Actuary - you'll need superb math / statistical skills. You'll have to take a series of difficult exams to move up the ladder. It can pay VERY well.
School teacher - need to get teaching certification. Low pay, long hours. You'll have to put up with abuse from students, administrators, and quite possibly parents. I know a number of IT people who did this. Some loved it. Many hated it and have moved on to something else (like back to IT).
Carpentry - met a guy who 'went from mainframes to framing buildings'.
If the EU wants to dominate the world in science and technology, it's really quite easy. Pass a law that says the profits from any investment in European R&D will be entirely TAX FREE for the first ten years after a product / service is released. Obviously, there's some details to be filled in. But I'm sure that the European Parliament can create a commission to develop a concise five hundred page definition of 'R&D'.
H-1B's are a modern form of indentured servitude. Industry likes them cause they can be used to depress wages. I've got no problem with regular immigration (green cards) for high-tech workers.
* name the prime minister * promulgates laws * dissolve the Assembly * large influence on foreign policy * commander-in-chief of the armed forces * use of the Nuclear Forces Optional: * Have mistress * Drink Beer
Bzzzt WRONG!! You were doing real well till the end. The correct answer was: * name the prime minister * etc. etc.... Drink Wine
There will be "violence in the streets". That was a prediction not a threat.
Pretty accurate prediction:
In Lille, just before 22h00, around 200 French youths with black flags grouped around the Grand Place and chanted "Fascist Sarko, the people will have your hide". After pelting riot police, the demonstrators were dispersed. One demonstrator was injured.
Firemen in the south of Lille have answered 20 alarms for torched vehicles.
Around 100 demonstrators grouped around the Place Kléber in Strasbourg slightly after 21h00 and chanted "Sarkozy fasciste".
They helped finance the Revolution... without France the United States would have been stillborn.
France financed the American revolution as a way to damage their long-time enemy Britain. It certainly wasn't common philosophy (France was an absolute monarchy at the time), but temporary common interests. Relations between France and the US turned sour almost immediately after the American revolution. Look-up the 'XYZ Affair'.
Napoleon sold the Louisiana territories to Jefferson because he couldn't afford the troops to defend them (though he DID keep Mexico after taking over Spain), but primarily because he needed the cash to fight Britain.
Furry A: Give me all your virtual money! Furry B: No! Furry A: Then I pull a virtual gun. Furry B: Then I pull a bigger virtual gun. Furry A: Then I pull the biggest virtual gun in the virtual world. Furry B: OK, here you go.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and the Seven Dwarfs are Disney characters from the 1930's. The only reason they remain protected in the US, is that Congress is intent on making intellectual property eternal. That was not the intent of our founders. Every time Disney feels that the IP created by their long deceased founder is threatened, Congress extends copyright. I'm definitely NOT a fan of the Chinese government, but I'm not real sympathetic to Disney in this matter.
Sharp made a very nice clamshell Zaurus PDA with VGA resolution that runs Linux. (I have a somewhat earlier model). The used QT for the UI and supported both WiFi and Bluetooth. There apparently wasn't a big enough market for the product so it's been discontinued.
The market niche is already occupied - sounds distinctly like a high-end PDA (some of which run Linux) as well as some of the high-end smartphones (like the Treo, latest Nokia linux phone, etc.).
Apple is in the midst of remaking themselves as a consumer electronics company (hence dropping the 'computer' from their name). They have established a well respected brand and have considerable competence in this area. Why would they want to spend billions of dollars buying into a business (CPU design and fabrication) in which they have no experience?
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On Topic: Best headline ever.
Actuary - you'll need superb math / statistical skills. You'll have to take a series of difficult exams to move up the ladder. It can pay VERY well.
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School teacher - need to get teaching certification. Low pay, long hours. You'll have to put up with abuse from students, administrators, and quite possibly parents. I know a number of IT people who did this. Some loved it. Many hated it and have moved on to something else (like back to IT).
Carpentry - met a guy who 'went from mainframes to framing buildings'.
Retail
the world will continue to use the US's government funded search engine
You mean this one? You might want to try this non-government one as well.
If the EU wants to dominate the world in science and technology, it's really quite easy. Pass a law that says the profits from any investment in European R&D will be entirely TAX FREE for the first ten years after a product / service is released. Obviously, there's some details to be filled in. But I'm sure that the European Parliament can create a commission to develop a concise five hundred page definition of 'R&D'.
So how's that government funded European search engine progressing?
For those not old enough to remember, it still sounds very familiar.
Since the factories making the Blu-Ray disk now have spare capacity, maybe they could build a few Wii's. :-)
R2! R2! Oh, no!!
H-1B's are a modern form of indentured servitude. Industry likes them cause they can be used to depress wages. I've got no problem with regular immigration (green cards) for high-tech workers.
> Just listen to local LIVE bands.
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I tried that, but my car is kind of small. Maybe if I drove a mini-van
Slightly OT: In Senate bill 1092, Sen. Chuck Hagel wants to triple the number of H-1B's granted next year to 'help' the high-tech industry.
Sorry, very OT - meant to post under the 'IBM layoff' rumor.
Slightly OT: In Senate bill 1092, Sen. Chuck Hagel wants to triple the number of H-1B's granted next year to 'help' the high-tech industry.
I don't buy CDs anymore. I don't "steal" music either. I boycott it.
Me too. Used to listen to music during my daily commute. Now, it's podcasts (thank you Leo L!) I'm not planning on buying Blu-Ray / HD-DVD's either.
* name the prime minister * promulgates laws * dissolve the Assembly * large influence on foreign policy * commander-in-chief of the armed forces * use of the Nuclear Forces Optional: * Have mistress * Drink Beer
... Drink Wine
Bzzzt WRONG!! You were doing real well till the end. The correct answer was: * name the prime minister * etc. etc.
There will be "violence in the streets". That was a prediction not a threat.
Pretty accurate prediction:
In Lille, just before 22h00, around 200 French youths with black flags grouped around the Grand Place and chanted "Fascist Sarko, the people will have your hide". After pelting riot police, the demonstrators were dispersed. One demonstrator was injured.
Firemen in the south of Lille have answered 20 alarms for torched vehicles.
Around 100 demonstrators grouped around the Place Kléber in Strasbourg slightly after 21h00 and chanted "Sarkozy fasciste".
They helped finance the Revolution ... without France the United States would have been stillborn.
France financed the American revolution as a way to damage their long-time enemy Britain. It certainly wasn't common philosophy (France was an absolute monarchy at the time), but temporary common interests. Relations between France and the US turned sour almost immediately after the American revolution. Look-up the 'XYZ Affair'.
Napoleon sold the Louisiana territories to Jefferson because he couldn't afford the troops to defend them (though he DID keep Mexico after taking over Spain), but primarily because he needed the cash to fight Britain.
Furry A: Give me all your virtual money!
Furry B: No!
Furry A: Then I pull a virtual gun.
Furry B: Then I pull a bigger virtual gun.
Furry A: Then I pull the biggest virtual gun in the virtual world.
Furry B: OK, here you go.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and the Seven Dwarfs are Disney characters from the 1930's. The only reason they remain protected in the US, is that Congress is intent on making intellectual property eternal. That was not the intent of our founders. Every time Disney feels that the IP created by their long deceased founder is threatened, Congress extends copyright. I'm definitely NOT a fan of the Chinese government, but I'm not real sympathetic to Disney in this matter.
> Wow. You think kids give a shit about Acceptable Use Policies?
At least for the ones in the article, they do now.
Sharp made a very nice clamshell Zaurus PDA with VGA resolution that runs Linux. (I have a somewhat earlier model). The used QT for the UI and supported both WiFi and Bluetooth. There apparently wasn't a big enough market for the product so it's been discontinued.
The market niche is already occupied - sounds distinctly like a high-end PDA (some of which run Linux) as well as some of the high-end smartphones (like the Treo, latest Nokia linux phone, etc.).
DEC PDP-11 (circa early '80's) had a set of lights and toggle switches for hardware debugging. It supported breakpoints and single stepping.
DDT debugger running (originally) on the DEC PDP-1 supported breakpoints.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_debugging_te
Apple is in the midst of remaking themselves as a consumer electronics company (hence dropping the 'computer' from their name). They have established a well respected brand and have considerable competence in this area. Why would they want to spend billions of dollars buying into a business (CPU design and fabrication) in which they have no experience?