And when the software inevitably bricks a few thousand (or hundred thousand, or million) devices and people lose untold billions worth of data...Will these companies be required to provide just compensation since no EULA was even clicked?
How much are those lost photos of a couple's new baby worth to them, anyway?
I can tell you this: Overall corporate morale and attitude was WAY better when we had unregulated sick time. We felt more like we were treated like the professional adults we were and we acted like it. More salaried people worked long shifts to help the company achieve goals. Plus, we knew that if we wore ourselves out after a couple 60-70 hour weeks finishing a project that we could take a couple days off "sick" to rest up and recover when we weren't needed as much. And when we really were sick, we didn't have to fret about if we should come in or not. It made us very loyal employees.
Then the CEO retired and turned the reins over to his bean-counter replacement, which is when the policy was changed. Not because of abuse, not because of financial concerns, but because they were just being dicks, I guess. Now there isn't nearly as much loyalty in the company. It's still a decent place to work, but I won't bust my hump for it like I used to.
My company used to have a policy of "stay home when you are sick" and didn't force you to use vacation leave when you were sick. You just called in sick and that was it. And the company did fine. Sure, a few people abused it, but that happens with any benefit.
Then they changed the policy so that sick time came out of your vacation. Now people show up to work sick all the time.
Yeah, my wife bitches when I say we should get rid of pennies and just have purchase totals rounded up or down to the nearest five cents. Her: "But the retailers will price everything so it gets rounded up!" Me: "No, multiple item purchases will make it just as likely to round down, and that's only for cash transactions." Her: "But I still may pay more when I go to the store!" Me: "Uh yeah, If you make 10 CASH transactions per week you might pay about 30 cents more per week, or about $15/year." Her: "It's a way to rip me off!"
She makes over $100K/year. People like her are why we will always be stuck with pennies.
This issue makes me think of updating the old Robert Heinlein quote: "An armed society is a polite society."
In this age nothing is forgotten, so anything bad thing you do can always be brought up against you later. (Kinda like being married, amiright?) So perhaps with ubiquitous data retention and access, society will gradually start being more polite and people will stop being such jackasses to one another, because they won't be able to deny it later. At least it's a possible silver lining.
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And when the software inevitably bricks a few thousand (or hundred thousand, or million) devices and people lose untold billions worth of data...Will these companies be required to provide just compensation since no EULA was even clicked?
How much are those lost photos of a couple's new baby worth to them, anyway?
It had better stay on well, AND be placed between the shoulder blades where kids can't reach it.
Even a two-month old will try to peel off a band-aid.
It's like being a contract services company with only one client.
I put in my time working on the Y2K fix. I'll be retired in 5 years, so let the kids of today fix this one. Hell, they need jobs.
Well you can now find out if all your "friends" think Facebook is getting desperate too!
I kill all my victims by dropping anvils on them from cliffs, or handing them a stick of lit dynamite. I learned it from violent cartoons.
Man, I WISH I could default block all religious content.
THAT stuff is offensive.
Polish: Making wood shine at the beginning of a sentence.
I'm thinking wieners, but flowers works.
Probably the most expensive place to build on the planet, other than some small nation-states or large cities.
Though Andorra may be pretty cheap.
1000W for a refrigerator!
Holy hand grenade! THAT is a big fridge!
Most are 150W - 350W. And they don't run all the time.
My position as smartass Slashdot poster is secure!
Maybe Apple just likes the taste of crow?
I can tell you this: Overall corporate morale and attitude was WAY better when we had unregulated sick time. We felt more like we were treated like the professional adults we were and we acted like it. More salaried people worked long shifts to help the company achieve goals. Plus, we knew that if we wore ourselves out after a couple 60-70 hour weeks finishing a project that we could take a couple days off "sick" to rest up and recover when we weren't needed as much. And when we really were sick, we didn't have to fret about if we should come in or not. It made us very loyal employees.
Then the CEO retired and turned the reins over to his bean-counter replacement, which is when the policy was changed. Not because of abuse, not because of financial concerns, but because they were just being dicks, I guess. Now there isn't nearly as much loyalty in the company. It's still a decent place to work, but I won't bust my hump for it like I used to.
My company used to have a policy of "stay home when you are sick" and didn't force you to use vacation leave when you were sick. You just called in sick and that was it. And the company did fine. Sure, a few people abused it, but that happens with any benefit.
Then they changed the policy so that sick time came out of your vacation. Now people show up to work sick all the time.
Stupid, I tell you.
Exactly. I don't know anyone who says anything more to their connection than "Hey, how about lunch on Tuesday?"
It's a small price to pay for a nice body and a healthy sex drive, though.
Yeah, my wife bitches when I say we should get rid of pennies and just have purchase totals rounded up or down to the nearest five cents.
Her: "But the retailers will price everything so it gets rounded up!"
Me: "No, multiple item purchases will make it just as likely to round down, and that's only for cash transactions."
Her: "But I still may pay more when I go to the store!"
Me: "Uh yeah, If you make 10 CASH transactions per week you might pay about 30 cents more per week, or about $15/year."
Her: "It's a way to rip me off!"
She makes over $100K/year. People like her are why we will always be stuck with pennies.
Strangely enough, I've never had a problem doing that with a combination of my eyes and the big signs by the highway.
Plus, you don't want to stay at the Holiday Inn in Okeechobee. The Lakeview Inn is much cheaper and has nicer staff.
I have quite a bit of land, actually.
You city folks are screwed, however.
I upgrade my big $6.95 book of Rand McNally road maps every couple years. It's not that expensive.
Sweet monkey Jesus that thing is big.
How long until we have one over Fukushima?
Cleanrooms are pretty much dead technology.
My brain surgeon begs to differ with you...
This issue makes me think of updating the old Robert Heinlein quote: "An armed society is a polite society."
In this age nothing is forgotten, so anything bad thing you do can always be brought up against you later. (Kinda like being married, amiright?)
So perhaps with ubiquitous data retention and access, society will gradually start being more polite and people will stop being such jackasses to one another, because they won't be able to deny it later. At least it's a possible silver lining.
I can't wait for Frankenbacon!