I'm a junior in CS/Engineering at one of the top CS schools in the country, and I'll tell you for a fact that most internships/co-ops for friends of mine have been stuff like this. You HAVE to do some share of the dirty work before you can ever really get something interesting going. So you're doing testing, etc... big deal. Many of my friends do that 8 hours a day all summer at their jobs, and they have more than 2 years of a college education under their belt, not just most of a high school degree. You most likely don't have anywhere near the necessary education to do anything fun/engineering related just yet. Hang in there though, this will be great to put on a resume. "Yeah, I spent part of my high school years working for this great tech company, doing the kind of work I'd do for you guys. I've already got 2 years of experience over any other potential intern that you were considering." When you talk to the recruiters in the years to come, play it up, don't make it sound like you did menial little jobs. I'm sure if you do a good job, your bosses won't mind sending in nice letters of recommendation to potential employers. (or, for that matter, hiring you themselves.)
Just some advice from someone who's been there (well, actually still IS there...)
How much money can you *actually* spend researching fans like this? It's not like they're even really small, like those ones we read about not too long ago on/.. These are still normal sized, black plastic FANS. I'm not trying to say they don't have a legitamate case, but lets not let them hype it up like they spent $20 million on research or something.
I used to live in Brazil, and from what I remember, the homeless are a much different breed down there. For starters, most of the homeless that I know about here and grown men (and a few women) that don't have families "living" with them. Most homeless kids here end up in foster homes or with adopted families. Brazilian homeless are a little different, I think... there are a lot more entire families that are homeless (or, that consider a cardboard box their "home").
I'm guessing that most of the homeless people here wouldn't want a computer, or something like that. Most of them are on the streets because they're addicted (sorry if it seems like I'm stereotyping) to drugs, or plain just didn't enjoy the life they had when they had a home and CHOOSE to be homeless. I was a in a pizza place one time when a homeless guy came in and asked for a free slice of pizza. The guy at the counter felt bad, and went and got him a big slice of sausage and a bag of chips and a drink. The bum told the clerk he didn't like sausage, and that he wanted pepperoni. I couldn't believe my eyes... here was someone offering the guy fresh, hot food (mighty good too;-)) and he was trying to tell the guy he didn't like that flavor. Doesn't seem quite as needy as one might expect. Another instance... a friend of mine came across a homeless guy one day in town who was askin for money and food. When my friend offered to bring him to the nearby McDonalds and order him a meal, he said no, I'd just like a few bucks for a hamburger. I don't want you to take me there. AKA No, I just want a few bucks for some crack, I don't need no damn hamburger.
Which brings me to my Brazillian homeless story... when we moved into our apartment down there, we had a lot of big cardboard boxes left over. When we brought them outside, I swear there were like 15 little kids waiting to take them from us so they could run "home" and add onto their house. A LOT of brazilian kids are homeless, and aren't there by choice or enjoy it. I think they'd love the chance to get a computer somewhere they'd have access to it (school, etc.)
Seems quite different from Newt Gingrich's plan to give the homeless laptops. Here, our bums would probably just pawn it off the second day they got it and buy a years supply of crack.
Just a sidenote... a DEMOCRAT signed off on the design of that ballot. It was intended to get very large fonts on the ballot for the older people... but ended up confusing them in other ways. It's the old people's own damn fault they can't follow a simple arror. They've been voting in 12 or so presidential elections since they turned 18... you think they would have the hang of it by now, don't you???
Rose-Hulman, in Terra Haute, Indiana, has been doing something like this for a number of years now. They have just included the cost of a laptop with your tuition, if I remember correctly. There were options for upgrading it as the years went by.
yeah, well at least our school doesn't suck. who the freak cares what they ban us from... i don't live in the dorms anymore anyways. tough shit to the freshman that do though...
GO ILLINI
although, i will admit, it has been nicknamed the Screwniversity of Illinois, and I guess for good reason.
anyone else notice the email showing in the preview screenshot of the email attachment? just curious... kinda funny, because linux is immune to that junk.
man, if they made a feces translator hub that worked, i'd buy it too! just imagine... relief for yourself, a little extra power for your computer, about once a day!
Americans don't like to throw away things??? We like to throw things away more than we like big gas guzzling SUVs! Disposable cameras, fast food, milk "chugs", 20oz bottles of soda that cost more than 2 liter bottles... Americans are trash champs.
True, it's not *worth* $600k, but you've gotta make the sum big enough that it convinces the spammers never to do it again. That is how a lot of these rulings go nowadays. Look at the McDonalds/hot coffee suit... did it really do a few million worth of damages to that woman's legs? No. Did McDonalds learn their lesson? Yes. Would they have learned their lesson if they only had to pay for a little cosmetic surgery? Probably not.
You'd pay $100 for a yearly subscription??? Bands rarely release more than 1 album per year, that means you're paying between $50 and $100 per album... that's a little out of my price range. Subscriptions aren't gonna fly either.
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I'm a junior in CS/Engineering at one of the top CS schools in the country, and I'll tell you for a fact that most internships/co-ops for friends of mine have been stuff like this. You HAVE to do some share of the dirty work before you can ever really get something interesting going. So you're doing testing, etc... big deal. Many of my friends do that 8 hours a day all summer at their jobs, and they have more than 2 years of a college education under their belt, not just most of a high school degree. You most likely don't have anywhere near the necessary education to do anything fun/engineering related just yet. Hang in there though, this will be great to put on a resume. "Yeah, I spent part of my high school years working for this great tech company, doing the kind of work I'd do for you guys. I've already got 2 years of experience over any other potential intern that you were considering." When you talk to the recruiters in the years to come, play it up, don't make it sound like you did menial little jobs. I'm sure if you do a good job, your bosses won't mind sending in nice letters of recommendation to potential employers. (or, for that matter, hiring you themselves.)
Just some advice from someone who's been there (well, actually still IS there...)
i love free movies. my local movie theatre shows matinee movies for free in the spring.
i own my body, thank you very much. until i sell it for sex, of course.
Way to go U of I!!! Just read about this in our local newspaper... pretty cool stuff.
Yah, right, no performance hit. I've heard that one before. Nice try guys.
No mom, I can't get off my ass and do something, I'm paying to sit here!
What a perfect idea!
How much money can you *actually* spend researching fans like this? It's not like they're even really small, like those ones we read about not too long ago on /.. These are still normal sized, black plastic FANS. I'm not trying to say they don't have a legitamate case, but lets not let them hype it up like they spent $20 million on research or something.
I used to live in Brazil, and from what I remember, the homeless are a much different breed down there. For starters, most of the homeless that I know about here and grown men (and a few women) that don't have families "living" with them. Most homeless kids here end up in foster homes or with adopted families. Brazilian homeless are a little different, I think... there are a lot more entire families that are homeless (or, that consider a cardboard box their "home").
;-)) and he was trying to tell the guy he didn't like that flavor. Doesn't seem quite as needy as one might expect. Another instance... a friend of mine came across a homeless guy one day in town who was askin for money and food. When my friend offered to bring him to the nearby McDonalds and order him a meal, he said no, I'd just like a few bucks for a hamburger. I don't want you to take me there. AKA No, I just want a few bucks for some crack, I don't need no damn hamburger.
I'm guessing that most of the homeless people here wouldn't want a computer, or something like that. Most of them are on the streets because they're addicted (sorry if it seems like I'm stereotyping) to drugs, or plain just didn't enjoy the life they had when they had a home and CHOOSE to be homeless. I was a in a pizza place one time when a homeless guy came in and asked for a free slice of pizza. The guy at the counter felt bad, and went and got him a big slice of sausage and a bag of chips and a drink. The bum told the clerk he didn't like sausage, and that he wanted pepperoni. I couldn't believe my eyes... here was someone offering the guy fresh, hot food (mighty good too
Which brings me to my Brazillian homeless story... when we moved into our apartment down there, we had a lot of big cardboard boxes left over. When we brought them outside, I swear there were like 15 little kids waiting to take them from us so they could run "home" and add onto their house. A LOT of brazilian kids are homeless, and aren't there by choice or enjoy it. I think they'd love the chance to get a computer somewhere they'd have access to it (school, etc.)
Seems quite different from Newt Gingrich's plan to give the homeless laptops. Here, our bums would probably just pawn it off the second day they got it and buy a years supply of crack.
Just a sidenote... a DEMOCRAT signed off on the design of that ballot. It was intended to get very large fonts on the ballot for the older people... but ended up confusing them in other ways. It's the old people's own damn fault they can't follow a simple arror. They've been voting in 12 or so presidential elections since they turned 18... you think they would have the hang of it by now, don't you???
Well, in case that last one was a fluke, I just got 0.03. I have the reflexes of a snake. YAY!
I just got 0 seconds.
I don't know how... it was sort of an accident.
Click here for a pic of it. It didn't congratulate me though... damn.
0 seconds???
no linux? boo.
Rose-Hulman, in Terra Haute, Indiana, has been doing something like this for a number of years now. They have just included the cost of a laptop with your tuition, if I remember correctly. There were options for upgrading it as the years went by.
yeah, well at least our school doesn't suck. who the freak cares what they ban us from... i don't live in the dorms anymore anyways. tough shit to the freshman that do though...
GO ILLINI
although, i will admit, it has been nicknamed the Screwniversity of Illinois, and I guess for good reason.
anyone else notice the email showing in the preview screenshot of the email attachment? just curious... kinda funny, because linux is immune to that junk.
man, if they made a feces translator hub that worked, i'd buy it too! just imagine... relief for yourself, a little extra power for your computer, about once a day!
Hmmmmm........ I think I want the job of whoever gets to reassign these passwords. That's some nice money for grunt work.
Americans don't like to throw away things??? We like to throw things away more than we like big gas guzzling SUVs! Disposable cameras, fast food, milk "chugs", 20oz bottles of soda that cost more than 2 liter bottles... Americans are trash champs.
True, it's not *worth* $600k, but you've gotta make the sum big enough that it convinces the spammers never to do it again. That is how a lot of these rulings go nowadays. Look at the McDonalds/hot coffee suit... did it really do a few million worth of damages to that woman's legs? No. Did McDonalds learn their lesson? Yes. Would they have learned their lesson if they only had to pay for a little cosmetic surgery? Probably not.
You'd pay $100 for a yearly subscription??? Bands rarely release more than 1 album per year, that means you're paying between $50 and $100 per album... that's a little out of my price range. Subscriptions aren't gonna fly either.
I think I got this damn thing from comedy central's site. How does one go about getting rid of it???