Never. Why on earth would it? Crypto-currencies are a fascinating concept and Bitcoin is one of the greatest experiments ever. Whether it ultimately succeeds or fails is irrelevant, it will be written into the history books forever.
Um all sorts of AirCards, USB 3G dongles, etc can be made to make and recieve calls.
All the Huwaei 3G usb modems that are sold by telco's here in Aus/NZ i've managed to get to make and recieve calls. (Yeah you need to use a USB headset or something, but you already do for skype and voip.)
Is there any point to it? I don't know, but you can.
Just like most tablets can be made to make/receive phone calls even though they aren't considered phones by the law.
What's the best way to find a job in the US as an Australian Citizen and using the E-3 visa?
The E-3 visa is like H1-B but better and has a seperate 10.5k cap and is only available to Australian Citizens.
I find many employers don't know what an E-3 visa is (as they only do H1-B) and don't bother, nevermind the fact that getting an Aussie on E-3 visa is much easier and cheaper (its free, in fact) compared to the hassle of H1-B...
Any tips, information, etc, would be greatly appreciated.
For physical items I buy in the US when I can. And when I can't, I use a US shipping remailer. There's dozens of them around. I use shipito which gives me 2 physical addresses in the US, and 1 in Hong Kong and 1 in Europe. But google US remailer, you'll find dozens of these, do your research and pick one that looks good or has competitive pricing.
I also have a US phone number (just SIP service, but its easy to find US VoIP providers, hell you can even use Skype.)
And with US number and address you're pretty much as good as there. Some places might want a US credit card and address which is trickier, but you can (usually) get around that. Just say you're 'from Australia or in my case NZ but just visiting the US for 2 months' etc and that'll usually work.
But yeah. When it comes to software or anything digital, honestly, fuck them. Just pirate it.
Personally I think there SHOULD be government intervention and personally I think the government should outright state they won't care to protect copyright holders copyrights when they price gouge so substantially effectively making their software unaffordable.
I put my shit up on ebay - preferably sooner rather than later whilist it still has value - and sell it all for $$$ which I can spend on newer toys!
I always sell my current model phone to get the latest model for example. Thought I have a lot of crap still sitting at both my parents houses back in Australia I need to get rid of one day.... but I never never visit for more than a few days so it never happens. Oh well:)
Not surprised since squeeze is ANCIENT. In fact debian is ANCIENT in general.
Yes people argue that leads to stability but in all seriousness debian is so far behind modern distros and hardware its almost irrelevant.
My employer (and others I know of) who had standardises on Debian have had to jump ship to another distro (most end up going Ubuntu Server but plenty use RedHat) because they're more up to date. We had so many problems getting Squeeze to run on modern IBM servers and having to fuck around with backporterted kernels and build custom installers because Squeeze just had no idea how to support hardware designed and built in the last few years >
Yeah redhat is based on older kernels aims for stability too but redhat employs employees to backport new features and drivers to their older stable kernel.
And both Redhat and Ubuntu have commercial support, if you need that.
Hear hear. I have a Galaxy Note N7000 and think its the best thing since sliced bread.
I got it when it first came out, and from 2.3 to 4.0 to 4.1 each update has been amazing.
I started out with a Sony Ericsson P900, P990i, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, HTC Sensation (which I loved) and then Galaxy Note.
So my last 2 phones I kept getting bigger, and I never looked back.
I keep my phone in my front jeans pocket and never had a problem with it being 'too large'. Though I must admit, any time I've seen someone holding my phone to their head on a call looked comical and so I guess I must look the same when I am talking on my phone. Oh well.:D
There's PLENTY of job security in programming (and all tech jobs) and salaries HAVE been going up.
You're just living in the wrong place.
America is not a country that has job security. Go to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, anywhere in Europe, and enjoy plenty of holidays, great pay and great job security.
I know of the top of my head that Alienware laptops still come with Windows 7. Possibly others too.
And as many others have pointed out, get Windows 8 Professional and use your downgrade rights. You just need Windows 7 Professional media and you can install it instead. (You want to reinstall any laptop yourself anyway so its clean and without bloatware and factory provided viruses.)
Also, there's the political issue of the fact your managers and mentors will generally be much younger than you...and that can be a hard pill to swallow for the young guys (who might behave brashly and arrogantly) and you (who might feel bad being talked down to by someone who could be your son).
That sort of shit doesn't happen anywhere else in the world.
You can use any kind of phone you want, and get whatever kind of plan you want. You aren't forced to use a dataplan just because you have a smartphone.
I don't know about the rest of you guys but I'm starting to get really tired of NASA's 'water' discoveries every 6 months. Yeah yeah all the rovers and landers have discovered water now.
Can we PLEASE send some biology detection experiments now?
Viking landers detected signs of biological life, then discredit the findings and has since refused to send any more biological detection experiments to the planet.
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Honestly? A deal with the movie studios (or any of the recording studios) is a deal with the devil.
I applaud Cinedigm for giving an alternative a shot.
Never. Why on earth would it? Crypto-currencies are a fascinating concept and Bitcoin is one of the greatest experiments ever. Whether it ultimately succeeds or fails is irrelevant, it will be written into the history books forever.
You do know it went past $250 USD for a while, yeah?
Sounds like an excellent use for Bit Torrent? I assume someone will download the whole dataset and make a torrent out of it before long....
Um all sorts of AirCards, USB 3G dongles, etc can be made to make and recieve calls.
All the Huwaei 3G usb modems that are sold by telco's here in Aus/NZ i've managed to get to make and recieve calls. (Yeah you need to use a USB headset or something, but you already do for skype and voip.)
Is there any point to it? I don't know, but you can.
Just like most tablets can be made to make/receive phone calls even though they aren't considered phones by the law.
What's the best way to find a job in the US as an Australian Citizen and using the E-3 visa?
The E-3 visa is like H1-B but better and has a seperate 10.5k cap and is only available to Australian Citizens.
I find many employers don't know what an E-3 visa is (as they only do H1-B) and don't bother, nevermind the fact that getting an Aussie on E-3 visa is much easier and cheaper (its free, in fact) compared to the hassle of H1-B...
Any tips, information, etc, would be greatly appreciated.
This is just gonna encourage more piracy.
For physical items I buy in the US when I can. And when I can't, I use a US shipping remailer. There's dozens of them around. I use shipito which gives me 2 physical addresses in the US, and 1 in Hong Kong and 1 in Europe. But google US remailer, you'll find dozens of these, do your research and pick one that looks good or has competitive pricing.
I also have a US phone number (just SIP service, but its easy to find US VoIP providers, hell you can even use Skype.)
And with US number and address you're pretty much as good as there. Some places might want a US credit card and address which is trickier, but you can (usually) get around that. Just say you're 'from Australia or in my case NZ but just visiting the US for 2 months' etc and that'll usually work.
But yeah. When it comes to software or anything digital, honestly, fuck them. Just pirate it.
Personally I think there SHOULD be government intervention and personally I think the government should outright state they won't care to protect copyright holders copyrights when they price gouge so substantially effectively making their software unaffordable.
I actually don't horde.
I put my shit up on ebay - preferably sooner rather than later whilist it still has value - and sell it all for $$$ which I can spend on newer toys!
I always sell my current model phone to get the latest model for example. Thought I have a lot of crap still sitting at both my parents houses back in Australia I need to get rid of one day.... but I never never visit for more than a few days so it never happens. Oh well :)
Prostitution is perfectly legal in many parts of the world. And the law protects prostitutes.
But yes, I figure you're an American and unware of this fact.
Really?
Thats what this game is limited to?
How in the fuck is this game SimCity then? Sounds more like SimSuburb.
Not surprised since squeeze is ANCIENT. In fact debian is ANCIENT in general.
Yes people argue that leads to stability but in all seriousness debian is so far behind modern distros and hardware its almost irrelevant.
My employer (and others I know of) who had standardises on Debian have had to jump ship to another distro (most end up going Ubuntu Server but plenty use RedHat) because they're more up to date. We had so many problems getting Squeeze to run on modern IBM servers and having to fuck around with backporterted kernels and build custom installers because Squeeze just had no idea how to support hardware designed and built in the last few years >
Yeah redhat is based on older kernels aims for stability too but redhat employs employees to backport new features and drivers to their older stable kernel.
And both Redhat and Ubuntu have commercial support, if you need that.
I've forgotton why I went on this rant now... :/
3 hours? Seriously? My Galaxy Note N7000 lasts 4 days - YES 4 DAYS - of a single charge.
As long as you're not looking at your screen to check your facebook stream or w/e every 2 minutes your phone can acutally last a while.
Hear hear. I have a Galaxy Note N7000 and think its the best thing since sliced bread.
I got it when it first came out, and from 2.3 to 4.0 to 4.1 each update has been amazing.
I started out with a Sony Ericsson P900, P990i, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, HTC Sensation (which I loved) and then Galaxy Note.
So my last 2 phones I kept getting bigger, and I never looked back.
I keep my phone in my front jeans pocket and never had a problem with it being 'too large'. Though I must admit, any time I've seen someone holding my phone to their head on a call looked comical and so I guess I must look the same when I am talking on my phone. Oh well. :D
Where does one sign up?
There's PLENTY of job security in programming (and all tech jobs) and salaries HAVE been going up.
You're just living in the wrong place.
America is not a country that has job security. Go to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, anywhere in Europe, and enjoy plenty of holidays, great pay and great job security.
Yeah yeah, this is old news.. but nevertheless, this is one of the only things in the IT industry that really peeves me off.
Its not just Windows, but Linux and every other OS uses the base 2 notation for KB, MB, GB, TB, etc.
Why can't we just oust hard drive manufacturers for what they're really doing (ripping us off) and force them to just base 2 notation :/
I know of the top of my head that Alienware laptops still come with Windows 7. Possibly others too.
And as many others have pointed out, get Windows 8 Professional and use your downgrade rights. You just need Windows 7 Professional media and you can install it instead. (You want to reinstall any laptop yourself anyway so its clean and without bloatware and factory provided viruses.)
Because we all want hot smart sexy geeky gamer scientist girlfriends?
Lets face it, normal girls are boring. Really boring.
Also, there's the political issue of the fact your managers and mentors will generally be much younger than you...and that can be a hard pill to swallow for the young guys (who might behave brashly and arrogantly) and you (who might feel bad being talked down to by someone who could be your son).
...by someone who could be your grandson).
That sort of shit doesn't happen anywhere else in the world.
You can use any kind of phone you want, and get whatever kind of plan you want. You aren't forced to use a dataplan just because you have a smartphone.
Agreed. I'm the same. Therefore Streisand Effect.
Relocate.
You'd get $50k in Aus or NZ with ease. I'm way beyond $80k here.
The US is turning into a third world country.
Honestly... this is something you should have thought about before you got married.
Now it's a little too late.
Give up. She controls you now.
If you ever want your life back, though, you know what you have to do.
*yawn*
I don't know about the rest of you guys but I'm starting to get really tired of NASA's 'water' discoveries every 6 months. Yeah yeah all the rovers and landers have discovered water now.
Can we PLEASE send some biology detection experiments now?
Viking landers detected signs of biological life, then discredit the findings and has since refused to send any more biological detection experiments to the planet.
Why?
I just don't understand why people put up with this crap and don't just boycott Sony?
Personally I avoid all DRM and walled gardens like the plague for this very reason.