Why companies provide their executives with clear, almost unambiguous incentives to FAIL with these huge golden parachute deals.
I mean, you can stay at company X and work for another five, six years, or you can screw up horribly, get fired, wreck the company on your way out the door, and get a bonus for your trouble.
If rank and file employees were similarly incentivized I'm sure Corporate America would rapidly move to halt such a disastrous practice. Maybe it's time to stop waiting for the so-called free market to fix this problem and simply enact draconian laws aimed at CEO and other executive officer compensation.
The hell he did. He inherited a BOOMING economy with a MASSIVE surplus. I'm so fucking sick of this bullshit false equivalence. What you have said isn't just a lie. It's mendacious to the extreme.
Portal is also a game where you don't shoot people, you solve puzzles with a gun that just happens to create portals. I was more interested in Portal than I was in the latest Half-Life excursion. At the end of the day, FPS' interest me because of the exploration of a full 3d environment, not because I am developing my skilzz with a fake gun.
That's agreeing not to sue. Agreeing to do something other than suing is agreeing not to sue. Words mean what they mean, and sticking some weasel words on to the end of the words that already mean something doesn't negate those meanings. It just means you, Mr. Sony Representative or whoever the hell you are, don't like what the words mean. So you're trying to re-define them.
How did basic comprehension of words and sentences become so degraded?
Actually what climate scientists' findings on global warming imply is that we should improve our energy efficiency.
That will actually improve things for the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of folks. The only people who are going to lose out on energy efficiency are a handful of parasites whose contributions to this world we will assuredly not miss.
Thus, the massive paid campaign of disinformation carried out by the SELECT FEW whose business interests will be impacted by improving things for the rest of them.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but those select few people can go fuck themselves in the ear.
You don't mean to imply that NK's ruling class are intellectually children, but I would say the results speak for themselves.
I'm fairly conversant with the situation, having actually been to South Korea, learned a fair bit of the language and history (I got to see the Nandaemun gate before some fuckwit burned it down, sadly did not realize how precious it was and failed to get a good pic). I was coincidentally visiting the tourist attractions at the 38th parallel the day Kim decided to launch his fizziles, erm, missiles at the US in 2006.
And I've got to say, the "leadership" in North Korea has done virtually nothing you would expect a mature, reasonable, sane adult to do. At some point you just have to quit giving them the benefit of the doubt -- the Kims are a cult of personality ruling family, and their isolation from any responsibility or consequence for their actions has strongly encouraged infantile, churlish behavior.
One of these days (and I think it is coming very soon) there is going to be a dreadful day of reckoning. I pity the citizens of North Korea. I don't know of any way they get out of this insanity unscathed (even more than they already are).
You, Nintendo were rejected a patent. We, Thinkoptic, got a very similar patent. Because we somehow bribed or bullied our way into success, we're the rightful owners of this intellectual property.
It's total bullshit. I think it's funny that someone is trying to control an international corporation from the fetid bowels of a corrupt Texas courtroom. Good luck with that, guys.
Better yet, why not bar all forms of golden parachute compensation. If the CEO is fired, they're FUCKING FIRED, not given a huge handjob on the way out the door.
Our corporate culture rewards failure rather than success, which is why our economy sucks so badly.
People who tend to view the TSA as a rape club generally have some experience. I was taken aside for a latex-gloved pat-down, and as far as I can tell the reason was I was wearing a pendant with the Chinese symbol for love on it. I noticed the desk cunt staring at it when she checked me in, and then lo and behold there I am getting patted down. It was really easy to put 2 and 2 together and figure out that ANYTHING not white-bread American in your "profile" is what leads to a pat-down, or a coppa feel.
You pepper the TSA agent with derogatory remarks
Fuck the TSA with a rusty chainsaw. They have to prove to us, all over again, that they can be trusted with our security before they get an automatic +1 for credibility. And that starts with an open, immediate repudiation of this kind of nonsense, and an immediate halt to all invasive procedures until a credibile, sane, and ADULT set of procedures is created and applied.
Until then, the TSA are ALWAYS GUILTY AS CHARGED. In case you are curious why I'm so willing to be this way -- well, when you go through a US airport YOU ARE GUILTY until proven innocent. I've about fucking had it.
"Bias" is a term used by right-wingers when their poor widdle feelings might get hurt by factual criticism.
I don't ever remember Rush Limbaugh doing anything resembling "reporting," btw. Certainly not on any topic that would be considered relevant to a normal person's interests. He was, from the outset, bound and determined to advance a narrative and if he accidentally produced factual information in the process, well who the hell cared?
This is the same movement that derided people who lived in the "reality-based" world because they were creating their own reality.
Bias is a cry of wolf from a kid who has done nothing but scream about wolves for his entire life. It's high time we put that fucking useless word on ignore.
"No bias" would mean that we wouldn't report on this incident, since doing so involves criticizing one party and defending the other.
I find it curious that people with really, really small minds think it is "biased" to criticize someone. And that we should avoid criticizing people who fuck things up constantly at all costs, because then they would have a sad.
LOL. Anonymous rebuttal to a factual comment, and the best you can fart out of your face is "wow, just wow" and then some stupid comment about taking meds?
Your comment shows you don't understand parenthood, or just how far a father would go to protect his daughter.
Trust me, if a TSA assclown put his hands on my little girl, they're going to have to just arrest me. One reason I won't travel by plane with my kids until this security theater delusion has worn off.
And I guess if the airlines don't want even more people to abandon their shitty, scary service, they might take a moment to re-assess their business models. I REFUSE TO FLY in the Continental US at the moment. There is NO INCENTIVE YOU COULD GIVE ME to put myself through that bullshit again.
You have to wonder if these people are serious about their craft, or just phoning it in. If they are in the security business, you expect they'd at least make a half-assed attempt at securing THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
Yea, I remember having several totally aggravating arguments with tools who didn't seem to understand that the fake rape charges being drummed up against assange were not at all related to what he was being sought for by all the world's governments.
There are tools who are so completely controlled that this notion simply sailed right over their heads.
OK, now I am waiting for Slashdot because I type too fast. Since I type 100wpm or more, I am penalized by constnat "slow down, cowboy!" imprecations. Maybe slashdot could bother fucking counting how long the comment is before deciding I'm typing too fast.
Totally meta, unrelated, but since Slashdot forced me to sit here and wait, I decided to rant more.
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Why companies provide their executives with clear, almost unambiguous incentives to FAIL with these huge golden parachute deals.
I mean, you can stay at company X and work for another five, six years, or you can screw up horribly, get fired, wreck the company on your way out the door, and get a bonus for your trouble.
If rank and file employees were similarly incentivized I'm sure Corporate America would rapidly move to halt such a disastrous practice. Maybe it's time to stop waiting for the so-called free market to fix this problem and simply enact draconian laws aimed at CEO and other executive officer compensation.
Yes, after Bush basically pulled the panic switch and by the way he would do it again.
They should see if Valve will pick it up.
Portal is also a game where you don't shoot people, you solve puzzles with a gun that just happens to create portals. I was more interested in Portal than I was in the latest Half-Life excursion. At the end of the day, FPS' interest me because of the exploration of a full 3d environment, not because I am developing my skilzz with a fake gun.
This game sounds just flat-out awesome.
It's the constant drumbeat of uninformed speculation that gets me worn out. Pandering to leet k3wlness rather than fact-based criticism.
The FACTS are probably nothing like what's being asserted here.
I've got it. It works, I swear.
Do you see any snuffleupaguses around here?
Thought not!
"Next time you purchase an election, make sure you don't elect morons who slap stupid laws up without thinking about their undesired consequences."
--OR--
"This is what you wanted, so this is what you're getting. You wanted business-friendly government, and now you have it. PAY UP."
I wouldn't offer them a cheap solution at all. In fact, I'd offer them the most expensive solution you can find.
That's agreeing not to sue. Agreeing to do something other than suing is agreeing not to sue. Words mean what they mean, and sticking some weasel words on to the end of the words that already mean something doesn't negate those meanings. It just means you, Mr. Sony Representative or whoever the hell you are, don't like what the words mean. So you're trying to re-define them.
How did basic comprehension of words and sentences become so degraded?
What version of Linux are you running? When was it released?
If you answer any date newer than 1993, you're irrelevant.
Actually what climate scientists' findings on global warming imply is that we should improve our energy efficiency.
That will actually improve things for the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of folks. The only people who are going to lose out on energy efficiency are a handful of parasites whose contributions to this world we will assuredly not miss.
Thus, the massive paid campaign of disinformation carried out by the SELECT FEW whose business interests will be impacted by improving things for the rest of them.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but those select few people can go fuck themselves in the ear.
You don't mean to imply that NK's ruling class are intellectually children, but I would say the results speak for themselves.
I'm fairly conversant with the situation, having actually been to South Korea, learned a fair bit of the language and history (I got to see the Nandaemun gate before some fuckwit burned it down, sadly did not realize how precious it was and failed to get a good pic). I was coincidentally visiting the tourist attractions at the 38th parallel the day Kim decided to launch his fizziles, erm, missiles at the US in 2006.
And I've got to say, the "leadership" in North Korea has done virtually nothing you would expect a mature, reasonable, sane adult to do. At some point you just have to quit giving them the benefit of the doubt -- the Kims are a cult of personality ruling family, and their isolation from any responsibility or consequence for their actions has strongly encouraged infantile, churlish behavior.
One of these days (and I think it is coming very soon) there is going to be a dreadful day of reckoning. I pity the citizens of North Korea. I don't know of any way they get out of this insanity unscathed (even more than they already are).
Darwinism is not a system. It's anarchy and chaos.
Which is what you would seem to prefer.
How so? It's fully self-funded, it's solvent through 2036 last I heard, and lifting the tax cap above $106k will fix it permanently.
I'm still trying to suss this logic:
It's total bullshit. I think it's funny that someone is trying to control an international corporation from the fetid bowels of a corrupt Texas courtroom. Good luck with that, guys.
They had all that time to bring the issue up with Nintendo.
They're trolls. And useless.
Better yet, why not bar all forms of golden parachute compensation. If the CEO is fired, they're FUCKING FIRED, not given a huge handjob on the way out the door.
Our corporate culture rewards failure rather than success, which is why our economy sucks so badly.
People who tend to view the TSA as a rape club generally have some experience. I was taken aside for a latex-gloved pat-down, and as far as I can tell the reason was I was wearing a pendant with the Chinese symbol for love on it. I noticed the desk cunt staring at it when she checked me in, and then lo and behold there I am getting patted down. It was really easy to put 2 and 2 together and figure out that ANYTHING not white-bread American in your "profile" is what leads to a pat-down, or a coppa feel.
Fuck the TSA with a rusty chainsaw. They have to prove to us, all over again, that they can be trusted with our security before they get an automatic +1 for credibility. And that starts with an open, immediate repudiation of this kind of nonsense, and an immediate halt to all invasive procedures until a credibile, sane, and ADULT set of procedures is created and applied.
Until then, the TSA are ALWAYS GUILTY AS CHARGED. In case you are curious why I'm so willing to be this way -- well, when you go through a US airport YOU ARE GUILTY until proven innocent. I've about fucking had it.
"Bias" is a term used by right-wingers when their poor widdle feelings might get hurt by factual criticism.
I don't ever remember Rush Limbaugh doing anything resembling "reporting," btw. Certainly not on any topic that would be considered relevant to a normal person's interests. He was, from the outset, bound and determined to advance a narrative and if he accidentally produced factual information in the process, well who the hell cared?
This is the same movement that derided people who lived in the "reality-based" world because they were creating their own reality.
Bias is a cry of wolf from a kid who has done nothing but scream about wolves for his entire life. It's high time we put that fucking useless word on ignore.
"No bias" would mean that we wouldn't report on this incident, since doing so involves criticizing one party and defending the other.
I find it curious that people with really, really small minds think it is "biased" to criticize someone. And that we should avoid criticizing people who fuck things up constantly at all costs, because then they would have a sad.
LOL. Anonymous rebuttal to a factual comment, and the best you can fart out of your face is "wow, just wow" and then some stupid comment about taking meds?
Your comment shows you don't understand parenthood, or just how far a father would go to protect his daughter.
Trust me, if a TSA assclown put his hands on my little girl, they're going to have to just arrest me. One reason I won't travel by plane with my kids until this security theater delusion has worn off.
And I guess if the airlines don't want even more people to abandon their shitty, scary service, they might take a moment to re-assess their business models. I REFUSE TO FLY in the Continental US at the moment. There is NO INCENTIVE YOU COULD GIVE ME to put myself through that bullshit again.
If my organization mentions buying a certificate from one of these shysters, I'm certainly going to recommend against it.
They may not think their own security is their product, but frankly the entire integrity of their business rides on it.
You have to wonder if these people are serious about their craft, or just phoning it in. If they are in the security business, you expect they'd at least make a half-assed attempt at securing THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
Yea, I remember having several totally aggravating arguments with tools who didn't seem to understand that the fake rape charges being drummed up against assange were not at all related to what he was being sought for by all the world's governments.
There are tools who are so completely controlled that this notion simply sailed right over their heads.
You got a mouse in your pocket, friend?
OK, now I am waiting for Slashdot because I type too fast. Since I type 100wpm or more, I am penalized by constnat "slow down, cowboy!" imprecations. Maybe slashdot could bother fucking counting how long the comment is before deciding I'm typing too fast.
Totally meta, unrelated, but since Slashdot forced me to sit here and wait, I decided to rant more.