I agree with you on the All Things Considered and Morning Edition shows, but A Prarie Home Companion? I'd rather *listen* to paint dry. Try CarTalk, Michael Feldman's Whaddya Know? or This American Life. FAR SUPERIOR! And usually entertaining, which is more than I can say for that man from Lake Wobegon.
That's the inherent problem with DSL! Either you go with the Telco (which, in my experience, is WAY more expensive than a 3rd-party, I assume because of the support cost), or with the 3rd-Party based in some other city.
DSL is a good thing, but wireless would be EVEN BETTER. I wait for the day when my Internet access is ubiquitous and not reliant on someone elses lines. Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Could this interview be considered "LIVE" Metallica? If so, I'd like to see it in MP3 format please. (I don't think it would be a bad idea to post the audio interview on Napster, either). Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Personally, i haven't bought a CD in MONTHS. I have a burner, and whatever I want, someone else has already ripped it. The music industry needs to stop fighting this futile war. I know that is a harsh thing to say, but it is the way things are going.
In olden days (pre-Internet), the entertainment industry survived on one thing, and one thing ONLY. Control of information. Period. CDs, VHS tapes, DVDs, whatever! It's all just controlled information. Now, more than ever with increasing bandwidth, that information is even MORE freely distributed. That is something that isn't going to change. Now, all that can be DEFINITELY controlled is the actual source of the information, the bands, the stars in the movie, etc.
It's not a pretty picture to be painted for the entertainment industry. They can try to keep their control on the medium but there will always be another Napster or DeCSS or whatever. Tough times are ahead. INFORMATION IS NO LONGER A PRODUCT. IT IS A PUBLIC GOOD. Period. Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Perhaps i should have a little clearer.... i guess what i was trying to get across is that i think that i'm able to adapt to different environments, and I think that is what make a good programmer. The ability to THINK like a programmer, and convey those thoughts into code is what is important, the language is secondary. Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Actually, i have done an intership (actually, a cooperative position through the University of Louisville Business School. I personally think that the co-op system is one the BEST ideas for anyone, in ANY education. Those folks I know in the Arts & Sciences school don't have ANYTHING like it, so they don't know what to do with their degree afterward. Then they look at me, without a degree, but with 6 months of professional experience under my belt. Now, i'm working full time as an analyst/designer and i don't even have my degree yet, but thanks to that previous experience (coupled with a great program at UofL), i got the job. The one thing i have found out is that (at least in a small a market as Louisville is), is that the IT sector is tightly networked. My co-op position at Aperture helped me get the job here, since a lot of folks here had either known of Aperture or worked there themselves.
How has the industry been unfriendly to you, as a female? Myself, i'm male, but i would say that the companies i have worked with have been (at least in the IT depts.) at *least* 40% female. Me, being a systems analyst, I find that most times women do a better job! There are more women in the CIS (Computer Information Systems) program at UofL than ever. I think it is close to being 50/50, in fact.
The money is nice, sure, but I really think of it as icing on the cake. I ENJOY what i do. I guess my goal, as a programmer/analyst is the same as anyone in any field. To take the time and experiences that i had early, and translate that into something fulfilling. Even if that means i'm doing pro-bono work for charity. I could really give a damn about the money, but if i'm enjoying what i'm doing (and eating, too...) and using my skills to create something, then i'm happy.
That's a hard one to answer... now that computers have become ubiquitous in society, one day coding may be rather trivial stuff... after all, years ago calculus was the stuff of geeks. Now middle schoolers learn it.
My personal goal is challenge myself, in whatever that might mean. Ten years ago, i was happy to display random characters in random colors on the screen in QuickBasic 4.5! Now, I know C++, VB, VBScript, Perl, Java, PHP, etc. Just to keep on top of things is my goal, i guess. Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
What do you think about distributed computing? While the number of computers may vary, it has been shown (with distributed.net, among others) that this can be a very plentiful source of computing power. Could this be harnessed for real-time uses? Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Unfortunately, those of us hosting sites are still beholden to an ISP for our connection. With recent developments in wireless connectivity, in the future we may see internet access as a freely available commodity, a public good. That is essentially what makes the off-shore "pirate" radio stations nationless. This nation-less media that is the radio wave.
Until we reach a state where *both* the content hosts *and* users are free from controlled internet access, a "nationless" website is impossible.
I look forward to the day when internet access is taken for granted, personally... something along the vein of the Sub-Etha in Hitchhiker's.
I used to work for a brokerage house with about 110 users. Usually, me and the other guy doing support were swamped with calls from users. Why was this? The majority of it were hardware based problems, as all the hardware bought for the company was slap-dashed together. And to make matters worse, they were developing a piece of software with nearly NO development area. So, it was straight to production on untrustworthy machines.
So, i think that it depends on how well the IT is put together. A well designed IT architecture doesn't require the firefighting a sloppy one does. Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Slashdot Mirror
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I can't wait to receive Slashdot headlines via Sub-Etha transmissions!
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DSL is a good thing, but wireless would be EVEN BETTER. I wait for the day when my Internet access is ubiquitous and not reliant on someone elses lines.
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Could this interview be considered "LIVE" Metallica? If so, I'd like to see it in MP3 format please. (I don't think it would be a bad idea to post the audio interview on Napster, either).
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Why can't you trademark water that smells like X? Like cologne?
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ok, actually its Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
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In olden days (pre-Internet), the entertainment industry survived on one thing, and one thing ONLY. Control of information. Period. CDs, VHS tapes, DVDs, whatever! It's all just controlled information. Now, more than ever with increasing bandwidth, that information is even MORE freely distributed. That is something that isn't going to change. Now, all that can be DEFINITELY controlled is the actual source of the information, the bands, the stars in the movie, etc.
It's not a pretty picture to be painted for the entertainment industry. They can try to keep their control on the medium but there will always be another Napster or DeCSS or whatever. Tough times are ahead. INFORMATION IS NO LONGER A PRODUCT. IT IS A PUBLIC GOOD. Period.
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Perhaps i should have a little clearer.... i guess what i was trying to get across is that i think that i'm able to adapt to different environments, and I think that is what make a good programmer. The ability to THINK like a programmer, and convey those thoughts into code is what is important, the language is secondary.
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
How has the industry been unfriendly to you, as a female? Myself, i'm male, but i would say that the companies i have worked with have been (at least in the IT depts.) at *least* 40% female. Me, being a systems analyst, I find that most times women do a better job! There are more women in the CIS (Computer Information Systems) program at UofL than ever. I think it is close to being 50/50, in fact.
The money is nice, sure, but I really think of it as icing on the cake. I ENJOY what i do. I guess my goal, as a programmer/analyst is the same as anyone in any field. To take the time and experiences that i had early, and translate that into something fulfilling. Even if that means i'm doing pro-bono work for charity. I could really give a damn about the money, but if i'm enjoying what i'm doing (and eating, too...) and using my skills to create something, then i'm happy.
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
My personal goal is challenge myself, in whatever that might mean. Ten years ago, i was happy to display random characters in random colors on the screen in QuickBasic 4.5! Now, I know C++, VB, VBScript, Perl, Java, PHP, etc. Just to keep on top of things is my goal, i guess.
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
What do you think about distributed computing? While the number of computers may vary, it has been shown (with distributed.net, among others) that this can be a very plentiful source of computing power. Could this be harnessed for real-time uses?
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
Until we reach a state where *both* the content hosts *and* users are free from controlled internet access, a "nationless" website is impossible.
I look forward to the day when internet access is taken for granted, personally... something along the vein of the Sub-Etha in Hitchhiker's.
until then...
Ham on rye, hold the mayo please.
I wanna know where i can get this "Linux-Live Free Or Die" license plate.
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So, i think that it depends on how well the IT is put together. A well designed IT architecture doesn't require the firefighting a sloppy one does.
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I find it hard to believe that a court would allow user names with no hard traceable identities.
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Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes
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