Ya, I remember watching it on TV in 1989. I cried. They can't use that solution forever. It worked in 1989 as a short term band aid, but someday the tank drivers will refuse to crush the heads of the nation's children.
It is true America retreated to fear based reactions to 9/11. However, the correction for the excesses of the Bush administration was to peacefully elect the first black President in USA history. The wild times of the 60's are not needed in this country any longer because the foundations of tolerance and liberalism laid out in the sixties are more or less permanent
The decade of the 1960's in the USA was the time when the young people of the USA finally got fed up with endless war, systemic racism, and lying government. The older generations just could not understand why these 'hippie scum' would not conform to the older generation's idea of 'normal'.
When will the same thing happen in China? When will the youth decide not to sign up for a lifetime of back breaking labor for low pay? When will the youth of the different ethnic groups in China begin inter-marrying and creating multiracial families? When will the youth demand a clean environment? When will youth demand the right of free expression.
When this happens, the world will be safer for our children.
This is the worst advice I've seen on Slashdot. I'm a hiring manager. I conduct several interviews per week. It is a terrible red flag if someone does not have any questions. It demonstrates a lack of curiosity and empowerment. I need to hire curious people who will find and solve interesting problems for the business. The questions the candidate asks are a means to deciding if the he or she has what it takes.
It's on $99. Netflix and Amazon look great in HD if you have enough bandwidth. Then you can buy your TV based on video quality rather than connectivity.
Your solution is a job killer, for sure. If a corporation knows that there is a tariff for moving their data center outside the USA then they will never build it here in the first place. The data center and it's attending jobs will be built in another country.
Thanks FudRucker, thanks a lot. Welcome to the 3rd world USA.
The best social contract is one that creates jobs for the 'least among us'.
In general, I agree with you but I have come to realize that there really is no corporate tax that is not simply passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. I'd prefer no corporate tax at all, accompanied by the individual flat tax with no allowable deductions. Simple, clear, enough to fund the social safety net.
Todd poaching people to come work at a company is mutually agreed to by both the hiring company and the the employee. Every participant in the transaction can enter into the transaction or not according to their free will. Why do you persist in maligning that? Should you or I be slaves to the first company that employs us?
Given that fact, please explain why the world changing success of 'Silicon Valley' happened and is still happening in California? Google, Apple, EBay, etc, all seem to be doing just fine without the Non-complete clauses that you refer to.
For $100 million dollars? That's what Google paid for On2. Why not just poach the people directly and let On2 die? That would be a lot cheaper for Google.
She's running for Governor of California. That should be entertaining until she bails out after spending a personal fortune in an already lost cost for her. I'd respect her more if she gave those millions to charity and stayed retired.
Seriously. No support needed. Start from there and make someone convince you to do anything different. Anyone who wants something different has to pay for it themselves. Tools like GMail and Skype are ever present and all around us. The analogy is to consider how Universities thought about electricity in 1900. I'll bet each University had it's own electricity generation and procurement department is its own hierarchy of management. Today they just get an electric bill from the same provider that services private homes near by. Someday soon, basic IT will be the same.
If you don't like the way that Amazon runs it's Kindle program then don't buy one. I'm sure the impact of the 1984 incident will impact Amazon sales of new Kindles. Or, maybe consumers will chalk it up to life at the bleeding edge and the incident won't affect sales. Either way, any consumer's relationship with Kindle is a voluntary one. If it gets abusive because of Amazon's practices then sales will slow and a competitor with more consumer friendly terms will jump in and be rewarded.
You should assume, while in the office, that there is a camera on you and that any content you produce on an employer provided computer will be available for inspection. That's just a simple reality these days. I keep personal information I don't want to share on my own personal computer at home.
I hope this can work on a massive scale. Cheap, accessible, green energy available at all income levels will work for social justice. Today, access to massive energy is only available to the wealthy.
I've been involved in a few patent litigations. They almost always settle out of court or the plaintiff loses outright in court. The problem is that even when the defense 'wins' the case, they still spend millions in that defense. Why not force the plaintiff to compensate the defense for causing them to waste so much money?
The incentive of profit and personal gain, as evidenced by the commercial success of Red Hat, is helping Linux to gain traction against Microsoft Windows. How ironic. This open source blend of passion, underdog romanticism, genuine need, and profit motive is an awesome story and it must have Bill Gates shaking his head in disbelief.
I'm surprised this was brought up publicly because everyone knows the CIA is hell bent to make sure any carbon neutral energy source never takes hold. It's oil and war forever for us, baby.
Green Dam Some small dams are made of wood Wet wood can turn green You could call the boards in this Green Dam 'Water Boards' Dick Cheney loves Water Boarding Coincidence? I think not
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Ya, I remember watching it on TV in 1989. I cried. They can't use that solution forever. It worked in 1989 as a short term band aid, but someday the tank drivers will refuse to crush the heads of the nation's children.
It is true America retreated to fear based reactions to 9/11. However, the correction for the excesses of the Bush administration was to peacefully elect the first black President in USA history. The wild times of the 60's are not needed in this country any longer because the foundations of tolerance and liberalism laid out in the sixties are more or less permanent
The decade of the 1960's in the USA was the time when the young people of the USA finally got fed up with endless war, systemic racism, and lying government. The older generations just could not understand why these 'hippie scum' would not conform to the older generation's idea of 'normal'.
When will the same thing happen in China? When will the youth decide not to sign up for a lifetime of back breaking labor for low pay? When will the youth of the different ethnic groups in China begin inter-marrying and creating multiracial families? When will the youth demand a clean environment? When will youth demand the right of free expression.
When this happens, the world will be safer for our children.
Just when we were about to figure out free energy!
This is the worst advice I've seen on Slashdot. I'm a hiring manager. I conduct several interviews per week. It is a terrible red flag if someone does not have any questions. It demonstrates a lack of curiosity and empowerment. I need to hire curious people who will find and solve interesting problems for the business. The questions the candidate asks are a means to deciding if the he or she has what it takes.
It's on $99. Netflix and Amazon look great in HD if you have enough bandwidth. Then you can buy your TV based on video quality rather than connectivity.
Did Uncle Joe Stalin taste fine? How about Pol Pot?
Your solution is a job killer, for sure. If a corporation knows that there is a tariff for moving their data center outside the USA then they will never build it here in the first place. The data center and it's attending jobs will be built in another country.
Thanks FudRucker, thanks a lot. Welcome to the 3rd world USA.
The best social contract is one that creates jobs for the 'least among us'.
In general, I agree with you but I have come to realize that there really is no corporate tax that is not simply passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. I'd prefer no corporate tax at all, accompanied by the individual flat tax with no allowable deductions. Simple, clear, enough to fund the social safety net.
Todd poaching people to come work at a company is mutually agreed to by both the hiring company and the the employee. Every participant in the transaction can enter into the transaction or not according to their free will. Why do you persist in maligning that? Should you or I be slaves to the first company that employs us?
Todd,
Non-compete clauses are not legally enforceable in the State of California.
Given that fact, please explain why the world changing success of 'Silicon Valley' happened and is still happening in California? Google, Apple, EBay, etc, all seem to be doing just fine without the Non-complete clauses that you refer to.
Todd,
Why is buying the company less evil than just hiring the people that work there?
Have you ever been a hiring manager?
Really? Why?
For $100 million dollars? That's what Google paid for On2. Why not just poach the people directly and let On2 die? That would be a lot cheaper for Google.
She's running for Governor of California. That should be entertaining until she bails out after spending a personal fortune in an already lost cost for her. I'd respect her more if she gave those millions to charity and stayed retired.
2 questions:
What was the reason the IT dept gave for the 'badness' of Skype?
Why didn't your wife just tell her boss, "No Skype? No travel."
Seriously. No support needed. Start from there and make someone convince you to do anything different. Anyone who wants something different has to pay for it themselves. Tools like GMail and Skype are ever present and all around us. The analogy is to consider how Universities thought about electricity in 1900. I'll bet each University had it's own electricity generation and procurement department is its own hierarchy of management. Today they just get an electric bill from the same provider that services private homes near by. Someday soon, basic IT will be the same.
What is your recommended correction for Amazon's behavior in this matter?
If you don't like the way that Amazon runs it's Kindle program then don't buy one. I'm sure the impact of the 1984 incident will impact Amazon sales of new Kindles. Or, maybe consumers will chalk it up to life at the bleeding edge and the incident won't affect sales. Either way, any consumer's relationship with Kindle is a voluntary one. If it gets abusive because of Amazon's practices then sales will slow and a competitor with more consumer friendly terms will jump in and be rewarded.
You should assume, while in the office, that there is a camera on you and that any content you produce on an employer provided computer will be available for inspection. That's just a simple reality these days. I keep personal information I don't want to share on my own personal computer at home.
I hope this can work on a massive scale. Cheap, accessible, green energy available at all income levels will work for social justice. Today, access to massive energy is only available to the wealthy.
I've been involved in a few patent litigations. They almost always settle out of court or the plaintiff loses outright in court. The problem is that even when the defense 'wins' the case, they still spend millions in that defense. Why not force the plaintiff to compensate the defense for causing them to waste so much money?
The incentive of profit and personal gain, as evidenced by the commercial success of Red Hat, is helping Linux to gain traction against Microsoft Windows. How ironic. This open source blend of passion, underdog romanticism, genuine need, and profit motive is an awesome story and it must have Bill Gates shaking his head in disbelief.
I'm surprised this was brought up publicly because everyone knows the CIA is hell bent to make sure any carbon neutral energy source never takes hold. It's oil and war forever for us, baby.
Green Dam
Some small dams are made of wood
Wet wood can turn green
You could call the boards in this Green Dam 'Water Boards'
Dick Cheney loves Water Boarding
Coincidence? I think not
I blame Dick Cheney for this fiasco.