Sadly, in America publicly traded a company's only real obligation is to the shareholders. All other concerns must take a back seat.
So yes, in a sense, making money aka increasing share value quarter by quarter is the only goal. That's actually the law and personally I believe it's a terrible law.
Of course public corps must make efforts to adhere to labor, tax and environmental laws as well.
And all that horsepower is required for what, Outlook? nplz. We're talking about corporations, right? There are millions of corporate jobs where people boot XP only to launch a terminal app that connects to a mainframe and that's where they do 75% of their work.
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So companies should spend millions on new hardware, licenses and possibly even end-user training because Win7 is "good." Yeah right.
The average corporate user needs access to apps. Most of them couldn't even tell you what OS the boot into. If the app runs fine on XP there's no reason to upgrade, period.
Well said. Exactly who is Gartner consulting for when they issue these proclamations? Think of all the money Gartner's contractors would make if people followed this particular piece of advice.
It's amazing that nothing has been done about those underground coal fires. I know they are hard to extinguish, but we need to do what it takes. Some of the biggest coal fires are in China, IIRC. We are releasing all that CO2 and other pollutants into the atmosphere without so much as getting a single volt of electricity from it. What a disaster.
BTW, I can't ignore your ridiculous spelling;)
This confirms my suspicion that the town you grew up in was significantly more evolved/gentrified/enlightened than mine. A kick in the shin would have only inflamed the bullies in my town. In fact, "only girls kick in a fight" was something I used to hear from my classmates. Back then, using Asian martial arts in a fight was thought of as a species of cheating. Nope, I'm not kidding.
Real men (boys) were supposed to trade punches until one of them submitted or was incapacitated. Fighting meant boxing without gloves, basically.
This was the late nineteen-seventies in a Boston suburb. It was not a good time to be in Boston.
Some of that makes some sense, at least "on paper." Again, I'm talking about physical assault here, not verbal or otherwise.
I believe bullying is still mostly ignored by the adult authority figures in most settings, so kids need to fend for themselves.
What I learned from years of experience was, I wasn't ever going to talk bullies out of assaulting me. The only thing that made them leave me alone was fighting back hard enough to cause them physical pain and loss of face. I never seriously injured anyone in these instances. I think you have a Utopian view of the issue. If you are physically attacked, you need to respond in such a way as to make sure your attacker stops. With most bullies, just hitting back will not usually be enough. I'd apply this dictum from grade one up. I'm not going to enlist my child in a crusade to make the world a better place, like my dad tried to do with me. I want my child to be and feel secure and confident.
I said, "fight back" not "kill everyone that doesn't like you." You misread me. "Fight back" is understood by most readers to mean, "if you are attacked, defend yourself vigorously."
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Sadly, in America publicly traded a company's only real obligation is to the shareholders. All other concerns must take a back seat.
So yes, in a sense, making money aka increasing share value quarter by quarter is the only goal. That's actually the law and personally I believe it's a terrible law.
Of course public corps must make efforts to adhere to labor, tax and environmental laws as well.
And all that horsepower is required for what, Outlook? nplz. We're talking about corporations, right? There are millions of corporate jobs where people boot XP only to launch a terminal app that connects to a mainframe and that's where they do 75% of their work.
So companies should spend millions on new hardware, licenses and possibly even end-user training because Win7 is "good." Yeah right. The average corporate user needs access to apps. Most of them couldn't even tell you what OS the boot into. If the app runs fine on XP there's no reason to upgrade, period.
Well said. Exactly who is Gartner consulting for when they issue these proclamations? Think of all the money Gartner's contractors would make if people followed this particular piece of advice.
This could spread to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. From there it's just a short swim to Australia!
Because the casino owners also (partially) own the local gubmint. And the state gubmint. We have the best gubmint money can buy.
It's amazing that nothing has been done about those underground coal fires. I know they are hard to extinguish, but we need to do what it takes. Some of the biggest coal fires are in China, IIRC. We are releasing all that CO2 and other pollutants into the atmosphere without so much as getting a single volt of electricity from it. What a disaster. BTW, I can't ignore your ridiculous spelling ;)
ZOMG! Calgon!
LOL!
I salute you, my fellow spelling enforcer. "Rediculous" is one of my pet peeves. And yeah, screw Microsoft right in the neck.
The plural of CDN is CDNs. Forget what your browser's spell checker says; it's wrong. Also, you have asked a question. Why is there no question mark?
I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
What I said.
Rocks? By the time they have a rail gun they'll have tactical nuke projectiles for it. DUH ;)
Sure I do. It's similar to a French tickler.
Talking coins? Is that Britslang?
I never met an official /. representitive before.
The Supreme Court's recent ruling on campaign contributions ain't funny either.
The LUL was supposed to alert the reader to my intent. I was joking.
Unconstitutional!
LUL
How do you prove it was "unsafe" to flee?
Says the whacko judge, and then you have to appeal and spend $$$$ to clear your name. As my lawyer friend tells me, "it all depends on the judge."
This confirms my suspicion that the town you grew up in was significantly more evolved/gentrified/enlightened than mine. A kick in the shin would have only inflamed the bullies in my town. In fact, "only girls kick in a fight" was something I used to hear from my classmates. Back then, using Asian martial arts in a fight was thought of as a species of cheating. Nope, I'm not kidding.
Real men (boys) were supposed to trade punches until one of them submitted or was incapacitated. Fighting meant boxing without gloves, basically.
This was the late nineteen-seventies in a Boston suburb. It was not a good time to be in Boston.
Some of that makes some sense, at least "on paper."
Again, I'm talking about physical assault here, not verbal or otherwise.
I believe bullying is still mostly ignored by the adult authority figures in most settings, so kids need to fend for themselves.
What I learned from years of experience was, I wasn't ever going to talk bullies out of assaulting me. The only thing that made them leave me alone was fighting back hard enough to cause them physical pain and loss of face. I never seriously injured anyone in these instances.
I think you have a Utopian view of the issue. If you are physically attacked, you need to respond in such a way as to make sure your attacker stops. With most bullies, just hitting back will not usually be enough. I'd apply this dictum from grade one up. I'm not going to enlist my child in a crusade to make the world a better place, like my dad tried to do with me. I want my child to be and feel secure and confident.
I said, "fight back" not "kill everyone that doesn't like you."
You misread me. "Fight back" is understood by most readers to mean, "if you are attacked, defend yourself vigorously."
Novell has a stock ticker? Could it be, "$000?"