Direct, no-nonense, hands-off management is not a bad thing.
Neither is it a good thing. If it works for you (and your team and company) then you do it the right way. When you can't pull it off, because it isn't your personality, then you do it the wrong way.
The worst manager I had was a women. Not because she was a women, but because she was incompetent. And I am talking about having no skills.
I do not expect a manager to be able to do things better then me. I expect a manager to manage. The best manager I had was a manager who did just that. He had no idea how I did what I did, but he was sure that I did it in a correct way. I want a manager, not a life coach or a teacher.
If I have technical questions, he will see that I will get answers and they won't have to be given by him.
And good for them. They will also warn if you have left your car door unlocked and motor running. At that moment you should not claim that your car was stolen and used in a robbery. Well, you could, but would have a LOT of explaining to do.
OTOH the majority of people will have absolutely no clue that their Wifi is open and will be grateful that they were warned.
Ever been to a pub? Ever seen anything hanging around that has a trademark/copyright on it an yet was not licensed in any way? (Yet is not advertisement given to them to promote sales directly) Almost every pub I go to has them.
What they want to do is get money. If they wanted, they could give it away for free, if that is what they actually wanted. They don't.
Oh how noble of him to ask ONLY $100. And he is apparently not even sure about that.
if they really wanted to pursue a controversy, they would be working on disavowing the trinity
Theologians can pursuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
I went to school and had many discussions after class with one teacher. Basically I tried to be a smart ass and disprove him wrong. Her listened to me and proved me wrong on each and every issue. Explained me where I went wrong. Why faster then speed was not possible. A year later I had a teacher who said "I am the teacher. It is that way because I say so."
What I learned because of this is a very crucial lesson: Understanding is more important then knowing.
Even Jesus(*) did not say "Because I said so!" He tried to make people think.
(*)Irrelevant if you see him as the son of God or as a fictional character or something else.
Wouldn't they have to honour it in all of the EU, being EU law..?
No. I am in Belgium and this was on the news. 1) It is handled on a local (per country) as for now there is no reason for Europe to step in. Consumer rights are country based. That does not mean that if nothing comes from it the EU won't step in. 2) Several other countries are doing the same or similar things 3) They are already in a lawsuit in Italy 4) At this moment they did not sue yet. They gave an official month for Apple to react. They however do not think that Apply will change. 5) If you do not want to follow the laws of the country, do not sell your product here. 6) This process will take a long time. They will appeal and try to appeal as often as possible. Most likely all the way to the European high court. 7) 2 years warranty? Think different!
It does not have to be working for two years. It just means that they need to replace and/or repair if it doesn't.
Electronic companies already know in great detail the money they need to spend. When the time went from one year to two years, the companies already knew how high the cost would be.
The reason I pay cash is mostly when I go out to dinner with my friends. If we go with 4 people, it is easier that each picks up 25% of the bill instead of asking for four bills or one paying and the other three transferring the money.
Vending machines are becoming cashless as well. In Belgium we have Proton Unfortunately not enough used or availability.
for that which the Large Print giveth, the Small Print usually taketh
What it should be is that the small print should be the law that protects the people and the large print the agreement/contract. That way no matter what you write in the contract, the law will be able to take away. In some cases this is true. Making a contract to kill your SO does not make it ok, as the small print (the law) will taketh away. The problem is that the law does not protect the people. It protects those who made/bought the law.
In most (all?) civilized countries there will be laws that will be more important then any other contract I might sign. Even if BOTH parties are willing to uphold the contract, the contract can be seen void and thus illegal. The excuse "But you signed it." does not mean anything in those cases.
And I am talking about contracts, not even terms of agreement. Those mean even less. That does not mean that you can not have specific agreements, but they must follow the law in the first place.
The nice thing is that most of the time you will be able to write on them. That means writing small notes about things you just discussed. That is why I hate designer business cards who try to be clever. I like the boring white ones. You meet somebody at a reception, at a conference or some other casual event. You start to talk and exchange cards. The talk might be 10 minutes and the moment you part, you take the card back and write on it whatever you think is important.
When you get home, you look at the 30-40 or more cards and see what you wrote on them. That will make it easy which ones you really must talk to, who you must avoid and if you wrote it down the things YOU said to them. Pretty important when you were talking prices for e.g. a new client or ideas you had. e.g. "Wants a pr0n website with live models. Told him I knew htlm."
Go to know that you get through so easily. Are you interested in taking this ticking present to my, uh, ill aunt as you make yourself ready board the plane?
No, I won't. In Belgium they will come to the table with a mobile terminal. I enter the card with the chip in the terminal (so no swiping) and enter my pin code. The waiter waits for the OK signal and gives me my receipt and the transaction is done.
He does not even touches the card, so he can't remember the details to abuse it. I have seen terminals without the strip reading ability.
The only country that still uses the magnetic strip almost by default is the USofA. Even in underdeveloped countries the chip is used. I have already seen cards that have no magnetic strip at all in Belgium and not even an embossed number, so the even older system of the sliding machine can't be used.
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Neither is it a good thing. If it works for you (and your team and company) then you do it the right way. When you can't pull it off, because it isn't your personality, then you do it the wrong way.
The worst manager I had was a women. Not because she was a women, but because she was incompetent. And I am talking about having no skills.
I do not expect a manager to be able to do things better then me. I expect a manager to manage. The best manager I had was a manager who did just that. He had no idea how I did what I did, but he was sure that I did it in a correct way. I want a manager, not a life coach or a teacher.
If I have technical questions, he will see that I will get answers and they won't have to be given by him.
So it was very realistic with great acting and no obvious view of CGI and even an original storyline?
And good for them. They will also warn if you have left your car door unlocked and motor running. At that moment you should not claim that your car was stolen and used in a robbery. Well, you could, but would have a LOT of explaining to do.
OTOH the majority of people will have absolutely no clue that their Wifi is open and will be grateful that they were warned.
Ever been to a pub? Ever seen anything hanging around that has a trademark/copyright on it an yet was not licensed in any way? (Yet is not advertisement given to them to promote sales directly) Almost every pub I go to has them.
What they want to do is get money. If they wanted, they could give it away for free, if that is what they actually wanted. They don't.
Oh how noble of him to ask ONLY $100. And he is apparently not even sure about that.
It is not just Apple. I was not allowed to buy a Learjet last week.
Theologians can pursuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
I went to school and had many discussions after class with one teacher. Basically I tried to be a smart ass and disprove him wrong. Her listened to me and proved me wrong on each and every issue. Explained me where I went wrong. Why faster then speed was not possible.
A year later I had a teacher who said "I am the teacher. It is that way because I say so."
What I learned because of this is a very crucial lesson: Understanding is more important then knowing.
Even Jesus(*) did not say "Because I said so!" He tried to make people think.
(*)Irrelevant if you see him as the son of God or as a fictional character or something else.
Are they called "The controversy of religion."? I do not think so.
Controversy is just newspeak. Double plus non good.
I just re-read the book and it was hard to FAP to, but finally it worked.
Why punish the kid? Kids are take away for less abuse then this.
No. I am in Belgium and this was on the news.
1) It is handled on a local (per country) as for now there is no reason for Europe to step in. Consumer rights are country based. That does not mean that if nothing comes from it the EU won't step in.
2) Several other countries are doing the same or similar things
3) They are already in a lawsuit in Italy
4) At this moment they did not sue yet. They gave an official month for Apple to react. They however do not think that Apply will change.
5) If you do not want to follow the laws of the country, do not sell your product here.
6) This process will take a long time. They will appeal and try to appeal as often as possible. Most likely all the way to the European high court.
7) 2 years warranty? Think different!
It does not have to be working for two years. It just means that they need to replace and/or repair if it doesn't.
Electronic companies already know in great detail the money they need to spend. When the time went from one year to two years, the companies already knew how high the cost would be.
The reason I pay cash is mostly when I go out to dinner with my friends. If we go with 4 people, it is easier that each picks up 25% of the bill instead of asking for four bills or one paying and the other three transferring the money.
Vending machines are becoming cashless as well. In Belgium we have Proton
Unfortunately not enough used or availability.
The ability to download a car.
What it should be is that the small print should be the law that protects the people and the large print the agreement/contract.
That way no matter what you write in the contract, the law will be able to take away.
In some cases this is true. Making a contract to kill your SO does not make it ok, as the small print (the law) will taketh away.
The problem is that the law does not protect the people. It protects those who made/bought the law.
In most (all?) civilized countries there will be laws that will be more important then any other contract I might sign. Even if BOTH parties are willing to uphold the contract, the contract can be seen void and thus illegal.
The excuse "But you signed it." does not mean anything in those cases.
And I am talking about contracts, not even terms of agreement. Those mean even less. That does not mean that you can not have specific agreements, but they must follow the law in the first place.
The nice thing is that most of the time you will be able to write on them. That means writing small notes about things you just discussed.
That is why I hate designer business cards who try to be clever. I like the boring white ones.
You meet somebody at a reception, at a conference or some other casual event. You start to talk and exchange cards. The talk might be 10 minutes and the moment you part, you take the card back and write on it whatever you think is important.
When you get home, you look at the 30-40 or more cards and see what you wrote on them. That will make it easy which ones you really must talk to, who you must avoid and if you wrote it down the things YOU said to them. Pretty important when you were talking prices for e.g. a new client or ideas you had.
e.g. "Wants a pr0n website with live models. Told him I knew htlm."
I have seen people who hate our freedom (... to copy things in Europe.). I have seen people who want to overthrow our legitimately elected government.
They should pay YOU $100 for trowing away your liberties.
Not only do you welcome the big brother society, you pay them to get to you faster.
Go to know that you get through so easily. Are you interested in taking this ticking present to my, uh, ill aunt as you make yourself ready board the plane?
Welcome to the two party system, where your choice is if they cut your leg at the knee or the ankle,
It makes me sad that this needs to be explained on a site like /.
No, I won't. In Belgium they will come to the table with a mobile terminal. I enter the card with the chip in the terminal (so no swiping) and enter my pin code. The waiter waits for the OK signal and gives me my receipt and the transaction is done.
He does not even touches the card, so he can't remember the details to abuse it. I have seen terminals without the strip reading ability.
Images of some terminals
The only country that still uses the magnetic strip almost by default is the USofA. Even in underdeveloped countries the chip is used. I have already seen cards that have no magnetic strip at all in Belgium and not even an embossed number, so the even older system of the sliding machine can't be used.
I hate to burst your bubble, but it does not only happen in IT. It happens all over the company. Unfortunately IT is nothing special.