Send me your compoany name and your boss' name and e-mail address, and I'll drop him a note for you. I'll include my resume and cover letter just so he knows what kind of monkey would accept such a ridiculous salary. This should make him appreciate you a lot more, I think.
Definitely quit. You're being treated completely unfairly. In fact, e-mail me the name of your company and the name of your immediate supervisor and I'll send him a stern e-mail explaining that his employees are unhappy due to his mismanagement. I'll attach my resume and cover letter so that he has an idea of how well off other workers in the world are. Yeah. That's the ticket.
Normally I would applaud any failure on Microsoft's part, but in this case I see it more as a Japanese backlash to and American company attempting to gain a foothold in the historically closed Japanese market. Anyone versed in the auto industries similar attempts over the years will understand where I'm coming from.
"Buy American" is just a slogan here in the States, whereas the Japanese consumer is much more likely to support the home team, especially in something like consumer electronics. Is this a good/bad thing? Doesn't make a difference, and it's their choiice what they buy and don't buy. I'm just saying this to say that maybe we should pay more attention to sales data here in this country as an idea of how popular the Xbox is.
I think the major problem with the RIAA's slump in sales is the de-commoditization of the "album". We've had several years as consumers of being able to download just the songs we want. Most major record labels will put together an album with one or two singles that are actually decent. Consumer interest in these songs is what drives sales of the album; you have to buy the album to get the song you want. p2p and iTunes have eliminated the middleman. Now you can get the song without the crap.
I forsee the music industry switching to marketing and sales of individual tracks, rather than entire albums, once it's proven that the public is not interested in plucking down $15 for 14 mediocre tracks and that one song that ClearChannel/RadioOne is shoving down our throats.
What would be even better would be if sales/downloads of those tracks were reported to SoundScan. Then labels would know how popular x song was, and have an idea of where to go with the next single. Keep it at the $0.99 price point set by iTunes, and you're in business.
REASON version 1.0B7 Gatling.type 3.mm hypervelocity railgun system Ng Security Industries, Inc. PRERELEASE VERSION-NOT FOR FIELD USE DO NOT TEST IN A POPULATED AREA - ULTIMA RATIO REGUM-
So, again. Corporations and the wealthy pay a far lower percentage of their income in federal tax than you or I do. Look into the percentage of federal revenue that comes from corporate tax and income tax from the richest 1% of the population. Compare it to the percentage of revenue from the middle-class' income.
Coproprations and rich people pay the vast majority of all taxes in the US.
This is simply not true. Corporations and the very rich, followed closely by people near the poverty line, pay a tiny slice of the tax paid in this country. The majority of taxes are paid by the "middle" class, the 35-75k range. The rule that income tax is a percentage of your income breaks down when you get into the upper echelons of income. You want to talk government subsidy? The tax law loopholes that exist specifically for the rich to dive through didn't get there by waving a magic wand. Case in point, in 2001, Microsoft Corporation paid exactly NO tax, by using a deduction for employee stock dividends paid (IIRC). Dell did something similar.
If corporations and the rich paid the level of tax that we do (this will never happen), we'd have fewer problems, but unfortunately the laws on the books from the founding of this country to the present are there to preserve the interests of wealthy landowners.
History tells us that the ONLY situation where the HAVEs are pissed off is in the case of revolution by the HAVE-NOTs. The wealthy in this country can ride out several world wars, recession, etc. etc. with only a slight dent in their long-term investments. They have the ear of the government, so no laws restricting them from amassing more wealth at the expense of the HAVE-NOTs will ever be passed, they have the finest health care and standard of living, which has the effect of disconnecting them from the average standard of living in this country, which gives them that "What's the big deal? Just get a job! Stop asking for a handout!" attitude.
So it's up to us. IT workers have become blue-collar workers, pre-unionization. Let's look at their example and take steps to protect ourselves, or we'll all be gone.
Of course an American is more important than an Indian...to OTHER AMERICANS. As an American, my level of concern for the quality of life in other countries takes a massive backseat to the quality of life in my own. In no other country in the world would you hear people having discussions about what they're going to do about the sad state of IT employment in the US. Of course they wouldn't, they'd look to how it would benefit themselves. Nation first, World second is exactly how Japan went from war-ravaged to having one of the strongest economies in the world. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a strong sense of nationalism, and there is something wrong with weeping over the children on Uzbekistan when our own children are dying.
Hm. That turned into a longer rant than expected. I must be angry or something.
So, not only am I competing with hundreds of other unemployed IT workers for every job from sysadmin to help desk, I have to factor in companies saying "Well, we can just outsource this position. Much cheaper". This is doing nothing for my positivity.
unless they are trying to prove that "you got this file from that guy, that got it from that guy"...
That is exactly what they're trying to prove. They have MD5 sums from files traded over the Napster network, and they are sneaking around comparing people's files to those. If you have a file that matches, then that means you have one of the files that was traded on Napster, which means you're going to JAIL. YOUR ASS = MEAT
My problem with this is the assumption that any file traded over the Napster network is illegal, but who asked me?
And I don't buy for a minute that the economy is that bad. Especially for network admins. Just pick up the want ads.
I won't lash out, I'll just assume you're ignorant. I've got 5 years of admin experience, and I've had a grand total of FOUR interviews in FIVE months. Still unemployed. If you know something I don't, please let me know, I'll be all over it.
Spoken like a student. Whether it's the "right" thing or not, we as IT workers are the first to take it right up the ass when the work piles up, and if we want to keep our jobs, we shut the hell up and deal with it as best we can. I've found that heavy drinking in off hours helps to wash down all the shit we have to eat.
Losing your job, whether voluntary or not, is not an option today. Regardless of how important you think you are, you can be replaced in a second by someone with twice the experience that will work for half the money because they've been unemployed for five months (like me).
*sigh* And I'm depressed. Anyone looking for a UNIX admin in Michigan? E-mail me, I'll send you resume and such. Yes, I'm serious.
I didn't take that phrase that way until I read your post. The writer isn't stating that Windows engineers designed the OS to be insecure, he's stating that the way Windows was designed lends itself to insecurity. Two different takes on the phrase "by design". Slightly misleading, sure, but he clarifies in the article, so it's cred by me. I particularly like the comparisons he makes with Windows, OS X, and Red Hat's default install.
The image states that it's "~7 hours after blackout" which puts it right around 11pm EDT or thereabouts. Even if Columbus wasn't DARK I'm sure it was darkER.
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Lotsa good stuff in Starcraft
*GOLIATH....ONline*
*Battlecruiser at your command*
More like, where's Sephiroth? Sure by the time you got to him he was a push-over, but the theme music ALONE should be worth a mention.
Hmm.
So you're saying that all the movie where George Lucas was NOT the director were good?
IMDb.com
Yeah, I can agree with that.
Funniest.
Thread.
EVER.
*cue cool music*
Unicron: For a time, I considered sparing your wretched little planet, Cybertron! But now, you shall witness... its DISMEMBERMENT!
I can't believe I fell for that.
Fool of a Took!
Don't ask...DEMAND!
Send me your compoany name and your boss' name and e-mail address, and I'll drop him a note for you. I'll include my resume and cover letter just so he knows what kind of monkey would accept such a ridiculous salary. This should make him appreciate you a lot more, I think.
Definitely quit. You're being treated completely unfairly. In fact, e-mail me the name of your company and the name of your immediate supervisor and I'll send him a stern e-mail explaining that his employees are unhappy due to his mismanagement. I'll attach my resume and cover letter so that he has an idea of how well off other workers in the world are. Yeah. That's the ticket.
Normally I would applaud any failure on Microsoft's part, but in this case I see it more as a Japanese backlash to and American company attempting to gain a foothold in the historically closed Japanese market. Anyone versed in the auto industries similar attempts over the years will understand where I'm coming from.
"Buy American" is just a slogan here in the States, whereas the Japanese consumer is much more likely to support the home team, especially in something like consumer electronics. Is this a good/bad thing? Doesn't make a difference, and it's their choiice what they buy and don't buy. I'm just saying this to say that maybe we should pay more attention to sales data here in this country as an idea of how popular the Xbox is.
Sweet, sweet classic Gauntlet. Is it possible to get a ROM of this guy? The arcade version I mean.
Also,
At least 56% of Slashdotters pull arbitrary statistics out of their asses in order to make a point.
Only 30% of Slashdotters are emotionally involved enough in the argument to actually check someone else's figures.
15% of the time I realize that you were right halfway through my argument, and I feel stupid.
100% of the time I admit it when I'm being a stupid monkey.
85% of Slashdotters will at some point or another read Slashdot while not wearing pants.
I think the major problem with the RIAA's slump in sales is the de-commoditization of the "album". We've had several years as consumers of being able to download just the songs we want. Most major record labels will put together an album with one or two singles that are actually decent. Consumer interest in these songs is what drives sales of the album; you have to buy the album to get the song you want. p2p and iTunes have eliminated the middleman. Now you can get the song without the crap.
I forsee the music industry switching to marketing and sales of individual tracks, rather than entire albums, once it's proven that the public is not interested in plucking down $15 for 14 mediocre tracks and that one song that ClearChannel/RadioOne is shoving down our throats.
What would be even better would be if sales/downloads of those tracks were reported to SoundScan. Then labels would know how popular x song was, and have an idea of where to go with the next single. Keep it at the $0.99 price point set by iTunes, and you're in business.
I remember distinctly saying "Holy shit!" on both of these. All hail Blizzard.
Massive kudos on the Stephenson quote.
REASON
version 1.0B7
Gatling.type 3.mm hypervelocity railgun system
Ng Security Industries, Inc.
PRERELEASE VERSION-NOT FOR FIELD USE
DO NOT TEST IN A POPULATED AREA
- ULTIMA RATIO REGUM-
Much easier.
Hearsay anecdote?
I'm almost offended.
Or maybe you've never heard of corporate welfare. That's understandable.
Let me clarify my statement about taxes that wealthy individuals pay.
So, again. Corporations and the wealthy pay a far lower percentage of their income in federal tax than you or I do. Look into the percentage of federal revenue that comes from corporate tax and income tax from the richest 1% of the population. Compare it to the percentage of revenue from the middle-class' income.
Never mind, I'll do it for you.
This one is purely informational.
How's that for hearsay?
Coproprations and rich people pay the vast majority of all taxes in the US.
This is simply not true. Corporations and the very rich, followed closely by people near the poverty line, pay a tiny slice of the tax paid in this country. The majority of taxes are paid by the "middle" class, the 35-75k range. The rule that income tax is a percentage of your income breaks down when you get into the upper echelons of income. You want to talk government subsidy? The tax law loopholes that exist specifically for the rich to dive through didn't get there by waving a magic wand. Case in point, in 2001, Microsoft Corporation paid exactly NO tax, by using a deduction for employee stock dividends paid (IIRC). Dell did something similar.
If corporations and the rich paid the level of tax that we do (this will never happen), we'd have fewer problems, but unfortunately the laws on the books from the founding of this country to the present are there to preserve the interests of wealthy landowners.
History tells us that the ONLY situation where the HAVEs are pissed off is in the case of revolution by the HAVE-NOTs. The wealthy in this country can ride out several world wars, recession, etc. etc. with only a slight dent in their long-term investments. They have the ear of the government, so no laws restricting them from amassing more wealth at the expense of the HAVE-NOTs will ever be passed, they have the finest health care and standard of living, which has the effect of disconnecting them from the average standard of living in this country, which gives them that "What's the big deal? Just get a job! Stop asking for a handout!" attitude.
So it's up to us. IT workers have become blue-collar workers, pre-unionization. Let's look at their example and take steps to protect ourselves, or we'll all be gone.
This is why I loathe liberals.
Of course an American is more important than an Indian...to OTHER AMERICANS. As an American, my level of concern for the quality of life in other countries takes a massive backseat to the quality of life in my own. In no other country in the world would you hear people having discussions about what they're going to do about the sad state of IT employment in the US. Of course they wouldn't, they'd look to how it would benefit themselves. Nation first, World second is exactly how Japan went from war-ravaged to having one of the strongest economies in the world. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a strong sense of nationalism, and there is something wrong with weeping over the children on Uzbekistan when our own children are dying.
Hm. That turned into a longer rant than expected. I must be angry or something.
So, not only am I competing with hundreds of other unemployed IT workers for every job from sysadmin to help desk, I have to factor in companies saying "Well, we can just outsource this position. Much cheaper". This is doing nothing for my positivity.
14 weeks of unemployment left. *sigh*
unless they are trying to prove that "you got this file from that guy, that got it from that guy"...
That is exactly what they're trying to prove. They have MD5 sums from files traded over the Napster network, and they are sneaking around comparing people's files to those. If you have a file that matches, then that means you have one of the files that was traded on Napster, which means you're going to JAIL. YOUR ASS = MEAT
My problem with this is the assumption that any file traded over the Napster network is illegal, but who asked me?
And I don't buy for a minute that the economy is that bad. Especially for network admins. Just pick up the want ads.
I won't lash out, I'll just assume you're ignorant. I've got 5 years of admin experience, and I've had a grand total of FOUR interviews in FIVE months. Still unemployed. If you know something I don't, please let me know, I'll be all over it.
Spoken like a student. Whether it's the "right" thing or not, we as IT workers are the first to take it right up the ass when the work piles up, and if we want to keep our jobs, we shut the hell up and deal with it as best we can. I've found that heavy drinking in off hours helps to wash down all the shit we have to eat.
Losing your job, whether voluntary or not, is not an option today. Regardless of how important you think you are, you can be replaced in a second by someone with twice the experience that will work for half the money because they've been unemployed for five months (like me).
*sigh* And I'm depressed. Anyone looking for a UNIX admin in Michigan? E-mail me, I'll send you resume and such. Yes, I'm serious.
I didn't take that phrase that way until I read your post. The writer isn't stating that Windows engineers designed the OS to be insecure, he's stating that the way Windows was designed lends itself to insecurity. Two different takes on the phrase "by design". Slightly misleading, sure, but he clarifies in the article, so it's cred by me. I particularly like the comparisons he makes with Windows, OS X, and Red Hat's default install.
The image states that it's "~7 hours after blackout" which puts it right around 11pm EDT or thereabouts. Even if Columbus wasn't DARK I'm sure it was darkER.