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I have exported from Outlook a CSV of my appointments and imported them into Google Calendar and all of my appointments have been shifted 3 or 4 hours ahead. I am in the Eastern Timezone, and I'm assuming this is a timezone conversion issue.
As a low 5-digit user, I have seen Slashdot change focus over the last 8 years...
C'mon all of us 5-digit users have graduated college now (I'm assuming), and we ARE NOW biologists, chemists, and physicists.
Let's face it, times have changed, we've grown up. Hell, even Malda is married! Imagine how much the site will change when he and Kathleen start having kids!
Our buddy Darl says that Linux can be downloaded for free and used in North Korea, Afghanistan, and other terrorist filled countries.
But Bill Gates goes into these countries and gives his software away for free also. To sweeten the pot, he takes a tax deduction for donating product to 3rd world countries. The tax deduction is inevitably MORE than the cost of distributing the software, thus bringing Microsoft profit.
How does this make Microsoft, as a corporation, a more responsible member of the community than us 'Penguinistas'?
Now, Philadelphia is going to Microsoft and helping them market their products in return for funds to help build a new high school (which is desperately needed). I think Mayor John Street and his team have done a good job in turning that loss in 1998 into a win 5 years later.
Please... do you really think that MSFT would install software that would disable or break another company's (possibly competing) product?
My question is: Why do people think that this is not a controlled worm? MSFT sends out a notice to the WindowsUpdateable machines around the world and within minutes we have traffic jams and monstrous lag times while people are downloading MSFT's propaganda and DRM enabled software.
If the browser wars are over, Microsoft is stopping future development of IE, and they've basically paid for AOL to stop developing Mozilla, then they're right where they want to be:
The only content you can get on the Internet is DRM controlled through.NET web services and accessible on a Windows platform with the.NET runtime.
Now, just to put a pretty pink bow on this whole package, Microsoft decided to pay SCO off to destroy Linux.
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said acquiring the license from SCO "is representative of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to respecting intellectual property and the IT community's healthy exchange of IP through licensing. This helps to ensure IP compliance across Microsoft solutions and supports our efforts around existing products like services for Unix that further Unix interoperability."
Okay... didn't we already learn about M$ borrowing other people's technology and getting burned with the SQL Server and Timeline issue.
I think this is a large case of Bill covering his butt. If SCO has the cajones to go after IBM, then they're building a warchest to go after him next. It's a smart move on M$ part, but it gives me the strange idea that I may be seeing some familiar "new" features in Longhorn.
I'll be at the King of Prussia exhibit in suburban Philadelphia this weekend, and I'll post a brief report to this forum after I get a chance to see it. I really like the show, so I'm very excited to see what they have.
Too bad the JY is seeded... it makes the show seem more like the WWE than a 'game-show'
A firm in Hong Kong is seeking the patent to the entire SARS virus.
Okay... I can (barely) understand patenting genetic code. Of which, I like to think that I have the exclusive rights to using my own genetic code. If RMS is reading this, he'd probably suggest that the human genome should be licensed under the GPL.
But how can an organization be granted a patent on an organism? I mean, at what point are people going to file for a patent on the Zebra?
Hmm.. a company that goes around enforcing patents that they did nothing to get, named Acadia Research?
Funny, I have a client named Acadia Research (in the financial sector) that is in no way related to these losers. If I remember correctly, they do have a trademark on the name "Acadia Research".
I wonder if my client should file a trademark infringement suit against these jokers... Anybody got any thoughts?
Most laptop manufacturers put their logo on the case of the laptop. Take a look at the Apple, Dell, or Compaq badges on many notebooks. So, the question is:
WHERE IS THE PORSCHE SHIELD? I would love to have one of these with that famous shield emblazened on the top.
If I want to ultimate in sexy notebook computers, it better dress the part!
I used to work for a consulting firm here in the suburbs of Philadelphia that provided it's own in house training. One day it was presented to me that management wanted to send my workgroup for training in order to expand our skillset for an upcoming project. They asked me to review the syllabus that was proposed and make any comments on it.
After reviewing the document I ended up marking as many as half of the topics as being redundant, or below the target audience's skill level. The document was presented to the training center staff who put together a lecturer and a time for the class. Several weeks later the class was held and I saw the same syllabus come across my desk that I had reviewed! Outraged that the training center was wasting my time I quietly raised a point with the staff that we (the class) already knew most of the information being presented.
This did not sit well with the training center staff, and perhaps rightfully so. I ended up being the only one leaving a class that I did not need and going back to a normal workday. My classmates stayed in the class and basically slept through 2 workdays.
Several days later, I was reprimanded by my manager for not attending the class. After taking the time to explain to him that it covered topics that we had already been using in day-to-day activities for as long as six months, it was decided that I did not need the company's training facillities anymore and that they would simply fund any technical book that I wanted to purchase.
Moral of the story: Don't trust or go to corporate training. They (the training organizers) usually don't know what they're talking about, and insist that you need their help. Training is best accomplished on your own at your own pace.
It seems that we have a collection of these articles and comments in our little community. CmdrTaco, why not put together a new section with a theme of Technical Recruitment.
Perhaps this new section could include these helpful questions and resources following the current re-education and recruitment techniques of the industry.
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Anyone else have a similar problem?
As a low 5-digit user, I have seen Slashdot change focus over the last 8 years...
C'mon all of us 5-digit users have graduated college now (I'm assuming), and we ARE NOW biologists, chemists, and physicists.
Let's face it, times have changed, we've grown up. Hell, even Malda is married! Imagine how much the site will change when he and Kathleen start having kids!
http://babyphotos.slashdot.org/
Doesn't the establishment of this type of venture just beg for a HIPPA violation?
These have been available since June 2004.
Personally, I've already got my hands on the full Visual Studio 2005 Beta refresh, not the lame express edition.
From what I've seen so far, they've really made some significant upgrades to their programming IDE.
What is custom software?
Is a spreadsheet that contains data and calculates financial statistics 'custom software'?
Is a plug-in to a web browser 'custom software'?
Is an operating system that did not come pre-loaded on a computer 'custom software'?
Is any software that did not come pre-loaded on my computer 'custom software'?
Are those free AOL cds that you see everywhere 'custom software'?
Is TurboTax, the software I use to pay my taxes 'custom software'?
Is the website that I am running in my basement 'custom software'?
This legislation is WAY TOO VAGUE to get through... Stand up and make your voices heard Illinois voters!
Our buddy Darl says that Linux can be downloaded for free and used in North Korea, Afghanistan, and other terrorist filled countries.
But Bill Gates goes into these countries and gives his software away for free also. To sweeten the pot, he takes a tax deduction for donating product to 3rd world countries. The tax deduction is inevitably MORE than the cost of distributing the software, thus bringing Microsoft profit.
How does this make Microsoft, as a corporation, a more responsible member of the community than us 'Penguinistas'?
Philadelphia school district is among the poorest funded in the nation. In 1998 Microsoft and the BSA nailed the district to the tune of $4.8 million.
Now, Philadelphia is going to Microsoft and helping them market their products in return for funds to help build a new high school (which is desperately needed). I think Mayor John Street and his team have done a good job in turning that loss in 1998 into a win 5 years later.
Please... do you really think that MSFT would install software that would disable or break another company's (possibly competing) product?
My question is: Why do people think that this is not a controlled worm? MSFT sends out a notice to the WindowsUpdateable machines around the world and within minutes we have traffic jams and monstrous lag times while people are downloading MSFT's propaganda and DRM enabled software.
Thanks, but no thanx
Disney uses a product like this at all of their theme parks. When you get "plastic" utensils at a restaraunt in the park, it's actually this stuff.
:)
Great for the environment considering how much garbage Disney generates.
Feel free to interpret that last statement any way you wish
If the browser wars are over, Microsoft is stopping future development of IE, and they've basically paid for AOL to stop developing Mozilla, then they're right where they want to be:
The only content you can get on the Internet is DRM controlled through .NET web services and accessible on a Windows platform with the .NET runtime.
Now, just to put a pretty pink bow on this whole package, Microsoft decided to pay SCO off to destroy Linux.
Game, set, and match.
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said acquiring the license from SCO "is representative of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to respecting intellectual property and the IT community's healthy exchange of IP through licensing. This helps to ensure IP compliance across Microsoft solutions and supports our efforts around existing products like services for Unix that further Unix interoperability."
Okay... didn't we already learn about M$ borrowing other people's technology and getting burned with the SQL Server and Timeline issue.
I think this is a large case of Bill covering his butt. If SCO has the cajones to go after IBM, then they're building a warchest to go after him next. It's a smart move on M$ part, but it gives me the strange idea that I may be seeing some familiar "new" features in Longhorn.
Has anybody actually seen the exhibit already?
I'll be at the King of Prussia exhibit in suburban Philadelphia this weekend, and I'll post a brief report to this forum after I get a chance to see it. I really like the show, so I'm very excited to see what they have.
Too bad the JY is seeded... it makes the show seem more like the WWE than a 'game-show'
Okay... I can (barely) understand patenting genetic code. Of which, I like to think that I have the exclusive rights to using my own genetic code. If RMS is reading this, he'd probably suggest that the human genome should be licensed under the GPL.
But how can an organization be granted a patent on an organism? I mean, at what point are people going to file for a patent on the Zebra?
The full story is here: http://www.arenafootball.com/around_the_afl/afl_he adlines/352498.html
My apologies... When I was reading this article at 6AM, my lazy eyes completely missed that one.
Funny, I have a client named Acadia Research (in the financial sector) that is in no way related to these losers. If I remember correctly, they do have a trademark on the name "Acadia Research".
I wonder if my client should file a trademark infringement suit against these jokers... Anybody got any thoughts?
Hey, speaking of this line from Fight Club, has Edward Norton or Brad Pitt challenged you to some sort of Celebrity Boxing type thing?
If you were to go on Celebrity Boxing, who would you fight?
Most laptop manufacturers put their logo on the case of the laptop. Take a look at the Apple, Dell, or Compaq badges on many notebooks. So, the question is:
If I want to ultimate in sexy notebook computers, it better dress the part!WHERE IS THE PORSCHE SHIELD? I would love to have one of these with that famous shield emblazened on the top.
Dammit... I saw cheap and bendy and thought this was a Natalie Portman story. timothy, I rate you a -1 OffTopic!
And people thought we looked like dorks before...
After reviewing the document I ended up marking as many as half of the topics as being redundant, or below the target audience's skill level. The document was presented to the training center staff who put together a lecturer and a time for the class. Several weeks later the class was held and I saw the same syllabus come across my desk that I had reviewed! Outraged that the training center was wasting my time I quietly raised a point with the staff that we (the class) already knew most of the information being presented.
This did not sit well with the training center staff, and perhaps rightfully so. I ended up being the only one leaving a class that I did not need and going back to a normal workday. My classmates stayed in the class and basically slept through 2 workdays.
Several days later, I was reprimanded by my manager for not attending the class. After taking the time to explain to him that it covered topics that we had already been using in day-to-day activities for as long as six months, it was decided that I did not need the company's training facillities anymore and that they would simply fund any technical book that I wanted to purchase.
Moral of the story:
Don't trust or go to corporate training. They (the training organizers) usually don't know what they're talking about, and insist that you need their help. Training is best accomplished on your own at your own pace.
It seems that we have a collection of these articles and comments in our little community. CmdrTaco, why not put together a new section with a theme of Technical Recruitment.
Perhaps this new section could include these helpful questions and resources following the current re-education and recruitment techniques of the industry.
Any thoughts?
FREE KEVIN!
ROBO CODE
You can learn java, and you can beat the crap out of some IBM engineer at the same time! What more do you need?!