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Comment Re:Deja vu (Score 0) 394

by CreepingDeath_3e (#37245334) Attached to: Ex-Board Member Says HP Is Committing 'Corporate Suicide'

Kind of, HP has had so many leaders within the past 10 years that they have no idea what assets they have. Hell, HP bought a company that was a start up for the cloud idea back in... 2006 I think. They did nothing with it. Now they are scrambling to fix it up, and the offering wont be that great if current middle management has its way. HP lacks direction because quite simply HP hasnt had anyone worth a damn at the helm, leading to assets that they bought in the past to stagnate. HPs problem is literally itself. Their management style needs to change, middle management needs to be cleaned out and those that are smarter need to rise up. Until then, this company will bleed money, sell off divisions, and end up as small as it was back in 1995. If HP sells its printer lines, then you know they are in trouble.

This sounds an awful lot like Novell.

Comment Re:Sad state of (Score 0) 950

by CreepingDeath_3e (#36513746) Attached to: Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail
No way should it ever be a right. I don't want to pay the medical bills of a smoker. I don't smoke, why should I have to cover their lung cancer? I don't want to pay the medical bills of someone who is too lazy to eat right and exercise. Do you? I don't want to pay for someone else's plastic surgery either.* Get rid of this rights crap. Driving is a privilige not a right. The internet is not a right. Medical care is not a right. Fix the system so it is not so expensive (more high quality doctors, open pricing, let them compete with each other on pricing). There is a lot wrong with it, making it a right is the worst thing you can do. * plastic surgery starts out as a cosmetic thing only, but then it shifts to a touchy feely thing. "It helps so and so fit in better, they feel better, therefore it is no longer cosmetic but some mental/emotional thing". blah
Earth

Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn 819

Posted by kdawson from the revenge-of-the-lawn dept.
Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that Orange County officials are locked in a legal battle with a couple accused of violating city ordinances for replacing the grass on their lawn with wood chips and drought-tolerant plants, reducing their water usage from 299,221 gallons in 2007 to 58,348 gallons in 2009. The dispute began two years ago, when Quan and Angelina Ha tore out the grass in their front yard. In drought-plagued Southern California, the couple said, the lush grass had been soaking up tens of thousands of gallons of water — and hundreds of dollars — each year. 'We've got a newborn, so we want to start worrying about her future,' said Quan Ha, an information technology manager for Kelley Blue Book. But city officials told the Has they were violating several city laws that require that 40% of residential yards to be landscaped predominantly with live plants. Last summer, the couple tried to appease the city by building a fence around the yard and planting drought-tolerant greenery — lavender, rosemary, horsetail, and pittosporum, among others. But according to the city, their landscaping still did not comply with city standards. At the end of January, the Has received a letter saying they had been charged with a misdemeanor violation and must appear in court. The couple could face a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for their grass-free, eco-friendly landscaping scheme. 'It's just funny that we pay our taxes to the city and the city is now prosecuting us with our own money,' says Quan Ha."
Classic Games (Games)

M.U.L.E. Is Back 110

Posted by Soulskill from the not-for-the-red-wings dept.
jmp_nyc writes "The developers at Turborilla have remade the 1983 classic game M.U.L.E. The game is free, and has slightly updated graphics, but more or less the same gameplay as the original version. As with the original game, up to four players can play against each other (or fewer than four with AI players taking the other spots). Unlike the original version, the four players can play against each other online. For those of you not familiar with M.U.L.E., it was one of the earliest economic simulation games, revolving around the colonization of the fictitious planet Irata (Atari spelled backwards). I have fond memories of spending what seemed like days at a time playing the game, as it's quite addictive, with the gameplay seeming simpler than it turns out to be. I'm sure I'm not the only Slashdotter who had a nasty M.U.L.E. addiction back in the day and would like a dose of nostalgia every now and then."
Games

NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189

Posted by Soulskill from the more-or-less dept.
MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."

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