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Scott Forstall
Aug 16, 2003

mmm that faux leather


quote:

they’re throwing some smiling new feces at the problem.

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Ganguro King
Jul 26, 2007


wrap it up ipadailures. the playbook now has the backing of the federal government:

RIM's PlayBook tablet approved for U.S. government use

quote:

(Reuters) - Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet has received the green light for use in U.S. federal government agencies, the BlackBerry maker said on Thursday.

It is the first tablet computer to receive the FIPS 140-2 certification, RIM said in a statement.

"This certification ... enables the U.S. federal government to buy with confidence knowing that the PlayBook meets their computing policy requirements for protecting sensitive information," said Scott Totzke, a senior vice-president for BlackBerry security at RIM.

granting this certification was a no brainer because the playbook is so broken taht it can neither send nor receive sensitive data. or any data really.

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Courage, my friends. 'Tis not too late to build a better world.

holy poo poo

quote:

People in North America facing the chop will be notified this week, while employees in the rest of the world will have to wait while their local offices check out laws on notification and severance pay.

Amateur hour is over.

NevergirlsOFFICIAL
Apr 24, 2004

I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission.

Chajusong posted:

holy poo poo


Amateur hour is over.

Smh

Kirk
Sep 22, 2003

Au contraire, mon capitaine! Heee's back!


Chajusong posted:

holy poo poo


Amateur hour is over.

literally laughed out loud

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

~i liek 2 poste~

RIM was hiring people in other counties without bothering to look into laws on notification and severance pay.

Eegah
Nov 18, 2002

buy my pherom<3nes

reminder that every one of these lost jobs is due to obama's socialism

Proteus4994
Jan 2, 2001

"fresh baked pie, farmer's market, sunny clothesline...hey wait a minute! if this is slavery, then someone sign me up!"

duTrieux posted:

RIM was hiring people in other counties without bothering to look into laws on notification and severance pay.

RIM was hiring Mexicans out of the parking lot of Home Depot.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

yeah. you should have waited

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008




the only hope those people have is that the company tries to look up the laws on a playbook

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Chajusong posted:

holy poo poo


Amateur hour is over.

those hired by rim without knowing local labor law should sue the pants off them

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.


graph posted:

those hired by rim without knowing local labor law should sue the pants off them

to be fair America won't have labor laws for much longer

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Luigi Thirty posted:

to be fair America won't have labor laws for much longer

can you read

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Internet Expleror


no one concerened about labor laws can read

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Courage, my friends. 'Tis not too late to build a better world.

I'd love to be in a RIM office in Europe right now.

"Ya, ten percent of you are getting laid off, but we're taking some time to read the labour code and we'll get back to you in a few weeks with who's getting the axe. Enjoy your work week!"

Martytoof
Feb 25, 2003



Awesome.

Awesome to
the MAX.



graph posted:

yeah. you should have waited

for a better job offer

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

rim needs more sassy finger waggle vids w/ black eyed peas

horse mans
May 11, 2011

on the lone prairie


Shaggar posted:

no one concerened about labor laws can read

i guess the joke is... only illiterates care about labor laws? good one? you sure showed them?

qirex
Feb 15, 2001



Fren posted:

i guess the joke is... only illiterates care about labor laws? good one? you sure showed them?
there's a reason why that giant poster in the break room is in 5 languages and has the minimum wage in like 200 point font

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Internet Expleror


Fren posted:

i guess the joke is... only illiterates care about labor laws? good one? you sure showed them?

its not a joke

minute
Jul 31, 2003



Among the handful of executive shuffles at RIM announced Monday, Don Morrison, one of the company's three chief operating officers, is retiring; his job will be divided between the other two remaining COOs. Thorsten Heins will become COO of product and sales and Jim Rowan will be chief operating officer of operations.

minute
Jul 31, 2003



so which of their ceos is the chief executive officer of executions???

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch


they're putting hot spares in every executive position

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007



reverse executive mitosis

Broken Knees Club
Aug 26, 2007


BRONY SPOTTED

theflyingexecutive posted:

reverse executive mitosis

multigl
Nov 22, 2005

"Who's cool and has two thumbs? This guy!"


minute posted:

Thorsten Heins will become COO of product and sales and Jim Rowan will be chief operating officer of operations.

Kirk
Sep 22, 2003

Au contraire, mon capitaine! Heee's back!


Thorsten Howell III will become COO of Fraternizing and Relaxation

Brace
May 29, 2010

by Ozmaugh


theflyingexecutive posted:

reverse executive mitosis

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

~i liek 2 poste~

chief operating officer of operations officers

Quine Connoisseur
Jun 28, 2005



minute posted:

Among the handful of executive shuffles at RIM announced Monday, Don Morrison, one of the company's three chief operating officers, is retiring; his job will be divided between the other two remaining COOs. Thorsten Heins will become COO of product and sales and Jim Rowan will be chief operating officer of operations.

how the gently caress can someone be the chief operating officer of operating

well, wait, 3 2 people

PurdWerfect
Aug 29, 2000



what is this posted:

here's some professional grade playbook users



her face

Nut Bunnies
May 24, 2005



Blutnerd posted:

RIM streamlining laugh productions by cutting 2000 unfunny assholes

Now, I may just be simple non-management person, but isnt a ship sinking regardless of what direction it's travelling in?

it's a joke. steve jobs made the same joke in the 90s about apple

Resplendent Spiral
Jan 1, 2005

0x7FFFFFFF


A Ship Forever Sinking

Hard NOP Life
Jan 22, 2004

Your clothes.

Give them to me. Now!


theflyingexecutive posted:

reverse executive mitosis

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090728081538AAGg9bj posted:

Yeah it doesn't happen like that. In mitosis the cell is replicating its own genetic material to make another whole cell. To go in reverse that would be like each of the two cells destroying half of themselves somehow in order to just have one cell, that's not possible
.

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007



MEAT TREAT posted:

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that sounds like rim's design process so far, i guess they applied it to their C*Os

meat sweats
May 19, 2011



Update from retail frontlines: RIM has attempted to shore up their +/- unit flow and bottom line by simply refusing to take broken Playbooks back. Pretty much every store that sells a Playbook has a broken display model because of the charger/battery flaws. This move is essentially unprecedented in the electronics industry and indicates that the company may be out of cash. I could tell HP I stomped on a laptop for fun and they would still take a return.

Piss off consumers with worthless device + piss off retailers by making them eat your $450 broken piece of poo poo = hope you like being bought out by yahoo for 1% of your former worth

Brace
May 29, 2010

by Ozmaugh


RIMjob

THC
Mar 10, 2008


Well, on the bright side this will mean less grads going to work for that poo poo company. RIM have been sucking up ridiculous amounts of talent for years.

THC fucked around with this message at Jul 26, 2011 around 03:48

DuckConference
May 27, 2004



As someone looking for an engineering job, this does not bode well. Hopefully alberta will function as some kind of great wall/decoy and the extra engineers will go try and make bazillions in fort mac rather than crowding up the job market in ~~***the best place on earth***~~

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Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!



DuckConference posted:

As someone looking for an engineering job, this does not bode well. Hopefully alberta will function as some kind of great wall/decoy and the extra engineers will go try and make bazillions in fort mac rather than crowding up the job market in ~~***the best place on earth***~~

FYI Saskatchewan is having a doctor shortage so you should just go to med school.

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