It generally isn't when one side of the conversation is clueless. Witness:
AppleCare Service Parts Kits for Xserve.
To minimize downtime, Apple offers an AppleCare Service Parts Kit for Xserve, which includes a logic board, a power supply, and a fan array.
Do you see a drive listed in that short list of contents? I don't. Do you think it should be there anyways, when you can configure an Xserve with any number of drive choices? It's obviously better to sell you a kit with generic parts, and to expect you to know that it doesn't include a drive and to purchase one that matches your config.
I have found such non-competes very common, and I've signed a few of them myself. The scope of the agreement is generally proscribed by the state in which it's signed: length of time after employment that other employment is barred, definition of the region, how close the work can be. etc. A 12 month period is a pretty common period.
It's never stopped me from looking for work, though, as the burden on them is to prove that I've broken it, and if I don't return their calls, what will they do? Get employment records from my now-current employer?
For real advice, consult a lawyer.
"By Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development."
If you act like a spoiled jerk on a community-driven forum, stamp your little feet, and absolutely refuse to try any of their troubleshooting ideas or provide them with the information they repeatedly ask for, then they probably won't help you.
If we're going to restrict Linux usage to just those that are mature enough to solve their own problems, or ask about their problems politely on message boards, it won't ever grow above a 10% marketshare.
That's why people actually charge to provide support--you know, because it's not a fun task.
While you may be ok with consigning Linux to this marginal role, many people aren't. So that will either require Linux advocates to adopt new attitudes towards support issues, or to support Linux by charging fees like any other OS does.
Certs are there for getting your foot in the door when you don't have any other relevant skills.
Oh, really? 'Cause I always thought they were for taking a week off work so you can sit in a classroom.
Seriously, I think employer-paid certs have some value to keep your skills sharp. But I have to agree with everyone else here: you can get certs now that will have some value in the marketplace for maybe 5 years. Then you'll have obsolete certs and 5 years experience. Or, you can get a degree now and then work for a year; after 5 years, you'll have a degree and a one year experience. In 10 years, your degree will still mean something, and you'll have experience; whereas otherwise you'll just have experience.
Put it another way: do you think the guys that wrote the cert exams only had certs themselves? Or did they have a degree, and this was just a sampling of their knowledge and experience?
There are solutions for all of the problems that you mention, besides the IE rendering issue.
See my homepage for the start to a lot of these answers. Many depend on the use of managed users via OS X Server, which is a product you're not likely to have encountered unless you went out of your way to purchase and use it; and the brochure-ware Apple site gives a lot of glib without really telling you what you need to know.
So then the question becomes: can we expect sysadmins to spend as much time honing their skills for OS X Server as they did learning how to manage Windows machines in the Enterprise? Certainly, solutions to some of your problems requires a certain amount of arcane script wielding, which takes relearning to master. I dunno; probably not many. Could be that if you phrased the question differently, your answer might change: the corporation is going to integrate Macs, like it or not; do you have the ability to learn new skills to support the new platform, or would you rather be an unemployed Windows purist?
But the fact remains that all (besides the single exception) of what you mention can be done, and there are resources available to address those questions. Some solutions you won't encounter just by using OS X client, just as home users of XP have no idea what AD is all about.
Damn you beat me to it! I can't belive it's not there, coming from such a liberal biased rag as the NYT!
I don't recall my philosophy classes well enough to remember if this is a defined formal fallacy. ie: A) subjective stipulation; B) Evidence that contradicts a; C) regardless, assertion of a. In this example: A) NYT is a "liberal biased rag", B) NYT fails to advance a "liberal" cause in this case, C) Nevertheless, NYT is liberal. For why, exactly? For failing to advance the liberal cause?
There is a new development not far from me that has basically done the same thing as what's being described here. Mosier Development
In summary, they are selling new townhomes with solar panels attached to the top. However, you don't own the solar panels for the default listing price; because there are much better economic incentives to commercial use of solar, you purchase the townhome and then buy back the solar from the commercial entity that was setup to own the panels. It is believed that this is more cost effective, although they do give you the option to purchase the panels on top of your home when you purchase the home.
It's not clear to me who maintains the panels, or the roof under them, however. Presumably the solar commercial entity, although I'd want that detailed. If I develop a hole in my roof, and I need to do some work up there, what happens to the solar panels that are in the way?
IIRC, after some 20 years the home owner then can purchase the solar panels at a much reduced rate.
I flew Delta today, and they rebooted their IFE to try and address an issue. I thought it was pretty interesting when I saw the familiar linux boot messages appear, and indeed it was Red Hat--complete with Tux icon. I hadn't heard of Delta's use of Linux, and if it wasn't for the reboot you would never have know--who knows where Linux is in use by the masses, and don't realize how important it is becoming to them?
It's YOUR choice to ignore customers. If the support and dev costs for WebTV is less than what you'd gain by including them as customers, you're simply making a bad business choice. Serving customers and making sound business decisions is usually not about convenience.
It's going to be a bad time to be a sysadmin, believe me.
Although not a bad time to be a Google SysAdmin, perhaps. If you really think that monolithic data centers run by the SysAdmins of a handful of application providers are the way of the future--and there are a number of indications that this will come to pass--I'd suggest you learn how to run a 50MW data center, or how to mange services and the OS of thousands of computers.
I would recommend against this service, as it supports Windows clients only. As a potential customer, you are in the position of encouraging support for other platforms, such as OS X and Linux. You'd be excluding those patrons of your library if you did not recognize them as first class citizens.
I'm suggesting that working 80 hr weeks, and getting paid $50K a year, isn't so much of a hardship, or so unusual, that it entitles one to squeeze their future customers.
yes, I make decent income now. However, I did 8 years schooling (that I am still paying for) followed by 7 years of residency and fellowship training in which I made $50K for 80 hour weeks
Let me get this straight: you think that $50K for 80 hr weeks is not very much? You think 8 years of schooling is a lot, and that the both put together entitles you to squeeze your patients now?
Pray tell, what do you think our teachers therefore deserve? Here's a hint: many did 6 years of schooling, and almost all work 80 hr weeks for a whole hell of a lot less than $50K/year. I guess it'll be ok when they squeeze the educational system, as they're just getting what's due them, right?
And that's just to name one profession that has onerous startup. I can think of others, and I don't think they're entitled to "squeeze" their current customers to enrich themselves with a payday now.
And btw: many of those professions give guarantees to their work quality too. I know you don't, and cry to your legislator whenever something like that is suggested.
Can you provide me with a single credible reason for ever going with a company other than the cheapest one for online movie downloads?
Speed/reliability of download, and selection of titles.
There's something to be said for the ability to find movies that you want, and it's more complex to successfully suggest movies to you that you didn't know that you wanted. I'm not sure I'd pay extra for this last part, but it'd help to keep me coming back.
It's not a war until we have civilian rationing.
If you haven't sold your citizenry on the justification of the war enough that they'll accept rationing, they're only behind the war for as long as it's convenient.
That's my philosophy.
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It generally isn't when one side of the conversation is clueless. Witness:
AppleCare Service Parts Kits for Xserve. To minimize downtime, Apple offers an AppleCare Service Parts Kit for Xserve, which includes a logic board, a power supply, and a fan array.
Do you see a drive listed in that short list of contents? I don't. Do you think it should be there anyways, when you can configure an Xserve with any number of drive choices? It's obviously better to sell you a kit with generic parts, and to expect you to know that it doesn't include a drive and to purchase one that matches your config.
I have found such non-competes very common, and I've signed a few of them myself. The scope of the agreement is generally proscribed by the state in which it's signed: length of time after employment that other employment is barred, definition of the region, how close the work can be. etc. A 12 month period is a pretty common period. It's never stopped me from looking for work, though, as the burden on them is to prove that I've broken it, and if I don't return their calls, what will they do? Get employment records from my now-current employer? For real advice, consult a lawyer.
They're hardly rivals.
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01394.html
"By Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf
Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development."
If we're going to restrict Linux usage to just those that are mature enough to solve their own problems, or ask about their problems politely on message boards, it won't ever grow above a 10% marketshare.
That's why people actually charge to provide support--you know, because it's not a fun task.
While you may be ok with consigning Linux to this marginal role, many people aren't. So that will either require Linux advocates to adopt new attitudes towards support issues, or to support Linux by charging fees like any other OS does.
Certs are there for getting your foot in the door when you don't have any other relevant skills.
Oh, really? 'Cause I always thought they were for taking a week off work so you can sit in a classroom.
Seriously, I think employer-paid certs have some value to keep your skills sharp. But I have to agree with everyone else here: you can get certs now that will have some value in the marketplace for maybe 5 years. Then you'll have obsolete certs and 5 years experience. Or, you can get a degree now and then work for a year; after 5 years, you'll have a degree and a one year experience. In 10 years, your degree will still mean something, and you'll have experience; whereas otherwise you'll just have experience.
Put it another way: do you think the guys that wrote the cert exams only had certs themselves? Or did they have a degree, and this was just a sampling of their knowledge and experience?
You admit to trolling. I attempt to remove that kind of noise from my correspondence when possible, as it obscures genuine purposeful communication.
And please, don't believe it's because I disagree with your views, which I do. It's quite simply for the reason above.
There are solutions for all of the problems that you mention, besides the IE rendering issue.
See my homepage for the start to a lot of these answers. Many depend on the use of managed users via OS X Server, which is a product you're not likely to have encountered unless you went out of your way to purchase and use it; and the brochure-ware Apple site gives a lot of glib without really telling you what you need to know.
So then the question becomes: can we expect sysadmins to spend as much time honing their skills for OS X Server as they did learning how to manage Windows machines in the Enterprise? Certainly, solutions to some of your problems requires a certain amount of arcane script wielding, which takes relearning to master. I dunno; probably not many. Could be that if you phrased the question differently, your answer might change: the corporation is going to integrate Macs, like it or not; do you have the ability to learn new skills to support the new platform, or would you rather be an unemployed Windows purist?
But the fact remains that all (besides the single exception) of what you mention can be done, and there are resources available to address those questions. Some solutions you won't encounter just by using OS X client, just as home users of XP have no idea what AD is all about.
Damn you beat me to it! I can't belive it's not there, coming from such a liberal biased rag as the NYT!
I don't recall my philosophy classes well enough to remember if this is a defined formal fallacy. ie: A) subjective stipulation; B) Evidence that contradicts a; C) regardless, assertion of a. In this example: A) NYT is a "liberal biased rag", B) NYT fails to advance a "liberal" cause in this case, C) Nevertheless, NYT is liberal. For why, exactly? For failing to advance the liberal cause?
In summary, they are selling new townhomes with solar panels attached to the top. However, you don't own the solar panels for the default listing price; because there are much better economic incentives to commercial use of solar, you purchase the townhome and then buy back the solar from the commercial entity that was setup to own the panels. It is believed that this is more cost effective, although they do give you the option to purchase the panels on top of your home when you purchase the home.
It's not clear to me who maintains the panels, or the roof under them, however. Presumably the solar commercial entity, although I'd want that detailed. If I develop a hole in my roof, and I need to do some work up there, what happens to the solar panels that are in the way?
IIRC, after some 20 years the home owner then can purchase the solar panels at a much reduced rate.
I flew Delta today, and they rebooted their IFE to try and address an issue. I thought it was pretty interesting when I saw the familiar linux boot messages appear, and indeed it was Red Hat--complete with Tux icon. I hadn't heard of Delta's use of Linux, and if it wasn't for the reboot you would never have know--who knows where Linux is in use by the masses, and don't realize how important it is becoming to them?
Unfortunately, the reboot didn't fix the issue.
Maybe our evolution was unusually fast? Could be that there are lots of civilizations out there, but they're 10,000 years behind us.
Or perhaps we all evolved at roughly the same rate, and are all going to invent light-speed travel at the same time. Then it'll be a gold rush.
I don't know how Fermi can assume that either of the above are not true.
You assume that they'd call you back to do the reverse migration. Think that's a reasonable assumption?
No Mac FFox, or Mac IE? Hm.
It's YOUR choice to ignore customers. If the support and dev costs for WebTV is less than what you'd gain by including them as customers, you're simply making a bad business choice. Serving customers and making sound business decisions is usually not about convenience.
It's going to be a bad time to be a sysadmin, believe me.
Although not a bad time to be a Google SysAdmin, perhaps. If you really think that monolithic data centers run by the SysAdmins of a handful of application providers are the way of the future--and there are a number of indications that this will come to pass--I'd suggest you learn how to run a 50MW data center, or how to mange services and the OS of thousands of computers.
iPhone?
You think I'm kidding, don't you?
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I would recommend against this service, as it supports Windows clients only. As a potential customer, you are in the position of encouraging support for other platforms, such as OS X and Linux. You'd be excluding those patrons of your library if you did not recognize them as first class citizens.
No. Windows only.
I'm suggesting that working 80 hr weeks, and getting paid $50K a year, isn't so much of a hardship, or so unusual, that it entitles one to squeeze their future customers.
Let me get this straight: you think that $50K for 80 hr weeks is not very much? You think 8 years of schooling is a lot, and that the both put together entitles you to squeeze your patients now?
Pray tell, what do you think our teachers therefore deserve? Here's a hint: many did 6 years of schooling, and almost all work 80 hr weeks for a whole hell of a lot less than $50K/year. I guess it'll be ok when they squeeze the educational system, as they're just getting what's due them, right?
And that's just to name one profession that has onerous startup. I can think of others, and I don't think they're entitled to "squeeze" their current customers to enrich themselves with a payday now.
And btw: many of those professions give guarantees to their work quality too. I know you don't, and cry to your legislator whenever something like that is suggested.
Can you provide me with a single credible reason for ever going with a company other than the cheapest one for online movie downloads?
Speed/reliability of download, and selection of titles.
There's something to be said for the ability to find movies that you want, and it's more complex to successfully suggest movies to you that you didn't know that you wanted. I'm not sure I'd pay extra for this last part, but it'd help to keep me coming back.
Genius. I can guess that anyone who has a clearance but subsequently uses a pirated version of Windows won't have that license long.
I could have one heck of a story to tell.
If he ran a blog with ads, he'd probably make the cost of the trip back on the ads alone.
It's not a war until we have civilian rationing. If you haven't sold your citizenry on the justification of the war enough that they'll accept rationing, they're only behind the war for as long as it's convenient. That's my philosophy.