I think this is how many of the intelligent women I know see themselves. And none have found the tall dark stranger (and prolly never will). I don't really care until one of the hotter ones shoots me down (like she did this week). Then it's even more annoying that the fantasy fiction chicks..
Totally agree. And i think it applies to Engineering as well. At my first job, I worked in an Engineering group with some grey hairs and am still stoked on the stuff I learned from the older guys. They help bring perspective to a group and I think it's important to have a mix of young and old, just like it's good to have a mix of cultures in a team. It hampers group think and makes people look outside their own paradigm.
After an interview with an older Unix guy at my last job (engineering team at a web marketing company), my manager said "he won't fit the culture. He's just too old" about a guy in his 50s that was by FAR the strongest candidate we interviewed. Everyone else already on the team was int their 20s, arrogant, and lacking in skillz/understanding of the stuff they were working on. I had already seen some red flags, but that was the last straw. I starting looking for a new job the next day... And now that company is in deep doodoo, needless to say I'm not surprised.
I think what Apple has been doing in the courts recently goes far beyond "marginally unethical." I mean, the company is actively trying to stymie innovation in the mobile space, and this is after they have made BILLIONS of dollars off of other companies/peoples work (and much of their own hard work but that is beside the point). It is a public company, so being driven by profit and being too short sighted to recognize that they tarnishing the brand really isn't that rare or surprising. At this point, I only know one engineer worth his salt that is still on the iOS platform (out of dozens). Those that have jumped ship from Apple cite itunes, Apple's recent legal wrangling, and/or the flexibility of the Android environment (for users and developers) as their reasons for switching.
Maybe I'm just a weird case study but a year ago I could not of said that, and I don't think it bodes well for Apple when nerds are running from their platform. Just read the/. comments. The vast majority are negative regarding Apple's recent moves.
If you read the article in the Telegraph that I linked, the actual quote is:
"They (the Western powers) launched the myth of the Holocaust. They lied, they put on a show and then they support the Jews."
Whatever he thinks the West's motivations were, he says it didn't happen. To me, this is indicative of the man's biggest shortcoming, he thinks that he and Iran are the center of the universe. Everything that hurts him, or Iran, is a conspiracy. And he prosthelytizes these conspiracy theories to the entire Muslim World. He is intelligent and says these things calmly, like they are a matter of fact, so a lot of people believe him. It helps fuel the terrorist camps almost as much as our military presence in the region.
If by "perfectly fine" you mean the saudis are ruled by a thinly veiled, US controlled, monarchical dictatorship, then sure our relations are perfectly fine.
I'm not sure how "the holocaust never happened" quote can be taken out of context or mistranslated either.
Iran is essentially ruled by Imams and a mishmash of Islamic leaders. Without oil money, savvy global political scheming, and a technology influx, the country would be quickly spinning into a dark age. I expect that to happen eventually anyway as long as they continue to be ruled by a non-secular government. History has proven time and time again that allowing faith to interfere or dominate government does not bode well for a nation's (or her citizens) future.
Totally agree with your idea about professional drivers and public transportation (really I never thought about it before, but it makes a lot of sense), with one caveat.
I think anyone should be allowed to get a license to ride a motorcycle for a reasonable fee (and probably more vigorous test than we currently have). I think the ability to hop on a private, personal, transport device is an important freedom that most Americans under-appreciate.
Seems to me that this will end up being good for nuclear power.
In all likely hood, security will now get better, no radiation was leaked, and nothing was blown up. Not only that, but some greenpeace protesters will probably get lumped in with terrorists as far as law enforcement is concerned from now on. Overall, I'd say greenpeace is doing Nuclear Regulatory Commission work for them...
I had a friend that worked on MMS messaging backend services for a couple of large cell carriers 5+ years ago. Lets just say that when your girl sends a pic of her rack, you aren't necessarily the only one that sees it.
Same goes for anything on a corporate network or in "the cloud."
Sure the privacy agreement that legal drew up says one thing, and the company is going to adhere on paper, but in practice things rarely work out that way.
I have been trying to get non-tach savvy roommates on the Harmony One bandwagon for over a year unsuccessfully. And to be honest, I just want a cheap old universal remote again. The Harmony is a big PITA to setup and always gets into weird states where my roommates usually give up and start unplugging things.
So he's gifted now? Because the parent only said "the kid's smart."
I'm smart. So are a lot of the people on/. Should we all have taken accelerated schooling, away from our friends and peers? Should we all have been spared social interaction with people our same age that might not have appreciated our brilliance?
The chance this kid has overzealous parents seems FAR more likely than he is some sort of one in a million super genius.
How does Zynga even know this 16 year old exists? Is his resume on linked in or something?
Seems like the parents are pushing this kid kinda hard to begin with... Why would you even try and send a 16 year old into a program designed for college students?
Lets say the 10,000 people have access to the system, and they rape as often as the average US citizen (88,097 of 300 million). Since 10,000 creepy feds is.003% of the total US population we can calculate.00003 (percentage of citizens with access) X 88097 (rapes for all of USofA) = 2.64 rapes per year
So around 3 rapes a year to help stop terrorism. I guess that's a judgement call eh?
And then there are the hundreds of other crimes that can be committed against you and your family by someone with access, not to mention the general loss of privacy and liberty that Americans have traditionally enjoyed, and under appreciated (like, ahem, an open internet).
To me, its not worth it. But I'm just one voter with libertarian leanings. Judging by the change in tone of the comments on here over the last year with old UIDs, I think the/. crowd is starting to run scared and cowtow to the man. Maybe that's part of the reason why taco bounced. Just yesterday I saw a post modded +5 that said "and lets face it, all libertarians are either just plain crazy or sociopaths." How is that not flamebait????
I remember a time when the/. crowd was mostly skeptics regarding global warming, hybrid vehicles, recycling, etc...
That was about 3 years ago.
I wonder if things have changed because people have changed their minds, or if the/. crowd has gone through a transition.
Personally, I'm still skeptical of claims I can't personally quantify. And I haven't been able to quantify global warming or the/. crowd yet, but I feel like I'm getting closer to figuring out the latter. When that happens, I guess I'll stop commenting.
Umm, the current forward dividend rate is $0.80 per share. So if you hold $100k of of MS stock, you stand to make $3076 this year, or around 3% for doing nothing but owning a small piece of the company. That's not bad considering this economy. And if you don't like it... Sell! Sell! Sell!
I went out with a girl that was an IP lawyer in 2009. She was ambitious, educated, and decent looking. After she told me what she did, I made a couple jokes about being evil but kept things cordial and let her pay for dinner. Then we went back to her place and I hate f*cked her. Then I left and never answered her calls or talked to her again.
I saw her at a bar 2 years later with some friends and a douche bag. I nicely said hello and asked if she was still working for the devil. She gave me a dirty look and they all left.
I don't think you can really compare a 4th gen TI OMAP processoer with a built in GPU and ARM instruction set to an Intel PIII with MMX/SSE instruction sets.
However, if we look at raw flops... The TI in a RAZR is capable of 4.8Gflops, a little less than 1/2 a P4 at 3.0Ghz and around 4x that of a 1Ghz PIII (don't have exact numbers on me, but the PIII was first processor to break 1Gflop barrier). And if you consider power requirements, heat signature, and cost per unit, the disparity is far greater. Back ins 2000, 1Gflop cost about $1000 in computing hardware. As we approach the year 2012, 1Gflop cost is nearing $1 of hardware (and huge savings in power usage). That is pretty amazing to me.
So yeah. Comparing a TI OMAP processor to a PII is retarded. Good thing it was only an anonymous coward...
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You used your vacation and was fired two weeks later this year???
Dude it's January 12th...
Meh, she probably wasn't a contributor. Or she has a really shitty boss. Either way, sounds like she should work somewhere else.
when you follow the two hour rule.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/business/two-hour-rule.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ
Yeah. Then our government will get things done!
I think this is how many of the intelligent women I know see themselves. And none have found the tall dark stranger (and prolly never will). I don't really care until one of the hotter ones shoots me down (like she did this week). Then it's even more annoying that the fantasy fiction chicks..
Totally agree. And i think it applies to Engineering as well. At my first job, I worked in an Engineering group with some grey hairs and am still stoked on the stuff I learned from the older guys. They help bring perspective to a group and I think it's important to have a mix of young and old, just like it's good to have a mix of cultures in a team. It hampers group think and makes people look outside their own paradigm.
After an interview with an older Unix guy at my last job (engineering team at a web marketing company), my manager said "he won't fit the culture. He's just too old" about a guy in his 50s that was by FAR the strongest candidate we interviewed. Everyone else already on the team was int their 20s, arrogant, and lacking in skillz/understanding of the stuff they were working on. I had already seen some red flags, but that was the last straw. I starting looking for a new job the next day... And now that company is in deep doodoo, needless to say I'm not surprised.
I think what Apple has been doing in the courts recently goes far beyond "marginally unethical." I mean, the company is actively trying to stymie innovation in the mobile space, and this is after they have made BILLIONS of dollars off of other companies/peoples work (and much of their own hard work but that is beside the point). It is a public company, so being driven by profit and being too short sighted to recognize that they tarnishing the brand really isn't that rare or surprising. At this point, I only know one engineer worth his salt that is still on the iOS platform (out of dozens). Those that have jumped ship from Apple cite itunes, Apple's recent legal wrangling, and/or the flexibility of the Android environment (for users and developers) as their reasons for switching.
/. comments. The vast majority are negative regarding Apple's recent moves.
Maybe I'm just a weird case study but a year ago I could not of said that, and I don't think it bodes well for Apple when nerds are running from their platform. Just read the
If you read the article in the Telegraph that I linked, the actual quote is:
"They (the Western powers) launched the myth of the Holocaust. They lied, they put on a show and then they support the Jews."
Whatever he thinks the West's motivations were, he says it didn't happen. To me, this is indicative of the man's biggest shortcoming, he thinks that he and Iran are the center of the universe. Everything that hurts him, or Iran, is a conspiracy. And he prosthelytizes these conspiracy theories to the entire Muslim World. He is intelligent and says these things calmly, like they are a matter of fact, so a lot of people believe him. It helps fuel the terrorist camps almost as much as our military presence in the region.
If by "perfectly fine" you mean the saudis are ruled by a thinly veiled, US controlled, monarchical dictatorship, then sure our relations are perfectly fine.
I'm not sure how "the holocaust never happened" quote can be taken out of context or mistranslated either.
Iran is essentially ruled by Imams and a mishmash of Islamic leaders. Without oil money, savvy global political scheming, and a technology influx, the country would be quickly spinning into a dark age. I expect that to happen eventually anyway as long as they continue to be ruled by a non-secular government. History has proven time and time again that allowing faith to interfere or dominate government does not bode well for a nation's (or her citizens) future.
Totally agree with your idea about professional drivers and public transportation (really I never thought about it before, but it makes a lot of sense), with one caveat.
I think anyone should be allowed to get a license to ride a motorcycle for a reasonable fee (and probably more vigorous test than we currently have). I think the ability to hop on a private, personal, transport device is an important freedom that most Americans under-appreciate.
How is the United States supposed to build "good relations" with this kinda crap?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8022125/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-his-outlandish-quotes.html
Seems to me that this will end up being good for nuclear power.
In all likely hood, security will now get better, no radiation was leaked, and nothing was blown up. Not only that, but some greenpeace protesters will probably get lumped in with terrorists as far as law enforcement is concerned from now on. Overall, I'd say greenpeace is doing Nuclear Regulatory Commission work for them...
I had a friend that worked on MMS messaging backend services for a couple of large cell carriers 5+ years ago. Lets just say that when your girl sends a pic of her rack, you aren't necessarily the only one that sees it.
Same goes for anything on a corporate network or in "the cloud."
Sure the privacy agreement that legal drew up says one thing, and the company is going to adhere on paper, but in practice things rarely work out that way.
I hear you about smart remotes man.
I have been trying to get non-tach savvy roommates on the Harmony One bandwagon for over a year unsuccessfully. And to be honest, I just want a cheap old universal remote again. The Harmony is a big PITA to setup and always gets into weird states where my roommates usually give up and start unplugging things.
Lolz.
So he's gifted now? Because the parent only said "the kid's smart."
/. Should we all have taken accelerated schooling, away from our friends and peers? Should we all have been spared social interaction with people our same age that might not have appreciated our brilliance?
I'm smart. So are a lot of the people on
The chance this kid has overzealous parents seems FAR more likely than he is some sort of one in a million super genius.
How does Zynga even know this 16 year old exists? Is his resume on linked in or something?
Seems like the parents are pushing this kid kinda hard to begin with... Why would you even try and send a 16 year old into a program designed for college students?
Take a deep breath. Slow down. Relax.
Lets say the 10,000 people have access to the system, and they rape as often as the average US citizen (88,097 of 300 million). Since 10,000 creepy feds is .003% of the total US population we can calculate .00003 (percentage of citizens with access) X 88097 (rapes for all of USofA) = 2.64 rapes per year
/. crowd is starting to run scared and cowtow to the man. Maybe that's part of the reason why taco bounced. Just yesterday I saw a post modded +5 that said "and lets face it, all libertarians are either just plain crazy or sociopaths." How is that not flamebait????
So around 3 rapes a year to help stop terrorism. I guess that's a judgement call eh?
And then there are the hundreds of other crimes that can be committed against you and your family by someone with access, not to mention the general loss of privacy and liberty that Americans have traditionally enjoyed, and under appreciated (like, ahem, an open internet).
To me, its not worth it. But I'm just one voter with libertarian leanings. Judging by the change in tone of the comments on here over the last year with old UIDs, I think the
I remember a time when the /. crowd was mostly skeptics regarding global warming, hybrid vehicles, recycling, etc...
/. crowd has gone through a transition.
/. crowd yet, but I feel like I'm getting closer to figuring out the latter. When that happens, I guess I'll stop commenting.
That was about 3 years ago.
I wonder if things have changed because people have changed their minds, or if the
Personally, I'm still skeptical of claims I can't personally quantify. And I haven't been able to quantify global warming or the
Please define "worked" inregards to Egypt and Tunisia. Last I heard they are in a world of shit since they deposed their governments...
Sell! Sell! Sell! :)
Wand what bank do you use???
Umm, the current forward dividend rate is $0.80 per share. So if you hold $100k of of MS stock, you stand to make $3076 this year, or around 3% for doing nothing but owning a small piece of the company. That's not bad considering this economy. And if you don't like it... Sell! Sell! Sell!
I went out with a girl that was an IP lawyer in 2009. She was ambitious, educated, and decent looking. After she told me what she did, I made a couple jokes about being evil but kept things cordial and let her pay for dinner. Then we went back to her place and I hate f*cked her. Then I left and never answered her calls or talked to her again.
:)
I saw her at a bar 2 years later with some friends and a douche bag. I nicely said hello and asked if she was still working for the devil. She gave me a dirty look and they all left.
Score 2 points for innovation!
I don't think you can really compare a 4th gen TI OMAP processoer with a built in GPU and ARM instruction set to an Intel PIII with MMX/SSE instruction sets.
However, if we look at raw flops... The TI in a RAZR is capable of 4.8Gflops, a little less than 1/2 a P4 at 3.0Ghz and around 4x that of a 1Ghz PIII (don't have exact numbers on me, but the PIII was first processor to break 1Gflop barrier). And if you consider power requirements, heat signature, and cost per unit, the disparity is far greater. Back ins 2000, 1Gflop cost about $1000 in computing hardware. As we approach the year 2012, 1Gflop cost is nearing $1 of hardware (and huge savings in power usage). That is pretty amazing to me.
So yeah. Comparing a TI OMAP processor to a PII is retarded. Good thing it was only an anonymous coward...