At the turn of the last century, if you wanted a science or engineering degree, you had to learn German, as all the best journals were printed in that language.
Noticed how that changed? Considering that Chinese is more of a math friendly language, at least according to Gladwell, we may be headed for a change ourselves.
To me one of the the biggest issues with Mercedes is that they don't really offer a full range of vehicles. So if for instance somebody wants a pickup truck they are out of luck. Or a dirt bike. What they do make I think is competitive in those markets. But an expanded lineup would really help.
The GGP and the GP had some very interesting points. For what I use a laptop for, a MacBook Pro is just overkill. It's too much machine and there's no reason to spend the money for it. The other laptops makers offer lower end models that are the right fit for me. If Apple did the same, I would consider them, but they don't.
Take note fanbois, You are not Apple, Apple isn't you and the fact that Apples are not worth it to me does not mean I think they are bad machines; just not right for me. If you want to spend your money on those things for whatever reason, more power to you. That's the free market. But when you fanbois make asinine comments like the above, you fuel the opinion that Apples are for sheep that buy based upon style as opposed to functionality. You give the impression that you will justify anything to back up your fanboi mentality. If Jobs produced a $10,000 piece of shit that looked stylish, you people would step right up a mindlessly buy it.
A computer to most of us is just a tool and as far as I'm concerned, the less time I'm near one the better.
On last thing, here's the Apple fanboi sheep translation: bah, bah bah, baaaaaaaa....
Exactly! As a matter of fact, put all your CDs, DVDs, and other copyrighted material on-line for free and advertise it. That's the best way to break the system.
I've seen, once, a housewife that went and got her MD after her kids started high school. She was also an outlier.
You sound like a very talented person that was capable of changing at such a late chapter in his life. Sure you don't know until you try. Just be prepared for the fallout; such as, $40,000+ in school debt in your mid forties with no job prospects, like me.
Bullshit on people not being able to change after 30. Utter bullshit.
To the poster, figure out what career you want and use that to plan out graduate work. You can always go back and get an MBA, even if you have a family and have kids. Harder? Maybe. But with work experience, you will get far more out of it.
Nonsense! Utter nonsense!
I have an MBA that I got in my late 30s after spending my twenties and early 30s as a programmer and in short, it's a goddamn worthless waste of time. Everyone sees me as a programmer and ONLY a programmer. They don't give a shit about my MBA!
I've been working in this business for 20+ years and I'm considering an MBA focussed on managing tech.
First of all, are you already in management or do you have managerial experience? An MBA is NOT a ticket into management; meaning, getting one will not enable you to automatically get into management. It doesn't work like an MD or even a JD. Usually, folks who are already in management get one in order to keep their job or to advance higher because that's the way it works in their big corporation - small entrepreneurial companies don't have this problem.
I have one. I mistakenly thought that I could get one and after tens years as a developer with a small amount of supervisory experience, graduate and jump in to management: NOPE! It doesn't work that way at all. Personally, unless your company tells you to get one and is willing to pay for it, don't bother.
I spent my own money to get one and I have to say, it was the biggest waste of time and money I have ever experienced. I would have been better off spending the money on a startup, lose it, and I would have learned MUCH more than in my program (GSU). Many of the classes are rote memorization, team projects in every class - even when it didn't make any goddamn sense to have one!, I even had a class where we had a scavenger hunt! and just a lot of busy work where you learn NOTHING.
I once was at a seminar where an attorney from the FTC was there. To make a long story short, it takes quite a bit of complaints before the FTC takes action. So, if anyone comes across a deceptive DRM, file a complaint with the FTC and then submit an article here on Slashdot and everywhere else you think folks would be interested, and tell them about it.
The FTC won't act unless they know about it and if it's affecting a lot of people.
Notice how those small time telemarketers who violate the Do Not Call List never seem to get caught even when you file complaint after complaint with the FTC; whereas, the big corps who do it are caught and paraded around the media?
It is still locked to AT&T - so this sounds to me like one more attempt to fool the masses.
Seriously, who would want to buy a $599 *phone* that only works with one carrier when you can buy the same fxxking phone for $199 when in both cases you have to pay AT&T monthly fees just to use it.
WTF? Some one please explain how this all makes sense.
You're not locked into a contract. So when, not if, AT&T treats you like shit, you can leave.
But I agree with you, you're stuck either way if you really are married to the idea of using the iPhone.
Most deals do NOT go public. Google and all those big deals are the minority of VC deals. Most of the time, the company is sold off to a bigger company for cash and maybe some stock in the purchasing corporation.
f you sell the company for 2M and they put in 1M, they get their 1M back and the rest of the pie can be sliced up in different ways depending on the term sheet. (Google participating preferred stock cap)
I've seen deals where, in the above situation, the VC demands 40% return, so they sell the company for 2mill, the VC gets their 1 mill plus 400K and THEN everyone else splits the 600k that's left.
Everyone has their own deal and terms. There's no one way to do a VC deal. That's why I stressed that you get legal advice.
So, I'd suggest getting some VC/angel financing and professional help, and patent your idea to hell and back in major markets before doing anything else. OK, they'll take a huge chunk of the eventual gain, but 50% of something is a lot better than 100% of nothing.
The entrepreneur doesn't start getting anything until the VC have hit their return goals. So it's quite possible that the company is sold, or what have you, for a few million and you still end up with nothing.
In short, if you're going the VC way, be sure to read and understand the agreement and get legal advice!
Oh God! Gotta find an excuse to get rid of the old fogy. No one is creative over 40!
Um, Unix was insubordinate. Unix was late in its tasks. Unix didn't offer anything to the team - it didn't work well with Windows. Unix refused to take time off - it insisted on working all the time; even when other OSes wanted the time off.Unix is not a team player. Unix refuses to learn new technologies (specifics available one request). Unix made sexual advances to other OSes: tried to "hadnshake" with Windows, "Integrated" with OS X.
It is my profound conclusion and advice that Unix should be terminated. It is an "out of date" operating system and therefore; contributes to an"out of date" business model.
This is a major blow to an industry with an outdated business model. Scientific publication is starting to move beyond the need for the middleman, and I am extremely glad to see it happen.
That said, the major publishers will scramble to try and patch this hole in the business model, and they will probably make the overall situation worse before it really starts to improve.
Oh well. Got to start that process at some point. Go MIT.
Nothing personal to you, sir or madame. I see "outdated business model" time and time again on Slashdot as an euphemism for basically saying "not offering something for free".
First of all, business models do not become outdated. They may become worthless because someone has started doing business another way that eliminates one from making money from their current way of doing business. For example, in the beginning of the Internets, folks were charging for content. Then, someone had the brilliant idea that they don't have to charge and they'll have advertising. Thereby making most sites who charged the consumer for the content "outdated" and thereby making everyone else lose money. Then again, tell that to these guys
Now consider this, many folks are becoming independent contractors and doing crafts and whatnot at home to make a living - just like the pre-19th century factory system. Outdated indeed.
There's no such thing as an outdated business model. MIT is financing these publications by other means, that's all. Also, exactly how much does it really cost to publish this stuff online? The authors aren't paid. What are the costs associated? I don't think this is such a sacrifice for MIT or any other institution that does this.
It's not a lot of trouble, but if everybody did it, we could easily halve the power consumed by households!
Actually spend the time to turn things off?! I spent too much time turning them on! You're asking too much! It'll take away time from my Jerry Springer!
I, for example, use less than half as much electricity as the average household around me, simply because I use energy-efficient products and turn off most things when I'm not using them.
What! Save?!? Save energy!?
Let me tell you something you tie-died tee-shirt Birkenstock wearing Prius driving hippy pinko! This is America! WE don't conserve! We don't have to! We get our oil cheap. As far back as I can remember, October or so, oil has never been expensive and there's ALWAYS been plenty of it! And let's say, for the sake of argument you hippies are right and that the oil will run out. We'll drill for more! Drill baby drill! That's has and always will solve our energy problems.
Were you forced to post this troll as part of some bizarre 12 step program?
Accepting that you have a problem with accepting Linux and that you are powerless in regards to Windows.
Came to believe that Linux will restore us to sanity.
Make a decision to our computers to Linux or to the distribution that we prefer.
Make a moral inventory of our computer systems.
Admit to Slashdot, Linus, and to others the exact nature of our wrong OS choice.
We submit to Linux to remove our OS shortcomings.
Humbly submit to Linux
Make a list of computers we installed Windows on and make amends and become willing to install Linux on them
Find those machines and install Linux.
Continued to take computer inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Linux as we understood the distribution we use, praying only for knowledge of Linus' will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
... so that when they're older, they'll accept this and even more serious breaches of privacy from the government. Because it's to protect the children!
No, we don't. We assume that ALL authority is a bunch of fucking moronic numskulls and shouldn't be trusted. We assume that ALL authority should be, not only questioned, but undermined and in some cases, destroyed. Authority breeds abusers and liars.
I see a badge: I see a liar and an abuser. If I see someone who has ANY power, I see someone that will do ANYTHING to keep it.
Authority and power and human beings do not mix.
That's why we need term limits for ALL politicians and in a court of law, the cops are to be considered the liars until proven otherwise. Judges cannot be trusted either.
At least, this is how I feel after all these years after being abused by people in power and authority. Yes, I vote Libertarian.
âoeDo we really want to encourage cases,â Professor Arum asked, âoewhere students and parents are seeking monetary damages against educators in such school-specific matters where reasonable people can disagree about what is appropriate under the circumstances?â
Reasonable people don't search other people, regardless of age, over Ibuprofen. Reasonable people don't search KIDS because of the accusations of liars. If a public school administrator moron thinks a kid is doing illegal drugs, you call their parents and maybe the cops.
Bullshit summary again. Or maybe bullshit article. Who cares? After a while, you don't bother.
Exactly! That's why those folks who say RTFA are a bunch of fucking pedantic assholes! I don't need to Read The Fucking Article because it is bullshit anyway!
Therefore, I just post with some two bit opinion based on the title - alright, even then, I don't read the title. I basically just post two bit opinions on Slashdot with an attitude that it's actually based on fact. Fuck yeah! Why, I've gotten +5 "Insightful"s by just skimming over the headline, some posts, and some funny shit, and BINGO! +5! Damn, I'm so fucking good at Karma whoring, I'm thinking of starting a school: Make millions by Karma Whoring on Slashdot! Yes you too can stay at home and only work a couple of hours a day and Karma Whore on Slashdot and make $10,000 a week! There's a kink though....the part where you get the Karma and actually get money....but that's OK! I'll just put in the mice type at the bottom of the screen "Results may vary." or "Nontypical outcome." or "Spurious money making scheme.". Anyway, off to work.
Ya know, I thought of deleting this post, but it's so fucking outrageous and I think it's really funny and satirical that I can't do it. Fuck it! I'll take whatever Karma that comes. Creativity can be a bitch.
Flood geology, or mainstream? Which one actually delivers the goods?
Sweet! You just gave me a money making idea. If they pass this, I'll go in and promote that my Biblically based oil finding company will do it's job and that they, the Legislators will have to make a law promoting my business.
... and rather than learning it's just as easy to just wave it all off as obsolete.
I don't know about that. But maybe these slacker DBs are perfect for what they're doing? Glancing at the those mentioned in the FA, it just looks like their simple tools to do simple things.
Don't get me wrong. I once had the pleasure of working with an Oracle god. This dude was about to take his final Oracle exam in a series of exams and he turned my Join that took ten seconds into a Join that took less than a thousandth. I have no idea what he did to this day, but it took several lines of PL/SQL. We were dealing with tens of millions of rows that had to be processed every night.
My point is if it's something simple to do, why all the RDBM overhead? Many times, just a simple flatfile is all you need and maybe a little more.
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At the turn of the last century, if you wanted a science or engineering degree, you had to learn German, as all the best journals were printed in that language.
Noticed how that changed? Considering that Chinese is more of a math friendly language, at least according to Gladwell, we may be headed for a change ourselves.
To me one of the the biggest issues with Mercedes is that they don't really offer a full range of vehicles. So if for instance somebody wants a pickup truck they are out of luck. Or a dirt bike. What they do make I think is competitive in those markets. But an expanded lineup would really help.
The GGP and the GP had some very interesting points. For what I use a laptop for, a MacBook Pro is just overkill. It's too much machine and there's no reason to spend the money for it. The other laptops makers offer lower end models that are the right fit for me. If Apple did the same, I would consider them, but they don't.
Take note fanbois, You are not Apple, Apple isn't you and the fact that Apples are not worth it to me does not mean I think they are bad machines; just not right for me. If you want to spend your money on those things for whatever reason, more power to you. That's the free market. But when you fanbois make asinine comments like the above, you fuel the opinion that Apples are for sheep that buy based upon style as opposed to functionality. You give the impression that you will justify anything to back up your fanboi mentality. If Jobs produced a $10,000 piece of shit that looked stylish, you people would step right up a mindlessly buy it.
A computer to most of us is just a tool and as far as I'm concerned, the less time I'm near one the better.
On last thing, here's the Apple fanboi sheep translation: bah, bah bah, baaaaaaaa....
Good thing you provided a link. I was thinking, AFP - A Fucking Paper? Who would name their newspaper A Fucking Paper?
Really? I thought they stunk the whole place up? You know, all those potatoes, Borscht, vodka, etc... makes for really really stinky doo doo.
Stick it to the man!
You sound like a very talented person that was capable of changing at such a late chapter in his life. Sure you don't know until you try. Just be prepared for the fallout; such as, $40,000+ in school debt in your mid forties with no job prospects, like me.
Bullshit on people not being able to change after 30. Utter bullshit. To the poster, figure out what career you want and use that to plan out graduate work. You can always go back and get an MBA, even if you have a family and have kids. Harder? Maybe. But with work experience, you will get far more out of it.
Nonsense! Utter nonsense!
I have an MBA that I got in my late 30s after spending my twenties and early 30s as a programmer and in short, it's a goddamn worthless waste of time. Everyone sees me as a programmer and ONLY a programmer. They don't give a shit about my MBA!
Sorry, but the GP is correct.
I've been working in this business for 20+ years and I'm considering an MBA focussed on managing tech.
First of all, are you already in management or do you have managerial experience? An MBA is NOT a ticket into management; meaning, getting one will not enable you to automatically get into management. It doesn't work like an MD or even a JD. Usually, folks who are already in management get one in order to keep their job or to advance higher because that's the way it works in their big corporation - small entrepreneurial companies don't have this problem.
I have one. I mistakenly thought that I could get one and after tens years as a developer with a small amount of supervisory experience, graduate and jump in to management: NOPE! It doesn't work that way at all. Personally, unless your company tells you to get one and is willing to pay for it, don't bother.
I spent my own money to get one and I have to say, it was the biggest waste of time and money I have ever experienced. I would have been better off spending the money on a startup, lose it, and I would have learned MUCH more than in my program (GSU). Many of the classes are rote memorization, team projects in every class - even when it didn't make any goddamn sense to have one!, I even had a class where we had a scavenger hunt! and just a lot of busy work where you learn NOTHING.
The FTC won't act unless they know about it and if it's affecting a lot of people.
Notice how those small time telemarketers who violate the Do Not Call List never seem to get caught even when you file complaint after complaint with the FTC; whereas, the big corps who do it are caught and paraded around the media?
But...but...but...it's Apple! Don't you see?! It's APPLE!
It is still locked to AT&T - so this sounds to me like one more attempt to fool the masses.
Seriously, who would want to buy a $599 *phone* that only works with one carrier when you can buy the same fxxking phone for $199 when in both cases you have to pay AT&T monthly fees just to use it.
WTF? Some one please explain how this all makes sense.
You're not locked into a contract. So when, not if, AT&T treats you like shit, you can leave.
But I agree with you, you're stuck either way if you really are married to the idea of using the iPhone.
Most deals do NOT go public. Google and all those big deals are the minority of VC deals. Most of the time, the company is sold off to a bigger company for cash and maybe some stock in the purchasing corporation.
f you sell the company for 2M and they put in 1M, they get their 1M back and the rest of the pie can be sliced up in different ways depending on the term sheet. (Google participating preferred stock cap)
I've seen deals where, in the above situation, the VC demands 40% return, so they sell the company for 2mill, the VC gets their 1 mill plus 400K and THEN everyone else splits the 600k that's left.
Everyone has their own deal and terms. There's no one way to do a VC deal. That's why I stressed that you get legal advice.
So, I'd suggest getting some VC/angel financing and professional help, and patent your idea to hell and back in major markets before doing anything else. OK, they'll take a huge chunk of the eventual gain, but 50% of something is a lot better than 100% of nothing.
The entrepreneur doesn't start getting anything until the VC have hit their return goals. So it's quite possible that the company is sold, or what have you, for a few million and you still end up with nothing.
In short, if you're going the VC way, be sure to read and understand the agreement and get legal advice!
So why are we still using "private" journals? The only reasonable answer is : reputation.
Exactly. Public discourse. No cost; internet discourse.
Which leads me to my round-about-point, satirical point: Big Fucking Deal; MIT is now publishing scientific papers on the internet.
Um, Unix was insubordinate. Unix was late in its tasks. Unix didn't offer anything to the team - it didn't work well with Windows. Unix refused to take time off - it insisted on working all the time; even when other OSes wanted the time off.Unix is not a team player. Unix refuses to learn new technologies (specifics available one request). Unix made sexual advances to other OSes: tried to "hadnshake" with Windows, "Integrated" with OS X.
It is my profound conclusion and advice that Unix should be terminated. It is an "out of date" operating system and therefore; contributes to an"out of date" business model.
This is a major blow to an industry with an outdated business model. Scientific publication is starting to move beyond the need for the middleman, and I am extremely glad to see it happen.
That said, the major publishers will scramble to try and patch this hole in the business model, and they will probably make the overall situation worse before it really starts to improve.
Oh well. Got to start that process at some point. Go MIT.
Nothing personal to you, sir or madame. I see "outdated business model" time and time again on Slashdot as an euphemism for basically saying "not offering something for free".
First of all, business models do not become outdated. They may become worthless because someone has started doing business another way that eliminates one from making money from their current way of doing business. For example, in the beginning of the Internets, folks were charging for content. Then, someone had the brilliant idea that they don't have to charge and they'll have advertising. Thereby making most sites who charged the consumer for the content "outdated" and thereby making everyone else lose money. Then again, tell that to these guys
Now consider this, many folks are becoming independent contractors and doing crafts and whatnot at home to make a living - just like the pre-19th century factory system. Outdated indeed.
There's no such thing as an outdated business model. MIT is financing these publications by other means, that's all. Also, exactly how much does it really cost to publish this stuff online? The authors aren't paid. What are the costs associated? I don't think this is such a sacrifice for MIT or any other institution that does this.
It's not a lot of trouble, but if everybody did it, we could easily halve the power consumed by households!
Actually spend the time to turn things off?! I spent too much time turning them on! You're asking too much! It'll take away time from my Jerry Springer!
I, for example, use less than half as much electricity as the average household around me, simply because I use energy-efficient products and turn off most things when I'm not using them.
What! Save?!? Save energy!?
Let me tell you something you tie-died tee-shirt Birkenstock wearing Prius driving hippy pinko! This is America! WE don't conserve! We don't have to! We get our oil cheap. As far back as I can remember, October or so, oil has never been expensive and there's ALWAYS been plenty of it! And let's say, for the sake of argument you hippies are right and that the oil will run out. We'll drill for more! Drill baby drill! That's has and always will solve our energy problems.
**Grumbling while going for his morning BUD**
Pinko hippy liberal! Conserving energy!
***Yells to wife**
Is Sean or Rush on yet!
Never heard of suspend? Hybernate?
Yep! I do that every time I sit behind my desk.
Were you forced to post this troll as part of some bizarre 12 step program?
... so that when they're older, they'll accept this and even more serious breaches of privacy from the government. Because it's to protect the children!
No, we don't. We assume that ALL authority is a bunch of fucking moronic numskulls and shouldn't be trusted. We assume that ALL authority should be, not only questioned, but undermined and in some cases, destroyed. Authority breeds abusers and liars.
I see a badge: I see a liar and an abuser. If I see someone who has ANY power, I see someone that will do ANYTHING to keep it.
Authority and power and human beings do not mix.
That's why we need term limits for ALL politicians and in a court of law, the cops are to be considered the liars until proven otherwise. Judges cannot be trusted either.
At least, this is how I feel after all these years after being abused by people in power and authority. Yes, I vote Libertarian.
âoeDo we really want to encourage cases,â Professor Arum asked, âoewhere students and parents are seeking monetary damages against educators in such school-specific matters where reasonable people can disagree about what is appropriate under the circumstances?â
Reasonable people don't search other people, regardless of age, over Ibuprofen. Reasonable people don't search KIDS because of the accusations of liars. If a public school administrator moron thinks a kid is doing illegal drugs, you call their parents and maybe the cops.
Fucking moron.
Bullshit summary again. Or maybe bullshit article. Who cares? After a while, you don't bother.
Exactly! That's why those folks who say RTFA are a bunch of fucking pedantic assholes! I don't need to Read The Fucking Article because it is bullshit anyway!
Therefore, I just post with some two bit opinion based on the title - alright, even then, I don't read the title. I basically just post two bit opinions on Slashdot with an attitude that it's actually based on fact. Fuck yeah! Why, I've gotten +5 "Insightful"s by just skimming over the headline, some posts, and some funny shit, and BINGO! +5! Damn, I'm so fucking good at Karma whoring, I'm thinking of starting a school: Make millions by Karma Whoring on Slashdot! Yes you too can stay at home and only work a couple of hours a day and Karma Whore on Slashdot and make $10,000 a week! There's a kink though....the part where you get the Karma and actually get money....but that's OK! I'll just put in the mice type at the bottom of the screen "Results may vary." or "Nontypical outcome." or "Spurious money making scheme.". Anyway, off to work.
Ya know, I thought of deleting this post, but it's so fucking outrageous and I think it's really funny and satirical that I can't do it. Fuck it! I'll take whatever Karma that comes. Creativity can be a bitch.
Flood geology, or mainstream? Which one actually delivers the goods?
Sweet! You just gave me a money making idea. If they pass this, I'll go in and promote that my Biblically based oil finding company will do it's job and that they, the Legislators will have to make a law promoting my business.
Rock and roll!
... and rather than learning it's just as easy to just wave it all off as obsolete.
I don't know about that. But maybe these slacker DBs are perfect for what they're doing? Glancing at the those mentioned in the FA, it just looks like their simple tools to do simple things.
Don't get me wrong. I once had the pleasure of working with an Oracle god. This dude was about to take his final Oracle exam in a series of exams and he turned my Join that took ten seconds into a Join that took less than a thousandth. I have no idea what he did to this day, but it took several lines of PL/SQL. We were dealing with tens of millions of rows that had to be processed every night.
My point is if it's something simple to do, why all the RDBM overhead? Many times, just a simple flatfile is all you need and maybe a little more.