Don't hurt your shoulder patting yourself on the back for that one, Chauncey - fucktard has been around for at least 25 years - I know, because it was used widely in my youthful vernacular. It's a compound word consisting of "fucking" and "retard".
HA! I used to do this too, way back in the day when Rat Shack (hey, remember Computer Centers?) actually got some of my money on a semi-regular basis. The name I always used was Raymond Dio Schak!
Why else would they have us opt-out instead of in?Seriously, you can answer that question.
Because they want to be able to harvest the information from all the people who just don't care one way or the other. If you have to opt out, you're only getting rid of the ones who actively refuse. You get to keep everyone else.
...don't fix it. My win machines do what I need them to. When that's not the case anymore, maybe I'll do something about it, but until then, changing everything would just create more headaches than running with what I have.
You also still have to pay royalties if the live convert that your ban plays at is free.
Wrong. Covers are royalty free when played live, even at a paid concert. Once that performance is recorded, THEN royalties come into play. If my combo decides to play 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' at a local club, we don't owe ASCAP dick (we would, however, probably owe Iron Maiden an apology). If that performance were recorded and then sold or distributed, we would then have to pony up some copyright ducats - based upon the number of copies produced.
I too remember the thrill of popping off the 16k button and replacing it with a shiny new 32k one! Back then 32k was seriously tuff stuff.
I don't remember which address it was, but there was a POKE on the CoCo that would throw a relay somewhere in the guttyworks - a quick 2-line basic proggy would set the computer to constantly throwing the relay, making a hella racket and eventually burning out and trashing the computer. I used to do this to all the CoCo's on display, especially at the RS Computer Center downtown.
At one job interview, I was asked "What would you do if you found $2500 on the street?"
I said, with a shit-eating grin on my face, "I'd buy puppies for orphans", and was hired on the spot.
In any case, I think a good sense of humor is essential, if I was in a position to hire someone, I'd ask them to tell me a joke during the interview. You can learn a lot about someone by what they think is funny. An employee's technical ability can be improved as needed, but their personality is what it is.
The first Apex was the AD600-A, and I got one back when the only place you could get one was at Circuit City for $160. It was a great 'first' DVD player for me, since it was all-region and played EVERYTHING (DVD, VCD, MP3CD, etc etc) and I could dump everything to tape - but then they started coming out with dual-layer DVDs and the Apex started to stutter. A tiny burp on the Matrix, and repeating chapters on The Abyss and ID4 got me to put the Apex away in the closet and get a real DVD player. I still hang on to it, in case I want to run something off to tape, but now that Macrovision is on its way out, I may give it the proper burial it deserves.
Don't tell me nobody didn't see this coming - the innovator is rarely the successful party in any technology leap, usually it's the follow-ups that jump on the bandwagon and streamline/fine tune a process that make the big bucks.
Napster paved the way for P2P, but really, who thought they'd get rich doing it? Well, besides Shawn Fanning, anyway.
The single most annoying thing for me (back when I could actually find work as a programmer) was the unrealistic expectations laid down by a management that had no concept of what goes into development. A former/aspiring programmer as a manager would be able to at least consider these factors when making project timelines and resource allocations. I would have also appreciated code reviews from my superiors, but for the most part, they have been of the mindset that what we did was magic and couldn't offer a shred of technical assistance or direction.
I applaud your choice of considering management, I'd love to work under someone that has more than the 'hey, the internet is down' mindset.
The movie was pretty good - you got to see Susan Dey's boobies, but for me, the high point of that whole flick was that killer flashgun. I'd love to have something like that where you just flash someone and they're frozen for 10 or 15 minutes. It was even cooler than the flashy-thingy in MIB.
When I was a kid, I did some highly scientific tests with my dad's timing gun to see if I could reproduce the effects, but all I got out of it was a headache.
I worked for 3 dotcom startups before getting to where I am now, and I really miss the work - what I do now is dull, unimaginative, repititious, and frustrating... I went from being a nicely flexible jack of all trades, doing whatever needed to be done to get the day's tasks completed, to being slotted into a rigidly defined (and ridiculously micromanaged) dba for a poorly written foxpro dos tracking system for a gas turbine repair company that fears change like rabbits fear wolves.
The market sucks - especially if you're a generalist who thrives on constant challenge and learning new technology as soon as it's available and applying it as fast as you can to your projects. Work hasn't been fun for me since I joined the brick-and-mortar world of IT. I'm hoping that in a couple of years, we'll see a new boom, but until then, I'm just miserably punching the timeclock and biding my time.
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p.s. we had Nerf guns in our offices during the startup days, but rarely had time to use them.
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...Breathed won't start doing strips again. Can you IMAGINE the midnight revelations Binkley would be having about Michael Jackson these days?
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y'all better vote a bit differently, y'hear?
We did.
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heh, my bad - never mind.
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for every 200 trolls on slashdot. thats a million bucks!
Nice try, mathboy. That's only 100k.
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Thanks though, I needed a fresh example to show people what it meant.
Naw, I think you did an excellent job of that with your first post.
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I felt moved to invent a "new word"... fucktard.
Don't hurt your shoulder patting yourself on the back for that one, Chauncey - fucktard has been around for at least 25 years - I know, because it was used widely in my youthful vernacular. It's a compound word consisting of "fucking" and "retard".
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Flight 262 for Delos, now boarding!
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HA! I used to do this too, way back in the day when Rat Shack (hey, remember Computer Centers?) actually got some of my money on a semi-regular basis. The name I always used was Raymond Dio Schak!
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Why else would they have us opt-out instead of in?Seriously, you can answer that question.
Because they want to be able to harvest the information from all the people who just don't care one way or the other. If you have to opt out, you're only getting rid of the ones who actively refuse. You get to keep everyone else.
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New Coke.
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...don't fix it. My win machines do what I need them to. When that's not the case anymore, maybe I'll do something about it, but until then, changing everything would just create more headaches than running with what I have.
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You also still have to pay royalties if the live convert that your ban plays at is free.
Wrong. Covers are royalty free when played live, even at a paid concert. Once that performance is recorded, THEN royalties come into play. If my combo decides to play 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' at a local club, we don't owe ASCAP dick (we would, however, probably owe Iron Maiden an apology). If that performance were recorded and then sold or distributed, we would then have to pony up some copyright ducats - based upon the number of copies produced.
IANAL. IAAM.
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You feel dated? I remember the Atari 2600 and the NES!
YOU feel dated? The 2600 was my SECOND console - our first one was a Fairchild!
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I too remember the thrill of popping off the 16k button and replacing it with a shiny new 32k one! Back then 32k was seriously tuff stuff.
I don't remember which address it was, but there was a POKE on the CoCo that would throw a relay somewhere in the guttyworks - a quick 2-line basic proggy would set the computer to constantly throwing the relay, making a hella racket and eventually burning out and trashing the computer. I used to do this to all the CoCo's on display, especially at the RS Computer Center downtown.
Ahh, youth!
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At one job interview, I was asked "What would you do if you found $2500 on the street?"
I said, with a shit-eating grin on my face, "I'd buy puppies for orphans", and was hired on the spot.
In any case, I think a good sense of humor is essential, if I was in a position to hire someone, I'd ask them to tell me a joke during the interview. You can learn a lot about someone by what they think is funny. An employee's technical ability can be improved as needed, but their personality is what it is.
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You got laid off too, huh?
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The first Apex was the AD600-A, and I got one back when the only place you could get one was at Circuit City for $160. It was a great 'first' DVD player for me, since it was all-region and played EVERYTHING (DVD, VCD, MP3CD, etc etc) and I could dump everything to tape - but then they started coming out with dual-layer DVDs and the Apex started to stutter. A tiny burp on the Matrix, and repeating chapters on The Abyss and ID4 got me to put the Apex away in the closet and get a real DVD player. I still hang on to it, in case I want to run something off to tape, but now that Macrovision is on its way out, I may give it the proper burial it deserves.
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That's why Kazaa LITE is the bIZZomb - no adware. As for virii, just like anything else, a little common sense will steer you clear of the hazards.
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Don't tell me nobody didn't see this coming - the innovator is rarely the successful party in any technology leap, usually it's the follow-ups that jump on the bandwagon and streamline/fine tune a process that make the big bucks.
Napster paved the way for P2P, but really, who thought they'd get rich doing it? Well, besides Shawn Fanning, anyway.
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The single most annoying thing for me (back when I could actually find work as a programmer) was the unrealistic expectations laid down by a management that had no concept of what goes into development. A former/aspiring programmer as a manager would be able to at least consider these factors when making project timelines and resource allocations. I would have also appreciated code reviews from my superiors, but for the most part, they have been of the mindset that what we did was magic and couldn't offer a shred of technical assistance or direction.
I applaud your choice of considering management, I'd love to work under someone that has more than the 'hey, the internet is down' mindset.
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...for FuckedCompany. That's their bread and butter.
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Wow!
A post with MST3K _AND_ Bored Of The Rings references! You're on fire bro!
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The movie was pretty good - you got to see Susan Dey's boobies, but for me, the high point of that whole flick was that killer flashgun. I'd love to have something like that where you just flash someone and they're frozen for 10 or 15 minutes. It was even cooler than the flashy-thingy in MIB.
When I was a kid, I did some highly scientific tests with my dad's timing gun to see if I could reproduce the effects, but all I got out of it was a headache.
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I worked for 3 dotcom startups before getting to where I am now, and I really miss the work - what I do now is dull, unimaginative, repititious, and frustrating... I went from being a nicely flexible jack of all trades, doing whatever needed to be done to get the day's tasks completed, to being slotted into a rigidly defined (and ridiculously micromanaged) dba for a poorly written foxpro dos tracking system for a gas turbine repair company that fears change like rabbits fear wolves.
The market sucks - especially if you're a generalist who thrives on constant challenge and learning new technology as soon as it's available and applying it as fast as you can to your projects. Work hasn't been fun for me since I joined the brick-and-mortar world of IT. I'm hoping that in a couple of years, we'll see a new boom, but until then, I'm just miserably punching the timeclock and biding my time.
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p.s. we had Nerf guns in our offices during the startup days, but rarely had time to use them.
You wish.
The guy that hit him, however, was found dead.
Read it here.
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