"Managers want solutions which look good on paper (i.e. shorter waiting lists etc.), medical and paramedical staff want highest standards of care, middle managers are into empire-building."
This simply isn't true. It's government targets that push stupid priorities like shorter waiting lists, and the managment are OBLIGED to follow them. It's not fucking optional. If the department of health decide to audit them out of the blue, they have no choice to drop whatever they are doing and supply the requested data.
Medical staff don't have to worry about PAYING for stuff, either.
Here's a great example of the fucked-up-itness of the NHS:- there's a new hospital being built right now in amjor city that has ZERO provision for staff parking because the government doesn't want to be seen to be encouraging private car use, yet it is becoming impossible to employ female nurses at the site because they have to work unsociable hours and are not prepared to use public transport to get to work and back. The original plans had provision for secure staff parking, but the facilities were removed to to DoH intervention. And, yes, it's a PPP project!
While that has an ELEMENT of truth about it, you'd hardly believe some of the stories my girlfriend tells me. You've got nurses beating up patients, senior staff bringing knives to disciplinary hearings, mental health workers stalking their patients etc etc etc - and most of these fuckers CANNOT be sacked.
My girlfriend is a manager in the NHS. The reason why there are so many managers in the NHS is that the staff are - on the whole - just about unemployable anywhere else, and unions make sure that it's virtually impossible to sack the useless bastards.
"Adding new functionality to DirectX *before* the new hardware comes out, means that when you buy your new GeForce FX 9999, you don't have to wait for Microsoft to release a new version of DirectX 6 months later to use the full potential of the card."
Oh come on! How many actual APPLICATIONS (ie games) will even FULLY exploit DX8 by the time DX10 is released? This whole gfx arms race is beyond pathetic.
No-one understands the "whole thing", and it's the problem with the economics-as-a-science proposition. Economics is as much about CHEATINg the "laws" of economics as it is about rationalising them.
I can see A point in there, but how does comparison with a proper noun like "Ethernet" (a name which is also romantically descriptive of it's function) help?
"Grok" is nothing but a geek colloquialism, and a feeble one at that.
When did Apple EVER pretend that they weren't out to make money? From my very first experience of the Apple IIe, they were absolutely crystal clear about offering a high quality product at a premium price. Some people buy into this equation (I did in the early '90s, before that Apples were just too expensive for me).
Apple's pricing sometimes pisses me off still, but I don't have to buy their junk if I don't want to. On balance though, I find their junk is better than the next guys'.
I sure have missed you, my old leet-speak sparring partner. How the devil are you? You've lost weight, haven't you?
And, yes, I've just about managed to recover from that unbelieveable rooting that you unleashed on my PowerMac 6100 ftp server. It was crazy - I had to restart it twice!
"They had a similar relationship to the KKK that Sinn Fein has to the IRA. They are basically two sides to the same coin, the public acceptable face is used for recruiting and the other side of the coin does the threats and murder."
Sinn Fein and the IRA are on the SAME side of that coin. Murderers all.
Absolute nonsense, of course but your spelling was SO bad that I thought I'd do you a favour and correct it for you:-
Act of PARLIAMENT (1890? about then) made it illegal to use "they" for singular. When the gender is not known you should always give the BENEFIT of the DOUBT and assume male. Not exactly those words, but you get the spirit, and can look it up if you can STOMACH more of it.
That's ridiculous - the blind population is sufficiently small and polling stations sufficiently well staffed that I'm sure the blind have fuck-all problems registering their vote as things stand.
Anyway, the disabled can request postal votes if they need to.
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"Managers want solutions which look good on paper (i.e. shorter waiting lists etc.), medical and paramedical staff want highest standards of care, middle managers are into empire-building."
This simply isn't true. It's government targets that push stupid priorities like shorter waiting lists, and the managment are OBLIGED to follow them. It's not fucking optional. If the department of health decide to audit them out of the blue, they have no choice to drop whatever they are doing and supply the requested data.
Medical staff don't have to worry about PAYING for stuff, either.
Here's a great example of the fucked-up-itness of the NHS:- there's a new hospital being built right now in amjor city that has ZERO provision for staff parking because the government doesn't want to be seen to be encouraging private car use, yet it is becoming impossible to employ female nurses at the site because they have to work unsociable hours and are not prepared to use public transport to get to work and back. The original plans had provision for secure staff parking, but the facilities were removed to to DoH intervention. And, yes, it's a PPP project!
My girlfriend is the HR manager of one of the largest NHS trusts in England. Do you know better?
No they aren't. Most of the NHS' problems are due to skills shortages, unionised labour and government interference.
While that has an ELEMENT of truth about it, you'd hardly believe some of the stories my girlfriend tells me. You've got nurses beating up patients, senior staff bringing knives to disciplinary hearings, mental health workers stalking their patients etc etc etc - and most of these fuckers CANNOT be sacked.
It's scary shit.
ALL computer systems have problems. I'm no fan of MS, but you're not proving anything with your example.
My girlfriend is a manager in the NHS. The reason why there are so many managers in the NHS is that the staff are - on the whole - just about unemployable anywhere else, and unions make sure that it's virtually impossible to sack the useless bastards.
WRONG.
I downloaded it for free about 3 weeks ago.
"Adding new functionality to DirectX *before* the new hardware comes out, means that when you buy your new GeForce FX 9999, you don't have to wait for Microsoft to release a new version of DirectX 6 months later to use the full potential of the card."
Oh come on! How many actual APPLICATIONS (ie games) will even FULLY exploit DX8 by the time DX10 is released? This whole gfx arms race is beyond pathetic.
No-one understands the "whole thing", and it's the problem with the economics-as-a-science proposition. Economics is as much about CHEATINg the "laws" of economics as it is about rationalising them.
Greed is an important factor.
"A. Pretty big"
Yep
"and B. Pretty Empty."
Yep, ON AVERAGE
but most Americans - just like everyone else in the world - live near to each other in towns and cities.
I live in Britain, there are 59 200 000 of us here, and 241 590 sq km of land - so we should have just over an acre each.
We don't, though. Anyone figure out why?
352x288 is ONE QUARTER of 704x576, and 4:2:0 colour subsampling doesn't even give you that.
"768x572 vs 800x600 is a negligable gain"
And what do those two combinations represent, pray tell?
I can see A point in there, but how does comparison with a proper noun like "Ethernet" (a name which is also romantically descriptive of it's function) help?
"Grok" is nothing but a geek colloquialism, and a feeble one at that.
You're pretty easily led, aren't you? Ever thought of forming your OWN opinion based on your OWN experiences?
So it's NOT English then?
If I use Phil Dick's superb near-words, should I expect people to understand me?
URIDIUM ...but my favourite was Gribblys Day Out!
and Commando.
and Rambo.
and 720.
and Paperboy.
and Attack of the Mutant Camels.
and Way of the Exploding Fist.
and Defender of the Crown.
etc etc etc
...grok meaning?
When did Apple EVER pretend that they weren't out to make money? From my very first experience of the Apple IIe, they were absolutely crystal clear about offering a high quality product at a premium price. Some people buy into this equation (I did in the early '90s, before that Apples were just too expensive for me).
Apple's pricing sometimes pisses me off still, but I don't have to buy their junk if I don't want to. On balance though, I find their junk is better than the next guys'.
According to my calculations, you pay at a rate $12.5pcm.
Any other tricky maths problems for us to solve?
"This is the reason I will never do business with Apple. They are like every other company and will screw you over in a minute."
So0, presumably, you won't "do business" with any "other company" either?
Grow the fuck up. You work for free?
I sure have missed you, my old leet-speak sparring partner. How the devil are you? You've lost weight, haven't you?
And, yes, I've just about managed to recover from that unbelieveable rooting that you unleashed on my PowerMac 6100 ftp server. It was crazy - I had to restart it twice!
No!
Next stupid question please.
"They had a similar relationship to the KKK that Sinn Fein has to the IRA. They are basically two sides to the same coin, the public acceptable face is used for recruiting and the other side of the coin does the threats and murder."
Sinn Fein and the IRA are on the SAME side of that coin. Murderers all.
Absolute nonsense, of course but your spelling was SO bad that I thought I'd do you a favour and correct it for you:-
Act of PARLIAMENT (1890? about then) made it illegal to use "they" for singular. When the gender is not known you should always give the BENEFIT of the DOUBT and assume male. Not exactly those words, but you get the spirit, and can look it up if you can STOMACH more of it.
You are clearly a prince among wordsmiths!
That's ridiculous - the blind population is sufficiently small and polling stations sufficiently well staffed that I'm sure the blind have fuck-all problems registering their vote as things stand.
Anyway, the disabled can request postal votes if they need to.