"I have the knowledge and the skills and the only way I can get work is through the temp agencies."
Then you must be a real asshole in person. I have been working in the industry for about five years now without a degree and have had no trouble finding jobs. With real world experience and good interviewing skills it is not difficult to find employment (the current economy sucking aside for right now).
"I've seen evidence proving the opposite, which says a person with a bachlors makes twice as much as someone without. Sure in 2000 you could get a job without a degree, I had a job without a degree, this is 2003, the world has changed."
Several of my friends are recent college grads with degrees from good schools and still can not find work. Usually it is because they are not willing to 'pay their dues' up front and do something they don't enjoy as their entry into the market. I started in tech support for Windows 2000 (which I hated, but it was an entry level job in my field), and now I am a software developer at a worldwide organization making a nice living, all without a degree.
Anyway, I don't mean to rant however I get aggrivated when people insist that a degree is a requirement for doing/getting a good job. To me, all a degree says is that you paid for at least 4 years of college. It's more like a receipt.
for an EULA you don't have to sign anything, you just have to agree to the terms. Agreeing to the terms is as easy as opening the package in terms of software, and can be as easy as staying to watch the movie like the case here. They can say something like "unless you get up and leave right now, you hereby agree to the terms forthwith blah blah blah...". You might not think it's right and that you aren't bound to anything, however ignorance is no excuse. Read the fine print.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there something about keystroke timing attacks and SSH? Also, aren't there applications that not only prompt you for a password, but analyze the way it is type by the user (using keystroke timing)? This might be 'random', however after some analysis it may be rather easy to find a pattern. Just my 2 cents.
I totally agree with this. Being a Solaris admin I have to say that last thing I want to do when I get home is sit in front of another Sun box and do my job all over again. I do own a Powerbook (running OSX) as my primary home computer and love it. Everything 'just works' which is exactly what I want to have happen after screwing with some LDAP problem or something all day.
er... Java -does- come with a compiler: javac. It comes with the SDK... javac == java compiler... It compiles into byte code which the virtual machine then handles for whatever platform you are on. There are other specifics obviously, but that is the general idea. Perl and the like however do -not- have compilers as they are an interpreted language... and therefore have interpreters...
...or C. If you want to hack something together, use Perl. If you want lots of reusable code/objects/classes/whatever use java. If you want whatever your working on to be stable, tight and fast then use C for a small project like this...
Already exists (mind controlled mouse that is). It looks pretty expensive and only works with Windows at the moment, however it still looks pretty cool. Check out http://www.officeorganix.com for more information.
After doing a quick google search for "Jack Wagner" and "Olog(n)" I figured out the deal with this guy. Check out the link (kuro5hin) and read all about "The Great Troll Challenge"
When I'm not stuck at work or busy doing things around the house (yardwork, cleaning, etc) I am a volunteer firefighter and a registered EMT. I find this a very rewarding and different oath to follow when I'm not stuck behind a desk (as a developer).
As much as I enjoy technology/science/geek stuff/whatever I see it primarily as a means to an end (ie. paycheck) and not my life. Being an EMT you tend to have a lot of reminders that life to too short. I don't want to spend the majority of it sitting under bad lighting staring at a screen getting an RSI.
Anyway, I find that doing anything totally unrelated to your job are the best kind of hobbies to have. Get the hell out, get some exercise. Turn that pasty white skin tan!
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"I have the knowledge and the skills and the only way I can get work is through the temp agencies."
Then you must be a real asshole in person. I have been working in the industry for about five years now without a degree and have had no trouble finding jobs. With real world experience and good interviewing skills it is not difficult to find employment (the current economy sucking aside for right now).
"I've seen evidence proving the opposite, which says a person with a bachlors makes twice as much as someone without. Sure in 2000 you could get a job without a degree, I had a job without a degree, this is 2003, the world has changed."
Several of my friends are recent college grads with degrees from good schools and still can not find work. Usually it is because they are not willing to 'pay their dues' up front and do something they don't enjoy as their entry into the market. I started in tech support for Windows 2000 (which I hated, but it was an entry level job in my field), and now I am a software developer at a worldwide organization making a nice living, all without a degree.
Anyway, I don't mean to rant however I get aggrivated when people insist that a degree is a requirement for doing/getting a good job. To me, all a degree says is that you paid for at least 4 years of college. It's more like a receipt.
for an EULA you don't have to sign anything, you just have to agree to the terms. Agreeing to the terms is as easy as opening the package in terms of software, and can be as easy as staying to watch the movie like the case here. They can say something like "unless you get up and leave right now, you hereby agree to the terms forthwith blah blah blah...". You might not think it's right and that you aren't bound to anything, however ignorance is no excuse. Read the fine print.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there something about keystroke timing attacks and SSH? Also, aren't there applications that not only prompt you for a password, but analyze the way it is type by the user (using keystroke timing)? This might be 'random', however after some analysis it may be rather easy to find a pattern. Just my 2 cents.
I totally agree with this. Being a Solaris admin I have to say that last thing I want to do when I get home is sit in front of another Sun box and do my job all over again. I do own a Powerbook (running OSX) as my primary home computer and love it. Everything 'just works' which is exactly what I want to have happen after screwing with some LDAP problem or something all day.
er... Java -does- come with a compiler: javac.
It comes with the SDK... javac == java compiler... It compiles into byte code which the virtual machine then handles for whatever platform you are on. There are other specifics obviously, but that is the general idea. Perl and the like however do -not- have compilers as they are an interpreted language... and therefore have interpreters...
...or C. If you want to hack something together, use Perl. If you want lots of reusable code/objects/classes/whatever use java. If you want whatever your working on to be stable, tight and fast then use C for a small project like this...
Already exists (mind controlled mouse that is). It looks pretty expensive and only works with Windows at the moment, however it still looks pretty cool. Check out http://www.officeorganix.com for more information.
After doing a quick google search for "Jack Wagner" and "Olog(n)" I figured out the deal with this guy. Check out the link (kuro5hin) and read all about "The Great Troll Challenge"
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/6/10336/9
When I'm not stuck at work or busy doing things around the house (yardwork, cleaning, etc) I am a volunteer firefighter and a registered EMT. I find this a very rewarding and different oath to follow when I'm not stuck behind a desk (as a developer).
As much as I enjoy technology/science/geek stuff/whatever I see it primarily as a means to an end (ie. paycheck) and not my life. Being an EMT you tend to have a lot of reminders that life to too short. I don't want to spend the majority of it sitting under bad lighting staring at a screen getting an RSI.
Anyway, I find that doing anything totally unrelated to your job are the best kind of hobbies to have. Get the hell out, get some exercise. Turn that pasty white skin tan!