You blame Gmail for adding Buzz when it wasn't what you "signed up for", and yet you take no responsibility for the fact that you chose to click the "Yes, I'd like to try Buzz" button when entering Gmail. You had the option to click "No, thanks", but you didn't.
I have no sympathy for you. Perhaps you should first have tried to find out what turning on Buzz would do?
Well thanks, at the very least, for linking to the video of the quote, so people have a chance to see that you (and the parent) have used it entirely out of context.
Here's the full quote: Interviewer: "People are treating Google like their most trusted friend. Should they be?" Eric Schmidt: "Well, I think judgment matters. If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. But if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google do retain this information for some time, and it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made available to the authorities."
While the quote _is_ Eric Schmidt's opinion of privacy, specifically it's his opinion of how much privacy one should expect from a search engine in light of the Patriot Act.
Do you think any differently than Eric Schmidt does?
Well, if all data were instantly sent to one of several large data centers strewn about the world as opposed to one black box, it sure would bring a new meaning to the phrase "cloud computing"...
For kids, PostScript has the advantage of nearly instant gratification, because it allows them to draw graphics quickly. It has loops and conditionals. It uses stacks and variables and functions.
All you need to get going in PostScript is a text editor and a PostScript to PDF converter. On a Mac, it's built in. On Windows, I use GhostScript in CygWin and run ps2pdf, just like I would on Linux. Alternatively, Acrobat Distiller should do the trick.
I've created several applications used by financial institutions for printing millions of cashier's checks each year. You should read what I've written in the micro-printed signature line. You'll need a decent magnifying lens, of course.
The answer to this question really depends on the economics of the job market.
If there is an excess supply of degreed Systems Administrators and a limited number of available positions, much like now, getting a Systems Administration job without a degree is nigh-on impossible.
Alternatively, if there is a high demand and limited supply of degreed Systems Administrators, it's a piece of cake to get a Systems Administration position without a degree. The role may be a junior position, however it's a foot in the door and it will lead to the experience one needs to stay in the Systems Administration game without a degree even during difficult times.
If you're trying to get your first job now, reconsider whether it might make more sense to try to get a degree first. You can probably work a crap job part-time and live with the parents for a few years now in order for a pay-off in a few years.
If you must get a job now, and without a degree, set your expectations very low. You won't be doing much of the fun stuff.
The magnets are fun, and once upon a time I'd make wind chimes out of the platters. I tried that with a hard drive from about three years ago, however, and I found myself in a very displeasing and dangerous situation, surrounded and covered in shards of glass...
In nine months of becoming a self-taught programmer, I suspect that you've become familiar with some syntax. I doubt that that's enough time to develop skills in creating data structures or figuring out algorithms. Because of this, if I were interviewing you for an entry-level programming position I would focus on data structures and algorithms to determine how weak your weak points are. I also suspect that someone else would interview for the position who had more developed skills in those areas, so you probably wouldn't get the job. Sorry, that's just the way competition is.
So, being this new at programming, I'd recommend that you take a job doing something else. Something that pays okay and you can handle doing for the summer while you spend your nights and weekends devouring open source projects. Not just fixing Bugzilla bugs but also reading other people's code and figuring out why they did things the way they did. Contributing to open source would be great, but your focus at this point should be to learn other ways of doing things so you can figure out for yourself which way is best in different situations.
So how does Rob's strategy work for Alan Keyes, who is also missing?
There are three plausible reasons for this: 1) Slashdot is part of a mainstream media conspiracy to ensure that the only candidates officially discussed are part of the U.S. government-perpetuating cabal. 2) Rob is ignorant and doesn't realize that three quarters of his userbase are rabid Alan Keyes supporters who will talk about him at the drop of a hat and will scream "Fox news conspiracy" when their guy doesn't get mentioned. 3) Rob is stupid and doesn't realize there are at least five Republican candidates and three Democrats still in the running (he also left out Mike Gravel on the Democrats side). 4) Rob simply forgot to include other candidates. He forgot to invite me to his ninth birthday party, too. I was heartbroken, but I got over it about fifteen years later. 5) Rob made a mistake, however we can discredit this because Rob is one of them android types with a computer brain and a human body.
Sounding like a childish brat doesn't invalidate points. It's just that some people don't like to read messages that were apparently written by childish brats and so... they don't. Is making a valid point that is left unread better or worse than making an invalid point?
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You blame Gmail for adding Buzz when it wasn't what you "signed up for", and yet you take no responsibility for the fact that you chose to click the "Yes, I'd like to try Buzz" button when entering Gmail. You had the option to click "No, thanks", but you didn't.
I have no sympathy for you. Perhaps you should first have tried to find out what turning on Buzz would do?
Well thanks, at the very least, for linking to the video of the quote, so people have a chance to see that you (and the parent) have used it entirely out of context.
Here's the full quote:
Interviewer: "People are treating Google like their most trusted friend. Should they be?"
Eric Schmidt: "Well, I think judgment matters. If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. But if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google do retain this information for some time, and it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made available to the authorities."
While the quote _is_ Eric Schmidt's opinion of privacy, specifically it's his opinion of how much privacy one should expect from a search engine in light of the Patriot Act.
Do you think any differently than Eric Schmidt does?
Well, if all data were instantly sent to one of several large data centers strewn about the world as opposed to one black box, it sure would bring a new meaning to the phrase "cloud computing"...
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I recommend PostScript.
For kids, PostScript has the advantage of nearly instant gratification, because it allows them to draw graphics quickly. It has loops and conditionals. It uses stacks and variables and functions.
All you need to get going in PostScript is a text editor and a PostScript to PDF converter. On a Mac, it's built in. On Windows, I use GhostScript in CygWin and run ps2pdf, just like I would on Linux. Alternatively, Acrobat Distiller should do the trick.
I've created several applications used by financial institutions for printing millions of cashier's checks each year. You should read what I've written in the micro-printed signature line. You'll need a decent magnifying lens, of course.
The answer to this question really depends on the economics of the job market.
If there is an excess supply of degreed Systems Administrators and a limited number of available positions, much like now, getting a Systems Administration job without a degree is nigh-on impossible.
Alternatively, if there is a high demand and limited supply of degreed Systems Administrators, it's a piece of cake to get a Systems Administration position without a degree. The role may be a junior position, however it's a foot in the door and it will lead to the experience one needs to stay in the Systems Administration game without a degree even during difficult times.
If you're trying to get your first job now, reconsider whether it might make more sense to try to get a degree first. You can probably work a crap job part-time and live with the parents for a few years now in order for a pay-off in a few years.
If you must get a job now, and without a degree, set your expectations very low. You won't be doing much of the fun stuff.
I noticed that, too. Maybe we could convince Google to create a TOR service?
Just kidding.
Let's hope the courts understand IP addressing as poorly as you do, then...
O-ho! You thought you were just being funny, eh big guy?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10034476-93.html
That launch was today.
Mmmm. Strawberry ice cream...
Is it just me, or did anyone else want to know where he hid the body?!
That would be... our microberlords, right?
Cheap electricity!
It's got the sulfuric acid, all we need is lead!
Now, were you trying to suggest that a majority of
I'm now essentially blacklisting kdawson from my Slashdot experience. Too many sensationalistic, biased, or just plain stupid articles.
Ironically, the last person I did this to was Chris DiBona, who is now employed by Google...
You must be new here. It's not a secret...
In nine months of becoming a self-taught programmer, I suspect that you've become familiar with some syntax. I doubt that that's enough time to develop skills in creating data structures or figuring out algorithms. Because of this, if I were interviewing you for an entry-level programming position I would focus on data structures and algorithms to determine how weak your weak points are. I also suspect that someone else would interview for the position who had more developed skills in those areas, so you probably wouldn't get the job. Sorry, that's just the way competition is.
So, being this new at programming, I'd recommend that you take a job doing something else. Something that pays okay and you can handle doing for the summer while you spend your nights and weekends devouring open source projects. Not just fixing Bugzilla bugs but also reading other people's code and figuring out why they did things the way they did. Contributing to open source would be great, but your focus at this point should be to learn other ways of doing things so you can figure out for yourself which way is best in different situations.
I'd expect something like this on April 1st...
There are three plausible reasons for this:
1) Slashdot is part of a mainstream media conspiracy to ensure that the only candidates officially discussed are part of the U.S. government-perpetuating cabal.
2) Rob is ignorant and doesn't realize that three quarters of his userbase are rabid Alan Keyes supporters who will talk about him at the drop of a hat and will scream "Fox news conspiracy" when their guy doesn't get mentioned.
3) Rob is stupid and doesn't realize there are at least five Republican candidates and three Democrats still in the running (he also left out Mike Gravel on the Democrats side).
4) Rob simply forgot to include other candidates. He forgot to invite me to his ninth birthday party, too. I was heartbroken, but I got over it about fifteen years later.
5) Rob made a mistake, however we can discredit this because Rob is one of them android types with a computer brain and a human body.
Why are you complaining? You're not even giving Alan Keyes a nod, and he got excluded as well.
Welcome to SlashDot. Funny, with an ID of 208070 I would have guessed you'd have already figured how this place works...
Sounding like a childish brat doesn't invalidate points. It's just that some people don't like to read messages that were apparently written by childish brats and so... they don't. Is making a valid point that is left unread better or worse than making an invalid point?