We have two T3 on the UUnet side, and 98 T1/frac T1's through mci worldcom (same company, different bills.)
I've been told by our tech and sales folks that they don't expect to be laid off, and that our 3-year service contracts will be honored. My fingers are crossed.
Some leaked memos on fuckedcompany.com hold that up.
If the US government will bail out Amtrak, they will definitely bail out WorldCom. To do anything else would be devastating to the infrastructure and economy of the country.
No thank you, no beams in my eyes thankyouverymuch.
Since I'd end up using a different airline if I had to do this, I'd donate my 74K frequent flyer files to the Make a Wish Foundation and choose a less invasive airline. I hear American aIrlines is requiring sphincter prints...
Start a zoo. BIND, Sendmail, perl, python, if it's got a black and white critter on it, buy it and read it.
www.fatbrain.com (now a Barnes and Noble site), has a good selection to get you started. Pull out the credit card, drink a six-pack, and see if your card really does have a limit.
Corrupting the audio stream will result in many pissed-off audiophiles with $20K-$50K stereos. Purity of sound is the goal with those folks, and mucking about with the sound is going to piss them off mightily.
Having a CD sound a bit crappy in your PC is one thing. Having a burst of static come out of a $50K audio system will turn the owner into a homicical maniac.
You can hone your skills, get some real-world experience, not to mention some excellent references if you volunteer some of your time working for a non-profit company.
It's not big bucks at first, but it's definitely going to be a plus to put on a resume. "Volunteered systems administration services (or whatever) for 'Homes for Puppies'"... that line will get you in if you're interviewed by a dog lover. You get the idea.
And who ends up paying for the technology to allow them to restrict content? We do.
Ideas like encrypting audio between playback device and speakers, HDTV copy protection and any other method they come up with will eventually get to market. Ask questions and know before you buy.
I have put myself in the line of fire for all or my purchases. I have a for reference, I have a 5mUS budget this year). After watching a disaster of an Oracle/Sun implementation, I watch all of my incoming stuff like a hawk. It's a scary place to be.
I've had forklift blades shoved through boxes, and TFT rack monitors shipped with a shipper that removed the packaging to save space, the result was a pile of plastic and goo.
Our sun resellers delivered and screwed up any way they could, including dropping off a battery box weighing @900lbs that the shipper said weighed 5000 lbs. The floor underneath us was evacuated in fear of the floor collapsing.
(they're bankrupt, so names aren't needed.)
I recommend onsite implementations for any rackmout configuration. Shippers don't know if it's a refrigerator or a 1.5mil computer system, and they really don't care. A box is a box. One Oracle DBA/ex-UPS guY told us he used to *kick* monitor boxes on the screen side for therapy on a bad day.
The Replay has some sharing capabilites built in, the Tivo doesn't. I think it's the ability to swap recordings between two Replay units that they're objecting to.
But this is America, and tampering with data to manipulate the system is done every day. We should all go buy ReplayTV units from Best Buy, set it to record only the most inane infomercials, and return it within 30 days.
And Sonicblue should provide all the info in hardcopy.
Just excessive time spent on my part with computers and work, not enough face time with family and friends.
I used to give my job and computer-related hobbies priority over most things, now it's farther down on the list. Now I sometimes go days without turning on a PC (I have 4 at home that haven't been on in months). I'll spend a weekend kayaking with friends instead of overclocking a CPU to eke out an extra MHz or two.
I used to do 30-40 seti blocks a day sustained and was in the 99.99xx percentile area. It's just not something I care about anymore.
Pick your nose in line conspicuously and deposit the gem right in the middle of the pad. When people see/feel the booger, they'll freak out and not use it.
They also cut all funding for the entire state IT dept, and said by June 1 it's history.
I'm betting that contract will be invalidated in court. I'd love to see Oracle's pricing structure picked at by a judge. You think MS is bad, these folks will bill per CPU, per transaction, and any other way to get your money.
I pay a per-device fee when I junk PCs ranging from US$10-20 to the waste management company/recycler.
I do large scale gutouts occasionally, and this gets pricey. A pre fee to the buyer wouldn't be a bad thing, but the logistics of paper-trailing the transactions would be a bitch without a good asset management system.
After one stellar 2 day-long interview, I had decided I didn't want to work for (company A). They gave me an employment contract similar to what's described above. I just took it home and burned it in the fireplace, and said my attorney was reviewing it when I was called the next day.
Upon hearing my lack of interest in the position the day after that, they spent two weeks harassing me for the unsigned contract, and eventually claimed the printed copy was "company property" and I was legally bound to return it, next-day air, to them, and threatened me with a lawsuit. (This was a law firm, btw). Phone calls stopped, letters came, kept me in stuff to burn for 2 months.
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Some leaked memos on fuckedcompany.com hold that up. If the US government will bail out Amtrak, they will definitely bail out WorldCom. To do anything else would be devastating to the infrastructure and economy of the country.
Two new political parties for the US!
No thank you, no beams in my eyes thankyouverymuch.
Since I'd end up using a different airline if I had to do this, I'd donate my 74K frequent flyer files to the Make a Wish Foundation and choose a less invasive airline. I hear American aIrlines is requiring sphincter prints...
Now, if can just can my co-workers injected, maybe they'll be less of a pain in my ass!
Start a zoo. BIND, Sendmail, perl, python, if it's got a black and white critter on it, buy it and read it. www.fatbrain.com (now a Barnes and Noble site), has a good selection to get you started. Pull out the credit card, drink a six-pack, and see if your card really does have a limit.
An off the shelf 12v inverter and a marine battery could last quite a while, but you'd still have to charge it eventually.
Having a bank of spare batteries charging off of a solar array would also be an interesting alternative.
I've been farting into the couch for years. I have yet to get caught.
But if that happens, I'll never again have the pleasure of ripping off a "garlic-burrito special" in the elevators of ex-employers...
Corrupting the audio stream will result in many pissed-off audiophiles with $20K-$50K stereos. Purity of sound is the goal with those folks, and mucking about with the sound is going to piss them off mightily.
Having a CD sound a bit crappy in your PC is one thing. Having a burst of static come out of a $50K audio system will turn the owner into a homicical maniac.
You can hone your skills, get some real-world experience, not to mention some excellent references if you volunteer some of your time working for a non-profit company.
It's not big bucks at first, but it's definitely going to be a plus to put on a resume. "Volunteered systems administration services (or whatever) for 'Homes for Puppies'"... that line will get you in if you're interviewed by a dog lover. You get the idea.
And who ends up paying for the technology to allow them to restrict content? We do.
Ideas like encrypting audio between playback device and speakers, HDTV copy protection and any other method they come up with will eventually get to market. Ask questions and know before you buy.
Don't buy your own set of shackles.
But do I really give a flying poop? Nope. That's what beer is for.
I have put myself in the line of fire for all or my purchases. I have a for reference, I have a 5mUS budget this year). After watching a disaster of an Oracle/Sun implementation, I watch all of my incoming stuff like a hawk. It's a scary place to be.
I've had forklift blades shoved through boxes, and TFT rack monitors shipped with a shipper that removed the packaging to save space, the result was a pile of plastic and goo.
Our sun resellers delivered and screwed up any way they could, including dropping off a battery box weighing @900lbs that the shipper said weighed 5000 lbs. The floor underneath us was evacuated in fear of the floor collapsing.
(they're bankrupt, so names aren't needed.)
I recommend onsite implementations for any rackmout configuration. Shippers don't know if it's a refrigerator or a 1.5mil computer system, and they really don't care. A box is a box. One Oracle DBA/ex-UPS guY told us he used to *kick* monitor boxes on the screen side for therapy on a bad day.
The Replay has some sharing capabilites built in, the Tivo doesn't. I think it's the ability to swap recordings between two Replay units that they're objecting to.
But this is America, and tampering with data to manipulate the system is done every day. We should all go buy ReplayTV units from Best Buy, set it to record only the most inane infomercials, and return it within 30 days.
And Sonicblue should provide all the info in hardcopy.
Just excessive time spent on my part with computers and work, not enough face time with family and friends.
I used to give my job and computer-related hobbies priority over most things, now it's farther down on the list. Now I sometimes go days without turning on a PC (I have 4 at home that haven't been on in months). I'll spend a weekend kayaking with friends instead of overclocking a CPU to eke out an extra MHz or two.
I used to do 30-40 seti blocks a day sustained and was in the 99.99xx percentile area. It's just not something I care about anymore.
Pick your nose in line conspicuously and deposit the gem right in the middle of the pad. When people see/feel the booger, they'll freak out and not use it.
Once I got my pretty 10000 unit certificate, and 9/11 realigned my priorities, I lost interest and removed all of my running clients.
Best of luck to the winner. If you get "taken" I call shotgun!
(I know, OT)
They also cut all funding for the entire state IT dept, and said by June 1 it's history.
I'm betting that contract will be invalidated in court. I'd love to see Oracle's pricing structure picked at by a judge. You think MS is bad, these folks will bill per CPU, per transaction, and any other way to get your money.
Larry Ellison the antichrist.
This post alone is a good example of a potentially good, dedicated IT employee. He goes hungry, but can still post to /.
Someone give this resourceful soul a job.
I pay a per-device fee when I junk PCs ranging from US$10-20 to the waste management company/recycler.
I do large scale gutouts occasionally, and this gets pricey. A pre fee to the buyer wouldn't be a bad thing, but the logistics of paper-trailing the transactions would be a bitch without a good asset management system.
After one stellar 2 day-long interview, I had decided I didn't want to work for (company A). They gave me an employment contract similar to what's described above. I just took it home and burned it in the fireplace, and said my attorney was reviewing it when I was called the next day.
Upon hearing my lack of interest in the position the day after that, they spent two weeks harassing me for the unsigned contract, and eventually claimed the printed copy was "company property" and I was legally bound to return it, next-day air, to them, and threatened me with a lawsuit. (This was a law firm, btw). Phone calls stopped, letters came, kept me in stuff to burn for 2 months.
Lawyers suck.
downloaded. not knowing much about it so far, I'll just put it in the "let's see how it pans out" folder.
Sorry, I didn't know there were ex-Cuecat managers reading slashdot. My sincerest condolences.
Best of luck in your new job, and remember to ask for the spare change politely.
Most companies fail due to inept management and/or marketing. Thier products are not alway to blame...
Unless we're talking about Cuecat. :)
Since the exchange rates of the euro and the US dollar are so close, I hope we get an "Amer-euro" dollar here in the States soon.
This booger-green money is depressing to look at - well, at least the $3 in my wallet is. If they were prettier, maybe I'd be happier.
Still broke, but happy... so happy...