Comment Re:The Attack Shark!!! (Score 1) 233
Trivia: I used to work there. They really did have an attack shark. Always gave my kids nightmares....
Comment Rhetorical question? (Score 2) 158
Is this a generous contribution to the open source community, or just Adobe offloading another failing technology?"
Both, obviously!
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 135
So you're suggesting God has bad aim?
Nope. Must be a warning shot.
Comment Re:Google is less useful (Score 1) 397
Really? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=toxic+mold gives me wikipedia at the top, CDC information, an article from Time, and a few other interesting articles on the front page.... Sure there are some junky ones there too, but it looks like a good result set to me.
Comment Really? (Score -1, Redundant) 217
Multi-touch?
Next thing you know, they'll want to trademark something like "app store"....
Next thing you know, they'll want to trademark something like "app store"....
Comment Does this (concern|scare|disgust) any of you? (Score 1) 472
Um, yes, "all of the above".
(I'm trying to decide if the question is pedantic or rhetorical. Never could keep those straight.)
Comment Re:Very broken system (Score 1) 212
Biometrics are cool. But I'm not looking forward to the day that muggers start lopping off fingers.
And yes, it will happen.
Comment Re:The intent is clear (Score 0) 185
Agree with parent. OnStar is planning to lever this information to their advantage.
Disagree with original poster. Why would you suggest that Apple or Google would be the purchasers?
Disagree with original poster. Why would you suggest that Apple or Google would be the purchasers?
Comment Some EULA's are written as jokes (Score 1) 114
Like the HavenTree "Bloodthirsty License Agreement"
This is where the bloodthirsty license agreement is supposed to go, explaining that Interactive Easyflow is a copyrighted package licensed for use by a single person, and sternly warning you not to pirate copies of it and explaining, in detail, the gory consequences if you do.
We know that you are an honest person, and are not going to go around pirating copies of Interactive Easyflow; this is just as well with us since we worked hard to perfect it and selling copies of it is our only method of making anything out of all the hard work.
If, on the other hand, you are one of those few people who do go around pirating copies of software you probably aren't going to pay much attention to a license agreement, bloodthirsty or not. Just keep your doors locked and look out for the HavenTree attack shark.
Disclaimer: I used to work there, back in the day. Great place, with the right attitude. (And, yes, there actually was an attack shark.)
Comment Guaranteed win! (Score 0) 178
...for all the lawyers involved.
Comment Re:#1 tool (Score 1) 226
Mod parent up. Sysinternals/Winternals are wonderful tools that every Windows geek should know about.
Submission + - On the Seventh Day, he logged off (abc.net.au)
beaverdownunder writes: Our constant connectivity is a unique feature of the modern age — internet and mobiles have removed much of the time and distance that was once a part of our lives.
But there is a growing trend toward technology Sabbaths — perhaps a weekend off Twitter, a week without Facebook, or a day sans smart phone.
American writer William Powers, his wife and their son started doing an "internet Sabbath" every weekend more than four years ago.
"We basically decided we were being pulled apart from each other by our internet time and our addiction to the screen," he told ABC News Online.
At first, Powers found it hard to stop going online and he cheated a few times — once to catch the end of a movie, another because a hurricane was forecast to hit their town — but he persevered.
"It was like an existential crisis — we didn't know who we were anymore. My nine-year-old son had moments of tears," he said.
"It continued to be hard for about six more weekends, and then it became routine and normal and we began to notice the benefits."
But there is a growing trend toward technology Sabbaths — perhaps a weekend off Twitter, a week without Facebook, or a day sans smart phone.
American writer William Powers, his wife and their son started doing an "internet Sabbath" every weekend more than four years ago.
"We basically decided we were being pulled apart from each other by our internet time and our addiction to the screen," he told ABC News Online.
At first, Powers found it hard to stop going online and he cheated a few times — once to catch the end of a movie, another because a hurricane was forecast to hit their town — but he persevered.
"It was like an existential crisis — we didn't know who we were anymore. My nine-year-old son had moments of tears," he said.
"It continued to be hard for about six more weekends, and then it became routine and normal and we began to notice the benefits."
Comment Robotic flying cars!!! (Score 1) 308
Hey, did you notice the last promise on the "infographic"????
"By 2038, a completely autonomous flying robot car..."
Man, I've wanted one of these for ages...
Comment Processed Astronaut Food? (Score 0) 120
FTS: "NASA is offering processed space shuttle tiles and astronaut food to eligible schools and universities..."
It seems to me that ordering processed astronaut food is a really crappy idea...
I'll pass on this one... (since the astronauts already did....)
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Comment Re:Nothing to surprising (Score 1) 1271
That would suck ass if you bothered to actually THINK about the implications. Lets imagine an attempt to do this....
I think this would work better if you imagine different classes of shares. The hundred workers probably don't all have $10K to start off the game. But they have something worthwhile: the talent and energy to build the company. So they each join the company, and get one voting share. We'll call those "class A" shares, and they are not transferable.
They need some capital to buy the factory. So they issue some "class B" shares at a cost of $10K each, which anyone can buy or trade. These are non-voting shares. They would probably be sold to any of the workers that had enough money to contribute, and perhaps some outside investors that believed in the project.
Running the company is done by the "class A" owner/workers. They would probably lose their share as soon as they retire or die, and a new share could be granted to any new employee. They would decide what to do with any profit: buy back class B shares, issue dividends to either class of shares, or keep a bankroll for the rainy season.
Financing the company is done by the "class B" shareholders. If the company mistreats them (not issuing dividends, mismanaging the company, squandering the profits) then the market price on class B's would drop, and the company would have a hard time financing future operations.
It could work. With a little creativity.
