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Someone Has Domain for Carly Fiorina’s Name and Is Pretty Upset with Her Layoffs
- maxmcd 11y ago"bonus page" -> http://carlyfiorina.org/bonus-page.html http://carlyfiorina.org/bonus-page.html Some pretty clean and concise static markup for your typical internet smear site.
- swalsh 11y agoI noticed that too, I wanted to see if he had marked-uped 30k unsmiles or if it was a script that printed them.
- caiusdurling 11y agoCredit link to the original sheep in CSS too.
- marvel_boy 11y agoWell done ! A simple and efective landing page: http://carlyfiorina.org http://carlyfiorina.org Still scrolling...
- teamhappy 11y agoI can't wrap my head around the fact that I actually believe this is a reasonable way to visualize the data.
- rev_bird 11y agoI've been pondering this for a little while -- I agree with you, and I think it's because the point being conveyed isn't the data, but the scale.
- vinceguidry 11y agohttp://xkcd.com/1162/ http://xkcd.com/1162/
- teamhappy 11y agoExactly. 32 bytes from /dev/random doesn't sound like much. 2^256 still doesn't sound like much. But 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639936 makes your point (the point being that it's a effing big number).
- belorn 11y agoSo someone bought a sign with the name "carlyfiorina" on it and is trying to gather opinion against that person. This is apparently a failure. The root domain contains 810 top-level domains, which in theory means 810 possible places where one could register a carlyfiorina.sometld. no mater how aggressive a person is trying to own that specific 12 letter word, its a futile attempt, especially if we also include the 1-2 letter sub domains of tld's. As such, not registering this name is as big failure as not buying up all the signs that exist in stores.
- DominikR 11y agoIt is probably the unpopular position but I'd like to point out that it is sometimes needed to lay off employees because otherwise a company wont survive. Sometimes this must be done rather quick. I don't know the exact reasons why she had to lay off 30.000 employees but it would look less like a public smearing if the creator of this page gave us some insight into the details and nature of her decision. I just doubt that she is plain evil and laughing at the pain she has caused with this decision.
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- Kurtz79 11y agoIt is unpopular because the average employee being laid off will have had much less influence than a CEO on the reasons that ultimately led to the (necessary) measure, but he/she will be the one facing the consequences. The worst that can happen to unsuccessful CEOs is being replaced (IF the situation does not improve after the layoffs) while netting a generous severance pay. I agree that rationally such backlash it's unreasonable, but humans are not rational beings, especially when perceiving something as unfair.
- disposition2 11y ago> The worst that can happen to unsuccessful CEOs is being replaced (IF the situation does not improve after the layoffs) while netting a generous severance pay. And then run for office touting your hugely successful time as CEO, just make sure you have enough money to run enough ads to support this claim rather than the realities that are your failures.
- smitherfield 11y agoI agree that sometimes it is necessary to lay off employees for the good of the company. But Fiorina is widely considered to have been a complete incompetent as CEO, of which the layoffs were a symptom, and she was fired by the board of directors. That's enough for me to consider her with extreme skepticism. I must also say that I'm not impressed with business school-grad tech executives who don't know anything about coding or hardware, especially if they're also proven incompetents.
- Bahamut 11y agoOne possibility that hasn't been mentioned is that this could be a political smear attempt as well.
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- meragrin 11y agoThat is all it is. His twitter feed consists nearly entirely of retweets promoting Democrats and smearing republicans.
- caryhartline 11y agoHow scandalous it is to like one political party and hate another.
- meragrin 11y agoPersonally, I think it is stupid to become attached to one party. You get the current state of US politics when people become so entrenched and invested in one party. People would rather vote in a bad candidate from their chosen party rather than vote for the better candidate.
- TillE 11y agoThat's only relevant if your political beliefs lie roughly in the middle of the American spectrum. If not, it should be clear that no matter how shit one candidate is, the other one will certainly be worse. Unless you're talking about voting Green or something, which is fine.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoLayoffs are political, too. Any time someone's income or power is affected, it's political. It's a rather large scope.
- jszymborski 11y ago(lacklustre) Easter Egg: http://carlyfiorina.org/bonus-page.html http://carlyfiorina.org/bonus-page.html
- shill 11y agoOne could create a similar page to represent people who have purchased HP multifunction inkjet printers.
- bruceb 11y agoFunny. Though whether you like her or not Carly Fiornia has no chance at becoming president or being nominated as the Republican nominee.