Degrees don't mean near as much as the people that have them would like you to think.
I spent 8 years in the navy learning how to use analytical thinking. Yes, I worked as a Machinist's Mate in the engineroom. In the bilge. On Nuclear Reactors. But you know what? I had the exact same training the Electricians and the Electronics Techs did. The ONLY difference was that they had a couple more WEEKS of special training than we did in their particular emphasis.
If you take an interest in something, excell at it, and really love it (like the computer field), you can go anywhere you'd like. VERY FEW of my friends have any computer certifications or even degrees. And yes, most of them make far more than you need to to live. And ALL of them make enough to have their wife stay at home with the kids.
So, go out, find a good entry level job in the company you want, and work your way up like the rest of us did. Just show passion and interest. If you don't, you'll stay where you should. But if you show interest and heart, you'll go far.
Ha!
I just got ahold of a working sx-64 (the breadbox c-64) from my wife's grandmother!
Pristine condition, everything there, and it's mine!
http://sx64.opsys.net/
This looks like a good upgrade though...
It's the same principle used in cooling nuclear reactors - deals with the Laminar Flow layer in fluids. Pretty simple actually. The surface area of the bubbles (must be small or they begin to restrict the flow) is much larger than the surface area of the overall fluid. Sounds weird, but it's true.
Actually, I do keep receipts for 7 years. Something my mother being audited 25 years ago taught me.
And no, their income isn't from moms/pops. It's from any and all people that they feel they can intimidate. That's why I decided to come work for the law firm I do now. It allows me to actually do something about the industry that's trying to do something right, but in a not-so-right way.
Being as I currently work for a law firm that is an advocate for businesses that are trying to fend off the BSA and we also offer audits (but not using any M$ product...), I felt compelled to write a quick note about this.
Software audits are becoming more and more common. The BSA announces targeted cities and conducts audits of businesses of differing sizes and industries. One of the ways to avoid a BSA investigation (audit) is to take a pro-active approach to software management practices.
Auditing all of your software and reviewing all of your licenses is the only way to ensure compliance with BSA standards.
The unfortunate truth of this is that it requires a very attentive IS department and/or an outside audit. This is what it sounds like the university in question is in need of (both, not either/or).
To date $68 million has been collected from companies (mostly through settlement) that failed to comply with BSA standards. As the problem of software piracy continues to grow the BSA will increasingly take a zero tolerance approach to this issue.
We know of no other firm that offers complete software management services on a cost-effective basis as well as the protection of Attorney-Client priveledge.
I've actually been contracted to do Geocities sites in the past to promote a movie dealing with cloning. The funny thing about it is, Art Bell spoke about the movie background very soon after I was contracted to do the extra sites.
Unfortunately, it was for a movie called Doppleganger224 and it tanked due to financial reasons about 2 months before filming was to start.
Kind of sucks, since Rena Mero (Sable) was to be in it.
But the sites? They were conspiracy theory sites. You know - the kind that are already all over Geocities. Seeded with exactly the kind of information that was spoken of in the article.
With the current trend of NASA going the way of every other government bureaucracy (bigger and costlier), what would you do to allow corporations to start in the space race as Japan has? Isn't that the easiest way to ensure that our science continues to grow into a competitive and first rate entity?
Ok. How small can you get a hybrid engine? You know - one of those new ones like they used for the new Honda Insight.
Is it possible to get a version of it small enough to fit in a back pack? Can you silence it?
I'm sure it doesn't have to be completely quiet.
At least not all the time. Just set it up so you can run off of battery some of the time. The problem with that is, DC motors are much larger and heavier. You could always use an AC generator on an engine or turbine. The problem is how?
Maybe you can set up a highly efficientelectrolysis reaction. That would allow you to create Oxygen for breathing and Hydrogen for burning. (I'm hoping that there is a safer way than the Hindenberg for storing H2 now.)
Power is definitely the problem. If that can be solved, I've already been looking into Servos. They can be activated into 2 different configurations - speed and power. Servo amplifiers for speed and servo reducers for power. Not as fast, but a buttload more strength.
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Oh, BS (not the degree).
Degrees don't mean near as much as the people that have them would like you to think.
I spent 8 years in the navy learning how to use analytical thinking. Yes, I worked as a Machinist's Mate in the engineroom. In the bilge. On Nuclear Reactors. But you know what? I had the exact same training the Electricians and the Electronics Techs did. The ONLY difference was that they had a couple more WEEKS of special training than we did in their particular emphasis.
If you take an interest in something, excell at it, and really love it (like the computer field), you can go anywhere you'd like. VERY FEW of my friends have any computer certifications or even degrees. And yes, most of them make far more than you need to to live. And ALL of them make enough to have their wife stay at home with the kids.
So, go out, find a good entry level job in the company you want, and work your way up like the rest of us did. Just show passion and interest. If you don't, you'll stay where you should. But if you show interest and heart, you'll go far.
Go for it!
I guess this explains my Megadeth obsession...
Ha!
I just got ahold of a working sx-64 (the breadbox c-64) from my wife's grandmother!
Pristine condition, everything there, and it's mine!
http://sx64.opsys.net/
This looks like a good upgrade though...
It's the same principle used in cooling nuclear reactors - deals with the Laminar Flow layer in fluids. Pretty simple actually. The surface area of the bubbles (must be small or they begin to restrict the flow) is much larger than the surface area of the overall fluid. Sounds weird, but it's true.
Actually, I do keep receipts for 7 years. Something my mother being audited 25 years ago taught me.
And no, their income isn't from moms/pops. It's from any and all people that they feel they can intimidate. That's why I decided to come work for the law firm I do now. It allows me to actually do something about the industry that's trying to do something right, but in a not-so-right way.
Being as I currently work for a law firm that is an advocate for businesses that are trying to fend off the BSA and we also offer audits (but not using any M$ product...), I felt compelled to write a quick note about this.
Software audits are becoming more and more common. The BSA announces targeted cities and conducts audits of businesses of differing sizes and industries. One of the ways to avoid a BSA investigation (audit) is to take a pro-active approach to software management practices.
Auditing all of your software and reviewing all of your licenses is the only way to ensure compliance with BSA standards.
The unfortunate truth of this is that it requires a very attentive IS department and/or an outside audit. This is what it sounds like the university in question is in need of (both, not either/or).
To date $68 million has been collected from companies (mostly through settlement) that failed to comply with BSA standards. As the problem of software piracy continues to grow the BSA will increasingly take a zero tolerance approach to this issue.
We know of no other firm that offers complete software management services on a cost-effective basis as well as the protection of Attorney-Client priveledge.
I've actually been contracted to do Geocities sites in the past to promote a movie dealing with cloning. The funny thing about it is, Art Bell spoke about the movie background very soon after I was contracted to do the extra sites.
Unfortunately, it was for a movie called Doppleganger224 and it tanked due to financial reasons about 2 months before filming was to start.
Kind of sucks, since Rena Mero (Sable) was to be in it.
But the sites? They were conspiracy theory sites. You know - the kind that are already all over Geocities. Seeded with exactly the kind of information that was spoken of in the article.
It happens more often than we think...
2001-01-04 02:58:32 Monolith leaves Seattle. Mysteriously... (articles,news) (rejected) You tell me...
With the current trend of NASA going the way of every other government bureaucracy (bigger and costlier), what would you do to allow corporations to start in the space race as Japan has? Isn't that the easiest way to ensure that our science continues to grow into a competitive and first rate entity?
Ok. How small can you get a hybrid engine? You know - one of those new ones like they used for the new Honda Insight.
Is it possible to get a version of it small enough to fit in a back pack? Can you silence it?
I'm sure it doesn't have to be completely quiet.
At least not all the time. Just set it up so you can run off of battery some of the time. The problem with that is, DC motors are much larger and heavier. You could always use an AC generator on an engine or turbine. The problem is how?
Maybe you can set up a highly efficientelectrolysis reaction. That would allow you to create Oxygen for breathing and Hydrogen for burning. (I'm hoping that there is a safer way than the Hindenberg for storing H2 now.)
Power is definitely the problem. If that can be solved, I've already been looking into Servos. They can be activated into 2 different configurations - speed and power. Servo amplifiers for speed and servo reducers for power. Not as fast, but a buttload more strength.
Just a few thoughts.