Comment Hmm (Score 2) 107
Seems a bit premature. What makes them think the Snowden story is over?
Seems a bit premature. What makes them think the Snowden story is over?
My comment didn't happen in a vacuum, it's a reply. Read the reply, get the context. Idiot.
*didn't* vote for.
If you voted for Tony Abbott you neglected to do any research at all into the man. You failed your due diligence as a member of a democracy.
You don't have to replace your entire diet with Soylent.
Haha, Apple closing a security bug before it's been broadcast all over the internet, for months. Good one. You should write for Leno.
Yes it is.
All nonsense. While I'm no fan of "desktop in the cloud" - anyone that uses RDP regularly knows that responsiveness is not that much of a problem anymore. As long as Amazon throws enough network & hardware resources at this it'll work fine. The real question is whether it's economical.
Learn to read before spouting off nonsense.
"No one can tell you when the price will go up, or if the commodity will crash." - this is not business. This is futures speculation.
"No one can explain to you why (before launch) a product gonna sell like hot cakes." - this is not business. This is product speculation. Something that journalists do. Companies create products that there is market demand for. They know there's market demand because there's already competition out there. Most of the time they do not become market leaders.
Business is about networking. It's about making deals with people and creating relationships with the right people. Clients, suppliers, employees.
Good leadership absolutely can be taught. This is why having a mentor is absolutely necessary in the world of business. The mistake people make is focusing their learning on their weaknesses. You should focus your learning on your strengths and hire people that complement your weaknesses.
Jobs was great at contract negotiation, as he was a narcissistic sociopath that could deify or bully anyone he pleased at any time without remorse. He got his own way more often than not. He was ruthless & unforgiving in "maintaining perfection" with the products & ideas he took on. And he fucked up many times. The Next Cube. Pushing Pixar to be a hardware company. The Apple Lisa. Macintosh TV. The Apple III. The Powermac g4 cube.
Steve Jobs was ruthless & lucky, and like all deified CEOs, stood on the shoulders of giants. Where would Mr Jobs be without Steve Wozniak? Where would Jobs be if Apple didn't have the pulling power needed to employ the best & brightest? You would never have heard of him.
It's a shame that it's really ugly.
It's still enough to create rumour & conjecture. Thereby making AC's comments false.
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