Something else I forgot to mention. Every game will attract cheaters at some point. Whether they use aim-bots, server mods, or a friendship with an admin they're the same. There's a simple way to deal with cheaters; leave the game.
If you were in a poker game and you suddenly realized that you're the mark and you've lost the last 20 hands due to cheating, wouldn't you get up and leave? It's no different here. You gain nothing by playing against cheaters.
Just don't rely on it though. Heh. Some of the duds I've worked with were very knowledgeable with computer components and tested well on programming tests. The biggest problem they had was they coudn't focus, were uninterested in the work, complained endlessly about 3 AM pages, had an ego the size of a Texas, or simply overstated their work experience and sank like a rock when pressure was applied.
Women in practice rarely display the kind of commitment to work that men do. Women in practice rarely stay at a single job as long as men do.
You're probably not trying to be, but that comment happens to be insulting. It's also not reflective of my work experience. At least half of my coworkers weren't loyal to any of their jobs and switched when a better offer came along. Also the majority of uncommitted workers were men and subsequently didn't last very long. Of course, the majority of my coworkers were men to begin with, however a lot of men fail to see what a woman sees when she walks into a male dominated IT group. She's the outcast, an unproven element in a field in which most men believe they're superior to women. A woman can start on the same day as a man but her first assignment is a fluff piece, probably documentation or testing. The male? He gets hitched up with the lead developer working on the system's inner guts. A woman starts every IT job as an uphill battle so ALL the women I've worked with over-compensated by working harder and longer than average. Not harder than all men, but generally in the top 80%.
The reasons that women don't pursue IT are pretty obvious. A few of you touched on them very succinctly.
UserChrisCanter4 wrote:
According to Department of Labor statistics, for example, 90% of on-the-job deaths are men, and men work more hours both in fullt-ime and part-time jobs than women; Men will take the dangerous, filthy, and more time-intensive jobs because of the extra pay associated with them....
SadGeekHermit wrote:
Women are sensible. They want:
* Job security
* A living wage
* Reasonable hours that are compatible with raising a family
* Good benefits
* A nice working environment.
All of these things are available in plenty in civil service....
Anon-Admin wrote:
10. Women do not like to work 80 hours a week.
09. Women expect to be promoted and IT people do not get promoted.
08. Women expect benefits and maturity leave which is hard to do when on call 24/7/365
07. Women Like having family time, not getting called and having to run because the the company sees the server as more important than their kids. ....
All of those answers are pretty much dead on accurate, but do you want to know what's extremely irritating? I've used all those arguments in the presence of women who aren't in IT and the lash-back was severe. Even though I provided government stats, they still ripped me a new one. Facts or logic didn't matter. Why would this be so?
It's because a lot of women operate in a defense mode of "This is a man's world and I have to prove I'm just as capable and worthy" and anything that might imply there are genetic or cultural reasons why women would be uninterested in IT, long hours, dangerous or dirty jobs is assumed to be an attack meant to kick women back into line--stripped of power, robbed of decision making, and forced to be barefoot and pregant.
Of course merely recognizing gender differences is not an attack. Most of us inherently know there are real evolutionary differences. Women are communicators and men are hunters. The problem is NOT that women aren't pursuing IT. The problem is society seems to perceive communication, politics, and negotiation skills as worthless so this makes women feel less valuable and unappreciated. The response is to become motivated to prove everyone wrong (defense mode).
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of this topic. It doesn't make a damned bit of difference if IT is composed of 99.99% men. Society self-organizes for a reason, which often turns out to be the optimal, most efficient grouping. It's not anyone's fault. Not yours. Not mine. Not God's. Quit wringing your hands over it. Just recognize and appreciate the value of women and show some respect toward them in the workplace.
Super Walmart is a good store, however I've found that going to both Costco and ALDI are cheaper than Walmart especially if you wait for the Costco coupons and buy like 2 or 3 boxes of stuff. I have the executive Costco card ($100) and I've come out positive on the 2% rebate every year (usually $140 to $200) so throw in an effective free membership for me.
2.5 hours will be fine for quite a number of kids. Like someone else put it, not everyone is naked living in grass huts. A lot of these kids go to a public school building that has power. The point is that it's a cheap PC that's more durable than a standard Dell type of laptop that stops working after a single drop of water hitting the keyboard.
And two hours? After which point it must be plugged in? Kids in many if not most of the locations in which the systems will be used will not have access to an electrical outlet. I know this concept is amazing to someone who has never thought about life beyond the borders of the first world...
So. What was your expectation? 7 day continous operation? a month? Alternate power sources? Non-electrical computer?
That's the silly thing about computers. They're electrical. They require power. I think you expected there would be some sort of revolutionary advance in battery technology or power storage. The guy made a cheap PC. Solve one problem at a time. Either the kids get a cheap PC that requires power or they don't get a PC at all. Obviously, if they're learning about technology they're going to have a power source available.
And people wonder why Linux isn't adopted by common users. Maybe it's the constant "you're an idiot if you don't understand" mantra. Maybe they just want a product that solves problems instead of creating problems such as hours of debugging trivial things like email, browsers, editors, gui shells, libraries, media, etc.
If Linux users were so smart as many of you contend, it seems like they could make an OS that just "worked out of the box". You can't insult people and then wonder why they aren't welcoming you with open arms.
I have the ability to run Linux. I have in the past for several years and I develop on Linux. I run XP as a desktop because I'm tired of wasting time solving very similar problems over and over and over. I'm no different than the common public with this. Running XP doesn't make me an idiot; it makes me smart, because I chose the tool that throws fewer obstacles in my path.
There are indeed people who just don't get "computers" and they never will, but I also know quite a number of software engineers who can't find the oil dip-stick in their car. They're completely helpless when their car doesn't work. Do you call them idiots too because they can't tell you the difference between 10W40 and 10W30?
...if he had bought a cup of coffee and went to back outside and used his laptop from the car. The coffee gives him paying customer status, but he's also not using the wireless from inside the building. And, had he bought the coffee at breakfast but parked outside at lunch is he no longer a customer?
Umm, sorry, ignorance is not an acceptable excuse for breaking the law. He either did or didn't.
With that hardline attitude, no one will sympathize for you when you're carted off to jail because you innocently did something that violated an obscure, arcane, idiotic law that was bundled with other laws and quietly enacted when no one was looking.
That line only works when the law is understandable and consistent. It's not.
All of you are criminals. Merely questioning authority is grounds for immediate imprisonment. When confronted by an authority representative, you are expected to kneel, bow your head, avert your eyes, and beg for mercy.
As long as there is a law for everything, you will just have to accept your fate. You let it happen when you empowered government to solve all your social problems.
However, with that said, I do think the laws need to be tweaked a little. For example, there shouldn't be some silly age limit like say, I am 18 and my GF is 16. Her daddy finds out we "did it" and gets me nailed-to-the-cross.
Heather Shelton, a 22-year-old teacher's assistant at a North Carolina high school was charged with sexual activity with a 19-year-old student.
Only in America can sex between two consenting adults be construed as pedophilic rape and molestation. I also recall a 16 year old boy serving a 10 year sentence for sex with a 14 year old. Both were under the age of consent. I don't have a url for that one, but it was on night-time news. There are real victims being created by these insane laws.
Comparing literary works to musical works is very poor comparision. People listen to songs over and over, they don't read books over and over. If you hear a free version of a song, you'll be inspired to buy the song. If you read a book for free, you won't be encouraged to buy it because it's only fun when read the first time.
There are more differences:
* A book requires trememendous effort to write; songs can be written and recorded in an afternoon.
* A book is presented as a single unit, but songs of an album are played as individual units. Hearing one song can inspire a person to buy the album. The book equivalent is the chapter but books aren't marketable as chapters.
* The marketability of a song is in the live performance. Most of a performer's income is earned with performances, but writers rely 100% on publishing profits. One might say reading the first book for free inspires purchases of future books, but the problem is profit lost from a lost book sale represents a much greater percentage of income to a writer than would to a performer.
I'll let you "early adopters" work through all the bugs first. Meanwhile, I'm giving it a couple more years before updating. XP works fine (for the most part). I have no desire to plunk down cash for something shiny and new that I don't need.
If MS plays its cards wrong, I will update to Mac. As long as it runs Adobe Suite I don't care what the OS is. The only reason I haven't switched is due to my software investment. Updating to CS3 could be the time to switch to Mac. We'll have to see.
If you're really a MS employee, you should be working to convince us users not to switch. I'm the one holding the cash and I'm willing to walk. Heh. Heh. Heh.
All 6 of my co-workers run XP, and the remainder of my friends run XP or Linux. We're not exactly running old machines (well, I am sorta with a rebuilt PC). We just picked up new machines at work (all with XP). I don't personally know anyone who's running out to buy Vista.
It's like that old TV show TJ Hooker. It played for years so someone had to be watching it, but I never knew anyone who did. I never figured that one out.
I don't know about you but I saw this: 1 reply beneath your current threshold.. Before I clicked, I had no idea your post was about "free gay porn" or that you were homophobic.
They still haven't even picked up on the metric system yet
We (the US) do use metric. Saying we don't is a lie. We're just split between two systems.
By the way, when was the last time anyone in in the US went to the grocery store to buy a 2-quart of soda? You didn't. You bought a 2-liter even though both units are labeled on the bottle.
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I think these players are just being melodramatic...
They should try a new hobby--a less stressful one. Maybe stamp collecting.
Something else I forgot to mention. Every game will attract cheaters at some point. Whether they use aim-bots, server mods, or a friendship with an admin they're the same. There's a simple way to deal with cheaters; leave the game.
If you were in a poker game and you suddenly realized that you're the mark and you've lost the last 20 hands due to cheating, wouldn't you get up and leave? It's no different here. You gain nothing by playing against cheaters.
You know the game isn't real right?
....DOA or broken. Otherwise, the bin would have been pilfered.
Just don't rely on it though. Heh. Some of the duds I've worked with were very knowledgeable with computer components and tested well on programming tests. The biggest problem they had was they coudn't focus, were uninterested in the work, complained endlessly about 3 AM pages, had an ego the size of a Texas, or simply overstated their work experience and sank like a rock when pressure was applied.
Oops. That was meant for erroneus.
Dammit. I replied to the wrong poster. This one was meant for you.
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You're probably not trying to be, but that comment happens to be insulting. It's also not reflective of my work experience. At least half of my coworkers weren't loyal to any of their jobs and switched when a better offer came along. Also the majority of uncommitted workers were men and subsequently didn't last very long. Of course, the majority of my coworkers were men to begin with, however a lot of men fail to see what a woman sees when she walks into a male dominated IT group. She's the outcast, an unproven element in a field in which most men believe they're superior to women. A woman can start on the same day as a man but her first assignment is a fluff piece, probably documentation or testing. The male? He gets hitched up with the lead developer working on the system's inner guts. A woman starts every IT job as an uphill battle so ALL the women I've worked with over-compensated by working harder and longer than average. Not harder than all men, but generally in the top 80%.
UserChrisCanter4 wrote:
SadGeekHermit wrote:
Anon-Admin wrote:
All of those answers are pretty much dead on accurate, but do you want to know what's extremely irritating? I've used all those arguments in the presence of women who aren't in IT and the lash-back was severe. Even though I provided government stats, they still ripped me a new one. Facts or logic didn't matter. Why would this be so?
It's because a lot of women operate in a defense mode of "This is a man's world and I have to prove I'm just as capable and worthy" and anything that might imply there are genetic or cultural reasons why women would be uninterested in IT, long hours, dangerous or dirty jobs is assumed to be an attack meant to kick women back into line--stripped of power, robbed of decision making, and forced to be barefoot and pregant.
Of course merely recognizing gender differences is not an attack. Most of us inherently know there are real evolutionary differences. Women are communicators and men are hunters. The problem is NOT that women aren't pursuing IT. The problem is society seems to perceive communication, politics, and negotiation skills as worthless so this makes women feel less valuable and unappreciated. The response is to become motivated to prove everyone wrong (defense mode).
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of this topic. It doesn't make a damned bit of difference if IT is composed of 99.99% men. Society self-organizes for a reason, which often turns out to be the optimal, most efficient grouping. It's not anyone's fault. Not yours. Not mine. Not God's. Quit wringing your hands over it. Just recognize and appreciate the value of women and show some respect toward them in the workplace.
Super Walmart is a good store, however I've found that going to both Costco and ALDI are cheaper than Walmart especially if you wait for the Costco coupons and buy like 2 or 3 boxes of stuff. I have the executive Costco card ($100) and I've come out positive on the 2% rebate every year (usually $140 to $200) so throw in an effective free membership for me.
2.5 hours will be fine for quite a number of kids. Like someone else put it, not everyone is naked living in grass huts. A lot of these kids go to a public school building that has power. The point is that it's a cheap PC that's more durable than a standard Dell type of laptop that stops working after a single drop of water hitting the keyboard.
That's the silly thing about computers. They're electrical. They require power. I think you expected there would be some sort of revolutionary advance in battery technology or power storage. The guy made a cheap PC. Solve one problem at a time. Either the kids get a cheap PC that requires power or they don't get a PC at all. Obviously, if they're learning about technology they're going to have a power source available.
And people wonder why Linux isn't adopted by common users. Maybe it's the constant "you're an idiot if you don't understand" mantra. Maybe they just want a product that solves problems instead of creating problems such as hours of debugging trivial things like email, browsers, editors, gui shells, libraries, media, etc.
If Linux users were so smart as many of you contend, it seems like they could make an OS that just "worked out of the box". You can't insult people and then wonder why they aren't welcoming you with open arms.
I have the ability to run Linux. I have in the past for several years and I develop on Linux. I run XP as a desktop because I'm tired of wasting time solving very similar problems over and over and over. I'm no different than the common public with this. Running XP doesn't make me an idiot; it makes me smart, because I chose the tool that throws fewer obstacles in my path.
There are indeed people who just don't get "computers" and they never will, but I also know quite a number of software engineers who can't find the oil dip-stick in their car. They're completely helpless when their car doesn't work. Do you call them idiots too because they can't tell you the difference between 10W40 and 10W30?
Do you honestly believe this coffee shop wants this guy to be a criminal?
...if he had bought a cup of coffee and went to back outside and used his laptop from the car. The coffee gives him paying customer status, but he's also not using the wireless from inside the building. And, had he bought the coffee at breakfast but parked outside at lunch is he no longer a customer?
That line only works when the law is understandable and consistent. It's not.
All of you are criminals. Merely questioning authority is grounds for immediate imprisonment. When confronted by an authority representative, you are expected to kneel, bow your head, avert your eyes, and beg for mercy.
As long as there is a law for everything, you will just have to accept your fate. You let it happen when you empowered government to solve all your social problems.
You should look at this. http://crime.about.com/od/sex/ig/female_pedophiles /Heather-Shelton.htm
Only in America can sex between two consenting adults be construed as pedophilic rape and molestation. I also recall a 16 year old boy serving a 10 year sentence for sex with a 14 year old. Both were under the age of consent. I don't have a url for that one, but it was on night-time news. There are real victims being created by these insane laws.
Comparing literary works to musical works is very poor comparision. People listen to songs over and over, they don't read books over and over. If you hear a free version of a song, you'll be inspired to buy the song. If you read a book for free, you won't be encouraged to buy it because it's only fun when read the first time.
There are more differences:
* A book requires trememendous effort to write; songs can be written and recorded in an afternoon.
* A book is presented as a single unit, but songs of an album are played as individual units. Hearing one song can inspire a person to buy the album. The book equivalent is the chapter but books aren't marketable as chapters.
* The marketability of a song is in the live performance. Most of a performer's income is earned with performances, but writers rely 100% on publishing profits. One might say reading the first book for free inspires purchases of future books, but the problem is profit lost from a lost book sale represents a much greater percentage of income to a writer than would to a performer.
I'll let you "early adopters" work through all the bugs first. Meanwhile, I'm giving it a couple more years before updating. XP works fine (for the most part). I have no desire to plunk down cash for something shiny and new that I don't need.
If MS plays its cards wrong, I will update to Mac. As long as it runs Adobe Suite I don't care what the OS is. The only reason I haven't switched is due to my software investment. Updating to CS3 could be the time to switch to Mac. We'll have to see.
If you're really a MS employee, you should be working to convince us users not to switch. I'm the one holding the cash and I'm willing to walk. Heh. Heh. Heh.
All 6 of my co-workers run XP, and the remainder of my friends run XP or Linux. We're not exactly running old machines (well, I am sorta with a rebuilt PC). We just picked up new machines at work (all with XP). I don't personally know anyone who's running out to buy Vista.
It's like that old TV show TJ Hooker. It played for years so someone had to be watching it, but I never knew anyone who did. I never figured that one out.
I don't know about you but I saw this: 1 reply beneath your current threshold.. Before I clicked, I had no idea your post was about "free gay porn" or that you were homophobic.
By the way, there's nothing wrong with gay porn.
Your desire to misunderstand is showing.
It's just a contest. You're free to decide whether it's worth it or not. You're also free to decide whether the terms are fair or not.