... people will have problems using cell phones after being critically injured in a car accident? Oh darn. That is just horrible.
Oh, and GP is facetious totalitarian prick.
Why?
If they're critically injured, they can't use a cell phone and there will be plenty of folks around them to call for emergency services. And most likely, they're in that situation for having been using a cell phone in the first place. Therefore, if they can't use a cell phone, they won't get into an accident and then they won't be critically injured. Problem solved.
There is nothing so important that you have to talk on the phone in the car while driving. Even if you are a brain surgeon, there will be folks at the hospital who will keep your patient stable by the time you get there. Besides, if you're talking and driving while giving medical instruction, you might say the wrong thing. For example, you're driving and telling the medical staff what to do about IVs and whatnot and then someone cuts you and you yell, "Asshole!" and you go on. You arrive at the hospital and find that the IVs are in your patient's rectum. You get sued and your patient dies!
Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery... not by a long shot.
He has CEO on his resume and I'm sure there are some "benchmarks" that he hit as part of his contract; meaning, he was a good CEO by those people's definition. He'll get another job somewhere.
It was a blind test. We all know that blind people have a heightened sense of hearing. If they used folks who are sighted, I'm sure there wouldn't be any difference noticed.
Other than perhaps getting the eco-hippies to shut up about lofting lots of highly enriched nuclear fuel.
Oh! And very good job of taking a sliver of truth, distorting it and turning it into an anti-environmentalist message!
You could have a career in AM Talk Radio. You just need to work in the "Liberals will stop human progress!" and you'd be making millions of dollars a year by just working 3-4 hours a day for 5 days a week!
Other than perhaps getting the eco-hippies to shut up about lofting lots of highly enriched nuclear fuel.
From what I gathered from Googling, the only thing the "eco-hippies" have a problem with is when those nuclear reactors fall back to Earth - or when they're sunk during a nuclear submarine or ship accident.
I don't think anyone will have any problem launching a nuclear reactor into space other than the astronauts who are on board with it. And considering the long track record of such things, I don't think they will have a problem either.
Exactly! For example, every normal straight laced family values Republican eventually gets busted for trying to get a blow job in a public restroom or for sleeping with hookers. Whenever I see one of those Christian Family Values Clean Cut well dressed suited guys on TV, I just know they're getting it up the ass from Biff.
They just act normal for other Family Values folks who are probably have the exact same desires and values. I think if the "Family Values" people just told the truth, they'd find that every one else in their movement is just as sexually "deviant" as the people they profess to be fighting against - in other words, homosexuality and sleeping with hookers is the norm with them.
I've known some pretty interesting folks in all professions - they just keep it to themselves.
And some organizations do not put up with behavior at all that was mentioned in the article. A more professional manager would have a much different team an wouldn't have had the problem he had.
People with Asperger's syndrome - and left-handed people - make the best programmers. Ergo, weird comes with the terratory. I prefer "interesting". I'm "interesting"...and programming has kept me earning top dollar for 35 years.
I find that women with big tits make the best programmers and I have as much evidence as you do that proves me right.
Do you realize what a networking opportunity those games are?!? Good God, man or woman or...nevermind!
My, when the IT bubble burst in naught one, this D&D nerd at work was canned and that night, at a D&D game, he gets another job - for more money! Those games are what golf is to other professions!
The US is the greatest place on earth and if you work hard, you can really live a great life.
What life?! When I worked that much, I worked, barely got any exercise, gained 50 lbs, slept, got depressed, blood pressure went up, triglycerides too, and burned out. I had NO social life and I was incredibly lonely. While others were getting married and having kids - I was working.
Lenovo was the manufacturer that IBM outsourced/offshored the manufacturing of their laptops and PCs to for quite a few years. What was purchased was the PC business and the names.
The quality hasn't changed because it's the same machine.
Cost is part of the calculation, Mr. Moffat noted, but typically not the most important consideration. "People who say this is simply labor arbitrage don't get it," he said. "It's mostly about skills."
You know, I keep hearing that, but I have yet to see any proof. And if you walk into any American CS program, you'll see plenty of American students as well as foreign ones. What I'm saying is that there are plenty of qualified US students coming out of US universities and there are plenty of qualified US citizens to do any IT job. If you find that not to be your experience, I'd like to point out a few issues your organization may have:
Your HR department may be screening out folks you want.
Many times, your job reqs get changed by HR and they publish something completely different from what you're looking for.
You are demanding too much, and if that's the case, you still won't get it overseas - unless, they're lying about their skills.
You are located somewhere that no one really wants to live. Has your local population been trending down: like in the rust belt areas?
In other words, I am very skeptical of anyone who says they can't get qualified people - especially in this economy.
The CEO of Russia's No. 1 anti-virus package has said that the internet's biggest security vulnerability is anonymity, calling for mandatory internet passports that would work much like driver licenses do in the offline world.
"The internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the US military. Then it was introduced to the public and it was wrong...to introduce it in the same way.
I wold like to point out that a Russian company wouldn't have any place either with a US Military controlled piece of technology. It sounds like what he's saying is the existence of his company is wrong.
The Adblock guy is talking about the Assistant. Unless I'm misunderstanding the issue, the problem is with the WPF plugin. Windows Presentation Foundation - that's the vector.
Saatchi & Saatchi told the marketing magazine OMMA last year that it had developed the campaign to target men under 35 who hate advertising.
I'm over 35 and I really hate advertising now. If I did something like this, I'd be in jail awaiting trial, my name would be smeared all over the place, and my life as I know it would be over - even Saatchi & Saatchi wouldn't hire me.
Toyota? Nothing.
Saatchi & Saatchi? They'll probably get more business because the dipshit MBAs will think that "there's no such thing as bad publicity."
As you're typing a memo to your boos, customers, and CCing everyone in the company.
Joe:
We will be making our sales goals for the quarter. I will be needing an increase in our b...utt. I find you sooo sexy and I want your cock. Let's have a threesome with Jane, you know, that old crabby bitty that's been giving me shit since I got into this hell hole of a company. And Joe, I really don't work! I watch gay porn all day and wack off in my office.
...and before you could unplug you machine, the return key is hit and you're either out of a job, or you get promoted but have to "service" the VPs
I don't see why they would. It's not like it prevents them from making any money and considering the legalese that the GPL is written in, it looks like a good thing for the IP lawyers - if I had a business that used the GPL in one way or another, I would have legal council. And this article is a prime example of why one would need legal council.
The law isn't like computer code where what's written down can only be interpreted one way. It's not as easy as black and white.
Others who want to compete on software might disagree.
Competing on software is becoming a losing proposition for most. Software has become such a cheap commodity that solutions for most problems are available for free.
The markets have spoken: software has in many cases become worthless.
The biggest weakness of the entire genre is this: the protagonists don't tell us anything interesting about the human condition under science fictional circumstances.
I've been watching a lot of "Outer Limits" on Hulu of late (some of the best episodes aren't available there or on Netflix - only on DVD. What gives?!?). The best stories are about how people interact with aliens, their technology or both or with humans technology and progress. One episode has a plot based on transportation and duplicating folks and how people might deal with it. Or another plot that finds an alien and assumes their hostile only to find out they're friendly and we humans over reacted. Sometimes, it's the reverse. I painted some broad strokes here but I think I'm making my point. Although, some episodes were kind of hokey - the one with Alyssa Milano "Caught in the Act" was so-so, but it was nice seeing her half naked - what a doll!
Many of Star Trek's episodes were nothing but humans dealing with human subjects with a lot of technology around. The Naked Time (and the copy on ST:TNG) episode is a perfect example. It could have happened anywhere at anytime. The fact that it was on a spaceship really didn't add anything to the story other than filler.
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... people will have problems using cell phones after being critically injured in a car accident? Oh darn. That is just horrible. Oh, and GP is facetious totalitarian prick.
Why?
If they're critically injured, they can't use a cell phone and there will be plenty of folks around them to call for emergency services. And most likely, they're in that situation for having been using a cell phone in the first place. Therefore, if they can't use a cell phone, they won't get into an accident and then they won't be critically injured. Problem solved.
There is nothing so important that you have to talk on the phone in the car while driving. Even if you are a brain surgeon, there will be folks at the hospital who will keep your patient stable by the time you get there. Besides, if you're talking and driving while giving medical instruction, you might say the wrong thing. For example, you're driving and telling the medical staff what to do about IVs and whatnot and then someone cuts you and you yell, "Asshole!" and you go on. You arrive at the hospital and find that the IVs are in your patient's rectum. You get sued and your patient dies!
Don't talk and drive!
More spending: they vote YES.
Raise taxes to pay for that spending: the vote NO
Have a windfall in tax revenues? Got to spend it! Can't save it for future budgetary shortfalls!
California is the most democratic state in the Union and look what happens. There's a reason why we're set up as a Republic.
Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery ... not by a long shot.
He has CEO on his resume and I'm sure there are some "benchmarks" that he hit as part of his contract; meaning, he was a good CEO by those people's definition. He'll get another job somewhere.
It must be nice being at the top.
It was a blind test. We all know that blind people have a heightened sense of hearing. If they used folks who are sighted, I'm sure there wouldn't be any difference noticed.
Oh! And very good job of taking a sliver of truth, distorting it and turning it into an anti-environmentalist message!
You could have a career in AM Talk Radio. You just need to work in the "Liberals will stop human progress!" and you'd be making millions of dollars a year by just working 3-4 hours a day for 5 days a week!
Other than perhaps getting the eco-hippies to shut up about lofting lots of highly enriched nuclear fuel.
From what I gathered from Googling, the only thing the "eco-hippies" have a problem with is when those nuclear reactors fall back to Earth - or when they're sunk during a nuclear submarine or ship accident.
I don't think anyone will have any problem launching a nuclear reactor into space other than the astronauts who are on board with it. And considering the long track record of such things, I don't think they will have a problem either.
Trip times may vary as folks stop for bathrooms, coffee, and whatnot along the way. So that's where they're getting the 50 day difference.
They just act normal for other Family Values folks who are probably have the exact same desires and values. I think if the "Family Values" people just told the truth, they'd find that every one else in their movement is just as sexually "deviant" as the people they profess to be fighting against - in other words, homosexuality and sleeping with hookers is the norm with them.
And some organizations do not put up with behavior at all that was mentioned in the article. A more professional manager would have a much different team an wouldn't have had the problem he had.
People with Asperger's syndrome - and left-handed people - make the best programmers. Ergo, weird comes with the terratory. I prefer "interesting". I'm "interesting"...and programming has kept me earning top dollar for 35 years.
I find that women with big tits make the best programmers and I have as much evidence as you do that proves me right.
My, when the IT bubble burst in naught one, this D&D nerd at work was canned and that night, at a D&D game, he gets another job - for more money! Those games are what golf is to other professions!
Now, adding GPS to the sharks IS a great idea, though!
The US is the greatest place on earth and if you work hard, you can really live a great life.
What life?! When I worked that much, I worked, barely got any exercise, gained 50 lbs, slept, got depressed, blood pressure went up, triglycerides too, and burned out. I had NO social life and I was incredibly lonely. While others were getting married and having kids - I was working.
Great life, indeed!
The quality hasn't changed because it's the same machine.
No. IBM's plan has been to move as much tech as they possibly can to India or any other low cost country.
Cost is part of the calculation, Mr. Moffat noted, but typically not the most important consideration. "People who say this is simply labor arbitrage don't get it," he said. "It's mostly about skills."
You know, I keep hearing that, but I have yet to see any proof. And if you walk into any American CS program, you'll see plenty of American students as well as foreign ones. What I'm saying is that there are plenty of qualified US students coming out of US universities and there are plenty of qualified US citizens to do any IT job. If you find that not to be your experience, I'd like to point out a few issues your organization may have:
In other words, I am very skeptical of anyone who says they can't get qualified people - especially in this economy.
The CEO of Russia's No. 1 anti-virus package has said that the internet's biggest security vulnerability is anonymity, calling for mandatory internet passports that would work much like driver licenses do in the offline world.
"The internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the US military. Then it was introduced to the public and it was wrong...to introduce it in the same way.
I wold like to point out that a Russian company wouldn't have any place either with a US Military controlled piece of technology. It sounds like what he's saying is the existence of his company is wrong.
'nuff said.
Mine disables fine. XP, FF 3.5.3
The Adblock guy is talking about the Assistant. Unless I'm misunderstanding the issue, the problem is with the WPF plugin. Windows Presentation Foundation - that's the vector.
Saatchi & Saatchi told the marketing magazine OMMA last year that it had developed the campaign to target men under 35 who hate advertising.
I'm over 35 and I really hate advertising now. If I did something like this, I'd be in jail awaiting trial, my name would be smeared all over the place, and my life as I know it would be over - even Saatchi & Saatchi wouldn't hire me.
Toyota? Nothing.
Saatchi & Saatchi? They'll probably get more business because the dipshit MBAs will think that "there's no such thing as bad publicity."
Assholes.
Joe:
We will be making our sales goals for the quarter. I will be needing an increase in our b...utt. I find you sooo sexy and I want your cock. Let's have a threesome with Jane, you know, that old crabby bitty that's been giving me shit since I got into this hell hole of a company. And Joe, I really don't work! I watch gay porn all day and wack off in my office.
Really? Why is that?
I don't see why they would. It's not like it prevents them from making any money and considering the legalese that the GPL is written in, it looks like a good thing for the IP lawyers - if I had a business that used the GPL in one way or another, I would have legal council. And this article is a prime example of why one would need legal council.
The law isn't like computer code where what's written down can only be interpreted one way. It's not as easy as black and white.
Competing on software is becoming a losing proposition for most. Software has become such a cheap commodity that solutions for most problems are available for free.
The markets have spoken: software has in many cases become worthless.
The biggest weakness of the entire genre is this: the protagonists don't tell us anything interesting about the human condition under science fictional circumstances.
I've been watching a lot of "Outer Limits" on Hulu of late (some of the best episodes aren't available there or on Netflix - only on DVD. What gives?!?). The best stories are about how people interact with aliens, their technology or both or with humans technology and progress. One episode has a plot based on transportation and duplicating folks and how people might deal with it. Or another plot that finds an alien and assumes their hostile only to find out they're friendly and we humans over reacted. Sometimes, it's the reverse. I painted some broad strokes here but I think I'm making my point. Although, some episodes were kind of hokey - the one with Alyssa Milano "Caught in the Act" was so-so, but it was nice seeing her half naked - what a doll!
Many of Star Trek's episodes were nothing but humans dealing with human subjects with a lot of technology around. The Naked Time (and the copy on ST:TNG) episode is a perfect example. It could have happened anywhere at anytime. The fact that it was on a spaceship really didn't add anything to the story other than filler.
Star Wars isn't any better, btw.