Now then, if Microsoft could just buy all of HP's stock, then they'd be just like Apple with their own hardware platform...no, wait...on second thought...
I agree that the shark guy was good. The pause after the guy saying he has a beard was also funny, but I'm guessing that 90% of the commericial's audience wouldn't get the "guys with beards run unix" reference that I assume was implied.
Didn't pick that up the first time through. The lack of suspenders was just too subtle for me, I guess.
Seems to me that companies would keep all that data just in case a legal issue came up, in order to have a leg to stand on. Lawsuits are unpredictable that way.
Unless they have an electronic data retention policy that states data will be kept for five years. At which case it must be purged.
Problem is, what if some manager sexually harassed an employee six years ago via email. Is it in the company's business interests for that data to be discovered?
On the other hand, if people are exceeding company policy and keeping a personal mail archive on their user volume, and that data can be demonstrated to have a history of over five years (the policy limit), then that company is in violation of their own policy. If that can be demonstrated, then they will be hammered legally for destroying evidence. In other words, they can no longer claim a policy for destroying records in five years.
So it is a two-edged sword. Better have a policy and better be sure that it is being followed.
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Fortunately, none of this invalidates my copious knowledge of the Kronos system gleaned from Grant Callin's novels. Whew.
Now then, if Microsoft could just buy all of HP's stock, then they'd be just like Apple with their own hardware platform...no, wait...on second thought...
I agree that the shark guy was good. The pause after the guy saying he has a beard was also funny, but I'm guessing that 90% of the commericial's audience wouldn't get the "guys with beards run unix" reference that I assume was implied.
Didn't pick that up the first time through. The lack of suspenders was just too subtle for me, I guess.
And the Seinfeld vs. Gates arguments...
I don't know what books or newspapers would gain from being in 3D, aside from children's books.
Actually, I had one in the seventies. They are called "pop-up" books...
Oh yeah? When I was in 7th grade, I created a "crossbow" out of a paper clip and rubber band that could fling paper wads clear across the room! ...Eh?
1up: My crossbow utilized two unbreakable rulers and nearly embedded a pencil between the ribs of my best friend.
Seems to me that companies would keep all that data just in case a legal issue came up, in order to have a leg to stand on. Lawsuits are unpredictable that way.
Unless they have an electronic data retention policy that states data will be kept for five years. At which case it must be purged.
Problem is, what if some manager sexually harassed an employee six years ago via email. Is it in the company's business interests for that data to be discovered?
On the other hand, if people are exceeding company policy and keeping a personal mail archive on their user volume, and that data can be demonstrated to have a history of over five years (the policy limit), then that company is in violation of their own policy. If that can be demonstrated, then they will be hammered legally for destroying evidence. In other words, they can no longer claim a policy for destroying records in five years.
So it is a two-edged sword. Better have a policy and better be sure that it is being followed.
The mice will interfere if need be.
I think that's why people like the Infocom versions...