Geeks in management make for a pretty good structure, though they may have little vision for the direction of the organization, rather like having accountants run the company. Dow Chemical used to have engineers at the top and was a pretty decent company to work for. Now it's all suits and they're more concerned with Profit(!!!) & Loss and Stock Value, like too many companies.
For a moment I thought you were refering to Bizarro, by Dan Piraro, but I'm not sure. There's that Superman Bizarro World, you know, uh... (dang, what's his name again) dude.
Dang. I had the perfect post, but forgot what it was just after hitting Reply..
I hate when that happens.
On another note... when I was 13 years old I was walking around the house for about 20 minutes trying to find the screw driver I just had, where the heck could it have gone, I just... had... it... in... my... hand. It was still there and at that point I knew what lay ahead for me in life.
Can someone explain to me how "dramatically limiting the number of baseball video game manufacturers" will "promote competition in the marketplace to drive innovation in baseball product development"? Maybe I was asleep that day in ECON 101.
It's about the banning of steriod sales, which went into effect recently. There's only enough for so many games. Quoting from a quote in the SJ Murky this Sunday:
"Funny, isn't it: They ban the stuff and then the industry sells about 10 years' worth of product in three months"
Of course, you'd think Baseball would only be too happy to license with as many game makers as possible, as they really need the money.
*sniff* poor ole roger clemens, having to get by on only 18 million $ for one year of pitching *sniff* *honnnnnkkkk*
Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European court order to implement antitrust sanctions, Instead, Microsoft hopes to win their main appeal that they (Microsoft) had abused their software dominance."
Damn, good sportsmanship, of all the low-down-sneaky tactics. Without Microsoft's Euro antics what are we supposed to discuss!!! Gotta dig for more dirt on other things, maybe run that article about Will Eisner dying or something, man, this really cuts into/. material...
Geez, let's discuss old news, shall we? This was discussed by Kerry during the
debates. From The Lantern, Oct 25, 2004
The Kerry/Edwards campaign said there are many reasons to explore the possibilities that come with stem cell research: broad bipartisan support from 58 Senators, fewer cell lines available today than in 2001, cell contamination from mouse cells used to help culture some cell lines, lack of cell availability, dated technology, and the loss of U.S. leadership in the area as scientist go overseas to work.
See ya later, Johnny (1925-2005) and thanks for the memories!
"Look dear, there's a box with buttons and wires on it that came with our new DVD player."
"What does it say on that card?"
"Attach wires to genitals, then read card. How odd. Well, when in Rome..." *zip* *fwit* *squitch* *squitch*
"Ok, the card says 'Read this Phrase aloud, I will not copy DVD's'"
"I will not copy DVD's. Hey a light came on which says 'LIE'" *BZZOWNT* "Yaaaaarrrrrggghhhhh!!!!"
Thats interesting. Never heard of Ruby before but it seems very useful especially with the DB integration.
Rabid Empire Builder (and Euro Rails, British Rails, Russian Rails, Iron Dragon, Lunar Rails, India Rails, Australia Rails, Nippon Rails, etc.) fan that I am, I saw the title and thought immediately that Ruby Rails was the next game from MayFair which would somehow bridge programming and empire building at the same time. Alas..
you rolled a 1, ha!, didn't compile!
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Really, did nobody see this coming? C'mon a show of hands.
1.. 2.. 3.. 3.141529 (awright, knock it off, you with the vulcan ears).. 4.. 5.
5. Damn. You had to know with boardroom approval and purchasing agents and all were going to take the hacker gleam off this cute little pengy one day.
Ruby doesn't have FlexGrid ocx which basically makes it useless for database apps.
FlexGrid? FLEXGRID?!?!
Implementation of FlexGrids is responsible for extreme stress, male pattern baldness, genital warts, dry heaves, infertility, webbed toes, seeing spots, loss of super powers, carpal tunnel syndrome, diarrhea, dandruff, dispepsia, gas, fingernail rot, yellowy wax buildup, stink foot, Plantars warts, incontinence, communism, crusty boogers, arthritis, bursitis and
and cooties. The only treatment is 500mg of Dammitol, fiftytwo times a day.
I should have never given Dick Cheney that time machine. I was not aware of the mischief he was capable of.
IIRC, it was Xenu, the guy the scientologists say took a bunch of aliens and crammed them into a VOLCANO where Hawaii is and blew them up, in what really comes off as the sort of wild yarn I wish I could come up with when I'm totally snokkered. If you'd read Copolymer's tale in Pyramids by Terry Pratchett, you had a similar idea. Keep in mind a "religion" is based upon this. Do you suppose they've seized upon this as evidents that L. Ron Hubbard's rantings were true?
Not to mention the average wage of workers in these types of studies tend to include workers living in horribly expensive places like San Francisco, thus the average wage tends to be higher than what you are probably making, unless you live in a place where $500,000 buys you a tiny plot of land with a shoe-box sized house.
Try Santa Cruz, shoebox wedged into a lot with hardly a yard, no garage (as it was probably turned into another room or is full of stuff, so you park on the street) $600K and up. Try to find a job here, though. For central coast Calif, $65K household income is considered the poverty line.
Oh wait..5% on AVERAGE. Damn. Cottage here I come.
More like Mobile Home, here I come!
Ob Python Four Yorkshirmen, "Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!"
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Geeks in management make for a pretty good structure, though they may have little vision for the direction of the organization, rather like having accountants run the company. Dow Chemical used to have engineers at the top and was a pretty decent company to work for. Now it's all suits and they're more concerned with Profit(!!!) & Loss and Stock Value, like too many companies.
Novel idea, maybe it'll pay off in non obvious ways.
Ah, but think of the fringe benefit of all the exercise you get!
You're asking me? We're both in trouble.
I have great memory, just lousy recall.
Maybe, but I'm sure it explains WOM - Write Only Memory.
For a moment I thought you were refering to Bizarro, by Dan Piraro, but I'm not sure. There's that Superman Bizarro World, you know, uh ... (dang, what's his name again) dude.
I hate when that happens.
On another note... when I was 13 years old I was walking around the house for about 20 minutes trying to find the screw driver I just had, where the heck could it have gone, I just ... had ... it ... in ... my ... hand. It was still there and at that point I knew what lay ahead for me in life.
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It's about the banning of steriod sales, which went into effect recently. There's only enough for so many games. Quoting from a quote in the SJ Murky this Sunday:
Of course, you'd think Baseball would only be too happy to license with as many game makers as possible, as they really need the money.
*sniff* poor ole roger clemens, having to get by on only 18 million $ for one year of pitching *sniff* *honnnnnkkkk*
Damn, good sportsmanship, of all the low-down-sneaky tactics. Without Microsoft's Euro antics what are we supposed to discuss!!! Gotta dig for more dirt on other things, maybe run that article about Will Eisner dying or something, man, this really cuts into /. material...
NeoCon response:
See ya later, Johnny (1925-2005) and thanks for the memories!
Obvious Logic: If they don't intend for you to pull it apart, then why do they have all that printing on the inside?
What about Bullwinkle J. Moose, the original Mr. Know It All?
"Look dear, there's a box with buttons and wires on it that came with our new DVD player."
"What does it say on that card?"
"Attach wires to genitals, then read card. How odd. Well, when in Rome..." *zip* *fwit* *squitch* *squitch*
"Ok, the card says 'Read this Phrase aloud, I will not copy DVD's'"
"I will not copy DVD's. Hey a light came on which says 'LIE'" *BZZOWNT* "Yaaaaarrrrrggghhhhh!!!!"
Please.. that is so 1930's. These days evil is characterized by , Voldemort and anything RIAA/MPAA are up to.
Howard actually won big assuming Sirius keeps the checks coming to him and they don't bounce.
Strategically eliminating the chance for a wardrobe malfunction?
Rabid Empire Builder (and Euro Rails, British Rails, Russian Rails, Iron Dragon, Lunar Rails, India Rails, Australia Rails, Nippon Rails, etc.) fan that I am, I saw the title and thought immediately that Ruby Rails was the next game from MayFair which would somehow bridge programming and empire building at the same time. Alas..
you rolled a 1, ha!, didn't compile!
1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 3.141529 (awright, knock it off, you with the vulcan ears) .. 4 .. 5.
5. Damn. You had to know with boardroom approval and purchasing agents and all were going to take the hacker gleam off this cute little pengy one day.
FlexGrid? FLEXGRID?!?!
Implementation of FlexGrids is responsible for extreme stress, male pattern baldness, genital warts, dry heaves, infertility, webbed toes, seeing spots, loss of super powers, carpal tunnel syndrome, diarrhea, dandruff, dispepsia, gas, fingernail rot, yellowy wax buildup, stink foot, Plantars warts, incontinence, communism, crusty boogers, arthritis, bursitis and and cooties. The only treatment is 500mg of Dammitol, fiftytwo times a day.
You, sir, are a maniac.
IIRC, it was Xenu, the guy the scientologists say took a bunch of aliens and crammed them into a VOLCANO where Hawaii is and blew them up, in what really comes off as the sort of wild yarn I wish I could come up with when I'm totally snokkered. If you'd read Copolymer's tale in Pyramids by Terry Pratchett, you had a similar idea. Keep in mind a "religion" is based upon this. Do you suppose they've seized upon this as evidents that L. Ron Hubbard's rantings were true?
You misspelled C-H-U-R-C-H O-F S-C-I-E-N-T-O-L-O-G-Y
Try Santa Cruz, shoebox wedged into a lot with hardly a yard, no garage (as it was probably turned into another room or is full of stuff, so you park on the street) $600K and up. Try to find a job here, though. For central coast Calif, $65K household income is considered the poverty line.
More like Mobile Home, here I come!
Ob Python Four Yorkshirmen, "Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!"