Come on, we have all read about the dangers of PageRank. Search Slashdot's archives to refresh...Quite frankly, google isn't as good as it once was. Its about as useful as Alta Vista was in 1996.
Google is tons better than AltaVista ever was. PageRank isn't perfect, but they fix it. I've never said PageRank was perfect, and I never will. It does, however, provide a level of objective searching that was never previously available. But, it is a system, and as the Matrix taught us all, a system can be broken or bent.
Go to Cnet and the download area. You will see the pages ranked by most requested downloads. And anyways Yahoo uses most requested links in their Categorized Links on their home page. Such as Computer>Supercomputers>Cray. While this was categorized by humans it still just as good as good as what Google does.
Hey kid, before you embarass yourself any further why don't you just go ahead and look at what PageRank actually is. Google did invent what they call "PageRank." It's name is a touch misleading.
Oh I forgot Teoma. Preferably with how ugly it is. Overusage of swooshes killing ocular nerves!
(Or is Google vs. others the next vi vs. emacs holy war? I am so out of the loop these days...)
I think Google has pretty much won. I honestly don't think it's possible to beat them out. They provide everything in an easy to use fashion, in every language I can imagine (English, Spanish, and Japanese works perfectly fine) without fail. It's simple, fast loading, and very clean.
To me, google is vi's leanness, notepads simplicity, and emacs scriptability all put together.
Ever heard a live concert recording? Still entertaining, right? The music's still good, right?
The music is good, but it doesn't sound as good as fully mastered music. And it also only sounds good if there are decent mic setups. Recording from one channel in the center is going to sound like shit.
Read the parent post again. His point was that the existance of background noise and limitations in audio bandwidth were the primary causes for a song to be unpopular.
Not particularly. He was saying that having shitty recording equipment making your music sound more like a hiss more than a song is detremental towards getting known.
The topic was Production Values. Doesn't matter what medium you are talking about, especially two as closely related as audio and video.
Reality TV is like a concert with a decent recording setup.
Sitcoms are like mastered songs, recorded in a studio. What he was saying is that trying to get famous off of home recordings is like borrowing your mom's Hi-8 and having your talk show broadcast over public access.
You really are an idiot, aren't you? To break this down, you responded to my comment #7085642 with comment #7086786.
So, how did I reply to your first? Apparently your definition of first is second. You desperately need a new dictionary.
Not only that but you measure your worth by how many friends you have slashdot. Oh and you threaten to write about me in your journal as if that was going to actually harm me or something.
No, it probably won't harm you. But it will provide entertainment for quite a few people who will undoubtedly laugh at how long I've gotten you to respond with absolute dumbass posts. How you are harping on how I replied to you first, when it is very obvious (and provable) that isn't even the case.
For a long time I thought the idea of lonely boys hanging out at slashdot
Yes, I am so lonely. Like my Lexus in the background?
No it isn't. If that were true, The White Stripes would still be stuck in their garage. It's a catchy well-written tune that sells, not the polish on top of it.
It is true. Try recording an entire band playing in a garage vs. a recording studio with real microphones. The sound is completely different. Most (real) bands become well known because of their shows and their live sound, not their demo CDs.
Notice that the "general public" has no problem enjoying all those questionably-encoded mp3s floating around.
Apples and Oranges. The poorly encoded mp3 still has everything balanced and even. It's already been mastered and the quality is gone. The poorly produced sound track has an overwhelming guitar masking out the singing that has a shitty drum beat in the background.
If production quality truly mattered to the public, Cops, You Gotta See This, and any number of other "real" video shows would never have hit the airwaves.
Reality TV shows do not compare with things like Friends, and all the other popular sitcoms. You are continuing to compare unrelated mediums.
Yes, I would get the same job. It's simple, because of my skill set. How many people have coded distributed network systems in C, C++, integrating with IDS and server monitoring systems, written mod_perl frameworks, CGI applications, Qt desktop networked applications, genetic analysis applications, dna storage and searching applications, biotech applications (EMG signal processing).
These aren't things I know, but things I've done.
I interview people too, and one of the things we won't abide is outright arrogance.
I agree. If someone walks in and says, "I can code like a muthafucka" I show them the door. I don't do that. I say, "This is what I have done." I don't inflate it, I don't deflate it. I say it as it is, and I say it with the pride that comes from doing it on my own. That comes across as arrogance a lot of times, I agree. I just don't care, though. My saving grace and single talent in life is never caring what other people thought about me. I always do what I do for me, and that's why I succeed.
You should feel lucky that you have the job you have, and yes, knowing someone influential in a fortune 500 company right now is as important (right now) as having hot skills.
I always feel lucky for the life I have, and for knowing which opportunities to explore and harness. I also feel like I deserved all the opportunities in my life, because I've worked hard for the possibility for those opportunities to come forward. I've never had anything handed to me, even my parents made me work for my college tuition. It made me a better person.
Or possibly acting stupider than you are, because it's easier.
It is easier. I mostly just like to get people riled up by acting like a total obnoxious dick. In reality, I'm just a total dick.
Well the facts are clear on this. You replied to me. Why? I don't know. You keep stalking me. Why? I don't know. You are clearly obsessed with me. So much that you are going to put a whole writeup on me on your journal.
Dumbass, you responded to me. Go look it up, and I'll wait right here. You have continued to respond to me. I'm not obsessed with you, but idiots in general. I find it an amazing feat for people to knowingly be idiots. How do you do it so easily?
Why would a sane person do all this? Especially if as you say you have a hot grilfriend and a lexus? Isn't it more fun to fuck your girlfriend and drive your lexus?
Because I'm bored at work. I can't have sex in the stairwell, nor does the parking lot really have a good place to go drive around. I enjoy my job, but it does get tedious and I need to vent. Lately, it's been very annoying so I pick dipshits like you out of the masses (or, you pick me and I just keep telling you that you are a fucking idiot) and it puts a small smile on my face. Not because I enjoy posting, but because it's just a game to see how many times I can get you to respond.
I don't really care what you say, as long as you respond to me over and over again. It's like playing a video game. I have to write something that warrants you responding (which isn't hard, since all you do is go off about me stalking you) and you respond.
Just like I am a Telling-you-you-are-a-fucking-idiot machine, you are a Post-dumbass-response-that-is-delusional machine.
Apparently either you don't have those things or you find it more fun to stalk me and write about me in your journal.
I think when you get a real job you'll understand all of this.
You find nothing of interest in my posts and yet you feel compelled to reply to them.
You need to read better. I'm replying to see how long you continue to reply, pointing this fact out each time, to see how long you will continue to go off looking like a fool. So far you are doing pretty well.
This is very typical obsessive compulsive stalker behavior.
So, you find no value in what I say, and you obviously don't read it, yet you respond without fail. Even when I say that I'm going to make fun of you when you do. You are the rat that goes after the electrified cheese. Besides, I'm not obsessive compulsive, my psychologist said so.
The inability to stop yourself from doing things you are ashamed of.
Uhm, no. In fact, you will get a journal entry detailing how big of an idiot you are after this is done. If I were ashamed of it I wouldn't do such things as have my 300+ fans look at you and laugh.
If you knew where I lived you'd find yourself driving by my house a lot or simply parking close by at night hoping to get a glimpse of me.
No, I couldn't get a good view into your mothers basement.
It really is sad that this is the best you can do. You have been harping on this since I first made fun of you. Your originality is lacking, your skill at writing is even extremely poor. The one thing that HanzoSan has over you is originality. That kid can write some of the most bizarre and idiotic things. You just harp on the same idiotic thing.
But you can keep it up. I even rub your mothers underwear in honey and then make toast and feed it to your dog.
Of course if you knew where I lived I'd get a restraining order.
Uhm, yeah. You need some help. So, when you go to a grocery store, is the clerk that checks you out stalking you? You realize that is all that is happening.
I am an insult machine. I make fun of you. You come back into my line. I make fun of you. I am stalking you because of this? Damn your life must be fucked up. I bet that's how dogs see.
You keep on the platitudes, speaking about "deserving" and "earning," but the fact of the matter is, there is no hard and fast way of defining what exactly affords one the deservedness, or defines them as "good at IT jobs;" it's all arbitrary, and getting a job is based upon many other things than deserving or aptitude.
Sorry, I moved to a town that has one of the highest unemployment rates and I got a job in 2 months. I've kept it for over 2 years. I know several others who came up and still don't have jobs. People who have been unemployed for over a year. What does that tell you?
It means these people are worthless jackoffs that can't code. I know this because I've interviewed them.
I don't know where you are, but out here in the real world, rarely is it what you know, but rather WHO you know that gets you in the door.
Bullshit. If you know the system, and have the knowledge to buy a nice shirt and not eat your hair at the interview table it isn't hard. I didn't know a damned soul when I moved to Portland. 2 Months. I'm proof you don't need that shit. I turned a 2 week contract into a 2+ year contract.
So you can be a kickass coder or a great sysadmin, but it still won't get you a thing if you don't have an edge over the 500 other guys who are kickass coders or great sysadmins and also have their resume in the same pile.
There aren't 500 other guys who are kick ass coders. There aren't even 2. We interviewed like mad for several positions since I've been here. We have found one guy who was a good programmer. Not even kick ass, just good. There were several others that we brought in and didn't make the cut. The rest didn't make it through the door because on paper they look like jackasses.
You tell me; is David Dvorkin one of the retards who should be getting out?
How long has he been unemployed? How hard is he working for a job? Judging by his anti-Bush sentiments, the man has other issues which will prevent him from getting a job. Maybe he does interview well, I don't know him. I do know that if you go to an interview with the wookie on your shirt it doesn't make you "quirky" like it did in 97, it makes you a jackass motherfucker that isn't getting hired.
I tell you what, there's two types of people that I hate: idiots who know better and greedy self-serving retards who can't see the world except through the shaft of their own ego.
I'm not egocentric, I'm not self-serving, and I'm not arrogant. I'm confident. I've survived through layoffs till the company went under. I've been through what people fear most, not knowing anybody. I don't give a fuck what you think about me, because I know what I have accomplished.
All I am is text on your screen to you, to me I succeeded in what I wanted to accomplish and haven't let anybody dictate what I will succeed or fail at. I sent out 20+ resumes a day when I was unemployed and racked up $300 cell phone bills each month on calls. I got a great job because of it.
If you are unemployed, what's your excuse? The real reason is one of two things: You aren't good enough or you aren't trying hard enough.
Black and white. And yes, most people do think I'm arrogant and self-serving. It doesn't bother me because I'm the one who sleeps good at night.
I'm not quite sure how your delusions allow you this. You respond to me, I make fun of you. You keep responding to me, so I guess that makes you a stalker as well. I really think you need some valium, or a better dictionary.
You are stalking me while pretending that you own a lexus and a hot chick (which face it is a pretty universal high school fantasy scenario).
Who dreams of owning a Lexus in high school? A Lexus is a high-end Toyota. The fact that you think that a Lexus is some "highschool fantasy" car tells me you are probably in junior high waiting for this. High school kids dream of owning fast supercars, remember? I wanted an RX-7 R2 when I was in high school, after I could get one I decided I didn't want one anymore and never bought one. And also, I don't own my girlfriend. Don't worry, when you understand that you may get a girlfriend, too.
It's really funny on this whole stalking thing. You shouldn't harp on that, because it makes you look like a delusional idiot. Not that you aren't, I'm just letting you know. Trying to help you out a bit. Anyway, off to work now, I look forward to making fun of you more later tonight.
I'm sorry, but when I'm constantly facing the loss of MY home and MY standard of living, I have to think about MY family first.
If you have to worry about it I have three suggestions for you:
Life insurance, accidental death.
New line of work.
Stop worrying.
I'm sick of people complaining about how they are constantly facing all these great losses because they're too fucking retarded to learn that they just shouldn't be in the IT Business. If you are constantly facing the challenges of losing your shit, get out.
Make room for the people who deserve, love, and are good at IT jobs. I don't care if you love computers, if you are a retard, get out. If you can't hold down a job, get out. If you have been unemployed for more than a year, go to realty school and become a realtor.
There are two types of people that I hate in this world, those who aren't stupid but act stupid because it's easier and those who believe they're entitled to shit they don't earn.
You sound exactly like the latter, and I hope you are not.
Sorry. I must have said the same thing while you were stalking me anonymously. Sometimes it's hard to tell which stalker is which.
Finally, some originality! Although only in what you say because your delusions remain the same. You did read the thread, right? Here, let me replay it for you: I post a comment. You post incoherent reply. I make fun of you. You accuse me of being a stalker. I call you an idiot. You accuse me of getting off on being a stalker. I call you an idiot that pretends to be a girl while playing D&D and Everquest. You accuse me of being an anonymous stalker, quoting you in a different thread.
As I said I enjoy providing targets for obsessive compulsives like you. I figure that if you are too busy stalking me on slashdot then at least you are not out destroying your parent's car or setting off fireworks in the trailer park. Anything that keeps kids like you off the street is a valuable service to society I think.
Hey now, there we go. That's some good effort you put into it. To bad I own a Lexus SC, without my single living parent anywhere near it. And I live in a nice apartment, with a great girl (a real one, not the type you pretend to be) with a washer, dryer, and dishwasher. You know, appliances you should use more often.
Don't pretend you don't. You know you do. Besides, the time I spend on Slashdot is entertaining and relaxing. Some people play violent video games, other people find retards on online boards and point out their short-comings. Either way, it's a game. You are losing, by the way.
You really should hook up with HanzoSan though, you guys are a lot a like.
As I said grease up your little pud and enjoy yourself. I am happy to provide a target for your sexual frustrations. Maybe I am not as much fun as real girl but I am less scary and will not laugh at you when you take your clothes off.
You should try some new tactics, because this really doesn't do anything. You are just repeating yourself, without any merit or cause. In fact, it's almost as if that's what you want to happen.
I bet you are the type of guy who pretends to be a 15 year old girl on AOL, and when you play Everquest you try to have cybersex with all the guys.
Besides, do a little digging on me and you'll know I'm quite taken care of in the girl region. In fact, all regions. I just like to make fun of dicks like you, and see how many times you will respond without saying anything that even comes close to showing you have any intelligence at all.
If for no other reason then it attracts stalkers like you. I have lots of them. Some of them sexually stimulate themselves while reading my posts and replying to them. Feel free to butter yourself up and enjoy yourself.
I think you need to change your definition of stalker to match what the rest of the world uses. You see, you responded to me. And if you have stalkers, it means you are a fucking idiot and people make fun of you, and point you out to their friends.
So you had no real rebuttal to anything I said so chose to attack me personally. That's cool I hope you had fun.
See, this time you actually provide something to refute. You didn't post anything that was remotely intelligable, nor worthy of a response. However, you did take the time to respond to my post so I figured I would do the same.
And yes, I did have fun. The level in which you posted such incoherent, irrelevant blatherings was astounding, even for Slashdot. I really hope you had fun, too.
A takedown notice is usually a DMCA related event... yeah, that wasn't factually incorrect.
That's what a takedown notice is.
Uhm, no. Sorry, that isn't what a takedown notice is. In fact, "takedown notice" is also used in Australia, which doesn't have the DMCA. You are confusing two things. There has always been takedown notices, long before the DMCA. In fact, here's how you can find out how: Go to your local city hall, post flyers advertising something with your address. See how long it takes for you to get a takedown notice.
Actually, what he said is a takedown notice is usually in response to DMCA. So I think his concern was that the headline could easily be misconstrued to mean MS was forcing their site to go down, much like we hear about in DMCA cases.;-)
If anything, it's pointong out how quickly people look at two companies battling and the first thing that comes to mind is the DMCA. Takedown notices happened all the time before the DMCA. Ajax.org ring a bell?
It's just because the DMCA is so over-used is why people think that way. The legal terminology hasn't changed since the DMCA was empowered.
Which is essentially what he said: Microsoft has no means of forcing Lindows to take the site down without a lengthy legal process.
But he also said that a takedown notice is in response to DMCA, which is completely bullshit. A C&D letter is very effective.
I was just clarifying that what Microsoft sent has nothing to do with the DMCA, yet it is a takedown notice. It's a Takedown or We Sue the Shit out of You Notice.
Tokyo isn't self sustaining. Even ignoring raw materials and heavy industry, it needs food which isn't being produced locally.
When did I say it was, and when did I say that people would always work inside of said theoretical megatropolis?
My stepdad works on an offshore oil platform. He works for a week, and gets a week off. He makes sure all the SUVs get their fuel. SUVs aren't self-sustaining, yet they are all over the place.
It's not a question of how much land a person needs, it's how efficient can you get everything they need to them.
Slashdot Mirror
Come on, we have all read about the dangers of PageRank. Search Slashdot's archives to refresh...Quite frankly, google isn't as good as it once was. Its about as useful as Alta Vista was in 1996.
Google is tons better than AltaVista ever was. PageRank isn't perfect, but they fix it. I've never said PageRank was perfect, and I never will. It does, however, provide a level of objective searching that was never previously available. But, it is a system, and as the Matrix taught us all, a system can be broken or bent.
Go to Cnet and the download area. You will see the pages ranked by most requested downloads. And anyways Yahoo uses most requested links in their Categorized Links on their home page. Such as Computer>Supercomputers>Cray. While this was categorized by humans it still just as good as good as what Google does.
Hey kid, before you embarass yourself any further why don't you just go ahead and look at what PageRank actually is. Google did invent what they call "PageRank." It's name is a touch misleading.
Oh I forgot Teoma. Preferably with how ugly it is. Overusage of swooshes killing ocular nerves!
(Or is Google vs. others the next vi vs. emacs holy war? I am so out of the loop these days...)
I think Google has pretty much won. I honestly don't think it's possible to beat them out. They provide everything in an easy to use fashion, in every language I can imagine (English, Spanish, and Japanese works perfectly fine) without fail. It's simple, fast loading, and very clean.
To me, google is vi's leanness, notepads simplicity, and emacs scriptability all put together.
Page rank. Nothing earth shaking there. It's an ok search engine. But I have seen google give out garbage searches just like some others.
It's ok, we don't mind that you are a newbie. Just try to understand that Google actually did change searching.
And if you can find a search engine with an advertisement free front page, let me know.
It's an average search engine !
Google is an average search engine? Let me guess, you started getting downloaded on the internet sometime around 1999.
You don't remember Alta Vista, Yahoo, or the countless others before Google. I switched to Google exclusively when it was still in beta.
Nothing unique in their software.
There is something unique, it's called PageRank. You may have seen it in the freaking patent system.
Apparently "Interesting" is now a synonym for "Factually Incorrect"
Ever heard a live concert recording? Still entertaining, right? The music's still good, right?
The music is good, but it doesn't sound as good as fully mastered music. And it also only sounds good if there are decent mic setups. Recording from one channel in the center is going to sound like shit.
Read the parent post again. His point was that the existance of background noise and limitations in audio bandwidth were the primary causes for a song to be unpopular.
Not particularly. He was saying that having shitty recording equipment making your music sound more like a hiss more than a song is detremental towards getting known.
The topic was Production Values. Doesn't matter what medium you are talking about, especially two as closely related as audio and video.
Reality TV is like a concert with a decent recording setup.
Sitcoms are like mastered songs, recorded in a studio. What he was saying is that trying to get famous off of home recordings is like borrowing your mom's Hi-8 and having your talk show broadcast over public access.
No, you replied to me first.
You really are an idiot, aren't you? To break this down, you responded to my comment #7085642 with comment #7086786.
So, how did I reply to your first? Apparently your definition of first is second. You desperately need a new dictionary.
Not only that but you measure your worth by how many friends you have slashdot. Oh and you threaten to write about me in your journal as if that was going to actually harm me or something.
No, it probably won't harm you. But it will provide entertainment for quite a few people who will undoubtedly laugh at how long I've gotten you to respond with absolute dumbass posts. How you are harping on how I replied to you first, when it is very obvious (and provable) that isn't even the case.
For a long time I thought the idea of lonely boys hanging out at slashdot
Yes, I am so lonely. Like my Lexus in the background?
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy(TM) defines a person who can't spell "definitely" as:
The only creature a Counter-Strike cheater could defeat in a battle of wits.
No it isn't. If that were true, The White Stripes would still be stuck in their garage. It's a catchy well-written tune that sells, not the polish on top of it.
It is true. Try recording an entire band playing in a garage vs. a recording studio with real microphones. The sound is completely different. Most (real) bands become well known because of their shows and their live sound, not their demo CDs.
Notice that the "general public" has no problem enjoying all those questionably-encoded mp3s floating around.
Apples and Oranges. The poorly encoded mp3 still has everything balanced and even. It's already been mastered and the quality is gone. The poorly produced sound track has an overwhelming guitar masking out the singing that has a shitty drum beat in the background.
If production quality truly mattered to the public, Cops, You Gotta See This, and any number of other "real" video shows would never have hit the airwaves.
Reality TV shows do not compare with things like Friends, and all the other popular sitcoms. You are continuing to compare unrelated mediums.
Yes, I would get the same job. It's simple, because of my skill set. How many people have coded distributed network systems in C, C++, integrating with IDS and server monitoring systems, written mod_perl frameworks, CGI applications, Qt desktop networked applications, genetic analysis applications, dna storage and searching applications, biotech applications (EMG signal processing).
These aren't things I know, but things I've done.
I interview people too, and one of the things we won't abide is outright arrogance.
I agree. If someone walks in and says, "I can code like a muthafucka" I show them the door. I don't do that. I say, "This is what I have done." I don't inflate it, I don't deflate it. I say it as it is, and I say it with the pride that comes from doing it on my own. That comes across as arrogance a lot of times, I agree. I just don't care, though. My saving grace and single talent in life is never caring what other people thought about me. I always do what I do for me, and that's why I succeed.
You should feel lucky that you have the job you have, and yes, knowing someone influential in a fortune 500 company right now is as important (right now) as having hot skills.
I always feel lucky for the life I have, and for knowing which opportunities to explore and harness. I also feel like I deserved all the opportunities in my life, because I've worked hard for the possibility for those opportunities to come forward. I've never had anything handed to me, even my parents made me work for my college tuition. It made me a better person.
Or possibly acting stupider than you are, because it's easier.
It is easier. I mostly just like to get people riled up by acting like a total obnoxious dick. In reality, I'm just a total dick.
Well the facts are clear on this. You replied to me. Why? I don't know. You keep stalking me. Why? I don't know. You are clearly obsessed with me. So much that you are going to put a whole writeup on me on your journal.
Dumbass, you responded to me. Go look it up, and I'll wait right here. You have continued to respond to me. I'm not obsessed with you, but idiots in general. I find it an amazing feat for people to knowingly be idiots. How do you do it so easily?
Why would a sane person do all this? Especially if as you say you have a hot grilfriend and a lexus? Isn't it more fun to fuck your girlfriend and drive your lexus?
Because I'm bored at work. I can't have sex in the stairwell, nor does the parking lot really have a good place to go drive around. I enjoy my job, but it does get tedious and I need to vent. Lately, it's been very annoying so I pick dipshits like you out of the masses (or, you pick me and I just keep telling you that you are a fucking idiot) and it puts a small smile on my face. Not because I enjoy posting, but because it's just a game to see how many times I can get you to respond.
I don't really care what you say, as long as you respond to me over and over again. It's like playing a video game. I have to write something that warrants you responding (which isn't hard, since all you do is go off about me stalking you) and you respond.
Just like I am a Telling-you-you-are-a-fucking-idiot machine, you are a Post-dumbass-response-that-is-delusional machine.
Apparently either you don't have those things or you find it more fun to stalk me and write about me in your journal.
I think when you get a real job you'll understand all of this.
They must have a hell of a lot of computers!
You don't play many computer games, do ya?
You find nothing of interest in my posts and yet you feel compelled to reply to them.
You need to read better. I'm replying to see how long you continue to reply, pointing this fact out each time, to see how long you will continue to go off looking like a fool. So far you are doing pretty well.
This is very typical obsessive compulsive stalker behavior.
So, you find no value in what I say, and you obviously don't read it, yet you respond without fail. Even when I say that I'm going to make fun of you when you do. You are the rat that goes after the electrified cheese. Besides, I'm not obsessive compulsive, my psychologist said so.
The inability to stop yourself from doing things you are ashamed of.
Uhm, no. In fact, you will get a journal entry detailing how big of an idiot you are after this is done. If I were ashamed of it I wouldn't do such things as have my 300+ fans look at you and laugh.
If you knew where I lived you'd find yourself driving by my house a lot or simply parking close by at night hoping to get a glimpse of me.
No, I couldn't get a good view into your mothers basement.
It really is sad that this is the best you can do. You have been harping on this since I first made fun of you. Your originality is lacking, your skill at writing is even extremely poor. The one thing that HanzoSan has over you is originality. That kid can write some of the most bizarre and idiotic things. You just harp on the same idiotic thing.
But you can keep it up. I even rub your mothers underwear in honey and then make toast and feed it to your dog.
Of course if you knew where I lived I'd get a restraining order.
Uhm, yeah. You need some help. So, when you go to a grocery store, is the clerk that checks you out stalking you? You realize that is all that is happening.
I am an insult machine. I make fun of you. You come back into my line. I make fun of you. I am stalking you because of this? Damn your life must be fucked up. I bet that's how dogs see.
You keep on the platitudes, speaking about "deserving" and "earning," but the fact of the matter is, there is no hard and fast way of defining what exactly affords one the deservedness, or defines them as "good at IT jobs;" it's all arbitrary, and getting a job is based upon many other things than deserving or aptitude.
Sorry, I moved to a town that has one of the highest unemployment rates and I got a job in 2 months. I've kept it for over 2 years. I know several others who came up and still don't have jobs. People who have been unemployed for over a year. What does that tell you?
It means these people are worthless jackoffs that can't code. I know this because I've interviewed them.
I don't know where you are, but out here in the real world, rarely is it what you know, but rather WHO you know that gets you in the door.
Bullshit. If you know the system, and have the knowledge to buy a nice shirt and not eat your hair at the interview table it isn't hard. I didn't know a damned soul when I moved to Portland. 2 Months. I'm proof you don't need that shit. I turned a 2 week contract into a 2+ year contract.
So you can be a kickass coder or a great sysadmin, but it still won't get you a thing if you don't have an edge over the 500 other guys who are kickass coders or great sysadmins and also have their resume in the same pile.
There aren't 500 other guys who are kick ass coders. There aren't even 2. We interviewed like mad for several positions since I've been here. We have found one guy who was a good programmer. Not even kick ass, just good. There were several others that we brought in and didn't make the cut. The rest didn't make it through the door because on paper they look like jackasses.
You tell me; is David Dvorkin one of the retards who should be getting out?
How long has he been unemployed? How hard is he working for a job? Judging by his anti-Bush sentiments, the man has other issues which will prevent him from getting a job. Maybe he does interview well, I don't know him. I do know that if you go to an interview with the wookie on your shirt it doesn't make you "quirky" like it did in 97, it makes you a jackass motherfucker that isn't getting hired.
I tell you what, there's two types of people that I hate: idiots who know better and greedy self-serving retards who can't see the world except through the shaft of their own ego.
I'm not egocentric, I'm not self-serving, and I'm not arrogant. I'm confident. I've survived through layoffs till the company went under. I've been through what people fear most, not knowing anybody. I don't give a fuck what you think about me, because I know what I have accomplished.
All I am is text on your screen to you, to me I succeeded in what I wanted to accomplish and haven't let anybody dictate what I will succeed or fail at. I sent out 20+ resumes a day when I was unemployed and racked up $300 cell phone bills each month on calls. I got a great job because of it.
If you are unemployed, what's your excuse? The real reason is one of two things: You aren't good enough or you aren't trying hard enough.
Black and white. And yes, most people do think I'm arrogant and self-serving. It doesn't bother me because I'm the one who sleeps good at night.
But you are a stalker.
I'm not quite sure how your delusions allow you this. You respond to me, I make fun of you. You keep responding to me, so I guess that makes you a stalker as well. I really think you need some valium, or a better dictionary.
You are stalking me while pretending that you own a lexus and a hot chick (which face it is a pretty universal high school fantasy scenario).
Who dreams of owning a Lexus in high school? A Lexus is a high-end Toyota. The fact that you think that a Lexus is some "highschool fantasy" car tells me you are probably in junior high waiting for this. High school kids dream of owning fast supercars, remember? I wanted an RX-7 R2 when I was in high school, after I could get one I decided I didn't want one anymore and never bought one. And also, I don't own my girlfriend. Don't worry, when you understand that you may get a girlfriend, too.
It's really funny on this whole stalking thing. You shouldn't harp on that, because it makes you look like a delusional idiot. Not that you aren't, I'm just letting you know. Trying to help you out a bit. Anyway, off to work now, I look forward to making fun of you more later tonight.
If you have to worry about it I have three suggestions for you:
I'm sick of people complaining about how they are constantly facing all these great losses because they're too fucking retarded to learn that they just shouldn't be in the IT Business. If you are constantly facing the challenges of losing your shit, get out.
Make room for the people who deserve, love, and are good at IT jobs. I don't care if you love computers, if you are a retard, get out. If you can't hold down a job, get out. If you have been unemployed for more than a year, go to realty school and become a realtor.
There are two types of people that I hate in this world, those who aren't stupid but act stupid because it's easier and those who believe they're entitled to shit they don't earn.
You sound exactly like the latter, and I hope you are not.
Sorry. I must have said the same thing while you were stalking me anonymously. Sometimes it's hard to tell which stalker is which.
Finally, some originality! Although only in what you say because your delusions remain the same. You did read the thread, right? Here, let me replay it for you:
I post a comment.
You post incoherent reply.
I make fun of you.
You accuse me of being a stalker.
I call you an idiot.
You accuse me of getting off on being a stalker.
I call you an idiot that pretends to be a girl while playing D&D and Everquest.
You accuse me of being an anonymous stalker, quoting you in a different thread.
As I said I enjoy providing targets for obsessive compulsives like you. I figure that if you are too busy stalking me on slashdot then at least you are not out destroying your parent's car or setting off fireworks in the trailer park. Anything that keeps kids like you off the street is a valuable service to society I think.
Hey now, there we go. That's some good effort you put into it. To bad I own a Lexus SC, without my single living parent anywhere near it. And I live in a nice apartment, with a great girl (a real one, not the type you pretend to be) with a washer, dryer, and dishwasher. You know, appliances you should use more often.
Don't pretend you don't. You know you do. Besides, the time I spend on Slashdot is entertaining and relaxing. Some people play violent video games, other people find retards on online boards and point out their short-comings. Either way, it's a game. You are losing, by the way.
You really should hook up with HanzoSan though, you guys are a lot a like.
...but not as in speech (or software). They don't quite get it yet.
Don't get what yet?
I'm pretty sure that MIT contributes more than you ever will. I think it's you who don't get "it."
As I said grease up your little pud and enjoy yourself. I am happy to provide a target for your sexual frustrations. Maybe I am not as much fun as real girl but I am less scary and will not laugh at you when you take your clothes off.
You should try some new tactics, because this really doesn't do anything. You are just repeating yourself, without any merit or cause. In fact, it's almost as if that's what you want to happen.
I bet you are the type of guy who pretends to be a 15 year old girl on AOL, and when you play Everquest you try to have cybersex with all the guys.
Besides, do a little digging on me and you'll know I'm quite taken care of in the girl region. In fact, all regions. I just like to make fun of dicks like you, and see how many times you will respond without saying anything that even comes close to showing you have any intelligence at all.
Keep it up, though.
If for no other reason then it attracts stalkers like you. I have lots of them. Some of them sexually stimulate themselves while reading my posts and replying to them. Feel free to butter yourself up and enjoy yourself.
I think you need to change your definition of stalker to match what the rest of the world uses. You see, you responded to me. And if you have stalkers, it means you are a fucking idiot and people make fun of you, and point you out to their friends.
In fact, I think this is you.
You should hook up with HanzoSan, you guys would make a great team.
So you had no real rebuttal to anything I said so chose to attack me personally. That's cool I hope you had fun.
See, this time you actually provide something to refute. You didn't post anything that was remotely intelligable, nor worthy of a response. However, you did take the time to respond to my post so I figured I would do the same.
And yes, I did have fun. The level in which you posted such incoherent, irrelevant blatherings was astounding, even for Slashdot. I really hope you had fun, too.
No, nothing I said was factually incorrect
A takedown notice is usually a DMCA related event... yeah, that wasn't factually incorrect.
That's what a takedown notice is.
Uhm, no. Sorry, that isn't what a takedown notice is. In fact, "takedown notice" is also used in Australia, which doesn't have the DMCA. You are confusing two things. There has always been takedown notices, long before the DMCA. In fact, here's how you can find out how: Go to your local city hall, post flyers advertising something with your address. See how long it takes for you to get a takedown notice.
Actually, what he said is a takedown notice is usually in response to DMCA. So I think his concern was that the headline could easily be misconstrued to mean MS was forcing their site to go down, much like we hear about in DMCA cases. ;-)
If anything, it's pointong out how quickly people look at two companies battling and the first thing that comes to mind is the DMCA. Takedown notices happened all the time before the DMCA. Ajax.org ring a bell?
It's just because the DMCA is so over-used is why people think that way. The legal terminology hasn't changed since the DMCA was empowered.
Which is essentially what he said: Microsoft has no means of forcing Lindows to take the site down without a lengthy legal process.
But he also said that a takedown notice is in response to DMCA, which is completely bullshit. A C&D letter is very effective.
I was just clarifying that what Microsoft sent has nothing to do with the DMCA, yet it is a takedown notice. It's a Takedown or We Sue the Shit out of You Notice.
Tokyo isn't self sustaining. Even ignoring raw materials and heavy industry, it needs food which isn't being produced locally.
When did I say it was, and when did I say that people would always work inside of said theoretical megatropolis?
My stepdad works on an offshore oil platform. He works for a week, and gets a week off. He makes sure all the SUVs get their fuel. SUVs aren't self-sustaining, yet they are all over the place.
It's not a question of how much land a person needs, it's how efficient can you get everything they need to them.