I've never met a project manager that didn't think they were a lot smarter than he really were, because they get to ride along with the engineers and take credit for their work.
This guy isn't saying anything that an impartial industry analyst (granted, there may not be such a thing) couldn't figure out in a couple of months. The throwing away stock options for a dot com thing kills me, too. What a dumbass. $700,000 in MS stock is still $700,000.
That's because people that use open source are computer hobbyists that ENJOY the upgrade process. For everyday computer-as-appliance users, it's just a hassle.
yeah, it's all about each relationship and its individual circumstances. My wife and I are both into games, but know when to put them down for serious business. She knows that when I've had a rough day that I usually want to be left alone to play some games, since that's how I deal with stress. The only thing she's bad for is interrupting me in the middle of something story-driven with annoying trivial things. I was playing through SW:KOTOR again recently and I swear every time a cutscene came on she interrupted it - and you can't pause those.
The Young Republican/Ayn Randian contingent around here will all be dependent on a corporation someday, and that corporation will let them down. Maybe put them in a bad financial situation (unless they live in mommy's basement for their ENTIRE life, not just their entire young adult life). Will you all say, "thank you sir, may I have another?" Will you say that it was the right thing to fuck you over? Do you suffer from that much self-loathing?
When you are dying in the gutter because you've sold the entire country to corporations that shipped your job overseas, I pray to God you're not stupid enough to thank them for it.
Since, as we all know, capitalism is so much better than government, in every single way. Who needs an army? Who needs roads? We have STOCK, motherfucker! We should abolish all governments and re-organize our nations around corporate city-states.
Being a resident of the St. Louis metro area, I would change from American to Anheuser-Buschian.
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that's realized this. My parents live in rural KY and on my drives back there to visit them my phone drops out for miles. I also lived in Co. Springs for a while and had Sprint, and the same was true then.
When I was younger and completely inexperienced (I was a virgin, and very ignorant about women otherwise) I had an ex pseudo-girlfriend (we went on a few dates and talked a lot) call me up and ask me to fix her computer. I was bored and I still kind of liked her so I said OK. This girl had freaked me out by her level of, prior experience, which is why we'd decided not to see each other, anyway.
When I got there she was home alone. She didn't have many lights on in the house. She was right there close to me at all times. However, she didn't make any physical contact with me at all, so I thought she wasn't interested and just wanted the computer fixed.
Looking back on it I realize that she probably wanted me to make a move but wasn't bold enough to do it when I got there, but I don't regret not going for it. What if I'd guessed wrong? Even though I didn't get laid until maybe a year later, I'd rather have a memory of an event that didn't result in total humiliation due to guessing wrong. And, I've gotten laid plenty since then, so it's all good.
you definitely live out west, then. I noticed out there that most of the geeks were herb fans, but where I live they're all the classic young Ayn Randian republican straight-edge "gaming is my high" types.
The companies may not necessarily be 'bad'. The Canadian people probably saw what happened to the generation of USAmericans that didn't value their freedom and decided to ensure that they'd have theirs for posterity.
Han Solo will probably show up as a junior officer on some Republic ship and he'll end up going AWOL after being sentenced to death for refusing to follow some outlandishly brutal order from Palpatine.
Wrong example. The Japanese torpedoed the battleships while they were tied up in port. A better example is what we did to the Yamato a couple of years later.
it's not a neoliberal thing, it's a neo-conservative thing. neo-cons think that the only thing that people derive enjoyment from is consumerism; thus the business world is in charge of everything and that means that those who work for those businesses should love to work for them because the owners of the businesses are such munificent wonderful guys that they inspire working for no other reason than sheer weight of personality.
I see a LOT more conservative yuppie scum Limbaugh sucking types extolling the virtues of workaholism than liberals. In fact, I've never heard a liberal say that one should work 24/7.
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I caught that as soon as I posted but didn't want to reply to myself to make excuses for it
I've never met a project manager that didn't think they were a lot smarter than he really were, because they get to ride along with the engineers and take credit for their work.
This guy isn't saying anything that an impartial industry analyst (granted, there may not be such a thing) couldn't figure out in a couple of months. The throwing away stock options for a dot com thing kills me, too. What a dumbass. $700,000 in MS stock is still $700,000.
That's because people that use open source are computer hobbyists that ENJOY the upgrade process. For everyday computer-as-appliance users, it's just a hassle.
yeah, it's all about each relationship and its individual circumstances. My wife and I are both into games, but know when to put them down for serious business. She knows that when I've had a rough day that I usually want to be left alone to play some games, since that's how I deal with stress. The only thing she's bad for is interrupting me in the middle of something story-driven with annoying trivial things. I was playing through SW:KOTOR again recently and I swear every time a cutscene came on she interrupted it - and you can't pause those.
amazing what a nation can accomplish when it has to fight for its survival
wanna show the world what a pussy you are? insult people on the internet anonymously!
Want to make a republican's head explode? Tell them that a transsexual wrote a realistic business simulation.
Wanna make a republican's head explode? Tell them that a transsexual wrote a realistic business simulation :)
The Young Republican/Ayn Randian contingent around here will all be dependent on a corporation someday, and that corporation will let them down. Maybe put them in a bad financial situation (unless they live in mommy's basement for their ENTIRE life, not just their entire young adult life). Will you all say, "thank you sir, may I have another?" Will you say that it was the right thing to fuck you over? Do you suffer from that much self-loathing?
When you are dying in the gutter because you've sold the entire country to corporations that shipped your job overseas, I pray to God you're not stupid enough to thank them for it.
Since, as we all know, capitalism is so much better than government, in every single way. Who needs an army? Who needs roads? We have STOCK, motherfucker! We should abolish all governments and re-organize our nations around corporate city-states.
Being a resident of the St. Louis metro area, I would change from American to Anheuser-Buschian.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
People are so fucking clueless.
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that's realized this. My parents live in rural KY and on my drives back there to visit them my phone drops out for miles.
I also lived in Co. Springs for a while and had Sprint, and the same was true then.
I think that's from Brando's character in )_Apocalypse Now_ - which by no means reduces the relevance or the insightfulness.
When I was younger and completely inexperienced (I was a virgin, and very ignorant about women otherwise) I had an ex pseudo-girlfriend (we went on a few dates and talked a lot) call me up and ask me to fix her computer. I was bored and I still kind of liked her so I said OK. This girl had freaked me out by her level of, prior experience, which is why we'd decided not to see each other, anyway.
When I got there she was home alone. She didn't have many lights on in the house. She was right there close to me at all times. However, she didn't make any physical contact with me at all, so I thought she wasn't interested and just wanted the computer fixed.
Looking back on it I realize that she probably wanted me to make a move but wasn't bold enough to do it when I got there, but I don't regret not going for it. What if I'd guessed wrong? Even though I didn't get laid until maybe a year later, I'd rather have a memory of an event that didn't result in total humiliation due to guessing wrong. And, I've gotten laid plenty since then, so it's all good.
you definitely live out west, then. I noticed out there that most of the geeks were herb fans, but where I live they're all the classic young Ayn Randian republican straight-edge "gaming is my high" types.
The companies may not necessarily be 'bad'. The Canadian people probably saw what happened to the generation of USAmericans that didn't value their freedom and decided to ensure that they'd have theirs for posterity.
The Mona Lisa is painted on a wooden panel.
You must be a real badass.
"Amidala! I'm leaving you! You wanna know why??? CAUSE I'M A LIAAAAARRRRRR!!!"
omg, I went there. I filked Henry Rollins with a Star Wars reference. Someone shoot me now.
Maybe that's the point. Maybe the prequels are Lucas' collective Shatner-on-SNL "Get a Life" skit?
Han Solo will probably show up as a junior officer on some Republic ship and he'll end up going AWOL after being sentenced to death for refusing to follow some outlandishly brutal order from Palpatine.
What do I have to be saved from? Why do I need a god?
Wrong example. The Japanese torpedoed the battleships while they were tied up in port. A better example is what we did to the Yamato a couple of years later.
it's not a neoliberal thing, it's a neo-conservative thing. neo-cons think that the only thing that people derive enjoyment from is consumerism; thus the business world is in charge of everything and that means that those who work for those businesses should love to work for them because the owners of the businesses are such munificent wonderful guys that they inspire working for no other reason than sheer weight of personality.
I see a LOT more conservative yuppie scum Limbaugh sucking types extolling the virtues of workaholism than liberals. In fact, I've never heard a liberal say that one should work 24/7.
waiting to be chastised by uber badasses like you.. spank me, rape my ass, you hot manly stallion you!
C3PO's gender never was in doubt, according to Topps.