The following were found on this page and stated to be facts which simply are not true:
More than 373,000 Jobs
Lie #1... as people shift spending from media companies to other things, 373,000 jobs shift to other things. Follow the money!
Some $16 Billion in Lost Wages
Lie #2 (pretty much a rephrase of Lie #1)... some $16 billion in gained wages in other job sectors where people are spending their money usually more effectively.
$2.6 Billion in Lost Taxes
Lie #3 (still much the same)... the taxes will be paid through sales of other things.
I most certainly am NOT a supporter of copyright theft. However, lies used to promote programs to fight copyright theft are no better than these thefts themselves.
These are the same kinds of lies and fraud often perpetrated by big corporations and Republican presidential candidates to fool people into believing that they can pull free jobs out of their arses, if only you will just give them complete unlimited control of things.
I installed a full edition of Windows on a PC I built, once a few years ago, and there was no bloatware. At this same time my father's Acer computer came with so much crapware that he, a non-expert of computers, wanted me to put Linux in place of Windows (he's still using Linux today). The problem with the full edition of Windows is I had one license key for it, so it only goes on one machine.
What I am wondering is, can the full edition disk be used to install Windows using the target machines own OEM license key (if that's even available), and get the real Windows system as intended by the OEM key, but without the crapware (since the Windows disk doesn't seem to have any).
for reasons outside the scope of this question, my boss and I are the only ones left
If these reasons are part of why you can't replenish your supply of programmers, maybe you do need to bring them in scope.
Better programmers want to be a part of something. That isn't available at an outsource programming shop, other than for those who have an equity stake in that company. You just won't have as many of the better programmers, if any at all, working on your project.
Should. But this is indirect. Workers care first about their paycheck, which means caring about their job. And that means making sure the company succeeds. The company succeeds when it makes a substantial profit, so workers try to make the company a substantial profit. This happens by doing a good job at programming, or at least making it look like a good job in the short term, because in the long term, no one cares.
... pay for it! The issue is that the TV networks are not the ones benefiting, but Dish is. I can see how they see that as theft. What the TV networks need to do is provide an alternate channel through which the SAME programming is available on the SAME night, ad-free. It will be a premium channel, obviously.
Now if only I could get paid ad-free versions of Discover Channel, Home & Garden, NetGeo, Smithsonian, etc. I couldn't give a rats arsend about ABC, CBS, Fox, or NBC. A sponsor-free pledge-break-free version of PBS would probably be worth paying premium for, too.
Siri has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Apple for trying to manipulate it, cyber rights abuses, and a list of other things. An Apple spokesperson who wished to remain anonymous said they will deal with this issue through negotiation and other strong arm tactics.
This is just because they are programmers who are simply not capable of doing portable programming. When you get a bunch of these incompetent people coalescing in groups, you end up with things like this, or companies like Adobe. To be honest, they do have some skills in some areas. Portable coding just isn't among them. And given the persistent flaws of Firefox rendering things goofy like text running outside of DIVs they are placed inside of, I have too keep wondering about what few competencies that group even has.
There aren't enough of them to cover all the diverse things that might need repair for this to be a practical business model anymore, at least for most things. Bicycles and cars are notable classes of exceptions.
... can install her own OS to be exactly the way she wants it to be. But at least it's nice to know they might have picked hardware that actually works in Linux.
We don't want programmers who lie no matter how well qualified they are. We shouldn't want a CEO that lies, either. The trust in the CEO is far more important than the trust in the programmer.
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The following were found on this page and stated to be facts which simply are not true:
More than 373,000 Jobs
Lie #1 ... as people shift spending from media companies to other things, 373,000 jobs shift to other things. Follow the money!
Some $16 Billion in Lost Wages
Lie #2 (pretty much a rephrase of Lie #1) ... some $16 billion in gained wages in other job sectors where people are spending their money usually more effectively.
$2.6 Billion in Lost Taxes
Lie #3 (still much the same) ... the taxes will be paid through sales of other things.
I most certainly am NOT a supporter of copyright theft. However, lies used to promote programs to fight copyright theft are no better than these thefts themselves.
These are the same kinds of lies and fraud often perpetrated by big corporations and Republican presidential candidates to fool people into believing that they can pull free jobs out of their arses, if only you will just give them complete unlimited control of things.
I installed a full edition of Windows on a PC I built, once a few years ago, and there was no bloatware. At this same time my father's Acer computer came with so much crapware that he, a non-expert of computers, wanted me to put Linux in place of Windows (he's still using Linux today). The problem with the full edition of Windows is I had one license key for it, so it only goes on one machine.
What I am wondering is, can the full edition disk be used to install Windows using the target machines own OEM license key (if that's even available), and get the real Windows system as intended by the OEM key, but without the crapware (since the Windows disk doesn't seem to have any).
for reasons outside the scope of this question, my boss and I are the only ones left
If these reasons are part of why you can't replenish your supply of programmers, maybe you do need to bring them in scope.
Better programmers want to be a part of something. That isn't available at an outsource programming shop, other than for those who have an equity stake in that company. You just won't have as many of the better programmers, if any at all, working on your project.
Should. But this is indirect. Workers care first about their paycheck, which means caring about their job. And that means making sure the company succeeds. The company succeeds when it makes a substantial profit, so workers try to make the company a substantial profit. This happens by doing a good job at programming, or at least making it look like a good job in the short term, because in the long term, no one cares.
... pay for it! The issue is that the TV networks are not the ones benefiting, but Dish is. I can see how they see that as theft. What the TV networks need to do is provide an alternate channel through which the SAME programming is available on the SAME night, ad-free. It will be a premium channel, obviously.
Now if only I could get paid ad-free versions of Discover Channel, Home & Garden, NetGeo, Smithsonian, etc. I couldn't give a rats arsend about ABC, CBS, Fox, or NBC. A sponsor-free pledge-break-free version of PBS would probably be worth paying premium for, too.
Siri has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Apple for trying to manipulate it, cyber rights abuses, and a list of other things. An Apple spokesperson who wished to remain anonymous said they will deal with this issue through negotiation and other strong arm tactics.
This is just because they are programmers who are simply not capable of doing portable programming. When you get a bunch of these incompetent people coalescing in groups, you end up with things like this, or companies like Adobe. To be honest, they do have some skills in some areas. Portable coding just isn't among them. And given the persistent flaws of Firefox rendering things goofy like text running outside of DIVs they are placed inside of, I have too keep wondering about what few competencies that group even has.
The CEOs of these telco companies should step down in shame and go hide in a castle on a Scottish island.
What they should do is just provide all the spectral channels in their literal numeric form, and let people colorize them as they prefer.
Where's the real picture? I don't want a stinkin flash app. 16-bit PNG FTW!
So USPS thinks they will be able to solve the problem of damaging shipments by 2013? I have very serious doubts.
And the driver-less car isn't drunk. I can do the drinking and not worry.
There aren't enough of them to cover all the diverse things that might need repair for this to be a practical business model anymore, at least for most things. Bicycles and cars are notable classes of exceptions.
That's how they were able to get out from where they came.
... can install her own OS to be exactly the way she wants it to be. But at least it's nice to know they might have picked hardware that actually works in Linux.
... that Republicans don't represent people. They represent corporations.
But how close does it come to the spectral quality within the visual wavelength range of genuine incandescent lights?
What? Think? I didn't know they could do that. Are you sure? Are they self-aware?
We don't want programmers who lie no matter how well qualified they are. We shouldn't want a CEO that lies, either. The trust in the CEO is far more important than the trust in the programmer.
'Within about five years, it could also be used to replace hard drives in computers and give them more memory.'
Oh great, now my backups will take even longer. I hope network speeds get better by then.
Yeah, if we were to have a world-wide universal standard, then we could drive to Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and both Americas in the same car.
They just avoid standard batteries when then want. My Canon 7D uses a proprietary battery pack.
Merely changing battery packs has big issues. What if you get a bad set that was electrically abused and won't hold a charge for very long?
... until you see how much it costs for this proprietary patent-laden charging station.
While sitting for hours behind creepy crawlies the day they decide to repair a pothole. Plan to add two hours to a commute on some days.
It might sound like they are asking. But they are not asking. They are telling.