iniative. Or do an "assets" audit and take away servers for "verification" that aren't on the "official register".
Our facility, though comprising over 300 people, functions as a closely knit team. Nobody unknown to us gets past the lobby, clipboard or not.
3) Buy the people
Our company is rated as one of the 50 best companies to work for by its own employees.
4) Have someone join as a graduate, or even as a more senior person. Sure it violates their contract, but just pay them the cash.
Our company is rated as one of the 50 best companies to work for by its own employees.
5) Supply the network upgrade at low low prices via a subsiduary, then ensure they can be "remotely administered as part of the outsourcing and support deal".
We manage all our networks internally. An "outsourcing and support deal" would be laughable.
6) Buy the people
Our company is rated as one of the 50 best companies to work for by its own employees.
7) Walk into PC support, ask for a backup of your server from date X put onto new server Y. Or even better just get the required files burnt onto CD. Sure you have to fake the paper work, but that isn't hard.
All of our change requests are managed electronically. To "fake the paperwork", you'd need access to a logged-in system, an acccount on the change management system, and you'd have to show up the next morning to represent your request at the daily change control meeting. Also, we manage our own backups. Nobody unkown to us would ever request one.
All of these will be more effective than hiring script kiddies.
None of these would be any more effective than hiring script kiddies. (Funny story: just this week a script kiddie was caught pounding one of our IPs. Security tracked him down and printed out a desist request on a printer on the kid's network. The attacks stopped a few minutes later.)
Seriously, the flight's only 7 hours. How many different games do you normally play in a 7 hour period (including meal breaks, the odd television show or movie, short walks, &c)?
:)
Anyway, I could play nethack for 7 hours straight, so I'm already set