EVE isn't freemium or free-to-play. It is a subscription based MMO. You can play for free by making enough money in game and buying Pilot License Extensions. PLEX are created by people paying CCP, the creators of EVE, real world money. No matter what, CCP is getting paid real money for every character.
There's the slight difference that cars aren't designed to harm people, guns are.
No, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Guns are designed to fire a kinetic projectile. You can use them to hunt, have some fun at the target range, or to rob a bank. Just like any tool, the use depends entirely on the person wielding it.
Talking on the phone and talking to a passenger do not have the same impact on driver attention.
You are right. People talking on the phone are usually looking forward while driving. Not a day goes by that I don't see drivers turning to look at their passenger while talking to them and only casually glancing at the road in front of them.
I really wish this would happen, solely because I think it would be fun to use the Hangout feature of Google+ to watch movies with friends on the other side of the state.
"And I'm sure you'll (or some other fanboy) name off some device that 'scrolls perfectly' and it won't, you'll just be oblivious to the fact that you've never seen it done right".
He clearly states that even if you present him with something that does scroll perfectly, it won't because it wasn't done "right", aka the Apple way, and anyone who disagrees is essentially an oblivious idiot. I had an iPhone 3G, a Nexus One, and now a Samsung Galaxy S II. The SGS2 scrolls just as "perfectly" as the 3G did as well as the iPhone 4's (haven't seen a 4S) that I've compared it to.
My iPhone - When you show me one Android device that doesn't have OBVIOUS UI lag in scrolling, then... and ONLY then will I even consider the idea that Android may eventually one day be comparable to iOS. If the OS is incapable of smooth scrolling, its a shitty OS, I don't care WHAT it is under the hood or who's fault it is. And I'm sure you'll (or some other fanboy) name off some device that 'scrolls perfectly' and it won't, you'll just be oblivious to the fact that you've never seen it done right.
Wow, way to state your incouragble bias right at the end there. It sounds like, in your eyes, the only "right" way is the Apple way. You'd fit right in on the ID side of an evolution debate...
More than likely your non-business school owner is doing a lot of things that are taught in business school.
Honestly, it sounds like you don't know anything about what is taught in business school. But hey, bitching about MBA's is cool on/. so don't let me ruin your +5 Insightful annecdote. Its not like a business whose owner put their heart and soul into their work ever failed...
Good. Maybe next they can work on eradicating Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) and fire ants from the US. Removing fire ants from the ecosystem would only be beneficial since they are an introduced species that do billions of dollars in damage annualy as well as cause several deaths. They didn't even exist in the US until the 1930's!
Uh, keeping up with Google? How new is this iTunes cloud service? The Google Music Store just openend, but their cloud syncing service has been around for MONTHS (at least since August)
Uh, isn't Doctor Who fairly sexualized already (especially the 10th Doctor)? I mean, they have lesbian characters, guys from the 51st century who will have sex with anything, Amy Pond wanted the Doctor to "sort" her. Or is this simply an American vs British thing?
I figure an American version of Doctor Who would be more like this
Seriously, you're going to bitch about people making jokes? Maybe you should step away from the computer and go do something else before you have a fucking heart attack. Unless, for you, being a total asshole is worth dying over.
Its a puzzle game. People like puzzles, even though its the same process over and over again. Also, you don't appear to find being a douche to be too simple or boring for your taste. To each his own...
American fleets are required to not look at age, etc. In addition, they can no longer insist on the no-marriage, lose job after age 30 or 40, etc. In asia, they have the same old rules that America had back in the 60's. Europe is fairly similar to Asia, but not by design. For example, you will find that in europe, most of the FAs are NOT married. The norm for many nations is that a woman works when single, but quits upon marriage and certainly quits while raising kids. That is why when you fly german Lufthansa, it is male FAs. Once the women are in their late 30s and wanting to return the european airlines will NOT hire them.
As to American fleets, the older housewife FAs fly the short domestic routes, so that they are home at nights. The internationals pay a BIT more, but not enough to entice them. Most of the internationals are junior FAs, OR have no kids(BTW, this is the exact opposite of the cockpit; those guys have SENIORITY). So, you will find that most of the FAs on all international flights are pretty decent, though at the moment, Asian and middle eastern fleets are younger and nicer.
Finally, I have to say that my Dad is retired AA capt. while my sister is working at USAirways. I grew up flying AA but rarely do it anymore for domestic. The same is true for United. I used to prefer Frontier, but now go with SouthWest. The FAs ARE friendlier and happier and it reflects in how ppl are treated. But for going europe, I take United or American 777s. Best plane going with great service.
I have to fly to Russia a few times a year for work, and most of what you've said here is true. When I first started traveling, I would fly United from Houston to Atlanta or D.C. then to Moscow. Lately, I've been going with a direct flight from Houston to Moscow with Singapore Airlines and the difference is like night and day. I'm pretty sure there are more attendants on the Singapore flights, they are much nicer and more helpful, and the food is better.
The inflight entertainment is light years ahead of anything United had to offer. On one of my return flights with United, a piece of plastic actually broke off of the overhead bin during take off and hit me on the top of the head and the person in front of me right in the face.
I've also had the pleasure of flying with Transaero and Ural a few times. Although the service isn't that great, most of those flight attendants could be models.
If you're already going out of your way to disable the popup preview scripts, then you should know about extensions like Gcache for Firefox or Cache for Chrome.
Would you be okay with your mother, wife, or daughter performing in the local theater's production of Hamlet?
Would you be okay with your mother, wife, or daughter performing in a porn flick?
Why should my mother or my sister give a shit about what I'm ok with? How about what they're ok with? Some people aren't ok with their daughters learning math, or about evolution...
What impresses me is, as others have said, he actually cared about the products his company made. He wanted to make a "dent in the universe" and he actually did. He didn't do it by managing to costs or other things that business schools tell people to do, but by putting products and the user experience first.
Actually, business schools teach the concept of the Customer Benefits Package. Its pretty obvious that you have to make/do something people will want to give you money for.
CEO's are not in it to bring profits for a company. That is not their job. Their job is to boast the share price at all costs. Its taught in finance 101 in any college.
I see this sentiment parroted on Slahsdot all the time without any evidence to back it up. Do you have any evidence? Are you a university professor or recent graduate? I'm almost done with my masters in business (yay, everyone on/. loves MBA's!), and I've never heard the role of a corporate officer described this way in a classroom. Sure, we talk about examples of idiots who nose dive companies into orphanages and bail out with their golden parachutes, but they are used as examples of what NOT to do.
That said, one of a CEO's many responsibilities is to increase value to the stakeholders. This is not the same as increasing share price. Funding R&D certainly increases stakeholder value.
Why should most people suffer a shitty gaming experience just because a small percentage will pirate the game or cheat? There are plenty of other ways for people to make games that sell well without fucking everyone over in a paranoid and greedy attempt to exert total control over your product.
I was really looking forward to Diablo 3. Because of this, I'm not going to be buying it, or pirating it, and I'm fairly sure I'm going to pass on the next two Starcraft releases as well. Instead, I'll probably end up buying Torchlight 2.
Are you also the type of person who thinks the TSA groping people at the airport is cool, so long as it reduces the potential for YOU to be harmed by a terrorist by 0.000000001%?
Since when are the two mutually exclusive? 6 acres is not a lot of land. Driving around the outskirts of Houston you will commonly see 6+ acres of natural grass plains.
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EVE isn't freemium or free-to-play. It is a subscription based MMO. You can play for free by making enough money in game and buying Pilot License Extensions. PLEX are created by people paying CCP, the creators of EVE, real world money. No matter what, CCP is getting paid real money for every character.
No, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Guns are designed to fire a kinetic projectile. You can use them to hunt, have some fun at the target range, or to rob a bank. Just like any tool, the use depends entirely on the person wielding it.
You are right. People talking on the phone are usually looking forward while driving. Not a day goes by that I don't see drivers turning to look at their passenger while talking to them and only casually glancing at the road in front of them.
I really wish this would happen, solely because I think it would be fun to use the Hangout feature of Google+ to watch movies with friends on the other side of the state.
He clearly states that even if you present him with something that does scroll perfectly, it won't because it wasn't done "right", aka the Apple way, and anyone who disagrees is essentially an oblivious idiot. I had an iPhone 3G, a Nexus One, and now a Samsung Galaxy S II. The SGS2 scrolls just as "perfectly" as the 3G did as well as the iPhone 4's (haven't seen a 4S) that I've compared it to.
Wow, way to state your incouragble bias right at the end there. It sounds like, in your eyes, the only "right" way is the Apple way. You'd fit right in on the ID side of an evolution debate...
More than likely your non-business school owner is doing a lot of things that are taught in business school.
/. so don't let me ruin your +5 Insightful annecdote. Its not like a business whose owner put their heart and soul into their work ever failed...
Honestly, it sounds like you don't know anything about what is taught in business school. But hey, bitching about MBA's is cool on
Good. Maybe next they can work on eradicating Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) and fire ants from the US. Removing fire ants from the ecosystem would only be beneficial since they are an introduced species that do billions of dollars in damage annualy as well as cause several deaths. They didn't even exist in the US until the 1930's!
It is certainly lost on me. How exactly is this ironic? Seriously, I don't get it.
Dammit, I meant [Google] keeping up with Apple.
Uh, keeping up with Google? How new is this iTunes cloud service? The Google Music Store just openend, but their cloud syncing service has been around for MONTHS (at least since August)
Uh, isn't Doctor Who fairly sexualized already (especially the 10th Doctor)? I mean, they have lesbian characters, guys from the 51st century who will have sex with anything, Amy Pond wanted the Doctor to "sort" her. Or is this simply an American vs British thing?
I figure an American version of Doctor Who would be more like this
Seriously, you're going to bitch about people making jokes? Maybe you should step away from the computer and go do something else before you have a fucking heart attack. Unless, for you, being a total asshole is worth dying over.
Its a puzzle game. People like puzzles, even though its the same process over and over again. Also, you don't appear to find being a douche to be too simple or boring for your taste. To each his own...
I didn't realize George Romero was black (no, Voodoo doesn't count)
I have to fly to Russia a few times a year for work, and most of what you've said here is true. When I first started traveling, I would fly United from Houston to Atlanta or D.C. then to Moscow. Lately, I've been going with a direct flight from Houston to Moscow with Singapore Airlines and the difference is like night and day. I'm pretty sure there are more attendants on the Singapore flights, they are much nicer and more helpful, and the food is better.
The inflight entertainment is light years ahead of anything United had to offer. On one of my return flights with United, a piece of plastic actually broke off of the overhead bin during take off and hit me on the top of the head and the person in front of me right in the face.
I've also had the pleasure of flying with Transaero and Ural a few times. Although the service isn't that great, most of those flight attendants could be models.
If you're already going out of your way to disable the popup preview scripts, then you should know about extensions like Gcache for Firefox or Cache for Chrome.
Why should my mother or my sister give a shit about what I'm ok with? How about what they're ok with? Some people aren't ok with their daughters learning math, or about evolution...
Actually, business schools teach the concept of the Customer Benefits Package. Its pretty obvious that you have to make/do something people will want to give you money for.
Yeah, you'd have to be a complete idiot/troll to post on Slashdot and not know what GSpot is. (where it is is another issue)
I see this sentiment parroted on Slahsdot all the time without any evidence to back it up. Do you have any evidence? Are you a university professor or recent graduate? I'm almost done with my masters in business (yay, everyone on /. loves MBA's!), and I've never heard the role of a corporate officer described this way in a classroom. Sure, we talk about examples of idiots who nose dive companies into orphanages and bail out with their golden parachutes, but they are used as examples of what NOT to do.
That said, one of a CEO's many responsibilities is to increase value to the stakeholders. This is not the same as increasing share price. Funding R&D certainly increases stakeholder value.
Did this study take into account idiots who spend more time looking at the passenger they're conversing with than the road in front of them?
Why should most people suffer a shitty gaming experience just because a small percentage will pirate the game or cheat? There are plenty of other ways for people to make games that sell well without fucking everyone over in a paranoid and greedy attempt to exert total control over your product.
I was really looking forward to Diablo 3. Because of this, I'm not going to be buying it, or pirating it, and I'm fairly sure I'm going to pass on the next two Starcraft releases as well. Instead, I'll probably end up buying Torchlight 2.
Are you also the type of person who thinks the TSA groping people at the airport is cool, so long as it reduces the potential for YOU to be harmed by a terrorist by 0.000000001%?
Since when are the two mutually exclusive? 6 acres is not a lot of land. Driving around the outskirts of Houston you will commonly see 6+ acres of natural grass plains.
Can I borrow a copy of Back to the Future starring Eric Stoltz?