On the first episode we saw a little kid that seemed to come out of the Mickey Mouse club!. I saw him and said "THIS is going to become Vader, No way!"
And on this trailer we see this arrogance, a young man wiht this feeling of inmortality, that thinks is the best there is, and doesn't follow advice from his elders...
...like every young man does.
So this is the reason he becomes evil? adolescence ? No way!
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I can't find anywhere on the site this company says they own the works sent to them. Here are the terms of use All I can find is the usual "contents of this site are copyrighted", but that's the site, not the papers submitted.
FROM THE DESK OF THE EVIL HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR:
Performance Appraisal for Mr. Cowboy Neal: His worth to the company can only be imagined. Many employees have indicated that they are eager to comment on his work and he never appears stressed about his work. For completeness I should mention that he appears ever productive and has been seen dropping in at off hours and he knows the value of office equipment. Mr. Cowboy Neal handles assignments with unlooked-for creativity. It would be accurate to say that Mr. Cowboy Neal sets a compelling example for the younger employees and his work sets him apart from his peers. His core values show through in his work and his future with this company is not in doubt.
* In Strict Confidence *
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Were there problems in the 80s with people copying programs off of computer display models onto floppy disks? What about with zip disks in the mid90s? What did stores do about that sort of thing then? Why is this so urgent now?
Around the 80's my friends and I copied anything we wanted from the machines on sale in a big departament store. The store managers didn't care, because PC's were new, so just a few people would have them. The more people that learn how to use those misterious things, the more their chances to make a sale.
Even better, he didn't had to "accept" any End User License agreement. Nothing stops him to review it, reverse engineer it or whatever he wants to do with it.
Slashdot is not a magazine, is a list recomending articles posted on other magazines. I don't read it for the news, (those I can find somewhere else), I read the comments, and those are user generated. Slashdot does not generate any content (well, except by the Jon Katz articles)
If slashdot becomes "premium" only, you will see a drop on the user comments. I'm not paying for that.
The proposal would deal with the purchase over the internet of virtual goods - sound, music, etc - which you can download
So they are proposing a tax over commercial transactions, even if there is no physical items purchased. If somebody is making money selling the right to download files, a tax is proposed over that sale.
Yes, it would be an accountant nightmare and it qould increase the price on a transaction, just like any other tax
Ok, that doctor thing was a extreme example. But as you said, the doctor is required by oath to recomend the best treatment. That was my point. A professional should be obliged to recomend the best solution. And the best solution rarely, if ever, comes from the customer. That's when the boss should hear the programmers over the customer.
And about the "They're paying your salary. The customer is always right.", my ex-employers were denied payment on a site, on the basis that it was slow. Of course it was slow, those same customers asked for a Giant jpeg on the back of every page (a 800x600 jpeg, not a 1x1 mosaic). On our network it was slow, on a modem was imposible. That's the kind of thing that could be avoided from the beginning telling the customers about his bad ideas.
Point 1 will also never happen. The consultants talk to the customers. The customers give the company money. The money pays your salary.
A common error of my (ex)employers is assuming that, just because the customer pays, that means the customer is always right. That's not always the case.
In our web development area, we had to make stupid changes of design, make slow, unnavigable or ugly web pages, but "The client asked it that way". We are supposed to be experts, we KNOW what works and what doesn't. If the customer to knew how to solve his problems he wouldn't have the need for us.
Imagine you are a doctor and you have a patient that has cancer, but he wants an aspirin based treatment. You could give it to him and cash the check or you could try to convince him of what he really needs, even if it costs more.
Seattle, Wash. (SatireWire.com) -- Pigs flying over the frozen landscape of hell reported that online retailer Amazon.com turned in the first profit in its history on Tuesday, just moments after the sun set in the East.
"Amazon is proud to announce that in our fourth quarter, we achieved a net profit of $5 million on revenues of $1.1 billion," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as monkeys flew out of his butt.
Bezos cut short the press conference to join the victory parade for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, which was winding its way through the eye of a needle led by a camel.
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The plant,The plant,The plant
Oh, that didn't work
Nuff said,Nuff said,Nuff said
In my job we use countries, (nigeria, argentina, etc)
In my earlier job we used comic characters (obelix, asterix, etc)
oh, you want a useful convention, never used one.
What it takes to become evil?
On the first episode we saw a little kid that seemed to come out of the Mickey Mouse club!. I saw him and said "THIS is going to become Vader, No way!"
And on this trailer we see this arrogance, a young man wiht this feeling of inmortality, that thinks is the best there is, and doesn't follow advice from his elders...
...like every young man does.
So this is the reason he becomes evil? adolescence
? No way!
Walk into Rufus McHooter's.
Yell "Harleys suck ass and I'm doing your woman!"
no, that's for when you lose on Mortal Kombat
Fatality!
<CmdrTaco> We hope that enough users want Slashdot to still be here in a few years.
<hemos> I just don't wnat you to.
Heh.
Hemos doesn't love you, Taco!
I can't find anywhere on the site this company says they own the works sent to them. Here are the terms of use All I can find is the usual "contents of this site are copyrighted", but that's the site, not the papers submitted.
let The Dilbert performance appliance generator make the recommendation for you. It doesn't say anything good or bad on the subject:
FROM THE DESK OF THE EVIL HUMAN
RESOURCES DIRECTOR:
Performance Appraisal for Mr. Cowboy Neal:
His worth to the company can only be imagined. Many employees have indicated that they are eager to comment on his work and he never appears stressed about his work. For completeness I should mention that he appears ever productive and has been seen dropping in at off hours and he knows the value of office equipment. Mr. Cowboy Neal handles assignments with unlooked-for creativity. It would be accurate to say that Mr. Cowboy Neal sets a compelling example for the younger employees and his work sets him apart from his peers. His core values show through in his work and his future with this company is not in doubt.
* In Strict Confidence *
Were there problems in the 80s with people copying programs off of computer display models onto floppy disks? What about with zip disks in the mid90s? What did stores do about that sort of thing then? Why is this so urgent now?
Around the 80's my friends and I copied anything we wanted from the machines on sale in a big departament store. The store managers didn't care, because PC's were new, so just a few people would have them. The more people that learn how to use those misterious things, the more their chances to make a sale.
Even better, he didn't had to "accept" any End User License agreement. Nothing stops him to review it, reverse engineer it or whatever he wants to do with it.
Check the day the coyote stopped buying ACME
Slashdot is not a magazine, is a list recomending articles posted on other magazines. I don't read it for the news, (those I can find somewhere else), I read the comments, and those are user generated. Slashdot does not generate any content (well, except by the Jon Katz articles)
If slashdot becomes "premium" only, you will see a drop on the user comments. I'm not paying for that.
He attracted snakes on the Simpsons, didn't he?
Too geeky for my tastes
He proposes on a web page, she answers by e-mail. They are not physicaly together. He can't see her face of surprise. No hug afterwards.
And I bet he gives her a token ring.
From the article
The proposal would deal with the purchase over the internet of virtual goods - sound, music, etc - which you can download
So they are proposing a tax over commercial transactions, even if there is no physical items purchased. If somebody is making money selling the right to download files, a tax is proposed over that sale.
Yes, it would be an accountant nightmare and it qould increase the price on a transaction, just like any other tax
Ok, that doctor thing was a extreme example. But as you said, the doctor is required by oath to recomend the best treatment. That was my point. A professional should be obliged to recomend the best solution. And the best solution rarely, if ever, comes from the customer. That's when the boss should hear the programmers over the customer.
And about the "They're paying your salary. The customer is always right.", my ex-employers were denied payment on a site, on the basis that it was slow. Of course it was slow, those same customers asked for a Giant jpeg on the back of every page (a 800x600 jpeg, not a 1x1 mosaic). On our network it was slow, on a modem was imposible. That's the kind of thing that could be avoided from the beginning telling the customers about his bad ideas.
Point 1 will also never happen. The consultants talk to the customers. The customers give the company money. The money pays your salary.
A common error of my (ex)employers is assuming that, just because the customer pays, that means the customer is always right. That's not always the case.
In our web development area, we had to make stupid changes of design, make slow, unnavigable or ugly web pages, but "The client asked it that way". We are supposed to be experts, we KNOW what works and what doesn't. If the customer to knew how to solve his problems he wouldn't have the need for us.
Imagine you are a doctor and you have a patient that has cancer, but he wants an aspirin based treatment. You could give it to him and cash the check or you could try to convince him of what he really needs, even if it costs more.
I'm one of those who haven't read it, and I have a question.
Wasn't there any negative effect on this primers? I believe many bad things can result of this Idea.
You are teaching a kid to believe a single source of information, not to make research.
The kid becomes isolated, as he has no need to ask his parents/friends/teachers any question.
The kid can become antisocial, autistic or just not learn to speak well, since the machine comunicates with "mediaglyphs" and not words.
wasn't any of this considered into the book?
But, which one of those evolves into a flamewar?.
Google can find web pages, images and usenet posts, I would like to see the following:
-Find videos (type "star wars", get all fanfiction mpegs)
-Find programs to download (type "strategy" and find shareware or freeware downloads)
I tied it to wristband and started using it in my left wrist. one of the first wearable puters ever.
check out this wearable hands free cellphone You may be interested. Or you may want to ask them for copyrights too.
Not only cursor movements, but generating slashdot pages!
This page was generated by a Barrel of Circus Monkeys for kilroy_hau (187226).
Yep, nothing new.
Well, not everyone...
there is somebody who has a 42% chance.
Stolen from satire wire:
Seattle, Wash. (SatireWire.com) -- Pigs flying over the frozen landscape of hell reported that online retailer Amazon.com turned in the first profit in its history on Tuesday, just moments after the sun set in the East.
"Amazon is proud to announce that in our fourth quarter, we achieved a net profit of $5 million on revenues of $1.1 billion," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as monkeys flew out of his butt.
Bezos cut short the press conference to join the victory parade for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, which was winding its way through the eye of a needle led by a camel.
Call it something like "big brother", put it on prime time tv and everyone will accept it as normal, healthy fun.
by trying to connect to any of a series of hardcoded supernodes
Am I the only one that read "Hardcore supermodels" ???