On Monday 08 November 2004 14:52, Stede Troisi wrote:
> >Life is not a zero-sum game.
> >
> >--- Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> These dumb comments
Life *isn't* a zero-sum game, and it's hardly "dumb" to
realise it.
> I wonder if you visited Allentown, PA and ranted about
> your "Bill Gates Life is not a zero-sum game" if you
> would get a favorable response?
Well, but no-one is suggesting that they do.
> And again, most people just can't pick up and move to
> a new country every four years!
Well, but no-one was suggesting that they do. For better or
worse, I've pretty much stayed in the same location for the
past 20 years [1].
> As for XP, XP could be whatever you wanted it to be.
> That includes Unions adopting the standards of XP and
> including getting PAID in the XP equation.
"being paid for one's work" isn't specific to XP. I don't
see that adding it to XP will improve XPs effectiveness
or its practicioners lives.
> If I remember correctly XP even says working 40 hours
> is something to shoot for. That sounds like a Union to
> me!
That sounds more like common sense to me. From *both*
sides of the supply-demand balance.
[1] Same company, same house, same site - I presume we're
not quibbling about holidays and business trips.
--
Chris "electric hedgehog" Dollin
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