The Kool-Aid man showed up at my house with a couple of guys wearing suits last week. Was he curious about my new habit of purchasing competing products? OH YEAH!!!
I'm wasting mod points I used earlier in this story just to correct your idiotic point of view (I've seen this before, mostly from kids who have no clue that there's a world beyond gaming).
Linux on PS3 clusters, used for scientific computing, is a huge success. Sony openly supported Linux from the start on their console with precisely this sort of work in mind.
For a great many questions, getting an instant answer (ala "I'm Feeling Lucky") would beat the hell out of having to click on and read even one result link in a search engine.
The figures quoted are monthly. Military members get paid every two weeks (roughly 50% of their monthly allowances in each period). Enlisted Sailors have almost no out-of-pocket living expenses, as housing and meals are always provided by the service. Of course, if a guy decides to smoke a pack a day and order pizza to the barracks every night, he'll drain his funds rather quickly. Most of the guys I worked with were pretty good with their money, aside from their habit of buying electronics every pay period.
Since I've been out for a whopping two days, I'm looking at my options. I'm 28 and have about a decade of programming experience (mostly on Linux and Solaris). Thinking about talking to Lockheed Martin in Atlanta once I get back home.
I just got out of the Navy as an E-4. Sorry, but your assertion that young enlisted men can't afford a bunch of gadgets is just plain wrong. I was a contract E-2 going in, made E-3 nine months later (automatic), and made E-4 six months after that. Here's the current pay for each grade (pre-tax, but you're only taxed on your base pay, all allowances are tax free):
E-2 (less than 2 years of service): $1,569.00
E-3 (less than 2 years of service): $1,650.00
E-4 (over 2 years $1,921.00
Unmarried Sailors get galley rations, comprehensive medical and dental care, an annual clothing allowance (doesn't completely cover uniforms, but it's pretty close), plus any special pays for rate designation (submarines, etc). While they're at sea they receive sea pay as well. Married Sailors received a housing allowance, commuted rations in their paycheck, and all the other standard benefits.
Virtually every young Sailor I knew in submarine school had, at minimum, a video game system, decent sized TV, fancy cell phone, laptop, various games, a CD/DVD collection, and more in their barracks rooms. All without going into much unsecured credit debt, if any.
Of course, there's always a few idiots who overextend themselves, and there's always a few who are more conservative with their money (a roommate of mine finished sub school with over $20,000 in his checking account). My primary point still stands.
We all benefit in many ways from the fact that our society is becomingly increasingly interconnected. However, that comes at a price. While I appreciate your opinion on the matter, I can assure you this trend is only going to accelerate.
People need to understand a simple concept: if you wouldn't feel comfortable saying something in front of a packed auditorium, you probably shouldn't say it in a public forum online. I absolutely defend an individual's right to express his views as he sees fit; similarly, I absolutely defend an employer's right to base his hiring decision on all publicly available information.
For some, increased transparency is a good thing. For others, it may prove more a hindrance. It's up to the individual to be conscious of how public actions may impact future opportunities.
The idea isn't to have people hosting sites without knowing wtf they're doing. The idea is to have an admin who runs the servers and keeps software up to date, a designer who crafts the initial look and feel of a site, and content producers who create and publish content on the site.
A competent admin can easily manage a bunch of servers, and the designer is only needed when site-wide visual changes need to be made.
I've worked as a programmer (various languages and platforms, these days mostly Perl apps on Debian) for over a decade now. I tried to get comfortable with Joomla! for a few months, but it never really worked for me. For most sites that require a CMS, I just install WordPress, configure necessary plugins, and call it a day.
For any needs that exceed the capabilities of WordPress, I just wind up writing custom code anyhow. It's never been worth the effort to implement a decent-sized site in Joomla!.
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The submitter already requires a user account to use his system. Hence the part in the story about spending a lot of time deleting accounts.
I agree, although that's more reproductive.
The Kool-Aid man showed up at my house with a couple of guys wearing suits last week. Was he curious about my new habit of purchasing competing products? OH YEAH!!!
Just get some from the Libyans in trade for a bunch of used pinball machine parts, of course.
I'm allergic to all synthetics.
I'm wasting mod points I used earlier in this story just to correct your idiotic point of view (I've seen this before, mostly from kids who have no clue that there's a world beyond gaming).
Linux on PS3 clusters, used for scientific computing, is a huge success. Sony openly supported Linux from the start on their console with precisely this sort of work in mind.
Get off the couch and go do something productive.
For a great many questions, getting an instant answer (ala "I'm Feeling Lucky") would beat the hell out of having to click on and read even one result link in a search engine.
I woke up this morning and brushed my teeth. Simultaneously, three people were killed in an auto accident five miles from my house.
I'm sure the police will be here any time now...
The figures quoted are monthly. Military members get paid every two weeks (roughly 50% of their monthly allowances in each period). Enlisted Sailors have almost no out-of-pocket living expenses, as housing and meals are always provided by the service. Of course, if a guy decides to smoke a pack a day and order pizza to the barracks every night, he'll drain his funds rather quickly. Most of the guys I worked with were pretty good with their money, aside from their habit of buying electronics every pay period.
It is pretty funny, isn't it? It's a true statement that very few things make a guy in uniform happier than getting stuff from home.
Well, maybe beer and women come a close second.
Since I've been out for a whopping two days, I'm looking at my options. I'm 28 and have about a decade of programming experience (mostly on Linux and Solaris). Thinking about talking to Lockheed Martin in Atlanta once I get back home.
Unmarried Sailors get galley rations, comprehensive medical and dental care, an annual clothing allowance (doesn't completely cover uniforms, but it's pretty close), plus any special pays for rate designation (submarines, etc). While they're at sea they receive sea pay as well. Married Sailors received a housing allowance, commuted rations in their paycheck, and all the other standard benefits.
Virtually every young Sailor I knew in submarine school had, at minimum, a video game system, decent sized TV, fancy cell phone, laptop, various games, a CD/DVD collection, and more in their barracks rooms. All without going into much unsecured credit debt, if any.
Of course, there's always a few idiots who overextend themselves, and there's always a few who are more conservative with their money (a roommate of mine finished sub school with over $20,000 in his checking account). My primary point still stands.
In any event, thank you for your service!
Soap box, ballot box, jury box, ammo box - to be used in that order.
The US Patent and Trademark Office begs to differ with you.
We all benefit in many ways from the fact that our society is becomingly increasingly interconnected. However, that comes at a price. While I appreciate your opinion on the matter, I can assure you this trend is only going to accelerate.
People need to understand a simple concept: if you wouldn't feel comfortable saying something in front of a packed auditorium, you probably shouldn't say it in a public forum online. I absolutely defend an individual's right to express his views as he sees fit; similarly, I absolutely defend an employer's right to base his hiring decision on all publicly available information.
For some, increased transparency is a good thing. For others, it may prove more a hindrance. It's up to the individual to be conscious of how public actions may impact future opportunities.
When it comes to bad puns, he's certainly worth his salt...
The idea isn't to have people hosting sites without knowing wtf they're doing. The idea is to have an admin who runs the servers and keeps software up to date, a designer who crafts the initial look and feel of a site, and content producers who create and publish content on the site.
A competent admin can easily manage a bunch of servers, and the designer is only needed when site-wide visual changes need to be made.
I've worked as a programmer (various languages and platforms, these days mostly Perl apps on Debian) for over a decade now. I tried to get comfortable with Joomla! for a few months, but it never really worked for me. For most sites that require a CMS, I just install WordPress, configure necessary plugins, and call it a day.
For any needs that exceed the capabilities of WordPress, I just wind up writing custom code anyhow. It's never been worth the effort to implement a decent-sized site in Joomla!.
Eh, it's an okay choice for a project related to security.
Just wait till the KDE project gets their hands on this concept; we'll be seeing a new SourceForge project for KCl any day now.
"They" can scratch and scrape for information all they want. Doesn't matter in the end; the US can still obliterate any adversary.
Sure, why not?
I've always like the idea of putting bounties on cool projects. Keeping all contributions open source is an even better way to do it.
+1 Funny
When men are in the market for temporary companionship, they many find that women may prefer payment in CRAKS. YMMV.
Send them a rotten banana peel. Pretty sure they haven't made Mr. Fusion a reality.
They'll just convert it to biodiesel and use to to power their new Audi A3 fleet.