>>People get the blood for oil concept from the simple fact that hey, we charge money for 'rescuing' your ass.
Last I heard, the USA forgave Iraq's $87B debt. Even if the USA did ask for payment, or partial payment for war debts; it's not as if the USA is stealing oil, or making some great profit.
I do not support USA mid-east policy, but this "blood for oil" idea is idiotic.
Not exactly sucking up to the Bush administration, as I remember.
Ever see Matt and Trey interviewed about their polical views or opinions of Bush? They are not exactly the total conservitive Bush lovers you may think.
And right after the war the USA pulled up the oil tankers and stold Iraqi oil, right? The same way the USA did 13 years ago, correct? The same thing the USA did with Libia, wasn't it?
Where the hell do people get this "blood for oil" cr@p? Oil prices in the USA are up - way up. The USA oil pipeline has never benefitted from USA military action in the mid-east.
I have always felt the USA action in Iraq was unjustified. But the USA didn't do it for oil.
So remarkably bad, I could hardly beleive it was released. Some of the eyeball monstors didn't were a custome, they just wore their union suits. The daylight wasn't consistant - one moment it was daylight, then is night, then it was daylight again.
If they spent more than $100 making this movie, I'd be surprised.
I'm not saying the BSCS *should* be a joke, I'm saying that in the job market, it is a joke.
I've worked in IT for 24 years, I purused thousands of job ads. Ads that even ask for a BSCS are extrememly rare. And what few job ads that do mention a BSCS, always say "or equivilent."
So why get a BSCS, when for the same nickle, you could a worthwhile degree like a BSEE?
A BSEEs can call themselves real "engineers" and demand the pay and prestidge that comes with the title. BSEEs can go into software development or systems administration just as easially as a BSCS. But a BSCS certainly isn't considerd a real engineer.
May not be fair, may not make sense, but that's the way it is.
Disclosure: I got my degree in math, then went to work in IT. Now I've forgot all my math, and the IT field is dead.
Bottom line: the job situation in IT is absolutely awful. A lot of educated and experienced professionals can not find decent work. Take a look at the job boards, companies are asking for a list of requirements a mile long, and paying a janitor's salary.
I can't believe anybody has the gall to print these alarmist "BSCS graduate numbers are declining!" articles. Companies don't want BSCS's they want slave labor. Such labor can be in the form of:
1) H1B visas 2) Jobs exported overseas 3) USA citizens forced to work for reduced wages.
I wish I had the fore-sight to go to law school and specialize in IP litigation, that is going to be where the money is. Instead of making money by being productive and/or innovative, we'll all make money be suing each other.
I'm open to any career change suggestions. I have a degrees in math and business. But it's been a long time. I've worked in IT for 24 years. There is a lot I like about IT. But, it gets old being treated like a dog to kick around.
Sunw was great in it's day, but that's all gone now. Business at sunw is awful - sorry but that is simple verifiable economic fact - I don't care what sunw invented.
I don't know exactly why, but businesses usually make smarter decisions when they're doing okay. The worse things get for sunw, the more they become unfocused, immoral, and idiotic.
>>Why would he wish that certification carries a lot of clout? And who is it that expected it to?
Because he sympathizes with people who are finding it impossible to get started. Can't get a job without experience, can't get experience without a job. In today's market that's not just a cliche.
I don't think anybody expects a cert to carry a *lot* of cloat, but it would be nice if it carried enough for somebody to get started.
Don't know where you got that legal theory, but it doesn't seem to supported by evidence. Certain end users of msft sql server were sued because of mfst's patent violation. I've never of heard of that happening with FOSS.
The only time that I know of end users being sued for a patent violation, was in the case of msft's sql server.
Why do they think that FOSS is more suseptable than proprietary?
Unless, they are afraid of a particular propriety software company, which has been filing about 10 patents a week lately (almost all for stuff they didn't invent).
Linux jobs could be going through the roof for all I know, but the apparent "research" done for that article is absolute cr@p.
Counting the job postings on Dice? Please. This could be due to nothing more than Dice negotiating some special contracts with a few big companies.
Anybody every notice that big defense contractors, and a few other institutions absolutely flood those job boards lately? Often posting over 100 jobs in a day just for one city.
I live near Aurora Colorado, good sized Ratheon installation there. If the number of jobs posted just on hotjobs is any clue, then Ratheon must be hirering about 150 new people every day. On Dice, it Lockheed that floods the job boards.
I don't know what kind of games they're playing, or what of deals are made; but you'd have to an idiot to think all of those advertised jobs are for real.
Besides that, is Linux a *primary* qualification? Or is just one the many, many, qualifications that are typically thrown in along with everything else but the kitchen sink?
And, most importantly of all, what is the ratio of new positons vs the number of people flooding into the field?
It's been over 20 years since I read it, but I think the story is called "Amazons." Space ship pilots have to have their hearts replaced with mechanical pumps, and they lose their pulse.
In some case, it messes up their normal rythems - like when are ready to fall asleep or wake up.
Scox has been calling themselves the "Owner of the UNIX operating system" for over a year. OpenGroup seems to be okay with it.
I don't think I could make a soft drink called Pepsi-beverage without getting permission from Pepsi. I'm sure USL violates OpenGroup's trademark, but it doesn't seem like OpenGroups wants to do anything.
I'd use it. IMO multimedia for linux absolutely sucks.
I'm not here to bash linux. I'm using debian/sarge right now. But I also use windows on the same machine. When it comes to multimedia, there is no comparison, windows wins in a slam-dunk.
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I'm just asking.
Viet-Nam was started by Kennedy, and hugely expanded by Johnson. It was ended by Nixon.
Both A-Bombs were dropped by a Democrate.
The USA entered both World Wars under Democrates.
Various conservatives groups have been lavishly generous to various chartible causes. Conservatives just don't like the present welfare system.
Or, do conservatives like the welfare system? Social programs grew twice as much under the Regan administration, than the Carter administration.
>>People get the blood for oil concept from the simple fact that hey, we charge money for 'rescuing' your ass.
Last I heard, the USA forgave Iraq's $87B debt. Even if the USA did ask for payment, or partial payment for war debts; it's not as if the USA is stealing oil, or making some great profit.
I do not support USA mid-east policy, but this "blood for oil" idea is idiotic.
Not exactly sucking up to the Bush administration, as I remember.
Ever see Matt and Trey interviewed about their polical views or opinions of Bush? They are not exactly the total conservitive Bush lovers you may think.
And right after the war the USA pulled up the oil tankers and stold Iraqi oil, right? The same way the USA did 13 years ago, correct? The same thing the USA did with Libia, wasn't it?
Where the hell do people get this "blood for oil" cr@p? Oil prices in the USA are up - way up. The USA oil pipeline has never benefitted from USA military action in the mid-east.
I have always felt the USA action in Iraq was unjustified. But the USA didn't do it for oil.
IBM spent millions (at least) for the code that IBM contributed to Linux. IBM has spent millions more defending Linux in court.
So what if IBM manages to make some money from their investment/contributions?
>>SCO only said "GPL sucks" and IBM is trying to turn this into a GPL breach? This is very weak.
Scox said a lot more than that. For example, scox said the GPL was unconstitutional, and wrote the US congress about it.
If scox loses it's case against novl, then it could be ruled that scox doesn't even own the copyrights to begin with.
If that happend, then - for sure - baystar would demand it's $50 million back from scox. And baystar would have a very strong case.
Ift that happend, it would end scox right away.
So remarkably bad, I could hardly beleive it was released. Some of the eyeball monstors didn't were a custome, they just wore their union suits. The daylight wasn't consistant - one moment it was daylight, then is night, then it was daylight again.
If they spent more than $100 making this movie, I'd be surprised.
Just saw "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)" last night.
Absolutely stupid.
I'm not saying the BSCS *should* be a joke, I'm saying that in the job market, it is a joke.
I've worked in IT for 24 years, I purused thousands of job ads. Ads that even ask for a BSCS are extrememly rare. And what few job ads that do mention a BSCS, always say "or equivilent."
So why get a BSCS, when for the same nickle, you could a worthwhile degree like a BSEE?
A BSEEs can call themselves real "engineers" and demand the pay and prestidge that comes with the title. BSEEs can go into software development or systems administration just as easially as a BSCS. But a BSCS certainly isn't considerd a real engineer.
May not be fair, may not make sense, but that's the way it is.
Disclosure: I got my degree in math, then went to work in IT. Now I've forgot all my math, and the IT field is dead.
Bottom line: the job situation in IT is absolutely awful. A lot of educated and experienced professionals can not find decent work. Take a look at the job boards, companies are asking for a list of requirements a mile long, and paying a janitor's salary.
I can't believe anybody has the gall to print these alarmist "BSCS graduate numbers are declining!" articles. Companies don't want BSCS's they want slave labor. Such labor can be in the form of:
1) H1B visas
2) Jobs exported overseas
3) USA citizens forced to work for reduced wages.
I wish I had the fore-sight to go to law school and specialize in IP litigation, that is going to be where the money is. Instead of making money by being productive and/or innovative, we'll all make money be suing each other.
I'm open to any career change suggestions. I have a degrees in math and business. But it's been a long time. I've worked in IT for 24 years. There is a lot I like about IT. But, it gets old being treated like a dog to kick around.
That is what I used to install my present system.
Unfortunately I'm batting zero with the video driver: trident_drv.o. xine won't work right with only driver that will install.
I never expected that.
IBM's rights to UNIX have been bought and paid for, those rights are perpetual and irrevokable.
Sunw won't get any leverage by Novell.
>>Translation: "Excluding the income that put Sun into profit, they made a loss." Well, honestly.
One time windfalls from a lawsuit are meaningless as indicatators of company's future prospects. The market always looks forward.
It is significant that sunw would have racked up another loss if not lawsuit money - it means that sunw's core business is not doing well.
Frankly, sunw's core business hasn't been doing well for a long time, and the future doesn't look to bright.
I don't hate sunw. But economic realities are economic realities.
Sunw was great in it's day, but that's all gone now. Business at sunw is awful - sorry but that is simple verifiable economic fact - I don't care what sunw invented.
I don't know exactly why, but businesses usually make smarter decisions when they're doing okay. The worse things get for sunw, the more they become unfocused, immoral, and idiotic.
Give me a better price, or I'll go with the competition. I do that when I'm buying a refridgerator. What's the problem?
Frankly, I think we've grown so accustomed to msft's monopoly, that we've forgoting that competition is supposed to be a normal way to do business.
If msft want's to fight for their business that's fine. I'm just glad that there finally is a something that is real competition to msft's monopoly.
SCO has *filed* a lawsuit, but that means nothing. In the good 'ol USA, anybody can *file* a lawsuit about anything.
>>Why would he wish that certification carries a lot of clout? And who is it that expected it to?
Because he sympathizes with people who are finding it impossible to get started. Can't get a job without experience, can't get experience without a job. In today's market that's not just a cliche.
I don't think anybody expects a cert to carry a *lot* of cloat, but it would be nice if it carried enough for somebody to get started.
Don't know where you got that legal theory, but it doesn't seem to supported by evidence. Certain end users of msft sql server were sued because of mfst's patent violation. I've never of heard of that happening with FOSS.
IANAL, JMHO, etc.
The only time that I know of end users being sued for a patent violation, was in the case of msft's sql server.
Why do they think that FOSS is more suseptable than proprietary?
Unless, they are afraid of a particular propriety software company, which has been filing about 10 patents a week lately (almost all for stuff they didn't invent).
Linux jobs could be going through the roof for all I know, but the apparent "research" done for that article is absolute cr@p.
Counting the job postings on Dice? Please. This could be due to nothing more than Dice negotiating some special contracts with a few big companies.
Anybody every notice that big defense contractors, and a few other institutions absolutely flood those job boards lately? Often posting over 100 jobs in a day just for one city.
I live near Aurora Colorado, good sized Ratheon installation there. If the number of jobs posted just on hotjobs is any clue, then Ratheon must be hirering about 150 new people every day. On Dice, it Lockheed that floods the job boards.
I don't know what kind of games they're playing, or what of deals are made; but you'd have to an idiot to think all of those advertised jobs are for real.
Besides that, is Linux a *primary* qualification? Or is just one the many, many, qualifications that are typically thrown in along with everything else but the kitchen sink?
And, most importantly of all, what is the ratio of new positons vs the number of people flooding into the field?
It's been over 20 years since I read it, but I think the story is called "Amazons." Space ship pilots have to have their hearts replaced with mechanical pumps, and they lose their pulse.
In some case, it messes up their normal rythems - like when are ready to fall asleep or wake up.
Scox has been calling themselves the "Owner of the UNIX operating system" for over a year. OpenGroup seems to be okay with it.
I don't think I could make a soft drink called Pepsi-beverage without getting permission from Pepsi. I'm sure USL violates OpenGroup's trademark, but it doesn't seem like OpenGroups wants to do anything.
I'd use it. IMO multimedia for linux absolutely sucks.
I'm not here to bash linux. I'm using debian/sarge right now. But I also use windows on the same machine. When it comes to multimedia, there is no comparison, windows wins in a slam-dunk.