I'm reminded of the people that say they hate cell phones because they can be reached anywhere as if there's nothing they can do about it (hint: don't answer it or turn it off).
Many people like to complain that they are "so busy" (probably helps with their image to keep their jobs), but people that complain about it are low-level employees trying to look "important". It's all a political and show game for posers wanting to get ahead in marketingworld.
People whose work *is* important don't give a shit about celphones and their bosses don't pester them about it.
Being busy all the time is one of those learned behaviours that people infer from watching videos of the NYSE floor where everything is exciting all the time and huge riches are to be made.
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Hmmm. I suddenly have this mental image of me yelling, "Get off my lawn, you kids!" while waving my cane.
My uneducated guess is that you are about 27 years old and already annoyed.
Welcome to the youth communication age, where lame, incomprehensible typed language spreads uncontrollably to pre-teens and teens via the internets.
My 14 year-old son knows what "pnwd" appears to mean but he doesn't know the history of the "word".
We cannot control the proper usage of the language, so it's going to deteriorate into chaos as more non-native speakers use it.
I was watching a program on Space (Canada) where the location was written onscreen as an "observitory". It appears that checking for accuracy is way down on the list of priorities these days.
This doesn't stand up to the simplest of analysis. Consider that Wintel ISN'T the platform of choice for most if not all CAD software. The platform of choice 5 years ago was Solaris NOT NT/XP/etc.
You are full of shit. Which CAD environment are you talking about? Is it possibly within your own personal sphere of knowledge or are you referring to "real" CAD use as defined by reliance upon big iron?
The vast majority of CAD users are trundling along with 2D AutoCAD on WinTel systems and making do because the full transformation to 3D seems to require a bunch of IT jerks that would impede their productivity. You sound like one of those jerks.
The only thing that can't be outsourced are service jobs. Want to be sure of having a job in the future? Become a teacher, pharmacist, plumber, doctor, lawyer, fireman, policeman, or any of the many other jobs that one can't telecommute to because they are required by the laws of physics to be in physical proximity to their clients.
Eventually, many of these roles will largely be automated as well. Teacher and pharmacist come immediately to mind, although the other occupations could be easily privatized. Theoretically, police and firemen could not be outsourced.
The white collar workforce currently exists because corporations had to do _something_ with all the WW2 vets coming home. It's my beleif that 40% of all so-called "white collar jobs" is pure job creation and overhead.
The advent of computers and automation is teaching the "boss class" that these people are no longer *really* necessary, and competition is forcing their hand.
I should mention that just outside of town the local gas company has a tower where they compress air to extract oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for commercial sale.
The compression part of an air separation plant just provides the push to force the intake air through the whole process - the extraction is done cryogenically. In other words, the atmospheric air is cooled through heat exchangers to become a liquid where distillation can occur.
I was referring to the concept that some software jerks have that the "old people" that do not understand computers will eventually die out (like dinosaurs). That is the ultimate conceit of the worst part of geek culture.
Since about 1950, when "youth culture" became popular, it has become the norm to challenge "the elders". Each generation's extremists seem to go farther than the previous one by doing stuff that their parents wouldn't do. It's a no-win game, but the notion that kids have to differentiate themselves from their parents is nicely helped along by the entertainment industry.
The USA administration and even more myopic major corporations will continue to let more and more manufacturing and service industry be off-shored resulting in importing permanent poverty into the USA.
The US is quite good at copying, but slow to adopt due to NIH. Militarily, the US is on currently on top of the world, though.
The US solution to all problems is to "make more" and expect everything to fall into place. This works very well in wartime.
RIM is a Canadian company, so it makes for good press (evil, possibly terroristic influences). Yeah, it's stupid, but then again, morons hang on whether Bill Gates appears to have a hangnail and make trades based on that.
The stock market is a joke where listed companies can get away with virtually anything and low-level people suck it up thinking they are hot shot investors and discuss their trades at work. People these days want a quick buck without having to work for it. The poker websites are cashing in on this, witness all the recent TV ads. It's sad really.
A local pharmacy I frequent seems to always have young women printing photos with these machines. Now, I'm not cynical by nature, but wouldn't it be easy to fake interest?
Nah, that could never happen; the laugh tracks for sitcoms are just there for "atmosphere".
Look, the "computer revolution" caused otherwise good managers to lose their minds. Those old guys were replaced by machines that told them what to do. This progression has led us into the great mediocracy and control by people who depend on machines.
The accountants, MBAs and marketing people have taken over previously innovative companies - get used to it. They (those who have limited creativity) have taken over and just re-hash what has been done before because that's all they know what to do.
And it's going to just get worse with powerful interests demanding (and getting) government protection.
Loren Coleman has been promoting his book(s) by signing up to a bunch of mailing lists over the past few years. He got kicked-off snopes by Barb because it became obvious that he was just there for marketing purposes.
'These movies are so expensive, we have to be careful,' he said.'"
Why are they so expensive? Is it the ridiculous salaries demanded by the "stars", insane amount of money spent on promotion, CG run amok because it's "cool", exorbitant salaries paid to executives, legal fees?
What it's all about is an industry that is feeling the squeeze lately. It's an industry that has been fat & happy for about 50 years and now has to come to terms with reality.
I foresee "star" salaries coming down quite a bit and a lot of backstabbing in the executive suites as everyone jockeys for position.
Unfortunately, there are just too many people who look for too many loopholes trying to screw other people over.
I really have to ask: why is this so? Is it an innate compulsion to fuck people over or is it a self-serving, invisible (and non-understood) sociological need to get more stuff, attention and babes, thus demonstrating dominance.
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I'm reminded of the people that say they hate cell phones because they can be reached anywhere as if there's nothing they can do about it (hint: don't answer it or turn it off).
Many people like to complain that they are "so busy" (probably helps with their image to keep their jobs), but people that complain about it are low-level employees trying to look "important". It's all a political and show game for posers wanting to get ahead in marketingworld.
People whose work *is* important don't give a shit about celphones and their bosses don't pester them about it.
Being busy all the time is one of those learned behaviours that people infer from watching videos of the NYSE floor where everything is exciting all the time and huge riches are to be made.
Hmmm. I suddenly have this mental image of me yelling, "Get off my lawn, you kids!" while waving my cane.
My uneducated guess is that you are about 27 years old and already annoyed.
Welcome to the youth communication age, where lame, incomprehensible typed language spreads uncontrollably to pre-teens and teens via the internets.
My 14 year-old son knows what "pnwd" appears to mean but he doesn't know the history of the "word".
We cannot control the proper usage of the language, so it's going to deteriorate into chaos as more non-native speakers use it.
I was watching a program on Space (Canada) where the location was written onscreen as an "observitory". It appears that checking for accuracy is way down on the list of priorities these days.
That's the transmission.
Actually, he's probably referring to the fan belt (ref: Bill Cosby's album 200 MPH - I think it's the bit where he buys a Shelby Cobra).
This doesn't stand up to the simplest of analysis. Consider that Wintel ISN'T the platform of choice for most if not all CAD software. The platform of choice 5 years ago was Solaris NOT NT/XP/etc.
You are full of shit. Which CAD environment are you talking about? Is it possibly within your own personal sphere of knowledge or are you referring to "real" CAD use as defined by reliance upon big iron?
The vast majority of CAD users are trundling along with 2D AutoCAD on WinTel systems and making do because the full transformation to 3D seems to require a bunch of IT jerks that would impede their productivity. You sound like one of those jerks.
The only thing that can't be outsourced are service jobs. Want to be sure of having a job in the future? Become a teacher, pharmacist, plumber, doctor, lawyer, fireman, policeman, or any of the many other jobs that one can't telecommute to because they are required by the laws of physics to be in physical proximity to their clients.
Eventually, many of these roles will largely be automated as well. Teacher and pharmacist come immediately to mind, although the other occupations could be easily privatized. Theoretically, police and firemen could not be outsourced.
The white collar workforce currently exists because corporations had to do _something_ with all the WW2 vets coming home. It's my beleif that 40% of all so-called "white collar jobs" is pure job creation and overhead.
The advent of computers and automation is teaching the "boss class" that these people are no longer *really* necessary, and competition is forcing their hand.
And of the precious little research that actually is happening, how much is classified and never sees the light of day
Once a competitor has the upper hand militarily, it will continue to focus on maintaining its military superiority at all costs.
This is not a dig at the US, it is reality. If the soviets had "won" the cold war, they'd be doing the same.
Some people are still wondering who actually won in the long run.
I should mention that just outside of town the local gas company has a tower where they compress air to extract oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for commercial sale.
The compression part of an air separation plant just provides the push to force the intake air through the whole process - the extraction is done cryogenically. In other words, the atmospheric air is cooled through heat exchangers to become a liquid where distillation can occur.
However, take as many of the bastards with you as you can.
It's so nice to see the core American business traditions echoed here. We all must live up to expectations, after all.
- Paul
BTW I can see you from the plane, get back to work, slacker, or you're fired.
I should have pointed this out to you earlier, but your use of "should of" illustrates two possible situations:
- you are 14
- you are ignorant
Being 14 is OK, but if you don't know the difference by the time you're 25 you need remedial reading classes.
I now await the inevitable vitriolic venting of the teenage mindset. Yay.
David is a "programmer" and the snopes site has become so popular recently that it would be stupid for them to *not* do something like this.
Used to be that Dave would email me privately, but now, no. All that smarty-pants, TV, radio stuff made him into some bigshot bigywig. [/Moe]
I was referring to the concept that some software jerks have that the "old people" that do not understand computers will eventually die out (like dinosaurs). That is the ultimate conceit of the worst part of geek culture.
Since about 1950, when "youth culture" became popular, it has become the norm to challenge "the elders". Each generation's extremists seem to go farther than the previous one by doing stuff that their parents wouldn't do. It's a no-win game, but the notion that kids have to differentiate themselves from their parents is nicely helped along by the entertainment industry.
Sound familiar?
The USA administration and even more myopic major corporations will continue to let more and more manufacturing and service industry be off-shored resulting in importing permanent poverty into the USA.
The US is quite good at copying, but slow to adopt due to NIH. Militarily, the US is on currently on top of the world, though.
The US solution to all problems is to "make more" and expect everything to fall into place. This works very well in wartime.
RIM is a Canadian company, so it makes for good press (evil, possibly terroristic influences). Yeah, it's stupid, but then again, morons hang on whether Bill Gates appears to have a hangnail and make trades based on that.
The stock market is a joke where listed companies can get away with virtually anything and low-level people suck it up thinking they are hot shot investors and discuss their trades at work. People these days want a quick buck without having to work for it. The poker websites are cashing in on this, witness all the recent TV ads. It's sad really.
A local pharmacy I frequent seems to always have young women printing photos with these machines. Now, I'm not cynical by nature, but wouldn't it be easy to fake interest?
Nah, that could never happen; the laugh tracks for sitcoms are just there for "atmosphere".
All the automated translation efforts "yo mamma, sup, homey, you mammo dogface to the bananapathch?" need to be based on local lingo.
I speak fairly good French, but translating this to something that could be understood by a second-language French learner is quite the challenge.
But that's OK, because the language is always devolving and marketing is our friend.
Look, the "computer revolution" caused otherwise good managers to lose their minds. Those old guys were replaced by machines that told them what to do. This progression has led us into the great mediocracy and control by people who depend on machines.
The accountants, MBAs and marketing people have taken over previously innovative companies - get used to it. They (those who have limited creativity) have taken over and just re-hash what has been done before because that's all they know what to do.
And it's going to just get worse with powerful interests demanding (and getting) government protection.
The tem, "congresscritters" makes it sound like they are cute, fuzzy animals. They are not. "congressjerks" would probably be more appropriate.
Loren Coleman has been promoting his book(s) by signing up to a bunch of mailing lists over the past few years. He got kicked-off snopes by Barb because it became obvious that he was just there for marketing purposes.
'These movies are so expensive, we have to be careful,' he said.'"
Why are they so expensive? Is it the ridiculous salaries demanded by the "stars", insane amount of money spent on promotion, CG run amok because it's "cool", exorbitant salaries paid to executives, legal fees?
What it's all about is an industry that is feeling the squeeze lately. It's an industry that has been fat & happy for about 50 years and now has to come to terms with reality.
I foresee "star" salaries coming down quite a bit and a lot of backstabbing in the executive suites as everyone jockeys for position.
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But these things are just "stuff", not improvements in lifestyle.
That's why there's an ever shrinking lower-class population.
Nobody seemed to have caught this joke, but hey, it's slashdot you're talking to.
Unfortunately, there are just too many people who look for too many loopholes trying to screw other people over.
I really have to ask: why is this so? Is it an innate compulsion to fuck people over or is it a self-serving, invisible (and non-understood) sociological need to get more stuff, attention and babes, thus demonstrating dominance.
The term, "Astronaut" implies (in most American's minds, probably) an ex-test pilot tough guy that has the "grit" and "balls" to do something risky.