Nice to see corporate welfare doesn't just happen in the good ol' U.S...
I wonder what the millions of folks in the rest of Germany think about their tax money going to a mutlinational corporation just to build one plant with a thousand jobs? If they're like Americans, as long as they can fight over same sex marriage and the National Endowment for the Arts, they probably don't even notice.
For instance, huge news in Buffalo recently: Geico is going to build a big regional center, 2500 jobs within a few years, plus other peripheral development.
Sure, "insurance" isn't as sexy as "chip manufacturing", but hey, they're jobs, aren't they?
Yes, you're right, the company should be forced to keep this guy in the same position and just give him more money every year for doing the same damn work.
If the guy's any good, in 5 years he'll have moved up to a different position and the company will HAVE to hire a new grad to take his place. Duh.
They can point this software (which as someone else said is just the visualization and geocoding part) at Google News. Are you concerned that Google News is evil?
MetaCarta's software is only good for whatever input you give it. If you don't have input on common folks, it ain't gonna find common folks.
Can't find much wrong with what you're saying here. Facts are, more technology = more food per acre (per "resource" used to create that food) = less overall land used for agriculture. We could feed everyone in the world, have plenty of surplus, and have tons of spare land left over.
But no, let's starve the Africans lest our EVIL corporations let loose their EVIL GMOs!!!
Hey Trolling, do you or anyone else know how to actually SPLIT a satellite signal?
I love the DTV, but what pisses me off is that I have to have 2 lines coming down from the stupid satellite into the stupid house.:) And if I want the HD version, that'll be a different satellite and _3_ lines.
And each line has to go straight to the TV where the receiver's plugged in. All I want to do is have all the data hoses coming into my house go to one central location and then split from there to wherever I want them to go! I can't believe how hard it is to find any info about this...
Oh well, at least it works in the rain here. Though hurricane Isabel knocked my dish sideways, and it don't work so well pointing directly at the ground.:)
Fair enough, and if they're trying to prevent anyone else from coming up with a new harvesting method, I agree with you.
But I don't know that you can patent every possible method of achieving result X. I mean even if they're doing "just the harvesting" as you put it... they must have a method for doing so, mustn't they?:)
Your point IS flamebait, so I can't argue the mod, but you bring up a fair point...
The thing is, no science ever really seems to be stopped by the chicken-littles. They will always be there in the background hand-wringing, and their concerns will usually manage to keep the new science "honest", but they'll never really stop anything.
The company comes up with one way to GET the "polymerase enzyme". Why should they be forced to just give away their methods?
That's a fair patent, if you ask me. Sure nature might have created the stuff, but getting at it is another question altogether!
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Fairly insightful, and you're not too far off the mark, but...
There are safety nets if you lose your job here. The system is called "unemployment" and while it's not perfect by any means, it's better than nothing. The trouble is, in America, if you apply yourself you don't have to be poor even without worshiping the almighty dollar. The end result is, at least among certain populations (white suburbs, for instance), if you're dirt poor, it's likely because you're not trying, you're a loser, or some else like that. (Please note all you crackhead mods and angry liberals, I'm not generalizing the whole population here. Obviously there are many poor living in inner cities who do not have accessible avenues to climb out)
Also, please don't judge all Americans with the same brush. I mean, Stallman IS an American after all.:)
And America does reward social improvement. The trouble is, I believe, simply the way RMS looks. Maybe that's sad, but personal appearance does have an affect on whether or not people will buy into what you're selling.
Your attitude is pathetic. Hopefully I don't ever have to work with a jackass like you.
I suppose next you'll tell me you've never worked for anyone else, and have never had a "middle" manager as a boss. And that your cute nickname here is just a reflection on what you've seen in your long, tortured life.
From there, you can hide behind your concerns and fears. I, for one, look forward with open arms to any and all technology that humankind can produce.
Note, I never once said anything about "The Diamond Age" being a panacea. I did read the book, and it's quite obvious from history that _every_ major technological change will mess up as much as it helps.
"Silent Spring" is a farce, and "Love Canal"-type events happened rarely and was punished to the best ability of the governments involved (when the gov't wasn't complicit in the problem to begin with, as it was in the Love Canal case).
Let's see, you don't trust business, and you don't trust government... Guess you better not trust any new tech at all then, huh?
By the way, get a clue: The whole point of my post was to focus on the irony of it. I stated right in the damn title that I was "praying" for nano to arrive, even though I'm a stated atheist. It's good to see you figured it out.
What the hell are you talking about? Have you been reading too much Dilbert or what?
Granted, Dilbert is only funny because there is a kernel of truth (and there are plenty of us who do not laugh at Dilbert often).
But come now. Your scathing "review" of middle management in America is neither correct nor particularly insightful, you're just shoveling the same shit you blame on them.
The reality of the matter is, of course, quite different. I have known a number of particularly good managers who've moved up from the technical ranks to take over small departments / teams.
It is, however, a truism that people will always belittle the group directly above them. So I understand, you can't really help yourself. But in the end, maybe you'll realize that the managers above you are NOT there simply to make your life miserable. You work for the corporation at their leisure, not because you "deserve" it. Realize that there are a great many people more important than you in an organization who are trying to keep things running smoothly.
Someday maybe you'll understand. But given a pessimistic attitude like yours, I wouldn't expect to climb much higher in the world than you already are. Maybe you're "happy" with that.
Just out of curiosity, why in the world will we (Americans)/have/ to live in smaller houses?
And energy efficient? Have you built a house lately? As long as you're not some ass skimping on shitty building supplies, our houses are more efficient than anyone else in the world, I'd wager...
Also, consider the coming boom in hybrid cars... that'll take care of that for a bit. (and if you don't believe it's coming, you're not paying attention:))
You're wrong. It is a myth perpetuated by those who feel like they're losing to the "hyper-wealthy".
The myth (rich richer, poor poorer) really got started after a 1999 UN Human Development Report. However, that report looked at the gap between nations, not individuals within nations.
The truth is, (and oh, calling me a fool. Give me a fucking break) Americans in the 50's were likely to have zero, or 1 automobile, and no color TV. Today, the majority of families in America have at least 2 cars, and at least 2 color TVs.
How can you look at the evidence in front of your eyes and piss and moan about a "sick" economy that is nothing of the sort.
MEDIAN personal income is rising, go look it up at the IRS. That's quite different from the MEAN, which is also rising. Take out a few outliers at the top of the scale (the Gates, Eisner, Welch types) and the "rich" are not getting any richer. In fact, quite a few of them get poorer, too.
I just read a report recently (sorry, I can't remember where) that said, quite plainly, that less than 20% of the people who were in the bottom 10% of incomes in the mid-70s were still there in the mid-90's. That means your income CAN grow in America.
All this whining about the "sick" economy marks you as an idiot. I'm sick of trying to get through your pessimistic worldview. Come back when you've woken from your bad dream.
How arrogant of you to suggest that it will take 100 years to get room temp superconductors.
Come now, let's look back 100 years and see where things stood:
- Einstein hadn't published his theory yet. - Many believed in some sort of universal ether. - Air flight was in its infancy.
I could go on. Who's to say that any one of these small breakthroughs will not spark a gigantic discovery? Who are you to declare that something won't be feasible for another hundred years?
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Nice to see corporate welfare doesn't just happen in the good ol' U.S...
I wonder what the millions of folks in the rest of Germany think about their tax money going to a mutlinational corporation just to build one plant with a thousand jobs? If they're like Americans, as long as they can fight over same sex marriage and the National Endowment for the Arts, they probably don't even notice.
There are, you just don't see them.
For instance, huge news in Buffalo recently: Geico is going to build a big regional center, 2500 jobs within a few years, plus other peripheral development.
Sure, "insurance" isn't as sexy as "chip manufacturing", but hey, they're jobs, aren't they?
Evolution has a few annoyances, including the way it treats trash on an IMAP server. Might be the "real" way to do it, but it's different.
It's nice to have an option for another mail client with the vfolders idea.
Too bad you're anonymous. What a great point.
Evvvvvveryone in every generation thinks theirs is going to hell...
Hey, whaddya know? :-D
Yes, you're right, the company should be forced to keep this guy in the same position and just give him more money every year for doing the same damn work.
If the guy's any good, in 5 years he'll have moved up to a different position and the company will HAVE to hire a new grad to take his place. Duh.
No! That can't be!! It doesn't fly with the general /. hand-wringing!! You must be a liar!
No contribution to the story at large here, I just wanted to comment on your slashdot id. Excellent beer. :) Nice to see someone else knows what it is.
:-P
Umm, unless you're really creative and that was the name of your last D&D character or something.
Well HALLELUIA!!! :)
Thanks man, that's been bugging me for ages...
They can point this software (which as someone else said is just the visualization and geocoding part) at Google News. Are you concerned that Google News is evil?
MetaCarta's software is only good for whatever input you give it. If you don't have input on common folks, it ain't gonna find common folks.
Can't find much wrong with what you're saying here. Facts are, more technology = more food per acre (per "resource" used to create that food) = less overall land used for agriculture. We could feed everyone in the world, have plenty of surplus, and have tons of spare land left over.
But no, let's starve the Africans lest our EVIL corporations let loose their EVIL GMOs!!!
Heh.
Hey Trolling, do you or anyone else know how to actually SPLIT a satellite signal?
:) And if I want the HD version, that'll be a different satellite and _3_ lines.
:)
I love the DTV, but what pisses me off is that I have to have 2 lines coming down from the stupid satellite into the stupid house.
And each line has to go straight to the TV where the receiver's plugged in. All I want to do is have all the data hoses coming into my house go to one central location and then split from there to wherever I want them to go! I can't believe how hard it is to find any info about this...
Oh well, at least it works in the rain here. Though hurricane Isabel knocked my dish sideways, and it don't work so well pointing directly at the ground.
Fair enough, and if they're trying to prevent anyone else from coming up with a new harvesting method, I agree with you.
:)
But I don't know that you can patent every possible method of achieving result X. I mean even if they're doing "just the harvesting" as you put it... they must have a method for doing so, mustn't they?
Your point IS flamebait, so I can't argue the mod, but you bring up a fair point...
The thing is, no science ever really seems to be stopped by the chicken-littles. They will always be there in the background hand-wringing, and their concerns will usually manage to keep the new science "honest", but they'll never really stop anything.
The company comes up with one way to GET the "polymerase enzyme". Why should they be forced to just give away their methods?
That's a fair patent, if you ask me. Sure nature might have created the stuff, but getting at it is another question altogether!
Fairly insightful, and you're not too far off the mark, but...
:)
There are safety nets if you lose your job here. The system is called "unemployment" and while it's not perfect by any means, it's better than nothing. The trouble is, in America, if you apply yourself you don't have to be poor even without worshiping the almighty dollar. The end result is, at least among certain populations (white suburbs, for instance), if you're dirt poor, it's likely because you're not trying, you're a loser, or some else like that. (Please note all you crackhead mods and angry liberals, I'm not generalizing the whole population here. Obviously there are many poor living in inner cities who do not have accessible avenues to climb out)
Also, please don't judge all Americans with the same brush. I mean, Stallman IS an American after all.
And America does reward social improvement. The trouble is, I believe, simply the way RMS looks. Maybe that's sad, but personal appearance does have an affect on whether or not people will buy into what you're selling.
Your attitude is pathetic. Hopefully I don't ever have to work with a jackass like you.
I suppose next you'll tell me you've never worked for anyone else, and have never had a "middle" manager as a boss. And that your cute nickname here is just a reflection on what you've seen in your long, tortured life.
Get a clue.
From there, you can hide behind your concerns and fears. I, for one, look forward with open arms to any and all technology that humankind can produce.
Note, I never once said anything about "The Diamond Age" being a panacea. I did read the book, and it's quite obvious from history that _every_ major technological change will mess up as much as it helps.
"Silent Spring" is a farce, and "Love Canal"-type events happened rarely and was punished to the best ability of the governments involved (when the gov't wasn't complicit in the problem to begin with, as it was in the Love Canal case).
Let's see, you don't trust business, and you don't trust government... Guess you better not trust any new tech at all then, huh?
By the way, get a clue: The whole point of my post was to focus on the irony of it. I stated right in the damn title that I was "praying" for nano to arrive, even though I'm a stated atheist. It's good to see you figured it out.
... and I'm a friggin atheist. :)
Man, I can't wait. Of course, the greatest innovations of the coming Diamond Age haven't even been imagined yet, if history is any guide.......
(just wish they'd hurry up)
What the hell are you talking about? Have you been reading too much Dilbert or what?
Granted, Dilbert is only funny because there is a kernel of truth (and there are plenty of us who do not laugh at Dilbert often).
But come now. Your scathing "review" of middle management in America is neither correct nor particularly insightful, you're just shoveling the same shit you blame on them.
The reality of the matter is, of course, quite different. I have known a number of particularly good managers who've moved up from the technical ranks to take over small departments / teams.
It is, however, a truism that people will always belittle the group directly above them. So I understand, you can't really help yourself. But in the end, maybe you'll realize that the managers above you are NOT there simply to make your life miserable. You work for the corporation at their leisure, not because you "deserve" it. Realize that there are a great many people more important than you in an organization who are trying to keep things running smoothly.
Someday maybe you'll understand. But given a pessimistic attitude like yours, I wouldn't expect to climb much higher in the world than you already are. Maybe you're "happy" with that.
Niiiiiiiiiice backhanded slap at the face of Bush. Pretty sneaky there, attacking Texas.
Face it, per capita doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot when, on one side, the number is 1,000,000,000.
Oh yes, because the number of homeless people in America is just skyrocketing... er....
Just out of curiosity, why in the world will we (Americans) /have/ to live in smaller houses?
:))
And energy efficient? Have you built a house lately? As long as you're not some ass skimping on shitty building supplies, our houses are more efficient than anyone else in the world, I'd wager...
Also, consider the coming boom in hybrid cars... that'll take care of that for a bit. (and if you don't believe it's coming, you're not paying attention
You're wrong. It is a myth perpetuated by those who feel like they're losing to the "hyper-wealthy".
The myth (rich richer, poor poorer) really got started after a 1999 UN Human Development Report. However, that report looked at the gap between nations, not individuals within nations.
The truth is, (and oh, calling me a fool. Give me a fucking break) Americans in the 50's were likely to have zero, or 1 automobile, and no color TV. Today, the majority of families in America have at least 2 cars, and at least 2 color TVs.
How can you look at the evidence in front of your eyes and piss and moan about a "sick" economy that is nothing of the sort.
MEDIAN personal income is rising, go look it up at the IRS. That's quite different from the MEAN, which is also rising. Take out a few outliers at the top of the scale (the Gates, Eisner, Welch types) and the "rich" are not getting any richer. In fact, quite a few of them get poorer, too.
I just read a report recently (sorry, I can't remember where) that said, quite plainly, that less than 20% of the people who were in the bottom 10% of incomes in the mid-70s were still there in the mid-90's. That means your income CAN grow in America.
All this whining about the "sick" economy marks you as an idiot. I'm sick of trying to get through your pessimistic worldview. Come back when you've woken from your bad dream.
How arrogant of you to suggest that it will take 100 years to get room temp superconductors.
:)
Come now, let's look back 100 years and see where things stood:
- Einstein hadn't published his theory yet.
- Many believed in some sort of universal ether.
- Air flight was in its infancy.
I could go on. Who's to say that any one of these small breakthroughs will not spark a gigantic discovery? Who are you to declare that something won't be feasible for another hundred years?
Gain some perspective man!