That's a pretty narrow view of the world, my friend.
Rather you should be asking the potential employee if he/she has a problem with observing your company's coding standards. Then hire the person who will follow whichever way your company uses if(x == 5).
I do side contract work (programming) for a 2-man visual design company, and we've found a pretty good niche in servicing small manufacturing companies with a simple shopping cart, credit card transactions (CyberCash), and a fairly simple searchable catalog for their 1,000 parts or so. I think we charged them around $20-25k for the whole customized solution (included some infant marketing/branding, and admin capabilities).
The first company to buy into this does about $2 or 3 million in sales, so I think it's a reasonable investment for them. Granted a Mom&Pop that has $100,000 in revenue might not be able to afford such an investment...but I believe the increase to their revenue would be a far greater percentage growth than my small manufacturing example.
The key is that Interland recognizes how scary it is for these small companies to invest a chunk of money into something they often know NOTHING about. It's akin to the situational power a mechanic has over a mechanically ill-inclined customer.
The recently released Raven Shield features something called the "rag doll effect", which I think is pretty cool. Basically when you are killed in action, your body slumps to the ground much like a real body would do when it's life is taken from it. Bodies can fall half onto tables, out windows, off ledges, etc.
Soldier of Fortune II features something called GHOUL 2.0 technology, which basically charts the human body and assigns each area with a hit point value and segments the body's limbs and head so they can be damaged or even shot off.
We're getting closer to more realistic physics...one game at a time.
Yeah, it'll give that impression to the 1,000,000 people who will ever play the damn game. Christ, that's like.00025 percent of the world population (1mil/4bil)?
Then take the odds of one of those 1 million actually earning a position of power in the world, and multiply that by the odds of that person (who is intelligent enough to gain a position of power in the world) being equally easily influence by a game they played in 2003.
The difference between a 'College' and a 'University' is that a 'University' confers Masters and PhD degrees, whereas a 'College' only offers Associate and Undergraduate degrees.
The use of 'College' in your Oxford example is the same as saying 'Kelley School of Business' (Indiana University) for instance. It doesn't reflect the type of institution as whole, as I presume Oxford has graduate degrees to offer.
there was a point when I was driving a car valued under my 6 month insurance premium
If you drive a crappy car, they ding you because that crappy car could cause an accident, despite how good the driver is. The older and worse condition your car gets, the larger your premium.
I think the insurance carriers should charge you based on your record, not some statistical abberation
Statistical abberation? Take a peek sometime at the national statistics for driving accidents. There has been proof for years that youths cause more accidents than adults.
Granted, it sucks...I used to be in your shoes. But I just reccently hit the daily double (got married and turned 25 last year), and my insurance got cut by 75%. Wheee!
He wasn't doing journalistic activity. He was writing a book for $$$. Mr. Mitnick had a right to request a piece of the action, or refuse to participate.
If it was an article for a magazine, or for a newspaper, then yes, there is no need for compensation. But the guy was going to publish a book for loot!
When I was in college, our frat made one of these things and it was absolutely incredible. We put a hole through one of our basketball backboards (the plywood kind, not glass) from about 30 feet.
We should have put it under lock and key during parties...
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Hmm ... how about a site where you send me your credit card number and I'll tell you if it's interesting or not? Or your SSN? It'll be fun and quirky!
Not affecting the Loop. I'm kitty corner from the Sears Tower.
You forgot his "Bedtime For Bonzo", and her "Just Say No" and breast cancer.
Ok, well maybe the First Lady was more helpful. At least we're not France.
Funniest. Question. Ever.
Molehill = DHTML Mountain = Your Post
What is 'Chinese Overtime'? From your context, I am assuming that means no overtime pay.
Use it once and never go back.
Where can I get this card that provides 238923213 FPS?
That's a pretty narrow view of the world, my friend.
Rather you should be asking the potential employee if he/she has a problem with observing your company's coding standards. Then hire the person who will follow whichever way your company uses if(x == 5).
I do side contract work (programming) for a 2-man visual design company, and we've found a pretty good niche in servicing small manufacturing companies with a simple shopping cart, credit card transactions (CyberCash), and a fairly simple searchable catalog for their 1,000 parts or so. I think we charged them around $20-25k for the whole customized solution (included some infant marketing/branding, and admin capabilities). The first company to buy into this does about $2 or 3 million in sales, so I think it's a reasonable investment for them. Granted a Mom&Pop that has $100,000 in revenue might not be able to afford such an investment...but I believe the increase to their revenue would be a far greater percentage growth than my small manufacturing example. The key is that Interland recognizes how scary it is for these small companies to invest a chunk of money into something they often know NOTHING about. It's akin to the situational power a mechanic has over a mechanically ill-inclined customer.
The recently released Raven Shield features something called the "rag doll effect", which I think is pretty cool. Basically when you are killed in action, your body slumps to the ground much like a real body would do when it's life is taken from it. Bodies can fall half onto tables, out windows, off ledges, etc. Soldier of Fortune II features something called GHOUL 2.0 technology, which basically charts the human body and assigns each area with a hit point value and segments the body's limbs and head so they can be damaged or even shot off. We're getting closer to more realistic physics...one game at a time.
Amen.
Though I was hoodwinked by how good MOO2 was, and overlooked the few negative reviews with good faith in series.
I learned my lesson.
I have multiple fat pipes.
You're girlfriend/wife must love you.
Yeah, it'll give that impression to the 1,000,000 people who will ever play the damn game. Christ, that's like .00025 percent of the world population (1mil/4bil)?
Then take the odds of one of those 1 million actually earning a position of power in the world, and multiply that by the odds of that person (who is intelligent enough to gain a position of power in the world) being equally easily influence by a game they played in 2003.
This thread is stupid.
I'm glad you didn't resist. Viva la SOVIET jokes!
The difference between a 'College' and a 'University' is that a 'University' confers Masters and PhD degrees, whereas a 'College' only offers Associate and Undergraduate degrees. The use of 'College' in your Oxford example is the same as saying 'Kelley School of Business' (Indiana University) for instance. It doesn't reflect the type of institution as whole, as I presume Oxford has graduate degrees to offer.
+1 Funny
Not a mod today, but here's a +1 Funny for you. Hopefully we can get Kordell to solve our QB problems!
The McCaskey's are to Chicago football, as Microsoft is to open source.
In Soviet Russia, the "Timeless Slashdot Classic Jokes" make fun of YOU!
I'm surprised he didn't switch his name back to "Ben" after the dot-com craze died down. *shrug*
Can you say "Ogliopoly?"
No, but I can say 'oligopoly'.
He wasn't doing journalistic activity. He was writing a book for $$$. Mr. Mitnick had a right to request a piece of the action, or refuse to participate.
If it was an article for a magazine, or for a newspaper, then yes, there is no need for compensation. But the guy was going to publish a book for loot!
When I was in college, our frat made one of these things and it was absolutely incredible. We put a hole through one of our basketball backboards (the plywood kind, not glass) from about 30 feet. We should have put it under lock and key during parties...
The internet is on computers these days.