Re:The Truth That Dare Not Speak Its Name
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I can't believe this got modded up as interesting. When you blatantly say that you don't trust your employees, work quality goes downhill. When you give them zero personal time, morale goes down.
There's a LOT more to running a successful business than how much "work" gets done. In a real business you have to worry about morale, relationships, burnout, and of course employee retention. A good company is the one that realizes that you rate the employees not on the percent of time they're at their desks, but on how they complete their projects. If reading slashdot twice a day gives me a slight release, it'll make me a happier and more productive employee. But if I'm forced to look at code all day and have nothing else to take a break with, my brain would melt and I'd be useless.
Actually, during an interview last year they said that the major costs were not bandwidth, but personnel. It takes a lot of money to employ people full time to administer the site.
It would be a bad idea to simply let people buy their way into a special area. I really like the idea karma is something that has to be earned over time.
What I think would be really cool is a user ranking system, with a list of the top 100 or so contributors. Say, approved story gets 100 points, a moderation = +10, "fair" metamod = +1, "unfair" metamod = -5, posts = +5, etc. I do a lot of moderation because I want to contribute to the site, but it would be neat to see how I compare to the rest of the/. population.
Uh, you haven't been to disneyland in a while have you? Astro Orbitor is still there, it is still a kids ride, remember. Innoventions has been replaced by the GM corporate-future area. Space mountain is unchanged. They added the new rocket sled ride which gives you a 60mphish ride around tomorrowland, and (three years ago when I was there) they had the line for it wind through the old circlevision room.
Unfortunately, you're right that they took out the submarines:( That was one of the cool one's.
Another summary I read was that when disney started using animatronics, they started thinking that EVERY ride could be "solved" using animatronics. A cool site on other stuff like that is at hiddenmickeys.
For those unaware, the AniMatrix is a collection of Anime short stories about the world of the Matrix. The first one from this free series was an *excellent* protrayal of how the machines were created by man, became self aware, and then realized that the humans were exploiting them as slaves. The full DVD has many more short films about the Matrix universe.
Except that you can be de-magnetized by someone simply getting near you. At least they have to actually pick your pocket in order to burn your cash.
Perhaps they could have the tracking optional? Say, you have the option to put your tracking-code on the card so that the balance is kept on the servers. That way if you're worried about losing it you could voluntarily give up your privacy, but if you want it anonymous then you could, but not have any recourse if it gets erased.
You can't just move the server, you have to move your business presence. That means having an office in the location that you're running from. And if you still live in CA (or whatever) then you will have to account for the extra income somehow, and pay taxes on that.
Keep in mind that lots of military craft crash, I'm sure that the loss of a crypto box is not the end of the world. While it may be a good thing to recover, I don't think it's a giant priority.
I have one, it's a 30MB drive, it has a USB end on it (plugs straight into a USB port, or extension cable) and it shows up in Explorer as "removable drive". They're very handy, and much more reliable than a floppy. Floppy drives kick the price of a machine up, it's understandable that dell wants to drop them in favor of something cheaper.
Or, they could take the next logical step and just have the representatives be officially sponsored by the corporations that bought them, rather than hiding and pretending they're not like they do in the US.
Whew, thank goodness I bought their stock when it was worth -$40 a share!:)
Perhaps the sentence was misleading on Yahoo's part. They should have said "initially rising to $54".
But then again, look it up at it's stock today and you'll see that it started the day at $7.50, then rose to $12 on the news. I have no idea where yahoo got $54 from, but the 57% part was right.
Remember that the slashdot "stories" are not usually written by the slashdot staff. Instead, they are often the direct submission from the user. So most comments, spelling mistakes, and the like are the fault of the original poster.
But then again, I agree that chrisd could have either truncated it or gave a little more info:)
One of the ideas behind it (as I remember) is that everyone shares in the sharing, but noone knows what they have. Only the index's allow files to be rebuilt, and they're rebuilt from multiple sources.
This makes it good for security and secrecy, but it's bad on marketing because most people don't want to devote 10 gigs of space to movies and mp3's that they can't play.
Actually they all still have phone numbers associated with them. Trunk hunting is just a convenience feature, you can still direct dial any of the extra lines.
During your pre-trial detainment, you were put into solitary confinement. The government was afraid that you could start a nuclear war with a mere telephone call. Do you think that was within your skills at the time or were they just afraid of their own fears?
Before Japan started making cheap cars, their economy was similar to India's. They weren't a high-tech nation, and the Yen was very poor compared to the dollar. Then the figured out how to make cars, and how to sell them to the comparatively rich Americans. They found that even charging large amounts (taking into account the Yen/Dollar exchange) for their cars they could still attract buyers, and pay their workers well. Lo and behold, given time the value of the Yen went up due to all the money being dumped into their economy. As the relative value went up, the profit margins went down, and now Japan has been in a recession for the last 12 years.
Now, apply that model to India. What we'll see is a mad rush where everyone tries to save money by outsourcing projects to India. The US companies will see huge savings (I disagree, but that's a different argument) and the Indians will see huge profits (again taking the exchange rate into consideration). However as the Indian rupee gains in value, the economic attraction of other countries to outsource to India will fall.
Hence, the economy is constantly balancing itself.
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I can't believe this got modded up as interesting. When you blatantly say that you don't trust your employees, work quality goes downhill. When you give them zero personal time, morale goes down.
There's a LOT more to running a successful business than how much "work" gets done. In a real business you have to worry about morale, relationships, burnout, and of course employee retention. A good company is the one that realizes that you rate the employees not on the percent of time they're at their desks, but on how they complete their projects. If reading slashdot twice a day gives me a slight release, it'll make me a happier and more productive employee. But if I'm forced to look at code all day and have nothing else to take a break with, my brain would melt and I'd be useless.
Travis
What was the Outer Limits episode he wrote?
Travis
Actually, during an interview last year they said that the major costs were not bandwidth, but personnel. It takes a lot of money to employ people full time to administer the site.
:)
But yeah, bandwidth ain't free
Travis
It would be a bad idea to simply let people buy their way into a special area. I really like the idea karma is something that has to be earned over time.
/. population.
What I think would be really cool is a user ranking system, with a list of the top 100 or so contributors. Say, approved story gets 100 points, a moderation = +10, "fair" metamod = +1, "unfair" metamod = -5, posts = +5, etc. I do a lot of moderation because I want to contribute to the site, but it would be neat to see how I compare to the rest of the
Travis
Rocketpods closed? I guess I'm the one who's out of date :)
I always thought circlevision was cool, they just need some updated footage.
Travis
Uh, you haven't been to disneyland in a while have you? Astro Orbitor is still there, it is still a kids ride, remember. Innoventions has been replaced by the GM corporate-future area. Space mountain is unchanged. They added the new rocket sled ride which gives you a 60mphish ride around tomorrowland, and (three years ago when I was there) they had the line for it wind through the old circlevision room.
:( That was one of the cool one's.
Unfortunately, you're right that they took out the submarines
Another summary I read was that when disney started using animatronics, they started thinking that EVERY ride could be "solved" using animatronics. A cool site on other stuff like that is at hiddenmickeys.
Travis
For those unaware, the AniMatrix is a collection of Anime short stories about the world of the Matrix. The first one from this free series was an *excellent* protrayal of how the machines were created by man, became self aware, and then realized that the humans were exploiting them as slaves. The full DVD has many more short films about the Matrix universe.
Travis
Except that you can be de-magnetized by someone simply getting near you. At least they have to actually pick your pocket in order to burn your cash.
Perhaps they could have the tracking optional? Say, you have the option to put your tracking-code on the card so that the balance is kept on the servers. That way if you're worried about losing it you could voluntarily give up your privacy, but if you want it anonymous then you could, but not have any recourse if it gets erased.
Travis
You can't just move the server, you have to move your business presence. That means having an office in the location that you're running from. And if you still live in CA (or whatever) then you will have to account for the extra income somehow, and pay taxes on that.
Travis
Keep in mind that lots of military craft crash, I'm sure that the loss of a crypto box is not the end of the world. While it may be a good thing to recover, I don't think it's a giant priority.
Travis
Try reading the site, carmack is a genius and clearly knows what he's doing.
Travis
I have one, it's a 30MB drive, it has a USB end on it (plugs straight into a USB port, or extension cable) and it shows up in Explorer as "removable drive". They're very handy, and much more reliable than a floppy. Floppy drives kick the price of a machine up, it's understandable that dell wants to drop them in favor of something cheaper.
Travis
How are they preventing you?
Travis
Or, they could take the next logical step and just have the representatives be officially sponsored by the corporations that bought them, rather than hiding and pretending they're not like they do in the US.
Travis
Whew, thank goodness I bought their stock when it was worth -$40 a share! :)
Perhaps the sentence was misleading on Yahoo's part. They should have said "initially rising to $54".
But then again, look it up at it's stock today and you'll see that it started the day at $7.50, then rose to $12 on the news. I have no idea where yahoo got $54 from, but the 57% part was right.
Travis
Remember that the slashdot "stories" are not usually written by the slashdot staff. Instead, they are often the direct submission from the user. So most comments, spelling mistakes, and the like are the fault of the original poster.
:)
But then again, I agree that chrisd could have either truncated it or gave a little more info
Travis
cool! I can't wait!
Travis
for movies, on kazaa: http://fasttrackmovies.com
They have links to the verified versions of movies, so you're sure you're not getting a plant.
Travis
freenet.
One of the ideas behind it (as I remember) is that everyone shares in the sharing, but noone knows what they have. Only the index's allow files to be rebuilt, and they're rebuilt from multiple sources.
This makes it good for security and secrecy, but it's bad on marketing because most people don't want to devote 10 gigs of space to movies and mp3's that they can't play.
Travis
Maybe Wired only scanned 10 modems.
Or, maybe they called their ISP, identified who they were and what they were doing, and got permission to perform the scan.
Or maybe they signed up for a specific plan that allows scanning like that.
Travis
Yeah, 2.5 per 1000 getting through is a proof that his ideas are obviously flawed. Having a working system is the best proof that an idea works :)
Travis
Actually they all still have phone numbers associated with them. Trunk hunting is just a convenience feature, you can still direct dial any of the extra lines.
Travis
whistling? I was talking about social engineering. Haven't you read Art of Deception?
90% of "computer hacking" is just tricking stupid users into giving you their passwords.
Travis
During your pre-trial detainment, you were put into solitary confinement. The government was afraid that you could start a nuclear war with a mere telephone call. Do you think that was within your skills at the time or were they just afraid of their own fears?
Travis
Before Japan started making cheap cars, their economy was similar to India's. They weren't a high-tech nation, and the Yen was very poor compared to the dollar. Then the figured out how to make cars, and how to sell them to the comparatively rich Americans. They found that even charging large amounts (taking into account the Yen/Dollar exchange) for their cars they could still attract buyers, and pay their workers well. Lo and behold, given time the value of the Yen went up due to all the money being dumped into their economy. As the relative value went up, the profit margins went down, and now Japan has been in a recession for the last 12 years.
Now, apply that model to India. What we'll see is a mad rush where everyone tries to save money by outsourcing projects to India. The US companies will see huge savings (I disagree, but that's a different argument) and the Indians will see huge profits (again taking the exchange rate into consideration). However as the Indian rupee gains in value, the economic attraction of other countries to outsource to India will fall.
Hence, the economy is constantly balancing itself.
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