that cletus is making more money, even though bubba has seniority
Ah yes, the "I have seniority, therefore I am better" mantra.
On a individual contract basis, if I make more money, then I am more valuable to the company. After all they are paying me more. If I go and get more courses, or if I am more skilled at what I do, then yes, I WANT more money.
Why should the drone next to me get the same rate of pay just becasue he has the same time in as me?
This may work in non-skilled work (or minimal skill), but where the work requires special skill or talent, then individual contracts are better.
Yes there can be hard times (as it now), but when the industry was booming there were NO talks about unions and the such.
Yet the poeple who are skilled (and managed to locate the right companies, think non dot.com) are still pulling in top dollar.
People value is based in demand, availability, and skill. Unions break this and create artificial constraints on the law of supply and demand.
Think of salary as a pyramid. The closer you are to the top, the less people can do your job. There is a reason top CEO's pull down the big salaries. There are just not that many people who can handle the responsibility and have the skill (intuition?) to manage huge companies.
I agree that the "best" way is to go ahead and let the weak channels die, paying for only what consumers want would weed out the crap and probably start several new highly successful media outlets who learn how to cater to what people want.
What who wants?
Me, you, the boozer across the street, the mom, the grand-mom, who?
I like Space TV. I assure you that my wife could care less.
One of the benefits of bulk-channeling is that the fringe channels CAN survive. While I do not care for the women's channel, there are those who do.
Add to that a faraday cage to prevent cell phones from working.
Why?
The drivers who CAN drive have no problem using com devices. Just look at any police car, taxi, ambulance, fire truck, transport truck, etc. They all have two-way radios (which is what a cell phone is). And in addition are all the other people who have CB radios. Plus they have to manipulate a "push to talk" key.
Idiots who can barely drive at all have problems with cell phones (and food, drink , CD players, lighters, etc).
Don't tell me I cannot use my cell phone when I CAN use my CB radio......
I wanted to add my 'me too' to this thread in case anyone from the RIAA happened across/. today.
No problem with that IMHO.
I think that every major tech company has someone fishing through/. for nuggets of info.
Not that every post is good or anything, but once in a while you come across a real gem. Especially when we discuss ways of getting around troublesome limits.
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that cletus is making more money, even though bubba has seniority
Ah yes, the "I have seniority, therefore I am better" mantra.
On a individual contract basis, if I make more money, then I am more valuable to the company. After all they are paying me more. If I go and get more courses, or if I am more skilled at what I do, then yes, I WANT more money.
Why should the drone next to me get the same rate of pay just becasue he has the same time in as me?
This may work in non-skilled work (or minimal skill), but where the work requires special skill or talent, then individual contracts are better.
Yes there can be hard times (as it now), but when the industry was booming there were NO talks about unions and the such.
Yet the poeple who are skilled (and managed to locate the right companies, think non dot.com) are still pulling in top dollar.
People value is based in demand, availability, and skill. Unions break this and create artificial constraints on the law of supply and demand.
Think of salary as a pyramid. The closer you are to the top, the less people can do your job. There is a reason top CEO's pull down the big salaries. There are just not that many people who can handle the responsibility and have the skill (intuition?) to manage huge companies.
"Break the law" always seems to be the first choice
Nah, just the lazy-man's choice.
It takes work to produce value. Criminals want the easy way out.
Disclaimer: Yes I know some criminals put a lot of effort into planning and executing a crime. BUT, they are not producing value.
Of course it is doubtful whether some C level people produce value either, but that is another thread...
6. Take backup tape home
7. Profit!!
The Light of Other Days = Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
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Great book.
Warning, slight plot disclosure.
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Really explores the way society changes if privacy completely disappears (including viewing the past).
In the endless editions of identical books. Hardy brothers? Start Trek, Star Wars, Robotech?
This would be more like a while(true) loop.
Mr. Obvious!!!
It is a talent!
BFO hits me occasionally...
BFO - Blinding Flash of the Obvious
Making LED's explode for ~2 years!
Try a capacitor. Plug it into 120 VAC.
CAREFULLY plug it in. From a distance. In a container. Wear eyewear. Did I say from a distance?
Most people buy Hondas not Ferraries.
Most people eat hamburger not fillet mignon.
Most people buy at WalMart not Maceys.
Most people....
Speed is more important, provided you are accurate
If only s/w subscribed to this idea. S/w companies who want to be "first to market", THEN fix all the bugs.
Yes, there are exceptions to this.....
it also makes you a better driver
No it does not.
"features" might allow less skill required for certain things, but it does NOT make you a better driver.
but I'd be willing to pay more for the programming that is meaningful to me
And at some point this is becomes more expensive than the mix we have now.
I agree that the "best" way is to go ahead and let the weak channels die, paying for only what consumers want would weed out the crap and probably start several new highly successful media outlets who learn how to cater to what people want.
What who wants?
Me, you, the boozer across the street, the mom, the grand-mom, who?
I like Space TV. I assure you that my wife could care less.
One of the benefits of bulk-channeling is that the fringe channels CAN survive. While I do not care for the women's channel, there are those who do.
wood-free paper
not-wet water
My head is starting to hurt.
You can program an in-circuit emulator (ICE) to simulate the functions of the chip
You move away from an industry for a while and everything changes. Sigh....
Last time I did any serious work with chips, PAL chips were the rage.
The tip of the smallest soldering iron is orders of magnitude larger than the traces within a chip.
Good Luck!
no one has ever heard about driver training?
Let's get the idiots off the road.
if someone started splicing into my cable line and streaming commercials over top of my tv programs
How is this fundamentally different from
But there the ads are inserted by the provider of the media
Both go OVER the content. This is not simply another commercial, this over-writes and blocks my view of the content.
Hell no, I use my nose....
Well if the Geeks Inheirit the Earth the place should really byte
Ok.
You are probably not straining to pick out what he's saying;
When you get away from the broadcast antenna you are.
For the most part, they're exchanging occasional single-sentence messages that are on a predefined topic
Ever driven along the highway listening to tuckers?
without radios they'd have to return to base stations for instructions.
Honey, on your way home, can you pick up some milk?
All you're trying to do is selfishly save some of your own personal time by paying less attention to your driving.
By this criteria all forms of non-driving activities should be banned. Which would include listening to the radio jocks as they try to tell a joke.
Which unfortunately can't be used in any area expecting to be plowed for snow.,/i>
No, but you can use indents.
Up here in the Great White North(tm) the indents have reflectors too.
What kind of crazy new flux capacitor do you have that takes you through time AND space?
If time travel WERE possible, then space relocation would be a must. Otherwise a time movement of a few minutes would put you outside the atmosphere.
Add to that a faraday cage to prevent cell phones from working.
Why?
The drivers who CAN drive have no problem using com devices. Just look at any police car, taxi, ambulance, fire truck, transport truck, etc. They all have two-way radios (which is what a cell phone is). And in addition are all the other people who have CB radios. Plus they have to manipulate a "push to talk" key.
Idiots who can barely drive at all have problems with cell phones (and food, drink , CD players, lighters, etc).
Don't tell me I cannot use my cell phone when I CAN use my CB radio......
I wanted to add my 'me too' to this thread in case anyone from the RIAA happened across /. today.
/. for nuggets of info.
No problem with that IMHO.
I think that every major tech company has someone fishing through
Not that every post is good or anything, but once in a while you come across a real gem. Especially when we discuss ways of getting around troublesome limits.