...how to walk my mom through changing her IP scheme and modify the hosts file? Do I have to go over there? Oh, come on. Don't be so lazy. It won't kill you to walk up the stairs and across the living room.
Sure this is a bit over-the-top, but it's exactly the kind of breakaway thinking that can lead to something good. Stuff like this is what's required to get away from the beige box computer mentality (even if the boxes are sometimes camouflaged to look like some other color of box, or flattened out so they look like a pad or a table). Not to mention that it actually sounds kind of like a fun way to handle certain tasks.
...who knows what kind of complex science and engineering was put into those books... On the other hand, if we assume that nerds have always been pretty much the same, then we can extrapolate that most of what we lost was pr0n and strategy guides.
Microsfot has forgotten, like many other corporations, is that all one needs to focus on is making a quality product. If you do that, all other things, quartely earnings, shareholder returns, marketing, ect, will take care of themselves natually. That explains why Apple is on the list and McDonalds isn't. Oh, wait, it's the other way around.
"Long-term space-based man/machine partnership"? Come on, they installed an assembly robot. Sure, it's a very nice one and pretty complex, but it's not like they fired up freakin R. Daneel Olivaw.
Digital TV does everything analog TV does, except it can provide better video and sound quality and multiple streams in the same amount of EM spectrum. Because we don't already have hundreds of channels of crap we don't want to see. At least it will look and sound better if we spend enough money on the hardware that plays it. yay.
"Conflict of interest" is an issue only with public offices and government employees, tard. Not exactly, tard.
A conflict of interest is a situation in which someone in a position of trust, such as a lawyer, insurance adjuster, a politician, executive or director of a corporation or a medical research scientist or physician, has competing professional or personal interests. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest
And if I start my own business, I then have to give all the stock to someone else? WTF? Lets think things out before posting, shall we? Umm, no, you would sell it to someone else. That's what stock is for - you sell ownership of the company in return for cash. Giving it away would be kind of dumb. If you want to keep full control of the company then don't go public.
Why do scientists think they need to communicate science to the general populace
The general populace votes. This is valid unless one does not accept that science has a role to play in public policy, of course. In this country a relatively small percentage of the population votes. It's not clear whether that is a bad thing or a good thing. It would certainly be nice if science at least played a role in public policy regarding science. I'm not sure if it even happens there though. The majority of the people who vote don't care about science. Talking to them about science doesn't seem to change that, regardless of how well the information is expressed.
Why do scientists think they need to communicate science to the general populace? Most of the audience doesn't care, and won't understand. Communicate to the people who can use the information. Make the information readily available to the people who want it. Let the rest deal with the things they're trained to handle.
It is simply amazing to me how many companies can't see past a quarter or two. Why is this amazing to you? It's really a very simple relationship.
Most corporations compensate their executives with stock. Stock only generates significant wealth when it's sold. Executives make money by manipulating stock values for short-term gain. When you hear a CEO talking about keeping the stockholders happy he's talking about himself. He's probably the biggest individual stockholder.
This is why I've always said that it should be illegal to own stock in your employer. It creates an automatic conflict of interest (not to mention vast opportunities for corruption).
...you're probably far better off just sat there on you fat backside cramming crisps and canned beer into your mouth... I can't think of any topic where this statement would not be true.
I came into this thread... hoping to find someone insightful... You came into the discussion of a flamebait article hoping to find insightful comment? Did you forget you were on the internet?
Now they can send a huge bill for cancer prevention therapy to that lady who got the rediculous judgement against them when she spilled coffee on herself.
Would one of you rich geek guys please buy me one of these Novint Falcons? They look like a lot of fun, but I was late embracing my geekness, so I don't have $180 laying around. Oh, a faster PC would probably help, too.
But more destructive? I'd say they're both tied for zero in that category. Aww, come on. Give the guy the credit he's due. As I recall, the snake did manage to flop over onto it's first opponent and win that match.
Good god, if this is corruption then about 95% of the people in middle and upper management should be in jail... Yes, this is corruption. It's not multimillion dollar embezzlement. It's not using position to manipulate the legal system. It's just the every day run-of-the-mill kind of corruption.
Yes, just about everybody in management should be in jail. In fact, just about everybody should be in jail for something. Some people get caught and get it trouble, most don't. Wales' mistake was that he did stuff that was too little to be worth the crap he has to take now.
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...apparently google is developing a starship Is there anybody here who would be surprised by that?
...how to walk my mom through changing her IP scheme and modify the hosts file? Do I have to go over there? Oh, come on. Don't be so lazy. It won't kill you to walk up the stairs and across the living room.Sure this is a bit over-the-top, but it's exactly the kind of breakaway thinking that can lead to something good. Stuff like this is what's required to get away from the beige box computer mentality (even if the boxes are sometimes camouflaged to look like some other color of box, or flattened out so they look like a pad or a table). Not to mention that it actually sounds kind of like a fun way to handle certain tasks.
...who knows what kind of complex science and engineering was put into those books... On the other hand, if we assume that nerds have always been pretty much the same, then we can extrapolate that most of what we lost was pr0n and strategy guides.Sweden is the 8th richest country in the world. Why would anybody there be doing her own laundry
They just didn't rank high enough to get on the top 100 list. Apparently a quality product isn't really what gets you to the top.
"Long-term space-based man/machine partnership"? Come on, they installed an assembly robot. Sure, it's a very nice one and pretty complex, but it's not like they fired up freakin R. Daneel Olivaw.
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Lets think things out before posting, shall we? Umm, no, you would sell it to someone else. That's what stock is for - you sell ownership of the company in return for cash. Giving it away would be kind of dumb. If you want to keep full control of the company then don't go public.
It would certainly be nice if science at least played a role in public policy regarding science. I'm not sure if it even happens there though.
The majority of the people who vote don't care about science. Talking to them about science doesn't seem to change that, regardless of how well the information is expressed.
Why do scientists think they need to communicate science to the general populace? Most of the audience doesn't care, and won't understand. Communicate to the people who can use the information. Make the information readily available to the people who want it. Let the rest deal with the things they're trained to handle.
Most corporations compensate their executives with stock. Stock only generates significant wealth when it's sold. Executives make money by manipulating stock values for short-term gain. When you hear a CEO talking about keeping the stockholders happy he's talking about himself. He's probably the biggest individual stockholder.
This is why I've always said that it should be illegal to own stock in your employer. It creates an automatic conflict of interest (not to mention vast opportunities for corruption).
...you're probably far better off just sat there on you fat backside cramming crisps and canned beer into your mouth... I can't think of any topic where this statement would not be true.My top-level sources say the "geysers" are actually EMP shields fired from cannons erected by the Titanian colonists on Enceladus.
Did you forget you were on the internet?
Now they can send a huge bill for cancer prevention therapy to that lady who got the rediculous judgement against them when she spilled coffee on herself.
Would one of you rich geek guys please buy me one of these Novint Falcons? They look like a lot of fun, but I was late embracing my geekness, so I don't have $180 laying around. Oh, a faster PC would probably help, too.
Thanks.
Battlebots 2000 season. Bigger, louder, more destructive, cooler looking.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7A7u86OyC_0
Yes, just about everybody in management should be in jail. In fact, just about everybody should be in jail for something. Some people get caught and get it trouble, most don't. Wales' mistake was that he did stuff that was too little to be worth the crap he has to take now.