In practice even a small change is going to displace an awful lot of people, costing an awful lot of money, and having a significant economic impact.
Which is good because when hardware, software and robots are perfected (in, say, 3 or 4 years), we won't have anything otherwise useful left to do since everything will be automated.
"Stealth" is a buzzword these days, but the reality is decoys. Radar and other detection systems work excellently when shooting down flying things.
A 4 million dollar missile wasting itself on an air-launched, $5000 decoy is a good investment. That is one way the US defeated the Iraqi air defense. Pretty easy, actually, if you think about it.
I agree. Right now I have almost 190 things in my ticket system.
How many of those "190 things" would be a problem if "tech" wasn't improving "business productivity"?
In the past, secretaries were able to untangle the strikers in a typewriter themself, clerks could access files with a flashlight. If the electricity went out, engineers, designers and draftsmen could still draw and think without the necessity of a computer.
Now, all these functions are largely dependent on computers and those that manage them.
As a non-IT person, I see many problems ahead. But that's OK, as IT will solve them all. Eventually. Maybe. Either way, it doesn't matter, as those that can't/won't keep up will die-off anyway.
But along the way the fossil fuel industry got serious about controlling public perception, so that everybody knows that nuclear power is deadly dangerous and coal and oil are sweet, kind and friendly.
Where do the environmentalist (anti-nuke) Chicken Little people fit into this scenario? Were/are they useful idiots encouraged by the fossil fuel industry?
Theoretically, a bit of anonymous funding thrown towards logic-challenged and naive groups that make a lot of noise can help causes with agendas.
Today, every employee, scientific or not, is interchangeable.
This belief is directly due to "computerization" of the workforce, as perceived by managers and those that have little or no experience in the trenches.
The logical conclusion to constantly improving productivity is to maximize the use of computers and minimize the use of people.
Joke aside, not all prostitutes or prostitution environments are the same.
Just look in any big city's "alternative weeklies" (or even phone books) and you'll see dozens of escort agencies. From what I've heard, these deliveries arrive with downstairs drivers (and friends) that can "bring the pain" if a girl is dissed/not paid.
I find it amusing that the deterioration of our language in many cases is cause by an overabundance of vocabulary. I think more words, with very subtle shades of meaning, can allow more depth in our communication. However, most people use these words with slightly different meanings almost interchangably, and that confuses the reader.
However, with many more people communicating, the subtleties of the traditional meanings are often lost and buzzwords and local/technical colloquialisms are quickly adopted (for typing convenience, "in-crowd" lingo, laziness or just plain ignorance).
"Owned" mutated to "pwned" because the letters "o" and "p" are close together on the keyboard.
From IMDB (Colossus: The Forbin Project, 1970): "Trivia: Though the writers could not have known it, the first useful electronic "supercomputer" was also called "Colossus". The Colossus Mk2 was used by the British to decipher German radio transmissions in WWII, and was kept a secret until 1974."
Chances are, if any of the above apply to you, you've been influenced by advertising, either on the radio or TV or somewhere else.
This statement is patent, marketing bullshit. This is the type of assertation that marketers use to justify their existence and budgets.
I bought and ate a Subway sandwich yesterday. Was I"influenced" by advertising or was I just hungry, lazy and a Subway happened to be close by? Within a 10 minute walk there is a Quiznos, Mike's, Mr. Submarine - I went to the one that was closest.
But-but, if I didn't know about the existence of this store I surely would have gone hungry, right?
The realistic viewpoint is that most of the people laid off (especially the good ones) will go on to even better jobs.
As each cycle of better software clangs itself onto clueless managers' brains, the managers start to realize that employing real people is a profit negative.
This is NOT similar to the buggy whip analogy, THINKING people are being replaced now, not just assembly-line workers.
If you recall, after WW2 many people went into office work. Your experience may be different from mine, but most office tasks are redundant and pointless "show up because we have to pay you"-type work.
Anyone that has worked on priority projects knows that a smaller team works better and more efficiently.
Well, that tends to be true until politics comes into the matrix. With multiple managers and vice-presidents (good signs of excess) comes delays, silly meetings, and time-wasting bureaucracy.
"It's the law of physics that states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream... until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming. Once you get girls screamin', you can't stop 'em! They're crazy!"
Are there any reliable, creditable stories of fans being paid to present an artificially-created, hype situation for emerging pop bands?
If there are, could this have been the origin for the much-maligned laugh track?
Usually, you can feal (sic) the radiated heat coming off the person that is near you. Other than that, there is also the air movements that your skin is picking up
It is mostly hearing. Skin (you actually mean hairs on the skin) doesn't "pick up" radiated heat or motion from another person unless they are very close. The ears and nose are what you are talking about.
But modern air combat isn't about who can pull the most G's, it is about who has the longest range missiles.
On the other hand, using drones to attract long-range missiles and have the enemy waste their limited firepower on 3 million-dollar, disposable planes is better than having one 30 million-dollar plane+pilot shot down.
I've noticed lots of assistant people lately. Assistant directors, assistant-assistant directors, 2nd assistant directors, 3rd assisstant directors. WTF is that? Pseudo resume-padding in exchange for actual pay? It must look good on a resume if the work actually involved "got coffee for stars". Apparently, this can be quite complicated though.
Maybe this is what Chappelle is trying to avoid. Go Dave! His heart is in the right place and I support him. I hope he gets rid of the corporate handlers and gets back to what he does best.
Nobody _needs_ fifty million dollars and I have to admire the guy for essentially saying 'fuck you'.
could probably literally kill you and tape the event and never go to jail for it.
Are you a cowardly person by nature? If working for wealthy, powerful people makes you nervous to the extent that you think they might kill you if you make a mistake, you might want to check in to your local psychiatrist.
Unfortunately being critical is taboo these days. Nobody wants to be told they're doing anything wrong, yet we still want everything to be perfect, so people who anticipate and adjust for potential failure are the ones that actually make things work, but nobody wants to be around during the process it seems.
Interesting theory. If true, it's likely because everyone nowadays wants to reap but not sow.
I was interested in reading your experiences but I slowly found that when people do not structure their writing with paragraphs and appropriate punctuation it becomes very difficult to comprehend but that's OK this is Slashdot.
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In practice even a small change is going to displace an awful lot of people, costing an awful lot of money, and having a significant economic impact.
Which is good because when hardware, software and robots are perfected (in, say, 3 or 4 years), we won't have anything otherwise useful left to do since everything will be automated.
"Stealth" is a buzzword these days, but the reality is decoys. Radar and other detection systems work excellently when shooting down flying things.
A 4 million dollar missile wasting itself on an air-launched, $5000 decoy is a good investment. That is one way the US defeated the Iraqi air defense. Pretty easy, actually, if you think about it.
I agree. Right now I have almost 190 things in my ticket system.
How many of those "190 things" would be a problem if "tech" wasn't improving "business productivity"?
In the past, secretaries were able to untangle the strikers in a typewriter themself, clerks could access files with a flashlight. If the electricity went out, engineers, designers and draftsmen could still draw and think without the necessity of a computer.
Now, all these functions are largely dependent on computers and those that manage them.
As a non-IT person, I see many problems ahead. But that's OK, as IT will solve them all. Eventually. Maybe. Either way, it doesn't matter, as those that can't/won't keep up will die-off anyway.
But along the way the fossil fuel industry got serious about controlling public perception, so that everybody knows that nuclear power is deadly dangerous and coal and oil are sweet, kind and friendly.
Where do the environmentalist (anti-nuke) Chicken Little people fit into this scenario? Were/are they useful idiots encouraged by the fossil fuel industry?
Theoretically, a bit of anonymous funding thrown towards logic-challenged and naive groups that make a lot of noise can help causes with agendas.
Today, every employee, scientific or not, is interchangeable.
This belief is directly due to "computerization" of the workforce, as perceived by managers and those that have little or no experience in the trenches.
The logical conclusion to constantly improving productivity is to maximize the use of computers and minimize the use of people.
Consumers: incredibly dumb entities that eat products and shit cash.
I wonder if that will fit into a sig line.
Joke aside, not all prostitutes or prostitution environments are the same.
Just look in any big city's "alternative weeklies" (or even phone books) and you'll see dozens of escort agencies. From what I've heard, these deliveries arrive with downstairs drivers (and friends) that can "bring the pain" if a girl is dissed/not paid.
I find it amusing that the deterioration of our language in many cases is cause by an overabundance of vocabulary. I think more words, with very subtle shades of meaning, can allow more depth in our communication. However, most people use these words with slightly different meanings almost interchangably, and that confuses the reader.
However, with many more people communicating, the subtleties of the traditional meanings are often lost and buzzwords and local/technical colloquialisms are quickly adopted (for typing convenience, "in-crowd" lingo, laziness or just plain ignorance).
"Owned" mutated to "pwned" because the letters "o" and "p" are close together on the keyboard.
Pants are still optional, but recommended for you.
The parent is of course refering to Colossus
From IMDB (Colossus: The Forbin Project, 1970): "Trivia: Though the writers could not have known it, the first useful electronic "supercomputer" was also called "Colossus". The Colossus Mk2 was used by the British to decipher German radio transmissions in WWII, and was kept a secret until 1974."
Good movie, look it up.
Easy-peasy. Just stop the industrial revolution. I'm good with graphics and can make signs, who is ready to go to China or India and protest? Anyone?
Chances are, if any of the above apply to you, you've been influenced by advertising, either on the radio or TV or somewhere else.
This statement is patent, marketing bullshit. This is the type of assertation that marketers use to justify their existence and budgets.
I bought and ate a Subway sandwich yesterday. Was I"influenced" by advertising or was I just hungry, lazy and a Subway happened to be close by? Within a 10 minute walk there is a Quiznos, Mike's, Mr. Submarine - I went to the one that was closest.
But-but, if I didn't know about the existence of this store I surely would have gone hungry, right?
selling fake anti-spyware products.
This needs to be punished even more than the actual spyware, for obvious reasons.
The realistic viewpoint is that most of the people laid off (especially the good ones) will go on to even better jobs.
As each cycle of better software clangs itself onto clueless managers' brains, the managers start to realize that employing real people is a profit negative.
This is NOT similar to the buggy whip analogy, THINKING people are being replaced now, not just assembly-line workers.
If you recall, after WW2 many people went into office work. Your experience may be different from mine, but most office tasks are redundant and pointless "show up because we have to pay you"-type work.
Anyone that has worked on priority projects knows that a smaller team works better and more efficiently. Well, that tends to be true until politics comes into the matrix. With multiple managers and vice-presidents (good signs of excess) comes delays, silly meetings, and time-wasting bureaucracy.
"It's the law of physics that states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream
Are there any reliable, creditable stories of fans being paid to present an artificially-created, hype situation for emerging pop bands?
If there are, could this have been the origin for the much-maligned laugh track?
Usually, you can feal (sic) the radiated heat coming off the person that is near you. Other than that, there is also the air movements that your skin is picking up
It is mostly hearing. Skin (you actually mean hairs on the skin) doesn't "pick up" radiated heat or motion from another person unless they are very close. The ears and nose are what you are talking about.
Do you think that Bomis helped financially (or otherwise) with the success of Wikipedia?
I admit that I had seen bomis.com before I knew about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a regular stop for me now, while Bomis is somewhat forgotten.
But modern air combat isn't about who can pull the most G's, it is about who has the longest range missiles.
On the other hand, using drones to attract long-range missiles and have the enemy waste their limited firepower on 3 million-dollar, disposable planes is better than having one 30 million-dollar plane+pilot shot down.
The drones are extremely useful in this regard.
I've noticed lots of assistant people lately. Assistant directors, assistant-assistant directors, 2nd assistant directors, 3rd assisstant directors. WTF is that? Pseudo resume-padding in exchange for actual pay? It must look good on a resume if the work actually involved "got coffee for stars". Apparently, this can be quite complicated though.
Maybe this is what Chappelle is trying to avoid. Go Dave! His heart is in the right place and I support him. I hope he gets rid of the corporate handlers and gets back to what he does best.
Nobody _needs_ fifty million dollars and I have to admire the guy for essentially saying 'fuck you'.
could probably literally kill you and tape the event and never go to jail for it.
Are you a cowardly person by nature? If working for wealthy, powerful people makes you nervous to the extent that you think they might kill you if you make a mistake, you might want to check in to your local psychiatrist.
If you're honest with your site, Google has no problem with that. If it starts to look scammy or spammy...
Unfortunately being critical is taboo these days. Nobody wants to be told they're doing anything wrong, yet we still want everything to be perfect, so people who anticipate and adjust for potential failure are the ones that actually make things work, but nobody wants to be around during the process it seems.
Interesting theory. If true, it's likely because everyone nowadays wants to reap but not sow.
Of course, we can also read Old English texts from 700 AD. And we can read other texts from far before that.
That's a pretty unfair comparison, don't you think (i.e., digital data from 50 years ago vs. written text from 700 AD)?
Take away the computer interface to the abstraction of ones and zeros and you have unintelligible communication.
I was interested in reading your experiences but I slowly found that when people do not structure their writing with paragraphs and appropriate punctuation it becomes very difficult to comprehend but that's OK this is Slashdot.