It's not that tech workers are looked down upon, it is that all support functions of a company are looked down upon.
If your companies business is tech support, the accountants would be looked down upon. If your companies business is accounting, then tech workers are looked down upon.
You'll never hear anyone praising the janitorial staff at a company unless you work at Jani-King.
The real problem is the desire for money outweighs (pardon the pun) the desire for a sane society, i.e. exercise, etc. Having a certain amount of hours off a week for exercise/relaxation and whatnot, I was just reading something about how americans have near the least vacaton time a year compared to other industrialized nations.
Then how do you explain the study "Unemployment, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and body weight in young British men" by SCOTT M. MONTGOMERY1, DEREK G. COOK2, MEL J. BARTLEY3 and MICHAEL E.J. WADSWORTH3? They found when british men become unemployed they get fat. Seems to me they have plenty of time to exercise.
Maybe there is something other than time off that determines if a person is willing to exercise - like desire. It is really hard for me to find the time to exercise because I don't want to. However, I can find plenty of time to play video games and watch TV on my time off.
"They don't care that Their gouvernement are watching theim."
According to the French Government, 50% of the people that are employed in France, are employed by the government. This means they are watching themselves.
Not just help desk, but what about the IT guys that are self-employed? Are they counted as gaining/losing jobs?
I know many self-employed developers that do contract work for large companies and wonder if they are are counted as employed by the company when they do a job and downsized by the company when the job is finished.
I've said it before and this seems to confirm it - entrepreneurs aren't good at rocket science. They look at government funded space programs, and see the redundancy as waste and the precision as bureaucracy. Then when they try and do space cheaper without these things, there are predictably explosions.
Exactly right, private citizens have no right or business being in space.
If it weren't for this "bureaucracy" (NASA's incredible precision, redundancy, and lack of explosions), where would Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon be today?
Luckily, the former Soviet Union also has a perfect record that started at Nedelin where only 126 people died when a rocket exploded.
China and Bill Clinton also had a problem with an Intelsat 708 where it crashed into a village, but we should just stick with the facts and blame entrepreneurs.
there should be a limit on how old you can be and drive, just as there's a limit on how drunk you can be and drive.
Actually, the minimum age to drive should be raised to around 44. That is the first time that the percentage of drivers that age equals the percentage of accidents they are in. For example, 16 - 19 years old is 4.7% of the driving population, but have 13.5% of the accidents.
Abacus? Not portable enough. I used a slide rule to cheat in math class when I was in school (they didn;t have calculators back then). Stupid teachers didn't know it was cheating, they figured if I could use a slide rule I must be "real smart".
Learning math on an abacus is very useful, you can visualize the abacus and perform complex math in your head.
It still amazes me that people in the USA put their kids in public schools and then complain when the government (local, state, or federal) does something stupid to help screw up the education system.
If you want control over your child's education homeschool and private school are the only options.
By the way, did you know the whole US public school system was designed to fail?
I'm selling buggy whips and chastity belts. I'm making a fortune! God, I sell one or two a decade!
If you were actually selling both those items in your store, you would be catering to the fetish market. If you were selling them on the web, they'd probably be in your top 10%, not the bottom 90% like your joke suggests.
Yeah, when you consider that the DOD unclassified budget is around $408 Billion, appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan are another ~$170 Billion and DOD classified projects are another ~$35 Billion.... in comparison, $300 Million is a *tiny* drop in the bucket. But $300 million might help some labs to avoid closing down...
As an engineer for the DoD I ask, what makes you think the DoD is not spending R&D money on science and technology. I am involved in a 5 year $300 million project (unclassified) that is doing R&D on alternative energy sources.
My project (and other DoD research programs that I know of) is not counted in "science and technolgy" funding, but is in the big DoD budget.
'What can I do to improve my privacy?' The answer is not obvious.
The obvious answer is to overthrow the government. Since that is not a practical or a desireable solution then the next obvious answer is do not send anything private via email.
Sadly, not enough people care about the loss of privacy rights to change this. Look at all the people that say "I don't care, I have nothing to hide."
Any of you ever put a pocket knife in... your pocket? Concealed weapon. Highly illegal.
I have a concealed weapons permet from VA and I checked theirs and other state police websites on the rules for knives. I found the following question and answer (not exactly, but close) on every website I checked:
What weapons are covered under the CCW license? Click here for answer
...Any knife other than an ordinary pocket knife or hunting knife....
The real source of road rage is not being able to say, "excuse me." It frustrates humans because we need to be able to express ourselves.
Several years ago, I read of a study that looked into this and there conclusion was the same as yours.
You can sort of test this yourself while walking. While walking down the street, step in front of another pedestrian (cut them off) and then keep walking, you'll hear negative comments. Do the same thing, but then apologize and the person you cut off will act like it was their fault.
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If your companies business is tech support, the accountants would be looked down upon. If your companies business is accounting, then tech workers are looked down upon.
You'll never hear anyone praising the janitorial staff at a company unless you work at Jani-King.
You mean like with the bar exam, cpa exam, the useless PMP exam, certified professional engineer, etc.
Other professions are tested, but it is before the job interview.
Then how do you explain the study "Unemployment, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and body weight in young British men" by SCOTT M. MONTGOMERY1, DEREK G. COOK2, MEL J. BARTLEY3 and MICHAEL E.J. WADSWORTH3? They found when british men become unemployed they get fat. Seems to me they have plenty of time to exercise.
Maybe there is something other than time off that determines if a person is willing to exercise - like desire. It is really hard for me to find the time to exercise because I don't want to. However, I can find plenty of time to play video games and watch TV on my time off.
"They don't care that Their gouvernement are watching theim." According to the French Government, 50% of the people that are employed in France, are employed by the government. This means they are watching themselves.
I know many self-employed developers that do contract work for large companies and wonder if they are are counted as employed by the company when they do a job and downsized by the company when the job is finished.
Yes they do, and they knew who fell for the scam.
I got into NASCAR because of the engineering and technology, I stayed for the chicks - that went home with other guys.
Exactly right, private citizens have no right or business being in space.
If it weren't for this "bureaucracy" (NASA's incredible precision, redundancy, and lack of explosions), where would Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon be today?
Luckily, the former Soviet Union also has a perfect record that started at Nedelin where only 126 people died when a rocket exploded.
China and Bill Clinton also had a problem with an Intelsat 708 where it crashed into a village, but we should just stick with the facts and blame entrepreneurs.
Or when breaking the law, don't do it in plain sight.
Actually, the minimum age to drive should be raised to around 44. That is the first time that the percentage of drivers that age equals the percentage of accidents they are in. For example, 16 - 19 years old is 4.7% of the driving population, but have 13.5% of the accidents.
20 -24 are 8.4% but have 14.3% of accidents.
If it's Raytheon that is writing the code, then 5 LOC for $35 Billion.
If the new company has someone with the same position/title as yours in the old company, start looking for a job.
Learning math on an abacus is very useful, you can visualize the abacus and perform complex math in your head.
I am sitting in a building now where all 800ish computers are running IE 6. No upgrades for us.
As a resident of rural southern indiana, why would I pay for broadband at home when I get paid to surf the net at work?
What kind of racist thinks Mexicans can't hear at all? I would think their incidence of deafness would be roughly the same as any other population.
It still amazes me that people in the USA put their kids in public schools and then complain when the government (local, state, or federal) does something stupid to help screw up the education system.
If you want control over your child's education homeschool and private school are the only options.
By the way, did you know the whole US public school system was designed to fail?
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If you were actually selling both those items in your store, you would be catering to the fetish market. If you were selling them on the web, they'd probably be in your top 10%, not the bottom 90% like your joke suggests.
My project (and other DoD research programs that I know of) is not counted in "science and technolgy" funding, but is in the big DoD budget.
Sadly, not enough people care about the loss of privacy rights to change this. Look at all the people that say "I don't care, I have nothing to hide."
What weapons are covered under the CCW license? Click here for answer
You can sort of test this yourself while walking. While walking down the street, step in front of another pedestrian (cut them off) and then keep walking, you'll hear negative comments. Do the same thing, but then apologize and the person you cut off will act like it was their fault.