So the coffeeshop evolved from the coffee shop? I always wondered why the called their "recreational drug purchasing and consumption centers" like this, as there obviously wasn't much coffee involved in the whole affair. Thanks for the info.
Maybe someone should set up some kind of advertisement rating and karma collecting website. The people could adjust (even temporary) their shopping habits accordingly. There should be a price to pay for obnoxious crap. The site wouldn't even need to have an impact on sales if it simply went popular enough, no one would want to be on the wall of shame. The problem would of course be, that I wouldn't want to buy most of the stuff in the first place. But there is a solution to this: guilt by association. I'm not sure if it would be better to target other products of the company ( rather wide choice for Kraft, PG etc) or rather other products advertised by the same advertisement company. Shouldn't be to difficult to map out the connections and give the consumer a choice.
There need to be an incentive for interesting quality ads and a price to pay for brainfarting into our collective faces. </rant >
No one said companies should not profit from their work. This is more along the lines of "we do not thinks your work is worth the price you charge" and or "we think we can do this a lot cheaper than you can". Like deciding you'd rather set up your own IT department instead of paying an other company to do it for. The analogy get's even closer if you get your IT department to write some software to replace one you have been paying large license fees for. Cost / benefit analysis - capitalism at it's finest.
This "this quarter" mentality needs to stop as soon as possible and has to be replaced by a more long term oriented approach. Paying management according to performance is not a bad idea per se, but this short term goals bullshit has cost a lot of companies dearly.
It probably boils down to this: Are you sure by introducing rewards for certain things, you are really encouraging the kind of behavior you want for your team and company?
This is a already a serious problem with sales based bonuses. Measuring performance is difficult if you want to do it right.
If it's properly applied (like using wallpaper glue and primer instead of say paper glue) just put on some remover (or even water) and the whole line pulls right of. A six year old with a ladder could probably do it. If you apply the wrong glue though, have fun.
The reason for this is that cancer cells are often more vulnerable to radiation and poisons (chemotherapy) because they multiply faster. Sad thing is that most of the things we use today to fight cancer, work by killing cancer cells faster than normal cells.
I hope it worked for you and Anti Hulk never needs to make another appearance.
Let's get through the list what I need from a development laptop: screen size, high resolution, good color representation and the option to hook up at least a secondary monitor. Other than that? Speed? Mostly irrelevant though being quiet would be nice. Mobility? Must not be to big or to heavy to carry around in a normal messenger bag or backpack. Disk size and ram? Standard issue. OS? Whatever suits your fancy and provides the tools for the job. Style? Of course we like to have cool machines, but is it needed - No. Battery life? Somewhat but for serious work one needs a desk anyway.
Well you have to prove that education is asset to society. Can show that we are generating more nominal output with less input as result of our society being more educated ( % of population with a degree is a valid measure of that ) then ever?
There is a german proverb for things like this: "Den Bock zum Gärtner machen" not sure if a proper analogy exists in English. (Rough translation "Making a goat your gardener", doesn't have the ring though)
Amen. It's rather tiring to explain customers over and over again why not to use the shiny bling they saw on some other site recently. Experimental tags are useful but should not be used in production web sites. The problem is however that it takes forever until some new and useful features are finally part of the standard.
My solution would be twofold first speeding up the decision process and second mark experimental features "experimental" and drop them when they have been integrated into the standard or have been ditched. That might break a website or two but with the feature labeled experimental the persons involved have only themselves to blame.
As I mentioned it's a socialist thing, spreading wealth and risks to the benefit of the whole society. Hard to sell in the US.
Baring the minority of people who leave the country the state does get some of the money back . Either directly (higher education->higher salary->more income tax) or indirectly (more qualified professionals->more economic potential->more taxes by paid by thriving companies).
Where are the "artists conception"s when you need one. Maybe if you built it on top, you could have a dome over the entire continental US. That should be big enough to provide a reason to raise the TSA budget again. Because security!
That is because all those socialist tendencies in Europe, which are hard to sell in the US. Another thing hard to sell would be European income tax and v.a.t. levels needed to pay for all the (mostly) free education. That said, I'm convinced that a society as a whole greatly profits by providing as much education to as many members as possible. Education is investment not spending.
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So the coffeeshop evolved from the coffee shop? I always wondered why the called their "recreational drug purchasing and consumption centers" like this, as there obviously wasn't much coffee involved in the whole affair. Thanks for the info.
If you have to visit the loo every time there is a commercial break, you should really go and see a doctor.
Even though the listener explicitly stated he didn't want to hear you? There is some difference between the right to speak and the right to be heard.
I think I liked the cars better even though it is refreshing to see new ideas on /.
Maybe someone should set up some kind of advertisement rating and karma collecting website. The people could adjust (even temporary) their shopping habits accordingly. There should be a price to pay for obnoxious crap. The site wouldn't even need to have an impact on sales if it simply went popular enough, no one would want to be on the wall of shame. The problem would of course be, that I wouldn't want to buy most of the stuff in the first place. But there is a solution to this: guilt by association. I'm not sure if it would be better to target other products of the company ( rather wide choice for Kraft, PG etc) or rather other products advertised by the same advertisement company. Shouldn't be to difficult to map out the connections and give the consumer a choice.
There need to be an incentive for interesting quality ads and a price to pay for brainfarting into our collective faces. </rant >
well played
No one said companies should not profit from their work. This is more along the lines of "we do not thinks your work is worth the price you charge" and or "we think we can do this a lot cheaper than you can". Like deciding you'd rather set up your own IT department instead of paying an other company to do it for. The analogy get's even closer if you get your IT department to write some software to replace one you have been paying large license fees for. Cost / benefit analysis - capitalism at it's finest.
In the Netherlands that still leaves a LOT more options than in most other countries. Why are they called "coffee shops" anyway?
This "this quarter" mentality needs to stop as soon as possible and has to be replaced by a more long term oriented approach. Paying management according to performance is not a bad idea per se, but this short term goals bullshit has cost a lot of companies dearly.
It probably boils down to this: Are you sure by introducing rewards for certain things, you are really encouraging the kind of behavior you want for your team and company?
This is a already a serious problem with sales based bonuses. Measuring performance is difficult if you want to do it right.
very nice. I will have to use this on the next guy who comes with "I have problems with my wifi".
As long as you tell them convincingly it works, it might actually help. If the allergy is in your mind the cure is also there.
Blocking should be ok, jamming isn't though.
If it's properly applied (like using wallpaper glue and primer instead of say paper glue) just put on some remover (or even water) and the whole line pulls right of. A six year old with a ladder could probably do it. If you apply the wrong glue though, have fun.
Ah thanks, that was the one I was looking for.
The reason for this is that cancer cells are often more vulnerable to radiation and poisons (chemotherapy) because they multiply faster. Sad thing is that most of the things we use today to fight cancer, work by killing cancer cells faster than normal cells.
I hope it worked for you and Anti Hulk never needs to make another appearance.
Oups forgot one: Non reflective screen surface, just in case your office has a window.
Let's get through the list what I need from a development laptop: screen size, high resolution, good color representation and the option to hook up at least a secondary monitor.
Other than that? Speed? Mostly irrelevant though being quiet would be nice. Mobility? Must not be to big or to heavy to carry around in a normal messenger bag or backpack. Disk size and ram? Standard issue. OS? Whatever suits your fancy and provides the tools for the job. Style? Of course we like to have cool machines, but is it needed - No. Battery life? Somewhat but for serious work one needs a desk anyway.
Well you have to prove that education is asset to society. Can show that we are generating more nominal output with less input as result of our society being more educated ( % of population with a degree is a valid measure of that ) then ever?
You have no control so good luck.
How about http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-gross-domestic-product-correlations/#9
or http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-10-most-educated-countries-in-the-world.html
In today's economies knowledge is the basis for almost any industry that won't be outsourced to China, Mexico or any other rising country within a few years. To keep up you need researchers, engineers and other highly qualified people. If you don't have them, you either have to hire them from abroad (at a price) or fade into oblivion.
There is a german proverb for things like this: "Den Bock zum Gärtner machen" not sure if a proper analogy exists in English. (Rough translation "Making a goat your gardener", doesn't have the ring though)
Amen. It's rather tiring to explain customers over and over again why not to use the shiny bling they saw on some other site recently. Experimental tags are useful but should not be used in production web sites. The problem is however that it takes forever until some new and useful features are finally part of the standard.
My solution would be twofold first speeding up the decision process and second mark experimental features "experimental" and drop them when they have been integrated into the standard or have been ditched. That might break a website or two but with the feature labeled experimental the persons involved have only themselves to blame.
As I mentioned it's a socialist thing, spreading wealth and risks to the benefit of the whole society. Hard to sell in the US.
Baring the minority of people who leave the country the state does get some of the money back . Either directly (higher education->higher salary->more income tax) or indirectly (more qualified professionals->more economic potential->more taxes by paid by thriving companies).
Where are the "artists conception"s when you need one. Maybe if you built it on top, you could have a dome over the entire continental US. That should be big enough to provide a reason to raise the TSA budget again. Because security!
Only if gamma rays where applied directly to said school children and not if the power was transferred by a spider that received a lethal radiation dose.
Somewhat of topic but a real gem: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4110865/Mutant-spider-fears-at-nuclear-waste-lab.html
That is because all those socialist tendencies in Europe, which are hard to sell in the US. Another thing hard to sell would be European income tax and v.a.t. levels needed to pay for all the (mostly) free education. That said, I'm convinced that a society as a whole greatly profits by providing as much education to as many members as possible. Education is investment not spending.