Isn't this illegal? I was under the impression that forced surgery as a requirement for employment...
Did you read the story? Obviously not. Because according to the story, it's not required to maintain employment. Of course Slashdot left that part out, knowing full well that 90% of the readers will be like you and jump to a conclusion, having not read the story...
This is OK for large, slow moving projects, but when we are working on 'Now' problems, or doing detail work, it makes it very hard to communicate.
Than I guess when you're working on "now" problems, you or them will just have to shift your work hours ariund a bit? I'm not trying to be a smart ass, but honestly, you almost answer your own question. The little time tricks of sci-fi don't work in the real world, If you want to talk to these people with less than a 15 hour "turn-around" you or they will have to stay up late.
The boss and his little mini me's congest the network with large file transfers, downloading music and movies from iTunes like it's going out of style, etc...
As opposed to the engineers and other geeks downloading ISOs and other HUGE "torrents"? Basic bias against suites...
Like a search warrant, a subpoena requires a judge's signature. So there's not much to worry about in terms of no oversight.
Are you serious? The only reason Bush is in hot water is because he didn't get a warrant, but had he asked, some judge would have given it to him anyway... Judges almost always rubber stamp warrants, after all, if "Law Enforcement" asks, they must need it, right?
Yes, well, I think there may be second thoughts with the drug companies when they realize they will no longer be able to bleed AIDs sufferers dry until they die. Sort of killing the cash cow, if you will. Look for this to be "shown" to not be a breakthrough after all.
Sure, sure. But it's like some big company or government agency making noise about Linux but really just hoping for a discount from Microsoft. Apple wants something from IBM, and they are making noise.
I think as people have become aware of spyware, the run-of-the-mill varieties have become more easy to detect and remove (keep at bay). But I think this will mean that we can expect to see an emergence of very stealthy spyware that embeds much deeper and tighter into the OS.
I'm always curious, however, why people don't come forward with information right away. After all, this guy was a Colonel, so it shouldn't be in his nature to be a chicken-shit and withhold information.
Such things can have a very big impact on your career opertunities. At the Colonel level, he can be expected to want some type of executive or think-tank job. Sometimes the ability to tow the compaby line and stick to it later on is a job requierment. I think he took great persona risk in voicing his opinions on this.
which focused on how businesses are looking to save money with open source (rather than using the source to innovate)
This is a surprise? Maybe "back in the day" innovation was a significant part of the average business plan in the United States, but those days are long gone in today's business world where short-term financial gain is the only objective. Realistically, the only innovation going on today it that which is related to military use. Sad, really.
eBay must know they are on very shakey ground. Setting up an internet auction site isn't difficult, eBay isn't a very friendly site, and it's coupled with the least loved payment system imaginable.
The obvious: Google will develop its own auction site, and combine it with its own payment service, and spin it off into a wholly owned subsidiary which eventually eats eBay and PayPal through a hostile takeover...
Google doesn't want to piss off eBay, because eBay is one of Google's largest advertisers
Google doesn't need eBay, eBay needs Google. And, PayPal wouldn't have anything to worry about if they didn't have so many customer service issues. What would be the reason for people to bail from PayPal? PayPal's service sucks and is over priced. So, maybe it's PayPal that needs to shape up?
But what I'm wondering is, so Google starts a payment service. Would eBay (who owns PayPal) have to allow sellers / buyers to use it? I don't think they would. This would make the Google product close to useless for a huge potential customer base...
I'm kind of interested in which "domestic car maker" he's talking about here:
Finally, as long as we're on the subject of cars: to the domestic car maker whose European domain had hidden text on the front: your 30 day removal was set to expire in two days, but the hidden text has been taken off the page, so I'm scheduling the domain for reinclusion now.
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Did you read the story? Obviously not. Because according to the story, it's not required to maintain employment. Of course Slashdot left that part out, knowing full well that 90% of the readers will be like you and jump to a conclusion, having not read the story...
The story reads that it's not required to maintain employment. But, then again, most jobs in the US are "at will" anyway...
Than I guess when you're working on "now" problems, you or them will just have to shift your work hours ariund a bit? I'm not trying to be a smart ass, but honestly, you almost answer your own question. The little time tricks of sci-fi don't work in the real world, If you want to talk to these people with less than a 15 hour "turn-around" you or they will have to stay up late.
Damn those cirrus clouds. Damn them to pieces. They'll be mans undoing...
THINK OF THE PORN! Seriously. Theres money in them there web sites...
As opposed to the engineers and other geeks downloading ISOs and other HUGE "torrents"? Basic bias against suites...
Hmmm... Maybe I misunderstood your comment...
Are you serious? The only reason Bush is in hot water is because he didn't get a warrant, but had he asked, some judge would have given it to him anyway... Judges almost always rubber stamp warrants, after all, if "Law Enforcement" asks, they must need it, right?
Troll-o-riffic!
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Or, they might join Betamax up on the shelf.
Yes, well, I think there may be second thoughts with the drug companies when they realize they will no longer be able to bleed AIDs sufferers dry until they die. Sort of killing the cash cow, if you will. Look for this to be "shown" to not be a breakthrough after all.
Sure, sure. But it's like some big company or government agency making noise about Linux but really just hoping for a discount from Microsoft. Apple wants something from IBM, and they are making noise.
Besides, if you don't like Google parsing your chats for Ads, there are other options for chatting... (most of which are not "private" either...)
Or you could just order the CD set (or 10 of them) from Ubuntu for FREE. Arrives in about a week.
I think as people have become aware of spyware, the run-of-the-mill varieties have become more easy to detect and remove (keep at bay). But I think this will mean that we can expect to see an emergence of very stealthy spyware that embeds much deeper and tighter into the OS.
It's that "Global Warming" thing. The sun is out!
Such things can have a very big impact on your career opertunities. At the Colonel level, he can be expected to want some type of executive or think-tank job. Sometimes the ability to tow the compaby line and stick to it later on is a job requierment. I think he took great persona risk in voicing his opinions on this.
This is a surprise? Maybe "back in the day" innovation was a significant part of the average business plan in the United States, but those days are long gone in today's business world where short-term financial gain is the only objective. Realistically, the only innovation going on today it that which is related to military use. Sad, really.
The obvious: Google will develop its own auction site, and combine it with its own payment service, and spin it off into a wholly owned subsidiary which eventually eats eBay and PayPal through a hostile takeover...
Google doesn't need eBay, eBay needs Google. And, PayPal wouldn't have anything to worry about if they didn't have so many customer service issues. What would be the reason for people to bail from PayPal? PayPal's service sucks and is over priced. So, maybe it's PayPal that needs to shape up?
But what I'm wondering is, so Google starts a payment service. Would eBay (who owns PayPal) have to allow sellers / buyers to use it? I don't think they would. This would make the Google product close to useless for a huge potential customer base...
No.
Do you think it is free for the provider? No? Than what makes you special that you think someone else should pay for your convience?
Finally, as long as we're on the subject of cars: to the domestic car maker whose European domain had hidden text on the front: your 30 day removal was set to expire in two days, but the hidden text has been taken off the page, so I'm scheduling the domain for reinclusion now.
Geeeeze! Quit waving your arms around and spitting!