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G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero? 548

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the pussification-of-the-modern-male dept.
Advocate123 writes "Clearly, Hollywood has forgotten the, 'Real American Hero.' G.I. Joe originally symbolized the American WWII soldier and a great generation. Now Hollywood celebrities are going to turn him into a international multicultural coed task force with no government affiliations. Isn't anything sacred to these people?"

Dealing With an Authoritarian Management Style In IT? 82

Posted by Cliff from the ominous-signs dept.
A New Cog asks: "My software development group, including my manager, was moved recently under another bigger group with different style of management. The new objective for the group is to 'speak as one person', meaning that the reasons behind management decisions are well understood and technical information is well communicated. At first, it seemed to be a very good thing to do. In reality, it was just a disguised authoritarian method of imposing information censorship and making sure there is no opposition within. We used to cooperate openly with each other and people from other groups, exchanging opinions and ideas, but after few schooling sessions in front of the bigger group, everyone is now quietly doing what they are told. Now, there is less and less satisfaction from the work I do. Is this just a sign of maturing organization and transitional pain is a necessary side effect in order to have a better future, or is this a sign of things to come. I feel that no true creativity is going to happen in place where motivation and productivity are affected by frustration and threat of loosing one's job? I like my job, but what can I do now in order to keep my satisfaction with it?"

Comment Re:Little explanation? I think there's enough. (Score 1) 681

by hyacinthus (#5219568) Attached to: FreeBSD Core Developer Thrown Out
"I'm one individual that is damn abrasive. And oversensitive at times. And I've grown a hell of a lot in how to deal with people because of the flamewars as well as the cooling off periods."

Grown so great, indeed, that your given name is not worthy enough to dignify your comments, Mr. Coward.

Ernest Tomlinson.

P.S. If you have to tell people how mature you are, you've probably got some way to go before you get there.

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