Just like so many other scientific discoveries like say, the germ-theory of medicine. In many cases, getting the science right is less difficult than getting the science community and the general public to accept your discovery.
Einstein was right: "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
>The adapter, dubbed Somniloquy (meaning to talk in one's sleep)... keeps the network connection going... >also developed a simplified IM client and bittorrent client that carry out more complicated tasks >autonomously, only waking the computer if, for example, an... IM is received or a download is completed." . "Talking in Your Sleep" -- The Romatics [...] I hear the secrets that you keep; When you're talking in your sleep; I hear the secrets that your keep; When you're talking in your sleep; . When I hold you in my arms at night; Don't you know you're sleeping in the spotlight; And all the things that you keep inside; You tell me the secrets that you just can't hide; . You tell me that you love me; And you tell me that yuo need me; You tell me that you love me; And I know that I'm right; 'Cause I hear it in the night; . I hear the secrets that you keep; When you're talking in your sleep; I hear the secerets that your keep; When yuo're talking in your sleep; [...]
Unless their story is "Knights of the Old Republic" and they are deliberately choosing the most evil choice at every opportunity. Check out this excellent article "Bastard of the Old Republic" by John Walker
Salary is only one part of your whole package which includes things like: health/dental, 401k matching, paid time off, pre-tax transit plans, expensing education/tools/books, and anything else you can think of that they might be willing to do for you.
It's best to have an idea of what your minimum vs desired vs "omg I want in this company right now!" levels are for ALL these things (not just salary).
When it comes time to negotiate, do your best to discuss each item paired as a set. If they want you to move on one, agree if they also move on a different one in your set.
eg. You want 90k but they say they can only offer you 85k (which happens to be your minimum). If you can pair that against something else you want you can respond by saying you can accept 85k if they're willing to give you an extra week of vacation time or pay for you to attend 2 conferences per year, or whatever.
Preparation is key here. You have to know what you want for every benefit you care about and what range you're willing to accept. Then it becomes something of a puzzle game. You and the company are each trying to find a set of benefits such that you are both willing to sign a contract of work.
Also, "This sounds like a really interesting position. Can I meet some of the other people on your team to get a feel for what working here will be like?"
I'd like to show you how I would handle/think about the kinds of problems your team has to solve. Would you tell an issue you faced recently that would have been *my* problem if I'd already been working here? I'll talk out the way I'd try and fix it.
If you're smart, you will have done some research into the company before going to the interview so that you already know what kinds of things they do and the problems they face.
I think fear of school shootings is really overrated. Of all the things I can worry about my kids, it's not really on the list.
Just like I'm not worried about someone trying to get on an airplane with explosive shoes, or explosive water.
Global warming is real. Earth has a long history of warming and cooling cycles.
The point of contention right now is whether the current cycle is caused by humans or is just another natural one.
Well, the problem with the Jessica Alba clone is that you'd end up getting your ass kicked by the vengeful clone of Bruce Willis
Maybe better to take Lucy Liu to the next level head in jar >> robot >> clone
There's some funny for whomever mistakenly modded my other post "funny" when it was deadly serious.
I dunno how old you are... but I think you'll find your body starts to wear out faster than you ever dreamed possible. I'm in my mid 30s and find my eyes, teeth, and knees are going much faster than I ever expected. Have fun with your sex goddess clone. I just want my old body back.
You seem to believe that I don't know what the current copyright limits are.
Perhaps it wasn't obvious to you that I was expressing an opinion. Namely that a work produced 70+ years ago belongs in the public domain and therefore that the family deserves nothing.
You asked what they deserve. You didn't ask what they're legally entitled to under the current (again in my opinion) *egregiously* long copyright terms.
Moron? I think it's more likely a new form of trolling. It would be interesting to see some enhancements to the tagging. Things like the ability to agree/disagree with tags; viewing who tagged and how agreed/disagreed with each; a way to filter out tags set by people you've foed (unless enough non-foes have agreed); etc
*shrug* for now, I think your only recourse is to turn them off, or maybe write a little greasemonkey script to remove tags you don't want to see anymore (either through lack of interest or contamination of the term)
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Just be glad that Reed didn't have that tiny little wad of explosives tucked into his underpants...
Just like so many other scientific discoveries like say, the germ-theory of medicine. In many cases, getting the science right is less difficult than getting the science community and the general public to accept your discovery.
Einstein was right: "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
>The adapter, dubbed Somniloquy (meaning to talk in one's sleep) ... keeps the network connection going ... ... IM is received or a download is completed."
>also developed a simplified IM client and bittorrent client that carry out more complicated tasks
>autonomously, only waking the computer if, for example, an
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"Talking in Your Sleep" -- The Romatics
[...]
I hear the secrets that you keep;
When you're talking in your sleep;
I hear the secrets that your keep;
When you're talking in your sleep;
.
When I hold you in my arms at night;
Don't you know you're sleeping in the spotlight;
And all the things that you keep inside;
You tell me the secrets that you just can't hide;
.
You tell me that you love me;
And you tell me that yuo need me;
You tell me that you love me;
And I know that I'm right;
'Cause I hear it in the night;
.
I hear the secrets that you keep;
When you're talking in your sleep;
I hear the secerets that your keep;
When yuo're talking in your sleep;
[...]
well, there are lots of turtles down there. one of them can turn it on.
If you're a "first post" poster then you're going to Hell anyway. :-)
Unless their story is "Knights of the Old Republic" and they are deliberately choosing the most evil choice at every opportunity. Check out this excellent article "Bastard of the Old Republic" by John Walker
part 1: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bastard-of-the-old-republic-article
part 2: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bastard-of-the-old-republic-article_2
part 3: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bastard-of-the-old-republic-part3
Bureaucracies are all react pretty much the same when faced with something that threatens their funding. They do what they can to kill the threat.
The fact that this is supposed to be public information is insignificant next to desire to protect funding.
oblig link to Something Awful flash animation (safe for work with headphones) http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf
If we have sunk to new depths, it is by having giants stand upon our shoulders
Salary is only one part of your whole package which includes things like: health/dental, 401k matching, paid time off, pre-tax transit plans, expensing education/tools/books, and anything else you can think of that they might be willing to do for you.
It's best to have an idea of what your minimum vs desired vs "omg I want in this company right now!" levels are for ALL these things (not just salary).
When it comes time to negotiate, do your best to discuss each item paired as a set. If they want you to move on one, agree if they also move on a different one in your set.
eg. You want 90k but they say they can only offer you 85k (which happens to be your minimum). If you can pair that against something else you want you can respond by saying you can accept 85k if they're willing to give you an extra week of vacation time or pay for you to attend 2 conferences per year, or whatever.
Preparation is key here. You have to know what you want for every benefit you care about and what range you're willing to accept. Then it becomes something of a puzzle game. You and the company are each trying to find a set of benefits such that you are both willing to sign a contract of work.
Also, "This sounds like a really interesting position. Can I meet some of the other people on your team to get a feel for what working here will be like?"
I'd like to show you how I would handle/think about the kinds of problems your team has to solve. Would you tell an issue you faced recently that would have been *my* problem if I'd already been working here? I'll talk out the way I'd try and fix it.
If you're smart, you will have done some research into the company before going to the interview so that you already know what kinds of things they do and the problems they face.
I don't know about you. But I prefer to pretend that AvP never happened.
I think fear of school shootings is really overrated. Of all the things I can worry about my kids, it's not really on the list. Just like I'm not worried about someone trying to get on an airplane with explosive shoes, or explosive water.
Global warming is real. Earth has a long history of warming and cooling cycles. The point of contention right now is whether the current cycle is caused by humans or is just another natural one.
Well, if it's powerful enough the laser will also affect wood. so no... not the original GL.
Well, the problem with the Jessica Alba clone is that you'd end up getting your ass kicked by the vengeful clone of Bruce Willis
Maybe better to take Lucy Liu to the next level head in jar >> robot >> clone
There's some funny for whomever mistakenly modded my other post "funny" when it was deadly serious.
I dunno how old you are... but I think you'll find your body starts to wear out faster than you ever dreamed possible. I'm in my mid 30s and find my eyes, teeth, and knees are going much faster than I ever expected. Have fun with your sex goddess clone. I just want my old body back.
Screw the ethical concerns
I want them to grow a clone of me and start replacing the parts of me that are wearing out.
They can start with my teeth, eyes, and knees.
People who develop new weapons are researchers. I don't have a problem with calling them researchers.
Right, just like if you're really interested in
:-)
NNNNOOOOOOOOoooooooooo! (It was supposed to be "yes", but I gave it a little twist)
Then maybe I'd have that flying car I've always wanted...
You seem to believe that I don't know what the current copyright limits are.
Perhaps it wasn't obvious to you that I was expressing an opinion. Namely that a work produced 70+ years ago belongs in the public domain and therefore that the family deserves nothing.
You asked what they deserve. You didn't ask what they're legally entitled to under the current (again in my opinion) *egregiously* long copyright terms.
(Also, "stamping my feet"? sheesh)
No, his family does not deserve to reap anything more from the franchise. It was written 70 years ago, it belongs in the public domain.
Moron? I think it's more likely a new form of trolling.
It would be interesting to see some enhancements to the tagging. Things like the ability to agree/disagree with tags; viewing who tagged and how agreed/disagreed with each; a way to filter out tags set by people you've foed (unless enough non-foes have agreed); etc
*shrug* for now, I think your only recourse is to turn them off, or maybe write a little greasemonkey script to remove tags you don't want to see anymore (either through lack of interest or contamination of the term)