> Employees said they did so because : > they were bored, > worked too many hours, > were underpaid or > were unchallenged at work.
These are mostly things that aren't an issue IF (middle-) management does their job right. Maybe people are slacking off because the planning allows it. Or work is not optimally delegated. Or multiple other causes, a lot of them rooting in *management slacking off*.
You can find windows updates thru http://windizupdate.62nds.com/ I hardly use IE, and this updates through Firefox. Which is of course very neat. *cough*firefox fan*cough*
Since you seem to prefer extrapolating from a single example, allow me to do the same: "The Hulk" bombed becaused it was utter drivel. It sucked. So why pay ?
Word of mouth probably did a lot more for low revenue than so-called "piracy". People don't like shoveling out cash for something that has a lousy reputation.
Also, this particular movie mostly catered to old-school hulk fans, and 10-14 yo kids; maybe that's too slim a demographic if they expected to rake in $250M.
>Industry experts were predicting Predictions are by definition no guarantees. Anything can happen.
Maybe if going to a movie theater wasn't so expensive, people would be less inclined to download dog-shit quality camcorder captures of movies. If the movie industry wants to give people an incentive to not record movies in the theatre or download them without anybody making a buck off of it, they'd better come up with a less insulting way to do it. You can't go policing an entertainment venue like it's a state prison.</hyperbole>
And your numbers are a bit on the exaggerated side. Tens of millions of dollars in a weekend because of a lousy camcorder screener ? That would be funny if I wasn't tired of hearing the same sort of nonsense from the **AA over and over again.
Lowering prices to a reasonable level would help a lot. Also, since the industry keeps repeating that there is a market for inferior quality movies, why don't they cater to it with even lower prices & digital distribution instead of trying to repress and criminalize an entire market segment through lobbying, and extortion thru frivolous lawsuits ?
> One researcher predicts Well, I predict 20 years of non-stop rain; but then again, I sell umbrellas. What's that researcher selling anyway ? Opinions ?
Who owns the land on this island ?
(And are they good chums of Sen. Stevens ?)
...If I knew for sure that there was going to be a bridge, followed by immediate demand for land, I would start buying land while it's still cheap and wait for prices to rise.
I'd expect MS to at least invest in regression testing with test automation tools. It's not so hard to set up eg. Mercury QTP to catch this sort of problem.
Somebody suggests something that's on middle ground and reasonable to both sides.
Watch him catch flak from both sides for not seeing it Their Way and therefore Wrong.
I think it depends : If you have control-freak parents that treat you like an idiot instead of a person that is allowed to make mistakes... i guess you won't attach a lot of value to mom & dad's nagging^W helpful advice.
Parents shouldn't take respect for granted either, they too have to earn it. Just like in any relationship. The "while you're living under my roof missy" argument is a good example of how to alienate your kids and have them lose all respect.
It's difficult dealing with kids in their puberty. They're usually stronger, faster, hard in their judgements, and at times emotionally all over the place. If one thing, they'll keep you on your toes.
I agree with what you posted, except for this :
>Education has no power against this message.
Education should not be limited to School. Parents/family have to take their responsibility too.
(Warning, opinion ahead) Allowing your kids to grow up with overexposure to mindnumbing crap without teaching moderation, critical thinking, and some other of Life's Fine Values is failing as a parent. There, I said it.
>democracy doesn't work. People are too dumb for it.
This is exactly why a decent education for everybody is crucial for democracy to keep working. Without good education, over the course of one or two generations a society will devolve into mob rule... and eventually fascism.
> and turns the urine back into drinking water. Have the Russians ever used these toilets (and the recycled water) themselves ? Or are they falling over themselves now, giggling in humoristic anticipation ?
- Hey Boris, I made yankees drink their own piss. And they paid me 19 million dollars for it ! - Lol. *passes vodka*:)
Slashdot Mirror
>I wonder where all the more mature readers of slashdot are.
:-)
Probably gettin' busy on version n+1 of their gene code -> no more time for slashdot.
(Oh, sorry, how immature of me.
> Employees said they did so because :
> they were bored,
> worked too many hours,
> were underpaid or
> were unchallenged at work.
These are mostly things that aren't an issue IF (middle-) management does their job right.
Maybe people are slacking off because the planning allows it. Or work is not optimally delegated. Or multiple other causes, a lot of them rooting in *management slacking off*.
You can find windows updates thru http://windizupdate.62nds.com/
I hardly use IE, and this updates through Firefox.
Which is of course very neat. *cough*firefox fan*cough*
[Homer] mmm... crispy scientist bacon... mmm... *drool*
(Out of mod points.)
You are absolutely correct imho.
Now, to explain this to a PHB... give them some downtime first ?
Putting beancounters in IT mgmt can be a prelude to axing of IT jobs. Tread lightly!
"That's one doomed Space Machine."
There, fixed that for you.
Parent should be modded Informative instead of Funny. :-)
Heh :-)
Calling it 'the best in the world' is quite an insult to other patent systems.
Since you seem to prefer extrapolating from a single example, allow me to do the same:
"The Hulk" bombed becaused it was utter drivel. It sucked. So why pay ?
Word of mouth probably did a lot more for low revenue than so-called "piracy".
People don't like shoveling out cash for something that has a lousy reputation.
Also, this particular movie mostly catered to old-school hulk fans, and 10-14 yo kids; maybe that's too slim a demographic if they expected to rake in $250M.
>Industry experts were predicting
Predictions are by definition no guarantees. Anything can happen.
Maybe if going to a movie theater wasn't so expensive, people would be less inclined to download dog-shit quality camcorder captures of movies.
If the movie industry wants to give people an incentive to not record movies in the theatre or download them without anybody making a buck off of it, they'd better come up with a less insulting way to do it.
You can't go policing an entertainment venue like it's a state prison.</hyperbole>
And your numbers are a bit on the exaggerated side. Tens of millions of dollars in a weekend because of a lousy camcorder screener ? That would be funny if I wasn't tired of hearing the same sort of nonsense from the **AA over and over again.
Lowering prices to a reasonable level would help a lot.
Also, since the industry keeps repeating that there is a market for inferior quality movies, why don't they cater to it with even lower prices & digital distribution instead of trying to repress and criminalize an entire market segment through lobbying, and extortion thru frivolous lawsuits ?
This device disorients, but doesn't permanently burn your retinas to useless pulp like lasers would. See the difference ?
Since when is Disney into weapons research ?
>Will they give you the option to leave the songs intact, curse words and all?
You need the German version of the game. (Comes without swastikas, though)
> One researcher predicts
Well, I predict 20 years of non-stop rain; but then again, I sell umbrellas.
What's that researcher selling anyway ? Opinions ?
This highlights that their primary business is not writing and selling tech articles to readers, but selling advertisement space.
Time to order a new Dodge Hindenburg.
Just a question, out of curiosity.
...If I knew for sure that there was going to be a bridge, followed by immediate demand for land, I would start buying land while it's still cheap and wait for prices to rise.
Who owns the land on this island ?
(And are they good chums of Sen. Stevens ?)
(Profit!)
I'd expect MS to at least invest in regression testing with test automation tools.
It's not so hard to set up eg. Mercury QTP to catch this sort of problem.
Somebody suggests something that's on middle ground and reasonable to both sides. Watch him catch flak from both sides for not seeing it Their Way and therefore Wrong.
Good point.
I think it depends : If you have control-freak parents that treat you like an idiot instead of a person that is allowed to make mistakes... i guess you won't attach a lot of value to mom & dad's nagging^W helpful advice.
Parents shouldn't take respect for granted either, they too have to earn it. Just like in any relationship. The "while you're living under my roof missy" argument is a good example of how to alienate your kids and have them lose all respect.
It's difficult dealing with kids in their puberty. They're usually stronger, faster, hard in their judgements, and at times emotionally all over the place. If one thing, they'll keep you on your toes.
Have some kids, it's never boring! he he
I agree with what you posted, except for this :
>Education has no power against this message.
Education should not be limited to School. Parents/family have to take their responsibility too.
(Warning, opinion ahead) Allowing your kids to grow up with overexposure to mindnumbing crap without teaching moderation, critical thinking, and some other of Life's Fine Values is failing as a parent. There, I said it.
Makes you wonder where all that money went.
(They're not going to expose that of course. National security and all that jazz.)
>democracy doesn't work. People are too dumb for it.
This is exactly why a decent education for everybody is crucial for democracy to keep working.
Without good education, over the course of one or two generations a society will devolve into mob rule... and eventually fascism.
...I don't see the dolphins, does that make me a pervert ?
> and turns the urine back into drinking water.
:)
Have the Russians ever used these toilets (and the recycled water) themselves ?
Or are they falling over themselves now, giggling in humoristic anticipation ?
- Hey Boris, I made yankees drink their own piss. And they paid me 19 million dollars for it !
- Lol. *passes vodka*