I work for a privately owned company. We run a couple of small phone centers, and that mentality has permeated everything here. Cheaper is better.
We are not tiny ($25 million last year), and are expanding internationally, but I don't believe being publicly traded, or privately owned has anything to do with how employees are treated.
Its all about company culture, and the people at the top (private and public) are the people who set the culture.
Human synapses don't do a single mathematical calculation per second. I don't know what the measurement is, but I know that not all brain cells do mathematical based calculations..
The current systems don't do as well on HDTV sets as they do on normal TVs. Another failing of the current systems is that they only have enough power to render full details of some games, when in single player mode. Bring in another camera or 2 and the detail drops.
There is still a market for more powerful game machines, and the developers always will find a use for eye-candy.
I am not management myself, nor do I like the thought of working anywhere near 15 hours a day, but many other people have posted with the view of the "unhappy worker" and I was trying to provide an alternative.
Perhaps management would have been unable to get the bid without an unrealistic deadline. Perhaps management at this company really does suck, and whichever is true, I think this company is ultimately screwed because of lost clients or employees.
Lots of times, non-management people forget about the business side of a company. It may not be a matter of bad management, or anything preventable, it could just be that the boss cannot afford anybody else and that if projects aren't pumped out in a timely manner, the business will go under.
If thats the case, there is a whole other debate as to whether or not the real reason should be communicated to the people at the bottom, as their reactions can be unpredictable and sometimes hostile.
And its not like you can even trust the answer it gives! If I enter the email address of somebody I know, but don't like, for curiosities sake, they will recieve an email saying 'somebody likes you'. If they guess my email, it will say that I like them, which is not the case.
I almost worked for one of these companies, but I remembered that I have a concience.
How do these companies manage not to get blacklisted by lots of mailservers?
"See my vest see my vest, made from real gorilla chest"
The comparison between this and modding your PC is incorrect. Modding your PC is like giving your car a lift job, while changing the IMEI number is like removing the vehicles VIN.
There could be no legitimate reason to do either of those things. Please don't blow things out of proportion like this.
This reminds me of a certain simpsons episode where a comet is headed towards springfield, but burns up because of all the pollution in the atmostphere.
So I think the answer is to pollute! Pollute like there will be no tomorrow! (Besides, if this plan fails, there won't be anyway!)
The GIF fiasco did lead people to create (and even support PNG), but honestly, GIF is still used way more, just because ALL the graphics designers out there know about it, and everything supports its creation and display.
I believe the same thing will happen with this JPEG patent. JPEG2K will become a fully functional spec, but the original JPEG will still rule (except in things like the GTK)
CMBurns Free online gaming "See my vest, made from real gorrilla chest!"
The researcher noted that the people who played the most games "got angry easily, couldn't concentrate, and had trouble associating with friends."
What is the cause and effect here? Does game playing cause people to be social misfits, or do the begin playing games because they already ARE social misfits.
The interesting study would be to create a group of heavy game players from the 'normal' group, to see if their personalities change because of games.
The same thing happened with every other genre. After doom came many knockoffs that resembled it, and weren't really that great. After warcraft 2 and C&C the RTS market boomed (with lots of crap, and lots of companies that didn't survive).
Its just an inevitable fact of capitalism. If there is a successful product, other copycat products come out and the quality ones rise to the surface.
cmburns http://www.netnexus.com Free gaming, all the time, always.. heh.. (speaking of copycat games, I copied starcraft.. into an online RPG)
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I work for a privately owned company. We run a couple of small phone centers, and that mentality has permeated everything here. Cheaper is better.
We are not tiny ($25 million last year), and are expanding internationally, but I don't believe being publicly traded, or privately owned has anything to do with how employees are treated.
Its all about company culture, and the people at the top (private and public) are the people who set the culture.
An online Starcraft RPG? Only at
Worst article ever!
That aside, I'm not sure I agreed, but with 300 episodes (and everything being relative), I'm sure they have the right to their opinion...
It's just that their opinion is wrong...
Best episode ever? Homer in college, or Homer in space.
A Starcraft RPG? only at
Gridster, Gridtella and Gridzaa...
Starcraft RPG? only at
But when can we get reliable IPoV?!
A Starcraft RPG? Only at
More importantly, will it have enough power to crack the XBox2 key? (probably something like 65536 bits)
A Starcraft RPG? Only at
Human synapses don't do a single mathematical calculation per second. I don't know what the measurement is, but I know that not all brain cells do mathematical based calculations..
A Starcraft RPG? Only at
The current systems don't do as well on HDTV sets as they do on normal TVs. Another failing of the current systems is that they only have enough power to render full details of some games, when in single player mode. Bring in another camera or 2 and the detail drops.
There is still a market for more powerful game machines, and the developers always will find a use for eye-candy.
Starcraft RPG? only at
Silver bullets do exist! They have to! Otherwise, how will we kill all the werewolves?! (or get drunk!)
"StarWars Christmas Special"?
'nuff said!
Is this the sequel to that movie Harry Pothead and the Stoned Sorcerer?
"... To give one example of where this is heading, I think that Samba will still have to rely on reverse engineering."
Unfortunately, that is probably (or will soon be) illegal via the DMCA.
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I am not management myself, nor do I like the thought of working anywhere near 15 hours a day, but many other people have posted with the view of the "unhappy worker" and I was trying to provide an alternative.
Perhaps management would have been unable to get the bid without an unrealistic deadline. Perhaps management at this company really does suck, and whichever is true, I think this company is ultimately screwed because of lost clients or employees.
CMBurns
http://www.netnexus.com
Lots of times, non-management people forget about the business side of a company. It may not be a matter of bad management, or anything preventable, it could just be that the boss cannot afford anybody else and that if projects aren't pumped out in a timely manner, the business will go under.
If thats the case, there is a whole other debate as to whether or not the real reason should be communicated to the people at the bottom, as their reactions can be unpredictable and sometimes hostile.
Remember to try and look at it from both sides!
CMBurns
http://www.netnexus.com
And its not like you can even trust the answer it gives! If I enter the email address of somebody I know, but don't like, for curiosities sake, they will recieve an email saying 'somebody likes you'. If they guess my email, it will say that I like them, which is not the case.
I almost worked for one of these companies, but I remembered that I have a concience.
How do these companies manage not to get blacklisted by lots of mailservers?
"See my vest see my vest, made from real gorilla chest"
The comparison between this and modding your PC is incorrect. Modding your PC is like giving your car a lift job, while changing the IMEI number is like removing the vehicles VIN.
There could be no legitimate reason to do either of those things. Please don't blow things out of proportion like this.
CMBurns
This reminds me of a certain simpsons episode where a comet is headed towards springfield, but burns up because of all the pollution in the atmostphere.
So I think the answer is to pollute! Pollute like there will be no tomorrow! (Besides, if this plan fails, there won't be anyway!)
C.M.Burns
Read your EULAs first. I've seen some (though I don't remember where) that forbid the publishing of the EULA.
C.M.Burns
The GIF fiasco did lead people to create (and even support PNG), but honestly, GIF is still used way more, just because ALL the graphics designers out there know about it, and everything supports its creation and display.
I believe the same thing will happen with this JPEG patent. JPEG2K will become a fully functional spec, but the original JPEG will still rule (except in things like the GTK)
CMBurns
Free online gaming
"See my vest, made from real gorrilla chest!"
The researcher noted that the people who played the most games "got angry easily, couldn't concentrate, and had trouble associating with friends."
What is the cause and effect here? Does game playing cause people to be social misfits, or do the begin playing games because they already ARE social misfits.
The interesting study would be to create a group of heavy game players from the 'normal' group, to see if their personalities change because of games.
Tom Brown
All roads lead to gnome!
Netnexus, home of Starcraft: Terran Legacy
Sounds like they have good taste! Scotch, spaghetti and wine sounds like a winner to me!
CMB
When can we expect a slashdot MMORPG?
cmburns
"When will the insanity end?!"
You must have slow computers... I play all the time on my 100Mb LAN with 5-8 people with no lag.
cmburns
"See my vest, see my vest, made from real gorilla chest!"
The same thing happened with every other genre. After doom came many knockoffs that resembled it, and weren't really that great. After warcraft 2 and C&C the RTS market boomed (with lots of crap, and lots of companies that didn't survive).
Its just an inevitable fact of capitalism. If there is a successful product, other copycat products come out and the quality ones rise to the surface.
cmburns
http://www.netnexus.com
Free gaming, all the time, always.. heh.. (speaking of copycat games, I copied starcraft.. into an online RPG)