The problem is the way they word the statistic, "$300,000 in annual expenses per employee." This could entail both fixed and variable costs, meaning that simply eliminating an average employee wouldn't shave $300,000 from the bottom line. If you're looking at employee-related expenses overall, SRC (Salary-related costs, such as benefits) would normally run something like 30-50% over and above the employee's salary. Of course, since they're in the Seattle area, who knows what their average salary is...
Sorry to hear about your experience - my first 6 years of IS work was in HP3000 environments, and I loved those machines. They were rock-solid reliable, and I found MPe/IX very powerful and easy to learn. Since then I've worked on AS400's, and still feel like a fish out of water after 5 years...
DirecTiVo is a fantastic product, and unfortunately, I'm suffering major withdrawal right now. We sold our house and have moved into an apartment while we built a new home, but during the interim we're hooked up to cable instead of the dish.
Between the crappy picture quality and clumsy interface of digital cable, it makes me appreciate the seamless quality of DirecTiVo all the more. I can't wait until we move into the new place in September...
As I remember, we used to outlaw leg shots ("traps"), as they were too easy. If you were hit either too high or too low, you'd call "heads" or "traps", and unless there was a huge disagreement, play carried on...
You have to remember that most of the/. crowd are the reason dodgeball has disappeared from schools these days. They were on the receiving end of those vicious headshots, and took their revenge on the world by creating spam, computer virii, and distributing copyrighted material for free over the net...
Peter Jackson discussed this on one of the LoTR discs, pointing out that for home DVD viewers, a director can take more time to flesh out characters or plot. At home you can always hit pause when you need to and take more time to enjoy the film, whereas commercial theaters have a greater interest in churning the audiences in and out the door.
I wonder if we'll ever see a long commercial film released again in the US that actually contains an intermission. You'd think that with the money made at concession stands, this wouldn't be a bad idea...
"The monetary unit of the United Kingdom, composed of 20 shillings (s.) of 12 pence (d. for denarii, Latin for "pence") each. At one time, the British monetary unit was a troy pound of silver, which became known as a pound sterling. The term sterling stems from "Easterlings," the name given to North German merchants who established a Hansa, or trade guild, in England in the thirteenth century. Their coins were noted for their uniform reliability as to weight and fineness."
I recently came into contact with a similar policy at a consulting firm that was concerned that top-secret information might escape through my USB watch, and made me leave it at the front desk every day. In that case, I know it was absurd overkill...
How is that overkill? Sounds like a common-sense move for a firm that wants to take steps so that sensitive information doesn't just walk out the door. It's not that much different than walking in with a USB CD burner under your arm.
Answer me this: if I make a movie that has loads and loads of fabricated bullshit, but I make a lot of people cry with it, does it deserve a Golden Palm?
It's a movie - so your answer is, "of course."
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The best way I can think to explain it is that the hallucinations aren't so much about perceiving things that aren't there, but rather having the aspects of the things around you emphasized in various ways. This may lead the user to make connections between things that they otherwise would not have.
For example, as the walls begin to weave back and forth like the room is breathing, you gain new appreciation for the detail of woodgrain, and see how it's not just a static pattern represented on a surface, but instead is the end result of a living process that brought those fibers together, only to be frozen in place at the moment that tree was cut down and turned into lumber.
It's a difficult concept to communicate, and while it's been a long time since I've had any such adventures, I can definitely say that they opened my mind up in a positive way. It's like Chef once said on South Park, "there's a time and a place for everything, and it's called College."
This won't help you find your bag within that pile, but what it will do is let you know that your bag is indeed in the right pile, without having to dig through and scan each barcode. That, in and of itself, is a very good thing...
The Economist stands out as the best current-events magazine I've ever read. Well written, informed, and wickedly funny at times. I wish I could find the image, but about 10 years ago they had a cover story titled, "The Truth About Mergers."
The picture on the front of the magazine was a photo of two camels in the heat of the moment, and the one on the bottom looked decidedly unhappy about it...
For the record, that's a very good thing. Backward compatability carries too large a security risk here...
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Those will probably be about as successful as the liberal radio network that bombed. Instead of merely aping the other side's tactics, they'd be better of sticking to their specialties...
Too bad you have to go AC just to say something good about Microsoft!
You certainly bring up a good point, though - there's a fine balance before working on a product until it's completely flawless (by which time it will be obsolete), or rushing a product that solves today's problems to market before it's completely bug-free. Corporations, naturally, have strong motivation to getting the product out quickly, so as to take advantage of market opportunities.
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If you check out the Indy Star link in my post above, you'll see the review from Wednesday night's show, which says just that.
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The problem is the way they word the statistic, "$300,000 in annual expenses per employee." This could entail both fixed and variable costs, meaning that simply eliminating an average employee wouldn't shave $300,000 from the bottom line. If you're looking at employee-related expenses overall, SRC (Salary-related costs, such as benefits) would normally run something like 30-50% over and above the employee's salary. Of course, since they're in the Seattle area, who knows what their average salary is...
Sorry to hear about your experience - my first 6 years of IS work was in HP3000 environments, and I loved those machines. They were rock-solid reliable, and I found MPe/IX very powerful and easy to learn. Since then I've worked on AS400's, and still feel like a fish out of water after 5 years...
DirecTiVo is a fantastic product, and unfortunately, I'm suffering major withdrawal right now. We sold our house and have moved into an apartment while we built a new home, but during the interim we're hooked up to cable instead of the dish.
Between the crappy picture quality and clumsy interface of digital cable, it makes me appreciate the seamless quality of DirecTiVo all the more. I can't wait until we move into the new place in September...
As I remember, we used to outlaw leg shots ("traps"), as they were too easy. If you were hit either too high or too low, you'd call "heads" or "traps", and unless there was a huge disagreement, play carried on...
You have to remember that most of the /. crowd are the reason dodgeball has disappeared from schools these days. They were on the receiving end of those vicious headshots, and took their revenge on the world by creating spam, computer virii, and distributing copyrighted material for free over the net...
Peter Jackson discussed this on one of the LoTR discs, pointing out that for home DVD viewers, a director can take more time to flesh out characters or plot. At home you can always hit pause when you need to and take more time to enjoy the film, whereas commercial theaters have a greater interest in churning the audiences in and out the door.
I wonder if we'll ever see a long commercial film released again in the US that actually contains an intermission. You'd think that with the money made at concession stands, this wouldn't be a bad idea...
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"The monetary unit of the United Kingdom, composed of 20 shillings (s.) of 12 pence (d. for denarii, Latin for "pence") each. At one time, the British monetary unit was a troy pound of silver, which became known as a pound sterling. The term sterling stems from "Easterlings," the name given to North German merchants who established a Hansa, or trade guild, in England in the thirteenth century. Their coins were noted for their uniform reliability as to weight and fineness."
I recently came into contact with a similar policy at a consulting firm that was concerned that top-secret information might escape through my USB watch, and made me leave it at the front desk every day. In that case, I know it was absurd overkill ...
How is that overkill? Sounds like a common-sense move for a firm that wants to take steps so that sensitive information doesn't just walk out the door. It's not that much different than walking in with a USB CD burner under your arm.
I got bit by a radioactive spider once. Didn't get any special powers, but I did lose a lot of hair.
You can't fool us, Mr. Luthor...
Answer me this: if I make a movie that has loads and loads of fabricated bullshit, but I make a lot of people cry with it, does it deserve a Golden Palm?
It's a movie - so your answer is, "of course."
The best way I can think to explain it is that the hallucinations aren't so much about perceiving things that aren't there, but rather having the aspects of the things around you emphasized in various ways. This may lead the user to make connections between things that they otherwise would not have.
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For example, as the walls begin to weave back and forth like the room is breathing, you gain new appreciation for the detail of woodgrain, and see how it's not just a static pattern represented on a surface, but instead is the end result of a living process that brought those fibers together, only to be frozen in place at the moment that tree was cut down and turned into lumber.
It's a difficult concept to communicate, and while it's been a long time since I've had any such adventures, I can definitely say that they opened my mind up in a positive way. It's like Chef once said on South Park, "there's a time and a place for everything, and it's called College
That's silly - you only have to stop using walls that have Windows in them...
This won't help you find your bag within that pile, but what it will do is let you know that your bag is indeed in the right pile, without having to dig through and scan each barcode. That, in and of itself, is a very good thing...
Right on, man! Next thing you know they'll want to put unique ID's on all network interface devices.
Fight the power!
Yes, that was the picture they used - good work!
The Economist stands out as the best current-events magazine I've ever read. Well written, informed, and wickedly funny at times. I wish I could find the image, but about 10 years ago they had a cover story titled, "The Truth About Mergers."
The picture on the front of the magazine was a photo of two camels in the heat of the moment, and the one on the bottom looked decidedly unhappy about it...
Presumably your bicycle has a gas turbine?
If that's a bean burrito, I'm guessing the rider has one instead...
At least the insertion isn't into Uranus...
Sorry, couldn't help myself there.
For the record, that's a very good thing. Backward compatability carries too large a security risk here...
Those will probably be about as successful as the liberal radio network that bombed. Instead of merely aping the other side's tactics, they'd be better of sticking to their specialties...
Darl deserves his place in history, alongside Natalie Portman, goatse.cx and hot grits. I'm sure this isn't exactly what he had in mind, though...
Wow, I didn't know David Spade read /.!
Man, what a horrible scheme! How dare they set up a system that only serves the overwhelming majority of PC users!
Too bad you have to go AC just to say something good about Microsoft!
You certainly bring up a good point, though - there's a fine balance before working on a product until it's completely flawless (by which time it will be obsolete), or rushing a product that solves today's problems to market before it's completely bug-free. Corporations, naturally, have strong motivation to getting the product out quickly, so as to take advantage of market opportunities.
If you check out the Indy Star link in my post above, you'll see the review from Wednesday night's show, which says just that.