I interviewed with them a couple of years ago, decided that they were idiots who couldn't be trusted with my information, and tried to delete my account. They gave me a runaround for a solid week. Spammers, definitely.
Note that the divergence in that graph starts with Nixon's violation of the Bretton Woods treaty by refusing to redeem dollars for gold. That's what made the inflation of the 1970s possible, and inflation has always been a means for the issuers of an inflating currency to rob anyone holding that currency.
Yeah, and back during the FDR regime, there were regulations against installing new machine tools in factories for the same brain-dead Luddite reasons.
The reason Dell became big was because of really good just-in-time manufacturing control.
I'd say that was half of it. The other half was their technical support and customer service. Back when I was using Dells for NeXTSTEP, they were one of the best vendors around.
Saying that "windows is over" is excessively optimistic. It's going to take decades to die out. What is over though, is Microsoft's monopoly power. Their ability to push the hardware makers around is history.
Kid, I've been signing my posts since before you were even a gleam in the proverbial milkman's eye. I'm not going to stop just because you digg.com newbs get bent out of shape about it.
And behold: having the "burden" of all those unions doesn't seem to make Hollywood a terribly unprofitable place, or prevent top talent from earning megabucks, or drive away the industry to some labor-hating hellhole of an anti-union town.
The unions do a great job of being a barrier to entry for anyone who might want to start a new studio, not to mention excluding individuals who want to get into the industry.
Headhunters with staggering levels of pretense have been around the software industry for as long as I can remember. These guys decided to try out a new label. Big deal.
There are no cuts in the so-called "sequester cuts". A cut is when you spend less than you did previously.
What the Navy's doing here is known in DC as the "washington monument gambit". Any time a bureaucracy doesn't get as much money as they want, they pick out the most popular thing that they do, and claim that they can't do it anymore due to lack of funds, in hopes that this will garner public support for their whole pork barrel. For the department of the Interior, it's closing the washington monument. For the white house, it's cutting off white house tours.
The truth is, if the navy could afford the Blue Angels last year, they can afford it this year.
Managers advance by minimizing risk, not by innovating.
This is not always true. A manager who innovates successfully can advance very quickly, in a company that hasn't yet reached organizational senescence (as Dr. Peter describes in The Peter Principle.)
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I interviewed with them a couple of years ago, decided that they were idiots who couldn't be trusted with my information, and tried to delete my account. They gave me a runaround for a solid week. Spammers, definitely.
-jcr
Note that the divergence in that graph starts with Nixon's violation of the Bretton Woods treaty by refusing to redeem dollars for gold. That's what made the inflation of the 1970s possible, and inflation has always been a means for the issuers of an inflating currency to rob anyone holding that currency.
-jcr
The median worker's income has stagnated or declined in the US over the past 30 years.
That's not because of rising productivity. It's because of financial shenanigans.
-jcr
Yeah, and back during the FDR regime, there were regulations against installing new machine tools in factories for the same brain-dead Luddite reasons.
-jcr
Canada has had great success taking air traffic control out of the bureaucrats' hands.
-jcr
A group of German engineers did this a couple of years ago.
http://e-volo.com/
-jcr
I always thought Dells were cheap plastic junk.
That was not always the case. There was a time when their quality matched IBM and HP.
-jcr
The reason Dell became big was because of really good just-in-time manufacturing control.
I'd say that was half of it. The other half was their technical support and customer service. Back when I was using Dells for NeXTSTEP, they were one of the best vendors around.
-jcr
Saying that "windows is over" is excessively optimistic. It's going to take decades to die out. What is over though, is Microsoft's monopoly power. Their ability to push the hardware makers around is history.
-jcr
Well, the Kennedys make a lot of tree-hugging noises, but they still like to use their private jets.
-jcr
I can think of no better example than our wasteful spending on fossil fuel subsidies.
Those are bad, too.
How about, we end all tax money going to energy companies, make all taxes uniform, and let buyers determine which ones succeed and which ones fail?
-jcr
If I use up the wind power in Saudi Arabia
then you will have accomplished a mega-engineering project that dwarfs all human endeavors that have gone before.
-jcr
if you use wind power, there is less wind power available for others,
Nope.
You need to develop a sense of proportion.
-jcr
Kid, I've been signing my posts since before you were even a gleam in the proverbial milkman's eye. I'm not going to stop just because you digg.com newbs get bent out of shape about it.
-jcr
Truly confidence-inspiring.
-jcr
And behold: having the "burden" of all those unions doesn't seem to make Hollywood a terribly unprofitable place, or prevent top talent from earning megabucks, or drive away the industry to some labor-hating hellhole of an anti-union town.
The unions do a great job of being a barrier to entry for anyone who might want to start a new studio, not to mention excluding individuals who want to get into the industry.
-jcr
10x Management, on the other hand, gets a cut of your hourly rate; they're setup for exactly what a freelancer needs.
Just like the dozen body shops I hear from every month looking for Obj-C developers. Check.
-jcr
All you have to do is found a company and get a successful product on the streets.
-jcr
Headhunters with staggering levels of pretense have been around the software industry for as long as I can remember. These guys decided to try out a new label. Big deal.
-jcr
Not anything that's available to the public.
I'll take that as a "no", then.
-jcr
the DOD piece of the pie is being cut--severely. 40%,
Got a citation for that? I looked it up here, and I'm not seeing any change from 2012 to 2013, let alone a 40% cut.
-jcr
There are no cuts in the so-called "sequester cuts". A cut is when you spend less than you did previously.
What the Navy's doing here is known in DC as the "washington monument gambit". Any time a bureaucracy doesn't get as much money as they want, they pick out the most popular thing that they do, and claim that they can't do it anymore due to lack of funds, in hopes that this will garner public support for their whole pork barrel. For the department of the Interior, it's closing the washington monument. For the white house, it's cutting off white house tours.
The truth is, if the navy could afford the Blue Angels last year, they can afford it this year.
-jcr
Do we have substantially more people in jail *because* of the war on drugs?
Are you serious?.
-jcr
My friends are anyone who upholds the bill of rights. Sounds like that doesn't include anyone in the ATF.
-jcr
Managers advance by minimizing risk, not by innovating.
This is not always true. A manager who innovates successfully can advance very quickly, in a company that hasn't yet reached organizational senescence (as Dr. Peter describes in The Peter Principle.)
-jcr