"Trump is and always was corrupt, venal and incredibly self serving. The information was all out there before the election. If you voted for Trump, the fault is entirely yours. Own it."
Anyone who voted for Trump expecting anything but the above from him didn't do their homework on him. This is what happens when folks don't pay attention. Voting isn't just about campaign slogans and political speeches. It's about who that person really is. I followed the wiley ways of Donald Trump over the years as a perfect example of how NOT to live as a human being. He was and is a truly awful person.
For the record I didn't want another Clinton, Bush or Trump. I was much more inclined to vote for Sanders. But the Democratic leadership ostracized him which I thought was heinous. What I did decide is Trump was and is a horrible choice to lead the free world. I had to vote for Clinton, even though I did so grudgingly because of many of the points others have already made. My vote for Clinton wasn't so much about voting democrat as it was much more about keeping an asshole out of the White House.
"Without their "driver partners" (as they like to call them) they are nothing." This is the critical point that both Uber and the drivers don't understand.
First, Uber needs to realize that the drivers are the revenue generator. Without the drivers Uber is nothing. To treat the drivers as a necessary evil is disgusting.
Second, the drivers need to read ALL the fine print and make an informed decision. Chances are many had no real clue what the implications are of the contract they signed. To put all the monetary responsibility for the vehicles on the drivers is like getting free beer for Uber. To not get a full benefits package tells the drivers that Uber doesn't give a damn about them so why work hard for a heartless "partner".
Uber is ripping off every one of their "partners". What a total sham. I refuse to use Uber. I'll gladly keep my money and take the bus. Assholes.
This! All day long it sucked ass! It sucked ass so baaaaaaaad!! From the end user perspective, it was easily the WORST email client I've ever used! Fucking AOL was better than Lotus Notes!
I completely agree! I too was forced to use Lotus Notes from my contracting employer, and MS Outlook at the company I was supporting.
My contracting employer would pop rivets if I wasn't watching my LN inbox 24/7. My excuse was a consistent "I was busy supporting the client". It was a daily hell monitoring both the 200+ daily emails from Outlook and the noise from LN all day every day. And I never really got the hang of LN. And I never cared to. Their version of LN was years behind and sucked ass to use. I hated LN and didn't care if I ever "got it". Truly one of the worst POS EVER!
Drones are a daily tool for our armed forces and will be taking on more complex roles. Hordes of low-cost drones sent into a combat zone using onboard AI and cross communication to identify, track and destroy targets both on the ground and in the air. This is not an if, it's a when and when is right around the corner. There will always be a role for manned combat aircraft but their drone counterparts will be taking on a larger and larger percentage of the mission.
The F-35 looks awesome on paper and when all the moons are in alignment it is amazing. But it is seriously suffering from ill-conceived complexity bloat.
It's is much BETTER to have your own modem and router so Comcast CAN'T mess/spy on/share your network.
It's your network - OWN IT!
Comcast is my ISP and I insisted on NOT having any of their crap gear on my network. Oh and that recent Comcast outage? It didn't affect me. Why? Because I wasn't using their DNS servers either! Google's DNS server is faster and more reliable: 8.8.8.8.
I just bought a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite and I LOVE it! Yes it takes a bit more network knowledge to get it setup (as opposed to an Apple Airport...) but WOW is it robust! Enterprise class FAST with a highly tweakable CLI!
This is about well connected and incompetent people getting these CEO jobs, fucking up a company, and getting compensated handsomely for performance that would have a member of the rank and file fired.
It IS the layoffs! I worked for 8 years at Boeing. I LOVED my job! But man the layoff circus was BRUTAL! It completely killed employee loyalty and morale. These weren't market driven cyclical layoffs. These were constant rounds of layoffs! The constant drag/fear on the rank and file was/is devastating. BoeingIT was an awesome place to work, in 2001. I miss it greatly...
RIM is losing because their paradigm no longer applies.
RIM hasn't kept up with the rapid change in smart phones. It isn't just the media that feels this way. The world has moved on. Public opinion of RIM is they are on their deathbed. Why would I buy a product from them? It would be similar to buying a Saab a few years ago. It isn't so much about Saab itself. It's more about do I want to buy a product from a company that is on its deathbed? This is the worst kind of public perception for a going concern. That's where RIM is wobbling on right now.
The real question is who will die first, RIM or Nokia? Most likely RIM but Nokia really needs to pay attention. Sure MSFT dumped a bunch o bucks on Nokia but we've seen that fail in the past.
I completely fucking agree... The gall of some fucking people... Fucking assholes... I mean what the fuck?! Fucking expelled?! Way fucking over the top!! 2 weeks of fucking suspension is much more fucking reasonable... Fucking candy ass over reaction...
Holy Calamity indeed. Now people are willing to let algorithms invented by large profit-seeking corporations control their pasts as well as their futures and profit from their most private memories?
I own both a 4 disk Drobo and a 5 disk Synology DS1511+ with 5 2TB drives on board. The Drobo is bonehead easy to setup and use but it is also really damn slow. The DroboShare network accessory is a useless POS. Way too slow for real world use. Direct attach USB is faster than the Droboshare!! It's OK for direct attach backups but that's about it. The Synology is more involved to setup but it is a quantum leap faster than the Drobo. Once the Synology is setup it's day to day care and feeding is pretty minimal. I'm doing Time Machine backups to the Drobo and using the Synology for long term archiving of images. I'm a photographer and these days it is nothing to go out and shoot for two days and come home with 50GB to 100GB of images.
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This!!
Donald Trump is the KING of backstabbing! He does his shit to people then brags about it! That's been his MO for his whole damn life!
"Trump is and always was corrupt, venal and incredibly self serving. The information was all out there before the election. If you voted for Trump, the fault is entirely yours. Own it."
Anyone who voted for Trump expecting anything but the above from him didn't do their homework on him. This is what happens when folks don't pay attention. Voting isn't just about campaign slogans and political speeches. It's about who that person really is. I followed the wiley ways of Donald Trump over the years as a perfect example of how NOT to live as a human being. He was and is a truly awful person.
For the record I didn't want another Clinton, Bush or Trump. I was much more inclined to vote for Sanders. But the Democratic leadership ostracized him which I thought was heinous. What I did decide is Trump was and is a horrible choice to lead the free world. I had to vote for Clinton, even though I did so grudgingly because of many of the points others have already made. My vote for Clinton wasn't so much about voting democrat as it was much more about keeping an asshole out of the White House.
"Without their "driver partners" (as they like to call them) they are nothing." This is the critical point that both Uber and the drivers don't understand.
First, Uber needs to realize that the drivers are the revenue generator. Without the drivers Uber is nothing. To treat the drivers as a necessary evil is disgusting.
Second, the drivers need to read ALL the fine print and make an informed decision. Chances are many had no real clue what the implications are of the contract they signed. To put all the monetary responsibility for the vehicles on the drivers is like getting free beer for Uber. To not get a full benefits package tells the drivers that Uber doesn't give a damn about them so why work hard for a heartless "partner".
Uber is ripping off every one of their "partners". What a total sham. I refuse to use Uber. I'll gladly keep my money and take the bus. Assholes.
This! All day long it sucked ass! It sucked ass so baaaaaaaad!! From the end user perspective, it was easily the WORST email client I've ever used! Fucking AOL was better than Lotus Notes!
I completely agree! I too was forced to use Lotus Notes from my contracting employer, and MS Outlook at the company I was supporting.
My contracting employer would pop rivets if I wasn't watching my LN inbox 24/7. My excuse was a consistent "I was busy supporting the client". It was a daily hell monitoring both the 200+ daily emails from Outlook and the noise from LN all day every day. And I never really got the hang of LN. And I never cared to. Their version of LN was years behind and sucked ass to use. I hated LN and didn't care if I ever "got it". Truly one of the worst POS EVER!
Drones are a daily tool for our armed forces and will be taking on more complex roles. Hordes of low-cost drones sent into a combat zone using onboard AI and cross communication to identify, track and destroy targets both on the ground and in the air. This is not an if, it's a when and when is right around the corner. There will always be a role for manned combat aircraft but their drone counterparts will be taking on a larger and larger percentage of the mission.
The F-35 looks awesome on paper and when all the moons are in alignment it is amazing. But it is seriously suffering from ill-conceived complexity bloat.
It's is much BETTER to have your own modem and router so Comcast CAN'T mess/spy on/share your network.
It's your network - OWN IT!
Comcast is my ISP and I insisted on NOT having any of their crap gear on my network. Oh and that recent Comcast outage? It didn't affect me. Why? Because I wasn't using their DNS servers either! Google's DNS server is faster and more reliable: 8.8.8.8.
I just bought a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite and I LOVE it! Yes it takes a bit more network knowledge to get it setup (as opposed to an Apple Airport...) but WOW is it robust! Enterprise class FAST with a highly tweakable CLI!
http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/ed...
Sure there's only 3 ports (it's a router/firewall!) and no wifi (it's a router/firewall!) but WOW what a router/firewall it is! At a stunning $99.00!
Oh and it runs on top of Debian with Vyatta. So yeah this thing has some solid bones!
Ubiquiti also makes some very good WAP's!
If you like to tweak a router/firewall this might be your new best friend!
No I don't work at Ubiquiti. I'm just a shameless fan of a cool product!
My thoughts exactly... Excuses? Pure political bullshit!!
This!
This is about well connected and incompetent people getting these CEO jobs, fucking up a company, and getting compensated handsomely for performance that would have a member of the rank and file fired.
Your and the mod's naivete is pathetic.
It IS the layoffs! I worked for 8 years at Boeing. I LOVED my job! But man the layoff circus was BRUTAL! It completely killed employee loyalty and morale. These weren't market driven cyclical layoffs. These were constant rounds of layoffs! The constant drag/fear on the rank and file was/is devastating. BoeingIT was an awesome place to work, in 2001. I miss it greatly...
The fun days are long gone man...
Contour is a great option.
http://contour.com/
RIM is losing because their paradigm no longer applies.
RIM hasn't kept up with the rapid change in smart phones. It isn't just the media that feels this way. The world has moved on. Public opinion of RIM is they are on their deathbed. Why would I buy a product from them? It would be similar to buying a Saab a few years ago. It isn't so much about Saab itself. It's more about do I want to buy a product from a company that is on its deathbed? This is the worst kind of public perception for a going concern. That's where RIM is wobbling on right now.
The real question is who will die first, RIM or Nokia? Most likely RIM but Nokia really needs to pay attention. Sure MSFT dumped a bunch o bucks on Nokia but we've seen that fail in the past.
Well if that's the case then all the employees of MegaUpLoad are free to go and the gubmint can prosecute the "Corporation"!!
And real friends don't let friends use METRO!!
Friends don't let friends use IE....
I completely fucking agree... The gall of some fucking people... Fucking assholes... I mean what the fuck?! Fucking expelled?! Way fucking over the top!! 2 weeks of fucking suspension is much more fucking reasonable... Fucking candy ass over reaction...
Damn, I feel much better now...
Agreed. Fuck NO is the only correct answer.
Plutocracy indeed!
I hope they sincerely don't like it! Not at all! Because they would have clearly pissed me off so why give a damn about their sensibilities!?
M$FT, there I fixed it for you... Some people's kids...
Holy Calamity indeed. Now people are willing to let algorithms invented by large profit-seeking corporations control their pasts as well as their futures and profit from their most private memories?
--Ethanol-fueled
I completely agree. Enough already...
Invented Almond Joy?
Please spare us the insipid plugs for Almond Joy's! Mounds are infinitely better! Mounds forever!!
I own both a 4 disk Drobo and a 5 disk Synology DS1511+ with 5 2TB drives on board. The Drobo is bonehead easy to setup and use but it is also really damn slow. The DroboShare network accessory is a useless POS. Way too slow for real world use. Direct attach USB is faster than the Droboshare!! It's OK for direct attach backups but that's about it. The Synology is more involved to setup but it is a quantum leap faster than the Drobo. Once the Synology is setup it's day to day care and feeding is pretty minimal. I'm doing Time Machine backups to the Drobo and using the Synology for long term archiving of images. I'm a photographer and these days it is nothing to go out and shoot for two days and come home with 50GB to 100GB of images.