Actually, I vote on politicians on the expectation they will do the exact opposite (or at least a large fraction of opposite) of what he/she promises. Works fairly well.
Yeah, and I have Bigfoot doing all the server backups. You expect them to say they are doing less work? Or even the same amount of work? No confirmation from their companies on whether the company saw an increase in productivity? Now before everyone gets flippy, I have known some people who did the mobile thing and were more productive, mostly because they didn't have people interrupting them every 5 minutes, and actually liked working more (as in hours) that way because it was more enjoyable. I also have known people that did their work in 3 hours and played games the rest of the day (also maybe because they could do 8 hours in 3 because of less distractions.
Main point- employees are never going to say anything bad about work out of the office.
Let's see how funny they think it is when their families are being pummeled by the **AAs. Anonymous, you out there? For the record, I do not condone or promote any illegal activity. I reserve the right to find things in life to be funny, however.
Put a bunch of monkeys on the router, and have each one count the packets for each port #. Or you could use the distributed monkey model, where each workstation and server has a dedicated monkey.
SCOTUS is primarily to enforce the Constitutionality of laws. They don't deal with trivia like monetary costs (yes, in their realm, that is trivial). Laws can be unreasonable by still Constitutional. They are not for your personal soapbox of complaints unless there is something that affects the foundation of law. Part of the problem that you are discussing is that these complaints often don't make it past the District courts. As for special interests with deep pockets, there is no law against that. Yet.
We got this one for my wife a few years ago. She needed the number pad, too, since she's a banker. Coming from my Macbook Pro, I found her keyboard nicely large with a nice tactile feel. The only thing I didn't like about it was the lack of backlit keys (I've gotten so used to those from my MBP). Nice and sturdy, perhaps a bit heavy, the specs were fine for a business machine; you're not playing the latest games on it, though. Think we got it on sale for $400 or $500. Don't know if HP has kept that line or not though.
I think they figured out that using them is bad. I'm worried about the other countries that have them, or may soon acquire them. Or worse, the nukes that have gone missing from the old USSR stockpiles and whoever has those. So the big guys can do all the talking they want, but the next nuke explosion is coming from somewhere else. But I hope to God, Cthulhu, and FSM that another nuke is never fired.
Feel free to flame me about how I spent too much, I'm a 'fanboi', whatever. Guess what, it's my money, and apparently I have enough that I don't have to settle for some $400 piece of trash system that requires an extra $99 just to get rid of crapware. Or several hours of your time to remove it yourself. And don't bother with Linux, get back to me when you can use it in real business desktops (don't bother with "well in my small assed company"; I'm talking real businesses). I can feel the heat already. (It's too easy)
The thing is, if: It's a good game Has no or minimal DRM (license key) Costs $20
Will people suddenly decide to start paying for it instead of grabbing a torrent? Maybe 10-30%? You would, I would, probably our friends would. I'm not even sure what % of/. would pay for it, with the "all software should be free" contingent. Dang, now I'm all depressed.
I can feel empathy for the employees, they are in the worst position. People who bought the game, they're out $50, so it sucks but it isn't that big a deal; it's a tank of gas. Everyone else that put money into the company knew it was a risk, and the word risk means it may not go your way. I don't need hindsight to know not to invest money in a startup, because to do so you just write off that money the second you cut the check. You're playing the lottery on getting any money back. If there was malfeasance, that's an entirely different story.
Once again, that is what VCs do. What, you expect him to tell them "This company has a 5-10% chance of ever making money at best."? Like grishnak said above, government has no business in going after risky ventures. The people should be angry at the government who approved the deal.
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Hey now, I like Arby's roast beef-like meat-product sandwich!
Actually, I vote on politicians on the expectation they will do the exact opposite (or at least a large fraction of opposite) of what he/she promises. Works fairly well.
That all of the relevant jokes have already been made.
But it would be really nice for recycling!
In a few years we can expect a "Kilroy was here" sign standing next to the American flag. Just as long there are no goatse pics.
Yeah, and I have Bigfoot doing all the server backups. You expect them to say they are doing less work? Or even the same amount of work? No confirmation from their companies on whether the company saw an increase in productivity?
Now before everyone gets flippy, I have known some people who did the mobile thing and were more productive, mostly because they didn't have people interrupting them every 5 minutes, and actually liked working more (as in hours) that way because it was more enjoyable. I also have known people that did their work in 3 hours and played games the rest of the day (also maybe because they could do 8 hours in 3 because of less distractions.
Main point- employees are never going to say anything bad about work out of the office.
Let's see how funny they think it is when their families are being pummeled by the **AAs. Anonymous, you out there?
For the record, I do not condone or promote any illegal activity. I reserve the right to find things in life to be funny, however.
I didn't think so. I want a full whirl or I'm not interested.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews will be Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Only they use RFC 1149.
Put a bunch of monkeys on the router, and have each one count the packets for each port #. Or you could use the distributed monkey model, where each workstation and server has a dedicated monkey.
SCOTUS is primarily to enforce the Constitutionality of laws. They don't deal with trivia like monetary costs (yes, in their realm, that is trivial). Laws can be unreasonable by still Constitutional. They are not for your personal soapbox of complaints unless there is something that affects the foundation of law. Part of the problem that you are discussing is that these complaints often don't make it past the District courts. As for special interests with deep pockets, there is no law against that. Yet.
Unless he's using Base11.
Do you have any idea how many people steal Linux? It is OFF THE CHARTS how many people don't pay for it! It's an epidemic, I tell you, horrifying!
We got this one for my wife a few years ago. She needed the number pad, too, since she's a banker. Coming from my Macbook Pro, I found her keyboard nicely large with a nice tactile feel. The only thing I didn't like about it was the lack of backlit keys (I've gotten so used to those from my MBP). Nice and sturdy, perhaps a bit heavy, the specs were fine for a business machine; you're not playing the latest games on it, though. Think we got it on sale for $400 or $500.
Don't know if HP has kept that line or not though.
I think they figured out that using them is bad. I'm worried about the other countries that have them, or may soon acquire them. Or worse, the nukes that have gone missing from the old USSR stockpiles and whoever has those.
So the big guys can do all the talking they want, but the next nuke explosion is coming from somewhere else. But I hope to God, Cthulhu, and FSM that another nuke is never fired.
Now that would be an awesome way to do surgery. Just make sure your backup dancers are up to snuff.
Feel free to flame me about how I spent too much, I'm a 'fanboi', whatever. Guess what, it's my money, and apparently I have enough that I don't have to settle for some $400 piece of trash system that requires an extra $99 just to get rid of crapware. Or several hours of your time to remove it yourself. And don't bother with Linux, get back to me when you can use it in real business desktops (don't bother with "well in my small assed company"; I'm talking real businesses).
I can feel the heat already.
(It's too easy)
News at 11. /. going to post links for their honeymoon sex video next?
OK, sure it's news (kinda) because it's Zuckerberg, but c'mon. Is
I think I'll draw a pic of Godzilla's dong slapping Mohammed upside the head. Think that will piss off enough people?
You should be modded "douchebag" just for the "Pre-empting moderators" bit.
The thing is, if:
It's a good game
Has no or minimal DRM (license key)
Costs $20
Will people suddenly decide to start paying for it instead of grabbing a torrent? Maybe 10-30%? You would, I would, probably our friends would. I'm not even sure what % of /. would pay for it, with the "all software should be free" contingent. Dang, now I'm all depressed.
I can feel empathy for the employees, they are in the worst position. People who bought the game, they're out $50, so it sucks but it isn't that big a deal; it's a tank of gas. Everyone else that put money into the company knew it was a risk, and the word risk means it may not go your way. I don't need hindsight to know not to invest money in a startup, because to do so you just write off that money the second you cut the check. You're playing the lottery on getting any money back. If there was malfeasance, that's an entirely different story.
Once again, that is what VCs do. What, you expect him to tell them "This company has a 5-10% chance of ever making money at best."? Like grishnak said above, government has no business in going after risky ventures. The people should be angry at the government who approved the deal.
Hindsight and all that.
I'm just sick and tired of the continuous hype for technologists when the people who actually invented math are forgotten. :D