> Apple would have killed him had he not killed himself, but Apple probably would have tortured him first in attempt to find the iPhone he lost.
Sad thing is, your comment isn't flamebait.
Apple is responsible for his death, no matter what PR their machine puts out it isn't a secret what working conditions there are like. Intimidating someone into suicide is just as much of a murder as stabbing them yourself.
At $100,000 per employee, you could hire 10 developers, buy all the best equipment and development tools and spend 10 years on the project and still have money left over.
Remember, this is the kind of process they would bring to health care.
Yes, happened here in Canada already. Government spent $560 million on an e-health website, and almost nothing was produced in the end. The lead consultant has been made to quit, but they're still debating whether to pour more $$ into it. And you thought $18 million was a lot? In Toronto, the government spends upwards of $40K for every homeless person. Seriously, you could just rent out a very nice apartment for them at that price. This sort of thing gives me pause to reflect, it seems that our society is very very incompetent.
Computing for work is such a lonely profession. Yes, if I worked full time in the field, I too would visit dating sites to meet someone or perhaps even check out other adult sites. Frankly, sitting at a desk 8 hours a day is downright cruel and inhumane. I'm happy that for now I've been spared such psychotic work environments, but I feel quite sad for the millions like this man who caught in this treadmill.
And it's not like he wasn't a good worker. From TFA he was actually promoted even after his supervisors found the pictures. He was only fired after the conviction. How sad.
I guess the least I can do for him is help him pay off the fine. Start a fund or something.
Cool! Interesting problem... how to design a black car that absorbs about as little light as a white car... can it be done?
Ok, say we make the body of the car out of three layers: - Inside layer: Reflective, mirrored surface - Middle layer: thin sheet of glass for the light to bounce back and forth between the inner and outer layer. - Outer layer: one way mirror. The light enters from the outside world, gets trapped in between the inner and outer layers, bounces around till it finds the opening at the bottom of the car or some such and exits.
Could it work? Could it also take on extra impact in case of a crash? Any other ideas?
I suppose in his daily life, using a phone, or a car, or Television would be right out.
I sure hope Mr. Stallman never needs any medical attention.
Yeah, like the phones that all of us use, that are unjustifiably priced, made to be obsolete, with unfriendly user-interfaces, and buggy software.
Cars that are designed to breakdown early, are unsafe to drive, are environmentally dangerous and damaging the earth, our lives and endangering the human species
and Television? Sheesh, I don't think I should even have to explain this one...
Oh, and the medical attention... You better hope it is YOU who doesn't need medical attention. The cost of all that closed hardware and software is pushing the cost of medicare so high that even middle-upper class families are finding it difficult to afford... or otherwise if you're subsidized (depending on where you live and what your social rank is) you can kiss your tax dollars goodbye. And I don't dare imagine how much R&D is held back by closed technology, cuz the answer to that is just way too scary.
I DO admire much of what Mr. Stallman stands for, and I'm glad there is a champion for free software... but I live in the real world, where to buy goods, you need some government's currency, and to do anything electronically, you have to use SOME commercial software somewhere.
Yeah, you admire a champion fighting for a free world, use the fruits of his labor, yet lavish him with little else other than sarcasm.
Sarcasm. Hiding behind which is a conformist whose imagination does not stretch beyond shelling out worthless scraps of paper for clunky, over-bloated electronic chicken-scratches. How 'Real' is a world that depends on the number of digits on a paycheck?
I wonder sometimes, if all the intelligent, respectable IT folks who criticize, attack and ridicule Mr. Stallman could EVER have the guts, the drive, the ambition, commitment and dedication to put behind beliefs and ideas that help shift the world beyond their petty little interests.
These people are arguing over decades-old technology needed only for backwards compatibility while the rest of us here have to put up with sooooooo much BS trying to implement their outdated architecture.... come on! I'm sick of being stuck with having to x86 code every low level project I work on... it's just there to weigh down desperately needed progress!
I say break the x86 arch, let's a few of us hack windows, linux will be a piece of cake and move on to a whole new modern arch. Let the two dinosaur buffoons fight it out while we give newer more agile companies a chance and solve a whole bunch of IT problems at the same time.
What kind of dumb-ass moderator would tag the parent-post as troll? I don't agree with the poster. I think the poster is wrong... but troll? Seriously, the moderators around here need an IQ check.
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I don't think the taggers involved even read the summaries anymore
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NaCl is designed to make dangerous code impossible
Ironically enough, that in itself is impossible. Obviously bullshit. You just wait, a 16-year old whiz kid is gonna prove it.
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Move along, nothing to see... it's not as if anyone here on slashdot is gonna find a woman to impregnate anyways, so why worry? Now, get back to hacking on that female android.
The government has taken over slashdot. They're dumbing down nerds. Look for tabloid news coming to slashdot soon! Extra Special! Extra Special! Britney Takes a Dump! Slashdot's got FULL COVERAGE!
The states is going bananas. It's like every other person caught a disease to exert complete and total unwavering control over someone else. I guess the world's super-power is losing its grip and people's subconscious panic is resulting in major power trips.
I would gladly pay more if it means workers are not exploited. But the problem is that no matter how much we pay, those third world employees always end up getting abused. This isn't about our cheap keyboards, it's about corrupt social systems where rich and greedy businessmen have no regard for human life when it comes to making an extra buck.
This kind of problem is better resolved by hanging a few businessmen. The rest of them will fall in line when they work their lives into the cost-benefit analysis.
Ingenious! Simple and novel, there's a beauty to this scam just in its form. I wonder how effective it is. The workings of outlaw minds can sometimes be very interesting indeed.
Hmmm... the parent post is not a troll. I suspect foul play. Spooks are probably tampering with online forums to change public opinions, slashdot included.
including a kid-mode, which optionally turns off the blood is a nice option for a change
Why is it that people think turning off blood makes things "kid friendly"?
DUHHH!!! Isn't it obvious?
Turning off blood makes things "kid friendly" because kids don't bleed! Don't believe me? Go ahead, try it yourself. You can run around and kill a whole whack of them without ruining your carpet.
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> Apple would have killed him had he not killed himself, but Apple probably would have tortured him first in attempt to find the iPhone he lost.
Sad thing is, your comment isn't flamebait.
Apple is responsible for his death, no matter what PR their machine puts out it isn't a secret what working conditions there are like. Intimidating someone into suicide is just as much of a murder as stabbing them yourself.
This is sick! Boycott the iPhone!
Yes, happened here in Canada already. Government spent $560 million on an e-health website, and almost nothing was produced in the end. The lead consultant has been made to quit, but they're still debating whether to pour more $$ into it.
And you thought $18 million was a lot?
In Toronto, the government spends upwards of $40K for every homeless person. Seriously, you could just rent out a very nice apartment for them at that price.
This sort of thing gives me pause to reflect, it seems that our society is very very incompetent.
I really feel for this guy.
Computing for work is such a lonely profession. Yes, if I worked full time in the field, I too would visit dating sites to meet someone or perhaps even check out other adult sites. Frankly, sitting at a desk 8 hours a day is downright cruel and inhumane. I'm happy that for now I've been spared such psychotic work environments, but I feel quite sad for the millions like this man who caught in this treadmill.
And it's not like he wasn't a good worker. From TFA he was actually promoted even after his supervisors found the pictures. He was only fired after the conviction. How sad.
I guess the least I can do for him is help him pay off the fine. Start a fund or something.
You had me there for 2 seconds...
If there is to be a common standardized language, it should be Esperanto.
Cool! Interesting problem... how to design a black car that absorbs about as little light as a white car... can it be done?
Ok, say we make the body of the car out of three layers:
- Inside layer: Reflective, mirrored surface
- Middle layer: thin sheet of glass for the light to bounce back and forth between the inner and outer layer.
- Outer layer: one way mirror. The light enters from the outside world, gets trapped in between the inner and outer layers, bounces around till it finds the opening at the bottom of the car or some such and exits.
Could it work?
Could it also take on extra impact in case of a crash?
Any other ideas?
I'm waiting for Oprah to get even :-)
Yeah, like the phones that all of us use, that are unjustifiably priced, made to be obsolete, with unfriendly user-interfaces, and buggy software.
Cars that are designed to breakdown early, are unsafe to drive, are environmentally dangerous and damaging the earth, our lives and endangering the human species
and Television? Sheesh, I don't think I should even have to explain this one...
Oh, and the medical attention... You better hope it is YOU who doesn't need medical attention. The cost of all that closed hardware and software is pushing the cost of medicare so high that even middle-upper class families are finding it difficult to afford... or otherwise if you're subsidized (depending on where you live and what your social rank is) you can kiss your tax dollars goodbye. And I don't dare imagine how much R&D is held back by closed technology, cuz the answer to that is just way too scary.
Yeah, you admire a champion fighting for a free world, use the fruits of his labor, yet lavish him with little else other than sarcasm.
Sarcasm. Hiding behind which is a conformist whose imagination does not stretch beyond shelling out worthless scraps of paper for clunky, over-bloated electronic chicken-scratches. How 'Real' is a world that depends on the number of digits on a paycheck?
I wonder sometimes, if all the intelligent, respectable IT folks who criticize, attack and ridicule Mr. Stallman could EVER have the guts, the drive, the ambition, commitment and dedication to put behind beliefs and ideas that help shift the world beyond their petty little interests.
It's like everything else in our society, everything is the opposite of what it appears.
The religious are atheists, the atheists are religious.
naw... C64[-bit] all the way!!
By 2011: C128[-bit]
These people are arguing over decades-old technology needed only for backwards compatibility while the rest of us here have to put up with sooooooo much BS trying to implement their outdated architecture.... come on! I'm sick of being stuck with having to x86 code every low level project I work on... it's just there to weigh down desperately needed progress!
I say break the x86 arch, let's a few of us hack windows, linux will be a piece of cake and move on to a whole new modern arch. Let the two dinosaur buffoons fight it out while we give newer more agile companies a chance and solve a whole bunch of IT problems at the same time.
What kind of dumb-ass moderator would tag the parent-post as troll?
I don't agree with the poster. I think the poster is wrong... but troll? Seriously, the moderators around here need an IQ check.
Yes. More Power! Yes, Yes, Yes!
Can You Feel It? Can You Feel The Power Yet?
My Plan Is Working Perfectly.
Soon, Very Soon, I Will Have All The Power I Need To Take Over Slashdot... and then... THE WORLD!!
Ha ha!
Ha ha haha ha!
Welcome to the new slashdot, the new IT idiocracy. News for idiots, stuff that's dumber. Who cares about reading the article or summary anyways? Just go for that first post and try to rev up them karma points with all time lame and worn out jokes.
Stopped reading here:
Ironically enough, that in itself is impossible. Obviously bullshit. You just wait, a 16-year old whiz kid is gonna prove it.
Move along, nothing to see...
it's not as if anyone here on slashdot is gonna find a woman to impregnate anyways, so why worry? Now, get back to hacking on that female android.
The government has taken over slashdot. They're dumbing down nerds. Look for tabloid news coming to slashdot soon!
Extra Special! Extra Special! Britney Takes a Dump! Slashdot's got FULL COVERAGE!
Remember, when you think of jonesday.com, think goatse.cx.
What a bunch of shysters, eh. Fuckin' dumb ass turtles, wasting everyone's tax dollars, time and shit.
The states is going bananas. It's like every other person caught a disease to exert complete and total unwavering control over someone else. I guess the world's super-power is losing its grip and people's subconscious panic is resulting in major power trips.
Shudd'na posted da story here... slashdotters... genes... run for your lives!!
I would gladly pay more if it means workers are not exploited. But the problem is that no matter how much we pay, those third world employees always end up getting abused. This isn't about our cheap keyboards, it's about corrupt social systems where rich and greedy businessmen have no regard for human life when it comes to making an extra buck.
This kind of problem is better resolved by hanging a few businessmen. The rest of them will fall in line when they work their lives into the cost-benefit analysis.
Ingenious! Simple and novel, there's a beauty to this scam just in its form. I wonder how effective it is. The workings of outlaw minds can sometimes be very interesting indeed.
Hmmm... the parent post is not a troll. I suspect foul play. Spooks are probably tampering with online forums to change public opinions, slashdot included.
DUHHH!!! Isn't it obvious?
Turning off blood makes things "kid friendly" because kids don't bleed! Don't believe me? Go ahead, try it yourself. You can run around and kill a whole whack of them without ruining your carpet.
Nope, you're not killing people. Only kids.