I was offered this in June of 2000, before the big tech bust. Funny enough, after reading the contract, I casually mentioned "accidentally" to one of the owners that I was planning a start-up in my own time. They couldn't take back the offer fast enough. Said they'd get back to me when the time was right. Yeah...
Hell...I had one company offer me a job with the conditions that 1) anything I code, at any time, belongs to them, 2) any ideas I have, at any time, belongs to them, 3) in the event the I leave the company, I would not work in any field that competes with them for at least 2 years. The theory behind the "any time" clause was that I *might* be influenced by my work and create something using that influence, therefore it was in their best interest to claim everything. The non-competition clause is standard, but if I had taken the job then I wouldn't have been able to take any programming job for 2 years considering their software *could possibly* be used in many fields. The entire contract was written to make sure they owned you. Someone could fight a lot of it in court, but considering you wouldn't have a job it would be hard to pay for a lawyer. I pity the poor bastards that work at that place...the entire thing was family-owned and run, and they worked 12 hour days. And they expected you to keep up with them when needed, which was pretty much all the time. Some jobs just aren't worth taking, no matter how desparate you are.
If some senators made possession of a Saturday night special illegal
Uh...aren't Saturday Night Specials a euphamism for a stolen, therefore illegal, gun? Sorry, but I believe there should be some sort of paper trail and ownership acknowledgement of guns. Personal protection is one thing, but go about it legally...
SurveyGuy: Yes, hello. I'm calling in regards to a survey we are conducting. We would like to know if you have deleted all the illegal music files from your computer since the recent RIAA legal proceedings started?
HipHopFreak: Uh...YEAH! I deleted them all, because I really want to pay for all the music I listen too. Really...believe me. I don't have any more illegal music files. REALLY! You don't have to send the cops here...
SurveyGuy: Sir, we're an independent survey company. We will not be involving the police.
HipHopFreak: Uh huh, and that's what the guy who tried to buy my TV said...
Or you could do what everyone else who registers mis-spelled domains does...point them to a site with tons of banners ads and popups. At least a few idiots will be tempted to click something. And you aren't going to find more perfect idiots then the ones who use Hotmail...
Also its easy to be anti-microsoft but not giving back hotmail.co.uk would screw up a lot of peoples email for no good reason.
You're right, it would screw up a lot of people's email for no good reason. My question to Microsoft would be: Exactly how much is this worth to your business? Sorry, but $500 and a copy of Studio wouldn't cut it for me. $10,000 wouldn't cut it for me. Call it extortion, but it's all legal...
I didn't see if there was any kind of reward offered for returning the domain. I noticed the article mentioned that this happened to Passport.com, and that the person who picked it up for $35 returned it shortly after. But still no mention of a reward. Technically (and this is a stretch considering the M$ legal team) they could tell them to f*ck off, but no one seems to have done that. Are they getting compensated for their generous nature?
True...it will take some time to find out the long term effects. But personally, if I had cancer, I'd accept the treatment so that I could still be around see what those side effects are...
Well, considering that people now think back to their ancestors and wonder how they would have developed had the Romans not invaded. Just as in 1000 years, the ancestors of Native Indians will think back and wonder how they would have developed had Europe not evaded...
In 1000 years, they'll see America, and they'll say exactly what we say about the Romans, "Wow, they really owned while they were around. It's too bad they had to fade away."
I doubt any of the people the Romans conquered ever said that...
I work for an insurance company. For the past three years, the big boss has been telling us about all these different client contracts that we've been getting, and we're making bigger and bigger profits all the time. In the three years I've been here, this is what I've gotten:
1st Christmas: $50, while everyone else got $100 because I hadn't been there for the minimum 3 months.
2nd Christmas: Two movie passes
3rd Christmas: The boss walked around handing out cookies. One per person...
This year, I'm expecting nada as a bonus. Oh, and maybe a uplifting speech from the CEO telling us to keep up the good work and keep our clients happy. Why, I feel so good about keeping our clients happy that that's all the bonus I need.
Uh...I don't know about you, but when I stick my head under water, I can still hear. There's no air, and I can only hear what vibrates through the water, but I can still hear. Jeez...I learned this in the bath tub when I was 5...
The FDA does a pretty good job of keeping harmful stuff from getting onto the shelf.
Right now, I can walk into any pharmacy and buy sleeping pills. One will put me to sleep. 10 may kill me. A whole box washed down with some legally bought alcohol probably will kill me, or anyone else I choose. For that matter, I can walk into any pharmacy, grocery store, hardware store, or large department store and buy the supplies to make a few choice illegal drugs, i.e. meth...
Point is, what you buy on the street is going to be more dangerous then what you buy in a store. And what you buy in a store also will have warnings, side effects, possible interactions with other drugs, recommended dosage, and emergency first-aid information. What drug dealer on the street is going to give you that? The last thing we need is laws telling us we can't have something because it might harm us. Lets try a little education first (i.e. true information, not propaganda)...
... because Microsoft is seriously needing to promote it's next OS as a phallic symbol, it chose the name "Longhorn". I believe they got hte idea from their friends at Disney, with the Lion King's "Pride Rock".
Phallic symbol? Longhorn? "Pride Rock"?! OMG!!! There really is a HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA!!! And it's taken over Microsoft!
Ah well...maybe Longhorn will finally be as pretty as OS X...
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I do not have a $500,000 home. I live in a cheap apartment. I don't have a Lexus or an SUV. I don't even own a car. I ride the bus to work. I have no children. I own nothing really, besides my computer, some furniture, and a TV. I have loans, student and otherwise, coming out my ass. I have bills that must be paid. I need a job, not to live, but simply survive.
I'm a programmer, and not a highly paid one either. I work 37.5 hours a week "on paper". That's what the company is legally entitled to pay me for. Just after I started, all programmers became inelligable to be paid overtime or to be paid for being on-call. I am required to be on call. I'm also required to finish assignments on time, regardless of the fact the deadline is arbitrary and unrealistic, and regardless of the fact that I need to work at home to finish. If I don't, then the boss is not happy and subtle hints are dropped that I might be let go if I don't "smarten up". That might not be so bad, if it weren't for that fact that a)most companies are turning that way now and b)the job market is crap. So I take the BS shovelled my way, and shovel it on to the next person, with a great big grin on my face the whole time. Why? Because if I don't, I CAN'T SURVIVE! I WON'T SURVIVE! I will be forced to take one of those "hold-over" jobs slinging subs at Subway that don't even pay the bloody rent. So right now my options are limited, yes partially because we as a group started taking the crap out of fear of losing our jobs. And now we're stuck. So what are we suppose to do now? I believe, in the olden days, when people were being exploited by their company, they formed Unions...
It's not the best option, but how else are we going to get management to finally listen?
Things over the internet are too hard for them to control. If they send it through a cable channel or (worse) pay-per-view they have control over who watches it and (to an extent) can prevent free-loaders from seeing it. No such controls exist on the internet.
I'll remember that the next time I have friends over to watch a World Cup soccer game on pay-per-view using my "test" satellite card...
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Yup...and that's why they designed it that way. If you can't get a job in your field for 2 years, you might as well stay where you are, right?
Can't mod this, but I like it. It's devious. It's legal. And it will piss off your bosses without breaking your contract. What's not to like?
Found one that I was desparate enough for. I doubt I'll find a company that doesn't have it's share of morons in management...
I was offered this in June of 2000, before the big tech bust. Funny enough, after reading the contract, I casually mentioned "accidentally" to one of the owners that I was planning a start-up in my own time. They couldn't take back the offer fast enough. Said they'd get back to me when the time was right. Yeah...
Hell...I had one company offer me a job with the conditions that 1) anything I code, at any time, belongs to them, 2) any ideas I have, at any time, belongs to them, 3) in the event the I leave the company, I would not work in any field that competes with them for at least 2 years. The theory behind the "any time" clause was that I *might* be influenced by my work and create something using that influence, therefore it was in their best interest to claim everything. The non-competition clause is standard, but if I had taken the job then I wouldn't have been able to take any programming job for 2 years considering their software *could possibly* be used in many fields. The entire contract was written to make sure they owned you. Someone could fight a lot of it in court, but considering you wouldn't have a job it would be hard to pay for a lawyer. I pity the poor bastards that work at that place...the entire thing was family-owned and run, and they worked 12 hour days. And they expected you to keep up with them when needed, which was pretty much all the time. Some jobs just aren't worth taking, no matter how desparate you are.
If some senators made possession of a Saturday night special illegal
Uh...aren't Saturday Night Specials a euphamism for a stolen, therefore illegal, gun? Sorry, but I believe there should be some sort of paper trail and ownership acknowledgement of guns. Personal protection is one thing, but go about it legally...
Yeah...just like all those people who only started using Access in order to learn relational DB management...
HEY!!! I do NOT want to hear anything about geeks and "Special Sauce"...
Suuuuuurrree now...I can just picture it:
SurveyGuy: Yes, hello. I'm calling in regards to a survey we are conducting. We would like to know if you have deleted all the illegal music files from your computer since the recent RIAA legal proceedings started?
HipHopFreak: Uh...YEAH! I deleted them all, because I really want to pay for all the music I listen too. Really...believe me. I don't have any more illegal music files. REALLY! You don't have to send the cops here...
SurveyGuy: Sir, we're an independent survey company. We will not be involving the police.
HipHopFreak: Uh huh, and that's what the guy who tried to buy my TV said...
Or you could do what everyone else who registers mis-spelled domains does...point them to a site with tons of banners ads and popups. At least a few idiots will be tempted to click something. And you aren't going to find more perfect idiots then the ones who use Hotmail...
Also its easy to be anti-microsoft but not giving back hotmail.co.uk would screw up a lot of peoples email for no good reason.
You're right, it would screw up a lot of people's email for no good reason. My question to Microsoft would be: Exactly how much is this worth to your business? Sorry, but $500 and a copy of Studio wouldn't cut it for me. $10,000 wouldn't cut it for me. Call it extortion, but it's all legal...
I didn't see if there was any kind of reward offered for returning the domain. I noticed the article mentioned that this happened to Passport.com, and that the person who picked it up for $35 returned it shortly after. But still no mention of a reward. Technically (and this is a stretch considering the M$ legal team) they could tell them to f*ck off, but no one seems to have done that. Are they getting compensated for their generous nature?
Nah, I think they really did mean to make an epic trilogy. Too bad they fell flat on their faces after the first one...
True...it will take some time to find out the long term effects. But personally, if I had cancer, I'd accept the treatment so that I could still be around see what those side effects are...
Sorry...Europe invaded, not evaded. Man do antihistamines ever make your head clouded.
Well, considering that people now think back to their ancestors and wonder how they would have developed had the Romans not invaded. Just as in 1000 years, the ancestors of Native Indians will think back and wonder how they would have developed had Europe not evaded...
In 1000 years, they'll see America, and they'll say exactly what we say about the Romans, "Wow, they really owned while they were around. It's too bad they had to fade away."
I doubt any of the people the Romans conquered ever said that...
...did anyone else notice the post in his blog about our beloved Georgy getting beat up by Arnold's thugs...
Hell...I can beat that...
I work for an insurance company. For the past three years, the big boss has been telling us about all these different client contracts that we've been getting, and we're making bigger and bigger profits all the time. In the three years I've been here, this is what I've gotten:
1st Christmas: $50, while everyone else got $100 because I hadn't been there for the minimum 3 months.
2nd Christmas: Two movie passes
3rd Christmas: The boss walked around handing out cookies. One per person...
This year, I'm expecting nada as a bonus. Oh, and maybe a uplifting speech from the CEO telling us to keep up the good work and keep our clients happy. Why, I feel so good about keeping our clients happy that that's all the bonus I need.
Now where'd I leave that can of lighter fluid...
Uh...I don't know about you, but when I stick my head under water, I can still hear. There's no air, and I can only hear what vibrates through the water, but I can still hear. Jeez...I learned this in the bath tub when I was 5...
The FDA does a pretty good job of keeping harmful stuff from getting onto the shelf.
Right now, I can walk into any pharmacy and buy sleeping pills. One will put me to sleep. 10 may kill me. A whole box washed down with some legally bought alcohol probably will kill me, or anyone else I choose. For that matter, I can walk into any pharmacy, grocery store, hardware store, or large department store and buy the supplies to make a few choice illegal drugs, i.e. meth...
Point is, what you buy on the street is going to be more dangerous then what you buy in a store. And what you buy in a store also will have warnings, side effects, possible interactions with other drugs, recommended dosage, and emergency first-aid information. What drug dealer on the street is going to give you that? The last thing we need is laws telling us we can't have something because it might harm us. Lets try a little education first (i.e. true information, not propaganda)...
... because Microsoft is seriously needing to promote it's next OS as a phallic symbol, it chose the name "Longhorn". I believe they got hte idea from their friends at Disney, with the Lion King's "Pride Rock".
Phallic symbol? Longhorn? "Pride Rock"?! OMG!!! There really is a HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA!!! And it's taken over Microsoft!
Ah well...maybe Longhorn will finally be as pretty as OS X...
I do not have a $500,000 home. I live in a cheap apartment. I don't have a Lexus or an SUV. I don't even own a car. I ride the bus to work. I have no children. I own nothing really, besides my computer, some furniture, and a TV. I have loans, student and otherwise, coming out my ass. I have bills that must be paid. I need a job, not to live, but simply survive.
I'm a programmer, and not a highly paid one either. I work 37.5 hours a week "on paper". That's what the company is legally entitled to pay me for. Just after I started, all programmers became inelligable to be paid overtime or to be paid for being on-call. I am required to be on call. I'm also required to finish assignments on time, regardless of the fact the deadline is arbitrary and unrealistic, and regardless of the fact that I need to work at home to finish. If I don't, then the boss is not happy and subtle hints are dropped that I might be let go if I don't "smarten up". That might not be so bad, if it weren't for that fact that a)most companies are turning that way now and b)the job market is crap. So I take the BS shovelled my way, and shovel it on to the next person, with a great big grin on my face the whole time. Why? Because if I don't, I CAN'T SURVIVE! I WON'T SURVIVE! I will be forced to take one of those "hold-over" jobs slinging subs at Subway that don't even pay the bloody rent. So right now my options are limited, yes partially because we as a group started taking the crap out of fear of losing our jobs. And now we're stuck. So what are we suppose to do now? I believe, in the olden days, when people were being exploited by their company, they formed Unions...
It's not the best option, but how else are we going to get management to finally listen?
Things over the internet are too hard for them to control. If they send it through a cable channel or (worse) pay-per-view they have control over who watches it and (to an extent) can prevent free-loaders from seeing it. No such controls exist on the internet.
I'll remember that the next time I have friends over to watch a World Cup soccer game on pay-per-view using my "test" satellite card...