A lot of times, company rules (official or unofficial) against discussing salaries protect the employer much more than the employees.
Like my employer, for example (sub-sub-sub-subdivision of UTC). IMHO this rule is the same as the used-car salesman saying "OK, I can cut you this deal but you have to promise not to tell anyone about it." They hope to make each employee think he/she's got a better salary than the folks in the next cube.
One other thought: seniority should be a factor up to a point. Statistics show certain timeframes (e.g. 5 years' employment) at which people are more likely to switch jobs, so offering a seniority-based incentive to stay on at these junctures can help retain desired staff.
I'm a bit surprised to find that, 60 comments in, nobody's yet suggested R , e.g. http://cran.r-project.org/ as an alternative. There are several different GUIs available for R (Rstudio, Rcommander, Rjava,...), it's 100% opensource, and frankly most of us R users find the syntax and flexibility to be far better than MatLab. And the graphics have to be seen to be believed. You can do anything and then some.
Us pinfans have been happily using VisualPinball & PinMAME for ages now. The VP team negotiated terms of usage with the owners of pinball ROMS (Stern, Bally, and other defunct-ish companies) which included a flatout promise not to design or publish pinball sims for games less than a year old. It seems to have worked well, in the sense that I know of no attempt either to ban distribution of the ROM files or to sue any designer or user of VP files.
it could just as easily be said that they are the result of an impact event or the remains of a giant alien LP record that got melted into the crust.
There's no chance of that: aliens never bothered to go past 78s. However, we do know that the undulations are a part of the work of the Trafalmadorian robot on Titan, and had we been able to place a large-enough tonearm and stylus, we could have received his message without having to travel all the way to Titan.
As I recall, housing prices in SF and environs were going astronomical long before Google existed. And seeing as Apple's been there since the 70's, it seems rather odd that "just recently" Apple is responsible for a price rise in housing.
Conservatives tend to give a higher percentage of their wealth away than liberals do
[citation needed]
And the reason you need to provide citations is that every source I've found in the past suggests that this is only true for "conservatives" who are below middle class, and further that it's only true if you include contributions directly to churches. And I do not accept that giving cash to a church (or to your favorite TV evangelist) in any way counts as charity.
A true statement today as well as then; but AFAIK this quote has yet to be verified. Undoubtedly matches Steinbeck's views, but nobody's been able to track the wording down.
I dont care fuck all if someone knows that I had slashdot, arstechnica and newscientist opened last session.
You're missing the point. It's not hard to allow the browser to store your login credentials for webmail pages, your amazon account, etc. And as we all (should) know, if someone can get your email, they can set up a bunch of "forgot my password" requests at all your pseudosecure (bank website) places, retrieve the password reset emails, and off your money goes.
As is pointed out regularly on other/. threads about alternative electricity generation, it's possible to draw electricity during low-cost time periods and store the energy either directly or indirectly. So how does the cost of what's basically a large battery backup system compare with, say, a pump, a large water tank on top of the building, and a dynamo?
That's actually what Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" program was. It drove them nuts and we didn't even have to build anything.
Except that we *did* built a crapton of stuff, most of which never worked (aside from the obvious "it worked" part about funneling billions to defense contractors).
Even if you only have 2-3 gigs a month - if not music, what ARE you moving on that connection?
Just try D/Ling a few youtubeszz every day.
Or tethering -- I have a relative who's desperately holding on to a 8-yr old phone 'cause it (the phone contract) is grandfathered into a true unlimited plan. She runs around 8-12 Gb/month thru a combo of relaxation web browsing and thesis delvelopment (linked into a Univ. cluster computer)
unlike DC, we're still not sure if there's intelligent life on mars.
I see multiple errors with that statement, as it's got multiple parsing options. First, if we all "unlike" DC, it'll still have a FaceBook preference. Next, not quite sure what the official name of a "dangling prepositional phrase" is, but you could read that is "DC is sure there's life on Mars even though we aren't" as opposed to "we're sure there's no intelligent life in DC."
Meanwhile, what sort of/. moron thinks "Insightful" means either "funny" or "agrees with my political point of view"?
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Why don't you run? Sounds like you have a better idea. Mount a grassroots campaign on teh internets on a shoestring and see how many votes you get!
I'm *trying* . See my sig :-) . So far, I believe I have about 10 votes. Could use a few more to guarantee a majority...
A lot of times, company rules (official or unofficial) against discussing salaries protect the employer much more than the employees.
Like my employer, for example (sub-sub-sub-subdivision of UTC). IMHO this rule is the same as the used-car salesman saying "OK, I can cut you this deal but you have to promise not to tell anyone about it." They hope to make each employee think he/she's got a better salary than the folks in the next cube.
One other thought: seniority should be a factor up to a point. Statistics show certain timeframes (e.g. 5 years' employment) at which people are more likely to switch jobs, so offering a seniority-based incentive to stay on at these junctures can help retain desired staff.
I'm a bit surprised to find that, 60 comments in, nobody's yet suggested R , e.g. http://cran.r-project.org/ as an alternative. There are several different GUIs available for R (Rstudio, Rcommander, Rjava,...), it's 100% opensource, and frankly most of us R users find the syntax and flexibility to be far better than MatLab. And the graphics have to be seen to be believed. You can do anything and then some.
Us pinfans have been happily using VisualPinball & PinMAME for ages now. The VP team negotiated terms of usage with the owners of pinball ROMS (Stern, Bally, and other defunct-ish companies) which included a flatout promise not to design or publish pinball sims for games less than a year old. It seems to have worked well, in the sense that I know of no attempt either to ban distribution of the ROM files or to sue any designer or user of VP files.
it could just as easily be said that they are the result of an impact event or the remains of a giant alien LP record that got melted into the crust.
There's no chance of that: aliens never bothered to go past 78s. However, we do know that the undulations are a part of the work of the Trafalmadorian robot on Titan, and had we been able to place a large-enough tonearm and stylus, we could have received his message without having to travel all the way to Titan.
Reminds me of the interiew snippet in A Hard Day's Night.
reporter: Are you a Mod or a Rocker?
Beatle(Ringo IIRC): I'm a Mocker.
So much for tribes.
Me? I'll go w/ Zoot Suit, with side vents, 5 inches wide!
Sometimes, you are better off trying to guess what color any random woman's underwear might be then expect people to know about this stuff.
ummmm...... white?
As I recall, housing prices in SF and environs were going astronomical long before Google existed. And seeing as Apple's been there since the 70's, it seems rather odd that "just recently" Apple is responsible for a price rise in housing.
Jeebus... Usenet groups were more civil.
[goes off to inspect some files in wayback.com]
No, you're wrong, Usenet groups were hellholes. You've just forced yourself to forget those traumatic posts.
Heisenbug - nice. A fitting name for a bleeding edge distro.
So it's Breaking Good?
Conservatives tend to give a higher percentage of their wealth away than liberals do
[citation needed]
And the reason you need to provide citations is that every source I've found in the past suggests that this is only true for "conservatives" who are below middle class, and further that it's only true if you include contributions directly to churches. And I do not accept that giving cash to a church (or to your favorite TV evangelist) in any way counts as charity.
A true statement today as well as then; but AFAIK this quote has yet to be verified. Undoubtedly matches Steinbeck's views, but nobody's been able to track the wording down.
It pretty much comes down to "you can't fix 'stupid' ."
I dont care fuck all if someone knows that I had slashdot, arstechnica and newscientist opened last session.
You're missing the point. It's not hard to allow the browser to store your login credentials for webmail pages, your amazon account, etc. And as we all (should) know, if someone can get your email, they can set up a bunch of "forgot my password" requests at all your pseudosecure (bank website) places, retrieve the password reset emails, and off your money goes.
As is pointed out regularly on other /. threads about alternative electricity generation, it's possible to draw electricity during low-cost time periods and store the energy either directly or indirectly. So how does the cost of what's basically a large battery backup system compare with, say, a pump, a large water tank on top of the building, and a dynamo?
"Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value."
And yet, it's been conclusively proven that Tywin's shit is NOT gold. So somebody misoverestimated its value.
That's actually what Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" program was. It drove them nuts and we didn't even have to build anything.
Except that we *did* built a crapton of stuff, most of which never worked (aside from the obvious "it worked" part about funneling billions to defense contractors).
Every car system I've ever used has been crap-tastic. "Call Dave", you said "Call Carl, calling carl...ring.. ring. ", Crap (press cancel)
Hey, if you really don't want to call me, then quit Liking me on Facebook!
(yes, my name *is* Carl)
um... it doesn't stay winter forever.
except in pre-wardrobe Narnia, and quite possibly in Westeros, starting somewhere in Book 5.
Heck, the Great Old Ones, as well as these Goldilocks-era beings, are old hat compared with the Photinos and Xeelee
Even if you only have 2-3 gigs a month - if not music, what ARE you moving on that connection?
Just try D/Ling a few youtubeszz every day.
Or tethering -- I have a relative who's desperately holding on to a 8-yr old phone 'cause it (the phone contract) is grandfathered into a true unlimited plan. She runs around 8-12 Gb/month thru a combo of relaxation web browsing and thesis delvelopment (linked into a Univ. cluster computer)
The name is clearly unacceptable. Change it from "gallium" to "freedomium" .
(Yes, you language pedants, that is the origin of the name)
unlike DC, we're still not sure if there's intelligent life on mars.
I see multiple errors with that statement, as it's got multiple parsing options. First, if we all "unlike" DC, it'll still have a FaceBook preference.
Next, not quite sure what the official name of a "dangling prepositional phrase" is, but you could read that is "DC is sure there's life on Mars even though we aren't" as opposed to "we're sure there's no intelligent life in DC."
Meanwhile, what sort of /. moron thinks "Insightful" means either "funny" or "agrees with my political point of view"?
This will raise hell out of the premise of 1190. Or maybe not, if we view Cuegan & clan as a mutated line of posthumans.
It should be more like the ED-209 .