And some businesses use this information to add to their marketing mailing lists. I know people who start getting snail mail spam from bars after their drivers license is scanned.
Time to go Crazy Eddie? They do know that Crazy Eddie was forced to sell out of his own company, fled to Israel, and later went to jail for fraud, right? There's good reason companies don't usually mention his name these days.
Although as a kid I used to go to his store to get cheap video games...
Kids taking pictures of themselves demonstrating that they aren't mature enough to drink responsibly...
How is that? According to the article one kid was just holding a drink. Another was standing behind a bar. The article makes no mention of any crazy antics. You're making that assumption because they're young and got in trouble.
GM needs to come out with some crazy stuff like this soon because they're failing in their core products. They obviously can no longer compete when it comes to ordinary cars. So they need something extra-ordinary to sell or they won't exist for very long.
The land required by this plan appears to be roughly equivalent to the land required for coal and natural gas mines. So by replacing those mines the land usage would be mostly offset. Plus I'm sure many would agree it's better to place solar panels on top of the ground than to destroy the ground to dig up coal.
Who said anything about playing nice? Or not fighting for what you want? Turf wars, specifically, get you nowhere because eventually your turf will change underneath you. Other things are worth fighting for.
But what's important or mission critical today might not be tomorrow. Rather than fighting to keep what you have it's better to adapt to other technologies and become a leader there. I'm not saying to sit back and relax, but move as the environment changes.
Technology is continually changing. Those who adapt will be the most successful. Those who don't will eventually be pushed aside. Fighting over turf won't get you far in a corporate environment in the long term.
I've been to the "store" as well. It had dark colors and felt somewhat cold. In the front were a bunch of displays you could rotate. They really had no point and distracted from the products. The only two spots that people seemed to be interested in were the video games, with only one system for 2 people to play, and the phones. And the only phones people were looking at were the foreign ones they can't use in this country anyway.
The "store" is completely pointless if their goal is to sell those products or promote their brand.
I walked past my local Apple store today and it was absolutely packed. I saw staff helping people leave the store with carts full of new purchases. The store is almost always one of the busiest stores in the mall and I routinely see people leaving with PowerBooks and iMacs. If you were correct the store would usually be near empty.
It's tough to make a large dent in such a huge market. But Apple's market share is growing relatively quickly. It looks like so far this year they had a 40% increase in computer sales.
No one buys a computer just for the hardware. Hardware is pretty useless without software. If someone is only choosing the Dell over a Mac because the hardware is slightly better, then they deserve Vista.
Choose the best tool for the job. If you'll be more productive with OS X, and you're only choosing between these two systems, then obviously choose the iMac.
The FBI already retains fingerprints of employees who have undergone criminal background checks, at least for companies registered with the SEC. What may be new is the retention for other employers.
Thanks a lot for the explanation. I had been using an offshore casino and an offshore financial transfer company. So my guess, based on your explanation, would be they were afraid of the new legal implications of this act due to the old Wire Act that (potentially) made the online gambling illegal.
The last section is called "INTERNET GAMBLING IN OR THROUGH FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS".
But after reading the whole thing, I don't understand how this shut down all offshore financial transfers related to gambling. Every company I knew of (both online casinos and simple transaction services that affiliated with them) declared that dealing with US citizens was now illegal due to this act. I'm confused.
I already cringe when I hear car ads mentioning Microsoft software. Not to be a luddite, but I'm not so sure I'd feel comfortable letting software partly control my brakes.
Nowadays it's perfectly possible to develop a complex script on FF (appealing because of Firebug) and expect it to work with minimal if any modification on IE and Opera.
I can second this statement. With libraries like prototype, and others that build on top of it, cross-browser development is simplified. The libraries take care of many of the differences between browsers, leaving the developer to work on the actual features.
You're right, Microsoft is not one person. But it is conceptually one entity. When executives are in the press calling open source a cancer the head of web administration should not choose Linux server caching, even from a third party. A company should ideally display one concise image, as I'm sure anyone in their marketing department would agree.
If a linux evangelist allowed his web admin to use IIS for his web site wouldn't the evangelist lose all credibility? It's essentially the same thing.
Even a group as large as 55,000+ Microsoft employees is supposed to be organized from the top down. Remember the story of Microsoft employees using iPods? Management made it clear it was not accepted policy.
Microsoft wouldn't be ridiculed for using Linux if they simply agreed that their tools aren't the absolute best for every job. Conceding from the start that Linux has its benefits in some scenarios would have sufficed. They had the option to work with the community and instead chose to have war. (Yes, some things have changed recently, but they haven't done a complete 180.)
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And some businesses use this information to add to their marketing mailing lists. I know people who start getting snail mail spam from bars after their drivers license is scanned.
Time to go Crazy Eddie? They do know that Crazy Eddie was forced to sell out of his own company, fled to Israel, and later went to jail for fraud, right? There's good reason companies don't usually mention his name these days.
Although as a kid I used to go to his store to get cheap video games...
Kids taking pictures of themselves demonstrating that they aren't mature enough to drink responsibly...
How is that? According to the article one kid was just holding a drink. Another was standing behind a bar. The article makes no mention of any crazy antics. You're making that assumption because they're young and got in trouble.
The problem here is the system, not the students.
Oh, there's no need to worry about BSODs because Microsoft makes automotive software.
*shudder*
GM needs to come out with some crazy stuff like this soon because they're failing in their core products. They obviously can no longer compete when it comes to ordinary cars. So they need something extra-ordinary to sell or they won't exist for very long.
The land required by this plan appears to be roughly equivalent to the land required for coal and natural gas mines. So by replacing those mines the land usage would be mostly offset. Plus I'm sure many would agree it's better to place solar panels on top of the ground than to destroy the ground to dig up coal.
Instead of a blog post about the article, you can also read the article.
/. article is a blog post about the article, but it doesn't need to be a blog post about a blog post about an article...
Of course this
Who said anything about playing nice? Or not fighting for what you want? Turf wars, specifically, get you nowhere because eventually your turf will change underneath you. Other things are worth fighting for.
But what's important or mission critical today might not be tomorrow. Rather than fighting to keep what you have it's better to adapt to other technologies and become a leader there. I'm not saying to sit back and relax, but move as the environment changes.
Technology is continually changing. Those who adapt will be the most successful. Those who don't will eventually be pushed aside. Fighting over turf won't get you far in a corporate environment in the long term.
So what about that dream where I'm naked at work and Jesus is fighting Nietzsche in pudding? What the hell is THAT training me for?
Coming out of the closet?
I've been to the "store" as well. It had dark colors and felt somewhat cold. In the front were a bunch of displays you could rotate. They really had no point and distracted from the products. The only two spots that people seemed to be interested in were the video games, with only one system for 2 people to play, and the phones. And the only phones people were looking at were the foreign ones they can't use in this country anyway.
The "store" is completely pointless if their goal is to sell those products or promote their brand.
I walked past my local Apple store today and it was absolutely packed. I saw staff helping people leave the store with carts full of new purchases. The store is almost always one of the busiest stores in the mall and I routinely see people leaving with PowerBooks and iMacs. If you were correct the store would usually be near empty.
It's tough to make a large dent in such a huge market. But Apple's market share is growing relatively quickly. It looks like so far this year they had a 40% increase in computer sales.
For my nostalgia we have the old Netscape icon as a slashdot category image. That's more than enough for me.
No one buys a computer just for the hardware. Hardware is pretty useless without software. If someone is only choosing the Dell over a Mac because the hardware is slightly better, then they deserve Vista.
Choose the best tool for the job. If you'll be more productive with OS X, and you're only choosing between these two systems, then obviously choose the iMac.
I never said it does. Just expanding on the facts.
The FBI already retains fingerprints of employees who have undergone criminal background checks, at least for companies registered with the SEC. What may be new is the retention for other employers.
Thanks a lot for the explanation. I had been using an offshore casino and an offshore financial transfer company. So my guess, based on your explanation, would be they were afraid of the new legal implications of this act due to the old Wire Act that (potentially) made the online gambling illegal.
Thanks again.
The last section is called "INTERNET GAMBLING IN OR THROUGH FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS".
But after reading the whole thing, I don't understand how this shut down all offshore financial transfers related to gambling. Every company I knew of (both online casinos and simple transaction services that affiliated with them) declared that dealing with US citizens was now illegal due to this act. I'm confused.
No, it applies to the offshore transfer of money to casinos. It has nothing to do with the legality of gambling.
The ban relates to money being transfered offshore. It has nothing to do with gambling on US soil.
I already cringe when I hear car ads mentioning Microsoft software. Not to be a luddite, but I'm not so sure I'd feel comfortable letting software partly control my brakes.
Nowadays it's perfectly possible to develop a complex script on FF (appealing because of Firebug) and expect it to work with minimal if any modification on IE and Opera.
I can second this statement. With libraries like prototype, and others that build on top of it, cross-browser development is simplified. The libraries take care of many of the differences between browsers, leaving the developer to work on the actual features.
so much for my hopes of wining the office holiday decorating contest
Tell everyone it's a stripper pole, and not a Festivus pole, and you're more likely to win.
You're right, Microsoft is not one person. But it is conceptually one entity. When executives are in the press calling open source a cancer the head of web administration should not choose Linux server caching, even from a third party. A company should ideally display one concise image, as I'm sure anyone in their marketing department would agree.
If a linux evangelist allowed his web admin to use IIS for his web site wouldn't the evangelist lose all credibility? It's essentially the same thing.
Even a group as large as 55,000+ Microsoft employees is supposed to be organized from the top down. Remember the story of Microsoft employees using iPods? Management made it clear it was not accepted policy.
Microsoft wouldn't be ridiculed for using Linux if they simply agreed that their tools aren't the absolute best for every job. Conceding from the start that Linux has its benefits in some scenarios would have sufficed. They had the option to work with the community and instead chose to have war. (Yes, some things have changed recently, but they haven't done a complete 180.)