when you have $40b in the bank I guess 2 doesn't sound so bad. Another sad aspect of the monopoly is that MS is in a position to brute force its way into other markets like this.
This is the kind of bull that companies want you to buy. Yes most workers are invested in the market, but its also true that most don't track how their 401(k) investments are performing. The "mythical" shareholders are those with large stakes and voting shareholders. I suspect that you would find executives and large mutual fund managers screaming alot louder than Joe IT when the share price dips. If the companies going bankrupt thats a different story.
What bothers me about these layoffs is that executive pay continues to RISE! If you drop a ceo's pay by a million, you save 20 or so 50k a year jobs.
even more apropriate:
if your hood was open, and your windows were down, and your doors were open, etc., would you not want someone(wh) to come into wallmart and warn you before someone else(bh) took your car and ran over grandma?
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Keanu: if the bus drops below 50 mph...
well, on the bright side, we won't be around long enough to worry about the bomb.
funny, i run the most recent garnome g2 build and a fairly old kernel 2.4.18 i think and the most recent mozilla/galeon i can get my hands on. I only run into crashes once a month tops.
methinks kde might be the problem./me dons asbestos underwear
yeah, I think either Linus or Larry Ewing would have to take the issue up with the companies in question, although Tux may be released in such a way that not much can be done about it.
Some changes that the shift to digital movies will make are going to affect the cineplexes in a positive, and lucrative way.
Instead of haveing to get the actuall film rolls dilivered, spliced, and wrapped, theatres will be able to download high quality digital movies, and store them locally for the length of the run.
This gets around the long download times because they can do it a day in advance.
No more breaks in the film or the theatre employess forgetting to switch spools. (Which happened when I saw Return of the Jedi back in the 80s. There was nearly a riot)
Of course this is where the best pirated movies will come from, your friend at the movie theatre who copies the high quality movie onto a couple of DVD-rams or something;). But with Titan AE released this way I'd say its what the production companies are going for.
I'm sure they are, expansion release date #1 is set for 7/00 Postponed release #1 is set for 1/01 Postponed release #1 is set for 10/01 Postponed release #1 is set for 5/02 ... should see an expansion by the next presidential election.
One of katz's better points was about class but most of the replies have neglected this.
Not only will it become a question of who can afford to genetically engineer their children, but who can afford new genomic remedies for disease.
The only real example we have to look at is pharmacutical companies. The recent news stories about the gracious plan of AIDS drug manufacturers to cut the price of aids drugs to Africa by 25% in the face of international pressure that may have led to the loss of the intelectuall property rights, is indicative.
The new price point is only 200% higher than the average per capita income of most African nations.
Is this the way we want genomics to work?
Does it really matter how we want it to work?
Biotech industries have to remain competitive in just the manner that pharmecutical (and software) companies do, by limiting peoples access to information and technology that should be open to all.
Genomics may be good technology, but in a bad system, where those without buying power are not given access to technology, it will be corrupted.
The productivity gains created by technology create surplus profit. Most of this profit is in the form of stocks currently. In no situation will our work load decrease just because profit increases, because then a competitor could get the jump on our company.
What can we do about it?
Same thing industrial workers at the beginning of the 20th century did. Organize, form Unions and fight back.
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that's apples and oranges, intel and AMD aren't making graphics chips.
i think harvey pitt might be a more appropriate example.
when you have $40b in the bank I guess 2 doesn't sound so bad. Another sad aspect of the monopoly is that MS is in a position to brute force its way into other markets like this.
This is the kind of bull that companies want you to buy. Yes most workers are invested in the market, but its also true that most don't track how their 401(k) investments are performing. The "mythical" shareholders are those with large stakes and voting shareholders. I suspect that you would find executives and large mutual fund managers screaming alot louder than Joe IT when the share price dips. If the companies going bankrupt thats a different story.
What bothers me about these layoffs is that executive pay continues to RISE! If you drop a ceo's pay by a million, you save 20 or so 50k a year jobs.
though if you have to wonder about your game (programs) moving and working, maybe you are.
even more apropriate: if your hood was open, and your windows were down, and your doors were open, etc., would you not want someone(wh) to come into wallmart and warn you before someone else(bh) took your car and ran over grandma?
Keanu: if the bus drops below 50 mph ...
well, on the bright side, we won't be around long enough to worry about the bomb.
"mozilla is a great OS it just lacks a good browser."
-joe konqueror
*holy wars of the future
funny, i run the most recent garnome g2 build and a fairly old kernel 2.4.18 i think and the most recent mozilla/galeon i can get my hands on. I only run into crashes once a month tops.
/me dons asbestos underwear
methinks kde might be the problem.
Is word perfect still available for unix?
didn't microsoft buy a large stake of corel stock last year?
Ari Fliescher: We can neither confirm nor deny the existance of the NSA, or NSA secure linux. In fact, we can't even confirm the existance of linux.
Lovely, I hope the community can support a case all the way to the court.
after sitting through AI, I have to say this increases my respect for george.
" Currently, the snapshots are only available for Red Hat Linux 7.2 for x86, but more distributions may follow. "
from gnome.org
PS1=$'%{\e[0;31m%}\n%{\e[1;34m%}%(2L.+.)% (3L.+.)%(4L.+.)%(5L.+.)%(6L.+.)%{\e[0;34m%}%(?..-% ?)%{\e[1;37m%}%#%{\e[0m%} '
I hear Lars Ulrich is available *grin* well, so he's not pro-napster, but he's not a articulate either.
is it just me or does the paper say that XHTML basic is a recommended standard for internet devices, not for the web as a whole?
The short answer:
;)
Gnutella
yeah, I think either Linus or Larry Ewing would have to take the issue up with the companies in question, although Tux may be released in such a way that not much can be done about it.
Some changes that the shift to digital movies will make are going to affect the cineplexes in a positive, and lucrative way.
Instead of haveing to get the actuall film rolls dilivered, spliced, and wrapped, theatres will be able to download high quality digital movies, and store them locally for the length of the run.
This gets around the long download times because they can do it a day in advance.No more breaks in the film or the theatre employess forgetting to switch spools. (Which happened when I saw Return of the Jedi back in the 80s. There was nearly a riot)
Of course this is where the best pirated movies will come from, your friend at the movie theatre who copies the high quality movie onto a couple of DVD-rams or something;). But with Titan AE released this way I'd say its what the production companies are going for.
I can here the screems of the Movie iNdustry version of the RIAA all the way on the east coast at your very suggestion.
I'm sure they are, expansion release date #1 is set for 7/00 Postponed release #1 is set for 1/01 Postponed release #1 is set for 10/01 Postponed release #1 is set for 5/02 ... should see an expansion by the next presidential election.
Not only will it become a question of who can afford to genetically engineer their children, but who can afford new genomic remedies for disease.
The only real example we have to look at is pharmacutical companies. The recent news stories about the gracious plan of AIDS drug manufacturers to cut the price of aids drugs to Africa by 25% in the face of international pressure that may have led to the loss of the intelectuall property rights, is indicative.
The new price point is only 200% higher than the average per capita income of most African nations.
Is this the way we want genomics to work?
Does it really matter how we want it to work?
Biotech industries have to remain competitive in just the manner that pharmecutical (and software) companies do, by limiting peoples access to information and technology that should be open to all.
Genomics may be good technology, but in a bad system, where those without buying power are not given access to technology, it will be corrupted.
Read the definitive (being the only one i know) guide to starting you're own country. Creatively titled:
"How to Start Your Own Country"
by Erwin S. Strauss
Breakout Productions; ISBN: 1893626156
Tells a number of stories of newly founded countries, including Sealand. Entertaining reading.
The productivity gains created by technology create surplus profit. Most of this profit is in the form of stocks currently. In no situation will our work load decrease just because profit increases, because then a competitor could get the jump on our company.
What can we do about it?
Same thing industrial workers at the beginning of the 20th century did. Organize, form Unions and fight back.