Generally by their IP address. IP addresses are tied to locations, so you can generate reports from the access logs to a website telling where the traffic is coming from. A website can also use that database to deny access from various locations.
I ignore them. The worst thing that you can do to a person that is trying to get a rise out of you is to ignore them.
Way back in college a friend suddenly shouted, "Stop smiling! I insulted you!" To this day, I have no idea what he said before that. I got his goat without even trying.
When someone is trying to insult you, you have to ask yourself this question: "Does this person's opinion really matter to me?" If you are secure in yourself, then most of the times the answer to that question is "No." The only time in the last twenty years when the answer was yes and I was hurt was from my now ex-wife.
The simplest change would be a "Use it or Lose it" restriction on any patent.
You must License it or Manufacture it within 2 to 4 years or you lose the patent all together, and it becomes public domain (yet remains in effect to prevent someone else patenting the same thing).
The problem with this is that they would just create another shell company and license the patent to that company.
With your own LLC, you also get to put more money away in a tax deferred retirement plan. There are limits on the amount of money that can be put into your 401(k).
You are still paying the costs as an employee, but they are hidden from you and you also have no say in how they are spent.
I spent time in China as a consulting Software Architect. People at where I worked were working a standard 40 hour work week.
The project I was on in Korea had people working a 12 hour day. When I say working, I mean that they were there for 12 hours, but I did not see 12 hours worth of work. You did not leave work before your boss did.
Every country has its working culture. A lot of the internal differences are based on education level. I know that there are workers in China that want to work the overtime to make more money and are annoyed by foreigners trying to push the foreign standards on them and are taking money away from them.
I had a contracting company give me a noncompete contract that was overly broad that also stated "the company's customers." It also had typos. I had my lawyer go over it and we reworded it so that I would not do any business with any of their customers where I was working through them.
If you are given an nondisclosure or noncompete where you are given a take it or leave it, then leave it. Reasonable people are open to negotiating the terms of these documents. If they are not open to negotiating the terms, then I take that as an indication of problems to come.
When an NDA is brought to the table, it will almost always favor the party that is bringing the NDA. It is up to you to propose changes to cover yourself or to refuse to sign if it the terms are not to your liking. That is the way of most contracts.
I always read the document completely. I always include verbiage that protects my interests.
How about we change copyright to being perpetual, but require that all previous public domain goes back to copyright as well. All of the descendents of the authors those public domain stories that Disney used for its movies can sue Disney for royalties.
If you refuse to give back to the public domain, then the public domain should never be accessible to you.
Resources! It is costly to have officers follow a person. It is relatively inexpensive to place one of these devices on a car and gather the data.
If the police have a strong reason to suspect someone, then they can allocate police resources for traditional surveillance. The use of these GPS trackers are inexpensive enough the lower the threshold to make it trivial to add a person to the surveillance web.
So, you are calling the University of Minnesota a diploma mill? You should avoid such sweeping statements. I am in the MSSE program myself. Here is the text from "Why an MSSE degree?":
Advance your career with a Master of Science in Software Engineering degree. MSSE is a full-time, 2-year Master's program with a 95% graduation rate and is designed for working professionals.
The need is clear
Recently, a "skills development and preparedness" study was conducted in Maryland. This survey found that: "In the high-tech area, more than two-thirds of businesses that hire computer engineers, laboratory or technical personnel... reported difficulty in finding qualified workers. Overall, nearly 40 percent of survey respondents reported that a lack of skilled workers negatively impacted their firm's ability to do business..."
Industry needs qualified leaders - those who can understand the fundamentals of a software system, and be able to guide its development and deployment through an organization. These leadership roles are integral to the success of a company, and are not easily outsourced.
Critical thinking
The Master of Science & Software Engineering (MSSE) degree prepares students to become Software Engineering leaders. The core of the program is focused on building a foundation of critical thinking skills on which to make professional judgements.
Often, in the workplace, that's what is needed of an engineer - his or her professional judgement; to assess a request and judge whether it makes sense. 'Is the request reasonable?' 'Given the constraints of my organization, can something be produced that will be acceptable to the users?' 'Do we understand the risks?' 'If yes, how could a solution be structured?' 'After all is said and done, is it a good solution?' 'Why?'
Theory and practice
The MSSE program builds these thinking skills through a solid understanding of theoretical methods, principles, and tools and an examination of fundamental software development issues and processes. Topics include requirements engineering, project management, quality assurance, and database management systems.
Acclaimed faculty with both academic and industry backgrounds also provide practical perspective. Real-world problems and opportunities with software intensive systems are explored, and methods to evaluate, adopt and take advantage of emerging technologies are learned.
MSSE students will also be working closely with fellow software professionals, completing applicable class assignments within teams. Working relationships developed will be a significant resource throughout one's career.
I design enterprise scale systems. That involves taking in to consideration many stakeholders concerns and being able to address then and to communicate the architecture to them based on their viewpoint of the system.
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Another few questions to ask:
Who is going to keep on paying for her being frozen? Her parents may do that for the rest of their lives, but then who will pay after they are gone?
What if the cryonics business that is keeping her frozen goes out of business?
Who is going to expend resources to revive the person, cure the disease and get her trained for living in the world of then. (It won't be cheap!)
If there are relatives (distant at that) living at that time, then will they take care of this stranger?
Generally by their IP address. IP addresses are tied to locations, so you can generate reports from the access logs to a website telling where the traffic is coming from. A website can also use that database to deny access from various locations.
I ignore them. The worst thing that you can do to a person that is trying to get a rise out of you is to ignore them.
Way back in college a friend suddenly shouted, "Stop smiling! I insulted you!" To this day, I have no idea what he said before that. I got his goat without even trying.
When someone is trying to insult you, you have to ask yourself this question: "Does this person's opinion really matter to me?" If you are secure in yourself, then most of the times the answer to that question is "No." The only time in the last twenty years when the answer was yes and I was hurt was from my now ex-wife.
This just shows the article submitter's bias.
The simplest change would be a "Use it or Lose it" restriction on any patent.
You must License it or Manufacture it within 2 to 4 years or you lose the patent all together, and it becomes public domain (yet remains in effect to prevent someone else patenting the same thing).
The problem with this is that they would just create another shell company and license the patent to that company.
Where it would supposedly burst into flames and out of sight in the overhead bin.
I wish I had mod points for you. I am a former expat that did some consulting work in China. You hit the nail on the head.
With your own LLC, you also get to put more money away in a tax deferred retirement plan. There are limits on the amount of money that can be put into your 401(k).
You are still paying the costs as an employee, but they are hidden from you and you also have no say in how they are spent.
I spent time in China as a consulting Software Architect. People at where I worked were working a standard 40 hour work week.
The project I was on in Korea had people working a 12 hour day. When I say working, I mean that they were there for 12 hours, but I did not see 12 hours worth of work. You did not leave work before your boss did.
Every country has its working culture. A lot of the internal differences are based on education level. I know that there are workers in China that want to work the overtime to make more money and are annoyed by foreigners trying to push the foreign standards on them and are taking money away from them.
I am voting for Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?
*duck* ... I am sorry, but it had to be said!
You actually expect the press to get their reporting correct? That would mean doing actual research and checking sources.
I had a contracting company give me a noncompete contract that was overly broad that also stated "the company's customers." It also had typos. I had my lawyer go over it and we reworded it so that I would not do any business with any of their customers where I was working through them.
If you are given an nondisclosure or noncompete where you are given a take it or leave it, then leave it. Reasonable people are open to negotiating the terms of these documents. If they are not open to negotiating the terms, then I take that as an indication of problems to come.
You do know that you can negotiate these things.
When an NDA is brought to the table, it will almost always favor the party that is bringing the NDA. It is up to you to propose changes to cover yourself or to refuse to sign if it the terms are not to your liking. That is the way of most contracts.
I always read the document completely. I always include verbiage that protects my interests.
I had to resign from my previous job when I was laid off. It was the only way to get my severance package.
I am sorry. I did not RTFA. I have been thinking along the lines of the author for a while.
How about we change copyright to being perpetual, but require that all previous public domain goes back to copyright as well. All of the descendents of the authors those public domain stories that Disney used for its movies can sue Disney for royalties.
If you refuse to give back to the public domain, then the public domain should never be accessible to you.
Bibo, not Bilbo
I drink, therefore I am!
And the invokation of the holy sacrament is "Bibo ergo sum"
Resources! It is costly to have officers follow a person. It is relatively inexpensive to place one of these devices on a car and gather the data.
If the police have a strong reason to suspect someone, then they can allocate police resources for traditional surveillance. The use of these GPS trackers are inexpensive enough the lower the threshold to make it trivial to add a person to the surveillance web.
That's my pet. You insensitive clod.
I am sure that the SEC is already doing this, but check to see who shorted Sony stock.
Try navigating through the threads by the s and d keys. It does not work.
You forgot the 286 and 386 designations for Windows 2.1.
So, you are calling the University of Minnesota a diploma mill? You should avoid such sweeping statements. I am in the MSSE program myself. Here is the text from "Why an MSSE degree?":
Advance your career with a Master of Science in Software Engineering degree. MSSE is a full-time, 2-year Master's program with a 95% graduation rate and is designed for working professionals.
The need is clear
Recently, a "skills development and preparedness" study was conducted in Maryland. This survey found that: "In the high-tech area, more than two-thirds of businesses that hire computer engineers, laboratory or technical personnel... reported difficulty in finding qualified workers. Overall, nearly 40 percent of survey respondents reported that a lack of skilled workers negatively impacted their firm's ability to do business..."
Industry needs qualified leaders - those who can understand the fundamentals of a software system, and be able to guide its development and deployment through an organization. These leadership roles are integral to the success of a company, and are not easily outsourced.
Critical thinking
The Master of Science & Software Engineering (MSSE) degree prepares students to become Software Engineering leaders. The core of the program is focused on building a foundation of critical thinking skills on which to make professional judgements.
Often, in the workplace, that's what is needed of an engineer - his or her professional judgement; to assess a request and judge whether it makes sense. 'Is the request reasonable?' 'Given the constraints of my organization, can something be produced that will be acceptable to the users?' 'Do we understand the risks?' 'If yes, how could a solution be structured?' 'After all is said and done, is it a good solution?' 'Why?'
Theory and practice
The MSSE program builds these thinking skills through a solid understanding of theoretical methods, principles, and tools and an examination of fundamental software development issues and processes. Topics include requirements engineering, project management, quality assurance, and database management systems.
Acclaimed faculty with both academic and industry backgrounds also provide practical perspective. Real-world problems and opportunities with software intensive systems are explored, and methods to evaluate, adopt and take advantage of emerging technologies are learned.
MSSE students will also be working closely with fellow software professionals, completing applicable class assignments within teams. Working relationships developed will be a significant resource throughout one's career.
I design enterprise scale systems. That involves taking in to consideration many stakeholders concerns and being able to address then and to communicate the architecture to them based on their viewpoint of the system.
Skype appears to be back online here in Minneapolis, MN.