* Encourage a relaxed work atmosphere. Allow people to feel free to be themselves and not have to put on an act of phony ass-kissing professionalism.
- You can be as relaxed as you want... as long as you still get the work done on time. Which is never, because it was always due yesterday.
* Encourage people to speak their minds and to disagree, but professionally.
- You are free to disagree. But no matter how professional you put it, you are still wrong.
* Weed out employees who can't hack it. Cut down on the support nightmares we all dread.
- If you want to cut out the support nightmares, weed out the users that can't hack it. Sorry, that isn't going to happen.
* Reward honesty by not punishing mistakes, so long as: (1) corrective action is taken to prevent recurrence; (2) the mistake did not cause a severe impact in the company's bottom line.
- Honesty is only rewarded by not punishing mistakes if you find another department/manager to blame it on.
* Eliminate bullshit like software licensing, tracking and auditing. Running everything in an IP-unencumbered fashion to the greatest extent possible will make everyone happier.
- Happier, but poorer. Not gonna happen if the company is publically owned.
* Pay well, rewarding productivity and innovation. If I invent, suggest, or implement a process that saves the company money, or that brings in more revenue, pay me a bonus in recognition, or a comission on the savings or revenue increase. If you go with the commission, allow it to remain in place as long as the practice is in place, for as long as I remain with the company. If I have to have a non-compete clause, have it last until the non-compete expires.
- This is already in place, for managers only though.
* Pay me for on-call time. 1/4 time for merely being on call, 2x time if I get called.
- No can do. Don't even think about getting a 2nd job for extra money, because you are on-call. * If I'm on salary, don't require that I work 40 hours a week, as long as I'm getting my assignments done and being productive for the company (ie, returning more value than I.
- I would settle for not making me work 50 hours a week.
* No dress codes that discriminate against culture -- and recognize contemporary subcultures, not just traditional national, ethnic, or religious subcultures. Allow people to express themselves through their personal appearance. Don't punish people for wanting to look different or unusual.
- You will not be punished for looking different, but you won't be rewarded either.
Maybe he really doesn't care about the little guy. Maybe he spent too much on the family this year for Xmas, owes his bookie or maybe he's just looking for some extra cash. He could just be doing this to get a secret payoff. The case will suddenly disappear. He won't find anything worth charges, just some suspicious/questionable items,enough for some hush money.
BTW, I got to open one of my Xmas presents early. The wife and kids made me a brand new tin-foil hat.
Well, we did the best we could. Everyone thought we were crazy when we decided to join forces. For awhile there, we thought that we might actually have a chance at coming out on top by teaming up.
We should have known that copying Apple again ( this time by turning to a 'nix based OS) wouldn't work. They had such a huge headstart on us and you can only copy your competitors so many times before consumers catch on to what you are doing.
I've got to hand it to Steve Jobs and the guys at Apple. In the end, quality did beat out price.
You've brought up a good point. People (amatuers) ask me all the time about what printer to buy because they want to print their digital photos.
They always give me a dumbfounded look when I tell them not to print any photos on any of the entry level photo printers, instead have them printed at a reputable photo lab. "Isn't that expensive?" they ask. Nope, not when compared to the total cost of the paper, the ink cartridges you used and the quality of the prints.
Unless you are a pro (or a VERY serious photo geek) and can afford a pro quality photo printer,do not print digital photos at home.
You got it. I wasn't just speaking of the auto industry changing the way they produce. It's a change across all industries, nuclear energy being being one of them.
<tin-foil hat> Sometimes I wonder if the reason we don't want smaller nations using nuclear energy is because they will find a cheaper, better, safer way of producing the energy, the sell it back to us. Not because of bomb making possibility. </tin-foil hat>
On military driving RnD... Reminds me of the History Channel show about how the military Jeep came about. Amamzing how simple the Jeeps (and trucks) were and how well/long they worked. The US damn sure won't be using the HumVee for 50 years.
Allergic to raw spinach? Hmmm, you've got me thinking now. What changes when it's cooked? Maybe it's a preservative/pesticide/fertilizer they use. Of course, organically grown spinach should eliminate those possibilites.
Some might consider this flamebait, but it makes me wonder what we could have developed if we had spent the billions we'ved poured into the Iraq war on projects such as this.
More efficient, safe low oil-consumption hydrogen cars in mass production by 2025? My ass.. try like by Xmas 2006. I'm serious.
Most of the research/design has been done. It's just the cost of switching over the production. In an emergency (such as a World War) most major manufactuers can completely change production lines in a few months. They just need that incentive.
So did John Williams want to go back and change any of the original music he had written for IV, V and VI? Does he want to use new technology to eliminate the ochestra and redo all of it on a synthesizer? No!
Artists don't usually "correct" parts of their work. If anything, they might take the original idea and start over from scratch. (Rap music and it's sampling excluded, lol)
Too much of anything can kill you, but you can have 5 to 6 servings of spinach a day and still be within the recommended daily allowance. Spinach has also been known to inhibit the absorption of iron found in other foods.
We are talking about FREE broadband to a government subsidized facility. A facility in which you can only live if you meet certain criteria. It's a variation on reverse-descrimination based on income.
As for your co-op. It would be YOU working hard to gain something YOU wanted. You have an incentive to work for something becuase no one is going to give it to you. If you accomplish it, Great! There is nothing unfair about that.
Now what if your neighbor doesn't want to join that co-op. (You know, the one that never talks to you unless he wants to borrow something.) He just doesn't have the extra money for it right now. How about running some Cat5 over to his house from yours so he can e-mail some resumes, because you know, its just too slow over dial-up. Besides his teenager is always on the one pc that is net connected. I can see you running right out and buying a hub and unrolling the cabling to his front door. Hell, you are even going to configure his NIC aren't you. You are truly a gentleman and a scholar (just never both on the same day)
It's a catch 22 situation. You want to help those less fortunate out of their situation, but sometimes certain things just don't seem right.
I'd say that it takes me 4 hours of work (after taxes) to pay for my broadband access. But people who may not be working, get it for free. They didn't have to pay taxes either being below the poverty line and all.
That's not being elitist. Having broadband access at a computer "center" in the housing is one thing, but broadband directly to their personal pc in their apartment is unfair to the others that have worked hard to get it.
I tend to believe more companies are like what you have stated. Mine is the same way. New hires start at what you are making now, but they won't increase your pay regardless of how good or valuable you are. It's a little known fact that the only way to get more than a 3% raise per year is to switch jobs/titles or be promoted.
If you show up everyday on time and do an excellent job, you will make more money... someplace else.
I can see Windows 3.1 gaining desktop share in corporations, but IMHO it will not be a major force in the home market for some time to come. All the current development focus seems to be on server functionality.
Windows 3.1 needs better support for hot-plugged devices, a better GUI, easier configuration, a cleaner file system, and better applications.
By far, the majority of home computer users care about ease of use and simplicity rather than configurablity. They want applications and hardware that are easy to install and use. This is something that Windows 3.1 does not have. And, it will have to change before Desktop Windows is common in the home.
The above did happen when Win95 was released. Compare 3.1 to 95. There was an incredible amount of change and once it happened... you know the rest.
This is the intensity of change that will have to happen to Linux for it to become more prominent on the desktop.
Aren't cheating YET... It's only a matter of time before someone figures out a way to use a pc for cheating in between the x-box and the network connection. I'm thinking they'll do something similiar to the old days when they used a seperate pc as a proxy for aimbots.
disclaimer: I don't cheat and I'm not that informed on the specifics of it.
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"wank-stains" roflmo
Thank you... your comment made my day.
... so the chief asks the explorer, "Death or Goobunto?"
The explorer replies "Death".
To which the chief shouts "Death by Goobunto!".
And all this time I thought it was a tie-fighter. That changes the intent of a lot of past conversations.
- You can be as relaxed as you want... as long as you still get the work done on time. Which is never, because it was always due yesterday.
* Encourage people to speak their minds and to disagree, but professionally.
- You are free to disagree. But no matter how professional you put it, you are still wrong.
* Weed out employees who can't hack it. Cut down on the support nightmares we all dread.
- If you want to cut out the support nightmares, weed out the users that can't hack it. Sorry, that isn't going to happen.
* Reward honesty by not punishing mistakes, so long as: (1) corrective action is taken to prevent recurrence; (2) the mistake did not cause a severe impact in the company's bottom line.
- Honesty is only rewarded by not punishing mistakes if you find another department/manager to blame it on.
* Eliminate bullshit like software licensing, tracking and auditing. Running everything in an IP-unencumbered fashion to the greatest extent possible will make everyone happier.
- Happier, but poorer. Not gonna happen if the company is publically owned.
* Pay well, rewarding productivity and innovation. If I invent, suggest, or implement a process that saves the company money, or that brings in more revenue, pay me a bonus in recognition, or a comission on the savings or revenue increase. If you go with the commission, allow it to remain in place as long as the practice is in place, for as long as I remain with the company. If I have to have a non-compete clause, have it last until the non-compete expires.
- This is already in place, for managers only though.
* Pay me for on-call time. 1/4 time for merely being on call, 2x time if I get called.
- No can do. Don't even think about getting a 2nd job for extra money, because you are on-call. * If I'm on salary, don't require that I work 40 hours a week, as long as I'm getting my assignments done and being productive for the company (ie, returning more value than I.
- I would settle for not making me work 50 hours a week.
* No dress codes that discriminate against culture -- and recognize contemporary subcultures, not just traditional national, ethnic, or religious subcultures. Allow people to express themselves through their personal appearance. Don't punish people for wanting to look different or unusual.
- You will not be punished for looking different, but you won't be rewarded either.
Maybe he really doesn't care about the little guy. Maybe he spent too much on the family this year for Xmas, owes his bookie or maybe he's just looking for some extra cash. He could just be doing this to get a secret payoff. The case will suddenly disappear. He won't find anything worth charges, just some suspicious/questionable items,enough for some hush money.
BTW, I got to open one of my Xmas presents early. The wife and kids made me a brand new tin-foil hat.
Hey Bill,
Well, we did the best we could. Everyone thought we were crazy when we decided to join forces. For awhile there, we thought that we might actually have a chance at coming out on top by teaming up.
We should have known that copying Apple again ( this time by turning to a 'nix based OS) wouldn't work. They had such a huge headstart on us and you can only copy your competitors so many times before consumers catch on to what you are doing.
I've got to hand it to Steve Jobs and the guys at Apple. In the end, quality did beat out price.
Linus
You've brought up a good point. People (amatuers) ask me all the time about what printer to buy because they want to print their digital photos.
They always give me a dumbfounded look when I tell them not to print any photos on any of the entry level photo printers, instead have them printed at a reputable photo lab. "Isn't that expensive?" they ask. Nope, not when compared to the total cost of the paper, the ink cartridges you used and the quality of the prints.
Unless you are a pro (or a VERY serious photo geek) and can afford a pro quality photo printer,do not print digital photos at home.
You got it. I wasn't just speaking of the auto industry changing the way they produce. It's a change across all industries, nuclear energy being being one of them.
<tin-foil hat> Sometimes I wonder if the reason we don't want smaller nations using nuclear energy is because they will find a cheaper, better, safer way of producing the energy, the sell it back to us. Not because of bomb making possibility. </tin-foil hat>
On military driving RnD... Reminds me of the History Channel show about how the military Jeep came about. Amamzing how simple the Jeeps (and trucks) were and how well/long they worked. The US damn sure won't be using the HumVee for 50 years.
Allergic to raw spinach? Hmmm, you've got me thinking now. What changes when it's cooked? Maybe it's a preservative/pesticide/fertilizer they use. Of course, organically grown spinach should eliminate those possibilites.
Some might consider this flamebait, but it makes me wonder what we could have developed if we had spent the billions we'ved poured into the Iraq war on projects such as this.
More efficient, safe low oil-consumption hydrogen cars in mass production by 2025? My ass.. try like by Xmas 2006. I'm serious.
Most of the research/design has been done. It's just the cost of switching over the production. In an emergency (such as a World War) most major manufactuers can completely change production lines in a few months. They just need that incentive.
You are on the right track.
So did John Williams want to go back and change any of the original music he had written for IV, V and VI? Does he want to use new technology to eliminate the ochestra and redo all of it on a synthesizer? No!
Artists don't usually "correct" parts of their work. If anything, they might take the original idea and start over from scratch. (Rap music and it's sampling excluded, lol)
I always thought of games as escapism. Many wouldn't define religion as escapism, or at least those that strictly adhere to their faith.
To me, the two do not mix well.
YMMV
Jaws 3(D)
Aliens 3 (as compared to the previous 2)
Star Trek 3 (as compared to the previous 2)
Terminator 3
Classic example of why we need to be able to moderate higher than 5. Even if they have to invent a different set of rules to to go over a 4.
How about a "Classic Posts" section of Slashdot?
Too much of anything can kill you, but you can have 5 to 6 servings of spinach a day and still be within the recommended daily allowance. Spinach has also been known to inhibit the absorption of iron found in other foods.
Windex contains amonia which can scratch the cd. But the Coke products work better than the Pepsi ones.
You missed my point.
We are talking about FREE broadband to a government subsidized facility. A facility in which you can only live if you meet certain criteria. It's a variation on reverse-descrimination based on income.
As for your co-op.
It would be YOU working hard to gain something YOU wanted. You have an incentive to work for something becuase no one is going to give it to you. If you accomplish it, Great! There is nothing unfair about that.
Now what if your neighbor doesn't want to join that co-op. (You know, the one that never talks to you unless he wants to borrow something.) He just doesn't have the extra money for it right now. How about running some Cat5 over to his house from yours so he can e-mail some resumes, because you know, its just too slow over dial-up. Besides his teenager is always on the one pc that is net connected. I can see you running right out and buying a hub and unrolling the cabling to his front door. Hell, you are even going to configure his NIC aren't you. You are truly a gentleman and a scholar (just never both on the same day)
It's a catch 22 situation. You want to help those less fortunate out of their situation, but sometimes certain things just don't seem right.
I'd say that it takes me 4 hours of work (after taxes) to pay for my broadband access. But people who may not be working, get it for free. They didn't have to pay taxes either being below the poverty line and all.
That's not being elitist. Having broadband access at a computer "center" in the housing is one thing, but broadband directly to their personal pc in their apartment is unfair to the others that have worked hard to get it.
When I first read the /. summary, I thought someone had mistaken an Onion article as the truth.
Greed = Saving money to expand operations.
That's the Republican way of thinking. I admit, it sounds like a good idea and it works on paper. But, that's not what really happens.
Hell, I want to see a commercial that shows starving Americans that were the result of the greedy corporations moving their jobs overseas.
How about that to "enlighten" people?
I tend to believe more companies are like what you have stated. Mine is the same way. New hires start at what you are making now, but they won't increase your pay regardless of how good or valuable you are. It's a little known fact that the only way to get more than a 3% raise per year is to switch jobs/titles or be promoted.
If you show up everyday on time and do an excellent job, you will make more money... someplace else.
I can see Windows 3.1 gaining desktop share in corporations, but IMHO it will not be a major force in the home market for some time to come. All the current development focus seems to be on server functionality.
Windows 3.1 needs better support for hot-plugged devices, a better GUI, easier configuration, a cleaner file system, and better applications.
By far, the majority of home computer users care about ease of use and simplicity rather than configurablity. They want applications and hardware that are easy to install and use. This is something that Windows 3.1 does not have. And, it will have to change before Desktop Windows is common in the home.
The above did happen when Win95 was released. Compare 3.1 to 95. There was an incredible amount of change and once it happened... you know the rest.
This is the intensity of change that will have to happen to Linux for it to become more prominent on the desktop.
Sooo... what your saying is a cockroach dressed in a butterfly suit? I don't think I really wanna see that.
Aren't cheating YET... It's only a matter of time before someone figures out a way to use a pc for cheating in between the x-box and the network connection. I'm thinking they'll do something similiar to the old days when they used a seperate pc as a proxy for aimbots.
disclaimer: I don't cheat and I'm not that informed on the specifics of it.
Where are my mod points when I need them?