1. 90% don't know how a turn signal works. 2. 60% don't know when to push themselves away from the table. 3. 55% buy SUVs and then somplain about the fuel prices.
Some regulation is required or you'll end up with chaos -- you think filtering skype is a problem? Wait until the neo-puritans get control of what traffic they deem "proper".
All I did was state the fundimental rules of the game. Period.
1. Shareholders funaimentally run the company through their selected management team. 2. Majority shareholders are a small minority of people, usually on the board or in management. They determine what's good for the company, good or bad. 3. Minority shareholders rarely have any pull since their holdings are miniscule compared to the majority holders.
All your tangental statements of employee relations are secondary and apply only to the management strategies management uses. The results vary by industry and conditions.
As an aside, the only people really hurt by strikes are the employees themselves -- they never make back what they lost not working while the management team drives home in (one of) their luxury cars. What people forget is most people in management are already financially independant and don't need a paycheck (or can at least coast for months or years).
Personally, if I don't like my job, I find work elsewhere. I'm also not the kind of employy who chooses my employer becasue they have "perks" like foozeball tables and back rubs and yoga classes. I'm there to get a job done.
Oh, by the way -- that system failed, if you havent noticed, in both Russia and China.
Note the luxury cars in Moscow and Beijing -- they may still be repressive police states, but they are no longer communist.
What part of "A company is not a democracy" do you not understand?
Shareholders decide who will run the company, not the employees. It's not a value judgement, it's a statement of fact.
It's also a fact that the majority shareholders, not the mom and pop 100 share class have a say and those majority shareholders are usually on the board or running it. It's a scheme to make a small handfull of people wealthy -- those are the rules, those are the stakes.
If you play in a game and don't understand or like the rules, play another game.
Yes, happy employees make you feel warm and fuzzy, but the shareholders are looking for productive employees and happiness and comfort are not the only way to that end. Again, a statement, not a value judgement.
History is litteres with good companies slamming into the ground full of happy, motivated, skilled, productive employees due the ineptitude of management and their lack of vision and leadership.
Oh, please note that SGI was just delisted from the NYSE. Case in point.
"faster than a dog with no legs. If the dog's up to its waist in treacle. And dead."/you'd think DOJ lawyers could tell if a newsgroup posting was a forward or not//you'd be right if you guessed "not".
Not unless your non-technical user-base can be treated for withdrawal. People in marketing, sales, consulting, managemnt can not/will not relearn another groupware system unless forced to by upper management.
Yes, you can have a robust IMAP4/webmail solution but without the integrated calendar and task delegation, you're in for a world of pain. We've tried. The Outhouse 2003 smack is too alluring for the mobile Crackberry/PDA use where their mail is at their fingertips.
What you need to ask is what do you want? A robust mail system with low cost of ownership or happy fratboys who pay the bills (including you salary).
The GSM mandate placed it ahead of the pack giving it time to evolve the application layer. Yes, TDMA sux rox, but as the article said, it's an RF problem, not an app layer problem. Once the RF layer is fixed in GSM, be it CDMA2K or UFITA (fark.com's protocol of choice) they're still ahead on the world stage.
GSM has warts -- not denying that -- but like English, it's the lingua franca of international communications. Those of us continent hoppers rely on GSM to get business done. My phone works on six continents. Period.
Windows is no different, it's around not for it's technical merits, but its prevalency. Any other option is a non-starter because of momentum. It's not pretty, it just "is".
Because the US didn't mandate use of the emerging digital global standard (GSM) the rest of the world used, consumers had to suffer (and manufacturers had to tool for) six different, incompatible standards.
Now GSM (via Cingular) is emerging as the leader 15 years late to the party -- the other carriers are now minority players stuck with technology virtually no one else uses. Imagine the BILLIONS in R&D and consumer waste which could have been avoided.
The wireless standards should shoot it out in front of IEEE and then the US should adopt their recommendation -- a recommendation from engineers, not the ignorant public.
We don't alllow the public to determine instrument flight arrival procedures, why whould we allow them to determine the best scalable technology as they don't have a real good track record.
I don't think they would piss away their credibility for profit...
What part of "they're now a public company" do you not understand. Those in control now will not be those in control tomorrow.
Public corporations have an obligation to the shareholders, not the customers, to make every attempt to increase value by any legal means possible. That's why there's a shareholder lawsuit mill waiting to pounce on any "missed opportunity" to use their IP to generate more profit.
Just wait until the founders percentage value drops below 50%.
It's how the game was designed to work. You want altruism? Stay private and/or not-for-profit.
The issue here is not if it's optional or not for the Customer.
The issue that will kill this law is that the Government (the AG of Utah) will be responsible for maintaining a list of sites to block.
It is the speech of the people ON THE BLOCKED LIST who are being silenced by the government. You can even add violation of due-process becasue there's no detail as to who, what, or why a site is added to the list.
Thise issue has ALREADY been decided by the SCOTUS.
Even though the sig on the card is only to accept the terms of contract, the mouth-breathing minions at the register don't know this -- they don't have access to the terms of contract. They've simply been trained to use it as a security feature.
I'ts pointless to try to correct them with the "Facts". Pragmatism rules the day.
A company's disclaimer does not negate the nature of the media it has elected to articipate in.
By placing unsecured content on the net it accepts the technical specs and scope of HTTP. A paragraph on its page is not a magic wand to privately redefine an RFC.
They chose to come to the game called the web, they need to play by the rules or get off the playing field.
Each driver demonstrates differing levels of proficency -- some can function talking on the phone while using their GPS while others can't chew gum at the same time. Why enforce a lowest-common denominator across all drivers? There should be tighter skill tests as there are already too many people who shouldn't be driving at all anyway.
Let it be a meritocracy -- if you can do something, then prove you can and receive an endorsement for it.
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Right. And installing a wi-fi card in ANY *inux variant is soooo easy.
Oh yeah, The People[tm] are soooo smart.
1. 90% don't know how a turn signal works.
2. 60% don't know when to push themselves away from the table.
3. 55% buy SUVs and then somplain about the fuel prices.
Some regulation is required or you'll end up with chaos -- you think filtering skype is a problem? Wait until the neo-puritans get control of what traffic they deem "proper".
Given the titles affected, consumers had it coming.
A do-nothing no-name example is just that. Coward.
"If all the employyes quit..." Examples please.
Oh, you men that running the update from 1.5b2 caused:
1. A ~600K update patch to be downloaded.
2. Then upon restart caused a 6MB download to update to 1.5rc1
then it looped back to step 1.
I cancelled and downloaded the 5MB installer.
I guess auto-update, can't.
You mean the talented employee which has 10-20 waiting outside to fill their shoes when they leave?
Yes there are talented people inside, but there are more outside.
Is it a good idea to cultivate your existing, productive employees? Yes. Is it a requirement? No.
Most talented companies are a revolving door. If they weren't then there would not be a need for a recruiting department.
You missed the entire point of my post.
All I did was state the fundimental rules of the game. Period.
1. Shareholders funaimentally run the company through their selected management team.
2. Majority shareholders are a small minority of people, usually on the board or in management. They determine what's good for the company, good or bad.
3. Minority shareholders rarely have any pull since their holdings are miniscule compared to the majority holders.
All your tangental statements of employee relations are secondary and apply only to the management strategies management uses. The results vary by industry and conditions.
As an aside, the only people really hurt by strikes are the employees themselves -- they never make back what they lost not working while the management team drives home in (one of) their luxury cars. What people forget is most people in management are already financially independant and don't need a paycheck (or can at least coast for months or years).
Personally, if I don't like my job, I find work elsewhere. I'm also not the kind of employy who chooses my employer becasue they have "perks" like foozeball tables and back rubs and yoga classes. I'm there to get a job done.
Oh, by the way -- that system failed, if you havent noticed, in both Russia and China. Note the luxury cars in Moscow and Beijing -- they may still be repressive police states, but they are no longer communist.
What part of "A company is not a democracy" do you not understand?
Shareholders decide who will run the company, not the employees. It's not a value judgement, it's a statement of fact.
It's also a fact that the majority shareholders, not the mom and pop 100 share class have a say and those majority shareholders are usually on the board or running it. It's a scheme to make a small handfull of people wealthy -- those are the rules, those are the stakes.
If you play in a game and don't understand or like the rules, play another game.
Yes, happy employees make you feel warm and fuzzy, but the shareholders are looking for productive employees and happiness and comfort are not the only way to that end. Again, a statement, not a value judgement.
History is litteres with good companies slamming into the ground full of happy, motivated, skilled, productive employees due the ineptitude of management and their lack of vision and leadership.
Oh, please note that SGI was just delisted from the NYSE. Case in point.
"faster than a dog with no legs. If the dog's up to its waist in treacle. And dead." /you'd think DOJ lawyers could tell if a newsgroup posting was a forward or not //you'd be right if you guessed "not".
Not unless your non-technical user-base can be treated for withdrawal. People in marketing, sales, consulting, managemnt can not/will not relearn another groupware system unless forced to by upper management.
Yes, you can have a robust IMAP4/webmail solution but without the integrated calendar and task delegation, you're in for a world of pain. We've tried. The Outhouse 2003 smack is too alluring for the mobile Crackberry/PDA use where their mail is at their fingertips.
What you need to ask is what do you want? A robust mail system with low cost of ownership or happy fratboys who pay the bills (including you salary).
The GSM mandate placed it ahead of the pack giving it time to evolve the application layer. Yes, TDMA sux rox, but as the article said, it's an RF problem, not an app layer problem. Once the RF layer is fixed in GSM, be it CDMA2K or UFITA (fark.com's protocol of choice) they're still ahead on the world stage.
GSM has warts -- not denying that -- but like English, it's the lingua franca of international communications. Those of us continent hoppers rely on GSM to get business done. My phone works on six continents. Period.
Windows is no different, it's around not for it's technical merits, but its prevalency. Any other option is a non-starter because of momentum. It's not pretty, it just "is".
Look atcell phone modulation "standards".
Because the US didn't mandate use of the emerging digital global standard (GSM) the rest of the world used, consumers had to suffer (and manufacturers had to tool for) six different, incompatible standards.
Now GSM (via Cingular) is emerging as the leader 15 years late to the party -- the other carriers are now minority players stuck with technology virtually no one else uses. Imagine the BILLIONS in R&D and consumer waste which could have been avoided.
The wireless standards should shoot it out in front of IEEE and then the US should adopt their recommendation -- a recommendation from engineers, not the ignorant public.
We don't alllow the public to determine instrument flight arrival procedures, why whould we allow them to determine the best scalable technology as they don't have a real good track record.
I print infrequently and the stuff I print is for reference.
By printing in Fast Draft mode and 2 pages per side AND duplex, I'm replacing ink twice a year.
Prøprietary førmats kan bi pretti nasti.
De-certify every science degree from any Kansas school when an applicant wants to transfer out-of-state.
I don't think they would piss away their credibility for profit...
What part of "they're now a public company" do you not understand. Those in control now will not be those in control tomorrow.
Public corporations have an obligation to the shareholders, not the customers, to make every attempt to increase value by any legal means possible. That's why there's a shareholder lawsuit mill waiting to pounce on any "missed opportunity" to use their IP to generate more profit.
Just wait until the founders percentage value drops below 50%.
It's how the game was designed to work. You want altruism? Stay private and/or not-for-profit.
We've been here before folks!
The issue here is not if it's optional or not for the Customer.
The issue that will kill this law is that the Government (the AG of Utah) will be responsible for maintaining a list of sites to block.
It is the speech of the people ON THE BLOCKED LIST who are being silenced by the government. You can even add violation of due-process becasue there's no detail as to who, what, or why a site is added to the list.
Thise issue has ALREADY been decided by the SCOTUS.
Do we need another 20 judges on this one too?
Can these people in government read?
Fact vs Reality
Even though the sig on the card is only to accept the terms of contract, the mouth-breathing minions at the register don't know this -- they don't have access to the terms of contract. They've simply been trained to use it as a security feature.
I'ts pointless to try to correct them with the "Facts". Pragmatism rules the day.
A company's disclaimer does not negate the nature of the media it has elected to articipate in.
By placing unsecured content on the net it accepts the technical specs and scope of HTTP. A paragraph on its page is not a magic wand to privately redefine an RFC.
They chose to come to the game called the web, they need to play by the rules or get off the playing field.
Each driver demonstrates differing levels of proficency -- some can function talking on the phone while using their GPS while others can't chew gum at the same time. Why enforce a lowest-common denominator across all drivers? There should be tighter skill tests as there are already too many people who shouldn't be driving at all anyway.
Let it be a meritocracy -- if you can do something, then prove you can and receive an endorsement for it.
I've only been able to test WPA-TKIP, -AES doesn't seem to work.
But it would buy you time.
Sea enforced their rights on ARC then the most popular PC compressed archive format, people revolted and PKZIP was born. ZIP is now the standard.