My former colleagues in the USA were more concerned with NOT losing their job while on vacation than promotion or salary hikes. That was why they didn't take their vacation days. The thought of taking four weeks (20 days) holiday in one go was just not on their radar. It is so easy to fire people in the USA compared to Europe. There are all sorts of legal procedures that you have to go through such as written warnings etc that firing someone for taking their legal vacation would not be allowed. If a company did it then they'd be breaking the law. The same goes for firing someone who is ill in Hospital.
It does not matter if it is impractical to use because the screen comes too close to the edge of the device but hey, look at me, aren't I cool? Ain't this cool shit? Bling, blather, bling...
Google Knows everything about everyone. Where you go, what you spend money on and everything else. To say that it can't find out wage data is a pile of crock.
Google could if it wanted tell the FBI how much each Agent spent in expenses for the past 5 years.
are the last throw of a death spiral. 10 years from now ICE vehicles will be in the minority and incur heavy tax penalties. Electric Transmision will be the norm.
The constant stream of Avderts on the TV screen stopped for an announcement.
"Hey Winston Smith, you have not been a good consumer this month. You haven't bought anything yet. Play your part in making America Great again. Buy, buy, buy."
At the time of the announcement, Winston was sleeping. His latest 16 hour shift at the burger joint has gone to 20 hours. Winston was happy that he'd earned enough to actually buy a new bed. The last one although only two years old had life expired and turned to dust in front of him. since then he'd been sleeping on the floor of his 2m x 3m pod in Amazon City.
The Movie is so bad that Disney Management decided to plant this story to make sure that people go to see it when it is released?
Wasn't there a story recently where Johnny Depp was fed his lines in the Movie through an earpiece because he couldn't be bovvered to learn them they were so bad? (or something like that)
As Disney are bloodsucking leeches of a company, I hope it flops anyway.
Don't worry ToughLove, Apple will be next in the firing line the day after they release anything with the word 'reality' in the description. After all, Apple being the biggest company in the world, they also have the deepest pockets. Despite the likes on Nokia, Samsung, Quallcomm and the rest all wanting part of their cash hoard, there will be more than enough to spread amongst all the other Patent Trolls based in East Texas.
My old employer sold its sould to MS last year. I fully expect those employees left (after outsourcing it all to an Indian Company NIIT) will soon be tracked with Piece of Dogshite. Indeed, the BORG is with us. Do people really think that they will put up with this surveillance 24/7? At home, at the movies with the family? Well it will track you if you carry any workplace issued kit (eg a phone) with you.
Fuck no! MS can go take a dump for all I care. I am so glad that I got rid of all my Windows systems.
I can live very well without any of them especially the (anti-)social media companies. Microsoft was the last one I gave up. Boy did I feel good and still do tbh.
that Samsung plastered over our screens earlier this year. If the thing is that fragile could they have another Note 7 on the cards? If it is that bad, I'd expect an awful lot of returns and their warranty costs will skyrocket. What dropping the phone not covered by the warranty? That will do their reputation a lot of harm and after the note 7 fiasco, it could be a financial disaster for Samsung.
Now, if the forthcoming iPhone 8 is as robust as others then a lot of people will be heading in that direction rather than going with the S8.
Time to get the popcorn in. This has a long wat to go.
What is being lauded as A.I. is not the sort of A.I. described in most S.F. books and Bezos knows it. He has a product to sell so that's why he's embiggening A.I.
Yes it is a good thing. Send them all to the crusher (the robots that is) Just wait for the masses to become unemployed due to these machines. Ned Lud will be cheering from his grave.
Where you need a permit to do just about everything
As the 1st Ammendment trumps State law then Oregon should lose the case but IANAL (at least in America) and I'm an Engineer (CENG) by education and profession but there is no way in Hell that I'm ever gonna stump up dues to keep my job. That is not a free society.
It is any wonder that the rest of the world looks at the USA and goes 'sheesh?' and they put up with this crap? Any society that imposes laws like this is doomed to die a long slow death.
Britain has around 200years worth of coal underground (at 1980's usage levels) and that's where most of it will stay. Much of it is a much higher grade than the Lignite that is being used in Power Stations in some countries. Lignite is a bigger polluter tonne for tonne than Anthracite.
The biggest is Fighting Windows and MS's 'we know better than you' attitude. Add on top of that the local Admins restrictions and you get a virtual straight jacket. That hits productivity hard.
And bang goes your Cellular Data limit. Two reboots and you are into paying $$$ per Megabyte. The only upside is that it solves the thorny problem of updating your device. Other than that, this is an attempt at total lock-in by Microsoft. Doomed to fail IMHO
Linux had many different desktops but like Microsoft, they thought that one desktop from phone/tablet to mega server would rulez! It was an admirable aim but personally, I never thought that it would work.
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My former colleagues in the USA were more concerned with NOT losing their job while on vacation than promotion or salary hikes. That was why they didn't take their vacation days. The thought of taking four weeks (20 days) holiday in one go was just not on their radar.
It is so easy to fire people in the USA compared to Europe. There are all sorts of legal procedures that you have to go through such as written warnings etc that firing someone for taking their legal vacation would not be allowed. If a company did it then they'd be breaking the law. The same goes for firing someone who is ill in Hospital.
It is the 'hey look at me! Aren't I cool?"
It does not matter if it is impractical to use because the screen comes too close to the edge of the device but hey, look at me, aren't I cool? Ain't this cool shit? Bling, blather, bling...
"Emperors new clothes"
seems very apt.
Google Knows everything about everyone. Where you go, what you spend money on and everything else.
To say that it can't find out wage data is a pile of crock.
Google could if it wanted tell the FBI how much each Agent spent in expenses for the past 5 years.
Fake News. La-la-la-la-la-la I can't hear you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
At least that's not threatened by permafrost melt.
are the last throw of a death spiral.
10 years from now ICE vehicles will be in the minority and incur heavy tax penalties. Electric Transmision will be the norm.
The constant stream of Avderts on the TV screen stopped for an announcement.
"Hey Winston Smith, you have not been a good consumer this month. You haven't bought anything yet. Play your part in making America Great again. Buy, buy, buy."
At the time of the announcement, Winston was sleeping. His latest 16 hour shift at the burger joint has gone to 20 hours. Winston was happy that he'd earned enough to actually buy a new bed. The last one although only two years old had life expired and turned to dust in front of him. since then he'd been sleeping on the floor of his 2m x 3m pod in Amazon City.
The Movie is so bad that Disney Management decided to plant this story to make sure that people go to see it when it is released?
Wasn't there a story recently where Johnny Depp was fed his lines in the Movie through an earpiece because he couldn't be bovvered to learn them they were so bad? (or something like that)
As Disney are bloodsucking leeches of a company, I hope it flops anyway.
Don't worry ToughLove, Apple will be next in the firing line the day after they release anything with the word 'reality' in the description.
After all, Apple being the biggest company in the world, they also have the deepest pockets. Despite the likes on Nokia, Samsung, Quallcomm and the rest all wanting part of their cash hoard, there will be more than enough to spread amongst all the other Patent Trolls based in East Texas.
My old employer sold its sould to MS last year. I fully expect those employees left (after outsourcing it all to an Indian Company NIIT) will soon be tracked with Piece of Dogshite.
Indeed, the BORG is with us.
Do people really think that they will put up with this surveillance 24/7? At home, at the movies with the family? Well it will track you if you carry any workplace issued kit (eg a phone) with you.
Fuck no! MS can go take a dump for all I care. I am so glad that I got rid of all my Windows systems.
Phew!
Oh, so that is only 499,999,999 devices too many.
Windows 10 is the worst OS MS every released. I'm so happy that I no longer have to use it at all.
I can live very well without any of them especially the (anti-)social media companies.
Microsoft was the last one I gave up. Boy did I feel good and still do tbh.
that Samsung plastered over our screens earlier this year.
If the thing is that fragile could they have another Note 7 on the cards?
If it is that bad, I'd expect an awful lot of returns and their warranty costs will skyrocket.
What dropping the phone not covered by the warranty? That will do their reputation a lot of harm and after the note 7 fiasco, it could be a financial disaster for Samsung.
Now, if the forthcoming iPhone 8 is as robust as others then a lot of people will be heading in that direction rather than going with the S8.
Time to get the popcorn in. This has a long wat to go.
hide everything?
Oh you mean using steganography in Cat Videos?
What is being lauded as A.I. is not the sort of A.I. described in most S.F. books and Bezos knows it. He has a product to sell so that's why he's embiggening A.I.
Yes it is a good thing. Send them all to the crusher (the robots that is)
Just wait for the masses to become unemployed due to these machines. Ned Lud will be cheering from his grave.
Exterminate, exterminate!
Well done for the Plunger reference. Come back 1963 and all is forgiven.
Don't need to say any more really.
Where you need a permit to do just about everything
As the 1st Ammendment trumps State law then Oregon should lose the case but IANAL (at least in America) and I'm an Engineer (CENG) by education and profession but there is no way in Hell that I'm ever gonna stump up dues to keep my job. That is not a free society.
It is any wonder that the rest of the world looks at the USA and goes 'sheesh?' and they put up with this crap?
Any society that imposes laws like this is doomed to die a long slow death.
Britain has around 200years worth of coal underground (at 1980's usage levels) and that's where most of it will stay.
Much of it is a much higher grade than the Lignite that is being used in Power Stations in some countries. Lignite is a bigger polluter tonne for tonne than Anthracite.
Trump the new Robber Baron, taking from the poor and giving to the already rich.
so much for his promises on the campaign trail....
But he's gonna build that wall so everything will be all right.
One UK MNVO is still offering the iPhone 5S on a 24 month deal.
Go figure!!!!!!!
The biggest is Fighting Windows and MS's 'we know better than you' attitude.
Add on top of that the local Admins restrictions and you get a virtual straight jacket.
That hits productivity hard.
And bang goes your Cellular Data limit. Two reboots and you are into paying $$$ per Megabyte.
The only upside is that it solves the thorny problem of updating your device. Other than that, this is an attempt at total lock-in by Microsoft.
Doomed to fail IMHO
Linux had many different desktops but like Microsoft, they thought that one desktop from phone/tablet to mega server would rulez!
It was an admirable aim but personally, I never thought that it would work.