Comment Re:First my beloved Viper fighter, now this (Score 1) 820
Seriously... you're claiming that /. is in the tank for the red team?
Comment Re:Training! (Score 1) 1201
That's not a terrible idea for new hires. I just don't see it working for additional training for a current employee. If you're going to temporarily cut my pay in order to send me to a training class, then I'm essentially just paying for the training myself.
Comment Re:Training! (Score 3, Insightful) 1201
There's ways around that. Some companies put a repayment clause in the employment contract. The clauses basically say that if you receive training and quit in a certain period of time (3 months, 6 months, 12 months, etc), then you are responsible for paying the company back for the training costs.
Submission + - Lucas tells fans that Greedo shot first. (hollywoodreporter.com) 1
Nephilium writes: It's being reported that George Lucas has completed dumping the original Star Wars down the memory hole, with a statement that Han never shot first.
Lucas: Well, it’s not a religious event. I hate to tell people that. It’s a movie, just a movie. The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo [who seemed to be the one who shot first in the original] to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn’t. It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.
Submission + - Is Best Buy Really Going Out of Business Gradually? (forbes.com) 1
Cutting_Crew writes: As we all know brick and mortar stores have been closing left and right recently. We had CompUSA, Borders and Circuit City all close its doors within the last 4 years.
According to what I think is a great a great article on Forbes.com , it is spelled out pretty clearly why Best Buy is next in line to shut its doors for good. Some of the reasons highlighted include a 40% drop is Best Buy stock in 2011, lack of vision regarding their online services, management too concerned with store sales instead of margins and blatant disregard for quality customer service.
The best quote for me over on page 3 regarding the shortage of products for some people who had ordered online for the Christmas holidays highlights the overall issue.
"The situation that Best Buy “encountered” has “affected redemption” of some orders. Best Buy doesn’t fill online orders, it seems. Rather, customers “redeem” them. So it’s the customers, not Best Buy, who have the problem. And those customers haven’t been left hanging; they’ve only been “affected” in efforts to “redeem” their orders. It’s not as if the company did anything wrong, or, indeed, anything at all."
According to what I think is a great a great article on Forbes.com , it is spelled out pretty clearly why Best Buy is next in line to shut its doors for good. Some of the reasons highlighted include a 40% drop is Best Buy stock in 2011, lack of vision regarding their online services, management too concerned with store sales instead of margins and blatant disregard for quality customer service.
The best quote for me over on page 3 regarding the shortage of products for some people who had ordered online for the Christmas holidays highlights the overall issue.
"The situation that Best Buy “encountered” has “affected redemption” of some orders. Best Buy doesn’t fill online orders, it seems. Rather, customers “redeem” them. So it’s the customers, not Best Buy, who have the problem. And those customers haven’t been left hanging; they’ve only been “affected” in efforts to “redeem” their orders. It’s not as if the company did anything wrong, or, indeed, anything at all."
Submission + - How NOT To Treat Your Customers
FSWKU writes: Courtesy of Penny-Arcade, Paul Christoforo of Ocean Marketing provides a perfect example of what not to do when interacting with customers, especially if you are doing so on behalf of another company. Name dropping, an ego trip worthy of Charlie Sheen, and even what appears to be a promise to commit libel. Other outlets are already picking up the story and running with it.
Submission + - Ocean Marketing threatens to smear Penny Arcade (penny-arcade.com)
az.sandhawk writes: After Mike Krahulik's siding with a gamer in a customer service dispute over when Ocean Marketing's Avenger game controller would arrive, Paul Christoforo of Ocean Marketing threatened "a smear campaign" against Penny Arcade.
Comment Re:Once You Know... (Score 2) 559
The big difference for me is in turnaround time. If I place an order with Newegg, it's generally shipped the same business day... ordering from Amazon usually has a week turnaround for the free (non-Prime) shipping. Adding to that, a lot of the items on Newegg have free shipping as well, not free shipping on orders over $25, just plain old free shipping.
Submission + - Supporting Employee-Owned Smartphones (computerworld.com)
JohnBert writes: "Despite the increasing use of smartphones at work, more than one-third of companies still don't provide any support for personal phones or outright prohibit their use at the office. The reported data found that while 26% of the companies don't provide support for personal mobile phones and smartphones, another 10% prohibited use of personal devices, for a total of 36%.
Some companies have developed long sets of policies for when and how to support personal devices used by workers. The most progressive companies are investing in mobile device management software, available from many vendors, to track employee devices and the applications used on them. This software also has the ability to wipe sensitive data off a lost device.
Forrester said in a new research note that increasing numbers of employee-owned devices and questions of supporting them are "crippling" existing mobile strategies. The effect has led companies to rethink their strategies and to begin supporting both company-owned devices and those owned by employees."
Some companies have developed long sets of policies for when and how to support personal devices used by workers. The most progressive companies are investing in mobile device management software, available from many vendors, to track employee devices and the applications used on them. This software also has the ability to wipe sensitive data off a lost device.
Forrester said in a new research note that increasing numbers of employee-owned devices and questions of supporting them are "crippling" existing mobile strategies. The effect has led companies to rethink their strategies and to begin supporting both company-owned devices and those owned by employees."
Comment Re:CGI vs actors (Score 1) 239
How about Beowolf?
Submission + - Assume You Are Compromised (net-security.org)
dinscott writes: "Assume you are compromised," say top security officers.
The latest Security for Business Innovation Council report asserts that for most organizations, it's a matter of when, not if, they will be targeted by advanced threats, and offers guidance on how to shifts focus from the impossible task of preventing intrusion to the crucial task of preventing damage.
The latest Security for Business Innovation Council report asserts that for most organizations, it's a matter of when, not if, they will be targeted by advanced threats, and offers guidance on how to shifts focus from the impossible task of preventing intrusion to the crucial task of preventing damage.
Submission + - Law: Students, Teachers Can't Be Facebook Friends
An anonymous reader writes: Teachers can be friendly with their students, but they can’t be their friends, at least when it comes to social networks such as Facebook. State Governor Jay Nixon has signed Senate Bill 54, which goes into effect on August 28, 2011 in the state of Missouri. In other words, later this month it will be illegal for students and teachers to be friends online.
Submission + - First use for Graphene? Flexible touchscreens. (techeye.net)
An anonymous reader writes: According to Rice University and Cambridge University, the first commercial use for graphene is likely to be in flexible touchscreens.
"âIt used to be that people wanted computers that were faster, but this has changed. Developments are looking at making computers that are more compatible with us.
“This means that we will be able to produce computers that can easily be folded up and tucked away. With many smartphones not having big enough screens, you could roll out a larger screen from something in your pocket.
"âIt used to be that people wanted computers that were faster, but this has changed. Developments are looking at making computers that are more compatible with us.
“This means that we will be able to produce computers that can easily be folded up and tucked away. With many smartphones not having big enough screens, you could roll out a larger screen from something in your pocket.
Comment Re:Kid Friendly? (Score 1) 295
That's a good way to put it... With the addition of a fairly creepy Red Skull.
Comment Re:Kid Friendly? (Score 1) 295
I'd say that Captain America is not that kid friendly (YMMV of course). This is set in WWII, so there's gunfights, people being shot, and quite a bit of death. There are energy weapons that vaporize people, and at least one person falling through a propeller that turns into a fine mist.
