No, don't bitch about cameras and its invasion of privacy. You missed the point entirely WHILE agreeing with it.
Cameras don't hurt anybody, just like taking a photo doesn't actually steal your soul.
I agree with this, and would also like to point out that, in my opinion, there is no such thing as privacy in a public place. Privacy as a term can be applied to your personal information, correspondence, what you do at your home, etc. What you do at a public place cannot be private, by any means.
And all this, just to kill people. Wow. How far have we come... </sarcasm>
Indeed, seeing innovative technologies being used for primitive purposes makes me sad indeed. All the technological and scientific development didn't make us more civilized since the times when we used to fight each other with rocks and sticks.
Too bad your remark got marked as a flamebait. I guess that happens when you tell the truth.
My problem with Facebook (and similar services) is that they contain my personal information despite my refusal to use them.
For example, at least two dumbfucks surrendered my email address to Facebook to invite (read: spam) me (possibly by uploading their whole contact lists). I'm afraid to even think what else is there.
I find this quite absurd, since Facebook build their business model on harvesting email addresses and spamming themselves. But for some unknown reason they seem to be more "acceptable" to the general public than an average Viagra scumbag. Why?
Basically, libc and the dynamic linker are non-GNU under Android, but they are standards compatible, so it shouldn't be too difficult to replace them. The G1 runs Linux by default, so of couse there is already support in its kernel for the phone hardware.
Now that sounds good. Thanks for the information. Now, if we only could buy blank handsets, without any firmware pre-installed, from HTC...
Heck, if you have a jail-broken G1 you can run a full blown Debian install on it.
Pardon my skepticism and ignorance, but I keep listening about installing Linux on HTC handsets for couple of years already. Apparently such installs are usually quite successful, except for a tiny detail -- such devices are no longer usable as phones anymore.
Has anything changed in the meanwhile? I mean, is there any support for HTC phone hardware in Linux kernel? Any dialer application? Some very basics?
Heck, our human resource manager asked them if they were married and later in the interview started to get her to say whether she was planning to have kids in the near future.
I about fell over on the floor.
Which country was that? Did the story have a legal epilogue?
I used to live in Croatia for a longer period of life. Over there many laws aren't exactly well enforced (especially labor laws) and I heard similar stories from multiple sources. Once I even heard a story about an asshole interviewer asking a lady candidate whether she goes to church while staring at her legs.
I think this is exactly what the OP was talking about. Sure, you're a huge computer nerd and can code anything and make it work, but that's a very small part of a software dev job. Collaborating with others, sharing ideas, designing, working with customers, leveraging your position to gain resources, convincing management why you're right, scheduling, so on and so on.. you don't get that coding at home and you don't get that at school.
This is a good point indeed. A former employer of mine once hired a couple of 19-year-olds, on the grounds that although completely inexperienced, they were "extremely talented". Blinded with their apparent "talent", the HR forgot to question their maturity, with disastrous consequences. Those children were unable to communicate with the customer on a professional level, and their failure to understand what does the term "business critical" stand for led to serious damages of production systems of our customers, who happened to be large mobile operators.
The kiddies got ultimately fired, after they seriously damaged the company reputation in the customer's eyes, brought a lot of grief to those who had to clean up after them, and so forth. The only winner in the whole story was probably the scumbag external recruiter, who made a quick buck and laughed all the way to the ATM.
To put a long story short, a good candidate for a job should be a complete, mature and developed person, not just a skilled engineer.
The question is, what do I ask older applicants to get them to demonstrate the value of their experience? My current gambit is something like 'IT is seen as a young man's game. My next applicant after you is 23 years old. What do you know that he doesn't?'
I don't believe you seriously have guts and arrogance to ask this question. But if you do, the correct answer is "If you have to ask, the 23-year-old is probably the better candidate for you. Goodbye." That is at least what I would have told you.
No hard feelings, but my years of experience tell me that an average IT recruiter will not show any sign of respect towards his candidates unless treated like shit.
Thank you. Although I am a linux user, a was interested in this topic and all I get is how good linux is. If I wanted to learn about linux I would ask a question about linux. wtf people?
Exactly. I am a Linux user myself, but don't believe that zealous remarks like above will help anybody.
Installation of Linux is no option for many who simply have to live with Windows and work its shortcomings around. Not to mention that Linux has issues on its own, as well.
Of course no discussion about Windows security issues is complete without a fanboy shouting "Install Linux".
Who the fuck scored this as insightful? Come on, you can do better.
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No, don't bitch about cameras and its invasion of privacy. You missed the point entirely WHILE agreeing with it.
Cameras don't hurt anybody, just like taking a photo doesn't actually steal your soul.
I agree with this, and would also like to point out that, in my opinion, there is no such thing as privacy in a public place. Privacy as a term can be applied to your personal information, correspondence, what you do at your home, etc. What you do at a public place cannot be private, by any means.
And all this, just to kill people. Wow. How far have we come... </sarcasm>
Indeed, seeing innovative technologies being used for primitive purposes makes me sad indeed. All the technological and scientific development didn't make us more civilized since the times when we used to fight each other with rocks and sticks.
Too bad your remark got marked as a flamebait. I guess that happens when you tell the truth.
Not interested. The girls can come back to me in a couple of decades, when they age to perfection and become MILFs, or even better, GILFs.
You don't know what is a BJ until you receive it from an 85 year old grandmother who removed her denture. Can't find such a date on Facebook.
My problem with Facebook (and similar services) is that they contain my personal information despite my refusal to use them.
For example, at least two dumbfucks surrendered my email address to Facebook to invite (read: spam) me (possibly by uploading their whole contact lists). I'm afraid to even think what else is there.
Take it as a lesson and don't succumb to peer pressure next time.
I find this quite absurd, since Facebook build their business model on harvesting email addresses and spamming themselves. But for some unknown reason they seem to be more "acceptable" to the general public than an average Viagra scumbag. Why?
Basically, libc and the dynamic linker are non-GNU under Android, but they are standards compatible, so it shouldn't be too difficult to replace them. The G1 runs Linux by default, so of couse there is already support in its kernel for the phone hardware.
Now that sounds good. Thanks for the information. Now, if we only could buy blank handsets, without any firmware pre-installed, from HTC...
Heck, if you have a jail-broken G1 you can run a full blown Debian install on it.
Pardon my skepticism and ignorance, but I keep listening about installing Linux on HTC handsets for couple of years already. Apparently such installs are usually quite successful, except for a tiny detail -- such devices are no longer usable as phones anymore.
Has anything changed in the meanwhile? I mean, is there any support for HTC phone hardware in Linux kernel? Any dialer application? Some very basics?
Heck, our human resource manager asked them if they were married and later in the interview started to get her to say whether she was planning to have kids in the near future.
I about fell over on the floor.
Which country was that? Did the story have a legal epilogue?
I used to live in Croatia for a longer period of life. Over there many laws aren't exactly well enforced (especially labor laws) and I heard similar stories from multiple sources. Once I even heard a story about an asshole interviewer asking a lady candidate whether she goes to church while staring at her legs.
Hope this isn't serious. Did they also want to hire you because you had nice hair?
The OP sounds quite trollish, to be honest. The bad kind of a troll, that is, not like myself.
This is a good point indeed. A former employer of mine once hired a couple of 19-year-olds, on the grounds that although completely inexperienced, they were "extremely talented". Blinded with their apparent "talent", the HR forgot to question their maturity, with disastrous consequences. Those children were unable to communicate with the customer on a professional level, and their failure to understand what does the term "business critical" stand for led to serious damages of production systems of our customers, who happened to be large mobile operators.
The kiddies got ultimately fired, after they seriously damaged the company reputation in the customer's eyes, brought a lot of grief to those who had to clean up after them, and so forth. The only winner in the whole story was probably the scumbag external recruiter, who made a quick buck and laughed all the way to the ATM.
To put a long story short, a good candidate for a job should be a complete, mature and developed person, not just a skilled engineer.
I don't believe you seriously have guts and arrogance to ask this question. But if you do, the correct answer is "If you have to ask, the 23-year-old is probably the better candidate for you. Goodbye." That is at least what I would have told you.
No hard feelings, but my years of experience tell me that an average IT recruiter will not show any sign of respect towards his candidates unless treated like shit.
Thank you. Although I am a linux user, a was interested in this topic and all I get is how good linux is. If I wanted to learn about linux I would ask a question about linux. wtf people?
Exactly. I am a Linux user myself, but don't believe that zealous remarks like above will help anybody. Installation of Linux is no option for many who simply have to live with Windows and work its shortcomings around. Not to mention that Linux has issues on its own, as well.
Of course no discussion about Windows security issues is complete without a fanboy shouting "Install Linux". Who the fuck scored this as insightful? Come on, you can do better.