This is definitely an interesting thing (I like engineering projects, so I think it's probably a good thing as well), but land already connects Asia to Europe; although Africa is connected to Asia by land, it is not necessary to use this connection to connect Europe and Asia.
Not to be rude, but the special thing about this review is that it is from an _early_ showing. A really early showing. The movie comes out Wednesday, so it's really not early then. But it's still great that your school is doing this!
But is this the best issue for someone to take a stand on? I'm not sure about most people, but when we take a poll my say is that media player is a nice component of Windows, just like IE. Naturally competitors don't like it, but this is kind of like forcing car companies not to sell cars with stereos because they're using their big market share to force out the independent stero sellers. If people want specialized media software, just like if people want nicer stereos, they're still able to get it!
There is a pretty good economic argument for using electronic voting systems.
When people don't care that much about politics and the outcome of an election, they can be said to have a fairly low reservation price (critical point) for voting. That is, voting is not worth much to them. But it is still likely worth something; just not quite high enough to leave the house for it. By letting someone watch TV and vote, even though it may annoy advocates of civil participation, the hassle of voting will probably be small enough that it is less than the critical point of action for voters, changing them from `not voting' to `voting'.
If you think that more people voting (and just because they don't care a lot about voting doesn't mean they will choose randomly, just that they don't care a lot about the results of the elction), then this is a good thing. If you believe that people should only vote after serious and long thought, then this is probably a bad thing.
It's probably a good thing that this fellow was arrested. The whole business of email scams seems so silly to people like us that with whom computers are such a natural part of our lives, but for people to whom computers are a bit mystical, these scams are easy to fall for.
I'm only a university student, but I remember when I was in grade school my father showed me a fax he got about a dangerous new virus making the rounds (the fax was obviously a hoax, itself a kind of worm in the sense of proliferating and by proliferating clogging communication lines). I knew immediately, even then, that this was a hoax, but not him-- because computers were not so natural to him. Same with this. It's pretty clear to us slashdotters that a man writing a letter to an arbitrary person offering them millions of dollars goes against (1) logic and (2) economics, but that is not true of all people.
You make a good point that this is about the employee's rights. But think of one analogy and you might see that there are two sides to this issue.
Remember that Microsoft is pretty much in competition with other operating systems. You can use two at once, but using another one definitely decreases your chance of using a Microsoft product.
What if an employee of the American Republican party had a blog where they said how the Republicans were using campaign manuals from the American Democratic Party?
It seems fair to be able to keep your own opinions about a competitor when you work for a company, but you probably should keep back (1) embarrassing information and (2) personal feelings about the competitor when you do have that kind of job.
It seems like HP has the knack for making some really cool products for niche markets, and then saying ``Revenue from massive niche sales? We don't want none of that! Here, buy a piece of plastic made for what we think is the mainstream''.
Perfect examples are things like the HP16c and HP32SII calculators.
The HP16C calculator they outright cut, despite the economics of it would have
allowed them selling just a small number for high prices. The 32SII they've
marginally cut: you don't see it on their website, but at some stores you can
still buy it. HP sales say they'll have a replacement model out for it in a year
or so.
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This is definitely an interesting thing (I like engineering projects, so I think it's probably a good thing as well), but land already connects Asia to Europe; although Africa is connected to Asia by land, it is not necessary to use this connection to connect Europe and Asia.
Not to be rude, but the special thing about this review is that it is from an _early_ showing. A really early showing. The movie comes out Wednesday, so it's really not early then. But it's still great that your school is doing this!
But is this the best issue for someone to take a stand on? I'm not sure about most people, but when we take a poll my say is that media player is a nice component of Windows, just like IE. Naturally competitors don't like it, but this is kind of like forcing car companies not to sell cars with stereos because they're using their big market share to force out the independent stero sellers. If people want specialized media software, just like if people want nicer stereos, they're still able to get it!
There is a pretty good economic argument for using electronic voting systems.
When people don't care that much about politics and the outcome of an election, they can be said to have a fairly low reservation price (critical point) for voting. That is, voting is not worth much to them. But it is still likely worth something; just not quite high enough to leave the house for it. By letting someone watch TV and vote, even though it may annoy advocates of civil participation, the hassle of voting will probably be small enough that it is less than the critical point of action for voters, changing them from `not voting' to `voting'.
If you think that more people voting (and just because they don't care a lot about voting doesn't mean they will choose randomly, just that they don't care a lot about the results of the elction), then this is a good thing. If you believe that people should only vote after serious and long thought, then this is probably a bad thing.
It's probably a good thing that this fellow was arrested. The whole business of email scams seems so silly to people like us that with whom computers are such a natural part of our lives, but for people to whom computers are a bit mystical, these scams are easy to fall for.
I'm only a university student, but I remember when I was in grade school my father showed me a fax he got about a dangerous new virus making the rounds (the fax was obviously a hoax, itself a kind of worm in the sense of proliferating and by proliferating clogging communication lines). I knew immediately, even then, that this was a hoax, but not him-- because computers were not so natural to him. Same with this. It's pretty clear to us slashdotters that a man writing a letter to an arbitrary person offering them millions of dollars goes against (1) logic and (2) economics, but that is not true of all people.
You make a good point that this is about the employee's rights. But think of one analogy and you might see that there are two sides to this issue.
Remember that Microsoft is pretty much in competition with other operating systems. You can use two at once, but using another one definitely decreases your chance of using a Microsoft product.
What if an employee of the American Republican party had a blog where they said how the Republicans were using campaign manuals from the American Democratic Party?
It seems fair to be able to keep your own opinions about a competitor when you work for a company, but you probably should keep back (1) embarrassing information and (2) personal feelings about the competitor when you do have that kind of job.
Interesting points. What is the connection to the Alpha chip? Staying on topic is important for constructive conversations.
It seems like HP has the knack for making some really cool products for niche markets, and then saying ``Revenue from massive niche sales? We don't want none of that! Here, buy a piece of plastic made for what we think is the mainstream''. Perfect examples are things like the HP16c and HP32SII calculators. The HP16C calculator they outright cut, despite the economics of it would have allowed them selling just a small number for high prices. The 32SII they've marginally cut: you don't see it on their website, but at some stores you can still buy it. HP sales say they'll have a replacement model out for it in a year or so.