Companies have tracked spending on corporate credit cards since forever; after all, it's their money you're spending, not yours, and they don't want you to spend it on booze and hookers.
Only one of them was really shitty. He had a meltdown, threw his badge across the room, and walked out. And, yes, the company was better off without him. He was lazy, and a terrible programmer. Out of 10 employees, not contract, there were six that left, I would call that "most", even though it was not all at once. All of them had at some point remarked about how the handing out of the book made them feel that management was trying to send a message that they were holding the company back.
At a company where I did some contract work, management handed out a copy to everyone in the company. According to the VP that found the book, it was meant to be general advice on dealing with the unexpected in life. However, many people freaked out, thinking this was a warning that big changes (layoffs, restructuring) were coming. Others were pissed off by the tone of the book, feeling that management were talking down to them, as if to children. A number of people left, and IT was one of the departments where a majority of people left. It took the company years to recover from the damage that book did.
Actually, it was meant to play off the Monty Python "Embarrassment Clinic" sketch:
"Even words, like 'tits', 'winkle', and 'vibraphone'..."
Which is only funny if one already knows what a vibraphone is.
So Tom-Tom is receiving data from their GPS units. I find it hard to believe that they are the only one to think of this. Surely, if the data is that valuable, On-star is doing it, too. What about all the internet-enabled vehicles that are coming out? Someone should find out if they are reporting "blackbox" data as well. Seriously, if you are going to get stirred up about iPhones, Tom-Toms, cell phones and FBI tracking devices, shouldn't you also worry about On-star, Sync, and whatever it is that Toyota and Microsoft are cooking up?
I might consider it, if it was just going to be a neighbor or two, that I knew well, and would only use the access when they were on their back porch. However, I live next to a hospital. I tried setting up a hotspot with a password so the kids friends could get on the internet when they came over, but people just hammered on the AP day and night, even though the login page said it was not a public access point. Now, the hotspot is gone, and I only see someone trying to guess the key about once a week. No, thanks, EFF.
Not quite true, there is the CO2 cost in making computers - we would get better if we did not replace machines so often.
Wow. We just turned off a machine that was put in as part of our Y2K project. All this time, I thought the boss was just cheap, and it turns out he was being green!
It sounds like only an actual fighter pilot would likely be very good at it. Unless it has an extremely simplified mode for beginners and non-pilots, it's probably far too complex for your average flight sim gaming fan.
tl;dr: It's a training tool, not a game.
Well, the B1 sim had a "crash override" setting that let you fly subterranean...
"... Smith at the time thought he was advancing technology when volunteering for the device. Unfortunately the manufacturer didn't do enough radiation analysis and didn't realize that the device created frequencies that caused her to fart uncontrollably and induced Irritable Bowell Syndrome as well.."
Not to mention the Spontaneous Hermaphrodism Syndrome.
When Hydrogen U. played Oxygen Tech,
The game had just begun,
When Hydrogen racked up two quick points,
And Oxygen still had none.
Then, Oxygen scored a single goal,
And, thus, it did remain,
Hydrogen 2, Oxygen 1,
Called because of rain.
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You mean if I clobber a few interneurons I'll have better luck with the ladies?
Why do you think men try to get them drunk?
Companies have tracked spending on corporate credit cards since forever; after all, it's their money you're spending, not yours, and they don't want you to spend it on booze and hookers.
"Entertainment Expense"
Only one of them was really shitty. He had a meltdown, threw his badge across the room, and walked out. And, yes, the company was better off without him. He was lazy, and a terrible programmer. Out of 10 employees, not contract, there were six that left, I would call that "most", even though it was not all at once. All of them had at some point remarked about how the handing out of the book made them feel that management was trying to send a message that they were holding the company back.
At a company where I did some contract work, management handed out a copy to everyone in the company. According to the VP that found the book, it was meant to be general advice on dealing with the unexpected in life. However, many people freaked out, thinking this was a warning that big changes (layoffs, restructuring) were coming. Others were pissed off by the tone of the book, feeling that management were talking down to them, as if to children. A number of people left, and IT was one of the departments where a majority of people left. It took the company years to recover from the damage that book did.
His eBook goes to (Chapter) 11?
Actually, it was meant to play off the Monty Python "Embarrassment Clinic" sketch:
"Even words, like 'tits', 'winkle', and 'vibraphone'..."
Which is only funny if one already knows what a vibraphone is.
Not with teledildonics.
I can't tell if that's the next version of the Vibraphone, or a previously unknown book by L. Ron Hubbard.
By the time the servers are that powerful, they could run Crysis.
Or, you are immune to the Brain Spawn.
True. In Texas you have to have a permit to buy/possess laboratory glass.
"Remember when a dangerous toy was one that could poke out more than one eye at a time?"
There has been a few articles in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
No doubt.
So Tom-Tom is receiving data from their GPS units. I find it hard to believe that they are the only one to think of this. Surely, if the data is that valuable, On-star is doing it, too. What about all the internet-enabled vehicles that are coming out? Someone should find out if they are reporting "blackbox" data as well. Seriously, if you are going to get stirred up about iPhones, Tom-Toms, cell phones and FBI tracking devices, shouldn't you also worry about On-star, Sync, and whatever it is that Toyota and Microsoft are cooking up?
I am not Brian of Nazareth, and so's my wife!
I might consider it, if it was just going to be a neighbor or two, that I knew well, and would only use the access when they were on their back porch. However, I live next to a hospital. I tried setting up a hotspot with a password so the kids friends could get on the internet when they came over, but people just hammered on the AP day and night, even though the login page said it was not a public access point. Now, the hotspot is gone, and I only see someone trying to guess the key about once a week. No, thanks, EFF.
Oh, like a DECwriter?
...and after my mode points expired, too.
Is there a +1 Funny in the house?
Not quite true, there is the CO2 cost in making computers - we would get better if we did not replace machines so often.
Wow. We just turned off a machine that was put in as part of our Y2K project. All this time, I thought the boss was just cheap, and it turns out he was being green!
Apparently, you have never dealt with the top people at either BSA. Both are primarily interested in money.
...record of a band that plays the blues...
It sounds like only an actual fighter pilot would likely be very good at it. Unless it has an extremely simplified mode for beginners and non-pilots, it's probably far too complex for your average flight sim gaming fan.
tl;dr: It's a training tool, not a game.
Well, the B1 sim had a "crash override" setting that let you fly subterranean...
It's akin to your boss walking around the office and passing out candy bars for effort. .
I got a plastic water glass with "Thanks!" written on it. At least I could have eaten the candy bar.
But, I agree with your remarks.
"... Smith at the time thought he was advancing technology when volunteering for the device. Unfortunately the manufacturer didn't do enough radiation analysis and didn't realize that the device created frequencies that caused her to fart uncontrollably and induced Irritable Bowell Syndrome as well.."
Not to mention the Spontaneous Hermaphrodism Syndrome.
When Hydrogen U. played Oxygen Tech,
The game had just begun,
When Hydrogen racked up two quick points,
And Oxygen still had none.
Then, Oxygen scored a single goal,
And, thus, it did remain,
Hydrogen 2, Oxygen 1,
Called because of rain.
Johnny Hart - "BC"
Still waiting to hear how you are going to effect changes...