Posts by ecofeco

Re: Email alternative

Thumbs down? Stop astroturfing us, MS.

BTW, so far I'm loving eM Client. This is what Outlook SHOULD be.

Re: I always hoped Amazon was true to its name...

Snusnu!

Re: As a fan of the author William Gibson

With one or two exceptions, ALL of William Gibson's books and stories were about cyber crime and the term is directly associated with his works though it seems he did not coin the term.

A quick search shows:

"Bruce Bethke was actually the first one to put the word in ink with his 1980 short story titled, fittingly enough, “Cyberpunk”. The story was first printed in the November 1983 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories"

It also shows:

"Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting that tends to focus on the society ... Primary exponents of the cyberpunk field include William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, Bruce Bethke, Pat Cadigan, Rudy Rucker, ..."

Most of them also wrote about cyber crime and social dysfunction and dystopia.

So little pissy britches can just STFU and learn how to use the Internet that they are so keen to be experts of. Then they can just fuck right off. Preferable up their own asshole. They might find the Pokeman monsters there as well.

The Internet is not so old that these concepts have the haze of romanticism around them yet. We are living with the problems right now and it has serious consequences.

...and the current companies are the biggest offenders, bar none.

Re: I can remember...

Remember Harvard Graphic?

Re: reprimanded for poor performance.

Cromulent. Have an up vote.

Re: Remind me again

Ah yes. But that's usually a sure fire money maker. What are they doing wrong I wonder?

Re: and six months down the line...

Down votes for marketing cynism? Far too many naive people in this world.

Your's has a glitter safety? I am so jealous.

Re: Amusing coincidence

Y2K you say that?

Re: Meh

I was too busy to finish my post, so here's the rest:

The people who do these types of skimming and embezzling are often also the ones who are the office asshole. You know, either the constantly cranky ones or the smiling backstabbers. The constant pressure to maintain the scam and pretenses and misdirection literally eat them up inside. Or they are mad at the world in general and figure they deserve self administered bonuses.

As for Texas, I've done business there and the amount of business fuckery is so high that the federal budget simply does not allow for the investigation and prosecution of it all. Remember, it's the oil and gas capital of the world. Literally. From trading to engineering to production, Texas is central to the entire worldwide operations in one way or another. With that amount of power and money, how could there not be high fuckery?

The amount of money wasted by business and government in that state is staggering. Yet they never seem to waste it on the average person.

So word to the wise: never let any romance of Texas blind you to the dirty reality. You can make money. You can also get screwed hard just as easy. The guy in this article is a very prevalent type.

Re: No, just don't

Ever worked in a large corporation? (rhetorical question, I'm sure you have)

Marketing people are the most goddamned arrogant, self important assholes you will ever meet. They make pro athletes look civilized.

Second rule of running a business is to never let your marketing department have any control. The first rule is to never let your accountants run your business either.