"It may be time to consider some other corporate structures."
I'd say that's what Musk did.
But yes, I understand your point re: public companies and their race to the bottom: 1. Company officers have a fiduciary duty to provide profit to investors. 2. This creates a strong tendency to go for the quarterly earnings, since thinking of and planning for the long-term does not provide immediate gratification. 3. Officers that *do* go for the long term risk their employment.
So, this is an example of the law of unintended consequences (hasn't someone snatched that law and made it their own, like Murphy, Godwin, et. al.?). There exists a reasonable rule: if a company is going to take investor's money, they have to try to make a profit with it. They can't just take the money and run. Bureaucratic consequence: the quarterly rat race.
np. I read an SF book by a decent author, and he foobar'd the directions once. Got past him and the profreeders. OTOH, you've added grist to the mill for certain millers here who really really reilly hate you.
Ha! GP claims "quality post" yet somehow forgets to reference it in rant. I bet he'd like to revise the voting systems of the world. Complaining about the ONE thing that I believe keeps/. alive...APK is such a hoot, ain't he?
I'm guessing that the dialog would have been altered to Obama meddling in the election to support Hillary by making up Russian collusion to hurt Trump.
Absolutely. That's exactly what would have happened. And everyone involved knew it.
"Fukushima's Nuclear Signature Found In California Wine"
Is it a true statement? TFA says "yes", found by a researcher that's done type of thing since 2000 to audit wines. The only hype I see after a quick scan of the threads are from commenters.
"The only important sentence..." that you detailed is directly contradicted by the conclusion of the summary.
I noticed that the only prediction that the scientist made is that "That probably won’t be very useful for fraud detection in California wine—the levels of cesium-137 are barely detectable, and even then, only if the wine is destroyed.", which of course is his field of study.
Ah well, back to browsing Wikipedia. Nothing to see here.
Well, seeing as Trump believes Putin's denials, I guess I'll have to accept yours. No Russians it is. Not sure then who all these guys on Slashdot pretending to be Americans, Australians and Canadians are - must be Chinese or something.
"Liberals generally do have some severe problems when it comes to holding their own to different standards than their opposition".
Totally agree. And, I'd like to add, one can replace "Liberals" with "Conservatives" without being incorrect. In fact, I'd say one could simply replace it with "People" and be done with it.
Douglas Adams summed it up nicely: "People are a problem". Also, oblig. reference to XKCD (without the actual reference) regarding filing another bug report to God about human (lack of) thought processing.
Of course there will be costs to replace old equipment. It will be more profitable to a company to replace it than to abandon it. Or if they do, someone smarter will come along and make a profit.
TANSTAAFL. But, you know that and you're just having a bit of fun, and I approve of that.
Slashdot Mirror
I boycotted this stuff for years. But then Blackberry failed because...wait for it...there weren't enough apps.
You sirs, have bright futures ahead of you in the boardroom.
Yeah. My bullshit bingo card exploded.
"It may be time to consider some other corporate structures."
I'd say that's what Musk did.
But yes, I understand your point re: public companies and their race to the bottom:
1. Company officers have a fiduciary duty to provide profit to investors.
2. This creates a strong tendency to go for the quarterly earnings, since thinking of and planning for the long-term does not provide immediate gratification.
3. Officers that *do* go for the long term risk their employment.
So, this is an example of the law of unintended consequences (hasn't someone snatched that law and made it their own, like Murphy, Godwin, et. al.?). There exists a reasonable rule: if a company is going to take investor's money, they have to try to make a profit with it. They can't just take the money and run. Bureaucratic consequence: the quarterly rat race.
np. I read an SF book by a decent author, and he foobar'd the directions once. Got past him and the profreeders. OTOH, you've added grist to the mill for certain millers here who really really reilly hate you.
What are you talking about - "a religion"? Please. It's the one true religion. We can prove the existence of our savior, what about you? ;)
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto Pad 39 at the rising of the sun.
And they said among themselves, Who shall launcheth us away the rocket from the base of the tower?
And when they looked, they saw that the stack was fired away: for it was very great.
And entering into orbit, they saw a young man sitting on the left side, clothed in an air-tight white garment; and they were affrighted.
And he saith unto them, Be not panicked!
Hence why a exceptionally good education system is necessary for a democracy to endure.
Trouble is, what looks like a good system to one set of jokers looks terrible to the other set of clowns, and visa versa.
Good answer.
I can think of one "gifted" kid that should fewer resources.
Bore through the Atlas Mountains ...
Elon has this plan...
You obviously have never worked in software development.
Yes, if it works, keep fixing it until it doesn't. Anyways, the UI's are *so* last millennium.
The fake trolls are out in force today.
Anyways, I remember the Fake News meme starting up around the time Fox got a judge to agree that News does not have to be Factual.
Nice thread, Mighty Bob and the AC.
Ha! GP claims "quality post" yet somehow forgets to reference it in rant. I bet he'd like to revise the voting systems of the world. Complaining about the ONE thing that I believe keeps /. alive...APK is such a hoot, ain't he?
"Blaming the victim"
I've never used this phrase before in my life. Damn you to hell!
I'm guessing that the dialog would have been altered to Obama meddling in the election to support Hillary by making up Russian collusion to hurt Trump.
Absolutely. That's exactly what would have happened. And everyone involved knew it.
News Site Makes Mistake, Corrects and Apologizes, proving All News from Site is Fake!
News at 11!
PS: Let's all remember where the term "Faux news" was created.
When one party is kissing the other party's ass, is that considered "adhering to their Enemies"?
That's fupped duck.
Talk about over-hyped headlines.
"Fukushima's Nuclear Signature Found In California Wine"
Is it a true statement? TFA says "yes", found by a researcher that's done type of thing since 2000 to audit wines. The only hype I see after a quick scan of the threads are from commenters.
"The only important sentence..." that you detailed is directly contradicted by the conclusion of the summary.
I noticed that the only prediction that the scientist made is that "That probably won’t be very useful for fraud detection in California wine—the levels of cesium-137 are barely detectable, and even then, only if the wine is destroyed.", which of course is his field of study.
Ah well, back to browsing Wikipedia. Nothing to see here.
Da.
stop yelling. you are getting spittle all over your greybeard.
Well, seeing as Trump believes Putin's denials, I guess I'll have to accept yours. No Russians it is. Not sure then who all these guys on Slashdot pretending to be Americans, Australians and Canadians are - must be Chinese or something.
Norks, natch.
Trump is a master businessman and master entertainer. Putin is a master spy and a master politician. Trump misinterprets his role in the relationship.
"Liberals generally do have some severe problems when it comes to holding their own to different standards than their opposition".
Totally agree. And, I'd like to add, one can replace "Liberals" with "Conservatives" without being incorrect. In fact, I'd say one could simply replace it with "People" and be done with it.
Douglas Adams summed it up nicely: "People are a problem". Also, oblig. reference to XKCD (without the actual reference) regarding filing another bug report to God about human (lack of) thought processing.
Of course there will be costs to replace old equipment. It will be more profitable to a company to replace it than to abandon it. Or if they do, someone smarter will come along and make a profit.
TANSTAAFL. But, you know that and you're just having a bit of fun, and I approve of that.
We should be able to mod articles.
We can. We can ignore and not post. But somehow, for some reason, articles like this seem to generate a lot of traffic.