Hold on. Everyone bashes the MS monopoly, but don't get their panties in a bundle over AOL/Time Warner that has ten times the damage potential of MS. Is the hatred for MS making so many blind?
So instead of a desktop/browser monopoly you cheer a desktop/telecom/cable/isp/media/content would-be monopoly? Hey, here's a company that now wants to own your desktop, and will provide internet service over its communications facilities and serve up its content from its media outlets!
AOL/TimeWarner is one company I will most definately NOT hurrah. I'd even BUY copies of Windows if it meant helping put an AOL-owned RH out of business.
You're right. She IS deeply incompetent. Anyone dumb enough to lie on a government contractor application and risk a nice FBI "interview" deserves whatever they get.
Try getting 10Mbit DSL at 5k feet over any copper remotely APPROACHING the condition of BARBED WIRE. Cripes, its hard enough getting 1.5Mbit DSL with a gauge change in the loop.
Believe me, getting DSL working PERIOD is not so simple. If LRE can work over standard copper, coexisting with phone traffic and is not sensitive to crosstalk like DSL, AND isnt bothered by a medium as crappy as LAMP CORD, it definately has a leg up.
Well... I don't know anything about the details of the science but it seems to me economically generating a permanent containment field for a plasma hot as the sun is a wee bit trickier than measuring the spin on an atom.
Filter job applicants by "geekiness"? What company do you work for? I'll send my resume right away.
Real world experience: those who draw up the job requirement guidelines and sift through the resumes look for one thing - a BS in CS or Electrical Engineering or some such, irregardless of whether it is even APPLICABLE to the position. If the choice falls between the idiot with a CS degree and 2 years of helpdesk, and the guy with a liberal arts degree but 5 years of HARD experience and increasing levels of responsibility - the pointy haired idjuts who do the resume-sifting will hire the CS moron.
Be glad you have your piece of paper. It will be the difference between a job and the unemployment line.
The difference is that earth is suppose to be heading for ice age, if billions of years can be beleived
The Earth DID have an Ice Age. Which we are just coming out of. Its called, appropriately, the Little Ice Age. It was warmer in the Middle Ages than it is now, allowing the Vikings to grow grape vines in Greenland.
Mars is proving the obvious, climate change is completely natural and the human contribution is negligible.
The legalese merely states that D&D, the D&D logo, etc. are property of Wizards and Hasbro blah blah and Interplay is using them under license from the trademark owners. Interplay absolutely does NOT have exclusive rights to publish D&D electronic games.
Up until March 2 I worked for UUNET, "A Worldcom company." Big layoff. Very nice severance.:) A buddy of mine worked for a Worldcom support call center up to March 2 as well. Both our experiences with the company jive, so its probably a safe bet they may be applicable to your situation, especially since your company is in network services.
My take on Worldcom is that it is a very relaxed, easy going culture and that the company treats its employees damn well. Save the occassional layoff, but hey. The benefits are great, plenty of time off, good pay. I worked at a UUNET data center, and the opportunity to play and get involved was tremendous. There are real opportunities to make COMPANY wide impacts. If you have good ideas, they listen, and IMPLEMENT them. Amazing, eh?
If you work for the company I think you work for, you'll have a blast. If you don't get cut. If you make the short list, they'll treat you great. That's my experience from the UUNET angle, at least.
Bzzzt. Just because a priveleged conversation is recorded, does not mean it is ADMISSABLE IN COURT. Attorney-client privelege is protected, and not admissable. This is a non-issue.
Frankly, he's a breath of fresh air. A rarity. Someone not so egotistical to love the sound of his own voice and the look of his own words in print. Or full of himself enough to realize the rampant shooting off of one's mouth does more harm to one's cause than help.
It's a movie. Of course Jackson will "ignore some of the subtler aspects of the story." You can only do SO MUCH with film, nit. You can't cram LOTR into 9 hours and even dare DREAM of capturing "the subtler aspects." It will be the Cliff Notes version, done in visually stunning style concentrating on the one unifying theme of the book - the Ring and its destruction. Shazam. You want subleties? As in all cases - read the books!
Give me a break. You'll argue against which point, exactly? The point that "just because the 75GXP has had some very noticeable reliability problems, that does NOT mean that IBM does not make a good drive"? You didn't argue against that at all.
Of all the drives I have had in the past decade, I have had the least problems with IBM drives. Compared to the competition, IBM drives are rock solid. Seagate IDE drives have uniformly sucked donkey balls for over a decade. All but ONE Seagate IDE drive I have owned or worked with has FAILED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. Now THAT is a company that deserves derision. Not only do you make no argument whatsoever related to the quote, but you are just plain barking up the wrong tree, period.
And why does it not extend to the Security Council? There are 15 seats on the UN Security Council. The US has one. Russia, China, and France, which hardly could be called US shills, have veto power. Why is it not also the fault of Russia, China, France, Britain, and 10 other nations? The fact that deaths due to Saddam Hussein's negligence under UN sanctions, imposed as a condition of surrender to a *UN* military action (REQUIRING the explicit consent of all the Permanent SC members, who could have prevented action with a simple veto), are universally blamed on the United States, SPEAKS ABSOLUTE VOLUMES of the agenda of the accusers.
This is about responsibility. Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for the invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent defeat of Iraqi forces. Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for agreeing to the terms of surrender to UN coalition forces, with attendant sanction regime. Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for the lack of compliance, and thus the continuation of the sanctions regime. Saddam Hussein is, as I have shown, directly responsible for misappropriation of funds intended for famine relief and medical supply. How, exactly, is the United States responsible for this? What, precisely, IS Saddam Hussein responsible for? It would seem he is blameless. A virtual gilded angel.
Why is it hardly questionable that we are partly responsible for Iraqi suffering? It is HIGHLY questionable. The *UN* sanctions are a result of Iraqi aggression. The Hussein regime is fully responsible for the imposition of the sanctions, and is fully responsible for their retraction. The UN set very clear guidelines for lifting of sanctions. The regime has adamantly REFUSED to abide by the terms of surrender, and abide by the terms which would lift sanctions. To say that America is responsible for the intransigence of Saddam Hussein is reprehensible at best.
It is even more reprehensible that anyone claim Americans are responsible for the death of Iraqi citizens, because the Iraqi regime chooses to spend its UN allowed oil sales profits to build palaces and rebuild its air defenses rather than buy food and medicine. Why is no one holding the Iraqi regime responsible for their criminal neglect? Especially when it is OBSCENELY CLEAR (http://www.thenewrepublic.com/061801/rubin061801. html) that the provisions for food and medicine purchase from oil sales is MORE THAN SUFFICIENT to provide for Iraqi needs.
Well that sums up the ignorance to be found on Slashdot. Narrow minds make for narrow thoughts. If Democracy depends on an educated and informed citizenry, the West is doomed.
Aren't there vocational schools for people like you?
Are you really that thick? It's called making identity theft harder. So that, for instance, you can't steal a couple United uniforms and key cards in Rome, and then use them in the US a couple years later to gain access to restricted airport areas and blow people up. Or steal passports and then pass yourself off as that person, and then fly a plane into a building. You know, that sort of thing.
Bingo. Islamic Fundamentalists are offering two choices to the Muslim world - Iran's Ayatollahs, or Afghanistan's mullahs. I can not believe any Muslim could support such people, who openly and boldly proclaim their intent to shephard, by force if necessary (Allah be praised), Islam back 1000 years. This could not be any clearer. This is the real confrontation. It has nothing to do with Iraq, or Palestine, or Israel, or anything else.
Perhaps you can explain that to the Mujahadeen, who seem to be perfectly willing to blow up US citizens, and themselves as well, in the hope of restoring Islamic glory and purity.
This is a culture war. This is a clash of two civilizations, and two conceptions of the good. I do not wish to impose Western ideals on anyone, and neither do the majority of Americans, who would just as soon be left well enough alone. If you believe this is about Iraq, or Palestine, or US troops garrisoned in Saudi Arabia, you're wrong. This is about the clash of the Western Canon with Islamic Fundamentalism.
...and you understand that the choice to ignore that evidence is obstinate refusal to accept you are wrong.
If there are no Palestinians cheering in the streets at the death of possibly 10,000 US and world citizens, why has Arafat's "Authority" threatened journalists about airing such celebrations? Are you telling me that people on location, on the ground, have fell for "American spin" despite the evidence of their own eyes?
They're licensing the tech to other corps. like Intel.
Motorola only has an interest in underpricing Intel and AMD for this tech if it intends to take those two on in the desktop proc. market. I doubt Motorola has a desire to do so. It has quite a nice, niche market now. Competition is expensive.;)
Its not the Russian state space agency that is considering building this, it is MirCorp. Not the same thing. MirCorp is a private corporation, based in the Netherlands. Basically, they had an agreement with the Ruskies to keep the money rolling to bankroll Mir and keep it in orbit, but didn't make the cut.
Now they're talking with Energia about a cooperative, commercial space station for tourists. MirCorp would fund it, not the Russian state.
This is real funny though. NASA is sitting with its thumbs up its arse. If NASA won't talk with private industry about doing these sorts of innovative, adventurous, GROUNDBREAKING projects, then the Russians will. More power to the Russians. Go, comrade.
Derek
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Speaking of overlap, what will happen with the Unices of both companies? HPUX, Tru64, Digital? Unix convergence?
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Hold on. Everyone bashes the MS monopoly, but don't get their panties in a bundle over AOL/Time Warner that has ten times the damage potential of MS. Is the hatred for MS making so many blind?
So instead of a desktop/browser monopoly you cheer a desktop/telecom/cable/isp/media/content would-be monopoly? Hey, here's a company that now wants to own your desktop, and will provide internet service over its communications facilities and serve up its content from its media outlets!
AOL/TimeWarner is one company I will most definately NOT hurrah. I'd even BUY copies of Windows if it meant helping put an AOL-owned RH out of business.
Derek
You're right. She IS deeply incompetent. Anyone dumb enough to lie on a government contractor application and risk a nice FBI "interview" deserves whatever they get.
Derek
Yeah, on a real nice "clean" copper pair maybe.
Try getting 10Mbit DSL at 5k feet over any copper remotely APPROACHING the condition of BARBED WIRE. Cripes, its hard enough getting 1.5Mbit DSL with a gauge change in the loop.
Believe me, getting DSL working PERIOD is not so simple. If LRE can work over standard copper, coexisting with phone traffic and is not sensitive to crosstalk like DSL, AND isnt bothered by a medium as crappy as LAMP CORD, it definately has a leg up.
Derek
I sure as hell did. I thought this was a prank article when I saw Hugh Barrass in the print.
You KNOW that guy didn't get laid in high school.
Derek
Well... I don't know anything about the details of the science but it seems to me economically generating a permanent containment field for a plasma hot as the sun is a wee bit trickier than measuring the spin on an atom.
But what do I know. I have a liberal arts degree.
;P
Derek
Filter job applicants by "geekiness"? What company do you work for? I'll send my resume right away.
Real world experience: those who draw up the job requirement guidelines and sift through the resumes look for one thing - a BS in CS or Electrical Engineering or some such, irregardless of whether it is even APPLICABLE to the position. If the choice falls between the idiot with a CS degree and 2 years of helpdesk, and the guy with a liberal arts degree but 5 years of HARD experience and increasing levels of responsibility - the pointy haired idjuts who do the resume-sifting will hire the CS moron.
Be glad you have your piece of paper. It will be the difference between a job and the unemployment line.
Derek
Sure it would work. We'll call it "ChiaMars."
Cha-Cha-Chia
Derek
The Earth DID have an Ice Age. Which we are just coming out of. Its called, appropriately, the Little Ice Age. It was warmer in the Middle Ages than it is now, allowing the Vikings to grow grape vines in Greenland. Mars is proving the obvious, climate change is completely natural and the human contribution is negligible.
The legalese merely states that D&D, the D&D logo, etc. are property of Wizards and Hasbro blah blah and Interplay is using them under license from the trademark owners. Interplay absolutely does NOT have exclusive rights to publish D&D electronic games.
Derek
Up until March 2 I worked for UUNET, "A Worldcom company." Big layoff. Very nice severance. :) A buddy of mine worked for a Worldcom support call center up to March 2 as well. Both our experiences with the company jive, so its probably a safe bet they may be applicable to your situation, especially since your company is in network services.
My take on Worldcom is that it is a very relaxed, easy going culture and that the company treats its employees damn well. Save the occassional layoff, but hey. The benefits are great, plenty of time off, good pay. I worked at a UUNET data center, and the opportunity to play and get involved was tremendous. There are real opportunities to make COMPANY wide impacts. If you have good ideas, they listen, and IMPLEMENT them. Amazing, eh?
If you work for the company I think you work for, you'll have a blast. If you don't get cut. If you make the short list, they'll treat you great. That's my experience from the UUNET angle, at least.
Bzzzt. Just because a priveleged conversation is recorded, does not mean it is ADMISSABLE IN COURT. Attorney-client privelege is protected, and not admissable. This is a non-issue.
Derek
Frankly, he's a breath of fresh air. A rarity. Someone not so egotistical to love the sound of his own voice and the look of his own words in print. Or full of himself enough to realize the rampant shooting off of one's mouth does more harm to one's cause than help.
::coughStallmancough::
Derek
It's a movie. Of course Jackson will "ignore some of the subtler aspects of the story." You can only do SO MUCH with film, nit. You can't cram LOTR into 9 hours and even dare DREAM of capturing "the subtler aspects." It will be the Cliff Notes version, done in visually stunning style concentrating on the one unifying theme of the book - the Ring and its destruction. Shazam. You want subleties? As in all cases - read the books!
Derek
Give me a break. You'll argue against which point, exactly? The point that "just because the 75GXP has had some very noticeable reliability problems, that does NOT mean that IBM does not make a good drive"? You didn't argue against that at all.
Of all the drives I have had in the past decade, I have had the least problems with IBM drives. Compared to the competition, IBM drives are rock solid. Seagate IDE drives have uniformly sucked donkey balls for over a decade. All but ONE Seagate IDE drive I have owned or worked with has FAILED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. Now THAT is a company that deserves derision. Not only do you make no argument whatsoever related to the quote, but you are just plain barking up the wrong tree, period.
Derek
And why does it not extend to the Security Council? There are 15 seats on the UN Security Council. The US has one. Russia, China, and France, which hardly could be called US shills, have veto power. Why is it not also the fault of Russia, China, France, Britain, and 10 other nations? The fact that deaths due to Saddam Hussein's negligence under UN sanctions, imposed as a condition of surrender to a *UN* military action (REQUIRING the explicit consent of all the Permanent SC members, who could have prevented action with a simple veto), are universally blamed on the United States, SPEAKS ABSOLUTE VOLUMES of the agenda of the accusers.
This is about responsibility. Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for the invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent defeat of Iraqi forces. Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for agreeing to the terms of surrender to UN coalition forces, with attendant sanction regime. Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for the lack of compliance, and thus the continuation of the sanctions regime. Saddam Hussein is, as I have shown, directly responsible for misappropriation of funds intended for famine relief and medical supply. How, exactly, is the United States responsible for this? What, precisely, IS Saddam Hussein responsible for? It would seem he is blameless. A virtual gilded angel.
Derek
Why is it hardly questionable that we are partly responsible for Iraqi suffering? It is HIGHLY questionable. The *UN* sanctions are a result of Iraqi aggression. The Hussein regime is fully responsible for the imposition of the sanctions, and is fully responsible for their retraction. The UN set very clear guidelines for lifting of sanctions. The regime has adamantly REFUSED to abide by the terms of surrender, and abide by the terms which would lift sanctions. To say that America is responsible for the intransigence of Saddam Hussein is reprehensible at best.
. html) that the provisions for food and medicine purchase from oil sales is MORE THAN SUFFICIENT to provide for Iraqi needs.
It is even more reprehensible that anyone claim Americans are responsible for the death of Iraqi citizens, because the Iraqi regime chooses to spend its UN allowed oil sales profits to build palaces and rebuild its air defenses rather than buy food and medicine. Why is no one holding the Iraqi regime responsible for their criminal neglect? Especially when it is OBSCENELY CLEAR (http://www.thenewrepublic.com/061801/rubin061801
Derek
Well that sums up the ignorance to be found on Slashdot. Narrow minds make for narrow thoughts. If Democracy depends on an educated and informed citizenry, the West is doomed.
Aren't there vocational schools for people like you?
Derek
And none of them can split an atom...
Derek
Are you really that thick? It's called making identity theft harder. So that, for instance, you can't steal a couple United uniforms and key cards in Rome, and then use them in the US a couple years later to gain access to restricted airport areas and blow people up. Or steal passports and then pass yourself off as that person, and then fly a plane into a building. You know, that sort of thing.
Derek
Bingo. Islamic Fundamentalists are offering two choices to the Muslim world - Iran's Ayatollahs, or Afghanistan's mullahs. I can not believe any Muslim could support such people, who openly and boldly proclaim their intent to shephard, by force if necessary (Allah be praised), Islam back 1000 years. This could not be any clearer. This is the real confrontation. It has nothing to do with Iraq, or Palestine, or Israel, or anything else.
Derek
Perhaps you can explain that to the Mujahadeen, who seem to be perfectly willing to blow up US citizens, and themselves as well, in the hope of restoring Islamic glory and purity.
This is a culture war. This is a clash of two civilizations, and two conceptions of the good. I do not wish to impose Western ideals on anyone, and neither do the majority of Americans, who would just as soon be left well enough alone. If you believe this is about Iraq, or Palestine, or US troops garrisoned in Saudi Arabia, you're wrong. This is about the clash of the Western Canon with Islamic Fundamentalism.
Derek
...and you understand that the choice to ignore that evidence is obstinate refusal to accept you are wrong.
If there are no Palestinians cheering in the streets at the death of possibly 10,000 US and world citizens, why has Arafat's "Authority" threatened journalists about airing such celebrations? Are you telling me that people on location, on the ground, have fell for "American spin" despite the evidence of their own eyes?
You sir, are a damn fool.
Derek
They're licensing the tech to other corps. like Intel.
;)
Motorola only has an interest in underpricing Intel and AMD for this tech if it intends to take those two on in the desktop proc. market. I doubt Motorola has a desire to do so. It has quite a nice, niche market now. Competition is expensive.
Derek
Its not the Russian state space agency that is considering building this, it is MirCorp. Not the same thing. MirCorp is a private corporation, based in the Netherlands. Basically, they had an agreement with the Ruskies to keep the money rolling to bankroll Mir and keep it in orbit, but didn't make the cut.
Now they're talking with Energia about a cooperative, commercial space station for tourists. MirCorp would fund it, not the Russian state.
This is real funny though. NASA is sitting with its thumbs up its arse. If NASA won't talk with private industry about doing these sorts of innovative, adventurous, GROUNDBREAKING projects, then the Russians will. More power to the Russians. Go, comrade.
Derek
Speaking of overlap, what will happen with the Unices of both companies? HPUX, Tru64, Digital? Unix convergence?
Derek