Most corporations are in fact governed by the opinions of a few dozen people that have bonuses dependent on a variation in the corporate income a few percent per year.
Corporations are EXACTLY like machines running a program to maximize profit margins. They only don't run wild and consume all resources because of limiting rules, The Law. (i.e. "No sweatshops or child labour") Otherwise, people would be used up like any other available resource, worked to death.
Yea, shareholder value and agency theory certainly didn't help. Particularly the assumption of "homo economicus" has been the most harmful from what I read.
In NT 4, they let the kode kiddies from the Windows 95 group put legacy code into NT, some of which still ran in 16-bit mode, and the 16-bit subsystem was always on.
Nope, I use NT-based Windows a lot, and no I hasn't seen NTVDM pop up in the process list unless I deliberately run a 16-bit Windows or DOS app.
Yep, I wonder how many still call the Command Prompt in NT-series OSes the "DOS prompt", even though it is a misnomer. MS unfortunately did not help by naming the Start Menu item for cmd.exe the "MS-DOS Prompt" in NT 4.0 and below. MS was able to fix this in Win2K, but... In fact, I wonder how many still confuse Win32 console apps with DOS apps.
The problem is that it is very sensitive data that can be abused in various ways, and tracking people's behavior makes people uncomfortable. Personally I do trust Google to not abuse the data, but...
Slashdot Mirror
(I need to create a new Slashdot submission on this)
I just did: http://slashdot.org/submission/1160250/Behind-Googles-recent-decision-about-China
And I have a slashdot resubmission on this issue: http://slashdot.org/submission/1159318/The-problems-of-the-shareholder-value-ideology
Funny that you mention the USSR, because Sergey Brin was born there and it was partly what motivated the recent decisions Google made over China.
(I need to create a new Slashdot submission on this)
And it is interesting that Twitter is following suit too.
Yea, I think Twitter actually is the one following suit with Google leaving China after it's computers were hacked by the Chinese.
Maybe I see the past with rose colored glasses, but it doesn't seem like businesses were all run by liars and thieves when I was young.
Because not all business are run by them, but some are. Is Larry and Sergey and Eric "liars and thieves"? Gates and Ballmer? Rockefeller?
Yea, I once used these toolbars often, but I now have them hidden at least.
Really, I don't think so.
Invasion of privacy, the queries that fly off to Google with every key stroke
I personally find the suggestion feature very handy sometime.
And now Larry & Sergey are selling their shares [slashdot.org] and other more business oriented people will get more saying on the company.
Not necessarily. It is not like Larry or Sergey is stepping down.
Another attempt at a slashdot submission on this: http://slashdot.org/submission/1159318/The-problems-of-the-shareholder-value-ideology
Most corporations are in fact governed by the opinions of a few dozen people that have bonuses dependent on a variation in the corporate income a few percent per year.
Corporations are EXACTLY like machines running a program to maximize profit margins. They only don't run wild and consume all resources because of limiting rules, The Law. (i.e. "No sweatshops or child labour") Otherwise, people would be used up like any other available resource, worked to death.
That is another mess altogether.
Posting as AC, obviously, to preserve my moderation.
Yea, it frustrate me too that you can't post and mod using the same account on slashdot.
Yea, shareholder value and agency theory certainly didn't help. Particularly the assumption of "homo economicus" has been the most harmful from what I read.
Yea, here is my Slashdot submission on this: http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=8693016
Yea, even a simple constitutional amendment stating that money is not speech could have a big effect.
Getting rid of the money equal speech thing would be the first step.
Yea, it shows the problems of the "shareholder value" ideology. And yes it contributed to the economic recession.
At least the info is quite limited, for example, no email body.
Yea, money should not equal speech.
Money should not equal speech. I'm sure that equating money with speech is far from the intent of whoever was writing the Constitution.
In NT 4, they let the kode kiddies from the Windows 95 group put legacy code into NT, some of which still ran in 16-bit mode, and the 16-bit subsystem was always on.
Nope, I use NT-based Windows a lot, and no I hasn't seen NTVDM pop up in the process list unless I deliberately run a 16-bit Windows or DOS app.
Actually nope, as the V86 mode does not exist on non-x86, NT/Alpha do not contain the vulnerable code. NTVDM was an emulator on non-x86 arches.
WOW is for 16-bit Windows apps, not DOS apps.
Yep, I wonder how many still call the Command Prompt in NT-series OSes the "DOS prompt", even though it is a misnomer. MS unfortunately did not help by naming the Start Menu item for cmd.exe the "MS-DOS Prompt" in NT 4.0 and below. MS was able to fix this in Win2K, but... In fact, I wonder how many still confuse Win32 console apps with DOS apps.
The problem is that it is very sensitive data that can be abused in various ways, and tracking people's behavior makes people uncomfortable. Personally I do trust Google to not abuse the data, but...