The company pays people to work, not play farmville.
Then the company is stupid. We have decades' worth of scientific and anecdotal evidence that putting human monkeys in tight little boxes is Not A Good Thing, both for the monkey and the maker of the box.
My employees have two rules to follow: 1. Get the job done. 2. Don't embarrass the company. Compliance with them ensure a wide variety of perks and other 'human' touches which both they and I appreciate. Anything not covered by the two rules is already small potatoes and not worth pulling your hair out. Everybody wins.
Disclaimer: This management method looks like it would be a bitch to scale. Not my fucking problem, thank Cthulu.
No, you're wrong. Bullshit is companies like SCO, or Microsoft's blatant historical use of vaporware to instantly demolish other companies.
The fact that you can't make that distinction is why you don't get it, and use exactly the same hyperbole you accuse Apple of, is why the Apple haters are just as fucking tedious as the fanbois.
Being popular may not make it right, but it doesn't mean you couldn't STFU and go buy some Apple stock or something.
And no amount of rationalizing changes the fact that the curve on that equation has, and will be changing dramatically. Or are you content with your 640k of RAM?
You need to realize that not all problems can be solved by throwing money at them. If it was a simple matter of money we would have figured this out a long time ago.
Man, you do love you some strawmen. GP's post is clear, with the reference to RR and the solar panels, that problem is one of will, not money. Also,
DoE
...you're thinking of the wrong department. I'm sure there's plenty of money to be found elsewhere, especially when, as GP said, you don't have to be occupying half a dozen countries at once.
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Which make our tech professions possible.
Which still has no bearing on whether I like it. I'm with Mr Merrill on this one. Playing with computers sure was fun in the beginning. It's 2010 now, and I'm still dealing with retarded ideas or retarded implementations of otherwise good ideas. I'm not suggesting the computer should ever stop evolving, but as I look around, I see a lot of stuff that should just simply be "good enough", not in beta, not difficult to integrate, not a placeholder until the next revision.
Man, if there's ever a time when I don't RTFM, it's when I'm playing a new game. For starters, convention has pretty much taught us all what to expect. Second, delays between acquiring a game and playing it, no matter how small, are annoying. Last but not least, I pretty much Google or wikipedia everything these days. Why waste time fishing around for an easily lost pamphlet when a couple of clicks get me the info I need?
Kudos to Ubisoft. Better for waste, better for their bottom line and practically zero impact for gamers.
Absolutely seconded. TF2 is one of the best games I've seen in a while for that. It probably also helps that the game lends itself to a less 'hardcore' FPS audience as well.
I would rather play the actual arcade version in an emulator.
WRONG!
The correct answer is you'd rather hit ebay, hunt down an original cabinet, perform the maintenance and repair necessary, and then bask in the awe of both your geek and non-geek friends when they see it sitting in your living room.
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I have no idea what you're talking about. It may help if you quote the relevant bit of text you are responding to.
The company pays people to work, not play farmville.
Then the company is stupid. We have decades' worth of scientific and anecdotal evidence that putting human monkeys in tight little boxes is Not A Good Thing, both for the monkey and the maker of the box.
My employees have two rules to follow: 1. Get the job done. 2. Don't embarrass the company. Compliance with them ensure a wide variety of perks and other 'human' touches which both they and I appreciate. Anything not covered by the two rules is already small potatoes and not worth pulling your hair out. Everybody wins.
Disclaimer: This management method looks like it would be a bitch to scale. Not my fucking problem, thank Cthulu.
It is there we find most of the micromanagement we are suffering under... even when bicycling, you have to wear 50 pounds of "safety" equipment.
You're definitely doing it wrong.
What goes around comes around?
More like delayed understanding.
bullshit
No, you're wrong. Bullshit is companies like SCO, or Microsoft's blatant historical use of vaporware to instantly demolish other companies.
The fact that you can't make that distinction is why you don't get it, and use exactly the same hyperbole you accuse Apple of, is why the Apple haters are just as fucking tedious as the fanbois.
Being popular may not make it right, but it doesn't mean you couldn't STFU and go buy some Apple stock or something.
And no amount of rationalizing changes the fact that the curve on that equation has, and will be changing dramatically. Or are you content with your 640k of RAM?
You need to realize that not all problems can be solved by throwing money at them. If it was a simple matter of money we would have figured this out a long time ago.
...you're thinking of the wrong department. I'm sure there's plenty of money to be found elsewhere, especially when, as GP said, you don't have to be occupying half a dozen countries at once.
Man, you do love you some strawmen. GP's post is clear, with the reference to RR and the solar panels, that problem is one of will, not money. Also,
DoE
the best part is, no one will ever read this
Except when I'm craving chicken (as I do fortnightly) and they're closed, you insensitive clod!
As a US citizem why should they need to carry any identification
Because you won the cold war, so now it's your turn to show your papers. Yay victory!
They're just resting.
Which make our tech professions possible.
Which still has no bearing on whether I like it. I'm with Mr Merrill on this one. Playing with computers sure was fun in the beginning. It's 2010 now, and I'm still dealing with retarded ideas or retarded implementations of otherwise good ideas. I'm not suggesting the computer should ever stop evolving, but as I look around, I see a lot of stuff that should just simply be "good enough", not in beta, not difficult to integrate, not a placeholder until the next revision.
Your definition of kudos is rather egotistical.
Man, if there's ever a time when I don't RTFM, it's when I'm playing a new game. For starters, convention has pretty much taught us all what to expect. Second, delays between acquiring a game and playing it, no matter how small, are annoying. Last but not least, I pretty much Google or wikipedia everything these days. Why waste time fishing around for an easily lost pamphlet when a couple of clicks get me the info I need?
Kudos to Ubisoft. Better for waste, better for their bottom line and practically zero impact for gamers.
Yeah, I was calling it on Hulu, not the poster(s).
Absolutely seconded. TF2 is one of the best games I've seen in a while for that. It probably also helps that the game lends itself to a less 'hardcore' FPS audience as well.
Geeks don't compromise. That's what regular people do.
The otaku is not strong in this one....
WTF? They're delivering content to you, but need to use up 50% of my upstream? I call either fail or shenanigans.
An interesting, if minority viewpoint. Still, anybody doing that knows what they're in for and has low expectations.
Dude, if you're going to get high before you post, you're supposed to be more entertaining than this.
I would rather play the actual arcade version in an emulator.
WRONG!
The correct answer is you'd rather hit ebay, hunt down an original cabinet, perform the maintenance and repair necessary, and then bask in the awe of both your geek and non-geek friends when they see it sitting in your living room.
Now hand in your geek card.
Is the PS3's RSX GPU more outdated than the integrated GPU that ships with most PCs?
Right, because Steam gamers run off integrated gaphics. Moron.
"Reputable porn" just rings of middle-aged American white male.
So, pretty much all of it, then?
Same here. The only stuff I bother to keep is CPUs and HD platters. Oooooh, shiny!
Wow, I thought people like you had pretty much died off by now. Modern medicine has its drawbacks, I guess.
Get off my intertubes, grandpa!