Yes, as OmegaGeek also points out, Shatner was in fact part of the Stratford festival theatre, not any Toronto Shakespearean company that I'm aware of. I should know, I'm from Stratford originally. The quality of theatre presented there is excellent and I highly encourage people to check it out if they are ever presented with the opportunity. The upcoming season looks excellent.
Ballmer was actually a little harsh toward Microsoft in the article, assuming that he wasn't misquoted or the comments weren't taken out of context. I'm not saying that it was undeservedly harsh -- not at all! I was just surprised that he was that blunt.
Okay, teraflops mean nothing to me. My puny brain can't handle it. Just tell me how fast it can compile the latest kernel!
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I recommend swallows. African swallows. They taste better.
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The thing that you're overlooking is that employers, especially in large companies that get many applications per day, end up scanning hard copies and then running them through electronic filters to do an initial sorting of potential applicants.
What do you think is easier, printing resumes or scanning them and running them through character recognition software? The point is arguable, but I'd personally opt for printing them.
It's important to get informationout as quickly as possible, especially medical or scientific knowledge that can be quickly applied for our betterment. That said, peer review is incredibly important to ensure that the information being disseminated isn't MISinformation.
I'm another that disagrees with the statement regarding math requirements. Our CS degrees were very math-based. After all, pure CS is a math-intensive endeavour. Actually, CS is a department of the math faculty where I went to university. More importantly, however, the TYPE of math that we did was different. Both faculties were very math intensive, but we did much more in the area of proofs and theory than the engineers did.
Well, after having gone through the co-op process at my university, I've learned a few things. The first is that companies hire co-ops as cheap labour. It's a fact of life and now, as owner of a company myself, I understand why that is...companies make money off their people as well as their products.
The second thing I learned is that you can affect your experience and make it positive, even if you find the company you're working for isn't being terribly helpful. First, make your supervisor aware that you're available for a larger workload, or suggest that you have some ideas on project X. Suggest, tactfully, that you feel you have talents that can be used in other areas as well.
Also, be aware of what is happening in other areas of the company, since if you really are being under-utilized, maybe the reason is that there just isn't the work where you are in the company. Maybe there is in other departments that interest you! If so, suggest a transfer or ask the director of the other area if there is a small project you could make some inroads on. DON'T go behind your manager's back to do this -- it's a politics thing.
Remember, too, that companies need time to feel out your skill set and to build trust in your abilities. Good managers (i.e. non-pointy-haired) watch their people perform even the menial tasks and gauge efficiency and reliability BEFORE assigning them to juicy tasks. Be efficient and be reliable with the tasks you are given. Maybe you'll notice the work you're assigned changing to things of more interest to you.
If all of this fails, and you finish out your co-op term unsatisfied, just understand that there are jobs like that. Not everyone likes every environment, even if it is "in their field". I personally can't stand corporate IT departments and will never work in one again. But that doesn't mean it's not right for somebody else. Co-op is about learning where you ARE meant to be and if you can at least take that much information out of your work term, then it hasn't been a loss.
What you might have seen on the scifi channel was Invasion America, done in a quasi-anime style by Steven Spielberg. I'm a big fan of anime and thoroughly enjoyed this series, although of course it did have an American twist to it. As I recall, it first aired (at least here in Canada) about 2 years ago as a 6 episode series. Dreamworks has the rights to the show, but as far as I know, there are no plans to release it on tape or dvd. There are also at least two Invasion American books by Christie Golden that I believe are based on the movie (not the other way around). The story does involve hostile aliens taking over earth, but it has its own unique twists as well.
That wasn't actually Scully's head. It was the head of the programmer gal who created the killing female as her "goddess". I think it was supposed to demonstrate her acceptance of herself or some such.
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Yes, as OmegaGeek also points out, Shatner was in fact part of the Stratford festival theatre, not any Toronto Shakespearean company that I'm aware of. I should know, I'm from Stratford originally. The quality of theatre presented there is excellent and I highly encourage people to check it out if they are ever presented with the opportunity. The upcoming season looks excellent.
Ballmer was actually a little harsh toward Microsoft in the article, assuming that he wasn't misquoted or the comments weren't taken out of context. I'm not saying that it was undeservedly harsh -- not at all! I was just surprised that he was that blunt.
Okay, so from where does the power come for this thing? Hehe ... brings up the question: Where do they embed a battery? I shudder to think. *shudder*
Okay, teraflops mean nothing to me. My puny brain can't handle it. Just tell me how fast it can compile the latest kernel!
Heh.
I recommend swallows. African swallows. They taste better.
The thing that you're overlooking is that employers, especially in large companies that get many applications per day, end up scanning hard copies and then running them through electronic filters to do an initial sorting of potential applicants.
What do you think is easier, printing resumes or scanning them and running them through character recognition software? The point is arguable, but I'd personally opt for printing them.
It's important to get informationout as quickly as possible, especially medical or scientific knowledge that can be quickly applied for our betterment. That said, peer review is incredibly important to ensure that the information being disseminated isn't MISinformation.
That's my brief 2 cents.
I'm another that disagrees with the statement regarding math requirements. Our CS degrees were very math-based. After all, pure CS is a math-intensive endeavour. Actually, CS is a department of the math faculty where I went to university. More importantly, however, the TYPE of math that we did was different. Both faculties were very math intensive, but we did much more in the area of proofs and theory than the engineers did.
Well, after having gone through the co-op process at my university, I've learned a few things. The first is that companies hire co-ops as cheap labour. It's a fact of life and now, as owner of a company myself, I understand why that is...companies make money off their people as well as their products. The second thing I learned is that you can affect your experience and make it positive, even if you find the company you're working for isn't being terribly helpful. First, make your supervisor aware that you're available for a larger workload, or suggest that you have some ideas on project X. Suggest, tactfully, that you feel you have talents that can be used in other areas as well. Also, be aware of what is happening in other areas of the company, since if you really are being under-utilized, maybe the reason is that there just isn't the work where you are in the company. Maybe there is in other departments that interest you! If so, suggest a transfer or ask the director of the other area if there is a small project you could make some inroads on. DON'T go behind your manager's back to do this -- it's a politics thing. Remember, too, that companies need time to feel out your skill set and to build trust in your abilities. Good managers (i.e. non-pointy-haired) watch their people perform even the menial tasks and gauge efficiency and reliability BEFORE assigning them to juicy tasks. Be efficient and be reliable with the tasks you are given. Maybe you'll notice the work you're assigned changing to things of more interest to you. If all of this fails, and you finish out your co-op term unsatisfied, just understand that there are jobs like that. Not everyone likes every environment, even if it is "in their field". I personally can't stand corporate IT departments and will never work in one again. But that doesn't mean it's not right for somebody else. Co-op is about learning where you ARE meant to be and if you can at least take that much information out of your work term, then it hasn't been a loss.
What you might have seen on the scifi channel was Invasion America, done in a quasi-anime style by Steven Spielberg. I'm a big fan of anime and thoroughly enjoyed this series, although of course it did have an American twist to it. As I recall, it first aired (at least here in Canada) about 2 years ago as a 6 episode series. Dreamworks has the rights to the show, but as far as I know, there are no plans to release it on tape or dvd. There are also at least two Invasion American books by Christie Golden that I believe are based on the movie (not the other way around). The story does involve hostile aliens taking over earth, but it has its own unique twists as well.
That wasn't actually Scully's head. It was the head of the programmer gal who created the killing female as her "goddess". I think it was supposed to demonstrate her acceptance of herself or some such.