In the old Road Rash PC game, if you wrecked your bike after passing a cop, you went to jail. But if the cop tries to catch you while riding you can steal his nightstick and beat him with it.
Ha, yea, that's one reason I loved the Sega Genesis classic Skitchin' - similar concept, except you're on rollerblades instead of a motorcycle.
I loved that game. I wish I had a computer that would still run it:(
My guess is it's a 16-bit Windows 95 game, and thus yea, no modern hardware support or emulator... Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now has the same issue, can only get it to half-assed work in wine.
I've got the original Road Rash 3D disc, so when I'm at home I occasionally drop it in the ol' PS3 and have a nostalgia-fest; at least, when the wife isn't hogging it to play old Tony Hawk games... but hey, that's what emulators are for, amirite? PSXe FTW!
Not only is it an extremely bad comparison but it's absurdly shallow in estimating jobs. Instagram is generating countless jobs by creating a new market niche to be filled.
Um, uploading photos to an online database is hardly a "new market niche."
Now, let's talk about those "countless jobs:"
- New cell phones to make uploading to instagram easier and faster
Made in China, on the same assembly line, by the same people who are making the phones on the market today. Ergo, no new jobs, and even if there were, they wouldn't benefit a single unemployed American.
- New cameras to support communication with cell phones
Also made in China, Also on the same lines by the same people as made cameras previously. Again, no benefit to unemployed Americans.
- New cell phone towers so that photos can be uploaded anywhere
Union jobs, held by a small handful of highly certified workers (many of whom also have college degrees), not to mention work that would have been done anyway (telephone infrastructure is decidedly not driven by the app-du-jour).
The key lesson is that job mobility is the most important skill to have for the future. All jobs will require computer skills.
And the people who already have a lifetime of experience in other fields? Do you just tell them "too bad, you've outlived your useful live, now go live on a welfare pittance while the rest of us criticize you for not having different skills?"
company want people who can hit the ground running but they want for areas that you need to learn on the job or maybe at the tech / trade school. But HR some times passes over the trades / learn on the job people.
Either this happened to AC 10 years ago, or he's full of shit.
These days, they would have hired an H1B worker, rather than risk "wasting" money on training.
Really? I spent 13 years in a factory as a welder. When my company closed its doors, I went out in search of another job. I didn't want to worry about layoffs and Union strikes or contract disputes anymore so I looked in the IT field. I was hired as an intern with no experience and no schooling in that field. What the company saw was a guy who was teachable and motivated (I had a family to support). They taught me web development from the ground up and I progressed. I am now employed at a Fortune 500 company as a front-end dev.
How many years ago was this? Seems today, they'd rather hire an H1B worker (another element of 'The Problem') who they don't have to train, nor worry about being head-hunted by their competition.
But not everyone has the chutzpah to bust ass for that dream.
What-the-fuck-ever; not everyone is lucky enough to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and not everyone is lucky enough find employment with a corporation that doesn't take advantage of their workers at every possible turn. Not to mention, you're blatantly ignoring the obvious fact that a lot of people spend their entire lives busting ass, and thanks to a myriad of factors (many of which are beyond the control of the individual), end up with precisely jack shit to show for it. Ever hear of a guy name Nicola Tesla? Yea, father of A/C, inventor of shit-tons, died a pauper with nothing to his name but a hotel room and a couple big piles of pigeon shit.
Your attitude of "I got mine, everyone else must just be lazy" is likely undeserved, and part of the problem as well.
That is, if anyone is to believe the dubious tale of some random Slashdot AC. Lotta trolls around these parts, making shit up to satisfy their egomania.
I read that as "We cannot be bothered to get a proper education and assume there will be well paid jobs for us as soon as we leave high school". But I'm sure it's not what you meant.
What did you mean?
You derived the meaning you wanted to derive.
Try "Just because a new job is 'created,' doesn't mean that it's going to be a job the worker it displaced can take."
You say you're a software developer; now, let's say, hypothetically, that next week some new-fangled invention hits the market that makes all software developers obsolete; the company you work for now fires their entire SD staff, and replaces them with machines. Machines you are not qualified to work on or repair. You can't find another development job because the machines are much cheaper than human workers.
Now, presume that you're an old hat, say 55 or older. Retraining is pretty much out of the question, and besides, you can't afford to not have a paying gig while you take the classes.
So, while cleaning the lobby of the McDonald's you now work at, you notice an ad in the paper for 'software development machine repair people wanted' at the company you used to work for - how many rat's asses do you give?
There's new jobs being made when others disappear.
There're.
Anyway, it matters not how many new jobs are made, when the people whose jobs disappeared don't qualify for them. I highly doubt displaced, former foundry workers, who spent the last 30 years mastering the art of steel production, would give a flying fuck that Samsung opened a new facility where they used to work and is now hiring software engineers.
What are you talking about? GTA sends the cops after you after you do shit. Or at least it tries to. When it notices it.
Ever since Vice City, I've thought they should add in the feature that if a cop sees you commit a traffic violation (running a red light, speeding, etc.) it should automatically generate one star.
'Twould make things more interesting... add a kind of a 'stealth element,' you know?
My city requires security personnel to be nothing more than disarmed, glorified babysitters, jump-starters, and key-holders; they can't carry weapons of any sort, nor are they allowed to engage suspects.... Which doesn't really matter a whole lot, considering this is a CCW shall-issue state with strong castle laws. Long story short, armed citizens are far more likely to stop a crime in progress than a security guard 'round these parts. Works out fairly well; we did have a hooker shoot a john over a payment dispute about a year ago, and unoccupied vehicle break-ins are a daily occurrence* (part of being a 'college town,' IMO), but the crime rate generally stays pretty low.
* For the love of Krishna, stop leaving valuables sitting on the passenger seat of your damn car!
Think about it, vote down as many levies as you like for the city as a whole, doesn't matter one bit so long as you and your neighbors have armed thugs patrolling your neighborhood.
What's the difference between an armed neighborhood watchman, and an armed police officer? Beside the tin star and $30K/yr salary, anyway.
The answer, sadly, is that the armed watchman can and will be held accountable for his actions, whereas the police officer can murder your neighbor in cold blood, get two weeks paid vacation, then be found to be free from wrongdoing and back out on the streets, still armed.
Given the options, I'll take the armed neighbor any day of the week.
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Pairing the phone one time is too hard?
I change the ROM on my phone almost weekly, and have to pair it again every time.
But no, not hard at all. Not even time consuming, really.
Nope. Not true at all. If another company wants to take over their sponsorship, they can do that.
But the worker themselves cannot make that decision, which seems a bit fucked if you ask me.
Source: I've done H1B hiring. If they keep getting "your" jobs, that just means that they are better than you.
Yes, because it certainly has nothing to do with the fact they can't quit of their own free will, and go work for one of your competitors.
In the old Road Rash PC game, if you wrecked your bike after passing a cop, you went to jail. But if the cop tries to catch you while riding you can steal his nightstick and beat him with it.
Ha, yea, that's one reason I loved the Sega Genesis classic Skitchin' - similar concept, except you're on rollerblades instead of a motorcycle.
I loved that game. I wish I had a computer that would still run it :(
My guess is it's a 16-bit Windows 95 game, and thus yea, no modern hardware support or emulator... Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now has the same issue, can only get it to half-assed work in wine.
I've got the original Road Rash 3D disc, so when I'm at home I occasionally drop it in the ol' PS3 and have a nostalgia-fest; at least, when the wife isn't hogging it to play old Tony Hawk games... but hey, that's what emulators are for, amirite? PSXe FTW!
Sad trombone
Not only is it an extremely bad comparison but it's absurdly shallow in estimating jobs. Instagram is generating countless jobs by creating a new market niche to be filled.
Um, uploading photos to an online database is hardly a "new market niche."
Now, let's talk about those "countless jobs:"
- New cell phones to make uploading to instagram easier and faster
Made in China, on the same assembly line, by the same people who are making the phones on the market today. Ergo, no new jobs, and even if there were, they wouldn't benefit a single unemployed American.
- New cameras to support communication with cell phones
Also made in China, Also on the same lines by the same people as made cameras previously. Again, no benefit to unemployed Americans.
- New cell phone towers so that photos can be uploaded anywhere
Union jobs, held by a small handful of highly certified workers (many of whom also have college degrees), not to mention work that would have been done anyway (telephone infrastructure is decidedly not driven by the app-du-jour).
The key lesson is that job mobility is the most important skill to have for the future. All jobs will require computer skills.
And the people who already have a lifetime of experience in other fields? Do you just tell them "too bad, you've outlived your useful live, now go live on a welfare pittance while the rest of us criticize you for not having different skills?"
I would fully expect to be working for the company that's building the software development machines, mostly since that's what I already do.
You're not qualified; now what do you do?
I do take your point
Obviously not... that, or you don't understand what the word 'hypothetical' means.
They'll train the H1B but not the US citizen for the same jnob.
Right, because if I'm not mistaken the terms of an H1B visa do not allow the holder to change employers, even if the offer is better.
So, of course they're going to choose the guy who can't be headhunted over one that can.
This slime mold is delicious!
conversely, grammar NAZI is still a volunteer-only position, only pursued by those in it for the glory and fiiiiiinnne bitches
You know it.
Although, after all these years it would be nice to at least be offered tenure.
Wal-mart has an average wage of over $13/hr.
Source?
Why would you want them to "increase" it to $12?
Because averages are a dishonest measurement of overall employee pay. Gedankenexperiment:
I have a shop with 10 employees, myself included; Each employee makes $8/hr, while I pay myself $58/hr.
Guess what the average pay is? $13/hr, even though not a single worker makes anywhere near that amount.
company want people who can hit the ground running but they want for areas that you need to learn on the job or maybe at the tech / trade school. But HR some times passes over the trades / learn on the job people.
Either this happened to AC 10 years ago, or he's full of shit.
These days, they would have hired an H1B worker, rather than risk "wasting" money on training.
Really? I spent 13 years in a factory as a welder. When my company closed its doors, I went out in search of another job. I didn't want to worry about layoffs and Union strikes or contract disputes anymore so I looked in the IT field. I was hired as an intern with no experience and no schooling in that field. What the company saw was a guy who was teachable and motivated (I had a family to support). They taught me web development from the ground up and I progressed. I am now employed at a Fortune 500 company as a front-end dev.
How many years ago was this? Seems today, they'd rather hire an H1B worker (another element of 'The Problem') who they don't have to train, nor worry about being head-hunted by their competition.
But not everyone has the chutzpah to bust ass for that dream.
What-the-fuck-ever; not everyone is lucky enough to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and not everyone is lucky enough find employment with a corporation that doesn't take advantage of their workers at every possible turn. Not to mention, you're blatantly ignoring the obvious fact that a lot of people spend their entire lives busting ass, and thanks to a myriad of factors (many of which are beyond the control of the individual), end up with precisely jack shit to show for it. Ever hear of a guy name Nicola Tesla? Yea, father of A/C, inventor of shit-tons, died a pauper with nothing to his name but a hotel room and a couple big piles of pigeon shit.
Your attitude of "I got mine, everyone else must just be lazy" is likely undeserved, and part of the problem as well.
That is, if anyone is to believe the dubious tale of some random Slashdot AC. Lotta trolls around these parts, making shit up to satisfy their egomania.
OK, so I didn't use the best example.
Doesn't change nor diminish my point.
I read that as "We cannot be bothered to get a proper education and assume there will be well paid jobs for us as soon as we leave high school". But I'm sure it's not what you meant.
What did you mean?
You derived the meaning you wanted to derive.
Try "Just because a new job is 'created,' doesn't mean that it's going to be a job the worker it displaced can take."
You say you're a software developer; now, let's say, hypothetically, that next week some new-fangled invention hits the market that makes all software developers obsolete; the company you work for now fires their entire SD staff, and replaces them with machines. Machines you are not qualified to work on or repair. You can't find another development job because the machines are much cheaper than human workers.
Now, presume that you're an old hat, say 55 or older. Retraining is pretty much out of the question, and besides, you can't afford to not have a paying gig while you take the classes.
So, while cleaning the lobby of the McDonald's you now work at, you notice an ad in the paper for 'software development machine repair people wanted' at the company you used to work for - how many rat's asses do you give?
OK, so I didn't use the best example.
Doesn't change nor diminish my point.
There's new jobs being made when others disappear.
There're.
Anyway, it matters not how many new jobs are made, when the people whose jobs disappeared don't qualify for them. I highly doubt displaced, former foundry workers, who spent the last 30 years mastering the art of steel production, would give a flying fuck that Samsung opened a new facility where they used to work and is now hiring software engineers.
Enjoy the serenade, NSA
Seems like a good idea, until you take into account the fact that the most likely people to commit war crimes probably don't play video games.
Then again, what do I know? Assad, Bush, Kony, and Obama could very well be PSN buddies.
in assassin's creed if you kill 3 civilians then the level ends.
Remember Time Crisis? I think it only took 2 civilian deaths before you had to pump in another handful of quarters.
What are you talking about? GTA sends the cops after you after you do shit. Or at least it tries to. When it notices it.
Ever since Vice City, I've thought they should add in the feature that if a cop sees you commit a traffic violation (running a red light, speeding, etc.) it should automatically generate one star.
'Twould make things more interesting... add a kind of a 'stealth element,' you know?
Because some moron running for office promised to lower taxes, so now there's no money for adequate policing.
Yes, I'm certain that's the case in Oakland, CA, whose governance has been investigated for corruption at least 4 times since 2009.
My city requires security personnel to be nothing more than disarmed, glorified babysitters, jump-starters, and key-holders; they can't carry weapons of any sort, nor are they allowed to engage suspects. ... Which doesn't really matter a whole lot, considering this is a CCW shall-issue state with strong castle laws. Long story short, armed citizens are far more likely to stop a crime in progress than a security guard 'round these parts. Works out fairly well; we did have a hooker shoot a john over a payment dispute about a year ago, and unoccupied vehicle break-ins are a daily occurrence* (part of being a 'college town,' IMO), but the crime rate generally stays pretty low.
* For the love of Krishna, stop leaving valuables sitting on the passenger seat of your damn car!
Hey, cut me some slack, it's not like I pay attention to football (American).
Not until playoffs, anyway.
Think about it, vote down as many levies as you like for the city as a whole, doesn't matter one bit so long as you and your neighbors have armed thugs patrolling your neighborhood.
What's the difference between an armed neighborhood watchman, and an armed police officer? Beside the tin star and $30K/yr salary, anyway.
The answer, sadly, is that the armed watchman can and will be held accountable for his actions, whereas the police officer can murder your neighbor in cold blood, get two weeks paid vacation, then be found to be free from wrongdoing and back out on the streets, still armed.
Given the options, I'll take the armed neighbor any day of the week.
Bbbbbbut taxes take away freeeeeeeeeedom!
We're talking about Oakland, CA.
The generic loss of freedom is pretty much a given at this point.