i dont remember the amiga commercials, but i would posit that commodore had two huge problems:
1) they had a sourcing problem, and never could deliver product on time, reliably.
2) they had a corrupt CEO. --- maybe they had a marketting problem, but man, the 64 sold like hotcakes, and the 128 only less so, so i tend to think that marketting was ok on those two products.
i think that the problem with the amiga was the time-to-market, and delivery problems.
assembly line workers have to churn out something "new" every day - thats why they have quotas.
what is the difference between attaching Body 300 to frame X, with trim G51; and creating a report for Manager $Foo from Database tables $Bar $Baz and $Bat ?
programmers (i.e. database-driven application programmers) dont have to come up with anything new. they have to constantly churn out the same crap, in a different form-factor, with the same tools.
the type of work is the exact same, and the sooner that (database) programmers realize that they have more in common with the UAW than the IEEE, the sooner that programmers will be treated fairly.
It gets real hairy when you have to guess what was changed overnight.
why is this any harder than keeping up with whatever revision control system that you have in place, and reviewing every little piece of code that goes into baseline?
there is a huge difference between pain, and PAIN.
while Tylenol, and other NSAIDS do work on minor pain and reduce inflamation, many surgeries/injuries/psychic pain just wont be touched until you throw Opiates (and Steroids, if there is inflamation) at it.
doctors should never be afraid to prescribe appropriate medication to their patients, due to overzealous law enforcement (that would be mr. ashcroft - yeh yeh, he resigned).
the problem lies in dealing with abusers, and pill-seekers. however, i would rather that doctors err on the side of prescribing too many narcotics to people who dont need them, than too few to people who do.
specifically, from the article: This consensus statement is necessary based on the following facts:
* Undertreatment of pain is a serious problem in the United States, including pain among patients with chronic conditions and those who are critically ill or near death.
* Effective pain management is an integral and important aspect of quality medical care, and pain should be treated aggressively.
* For many patients, opioid analgesics--when used as recommended by established pain management guidelines--are the most effective way to treat their pain, and often the only treatment option that provides significant relief.
* Because opioids are one of several types of controlled substances that have potential for abuse, they are carefully regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other state agencies. For example, a physician must be licensed by State medical authorities and registered with the DEA before prescribing a controlled substance.
* In spite of regulatory controls, drug abusers obtain these and other prescription medications by diverting them from legitimate channels in several ways, including fraud, theft, forged prescriptions, and via unscrupulous health professionals.
----
so while you may know "good" doctors who use every tool at their disposal in their practice, many, many, many people in the US do not.
doctors are afraid to precribe narcotic pain killers. which, if used as directed, only have constipation as a long-term side effect, and possible addiction.
and for a cancer patient - who the hell cares if they get addicted to percocet?
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because we will be looked at first for senior positions.
what the hell do you mean, legal?
a grandparent could easily be as young as 24, and they'd still be "legally" a grandparent.
right... takle xwindows, for instance.....
c= made obscene margins on the c64 - well over 50% gross margins.
at the end of life for the c64, they had a $49 sourcing cost per c64, total.
and they were still selling it for 199 retail.
they had absolutely obscene margins on the product.
the problem was that they werent sinking any significant r&d after tramiel left.
ya know what.
i work for emp.
the problem was the push-out of tramiel. you could see that there were two completely different midsets pre- and post- tramiel.
the marketting was spot-on when jack was there, and went to crap after jack left.
also, the cirtual abandonment of MOS left commodore without the r&d advantage that carried them through for so long.
i'm referring to Gould, and Mehdi Ali.
you know - the ones who destroyed commodore, but thanks for playing the anti-semite card.
i dont remember the amiga commercials, but i would posit that commodore had two huge problems:
1) they had a sourcing problem, and never could deliver product on time, reliably.
2) they had a corrupt CEO.
---
maybe they had a marketting problem, but man, the 64 sold like hotcakes, and the 128 only less so, so i tend to think that marketting was ok on those two products.
i think that the problem with the amiga was the time-to-market, and delivery problems.
yeh - why would anyone want to be associated with the single-best-selling computer system, ever?
they had a damn good business strategy, amazing engineers, good products.
just an effing corrupt CEO.
need sum wood?
Does 15+ years of prior work experience count for anything?
honestly? no, not a damn bit.
I regret to say that I'm not qualified.
in those 15 years, you could have managed to get a degree, and meet minimum qualifications for most jobs.
sorry that you dont like the way the world works.
any 4-year degree, from an accredited university is better than none at all, as it opens up doors that were previously closed.
Smith's "Invisible Hand".
Smith's invisible hand only work within a nation's borders, and he himself had major issues with government-supported outsourcing.
you have obiously never read his text, or you wouldnt be making claims such as this.
you may be arduing from a Randian perspective, but her philosophy falls woefully short of being effective in this thing we call "reality".
assembly line workers have to churn out something "new" every day - thats why they have quotas.
what is the difference between attaching Body 300 to frame X, with trim G51; and creating a report for Manager $Foo from Database tables $Bar $Baz and $Bat ?
programmers (i.e. database-driven application programmers) dont have to come up with anything new. they have to constantly churn out the same crap, in a different form-factor, with the same tools.
the type of work is the exact same, and the sooner that (database) programmers realize that they have more in common with the UAW than the IEEE, the sooner that programmers will be treated fairly.
so, i have one question:
do you have a 4 year degree?
and china's engineers are a fuck-ton better than the indians (excepting IIT, of course).
what i really fear is a $7000 chinese auto, that is better than a cadiallac.
It gets real hairy when you have to guess what was changed overnight.
why is this any harder than keeping up with whatever revision control system that you have in place, and reviewing every little piece of code that goes into baseline?
but sometimes it's just due to the fact that the committers might have another vision of the project than you do.
sometimes its due to unbelievably large egos who never learned what "sharing" actually means.
there is a huge difference between pain, and PAIN.
while Tylenol, and other NSAIDS do work on minor pain and reduce inflamation, many surgeries/injuries/psychic pain just wont be touched until you throw Opiates (and Steroids, if there is inflamation) at it.
doctors should never be afraid to prescribe appropriate medication to their patients, due to overzealous law enforcement (that would be mr. ashcroft - yeh yeh, he resigned).
the problem lies in dealing with abusers, and pill-seekers. however, i would rather that doctors err on the side of prescribing too many narcotics to people who dont need them, than too few to people who do.
bah... why chip the keyboard, when you can hack teh keyboard driver?
not all doctors are liberal with pain killers for terminal patients, or patients that obviously *need* them.
for example
specifically, from the article:
This consensus statement is necessary based on the following facts:
* Undertreatment of pain is a serious problem in the United States, including pain among patients with chronic conditions and those who are critically ill or near death.
* Effective pain management is an integral and important aspect of quality medical care, and pain should be treated aggressively.
* For many patients, opioid analgesics--when used as recommended by established pain management guidelines--are the most effective way to treat their pain, and often the only treatment option that provides significant relief.
* Because opioids are one of several types of controlled substances that have potential for abuse, they are carefully regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other state agencies. For example, a physician must be licensed by State medical authorities and registered with the DEA before prescribing a controlled substance.
* In spite of regulatory controls, drug abusers obtain these and other prescription medications by diverting them from legitimate channels in several ways, including fraud, theft, forged prescriptions, and via unscrupulous health professionals.
----
so while you may know "good" doctors who use every tool at their disposal in their practice, many, many, many people in the US do not.
you know what the real problem here is?
doctors are afraid to precribe narcotic pain killers. which, if used as directed, only have constipation as a long-term side effect, and possible addiction.
and for a cancer patient - who the hell cares if they get addicted to percocet?
going back to my college days:
she's engineering cute.
but shares in treasury are not counted when calculating EPS, so reissuing shares does have a dillutive affect.
unless you buy and hold and end up paying AMT... then things get really screwy...