I realise another 10,000 people have already pointed this out but since I can't see much scope for any further discussion.
He's built a shelf and took photos. This is not interesting, I can go around to my married mates houses and watch them build shelves if I wanted to. I don't.
It's a Shelf !!!!! Building shelves is not hard. It also looks crap.
Unfair for who ? There is no god given right that companies should make money, I have paid for the BBC so why should I be forced to pay again to a private company if I wish to enjoy classical music ?
A lot of classical music fans aren't going to be satisfied with MP3 quality recordings and will still go out and buy CDs ( Not sure but I think the BBC sells CDs as well ) so there is still an opening for record companies here.
The BBC is probably employing the same number of people and generating the same wealth as any record company would so why should they be favoured over the BBC ?
If you want people to buy your performances then you have to make them good enough that people will buy them.
Everyone would naturally feel like exacting some painful and terminal revenge in those circumstances which is why it's a good thing we have law enforcement and laws to dictate what is the best course of action to take. What people feel like doing isn't really that important.
That's right, test servers are a vital part of the process in rolling out new patches. We administer a large Windows based population and have just converted our test servers to Linux to add in an extra layer of security which should hopefully prevent any windows based stuff taking out the test servers.
We had the problem a few years ago, just after the guy who instigated the test servers left, where a patch crashed them totally and it took us ages to rebuild them again before we could continue with the rollout across the corporation, we operate such mission critical stuff we just can't afford to have a patching program held up in one bottle neck too long. So yeah, Test Servers are important but if you are in a hurry it is sometimes better to skip them in case you crash them beyond repair and hold up the rollout.
I imagine the publisher is being paid for the books which have been sold so I am really not sure that you can argue they have been stolen but even if that argument does stick and the person who bought the books does return them and gets his/her money back I can't see any way they can be prevented from talking about what they have read.
1. Dark Beginnings 2. Clearing Later 3. Light Showers 4. Thunder And Lightning 5. The Fog 6. A Hail Of Sorrows 7. A Strong Wind 8. A Thousand Words For Snow 9. Harry Dies 10. Funeral Fun 11. A Wacky Wake 12. Appendix I 13. Appendix II 14. Appendix III 15. Glossary 16. Maps 17. Harry 18. Other Characters 19. Dedications 20. This Page Intentionally Left Blank 21. One Two, Miss A Few 22. This Page Intentionally Left Blank 32. I'm Rich ! Rich ! I Tell You ( And what I did on my holidays )
I'm not so sure about that, the goods weren't stolen but purchased legally and since the purchaser has no contract with the publishers he can reveal whatever he/she likes
In an ideal world you'd be right and maybe there are some companies who do have sensible visions, mission statements and core values, Google is a good example of one of them.
There are far far too many companies out there now who are doing their best to undermine the principles companies like Google are upholding by publishing mission statements, visions and values which have absolutely no meaning or relevance to the way the company operates.
The only defining attribute of a company is that it is formed to make a profit for it's shareholders, everything else is transient and subject to alteration without notice. Examples of this are companies which form in one area of business and end up in a different type of business altogether.
For things like mission statements to have any value at all and not just be statements of the blindingly obvious there has to be some mechanism of ensuring that the principles espoused are actually carried through and we need to have someone other than the marketing departments assurance that that is the case.
As an example I have worked for 2 companies who have both had "Honesty" as a core value, as if there are other companies out there in the world who pursue a overt course of dishonesty.
Interestingly at least one of these companies was anything but honest in some of it's dealings with it's customers which was amusing for everyone at the yearly get togethers when the "Core Values" were plastered up in Powerpoint.
I agree but the problem is that you can distill almost all organisations actual "mission" into one sentance.
E.g
A Limited Company: We aim to make money for our shareholders A Charity: I want you to give me as much money as you can. A Church: Lot's of us believe this rubbish and we'd like you to too.
Unfortunately single sentances like that don't look very impressive on business literature and may give the reader the impression that they aren't the most important person in the world as far as the organisation is concerned.
Almost, I believe it's to ensure that the customer can read into it what he likes but would never be able to prove categorically what it was he's bought in a court of law.
If you had read the article properly you would have noticed that all the examples you are quoting are examples he has received from contributors, the opinions on the phrases are also the contributors opinions.
I agree with you that some of those points are uneccesarily nitpicking and anal but I have to say that Detention Centre is certainly a good description of a prison but sort of implies that it's somewhere you can drop in and out of at will when you wish to be detained.
They have renamed Ticket Collectors at Birmingham New Street to "Revenue Protection Officers".
Unfortunatley the new moniker doesn't seem to have empowered them or imbued them with any sense of purpose since they are too busy showing each other their new mobile phones to actually check anyones ticket.
First of all, you are not relying on the Drupal website - whether it is working or not is irrelevant to the performance of the Drupal CMS.
Although I can't see any obvious scenarios where a business would rely on a CMS such a business would be wise to realise that it's the core developers who are important when it comes to the Drupal CMS installation they are using and buy some kind of support contract with them.
Lastly, being Open Source it does not matter if everyone involved in Drupal gets bored and goes off to do other things since you will have everything you need to do whatever you want with the software.
Even more lastly Drupal is not a company and any business person unable to make that distinction is unlikely to be in business very long.
Don't you think that if you were running a business which relied on Drupal you would be sensible to arrange some kind of support with the core developers rather than just surf onto their website every time your business requirements changed ?
Once you have an effective explanation for human emotions - what they are, why we have them and how they are created then I guess we can begin to experiment with animals to see whether they have any comparable processes.
The missing element is the mind of an anonymous coward, luckily for the Chinese this is such a tiny thing it does not have any effect on their abilities.
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"Visually it's cool"
Are you serious ?
I realise another 10,000 people have already pointed this out but since I can't see much scope for any further discussion.
He's built a shelf and took photos. This is not interesting, I can go around to my married mates houses and watch them build shelves if I wanted to. I don't.
It's a Shelf !!!!! Building shelves is not hard. It also looks crap.
Unfair for who ? There is no god given right that companies should make money, I have paid for the BBC so why should I be forced to pay again to a private company if I wish to enjoy classical music ?
A lot of classical music fans aren't going to be satisfied with MP3 quality recordings and will still go out and buy CDs ( Not sure but I think the BBC sells CDs as well ) so there is still an opening for record companies here.
The BBC is probably employing the same number of people and generating the same wealth as any record company would so why should they be favoured over the BBC ?
If you want people to buy your performances then you have to make them good enough that people will buy them.
"Anyway- BBC gets enough government monies that the populace considers them to be an extension of the gov't."
No, they don't.
Everyone would naturally feel like exacting some painful and terminal revenge in those circumstances which is why it's a good thing we have law enforcement and laws to dictate what is the best course of action to take. What people feel like doing isn't really that important.
That's right, test servers are a vital part of the process in rolling out new patches. We administer a large Windows based population and have just converted our test servers to Linux to add in an extra layer of security which should hopefully prevent any windows based stuff taking out the test servers.
We had the problem a few years ago, just after the guy who instigated the test servers left, where a patch crashed them totally and it took us ages to rebuild them again before we could continue with the rollout across the corporation, we operate such mission critical stuff we just can't afford to have a patching program held up in one bottle neck too long. So yeah, Test Servers are important but if you are in a hurry it is sometimes better to skip them in case you crash them beyond repair and hold up the rollout.
I imagine the publisher is being paid for the books which have been sold so I am really not sure that you can argue they have been stolen but even if that argument does stick and the person who bought the books does return them and gets his/her money back I can't see any way they can be prevented from talking about what they have read.
1. Dark Beginnings
2. Clearing Later
3. Light Showers
4. Thunder And Lightning
5. The Fog
6. A Hail Of Sorrows
7. A Strong Wind
8. A Thousand Words For Snow
9. Harry Dies
10. Funeral Fun
11. A Wacky Wake
12. Appendix I
13. Appendix II
14. Appendix III
15. Glossary
16. Maps
17. Harry
18. Other Characters
19. Dedications
20. This Page Intentionally Left Blank
21. One Two, Miss A Few
22. This Page Intentionally Left Blank
32. I'm Rich ! Rich ! I Tell You ( And what I did on my holidays )
Wow sounds like a great book, what could it be, oh no oh no I just have to find out.
Yeah, so what - it's not costing me millions so why should I care ?
I have never read Harry Potter and have no intention of doing so. Surely it's just a kids book ?
I'm not so sure about that, the goods weren't stolen but purchased legally and since the purchaser has no contract with the publishers he can reveal whatever he/she likes
Businesspeople need to know "when I have a problem, who do I call?"
Isn't that what I have just said, twice now ?
In an ideal world you'd be right and maybe there are some companies who do have sensible visions, mission statements and core values, Google is a good example of one of them.
There are far far too many companies out there now who are doing their best to undermine the principles companies like Google are upholding by publishing mission statements, visions and values which have absolutely no meaning or relevance to the way the company operates.
The only defining attribute of a company is that it is formed to make a profit for it's shareholders, everything else is transient and subject to alteration without notice. Examples of this are companies which form in one area of business and end up in a different type of business altogether.
For things like mission statements to have any value at all and not just be statements of the blindingly obvious there has to be some mechanism of ensuring that the principles espoused are actually carried through and we need to have someone other than the marketing departments assurance that that is the case.
As an example I have worked for 2 companies who have both had "Honesty" as a core value, as if there are other companies out there in the world who pursue a overt course of dishonesty.
Interestingly at least one of these companies was anything but honest in some of it's dealings with it's customers which was amusing for everyone at the yearly get togethers when the "Core Values" were plastered up in Powerpoint.
Indeed and the entry for Detention Centre reads - "a type of prison" which only confirms my suspicions.
I agree but the problem is that you can distill almost all organisations actual "mission" into one sentance.
E.g
A Limited Company: We aim to make money for our shareholders
A Charity: I want you to give me as much money as you can.
A Church: Lot's of us believe this rubbish and we'd like you to too.
Unfortunately single sentances like that don't look very impressive on business literature and may give the reader the impression that they aren't the most important person in the world as far as the organisation is concerned.
In my case when I say "I'm good. Thanks" I am really saying "I'm damn good at sex you know".
Almost, I believe it's to ensure that the customer can read into it what he likes but would never be able to prove categorically what it was he's bought in a court of law.
If you had read the article properly you would have noticed that all the examples you are quoting are examples he has received from contributors, the opinions on the phrases are also the contributors opinions.
I agree with you that some of those points are uneccesarily nitpicking and anal but I have to say that Detention Centre is certainly a good description of a prison but sort of implies that it's somewhere you can drop in and out of at will when you wish to be detained.
They have renamed Ticket Collectors at Birmingham New Street to "Revenue Protection Officers".
Unfortunatley the new moniker doesn't seem to have empowered them or imbued them with any sense of purpose since they are too busy showing each other their new mobile phones to actually check anyones ticket.
First of all, you are not relying on the Drupal website - whether it is working or not is irrelevant to the performance of the Drupal CMS.
Although I can't see any obvious scenarios where a business would rely on a CMS such a business would be wise to realise that it's the core developers who are important when it comes to the Drupal CMS installation they are using and buy some kind of support contract with them.
Lastly, being Open Source it does not matter if everyone involved in Drupal gets bored and goes off to do other things since you will have everything you need to do whatever you want with the software.
Even more lastly Drupal is not a company and any business person unable to make that distinction is unlikely to be in business very long.
Don't you think that if you were running a business which relied on Drupal you would be sensible to arrange some kind of support with the core developers rather than just surf onto their website every time your business requirements changed ?
Once you have an effective explanation for human emotions - what they are, why we have them and how they are created then I guess we can begin to experiment with animals to see whether they have any comparable processes.
The missing element is the mind of an anonymous coward, luckily for the Chinese this is such a tiny thing it does not have any effect on their abilities.
Near the end of the financial year ?