In my personal experience (I travel all over the US) CDMA kicks GSM's ever-lovin' ass.
I carry a Work GSM phone (Blackberry or Treo 600) and a personal CDMA Motorola V70. 90% of the time I get better signal with the CDMA phone and the audio clarity is always better (on both ends)
Clinton and Gore used the Information Superhighway (okay, the Internet these days) as an important chunk of their platform. They are a major reason that so much funding and development went into the Internet, and why it spread so insanely quickly.
Actually they spend most of their time actively campainging to cripple and destroy it. DMCA anyone? How about Mr. "Internet" Gore? Any goodwill points he got by campaigning for the Darpa funding that created the Internet he flushed down the toliet by being the primary proponent for the Clipper Chip. He sincerely desired to squash all private research into cryptography and make it an "illegal art" so to speak, while giving the US government a free backdoor into anyone's communications. Sound crazy, that is exactly what the Clipper chip plan was. Read The Electronic Privacy Papers sometime and learn what a friend of the geeks Gore really was.
What do you suppose THAT would have done to the Internet? Certainly would have pushed EVERY business that wanted to do business on it outside of the US. And yes the patriot act is a disgraceful piece of legislation (and a fine reason to oppose the reelection of EVERYONE who helped make it a law, including Bush and Kerry), but imagine how much worse it would be if the government had the those powers PLUS the powers the Clipper Chip initiative would have given them.
I'm wondering that myself, but I suppose even though the universe is expanding it is probably also swirling (for lack of a better 3 dimensional term) and I suppose that could cause some collisions. Especially if some of the galaxies are moving faster than others.
Of course I freely admit I don't have a clue about this stuff, someone else want to give a better explanation how this is possible?
Right, but that is a potentially dangerous sentiment to take. Joking aside, it actually IS possible for someone to be worse than Bush, and voting for that person just because they are not Bush isn't going to help matters.
I'm not saying Kerry is worse than Bush (I honestly have not made up my mind on that issues yet, they are both pretty damn bad), but hearing more specifics from him would certainly make it easier for me to decide.
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I sincerely hope they are using x3270 for their mainframe terminal emulation. I haven't found a better terminal app EVERY (for any platform, at any price)
The same happened when we entered WWII (not that I am comparing the Iraq war with WWII), so that might not be a good criteria to use.
The "selling out of the US" to his Dad and VP's companies might be a better tree to bark up. Frankly I'm surpised Kerry hasn't tried that angle yet. He has run an absolutely horrible campaign, he should try something he can actually attack Bush on rather than "Yay, I am a Vietnam vet who has a plan to fix the country, only I won't tell till I am elected"
We would likely run out of oil pretty quickly (and start drilling into Alaska like mad) but we would not starve to death. Actually many other countries would starve to death in this scenerio, we would have more food since we would no longer be exporting it.
Given what we now know about Rather, it probably wouldn't cost that much to have him say anything you want. He will even defend it in a mildly comical manner for you.
That's a very good point as well. An often overlooked option (or one that immediately written off as unrealistic) is to start your own business. If you have usefull skills that you believe to be in demand, become an independent contractor. Or get some like minded people together and start a business. Even though we are no longer in the heyday of the dot com craze, it can still be done. Just don't expect to pull together enough capital to buy everyone $1000 chairs:)
Networking, networking, networking (not 802.whatever). I hate interviewing cold with someone. Much better to get an "in" through a friend or a friend of a friend or do some volunteer work for your local school or charity and get to know some people that way. Just putting your resume on monster.com and expecting to nail any interviews that come your way is not the best option (not saying that is what you did) You end up competing with a ton of other faceless people who are more willing to lie blatantly on their resume and in person.
I know this is a place with a large discrepancy in personal views but it seems one of the prevailing views is that technology and progress will make some jobs and careers irrelevant and people must adapt and change with the times. A good example of this is any discussion that relates to digital music (or any media) and intellectual property in the digital age.
Another prevailing view is that because the market is no longer willing to pay six figures for a HTML jockey who once flipped through "C++ in 21 days", then the market is shot to hell. What happened to adapting and changing with the times? I can't help but think that a lot of the same people who lambaste the entertainment industry for remaining stagnant and expecting to make money are doing the same thing themselves. If your skillset is no longer needed at the value you think it is worth, get a new stinking skillset. Find out what jobs are paying well and in demand and move to those markets.
I know plenty of quite intelligent people who, during their high school and/or college years taught themselves a LOT about computers, programming, etc. but once they get a cushy job they are suddenly incapable of learning anything new or branching out into different fields. Nobody said everyone was guaranteed a job doing whatever they wanted making whatever they wanted.
So sure, maybe the ones that were hired are making more, but if they are only hiring a small percentage of grads, you'd expect them to make more, wouldn't you? (As they would be more qualified than the average grad)
We in the economics field refer to it as "supply and demand" and boy does it work.
There is a finite number of IT jobs available, and a plethora (a word I learned from The Three Amigos) of unemployed "C++ in 21 days" and "1337 HTML Hax0rs". The tragedy is not that every code monkey who went into CS because they heard you can get rich quick that way is not going to get a six figure job anymore. The tragedy is that they used to and still, for some reason, expect that.
NOTE: this isn't meant to disparage everyone currently unemployed in the IT industry, times have been tough even for qualified people. But you are not going to convince me that times are bad because literally everyone who wants an IT job can't get one. Not everyone who wants to be a nuclear physicist can get a job doing that either.
Not everything Kyle posted was proven, that article was full of speculation. Amazing how easily some fanboys are led.
Give me one example, since it is full of speculation that shouldn't be too hard right?
Accusing me of being a fanboy does not change the fact that you are rabidly defending them every chance you get yet have failed to provide a SINGLE example to back up your claim of "hatchet piece speculation".
Without consequences? Microsoft has shown time and time again that they are not above intentionally crippling or outright breaking third party apps in running under their OS simply because they don't like the company or are competing with them.
This isn't tin foil hat stuff, this is computer industry history (Lotus, DR DOS, etc) I'm sure AOL knows it. They will never piss off MS too much.
The Boston News, naturally, is both incorrect and clueless.
There was no "infiltration" involved. The memos were happily served up from the DJC's servers sicne they were available to the public with no protection. Furthermore, they were not classified.
If Microsoft accidently puts their source code up for download on their webpage, is it "infiltration" if I download them?
This is the hallmark of someone who watched or read convention coverage but not the convention speeches themselves. Was there (too much of) an emphasis on Kerry's vietnam service? Yes. Was that all they talked about? Far from it.
I watched both conventions, and my point was there was too much of it, overshadowing the important messages (in my opinion). I never said that was all they talked about.
First, quotes are meant to indicate when you are using someone else's exact words. I'm fairly sure that Kerry never said that he had a plan for Iraq and the economy, but he couldn't tell us until elected. That sounds more like RNC spin on Kerry. Granted, Kerry hasn't outlined a clear Iraq plan.
"I've been involved in this for a long time, longer than George Bush," he said. "I've spent 20 years negotiating, working, fighting for different kinds of treaties and different relationships around the world. I know that as president there's huge leverage that will be available to me, enormous cards to play, and I'm not going to play them in public. I'm not going to play them before I'm president."
You are right, it wasn't a direct quote and should not have been in quotation marks. However it is basically a paraphrase of what we really said. No RNC spin, this is actually Kerry's story. He knows how to save tens of thousands of lives today, but will not reveal it unless he is elected. I'm not totally sure he has the best interests of the country in mind here (note: I'm not saying that Bush does either).
However, one short phone call to Mr. DeLay, and you can bet that an Assault Weapons Ban re-up would have been introduced, and if Bush really, really wanted it, it would have been passed (Note: He didn't really want it, in case that wasn't obvious).
Of course it is obvious. Nobody who actually understands the ban wants it re-uped. For those who are pro second amendment it represents a symbolic ban that does nothing to curb crime and just serves as "yet another feel good law". For those who are anti second amendment, there is much more utility in letting it lapse (since it wasn't doing anything anyway) and taking the message to the media that the ban was a critical piece of legislation protecting us from crime and terrorists, and Bush let it die.
As for missing votes, if you break through the RNC spin, you'll find that Kerry is no different from the average Senator.
Right but this is not the average Senator. This is a candidate for the Presidency. Just because our current President seems ok with taking a ton of vacation time and slacking off does not make it ok for all future presidents to do so. Is it wrong to hold a Presidential candidate to a higher standard? Isn't that what we want in a President?
Imagine how quickly government would degenerate into a total mess if all behaviour were justified with the schoolyard-esque "but the other guy is doing it too" excuse. Actually, scratch that, we don't have to imagine that, we are living it now. Missing three quarters of the Senate Intelligence Committee meetings is unacceptable, I don't care how many other Senators do it. (this is verifiable fact, not RNC spin)
It's not great that you've let yourself become a tool of the RNC by spreading their false memes.
It is possible to question Kerry, his record, and statements without being a tool of the RNC. I'm perfectly capable of doing my own research and coming to my own conclusions, thanks. I certainly haven't called you a tool of the DNC because you have spouted "memes" against Bush.
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In my personal experience (I travel all over the US) CDMA kicks GSM's ever-lovin' ass.
I carry a Work GSM phone (Blackberry or Treo 600) and a personal CDMA Motorola V70. 90% of the time I get better signal with the CDMA phone and the audio clarity is always better (on both ends)
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Clinton and Gore used the Information Superhighway (okay, the Internet these days) as an important chunk of their platform. They are a major reason that so much funding and development went into the Internet, and why it spread so insanely quickly.
Actually they spend most of their time actively campainging to cripple and destroy it. DMCA anyone? How about Mr. "Internet" Gore? Any goodwill points he got by campaigning for the Darpa funding that created the Internet he flushed down the toliet by being the primary proponent for the Clipper Chip. He sincerely desired to squash all private research into cryptography and make it an "illegal art" so to speak, while giving the US government a free backdoor into anyone's communications. Sound crazy, that is exactly what the Clipper chip plan was. Read The Electronic Privacy Papers sometime and learn what a friend of the geeks Gore really was.
What do you suppose THAT would have done to the Internet? Certainly would have pushed EVERY business that wanted to do business on it outside of the US. And yes the patriot act is a disgraceful piece of legislation (and a fine reason to oppose the reelection of EVERYONE who helped make it a law, including Bush and Kerry), but imagine how much worse it would be if the government had the those powers PLUS the powers the Clipper Chip initiative would have given them.
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Perhaps because he doesn't feel that /. is the ideal place to keep informed on politics?
Maybe he isn't a rabid knee jerk (emphases on the jerk, ie. Michael) Liberal or a clueless, idealogical, "the market will save us all" Libertarian?
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Oddly enough, yes I do remember hearing that.
I'm wondering that myself, but I suppose even though the universe is expanding it is probably also swirling (for lack of a better 3 dimensional term) and I suppose that could cause some collisions. Especially if some of the galaxies are moving faster than others.
Of course I freely admit I don't have a clue about this stuff, someone else want to give a better explanation how this is possible?
Right, but that is a potentially dangerous sentiment to take. Joking aside, it actually IS possible for someone to be worse than Bush, and voting for that person just because they are not Bush isn't going to help matters.
I'm not saying Kerry is worse than Bush (I honestly have not made up my mind on that issues yet, they are both pretty damn bad), but hearing more specifics from him would certainly make it easier for me to decide.
Yeah, that is nice, but no real specifics, just campaign fluff.
BTW: thanks for the pr0n
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Right on brother! :)
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I sincerely hope they are using x3270 for their mainframe terminal emulation. I haven't found a better terminal app EVERY (for any platform, at any price)
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Maybe they want to charge a graduated rate based on the "level" your computer is at?
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The same happened when we entered WWII (not that I am comparing the Iraq war with WWII), so that might not be a good criteria to use.
The "selling out of the US" to his Dad and VP's companies might be a better tree to bark up. Frankly I'm surpised Kerry hasn't tried that angle yet. He has run an absolutely horrible campaign, he should try something he can actually attack Bush on rather than "Yay, I am a Vietnam vet who has a plan to fix the country, only I won't tell till I am elected"
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We would likely run out of oil pretty quickly (and start drilling into Alaska like mad) but we would not starve to death. Actually many other countries would starve to death in this scenerio, we would have more food since we would no longer be exporting it.
Finkployd
Given what we now know about Rather, it probably wouldn't cost that much to have him say anything you want. He will even defend it in a mildly comical manner for you.
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I am still here, El Guapo
That's a very good point as well. An often overlooked option (or one that immediately written off as unrealistic) is to start your own business. If you have usefull skills that you believe to be in demand, become an independent contractor. Or get some like minded people together and start a business. Even though we are no longer in the heyday of the dot com craze, it can still be done. Just don't expect to pull together enough capital to buy everyone $1000 chairs :)
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Now I'll have to smooze the dean and replace you at the university.
:)
Yes, cause I'm sure most universities are looking for someone who can burn through millions of dollars without producing anything.
They already have those people, they call them "research faculty"
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Networking, networking, networking (not 802.whatever). I hate interviewing cold with someone. Much better to get an "in" through a friend or a friend of a friend or do some volunteer work for your local school or charity and get to know some people that way. Just putting your resume on monster.com and expecting to nail any interviews that come your way is not the best option (not saying that is what you did) You end up competing with a ton of other faceless people who are more willing to lie blatantly on their resume and in person.
Finkployd
I know this is a place with a large discrepancy in personal views but it seems one of the prevailing views is that technology and progress will make some jobs and careers irrelevant and people must adapt and change with the times. A good example of this is any discussion that relates to digital music (or any media) and intellectual property in the digital age.
Another prevailing view is that because the market is no longer willing to pay six figures for a HTML jockey who once flipped through "C++ in 21 days", then the market is shot to hell. What happened to adapting and changing with the times? I can't help but think that a lot of the same people who lambaste the entertainment industry for remaining stagnant and expecting to make money are doing the same thing themselves. If your skillset is no longer needed at the value you think it is worth, get a new stinking skillset. Find out what jobs are paying well and in demand and move to those markets.
I know plenty of quite intelligent people who, during their high school and/or college years taught themselves a LOT about computers, programming, etc. but once they get a cushy job they are suddenly incapable of learning anything new or branching out into different fields. Nobody said everyone was guaranteed a job doing whatever they wanted making whatever they wanted.
Academia. Everyone I know has been getting regular raises based on merit.
:)
And everyone said I was nuts to go working for a university with mainframes during the dot com boom, who is employed now, beyotch?
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So sure, maybe the ones that were hired are making more, but if they are only hiring a small percentage of grads, you'd expect them to make more, wouldn't you? (As they would be more qualified than the average grad)
We in the economics field refer to it as "supply and demand" and boy does it work.
There is a finite number of IT jobs available, and a plethora (a word I learned from The Three Amigos) of unemployed "C++ in 21 days" and "1337 HTML Hax0rs". The tragedy is not that every code monkey who went into CS because they heard you can get rich quick that way is not going to get a six figure job anymore. The tragedy is that they used to and still, for some reason, expect that.
NOTE: this isn't meant to disparage everyone currently unemployed in the IT industry, times have been tough even for qualified people. But you are not going to convince me that times are bad because literally everyone who wants an IT job can't get one. Not everyone who wants to be a nuclear physicist can get a job doing that either.
Finkployd
Not everything Kyle posted was proven, that article was full of speculation. Amazing how easily some fanboys are led.
Give me one example, since it is full of speculation that shouldn't be too hard right?
Accusing me of being a fanboy does not change the fact that you are rabidly defending them every chance you get yet have failed to provide a SINGLE example to back up your claim of "hatchet piece speculation".
Without consequences? Microsoft has shown time and time again that they are not above intentionally crippling or outright breaking third party apps in running under their OS simply because they don't like the company or are competing with them.
This isn't tin foil hat stuff, this is computer industry history (Lotus, DR DOS, etc) I'm sure AOL knows it. They will never piss off MS too much.
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You know what, no matter how many times you rant in this thread about the "hachet job", everything HardOCP posted is true about Infinium and the CEO.
Was it in strong? Yes. Was it perhaps a bit tactless? Yes. Was it all true and provable? Yes.
Oh, and when you threaten someone, except the possibility of getting sued. Most companies and people do not take legal threats lightly.
The Boston News, naturally, is both incorrect and clueless.
There was no "infiltration" involved. The memos were happily served up from the DJC's servers sicne they were available to the public with no protection. Furthermore, they were not classified.
If Microsoft accidently puts their source code up for download on their webpage, is it "infiltration" if I download them?
Finkployd
This is the hallmark of someone who watched or read convention coverage but not the convention speeches themselves. Was there (too much of) an emphasis on Kerry's vietnam service? Yes. Was that all they talked about? Far from it.
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I watched both conventions, and my point was there was too much of it, overshadowing the important messages (in my opinion). I never said that was all they talked about.
First, quotes are meant to indicate when you are using someone else's exact words. I'm fairly sure that Kerry never said that he had a plan for Iraq and the economy, but he couldn't tell us until elected. That sounds more like RNC spin on Kerry. Granted, Kerry hasn't outlined a clear Iraq plan.
"I've been involved in this for a long time, longer than George Bush," he said. "I've spent 20 years negotiating, working, fighting for different kinds of treaties and different relationships around the world. I know that as president there's huge leverage that will be available to me, enormous cards to play, and I'm not going to play them in public. I'm not going to play them before I'm president."
You are right, it wasn't a direct quote and should not have been in quotation marks. However it is basically a paraphrase of what we really said. No RNC spin, this is actually Kerry's story. He knows how to save tens of thousands of lives today, but will not reveal it unless he is elected. I'm not totally sure he has the best interests of the country in mind here (note: I'm not saying that Bush does either).
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However, one short phone call to Mr. DeLay, and you can bet that an Assault Weapons Ban re-up would have been introduced, and if Bush really, really wanted it, it would have been passed (Note: He didn't really want it, in case that wasn't obvious).
Of course it is obvious. Nobody who actually understands the ban wants it re-uped. For those who are pro second amendment it represents a symbolic ban that does nothing to curb crime and just serves as "yet another feel good law".
For those who are anti second amendment, there is much more utility in letting it lapse (since it wasn't doing anything anyway) and taking the message to the media that the ban was a critical piece of legislation protecting us from crime and terrorists, and Bush let it die.
As for missing votes, if you break through the RNC spin, you'll find that Kerry is no different from the average Senator.
Right but this is not the average Senator. This is a candidate for the Presidency. Just because our current President seems ok with taking a ton of vacation time and slacking off does not make it ok for all future presidents to do so. Is it wrong to hold a Presidential candidate to a higher standard? Isn't that what we want in a President?
Imagine how quickly government would degenerate into a total mess if all behaviour were justified with the schoolyard-esque "but the other guy is doing it too" excuse. Actually, scratch that, we don't have to imagine that, we are living it now. Missing three quarters of the Senate Intelligence Committee meetings is unacceptable, I don't care how many other Senators do it. (this is verifiable fact, not RNC spin)
It's not great that you've let yourself become a tool of the RNC by spreading their false memes.
It is possible to question Kerry, his record, and statements without being a tool of the RNC. I'm perfectly capable of doing my own research and coming to my own conclusions, thanks. I certainly haven't called you a tool of the DNC because you have spouted "memes" against Bush.