This has always baffled me about you Americans, you viciously and readily proclaim yourselves as a nation of citizens over state power and the freest people on earth, but every single time a thread like this comes up people say baffling things like the above. Why would you, a free and presumably upstanding citizen of the community call a public servant "Sir" - in a manner that's really a bit too close to groveling for comfort
There are 3 reasons.
We're not free. Don't believe the rhetoric.
American police have guns and trigger fingers. They've become accustomed to holding an elevated position in society and expect you to obey their commands. You don't test the police here. If you do, you will die.
Our laws and court systems generally favor the police. The court of public opinion usually favors the victi^H^H^H^H^H defendant. Guess which opinion wins? The one with the guns.
And, that is why you say to an officer Yes Sir, No sir.
Probably 99% of the web still shouldn't need Javascript or flash
I think that opinion, although quite frequently espoused on slashdot, suffers from a problem of framing current technology around past application models. Technology for technology's sake, such as Web 2.0 using AJAX/Flash, is not a wasteful exercise. Technology doesn't only stem from innovation; a good chunk of innovation stems from technology. The efforts with Web2.0 are leading to furthering the refinement of cloud computing and distributed, thick client applications--something which used to be quite difficult do.
You can still deduce one thing from the years of employment figure--the candidate made it past the initial cut of 1-4 months at the previous job. It's been my experience that firings due performance or ineptness occur during that time period. Someone coming off a job after 7 years tells you one of two things: they were a solid worker who was valuable to the company, or they managed to hide their mediocrity within the bloat of a large organization. A risk ranging between mediocre (average) to stellar is a better bet than ranging from useless to stellar, which is what you get with unknown candidates.
but of the general society as a whole) girls aren't nerds
Your definition of "nerd" is what makes your comment wrong. Nerdism isn't limited to science and technology. It also includes a person who tends to be immersed and deeply interested in literature, writing, philosophy, history, unusual hobbies & crafts, games & gaming (the non-video kind), volunteer organizations (ex: girl scouts), or collecting. I'm sure there's many more.
Nerds existed before modern computers, and it would be difficult for anyone to argue that a stamp collecting, philosophy neophyte, who loves calligraphy and maintains a private bee hive farm is not a nerd.
There are plenty of female nerds; you just have to take your "Intel Inside" PC colored lenses off.
It's been my experience there is complexity caused by the complex nature of a problem, and then complexity caused by the flaws in the design & implementation. I see the latter in the field far more often than the former. It's also the latter that causes the majority of busy work and grief.
It's not like you have a choice...
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It's really hard to sell yourself as a web saavy internet professional without a website or at the minimum online contact info. You'll be viewed as a dinosaur programmer if you don't.
IMO: unless you plan never to quit or be fired, you have to show prospective employers something. If the loss of privacy really bothers you, then withhold your street address and last name until you get a serious offer for a phone interview.
It doesn't do anything. True. But, it generates bad press and bad press applies pressure by way of embarrassment, which can trigger change. It's has a similar impact (although not the same) as waving a sign on the sidewalk.
So lemme get this straight.. you're sitting there enjoying your leisure time away from your employer on your PC, surely a side-effect of capitalistic business practices (because we know if you lived in China you'd be assembling parts right now), posting your anti-capitalist comment to an article which has described horrid working conditions and worker abuse going on inside a communist nation? You do realize China is run by the chinese communist party right?
Capitalism -> competition -> choice -> freedom to choose something better. This is not capitalism. It's monopoly plus corruption plus bribes.
Many firewall/routers run a highly stripped down version of linux.
Just a question.
I have 2 identical machines. One is installed with a recent linux distro using default options. The second installed with windows, also recent and using defaults. If I told you all your personal credit information was in the home directories of both boxes and that I intend to put one of those machines on the open network, but you get to choose. Which would you choose?
I agree linux is more secure, but item one is not proof of that.
And that one item is the topic: security.
There are more exploits for Windows because there are more windows boxes out there.
And then there are corporate and ISP networks. A much more enticing target because they house valuable information and bandwidth. Corporate servers count.
The fact that an antivirus program combined with a firewall is mandatory for any windows box (closed source) to remain virus free for longer than 20 seconds connected to the internet, whereas linux (open source) requires no such antivirus program, is experiential proof that linux is more secure.
Many firewall/routers run linux. If linux is good enough to protect your windows machines from intrusion, then a logical person would conclude an open source operating system such as linux is more secure.
I'm not talking about blowing through reds at 50 MPH. In this city, it's routine to get stuck in the middle of the intersection at low speed. There's lots of tourism here and pedestrians own the road. Like good lemmings testing the pedestrian traffic laws, they routinely step out in front of you, which often causes cars to queue up at/in/through intersections. The light cycles to red and then you're stuck with no where to go. Once you begin moving again the camera flash goes off. The second reason is due to the quantity of traffic. If you need to make a left turn, you will never get anywhere if you're unwilling to turn as the light changes to red. The third reason is people often draft behind you as you make that turn, which causes the camera to trigger more frequently.
But then, my car is still registered in a different state, which did not require (nor even offer) front license plates, so my car only has a rear plate. I routinely see the flash of the camera go off when I go through intersections, and I've never gotten a ticket. It appears that all the stop-light cameras here are rigged to shoot from the front of the car, not the rear.
The state I moved to requires front and back plates, so eventually I'll have to register the car here. When I do, I won't put the front plate up. Paying a ticket for a missing front plate is much cheaper than a ticket for running a red--a moving violation. When I lived in MO, which required 2 plates, I drove without the front plate for 6 years and only got 2 $30 tickets. At the time, I didn't want to punch holes in my front bumper.
Perhaps in other countries, but not the U.S. The Supreme Court decided (v. Prouse) that a discretionary, suspicionless stop for a spot check of a motorist's driver's license and vehicle registration was invalid
They don't need much in the way of suspicion. Did you really believe seat-belt and cell phone/driving laws were about saving lives?
So once they pull you over, if you don't show your id, you'll be hit with something along the lines of interference with an investigation, obstruction of justice, or resisting arrest.
Nice little set of ideals you have there.. too bad the biggest nation, from which these H1B's mostly come from (India), doesn't reciprocate. A free market is a 2 way street, not one way.
If you believe you are inherently more entitled to a job than someone from another country, just because you were born here, then you are a xenophobic prick.
Oh yes.. it's the American way to happily pay for corporate bailouts and cheer on those companies laying you off and bringing in your replacement via H1B, while you suck it up and head to the unemployment office. You know what? I think if anyone here is a prick, it'd be you.
By the way, your question works in reverse as well. What makes foreign workers more entitled to a job than an American paying for the bailouts?
Meanwhile billions go hungry. Tens of thousands die every day from malnutrition. But no I'm sure you're right there was no food crisis. That's why the UN didn't just have a FOOD CRISIS SUMMIT this summer.
He's got quite a bit of notoriety and he's among the top echelon of linux developers. He's also got unique skills and experience that's extremely difficult to replace. I know a few people with fewer qualifications at around 150k-175k. He'd have to be well into 200k range. I'd imagine 225-275k.
CVS??? Totally inappropriate. He's trying to control and track access to the documents not track changes. Once you checkout a doc from CVS, you lose control of access. The solution is using some form of DRM.
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There are 3 reasons.
And, that is why you say to an officer Yes Sir, No sir.
I think that opinion, although quite frequently espoused on slashdot, suffers from a problem of framing current technology around past application models. Technology for technology's sake, such as Web 2.0 using AJAX/Flash, is not a wasteful exercise. Technology doesn't only stem from innovation; a good chunk of innovation stems from technology. The efforts with Web2.0 are leading to furthering the refinement of cloud computing and distributed, thick client applications--something which used to be quite difficult do.
Afterall, the network is the computer.
They're stored on a remote server called YouTube.
You can still deduce one thing from the years of employment figure--the candidate made it past the initial cut of 1-4 months at the previous job. It's been my experience that firings due performance or ineptness occur during that time period. Someone coming off a job after 7 years tells you one of two things: they were a solid worker who was valuable to the company, or they managed to hide their mediocrity within the bloat of a large organization. A risk ranging between mediocre (average) to stellar is a better bet than ranging from useless to stellar, which is what you get with unknown candidates.
Your definition of "nerd" is what makes your comment wrong. Nerdism isn't limited to science and technology. It also includes a person who tends to be immersed and deeply interested in literature, writing, philosophy, history, unusual hobbies & crafts, games & gaming (the non-video kind), volunteer organizations (ex: girl scouts), or collecting. I'm sure there's many more.
Nerds existed before modern computers, and it would be difficult for anyone to argue that a stamp collecting, philosophy neophyte, who loves calligraphy and maintains a private bee hive farm is not a nerd.
There are plenty of female nerds; you just have to take your "Intel Inside" PC colored lenses off.
This is why I read slashdot. I had no idea cannabis plants were unisexed.
It's been my experience there is complexity caused by the complex nature of a problem, and then complexity caused by the flaws in the design & implementation. I see the latter in the field far more often than the former. It's also the latter that causes the majority of busy work and grief.
It's really hard to sell yourself as a web saavy internet professional without a website or at the minimum online contact info. You'll be viewed as a dinosaur programmer if you don't.
IMO: unless you plan never to quit or be fired, you have to show prospective employers something. If the loss of privacy really bothers you, then withhold your street address and last name until you get a serious offer for a phone interview.
It doesn't do anything. True. But, it generates bad press and bad press applies pressure by way of embarrassment, which can trigger change. It's has a similar impact (although not the same) as waving a sign on the sidewalk.
So lemme get this straight.. you're sitting there enjoying your leisure time away from your employer on your PC, surely a side-effect of capitalistic business practices (because we know if you lived in China you'd be assembling parts right now), posting your anti-capitalist comment to an article which has described horrid working conditions and worker abuse going on inside a communist nation? You do realize China is run by the chinese communist party right?
Capitalism -> competition -> choice -> freedom to choose something better. This is not capitalism. It's monopoly plus corruption plus bribes.
Afraid to soil your id. Aren't you. Your name "Anonymous Coward" is 100% accurate--both parts.
I noticed your sig.
You wrote a bunch of other stuff in that post but I didn't read it. Too busy fiddling with this reply thingy.
I said experiential because I meant experiential--not anecdote. I was not describing a specific incident or event.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/experiential
Just a question.
I have 2 identical machines. One is installed with a recent linux distro using default options. The second installed with windows, also recent and using defaults. If I told you all your personal credit information was in the home directories of both boxes and that I intend to put one of those machines on the open network, but you get to choose. Which would you choose?
And that one item is the topic: security.
And then there are corporate and ISP networks. A much more enticing target because they house valuable information and bandwidth. Corporate servers count.
2 points.
I'm not talking about blowing through reds at 50 MPH. In this city, it's routine to get stuck in the middle of the intersection at low speed. There's lots of tourism here and pedestrians own the road. Like good lemmings testing the pedestrian traffic laws, they routinely step out in front of you, which often causes cars to queue up at/in/through intersections. The light cycles to red and then you're stuck with no where to go. Once you begin moving again the camera flash goes off. The second reason is due to the quantity of traffic. If you need to make a left turn, you will never get anywhere if you're unwilling to turn as the light changes to red. The third reason is people often draft behind you as you make that turn, which causes the camera to trigger more frequently.
Typical city driving.
But then, my car is still registered in a different state, which did not require (nor even offer) front license plates, so my car only has a rear plate. I routinely see the flash of the camera go off when I go through intersections, and I've never gotten a ticket. It appears that all the stop-light cameras here are rigged to shoot from the front of the car, not the rear.
The state I moved to requires front and back plates, so eventually I'll have to register the car here. When I do, I won't put the front plate up. Paying a ticket for a missing front plate is much cheaper than a ticket for running a red--a moving violation. When I lived in MO, which required 2 plates, I drove without the front plate for 6 years and only got 2 $30 tickets. At the time, I didn't want to punch holes in my front bumper.
They don't need much in the way of suspicion. Did you really believe seat-belt and cell phone/driving laws were about saving lives?
So once they pull you over, if you don't show your id, you'll be hit with something along the lines of interference with an investigation, obstruction of justice, or resisting arrest.
Nice little set of ideals you have there.. too bad the biggest nation, from which these H1B's mostly come from (India), doesn't reciprocate. A free market is a 2 way street, not one way.
Oh yes.. it's the American way to happily pay for corporate bailouts and cheer on those companies laying you off and bringing in your replacement via H1B, while you suck it up and head to the unemployment office. You know what? I think if anyone here is a prick, it'd be you.
By the way, your question works in reverse as well. What makes foreign workers more entitled to a job than an American paying for the bailouts?
Billons. Hmm. World population is estimated to be in the high 6 billion range. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
I question your unsubstantiated "billions" figure.
The primary cause for famine and starvation is tribal feudal warfare and government corruption. Not the lack of food and not the lack of trying.
He's got quite a bit of notoriety and he's among the top echelon of linux developers. He's also got unique skills and experience that's extremely difficult to replace. I know a few people with fewer qualifications at around 150k-175k. He'd have to be well into 200k range. I'd imagine 225-275k.
Not everything must be proven with a confidence of 1.0
CVS??? Totally inappropriate. He's trying to control and track access to the documents not track changes. Once you checkout a doc from CVS, you lose control of access. The solution is using some form of DRM.