When I was in undergrad for civil engineering, I looked for a computer related job on campus. I ended up in a doctoral research lab on campus implementing the code that the researchers wanted, but had little clue how to do. I got paid to do what I loved. Later, during a demonstration of some research for some corporate types, one of them asked who had done the implementation they had seen. They hired me away from the research lab. This put finishing my degree on the 8 year plan since I was mostly part time from then on, but was making money, learning lots, and having a good time usually.
A big part of getting a computer job is being able to say you have verifiable experience. Experience you can gain on campus can give you this. You just have to look for it. Going around to the labs, and talk with professors there. Some neat stuff out there. For example, my local four year has a lab just for doing human/computer interface, and nobody in there is a real coder. They might not have funds to pay someone, but I doubt they would turn away someone willing to work for the experience.
...is an exemption from senators and representatives from needing to be exposed to the TSA. It's already acceptable for them to be exempt from other laws us little people face on a day to day basis, so I can see it happening. No way that will be extended to the unwashed masses.
It sounds like this would be potentially life saving in a lot of places where doctors are not immediately available. Of course, having the necessary supplies for surgery are not always on hand, but having them at hand is cheaper and easier than lugging around a surgeon.
I can't agree with this. While the above description might fit a lot of people in the corporate world, it applies to many other people working in corporate jobs. I've worked a few places with some truly dedicated HR people that took pride in doing their jobs well and did. I would never have considered them stupid or having failed at everything else. Some people want a low stress 9-5 job for whatever reason...I can't imagine why. In fact, in my last big name tech company, I considered the people working a job like HR to have the brains, since they were reaping good pay and an incredible benefits package from the company, and home every night at 5pm. My engineering team was doing 60+ hour weeks.
I do agree that HR people should not be the entry into a company, since few have a clue about the skills they are looking for.
...is his first mistake. Once you realize that the country is run by corporate overlords, it all makes perfect sense.
I expect this round of the bill will get shot down. Then someone will attach it as a rider to some BS terrorist or child pr0n bill later in the year with little media coverage.
I would guess a main reason for the additional rainfall would be food production, and since China seems to export quite a bit of it to us (heavy metals and all), I imagine it'll be our problem as much as theirs.
If people can't use cash for transactions, it might encourage people to barter more. This is every govt's worst case scenario, since there is no records to collect taxes from.
I used vbox for several straight months doing quite a bit of Linux development using it, hosted on a Win7 machine. Other than missing a few nice to have features I could have used, like drag and drop that VMware has, I had zero issues with it. A lot of the features VMware has I didn't need, so stuck with what was working. The "crap" drivers made the VM as seemless as possible for me, and in full screen mode, was no different than booting into Ubuntu in classic mode (which is what I prefer anyway).
I'd really like to know how many people are genuinely affected by these issues. I can't imagine I'm the only one that had zero issues.
True. And if anyone knows how to bypass your phone's security settings and get your contact list or anything else it wants, then he's probably the man as well. Not that Facebook would be interested in violating your privacy or anything.
...nothing that really challenges our dependence on petroleum will happen. I really like to believe that we are forward thinking, and would through whatever resources were needed to make sure that our energy needs were met, but then I wake up and remember that the almighty $$$ controls everything that happens. If someone managed to genetically engineer a gasgrass, you can bet it will never show up until the last barrel of oil is pumped out of the ground. Even then, know that the oil companies will have a patent on it by the time you can buy it.
My informal statistical sampling of sitting on a bench in a mall near Atlanta, GA, told me that at least 75% of the people that walked by me talking on/texting on a phone had an iPhone. Admittedly, that area is rather affluent, but we are talking about a ton of people I took notice of. I often make a game of doing this while people watching; not necessarily cellphones, but other traits. I just happened to notice that a lot of people, even though they were with a group, were all paying attention to their phones and not each other. Depressing actually. Anyway, once I started tracking the phones I saw, the vast majority were iPhones. I was probably there close to an hour, and took a lot of samples.
My thinking at the time, was that if you just spent time at this mall, you'd think Apple had completely killed the cellphone market. I know that's not the case reading elsewhere, but purely on appearance, it seemed that way. Now I know that it simply could be that the people more likely to always be on their phones might like the iPhone more. Younger crowd maybe. I wasn't really paying attention to age. Blackberry users had to work on the weekend, etc. All kinds of ways the stats could be skewed.
Really, what do you expect from Sony. Given that I decided to boycott Sony and affiliated products a while ago because of their business practices, this will never matter to me. I suggest you adopt a similar strategy. After all, it's just a game.
Back when "streaming" was called radio, I imagine they were pretty happy with all the advertising they got, even if they did pay for it at times. Now there are enthusiasts creating radio stations and advertising for them, and these enthusiasts aren't getting a dime for doing it. They are even paying money out of their own pockets in many cases to keep their radio stations alive. I know I've found tons of music over the last few years listening to epicrockradio that I would have never otherwise found, and have purchased a fair amount of it in one form or another. Free fucking advertising, and these assclowns want to view this as a problem.
I wonder if this was a real problem before everyone started buying huge SUVs that they don't really need. I had never heard of someone backing up over their own kid until people started buying Excursions and Tahoes.
Makes sense. Half the soccer moms I see driving these things can barely see over the steering wheel anyway. Of course, if this will enable them to get out of a parking spot without making a 14-point turn, then maybe it's good technology.
I've actually found myself always needing to look up the exact syntax for Alpha, sometimes for even what I would think common tasks are, "solve for", "graph f and g", etc, because Alpha rarely seems to accept my "freeform" input.
This headline and "article" is another effing Slashdot sponsored advertisement.
Well, it's four times what my current car gets. Even if I had to buy premium gas at double the price (it seems to be ~20% higher usually), I'd save quite a bit of money. In fuel anyway.
I save money by purchasing cheap used cars. I'm betting I would have to drive the Mazda a long time before I ever broke even on the purchase.
I know that's been my general feeling. I was a huge Mac fanboy back in 84, and till probably 1990 when I had to switch to PCs for work/school. At that time, some of the Apple/Claris software was brilliant up to that point.
Every time I fire up iTunes, I have a WTF moment. Just the "Determining Gapless Playback" feature alone, which pretty much takes over the user interface, makes me wonder how come this "quality" has gone on for so long. Doesn't Jobs ever use iTunes? I'd think he'd go all Balmer on some developers there and get it fixed.
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When I was in undergrad for civil engineering, I looked for a computer related job on campus. I ended up in a doctoral research lab on campus implementing the code that the researchers wanted, but had little clue how to do. I got paid to do what I loved. Later, during a demonstration of some research for some corporate types, one of them asked who had done the implementation they had seen. They hired me away from the research lab. This put finishing my degree on the 8 year plan since I was mostly part time from then on, but was making money, learning lots, and having a good time usually.
A big part of getting a computer job is being able to say you have verifiable experience. Experience you can gain on campus can give you this. You just have to look for it. Going around to the labs, and talk with professors there. Some neat stuff out there. For example, my local four year has a lab just for doing human/computer interface, and nobody in there is a real coder. They might not have funds to pay someone, but I doubt they would turn away someone willing to work for the experience.
...is an exemption from senators and representatives from needing to be exposed to the TSA. It's already acceptable for them to be exempt from other laws us little people face on a day to day basis, so I can see it happening. No way that will be extended to the unwashed masses.
It sounds like this would be potentially life saving in a lot of places where doctors are not immediately available. Of course, having the necessary supplies for surgery are not always on hand, but having them at hand is cheaper and easier than lugging around a surgeon.
I can't agree with this. While the above description might fit a lot of people in the corporate world, it applies to many other people working in corporate jobs. I've worked a few places with some truly dedicated HR people that took pride in doing their jobs well and did. I would never have considered them stupid or having failed at everything else. Some people want a low stress 9-5 job for whatever reason...I can't imagine why. In fact, in my last big name tech company, I considered the people working a job like HR to have the brains, since they were reaping good pay and an incredible benefits package from the company, and home every night at 5pm. My engineering team was doing 60+ hour weeks.
I do agree that HR people should not be the entry into a company, since few have a clue about the skills they are looking for.
...is his first mistake. Once you realize that the country is run by corporate overlords, it all makes perfect sense.
I expect this round of the bill will get shot down. Then someone will attach it as a rider to some BS terrorist or child pr0n bill later in the year with little media coverage.
I would guess a main reason for the additional rainfall would be food production, and since China seems to export quite a bit of it to us (heavy metals and all), I imagine it'll be our problem as much as theirs.
If people can't use cash for transactions, it might encourage people to barter more. This is every govt's worst case scenario, since there is no records to collect taxes from.
I used vbox for several straight months doing quite a bit of Linux development using it, hosted on a Win7 machine. Other than missing a few nice to have features I could have used, like drag and drop that VMware has, I had zero issues with it. A lot of the features VMware has I didn't need, so stuck with what was working. The "crap" drivers made the VM as seemless as possible for me, and in full screen mode, was no different than booting into Ubuntu in classic mode (which is what I prefer anyway).
I'd really like to know how many people are genuinely affected by these issues. I can't imagine I'm the only one that had zero issues.
I probably won't be the first to say this, but seriously, fucking lame.
"...and a Buy 2 Get 1 Free pre-owned purchase."
So basically anything in the store then.
Run around with a shopping cart and swap out drives as they fail. Kind of like they did back in first computer days with vacuum tubes.
True. And if anyone knows how to bypass your phone's security settings and get your contact list or anything else it wants, then he's probably the man as well. Not that Facebook would be interested in violating your privacy or anything.
...that is a neat perk.
The iPad doesn't do anything with handwriting.
...nothing that really challenges our dependence on petroleum will happen. I really like to believe that we are forward thinking, and would through whatever resources were needed to make sure that our energy needs were met, but then I wake up and remember that the almighty $$$ controls everything that happens. If someone managed to genetically engineer a gasgrass, you can bet it will never show up until the last barrel of oil is pumped out of the ground. Even then, know that the oil companies will have a patent on it by the time you can buy it.
My informal statistical sampling of sitting on a bench in a mall near Atlanta, GA, told me that at least 75% of the people that walked by me talking on/texting on a phone had an iPhone. Admittedly, that area is rather affluent, but we are talking about a ton of people I took notice of. I often make a game of doing this while people watching; not necessarily cellphones, but other traits. I just happened to notice that a lot of people, even though they were with a group, were all paying attention to their phones and not each other. Depressing actually. Anyway, once I started tracking the phones I saw, the vast majority were iPhones. I was probably there close to an hour, and took a lot of samples.
My thinking at the time, was that if you just spent time at this mall, you'd think Apple had completely killed the cellphone market. I know that's not the case reading elsewhere, but purely on appearance, it seemed that way. Now I know that it simply could be that the people more likely to always be on their phones might like the iPhone more. Younger crowd maybe. I wasn't really paying attention to age. Blackberry users had to work on the weekend, etc. All kinds of ways the stats could be skewed.
Really, what do you expect from Sony. Given that I decided to boycott Sony and affiliated products a while ago because of their business practices, this will never matter to me. I suggest you adopt a similar strategy. After all, it's just a game.
I wonder who shows up at your door when you get really good?
Back when "streaming" was called radio, I imagine they were pretty happy with all the advertising they got, even if they did pay for it at times. Now there are enthusiasts creating radio stations and advertising for them, and these enthusiasts aren't getting a dime for doing it. They are even paying money out of their own pockets in many cases to keep their radio stations alive. I know I've found tons of music over the last few years listening to epicrockradio that I would have never otherwise found, and have purchased a fair amount of it in one form or another. Free fucking advertising, and these assclowns want to view this as a problem.
Steal from a few hundred million, get fat bonuses....
I wonder if this was a real problem before everyone started buying huge SUVs that they don't really need. I had never heard of someone backing up over their own kid until people started buying Excursions and Tahoes.
Makes sense. Half the soccer moms I see driving these things can barely see over the steering wheel anyway. Of course, if this will enable them to get out of a parking spot without making a 14-point turn, then maybe it's good technology.
Stories like this suck.
I've actually found myself always needing to look up the exact syntax for Alpha, sometimes for even what I would think common tasks are, "solve for", "graph f and g", etc, because Alpha rarely seems to accept my "freeform" input.
This headline and "article" is another effing Slashdot sponsored advertisement.
Well, it's four times what my current car gets. Even if I had to buy premium gas at double the price (it seems to be ~20% higher usually), I'd save quite a bit of money. In fuel anyway.
I save money by purchasing cheap used cars. I'm betting I would have to drive the Mazda a long time before I ever broke even on the purchase.
I know that's been my general feeling. I was a huge Mac fanboy back in 84, and till probably 1990 when I had to switch to PCs for work/school. At that time, some of the Apple/Claris software was brilliant up to that point.
Every time I fire up iTunes, I have a WTF moment. Just the "Determining Gapless Playback" feature alone, which pretty much takes over the user interface, makes me wonder how come this "quality" has gone on for so long. Doesn't Jobs ever use iTunes? I'd think he'd go all Balmer on some developers there and get it fixed.