One employee isn't likely to know all the gory details of how to do such a massive endevour as a chip fab process. The devil is in the details. Simply saying "oh, they used device X" isn't going to help. It is like saying "Well, I saw the guys who made the building were using hammers and welders. Now you know how they built it."
On the other hand knowing a few basic bits of info can help eliminate a lot of dead ends and let you know you are on the right path. Andrei Sakharov said that the info gleaned from spies in the US on the atomic bomb didn't tell them how to do it, it simply gave them confidence that they weren't wasting their time and cut a few years off by eliminating wasted efforts.
Let me add that I do agree with your comment about Friends but it had nothing to do with Seinfeld except for using a NYC apartment setting. I couldn't figure out why Friends was so popular. I forced myself to watch it a few times and never laughed, not even once. My guess is that the main attraction of the show was the "We are so cute and adorable!" fey feeling of the show and the endless romantic plotlines that attracted mostly young woman viewers. It was a soap opera first, a sitcom second. All of the characters were oh so desperately quirky and the male characters struck me as being patheticaly emasculated. The main take by the cast was to look shocked at something and then stammer a response. David Schwimmer's god-awful morose, Droopy Dog like voice alone was enough to make you want to punch your TV.
Let me take a guess, you don't like "Jewish" style humor in general, e.g. comedians like (early) Woody Allen, Gary Shandling, and Larry David? Much of the show was based on picking at social awkwardness and standards of behavior. The Office (especially the BBC original) takes it even further with the violation of codes of conduct taken to painful levels. Common themes were people lying and having to then keep that lie alive, obsessive thoughts and behavior, and being caught in petty selfish acts.
I found the acting, especially from Julia Dryfuss, to be great. Her body language was instinctive. George's neuroses were great and his parents were perfect foils for him. Michael Richards could be hit or miss. Sometimes I felt he was overacting but usually he was very good in a slapstick, cartoonish way. Jerry was, of course, the straight man but he also indulged in a well done theme of pretty selfishness.
The writing was also excellent with multiple plot threads all being tried together in clever, unexpected ways at the last second. The show's frequent use of established standup comedians (Sarah Silverman, Brian Posehn, Larry Miller, etc) as character actors was also an excellent move.
If you haven't noticed virtually all sitcoms are FORCED to have one. It is a decision by the network paying for the show, not by the people making it. Since Larry Sanders and The Office are supposedly being done in a documentary style they escaped the laugh track.
I have very strong typing muscles now, get regular leg exercise from nervously bouncing it under my desk, and have powerful bladder muscles from holding it in during raids.
That is an amazing statement but it also smacks of defensiveness. "Ummm, yah, we knew it was going to end up like this. We (I) wouldn't make a mistake like this! It was planned!" Maybe he meant it was going to be a limited series of ads but they sure as hell thought it was going to be a hit in the mean time. Pure execu-BS talk.
Actually a lot of the early writing was also coming from Larry David. Watch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and you'll see a lot of plot devices taken straight out of Seinfeld.
Later on much of the writing was influenced by Larry Charles. Must be a "Larry" thing.
"CEOs are there because they're genuinely good at what they do"
It seems CEO Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers was good at driving it into the ground. At least he'll walk away with a $22 million bonus for 2007 while the rest of the staff get a cardboard box and a security guard escort out.
There are little mini peddle devices you can get for under your desk without any rigging. I think they are marketed mainly for physical rehab but that should match the needs of most hardcore WoW players.
I find it prety ironic that we embargo trade with Cuba for far smaller offenses yet we do massive trade with China which is far worse. It must all depend on how many votes you can buy in Florida.
I've never met anyone who plays WoW for 60 hours a week who can carry a conversation, walk up stairs without grabbing their chest, or is progressing in life. Now, it could be because they never leave their homes so they aren't available to meet in the first place.
The more money they pump into the game though the more inflation will go up. If everyone has thousands to spend everything will cost thousands in the AH. Blizzard has put in a number of money sinks to drain cash (like epic mount costs) for this reason. I'd prefer to see some way to post server wide requests for items and services and also to see people's skill levels and available patterns easily. It would make crafing professions that much more valuable.
I wonder what people who like grinding are like in real life?
Normal Person: "Where do you want to go for dinner" Grinder: "Eh, same old place as before is fine with me" NP: "How about a movie after?" G: "Sure, let's see Batman" NP: "But you've seen it 50 times already" G: "Yah, but I want to see it again, and again, and again..." NP: "Arrrrrgghh!!!"
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One employee isn't likely to know all the gory details of how to do such a massive endevour as a chip fab process. The devil is in the details. Simply saying "oh, they used device X" isn't going to help. It is like saying "Well, I saw the guys who made the building were using hammers and welders. Now you know how they built it."
On the other hand knowing a few basic bits of info can help eliminate a lot of dead ends and let you know you are on the right path. Andrei Sakharov said that the info gleaned from spies in the US on the atomic bomb didn't tell them how to do it, it simply gave them confidence that they weren't wasting their time and cut a few years off by eliminating wasted efforts.
Let me add that I do agree with your comment about Friends but it had nothing to do with Seinfeld except for using a NYC apartment setting. I couldn't figure out why Friends was so popular. I forced myself to watch it a few times and never laughed, not even once. My guess is that the main attraction of the show was the "We are so cute and adorable!" fey feeling of the show and the endless romantic plotlines that attracted mostly young woman viewers. It was a soap opera first, a sitcom second. All of the characters were oh so desperately quirky and the male characters struck me as being patheticaly emasculated. The main take by the cast was to look shocked at something and then stammer a response. David Schwimmer's god-awful morose, Droopy Dog like voice alone was enough to make you want to punch your TV.
Let me take a guess, you don't like "Jewish" style humor in general, e.g. comedians like (early) Woody Allen, Gary Shandling, and Larry David? Much of the show was based on picking at social awkwardness and standards of behavior. The Office (especially the BBC original) takes it even further with the violation of codes of conduct taken to painful levels. Common themes were people lying and having to then keep that lie alive, obsessive thoughts and behavior, and being caught in petty selfish acts.
I found the acting, especially from Julia Dryfuss, to be great. Her body language was instinctive. George's neuroses were great and his parents were perfect foils for him. Michael Richards could be hit or miss. Sometimes I felt he was overacting but usually he was very good in a slapstick, cartoonish way. Jerry was, of course, the straight man but he also indulged in a well done theme of pretty selfishness.
The writing was also excellent with multiple plot threads all being tried together in clever, unexpected ways at the last second. The show's frequent use of established standup comedians (Sarah Silverman, Brian Posehn, Larry Miller, etc) as character actors was also an excellent move.
If you haven't noticed virtually all sitcoms are FORCED to have one. It is a decision by the network paying for the show, not by the people making it. Since Larry Sanders and The Office are supposedly being done in a documentary style they escaped the laugh track.
I have very strong typing muscles now, get regular leg exercise from nervously bouncing it under my desk, and have powerful bladder muscles from holding it in during raids.
That is an amazing statement but it also smacks of defensiveness. "Ummm, yah, we knew it was going to end up like this. We (I) wouldn't make a mistake like this! It was planned!" Maybe he meant it was going to be a limited series of ads but they sure as hell thought it was going to be a hit in the mean time. Pure execu-BS talk.
Actually a lot of the early writing was also coming from Larry David. Watch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and you'll see a lot of plot devices taken straight out of Seinfeld.
Later on much of the writing was influenced by Larry Charles. Must be a "Larry" thing.
"CEOs are there because they're genuinely good at what they do"
It seems CEO Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers was good at driving it into the ground. At least he'll walk away with a $22 million bonus for 2007 while the rest of the staff get a cardboard box and a security guard escort out.
I see right through your scam! Anyone writing to Slashdot is a America hating commie...wait a minute...
BTW, to whoever labeled the parent flamebait; that wooshing sound you just heard is sarcasm going over your head.
Anyone who uses the tired comment "you insensitive clod" is just like in Soviet Russia...
There are little mini peddle devices you can get for under your desk without any rigging. I think they are marketed mainly for physical rehab but that should match the needs of most hardcore WoW players.
I prefer to play "e.g." myself (for example).
"Etc" just goes on, and on...
I find it prety ironic that we embargo trade with Cuba for far smaller offenses yet we do massive trade with China which is far worse. It must all depend on how many votes you can buy in Florida.
The sun has finally gotten a good monthly review. We were *this* close to firing it.
People always use marriage problems as a litmus test. I know of some marriages that SHOULD be broken up.
The bedsores on your butt from all that sitting will prevent this I'm afraid.
I've never met anyone who plays WoW for 60 hours a week who can carry a conversation, walk up stairs without grabbing their chest, or is progressing in life. Now, it could be because they never leave their homes so they aren't available to meet in the first place.
Hope springs eternal.
If only nature cooperated and people didn't have unplanned catastrophic or chronic ailments that drain them of all their assets.
The more money they pump into the game though the more inflation will go up. If everyone has thousands to spend everything will cost thousands in the AH. Blizzard has put in a number of money sinks to drain cash (like epic mount costs) for this reason. I'd prefer to see some way to post server wide requests for items and services and also to see people's skill levels and available patterns easily. It would make crafing professions that much more valuable.
I wonder what people who like grinding are like in real life?
Normal Person: "Where do you want to go for dinner"
Grinder: "Eh, same old place as before is fine with me"
NP: "How about a movie after?"
G: "Sure, let's see Batman"
NP: "But you've seen it 50 times already"
G: "Yah, but I want to see it again, and again, and again..."
NP: "Arrrrrgghh!!!"
In the Soviet Union they...oh wait, it is happening here.
If they were REAL nerds they would surf the net in between takes.
Plus pepperoni and tomato sauce isn't exactly cheap anymore either.
We can just have Domino's deliver them