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• On the post: Soon, You'll Be Taking Orders From Your PC

  

  mockingbird ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2006 @ 11:59am

  the middle class

  middle management is kindof like the middle class.
  if it is replaced by computers, the lower class will still have to program, uipdate those computers etc.
  this will create an upper class (executives) and lower class (workers - programmers, IT guys, secretaries, etc etc)
  but.. executives usually come FROM middle management.
  they learn skills and work their way up.
  with computers in this middle role, how can a worker ever achieve the insight needed to be a long term thinking executive?
  seems like a system that would collapse. there needs to be 2 things.
  1> a way of breeding executives.
  2> incentive for a worker to work harder and "work his way up" in a company...
  no answers, just observations.

• On the post: Tough Times As Hollywood Actors Take A Pay Cut

  

  mockingbird ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2006 @ 02:08pm

  we don't pay actors

  we don't pay actors, so we can't reassign the pay to military people. we pay to see movies. like xmen3. which has made close to $200 million already. if the lead actor got 20 million dollars, the studio would still make 180 million. if he got 10 million, the studio would make 190 million. it's all about studios wanting to keep more $ in their pockets. if they wanted to hire guy A for less, or jennifer aniston for more, then they have that right. but, if there's a film with deniro AND paccino in it, I'm gonna go see it. generally I'm there to see a movie, but a movie I might not have otherwise seen might get my $ if there are some actors in there that I like. don't buy the hype. we don't pay actors. we really really don't. and studios would love to go back to the time when actors worked for slave wages.
  but.. it's been shown a big name can draw big crowds.
  not EVERYONE.. but certainly some.
  no one cares if I get out of a limo.. but if it's tom cruise.. he gets swamped. it carries over to films too.

• On the post: Judge Perfectly Happy With Google's Rankings

  

  mockingbird ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2006 @ 08:44am

  Googles rankings for naive searches ARE heavily bi

  my company has achieved high (top 10) rankings in a lot of keywords relative to us (in google, yahoo, msn, etc). Although we also use paid advertisement this has had no bearing on our SEO (search engine optimization) results.
  great SEO results have ben achieved by content, backlinks, etc.
  if commercial results are at the top of the seo rankings, maybe it's because they could afford the people who understand how to pu together a site and internet presence to support a top 10 ranking.
  Imagine that!

• On the post: Japan Reverses Ban On Second-Hand Electronics

  

  mockingbird ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2006 @ 07:42pm

  damned right wingers

  right wingers are for capitalism.
  which means, if you can sell it, best of luck to you.
  such as the pet rock (which is my favorite example of capitalism at work, and that nothing is a stupid idea before it's tried)
  
  I'm very pro-capitalism. and right wingers make better businessmen. they want the goverment OUT of business. de-regulated, etc. they like competition.
  competition is generally a healthy thing.
  without the goverment it's capitalistic darwinism.
  marvelous stuff. everything from private supersonic jets to beanie babies.
  (just ignore all the polluton stuff) ;-)
  
  usually ban's are a poor tactic. creating another black market niche. it also tends to piss off the citizens.
  (taking away their rights usually)
  
  it just ain't the goverments job. (at least here in america) but that's why I lean towards constitutionalism.
  
  but, I have little idea of japan's goverment, so maybe it's fine to do such a thing there.
  and then maybe their people will travel to singapore to get their second hand goods. :-)
  (and capitalism wins again!)

• On the post: Microsoft Has Uphill Battle Against Craigslist

  

  mockingbird ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2006 @ 07:09am

  MS learns from mistakes

  "There's also the legacy of failed business plans in the Microsoft stable that would seem to indicate they either don't want to or fail to learn from mistakes. I guess if you are made of cash it doesn't matter."
  
  a lot of businesses have things that they have tried and failed. those that are still around succeed more than they have failed.
  MS is made of cash because they have been successful over the past 25 years.
  Mac hasn't been as successful, and neither has linux.
  not even put together.
  you can always come up with excuses, "the sun was in my eye", "they did this, they did that, I wasn't prepared..." but over 25 years M$ has shown they know their stuff better than their competitors.
  sounds like there are a lot of sore second, third and 10'th place holders out there.
  are they 'losers'? well, they certainly didn't come in first.