With Wall Street watching quarterly sales increases for Microsoft's cash cow,
you can be sure that per unit sales will always increase.
If you don't believe product-shipment-at-any-cost, see Frys ad today and grab
the $33/license Office franchise for students.
Just one instance of the included Outlook or PowerPoint is more than that $99.
And the TOS for Office XP product activation allows for 1 desktop and 1 laptop.
It's definitely a numbers game for where the real money is -- maintaining the
price of their stock and all those Microsoft stock options.
You'd be amazed at the very wide operational temperature ranges in which you can operate many devices, if you can just maintain BOTH the internal moisture level and ambient temperature (plus/minus 5% relative humidity, plus/minus 5 degrees Fahrenheit).
If you already work 45-50 hours a week and don't punch a clock, the big problem is the "would you look at this?" at the end of the day that makes you miss dinner. If you have no spine, at least let it be known that your new flex hours will devote your entire existence to the company between sunrise and sunset, every workday of the year.
Start by printing out a
free chart for your area. You get on the train/bike/bus/car at the crack of dawn, arrive at work an hour later, and similarly step off that train/bike/bus/car at sundown. Tell them you are a vampire. Every moment of daylight belongs to the company, but not one minute more.
Using the printout for Miami as an example, you'd be at work from 8:01a to 4:33p on December 17th (worst case from a company standpoint) and from 7:30a to 7:15p on June 28th (worst case for you) which may not be much different than what you already are doing.
At least during the
equinoxes you are at work exactly ten hours, and then it averages out just plus or minus the same amount of minutes for the surrounding days on either side. Depressing, but nobody steals your nights and weekends if they already own every moment of every day.
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Occupations requiring continuous improvement and having masters teach it:
Law and medicine are professions where gifted minds advance the profession.
Acting is a profession where "naturals" stand out from others with guidance.
The sales profession is rife with born-salesmen who can grow to new levels.
Sports professionals have measurable attributes well outside their expertise.
It's all about what you start with, and then what you can make out of it.
Apple isn't competing with Dell's primary market to begin with.
Take a generic commodity, apply a heavy dose of marketing for many years,
then start tinkering with inner workings that should not even be touched.
Tobacco companies took a basic product that people made themselves for years,
advertised incessantly about their own product which was actually worse --
and then started manipulating inner ingredients that should have been left alone.
The result was what consumer groups rightly declared a nicotine-delivery system.
Computer companies took a basic product that people made themselves for years,
advertised incessantly about their own product which was actually worse --
and then started manipulating inner workings that should have been left alone.
The result was what consumer groups rightly declared a DRM-delivery system.
Simply by unleashing Vista on consumers, Microsoft created a two billion dollar software industry to secure that product.
If AV makers can keep 60% of that total among themselves, then their own collective piece of the pie is sufficient, and they can let their marketing departments fight the other AV marketing departments for marketshare.
Compare 5 boxes of antivirus software at Wal-Mart these days, and you see identical packaging. These companies are either used to being told what to do, or else lack originality and just copy each other at every turn.
doing anything to *encourage* someone to be on their phone while driving
Instead of cities having traffic cameras every two miles, maybe Google can get people to stop in traffic and take pictures with their phone so we can have live shots every 50 meters?
A GoogleRewards program for every 10th upload from a major freeway.
A hundred messages about a Microsoft promise and trust was not mentioned once. Mod it insightful, not a troll.
And outside of Slashdot in-the-real-world (aka Google) there aren't 10 unique occurences for the following phrases:
"stop trusting Microsoft" or "stopped trusting Microsoft"
This will mean decreased risk taking and just regurgitated sequels of big brand franchises
Just like Disney does with movies? *
(Once video games became big business, the "big players" have tried running operations like a generic entertainment industry offering)
* Disney
just announced it slashes new releases to 8 per year.
You can connect each node to one less than the total, but don't double count your paths:
The number of lines to connect 3 dots = 3*(3-1)/2 = 3
The number of lines to connect 4 dots = 4*(4-1)/2 = 6
The number of lines to connect 5 dots = 5*(5-1)/2 = 10
The number of lines to connect n dots = n*(n-1)/2 = Hey, let's just use an approximation this time.
the consumers benefit from the companies' not doing it again.
The steadfast "let the market work things out" people should be the ones pushing the hardest for this. Collusion is a main case where market force arguments fall apart.
But when their rigid economic view becomes a dogmatic belief with a couple pat answers for every conceivable future scenario, it is like dealing with religious cultists.
What is your definition of a 'geeky' product... I expect products to be usable
I define "regular users" as those who want zero learning curve from a new version or alternate product.
If these "regular users" are going to discover an additional feature, it will be over the course of loading the program dozens of times in the first few weeks when they are putzing around at their own pace.
Microsoft's personalized menu default option for applications and O/S ensure tunnel vision of only showing options and choices that "regular users" use regularly. Windows hiding all else is a death spiral of ignorance.
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you can be sure that per unit sales will always increase.
If you don't believe product-shipment-at-any-cost, see Frys ad today and grab
the $33/license Office franchise for students.
Just one instance of the included Outlook or PowerPoint is more than that $99.
And the TOS for Office XP product activation allows for 1 desktop and 1 laptop.
It's definitely a numbers game for where the real money is -- maintaining the
price of their stock and all those Microsoft stock options.
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Change is bad.
Tell the enduser their network cable "got reversed" and somebody will have to go over there and turn it around for them.
First, if you ask someone to put the phone down to check for link light, they'll answer back in 3 seconds without checking.
Second, even if they actually wouldn't lie about it, they'd never get under a desk to fix it in the first place.
Even guys in suits do it every time, if you say someone will be over "later" to reverse their (known loose) network cable.
End result -- works every time if you do it right, and no credibility lost since everybody understands what happened.
Start by printing out a free chart for your area. You get on the train/bike/bus/car at the crack of dawn, arrive at work an hour later, and similarly step off that train/bike/bus/car at sundown. Tell them you are a vampire. Every moment of daylight belongs to the company, but not one minute more.
Using the printout for Miami as an example, you'd be at work from 8:01a to 4:33p on December 17th (worst case from a company standpoint) and from 7:30a to 7:15p on June 28th (worst case for you) which may not be much different than what you already are doing.
At least during the equinoxes you are at work exactly ten hours, and then it averages out just plus or minus the same amount of minutes for the surrounding days on either side. Depressing, but nobody steals your nights and weekends if they already own every moment of every day.
Law and medicine are professions where gifted minds advance the profession.
Acting is a profession where "naturals" stand out from others with guidance.
The sales profession is rife with born-salesmen who can grow to new levels.
Sports professionals have measurable attributes well outside their expertise.
It's all about what you start with, and then what you can make out of it.
Take a generic commodity, apply a heavy dose of marketing for many years,
then start tinkering with inner workings that should not even be touched.
Tobacco companies took a basic product that people made themselves for years,
advertised incessantly about their own product which was actually worse --
and then started manipulating inner ingredients that should have been left alone.
The result was what consumer groups rightly declared a nicotine-delivery system.
Computer companies took a basic product that people made themselves for years,
advertised incessantly about their own product which was actually worse --
and then started manipulating inner workings that should have been left alone.
The result was what consumer groups rightly declared a DRM-delivery system.
Then the 48K of usable space in VisiCalc eventually would max out at 64K with paging in RAMdisks or memory boards or external bubble memory.
The week when the original XT with a maximum 256K onboard came out, drycleaners worked overtime cleaning accountants' dark suitpants.
Talks to Diebold machines on voting days to comply with State laws. Switches you to light beer after the first six.
Cuts you off after a few too many, to keep underage students from cutting off older, sleeping roommates' fingers.
Or really good at shoveling snow. At one time not long ago, 75% of all available actuarial jobs were within a couple hours of Hartford.
If AV makers can keep 60% of that total among themselves, then their own collective piece of the pie is sufficient, and they can let their marketing departments fight the other AV marketing departments for marketshare.
Compare 5 boxes of antivirus software at Wal-Mart these days, and you see identical packaging. These companies are either used to being told what to do, or else lack originality and just copy each other at every turn.
However tin foil futures for post-election December delivery are up 10% on expectations of typical, low voter turnout.
Instead of cities having traffic cameras every two miles, maybe Google can get people to stop in traffic and take pictures with their phone so we can have live shots every 50 meters?
A GoogleRewards program for every 10th upload from a major freeway.
A hundred messages about a Microsoft promise and trust was not mentioned once. Mod it insightful, not a troll.
And outside of Slashdot in-the-real-world (aka Google) there aren't 10 unique occurences for the following phrases:
"stop trusting Microsoft" or "stopped trusting Microsoft"
Just like Disney does with movies? *
(Once video games became big business, the "big players" have tried running operations like a generic entertainment industry offering)
* Disney just announced it slashes new releases to 8 per year.
This is quite competitive compared to the old "For a transcript to today's Oprah show send $15.95" ...
The number of lines to connect 3 dots = 3*(3-1)/2 = 3
The number of lines to connect 4 dots = 4*(4-1)/2 = 6
The number of lines to connect 5 dots = 5*(5-1)/2 = 10
The number of lines to connect n dots = n*(n-1)/2 = Hey, let's just use an approximation this time.
The steadfast "let the market work things out" people should be the ones pushing the hardest for this. Collusion is a main case where market force arguments fall apart.
But when their rigid economic view becomes a dogmatic belief with a couple pat answers for every conceivable future scenario, it is like dealing with religious cultists.
And it is fair game, since the article is about "shedding light on Einstein's personal life."
Excuse me, but don't these guys know where you live?
In the UK, I believe it is customary to spell the company name as Delle.
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30 seconds means 15 minutes.
10 minutes means 5 hours.
12 hours means 6 days.
14 days means 7 weeks.
8 weeks means 4 months.
6 months means 3 years.
* First Rule of Project Management: Divide estimate by two, and round up to next higher unit.
their product that promises to protect you against popups:
"Windows Defender (Beta 2) is a free program
that helps you stay productive by protecting
your computer against pop-ups"
Hurry up and interrupt users again, before it is too late!
I define "regular users" as those who want zero learning curve from a new version or alternate product.
If these "regular users" are going to discover an additional feature, it will be over the course of loading the program dozens of times in the first few weeks when they are putzing around at their own pace.
Microsoft's personalized menu default option for applications and O/S ensure tunnel vision of only showing options and choices that "regular users" use regularly. Windows hiding all else is a death spiral of ignorance.
As a student, I always dreamt of participating in research where the consumption of alcohol was part of a paid-study.
My drinkin' hand isn't the same as my talkin' hand ...