Computer workers do not qualify for OT if the following applies:
The employee must be employed as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other similarly skilled worker in the computer field performing the duties described below;
-The employee's primary duty must consist of:
1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;
2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;
3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or
4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills.
Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) of the FLSA provide an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, and other similarly skilled workers in the computer field
These are the proposed rules to affect computer workers; there was a last minute change, but presumably these are the most up to date rules proposals, as it's straight from the DOL's website. Essentially, unless you make less than $455/week, you don't qualify for overtime if you're a computer worker.
They haven't (yet) settled the EU case. In fact, one of the sticking points to settlement was the ability to use that case as precedence for future EU cases--the EU guy insisted that it be allowed as precedent setting, and Microsoft rejected those terms. For exactly the reason that you mention--the EU already has 1-3 new cases lined up, on similar grounds, that intends to use the current one as precedence--which will mean both higher awards and a faster time to litigate.
It's the only one with AOL compatibility, I believe. If you care, which you probably don't, but someone might. Other advantages someone else lists below, like printer sharing, phone-home modem (so you can call your computer from the road (which others don't have, I don't think?)).
I have to admit, as much as an Apple fanboi as I am, I don't even have an Apple Base Station; I went for an Xsense router, since it gave me a 4 port switch for cheaper.
Also announced today was AirPort Management Tools 1.0, which provide powerful tools for planning, setting up, fine-tuning, and managing larger, enterprise-class wireless networks. Both of these announcements aren't targeted towards the home user; they don't do Power-over-Ethernet, nor have to manage lots of AirPort Base Stations.
With this plus the other things today, it sounds like Apple is starting to get serious about the Big Enterprise. WWDC could be really intersting.
Fink isn't developed by Apple, and they have nothing to do with it, aside from some possible back channel help. However, it did not come "included" on your PowerBook, unless you bought it used.
You can check for a more recent version of fink by: % sudo fink selfupdate
You don't need to sell your hardware to update your software.
How much faster, I will not say, but a 1.4GHz G4 is very different from a 1.4GHz P4. Or P3.
And impossible to do, really, because the amount of difference depends heavily on the application being used. Some applications can take, and are designed to take, better advantage of the PPC + Altivec. Other applications don't benefit nearly as much.
So it all depends on what you want to do with it, really--and I recommend that you determine what you'll be doing with such a laptop most of the time, and then clock those processes. If speed is your chief concern.
See also Xgrid. Now in Tech Preview 2; not yet final. Nevertheless, free for the download, complete with mailing list. Matter of fact, X11 was released as a "Beta" for an entire OS release.
It is interesting that Apple is displaying their cards earlier for some products that they have in the past--but is to show Enterprise customers their direction, so CIOs can plan accordingly? Or is it to take a page from Microsoft's playback, and beat the competition simply by announcing a product before it's ready eg Longhorn.
Maybe they intend to spruce it up, clear out the deadwood, kill the Sacred Cows, and then re-sell it for a profit? There's probably more to be made on that kind of flip than on revenue of A|W's revenue. But I dunno.
Get the stand for the eMac, if you do buy one; I think they're about $60, and it really makes re-positioning the eMac a lot easier. W/o, the eMac is just so much of a 70# boat anchor.
I don't know how much the OS X kernel and Yellow Dog's kernel are alike--lots? not at all?--but does the inclusion of full 64bit-ness in YDL mean that Apple can use some of those same technologies and/or methods, to bring 64bit-ness to OS X sooner than having to do it all themselves?
Will this help bring 100% 64bit-ness to OS X, or not really?
Cluster node is not expandable; only one drive bay. That's the chief difference between the cluster node and the standard Xserve.
I would argue that IBM's support for the OS (Linux) and the hardware service are more Enterprise ready, too. There're Apple answers to those questions for the XServe, but they're thin on the ground. Today.
Try an Apple Store. Not nearly as many as Gateway has (had), but you can spend as long as you like on their computers, and use the internet pretty much without restriction. List. You don't even have to like Macs--the whole idea is that the experience will move someone "on the fence" to purchasing one for themselves, eventually.
I'm a desktop support type guy; I like it and get paid well enough. Three years ago, though, I wished like nothing else that I knew how to code, so I made plans to go back to school. Those plans never materialized, and now I'm sure happy that I didn't drop tuition on it. It seems to me that all of those jobs are now going to India, and that bushy-tailed coders straight from college, hip to all the latest tech, can't find work.
So, while this remains a noble endeavor, I think you'd do much better to approach it as a hobby, or as shareware development; if you're looking at going back into this full time, I think you've chosen a bad time in the market to do that.
You mean, like Apple's.Mac? Not "Free for life" as some folks claim it was once advertised as, but I do believe it'll be around as long as Apple is. I have no idea of the password to my ISP email account; I never use it, and never plan to.
I know a guy who has the Dana; he likes it. It writes text to a flash memory card, which will then upload, by sending simulated keystrokes (not as a single text file) to a text word processor.
Durable and cheap are it's selling points. But I missed having the resistance that an iBook gives, when I tested it, and it's really limited functionality--I guess i would rather carry something that weighs a little bit more, and be able to check email, surf, look at mapquest directions, and type, rather than one device that just types.
I know many of you work in the heatlh care business, and take HIPPA pretty seriously. I work in it myself, although in a tangential relationship and don't have to abide by HIPPA due to the nature of my facility.
However, my wife works in the insurance business; specifically, she evaluates claims made against her company for legitimacy. She has the ability to draw upon resources that will tell her any individual's medical history, public and private; she can relatively easily flaunt the protections of HIPPA, although she can't reveal that she knows more about your medical condition than you do. She's not clear on how her resources can determine the things that they do, but it just shows the lie that to how much these protetctions provide.
It doesn't sound like you do, either. You think buildings would be safer if every builder was allowed to "innovate" their own designs? Do you think the highways would work better if each one was a toll road, allowed to design to their own needs? Do you think it would be better or worse for communications if ATT and Verizon each designed and developed phone technology independently of each other, meaning interoperation didn't happen?
Actually, IINM, there is some historical precedent: the South had different guage of train tracks than the North, and it's part of what led to the cultural divide, which in turn led to the Civil War. Relaying tracks so that troops could be moved was a great burden--but once accomplished, and the standard set, notice how it's been preserved since.
Institutions that purport to operate on a national level, and become part of the national infrastructure, should be standarized so that there are no boundaries of information exchange. On this point I agree with Ashcroft, who said as much when Bush took office. However, I disagree that one company should be in control of that standard; instead, it should be controlled by an open forum. As was the early internet, and it's why it remains as strong as it is and grew to the popularity that it acquired.
Do you think that if Microsoft was in control of the early HTML specifications, or even TCP/IP for that matter, that we'd have the ubiquitious internet now?
I'm not sure that I agree. What doesn't work is untargeted advertising. But I find that I do a fair amount of clicking on google sponsored links; the sponsored links are relevant to something that I'm interested in. If TiVo were to, say, offer me previews of movies that matched what it already knew about my viewing habits, I'd be inclined to watch them. I can say that my interest in Dawn of the Dead shot up after watching the blurbs that TiVo had for me.
Although Suse once had a PPC port, it is clearly stagnant; this investment from IBM very likely means that it'll be revived, but that'll take a least some doing. Yellow Dog Linux remains the best choice to run Linux on your Mac, apparently, even the one with an IBM processor.
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Computer workers do not qualify for OT if the following applies:
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The employee must be employed as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other similarly skilled worker in the computer field performing the duties described below;
-The employee's primary duty must consist of:
1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;
2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;
3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or
4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills.
These are the up to date rules changes proposals.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fair
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fair
Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) of the FLSA provide an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, and other similarly skilled workers in the computer field
These are the proposed rules to affect computer workers; there was a last minute change, but presumably these are the most up to date rules proposals, as it's straight from the DOL's website. Essentially, unless you make less than $455/week, you don't qualify for overtime if you're a computer worker.
It's apparently been pulled, or is a screw up.
They haven't (yet) settled the EU case. In fact, one of the sticking points to settlement was the ability to use that case as precedence for future EU cases--the EU guy insisted that it be allowed as precedent setting, and Microsoft rejected those terms. For exactly the reason that you mention--the EU already has 1-3 new cases lined up, on similar grounds, that intends to use the current one as precedence--which will mean both higher awards and a faster time to litigate.
It's the only one with AOL compatibility, I believe. If you care, which you probably don't, but someone might. Other advantages someone else lists below, like printer sharing, phone-home modem (so you can call your computer from the road (which others don't have, I don't think?)).
I have to admit, as much as an Apple fanboi as I am, I don't even have an Apple Base Station; I went for an Xsense router, since it gave me a 4 port switch for cheaper.
Also announced today was AirPort Management Tools 1.0, which provide powerful tools for planning, setting up, fine-tuning, and managing larger, enterprise-class wireless networks. Both of these announcements aren't targeted towards the home user; they don't do Power-over-Ethernet, nor have to manage lots of AirPort Base Stations.
With this plus the other things today, it sounds like Apple is starting to get serious about the Big Enterprise. WWDC could be really intersting.
So on the offchance that you're not trolling:
- Fink isn't developed by Apple, and they have nothing to do with it, aside from some possible back channel help. However, it did not come "included" on your PowerBook, unless you bought it used.
- You can check for a more recent version of fink by: % sudo fink selfupdate
- You don't need to sell your hardware to update your software.
Hope this helps. Welcome to the Mac.How much faster, I will not say, but a 1.4GHz G4 is very different from a 1.4GHz P4. Or P3.
And impossible to do, really, because the amount of difference depends heavily on the application being used. Some applications can take, and are designed to take, better advantage of the PPC + Altivec. Other applications don't benefit nearly as much.
So it all depends on what you want to do with it, really--and I recommend that you determine what you'll be doing with such a laptop most of the time, and then clock those processes. If speed is your chief concern.
Don't forget the backlit keyboard, which auto-detects when the lights dim enough to require it.
See also Xgrid. Now in Tech Preview 2; not yet final. Nevertheless, free for the download, complete with mailing list. Matter of fact, X11 was released as a "Beta" for an entire OS release.
It is interesting that Apple is displaying their cards earlier for some products that they have in the past--but is to show Enterprise customers their direction, so CIOs can plan accordingly? Or is it to take a page from Microsoft's playback, and beat the competition simply by announcing a product before it's ready eg Longhorn.
Maybe they intend to spruce it up, clear out the deadwood, kill the Sacred Cows, and then re-sell it for a profit? There's probably more to be made on that kind of flip than on revenue of A|W's revenue. But I dunno.
Get the stand for the eMac, if you do buy one; I think they're about $60, and it really makes re-positioning the eMac a lot easier. W/o, the eMac is just so much of a 70# boat anchor.
I don't know how much the OS X kernel and Yellow Dog's kernel are alike--lots? not at all?--but does the inclusion of full 64bit-ness in YDL mean that Apple can use some of those same technologies and/or methods, to bring 64bit-ness to OS X sooner than having to do it all themselves?
Will this help bring 100% 64bit-ness to OS X, or not really?
less expandable storage: 80 GB vs. 750 GB
Cluster node is not expandable; only one drive bay. That's the chief difference between the cluster node and the standard Xserve.
I would argue that IBM's support for the OS (Linux) and the hardware service are more Enterprise ready, too. There're Apple answers to those questions for the XServe, but they're thin on the ground. Today.
The Xserve G5 uses the 90nm chips, too. Sidebar page 1 ("What's new"). Although the G5 desktops don't, yet.
Try an Apple Store. Not nearly as many as Gateway has (had), but you can spend as long as you like on their computers, and use the internet pretty much without restriction. List. You don't even have to like Macs--the whole idea is that the experience will move someone "on the fence" to purchasing one for themselves, eventually.
Aren't wireless cards with 00:30 usually Apple AirPort cards? fwiw.
I'm a desktop support type guy; I like it and get paid well enough. Three years ago, though, I wished like nothing else that I knew how to code, so I made plans to go back to school. Those plans never materialized, and now I'm sure happy that I didn't drop tuition on it. It seems to me that all of those jobs are now going to India, and that bushy-tailed coders straight from college, hip to all the latest tech, can't find work.
So, while this remains a noble endeavor, I think you'd do much better to approach it as a hobby, or as shareware development; if you're looking at going back into this full time, I think you've chosen a bad time in the market to do that.
Maybe I'll start a service?
You mean, like Apple's
You must be new here;
But I consequently get the most work done on April 1 as I do any other day of the year.
I know a guy who has the Dana; he likes it. It writes text to a flash memory card, which will then upload, by sending simulated keystrokes (not as a single text file) to a text word processor.
Durable and cheap are it's selling points. But I missed having the resistance that an iBook gives, when I tested it, and it's really limited functionality--I guess i would rather carry something that weighs a little bit more, and be able to check email, surf, look at mapquest directions, and type, rather than one device that just types.
I know many of you work in the heatlh care business, and take HIPPA pretty seriously. I work in it myself, although in a tangential relationship and don't have to abide by HIPPA due to the nature of my facility.
However, my wife works in the insurance business; specifically, she evaluates claims made against her company for legitimacy. She has the ability to draw upon resources that will tell her any individual's medical history, public and private; she can relatively easily flaunt the protections of HIPPA, although she can't reveal that she knows more about your medical condition than you do. She's not clear on how her resources can determine the things that they do, but it just shows the lie that to how much these protetctions provide.
It doesn't sound like you do, either. You think buildings would be safer if every builder was allowed to "innovate" their own designs? Do you think the highways would work better if each one was a toll road, allowed to design to their own needs? Do you think it would be better or worse for communications if ATT and Verizon each designed and developed phone technology independently of each other, meaning interoperation didn't happen?
Actually, IINM, there is some historical precedent: the South had different guage of train tracks than the North, and it's part of what led to the cultural divide, which in turn led to the Civil War. Relaying tracks so that troops could be moved was a great burden--but once accomplished, and the standard set, notice how it's been preserved since.
Institutions that purport to operate on a national level, and become part of the national infrastructure, should be standarized so that there are no boundaries of information exchange. On this point I agree with Ashcroft, who said as much when Bush took office. However, I disagree that one company should be in control of that standard; instead, it should be controlled by an open forum. As was the early internet, and it's why it remains as strong as it is and grew to the popularity that it acquired.
Do you think that if Microsoft was in control of the early HTML specifications, or even TCP/IP for that matter, that we'd have the ubiquitious internet now?
The system doesn't work.
I'm not sure that I agree. What doesn't work is untargeted advertising. But I find that I do a fair amount of clicking on google sponsored links; the sponsored links are relevant to something that I'm interested in. If TiVo were to, say, offer me previews of movies that matched what it already knew about my viewing habits, I'd be inclined to watch them. I can say that my interest in Dawn of the Dead shot up after watching the blurbs that TiVo had for me.
Interestingly, from SuSe's FAQ:
Will there be a PPC edition of SUSE Linux 9.0?
Answer: no.
Although Suse once had a PPC port, it is clearly stagnant; this investment from IBM very likely means that it'll be revived, but that'll take a least some doing. Yellow Dog Linux remains the best choice to run Linux on your Mac, apparently, even the one with an IBM processor.