That poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe the Federal Government is "very secretive" has doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%)'"
That doesn't necessarily contradict the statement "Americans don't care about domestic spying."
If you think the air wars are over, you're naive. You and I may not see the day jet faces jet in anger, with guns, anymore, certainly not like in Vietnam or WWII -- but it'll happen again. It won't be the Russians.
You're missing the point; my sarcasm was aimed at the implication that current U.S.A.F. personnel have a history of fighting "Russkies." And, of course, the tired cliche that we only have our freedom of speech because of these personnel, so best not actually use it.
A developer who coded the engines that nearly all PC first person shooters have run on. That's obviously not enough to accept his words without hesitation, but obviously the person knows more about high-performance 3D rendering than a random coder like myself.
I try not to accept anybody's words without hesitation. Carmack is probably the best-known FPS coder ever, but "best-known" doesn't necessarily mean best.
HOw about when he's doing 400 kts with a MiG behind him, so close the Russkie can see the grease stains on the American's bird? What then?
Yes, that World War III was a pretty dangerous war to be flying in. It's a shame that the Soviet Union and the U.S. finally went to war after decades of uneasy detente.
SirFozzie's obersvations are absolutely correct. If anyone cares, here is a link to where Merkey claimed he was being subject to persecution because he was heterosexual and demanded that any gay ArbCom members recuse themselves from the case:
Damn it, society is always trying to keep the straight, white males down.
No, I am saying it would not be there in the first place because the people who would have originally made the deal to transport the titanium would be dead already and thus they would not have made the deal in the first place.
Of course they might. There are plenty of real-world examples: companies sell 100-year corporate bonds and 80-year-old scotch. Corporations can be a lot longer-lived than individuals.
Oh really, I think corporate spy would be a simple job. Find out what they want you to do, turn in your company/boss, flip them off as the FBI takes them away, collect the reward and get a new job.
And hope your next employer doesn't hear about what you did...
Don't think so. Once someone gets a law degree and passes the bar, its impossible for them not to find a job unless they get disbarred. EVERY corporation, organization, and individual needs an attorney. Few companies need IT people, because its a task quite trivially outsourced for a quarter of the cost of in-house staff.
As someone who has a law degree and passed the bar, I found it moderately difficult to find a job; and that's with a JD with good grades from a reasonably well-regarded law school. I've known people with worse grades from worse law schools who had a lot more trouble. Actually I just quit my current job, and I'm guessing I'll be out of work for at least a few months, and that's with a little bit of experience. There are a tremendous number of law schools these days, and way too many lawyers.
This is a great solution for an established business that can afford the time it takes. But if you need productive people now rather than two years from now, it's not a great option.
I think if you're in that situation you're in trouble. I find it curious that experienced managers who understand that not everything can go your way in every other area of their business suddenly get the deer-in-the-headlights look when they optimistically set their goals too high in recruiting. If you need 10 seasoned J2EE programmers in a short period of time, you probably are going to be out of luck.
Yeah, but our midwestern 1200 sqft houses with three bedrooms, two baths, and all the other amenities only costs $500/mo, utilities, tax, insurance and mortgage included. Compare that to your $900/mo 500 sqft apartment that you still pay a $400/mo electric bill on during the summer.
Actually, my electric bill is about $100 a month during the summer--and I live in Miami in an old, drafty apartment that has large windows on 3 sides that let in the sun.
But while living expenses are definitely part of the equation, they're not everything. A lot of things cost the same amount no matter where you live in the country--vacations, cars, electronics, etc. You can also build up a lot more in savings and assets in a high-paying city job, because even if you're spending half your salary on rent, you're making enough to still be able to put aside a good amount per month in savings, more than your midwestern equivalent can.
Jason Calacanis (in the TWiT podcast) then explained that Sarah's been flirting with Mark for a very long time, and these softball questions are very unprofessional of her.
A 23-year old billionaire? I'm sure 80% of the women he meets flirt with him.
I see this when going to the university I'm enrolled in. People are steered into pre-law degree paths as opposed to MIS or CS by high school counselors because of the fear that they will get out and immediately lose their job due to outsourcing, or the fact that an IT person has to spend a lot of time not just keeping current with the latest technologies, but how the new stuff applies to the company they are working at.
Ha, those pre-laws are in for a rude awakening once they see the law job market.
I personally will NOT touch a IT job for less than $20.00 an hour here in the midwest, my happy target is $26.00. Yes, I am that good and that experienced. While the unskilled with their fresh A++ and MCSE take the $8.95 an hour Geek Squad and NextIT positions.
Man, remind me never to move to the midwest. You make $26.00 an hour working retail around here.
Over the course of last year I needed to hire 10 experienced J2EE developers. I literally interviewed hundreds, but was only able to find 6 suitable candidates. While it is true that there isn't a shortage of applicants, there is most certainly a shortage of people who can actually perform the advertised job.
Maybe you're setting the bar too high? You might have to train the people you need.
Up until you are served with a discovery request, anything you have destroyed as a part of your retention policy is no problem. Of course, once you get that discovery request and the matching "you are being sued" notice, do not destroy a thing.
Be careful, you can't just wait until a discovery request to stop destroying e-mail. If you are put on notice that you may be sued, you have a duty to retain evidence, and that doesn't have to be official-court-filing kind of notice.
IANAL, so obviously don't take my word as legal advice, but I was under the impression that discovery rules only pertained to criminal cases, not civil cases? Any lawyerly types care to chime in on this, maybe shed a bit of light on the subject?
Nope, the amount of discovery in civil cases often dwarfs that of even the largest, most complex criminal cases, and the rules are similar. You can refuse to produce documents on certain bases, including that it involves proprietary information or business secrets, but you have to convince the judge of this, which can be tough. A lot of times the parties will enter into confidentiality agreements, where only the lawyers (and possibly expert witnesses) will gain access to the produced information, not the clients. I think it would be tough to convince the judge that a confidentiality agreement wouldn't protect them.
Idiotic. As a Hunter alum I'm extremely disappointed. The professors at the school always kicked ass, but we got screwed on the administration a few times.
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I think the Fountains of Paradise was his best. He certainly tried to make it his last great novel.
I definitely agree with that, it was definitely his most beautifully written book.
That poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe the Federal Government is "very secretive" has doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%)'"
That doesn't necessarily contradict the statement "Americans don't care about domestic spying."
If you think the air wars are over, you're naive. You and I may not see the day jet faces jet in anger, with guns, anymore, certainly not like in Vietnam or WWII -- but it'll happen again. It won't be the Russians.
You're missing the point; my sarcasm was aimed at the implication that current U.S.A.F. personnel have a history of fighting "Russkies." And, of course, the tired cliche that we only have our freedom of speech because of these personnel, so best not actually use it.
It really should not be a surprise for all of us, but it is interesting to see how quickly retail adjusted to the new situation and increase prices.
I am actually surprised. While I understand their motivation, in my experience the price of electronics goods almost never go up.
A developer who coded the engines that nearly all PC first person shooters have run on. That's obviously not enough to accept his words without hesitation, but obviously the person knows more about high-performance 3D rendering than a random coder like myself.
I try not to accept anybody's words without hesitation. Carmack is probably the best-known FPS coder ever, but "best-known" doesn't necessarily mean best.
HOw about when he's doing 400 kts with a MiG behind him, so close the Russkie can see the grease stains on the American's bird? What then?
Yes, that World War III was a pretty dangerous war to be flying in. It's a shame that the Soviet Union and the U.S. finally went to war after decades of uneasy detente.
SirFozzie's obersvations are absolutely correct. If anyone cares, here is a link to where Merkey claimed he was being subject to persecution because he was heterosexual and demanded that any gay ArbCom members recuse themselves from the case:
Damn it, society is always trying to keep the straight, white males down.
No, I am saying it would not be there in the first place because the people who would have originally made the deal to transport the titanium would be dead already and thus they would not have made the deal in the first place.
Of course they might. There are plenty of real-world examples: companies sell 100-year corporate bonds and 80-year-old scotch. Corporations can be a lot longer-lived than individuals.
Oh really, I think corporate spy would be a simple job. Find out what they want you to do, turn in your company/boss, flip them off as the FBI takes them away, collect the reward and get a new job.
And hope your next employer doesn't hear about what you did...
Don't think so. Once someone gets a law degree and passes the bar, its impossible for them not to find a job unless they get disbarred. EVERY corporation, organization, and individual needs an attorney. Few companies need IT people, because its a task quite trivially outsourced for a quarter of the cost of in-house staff.
As someone who has a law degree and passed the bar, I found it moderately difficult to find a job; and that's with a JD with good grades from a reasonably well-regarded law school. I've known people with worse grades from worse law schools who had a lot more trouble. Actually I just quit my current job, and I'm guessing I'll be out of work for at least a few months, and that's with a little bit of experience. There are a tremendous number of law schools these days, and way too many lawyers.
This is a great solution for an established business that can afford the time it takes. But if you need productive people now rather than two years from now, it's not a great option.
I think if you're in that situation you're in trouble. I find it curious that experienced managers who understand that not everything can go your way in every other area of their business suddenly get the deer-in-the-headlights look when they optimistically set their goals too high in recruiting. If you need 10 seasoned J2EE programmers in a short period of time, you probably are going to be out of luck.
Yeah, but our midwestern 1200 sqft houses with three bedrooms, two baths, and all the other amenities only costs $500/mo, utilities, tax, insurance and mortgage included. Compare that to your $900/mo 500 sqft apartment that you still pay a $400/mo electric bill on during the summer.
Actually, my electric bill is about $100 a month during the summer--and I live in Miami in an old, drafty apartment that has large windows on 3 sides that let in the sun.
But while living expenses are definitely part of the equation, they're not everything. A lot of things cost the same amount no matter where you live in the country--vacations, cars, electronics, etc. You can also build up a lot more in savings and assets in a high-paying city job, because even if you're spending half your salary on rent, you're making enough to still be able to put aside a good amount per month in savings, more than your midwestern equivalent can.
"That interview felt like awkward sex."
Is there any other kind?
Jason Calacanis (in the TWiT podcast) then explained that Sarah's been flirting with Mark for a very long time, and these softball questions are very unprofessional of her.
A 23-year old billionaire? I'm sure 80% of the women he meets flirt with him.
I see this when going to the university I'm enrolled in. People are steered into pre-law degree paths as opposed to MIS or CS by high school counselors because of the fear that they will get out and immediately lose their job due to outsourcing, or the fact that an IT person has to spend a lot of time not just keeping current with the latest technologies, but how the new stuff applies to the company they are working at.
Ha, those pre-laws are in for a rude awakening once they see the law job market.
I personally will NOT touch a IT job for less than $20.00 an hour here in the midwest, my happy target is $26.00. Yes, I am that good and that experienced. While the unskilled with their fresh A++ and MCSE take the $8.95 an hour Geek Squad and NextIT positions.
Man, remind me never to move to the midwest. You make $26.00 an hour working retail around here.
Over the course of last year I needed to hire 10 experienced J2EE developers. I literally interviewed hundreds, but was only able to find 6 suitable candidates. While it is true that there isn't a shortage of applicants, there is most certainly a shortage of people who can actually perform the advertised job.
Maybe you're setting the bar too high? You might have to train the people you need.
Up until you are served with a discovery request, anything you have destroyed as a part of your retention policy is no problem. Of course, once you get that discovery request and the matching "you are being sued" notice, do not destroy a thing.
Be careful, you can't just wait until a discovery request to stop destroying e-mail. If you are put on notice that you may be sued, you have a duty to retain evidence, and that doesn't have to be official-court-filing kind of notice.
I'm unhappy that you could care less about either the topic at hand or that your drugs are ending up in my drinking water.
And I'm unhappy that your drinking water is ending up in my drugs.
All these people mourning the loss of Gygax know how us H2G2 fans felt the day we heard the news of Douglas's passing.
In most cases those probably aren't two distinct groups...
Firstly, politicians tackle complex, real-world issues with overly simplistic solutions.
As opposed to slashdotters who...uh...nevermind.
I don't see it actually happening, but that's life.
It does happen. Federal judges are empowered not only to hear the parties' experts, but seek experts on their own. A lot of them do that.
IANAL, so obviously don't take my word as legal advice, but I was under the impression that discovery rules only pertained to criminal cases, not civil cases? Any lawyerly types care to chime in on this, maybe shed a bit of light on the subject?
Nope, the amount of discovery in civil cases often dwarfs that of even the largest, most complex criminal cases, and the rules are similar. You can refuse to produce documents on certain bases, including that it involves proprietary information or business secrets, but you have to convince the judge of this, which can be tough. A lot of times the parties will enter into confidentiality agreements, where only the lawyers (and possibly expert witnesses) will gain access to the produced information, not the clients. I think it would be tough to convince the judge that a confidentiality agreement wouldn't protect them.
In the U.S. "alum" is a widely accepted, informal way of saying alumnus/alumna, suitable for informal channels such as slashdot or facebook.
Idiotic. As a Hunter alum I'm extremely disappointed. The professors at the school always kicked ass, but we got screwed on the administration a few times.