It has come to my attention that you have acknowledged the giant pink elephant in the room. As you neither asked for nor received permission to acknowledge my client's said pink elephant nor to publish any information describing or defining said pink elephant, I believe you have willfully infringed my client's rights under 17 B.S. Section 1 and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $99,(many zeros) as set forth in Section 1234 therein.
I demand that you immediately cease acknowledging the pink elephant and that you deliver to me, if applicable all pictures, descriptions, and big steaming turds you have unlawfully made notice of.
If I have not received an affirmative response from you by 1 second prior to you reading this, indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you.
SCO Offers Choice: Ride On a Faster Than Light Spaceship, Residence In Utopia, or Meeting With The God of Your Choice. The only requirement is to promise to take them seriously.
Though I realize that this type of study is used to answer the "when" of the IPv4 sky-is-falling question, it will ultimately be used to try and wangle more IPs than one necessarily needs out of their ISP. Keep in mind this statement before you go running off to your LIR with a printout of the article clenched in your fist:
"The current RIR and LIR distribution model has been very effective in limiting the amount of accumulation of address space in idle holding pools, and in allocating addresses based on efficiency of utilization and conformance to a workable hierarchical model of address-based routing"
The point being that if more stringent guidelines for IP justification weren't in place, then they'd run out faster. Too many companies assume they should be able to have a class B, "just because".
From a hiring perspective I've dealt with many different types of headhunters and tried a few different methods to weed out the chaff. Being around NYC I've seen a pretty fair share of them. I honestly don't see much of a difference between the small ones and the large companies. I've learned that whether your experience is good or bad is entirely up to you.
----Always select interviews by the strength of the resume, never by what the headhunter tells you. They are selling something, and their belief is that the more people you see, the more likely you'll run across someone to hire. If you don't see what you are looking, just say no, end of discussion.
----Remember that a headhunter is a salesman. Many of them, like many salesmen, will try and manipulate you into purchasing their product, rather than letting the product sell by it's own merits.
----Unless you are looking to hire a lot of unskilled workers, never agree to having the headhunter set up a round of interviews at their office. I did this twice with two seperate agencies and both times at least a 3rd of the people I saw were bait and switch from the resumes they'd given me (Oh....Johnny Unix couldn't make it, here's Copier Bob).
----If you are new to the hiring process in your company make sure to check out if your company can and will deal with the headhunter's agency. Most companies have specific rules as to how much they'll pay to a headhunter and *when*. I generally will see from the first batch resumes if they have anyone who looks good. If they do, before any interviews commence, I send them off to HR to get validated. Only move forward when you have an email or something in writing from HR giving you the go ahead (the headhunter will call you 30 seconds after dealing with HR saying everything is okay regardless of the outcome). Keep in mind that some companies only use specific agencies.
----Be specific on what you are looking for, but don't give them too much. Every headhunter will want you to expound on what your team does, what you are looking for, what are the duties of the job, the corporate culture, related technologies, etc. These things are best left for the interview. Give the headhunter a job title and some keywords to look for. The less you give, the less room there is for the candidates to have been coached.
----Be specific on your allowable salary range. Like any good bargaining situation, it's a good idea to give him a lower number than you can spend, because he's certainly going try for the highest dollar amount he can get. Make sure you account for their fee if applicable. Don't see any candidates that go over your max.
----If at any time they are jerking you around, end the relationship. I've had headhunters send unwanted candidates down hoping I'd feel sorry for them, repeatedly giving me unrelated resumes, coaching, using the old bait and switch, etc. This is unacceptable and is a waste of your time. Believe me they won't stop when asked, they'll just move on to the next trick. If your company only uses specific agencies, work through your HR to complain about their tactics. When ending it, don't pussy foot around, you don't want another call.
Repair costs will go down the more people buy it. Unfortunately the US is full of folks with your lack of vision. Your type of thinking is what prevents automakers from taking chances on alternative technologies, ultimately making change too expensive and not marketable.
The funny part of this, is that the open source community already has a sustainable business model. The profits gained, IMO, have far exceeded expectations. How the open source community has gone about it's "business" has produced a product which rivals it's counterparts. It has produced thousands of satisified customers and has been growing since day one.
Carl is hoping that most investors, whom the letter was really written for, won't recognize this as a working alternative to the traditional business model.
My dick is bigger then your dick. My dad can beat up your dad. My girlfriend is prettier than your girlfriend. My computer is faster than yours. I can drink more beer than you.
Wait till you graduate and work a few years before thinking about posting again to avoid sounding juvenile kiddo.
Years ago when I started in the NOC at my first ISP job, I was pulling cables on third shift. They had just expanded the datacenter to 3 times the size, and I got the wonderful newbie job of making cables and stringing them from the old section to the new routers.
At about 3:00AM the sys admin who was supposed to be "training" me headed off to the office Gym to sleep the rest of his shift off on a nice comfy gym mat. As he yawned and stretched his arms, his parting words for me were, "Make sure you answer the phones, don't try and fix anything as root, and don't get near the the AC units when stringing the cable." Off he went to earn his pay check dreaming of the cute work out chick who'd be performing calesthenics on his makeshift bed in 4 hours.
I finished making my bundle of 100ft cables, and realized as I grabbed a tile puller that I had measured them, counting on the fact they'd run about 2 feet away from one of the AC units. To try and clear the unit I'd have to scrap my previous work and start over.
Checking the Gym, I found my would be mentor snoring like a baby. "Fine", I thought. No one will ever know or care where they are under the floor if I do this quickly.
After about 20 minutes of tossing bundles of cable under floor tiles, I got to the AC unit. As I tossed the bundle about 3 tiles down past the unit I heard them clang against something. Pulling off a tile or two I saw it had snagged on an air flow duct. Great.
Unfortunately after about 5 awkward minutes on my hands and knees trying to unwedge the cable bundle, I realized I had gotten stuck pretty good under the duct. I climbed down below the raised floor and laid down to get a better look at my work. The sound of the AC unit was loud in my ears and I sneezed once.
I yanked and pulled, but couldn't free the mess. That's when I heard the sound. At first I thought it was part of the cacophany eminating from the base of the huge Liebert monster. Quickly I realized that it was coming from somewhere under the floor about 40 feet past my feet. I twisted my neck around to see what could be causing such an odd scraping noise. As my eyes focused to the darkness under the raised floor the noise stopped.
Dismissing the sound, I got back to job at hand, and the second I turned my head, the noise began again. Seemingly closer this time. I shuddered, but not from the wash of cold air running over me from the air conditioner.
Now, totally freaked, I once again strained to see the source. This time I could see two red pinpoints of light, slowly growing closer. Sort of like the error lights on a drive array, but one that not only is proclaiming that the drives are in a bad way, but they are going to kill you for not replacing them sooner.
Scrambling out from under the raised floor I banged my head on the raised floor cross bars. The cold was unbearable, and the environmental alarms on the Liebert started going off, shouting that somehow the room had gotten *too* cold. I dragged myself from underneath the floor, my head throbbing, the sound filling my ears. Frantically I slammed the tiles down and ran back to the warm safety of the NOC.
It took me about 20 minutes to calm down, and my sleepy friend arrived. He took one look at the lump on my forehead and my paper white face and chuckled.
"Told you not to go near the AC unit.... he doesn't like that". That's how I first met the unix guru.
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Dear drunkenbatman:
It has come to my attention that you have acknowledged the giant pink elephant in the room. As you neither asked for nor received permission to acknowledge my client's said pink elephant nor to publish any information describing or defining said pink elephant, I believe you have willfully infringed my client's rights under 17 B.S. Section 1 and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $99,(many zeros) as set forth in Section 1234 therein.
I demand that you immediately cease acknowledging the pink elephant and that you deliver to me, if applicable all pictures, descriptions, and big steaming turds you have unlawfully made notice of.
If I have not received an affirmative response from you by 1 second prior to you reading this, indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you.
Very truly yours,
Arden & Jim
SCO Offers Choice: Ride On a Faster Than Light Spaceship, Residence In Utopia, or Meeting With The God of Your Choice. The only requirement is to promise to take them seriously.
From a hiring perspective I've dealt with many different types of headhunters and tried a few different methods to weed out the chaff. Being around NYC I've seen a pretty fair share of them. I honestly don't see much of a difference between the small ones and the large companies. I've learned that whether your experience is good or bad is entirely up to you.
----Always select interviews by the strength of the resume, never by what the headhunter tells you. They are selling something, and their belief is that the more people you see, the more likely you'll run across someone to hire. If you don't see what you are looking, just say no, end of discussion.
----Remember that a headhunter is a salesman. Many of them, like many salesmen, will try and manipulate you into purchasing their product, rather than letting the product sell by it's own merits.
----Unless you are looking to hire a lot of unskilled workers, never agree to having the headhunter set up a round of interviews at their office. I did this twice with two seperate agencies and both times at least a 3rd of the people I saw were bait and switch from the resumes they'd given me (Oh....Johnny Unix couldn't make it, here's Copier Bob).
----If you are new to the hiring process in your company make sure to check out if your company can and will deal with the headhunter's agency. Most companies have specific rules as to how much they'll pay to a headhunter and *when*. I generally will see from the first batch resumes if they have anyone who looks good. If they do, before any interviews commence, I send them off to HR to get validated. Only move forward when you have an email or something in writing from HR giving you the go ahead (the headhunter will call you 30 seconds after dealing with HR saying everything is okay regardless of the outcome). Keep in mind that some companies only use specific agencies.
----Be specific on what you are looking for, but don't give them too much. Every headhunter will want you to expound on what your team does, what you are looking for, what are the duties of the job, the corporate culture, related technologies, etc. These things are best left for the interview. Give the headhunter a job title and some keywords to look for. The less you give, the less room there is for the candidates to have been coached.
----Be specific on your allowable salary range. Like any good bargaining situation, it's a good idea to give him a lower number than you can spend, because he's certainly going try for the highest dollar amount he can get. Make sure you account for their fee if applicable. Don't see any candidates that go over your max.
----If at any time they are jerking you around, end the relationship. I've had headhunters send unwanted candidates down hoping I'd feel sorry for them, repeatedly giving me unrelated resumes, coaching, using the old bait and switch, etc. This is unacceptable and is a waste of your time. Believe me they won't stop when asked, they'll just move on to the next trick. If your company only uses specific agencies, work through your HR to complain about their tactics. When ending it, don't pussy foot around, you don't want another call.
Repair costs will go down the more people buy it. Unfortunately the US is full of folks with your lack of vision. Your type of thinking is what prevents automakers from taking chances on alternative technologies, ultimately making change too expensive and not marketable.
The funny part of this, is that the open source community already has a sustainable business model. The profits gained, IMO, have far exceeded expectations. How the open source community has gone about it's "business" has produced a product which rivals it's counterparts. It has produced thousands of satisified customers and has been growing since day one.
Carl is hoping that most investors, whom the letter was really written for, won't recognize this as a working alternative to the traditional business model.
My dick is bigger then your dick.
My dad can beat up your dad.
My girlfriend is prettier than your girlfriend.
My computer is faster than yours.
I can drink more beer than you.
Wait till you graduate and work a few years before thinking about posting again to avoid sounding juvenile kiddo.
Years ago when I started in the NOC at my first ISP job, I was pulling cables on third shift. They had just expanded the datacenter to 3 times the size, and I got the wonderful newbie job of making cables and stringing them from the old section to the new routers.
At about 3:00AM the sys admin who was supposed to be "training" me headed off to the office Gym to sleep the rest of his shift off on a nice comfy gym mat. As he yawned and stretched his arms, his parting words for me were, "Make sure you answer the phones, don't try and fix anything as root, and don't get near the the AC units when stringing the cable." Off he went to earn his pay check dreaming of the cute work out chick who'd be performing calesthenics on his makeshift bed in 4 hours.
I finished making my bundle of 100ft cables, and realized as I grabbed a tile puller that I had measured them, counting on the fact they'd run about 2 feet away from one of the AC units. To try and clear the unit I'd have to scrap my previous work and start over.
Checking the Gym, I found my would be mentor snoring like a baby. "Fine", I thought. No one will ever know or care where they are under the floor if I do this quickly.
After about 20 minutes of tossing bundles of cable under floor tiles, I got to the AC unit. As I tossed the bundle about 3 tiles down past the unit I heard them clang against something. Pulling off a tile or two I saw it had snagged on an air flow duct. Great.
Unfortunately after about 5 awkward minutes on my hands and knees trying to unwedge the cable bundle, I realized I had gotten stuck pretty good under the duct. I climbed down below the raised floor and laid down to get a better look at my work. The sound of the AC unit was loud in my ears and I sneezed once.
I yanked and pulled, but couldn't free the mess. That's when I heard the sound. At first I thought it was part of the cacophany eminating from the base of the huge Liebert monster. Quickly I realized that it was coming from somewhere under the floor about 40 feet past my feet. I twisted my neck around to see what could be causing such an odd scraping noise. As my eyes focused to the darkness under the raised floor the noise stopped.
Dismissing the sound, I got back to job at hand, and the second I turned my head, the noise began again. Seemingly closer this time. I shuddered, but not from the wash of cold air running over me from the air conditioner.
Now, totally freaked, I once again strained to see the source. This time I could see two red pinpoints of light, slowly growing closer. Sort of like the error lights on a drive array, but one that not only is proclaiming that the drives are in a bad way, but they are going to kill you for not replacing them sooner.
Scrambling out from under the raised floor I banged my head on the raised floor cross bars. The cold was unbearable, and the environmental alarms on the Liebert started going off, shouting that somehow the room had gotten *too* cold. I dragged myself from underneath the floor, my head throbbing, the sound filling my ears. Frantically I slammed the tiles down and ran back to the warm safety of the NOC.
It took me about 20 minutes to calm down, and my sleepy friend arrived. He took one look at the lump on my forehead and my paper white face and chuckled.
"Told you not to go near the AC unit.... he doesn't like that". That's how I first met the unix guru.