I'm currently one of the folks mooching off the public dime.
I'm receiving SSI benefits because I have Autism Spectrum Disorder, and I was recently diagnosed with the top rung of that, Autism, which diagnosis I am now using to get some other services.
Mind you, I feel kinda bad about sitting on my duff doing nothing...well I suppose posting on slashdot counts for something but anyway...
The only thing I like about my situation right now is that I am safe and don't have to go outside, sleep on the streets, and possibly find myself mugged, robbed, raped, or worse. Or, for that matter, be one of the folks doing those ugly deeds.
But to be quite honest, even my state Voc. Rehab counselor says I'm not fit to work at the moment. My life is a complete mess right now. At the moment I'm lucky not to be living in a group home since I also have out of control diabetes.
I am probably an example of the reason things like welfare exist.
Can I really work? I don't really know. All I know is that right now I am one of the lucky ones that didn't miss the safety net. And I am freaking bored out of my mind having nothing to do but sit in front of my computer.
Without the system supporting me though I'd probably be a lot worse off.
To someone who desperately needs your services, you may be worth a fortune.
To someone that can shit-can you as easily as swat a fly because you have a bazillion competitors in line drooling over your job, you are probably close to worthless.
Both supply and demand factor into price.
As someone once aptly put it, one may as well ask whether it is the top or bottom blade on a pair of scissors that does the cutting.
That's because the accounting system isn't giving the programming department a commission.
Just burn them and then when they give out sweep the ashes in the garbage.
Perhaps programmers and geeks in general are better off if they learn how to negotiate and play hardball like everyone else but methinks if they do that they'll lose part of the geekery that makes them good at their job.
I'd say that germs flourish because they worry just about sustenance, whereas us humans are always fighting and warring and generally trying to succeed by making everyone else fail.
What sucks even worse is that once our representatives are elected they are guaranteed terms unless some of their buddies decide to impeach them.
If they screw up we have no way of punishing them except to not elect them again. But a kamikaze politician with a corporate sponsored agenda can do a lot of damage by the time we even have a chance to vote him out.
Typical knee-jerk reaction meant only to appease the hue and cry of an angry electorate by sweeping the problem under the carpet where it can't be seen.
There is no answer as long as asshole criminals are willing to break the law. And naturally they will use every trick in the book to get away with it, including getting society tangled up in moral debates.
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Which is what I was getting at.
If there wasn't a resource shortage, humans would still fight.
I dunno...maybe your turds are just too big?
Lay off the fiber a bit and save some toilet water for the rest of us eh?
Maybe the fact that good programming can't easily be measured means that "Computer science" is a contradiction in terms.
I'm more inclined to consider it an art.
Engineering.
Yup, that's the golden rule all right.
The one who has the gold makes the rules.
I agree with you.
I'm currently one of the folks mooching off the public dime.
I'm receiving SSI benefits because I have Autism Spectrum Disorder, and I was recently diagnosed with the top rung of that, Autism, which diagnosis I am now using to get some other services.
Mind you, I feel kinda bad about sitting on my duff doing nothing...well I suppose posting on slashdot counts for something but anyway...
The only thing I like about my situation right now is that I am safe and don't have to go outside, sleep on the streets, and possibly find myself mugged, robbed, raped, or worse. Or, for that matter, be one of the folks doing those ugly deeds.
But to be quite honest, even my state Voc. Rehab counselor says I'm not fit to work at the moment. My life is a complete mess right now. At the moment I'm lucky not to be living in a group home since I also have out of control diabetes.
I am probably an example of the reason things like welfare exist.
Can I really work? I don't really know. All I know is that right now I am one of the lucky ones that didn't miss the safety net. And I am freaking bored out of my mind having nothing to do but sit in front of my computer.
Without the system supporting me though I'd probably be a lot worse off.
And therein lies the problem.
Worth is subjective.
To someone who desperately needs your services, you may be worth a fortune.
To someone that can shit-can you as easily as swat a fly because you have a bazillion competitors in line drooling over your job, you are probably close to worthless.
Both supply and demand factor into price.
As someone once aptly put it, one may as well ask whether it is the top or bottom blade on a pair of scissors that does the cutting.
That's because the accounting system isn't giving the programming department a commission.
Just burn them and then when they give out sweep the ashes in the garbage.
Perhaps programmers and geeks in general are better off if they learn how to negotiate and play hardball like everyone else but methinks if they do that they'll lose part of the geekery that makes them good at their job.
I think a good measure might be the number of bugs you fix in other people's code, minus the number of bugs other people fix in your code.
But you are right. In a social environment you have to toot your own horn and be ready to politick.
My point was that germs (and, well, animals in general) do it for survival.
Humans do it for sheer domination.
I'd say that germs flourish because they worry just about sustenance, whereas us humans are always fighting and warring and generally trying to succeed by making everyone else fail.
Do the words "monopoly" mean anything to you?
Comcast apparently sucks...but does it suck bad enough that, when there's no other game in town, it's better to just do without?
I think that you're talking about punitive damages.
That class action settlement means nothing without an injunction to stop Comcast from further meddling.
In theory you are correct but fat load of luck proving it in court with the MAFIAA litigation machine grinding you to smithereens.
What sucks even worse is that once our representatives are elected they are guaranteed terms unless some of their buddies decide to impeach them.
If they screw up we have no way of punishing them except to not elect them again. But a kamikaze politician with a corporate sponsored agenda can do a lot of damage by the time we even have a chance to vote him out.
If it is a canadian company doing business in the US then I guess that's ok.
I think it's high time we started shunning both parties and voting for independent.
Both parties are corporate vetted.
The difference is that you can take a bad cop to court.
Without a government, you have no court.
Typical knee-jerk reaction meant only to appease the hue and cry of an angry electorate by sweeping the problem under the carpet where it can't be seen.
Personally I'd rather have government cops harassing drug users than have an anarchy get taken over by force by the mafia or whatnot.
Microsoft knows that the RIAA slaves in the DOJ don't care.
I hope that locking you into a search provider is sufficient grounds to void the contract.
Can you actually switch over something like this?
Who is betting that Verizon will try to rake in ETF's?
What about noise?
There is no answer as long as asshole criminals are willing to break the law. And naturally they will use every trick in the book to get away with it, including getting society tangled up in moral debates.
In that respect they are like spammers.