By and large the Founding Fathers didn't see the Constitution lasting more than a generation or so. I bet a number of them would have been willing to guess that the government could end up a farce. Obviously they couldn't predict the exact farce, but I bet most of them didn't see it lasting forever.
We have a bunch of idiots in charge I agree; but by and large we are less authoritarian than the banana republic above us. Do you want to drive an older car? Be prepared to pay a large inspection fee; and if you don't have all the smog equipment on it you don't pass inspection.
I always thought those guys were pretty funny. They did all this research on how SC matched their profile of the right state to base their movement in and how we were "ready" for their movement. What they didn't factor in is that while we South Carolinians may be crazy and do our share (and a little more) of stupid stuff, we are quite happy to do it on our own and aren't big fans of outside people telling us how to do it.
It should be obvious that we don't mind the concept of revolution; we've done it before.
While this is a stupid law I promise you that NC has much stupider laws in force.
Speaking for the Upstate of South Carolina; while it would be unfortunate to lose Charleston, as long as you take everything below the Upstate with it you can feel free.
I do live in South Carolina and am currently registering with some of my friends. You can join our group if you want. Though the form only asks for members living in the state.
I totally agree. At a smaller company it is easier to find a way to get everyone to pull in the same direction. But when you are the size of a Microsoft there are too many divergent people with very different goals and outlooks. The only way a company like that can do great things is when it has a simple clear vision that everyone understand. In the 90's Microsoft had the vision of a computer running Windows on every desktop. Once they were successful and moved to maintaining their position instead of moving towards a clear goal they naturally began to drift. They also entered a large number of markets with what seems like less a vision of cohesion and more a sense of "Hey, people are making money there, we ought to try that." So Microsoft becomes less a single company that can move in one direction successfully, and more a Frankenstein's Monster of mismatched parts.
Steve Jobs has a clear vision and he has Apple successfully executing it. If they lose that vision they will begin to drift again. This is an advantage of competition between companies. If one loses focus there is another to fly past them. It also helps keep companies focused on a small number of things they can do well rather than become a massive dystopian megacorp.
It is the rare person that has the vision, energy, focus, and desire to lead a something large and be massively successful. Through most of history those people made their names with army's. In the modern era it is much more desireable and profitable to be that man in a large company rather than a military.
Most CEO's don't have that vision; much less their VP's and middle managers. They don't have a vision for what to measure long term so instead they measure on last quarters numbers. If the CEO doesn't look past next quarter then the VP's can't, even if they have a vision, because they will not be around long enough for the long term.
I've always found it easier to communicate with computers than people. They are logical and say exactly what they mean. Communicating with people and being sure you and the other person both are on the same page is vastly harder. I've found it is much harder work managing engineering work than doing it. And that is me face to face with people. Once you add layers to that it becomes even less clear. I work at a small company with little layers or management and I see how hard it is to get a clear message across the company and to keep people motivated.
A great CEO is worth his or her weight in gold. Anything less than great is worth a lot less. Professional sports is a great example. A superstar in his sport is paid millions by his team a year. Peyton Manning made well over 10M this season. A guy on the Colts scout team was paid almost nothing. But they both are in the top two thousand or so players in the world. And sometimes players get millions of dollars for prior success and then stink to high heaven.
I don't have a perfect answer to this, but an idea I've had is that stock options need to vest deep in the future, like 10-20 years in the future. It will at least remove an incentive to cheat the future for the present. It's not an answer on it's own, but I'm pretty sure it'd help.
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By and large the Founding Fathers didn't see the Constitution lasting more than a generation or so. I bet a number of them would have been willing to guess that the government could end up a farce. Obviously they couldn't predict the exact farce, but I bet most of them didn't see it lasting forever.
Actually I read a while ago that pink coloring would work well for aircraft painting because it would help the craft blend into the sky.
I'll remember that.
But then you went and added it back by talking about how you removed the sentence. And now I'm writing about that, so it's a net loss.
A baseball reference on Slashdot? You must be new here.
We have a bunch of idiots in charge I agree; but by and large we are less authoritarian than the banana republic above us. Do you want to drive an older car? Be prepared to pay a large inspection fee; and if you don't have all the smog equipment on it you don't pass inspection.
I always thought those guys were pretty funny. They did all this research on how SC matched their profile of the right state to base their movement in and how we were "ready" for their movement. What they didn't factor in is that while we South Carolinians may be crazy and do our share (and a little more) of stupid stuff, we are quite happy to do it on our own and aren't big fans of outside people telling us how to do it.
You joke, but something like that is how they got Al Capone and several Mafia guys.
That is my other plan. I am going to report every politician in the state as a lawbreaker.
Just move to Greenville. We can buy alcohol on Sundays here.
It should be obvious that we don't mind the concept of revolution; we've done it before. While this is a stupid law I promise you that NC has much stupider laws in force.
Speaking for the Upstate of South Carolina; while it would be unfortunate to lose Charleston, as long as you take everything below the Upstate with it you can feel free.
I do live in South Carolina and am currently registering with some of my friends. You can join our group if you want. Though the form only asks for members living in the state.
I totally agree. At a smaller company it is easier to find a way to get everyone to pull in the same direction. But when you are the size of a Microsoft there are too many divergent people with very different goals and outlooks. The only way a company like that can do great things is when it has a simple clear vision that everyone understand. In the 90's Microsoft had the vision of a computer running Windows on every desktop. Once they were successful and moved to maintaining their position instead of moving towards a clear goal they naturally began to drift. They also entered a large number of markets with what seems like less a vision of cohesion and more a sense of "Hey, people are making money there, we ought to try that." So Microsoft becomes less a single company that can move in one direction successfully, and more a Frankenstein's Monster of mismatched parts. Steve Jobs has a clear vision and he has Apple successfully executing it. If they lose that vision they will begin to drift again. This is an advantage of competition between companies. If one loses focus there is another to fly past them. It also helps keep companies focused on a small number of things they can do well rather than become a massive dystopian megacorp. It is the rare person that has the vision, energy, focus, and desire to lead a something large and be massively successful. Through most of history those people made their names with army's. In the modern era it is much more desireable and profitable to be that man in a large company rather than a military. Most CEO's don't have that vision; much less their VP's and middle managers. They don't have a vision for what to measure long term so instead they measure on last quarters numbers. If the CEO doesn't look past next quarter then the VP's can't, even if they have a vision, because they will not be around long enough for the long term. I've always found it easier to communicate with computers than people. They are logical and say exactly what they mean. Communicating with people and being sure you and the other person both are on the same page is vastly harder. I've found it is much harder work managing engineering work than doing it. And that is me face to face with people. Once you add layers to that it becomes even less clear. I work at a small company with little layers or management and I see how hard it is to get a clear message across the company and to keep people motivated. A great CEO is worth his or her weight in gold. Anything less than great is worth a lot less. Professional sports is a great example. A superstar in his sport is paid millions by his team a year. Peyton Manning made well over 10M this season. A guy on the Colts scout team was paid almost nothing. But they both are in the top two thousand or so players in the world. And sometimes players get millions of dollars for prior success and then stink to high heaven. I don't have a perfect answer to this, but an idea I've had is that stock options need to vest deep in the future, like 10-20 years in the future. It will at least remove an incentive to cheat the future for the present. It's not an answer on it's own, but I'm pretty sure it'd help.
SolidWorks is intended for companies a lot smaller than billion dollar enterprises. My company does under 10M a year and we own 5 SolidWorks seats.
I wish this were a more common response. All 3 OS's have strengths and weaknesses. I don't have to denigrate another OS to feel better about mine.
If that was such a great idea, someone would have thought of it by now...
That revolution happened in 1917 in Russia.
Does that mean the Microsoft icon changes to a Borg Ballmer?
It means that the geek's recycled jokes from a decade back are still worth a cheap mod-up.
The sun rises. The sun sets.
Do Sweet dreams onset?
I find that thinking 'inside the box'.