The CEO of Micron took a salary of $1/year until they returned to profitability. While asking his employees to take a relatively small pay cut. The paycut was smaller the less you made.
Perhaps a good round of public boycott will enough to deter Mr. Novak from suing anyone who criticizes his store. Start by emailing all your pet-owning friends and informing them of what has happened. Ask them to stop purchasing from Petswearhouse until this kind of senseless lawsuit'ing has stopped... Also perhaps a/.'er can provide a simpler summary on his/her his web page for reference. In addition to the defense fund's site. We also may wish to provide links to the mailing list comments that started this.
Basically give people information to make an informed decision.
Imagine it. You're having a lousy day at the office. Got nothing done, but read email. Your boss comes storming in asking for a report that's 2 months overdue. You simply throw on your productivity cloak and (walla!) your screen shows a nearly completed report, while you appear confident it'll be done soon.
Re:Call me an alarmist, but...
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The movie would probably go like this...
(opening scene) killer surfs net looking for single washer running at 3am.He finds one in a small laundry in the dorm accross from his apartment. (scene 2) we see killer donning black gloves approaching the laundry. (scene 3) the laundry door opens (scene 4) killer looks up to find large football player washing his jock strap after traveling for 6 hours on a small charter bus having lost by 42 points to a bunch of woosy Ivy Leaguers. (scene 5) killer is shown on a stretcher rethinking his profession.
Why not take your top three candidates and pair with each of them for an hour or two? Pick a task with little domain knowledge needed. Let them drive or do the majority of leading and see what happens...
Then ask yourself (remembering that this is your first pairing with this person).. Did I like this person? Did he try to work with me or against me? Was he technically capable? Was his technique compatable with yours? Could he adapt to your style? Could I corroborate daily with this person? Does he smell ok? Did he offer to buy you lunch? Was he enthusiastic?
If the answers were yes or mostly yes, then you've got a winner.
to whom shall I send them all?
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Senders using the mark are verifying that the e-mail meets one of the following criteria: the e-mail is sent to only one recipient;
Pictures of children
To my family complete
Fourteen emails
the sender has verified permission from each recipient;
More photos to send
to whom shall I send them all?
Grandma has said no
the sender and each recipient share a pre-existing professional relationship;
Grandma accepts now
My photos pass the filter
Grandma runs an isp
each recipient is a friend or family member of the sender and the e-mail is not commercial.
pic of baby Zo
she is holding can of Coke
product endorsement?
Controlling human beings has already been around..
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" Kate Rears, a policy analyst at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, said technological advances mean human-control technology can no longer be dismissed as far-fetched. "
Humans being controlled by technology has been around for years... I can make anyone on/. drool just by showing a trailer of Spiderman.
...that run open source code? If you have automatically expiring software, then the vendor (or customer) would be forced to update those machines in the field whenever the software expired. Even if the warranty you provided the customer expired long ago.
What do you tell them? You can buy our machine and it will expire in 3 years, even if the steel is good for another 20.
No really! It's not an april fools joke! If you start typing any deragatory remarks about Microsoft, the trojan will...../*I love my new Internet Explorer technology from Microsoft..*/
I know most of you won't believe me. But just in case, to disable it type in..../*XP is just fabulous*/
Sometimes you have to look at the content of the message to determine its validity.
Here are some stats: Article paragraphs 16 Words 2257 Lines who cares
Is it even remotely possible to make a detailed, technological, informative argument comparing the costs-benefits of all the different programming language and runtimes available in 2257 words.
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He didn't invent Ctrl-Alt-Del! I did! I was the one!
BAHAHAHAHA!!
Albert Gore Jr.
The CEO of Micron took a salary of $1/year until they returned to profitability. While asking his employees to take a relatively small pay cut. The paycut was smaller the less you made.
That's waaay cool if you ask me.
Some CEO's get it. Most do not.
Obviously a fuddy duddy alumni who didn't win.
using my telepathetic powers to mod this comment up.
I don't know about cheese doodles, but i've been able to get a single cheeto to start sparking in the microwave. Some microwaves just go beserk.
And if that doesn't work, i've been told by FritoLay people that the best cheeto is a warm cheeto.
For even further entertainment. Take a single Cheetos and put in the microwave. Watch the fun. (bzzrapp)
...is a good offense.
/.'er can provide a simpler summary on his/her his web page for reference. In addition to the defense fund's site. We also may wish to provide links to the mailing list comments that started this.
Perhaps a good round of public boycott will enough to deter Mr. Novak from suing anyone who criticizes his store. Start by emailing all your pet-owning friends and informing them of what has happened. Ask them to stop purchasing from Petswearhouse until this kind of senseless lawsuit'ing has stopped... Also perhaps a
Basically give people information to make an informed decision.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but this story got google'd. Does this mean /. is real news now? Horror of horrors.
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http://news.google.com/news/gntechnologyleftnav
For someone (Prince) who is speaking out against "big corporate", it'd be nice if his website didn't recommend the use of Internet Explorer.
Although I still liked what he had to say.
...a productivity cloak.
Imagine it. You're having a lousy day at the office. Got nothing done, but read email. Your boss comes storming in asking for a report that's 2 months overdue. You simply throw on your productivity cloak and (walla!) your screen shows a nearly completed report, while you appear confident it'll be done soon.
The movie would probably go like this...
(opening scene) killer surfs net looking for single washer running at 3am.He finds one in a small laundry in the dorm accross from his apartment.
(scene 2) we see killer donning black gloves approaching the laundry.
(scene 3) the laundry door opens
(scene 4) killer looks up to find large football player washing his jock strap after traveling for 6 hours on a small charter bus having lost by 42 points to a bunch of woosy Ivy Leaguers.
(scene 5) killer is shown on a stretcher rethinking his profession.
I'd probably spend 7 bucks to see it.
Why not take your top three candidates and pair with each of them for an hour or two? Pick a task with little domain knowledge needed. Let them drive or do the majority of leading and see what happens...
Then ask yourself (remembering that this is your first pairing with this person)..
Did I like this person?
Did he try to work with me or against me?
Was he technically capable?
Was his technique compatable with yours?
Could he adapt to your style?
Could I corroborate daily with this person?
Does he smell ok?
Did he offer to buy you lunch?
Was he enthusiastic?
If the answers were yes or mostly yes, then you've got a winner.
Pictures of children
To my family complete
Fourteen emails
the sender has verified permission from each recipient;
More photos to send
to whom shall I send them all?
Grandma has said no
the sender and each recipient share a pre-existing professional relationship;
Grandma accepts now
My photos pass the filter
Grandma runs an isp
each recipient is a friend or family member of the sender and the e-mail is not commercial.
pic of baby Zo
she is holding can of Coke
product endorsement?
It's been done. My code has been attracting bugs for years.
Nasa, stardate: January 31, 2019.
Joe: "Hey Bob, have you seen that big object that we thought was going to hit the earth tomorrow?"
Bob points up.
Joe: "Oh yeah"
I won't be impressed until I see a computer integrated with a beer tap & a barstool. Those are two of the greatest innovations of mankind.
Perhaps software engineers should read a good book about ui design before they leave college. Software for Use by Constantine comes to mind.
Wish I had some in college
" Kate Rears, a policy analyst at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, said technological advances mean human-control technology can no longer be dismissed as far-fetched. "
/. drool just by showing a trailer of Spiderman.
Humans being controlled by technology has been around for years... I can make anyone on
...this gives a whole new dimension to DOS attacks
...that run open source code? If you have automatically expiring software, then the vendor (or customer) would be forced to update those machines in the field whenever the software expired. Even if the warranty you provided the customer expired long ago.
What do you tell them? You can buy our machine and it will expire in 3 years, even if the steel is good for another 20.
No really! It's not an april fools joke! If you start typing any deragatory remarks about Microsoft, the trojan will ...../*I love my new Internet Explorer technology from Microsoft..*/
..../*XP is just fabulous*/
I know most of you won't believe me. But just in case, to disable it type in
...What else would explain the 700 year old chow mein in my refrigerator?
Sometimes you have to look at the content of the message to determine its validity.
Here are some stats:
Article paragraphs 16
Words 2257
Lines who cares
Is it even remotely possible to make a detailed, technological, informative argument comparing the costs-benefits of all the different programming language and runtimes available in 2257 words.
I think not.
The proof is that Americans keep paying $7 a pop to see such cultural masterpieces as Stallone's Driven.