Comment Re:Motivation (Score 1) 529
Managers don't make people lazy.
Some don't, some do.
Comment Re:Motivation (Score 5, Insightful) 529
Every time I hear people complaint about lazy employees, I blame their managers. I mean, what are managers for? I don't expect them to micromanage what everyone is doing all the time, but their role is to receive the work, distribute it and check that it's delivered on time and quality.
If there are slackers, I can't believe their managers don't know about it. Unless they're also slackers, or don't give a shit. But then the company has far worse problems to attend than telecommuting.
Comment Re:Terrible move by a dying entity (Score 1) 317
It's not only mine. His comment is currently rated +4 Insightful, instead of Funny. As I've written above: "Unfortunately, I know lots of people who have this mentality"
Comment Re:Misread the title (Score 1) 164
At first glance I read the title as "Discovery Increases Odds of Life In Europe".
There's life here, but won't be for long.
Comment Re:Terrible move by a dying entity (Score 1) 317
I hope you're being ironic, because what you wrote is really stupid. Unfortunately, I know lots of people who have this mentality.
Comment Re:Speed and cost (Score 1) 294
I enjoy chatting with people when they are attending me. In the end of a lonesome and tiring trip, some human contact is refreshing.
That being said, I don't mind the machine check-in. We better start getting used to it, if it saves costs, it's the future. I'm sure the day is not far when we'll be waited by machines at cafés and restaurants.
Comment Re: For those who are concerned about me (Score 1) 207
Someone who kicks the fat guy off the bridge to save the lives of the people on the trolley might indeed feel empathy toward that person, and even visit his grave every day, but the action of doing the kicking is itself strictly utilitarian, indistinguishable from the same action were it committed by a sociopath who doesn't think twice about it.
A sociopath wouldn't give a fuck about the fat guy or the people in the trolley, hence he would do nothing, if it wasn't advantageous to him.
Comment Re: For those who are concerned about me (Score 1) 207
You assume an utilitarian would try to be useful to the organisation, instead of only to himself.
Comment Re: For those who are concerned about me (Score 3, Insightful) 207
Just like everything else in life, a good balance is the best thing. Mr. Niceguy does not make a good CEO, or a good leader in any human endeavour. But a society that glorifies psychopaths is horribly wrong.
Comment Re:NO sense at all! (Score 1) 337
Keep closing the siege on them. Eventually they'll end up with nowhere else to run.
Comment Re:NO sense at all! (Score -1, Troll) 337
Some people want Puerto Rico to become the 51st state, but this is also somewhat unlikely since it is an income tax haven for its wealthiest residents.
So, maybe the other Americans who are being fucked in the ass by those "wealthiest residents" should try to make it the 51st state? Or you fancy it?
Comment Re:NO sense at all! (Score 1) 337
Well, hypothermia makes people pretty sick...
Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 562
What the fuck is this summary about? I couldn't parse it...
Comment Re:Sorry, too lazy to read summary (Score 1) 337
Yes, but it's snowing like hell in the North of Portugal, and it is forecasted to snow in the South tonight. What was your comment about, again?
Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats 622
Dr. Tom writes "The U.S. has deployed more than 11,000 military drones, up from fewer than 200 in 2002. They carry out a wide variety of missions while saving money and American lives. Within a generation they could replace most manned military aircraft, says John Pike, a defense expert at the think tank GlobalSecurity.org. Pike suspects that the F-35 Lightning II, now under development by Lockheed Martin, might be 'the last fighter with an ejector seat, and might get converted into a drone itself.' The weakest link is the pilot. A jet could pull 15 Gs, out-turning any conventional aircraft, except it would kill the pilot. Is it time to stop spending billions on obsolete aircraft?"
