Well, this is the balancing act that any employer has to do. They need to get the work done at the lowest possible cost, taking into account the cost of attrition if anyone leaves. Where business continuity is critical, they have to pay more. Where the job is easy enough to train a new guy to do it in short time, they can go lower. Don't take it personally.
FWIW, when I worked at KPMG, we told our clients to budget 1 1/2 times the annual salary for any position as the cost of attrition: even if they were able to replace a departing worker on the very same day, they should allow for that much cost in lost productivity due to the experience lost when the previous employee departs.
Do you know how many civil wars cost millions of lives?
All of them put together, plus the crimes of the Imperial Japanese Army, probably didn't reach half of Mao's tally of 77 million.
The Cultural revolution and the resulting death toll is NOT part of the same government that rules today.
Events in Tibet, in Tienanmen Square, and in the areas where the Uighurs live would tend to indicate otherwise. I'm sure that China wants stability, and hopefully they'll achieve it once the Red Dynasty is toppled. In the meantime, the thugs will continue to murder their opponents, drive people off of land they've lived on for generations, cover up official incompetence, and do all the other things that dynasties have done throughout China's history.
I know you're very well off, Mr. Randolph. From what I gather, you have made quite a fortune between your work in the computer industry and your investing.
?
I'd hardly call it a fortune. Nevertheless, I can afford the cost of cable modem connection, as can several million other people.
Ah yes, it is those EVIL tech companies support the EVIL chinese regime by following the law and not the US government which has given them the Most Favored Trade Status with the US.
It would appear that you're trying to let google off the hook, just because another organization (the government) has also dealt with the criminal regime. Sorry, morality doesn't work that way. Having company doesn't excuse a crime.
The Nazi state is something people understand and have seen a lot about, China is similar but a lot of what you get taught about it in school is about Mao and later leaders, all told in a possitive way, and less about areesting people who want democracy
Well, the Nazi Regime and the Red Dynasty are highly similar, with the major difference being that the Red Dynasty has killed many more people. Also, rather than singling out one particular ethnic minority to anihilate, they've killed mostly their own (Han) people. (Not that this is much comfort to the Tibetans or the Uighurs, of course).
Maybe. Or maybe he's just the most effective troll in the business. Now that Apple's gone to Intel, what else was there to say that would really irritate people?
Ethanol is a hell of a lot closer than the far-fetched hydrogen economy proposed by the US's current executive administration.
If ethanol is economically viable, then let's quit giving Archer Daniels Midland tens of billions of dollars in corporate welfare, and see whether people still buy it.
On the other hand, don't blindly assume humans won't overbuild something.
When people have built about a billion of these power stations, they will account for about 1% of the power available in the gulf stream. I'm not too worried about it.
For crying out loud, why is it every time there's a story about wind power, or ocean thermal power, or any other non-polluting technology, we always get somebody with NO concept of SCALE popping up with this same asinine question?
Apple is at risk for an "illegal tying" lawsuit if they insist that their operating system run only on their hardware.
Anyone can file a suit on any flimsy premise at all, as the case of the idiot who sued because he's too stupid to turn down his iPod when its hurting his ears demonstrates. Filing and winning a suit are very different things, and a suit against apple for "tying" when they're not even into double-digits of computer market share is even more of a long-shot than the SCO suit against IBM was.
You've still paid for it, you just aren't using it in the way Apple intended...Which puts you in violation of the terms under which you bought the license, which terminates the license.
meanwhile, if i slap you, and you slap me back, that's totally justified.
I don't think a judge would agree with you on that. If someone strikes you (assault), you're entitled to defend yourself, but not to dive in and have a melee. What you're supposed to do in such a case is only answer with enough force to ensure your safety, and presumably file charges against the person who hit you.
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Well, this is the balancing act that any employer has to do. They need to get the work done at the lowest possible cost, taking into account the cost of attrition if anyone leaves. Where business continuity is critical, they have to pay more. Where the job is easy enough to train a new guy to do it in short time, they can go lower. Don't take it personally.
FWIW, when I worked at KPMG, we told our clients to budget 1 1/2 times the annual salary for any position as the cost of attrition: even if they were able to replace a departing worker on the very same day, they should allow for that much cost in lost productivity due to the experience lost when the previous employee departs.
-jcr
I am a Windows Systems Administrator and work for a pretty large corporation. I know that I'm underpaid for what I do
Nobody could pay me enough to do that.
-jcr
Check out this app. It's generally well-regarded in the Mac community. Does rather more than calendaring, though.
-jcr
What I am argueing against is this Red Dynasty comment.
Not doing so very well, I'd have to say.
people mock and criticize Mao all they want.
Not in China, they don't.
The problem is that you cannot criticize the current government.
Sure I can... Since I'm not Chinese, they can't throw me in a cell with tuberculosis sufferers to deliberately infect me and then let me die.
-jcr
Do you know how many civil wars cost millions of lives?
All of them put together, plus the crimes of the Imperial Japanese Army, probably didn't reach half of Mao's tally of 77 million.
The Cultural revolution and the resulting death toll is NOT part of the same government that rules today.
Events in Tibet, in Tienanmen Square, and in the areas where the Uighurs live would tend to indicate otherwise. I'm sure that China wants stability, and hopefully they'll achieve it once the Red Dynasty is toppled. In the meantime, the thugs will continue to murder their opponents, drive people off of land they've lived on for generations, cover up official incompetence, and do all the other things that dynasties have done throughout China's history.
-jcr
I know you're very well off, Mr. Randolph. From what I gather, you have made quite a fortune between your work in the computer industry and your investing.
?
I'd hardly call it a fortune. Nevertheless, I can afford the cost of cable modem connection, as can several million other people.
-jcr
Ah yes, it is those EVIL tech companies support the EVIL chinese regime by following the law and not the US government which has given them the Most Favored Trade Status with the US.
It would appear that you're trying to let google off the hook, just because another organization (the government) has also dealt with the criminal regime. Sorry, morality doesn't work that way. Having company doesn't excuse a crime.
-jcr
The Nazi state is something people understand and have seen a lot about, China is similar but a lot of what you get taught about it in school is about Mao and later leaders, all told in a possitive way, and less about areesting people who want democracy
Well, the Nazi Regime and the Red Dynasty are highly similar, with the major difference being that the Red Dynasty has killed many more people. Also, rather than singling out one particular ethnic minority to anihilate, they've killed mostly their own (Han) people. (Not that this is much comfort to the Tibetans or the Uighurs, of course).
-jcr
I'm 16 and I like looking at pictures of the opposite sex of my own age.
Does this mean I like CP?
All I can say is, you probably should stay out of Kansas...
-jcr
They're both funny, unless you're family of someone who's been drowned or shot by a politician.
-jcr
You need to update your dictionary or get out more.
Dictionaries still agree on what "literally" means, even though they acknowledge a common, incorrect usage.
-jcr
I also don't want my connection virtually hosed for half an evening.
If you download it while you're sleeping, you're still getting faster than you would from Netflix (for example).
-jcr
DVORAK IS A FUCKING MORON.
Maybe. Or maybe he's just the most effective troll in the business. Now that Apple's gone to Intel, what else was there to say that would really irritate people?
-jcr
Drive to the Blockbuster to load up your iPod? When I have a perfectly good cable modem connection? Can you say "Akamai", boys and girls?
Blockbuster has nothing whatsoever to offer Apple if and when Apple decides to go into the full-length, hi-def movie business.
-jcr
Ethanol is a hell of a lot closer than the far-fetched hydrogen economy proposed by the US's current executive administration.
If ethanol is economically viable, then let's quit giving Archer Daniels Midland tens of billions of dollars in corporate welfare, and see whether people still buy it.
-jcr
On the other hand, don't blindly assume humans won't overbuild something.
When people have built about a billion of these power stations, they will account for about 1% of the power available in the gulf stream. I'm not too worried about it.
-jcr
Has there been any study on the impact this causes to the ocean currents?
AAAAARRRGGH!
The turbines are about 150' across. The gulf stream is BIG. Do the math.
-jcr
For crying out loud, why is it every time there's a story about wind power, or ocean thermal power, or any other non-polluting technology, we always get somebody with NO concept of SCALE popping up with this same asinine question?
-jcr
Do I have the right to make a copy and sell it?
No.
-jcr
Apple is at risk for an "illegal tying" lawsuit if they insist that their operating system run only on their hardware.
Anyone can file a suit on any flimsy premise at all, as the case of the idiot who sued because he's too stupid to turn down his iPod when its hurting his ears demonstrates. Filing and winning a suit are very different things, and a suit against apple for "tying" when they're not even into double-digits of computer market share is even more of a long-shot than the SCO suit against IBM was.
-jcr
I don't own it? Really? I suppose I don't "own" a book either.
Make a copy of that book, and try to sell it. You'll find out whether you own the book.
-jcr
You've still paid for it, you just aren't using it in the way Apple intended ...Which puts you in violation of the terms under which you bought the license, which terminates the license.
-jcr
The fact of the matter is that Apple doesn't really care about people running OSX on a non-apple system.
Guess again. Apple's very serious about protecting their copyrights.
-jcr
Nope. Look up "criticism" and "censorship". There's a reason why they're two entirely different words.
-jcr
meanwhile, if i slap you, and you slap me back, that's totally justified.
I don't think a judge would agree with you on that. If someone strikes you (assault), you're entitled to defend yourself, but not to dive in and have a melee. What you're supposed to do in such a case is only answer with enough force to ensure your safety, and presumably file charges against the person who hit you.
-jcr