Heck, I was in a small company of around 50 employees, and there were 3 departments. Each of them actively fucked each other over in order to look good and get better bonuses than the other departments. Large corporations just magnify the problem, as the other departments you're fighting might be on the other side of the country or even in another country. As long as the top 3 or 4 guys had good profits, they didn't care about all of the mess going on beneath them.
Gnome 2 was a great DE. Unfortunately, whoever made the user interface for Gnome 3 made an epic fail. It's just not usable, to me. It changes a lot of stuff in an effort to be innovative, but some of the changes just make the system harder to use. I highly recommend people switch to MATE (a fork of Gnome2) or try out XFCE. Either one is better than Gnome 3.
A lot of bosses are friends with bosses at other companies. Their friends may not be aware that your boss is a jerk to his employees. They WILL ask his opinion of you.
Paying this fee to Microsoft will help guarantee Red Hat's remaining on top of the Linux world. They can afford to pay it. Many of their competitors probably can't.
RIP Mr. Bradbury. You were a great inspiration to me. I'm glad you got to live such a long life, and I hope you realize how many people you influenced so positively.
It's not just the Republicans doing this, unless you ignore lots of Democrats like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, who were actively engaged in sinking the housing market. Unfortunately, both parties kind of suck.
Apple needs to be careful. While their consumers have been largely ok with the walled garden so far, it will be very easy for them to cross the line into "too much control". At that point, I think they will see a percentage of people leave. Not everyone, but I wouldn't be surprised if 10% - 20% drop out.
Sadly, in many cases, it's other scientists that are causing the problems. Back when I was in college, my Geology professor was trying to publish a paper that would have invalidated the results of an older study. Unfortunately for him, the major Geology magazines all used a similar pool of professors who were "experts" on that particular topic. One of those reviewers was the geologist whose work was being overturned. Let's just say that my professor's work was shot down quite quickly.
(He did get it published, but in a smaller magazine, that honestly has little impact in the field).
Starting next year, Amazon will have to collect Pennsylvania state sales tax, as well. The state politicians have been pushing for this for several years, in fact. Amazon was given a reprieve to allow them to set up their system, but it looks like they will have to collect starting next year.
That's where US corporations and the CEOs who rule them are really short-sighted. Once enough jobs are shipped overseas, there was a definite lack of jobs for unskilled people. It's one of the big reason so many people are on long-term unemployment now.
Once too many people are in poverty because there are no available jobs in the US, the corporations profits will take a nose dive. If the average person doesn't have any money after paying for the bare basics of food and shelter, they are not going to be buying your company's products anymore. Then your company will fail.
If for some crazy reason, the judge ends up giving Oracle everything it wants, what happens if a bunch of companies panic and try to replace their Java apps? What language and platform is ready to step in? I'm guessing C# is the most likely winner, but is there anything else that doesn't have all the possible baggage that Java now has?
You aren't kidding. Luckily, there already a mod that is aimed squarely at fixing bugs (The Unofficial Skyrim Patch). Of course, it's only good for PC players. XBox and PS3 are kind of stuck.
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=19 for the Patch.
Many of these scientists are getting big grants to do their research. At least a few of them might be skewing their results, even just a little, to give the answers their backers want, in order to keep the money flow open. This goes for a lot of scientific research. (Not to mention the politics of getting published if your research contradicts a heavyweight in your field).
It's only been a matter of time. Many people think that since the common knowledge is that Macs don't get viruses, they are immune to everything else (including trojans). Only the computer nerds differentiate between viruses, trojans, and malware you get by clicking on something on the internet.
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Heck, I was in a small company of around 50 employees, and there were 3 departments. Each of them actively fucked each other over in order to look good and get better bonuses than the other departments. Large corporations just magnify the problem, as the other departments you're fighting might be on the other side of the country or even in another country. As long as the top 3 or 4 guys had good profits, they didn't care about all of the mess going on beneath them.
Gnome 2 was a great DE. Unfortunately, whoever made the user interface for Gnome 3 made an epic fail. It's just not usable, to me. It changes a lot of stuff in an effort to be innovative, but some of the changes just make the system harder to use. I highly recommend people switch to MATE (a fork of Gnome2) or try out XFCE. Either one is better than Gnome 3.
A lot of bosses are friends with bosses at other companies. Their friends may not be aware that your boss is a jerk to his employees. They WILL ask his opinion of you.
Have you checked out Bodhi Linux? It runs a recent E17, and includes a minimal set of programs (with a bunch of programs in repo if you want them).
Paying this fee to Microsoft will help guarantee Red Hat's remaining on top of the Linux world. They can afford to pay it. Many of their competitors probably can't.
It's his best book, IMO. I have read it multiple times.
RIP Mr. Bradbury. You were a great inspiration to me. I'm glad you got to live such a long life, and I hope you realize how many people you influenced so positively.
In unrelated news, Censor Wang Long Dong was executed this afternoon for crimes against the government.
Reminds me of people who use PERL instead of Perl.
*certificates not signatures. Doh!
I kind of thought Microsoft would make damn sure someone else couldn't duplicate their signatures (barring an employee or a government doing it).
It's not just the Republicans doing this, unless you ignore lots of Democrats like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, who were actively engaged in sinking the housing market. Unfortunately, both parties kind of suck.
Apple needs to be careful. While their consumers have been largely ok with the walled garden so far, it will be very easy for them to cross the line into "too much control". At that point, I think they will see a percentage of people leave. Not everyone, but I wouldn't be surprised if 10% - 20% drop out.
Sadly, in many cases, it's other scientists that are causing the problems. Back when I was in college, my Geology professor was trying to publish a paper that would have invalidated the results of an older study. Unfortunately for him, the major Geology magazines all used a similar pool of professors who were "experts" on that particular topic. One of those reviewers was the geologist whose work was being overturned. Let's just say that my professor's work was shot down quite quickly. (He did get it published, but in a smaller magazine, that honestly has little impact in the field).
Starting next year, Amazon will have to collect Pennsylvania state sales tax, as well. The state politicians have been pushing for this for several years, in fact. Amazon was given a reprieve to allow them to set up their system, but it looks like they will have to collect starting next year.
That's where US corporations and the CEOs who rule them are really short-sighted. Once enough jobs are shipped overseas, there was a definite lack of jobs for unskilled people. It's one of the big reason so many people are on long-term unemployment now. Once too many people are in poverty because there are no available jobs in the US, the corporations profits will take a nose dive. If the average person doesn't have any money after paying for the bare basics of food and shelter, they are not going to be buying your company's products anymore. Then your company will fail.
Except that would likely get the CIO fired, as CEOs are incapable of making bad decisions.
If for some crazy reason, the judge ends up giving Oracle everything it wants, what happens if a bunch of companies panic and try to replace their Java apps? What language and platform is ready to step in? I'm guessing C# is the most likely winner, but is there anything else that doesn't have all the possible baggage that Java now has?
You aren't kidding. Luckily, there already a mod that is aimed squarely at fixing bugs (The Unofficial Skyrim Patch). Of course, it's only good for PC players. XBox and PS3 are kind of stuck. http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=19 for the Patch.
Tell that to people who actually hire CS grads right out of college.
Maybe they should have deleted his girlfriends name and location from this stuff, before publishing it to the net.
I have no idea how you came to that conclusion from what I wrote. I suspect your own prejudices are affecting you.
Many of these scientists are getting big grants to do their research. At least a few of them might be skewing their results, even just a little, to give the answers their backers want, in order to keep the money flow open. This goes for a lot of scientific research. (Not to mention the politics of getting published if your research contradicts a heavyweight in your field).
It's only been a matter of time. Many people think that since the common knowledge is that Macs don't get viruses, they are immune to everything else (including trojans). Only the computer nerds differentiate between viruses, trojans, and malware you get by clicking on something on the internet.
I hope they are from the planet Zeist, and they are enemies of weirdoes in bird costumes.