Re:has the targeted demographic really changed?
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If the Bay City Rollers had a cameo in the original Star Wars, my 12-year-old self would have been pretty turned off. Thank god Lucas had a little more sense back then.
My only marathons are watching "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" I have a season pass for it on the ol' TiVo, and so I always have a dozen or so ready to watch.
Then, when it's time for the 2-month-old to get fed at 0400 (CST), I have something to do to keep my peepers open.
The owner is a nice guy who works long hours, makes a modest living and makes minor repairs on my computer for free so why would I want to report him to the cops?
Because he's breaking the law? (Assuming that he is for the sake of argument)
Your thesis seems to be that if he
is a nice guy,
doesn't make a lot of money,
does nice things for you personally,
doesn't see his actions as criminal
that his criminal actions, and the effects they have on others, are excused.
This whole issue came into perfect focus for me once as I was poking through the used CDs at a pawn shop one day. A woman walked to the counter with a stack of 80s metal. She plunked 'em on the counter, got her cash from the owner who clearly knew her, and said "Next time, I'll prob'ly get some country for you."
I left my stack of planned purchases and walked out.
That stack of CDs was someone's collection, or part of it. Think about that next time you buy something stolen: I wonder what the person who had this feels right now? Outraged that someone broke into their car or house? Sad that something they enjoyed is now gone? Violated that another person thinks so little of them that the thief would just take something that isn't his?
Aside from the ethical issues, there's also the pragmatic one:
The machine you save may be your own.
Your computer store owner gets his cheap memory from stolen machines. Who's to say that the next one won't be yours?
Also good to have the originating IP and the destination IP thrown in, for various reasons, the finding of which I leave as an exercise for the
reader.
Except that the original problem is with megaproxies where (in my experience) no two requests come from the same IP.
IMDB's voting is just the Internet version of your local radio station playing "THE 500 GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL SONGS OF ALL TIME AS VOTED BY YOU THE LISTENER".
It's fun to argue about when you're about 12 ("No way, man, Stairway is SO much better than Free Bird!"), but after that, who really cares?
On the other hand, there's LaTeX or Docbook, which are fine for some areas where Framemaker would be used in Windows-Land (actually,
there was a beta of Framemaker for Windows - while Adobe won't release it officially, perhaps you find this somewhere lying around).
I've got a soft spot in my heart for NetRanger.
I know that everyone equates them with "Sister Christian", but don't ignore the other rockers like "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" and the harmonies behind "Sing Me Away" and "When You Close Your Eyes".
I saw 'em last fall at
Taste Of Hanover Park, and they rocked like it was 1984. I expected them to come off as dinosaurs, but they held up well. Definitely worth the trip to the western suburbs.
I forwarded this to my mom, and here was her reply:
90% of heat loss comes from your roof, so put a hat on it. (Don't worry if the hat looks stupid. If your neighbors make fun of you, they're not good neighbors.)
Dress your house in several light layers, instead of just one big layer.
Do all this anyway, even if you don't think that it's cold now. It'll probably get cold later.
Be extra sure not to let your house out if the roof is wet.
Right or wrong, it seems to me that it would be quite a stigma on your resume. There are plenty of people out there who see porn as Inherently Wrong and will hold that against you as soon as they see it, whether or not they should.
God knows I've worked with enough Bible thumpers who let their devotion to God get in the way of their business sense.
Do it as contract work if you can.
Then again, there are worse places to work.
"Please don't tell Mom I work for Microsoft. She thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse."
Why do you think you wouldn't still go to the Chamber of Commerce? That's why they're there: To help businesses grow. What better way to help a business grow than to help them get good talent?
Contacting, or better yet visiting, the CoC also has the advantage of letting you talk to a human and get those all-important contacts.
While you're at it, run out and get copies of
The Brand You 50 by Tom Peters, and
Ask The Headhunter by Nick Corcodilos. They're all about selling yourself as more than just a bunch of accomplishments and skills.
The most important network is your own network of huamn contacts.
It's all about who you know and how you work your angles. Get the word out there. Let people know you're looking.
Go thru your Rolodex and hit the phones. Past bosses and colleagues, regardless of how long ago they were, are prime sources for leads.
Don't forget your family and the people they know. Chat people up. Talk talk talk. The best jobs aren't going to be found in the want ads.
Last person I helped land a job was because I saw her reading Webmaster In a Nutshell on a commuter train, and I asked if she was lookin'. She was, and she was good, so we hired her.
Find a headhunter you like, if that's possible. If you're great, they'll do the work for you, and get you in the doors. Just make sure that the job is the right fit.
I'm not saying to ignore postings, whether online or in print, but they're nothing compared to talking to other humans.
information anarchy...
This is the practice of deliberately publishing
explicit, step-by-step instructions for exploiting security vulnerabilities, without regard for
how the information may be used.
I would suggest to Bill & Co. that it is published with the highest regard for how the information will be used. Just because it could be used in a negative way doesn't mean that nobody's thought about it. There's not a security guy out there who hasn't at some time weighed
the pros and cons of releasing information like that.
And am I the only one who is insulted by the gratuitous use of the word "weapons", so as to implicitly equate hacking with physical terrorism and fan the flames of paranoia?
Denzel Washington (Det. Alonzo Harris) is amazing as a rogue LAPD narc who's turning his new rookie partner Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke)...
Parallel construction please. To someone who's not aware that Ethan Hawke is an actor, he'd think that Ethan Hawke was the character's name.
Shoulda been:
Denzel Washington (Det. Alonzo Harris) is amazing as a rogue LAPD narc who's turning his new rookie partner Ethan Hawke (Jake Hoyt)...
For that matter, character names in reviews are usually just noise and show that the reviewer lives inside his press kit. A cleaner intro would have been:
Denzel Washington is amazing as a rogue LAPD narc who's turning his new rookie partner Ethan Hawke...
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Four words, buddy:
Perhaps not the Bay City Rollers, but you've got Jefferson Starship, as well as your Art Carney, Harvey Korman, Bea Arthur and Diahann Carroll.
And really, what says "long time ago in a galaxy far far away" more than Bea Arthur? .
Then, when it's time for the 2-month-old to get fed at 0400 (CST), I have something to do to keep my peepers open.
Because he's breaking the law? (Assuming that he is for the sake of argument)
Your thesis seems to be that if he
- is a nice guy,
- doesn't make a lot of money,
- does nice things for you personally,
- doesn't see his actions as criminal
that his criminal actions, and the effects they have on others, are excused.This whole issue came into perfect focus for me once as I was poking through the used CDs at a pawn shop one day. A woman walked to the counter with a stack of 80s metal. She plunked 'em on the counter, got her cash from the owner who clearly knew her, and said "Next time, I'll prob'ly get some country for you."
I left my stack of planned purchases and walked out.
That stack of CDs was someone's collection, or part of it. Think about that next time you buy something stolen: I wonder what the person who had this feels right now? Outraged that someone broke into their car or house? Sad that something they enjoyed is now gone? Violated that another person thinks so little of them that the thief would just take something that isn't his?
Aside from the ethical issues, there's also the pragmatic one: The machine you save may be your own. Your computer store owner gets his cheap memory from stolen machines. Who's to say that the next one won't be yours?
It's always amazed me the lack of ethics that one apparently needs to run a pawn shop: trafficking in stolen goods, and encouraging theft from others.
Except that the original problem is with megaproxies where (in my experience) no two requests come from the same IP.
It's fun to argue about when you're about 12 ("No way, man, Stairway is SO much better than Free Bird!"), but after that, who really cares?
You mean this FrameMaker?
The real-world equivalent of "I just visited your site like you asked, and I think I know how you can increase your traffic!"
The poster of that comment is Randal Schwartz, who grew up to be a Perl Demigod.
Except that it doesn't go to Best Buy, it goes to some online casino.
I saw 'em last fall at Taste Of Hanover Park, and they rocked like it was 1984. I expected them to come off as dinosaurs, but they held up well. Definitely worth the trip to the western suburbs.
I'm glad that they make sure that they have exactly 78 pictures, and that they measure it out to three places past the decimal.
- 90% of heat loss comes from your roof, so put a hat on it. (Don't worry if the hat looks stupid. If your neighbors make fun of you, they're not good neighbors.)
- Dress your house in several light layers, instead of just one big layer.
- Do all this anyway, even if you don't think that it's cold now. It'll probably get cold later.
- Be extra sure not to let your house out if the roof is wet.
Love,Mom
Do it as contract work if you can.
Then again, there are worse places to work. "Please don't tell Mom I work for Microsoft. She thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse."
Smash the state! Hot Asian teens!
Then again, "Asian teens" probably isn't so interesting over there.
Me, definitely.
I have a section of my site related to Steve Albini's bands, including Big Black. I get tons of hits looking for things like:
- big black boys fucking white girls
- big black tits
- big black nigger dick
- big black dick fuck white pussy
- fuck me with that big black dick
- big black women who shit
- big black nude guys
- shake that big black ass
- beautiful big black booty
- big black asses in a skirt
- big black asses in London
- big black booty in leather pants
- big black rumps
- first big black cock in her pussy
- kiss my big black booty
- black men with big black fuck sticks
Maybe the short answer is that we need a <META KEYWORD="non-porn"> tag.and my favorite...
Words cannot effectively express the sorrow I feel at not being able to rip my new Right Said Fred album.
Contacting, or better yet visiting, the CoC also has the advantage of letting you talk to a human and get those all-important contacts.
While you're at it, run out and get copies of The Brand You 50 by Tom Peters, and Ask The Headhunter by Nick Corcodilos. They're all about selling yourself as more than just a bunch of accomplishments and skills.
Go thru your Rolodex and hit the phones. Past bosses and colleagues, regardless of how long ago they were, are prime sources for leads.
Don't forget your family and the people they know. Chat people up. Talk talk talk. The best jobs aren't going to be found in the want ads.
Last person I helped land a job was because I saw her reading Webmaster In a Nutshell on a commuter train, and I asked if she was lookin'. She was, and she was good, so we hired her.
Find a headhunter you like, if that's possible. If you're great, they'll do the work for you, and get you in the doors. Just make sure that the job is the right fit.
I'm not saying to ignore postings, whether online or in print, but they're nothing compared to talking to other humans.
From everything I've seen, Tanya has always been fully built.
None! It should be free! I've always had it for free, and I expect it should always be so!
Why should I have to pay for my current directory?
I would suggest to Bill & Co. that it is published with the highest regard for how the information will be used. Just because it could be used in a negative way doesn't mean that nobody's thought about it. There's not a security guy out there who hasn't at some time weighed the pros and cons of releasing information like that.
And am I the only one who is insulted by the gratuitous use of the word "weapons", so as to implicitly equate hacking with physical terrorism and fan the flames of paranoia?
Denzel Washington (Det. Alonzo Harris) is amazing as a rogue LAPD narc who's turning his new rookie partner Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke)...
Parallel construction please. To someone who's not aware that Ethan Hawke is an actor, he'd think that Ethan Hawke was the character's name.
Shoulda been:
For that matter, character names in reviews are usually just noise and show that the reviewer lives inside his press kit. A cleaner intro would have been:It's not an acronym. Check the FAQ.
"Don't Say A Word" has a shot of the skyline that includes the WTC towers on the far left. They're not prominent, though.
The funny thing is that it's explicitly supposed to take place on Thanksgiving, 2001.