This is the same exact "revolt" you see every time Facebook or Google update their interface, but give it a little time and people get used to the new interface and stop complaining. In fact, when they change it again in the future, the users "revolt" again, claiming that the previous version (which they once revolted against) was so much better.
So, I wonder if JP Morgan's risk (and subsequent loss) of $6 billion should be considered an acceptable risk or not. It was a substantial risk, but ultimately it was their own business risk. Yet, we (the US) seemed to treat it like a national crisis.
Agree with first sentence, second and third sentence make me wonder just how psychotic you really become when you see someone in a tie. Is it like triggering the hulk? Or is it like a cartoon bull seeing something red?
Your UID indicates you should be old enough to understand this, unless you've led a rather sheltered life.
Yes, based on that UID he must be at LEAST 7 years old which is clearly old enough to understand complex civil issues. (I joined about 8 years ago and have a lower UID by 200,000, so I know 7 years is approximately correct -- yet, you have no idea how old I am nor how old aaaaaaargh! is relative to my age, either).
Do you have any idea what reciprocals we're getting from those other countries and/or their allies in return? No? Stop talking, then. If you think we (as a country) give away food, money, and military supplies purely because of our philanthropic nature, you've got another thing coming.
That you would expect a company to blindly add extra income to the bottom line practically implies that you do not run a business.
If you want to make this personal, the fact you think cutting taxes would add INCOME to their bottom line certainly doesn't speak well for your expertise.
Ya, but there's a difference (from their perspective) between India monitoring the activity of Indians, and the US monitoring the activity of Indians. As much as you don't like the NSA monitoring you for no reason, wouldn't you feel worse about it if you know another country was monitoring you for no reason?
I've said this before. Companies are not in business for the sole purpose of creating jobs. Creating jobs is a side effect of doing business. This business, as other commentators have pointed out, is eliminating unnecessary workforce because it will make them run more cleanly and ultimately end up with more profit. This should be indicative of what is likely to happen if you cut taxes for businesses -- they will add that money to their bottom line, but will continue only to hire new workers if they need to. That's why I don't buy it when politicians claim that corporate tax breaks will create jobs.
I know I'm off topic, and I don't think Salesforce.com is doing anything wrong here. Just sick of people claiming tax breaks will fix the economy.
I don't want you trouncing through my house without an escort, thank you. I think the Buyer's agent is still a good thing. The seller's agent, however, could probably go away without causing too much trouble.
It all goes down to who owns the version number: Devs, or marketing? We have this same kind of debate with our software, the folks marketing it want to call it 2.0 but the devs are saying "we barely changed anything, should be 1.1 at the most!" -- in the end it will come down to who owns versioning (or will be split and both will call it what they want, sort of like NT 6.1 / Windows 7)
Agreed, the quality of both articles and comments here has been in great decline the last few years. People seem to be more interested in having others who share the same opinion instead of having reasonable dissenting opinions that they might actually learn from.
Is this similar to the "pilot shortage" that the media has been harping about for 20 years but has never actually happened? Don't mind me, I'm just being skeptical of this one.
Commonly known as "Shock" -- similar to what you feel after a car accident or any other traumatic experience. In my opinion, this is the kind of thing a citizen should have rights to sue over for damages.
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True, although without knowing who that was it's hard to tell if that did any good.
This is the same exact "revolt" you see every time Facebook or Google update their interface, but give it a little time and people get used to the new interface and stop complaining. In fact, when they change it again in the future, the users "revolt" again, claiming that the previous version (which they once revolted against) was so much better.
This is really not news.
So, I wonder if JP Morgan's risk (and subsequent loss) of $6 billion should be considered an acceptable risk or not. It was a substantial risk, but ultimately it was their own business risk. Yet, we (the US) seemed to treat it like a national crisis.
Agree with first sentence, second and third sentence make me wonder just how psychotic you really become when you see someone in a tie. Is it like triggering the hulk? Or is it like a cartoon bull seeing something red?
Yes, based on that UID he must be at LEAST 7 years old which is clearly old enough to understand complex civil issues. (I joined about 8 years ago and have a lower UID by 200,000, so I know 7 years is approximately correct -- yet, you have no idea how old I am nor how old aaaaaaargh! is relative to my age, either).
Do you have any idea what reciprocals we're getting from those other countries and/or their allies in return? No? Stop talking, then. If you think we (as a country) give away food, money, and military supplies purely because of our philanthropic nature, you've got another thing coming.
If both people are only looking at the camera, why bother even displaying a picture at all? Nobody is looking at it... Except the NSA perhaps.
If you want to make this personal, the fact you think cutting taxes would add INCOME to their bottom line certainly doesn't speak well for your expertise.
Ya, but there's a difference (from their perspective) between India monitoring the activity of Indians, and the US monitoring the activity of Indians. As much as you don't like the NSA monitoring you for no reason, wouldn't you feel worse about it if you know another country was monitoring you for no reason?
Can they really get any slower?
I've said this before. Companies are not in business for the sole purpose of creating jobs. Creating jobs is a side effect of doing business. This business, as other commentators have pointed out, is eliminating unnecessary workforce because it will make them run more cleanly and ultimately end up with more profit. This should be indicative of what is likely to happen if you cut taxes for businesses -- they will add that money to their bottom line, but will continue only to hire new workers if they need to. That's why I don't buy it when politicians claim that corporate tax breaks will create jobs.
I know I'm off topic, and I don't think Salesforce.com is doing anything wrong here. Just sick of people claiming tax breaks will fix the economy.
So you're saying we should be talking about the Mayflower and not about the East India Trading Company or Christopher Columbus?
Of course, Columbus used that funding so that he can now wander the heavens as the morning star, still believing he reached India.
http://www.xkcd.com/1255/
Sorry, this comment was hidden when I replied saying almost the same thing. Didn't mean to dupe!
Isn't that almost exactly what the NSA is doing?
I don't want you trouncing through my house without an escort, thank you. I think the Buyer's agent is still a good thing. The seller's agent, however, could probably go away without causing too much trouble.
It kind of speaks to an apparent loss of reason and common sense, doesn't it?
It all goes down to who owns the version number: Devs, or marketing? We have this same kind of debate with our software, the folks marketing it want to call it 2.0 but the devs are saying "we barely changed anything, should be 1.1 at the most!" -- in the end it will come down to who owns versioning (or will be split and both will call it what they want, sort of like NT 6.1 / Windows 7)
Agreed, the quality of both articles and comments here has been in great decline the last few years. People seem to be more interested in having others who share the same opinion instead of having reasonable dissenting opinions that they might actually learn from.
I like both Google and MS, but hate Apple, Where do I fit in?
All you'll get for saying this kind of thing around here is modded down & flamed. Trust me, I've made the same mistake.
Is this similar to the "pilot shortage" that the media has been harping about for 20 years but has never actually happened? Don't mind me, I'm just being skeptical of this one.
Commonly known as "Shock" -- similar to what you feel after a car accident or any other traumatic experience. In my opinion, this is the kind of thing a citizen should have rights to sue over for damages.
I suspect the bowls you use are more than likely about half of a hollow sphere, not a solid sphere. I could be wrong.
I, for one, welcome our bitcoin-toting dirigible overlords.