Am I the only one that finds this whole thread a little disturbing?
If you seriously must buy a video game system when it first comes out, you are going to get burnt by the price. This is the same way a carnival charges $4.00 for a 12oz pop. If you are so desparate that you can't find alternatives, you deserve to pay that price....the most depressing thing is that if you are so into video games that you have to have the latest thing because you are tired with the current pool of options, then you seriously need to turn off the TV.
You can buy a Gamecube,and a foot-tall tack of great games for the price of just the new consoles.
Get a life people, get out of the house and gain some depth to your life. Get a real job and a girlfriend and your favorite games will be great for much, much longer.
...or you will have all sorts of polls and daily postings about people's reaction of the film. Then you will have posts of people wanting to have it be a steady show or a string of movies like Star Trek.
You will hear about it relentlessly in some form or another forever as how a franchise was killed.
1. Get a banner that reads "Is this good for the Company"
2. Get a big coffee mug and walk around with it...
3. Wear a binary tie...
Seriously, management is about teamwork. Project to your team that you trust them to do a good job. Give them random perks (i.e. Pizza, sodas, etc.) Take time to understand the people you manage; some people want a lot of recognition, some want to be left alone. Understand that as long as they know you care, you probably won't have to do much managing at all.
People respect management that understands the tasks their subordinates perform. If your "normals" want to talk to you about the latest news and you have no clue, "respect -1"
There will be a learning curve for you and them. They are probably as nervous about you being the new boss as you are. People tend to assume the worst when new management arrives. In my personal experience, new management is truly a bane to all that is good and happy. Your new team is probably quite nervous that you are about to go in and start customizing the office a way they don't approve of. I would say just lay back and learn about the position and try not to be super manager of the dacade.
Ironic that they file a lawsuit of thier program being removed when they didn't (explicitly) ask permission to get there in the first place.
Maybe we all should just download Virtual bouncer to clean off our systems....oh, wait....
Beware of the managemnt though...
-60 hours a week
-you never leave on time
-the work is 12 consecutive hours of running around putting out other people's fires
-your entire staff (well, at least 90%) in uneducated beyond high-school
- at least 10% of the staff call off on any given day/night
-the management above you and below you is unlikely to have any formal managment education
-you have to move after each two year segment (you dont have a choice there)
-if you don't move up in five years, you're demoted
Although it is an option, Walmart managers don't stick around long for a reason. I had a store manager for two years that started off as a stockman (cart-pusher) and never spend a day in college. He was a good man, but did not understand the complexities of business policy and employee management. Walmart will not fire anyone unless they blatently deserve it. Due to this the stores are littered all the way up the chain with incompetance. Management is good there to put on your resume. I've seen first-hand what it does to a family.
The more posts I read here, the more thin argument s based incorrect on generalizations I see.
Many people who shop at Wal-Mart seriously need to cut their expenses and will buy wherever is cheapest in order to get by. It's nice to take a stance that you will shop else where you get that "mom and pop store" feeling; but if you are in that comfortable of a position, you are in the minority.
I worked at Wal-mart for six years and found that those cheap-labor jobs tend to attract exactly those cheap-labor mentality employees...but what people blindly refute about those wages is the fact that mom and pop stores aren't exactly paying $15/hour, they are paying minimum wage. Wal-Mart also actively hires elderly and mentally handicapped workers.
Wal-Mart would not be debated unless you are first a logical person willing to make logical discussion. Wal-Mart can sell things cheap because they buy in mass quantities, have low overhead costs and low payroll costs. They push smaller stores out primarily due to the fact that small stores don't buy CD's 1,000,000 per purchase order. If you want to pay $50 at another store for a cordless drill or $45 at Wal-Mart; that's your choice; but don't assume you are getting a better product because you paid more...and don't assume that you're doing some sort of justice by spending that extra money for the exact same thing.
Wal-Mart sells cheap Levis, for example, under a different name so that Levi Strauss can make money and not tarnish the name of the original jeans. Wal-Mart does not sell real 501 Levi Jeans, so the argument that Wal-Mart ruined the quality of Levis is pure ignorance. Levi Strauss created a line of products to make money, and Wal-Mart is one of the stores that sell them.
I find that people who work at Wal-Mart as a career are high-school-level educated and are often people that fit in well in the Wal-Mart culture. The Wal-mart employees can become a second family for many people; something you may get on a much smaller scale in a small store. If you want to complain about the wages; educate yourself, get in shape, and find some initiative, and go get a job doing something you want to do. Some people work at Wal-Mart because that is what suits them best...you aren't helping them any if you triumphantly march to another store to buy your daily goods.
It seems the whole reason for the posting was either the author doesn't trust the babysitter or is worried about the baby. If you watch enough abusive babysitters on tv or with personal experience, you would be anxious too.
Additionally...don't come down on parents that want to get out once in a while. It is necessary for the health of the relationship to let your spouse know that you are more than parents to each other. Sitting on the couch gets old...
If they communicate with us, then come to attack us, we could always rely on creating a virus on a MAC that will take down their mother-ship. (Independence Day)
The masses won't change becuase these articles are only read by us techies. Even when it is on CNN.com, it is buried in the technology section; where only techies go anyway. Put it on the front page headlines of CNN or USAToday already...
People just keep saying over and over that the users are just as much fault for not educating themselves. There is a reason why Slashdot users know about IE, Adaware, Linux and the new OS X system. We like learning about this stuff. Should I be accused of being lazy because I don't know how to cross-stitch? No, that just doesn't interest me and I could live out my life happily not knowing it. Many people feel that way about computers and we shouldn't call them lazy for not drilling into technical things when they really have no interest to do so. If I buy a PC from any store, I get Windows and IE...done deal. People should not be blamed for not knowing about Firefox, Safari and other options like that. It is up to a business to support the public interest of the business and since Mozilla is distributing Firefox free, don't expect advertising. Therefore it seems like the necessary advertising for Firefox is word-of-mouth and that seems to fall on users. Since Firefox's main users are techies, it's fate rests on us telling our mom's, not Microsoft. My mom is afraid of computers; she's not going to download Firefox any more than I'm going to learn how to stitch with her.
I recognize that Firefox is superior on most levels (although it locks up repeatedly for me.) The issue that concerns me is that people talk like a browser revolution is taking place and how Firefox is going to take over due to the recent IE CERT suggestion. Any Slashdot reader (and most techies) has known about Firefox being better for a while, same with alternate OSes...but the general public won't perform a mass conversion. We can't convince the IT frontline personnel here to even download Firefox, let alone convert. Not that they like or trust M$, but that it is the default and most people will blindly follow the default. I just think people should be realistic when they assess Microsoft being worried about this CERT warning, Firefox and other OSes. The alternatives might be better, Microsoft is the undisputed default.
I agree with you 100%, but in order to install Firefox, it has to be approved as the corporate-sponsored borwser.
I explain it much like you and they are happy with the *idea* of changing to a new browser. They love the fact that all the same shortcuts work the same too, but like VHS...beta was better, but...change?...only if you do it for them and delete the most direct shortcuts to IE.
Does anybody realize just how hard it is to make people change their browser or OS?
I work in IT and almost no one has even heard of Firefox. Only one (besides me) has it installed...and we are IT.
This is not the end of anything for the evil empire, this CERT notification won't move M$ market share of browsers by more than 1%.
And since the overwhelming majority run IE, we will all still have to have IE just to be able to continuously repair and troubleshoot it.
Sorry for the reality check, but end-users are skeptical about any change, unless they feel 100% sure they will gain much, loose little.
People say this is the end of the empire, but most people who run Linux and OS X have a Windows PC also.
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Am I the only one that finds this whole thread a little disturbing? If you seriously must buy a video game system when it first comes out, you are going to get burnt by the price. This is the same way a carnival charges $4.00 for a 12oz pop. If you are so desparate that you can't find alternatives, you deserve to pay that price. ...the most depressing thing is that if you are so into video games that you have to have the latest thing because you are tired with the current pool of options, then you seriously need to turn off the TV.
You can buy a Gamecube,and a foot-tall tack of great games for the price of just the new consoles.
Get a life people, get out of the house and gain some depth to your life. Get a real job and a girlfriend and your favorite games will be great for much, much longer.
I must be the only Slashdotter ever who has never seen Battlestar Galactica, Start Trek or Stargate (I'm in my mid-20's.) What is Batlestar Galactica?
...or you will have all sorts of polls and daily postings about people's reaction of the film.
Then you will have posts of people wanting to have it be a steady show or a string of movies like Star Trek.
You will hear about it relentlessly in some form or another forever as how a franchise was killed.
now that you mention it, I can't read it any other way...thanks, man.
1. Get a banner that reads "Is this good for the Company" 2. Get a big coffee mug and walk around with it... 3. Wear a binary tie... Seriously, management is about teamwork. Project to your team that you trust them to do a good job. Give them random perks (i.e. Pizza, sodas, etc.) Take time to understand the people you manage; some people want a lot of recognition, some want to be left alone. Understand that as long as they know you care, you probably won't have to do much managing at all. People respect management that understands the tasks their subordinates perform. If your "normals" want to talk to you about the latest news and you have no clue, "respect -1" There will be a learning curve for you and them. They are probably as nervous about you being the new boss as you are. People tend to assume the worst when new management arrives. In my personal experience, new management is truly a bane to all that is good and happy. Your new team is probably quite nervous that you are about to go in and start customizing the office a way they don't approve of. I would say just lay back and learn about the position and try not to be super manager of the dacade.
Ironic that they file a lawsuit of thier program being removed when they didn't (explicitly) ask permission to get there in the first place. Maybe we all should just download Virtual bouncer to clean off our systems....oh, wait....
Beware of the managemnt though... -60 hours a week -you never leave on time -the work is 12 consecutive hours of running around putting out other people's fires -your entire staff (well, at least 90%) in uneducated beyond high-school - at least 10% of the staff call off on any given day/night -the management above you and below you is unlikely to have any formal managment education -you have to move after each two year segment (you dont have a choice there) -if you don't move up in five years, you're demoted Although it is an option, Walmart managers don't stick around long for a reason. I had a store manager for two years that started off as a stockman (cart-pusher) and never spend a day in college. He was a good man, but did not understand the complexities of business policy and employee management. Walmart will not fire anyone unless they blatently deserve it. Due to this the stores are littered all the way up the chain with incompetance. Management is good there to put on your resume. I've seen first-hand what it does to a family.
The more posts I read here, the more thin argument s based incorrect on generalizations I see. Many people who shop at Wal-Mart seriously need to cut their expenses and will buy wherever is cheapest in order to get by. It's nice to take a stance that you will shop else where you get that "mom and pop store" feeling; but if you are in that comfortable of a position, you are in the minority. I worked at Wal-mart for six years and found that those cheap-labor jobs tend to attract exactly those cheap-labor mentality employees...but what people blindly refute about those wages is the fact that mom and pop stores aren't exactly paying $15/hour, they are paying minimum wage. Wal-Mart also actively hires elderly and mentally handicapped workers. Wal-Mart would not be debated unless you are first a logical person willing to make logical discussion. Wal-Mart can sell things cheap because they buy in mass quantities, have low overhead costs and low payroll costs. They push smaller stores out primarily due to the fact that small stores don't buy CD's 1,000,000 per purchase order. If you want to pay $50 at another store for a cordless drill or $45 at Wal-Mart; that's your choice; but don't assume you are getting a better product because you paid more...and don't assume that you're doing some sort of justice by spending that extra money for the exact same thing. Wal-Mart sells cheap Levis, for example, under a different name so that Levi Strauss can make money and not tarnish the name of the original jeans. Wal-Mart does not sell real 501 Levi Jeans, so the argument that Wal-Mart ruined the quality of Levis is pure ignorance. Levi Strauss created a line of products to make money, and Wal-Mart is one of the stores that sell them. I find that people who work at Wal-Mart as a career are high-school-level educated and are often people that fit in well in the Wal-Mart culture. The Wal-mart employees can become a second family for many people; something you may get on a much smaller scale in a small store. If you want to complain about the wages; educate yourself, get in shape, and find some initiative, and go get a job doing something you want to do. Some people work at Wal-Mart because that is what suits them best...you aren't helping them any if you triumphantly march to another store to buy your daily goods.
It seems the whole reason for the posting was either the author doesn't trust the babysitter or is worried about the baby. If you watch enough abusive babysitters on tv or with personal experience, you would be anxious too. Additionally...don't come down on parents that want to get out once in a while. It is necessary for the health of the relationship to let your spouse know that you are more than parents to each other. Sitting on the couch gets old...
If they communicate with us, then come to attack us, we could always rely on creating a virus on a MAC that will take down their mother-ship. (Independence Day)
Yeah, like they've changed IE because of bugs...
I have three more Gmail invites left, I'll give one each to the best three jokes posted.
I'm tired of Microsoft and their evil empire.
Nice, sent it around the office...
Good point...shouldn't we all...
The masses won't change becuase these articles are only read by us techies. Even when it is on CNN.com, it is buried in the technology section; where only techies go anyway. Put it on the front page headlines of CNN or USAToday already...
People just keep saying over and over that the users are just as much fault for not educating themselves. There is a reason why Slashdot users know about IE, Adaware, Linux and the new OS X system. We like learning about this stuff. Should I be accused of being lazy because I don't know how to cross-stitch? No, that just doesn't interest me and I could live out my life happily not knowing it. Many people feel that way about computers and we shouldn't call them lazy for not drilling into technical things when they really have no interest to do so. If I buy a PC from any store, I get Windows and IE...done deal. People should not be blamed for not knowing about Firefox, Safari and other options like that. It is up to a business to support the public interest of the business and since Mozilla is distributing Firefox free, don't expect advertising. Therefore it seems like the necessary advertising for Firefox is word-of-mouth and that seems to fall on users. Since Firefox's main users are techies, it's fate rests on us telling our mom's, not Microsoft. My mom is afraid of computers; she's not going to download Firefox any more than I'm going to learn how to stitch with her.
I recognize that Firefox is superior on most levels (although it locks up repeatedly for me.) The issue that concerns me is that people talk like a browser revolution is taking place and how Firefox is going to take over due to the recent IE CERT suggestion. Any Slashdot reader (and most techies) has known about Firefox being better for a while, same with alternate OSes...but the general public won't perform a mass conversion. We can't convince the IT frontline personnel here to even download Firefox, let alone convert. Not that they like or trust M$, but that it is the default and most people will blindly follow the default. I just think people should be realistic when they assess Microsoft being worried about this CERT warning, Firefox and other OSes. The alternatives might be better, Microsoft is the undisputed default.
I agree with you 100%, but in order to install Firefox, it has to be approved as the corporate-sponsored borwser. I explain it much like you and they are happy with the *idea* of changing to a new browser. They love the fact that all the same shortcuts work the same too, but like VHS...beta was better, but...change?...only if you do it for them and delete the most direct shortcuts to IE.
Does anybody realize just how hard it is to make people change their browser or OS? I work in IT and almost no one has even heard of Firefox. Only one (besides me) has it installed...and we are IT. This is not the end of anything for the evil empire, this CERT notification won't move M$ market share of browsers by more than 1%. And since the overwhelming majority run IE, we will all still have to have IE just to be able to continuously repair and troubleshoot it. Sorry for the reality check, but end-users are skeptical about any change, unless they feel 100% sure they will gain much, loose little. People say this is the end of the empire, but most people who run Linux and OS X have a Windows PC also.
Seriously, the 10% comment should be closer to 80%. I seriously don't know a single PS2 owner that doesn't own a PS1 game.