A lot of hoopla and it's over in a very short period of time. Kinda reminds me of the first time I had sex.
Note: to most slashdot users, this sex thing I refer to is like compiling a kernel on Gentoo using -O3 and having it be stable.
It seems every once in a while, like when contracts with Microsoft expire, we hear Dell is selling Linux computers and then as soon as the stories appear the computers end up buried in some hard to find place on their website.
I get 2 sq ft and I have to share it with a spock ear wearing intern. And my boss has made it clear that if I complain once he'll outsource my job faster than you can say "management bonus."
Note: the above is a lame attempt at humor. My actual work area is about 50 sq ft and I rarely have guys in spock ears sitting on my lap (at least not at work).
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"While our revenues have grown rapidly, we have experienced increasing net losses..."
I think I've seen this movie...I remember how it ends.
Print is dead -- Dr. Egon Spengler
Seriously, most authors would probably kill to have someone actually read their book. For those who mind the freeloaders, they can opt out. Not a lot of harm in my opinion. But then again I'm not an author (although I did play one on TV once, but that is a whole other made up story).
I agree we *should* send two, but realistically we'll be lucky if we can afford to send one. All of our irresponsible spending these last few decades and the looming baby boom social security/medicare devestation to the budgets, means one thing -- we're broke. We still behave like we're rich but once our creditors get tired of loaning us money we'll end up bankrupt. And bankrupt nations don't fly to the moon.
I agree that on this particular case we are jumping the gun. However, I'm worried because I see people who have no understanding of technology creating laws that will be used by those who DO understand how technology can be used to control/monitor innocent people. And we are all heading down that road. Completely unabated and almost without any dissent. Until that dissent is one day easily squashed (and hence rendered meaningless). So whenever I see these sorts of stories my guy reaction is: "not again."
I have no problem with businesses trying to make a profit. Just don't pretend like you are trying to save small town America, or act like you have some sort of noble purpose, when in fact you'll fire every one of those small town workers and outsource somewhere else if it will save you one penny.
Translation: we can drive down wages and increase management bonuses if we do this.
This has nothing, I repeat NOTHING to do with saving small town America. CEOs don't give a rat's ass about small town America. What they do care about is increasing their profits, and if they can use our nostalgia for the past to get it, all the better.
Isn't the human brain programmed to see faces? I remember reading once about how the brain will recognize faces in natural formations (i.e. face on mars, clouds, etc). Perhaps this is just an extention of that?
Apple has been famous for redefining the gravitation constant of the universe whenever the need arised. I think it is because they've become a marketing driven company rather than an engineering based one.
I'm a Christian and I love science. I don't see the two in conflict. In fact, I find learning more about the universe tends to deepen my faith. The universe is a wonderous place and I doubt God wants us to remain ignorant of His creation.
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A lot of hoopla and it's over in a very short period of time. Kinda reminds me of the first time I had sex. Note: to most slashdot users, this sex thing I refer to is like compiling a kernel on Gentoo using -O3 and having it be stable.
It seems every once in a while, like when contracts with Microsoft expire, we hear Dell is selling Linux computers and then as soon as the stories appear the computers end up buried in some hard to find place on their website.
You sound like this guy http://thereisnohousingbubble.blogspot.com/
I get 2 sq ft and I have to share it with a spock ear wearing intern. And my boss has made it clear that if I complain once he'll outsource my job faster than you can say "management bonus."
Note: the above is a lame attempt at humor. My actual work area is about 50 sq ft and I rarely have guys in spock ears sitting on my lap (at least not at work).
"While our revenues have grown rapidly, we have experienced increasing net losses..."
I think I've seen this movie...I remember how it ends.
Print is dead -- Dr. Egon Spengler Seriously, most authors would probably kill to have someone actually read their book. For those who mind the freeloaders, they can opt out. Not a lot of harm in my opinion. But then again I'm not an author (although I did play one on TV once, but that is a whole other made up story).
I agree we *should* send two, but realistically we'll be lucky if we can afford to send one. All of our irresponsible spending these last few decades and the looming baby boom social security/medicare devestation to the budgets, means one thing -- we're broke. We still behave like we're rich but once our creditors get tired of loaning us money we'll end up bankrupt. And bankrupt nations don't fly to the moon.
I agree that on this particular case we are jumping the gun. However, I'm worried because I see people who have no understanding of technology creating laws that will be used by those who DO understand how technology can be used to control/monitor innocent people. And we are all heading down that road. Completely unabated and almost without any dissent. Until that dissent is one day easily squashed (and hence rendered meaningless). So whenever I see these sorts of stories my guy reaction is: "not again."
Somedays I get the sinking feeling Orwell was an optimist.
I have no problem with businesses trying to make a profit. Just don't pretend like you are trying to save small town America, or act like you have some sort of noble purpose, when in fact you'll fire every one of those small town workers and outsource somewhere else if it will save you one penny.
Translation: we can drive down wages and increase management bonuses if we do this. This has nothing, I repeat NOTHING to do with saving small town America. CEOs don't give a rat's ass about small town America. What they do care about is increasing their profits, and if they can use our nostalgia for the past to get it, all the better.
Judging by the behavior of people on message boards, I guess hurling insults and/or abuse at total strangers is also hard wired into the human brain.
People often expect doing the right thing to be rewarded. In my experience, it is usually punished, often harshly.
Isn't the human brain programmed to see faces? I remember reading once about how the brain will recognize faces in natural formations (i.e. face on mars, clouds, etc). Perhaps this is just an extention of that?
Apple has been famous for redefining the gravitation constant of the universe whenever the need arised. I think it is because they've become a marketing driven company rather than an engineering based one.
I'm a Christian and I love science. I don't see the two in conflict. In fact, I find learning more about the universe tends to deepen my faith. The universe is a wonderous place and I doubt God wants us to remain ignorant of His creation.