I only wish I was a professional Quake player.;) I'm actually just a high school student, so I'm not the most qualified person to comment on this issue. But I do think I have a few valid points to raise.
You seem to think I'm advocating letting employees slack off and do whatever they want. I'm not. Let them find out what works for them, not what you say works for them. Geeks are in favor of what works. They also acknowledge (correct spelling?) that the same thing may not work for everyone (if you can find a Harvard Business Review article saying all people are exactly the same, that geeks are the same as average people, go ahead and prove me wrong). Geeks are also in favor of freedom. If they find a job where they don't work in fear, they'll probably go there (unless they're paid tons or have a job that really interests them). I'd think it would be better to keep employees, but I may be wrong.
BTW, what common sense are you referring to? I didn't know common sense meant to make everyone fear you. But, my idea of common sense is probably different than yours.
I'm not sure about the first world war, but Britain was holding its own during World War II. Germany had plans to invade, but decided not to after they lost so many planes in the Battle of Britain. If you remember, we were the ones too cowardly to go and help until we started getting attacked.
It was more than taxes. Read the Declaration of Independence sometime. Besides, the British were the ones who came in with warships and soldiers when we petitioned to become independant. There was a revolution, partially over taxes, but that wasn't nearly as bad as the Civil War, which was a much bloodier war started by a bunch of southern states who got a bit angry when they didn't get their way with the presidential election (I am over-simplifying things, but I don't have a history book lying around to reference).
I don't believe being forced to wear something uncomfortable aids productivity at all. At least with me, being forced to do something, regardless what, destroys my productivity.
I see no problem letting people dress the way they want- as long as they get work done! Would you rather have an office of slightly agitated coders or happy, relaxed coders, assuming both groups get the same amount of work done? If someone isn't working, fire them. If they won't work without a suit, they won't magically be motivated to work with one.
Before you start complaining about our style of dress having such complete control over productivity, give us some facts. Prove to us you are right.
I seriously doubt that a particular style of dress is the "real reason that so many of these Internet startups have failed." It may have a slight effect, but I'm guessing there are other, more significant things that cause the failure of a company.
You are probably right that a suit conveys the idea that you are there to work, but the lack of one does not mean that you cannot work.
Not wearing suits does not mean "insisting on comfort over results." No one ever said the two can't coincide. No one ever said that this industry was full of lazy, irresponsible geeks, either. If it was, the internet would work as well as a Microsoft application, and all the cell phones, pagers, videoconferencing equipment, office computers, and other office equipment used by who the geeks call "suits" would be about 10 years behind what it is now. I'm not saying there aren't lazy, irresponsible geeks out there, they're just not the ones running the industry. And wearing a suit has never been proven to turn a lazy, irresponsible geek into a stress-free, higly productive worker.
Where does this minimum of 30W per processor come from? We're talking about PowerPCs here, not Athlons. 10W per processor is a bit more realistic. As for the power supply problem, who says you can only have 1 power supply? My solution: Get two 300W supplies and custom-mount the second in the case, or put it in a second case and use power cable extenders to reach the 1st case. If you had thought about it instead of complaining, then you wouldn't have made this useless post. Then again, you seem to like people hating you...
My science teacher had one of those potato-powered clocks in her classroom. After a few weeks it didn't keep time very well, due to the decomposing power supply. It didn't have the best smell, either.
Somebody going to port Quake 3 to the Palm VII? Portable, wireless, networked Quake! Framerates might be a bit low, and I'm not sure how well Graffiti controls would work...
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Well, at least someone knows history better than I do. Good post.
I only wish I was a professional Quake player. ;) I'm actually just a high school student, so I'm not the most qualified person to comment on this issue. But I do think I have a few valid points to raise.
You seem to think I'm advocating letting employees slack off and do whatever they want. I'm not. Let them find out what works for them, not what you say works for them. Geeks are in favor of what works. They also acknowledge (correct spelling?) that the same thing may not work for everyone (if you can find a Harvard Business Review article saying all people are exactly the same, that geeks are the same as average people, go ahead and prove me wrong). Geeks are also in favor of freedom. If they find a job where they don't work in fear, they'll probably go there (unless they're paid tons or have a job that really interests them). I'd think it would be better to keep employees, but I may be wrong.
BTW, what common sense are you referring to? I didn't know common sense meant to make everyone fear you. But, my idea of common sense is probably different than yours.
I'm not sure about the first world war, but Britain was holding its own during World War II. Germany had plans to invade, but decided not to after they lost so many planes in the Battle of Britain. If you remember, we were the ones too cowardly to go and help until we started getting attacked.
It was more than taxes. Read the Declaration of Independence sometime. Besides, the British were the ones who came in with warships and soldiers when we petitioned to become independant. There was a revolution, partially over taxes, but that wasn't nearly as bad as the Civil War, which was a much bloodier war started by a bunch of southern states who got a bit angry when they didn't get their way with the presidential election (I am over-simplifying things, but I don't have a history book lying around to reference).
I don't believe being forced to wear something uncomfortable aids productivity at all. At least with me, being forced to do something, regardless what, destroys my productivity.
I see no problem letting people dress the way they want- as long as they get work done! Would you rather have an office of slightly agitated coders or happy, relaxed coders, assuming both groups get the same amount of work done? If someone isn't working, fire them. If they won't work without a suit, they won't magically be motivated to work with one.
Before you start complaining about our style of dress having such complete control over productivity, give us some facts. Prove to us you are right.
I seriously doubt that a particular style of dress is the "real reason that so many of these Internet startups have failed." It may have a slight effect, but I'm guessing there are other, more significant things that cause the failure of a company.
You are probably right that a suit conveys the idea that you are there to work, but the lack of one does not mean that you cannot work.
Not wearing suits does not mean "insisting on comfort over results." No one ever said the two can't coincide. No one ever said that this industry was full of lazy, irresponsible geeks, either. If it was, the internet would work as well as a Microsoft application, and all the cell phones, pagers, videoconferencing equipment, office computers, and other office equipment used by who the geeks call "suits" would be about 10 years behind what it is now. I'm not saying there aren't lazy, irresponsible geeks out there, they're just not the ones running the industry. And wearing a suit has never been proven to turn a lazy, irresponsible geek into a stress-free, higly productive worker.
Where does this minimum of 30W per processor come from? We're talking about PowerPCs here, not Athlons. 10W per processor is a bit more realistic.
As for the power supply problem, who says you can only have 1 power supply? My solution: Get two 300W supplies and custom-mount the second in the case, or put it in a second case and use power cable extenders to reach the 1st case. If you had thought about it instead of complaining, then you wouldn't have made this useless post. Then again, you seem to like people hating you...
Yeah, I hope google.com will still work. It probably will, I don't see why it wouldn't. Yahoo's just using their search engine, not buying them.
This is horribly off topic, but who cares? Yhis must be the funniest post I have ever read.
My science teacher had one of those potato-powered clocks in her classroom. After a few weeks it didn't keep time very well, due to the decomposing power supply. It didn't have the best smell, either.
Oh. Guess I was wrong.
Actually, the GPS sats are geostationary, meaning the don't move in their orbits (at least not in relation to the Earth).
Wonderful logic. Demonstrates your true intelligence and maturity. Feel free to post on Slashdot again once you've passed the third grade.
Ever think that Police might abuse something like that?
Palm VII + color screen + Q3 for Palm = wireless Quake
Somebody going to port Quake 3 to the Palm VII? Portable, wireless, networked Quake! Framerates might be a bit low, and I'm not sure how well Graffiti controls would work...
Well, that's completely off topic. Must be why it got moderated down so quickly.