Spock Must Die! was a brilliant novel (disclaimer: James Blish fan here). Too bad it could never have been canon, due to locking up the Klingons at the end.
Sigh. There are many on the American right who try to lecture us on places they've obviously never been, based on a few factoids cherry-picked from Wikipedia.
"Designed to suit the free-range working ways of software developers" my ass.
It's designed (a) to save on costs (one big room as opposed to many small ones) and (b) to keep you and what's on your screen under the watchful eye of management at any and all times.
It is in no wise intended to foster worker productivity. And it doesn't.
Different setup in Beijing where any meaningful interpretation of "moving about the airport" involves going out of doors between terminal buildings.
Shanghai/Pudong seems like a much nicer airport, though (only been through there once). I particularly enjoyed the calligraphy shop and getting to watch and have a chat with the chief calligrapher as he worked.
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I didn't know Harry Coin had a Slashdot account...
Indeed, I was coming here to say, Those who don't know the hotel business are doomed to reinvent it—poorly.
Spock Must Die! was a brilliant novel (disclaimer: James Blish fan here). Too bad it could never have been canon, due to locking up the Klingons at the end.
No, what I'm really saying is that that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
And are difficult to take seriously as long as they persist in sticking their heads in the sand.
Sigh. There are many on the American right who try to lecture us on places they've obviously never been, based on a few factoids cherry-picked from Wikipedia.
Trail of Tears.
Feel that tapping on your shoulder? That's Neville Chamberlain. He'd like to talk to you...
You do realise there are other places in the world other than Keene, NH--quite a few of them, in fact?
He must not be living in glorious Keene, NH?
But as we all know, the rats you catch for dinner are only free if your time has no value.
I was in Hell just a couple of weeks ago--didn't see any sign of it there.
And exactly none of you actually responded to my question, but served handily to reinforce my point. Thanks!
*nod* I had friends getting degrees in programmable sensors & controllers in the 80s.
This is just another instance of "We'll do X... on the Internet!", only it's about 10 years late.
"Designed to suit the free-range working ways of software developers" my ass.
It's designed (a) to save on costs (one big room as opposed to many small ones) and (b) to keep you and what's on your screen under the watchful eye of management at any and all times.
It is in no wise intended to foster worker productivity. And it doesn't.
And you really sound like basement dweller with a bit too much time on his hands.
Yup, the future is now.
Do you really enjoy talking to yourself so very much?
Different setup in Beijing where any meaningful interpretation of "moving about the airport" involves going out of doors between terminal buildings.
Shanghai/Pudong seems like a much nicer airport, though (only been through there once). I particularly enjoyed the calligraphy shop and getting to watch and have a chat with the chief calligrapher as he worked.
The name was NOT coined by Obama.
And that's just the tip of the factually-challenged iceberg.
Challenge accepted, nutjob detected.
So every news site that happens to allow user comments is a social media site? I don't think that's how those of us who aren't in Marketing see it.
Because this has little to nothing to do with rights (or even common sense), and everything to do with greed.
Let me spell it out for you:
1. Google created and maintains at its own expense a mechanism for redirecting users to your site and Google doesn't charge you anything for it.
2. Now you're demanding that Google pay you for what you're already receiving at no charge to you.
If, given (1), it sounds like (2) is pretty fucked up, that's because it is.
"With great freedom comes great responsibility."
...no two flavors of linux run the same kernel let alone have a compatible ABI.
But they all have compilers.