So, Microsoft is trying every single (quite pathetic I have to say) thing to avoid employee leaking to competitors or better places, including having developers in their own private office?
With team members probably not communicating with anything else than e-mail, no wonder why they can't make a single product without crashing all the others.
Sounds to me that his actions were completely intentional
You don't read any news outside of Slashdot, do you?
The man's went to check with its GP to know if he could travel, and was cleared to go.
Next time you go and accuse people of wrongdoing or just want to troll around, check your facts.
Oh..I forgot, we're on Slashdot. Nevermind then.
You must be a rocket scientist and you may want to forward your suggestions to Nasa. However, you've forgot an important factor in your equation: the science that the ISS provides. Without it, you can park your Soyouz in your garage for the next century. Nothing that happens today in countries that are booming spaceflight-wise would have been done without it. And there's no replacement.
Does anyone wonder if controlling and restricting citizens' access to technology is the real purpose of all this parading?
Modern technology enables access to information.
Information is power.
You can complete the equation...
500 journals out of a million. Does that qualify as newsworthy? No. Is it worth mentionning? No. Worth moving THAT much air and bytes? No.
So what's the big deal? We're on Slashdot!!!
"How many people, aside from the slashdot crowd, actually use POP3/SMTP clients anymore (at home, not work)? Isn't some ridiculous amount like 90% using gmail/hotmail/yahoo mail/aol mail/etc?
For one, I do. I don't want MY data be held by someone else. But that's personal.
However, most companies don't use for services because they are inherently unsafe for business. That's a lot more people than just the "slashdot crowd".
I'd say it's around 10% of mail users, at best.
Nicolas Sarkozy is a moron quick to react to anything. This law is yet another case where this man shows he can't really think out of the box and is only overreacting. Many of those laws have been amended or rejected. This will be one more like this.
Nothing to worry about.
Dear non-american (like me), let me tell you how wrong you are on so many levels...
90% of people who work in offices aren't working, they're bossing people around, leveraging people against each other, and generally making problems for people.
If that'd be the case, people in offices would not produce anything. I don't see such a sea of immobilism...Actually, USA has the best growth rate of the so called "developped countries". There must be something happening there which doesn't involve bossing around or creating problems. Negative thoughts like yours create problems for others and don't make anything move forward and is totally counter-productive.
Think people who are cashiers are working? 100% of cashiers are producing nothing of any value. Cashier just watches the food to make sure you don't get any unless you obey via the money-mechanism, calls the cops if you make trouble, sits on their ass otherwise.
You said it yourself, and that's where the value is: "cashier just watches the food to make sure you don't get any unless you" [pay], which is exactly the added value that is looked after. Your views are totally biased, non-objective and false.
You want to see an example of it in action, look at how the interactions between Edison and Tesla played out, and how much of the foundations of modern American society came from that.
Really, I don't understand the parallel you're trying to make. Yes, Edison spoiled Tesla of most of its work, but spoilage is a sport as old as mankind and there are a lot of examples in history that don't relate to America. Even antic greece has stories of spoiling people. Again, you're trying to make a point with a biased argument, just because you hate a model you cannot understand (can't blame you, it's unfortunately the basic reaction of humans who have an average intelligence and can't really think out of the box - talk about being media-brainwashed...).
Now, you seem to blame People in capitalist cultures. I don't know what political regime you live under, but it's probably just as bad. None of the economical models applied so far make everyone happy, wealthy and in good health. Most "capitalist" countries have been doing much better than communists ones for the last century, and the few socialist countries are turning to all-out capitalism , China being the best example of that, or to arguably honest tactics like Russia jailing the director of an oil company in order to take control of the company, then use it against neighbouring countries as an instrument of economical threat.
And now, for the best part:
Anyone who is doing their job solely for money is an amoral and short-sighted individual
Do you honestly think that:
The cashier being paid to survey the shop has any choice?
The guys who removes YOUR trash from the streets at 4AM in cold winter have any choice?
The woman cleaning the windows at your office has any choice?
Here's a scoop: they DON'T have the choice. They need to make a living, just like me, just like you. Everyone would rather park their butt at the beach or at the bar all day.
The more I think about it, the more I suppose you're totally misinformed and probably live very confortably somewhere where the average confyness is very low. You're probably a privilegded person in your own country, yet it's not enough for you and you'd rather spit on the hard-working people rather than introspect yourself to find out you're exactly like everyone else.
The title is confusing. Let's stop that mixing of genres for once. Torrent sites are just as "legit" as this new commercial site. Torrent is a technology, sites offer links to trackers, torrent applications are just applications. NONE of them are "un-legit".
People who rip and provide files using this technology are not.
When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is that virtualization is something that should be built into the operating system."
Just because he's a prick and I like to ridicule Ballmer, I'd ask So why didn't you do it in Vista? but something tells me Monkey Man won't admit they didn't think about it before a competitor did. That's so Microsoft-like...
Before long a guy running a screw gun was making $22/hour to screw in a tenth as many screws as a robot in Japan with a capitalized cost of $0.001/hour. Then our US screw gun operator himself was replaced by a robot but he couldn't fired because the collective bargaining agreement prevented it, so he sat in the break room and made $22/hour to play hearts with all the other guys who used to do robot jobs
Thinking about it, I see abolutely nothing wrong paying someone $22/h plus $0.01 for a robot if the same job can be done, and the said person sits doing nothing (or other more interesting things).
If salaries don't grow, people don't eat because inflation does anyway. Your brain-washed anti-union mindset doesn't work well. The automotive industry is here to remind us of that every day. It failed miserably thinking humans are replaceable at low cost.
That's a very typical American viewpoint. That's why your culture is failing. The lot of you would rather woolgather and play than be an active part of your society.
I'm not what you could call an american culture fan-boy, far from it, but that statement is so totally misinformed and glaring with ignorance that I needed to react.
I suggest you visit Manhattan offices and check how people work. Some work 12h straight, then work while commuting (2h), then sleep and come back. They are people dedicated to their work, but also an awful lot of people worried to lose their job.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, you'd collectively also rather massacre and pillage other cultures than be responsible human beings. That's why so many people from other nations hate people from yours.
People who hate people are morons, just like you. Maybe what people don't like is the way this nation is being ruled or governed? Anyway, that's temporary, not like your stupidity which sounds endless
I have a very different experience from yours with BC. I belong to a guild which itself is part of a guild group, geared toward what people call the "hardcore" instances. Only 1 on 200 people in my guild left since BC, and all the others are enjoying it so much that it's now hard to gather 40 people for a good auld "hardcore" instance.
There is no "reset the cap to 70 and everything before 61 is gone.". Most items in BC aren't worth replacing the set items found in 60 instances, and such sets help you fly through 60 to 70. It is true though that some 60 quests aren't worth anything now but there are so many othere quests to do. I would actually object that the more generous quest rewards in gold pieces helps preventing being stuck at one thing while you're grinding for cash, making questing and the overall game much more enjoyable.
The article is also right in the fact that casual people have been more taken care of and will find more enjoyment in playing BC.
This teenager is presented as a hero but to me he's been hacking its way in private systems. It's an offense. He undoubtely will be prosecuted for that. The worse thing is that everyone who got "caught" by him will be discharged from court since any "evidence" would have been gathered illegaly and will be rejected in any court.
So basically, this kid didn't help anyone but his own ego. He's not a hero but a no-life loser who thinks he is doing the right thing. Unfortunately, the only thing he achieved is waste 3 years of his young life stalking on people. That's simply pathetic.
Let's see how many of the people he's been sniffing on are going to sue him and how much jail time he's going to get to play the vigilante game.
The NASCAR scandal is all they can handle right now.
I'm one of the most people, and have no idea what you're talking about. However, I am well aware that Microsoft was busy releasing security patches for the last 5 years.
I feel so sorry that Canada isn't as great as the USA and the Bush administration, and doesn't implement the will of the majors in that country.
Really, I am.
Actually, we should surrender to our american multi-billion dollars lobbies and pressure groups overlords. They are so cool. And can we also have Jack Thompson?
I feel sorry for you. A quick search on IBM sites shows that the Open Client Solution integrates cross-plateform products, including Lotus Expeditor which is Eclipse 3.2 based.
So there you have it - everything you hate - Java and Lotus product brand.
As for the horrible UI, massive overheads, and disgustingly slow.
, you must be living in the previous century to still think Java is slow and ugly.
They dont trust you during those two weeks and youre just asking for a hard time. Just stop showing up, that's how to quit. Ive done this several times and still get good references
Maybe that worked for you, but for the majority of people, it's plain wrong and dangerous.
Not showing up is the best way to attract troubles when you quit. Unless there is a written agreement with your employer that you are not required to work during your 2 weeks notice, it is business as usual, or troubles for certain.
As for the poster, in Canada, non-compete agreements are usually void because they break the law and are abusive. Few companies (definitely not ISPs or other companies that have no 'trade secret' as such) attempt to enforce them if you ever signed any (which you should always avoid). Showing up during the last two weeks and do the work you're still paid for is the best thing to do to stay out of troubles
There's very few information about the contract in that post, but at first glance, the employer is trying to spread FUD and has no background to stand any legal claim he could have. Unless the poster screwed up for other reasons.
You have no idea how complex pattern matching is in sound analysis. People complain that Vista is slow. Add this kind of "feedback cancellation" and you won't be able to display more than one icon per hour.
Is it worth it? NO.
I think this buddy gave up his "childhood dreams" a bit too quickly.He could have arranged for instalments and take a long-term credit. How much is 25K$ for a senior software engineer? How about sponsoring? I'm sure many companies will pay a lot to have a space tourist wear a shirt with their name on it - starting with SUN: "I won this ride using the SUN Java language".
Also, I suppose this guy is bright enough to be on the top scale of this industry since he won a java contest so repaying back would take only a few years - maybe 10 - but how much is it compared to a lifelong dream?
I'm far from the 100K$ a year range and probably cannot afford 25K$ out of the box, but I would have very very seriously considered any possible option.
The relocation package amount is always specified in a contract for a new hire, should he be elligible for such a package. If you did sign it, you knew about the amount. If the amount didn't appear in your contract, you should have known and not sign anything. Unfortunately, it's as simple as that and you should be more careful next time to secure your rear end before doing any move.
All yogourts contain bacterias. That's how they become yogourts. Otherwise they stay milky splashy things. Danone has been selling all kind of mixtures of various "active" ingredients (usually called bacterias...) in their yogourts. As the FA points out, it's been around in Europe for decades. They're even coming up with a yogourt that "refreshes" your skin (pink wrapping 'cause it's a girly thing to want to have a fresh skin apparently).
What's in the FA is OLD news. Oh..and there's a drawback to it: you need to eat them regularly for months, otherwise they're just plain yogourts with no specific effect.
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So, Microsoft is trying every single (quite pathetic I have to say) thing to avoid employee leaking to competitors or better places, including having developers in their own private office?
With team members probably not communicating with anything else than e-mail, no wonder why they can't make a single product without crashing all the others.
Sounds to me that his actions were completely intentional
You don't read any news outside of Slashdot, do you?
The man's went to check with its GP to know if he could travel, and was cleared to go.
Next time you go and accuse people of wrongdoing or just want to troll around, check your facts.
Oh..I forgot, we're on Slashdot. Nevermind then.
You must be a rocket scientist and you may want to forward your suggestions to Nasa.
However, you've forgot an important factor in your equation: the science that the ISS provides. Without it, you can park your Soyouz in your garage for the next century. Nothing that happens today in countries that are booming spaceflight-wise would have been done without it. And there's no replacement.
I already feel subponeaed for not being a cloth eared nincompoop.
Does anyone wonder if controlling and restricting citizens' access to technology is the real purpose of all this parading?
Modern technology enables access to information.
Information is power.
You can complete the equation...
500 journals out of a million. Does that qualify as newsworthy? No. Is it worth mentionning? No. Worth moving THAT much air and bytes? No.
So what's the big deal? We're on Slashdot!!!
"How many people, aside from the slashdot crowd, actually use POP3/SMTP clients anymore (at home, not work)? Isn't some ridiculous amount like 90% using gmail/hotmail/yahoo mail/aol mail/etc?
For one, I do. I don't want MY data be held by someone else. But that's personal.However, most companies don't use for services because they are inherently unsafe for business. That's a lot more people than just the "slashdot crowd".
I'd say it's around 10% of mail users, at best.
but doing it on a school day isn't one of those deplorable actions.
Yes it is one. It also shows (once again) how disrespectful of anyone's life is the MAFIAA and their lawyers.
Those people obviously believe they are well above everyone. This has got to stop, and will eventually.
Nicolas Sarkozy is a moron quick to react to anything. This law is yet another case where this man shows he can't really think out of the box and is only overreacting. Many of those laws have been amended or rejected. This will be one more like this.
Nothing to worry about.
Dear non-american (like me), let me tell you how wrong you are on so many levels...
90% of people who work in offices aren't working, they're bossing people around, leveraging people against each other, and generally making problems for people.
If that'd be the case, people in offices would not produce anything. I don't see such a sea of immobilism...Actually, USA has the best growth rate of the so called "developped countries". There must be something happening there which doesn't involve bossing around or creating problems. Negative thoughts like yours create problems for others and don't make anything move forward and is totally counter-productive.Think people who are cashiers are working? 100% of cashiers are producing nothing of any value. Cashier just watches the food to make sure you don't get any unless you obey via the money-mechanism, calls the cops if you make trouble, sits on their ass otherwise.
You said it yourself, and that's where the value is: "cashier just watches the food to make sure you don't get any unless you" [pay], which is exactly the added value that is looked after. Your views are totally biased, non-objective and false.
You want to see an example of it in action, look at how the interactions between Edison and Tesla played out, and how much of the foundations of modern American society came from that.
Really, I don't understand the parallel you're trying to make. Yes, Edison spoiled Tesla of most of its work, but spoilage is a sport as old as mankind and there are a lot of examples in history that don't relate to America. Even antic greece has stories of spoiling people. Again, you're trying to make a point with a biased argument, just because you hate a model you cannot understand (can't blame you, it's unfortunately the basic reaction of humans who have an average intelligence and can't really think out of the box - talk about being media-brainwashed...).
Now, you seem to blame People in capitalist cultures. I don't know what political regime you live under, but it's probably just as bad. None of the economical models applied so far make everyone happy, wealthy and in good health. Most "capitalist" countries have been doing much better than communists ones for the last century, and the few socialist countries are turning to all-out capitalism , China being the best example of that, or to arguably honest tactics like Russia jailing the director of an oil company in order to take control of the company, then use it against neighbouring countries as an instrument of economical threat.
And now, for the best part:
Anyone who is doing their job solely for money is an amoral and short-sighted individual
Do you honestly think that:- The cashier being paid to survey the shop has any choice?
- The guys who removes YOUR trash from the streets at 4AM in cold winter have any choice?
- The woman cleaning the windows at your office has any choice?
Here's a scoop: they DON'T have the choice. They need to make a living, just like me, just like you. Everyone would rather park their butt at the beach or at the bar all day.The more I think about it, the more I suppose you're totally misinformed and probably live very confortably somewhere where the average confyness is very low. You're probably a privilegded person in your own country, yet it's not enough for you and you'd rather spit on the hard-working people rather than introspect yourself to find out you're exactly like everyone else.
I'll tell you what: I'm proud to not be you
The title is confusing. Let's stop that mixing of genres for once.
Torrent sites are just as "legit" as this new commercial site. Torrent is a technology, sites offer links to trackers, torrent applications are just applications. NONE of them are "un-legit".
People who rip and provide files using this technology are not.
When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is that virtualization is something that should be built into the operating system."
Just because he's a prick and I like to ridicule Ballmer, I'd ask So why didn't you do it in Vista? but something tells me Monkey Man won't admit they didn't think about it before a competitor did. That's so Microsoft-like...Before long a guy running a screw gun was making $22/hour to screw in a tenth as many screws as a robot in Japan with a capitalized cost of $0.001/hour. Then our US screw gun operator himself was replaced by a robot but he couldn't fired because the collective bargaining agreement prevented it, so he sat in the break room and made $22/hour to play hearts with all the other guys who used to do robot jobs
Thinking about it, I see abolutely nothing wrong paying someone $22/h plus $0.01 for a robot if the same job can be done, and the said person sits doing nothing (or other more interesting things).
If salaries don't grow, people don't eat because inflation does anyway. Your brain-washed anti-union mindset doesn't work well. The automotive industry is here to remind us of that every day. It failed miserably thinking humans are replaceable at low cost.
That's a very typical American viewpoint. That's why your culture is failing. The lot of you would rather woolgather and play than be an active part of your society.
I'm not what you could call an american culture fan-boy, far from it, but that statement is so totally misinformed and glaring with ignorance that I needed to react.
I suggest you visit Manhattan offices and check how people work. Some work 12h straight, then work while commuting (2h), then sleep and come back. They are people dedicated to their work, but also an awful lot of people worried to lose their job.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, you'd collectively also rather massacre and pillage other cultures than be responsible human beings. That's why so many people from other nations hate people from yours.
People who hate people are morons, just like you. Maybe what people don't like is the way this nation is being ruled or governed? Anyway, that's temporary, not like your stupidity which sounds endless
You don't know much about sustainable business models and running a company, do you?
How is Blizzard going to maintain a bewolf of clustered blade pancakes or servers without a steady revenue stream?
I have a very different experience from yours with BC. I belong to a guild which itself is part of a guild group, geared toward what people call the "hardcore" instances. Only 1 on 200 people in my guild left since BC, and all the others are enjoying it so much that it's now hard to gather 40 people for a good auld "hardcore" instance.
There is no "reset the cap to 70 and everything before 61 is gone.". Most items in BC aren't worth replacing the set items found in 60 instances, and such sets help you fly through 60 to 70. It is true though that some 60 quests aren't worth anything now but there are so many othere quests to do. I would actually object that the more generous quest rewards in gold pieces helps preventing being stuck at one thing while you're grinding for cash, making questing and the overall game much more enjoyable.
The article is also right in the fact that casual people have been more taken care of and will find more enjoyment in playing BC.
Besides, it looks so preeeetttyyyy
Last thing this world needs is more vigilantes
This teenager is presented as a hero but to me he's been hacking its way in private systems. It's an offense. He undoubtely will be prosecuted for that. The worse thing is that everyone who got "caught" by him will be discharged from court since any "evidence" would have been gathered illegaly and will be rejected in any court.
So basically, this kid didn't help anyone but his own ego. He's not a hero but a no-life loser who thinks he is doing the right thing. Unfortunately, the only thing he achieved is waste 3 years of his young life stalking on people. That's simply pathetic.
Let's see how many of the people he's been sniffing on are going to sue him and how much jail time he's going to get to play the vigilante game.
The NASCAR scandal is all they can handle right now.
I'm one of the most people, and have no idea what you're talking about. However, I am well aware that Microsoft was busy releasing security patches for the last 5 years.I feel so sorry that Canada isn't as great as the USA and the Bush administration, and doesn't implement the will of the majors in that country.
Really, I am.
Actually, we should surrender to our american multi-billion dollars lobbies and pressure groups overlords. They are so cool. And can we also have Jack Thompson?
A quick search on IBM sites shows that the Open Client Solution integrates cross-plateform products, including Lotus Expeditor which is Eclipse 3.2 based. So there you have it - everything you hate - Java and Lotus product brand.
As for the horrible UI, massive overheads, and disgustingly slow. , you must be living in the previous century to still think Java is slow and ugly.
They dont trust you during those two weeks and youre just asking for a hard time. Just stop showing up, that's how to quit. Ive done this several times and still get good references
Maybe that worked for you, but for the majority of people, it's plain wrong and dangerous.Not showing up is the best way to attract troubles when you quit. Unless there is a written agreement with your employer that you are not required to work during your 2 weeks notice, it is business as usual, or troubles for certain.
As for the poster, in Canada, non-compete agreements are usually void because they break the law and are abusive. Few companies (definitely not ISPs or other companies that have no 'trade secret' as such) attempt to enforce them if you ever signed any (which you should always avoid). Showing up during the last two weeks and do the work you're still paid for is the best thing to do to stay out of troubles
There's very few information about the contract in that post, but at first glance, the employer is trying to spread FUD and has no background to stand any legal claim he could have. Unless the poster screwed up for other reasons.
You have no idea how complex pattern matching is in sound analysis. People complain that Vista is slow. Add this kind of "feedback cancellation" and you won't be able to display more than one icon per hour.
Is it worth it? NO.
I think this buddy gave up his "childhood dreams" a bit too quickly.He could have arranged for instalments and take a long-term credit. How much is 25K$ for a senior software engineer? How about sponsoring? I'm sure many companies will pay a lot to have a space tourist wear a shirt with their name on it - starting with SUN: "I won this ride using the SUN Java language".
Also, I suppose this guy is bright enough to be on the top scale of this industry since he won a java contest so repaying back would take only a few years - maybe 10 - but how much is it compared to a lifelong dream?
I'm far from the 100K$ a year range and probably cannot afford 25K$ out of the box, but I would have very very seriously considered any possible option.
The relocation package amount is always specified in a contract for a new hire, should he be elligible for such a package. If you did sign it, you knew about the amount. If the amount didn't appear in your contract, you should have known and not sign anything. Unfortunately, it's as simple as that and you should be more careful next time to secure your rear end before doing any move.
All yogourts contain bacterias. That's how they become yogourts. Otherwise they stay milky splashy things. Danone has been selling all kind of mixtures of various "active" ingredients (usually called bacterias...) in their yogourts. As the FA points out, it's been around in Europe for decades. They're even coming up with a yogourt that "refreshes" your skin (pink wrapping 'cause it's a girly thing to want to have a fresh skin apparently).
What's in the FA is OLD news. Oh..and there's a drawback to it: you need to eat them regularly for months, otherwise they're just plain yogourts with no specific effect.