How do I report/. to the FCC - what, they're not broadcast?
Here I am trying to read the salatious comments to a semi-obscene FCC document while I'm involutarially forced to view a/. ad attracting me to
http://images.slashdot.org/cgi-bin/adlog.pl?commen ts,smnr0012en
that seductively displays:
"Develope and affair with your..."
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Hand
(pause) held
Is nothing sacred!
Those who do not learn from history are doomed ...
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Those of us with 30+ years of playing with computers seem insightful because we remember screwing-up doing what the newbie is proposing. I would love to get a well paying job writing PL/I, BAL, COBOL, ALGOL, Jovial, etc., but those are now commodity skills and high-paying positions are given to people who are "perceived" as knowing or having some "special" skill.
Verbal and listening skills are more valuable than technical ones. Knowing how to conduct a productive meeting is an essential skill. Power is what you can delegate, not what you have. Your appearance and presence should meet or exceed the buyer's expectation.
Like every skill, the abilities of those who practice it can be mapped to a bell curve. Know your place.
Before I start ranting, allow me to pass on a few lessons from an over 50 programmer:
No matter what they say, it is a people problem; You can have cheap, perfect and fast, but only two out of the three; and Never start a sentence with the words, "That change could never..."
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How do I report /. to the FCC - what, they're not broadcast?
Here I am trying to read the salatious comments to a semi-obscene FCC document while I'm involutarially forced to view a /. ad attracting me to
http://images.slashdot.org/cgi-bin/adlog.pl?commen ts,smnr0012en
that seductively displays:
"Develope and affair with your ..."
(replacement image)
Hand
(pause) held
Is nothing sacred!
Those of us with 30+ years of playing with computers seem insightful because we remember screwing-up doing what the newbie is proposing. I would love to get a well paying job writing PL/I, BAL, COBOL, ALGOL, Jovial, etc., but those are now commodity skills and high-paying positions are given to people who are "perceived" as knowing or having some "special" skill.
Verbal and listening skills are more valuable than technical ones. Knowing how to conduct a productive meeting is an essential skill. Power is what you can delegate, not what you have. Your appearance and presence should meet or exceed the buyer's expectation.
Like every skill, the abilities of those who practice it can be mapped to a bell curve. Know your place.
Before I start ranting, allow me to pass on a few lessons from an over 50 programmer:
No matter what they say, it is a people problem;
You can have cheap, perfect and fast, but only two out of the three; and
Never start a sentence with the words, "That change could never..."