That's perfect, since the demand for things like COBOL and FORTRAN are dropping, and everything is becoming web based like HTML and javascript. Go ahead. Learn a new language and forget the old one that isn't used anymore. It's OK.
If Foxconn would make a few concessions, or increase the quality of living even slightly, I bet the suicide rate would drop.
People are not machines, and it's dumb to treat them like machines. This is not a problem that has no solution. There are many countless ways to improve morale. Foxconn doesn't have to be the worst company in order to deliver the products the fastest/cheapest. Somebody give the management an Anthony Robbins tape...
At that point the only rational choice is to not participate online at all, or allow pictures to be taken, comments to be made, anything that relates to you. What a sad life that seems.
Yeah. It would be just like life before 1995.
Facebook is the opposite of email.
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Whenever the email server crashes at the office, I notice people milling around and talking. You could actually call it "being social". As soon as they all know the server is up, it gets quiet as they return to their email drudgery.
The Facebook outage has shown the opposite effect. Today was remarkably productive.
Maybe there could be a combination of the two. We could call it Facemail.
Sony is a big company. Really big. They make game consoles, portable electronics, cell phones, audio equipment, TVs, video equipment, movies, music CDs... I bet they could even make cars if they were so inclined, just like Mitsubishi and Daewoo. The release of the Move makes you realize that Sony was too big for it's britches.
An E3 article I read said that the Sony Move would be released Sept 20th. A more recent article said Sept 17th. It seems that nobody was really sure of the true release date. There was even a kerfuffle about stores selling the Move too early. Why didn't Sony make this a solid release date?
There were *NO* commercials on television touting the new product. None! Did Sony's marketing Dept just not get the memo? Something like this should be HUGE, but there was NOTHING! I had to go looking for ads for it on youtube and the PSN bfore I saw it in use.
I visited 5 stores over the weekend looking for a REAL hands on demo, and found none. All the stores had the devices in stock, but none of them had a demo. Does Sony have absolutely no confidence in their product to have a demo of it so people could try it before they buy it? I wasn't about to buy a motion controller that I couldn't test first.
And the only game right now that supports it is some sports package... Just like Wii sports. Is that the only thing they can think of for motion control? Sports? It's pretty obvious what any motion controller would be good for: A lightsaber battle game! Maybe even a swashbuckling pirate game. Instead, we get... Archery. Yawn!
It seems that Sony released a product without being prepared to sell it. I'm not surprised that it got mixed reviews.
What's with the asterisk at the end of diaspora? Is it supposed to be something clever like L8R, which would make is Diasporasterisk? Because if it is, I don't think that name will catch on. It's just too hard to say in casual conversation....
"Hey, I got in touch with an old friend on Diasporasterisk." - Nope, too hard to say.
Just last weekend, I stopped in my local BB and asked one of their droids about the 3D capabilities of their merch. The blue shirt showed me to a Panasonic setup, and I tried on the glasses. I have a Samsung DLP TV that has a 3D port on the side of it for connecting an IR transmitter for some glasses, and I asked him if they have any transmitters for it. In the process of talking with him, I can tell you that he had no grasp of the technology involved. He couldn't tell me for sure if the glasses receive the signal from the bluray player or the TV. When I prodded him for a more detailed answer, he couldn't even say that the glasses were controlled by infrared. He just said that they were "wireless". Well, DUH! I can see that they're wireless because there is no wire connecting them to the equipment. The term "Wireless" describes way too many different types of transmission: Infrared, Wireless Cell phone, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc.
When I asked him where he got this information, he said that he read some training info about it.
Wouldn't you think that training material would explain the technology involved?
I had a similar experience, except I didn't bail on both the issuer and the merchant like you did.
I called the customer service number on the back of my card, and waited to talk to a human about this "Verified by Visa" program. My bank (Wells Fargo) could not tell me anything about the VbV program, or even that it exists. This just stupified me. It clearly has the Visa Logo on the front of the card, The Wells Fargo logo on the front of the card, and Wells Fargo cannot tell me that the VbV program isn't even an attempt at fraud.
I suggested that the customer service representative notify their supervisor that their customer service reps need more education on the services that they are offering, and hung up.
I then closed my web browser, called the merchant on the phone, and placed my order that way. Toll-Free, 24 Hours.
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That's perfect, since the demand for things like COBOL and FORTRAN are dropping, and everything is becoming web based like HTML and javascript. Go ahead. Learn a new language and forget the old one that isn't used anymore. It's OK.
As soon as everyone stops using Windows.
Ha Ha, BURN!
What's a Bieber?
Ask them what the "i" stands for....
Brown Shoes of Disgust.
Zork!
For some reason, your post makes me want to kill and eat Mark Zuckerberg, and not feel guilty about it.
What if "Earth" is what they call their own planet? Then they will interpret the greeting as a prank from a bunch of their own loonies, and ignore it.
If Foxconn would make a few concessions, or increase the quality of living even slightly, I bet the suicide rate would drop.
People are not machines, and it's dumb to treat them like machines. This is not a problem that has no solution. There are many countless ways to improve morale. Foxconn doesn't have to be the worst company in order to deliver the products the fastest/cheapest. Somebody give the management an Anthony Robbins tape...
I see a new demand for Faraday luggage!
Don't Astronauts use a beep at the end of their transmission?
Oooh, look who knows so much! It turns out that the donor was MOSTLY DEAD. Mostly dead is slightly alive.
If Sony can't be assed to put a second analog stick/pad on the damn thing, nobody can take it seriously as a gaming console.
What the hell are we supposed to do with a single stick on the same side as the D-Pad? Puzzle games maybe?
The Dreamcast had only one analog stick, and it was on the same side as the D-pad. Play all of those and let me know if any of them are fun.
News Flash:
Humans find it difficult to notice things they are not looking at! Film at 11.
I caught a glimpse of the version of the OS. It was Solaris 4.0, and some minor revision.
Wouldn't it be great if Jet Bradley from Tron 2.0 and Sam Flynn from Tron Legacy got together in a video game sequel to Tron 2.0?
Yeah. It would be just like life before 1995.
Whenever the email server crashes at the office, I notice people milling around and talking. You could actually call it "being social". As soon as they all know the server is up, it gets quiet as they return to their email drudgery.
The Facebook outage has shown the opposite effect. Today was remarkably productive.
Maybe there could be a combination of the two. We could call it Facemail.
Sony is a big company. Really big. They make game consoles, portable electronics, cell phones, audio equipment, TVs, video equipment, movies, music CDs... I bet they could even make cars if they were so inclined, just like Mitsubishi and Daewoo. The release of the Move makes you realize that Sony was too big for it's britches.
An E3 article I read said that the Sony Move would be released Sept 20th. A more recent article said Sept 17th. It seems that nobody was really sure of the true release date. There was even a kerfuffle about stores selling the Move too early. Why didn't Sony make this a solid release date?
There were *NO* commercials on television touting the new product. None! Did Sony's marketing Dept just not get the memo? Something like this should be HUGE, but there was NOTHING! I had to go looking for ads for it on youtube and the PSN bfore I saw it in use.
I visited 5 stores over the weekend looking for a REAL hands on demo, and found none. All the stores had the devices in stock, but none of them had a demo. Does Sony have absolutely no confidence in their product to have a demo of it so people could try it before they buy it? I wasn't about to buy a motion controller that I couldn't test first.
And the only game right now that supports it is some sports package... Just like Wii sports. Is that the only thing they can think of for motion control? Sports? It's pretty obvious what any motion controller would be good for: A lightsaber battle game! Maybe even a swashbuckling pirate game. Instead, we get... Archery. Yawn!
It seems that Sony released a product without being prepared to sell it. I'm not surprised that it got mixed reviews.
What's with the asterisk at the end of diaspora? Is it supposed to be something clever like L8R, which would make is Diasporasterisk? Because if it is, I don't think that name will catch on. It's just too hard to say in casual conversation....
"Hey, I got in touch with an old friend on Diasporasterisk." - Nope, too hard to say.
Just last weekend, I stopped in my local BB and asked one of their droids about the 3D capabilities of their merch. The blue shirt showed me to a Panasonic setup, and I tried on the glasses. I have a Samsung DLP TV that has a 3D port on the side of it for connecting an IR transmitter for some glasses, and I asked him if they have any transmitters for it. In the process of talking with him, I can tell you that he had no grasp of the technology involved. He couldn't tell me for sure if the glasses receive the signal from the bluray player or the TV. When I prodded him for a more detailed answer, he couldn't even say that the glasses were controlled by infrared. He just said that they were "wireless". Well, DUH! I can see that they're wireless because there is no wire connecting them to the equipment. The term "Wireless" describes way too many different types of transmission: Infrared, Wireless Cell phone, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc. When I asked him where he got this information, he said that he read some training info about it.
Wouldn't you think that training material would explain the technology involved?
Jeez! I can't even make out the rover in those photos. The tiles in Ultima I were more detailed...
Erm.... Apple?
I had a similar experience, except I didn't bail on both the issuer and the merchant like you did.
I called the customer service number on the back of my card, and waited to talk to a human about this "Verified by Visa" program. My bank (Wells Fargo) could not tell me anything about the VbV program, or even that it exists. This just stupified me. It clearly has the Visa Logo on the front of the card, The Wells Fargo logo on the front of the card, and Wells Fargo cannot tell me that the VbV program isn't even an attempt at fraud.
I suggested that the customer service representative notify their supervisor that their customer service reps need more education on the services that they are offering, and hung up.
I then closed my web browser, called the merchant on the phone, and placed my order that way. Toll-Free, 24 Hours.
The Internet. Who needs it?
I met him at Applefest in 1987. Coming from Boston or thereabouts, he had a lot of jet lag, and wasn't as much fun as you would think.
It just reminds me of the bug in HHGTTG where you could get 425 out of a possible 400 points.