Bottom line is: all employess will get less stock options than before. Since they are now expensed, it affects the companies bottom line. Options will now be given less frequently, in smaller amounts or even no longer at all. This all depends on what the company wants, but this gives no reason to increase options.
If you didnt get stock options before, you still get none.
Investors are affected, since over time the talent leaves a company and the company loses innovation and just maintains their current product.
Accountants in find new creative ways to fake out the investors. This still has no real advantage
Take my post with a grain of salt - as you can tell I am against the practice.
If they have to expense it anyway, just give us the straight stock. Then we can deal with less but still get a nice bonus and still gives us incentive for the company value to go up.
Still, we now have less incentive to stay at the same place since we have a much smaller stake in the company. This can be a good thing or a bad thing.
I would build an airtight enclosure for the PC, possibly on a cart so it is not exposed to cold temperatures all the time. On the top of the cart, I would put a cheap CRT in some type of metal enclosure with a glass window at the front of the screen. You can get a touchscreen kit to place over the external glass. Use wireless networking in the pc so all you need to use for cables is a power cable sticking out of the whole cart. If you need a keyboard, I know you can wither look for a flexible watertight keyboard that will accept any kind of spillage, or just get a cheap one and find a flexible plastic cover for the top to keep the dust out.
This is just quick off the top of my head, I am sure others will have better ideas, but maybe think along the lines of building a cabinet for a mame machine though with a keyboard, touchscreen for mouse.
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It does seem to be an empty interview, but it is from Wired, so it seems to be part of the slashdot-wired subscription service. Amazon was great when they first started, you could get textbooks and other hard to find in regular bookstore books. From the interview, that appears to still be their strategy.
I do find it difficult to find out if an item is really in stock or may be in stock though. More than a few times I have ordered books that were "usually shipped in 24 hours" that were not going to be available for weeks. Technically it does not say in stock, but I assumed that it would be. Where I first used to order from amazon a hard to find book, since I may not get it for weeks now, I first try the local bookstores that may have it (SoftPro for software books). Stores like that also have great people working there who know a lot about the subjects in the store.
If others on slashdot are like myself, we were the kids that played with the blocks as little kids, took watches apart and put them back together. Legos allowed us to build almost anything. Now as adults, we take Tivos apart and put them back together. Curiosity maybe?
I agree the support burden for building systems for family and friends is difficult, but it can be just as bad when you recommend they buy from one of the well known PC vendors and they get poor service from them and you end up supporting the system anyway. I have found that this will take up more time than when I have built systems. At least when something goes bad, I know what it is exactly already and can order a suitable replacement for them quickly rather than deal with the red tape and untrained outsourced support.
I have a few horror stories but I will spare you the gory details.
Not to say support from the big PC vendors is uniformly bad, I don't think it is, but I couldn't tell you what the best ones would be. Even if they have good support today, they might not in a month or two.
I first check our lab junkpile. Sometimes there is even stuff still in the original box that was never opened. The time it takes to scrap together a few systems is probably not as cheap as buying new, but not knowing what happens to equipment at its end of life keeps me squeezing the last bit of performance out of 3-5 year old hardware. For most of the work I need them for, they will suffice. However, I don't know if they end up using more resources in terms of power and cooling than the newer faster stuff.
Hmmm.. I assume leogs are patented, when does it expire? I dont ever remember seeing anytone try to knock off legos.
Besides, even if it is open-ended, someone still has to manufacture it.
After seeing all these projects done with legos, I wonder how you can obtain this much lego. Stores do not seem to sell much more than kits, or very simple buckets with varieties of pieces. Where can you get a ton of just plain bricks?
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If you didnt get stock options before, you still get none.
Investors are affected, since over time the talent leaves a company and the company loses innovation and just maintains their current product.
Accountants in find new creative ways to fake out the investors. This still has no real advantage
Take my post with a grain of salt - as you can tell I am against the practice.
Still, we now have less incentive to stay at the same place since we have a much smaller stake in the company. This can be a good thing or a bad thing.
This is just quick off the top of my head, I am sure others will have better ideas, but maybe think along the lines of building a cabinet for a mame machine though with a keyboard, touchscreen for mouse.
Security Update for Windows XP (KB123456) A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
Extremely Critical update
Security Update for Windows XP (KB123456) A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it and subsequently gain full control of your mind. You can help protect yourself and your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
I do find it difficult to find out if an item is really in stock or may be in stock though. More than a few times I have ordered books that were "usually shipped in 24 hours" that were not going to be available for weeks. Technically it does not say in stock, but I assumed that it would be. Where I first used to order from amazon a hard to find book, since I may not get it for weeks now, I first try the local bookstores that may have it (SoftPro for software books). Stores like that also have great people working there who know a lot about the subjects in the store.
If others on slashdot are like myself, we were the kids that played with the blocks as little kids, took watches apart and put them back together. Legos allowed us to build almost anything. Now as adults, we take Tivos apart and put them back together. Curiosity maybe?
I agree the support burden for building systems for family and friends is difficult, but it can be just as bad when you recommend they buy from one of the well known PC vendors and they get poor service from them and you end up supporting the system anyway. I have found that this will take up more time than when I have built systems. At least when something goes bad, I know what it is exactly already and can order a suitable replacement for them quickly rather than deal with the red tape and untrained outsourced support. I have a few horror stories but I will spare you the gory details. Not to say support from the big PC vendors is uniformly bad, I don't think it is, but I couldn't tell you what the best ones would be. Even if they have good support today, they might not in a month or two.
I first check our lab junkpile. Sometimes there is even stuff still in the original box that was never opened. The time it takes to scrap together a few systems is probably not as cheap as buying new, but not knowing what happens to equipment at its end of life keeps me squeezing the last bit of performance out of 3-5 year old hardware. For most of the work I need them for, they will suffice. However, I don't know if they end up using more resources in terms of power and cooling than the newer faster stuff.
As impressive as the toilet would be, I would not want to be around when it collapses.
Hmmm.. I assume leogs are patented, when does it expire? I dont ever remember seeing anytone try to knock off legos. Besides, even if it is open-ended, someone still has to manufacture it.
He could use mindstorms to make it take him to the lan party.
After seeing all these projects done with legos, I wonder how you can obtain this much lego. Stores do not seem to sell much more than kits, or very simple buckets with varieties of pieces. Where can you get a ton of just plain bricks?