Re: Entrenched and hostile?
More downvotes than upvotes?
Ah the irony.
*snerk*
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Sounds like EVERY place I've ever worked.
"Ever thought about indexing that knowledge base?" (very bad question)
"Why are there still printers that can't do remote reporting still in use?" (yet another very bad question)
"Why isn't this pixie image working?"
"Why are we not updating the BIOS's?"
"Why wasn't enough space allocated on the servers in the first place?"
"How come this custom in-house utility was not updated to work with platformX ver. 0.newest?"
Just part of a long list of things you do not ask of the entrenched lest you receive the hostile.
"And are there still a number of Compaq buildings available in Houston for the PC arm? "
I can answer this having just visited this year: No.
The once sprawling and mighty campus that was Compaq has been reduced to just 3 buildings supporting server and rack manufacturing ONLY.
All the rest of the buildings have been sold and leased out. Go to Google Earth and look at the size of that place.
Gutted. Literally.
Compaq was a model corporate campus in its day. Each building had it own upscale cafeteria and hired damn good cooks and chefs. They had concierge even for the lowliest employees. On campus clinic as well. Mini shopping mall.
Gone. Nothing left but 2 assembly plants and a materials building and some very, very screwed former Compaq employees.
How did it end up going begging with hat in hand for a buyer? You can directly blame a certain bean counter, but that's a story for another day.
HP should have gotten out of the PC business years ago and...
...should have cleaned up their printer driver software (great printers, shit software)
...should never have gotten rid of the IPAQ (way, way ahead of its time)
Their biggest problem was the same as IBM's in the PC market: too much proprietary junkware.
There have been several instances of nasties embedded in on-line ads..
From another article. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-14/self-regulation-fails-to-curb-web-ad-abuses-panel-says.html
"Yahoo’s advertising network was compromised in December by hackers, resulting in a virus being installed on computers of users when they visited ads on legitimate websites, according to a report released by Levin’s panel. In February, cybercriminals carried out a similar attack on Google’s YouTube video service through an ad delivered by the company, the report found."
The latest is payload.sidekick.net
My goodness how far the mighty Internet has fallen.
In order to safely surf the 'net these days (does anyone say "surf" anymore?) I need:
Yes, this makes me want to buy all kinds of things and particpate more in the Interent as well making as me all exited and tingly about "the Internet of things"!
Not.
Carry on Adblock. Carry on.
Considering that homemade firearms have been around since the average person could first afford rudimentary machine tools, (and a significant other who didn't mind the smell and noise) I have to agree I don't see what all the hype is about either, except well, "'cause it's digital!"
The same hype and reasoning that somehow negated Fair Us copyright laws, banking and trade regulations as well as a host of other business laws.
Solar is currently a seriously booming industry, even in the US.
Installers in many countries cannot keep up with demand.
Storage is not a stumbling block. This is total FUD.
Current battery tech is good enough and being installed everyday. The idea is to make better batteries and drive the cost below all other forms of electrical generation as well as lower the cost of replacement.
I hate to break it to you, but this time he's right.
In the US, solar install companies cannot keep up with the demand. A company called Vivint just filed for a $100 million IPO after just 2 years of existence and capturing 9% of the total US market.
SolarCity, another such company, currently has a market cap of $5.7 billion.
That isn't pretend money.
Good,
"Yes" to everything in this article. There are giant leaps being made in the alternate energy sector. Huge leaps. Things that were only science fiction just ten to twenty years ago.
Already, businesses and homes around the world are converting to self-power solar and wind so fast that in some places, laws are being created to slow it down. Yes, you heard that right. Laws created to slow it down. Mostly in the form of taxes, but that won't stop the inevitable. Every time a captive market finds a viable alternative, they flee as fast as they can from the walled garden. Think AOL.
In the US alone, the market is finally reaching critical mass. Vivint, a residential solar installation and equipment lease company, just recently filed a $100 million IPO.
So yes, there is finally money to be made disconnecting people from the monopoly utilities. A win for everyone except the the old utilities.
As for install and payback of self power system, in the US, a solar power system that can power your house every day even in cloudy conditions, now costs about as much as a used economy car and is guaranteed for 25 years.
You may ask why people aren't standing in line for these systems and the answer is, they are. Solar install companies cannot keep up with the demand in most countries. Vivint is going IPO because in just 2 years of operation, they have captured 9% of the US national market. (read the article) Think about for a minute.
$100 million IPO. Yes, the hippies are long gone.
Exactly Stuart, but I don't even bother with PC photo retouching, my phone can do it with the stock apps that came with it.
If I don't like those, I can download several free apps that have the tools I need, but crop, color and brightness levels are all I really need.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/income-doubles-top-percent-1979/story?id=14817561
Now go stuff your lazy self.
"Global inequality is much greater than inequality within any individual country.
The very paper you quote says your opening statement is at best, completely backwards.
Quote: "However, inequality across the global population is actually falling."
I've just finished reading the paper. It concludes that only the top 1% (those guys!) some of the middle class of emerging markets and a very small percentage of the truly destitute have made gains, but overall, global inequality is not decreasing and many "1st" world nation are seeing significant increases in inequality.
The charts tell all.
"That right there is your problem. The rich don't spend a million on another jewel-encrusted skull. They spend it on another factory to make fridges for the middle class. Maybe 2000, maybe more, maybe less. But they're the ones who build and manage the factories where the middle class works."
NO. Most of them got it by lying, cheating and stealing and lobbying.
Or did you forgot about some recently failed government IT projects? Defense contracts? Insider trading? Market gaming? Rate rigging? Let us know when one these sounds familiar.
"That right there is your problem. The rich don't spend a million on another jewel-encrusted skull. They spend it on another factory to make fridges for the middle class. Maybe 2000, maybe more, maybe less. But they're the ones who build and manage the factories where the middle class works.
No they don't. They spend YOUR pensions plans and savings and your small self trading investment accounts. OPM. Ever heard of it? Other Peoples' Money.
Did everyone here completely miss the last 6 years? COMPLETELY?!
Noble rich? Kiss that arse some more! Go on, you know you want to!