Well the government sets the rate, frankly. The guys who loan the US money take what rate we give them. Of course, if Japan and the UK are in a lending mood, we might have to sweeten the deal to keep borrowing. And yeah, 7.5 cents per tax dollar goes to interest. And we have yet to see if that trade gap is as bad a thing as the budget gap.
So what's the deal with life, the Universe, the Big Bang, subatomic particles, black holes, dark energy, electromagnetic radiation, gravitons, the Higgs Boson, galaxies, the nth-dimension, time, and everything?
If he answers this, he's another Einstein.
We installed it as a tool for communication, not for 'Big Brother' reasons. When we started using Jabber, I made it absolutely clear that the logs would ONLY be examined if legally needed.
brainee28, you appear to need help; after all, you are asking Slashdot for help--this is about as desperate as it gets. Most of the previous comments were helpful, so I'll try to be as humorous as possible lest I get modded redundant:
I work in the IS department for a manufacturer in Arizona (a one-man-show).
You work in the IT department. You probably started calling it IS when you decided you were more important in the company than you actually are. I'll use both in a sentence:
"That department IS not all that important."
"I've never noticed IT before, but I like IT when the network's down because you get to take a pretty long break."
Oh, you're a one-man show? You are no department, you're the IT guy. Start acting like it.
I joined 6 years ago (I have 5 years of IS Management experience, and 15 years of experience with IS in general) with the idea that I would be managing day-to-day operations. That has still not come to pass.
Clearly you have 0 years IS Management experience. Go do your homework. with the idea that I would be - That's no goal, try harder. That has still not come to pass. - What do you mean? When you walk into the office in the morning, what do you do? Take a nap? Surf pr0n? Sounds like unless you're coming in every other day, you're managing day to day operations. Congratulations, now get back to work.
What is the best way for new IS managers to convince their superiors of the need for widespread change?
First of all why are you still reading this? Get back to work! Second of all, where the fuck did this come from? You haven't even convinced me of the need for widespread change! "Uh, boss, the widespready need for helper monkeys is clear; furthermore everyone on Slashdot agrees with me."
Management views IS as a facilities function; computers are a tool, and only a tool.
Those guys are fucking geniuses. Keep working for them and you might learn something. IT is only slightly more important than the air conditioner repair guy, and then only during the winter.
I presented a proposal to them about 2 weeks ago which completely negates that and several other ideas they've had about IS. Management accepted the proposal; however I'm now faced with additional mountains to climb.
Management did not accept the proposal. They got you out of the room because you wouldn't stop talking and you were starting to make them uncomfortable. I certainly don't want to invite you over to my house so you can start negating everything I know.
I have 3 things that management and I currently don't see eye to eye on:
This has gone on long enough. Those 3 things have nothing to do with anything and I wish I were Shake from Aqua Teen Hungerforce and I could take a nearby stapler and throw it at the floor such that it explodes on contact. However there are some good tidbits in there: we have an in-house programmer in accounting who uses Access -- I know, I know... - wtf? Software should be evaluated by IS only when it becomes necessary for purchase and implementation, not before" - that is a truism.... should be evaluated by IS when the software is ready to install - "I, great overlord of IS, shall only evaluate software if I deem such activity to be important and when I'm done watching anime. Furthermore, I demand all software be compatible with my systems the moment they come into contact, and only then will I evaluate such software, bwa ha ha ha!"
How would Slashdot users attack this? Probably start by running some scripts, then use a railgun or something. I'd suggest you get back to basics, be as helpful as possible to as many people as possible, and one day maybe your opinion will be important. But not today! Get back to work!
Fructose is metabolized by the liver and converted directly into fat. Glucose is used by every single one of your cells. Also in sucrose, the two molecules are bound together, which takes some energy to break up. In HFCS the two are already separate. Lastly, HFCS is the devil.
The author of this article must have slept in during econ class. To be clear, this is not a market. It's a program that runs on a server charging $x * (number of downloads in the last y days). Are x and y arbitrary? The author never mentions where they would come from. Then he makes the absurd statement that the price should go up as demand does. This is counterintuitive, as people traditionally pay more for "less popular", "exclusive", or "niche" products, including media. The whole thing makes no sense.
A market for music would at least let producers set (and change) the price per song. Over time they would figure out what level would be profit-maximizing. For instance, a foolish record exec. could charge $10 for a popular song and get 100 downloads, but then lower the price to 10 cents and sell one million. In the end the market will decide. And I can guarantee that less popular bands will cost more, probably to their own chagrin.
If you scroll to the bottom of the article you'll see the author concede that his idea makes no sense. First he talks about a price floor, to compensate for overhead. That's just bunk. Then he breaks his own price floor by suggesting record companies offer free downloads of top-100 songs. With ads embedded inside, of course -- wtf?
Well whaddayaknow, there is a sentence at the end about "charging whatever the market will bear". I guess he came up with that right before the deadline and didn't have time to change the article.
Btw, don't assume that I like the market-based idea I mentioned. If record companies get away from 99 cent downloads they most likely will kill their golden-egg-laying goose.
How to prevent data from being stolen?
Luckily about three stories ago we were given the answer. Sure it's not glamorous, but your employees get to keep their dignity.
Sounds like he has a legitimate grievance. It does not matter whether he can edit the article himself--why should he have to? Before the internet, someone publishing in a widely read media would think twice about what he said if it could be construed as libelous. The existance of the internet does not make the law change.
You seem to be confused about the meaning of faith. Here's the first definition from answers.com:
(n.) Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
Don't concern yourself with the second definition--yes, many religious people hold illogical beliefs, and yes, you can call that idiocy if you wanted to be a dick. But faith is an essential component in holding all beliefs, including those founded on truth and logic. It takes faith to fall asleep, it takes faith to get up in the morning, and it takes faith to be able to answer in the affirmative to anything.
Because without faith, someone could challenge you on anything. Words, after all, are symbols, and cannot really describe anything. Only when you have faith that the words have meaning can you begin to use them.
This feature has been requested from Apple for years. If the iPod were open source, someone would have fixed the problem by now. Instead we are forced to sign a petition:
In a real free market economy the consumer has a third, more powerful option, to find a cheaper supplier.
Short answer: Music is not a commodity.
Long answer:
The free market does not, in fact, need competition to function. Companies set prices and people can either buy or not buy. Now, for essential goods such as water and utilities, the most reasonable price is "as low as possible," which is not what a private company would charge, and in those cases, you might call that a "market failure" and expect government to step in.
In the market for music, though, there is no reason for government to step in: artists can choose whether to "sell out", sign with a major label, and eat whatever those scums feed you, or they can hawk CD's out the back of their trucks using a "variable price structure". In either case, the competition is other artists, if there is any competition at all, and consumers are free to Not Buy.
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"You play in a detailed environment and are given simple tasks such as buying milk and cashing a paycheck."
WTF? I thought I bought Postal, not the f'ing Sims! Why, I'm so mad i'll...
They rediscovered ecstasy?
Well the government sets the rate, frankly. The guys who loan the US money take what rate we give them. Of course, if Japan and the UK are in a lending mood, we might have to sweeten the deal to keep borrowing. And yeah, 7.5 cents per tax dollar goes to interest. And we have yet to see if that trade gap is as bad a thing as the budget gap.
then you're saying that federal spending, as it approaches infinity, is sending us all to hell?
In a way, yes. The net present value of U.S. Government indebtedness (promises to pay - future taxes - national debt today) is over $50 trillion.
I have heard that it was estimated that it would take more money than there is in circulation to change the world over from Microsoft to another OS.
It is quite an honor to be complimented by Xserve RAID drives. Thank you all!
Sources?
So what's the deal with life, the Universe, the Big Bang, subatomic particles, black holes, dark energy, electromagnetic radiation, gravitons, the Higgs Boson, galaxies, the nth-dimension, time, and everything? If he answers this, he's another Einstein.
We installed it as a tool for communication, not for 'Big Brother' reasons. When we started using Jabber, I made it absolutely clear that the logs would ONLY be examined if legally needed.
That's not good enough. j/k.
(It's striking how few blogs use a moderation system, like Slashdot's. Of course, Slashdot still doesn't let you moderate the stories.)
I hear Digg does.
I think McDonald's already trademarked that.
Porn in Ezekiel? Pffft.
And it literally takes an Act of Congress to get fired.
brainee28, you appear to need help; after all, you are asking Slashdot for help--this is about as desperate as it gets. Most of the previous comments were helpful, so I'll try to be as humorous as possible lest I get modded redundant:
... should be evaluated by IS when the software is ready to install - "I, great overlord of IS, shall only evaluate software if I deem such activity to be important and when I'm done watching anime. Furthermore, I demand all software be compatible with my systems the moment they come into contact, and only then will I evaluate such software, bwa ha ha ha!"
I work in the IS department for a manufacturer in Arizona (a one-man-show).
You work in the IT department. You probably started calling it IS when you decided you were more important in the company than you actually are. I'll use both in a sentence:
"That department IS not all that important."
"I've never noticed IT before, but I like IT when the network's down because you get to take a pretty long break."
Oh, you're a one-man show? You are no department, you're the IT guy. Start acting like it.
I joined 6 years ago (I have 5 years of IS Management experience, and 15 years of experience with IS in general) with the idea that I would be managing day-to-day operations. That has still not come to pass.
Clearly you have 0 years IS Management experience. Go do your homework.
with the idea that I would be - That's no goal, try harder.
That has still not come to pass. - What do you mean? When you walk into the office in the morning, what do you do? Take a nap? Surf pr0n? Sounds like unless you're coming in every other day, you're managing day to day operations. Congratulations, now get back to work.
What is the best way for new IS managers to convince their superiors of the need for widespread change?
First of all why are you still reading this? Get back to work! Second of all, where the fuck did this come from? You haven't even convinced me of the need for widespread change! "Uh, boss, the widespready need for helper monkeys is clear; furthermore everyone on Slashdot agrees with me."
Management views IS as a facilities function; computers are a tool, and only a tool.
Those guys are fucking geniuses. Keep working for them and you might learn something. IT is only slightly more important than the air conditioner repair guy, and then only during the winter.
I presented a proposal to them about 2 weeks ago which completely negates that and several other ideas they've had about IS. Management accepted the proposal; however I'm now faced with additional mountains to climb.
Management did not accept the proposal. They got you out of the room because you wouldn't stop talking and you were starting to make them uncomfortable. I certainly don't want to invite you over to my house so you can start negating everything I know.
I have 3 things that management and I currently don't see eye to eye on:
This has gone on long enough. Those 3 things have nothing to do with anything and I wish I were Shake from Aqua Teen Hungerforce and I could take a nearby stapler and throw it at the floor such that it explodes on contact. However there are some good tidbits in there:
we have an in-house programmer in accounting who uses Access -- I know, I know... - wtf?
Software should be evaluated by IS only when it becomes necessary for purchase and implementation, not before" - that is a truism.
How would Slashdot users attack this? Probably start by running some scripts, then use a railgun or something. I'd suggest you get back to basics, be as helpful as possible to as many people as possible, and one day maybe your opinion will be important. But not today! Get back to work!
It's already leaking! You want to make matters worse?
Kosher Coke can be distinguished by its purple cap, IIRC. I also hear that's the time of year when they clean out the machines. w00t.
Fructose is metabolized by the liver and converted directly into fat. Glucose is used by every single one of your cells. Also in sucrose, the two molecules are bound together, which takes some energy to break up. In HFCS the two are already separate. Lastly, HFCS is the devil.
The author of this article must have slept in during econ class. To be clear, this is not a market. It's a program that runs on a server charging $x * (number of downloads in the last y days). Are x and y arbitrary? The author never mentions where they would come from. Then he makes the absurd statement that the price should go up as demand does. This is counterintuitive, as people traditionally pay more for "less popular", "exclusive", or "niche" products, including media. The whole thing makes no sense.
A market for music would at least let producers set (and change) the price per song. Over time they would figure out what level would be profit-maximizing. For instance, a foolish record exec. could charge $10 for a popular song and get 100 downloads, but then lower the price to 10 cents and sell one million. In the end the market will decide. And I can guarantee that less popular bands will cost more, probably to their own chagrin.
If you scroll to the bottom of the article you'll see the author concede that his idea makes no sense. First he talks about a price floor, to compensate for overhead. That's just bunk. Then he breaks his own price floor by suggesting record companies offer free downloads of top-100 songs. With ads embedded inside, of course -- wtf?
Well whaddayaknow, there is a sentence at the end about "charging whatever the market will bear". I guess he came up with that right before the deadline and didn't have time to change the article.
Btw, don't assume that I like the market-based idea I mentioned. If record companies get away from 99 cent downloads they most likely will kill their golden-egg-laying goose.
How to prevent data from being stolen?
Luckily about three stories ago we were given the answer. Sure it's not glamorous, but your employees get to keep their dignity.
Sounds like he has a legitimate grievance. It does not matter whether he can edit the article himself--why should he have to? Before the internet, someone publishing in a widely read media would think twice about what he said if it could be construed as libelous. The existance of the internet does not make the law change.
ordinary standards of scholarship wouldn't allow citation of the Britannica, either.
What's your source for that?
Don't concern yourself with the second definition--yes, many religious people hold illogical beliefs, and yes, you can call that idiocy if you wanted to be a dick. But faith is an essential component in holding all beliefs, including those founded on truth and logic. It takes faith to fall asleep, it takes faith to get up in the morning, and it takes faith to be able to answer in the affirmative to anything. Because without faith, someone could challenge you on anything. Words, after all, are symbols, and cannot really describe anything. Only when you have faith that the words have meaning can you begin to use them.
This feature has been requested from Apple for years. If the iPod were open source, someone would have fixed the problem by now. Instead we are forced to sign a petition:
t ml
http://www.petitiononline.com/13421509/petition.h
Please sign because this is getting ridiculous.
In a real free market economy the consumer has a third, more powerful option, to find a cheaper supplier.
Short answer: Music is not a commodity.
Long answer: The free market does not, in fact, need competition to function. Companies set prices and people can either buy or not buy. Now, for essential goods such as water and utilities, the most reasonable price is "as low as possible," which is not what a private company would charge, and in those cases, you might call that a "market failure" and expect government to step in.
In the market for music, though, there is no reason for government to step in: artists can choose whether to "sell out", sign with a major label, and eat whatever those scums feed you, or they can hawk CD's out the back of their trucks using a "variable price structure". In either case, the competition is other artists, if there is any competition at all, and consumers are free to Not Buy.