We just lost a contract to a "government insider" type of company where we came in at half the cost. We have done exactly the same project at 10 Fortune 100 companies in the last year, plus two large government organizations. The biggest complaint from the government? We didn't have enough hours people's time on the project. 2600 for them 600 for us. When I asked why this mattered if our references and past performance show we could do the work as described. I was told that they only get this funding once in awhile and needed to "take advantage of it." Ummm...ok...now I know why things are so screwed up.
In the video cap. Would you be thinking about how this kid is being treated unfairly? Or would you be worried for your child's safety? He says he was bullied. Maybe he was, maybe that was a convenient thing to say when he got in trouble. Maybe I'm getting old but I don't think putting a video online of you simulating killing people is ok. If this happened I'd hope they dealt with the bullying but I'd also be very concerned about that behavior. Maybe having 3 kids in school has made me over protective but a video like that would scare the hell out of me.
I buy lots of "STUFF" and most of it glows, beeps or both. I'd feel better paying a few bucks more to know that my "STUFF" which no longer glows so brightly isn't returning some kid downstream from me to a troglodyte state. Besides you know if we don't pay up front that stuff will end up in the trash, rivers, and backyards of america. I can see a whole new generation of whitetrash america with ole P4s out back wondering why the kids just ain't as bright as they used to be.
You might have a different perspective if it were your people dying in incredible numbers. Sterilization through radiation occurs all the time - probobly to the meat you've eaten and more recently to mail you've handled...I'd prefer we didn't have to do it too, but the any alternative to dying now would probobly appeal to me if I was over there. Hard to argue with the "I want to live now argument."
The recurring theme throughout these posts seems to be a tough shit - suck it up - things are tough all over - it pays the bills. Maybe, I'm off the deep-end here, but I'm having the time of my life the last few years after spending my first few years out of school killing myself trying to make things work for the incompetent asses that manage so many of us. What did I do? I went out and freelanced and when things are tough I work at odd jobs (bartending), or I just keep my expenses low and don't work. I'm sure the first responce to this is going to be "well some of us have bills to pay." I can assure you that after 7 years of private college I do too, but I decided I really didn't need some things in my life that are the big recurring bills - cable tv, tv, books not from the library, a nice car (with nice payment), etc. I've focused on getting quality stuff, repairing things myself, and generally decided to take life in the slow lane. There is nothing quite so fulfilling as learning and doing something the right way because you can. As a result of this method I've consistently earned a little more per hour every year and while I don't make nearly the cash most of my salaried buddies do - I have half the bills, can live in a cheaper area, work from home, and in general have more time to enjoy MY interests in life. The only person keeping you a slave to management is yourself. Most of us earn quite a bit more than the average Joe. Instead of using it to buy new toys, use it to give yourself some more free time, flexibility, instead of a Jetta and X-box.
My introduction to linux was as an english major coming into a software dev company as a tech writer. The instructor spent two weeks teaching us stuff straight from the command line and had the course not come with a pretty good text; that would have been the end of my experience.
I went to a dual boot and installed linux as part of the class and went through the book. As a result I have always had a linux box since and what started has a hobby has become what I do for a living. If my only experience had been from the class I might have been done before I started.
My advice to you is to finish your degree and then use it to help you see the world. I come from the other side of the fence. I had an english degree and got into computers to make ends meet. Unfortunantly, it wasn't as much fun in the end as it was in the begining. I finally decided to drop everything and move into a little solar powered cabin in the woods for awhile and clear my head.
Now I follow a pattern of freelancing whatever, wherever and then taking some of the profits on vacation with me for extended periods. Some times I love the work I'm doing and sometimes I hate it, but I always know I have a cool trip waiting for me after a few months of work.
I have also noticed that I don't mind some of the drudgery of working indoors after freezing my ass off in some god forsaken place for a couple months in the name of adventure. Get a tent and a laptop and seen the world.
I also like the fact that he is not so single-mindedly deadicated to one platform that he can't see the advantages of another. Question though...I recently installed BeOS and have yet to figure out exactly what user audience it could possibly be targeting...probobly just ignorance but...
MIT's Technology Review this time around is a special issue dedicated to alternative/future computing methods. One of the sections is dedicated to molecular computing as well on sections discussing possible uses of DNA and other technologies. Very interesting and accesible to those without any particular specialized knowledge
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We just lost a contract to a "government insider" type of company where we came in at half the cost. We have done exactly the same project at 10 Fortune 100 companies in the last year, plus two large government organizations. The biggest complaint from the government? We didn't have enough hours people's time on the project. 2600 for them 600 for us. When I asked why this mattered if our references and past performance show we could do the work as described. I was told that they only get this funding once in awhile and needed to "take advantage of it." Ummm...ok...now I know why things are so screwed up.
In the video cap. Would you be thinking about how this kid is being treated unfairly? Or would you be worried for your child's safety? He says he was bullied. Maybe he was, maybe that was a convenient thing to say when he got in trouble. Maybe I'm getting old but I don't think putting a video online of you simulating killing people is ok. If this happened I'd hope they dealt with the bullying but I'd also be very concerned about that behavior. Maybe having 3 kids in school has made me over protective but a video like that would scare the hell out of me.
Short shorts a half tee and Santa's hand on your you know what...What more could you want for x-mas.
"Put in a little effort, people, it's not that hard."
-Obviously it is - hence the problem...JsM
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I buy lots of "STUFF" and most of it glows, beeps or both. I'd feel better paying a few bucks more to know that my "STUFF" which no longer glows so brightly isn't returning some kid downstream from me to a troglodyte state. Besides you know if we don't pay up front that stuff will end up in the trash, rivers, and backyards of america. I can see a whole new generation of whitetrash america with ole P4s out back wondering why the kids just ain't as bright as they used to be.
You might have a different perspective if it were your people dying in incredible numbers. Sterilization through radiation occurs all the time - probobly to the meat you've eaten and more recently to mail you've handled...I'd prefer we didn't have to do it too, but the any alternative to dying now would probobly appeal to me if I was over there. Hard to argue with the "I want to live now argument."
The recurring theme throughout these posts seems to be a tough shit - suck it up - things are tough all over - it pays the bills. Maybe, I'm off the deep-end here, but I'm having the time of my life the last few years after spending my first few years out of school killing myself trying to make things work for the incompetent asses that manage so many of us. What did I do? I went out and freelanced and when things are tough I work at odd jobs (bartending), or I just keep my expenses low and don't work. I'm sure the first responce to this is going to be "well some of us have bills to pay." I can assure you that after 7 years of private college I do too, but I decided I really didn't need some things in my life that are the big recurring bills - cable tv, tv, books not from the library, a nice car (with nice payment), etc. I've focused on getting quality stuff, repairing things myself, and generally decided to take life in the slow lane. There is nothing quite so fulfilling as learning and doing something the right way because you can. As a result of this method I've consistently earned a little more per hour every year and while I don't make nearly the cash most of my salaried buddies do - I have half the bills, can live in a cheaper area, work from home, and in general have more time to enjoy MY interests in life. The only person keeping you a slave to management is yourself. Most of us earn quite a bit more than the average Joe. Instead of using it to buy new toys, use it to give yourself some more free time, flexibility, instead of a Jetta and X-box.
In the news today MIT is doing the same thing:I T- Lawsuit.html?todaysheadlines
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-M
My introduction to linux was as an english major coming into a software dev company as a tech writer. The instructor spent two weeks teaching us stuff straight from the command line and had the course not come with a pretty good text; that would have been the end of my experience.
I went to a dual boot and installed linux as part of the class and went through the book. As a result I have always had a linux box since and what started has a hobby has become what I do for a living. If my only experience had been from the class I might have been done before I started.
My advice to you is to finish your degree and then use it to help you see the world. I come from the other side of the fence. I had an english degree and got into computers to make ends meet. Unfortunantly, it wasn't as much fun in the end as it was in the begining. I finally decided to drop everything and move into a little solar powered cabin in the woods for awhile and clear my head.
Now I follow a pattern of freelancing whatever, wherever and then taking some of the profits on vacation with me for extended periods. Some times I love the work I'm doing and sometimes I hate it, but I always know I have a cool trip waiting for me after a few months of work.
I have also noticed that I don't mind some of the drudgery of working indoors after freezing my ass off in some god forsaken place for a couple months in the name of adventure. Get a tent and a laptop and seen the world.
I also like the fact that he is not so single-mindedly deadicated to one platform that he can't see the advantages of another. Question though...I recently installed BeOS and have yet to figure out exactly what user audience it could possibly be targeting...probobly just ignorance but...
MIT's Technology Review this time around is a special issue dedicated to alternative/future computing methods. One of the sections is dedicated to molecular computing as well on sections discussing possible uses of DNA and other technologies. Very interesting and accesible to those without any particular specialized knowledge