No, only people like you got all up in arms. The vast majority of people didn't give two shits about Tivos "privacy violations".
The vast majority of people didn't KNOW until TIVO edited out Janet Jackson's boob incident after the SuperBowl because it was being replayed so often.
I guess it will take google interfering with t&a before anyone cares.
I think I'll run for president under the platfor "Let's all google search for porn and make the world a better place."
i had a yahoo email address that i was using "anonymously". put in fake information like lots of folks. then one day a few months ago i noticed that all of the fake information had been replaced by my *real* information. now, i know a bit about anonymity, and while i wasn't under any delusions about the level of anonymity i had at yahoo i was surprised to see all of my personal data displayed given that i never explicitly gave yahoo that data.
When you filled out the info and they asked you for another email address, did you give them another email address that contains your "real" info? And if so, was it another yahoo address?
Just curious. I find this very interesting as I use different yahoo profiles for different things. Nothing insidious. Just different id's for different games I play or different groups I belong to.
I'm going to check my profile information today on all my accounts and see if anything has been changed? I'm also curious if anyone else has experienced this.
Exactly. I can't believe that the best argument I've seen for this service here is, 'At least they aren't hiding it.'
The problem is how to avoid google in the future which is a real task. It's nearly impossible to go to any site or search engine that doesn't use Google for searches. And all those people who rave about the google tool bar give me the shakes.
I think that should Google end up being as insidious as Microsoft (are we there yet?), Google is going to prove to be the harder one to get rid of.
I've been meaning to read this bit for a few days.
The filters at work (gosh they are strict, the post here aren't that bad) frequently won't allow me to read a lot of the slashdot responses and at home I'm busy with the things women still do, despite the fact that's it 2004 and men should have to cook, do laundry, clean the bathrooms, mind the children, train the dog, whack themselves off...however, I digress.
So, I finally get a minute when the man, kid, and dogs are asleep, and I've been catching up here and I come to read it (hell we can use free food as much as anyone) and it's an April Fool's joke.
The company I have has a policy like this. It's a call center. Our clock in time has to match exactly the time we clock into our phones. If not we are subject to disciplinary action.
So, if your start time is 3:00, you have to clock in on your computer and start answer the phone EXACTLY at 3:00. Also, you may not clock in early or late.
This may sound reasonable, except, we are also required to read all email, memos and respond in kind, PLUS complete any unfinished customer call backs from the previous days business, BEFORE our shift starts. I don't know about you, but I consider this WORK. I'm required to do WORK without pay before I clock in and answer the phone?
So I waste one or two minutes, sitting there, hand poised over the keyboard and phone to make sure I clock in at EXACTLY the right minute. Don't you think this is a tad bit of a waste, when I could just clock in a few minutes early, since I'm already there doing work they're not paying me for?
I really don't have a lot of sympathy for people who cheat on their taxes. I play fair, which means I have to pay more to make up the difference from the people screwing over their own government. If database cross-referencing means it will be easier to catch tax evasion, with the side benefit of making audits more efficient, you've got my vote. It even sounds like it will assist in keeping some innocents out of the audit process, which is good.
Protecting the innocents? I bet you also believe the cops behind you at a stop light are "protecting you" and only have your best interest at heart when they run your plates.
And we all know how non-circumstantial computer evidence is.
(From the article)The state has also tried comparing motor vehicle registration data with tax returns, looking for people who might be driving Rolls Royces or Jaguars but declaring only a small income, Revenue Commissioner Alan LeBovidge said
So my retired, school-teacher mother will now be red-flagged for driving her deceased husbands 15 year old Jag? Sounds like guilty until proven innocent to me.
Yes, I do believe politicians are indeed "fixing" things for the record industry. What else is new? Recording industry is just too powerful. The real question is what to do about it. My ignorant answer is that bands should become independent entreprenours and forget about the record companies altogether. 100% is a lot more than 5% or 10% even if you lower your prices a bit. I don't know what the current percentage of profits for the bands is but I do believe some the OSS principles could be applied to the music industry and the rest would be pretty simple to work out with common sense. Or then I'm puffing on the wrong ciggie again.
No, you're not puffing on the wrong ciggie at all.
But the major labels don't just control cd prices, they also control the biggest force for their medium: radio play. Major labels simply pay for play. Payola sounds so 1950's but it exists now more than ever with the help of advertising agencies.
The days of taking your record down to the local station, begging them to play it and hoping for a shot are over. Most "local" stations have big time interests (cough Clear Channel cough) and they're not going to put an artist into rotation without their approval.
Many artists do simply upload their own music to their own sites but not enough of them do. And it's simply not an option for huge artists who are ready locked into slave-type deals with the devil already. (Reminds me of Prince doing videos with the word "slave" on his cheeck. I thought he was just being pissy, but now I see he may have had a point.) It's even possible to get credit on the Billboard charts simply by getting the barcodes and encryption codes that allow them track your sales. Even mainstream radio play isn't the only outlet of recognition. Plays on internet radio stations, college stations, as well as public radio stations all count towards the Gavin and Neilson reports.
However with all these avenues open to independents, they still have to rely on an awful lot of word of mouth or self marketing to be successful. It is possible, but as we all know money makes the world go 'round. It's going to take a few more artists going gold or maybe platinum without having ever seen the inside of a major record label before there is a real shift from the idea of downloading music as semi-criminal activity to the way the industry is run altogether.
The RFID chips would be tracking realtime movement rather than traffic stops, debts, or purchases. While the items in your list can track the periodic locations of a person, they do not provide realtime location data.
Hmmm...I'm not so sure about this. I have set work hours, I pretty much shop in the same places. Every receipt has a date/time stamp. I bet with a reasonable degree of certainty, anyone can predict where I'll be on a given day of the week, down to where and when I pump gas.
Dude, you really have some serious issues with women. You're right: stay as far away from females as possible until you get your head on straight.
What you will realize as you get older is that it is women who desire men far more than men desire women.
Stick a bitch. Sexual gratification. These are your words. If all men are like you, then yes, you're right: Women do face a pretty hopeless quest when you look at it straight on because it is men like you who will never understand that someone telling you to "go get a girl" doesn't mean you have to run out and fuck someone. Anyone with a moderately hard penis or a strap on can do that.
Not to mention, you can't take a simple joke that wasn't that good to begin with. All this over a bad parody of Pirates of the Carribean. Dude, lighten up.
But, since you're obviously older than the average slashdot bear, I'll humor you a bit, becasue you can't be this obtuse. You must realize at your age that even for the most inexperienced females, true satisfaction isn't gained through sex.
So why keep stating the obvious? Is it because all of the things you say about women apply to you? Your insecurities are very obvious by your posts. You do a very bad job of covering it up with half thought theories and throwing in a bit of classic lit, but otherwise you're very typical.
All of your posts here return to the same theme. That growing old is some terrible, awful thing that all women fear and dread. And your byline seems to be that women continuously suck the life out of otherwise worthwhile and wonderful men? Sounds like you're still pissed at some girl who either wouldn't fuck you or just plain stood you up for the prom or something. All of your posts sound like a well-read persons version of, "I bet that bitch is missing me now." (I've got news for you: Whoever she was, she isn't.)
You also wouldn't be the first man who couldn't admit that he was afraid of aging and not being able to get it up any longer and of finally, succumbing to the darkness of death. Hell, you're not even the first male to blame women for man's downfall and inability to think for his damn self. Adam set that precedent far before Homer and you.
You're definitely right on one point: It's absurd for us to continue this. Mainly because I'm exceedingly weary of the whole thing (as well, you must be), but mostly because I now pity you. I find it terribly sad that you have somehow missed interactions with women whose metal is much stronger than what you describe.
From the women who constantly reject you (and no wonder) to all those paid whores and such, your perceptions of women are very distorted and I can't put all of my life experiences of much better and nobler women into your exceedingly narrow mind simply by posting here.
FYI, There are many women, myself included, who do that remarkable of all things, grow old with grace, and live fearlessly meanwhile. If I am very lucky, I will be able to follow in the footsteps of the women I've known, and age, grow old, and even die with a dignity and strength beyond anything you or Homer could possibly imagine.
If you can do as well, there's hope for you yet.
I bid you adieu.
Cris
P.S. Yes, I probably am a tad bit older than your average fem slashdotter, but I feel one is never too old to learn. *CSL*
My company has a similar rating system only 1 is best and 5 is worst. I was rated a 1 this year for the first time after being rated a 3 every year since I began working there in 2000. Here is what I learned about getting a top rating.
My husband works for company that uses this same rating system. After three years of getting the same 3 rating, he finally went to his boss and said:
Attitude - As team leader for the past year I've tried to uplift and motivate my team (no attitude problems there)
Documentation- I've shown up every day on time for the past three years and gotten the attendance bonus every quarter. I've been employee of the month at least twice; in the past year, every person on my team has been employee of the month at least once; we get the highest ratings for teamwork and production in our division of the plant
Projects - I've come early, stayed late, worked on the redesign of our wharehouse; helped with the team redistribution, donated time and team members; I submitted the reduction of workload idea that made the forklift team more efficient and created fewer error that was adopted by the entire company
Flexibility - (see projects)
Be an Expert - I am the go to guy because I am the leader of my time. Any questions that I cannot answer, I make sure I document and find the answers within a reasonable amount of time.
Do things by the book - You yourself have commended me for not only following general warehouse procedures but also for getting my team to understand that even the small things count, like tucking shirts, wearing safety glasses and gloves, and not smoking on the dock but moving to designated areas.
His boss? Told him, "Yes, you're right, you have done all these things and more. But we have direct orders not to give anyone a rating of over 3.
You never mentioned if you ever got a rating of 1? I wonder if you work for the same crappy company my husband used to before he quit and found a place that actually appreciates his hard work!:)
Enjoy it while you can, because in ten years you will be but another old hag.
What makes you think I'm not already wrinkled and old? You make being old sound like a bad thing. You also sound like you have no idea what it means to be content with whoever you are and whatever you are. And like most idiots, you can't admit when you're wrong.
First you assume I'm a man.
Then instead of just saying you're wrong, you go way off base and assume that I've put some sort of value on my snatch just because you're well acquainted with the price of hookers.
Lastly you seem to think that I'll find growing old and potentially being unfuckable an insult.
Well you're wrong on all counts, mate. Sounds like you need to learn to read, get a real woman (or man as the case may be), and stop pawning off your own (and quite obvious) insecurities on others.
An example is a friend of mine's mother. She loves religious shows. But where she lives she can't get any. And she can't afford a dish. So a friend of her's set up a transmitter at his place, which was a few miles away, to broadcast the religous channel from his dish. All she had to do was tune in to his transmitter. It didn't take long for the cops to shut that down, with orders from the CBSC. He didn't alter the programming in any way. The channel was broadcast in full, commercials and all. But he wasn't allowed to rebroadcast it, because he didn't have a licence to...
Just curious...how the heck did they find out about it?
It seems hypocracy to me that those that bitch about losing their jobs to India don't seem to mind wearing Nikes made in Philipines and having Korean RAM in their PCs.
Same thing goes for a hospital wondering why their American patient couldn't pay their medical bill when the transcription company that person used to work for just closed or laid folks off.
I must say, that your suggestions "I need a girl" indicates to me you have read very little of the philosophy I have mentioned.
No, I just really like "Pirates of the Carribean."
Consumerism is a bad thing? Thanks for the tip, mate. I'll chuck me iPod (and me PotC DVD)in the ocean posthaste.
The simple fact you have made this post indicates you are not interested in changing the world in any meaningful way. Creativity is lost to you, because every time you stick your bitch a little bit of your own masculinity disappears into the female void, lost to the world forever. Your freedom, your passion, all sacrificed to the vaginal bottom line.
My masculinity disappeared the day my chromosomes turned up xx instead of xy.
I have nothing against homosexuality, but I have yet to sleep with a woman. Seems like this may be something we have in common.
Cheers!:)
Do you really think your voice matters? One of 6.8 billion??? Do you think because you can sit here and post on slashdot, or anywhere else on the internet that you will ever affect great change in the world? That you will be able to affect the minds of a meaningful number of people? You clamor for free speech, yet you can do nothing more than whimper.. all the while you delude yourself into thinking anyone really gives a fuck what you say or do.
Sooner or later, your own frustration with your own powerlessness, your own impotence will reach a critical point... lets hope you handle it well
Sounds like you need a girl, mate.
Seriously. Yes, one voice matters. It seems that your post has more to do with your own feelings of helplessnes and weaknesses than of anyone else I've ever seen post here or anywhere.
Yes, even posting at slashdot makes a difference. Hell, posting at a Harry Potter message board can make a difference. I'd tell you the story, but I can see you're too busy planning your pity party.
See, even your post has made a difference. I've renewed my resolve to stay off my ass and to never, ever sitting around posting about how life is futile and only good for whimpering and whining like...well, like you.
By tracking these movements the user can type on a non-existant keyboard and navigate a 3d "desktop" in real space. Metaphors provide interfaces for important applications. Integrate an audio device with this and you can easily move your entire office to the bench in the park without anyone being the wiser.
I can just see people pointing fingers and laughing at the "air typing". Like when someone's singing in the car at a stoplight. Or Wonder Woman flying by sitting down in her invisible jet.
Ah, but then there's the majority of people out there that would think, "How cool is that phone! I have to get one!" Believe it or not, those are the people that drive sales like the iPod mini and things that seem wasteful to us/.'ers. Those are the people that these things target. Lots of disposable income, average IQ.
Dude. That's way too harsh.
I think you should give people some credit for knowing what their needs or wants are versus what they can afford.
You just aren't going to get 50 year olds to sit the fuck down, search out a Linux distro and set it up, forget use it. It's not happening now, it's not happening ever.
But this is exactly what is happening. People are waking up to the fact that Windows is not the only 0S in the world. Of course the fact that they thought it was in the first place is really scary, but the wake up is nice. Is the Matrix about freeing your mind from M$?
You're right about the holier-than-thou attitudes being intimidating. People who know more, help those who know less. It should almost be like drunk driving. Friends don't let friends use M$.
(It seems the current mood is that if you are smart you can't beleive in God.)
Current, past, and ancient. I recently found this same line of thinking discussed in a book I read with my mother/daughter book club. You may have heard of the book. It's called "Little Women".
Legal action over $29.95? You must be joking.
Chalk it up to experience. While you're at it, try a new hobby like opening mysterious email attachments.
Good Luck!
*Do ordinary Joe Public people really believe they are anonymous when browsing the web?.
*If someone *really* believes that their actions are perfectly legal, why would they even consider their anonymity? I realize that, when that bulshit excuse is trotted out, the person probably doesn't really believe it and probably did really believe they were surfing anonymously. But your argument is not logical in any case. I've forgotten most of my first-year logic - can't remember the term here, and it's too early in any case - but the one does not prove the other.
Yes, most people expect to be anonymous online.
Most people, even honest people, want to believe that when they are connected to the internet that no one knows who they really are. Honesty and privacy and are two entirely separate issues. The imprecation that honest people have nothing to hide is ridiculous. I don't whack off in public. I'm honest about doing it, but it's a private affair when it happens.
Not to mention, the need for privacy is not necessarily dictated by people trying to hide illegal actions. Just keeping your credit card info safe these days can be a full time job. People are warned every day about these sorts of things and rightly so. You want to make them feel guilty for protecting their info when security these days nearly precludes performance.
The question is, why do people still buy into the fantasy that what they do online is private?
People have a deep need to believe that what they do in the privacy of their own homes is their own business, especially since our public lives are under so much scrutiny. People are hyper-aware of cameras. From the ones in every major and minor retail store, to the "traffic cams" that follow you any and everywhere, to the SMILE! You're on candid camera ATM close-up, people realize their movements are documented, 24/7.
Because of this need, people log onto the internet and think that because they are in a room in their house with no one else around and hopefully no cameras that they didn't put their, that no one will ever know who they are.
They giggle over using cutie pie screen names, and fake addresses and yahoo or hotmail expecting that no one will ever be able to find out their true identity! Muwahahaha! Call it the Superman Complex. Once I type in my screen name, I'm no longer a nobody. I'm...Cristal Shanda Lear.
Kewl.
What a lot haven't figured out is that even their own homes have been breached. They don't realize that using a credit card along with the discount shopper card just told a gazillion people every food and household item they now own. They don't realize that cable and the god-awful spyware TIVO records everything they view. Not to mention the records kept for the videos you rent, the books you check out and everything you just bought for Christmas and so on, and so on...
That's why you end up with people who have been using DSL for a year and only three second ago figured out what a firewall is, let alone an IP address. Because they think that just by figuring out how to set up their computer and actually managing stumble on to the internet, they've done something spectacular. I have a yahoo email address! A miracle.
How do I know this? I used to think this way. It took a lot of mistakes (read huge errors) before I even got my foot planted in the right direction and I still don't know as much as I should or want to.
I spend a lot of my waking hours convincing so many people who think that I am "guru" that I don't know jack. That knowing how to use FrontPage does not make me a web designer (go ahead and giggle, I did). That using the common sense not to click on every single banner ad I see does not make me a genius. That opening attachments in emails titled "wrmvrus.exe" are not a good idea.
Do not underestimate that the companies who swear to try to help people, don't manipulate them and count on their not knowi
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No, only people like you got all up in arms. The vast majority of people didn't give two shits about Tivos "privacy violations".
The vast majority of people didn't KNOW until TIVO edited out Janet Jackson's boob incident after the SuperBowl because it was being replayed so often.
I guess it will take google interfering with t&a before anyone cares.
I think I'll run for president under the platfor "Let's all google search for porn and make the world a better place."
I won't win because I'm a woman though.
i had a yahoo email address that i was using "anonymously". put in fake information like lots of folks. then one day a few months ago i noticed that all of the fake information had been replaced by my *real* information. now, i know a bit about anonymity, and while i wasn't under any delusions about the level of anonymity i had at yahoo i was surprised to see all of my personal data displayed given that i never explicitly gave yahoo that data. When you filled out the info and they asked you for another email address, did you give them another email address that contains your "real" info? And if so, was it another yahoo address? Just curious. I find this very interesting as I use different yahoo profiles for different things. Nothing insidious. Just different id's for different games I play or different groups I belong to. I'm going to check my profile information today on all my accounts and see if anything has been changed? I'm also curious if anyone else has experienced this.
Exactly. I can't believe that the best argument I've seen for this service here is, 'At least they aren't hiding it.'
The problem is how to avoid google in the future which is a real task. It's nearly impossible to go to any site or search engine that doesn't use Google for searches. And all those people who rave about the google tool bar give me the shakes.
I think that should Google end up being as insidious as Microsoft (are we there yet?), Google is going to prove to be the harder one to get rid of.
I've been meaning to read this bit for a few days.
The filters at work (gosh they are strict, the post here aren't that bad) frequently won't allow me to read a lot of the slashdot responses and at home I'm busy with the things women still do, despite the fact that's it 2004 and men should have to cook, do laundry, clean the bathrooms, mind the children, train the dog, whack themselves off...however, I digress.
So, I finally get a minute when the man, kid, and dogs are asleep, and I've been catching up here and I come to read it (hell we can use free food as much as anyone) and it's an April Fool's joke.
Guess there's no fool like a late fool...
It's not as simple as you would think.
The company I have has a policy like this. It's a call center. Our clock in time has to match exactly the time we clock into our phones. If not we are subject to disciplinary action.
So, if your start time is 3:00, you have to clock in on your computer and start answer the phone EXACTLY at 3:00. Also, you may not clock in early or late.
This may sound reasonable, except, we are also required to read all email, memos and respond in kind, PLUS complete any unfinished customer call backs from the previous days business, BEFORE our shift starts. I don't know about you, but I consider this WORK. I'm required to do WORK without pay before I clock in and answer the phone?
So I waste one or two minutes, sitting there, hand poised over the keyboard and phone to make sure I clock in at EXACTLY the right minute. Don't you think this is a tad bit of a waste, when I could just clock in a few minutes early, since I'm already there doing work they're not paying me for?
I really don't have a lot of sympathy for people who cheat on their taxes. I play fair, which means I have to pay more to make up the difference from the people screwing over their own government. If database cross-referencing means it will be easier to catch tax evasion, with the side benefit of making audits more efficient, you've got my vote. It even sounds like it will assist in keeping some innocents out of the audit process, which is good.
Protecting the innocents? I bet you also believe the cops behind you at a stop light are "protecting you" and only have your best interest at heart when they run your plates.
And we all know how non-circumstantial computer evidence is.
(From the article)The state has also tried comparing motor vehicle registration data with tax returns, looking for people who might be driving Rolls Royces or Jaguars but declaring only a small income, Revenue Commissioner Alan LeBovidge said
So my retired, school-teacher mother will now be red-flagged for driving her deceased husbands 15 year old Jag? Sounds like guilty until proven innocent to me.
Contaminate the water? I'm surprised it hasn't been bottled by now.
Yes, I do believe politicians are indeed "fixing" things for the record industry. What else is new? Recording industry is just too powerful. The real question is what to do about it. My ignorant answer is that bands should become independent entreprenours and forget about the record companies altogether. 100% is a lot more than 5% or 10% even if you lower your prices a bit. I don't know what the current percentage of profits for the bands is but I do believe some the OSS principles could be applied to the music industry and the rest would be pretty simple to work out with common sense. Or then I'm puffing on the wrong ciggie again.
No, you're not puffing on the wrong ciggie at all.
But the major labels don't just control cd prices, they also control the biggest force for their medium: radio play. Major labels simply pay for play. Payola sounds so 1950's but it exists now more than ever with the help of advertising agencies.
The days of taking your record down to the local station, begging them to play it and hoping for a shot are over. Most "local" stations have big time interests (cough Clear Channel cough) and they're not going to put an artist into rotation without their approval.
Many artists do simply upload their own music to their own sites but not enough of them do. And it's simply not an option for huge artists who are ready locked into slave-type deals with the devil already. (Reminds me of Prince doing videos with the word "slave" on his cheeck. I thought he was just being pissy, but now I see he may have had a point.) It's even possible to get credit on the Billboard charts simply by getting the barcodes and encryption codes that allow them track your sales. Even mainstream radio play isn't the only outlet of recognition. Plays on internet radio stations, college stations, as well as public radio stations all count towards the Gavin and Neilson reports.
However with all these avenues open to independents, they still have to rely on an awful lot of word of mouth or self marketing to be successful. It is possible, but as we all know money makes the world go 'round. It's going to take a few more artists going gold or maybe platinum without having ever seen the inside of a major record label before there is a real shift from the idea of downloading music as semi-criminal activity to the way the industry is run altogether.
The RFID chips would be tracking realtime movement rather than traffic stops, debts, or purchases. While the items in your list can track the periodic locations of a person, they do not provide realtime location data.
Hmmm...I'm not so sure about this. I have set work hours, I pretty much shop in the same places. Every receipt has a date/time stamp. I bet with a reasonable degree of certainty, anyone can predict where I'll be on a given day of the week, down to where and when I pump gas.
Scary but true.
Dude, you really have some serious issues with women. You're right: stay as far away from females as possible until you get your head on straight.
What you will realize as you get older is that it is women who desire men far more than men desire women.
Stick a bitch. Sexual gratification. These are your words. If all men are like you, then yes, you're right: Women do face a pretty hopeless quest when you look at it straight on because it is men like you who will never understand that someone telling you to "go get a girl" doesn't mean you have to run out and fuck someone. Anyone with a moderately hard penis or a strap on can do that.
Not to mention, you can't take a simple joke that wasn't that good to begin with. All this over a bad parody of Pirates of the Carribean. Dude, lighten up.
But, since you're obviously older than the average slashdot bear, I'll humor you a bit, becasue you can't be this obtuse. You must realize at your age that even for the most inexperienced females, true satisfaction isn't gained through sex.
So why keep stating the obvious? Is it because all of the things you say about women apply to you? Your insecurities are very obvious by your posts. You do a very bad job of covering it up with half thought theories and throwing in a bit of classic lit, but otherwise you're very typical.
All of your posts here return to the same theme. That growing old is some terrible, awful thing that all women fear and dread. And your byline seems to be that women continuously suck the life out of otherwise worthwhile and wonderful men? Sounds like you're still pissed at some girl who either wouldn't fuck you or just plain stood you up for the prom or something. All of your posts sound like a well-read persons version of, "I bet that bitch is missing me now." (I've got news for you: Whoever she was, she isn't.)
You also wouldn't be the first man who couldn't admit that he was afraid of aging and not being able to get it up any longer and of finally, succumbing to the darkness of death. Hell, you're not even the first male to blame women for man's downfall and inability to think for his damn self. Adam set that precedent far before Homer and you.
You're definitely right on one point: It's absurd for us to continue this. Mainly because I'm exceedingly weary of the whole thing (as well, you must be), but mostly because I now pity you. I find it terribly sad that you have somehow missed interactions with women whose metal is much stronger than what you describe.
From the women who constantly reject you (and no wonder) to all those paid whores and such, your perceptions of women are very distorted and I can't put all of my life experiences of much better and nobler women into your exceedingly narrow mind simply by posting here.
FYI, There are many women, myself included, who do that remarkable of all things, grow old with grace, and live fearlessly meanwhile. If I am very lucky, I will be able to follow in the footsteps of the women I've known, and age, grow old, and even die with a dignity and strength beyond anything you or Homer could possibly imagine.
If you can do as well, there's hope for you yet.
I bid you adieu.
Cris
P.S. Yes, I probably am a tad bit older than your average fem slashdotter, but I feel one is never too old to learn. *CSL*
My company has a similar rating system only 1 is best and 5 is worst. I was rated a 1 this year for the first time after being rated a 3 every year since I began working there in 2000. Here is what I learned about getting a top rating.
:)
My husband works for company that uses this same rating system. After three years of getting the same 3 rating, he finally went to his boss and said:
Attitude - As team leader for the past year I've tried to uplift and motivate my team (no attitude problems there)
Documentation- I've shown up every day on time for the past three years and gotten the attendance bonus every quarter. I've been employee of the month at least twice; in the past year, every person on my team has been employee of the month at least once; we get the highest ratings for teamwork and production in our division of the plant
Projects - I've come early, stayed late, worked on the redesign of our wharehouse; helped with the team redistribution, donated time and team members; I submitted the reduction of workload idea that made the forklift team more efficient and created fewer error that was adopted by the entire company
Flexibility - (see projects)
Be an Expert - I am the go to guy because I am the leader of my time. Any questions that I cannot answer, I make sure I document and find the answers within a reasonable amount of time.
Do things by the book - You yourself have commended me for not only following general warehouse procedures but also for getting my team to understand that even the small things count, like tucking shirts, wearing safety glasses and gloves, and not smoking on the dock but moving to designated areas.
His boss? Told him, "Yes, you're right, you have done all these things and more. But we have direct orders not to give anyone a rating of over 3.
You never mentioned if you ever got a rating of 1? I wonder if you work for the same crappy company my husband used to before he quit and found a place that actually appreciates his hard work!
Enjoy it while you can, because in ten years you will be but another old hag.
What makes you think I'm not already wrinkled and old? You make being old sound like a bad thing. You also sound like you have no idea what it means to be content with whoever you are and whatever you are. And like most idiots, you can't admit when you're wrong.
First you assume I'm a man.
Then instead of just saying you're wrong, you go way off base and assume that I've put some sort of value on my snatch just because you're well acquainted with the price of hookers.
Lastly you seem to think that I'll find growing old and potentially being unfuckable an insult.
Well you're wrong on all counts, mate. Sounds like you need to learn to read, get a real woman (or man as the case may be), and stop pawning off your own (and quite obvious) insecurities on others.
Cheers mate!
Just curious...how the heck did they find out about it?
It seems hypocracy to me that those that bitch about losing their jobs to India don't seem to mind wearing Nikes made in Philipines and having Korean RAM in their PCs.
Same thing goes for a hospital wondering why their American patient couldn't pay their medical bill when the transcription company that person used to work for just closed or laid folks off.
I must say, that your suggestions "I need a girl" indicates to me you have read very little of the philosophy I have mentioned. No, I just really like "Pirates of the Carribean." Consumerism is a bad thing? Thanks for the tip, mate. I'll chuck me iPod (and me PotC DVD)in the ocean posthaste. The simple fact you have made this post indicates you are not interested in changing the world in any meaningful way. Creativity is lost to you, because every time you stick your bitch a little bit of your own masculinity disappears into the female void, lost to the world forever. Your freedom, your passion, all sacrificed to the vaginal bottom line. My masculinity disappeared the day my chromosomes turned up xx instead of xy. I have nothing against homosexuality, but I have yet to sleep with a woman. Seems like this may be something we have in common. Cheers! :)
Do you really think your voice matters? One of 6.8 billion??? Do you think because you can sit here and post on slashdot, or anywhere else on the internet that you will ever affect great change in the world? That you will be able to affect the minds of a meaningful number of people? You clamor for free speech, yet you can do nothing more than whimper.. all the while you delude yourself into thinking anyone really gives a fuck what you say or do.
Sooner or later, your own frustration with your own powerlessness, your own impotence will reach a critical point... lets hope you handle it well
Sounds like you need a girl, mate.
Seriously. Yes, one voice matters. It seems that your post has more to do with your own feelings of helplessnes and weaknesses than of anyone else I've ever seen post here or anywhere.
Yes, even posting at slashdot makes a difference. Hell, posting at a Harry Potter message board can make a difference. I'd tell you the story, but I can see you're too busy planning your pity party.
See, even your post has made a difference. I've renewed my resolve to stay off my ass and to never, ever sitting around posting about how life is futile and only good for whimpering and whining like...well, like you.
It'd be easier to believe you worked in corporate if you could actually spell it.
I believe he's in corporate because he can't spell it. Now if his admin had typed it...
By tracking these movements the user can type on a non-existant keyboard and navigate a 3d "desktop" in real space. Metaphors provide interfaces for important applications. Integrate an audio device with this and you can easily move your entire office to the bench in the park without anyone being the wiser.
I can just see people pointing fingers and laughing at the "air typing". Like when someone's singing in the car at a stoplight. Or Wonder Woman flying by sitting down in her invisible jet.
Ah, but then there's the majority of people out there that would think, "How cool is that phone! I have to get one!" Believe it or not, those are the people that drive sales like the iPod mini and things that seem wasteful to us /.'ers. Those are the people that these things target. Lots of disposable income, average IQ.
Dude. That's way too harsh.
I think you should give people some credit for knowing what their needs or wants are versus what they can afford.
You just aren't going to get 50 year olds to sit the fuck down, search out a Linux distro and set it up, forget use it. It's not happening now, it's not happening ever.
But this is exactly what is happening. People are waking up to the fact that Windows is not the only 0S in the world. Of course the fact that they thought it was in the first place is really scary, but the wake up is nice. Is the Matrix about freeing your mind from M$?
You're right about the holier-than-thou attitudes being intimidating. People who know more, help those who know less. It should almost be like drunk driving. Friends don't let friends use M$.
(It seems the current mood is that if you are smart you can't beleive in God.)
Current, past, and ancient. I recently found this same line of thinking discussed in a book I read with my mother/daughter book club. You may have heard of the book. It's called "Little Women".
Dude...
Rational has nothing to do with it. Idiocy and ignorance seem to go hand in hand though.
Legal action over $29.95? You must be joking. Chalk it up to experience. While you're at it, try a new hobby like opening mysterious email attachments. Good Luck!
*Do ordinary Joe Public people really believe they are anonymous when browsing the web?.
*If someone *really* believes that their actions are perfectly legal, why would they even consider their anonymity? I realize that, when that bulshit excuse is trotted out, the person probably doesn't really believe it and probably did really believe they were surfing anonymously. But your argument is not logical in any case. I've forgotten most of my first-year logic - can't remember the term here, and it's too early in any case - but the one does not prove the other.
Yes, most people expect to be anonymous online.
Most people, even honest people, want to believe that when they are connected to the internet that no one knows who they really are. Honesty and privacy and are two entirely separate issues. The imprecation that honest people have nothing to hide is ridiculous. I don't whack off in public. I'm honest about doing it, but it's a private affair when it happens.
Not to mention, the need for privacy is not necessarily dictated by people trying to hide illegal actions. Just keeping your credit card info safe these days can be a full time job. People are warned every day about these sorts of things and rightly so. You want to make them feel guilty for protecting their info when security these days nearly precludes performance.
The question is, why do people still buy into the fantasy that what they do online is private?
People have a deep need to believe that what they do in the privacy of their own homes is their own business, especially since our public lives are under so much scrutiny. People are hyper-aware of cameras. From the ones in every major and minor retail store, to the "traffic cams" that follow you any and everywhere, to the SMILE! You're on candid camera ATM close-up, people realize their movements are documented, 24/7.
Because of this need, people log onto the internet and think that because they are in a room in their house with no one else around and hopefully no cameras that they didn't put their, that no one will ever know who they are.
They giggle over using cutie pie screen names, and fake addresses and yahoo or hotmail expecting that no one will ever be able to find out their true identity! Muwahahaha! Call it the Superman Complex. Once I type in my screen name, I'm no longer a nobody. I'm...Cristal Shanda Lear.
Kewl.
What a lot haven't figured out is that even their own homes have been breached. They don't realize that using a credit card along with the discount shopper card just told a gazillion people every food and household item they now own. They don't realize that cable and the god-awful spyware TIVO records everything they view. Not to mention the records kept for the videos you rent, the books you check out and everything you just bought for Christmas and so on, and so on...
That's why you end up with people who have been using DSL for a year and only three second ago figured out what a firewall is, let alone an IP address. Because they think that just by figuring out how to set up their computer and actually managing stumble on to the internet, they've done something spectacular. I have a yahoo email address! A miracle.
How do I know this? I used to think this way. It took a lot of mistakes (read huge errors) before I even got my foot planted in the right direction and I still don't know as much as I should or want to.
I spend a lot of my waking hours convincing so many people who think that I am "guru" that I don't know jack. That knowing how to use FrontPage does not make me a web designer (go ahead and giggle, I did). That using the common sense not to click on every single banner ad I see does not make me a genius. That opening attachments in emails titled "wrmvrus.exe" are not a good idea.
Do not underestimate that the companies who swear to try to help people, don't manipulate them and count on their not knowi