Article: "Longhorn is going to have improved graphical capabilities." Crowd: "X-Windows/Y-Windows/OSX/Whatever can already do this!" MS Proponent: "But it's going to be REALLY impressive" Crows: "Who needs it anyway, I prefer my good old terminal"
Reminds me of a funny story I heard at an algorithm course in college. Supposedly this guy thought up this new algorithm to calculate large primes in relatively short time. He was granted the use of the university mainframe. He implemented the progam and ran it. After a couple of days the printer started printing out the number, which was so large it needed a pack of sheets to fit on. Excited, he looked at the sheets to be gravely disappointed. The last digit was an 8.
Probably an urban legend, but a nice one for sure:)
Isn't Brazil one of those countries (like Tanzania) where the capital is located in the geographical center (and therefore, in the middle of the jungle)?!
We don't use cars at my business. They're too cumbersome. I still prefer the good ol' horse-and-carriage. They can make a mess but doing so in front of the offices of the guys who keep sending us directmail solves that problem as well.
Why the fuck is this modded up 'funny'?! It's worse enough lame 'In Soviet Russia' jokes get modded up (although admittedly there are a couple of good ones). But this is like modding up 'Think of a joke and laugh'.
Although I do agree that software patent laws are being abused in the US, I don't believe the idea software is patentable is categorically evil? How is software engineering different from classic engineering in this respect?
The law systems in Europe allow for less bullying by corporations. Therefore, I'm not overly concerned.
Not making the distinction at the OS level surely makes implementing script languages and virtual machines a whole lot easier.
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Is there any reason to assume that the average consesus also is the expected value of the stock?
First of all, most people who enter the contest won't be experts like the pilots of your example.
And next to that, even if they were there still could be situations where this approach would not work. Let's consider the plane example: If there were to probable routes A and B, some experts will choose a crash site along route A and others will choose a crash site along route B. The average of these guesses will be somewhere between routes A and B, on a highly improbable route.
I'm not saying this guy won't get useful data out of this game. Au contraire, I think it's a smart idea. But I'm not sure whether using the data in the way you suggested to calculate the stock value will yield a reliable estimate.
Having a business in the Netherlands is pretty expensive because of high taxes. But we do have a well trained workforce, a law system that is not being bullied by large corporations and the best beers in the world.
First of all, personal gain is more important than common gain for the vast majority of the people. That's what the entire market principle is based upon. Second of all, the situation is not as bad as you make it look. Industry has been exported before and although it did cause unemployment, the US is still the wealthiest nation in the world. Why would exporting IT jobs be any worse?
And, assuming my conclusions aren't wrong, why are there no fixes at all? Can't we put together some legislation to force this to be fixed? Or does that not work either? Most of these laws can easily be circumvented. If a company wants to export part of its production process to another country, it's free to do so.
You mean short-term, it isn't a good idea. 30 years from now, after it's long too late, maybe they'll have other ideas. Again, from a macro-economic standpoint you're right. But unfortunately, for individual companies making a wise long-term decision means a liability on the short run, which puts them at a disadvantage with respect to their competitors. Therefore the only way this would work is if a vast majority of the companies stopped outsourcing at the same time. But that's not gonna happen.
I'd say that one of the things that all Pixar productions have in common that they can be truly enjoyable to both adults and children. Okay, maybe the plot is no Memento. But still, the characters are funny in a mature way. I bet even a lot of adults don't know the reason Dora has such a bad memory is that fish are believed to have 4 second memory span.
From a macro-economic view you're right. But for individual companies paying less can be a competitive advantage (and that is possible, in these time, most people are glad to have job at all). So although for the overall good it would be a good idea to keep wages high, for each individual company it isn't and that's the difference between Ford and Generic IT Company. Ford was so large that, by its own, it could make such a change.
There is no point for a company to be cutting costs if all it does is starve the consumers - it will create a vicious cycle whereby the more you cut costs, the smaller your market. The employees of Ford were also the customers of Ford. The employees of IT companies are rarely the customers of IT companies. Therefore, your logic doesn't hold true.
By your reasoning Wine would be 'evil' because it interoperates with MS Windows. The fact MS does not believe in Unix (which is completely logical from a business point of view) does not mean that their customers agree. So they implement software to interoperate with unix (also completely understandable from a business point of view).
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Let me get this straight:
Article: "Longhorn is going to have improved graphical capabilities."
Crowd: "X-Windows/Y-Windows/OSX/Whatever can already do this!"
MS Proponent: "But it's going to be REALLY impressive"
Crows: "Who needs it anyway, I prefer my good old terminal"
Disney tried to keep Fahrenheit 9/11 from being published, which is Bad, as in Microsoft. So that's why we need to hate Disney.
But now they're... like... open-sourcing their patents, which is Good, as in Linux! So we're supposed to love them.
Can someone please tell me what to think?
Reminds me of a funny story I heard at an algorithm course in college.
:)
Supposedly this guy thought up this new algorithm to calculate large primes in relatively short time. He was granted the use of the university mainframe. He implemented the progam and ran it.
After a couple of days the printer started printing out the number, which was so large it needed a pack of sheets to fit on.
Excited, he looked at the sheets to be gravely disappointed. The last digit was an 8.
Probably an urban legend, but a nice one for sure
Isn't Brazil one of those countries (like Tanzania) where the capital is located in the geographical center (and therefore, in the middle of the jungle)?!
But unfortunately, a wise man said about us:
'You think you're a superpower, and everyone else thinks your capital is copenhagen'.
SCO estimates $3.000.000 increase in income.
Hail, brother!
We don't use cars at my business. They're too cumbersome. I still prefer the good ol' horse-and-carriage. They can make a mess but doing so in front of the offices of the guys who keep sending us directmail solves that problem as well.
But what is this 'fax' you are talking about?!
What the hell, I've got karma to burn...
Why the fuck is this modded up 'funny'?! It's worse enough lame 'In Soviet Russia' jokes get modded up (although admittedly there are a couple of good ones). But this is like modding up 'Think of a joke and laugh'.
Not RTFA has never been so easy! How am I supposed to have an uninformed opinion like this?!
It does not work that way for drugs, engineering and every other industry.
Although I do agree that software patent laws are being abused in the US, I don't believe the idea software is patentable is categorically evil? How is software engineering different from classic engineering in this respect?
The law systems in Europe allow for less bullying by corporations. Therefore, I'm not overly concerned.
Not making the distinction at the OS level surely makes implementing script languages and virtual machines a whole lot easier.
Is there any reason to assume that the average consesus also is the expected value of the stock?
First of all, most people who enter the contest won't be experts like the pilots of your example.
And next to that, even if they were there still could be situations where this approach would not work. Let's consider the plane example: If there were to probable routes A and B, some experts will choose a crash site along route A and others will choose a crash site along route B. The average of these guesses will be somewhere between routes A and B, on a highly improbable route.
I'm not saying this guy won't get useful data out of this game. Au contraire, I think it's a smart idea. But I'm not sure whether using the data in the way you suggested to calculate the stock value will yield a reliable estimate.
Having a business in the Netherlands is pretty expensive because of high taxes. But we do have a well trained workforce, a law system that is not being bullied by large corporations and the best beers in the world.
So...can they now tell us how REALLY killed Kennedy?
You're getting it all wrong... it's spelled OSWALD...
First of all, personal gain is more important than common gain for the vast majority of the people. That's what the entire market principle is based upon.
Second of all, the situation is not as bad as you make it look. Industry has been exported before and although it did cause unemployment, the US is still the wealthiest nation in the world.
Why would exporting IT jobs be any worse?
And, assuming my conclusions aren't wrong, why are there no fixes at all? Can't we put together some legislation to force this to be fixed? Or does that not work either?
Most of these laws can easily be circumvented. If a company wants to export part of its production process to another country, it's free to do so.
You mean short-term, it isn't a good idea. 30 years from now, after it's long too late, maybe they'll have other ideas.
Again, from a macro-economic standpoint you're right. But unfortunately, for individual companies making a wise long-term decision means a liability on the short run, which puts them at a disadvantage with respect to their competitors.
Therefore the only way this would work is if a vast majority of the companies stopped outsourcing at the same time. But that's not gonna happen.
Sound Intensity: 119 dB (May cause ear pain)
After such a blast, I don't think ear pain will be a major concern.
I'd say that one of the things that all Pixar productions have in common that they can be truly enjoyable to both adults and children. Okay, maybe the plot is no Memento. But still, the characters are funny in a mature way. I bet even a lot of adults don't know the reason Dora has such a bad memory is that fish are believed to have 4 second memory span.
From a macro-economic view you're right. But for individual companies paying less can be a competitive advantage (and that is possible, in these time, most people are glad to have job at all). So although for the overall good it would be a good idea to keep wages high, for each individual company it isn't and that's the difference between Ford and Generic IT Company. Ford was so large that, by its own, it could make such a change.
Don't forget the Telephone - Canada.
I thought that was the canoe?
There is no point for a company to be cutting costs if all it does is starve the consumers - it will create a vicious cycle whereby the more you cut costs, the smaller your market.
The employees of Ford were also the customers of Ford. The employees of IT companies are rarely the customers of IT companies.
Therefore, your logic doesn't hold true.
#define als if // that's a judgement call
#define doe do
#define voor for
#define zolang while
#define retourneer return
#define niks void
#define karakter char
#define const const
#define reeks string;
#define klasse class;
#define publiek public;
#define beschermd protected;
#define prive private;
#define statisch static;
#define nieuw new;
#define verwijder delete;
typedef int geheel;
typedef float zwevend;
voor(geheel i=0; i10; i++) {
cout "Of course, all libraries would have to be translated as well for consistency";
}
By your reasoning Wine would be 'evil' because it interoperates with MS Windows. The fact MS does not believe in Unix (which is completely logical from a business point of view) does not mean that their customers agree. So they implement software to interoperate with unix (also completely understandable from a business point of view).