A lot of people come out of college thinking they know all the latest information and can come in and change the way the company is run. They don't realize that some of the "new" ideas have been tried some 20 years ago and they didn't work then. All that 'up-to-date information' you got in college is theory that is most likely spouted by a tenured professor who never worked in a real industry.
There are some young people who garner respect and even run their own industry. They are exceptional, but if you can accomplish the goals you get the respect. It's not just about age.
Just keep in mind that you are not out of school, just in the real one. Shut up and listen once and a while--if you don't respect others or act immaturely, they're certainly not going to respect you. And you're going to have to prove you can handle the mundane and ordinary before you get the respect of your colleages and allowed to tackle something dynamic. It costs the company (at least initially) money to follow through on ideas. They want to know you'll finish what you start. Think of it as an apprenticeship.
The hardest thing through all this is not to lose your enthusiasm. But hold on to it--you're going to need it. Certainly offer ideas, even passionately, but respect those who been in the industry for those 15-20 years. And don't get so caught up in yourself that you don't listen to their suggestions. They're ideas may seem old, and they may have even grown cynical, but they know more than you do about what's really going on in the company. You can learn a lot from them and even sometimes gain a valuable ally.
I've always thought Filetopia would be a good contender to replace Napster/Scour. Added benefits are that it offers encription and privacy. They are apparently located in Spain where the copyright laws are much looser than here. Also your IP address isn't visible like in other alternatives.
You can view their feelings regarding on-line privacy here.
that will come under fire. Why those publishers keep losing money hand over fist when we buy a used book over and over rather than forking out $7-8 for a brand new paperback.
Uh oh, and you better watch out book clubs and teachers, reading a book aloud to others might violate "fair use".
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I heard someone else say IT stood for "Individual Transportation". If you invented a transportation device, why would you be asking Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs to comment on it? Wouldn't you go to one of the auto manufacturers first?
And get ripped off!? Check out what happened to the guy who invented the Tucker automobile, or the guy that has taken years getting money out of the car industry for intermittent windshield wipers?
No way would I take a show any type of transportation device to the auto manufacturers.
I also think it's some sort of personal hovercraft. Especially with the Ginger reference. It would have to be more radical than a scooter device to make those earning projections. I saw this guy's wheel chair that can climb stairs and rise up on two wheels (and remain stable!) so one could reach items on the top shelf at the grocery store. The man is a genius!
Seriously, don't throw the baby out the the bathwater. I know someone who telecommutes and they love it. It really depends on how much of a control freak your boss is.
What happens when you run out of fuel....
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...go to Wal-Mart and see how prices fluctuate - all those "roll-back" signs show the ones that dropped (at least temporarily, but there's no notation (surprise, surprise) on the ones that went up a little bit.
Not the same thing--the comparison would be like Walmart changing the prices on the items at the check-out based on what my "profile". The guy ahead of me in line gets a discount, but I pay full price for the same item.
I'm not an Amazon basher, BTW. I shop there quite a bit and, in fact, just received some stuff. It disturbs me, however, especially in light of their having "wish lists" and "favorites" as well as my previous purchases that they could find out what I'm likely to buy and jack up the price.
I heard it once the libertarian role of government defined: to protect you for the enemies from outside (i.e., protection by the military against invasions) and the enimies within (i.e., protection from crime, IOW the judicial system). This is clearly a case to be run in the judicial system.
I see no conflict with this case and libertarianism here.
who outs a company's dangerous practices and then suddenly gets laid-off. Their reputation is smeared; they are called a disgruntled employee or worse on TV. Sure there are laws against firing whistleblowers, but how much money do they have to then spend to get their job and/or good name back. You can't count on that or any law to protect you.
You may win ultimately, but be bankrupt by the process.
We are assuming that these movies are good enough that people will even want to spend the time downloading them. Did you see their selection, not the blockbusters in theatres today.
Then again, there are bootleg copies of Battlefield Earth.;-)
"But if you want to say something anonymously, go to your local library, use anonymizer, and post something to a newsgroup. More power to you."
So we're should only be anonymous at the library...or if we've just programmed a controversial program and are getting hate mail.;-)
"It's hard to say since it has been mirrored around, but I know it is in the thousands. The use of it won't ever hit the millions like Napster- finding pirates is much less popular than finding MP3s!"
Vast majority of which are being downloaded to engineer a workaround....
My question, does this "out" the person holding the MP3 files on their drive--which could be legitimate? or the persons doing the downloading?
Me.tal.li.canoun - Has-been 80's band who wants to blame sagging record sales on Napster. 2) Destined to sink into final oblivian as remaining fans are no longer allowed to give them free promotion.
Hmmm...now there's an idea--I wonder if the Napster Metallica legions can sue Metallica for a 10% agent commission for promoting their music?
Moral admonishing from Dave aside, if the debt has been "written off" by the company as a loss (i.e., wasn't worth the trouble to collect) then legally doesn't that mean he no longer owes them the money? If this is so, maybe he should take the $500 and donate to a local charity.
I suspect that these 'creditors' who are contacting Bughunter are merely scam artists trying to get him to send them some money (allegedly so his credit doesn't get slammed--again) without any intentions of giving it to the bank. What kind of commission could you make on $500?!
Also, isn't there also a limit on the number of years (seven, I think) that something is supposed to remain on your credit report? Getting one of the credit agency to remove something, however, (had a friend that used to work for one) is another matter. Most times, they could really give a shit most times about cleaning up old or wrong data.
Dave, you may have collectors who are friends, and may think they're mostly pretty good people but I'd say that that is because you've never been on the receiving end of one of their colleagues' phone calls. Most of these collectors are in a boiler room sales type of thing where they only get paid when the collect. There's a lot of pressure and some of them step over that line.
You do have certain rights, however, you must give them a way to contact you, but that can be a mailing address, i.e., you DO NOT have to give them your home phone number. They can't harass you at all hours either. It's important to find out what your rights are if you are in this sort of position. I've seen all too many people harassed because the collector would do whatever it took, including stepping over the line if a person didn't know their legal rights.
Not taxing net sales, will only mean longer, higher taxation on non-net sold goods.
Hey, here's an idea: how about the govenment reducing spending!?
We are playing right into the politicians' hands when we get into "it's not fair" in-fighting. We don't need ANY more taxes--govenments need to reduce spending.
And I'm tired of the brick-and-stick whining. If getting an e-business is so damn profitable then go to it! Nobody's stopping you.
About a month ago there was an article accusing the government of using TV shows to influnce behavior-- in that case anti-drug messages. Why not move on to anti-violence....
Perhaps the episode was crappy because it was written by those other than the regular staff?
Check out "Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps" by Allan Pease, which tells you more about it.
Women have to read maps since guys don't ask for directions....
Well there's also a book out that says that rape was used as a means of procreation. (Presumably, I guess, so ugly cavemen could pass their genes on too.) So the authors concusion is rape is about sex rather than violence and for women not to 'dress provocatively'. Somehow I don't think they'll be able to explain why an 80-year-old woman or 3-year-old child gets raped.
Loads of 'scientific study' out there that reaches really stupid, illogical conclusions....
This is bullshit, too. I've played on both sides of the hacking fence, and I'd guess maybe 10% of the community is female. The number is about the same for my electrical engineering grad class, too - and it's been about constant since women started getting involved.
Well for a start it's attitudes like that women don't want to put up with. While men sit around comparing whose hard drive is biggest, women are getting together on the web to work together toward common goals. They're staying away from the male bastions and you'll find a lot of ideas flowing in the women oriented groups. They may not be there in equal numbers, but they are there, if not as visible.
It might not be nice and PC to say, but for whatever reason, most women are not interested in computers. Most guys aren't either. I suspect that hacking is some sort of disorder - this has merit - most of the sexual deviants in the world, are, low and behold, male as well. It took me hundreds and thousands of solitary hours hacking and reading and coding to get where I am now. I don't think I'm well adjusted by normal means. I don't think this is a problem, either. The correlations and implications are interesting - Someone should look into THAT. But, fsck science. It's not politically correct.
You logic almost runs the gambit of telling people that hackers are male sexual diviants. Well I won't go there.;-)
Being different genderwise does not that mean that only one gender is going to be interest in a certain career. I believe as more women are seen in these fields, young girls might start moving into these fields as they see there are contributions to be made that hold their interests. There are many ideas created that are "male oriented". I'm a lover of gadgets, but some women aren't. But they might be if they were items that helped to solve their problems.
For example, take home automation. One one hand you have some very interesting ideas. One of my favorite sites is Home Automation Times which happens to be run by a woman. Now one thing that was mentioned was that a good selling point for a woman customer would be security features. But if you go by ZNet or any other myriad of sites, you get bombarded by ads for X-10 which are practically soft-porn in nature. Really stupid as you are now going to piss off a lot of potential customers and, believe me, decision makers because you are assuming only men are going to be interested in your product.
I see the change, even though it's not always out in the open: women are encouraging other women in these fields and groups of networks are expanding. You may not see us at Comdex or other 'male' get-togethers, because we don't do the topless bar/Las Vegas scene, but we're getting together in our own way. At last we can network across global boundaries. You may not see us yet, but oh yes, we are there!
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"We can't innovate, so it must be open-source's fault."
I like audiogalaxy too.
A good place for reviews on file sharing software is at http://www.zeropaid.com/
There are some young people who garner respect and even run their own industry. They are exceptional, but if you can accomplish the goals you get the respect. It's not just about age.
Just keep in mind that you are not out of school, just in the real one. Shut up and listen once and a while--if you don't respect others or act immaturely, they're certainly not going to respect you. And you're going to have to prove you can handle the mundane and ordinary before you get the respect of your colleages and allowed to tackle something dynamic. It costs the company (at least initially) money to follow through on ideas. They want to know you'll finish what you start. Think of it as an apprenticeship.
The hardest thing through all this is not to lose your enthusiasm. But hold on to it--you're going to need it. Certainly offer ideas, even passionately, but respect those who been in the industry for those 15-20 years. And don't get so caught up in yourself that you don't listen to their suggestions. They're ideas may seem old, and they may have even grown cynical, but they know more than you do about what's really going on in the company. You can learn a lot from them and even sometimes gain a valuable ally.
You can view their feelings regarding on-line privacy here.
Uh oh, and you better watch out book clubs and teachers, reading a book aloud to others might violate "fair use".
And get ripped off!? Check out what happened to the guy who invented the Tucker automobile, or the guy that has taken years getting money out of the car industry for intermittent windshield wipers?
No way would I take a show any type of transportation device to the auto manufacturers.
I also think it's some sort of personal hovercraft. Especially with the Ginger reference. It would have to be more radical than a scooter device to make those earning projections. I saw this guy's wheel chair that can climb stairs and rise up on two wheels (and remain stable!) so one could reach items on the top shelf at the grocery store. The man is a genius!
Flying cars...I want my flying car!
You don't think they'll take the critisism seriously, do you?
Seriously, don't throw the baby out the the bathwater. I know someone who telecommutes and they love it. It really depends on how much of a control freak your boss is.
1) Wrap lips around tailpipe.
2) Blow
For consumers, by consumers who tell the good, the bad and the ugly about their experiences with broadband. http://www.dslreports.com/
Not the same thing--the comparison would be like Walmart changing the prices on the items at the check-out based on what my "profile". The guy ahead of me in line gets a discount, but I pay full price for the same item.
I'm not an Amazon basher, BTW. I shop there quite a bit and, in fact, just received some stuff. It disturbs me, however, especially in light of their having "wish lists" and "favorites" as well as my previous purchases that they could find out what I'm likely to buy and jack up the price.
I heard it once the libertarian role of government defined: to protect you for the enemies from outside (i.e., protection by the military against invasions) and the enimies within (i.e., protection from crime, IOW the judicial system). This is clearly a case to be run in the judicial system.
I see no conflict with this case and libertarianism here.
You may win ultimately, but be bankrupt by the process.
You think being sued by a corporation doesn't effect your liberty or take away your possessions?
It's MY genes, damnit--shouldn't I own the patent!?
Then again, there are bootleg copies of Battlefield Earth. ;-)
If you say it's secure, they will come.
Quotes from the article:
"But if you want to say something anonymously, go to your local library, use anonymizer, and post something to a newsgroup. More power to you."
So we're should only be anonymous at the library...or if we've just programmed a controversial program and are getting hate mail. ;-)
"It's hard to say since it has been mirrored around, but I know it is in the thousands. The use of it won't ever hit the millions like Napster- finding pirates is much less popular than finding MP3s!"
Vast majority of which are being downloaded to engineer a workaround....
My question, does this "out" the person holding the MP3 files on their drive--which could be legitimate? or the persons doing the downloading?
Hmmm...now there's an idea--I wonder if the Napster Metallica legions can sue Metallica for a 10% agent commission for promoting their music?
I suspect that these 'creditors' who are contacting Bughunter are merely scam artists trying to get him to send them some money (allegedly so his credit doesn't get slammed--again) without any intentions of giving it to the bank. What kind of commission could you make on $500?!
Also, isn't there also a limit on the number of years (seven, I think) that something is supposed to remain on your credit report? Getting one of the credit agency to remove something, however, (had a friend that used to work for one) is another matter. Most times, they could really give a shit most times about cleaning up old or wrong data.
Dave, you may have collectors who are friends, and may think they're mostly pretty good people but I'd say that that is because you've never been on the receiving end of one of their colleagues' phone calls. Most of these collectors are in a boiler room sales type of thing where they only get paid when the collect. There's a lot of pressure and some of them step over that line.
You do have certain rights, however, you must give them a way to contact you, but that can be a mailing address, i.e., you DO NOT have to give them your home phone number. They can't harass you at all hours either. It's important to find out what your rights are if you are in this sort of position. I've seen all too many people harassed because the collector would do whatever it took, including stepping over the line if a person didn't know their legal rights.
Hey, here's an idea: how about the govenment reducing spending!?
We are playing right into the politicians' hands when we get into "it's not fair" in-fighting. We don't need ANY more taxes--govenments need to reduce spending.
And I'm tired of the brick-and-stick whining. If getting an e-business is so damn profitable then go to it! Nobody's stopping you.
It's OUR money!
~Common sense isn't common - Tony Brown
Perhaps the episode was crappy because it was written by those other than the regular staff?
Women have to read maps since guys don't ask for directions....
Well there's also a book out that says that rape was used as a means of procreation. (Presumably, I guess, so ugly cavemen could pass their genes on too.) So the authors concusion is rape is about sex rather than violence and for women not to 'dress provocatively'. Somehow I don't think they'll be able to explain why an 80-year-old woman or 3-year-old child gets raped.
Loads of 'scientific study' out there that reaches really stupid, illogical conclusions....
Well for a start it's attitudes like that women don't want to put up with. While men sit around comparing whose hard drive is biggest, women are getting together on the web to work together toward common goals. They're staying away from the male bastions and you'll find a lot of ideas flowing in the women oriented groups. They may not be there in equal numbers, but they are there, if not as visible.
It might not be nice and PC to say, but for whatever reason, most women are not interested in computers. Most guys aren't either. I suspect that hacking is some sort of disorder - this has merit - most of the sexual deviants in the world, are, low and behold, male as well. It took me hundreds and thousands of solitary hours hacking and reading and coding to get where I am now. I don't think I'm well adjusted by normal means. I don't think this is a problem, either. The correlations and implications are interesting - Someone should look into THAT. But, fsck science. It's not politically correct.
You logic almost runs the gambit of telling people that hackers are male sexual diviants. Well I won't go there. ;-)
Being different genderwise does not that mean that only one gender is going to be interest in a certain career. I believe as more women are seen in these fields, young girls might start moving into these fields as they see there are contributions to be made that hold their interests. There are many ideas created that are "male oriented". I'm a lover of gadgets, but some women aren't. But they might be if they were items that helped to solve their problems.
For example, take home automation. One one hand you have some very interesting ideas. One of my favorite sites is Home Automation Times which happens to be run by a woman. Now one thing that was mentioned was that a good selling point for a woman customer would be security features. But if you go by ZNet or any other myriad of sites, you get bombarded by ads for X-10 which are practically soft-porn in nature. Really stupid as you are now going to piss off a lot of potential customers and, believe me, decision makers because you are assuming only men are going to be interested in your product.
I see the change, even though it's not always out in the open: women are encouraging other women in these fields and groups of networks are expanding. You may not see us at Comdex or other 'male' get-togethers, because we don't do the topless bar/Las Vegas scene, but we're getting together in our own way. At last we can network across global boundaries. You may not see us yet, but oh yes, we are there!