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Study Says Massachusetts Best State For Technology
Anonymous Coward writes "The Milken Institute (site is cnn/msnbc/wapo dotted it seems) has released a study claiming MA is the best state for technology while Texas has dropped to 26th. I'm curious on everyone's thoughts on this. It seems to me Arizona and Austin are most attractive because of the low cost of living and lots of open space. I just don't see (in my job hunting) very many start-up or expansion in the states they list at the top.
Lots more at Google News."
Reader footh adds a link to a PDF of the results.
India is the Best state for tech.
Is that the heat produced by your CPU is a dry heat.
(It's a joke, I lived there for 16 years.)
(site is cnn/msnbc/wapo dotted it seems)
They havn't seen anything yet.
Seriously though, we're not going to start saying "My site got cnn-dotted" are we?
Bugs are just features that have been fixed.
moved up to 46!
Maybe it's an election year ploy. Think about it - MA on top, TX dropping hard... hmmm... Either that, or a precursor of things to come...
Good thing about Massachusetts:
MIT.
Bad thing about Massachusetts:
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon.
It seems to me Arizona and Austin are most attractive because of the low cost of living and lots of open space. When discussing states, Austin doesn't seem to apply. It's a (small) city, (capitol of Texas,) not a state.
Obviously you never have been to Phoenix. Sure, it's 115 degrees in the summer... But the grass is greener and better watered than anywhere!
Seems like we should give the people at mit something to do at least... They are starting to exhibit some strange geekish behavior. Just look at this: Random Hall Laundry
in Texas
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
Funny, I find "the owner of a venture-capital-less internet small business in Texas with no college degree" a poor indicator of whether or not a survey has merrit.
Did anyone else notice the state that ranks last has the abbreviation MS?
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Thank you.
That's funny, I also live in Austin and I drive 5 minutes to work at IBM. Austin is GREAT! Everybody come live here!
But it ain't cheap. My 2200 sq. foot house in the Great Hills cost me $300K. My friends up in Michigan got a house half again as big, with much better architecture for $240K.
The problem with houses here is that it's really hard to find one that's built with any kind of taste. Typically they are oak-infested tributes to the Longhorns, and the realtor will think your biggest concern is that the place has a garage large enough to park two Suburbans and close the doors.
Why do people live in Pheonix?
Because they lacked the ambition to drive all the way to hell....
Those are a few hundred jobs that are staying here instead of going to India. Would moving call centers to MS/AR/KY help those states improve?
It's probably better to move the call centers to India rather than MS/AR/KY. On average, Indians speak better English.
Smart people living next door to you. You'd have to break down and buy a dictionary and an encyclopedia.
Especially the Arkham area.
Aptal soru yoktur; sadece merakli aptallar vardir.
Re: #2. How hot? Really really really hot, or midwest hot, which is anyone whose chest is larger than their behind.
Lets try this again, with formatting this time.
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WINDOWS 2000 TEXAS EDITION
Dear Consumers:
It has come to our attention that a few copies of
the WINDOWS 2000 TEXAS EDITION may have accidentally been shipped outside of the state of Texas.
If you have one of these, you may need some help understanding the commands.
The TEXAS EDITION may be recognized by the unique opening screen. It reads:
WINDERS 2000, with a background picture of Willie Nelson superimposed on the Alamo.
Please also note:
The Recycle Bin is labeled "Outhouse"
My Computer is called "This Dern Contraption"
Dial Up Networking is called "Good Ol' Boys"
Control Panel is known as "The Dashboard"
Hard Drive is referred to as "4-Wheel Drive"
Floppies are "Them little ol' plastic thangs"
Instead of an error message, "Duct tape" pops up
CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN TEXAS EDITION:
Cancel............stopdat
Reset..............try'er agin
Yes..................yep
No...................nope
Find.................hunt fer it
Go to...............over yonder
Back................back yonder
Help.................hep me out here
Stop..................kwitit
Start.................crank'er up
Settings............settins
Programs..........stuff at duz stuff
Documents.......stuff ah done did
Also note that the TEXAS EDITION does not recognize capital letters or punctuation marks.
Some programs that are exclusive to WINDERS 2000:
Tiperiter.....................a word processing
program Colerin' Book.............a graphics program
Cyferin' mersheen.....calculator
Outhouse paper.........notepad
Inner-net....................Microsoft Explorer 5.0
Pitchers......................a graphics viewer
We regret any inconvenience it may have caused if you received a copy of the TEXAS EDITION.
You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version. I hope this helps all ya'll!
Billy Bob Gates
15-20mins east of Boston? Isn't that....the Atlantic Ocean?
I live in "the valley" too. After reading your comments, all I can think is to ask why you still live here? Sounds like you hate the place yet, here you remain. It doesn't make sense to... Oh!
I get it! You want people to stop moving here! OK! I understand now!
Yep, I hate it here too. Don't even think about coming here. Bad, bad place! [wink!]
Anybody that thinks that Austin is a heavy tech employer center needs to do a Monster search on Austin, then compare the results to a Monster Search on Boston. Seems there are about 10 or so major employers in Austin (Dell, IBM, Compaq, TI, a few others) and once your resume has been sent to these ten HR departments your tech search is done. Takes less than a day.
.JSPs running on WebSphere.
Every computer guy in Austin has a job, for sure : waiting tables downtown at the nice resturants. May I suggest a nice Merlot to go with your steak, and perhaps recommend a nice two tier client server system with an Oracle back end, powered by Cisco to protect the DMZ and a front end consisting of
Don't get me wrong, I love Texas - but God forbid you try and find a job there.
Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer
The term "Ivy League" has been distorted from it's original(and still valid, in the right circles) meaning.
;)
So has the term "it's."
it's == it is
its = belonging to it.