I feel the same way. They can't agree on the debt-ceiling stuff, and the first week of August is only weeks away. If they don't come to a compromise, the chickenshit investors will scatter. The stock market is on pins and needles and is one crisis / disaster away from a massive sell-off.
Its a shame the financial stability of our country is now being based on transactions of completely imaginary value. Its not even like things of value are being traded. It would be different if companies valuations were based on actual real-world (TM) value, instead of all the exchanges basically being white-collar gambling, with those having the most money having the house advantage. Oh, and even though Joe & Jill Schmoe like you and me are being gamed for our money, of the house loses, Joe & Jill get to foot the bill.
When I was in college, I had a shitty job at a restaurant. I volunteered at a local software company during my off-hours to get resume experience, ~15 hrs a week. After about 3 months I had to quit because school and work became too intensive. About a month after leaving the unpaid internship (which I landed by just walking in the front door cold turkey and asking if they had anything open), they called be back and asked if I would come code for them (since I already knew the company way and the code base. It got me experience, out of a job I really despised, and now I could not be happier. YMMV. Of course there are places that will step on you, but there is merit to working for free. It shows that you are willing to commit to something out of passion and drive to learn the material and be a contributor, and that your not just in it for the money. Yes I know people are starving rah rah and shame on me for working for free, but common, this blog just comes on a little to strong. Do what you have to do to get a job, and if you feel like you are getting the shaft at your internship, SHOP AROUND. There is no end all be all and absolutes do not exist; I don't think you can paint all unpaid internships in such a negative light.
Cashin' out the chips and going home before the inevitable bubble burst. The press release makes it sound like a 'partnership'. Is that just hipster MBA speak for politely saying that we've just been completely bought and that lots uf employees will be hosed to keep the investors happy? Time will tell...
Agreed, coming from Public Safety, the requirement changes are so politicized its insane. Not to say SAIC isn't responsible for some/all of the mess, but I can say I know what its like dealing with mega-conglomerate counties/cities and their inconsistent demands. For $600 million, I think all of us here could have delivered something more than SAIC did though. I would code 22hrs a day for 2 years for that $600 million and make it happen, and then just coast:)
Gotcha, however I just don't see how the language itself is at fault at all. Ditching C# because new devs know other stuff, that's understandable, but ditching the language because of the language seems to be placing too much blame on the.NET stack and not enough on the million other aspects of the business.
I wonder how they will handle the translation from a C# sharp into something a bit more maintainable?
I know its cool to bash Microsoft on here, saying C# (or do you mean C##, must be new:) isn't maintainable isn't really fair to the language. Perhaps the project's (MySpace that is) overall structure is poorly designed, but that doesn't make the tools it was designed with unmaintainable. Am I missing something?
He's right. Front page of the article. Article is a trap BTW, mostly wordiness with some acronyms. Sorry Daniel P. Dern, but whaaaaaaaa?
Windows 7 Home Premium
JYR76-C9WTK-T8G7R-4V9D7-TY32J
And this generic fodder:
Other certification marks confirm that the device has been tested in terms of radio-frequency (RF) and electromagnetic interference (EMI). This includes ensuring that RF from cell phones, WiFI routers, microwave ovens, cordless phones, etc. won't interfere with the device's operation. Similarly, devices have to be tested to make sure they aren't emitting a too-high level of RF that could interfere with another device (like airplane navigation, or a heart monitor). Any device with a "radio" (including WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular, WiMAX) emits RF, of course -- and just about anything with a microprocessor can be an "unintentional RF radiator."
Was this written for People or was this written for folks in IT?
Uh, there's been a team of hackers doing that for some time. You may have heard about them.
Also, it takes a special person to make Wikileaks look like the adults in the room. Thanks for that.
WikiLeaks doesn't steal information! Get that through your heads! It is given to them and they publish it. Publish it! Publish! Not Steal. Not break into. You cannot compare these folks to WL.
Not so. Not everybody cheered. And not, it is not different. Unless your MSM, its different, but to normal rational thinking people, it is not different. Skip the generalities.
Let me tell you something, the only way to win is to not play. Whoever you vote for, it does not matter. Ron Paul could win, and this sort of shit will still happen. There are folks behind the scenes who pull the strings, and the presbo is just not that much of a power player. I voted for McCain for the same beliefs, but at the end of the day I realize that about all of them are all puppets on strings. It takes more than just voting for president to turn the country around. You have to start on the local level, your governor, your mayor, your state legislators, before you turn a country around. Changing one man, because that is all he is at the end of the day, one man--the president--will never do anything.
I took a Business Law class back in high-school. The teacher told a funny get rich story.
"There was a sign on a telephone poll that said 'If you want to learn how to get rich, mail me a dollar and I will tell you my secrets'. The poster had been there for weeks, and the house listed in the address field was a beautiful mansion. I sent in a dollar for grins, and about 3 weeks later got a note back that simply said 'Do what I do.'"
Either these guys are fucked and we are about to get rammed with legislation, or the government is pulling this off and we are about to get rammed with legislation. Either way the general public takes the red white and blue schwanze in the end.
As others have said, this article and many others are the primer for FUDing the public to allow the internet to be locked down into governmenland-net--or at least being to apathetic too care when it happens. OMGTEHHAXORS WILL RUIN US DONT FIX OUR NETWORKZ OR INTERNETZ JUST MAKE IT MORE SECUR LIKE DA TSA DOEZ AIRPORTZ!!!!@#!@#
I believe there is merit to that sentiment, but it would definitely be interesting to know the crime statistics comparing percentage of crimes committed by Canadian migrants vs total Canadian migrants, vs the likewise stats for Mexico. Our NICS/NLETs/NCIC system here isn't the greatest, but it does catch bad guys and is better than no information sharing. What is scarier here is DHS forming their own pseudo-army that is subject to fewer scrutiny than regular troops. As someone here stated before, DHS needs to rename themselves to the Dept. of Defense, with the current DoD renaming themselves to the Dept. of War./tangent
It is way less out there than the stuff much of the mainstream does talk about. Think about all the BS we do see that hits the news, all the FUD and games. This stuff actually has teeth and is seriously under-reported; there are folks who don't want their blatant screw-ups made public and they have been pulling strings. Business as usual in Washington.
Since then, officials from the two countries have been working behind the scenes on the details. The purpose of the negotiations is to establish an "action plan" on border security aimed at tightening protection against terrorists and easing the flow of cross-border traffic.
Last time I checked, our northern brethren aren't the ones causing the problems. Oh and if you're really interested in some BS, look a how the ATF encouraged fire-arms sales to the drug cartels. And how Mexico is basically New Afghanistan, with all sorts of fun brewing there. We're so worried about airport security, when behind our backs the terrorist cells are clamoring to proverbially hop the fence--they know the Fed isn't guarding it. Or maybe I'm just wrong and being a racist.
Cool story bro--check my other comments. It is OK to joke around once in awhile. I applaud your enthusiasm, but cool your internet rage down and spend some time analyzing my other thoughts posted here./feedingtroll
Just curious, does making explorer high-priority really help? I gotta think the windows process/thread scheduling algorithms would manage it pretty well behind the scenes, but if you've found something new, sweet? I always assumed whatever time-slice management they have behind the curtain would give explorer what it needs when called for, and that force prioritizing it would shaft your other processes unneeded for the fact that explorer isn't a heavy worker compared to some applications, again could be completely misguided on this one.
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Tell them to fuck off.
I feel the same way. They can't agree on the debt-ceiling stuff, and the first week of August is only weeks away. If they don't come to a compromise, the chickenshit investors will scatter. The stock market is on pins and needles and is one crisis / disaster away from a massive sell-off.
Its a shame the financial stability of our country is now being based on transactions of completely imaginary value. Its not even like things of value are being traded. It would be different if companies valuations were based on actual real-world (TM) value, instead of all the exchanges basically being white-collar gambling, with those having the most money having the house advantage. Oh, and even though Joe & Jill Schmoe like you and me are being gamed for our money, of the house loses, Joe & Jill get to foot the bill.
End rant.
When I was in college, I had a shitty job at a restaurant. I volunteered at a local software company during my off-hours to get resume experience, ~15 hrs a week. After about 3 months I had to quit because school and work became too intensive. About a month after leaving the unpaid internship (which I landed by just walking in the front door cold turkey and asking if they had anything open), they called be back and asked if I would come code for them (since I already knew the company way and the code base. It got me experience, out of a job I really despised, and now I could not be happier. YMMV. Of course there are places that will step on you, but there is merit to working for free. It shows that you are willing to commit to something out of passion and drive to learn the material and be a contributor, and that your not just in it for the money. Yes I know people are starving rah rah and shame on me for working for free, but common, this blog just comes on a little to strong. Do what you have to do to get a job, and if you feel like you are getting the shaft at your internship, SHOP AROUND. There is no end all be all and absolutes do not exist; I don't think you can paint all unpaid internships in such a negative light.
Cashin' out the chips and going home before the inevitable bubble burst. The press release makes it sound like a 'partnership'. Is that just hipster MBA speak for politely saying that we've just been completely bought and that lots uf employees will be hosed to keep the investors happy? Time will tell...
Agreed, coming from Public Safety, the requirement changes are so politicized its insane. Not to say SAIC isn't responsible for some/all of the mess, but I can say I know what its like dealing with mega-conglomerate counties/cities and their inconsistent demands. For $600 million, I think all of us here could have delivered something more than SAIC did though. I would code 22hrs a day for 2 years for that $600 million and make it happen, and then just coast :)
Gotcha, however I just don't see how the language itself is at fault at all. Ditching C# because new devs know other stuff, that's understandable, but ditching the language because of the language seems to be placing too much blame on the .NET stack and not enough on the million other aspects of the business.
I wonder how they will handle the translation from a C# sharp into something a bit more maintainable?
I know its cool to bash Microsoft on here, saying C# (or do you mean C##, must be new :) isn't maintainable isn't really fair to the language. Perhaps the project's (MySpace that is) overall structure is poorly designed, but that doesn't make the tools it was designed with unmaintainable. Am I missing something?
Windows 7 Home Premium
JYR76-C9WTK-T8G7R-4V9D7-TY32J
And this generic fodder:
Other certification marks confirm that the device has been tested in terms of radio-frequency (RF) and electromagnetic interference (EMI). This includes ensuring that RF from cell phones, WiFI routers, microwave ovens, cordless phones, etc. won't interfere with the device's operation. Similarly, devices have to be tested to make sure they aren't emitting a too-high level of RF that could interfere with another device (like airplane navigation, or a heart monitor). Any device with a "radio" (including WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular, WiMAX) emits RF, of course -- and just about anything with a microprocessor can be an "unintentional RF radiator."
Was this written for People or was this written for folks in IT?
Uh, there's been a team of hackers doing that for some time. You may have heard about them.
Also, it takes a special person to make Wikileaks look like the adults in the room. Thanks for that.
WikiLeaks doesn't steal information! Get that through your heads! It is given to them and they publish it. Publish it! Publish! Not Steal. Not break into. You cannot compare these folks to WL.
You must not be drinking the koolaid
Not so. Not everybody cheered. And not, it is not different. Unless your MSM, its different, but to normal rational thinking people, it is not different. Skip the generalities.
Let me tell you something, the only way to win is to not play. Whoever you vote for, it does not matter. Ron Paul could win, and this sort of shit will still happen. There are folks behind the scenes who pull the strings, and the presbo is just not that much of a power player. I voted for McCain for the same beliefs, but at the end of the day I realize that about all of them are all puppets on strings. It takes more than just voting for president to turn the country around. You have to start on the local level, your governor, your mayor, your state legislators, before you turn a country around. Changing one man, because that is all he is at the end of the day, one man--the president--will never do anything.
Then why do people keep metaphorically sending these people dollars?
I took a Business Law class back in high-school. The teacher told a funny get rich story.
"There was a sign on a telephone poll that said 'If you want to learn how to get rich, mail me a dollar and I will tell you my secrets'. The poster had been there for weeks, and the house listed in the address field was a beautiful mansion. I sent in a dollar for grins, and about 3 weeks later got a note back that simply said 'Do what I do.'"
Either these guys are fucked and we are about to get rammed with legislation, or the government is pulling this off and we are about to get rammed with legislation. Either way the general public takes the red white and blue schwanze in the end.
As others have said, this article and many others are the primer for FUDing the public to allow the internet to be locked down into governmenland-net--or at least being to apathetic too care when it happens. OMGTEHHAXORS WILL RUIN US DONT FIX OUR NETWORKZ OR INTERNETZ JUST MAKE IT MORE SECUR LIKE DA TSA DOEZ AIRPORTZ!!!!@#!@#
Those damn rate adjusters!
I believe there is merit to that sentiment, but it would definitely be interesting to know the crime statistics comparing percentage of crimes committed by Canadian migrants vs total Canadian migrants, vs the likewise stats for Mexico. Our NICS/NLETs/NCIC system here isn't the greatest, but it does catch bad guys and is better than no information sharing. What is scarier here is DHS forming their own pseudo-army that is subject to fewer scrutiny than regular troops. As someone here stated before, DHS needs to rename themselves to the Dept. of Defense, with the current DoD renaming themselves to the Dept. of War. /tangent
More sources my friend, each containing plenty of legitimate external links: http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/a-journalist-s-guide-to-project-gunwalker http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/a-journalist-s-guide-to-project-gunwalker-part-two http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/a-journalist-s-guide-to-project-gunwalker-part-three
It is way less out there than the stuff much of the mainstream does talk about. Think about all the BS we do see that hits the news, all the FUD and games. This stuff actually has teeth and is seriously under-reported; there are folks who don't want their blatant screw-ups made public and they have been pulling strings. Business as usual in Washington.
Since then, officials from the two countries have been working behind the scenes on the details. The purpose of the negotiations is to establish an "action plan" on border security aimed at tightening protection against terrorists and easing the flow of cross-border traffic.
Last time I checked, our northern brethren aren't the ones causing the problems. Oh and if you're really interested in some BS, look a how the ATF encouraged fire-arms sales to the drug cartels. And how Mexico is basically New Afghanistan, with all sorts of fun brewing there. We're so worried about airport security, when behind our backs the terrorist cells are clamoring to proverbially hop the fence--they know the Fed isn't guarding it. Or maybe I'm just wrong and being a racist.
Cool story bro--check my other comments. It is OK to joke around once in awhile. I applaud your enthusiasm, but cool your internet rage down and spend some time analyzing my other thoughts posted here. /feedingtroll
2002 called, they want their news back.
... and make sure you aren't about to shit a bomb into the public toilet at the gas station.
As a frequent traveler, I can confirm from the public toilets I have seen that this is already a common affair.
Just curious, does making explorer high-priority really help? I gotta think the windows process/thread scheduling algorithms would manage it pretty well behind the scenes, but if you've found something new, sweet? I always assumed whatever time-slice management they have behind the curtain would give explorer what it needs when called for, and that force prioritizing it would shaft your other processes unneeded for the fact that explorer isn't a heavy worker compared to some applications, again could be completely misguided on this one.