At least you knew what you were working on. One of my first Jobs in the AF was to take a known input and convert it to a desired output in C. Nothing at all strenuous, right?
Do that for 5 months straight and still have absolutely NO IDEA what the hell you're working on. Some of them had been at it for years. The bosses would come in, give us our next assignment, and leave with the old one. That's all we saw of our bosses.
I found out later what the code was for (combined to become the lamest of all the great lamnesses) but you try finding a programming job later and answering the question "So what kind of programs did you write" and answer with all honesty "I have know Idea"
In the extra features section of the "Meaning of Life" DVD they mentioned that Ireland has only banned 4 movies. "Life of Brian" and "Meaning of Life" being two of them and one being a solo project by Terry Jones
For some reason that cracked me up more than any other interviews.
Not just for Trailers. Watch Zulu followed by Gladiator. Nothing like a hoard of Germatics chanting zulu war songs.
It's not like they couldn't get the hundred or so extra's to chant something in german or anything.
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You could always do what the Pentagon did and just setup a huge dog and pony show for the masses.
NOC story for funding.
Awhile back the Commander of Cheyenne Mountain was taking a tour of the Pentagon NOC facilities. At one point of the tour the guide showed off a large board of lights all pretty with labels, flashing and so forth. (picture the bat computer and you'll have a pretty good Idea)
Anyway the CO was so impressed by this that when he got back to Colorado he informed the network folk of this great way to monitor network trafic and for us to get one too.
After a bit of research into this we couldn't find out how this could possibly be useful. A wall of blinking lights? WTF?
We finally got the go ahead to visit the Pentagon ourselves and went on the same tour as the CO. When the tour was over and we finally got a chance to talk to the NOC folk on our own we found out finally how to make our own "NETWORK TRAFIC SECURE DISPLAY".
Hook up a bunch of lights to a randomizer and put labels on it. That's it.
Needless to say we never did make this bitch but if you ever need to impress a PHB go for it.
This is a post I made awhile back about what to do after high school. It applys here and is the reason I'm a Sys Admin for Lockheed now.
The only changes are the fact that the Air Force no longer has a programmer carrier field but merged it with the Computer Operator carrier field.
Anyway here it is
What to do after high school.
This is what worked for me and I'm sure you'll hate the Idea but...
Join the Air Force.
Now don't flame just hear me out.
If you are getting out of high school and are a computer geek but without the wherewithal or grades to go to a good college then the military will basically be your savior.
Even if you only go the 4 year route like I did you will get from the military four years of tech experience, training in the computer field (networking, admin, programming, etc) that you CHOSE AT THE RECRUITERS (that's very important), the GI bill for college, and a killer resume.
All you really have to content with is 4 years of short haircuts, no drugs, and if you are gay no sex. Of course if you are a geek then 4 more years without sex wont be anything new to you anyway.
This is geared to a Programmer but just change program to Maintain or Operate and there you go.
Granted basic training is a drag but you get 3 college PE credits for it. Then it's on to Tech school where (if your are a programmer) you get another 19 credit hrs and training in various programming languages. Then it's off to your first assignment. Probably some shithole in Texas but you could end up somewhere very nice. PROGRAMMERS DON'T GO TO WAR so you get to stay home. Next you learn whatever it is that they are programming in at your new Base. Everyone says "ADA" but I only saw that at tech school. Everyone else uses what is appropriate to the job. Mostly C or Java for the UNIX side and some kind of Visual crap for MS.
Other than from 7:30 to 4:30 your time is your own with weekends off. There are tons of stuff to do on most Bases but the most important is FREE CLEP/DANTE tests from the Base education office. Take as many as you would like. If you don't pass one on your first try just check out the study material from the Base library and try again in a 6 months.
After the first year you will take your 5 level tests (just a bunch of questions about your career field, You have all the study material issued to you). After that you can start going to the real college off Base if you'd like. Many Bases allow 3 hrs of "Personal Growth Time" for you to take courses during work hours (if your job permits it) or you can go at night. You could also wait for the teachers to come to Base. Most Bases offer night classes as well.
Did I mention the GI Bill yet? Well it makes college WAY cheaper and some Commands will reimburse you for classes that pertain to your career field. Add to that when you do decide to leave the military the GI bill adds to any other benefit you may receive from your employer. Right now I make about 200 a month more just for going to college. Twice a week. At night.
Did I also mention the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)? Damn near every course that the Air Force sends you to (and they will) are worth college credits. The CCAF is accredited and an associates degree is and an associates degree. It's even better when it's free.
So after four years of work you will have an associates degree (close to a bachelor's). 4 years experience, possibly a security clearance, medals if you do really well, the GI bill and the only 21 -22 year old that you know who can say "yes I was the lead programmer for 2 products" and "why yes I was in charge of the UNIX development lab". Add to all this the ability to bitch to people in bars about how "this damn military is going to crap, back in my day..."
So if your just out of high school and have nothing pending. Go into an Air Force recruiters' office and Say that I want to work on computers. Don't let then sign you up for S
The only part of the russian involvement in our Wild West period is the fact that they introduced the tumbleweed to the American west. I don't really care about the Russian settlers and homesteaders but every time I need to clean another pile of tumbleweeds out of my yard I still get pissed.
One thing that kills me about paying this much for a PDA. Why the hell can't they go the extra 2 ft to remove that damn thumb keyboard and add one of the 10 - 30 gig hard drives that the Ipods have. For 449 you should be able to.
I'm really not asking for too much here. Just a PDA with WiFi, a killer display, 200mhz processor and (at least )a 10 gig hard drive. Screw this limited functionality linux. A one gig partition for OS, gaming, and notes and 9 gigs of MP3s would be perfect. Do that for under 500 bucks and they would have themselves a sell.
Hell I'll carry another Pager sized battery pack on on my belt if that is what it would take to get this thing to work.
and I never thought this would happen. I didn't go fax crazy like some people here but you can bet your ass I will for now on. And here I am thinking one letter was enough. Mail Bomb People!
This point has been brought up before and it was interesting to me to see it again here.
The answer for most religions of the world to "why God would let this happen?" is that we brought it upon ourselves.
Remember Eve? She and Adam got themselves booted out of paradise and as a result humans must face disease, old age, death, and painful child births all because of us. Not God US. (makes you wonder where Lillith is then)
It's interesting to me that the causes of human suffering have been talked over for the duration of recorded history. I'm now really curious as to how other religeons and cultures deal with it. Damn and I was doing so well at work today.
Without actually seeing your list I'd have to recommend my 2 favorite Sets.
Bernard Cornwell -The Winter King -Excalibur -Enemy of God
A really good take on the King Arthur myth told through the eyes of one of his Warlords. Really gritty kind of stories that try to show you how life would have been like in the period of Arthur.
David Eddings - The Belgariad (five Books) - The Malloreon (five more Books) Just an all around fun read.
As a side note to the whole "just be a vegetarian" argument that I've heard forever, I would like to point out the number of people that are allergic to many of the "Vegetarian" diets that are out there to one degree or another.
My wife for example is allergic to soy (and some other stuff but soy is the Biggie). Guess what? No veggie burgers, no soy sauce or marinades. As someone who actually likes some veggie dishes this seriously cuts down on our menu. And meat does get old as a maindish.
The whole idea that the entire world thought that the earth was flat until Columbus came around is a total and complete fabrication.
This story was invented by Washington Irving (yes the writer of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories) to show his contempt for the priesthood and for the conservative nature of the church and European nations. And guess what? It caught on and expanded to include everyone that lived before them.
Lets all ignore the fact that every time there was an eclipse that the shadow was round or that sailors from around the world would loose site of land as they sailed or that a Greek mathematician calculated the circumference of the earth and was only 52 miles off.
Jeffrey Burton Russell Has a very short piece but he says it best with
"A round earth appears at least as early as the sixth century BC with Pythagoras, who was followed by Aristotle, Euclid, and Aristarchus, among others in observing that the earth was a sphere. Although there were a few dissenters--Leukippos and Demokritos for example--by the time of Eratosthenes (3 c. BC), followed by Crates(2 c. BC), Strabo (3 c. BC), and Ptolemy (first c. AD), the sphericity of the earth was accepted by all educated Greeks and Romans."
Have you purchased a firearm lately. When you finally get your rifle or what have you, you are usually given NRA material.
Not only that but If you purchased you gun from a show or Gun Shop then you would have seen all of the NRA pamphlets and posters while shopping.
Add all of that to the 1 or 2 membership letters that one usually receives after a gun purchase and you begin to understand why they have such a large membership (and influence.)
How many computer stores or music/video stores have you been to that you've seen EFF membership info everywhere you turn. I don't see them at Best Buy or Comp USA.
The only way that we can help the EFF is to make them as well known as the NRA. Every gun shop and most gun owners support the NRA. Do your relatives even know about the EFF?
Don't just donate. Talk to people. Let them know what is at stake and where they can go to help. Give flyer's out at Best Buy. Take a speech class and give all of your speeches on the DMCA(worked for me and got me researching.) Anything to get the word out.
We might not be able to get a "Support the EFF" sticker sent out with every PC but we can get the word out any way we can...Bill Boards anyone?
I've read (can't find link) that the copyright holders must get approval before attempting such acts.
I've also read that they don't need to get approval, only to submit to get disapproved. Meaning if you hear no response from the approval authority in a set number of days then you're good to go.
Anyone have any ideas which way there going with? Or who the approving authority is?
was about a man who purchased things from government auctions for a living. Some of the things that he acquired included Reagan's automated signature signer and the tracking system of a ICBM. He returned the guidance system, but only after he got 3 offers for it in the 10 mil range. Thats how he discovered what the big box he bought contained.
Here Is a link on the BBC. It also appears to be mostly Quabec from the article and I'm still looking for a link reguarding the rest of Canada. Also Asterix and Obelix. HELL YA!.
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At least you knew what you were working on. One of my first Jobs in the AF was to take a known input and convert it to a desired output in C. Nothing at all strenuous, right?
Do that for 5 months straight and still have absolutely NO IDEA what the hell you're working on. Some of them had been at it for years. The bosses would come in, give us our next assignment, and leave with the old one. That's all we saw of our bosses.
I found out later what the code was for (combined to become the lamest of all the great lamnesses) but you try finding a programming job later and answering the question "So what kind of programs did you write" and answer with all honesty "I have know Idea"
In the extra features section of the "Meaning of Life" DVD they mentioned that Ireland has only banned 4 movies. "Life of Brian" and "Meaning of Life" being two of them and one being a solo project by Terry Jones
For some reason that cracked me up more than any other interviews.
Of the space bars in all the universe you had to walk into mine.
That's a classic!
Not just for Trailers. Watch Zulu followed by Gladiator. Nothing like a hoard of Germatics chanting zulu war songs.
It's not like they couldn't get the hundred or so extra's to chant something in german or anything.
You could always do what the Pentagon did and just setup a huge dog and pony show for the masses.
NOC story for funding.
Awhile back the Commander of Cheyenne Mountain was taking a tour of the Pentagon NOC facilities. At one point of the tour the guide showed off a large board of lights all pretty with labels, flashing and so forth. (picture the bat computer and you'll have a pretty good Idea)
Anyway the CO was so impressed by this that when he got back to Colorado he informed the network folk of this great way to monitor network trafic and for us to get one too.
After a bit of research into this we couldn't find out how this could possibly be useful. A wall of blinking lights? WTF?
We finally got the go ahead to visit the Pentagon ourselves and went on the same tour as the CO. When the tour was over and we finally got a chance to talk to the NOC folk on our own we found out finally how to make our own "NETWORK TRAFIC SECURE DISPLAY".
Hook up a bunch of lights to a randomizer and put labels on it. That's it.
Needless to say we never did make this bitch but if you ever need to impress a PHB go for it.
"A Pirates Life for Me"
Yo Ho Yo Ho a pirates life for me
We pillage we plunder
We rifle and loot
Drink up me hardies Yo Yo
We kidnap and ravage
And don't give a hoot
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
(Refrain)
We extort we pilfer
We pilch and sack
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
Marauding, embezzle
And even highjack
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
(Refrain)
We kindle and char
Enflame and Ignite
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
We burn up the city
We're really a fright
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
We're rascals, scoundrels
Villains and Naives
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
We're devils and blacksheep
Really bad eggs
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
(Refrain)
We're beggars and blighters
Ne'erdowell cads
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
I think we're loved
By our mommies and dads
Drink up me hardies Yo Ho
Music fades
When I told a buddy of mine (who happens to be Cherokee) about the Code Talker movie awhile back the conversation went something like this.
Me: Dude there making a movie about the code talkers
He: Cool, which ones?
Me: Navajo.
He: Fucking Navajo! They get all the damn credit!
Still cracks me up.
This is a post I made awhile back about what to do after high school. It applys here and is the reason I'm a Sys Admin for Lockheed now.
The only changes are the fact that the Air Force no longer has a programmer carrier field but merged it with the Computer Operator carrier field.
Anyway here it is
What to do after high school.
This is what worked for me and I'm sure you'll hate the Idea but...
Join the Air Force.
Now don't flame just hear me out.
If you are getting out of high school and are a computer geek but without the wherewithal or grades to go to a good college then the military will basically be your savior.
Even if you only go the 4 year route like I did you will get from the military four years of tech experience, training in the computer field (networking, admin, programming, etc) that you CHOSE AT THE RECRUITERS (that's very important), the GI bill for college, and a killer resume.
All you really have to content with is 4 years of short haircuts, no drugs, and if you are gay no sex. Of course if you are a geek then 4 more years without sex wont be anything new to you anyway.
This is geared to a Programmer but just change program to Maintain or Operate and there you go.
Granted basic training is a drag but you get 3 college PE credits for it. Then it's on to Tech school where (if your are a programmer) you get another 19 credit hrs and training in various programming languages. Then it's off to your first assignment. Probably some shithole in Texas but you could end up somewhere very nice. PROGRAMMERS DON'T GO TO WAR so you get to stay home. Next you learn whatever it is that they are programming in at your new Base. Everyone says "ADA" but I only saw that at tech school. Everyone else uses what is appropriate to the job. Mostly C or Java for the UNIX side and some kind of Visual crap for MS.
Other than from 7:30 to 4:30 your time is your own with weekends off. There are tons of stuff to do on most Bases but the most important is FREE CLEP/DANTE tests from the Base education office. Take as many as you would like. If you don't pass one on your first try just check out the study material from the Base library and try again in a 6 months.
After the first year you will take your 5 level tests (just a bunch of questions about your career field, You have all the study material issued to you). After that you can start going to the real college off Base if you'd like. Many Bases allow 3 hrs of "Personal Growth Time" for you to take courses during work hours (if your job permits it) or you can go at night. You could also wait for the teachers to come to Base. Most Bases offer night classes as well.
Did I mention the GI Bill yet? Well it makes college WAY cheaper and some Commands will reimburse you for classes that pertain to your career field. Add to that when you do decide to leave the military the GI bill adds to any other benefit you may receive from your employer. Right now I make about 200 a month more just for going to college. Twice a week. At night.
Did I also mention the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)? Damn near every course that the Air Force sends you to (and they will) are worth college credits. The CCAF is accredited and an associates degree is and an associates degree. It's even better when it's free.
So after four years of work you will have an associates degree (close to a bachelor's). 4 years experience, possibly a security clearance, medals if you do really well, the GI bill and the only 21 -22 year old that you know who can say "yes I was the lead programmer for 2 products" and "why yes I was in charge of the UNIX development lab". Add to all this the ability to bitch to people in bars about how "this damn military is going to crap, back in my day..."
So if your just out of high school and have nothing pending. Go into an Air Force recruiters' office and Say that I want to work on computers. Don't let then sign you up for S
And of course if we we do make contact with an intellegent species we would then need to share with them the truth of Jesus.
The only part of the russian involvement in our Wild West period is the fact that they introduced the tumbleweed to the American west. I don't really care about the Russian settlers and homesteaders but every time I need to clean another pile of tumbleweeds out of my yard I still get pissed.
Damn Russians
One thing that kills me about paying this much for a PDA. Why the hell can't they go the extra 2 ft to remove that damn thumb keyboard and add one of the 10 - 30 gig hard drives that the Ipods have. For 449 you should be able to.
I'm really not asking for too much here. Just a PDA with WiFi, a killer display, 200mhz processor and (at least )a 10 gig hard drive. Screw this limited functionality linux. A one gig partition for OS, gaming, and notes and 9 gigs of MP3s would be perfect. Do that for under 500 bucks and they would have themselves a sell.
Hell I'll carry another Pager sized battery pack on on my belt if that is what it would take to get this thing to work.
I see you were modded as flamebait but the truth is that Colorado has a concealed carry law so you can bring your guns and carry them too.
and I never thought this would happen. I didn't go fax crazy like some people here but you can bet your ass I will for now on. And here I am thinking one letter was enough. Mail Bomb People!
For those of you who might have difficulty remembering the entire Classification System just remember.
Keep Putting Condoms On For Good Sex
AKA
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
This point has been brought up before and it was interesting to me to see it again here.
The answer for most religions of the world to "why God would let this happen?" is that we brought it upon ourselves.
Remember Eve? She and Adam got themselves booted out of paradise and as a result humans must face disease, old age, death, and painful child births all because of us. Not God US. (makes you wonder where Lillith is then)
It's interesting to me that the causes of human suffering have been talked over for the duration of recorded history. I'm now really curious as to how other religeons and cultures deal with it. Damn and I was doing so well at work today.
Without actually seeing your list I'd have to recommend my 2 favorite Sets.
Bernard Cornwell
-The Winter King
-Excalibur
-Enemy of God
A really good take on the King Arthur myth told through the eyes of one of his Warlords. Really gritty kind of stories that try to show you how life would have been like in the period of Arthur.
David Eddings
- The Belgariad (five Books)
- The Malloreon (five more Books)
Just an all around fun read.
To quote BLACKADDER III - Sense and Senility
Aahhhhh! Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends.
I thought that the plan was to keep all posted data for querying for possible Terrorist tendencies.
That involves keeping data for a long damn time for future perusal.
As a side note to the whole "just be a vegetarian" argument that I've heard forever, I would like to point out the number of people that are allergic to many of the "Vegetarian" diets that are out there to one degree or another.
My wife for example is allergic to soy (and some other stuff but soy is the Biggie). Guess what? No veggie burgers, no soy sauce or marinades. As someone who actually likes some veggie dishes this seriously cuts down on our menu. And meat does get old as a maindish.
The whole idea that the entire world thought that the earth was flat until Columbus came around is a total and complete fabrication.
This story was invented by Washington Irving (yes the writer of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories) to show his contempt for the priesthood and for the conservative nature of the church and European nations. And guess what? It caught on and expanded to include everyone that lived before them.
Lets all ignore the fact that every time there was an eclipse that the shadow was round or that sailors from around the world would loose site of land as they sailed or that a Greek mathematician calculated the circumference of the earth and was only 52 miles off.
Jeffrey
Burton Russell
Has a very short piece but he says it best with
"A round earth appears at least as early as the sixth century BC with Pythagoras, who was followed by Aristotle, Euclid, and Aristarchus, among others in observing that the earth was a sphere. Although there were a few dissenters--Leukippos and Demokritos for example--by the time of Eratosthenes (3 c. BC), followed by Crates(2 c. BC), Strabo (3 c. BC), and Ptolemy (first c. AD), the sphericity of the earth was accepted by all educated Greeks and Romans."
Totally and completely Off Topic but does anyone else find it funny that the Ballmer article to the side of the main page has 666 posts
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Ballmer Sees Free Software as Enemy No. 1 (666)
Have you purchased a firearm lately. When you finally get your rifle or what have you, you are usually given NRA material.
Not only that but If you purchased you gun from a show or Gun Shop then you would have seen all of the NRA pamphlets and posters while shopping.
Add all of that to the 1 or 2 membership letters that one usually receives after a gun purchase and you begin to understand why they have such a large membership (and influence.)
How many computer stores or music/video stores have you been to that you've seen EFF membership info everywhere you turn. I don't see them at Best Buy or Comp USA.
The only way that we can help the EFF is to make them as well known as the NRA. Every gun shop and most gun owners support the NRA. Do your relatives even know about the EFF?
Don't just donate. Talk to people. Let them know what is at stake and where they can go to help. Give flyer's out at Best Buy. Take a speech class and give all of your speeches on the DMCA(worked for me and got me researching.) Anything to get the word out.
We might not be able to get a "Support the EFF" sticker sent out with every PC but we can get the word out any way we can...Bill Boards anyone?
Good link
But I'm still curious as to the approval process.
I've read (can't find link) that the copyright holders must get approval before attempting such acts.
I've also read that they don't need to get approval, only to submit to get disapproved. Meaning if you hear no response from the approval authority in a set number of days then you're good to go.
Anyone have any ideas which way there going with?
Or who the approving authority is?
was about a man who purchased things from government auctions for a living. Some of the things that he acquired included Reagan's automated signature signer and the tracking system of a ICBM. He returned the guidance system, but only after he got 3 offers for it in the 10 mil range. Thats how he discovered what the big box he bought contained.
That still Cracks me up.
Here Is a link on the BBC. It also appears to be mostly Quabec from the article and I'm still looking for a link reguarding the rest of Canada. Also Asterix and Obelix. HELL YA!.