What ever happened to 2600.com? I hate to sound ignorant, I know it lost it's court battle, but was it shut down? I can't get to it's website from work or home.
Leasing is taking off in America and has been around for a while. It give us something new every 2-3 years. People love it. It doesn't make sense economically to the consumer, but after the Fox new "Conspiracy Theory - We didn't land on the moon" special just because something does or doesn't make sense doesn't mean that we do the right/smart thing. I think we like throwing our money to the big corporations.
Consumers are going to eat this up. No more paying $200 for Office 2000. It's just $20 a month! Wow, I'm saving money! They'll say. Of course they'll be paying for the rest of their life.
Microsoft (and other software companies) will love the fact that they will have a steady cash flow. Remember, Cash is King! Investors will love it too (find a company with strong positive cash flow growth and buy stock in it, and watch it soar!) And the subscription probably won't be based on how much you use it, just that you have it.
I like your post, but I want to add one little thing. Russia did lose 20 million people during the time period of WWII. Yet only about 12M of them were caused by the invading Germans. What history always seems to forget is that Stalin was actually a bigger butcher than Hitler (I am in no way, shape, or form endorsing Hitler from that statement or his actions)
By comparison, Germany only lost about 15M (If I remember correctly, maybe it was 12. Not sure)
And that doesn't include the people Stalin murdered before and after the war. We have no record of those numbers, and if I were the Russians I'd burn them to be lost forever.
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There is a very little chance that they will get pictures of the impact sight.
First, the camera has to be undamaged and working.
Second, when they come up, they won't know the trajectory relative to the motion of the asteroid. They are planning on taking pictures, but it will be where-ever the camera is pointing at the time. Remember, the asteroid is spinning, but NEAR will probably just come straight up off the surface. So the landing site will be rotating away.
Third, the lens is wide angle? (I don't know my camera lenses that well) From what I understand, it won't "focus" on a small area, the picture will be too wide. And too low. They have to get up to 400M to take a picture.
Oh, how ignorant are our judges. In the CNN article the judges state that it does not fall under the 1984 ruling in favor of the VCR by the SC, and the the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992.
Tell me, who even had CD's in 92? What about CD-ROM's for your computer? In 95 the fast ones were 4x, I can't remember way back to 92 (too young) but I don't think computers came with CD-ROM's. Maybe they did.
You are right, there was no leeway for new technology. We really need a new generation of judges to take over these current ones, especially in technology issues.
What if you hooked up a certified "recording device" (according to the 1992 law) to your computer? Would it qualify then? I know, I'm preaching to the choir.
I don't like the fact that companies can do genetic testing without the knowledge of the person being tested. Especially for health insurance(I know this topic is life insurance). But if more people thought about life insurance, before getting it, we wouldn't be having this problem on such a large scale.
A person who is above 60 probably shouldn't have life insurance. There is no reason too. Once a person doesn't have any dependants or no morgage to pay off they should cancel their life insurance policy. Life insurance is made to supplement income in the event of a traggic accident when people are counting on you.
I'm young, married, with no children,no morgage, and no life insurance. If anything happens to me there is no income to protect. Now, once we buy a house, I will get life insurance to cover the cost of the morgage, for me and my wife. That way if anything happens to either of us, the other still gets to keep the house and doesn't have to worry where the money is going to come from.
The same applies to children. You get life insurance to supplement income so the living spouse could still live comfortably and put the children through school.
So I wouldn't worry about genetic testing so much for life insurance purposes (what are your odds of dying under 60?) I would be worried that this will spread into the health insurance sector, then people could not get the care they need at a reasonable cost. That would be traggic.
What's the diffence between a magnetic train's magnets and being exposed to the earth's magnetic field? Isn't the Earth's magnetic field more powerful? to me that doesn't make a lot of sense. Maybe someone who know's more could enlighten me?
There is even a whole branch of alternative medicine that uses magnets in shoes and other clothing to help heal people. I think it's more psycological(sp?) than anything.
I don't think China is doing this to make money. This is a test project to make sure the technology works and can be used. The article mentioned a Shanghi-Bejing (sp?) route in the future. You don't just go ahead and build a long route with unproven technology. That's unwise. A small test is best, and this sounds like the perfect testing scenario, heavy traffic, useful, and practical (people have to get to the airport, right?)
Pennsylvania Deregulated 3 years ago, and we are doing just fine. I enjoy being about to choose my energy provider. Currently I'm with Green Mountain, 100% renewable energy. It costs a little more than the others, but prices fell so I'm paying about the same per KW as I did 3 years ago. We allowed utilities to raise rates.
Now, please explain to me how by having a government run utility you would prevent the rolling blackouts? Governments might force lower prices (but you still pay the higher price through taxes) but a blackout means that they cannot produce more power, period.
Does the state of California have a magic power wand? No. Deregulation or not, they would still have the same problems today no matter what. Except people would be claiming the opposite, that the state should have deregulated instead of continuing to operate the utilities.
And what is wrong with making a profit? When demand is that high wouldn't you raise your prices? For example, if you bought 100 PS2's back in October for $300, and could sell them for $600, what would you do? Higher prices will cause the state to be more efficient. I bet more solar panels (sp?) will be going on roofs, and it's my meager understanding that Calif, especially southern Calif is one of the best places for Solar energy (more direct rays or something like that)
How reliable is that article? It sounded like a couple of people blowing smoke.
First, I'm assuming that everyone complaining about the "health risks" aren't using any kind of wireless devices. I'd hate for someone to be a hypocrate.
Second, no solutions are presented. Just scare tactics.
Third, they mentioned asbestos and breast implants. Any educated journalist who did a little research knows that breast implants were NEVER proven to cause cancer or any other ailments after extensive testing. Yet somehow Dow Corning went out of business even though their product didn't hurt anyone.
We at/. complain about corporations, yet somehow we forget about the crazy negligent consumers (i.e. McDonalds Cup of coffee)
Sorry about the uranium issue, just letting off some steam.
60 hour work weeks? The IT people that I know who work that much
a) don't want to go home to their family
b) don't have a family to go home too
c) really like what they are doing (i.e. startup)
With so many tech positions opened in the U.S. it doesn't make sense to complain if you are working extra hours. Leave. Odds are you'll get more money and better hours.
About government regulations, I'll make the arguement that it's the regulations that cause the recessions. Many regulations are necessary though, I (personally) think Europe has too much. What I feel doesn't change the situation though.
What is/are EULA's? Is it similar to a labor contract? We have lots of labor contracts here, most of them are invalid if taken to a court of law. It's my lay-man's understanding that in the courts a labor contract = slavery, or something similar, so they are always shot down.
While I'll admit that the potential for a trade war is there, I seriously doubt that events move so fast so that it materializes by the end of the year. But who knows what might happen in 2-3 years. That's when your predictions could become reality.
One of the reasons that Europe is behind us economically is the amount of government regulation in business. France, to ease unemployment, mandated 37 1/2 hour work days. While this will lower the percentage rate, it doesn't create a larger GDP because the same amount of hours are worked, it is now spread out over more people. I'll make the argument that companies will be more inefficient because they will have to spend more time training new employees, they will have to divide up work differently, and if you spend 15 hours in meetings every week, that only gives you 25 hours to do actual work. Now they have cut that down to 22 1/2 hours.
So yeah, watch the relations between Europe and the U.S. especially if they continue to push the idea that Depleted Uranium is causing lukemia (a topic for another time)
I predict that the 2nd ammendment will NOT come under attack. By the end of 2004 more americans than ever will own guns, and the murder-rate, while at a 40 year low, will start to climb again.
It's funny how a country of 60M like Great Britian has between 20-50 hand gun related deaths a year, yet in the U.S., a country of 280M, we average between 30-35K a year. It would be a shame if we "killed" the person who might have cured some cancers, diseases, advanced science, or even helped their neighbors out.
I don't see Bush taking an active role in direct technology issues. He has an energy crisis(indirect), and some good leadership in the next 2 years could cement his legacy 100x more than what Clinton did in 8 years. Money for Fusion research, grants for business and individuals to install Solar Panels to help economies of scale (the solar industry needs a slight "push" from the government, then prices should fall drastically), alternative fuels. If everyone had a solar panel or two to supplement electricity (especially in the Southwest where they have the energy problems and the best access to the suns direct rays) we would burn less coal and natural gas. Just a thought.
I fail to see the importance of the Matrix and it's so called problems. I can understand/. ers facination with Star wars and their desire for Star wars news, but does this really deserve to be reported? I guess if it's a slow news day (it is a Monday) you want to put some story up.
Did anyone ever see Dark City? Compared to the Matrix I think it is a magnatude better. I can't remember when it came out, 93-95? It didn't have the special effects or the big name actors, but it asked the question about "what is reality" in a much more realistic sense. Almost every idea in the Matrix it seems was copied from that movie.
Back to my point. Do you really think this is worthy news for nerds? If so, hey, I'm outvoted, that's fine, I'm just curious if others feel the same way.
If all the people who are worried that freedom is going to slowly disappear leave the country, there will be no on left to fight for freedom and the "bad" guys will win.
Now I could argue on who the "bad" guys are (I blame polititians more than corporations, they just want to maximize profit) but that argument is for another time.
America is a great country, although it's losing it's luster. Maybe we are too concerned about making money to focus on other things like freedom. Priorities like "let me own 20 AK-47" are more important that someone secretly spying on your phone calls, or checking your e-mails, or.....(you fill in the rest) Any form of gun control is shot down (Brady Bill for example, 3 day waiting period to own a handgun) yet the FBI is getting it's Carnivor (sp?) system through congressional hearings mostly intact.
Back to my point. STAY! FIGHT! RESIST! but if you want to make a back up plan (incase we lose) that is definately prudent.
I just graduated in May. I started working for a company and I thought the pay was decent. Come to find out they pay Computer Science majors the same as Information Systems majors.
I work with a guy who is an IS major. I easily do twice the amount of work, and it is significantly harder(I can honestly say that cause he does no work) and our pay is the same. ARG! They say that in the long run I'll make more/move up faster, but I don't think so. His uncle works here too (coincidence? NAH!)
I'd take the easier route and enjoy college more, or concentrate on something you like to do. I just have average computer skills. I'm improving quickly but I'm not a standout,yet. But I do work hard (which makes up for a lot).
Tough one. Good luck with whatever decision you make. Here's my two cents.
Start trying to find a new job. You obviously have the skills, your accomplishments should/will show that. The companies twisted logic (if you can even use the word logic) is going to make your job harder/unenjoyable, if not a year from now then in 3-4 years. I assume you're not nearing retirement (if so then maybe tough it out for the remaining time)
You could take the route of hiring a lawyer and fighting it in court, but even if you win your relationship will be permenately damaged and you'll want to leave anyway. I haven't really thought out this possibility. Just a passing thought.
I've never heard of someone being forced to move up the latter (but I'm young and naive). Corporate logic isn't really logic, more like Corporate Chaos. I don't have any "good" advice, just fair (at best) advice. Once again good luck.
One in 10 chance that you are gay? Where did you get that number?
According to the many surveys conducted by government and health organizations, only 1-2% of the population admits to being gay.
Lets assume that most of them are too afraid to fill out an anonymous surveys truthfully and up that number to 5%, that would still only make one in 20 people homosexual.
As with most things in life, a balance must be struck or else abuse will run rampant. As I recall vaguely, last year some consumer advocacy (sp?) groups won (or I thought they won) a case against the big record companies, proving that they were overpricing CD's.
From my understanding it cost just pennies to produce a CD, and a few bucks to market it (say, $4-$5 total) Most markup is 50-70% above that so a CD should cost anywhere between $6-$9. Few CD's cost $9, most are in the $15-19 price range. (there are exceptions I know)
I have not seen a significant reduction in the price of CD's, has anyone else?
On to making my point. Until now there has been no counterweight to the high cost of purchasing CD's. Now there is. Just hook up to Napster and get your music for free. Normally you don't download the whole CD, just one or two songs. Napster is the first counterweight to the old business model.
The new economy isn't about technology so much as it's about a companies ability to be dynamic and USE technology to further increse profits. The recording industry, instead of finding new solutions is going back to old tactics (lawyers & courtrooms)
Both Candiates only received about 25% of the populations blessing (if I may say so). There are 200M registered voters in the country, and only 100M of them came out to vote. Out of those 100M, about 50M voted for Gore and 50M voted for Bush.
So, you could say that only a quarter of our population wants and supports our next president, no matter who it turns out to be.
Democracy only works when the people excerise their rights. Here (and in many elections past) few people have choosen to do so. Why is it that Germany can get 80-85% of its population out to vote, and Japan closer to 90%?
What will happen to Democracy when few people vote? It seems to me (please add some more thoughts on this issue) that you get a form of dictatorship, where the population that votes makes all the decisions for the population that doesn't. That population will get disgruntled and it could lead to anarchy. Or government will just get more out of touch with it's citizens.
No, that isn't right. It's never been easier to live at home with one salary, and you shouldn't be punished because your single (even though I'm married) YET people claim that you can't. Real wages are up (adjusted for inflation) and have never been higher on average.
The problem is today people want 2 cars, big TV's, surround sound, 3 computers in there house, etc. In other words, people aren't fiscally responsible with the money that they have made.
Cnn.com had a story about a couple making $40,000 a year with 2 kids. After you take out day care, taxes, extra car you only have about $100 a week extra of disposable income. So the second person works for $5000 a year. When you factor all that into the equation, is it worth it to make the $100? Maybe it is maybe it isn't, that's not the issue. I'm just sick of people complaining that you can't live off one salary.
This is off topic. I had to vent.
FYI, most of the information in that article was made up or taken out of context. 1/3 of government spending is military? Um sure. $250B (military budget)/$1.8T(total government spending) = 13%. Off by a little there. Is that a "rounding" error?
You must know a lot of those "unemployed" people. Pick up a book about the economy and learn about what actually makes up the unemployment rate (people switching jobs, college students back in school). You ought to know a little about the numbers BEFORE you copy them. Can you prove to me that most of the unemployed are not lazy? No. Can I prove they are. No. But I can state that there is a labor shortage, so anyone who wants a job can find a job. It might not be the perfect job, but they rarely are.
There aren't 14,500 banks in the U.S. only about 9000. We are the only nation that has a large number of banks. Most countries only have 5-10 banks, and they control 100% of the assets.
Violent crime is down. Murder, rape, robbery, assult. It's been going down the last 10 years. Check out the FBI website and their yearly stats.
Please explain to me about our "forced labor slave system?" Where does it take place? Who is being oppressed? If you get me some hard evidence I'll be there right beside you fighting the system.
Do you have any solutions to these problems that you claim? Any person can critize, but it take a real person to give solutions to these problems. I didn't know there was a place on Earth where there are no homeless, unemployed people and everyone eats enough. We're not there yet, but then again prosperity (as we know it) has only been around for about 60 years. Nothing happens instantly. Things take time. Stop complaining about all these issues and go out and HELP PEOPLE!
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What ever happened to 2600.com? I hate to sound ignorant, I know it lost it's court battle, but was it shut down? I can't get to it's website from work or home.
Leasing is taking off in America and has been around for a while. It give us something new every 2-3 years. People love it. It doesn't make sense economically to the consumer, but after the Fox new "Conspiracy Theory - We didn't land on the moon" special just because something does or doesn't make sense doesn't mean that we do the right/smart thing. I think we like throwing our money to the big corporations.
Consumers are going to eat this up. No more paying $200 for Office 2000. It's just $20 a month! Wow, I'm saving money! They'll say. Of course they'll be paying for the rest of their life.
Microsoft (and other software companies) will love the fact that they will have a steady cash flow. Remember, Cash is King! Investors will love it too (find a company with strong positive cash flow growth and buy stock in it, and watch it soar!) And the subscription probably won't be based on how much you use it, just that you have it.
I like your post, but I want to add one little thing. Russia did lose 20 million people during the time period of WWII. Yet only about 12M of them were caused by the invading Germans. What history always seems to forget is that Stalin was actually a bigger butcher than Hitler (I am in no way, shape, or form endorsing Hitler from that statement or his actions)
By comparison, Germany only lost about 15M (If I remember correctly, maybe it was 12. Not sure)
And that doesn't include the people Stalin murdered before and after the war. We have no record of those numbers, and if I were the Russians I'd burn them to be lost forever.
There is a very little chance that they will get pictures of the impact sight.
First, the camera has to be undamaged and working.
Second, when they come up, they won't know the trajectory relative to the motion of the asteroid. They are planning on taking pictures, but it will be where-ever the camera is pointing at the time. Remember, the asteroid is spinning, but NEAR will probably just come straight up off the surface. So the landing site will be rotating away.
Third, the lens is wide angle? (I don't know my camera lenses that well) From what I understand, it won't "focus" on a small area, the picture will be too wide. And too low. They have to get up to 400M to take a picture.
Oh, how ignorant are our judges. In the CNN article the judges state that it does not fall under the 1984 ruling in favor of the VCR by the SC, and the the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992.
Tell me, who even had CD's in 92? What about CD-ROM's for your computer? In 95 the fast ones were 4x, I can't remember way back to 92 (too young) but I don't think computers came with CD-ROM's. Maybe they did.
You are right, there was no leeway for new technology. We really need a new generation of judges to take over these current ones, especially in technology issues.
What if you hooked up a certified "recording device" (according to the 1992 law) to your computer? Would it qualify then? I know, I'm preaching to the choir.
I forget where I found this (maybe it was on /. If so I'll feel like an idiot) But check out
http://www.lariat.org
It's a town that got together and set up their own ISP.
I don't like the fact that companies can do genetic testing without the knowledge of the person being tested. Especially for health insurance(I know this topic is life insurance). But if more people thought about life insurance, before getting it, we wouldn't be having this problem on such a large scale.
A person who is above 60 probably shouldn't have life insurance. There is no reason too. Once a person doesn't have any dependants or no morgage to pay off they should cancel their life insurance policy. Life insurance is made to supplement income in the event of a traggic accident when people are counting on you.
I'm young, married, with no children,no morgage, and no life insurance. If anything happens to me there is no income to protect. Now, once we buy a house, I will get life insurance to cover the cost of the morgage, for me and my wife. That way if anything happens to either of us, the other still gets to keep the house and doesn't have to worry where the money is going to come from.
The same applies to children. You get life insurance to supplement income so the living spouse could still live comfortably and put the children through school.
So I wouldn't worry about genetic testing so much for life insurance purposes (what are your odds of dying under 60?) I would be worried that this will spread into the health insurance sector, then people could not get the care they need at a reasonable cost. That would be traggic.
What's the diffence between a magnetic train's magnets and being exposed to the earth's magnetic field? Isn't the Earth's magnetic field more powerful? to me that doesn't make a lot of sense. Maybe someone who know's more could enlighten me?
There is even a whole branch of alternative medicine that uses magnets in shoes and other clothing to help heal people. I think it's more psycological(sp?) than anything.
I don't think China is doing this to make money. This is a test project to make sure the technology works and can be used. The article mentioned a Shanghi-Bejing (sp?) route in the future. You don't just go ahead and build a long route with unproven technology. That's unwise. A small test is best, and this sounds like the perfect testing scenario, heavy traffic, useful, and practical (people have to get to the airport, right?)
Pennsylvania Deregulated 3 years ago, and we are doing just fine. I enjoy being about to choose my energy provider. Currently I'm with Green Mountain, 100% renewable energy. It costs a little more than the others, but prices fell so I'm paying about the same per KW as I did 3 years ago. We allowed utilities to raise rates.
Now, please explain to me how by having a government run utility you would prevent the rolling blackouts? Governments might force lower prices (but you still pay the higher price through taxes) but a blackout means that they cannot produce more power, period.
Does the state of California have a magic power wand? No. Deregulation or not, they would still have the same problems today no matter what. Except people would be claiming the opposite, that the state should have deregulated instead of continuing to operate the utilities.
And what is wrong with making a profit? When demand is that high wouldn't you raise your prices? For example, if you bought 100 PS2's back in October for $300, and could sell them for $600, what would you do? Higher prices will cause the state to be more efficient. I bet more solar panels (sp?) will be going on roofs, and it's my meager understanding that Calif, especially southern Calif is one of the best places for Solar energy (more direct rays or something like that)
How reliable is that article? It sounded like a couple of people blowing smoke.
/. complain about corporations, yet somehow we forget about the crazy negligent consumers (i.e. McDonalds Cup of coffee)
First, I'm assuming that everyone complaining about the "health risks" aren't using any kind of wireless devices. I'd hate for someone to be a hypocrate.
Second, no solutions are presented. Just scare tactics.
Third, they mentioned asbestos and breast implants. Any educated journalist who did a little research knows that breast implants were NEVER proven to cause cancer or any other ailments after extensive testing. Yet somehow Dow Corning went out of business even though their product didn't hurt anyone.
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FYI - W2k service pack 1 was closer to 85MB as I recall. I think it fixed everything but the calculator.
Sorry about the uranium issue, just letting off some steam.
60 hour work weeks? The IT people that I know who work that much
a) don't want to go home to their family
b) don't have a family to go home too
c) really like what they are doing (i.e. startup)
With so many tech positions opened in the U.S. it doesn't make sense to complain if you are working extra hours. Leave. Odds are you'll get more money and better hours.
About government regulations, I'll make the arguement that it's the regulations that cause the recessions. Many regulations are necessary though, I (personally) think Europe has too much. What I feel doesn't change the situation though.
What is/are EULA's? Is it similar to a labor contract? We have lots of labor contracts here, most of them are invalid if taken to a court of law. It's my lay-man's understanding that in the courts a labor contract = slavery, or something similar, so they are always shot down.
While I'll admit that the potential for a trade war is there, I seriously doubt that events move so fast so that it materializes by the end of the year. But who knows what might happen in 2-3 years. That's when your predictions could become reality.
One of the reasons that Europe is behind us economically is the amount of government regulation in business. France, to ease unemployment, mandated 37 1/2 hour work days. While this will lower the percentage rate, it doesn't create a larger GDP because the same amount of hours are worked, it is now spread out over more people. I'll make the argument that companies will be more inefficient because they will have to spend more time training new employees, they will have to divide up work differently, and if you spend 15 hours in meetings every week, that only gives you 25 hours to do actual work. Now they have cut that down to 22 1/2 hours.
So yeah, watch the relations between Europe and the U.S. especially if they continue to push the idea that Depleted Uranium is causing lukemia (a topic for another time)
I predict that the 2nd ammendment will NOT come under attack. By the end of 2004 more americans than ever will own guns, and the murder-rate, while at a 40 year low, will start to climb again.
It's funny how a country of 60M like Great Britian has between 20-50 hand gun related deaths a year, yet in the U.S., a country of 280M, we average between 30-35K a year. It would be a shame if we "killed" the person who might have cured some cancers, diseases, advanced science, or even helped their neighbors out.
I don't see Bush taking an active role in direct technology issues. He has an energy crisis(indirect), and some good leadership in the next 2 years could cement his legacy 100x more than what Clinton did in 8 years. Money for Fusion research, grants for business and individuals to install Solar Panels to help economies of scale (the solar industry needs a slight "push" from the government, then prices should fall drastically), alternative fuels. If everyone had a solar panel or two to supplement electricity (especially in the Southwest where they have the energy problems and the best access to the suns direct rays) we would burn less coal and natural gas. Just a thought.
You're right. I was under the impression it was made earlier. My bad.
I fail to see the importance of the Matrix and it's so called problems. I can understand /. ers facination with Star wars and their desire for Star wars news, but does this really deserve to be reported? I guess if it's a slow news day (it is a Monday) you want to put some story up.
Did anyone ever see Dark City? Compared to the Matrix I think it is a magnatude better. I can't remember when it came out, 93-95? It didn't have the special effects or the big name actors, but it asked the question about "what is reality" in a much more realistic sense. Almost every idea in the Matrix it seems was copied from that movie.
Back to my point. Do you really think this is worthy news for nerds? If so, hey, I'm outvoted, that's fine, I'm just curious if others feel the same way.
If all the people who are worried that freedom is going to slowly disappear leave the country, there will be no on left to fight for freedom and the "bad" guys will win.
Now I could argue on who the "bad" guys are (I blame polititians more than corporations, they just want to maximize profit) but that argument is for another time.
America is a great country, although it's losing it's luster. Maybe we are too concerned about making money to focus on other things like freedom. Priorities like "let me own 20 AK-47" are more important that someone secretly spying on your phone calls, or checking your e-mails, or.....(you fill in the rest) Any form of gun control is shot down (Brady Bill for example, 3 day waiting period to own a handgun) yet the FBI is getting it's Carnivor (sp?) system through congressional hearings mostly intact.
Back to my point. STAY! FIGHT! RESIST! but if you want to make a back up plan (incase we lose) that is definately prudent.
I just graduated in May. I started working for a company and I thought the pay was decent. Come to find out they pay Computer Science majors the same as Information Systems majors.
I work with a guy who is an IS major. I easily do twice the amount of work, and it is significantly harder(I can honestly say that cause he does no work) and our pay is the same. ARG! They say that in the long run I'll make more/move up faster, but I don't think so. His uncle works here too (coincidence? NAH!)
I'd take the easier route and enjoy college more, or concentrate on something you like to do. I just have average computer skills. I'm improving quickly but I'm not a standout,yet. But I do work hard (which makes up for a lot).
Tough one. Good luck with whatever decision you make. Here's my two cents.
Start trying to find a new job. You obviously have the skills, your accomplishments should/will show that. The companies twisted logic (if you can even use the word logic) is going to make your job harder/unenjoyable, if not a year from now then in 3-4 years. I assume you're not nearing retirement (if so then maybe tough it out for the remaining time)
You could take the route of hiring a lawyer and fighting it in court, but even if you win your relationship will be permenately damaged and you'll want to leave anyway. I haven't really thought out this possibility. Just a passing thought.
I've never heard of someone being forced to move up the latter (but I'm young and naive). Corporate logic isn't really logic, more like Corporate Chaos. I don't have any "good" advice, just fair (at best) advice. Once again good luck.
One in 10 chance that you are gay? Where did you get that number?
According to the many surveys conducted by government and health organizations, only 1-2% of the population admits to being gay.
Lets assume that most of them are too afraid to fill out an anonymous surveys truthfully and up that number to 5%, that would still only make one in 20 people homosexual.
As with most things in life, a balance must be struck or else abuse will run rampant. As I recall vaguely, last year some consumer advocacy (sp?) groups won (or I thought they won) a case against the big record companies, proving that they were overpricing CD's.
From my understanding it cost just pennies to produce a CD, and a few bucks to market it (say, $4-$5 total) Most markup is 50-70% above that so a CD should cost anywhere between $6-$9. Few CD's cost $9, most are in the $15-19 price range. (there are exceptions I know)
I have not seen a significant reduction in the price of CD's, has anyone else?
On to making my point. Until now there has been no counterweight to the high cost of purchasing CD's. Now there is. Just hook up to Napster and get your music for free. Normally you don't download the whole CD, just one or two songs. Napster is the first counterweight to the old business model.
The new economy isn't about technology so much as it's about a companies ability to be dynamic and USE technology to further increse profits. The recording industry, instead of finding new solutions is going back to old tactics (lawyers & courtrooms)
Both Candiates only received about 25% of the populations blessing (if I may say so). There are 200M registered voters in the country, and only 100M of them came out to vote. Out of those 100M, about 50M voted for Gore and 50M voted for Bush.
So, you could say that only a quarter of our population wants and supports our next president, no matter who it turns out to be.
Democracy only works when the people excerise their rights. Here (and in many elections past) few people have choosen to do so. Why is it that Germany can get 80-85% of its population out to vote, and Japan closer to 90%?
What will happen to Democracy when few people vote? It seems to me (please add some more thoughts on this issue) that you get a form of dictatorship, where the population that votes makes all the decisions for the population that doesn't. That population will get disgruntled and it could lead to anarchy. Or government will just get more out of touch with it's citizens.
Check this out
http://www.astrolink.com/welcome.html
Think they are too late? Launching in 2003 they'll have to fight for market share (if terestrial networks don't dominate)
No, that isn't right. It's never been easier to live at home with one salary, and you shouldn't be punished because your single (even though I'm married) YET people claim that you can't. Real wages are up (adjusted for inflation) and have never been higher on average. The problem is today people want 2 cars, big TV's, surround sound, 3 computers in there house, etc. In other words, people aren't fiscally responsible with the money that they have made. Cnn.com had a story about a couple making $40,000 a year with 2 kids. After you take out day care, taxes, extra car you only have about $100 a week extra of disposable income. So the second person works for $5000 a year. When you factor all that into the equation, is it worth it to make the $100? Maybe it is maybe it isn't, that's not the issue. I'm just sick of people complaining that you can't live off one salary. This is off topic. I had to vent.
FYI, most of the information in that article was made up or taken out of context. 1/3 of government spending is military? Um sure. $250B (military budget)/$1.8T(total government spending) = 13%. Off by a little there. Is that a "rounding" error?
You must know a lot of those "unemployed" people. Pick up a book about the economy and learn about what actually makes up the unemployment rate (people switching jobs, college students back in school). You ought to know a little about the numbers BEFORE you copy them. Can you prove to me that most of the unemployed are not lazy? No. Can I prove they are. No. But I can state that there is a labor shortage, so anyone who wants a job can find a job. It might not be the perfect job, but they rarely are.
There aren't 14,500 banks in the U.S. only about 9000. We are the only nation that has a large number of banks. Most countries only have 5-10 banks, and they control 100% of the assets.
Violent crime is down. Murder, rape, robbery, assult. It's been going down the last 10 years. Check out the FBI website and their yearly stats.
Please explain to me about our "forced labor slave system?" Where does it take place? Who is being oppressed? If you get me some hard evidence I'll be there right beside you fighting the system.
Do you have any solutions to these problems that you claim? Any person can critize, but it take a real person to give solutions to these problems. I didn't know there was a place on Earth where there are no homeless, unemployed people and everyone eats enough. We're not there yet, but then again prosperity (as we know it) has only been around for about 60 years. Nothing happens instantly. Things take time. Stop complaining about all these issues and go out and HELP PEOPLE!
--a mind is like a paracute, it only functions when opened