For security purposes, it is a little known fact that Dick Cheney was a major proponent in getting the entire Executive Branch to adopt RCF 2549 methods of transport. Message deletion consisted of a little "hunting accident" on the family ranch.
Not only should you not get the job, the interviewer should write you one hell of a recommendation -- on the condition you take it to his biggest competitor.
Thank the Lords of Cobol you didn't fake a loop using a GOTO statement and line numbers!
They did it for east berlin, they'll do it for us.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Please....stop! You're making my sides hurt!
The "Katrina-like" reference in the summary wasn't to the size of the storm, but rather to the effectiveness of government assistance afterward. If anything is to be learned from Katrina (other than don't build below-sealevel cities on the sea shore) it is no matter what the gov't tells you, you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and possibly some neighbors for at least a couple of days. "Be Prepared".
No, I believe Darl is in it for as long as he can possibly milk it. Where can he go from here? Politics? So might as well ride this horse until it dies, is propped up, sent to be signed in triplicate, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, before being buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters which are then lost for the third time before being found in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in one of their disused toilets with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.
In this economy, Darl knows he will never get another job as an executive. I mean how the hell can you spin his tenure as CEO of SCO on a resume? I guess you could say something like "leveraged corporate IP" -- just leave out the part about "just not OUR corporate IP. Heh." And maybe "worked with compliance and legal department to partner with the titans of the computer industry" -- just leave out "it was a forced partnership. Okay, we sued their asses and had ours handed to us on a platter, but still. I've got more balls than brains, it has to count for something!"
I'd suggest "innovative customer relations program", but the MPAA has them beat on that one.
The big question is, which Steve will be commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp? The younger, chubbier Steve or the older, skinnier, playing-in-Vegas Steve. If only there was a precedent...
Just turn it off and wait until tomorrow, after 12 noon UTC. It'll reset and you can freely spy again for the next four years while listening to a shoddy selection of 90s boy bands, the Spice Girls and selected works of patriotic music as performed by the Teletubbies. Rule, Britannia!
I sort of tuned out TNG after a while. I didn't realize it was used in there. Also, I don't know if they used the Latin or just a rough translation in Enemy of the State.
You know, I first read that as based on the striking resemblance of their stone tools and that of those found from the Soul Train. and went WTF is he talking about? Picks and platform shoes?
I chose not to respond to the "300% higher" comment because you were right, and it didn't need comment. Their wages aren't 300% higher, they're more along the lines of 30-50% higher in most cases -- NOT new hires, which are now lower than their competitors. This discrepancy has been mostly addressed.
Yes, the Big 3 have focused way too much on high profit margin, large vehicles and it is going to cost them. But keep in mind that for the longest time small trucks outsold cars in the U.S. They were building what people were buying. AND those models have higher profit margins than the smaller cars. Had the Big 3 been focusing on smaller, lower margin cars, they'd have been in this position sooner.
Yes, there is indignation in what the executives get at the Big 3, and rightfully so. But, it is hand-waving. The CxOs could work for $0 and it wouldn't make any appreciable difference to their bottom line. These companies are hemorrhaging BILLIONS, and you want to scream about a few ten millions. Yes, it needs to be addressed, but that issue is like carping about the amount of money spent on the National Endowment for the Arts in proportion to the Federal Deficit. A pittance, and a distraction from the real issue.
And I was just as vocal about the bailout for Wall Street. Feel free to check my journal, but don't put words in my mouth.
The simple fact of the matter is, according to GM's most recent 10-Q filing with the SEC (quarterly statement) is "post-retirement benefits other than pensions" and "pensions" make up the largest single chunk of their liabilities, at 26.6% -- down from 30% a year ago. "Long term debt" and "Accrued expenses", whatever the hell that is, make up another 25% each.
I'm not primarily blaming the unions, though they do shoulder some of the blame. I mostly blame GM, Ford and Chrysler who orchestrated this scheme way back when in their glory days. Their pension and benefits plan is similar to the U.S. Social Security model, where current employees pay for retiree benefits. That crap only works if "current employees > retirees". Once there are more people drawing benefits than paying into the pot, you start rapidly going into the hole. GM and Chrysler are now very deep in that hole. This is really nothing more than a legalized Ponzi Scheme. That scam only works if you have an ever increasing number of new investors (employees), which is eventually impossible. It is what gutted the U.S. steel industry and is now going to do the same to the U.S. auto industry.
I'm not targeting unions. The Big 3 made their bed and should be required to lie in it, even if it kills them. But the unions need to realize that their retirement packages ARE a big chunk of the costs. Those benefits are directly tied to the Big 3 still being in business -- unless you feel confident about the U.S. Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp taking over. It is time for the unions to deal with the reality that the Big 3 made promises they couldn't keep.
The unions share part of the blame for blindly accepting such deals. If someone promises you the moon, you have a certain responsibility to find out if they can actually deliver on those promises. "But you promised!" doesn't have any pull outside the playground.
Health care costs are certainly hurting Detroit, but that's because they're competing against nations which benefit from "socialized medicine".
No, you're wrong.
Toyota USA and Honda USA do not have socialized medicine. They are run as separate companies, just like GM Europe and Ford Europe are. They just haven't been here as long and their dependency ratio is very favorable. From what I've seen Toyota USA only has like 200 retirees in this country right now, so their associated costs are minuscule.
And the United States already has a socialized retirement program called "Social Security", as well as socialized medicine called "Medicare". Neither seem to have helped the auto industry regarding their retiree costs -- which are EXACTLY the demographic those programs serve.
No, just the one. At that point it was the principle of the thing. I, and others, already had AdBlock running which filtered out all of the ads except that one. Since he went to all the trouble to put it in place, I wasn't going to block it. I think the libertarian bent of some of the more prolific posters -- myself included -- irked his Democrat soul.:-)
Well, Tom & Pres went at it tooth and nail there for a little while. That is what I was thinking of.
Bhima's post was accurate. The site gravitated towards politics, the-end-is-nigh economics and the like. I think it was because there were only a relatively few article submitters. Personally, I tried to not duplicate posts on Slashdot, which limited some of our material. Of course, with this political cycle in the U.S., politics rose to the top. And throw in the bleak economic picture worldwide, and I can understand why the forum went the direction it did.
It is a shame that Bruce pulled the plug now, because I believe with the election being over things would have started to swing back in a more favorable direction.
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For security purposes, it is a little known fact that Dick Cheney was a major proponent in getting the entire Executive Branch to adopt RCF 2549 methods of transport. Message deletion consisted of a little "hunting accident" on the family ranch.
You are confusing Ricardo Montalban with Abe Vigoda.
Dude, if you think you got first post and it was a REPLY to another post, then that isn't coffee you're drinking. :-)
The study consisted of watching every episode of South Park featuring Tweak.
3. Profit!
Not only should you not get the job, the interviewer should write you one hell of a recommendation -- on the condition you take it to his biggest competitor.
Thank the Lords of Cobol you didn't fake a loop using a GOTO statement and line numbers!
They did it for east berlin, they'll do it for us.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Please....stop! You're making my sides hurt!
The "Katrina-like" reference in the summary wasn't to the size of the storm, but rather to the effectiveness of government assistance afterward. If anything is to be learned from Katrina (other than don't build below-sealevel cities on the sea shore) it is no matter what the gov't tells you, you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and possibly some neighbors for at least a couple of days. "Be Prepared".
No, I believe Darl is in it for as long as he can possibly milk it. Where can he go from here? Politics? So might as well ride this horse until it dies, is propped up, sent to be signed in triplicate, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, before being buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters which are then lost for the third time before being found in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in one of their disused toilets with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.
A lot of the core components were basically Windows-specific. They had to either wrap them, or rewrite the UI, which is what is taking the time.
In this economy, Darl knows he will never get another job as an executive. I mean how the hell can you spin his tenure as CEO of SCO on a resume? I guess you could say something like "leveraged corporate IP" -- just leave out the part about "just not OUR corporate IP. Heh." And maybe "worked with compliance and legal department to partner with the titans of the computer industry" -- just leave out "it was a forced partnership. Okay, we sued their asses and had ours handed to us on a platter, but still. I've got more balls than brains, it has to count for something!"
I'd suggest "innovative customer relations program", but the MPAA has them beat on that one.
That LCD is perfect for a quick round of NetHack.
That is possible. Since Guy disappeared, I had forgotten about his epic missives. Lord's & Pres' exchanges were fresh in my mind.
Unless we perfect cloning, there are going to be a few billion people who find little consolation in that.
The big question is, which Steve will be commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp? The younger, chubbier Steve or the older, skinnier, playing-in-Vegas Steve. If only there was a precedent...
Just turn it off and wait until tomorrow, after 12 noon UTC. It'll reset and you can freely spy again for the next four years while listening to a shoddy selection of 90s boy bands, the Spice Girls and selected works of patriotic music as performed by the Teletubbies. Rule, Britannia!
Use the same process the U.S. used to get everyone else to help invade Iraq. That worked like a charm!
I sort of tuned out TNG after a while. I didn't realize it was used in there. Also, I don't know if they used the Latin or just a rough translation in Enemy of the State.
One year of high school Latin did it for me.
ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM!
quis custodiet ipsos custodes
Latin for "who will watch the watchers".
You know, I first read that as based on the striking resemblance of their stone tools and that of those found from the Soul Train. and went WTF is he talking about? Picks and platform shoes?
"Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!"
That still sounds a lot like Social Security and the trust fund to me. :-)
I chose not to respond to the "300% higher" comment because you were right, and it didn't need comment. Their wages aren't 300% higher, they're more along the lines of 30-50% higher in most cases -- NOT new hires, which are now lower than their competitors. This discrepancy has been mostly addressed.
Yes, the Big 3 have focused way too much on high profit margin, large vehicles and it is going to cost them. But keep in mind that for the longest time small trucks outsold cars in the U.S. They were building what people were buying. AND those models have higher profit margins than the smaller cars. Had the Big 3 been focusing on smaller, lower margin cars, they'd have been in this position sooner.
Yes, there is indignation in what the executives get at the Big 3, and rightfully so. But, it is hand-waving. The CxOs could work for $0 and it wouldn't make any appreciable difference to their bottom line. These companies are hemorrhaging BILLIONS, and you want to scream about a few ten millions. Yes, it needs to be addressed, but that issue is like carping about the amount of money spent on the National Endowment for the Arts in proportion to the Federal Deficit. A pittance, and a distraction from the real issue.
And I was just as vocal about the bailout for Wall Street. Feel free to check my journal, but don't put words in my mouth.
The simple fact of the matter is, according to GM's most recent 10-Q filing with the SEC (quarterly statement) is "post-retirement benefits other than pensions" and "pensions" make up the largest single chunk of their liabilities, at 26.6% -- down from 30% a year ago. "Long term debt" and "Accrued expenses", whatever the hell that is, make up another 25% each.
I'm not primarily blaming the unions, though they do shoulder some of the blame. I mostly blame GM, Ford and Chrysler who orchestrated this scheme way back when in their glory days. Their pension and benefits plan is similar to the U.S. Social Security model, where current employees pay for retiree benefits. That crap only works if "current employees > retirees". Once there are more people drawing benefits than paying into the pot, you start rapidly going into the hole. GM and Chrysler are now very deep in that hole. This is really nothing more than a legalized Ponzi Scheme. That scam only works if you have an ever increasing number of new investors (employees), which is eventually impossible. It is what gutted the U.S. steel industry and is now going to do the same to the U.S. auto industry.
I'm not targeting unions. The Big 3 made their bed and should be required to lie in it, even if it kills them. But the unions need to realize that their retirement packages ARE a big chunk of the costs. Those benefits are directly tied to the Big 3 still being in business -- unless you feel confident about the U.S. Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp taking over. It is time for the unions to deal with the reality that the Big 3 made promises they couldn't keep.
The unions share part of the blame for blindly accepting such deals. If someone promises you the moon, you have a certain responsibility to find out if they can actually deliver on those promises. "But you promised!" doesn't have any pull outside the playground.
Health care costs are certainly hurting Detroit, but that's because they're competing against nations which benefit from "socialized medicine".
No, you're wrong.
Toyota USA and Honda USA do not have socialized medicine. They are run as separate companies, just like GM Europe and Ford Europe are. They just haven't been here as long and their dependency ratio is very favorable. From what I've seen Toyota USA only has like 200 retirees in this country right now, so their associated costs are minuscule.
And the United States already has a socialized retirement program called "Social Security", as well as socialized medicine called "Medicare". Neither seem to have helped the auto industry regarding their retiree costs -- which are EXACTLY the demographic those programs serve.
No, just the one. At that point it was the principle of the thing. I, and others, already had AdBlock running which filtered out all of the ads except that one. Since he went to all the trouble to put it in place, I wasn't going to block it. I think the libertarian bent of some of the more prolific posters -- myself included -- irked his Democrat soul. :-)
Well, Tom & Pres went at it tooth and nail there for a little while. That is what I was thinking of.
Bhima's post was accurate. The site gravitated towards politics, the-end-is-nigh economics and the like. I think it was because there were only a relatively few article submitters. Personally, I tried to not duplicate posts on Slashdot, which limited some of our material. Of course, with this political cycle in the U.S., politics rose to the top. And throw in the bleak economic picture worldwide, and I can understand why the forum went the direction it did.
It is a shame that Bruce pulled the plug now, because I believe with the election being over things would have started to swing back in a more favorable direction.