My sympathies, Bob. It's clear you've put a lot of thought into this, and a lot of angst. It's really too bad, but kind of unavoidable if slashdot is to remain a useful forum. Most of us have seen the sad state of Usenet newsgroups these days.
I'm curious -- what was that recent troll? Obviously, I missed it. I'm not asking for full details, but just a sense of what happened, whether it was something libelous, a glut of off-topic comments, or what.
If it's still around perhaps someone can point me to it.
"Closed architecture"... yah, I was thinking the same thing. With Jobs at the helm again, I'm not too surprised.
What an odd guy. He's brilliant, and employees have been so loyal that they put up with his sometimes outrageous abusiveness. But I guess, that like many other creative people throughout history, this is typical.
This may have been reported on slashdot before, but an Apple employee was recently fired for doing a headstand in his cubicle. He'd also been written up and warned about his barefoot walks around the Apple campus. (Gee, didn't Jobs used to do that?)
Things sure have changed at Apple since the good old days. Think different.
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It might work, if people would use it.
However, if AC's could not use it you'd still have a big problem.
I like Rob's Karma notion.
Er, I meant "Rob," not "Bob." Sorry.
That was _not_ a troll.
My sympathies, Bob. It's clear you've put a lot of thought into this, and a lot of angst. It's really too bad, but kind of unavoidable if slashdot is to remain a useful forum. Most of us have seen the sad state of Usenet newsgroups these days.
I'm curious -- what was that recent troll? Obviously, I missed it. I'm not asking for full details, but just a sense of what happened, whether it was something libelous, a glut of off-topic comments, or what.
If it's still around perhaps someone can point me to it.
[regarding comments about Steve Jobs]
Yah. There were many inaccuracies in "The Pirates of Silicon Valley," but they did get his personality correct.
"Closed architecture"... yah, I was thinking the same thing. With Jobs at the helm again, I'm not too surprised.
What an odd guy. He's brilliant, and employees have been so loyal that they put up with his sometimes outrageous abusiveness. But I guess, that like many other creative people throughout history, this is typical.
This may have been reported on slashdot before, but an Apple employee was recently fired for doing a headstand in his cubicle. He'd also been written up and warned about his barefoot walks around the Apple campus. (Gee, didn't Jobs used to do that?)
Things sure have changed at Apple since the good old days. Think different.
He back, 'bra.