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Comment: Re:No it can't work (everywhere; by default) (Score 1) 522

by byrtolet (#43071741) Attached to: Can Valve's 'Bossless' Company Model Work Elsewhere?

My previous company had excactly the same missing herarchy. This is one of the reasons for my leave.

In that company nepotism was the hiring method. Ture, after one was hired, nobody cared whos man you are. But the picture was the following: Everybody got the same sallary and everybody worked as they wanted.

This sucks a lot. One can quickly loose any motivation.

I agree, than hiring workers with higher motivation and skills could lead to different results, but still, in time, everything will fuck up.

My previous company does still all right. It is pulled forward by the same 3 guys. They still get the same money as the other 50.

I'm happy I'm not there. .

Android

Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone 348

Posted by timothy
from the depends-how-you-count dept.
zacharye writes "The best-selling smartphone in the world is no longer an iPhone. New data released on Thursday by market research firm Strategy Analytics finds that Samsung's Galaxy S III was the world's top-selling smartphone model in the third quarter this year, displacing Apple's iPhone for the first time in years. Samsung announced earlier this week that cumulative Galaxy S III channel sales reached the 30 million unit milestone and according to Strategy Analytics, 18 million of those were shipped in Q3 2012. During the same period, Apple shipped an estimated 16.2 million iPhone 4S handsets, slipping into the No.2 spot for the quarter..." Also at Slash Cloud.
Wireless Networking

+ - What causes degradation of wireless signals over time? 4

Submitted by acer123
acer123 writes "Lately I have replaced several home wireless routers because the signal strength has been found to be degraded. These devices, when new (2+ years ago) would cover an entire house. Over the years, the strength seems to decrease to a point where it might only cover one or two rooms. Of the three that I have replaced for friends, I have not found a common brand, age, etc. It just seems that after time, the signal strength decreases. I know that routers are cheap and easy to replace but I'm curious what actually causes this. I would have assumed that the components would either work or not work; we would either have a full signal or have no signal. I am not an electrical engineer and I can't find the answer online so I'm reaching out to you.

Can someone explain how a transmitter can /slowly/ go bad?"
Mars

Meet the Very First Rover To Land On Mars 59

Posted by Soulskill
from the you-may-call-him-todd dept.
toygeek writes "Before Curiosity, before Opportunity, before Spirit, and before Sojourner, the very first robot to land on Mars was this little guy, way back in December of 1971. Called PrOP-M, the rover was part of the Soviet Union's Mars-3 mission, which had the potential to deploy the first ever mobile scientific instruments onto the Martian surface. Article also contains Russian video on early rovers."

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