Question: The industry lobbyists say the alleged high-tech labor shortage is due to the failure of our K-12 educational system to develop math skills for engineering careers. Is that true?
The main answer to this question is that the vast majority of high-tech H-1Bs are programmers, not engineers, and programming does not use math.
I guess I can stop incrementing my for loops now, since "programming does not use math". Ones, zeroes, what's the difference? It's just math, and I don't need it to program.
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PaxTech
...the more I hear about this whole Ximian/Microsoft interaction, the more it looks to me like Ximian is a skilled but naive bunch of American Indians being offered a sweet deal on some really nice beads.
Those Indians were actually pretty slick, since the ones that sold Manhattan for some beads didn't even live there, and were just passing through.
The story's applicability to the Ximian / Microsoft situation is left as an exercise for the reader.;)
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Why are their include files in a web accessible directory in the first place? Is that something forced on you by ASP?
I always keep my PHP include files above or parallel to my html directory, and name them with a.php extension so the webserver would parse them and not display the code if one got in the wrong place. --
PaxTech
Yeah, the one good thing about those Packard Bells is that you could intimidate them into working..
But try that with an IBM and you'll get nowhere... IBMs need to be cajoled or bribed into working. Just say loudly, "Well, I *was* going to double the memory on this machine, but since it won't boot..". Works every time.
Compaqs, however, require a judicious application of precussive maintenance. They just won't listen to reason at all.
Also, NEVER NEVER NEVER screw the case cover back on before testing the card / memory you just changed. This shows the machine that you lack humility, and it will of course refuse to work. Turn it on and test it, THEN replace the cover. This shows the machine the proper respect. --
PaxTech
For the $15 level that we're talking about it's a very small "nuisance factor" that will lead most average citizens to just go buy the product rather than waste their time.
All it takes is ONE person to go through the hassle of ripping the CD and breaking the copy protection. That one person shares the mp3s out on Gnutella or OpenNap, or inserts them into Freenet. "Average citizens" then are able to download them without any trouble at all.
And if he comes back from space in one piece, I would be the first to pat him on the back.
And if he comes back in more than one piece, we'll ALL be able to pat him on the back.. in several different countries simultaneously! It's win-win! --
PaxTech
> Actually, the line was:
> "This thing can flash-fry a whole cow in 40 seconds."
> "Aw... But I want it *NOW*!"
Actually, it goes like this (emphasis mine) :
Moe: "Oh, boy! The deep fryer's here. Heh heh, I got it used from the navy. You can flash-fry a buffalo in forty seconds."
Homer: "Forty seconds? But I want it now!"
Buffalo, not cow.
> And, yes, I'm a nitpicker:p
I guess that makes me a meta-nitpicker...;) --
PaxTech
my university gives out free MS-licsensed software, just so if anyone thinks im a warez dealer, you're wrong! lol
It's not free, you just paid for it as part of your tuition. So in effect, you DO pay MS money for their products, you just don't have a choice about it. --
PaxTech
The Chris Rock routine he is quoting from makes some good points. He talks about how drug companies aren't in the business of curing diseases, they are in the business of "managing diseases". As in "This new drug won't cure your AIDS, but it will manage your disease and all you have to do is take it for the rest of your life! What a deal!"
Funny or not, he has some good insights there.. --
PaxTech
As long as they're taking the bugs out of their software, I don't care WHERE they put them. --
PaxTech
Tivo does NOT have a 30 second skip feature
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All you can do with Tivo to not watch commercials is fast-forward through them. There is no 30 second skip button. ReplayTV, I believe does have a 30 second skip feature. --
PaxTech
First I had FlashCom DSL, but they sold my account to Telocity. You could set your watch by Telocity.. They'd have an outage of some sort every week. Then Northpoint goes under, and I don't find out until my DSL just stops working entirely Thursday night.
Luckily, I have an in at my local cable company, and they send a guy over with a cable modem on Friday afternoon. Of course, it doesn't work all weekend, and finally on Tuesday afternoon they finally get it working.. I started getting internet DTs, but am much better now.
I hear ol' Willy Shakespeare was doing some interesting multimedia stuff back in the 1600s. Crazy stuff that you not only LOOKED at, you HEARD what they said as well! A multimedia tour de force! Sometimes they even had MUSIC!
Looking at the previews of Windows XP, it seems to me that MS has decided to forsake those who possess technical knowledge in favor of the larger market who have no technical knowledge. In effect, MS is conceding the techie market to Linux.
Do you think this is a good strategy? The way I see it, most people who know little about computers will ask someone technical for advice, and if MS abandons the techies, the techies won't recommend MS products, will they? --
PaxTech
PHP with the PHPlib packages provides session management, user authorization, templates & more in a very easy-to-use, efficient manner.. If you use straight PHP only, you're missing the boat.
Okay, but say I have a company in New Hampshire, so i can sell you RAM and you won't have to pay New Jersey's sales tax.. You don't have to pay ANY, because NH doesn't have a sales tax. Web sellers will move to lower tax states.
Also, how do you determine the seller's location? Can I just move my server to NH? Do I have to ship from there? Have my headquarters there? It's not that simple..
I actually looked into moving to the Cayman Islands. It's very nice there, plus that whole no-income-taxes thing makes it kind of nice.. Too bad the whole island group only has a 3 Mbps link to the net. 128k ISDN costs over $2k a month. Maybe someday..
Incidentally, The Sopranos fires back up tonight, and I am going to forsake the Lone Gunmen in their moment of need, because, by God, Sopranos is the best show on tv show right now.
Ah, but the Sopranos is re-run on Tuesday night, so I can set the ol' TiVo and see both..
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You might as well say "Journalism does not use words."
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PaxTech
Those Indians were actually pretty slick, since the ones that sold Manhattan for some beads didn't even live there, and were just passing through.
The story's applicability to the Ximian / Microsoft situation is left as an exercise for the reader. ;)
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PaxTech
Why are their include files in a web accessible directory in the first place? Is that something forced on you by ASP?
.php extension so the webserver would parse them and not display the code if one got in the wrong place.
I always keep my PHP include files above or parallel to my html directory, and name them with a
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PaxTech
I know.. It's modded up as funny, but I really wasn't kidding. Much.
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PaxTech
Yeah, the one good thing about those Packard Bells is that you could intimidate them into working..
But try that with an IBM and you'll get nowhere... IBMs need to be cajoled or bribed into working. Just say loudly, "Well, I *was* going to double the memory on this machine, but since it won't boot..". Works every time.
Compaqs, however, require a judicious application of precussive maintenance. They just won't listen to reason at all.
Also, NEVER NEVER NEVER screw the case cover back on before testing the card / memory you just changed. This shows the machine that you lack humility, and it will of course refuse to work. Turn it on and test it, THEN replace the cover. This shows the machine the proper respect.
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PaxTech
For the $15 level that we're talking about it's a very small "nuisance factor" that will lead most average citizens to just go buy the product rather than waste their time.
All it takes is ONE person to go through the hassle of ripping the CD and breaking the copy protection. That one person shares the mp3s out on Gnutella or OpenNap, or inserts them into Freenet. "Average citizens" then are able to download them without any trouble at all.
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PaxTech
Clown college? Pfft. You can't eat that.
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PaxTech
And if he comes back in more than one piece, we'll ALL be able to pat him on the back.. in several different countries simultaneously! It's win-win!
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PaxTech
You should use http://www.f---edcompany.com then.
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PaxTech
Bots are your friends, dude. I've been playing Counter-Strike for a while using RealBot when I want a quick game for practice.
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PaxTech
Milhouse : "Let's put it on the Internet!"
Bart: "No, we have to reach people whose opinions actually matter."
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PaxTech
> Actually, the line was:
:p
;)
> "This thing can flash-fry a whole cow in 40 seconds."
> "Aw... But I want it *NOW*!"
Actually, it goes like this (emphasis mine) :
Moe: "Oh, boy! The deep fryer's here. Heh heh, I got it used from the navy. You can flash-fry a buffalo in forty seconds."
Homer: "Forty seconds? But I want it now!"
Buffalo, not cow.
> And, yes, I'm a nitpicker
I guess that makes me a meta-nitpicker...
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PaxTech
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PaxTech
The Chris Rock routine he is quoting from makes some good points. He talks about how drug companies aren't in the business of curing diseases, they are in the business of "managing diseases". As in "This new drug won't cure your AIDS, but it will manage your disease and all you have to do is take it for the rest of your life! What a deal!"
Funny or not, he has some good insights there..
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PaxTech
As long as they're taking the bugs out of their software, I don't care WHERE they put them.
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PaxTech
All you can do with Tivo to not watch commercials is fast-forward through them. There is no 30 second skip button. ReplayTV, I believe does have a 30 second skip feature.
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PaxTech
First I had FlashCom DSL, but they sold my account to Telocity. You could set your watch by Telocity.. They'd have an outage of some sort every week. Then Northpoint goes under, and I don't find out until my DSL just stops working entirely Thursday night.
Luckily, I have an in at my local cable company, and they send a guy over with a cable modem on Friday afternoon. Of course, it doesn't work all weekend, and finally on Tuesday afternoon they finally get it working.. I started getting internet DTs, but am much better now.
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PaxTech
Multimedia is SUCH a stupid word.
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PaxTech
Do you think this is a good strategy? The way I see it, most people who know little about computers will ask someone technical for advice, and if MS abandons the techies, the techies won't recommend MS products, will they?
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PaxTech
PHP with the PHPlib packages provides session management, user authorization, templates & more in a very easy-to-use, efficient manner.. If you use straight PHP only, you're missing the boat.
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PaxTech
I warned ya! Didn't I warn ya?! That colored chalk was forged by Lucifer himself!
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Also, how do you determine the seller's location? Can I just move my server to NH? Do I have to ship from there? Have my headquarters there? It's not that simple..
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PaxTech
I actually looked into moving to the Cayman Islands. It's very nice there, plus that whole no-income-taxes thing makes it kind of nice.. Too bad the whole island group only has a 3 Mbps link to the net. 128k ISDN costs over $2k a month. Maybe someday..
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PaxTech
Ah, but the Sopranos is re-run on Tuesday night, so I can set the ol' TiVo and see both..
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PaxTech
2001-07-04 20:00:00
Fourth of July baby.. whoo..