The debates are a farce. The U.S. political system is a farce. Dems? Farce. GOP? Farce.
The answer is clear. Of our two current choices, none are good. We must find another choice.
When Nader speaks, I hear him telling the truth, at least as he sees it. That makes him the only candidate worth of election.
I don't agree with everything he says; he's too liberal. On the other hand, our nation needs a good hard shove in the liberal direction right about now.
The Bush administration has set new ground rules for dealing with terrorist suspects. I wouldn't normally condone waterboarding, but since they have no problem with it, let's strap the bastards down.
I'd love to hear GWB crying for momma Bush as the American people give him his just desserts.
When I think about the damage Bushco has done to millions of people, it seems fair to let each one of us have a lash at them.
I'm not talking about overthrowing the government - they already did that. I'm talking about defending our country by eliminating the aggressors.
You're right. The amount of money she made has no bearing on on what here rights are, but it does have something to do with what a rotten bitch I think she is./imo
WTF? Operating systems are supposed to have two interfaces - an API and a DDI. MS fails at both.
Their technical problems are directly related to their legal problems. They can't be a neutral vendor of systems code while they're competing in the apps market.
Sure, Linux can be a pain in the ass to support, but usually it's a relatively simple build issue. And part of the pain is overly tight control of source code. With MS, there's simply no insurance that your technology will work with theirs.
For anyone who hasn't been paying attention for the last two decades, MS IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
You already said it, so I'll just second the thought. When there's only one way to look at the web, the web is dead.
I use Firefox primarily because of a few plugins I use a lot. Konqueror seems to be a better renderer and its UI blows everything else out of the water.
I keep hearing about something called Internet Explorer, but it seems to be less of a browser than a vector for malware.
Pointy-haired-bosses used to say that the browser wars are over and MS won. They have no idea how wrong they were.
My comcast connection just did 15.5 Mbit/s on the speedmatters test but it's just the result of comcast's traffic shaping policy. For a sustained transfer, the speed would be half that.
A 4-way intersection in my neck of the woods was the site of many fatal crashes.
Finally, they changed it to a 4-way stop. Problem solved. Unfortunately, the local cops saw it as an opportunity to write tickets.
They wrote me up one night. Some rookie cop hiding behind a lumber pile claimed I didn't make a COMPLETE stop. I say I did. Regardless, there was no other car and there was no danger.
I fought the charge in court. The officer didn't even show up. As far as the magistrate knew, I was guilty of blowing straight through the intersection and risking lives.
The magistrate reduced my punishment (including insurance surcharges) from $1200 to $1180 and and went home feeling that he had protected the public.
The only thing that happened that night is that some phony-baloney government people justified their existence by stealing money and time from me.
"...invitees to the Academy Awards show are explicitly told they cannot sell or give their tickets away."
What does "explicitly told" mean? It doesn't sound like a binding contract. Why don't they issue tickets that say non-transferable right on them and require id at the door?
"If you don't know who's inside the theater, it's very difficult to provide security," Quinto said.
If you're too stupid to keep a list of the people you've invited, with their ticket numbers, then providing security will indeed be difficult.
not necessarily. If you can, be professional and treat the documents as (at least somewhat) confidential. Maybe you are willing to discuss a program listing with them, but that the copy you bring leaves with you.
If you cannot show them work from your previous jobs, show them projects from college or ask for a test.
Anyway, I suspect that you're dwelling on this issue. Work around it as much as needed.
Demand that the bulk of your time interviewing is with the people with whom you will work. If you suspect that it isn't the case, then you could be facing a fucked company and you should stay away.
A previous poster raised an excellent point about seeing some of *their* code. It's far more relevant to the issue at hand - your working there. That's what my company does when they interview. They hired me, but after a while they didn't think I was so hot at the job. To be fair, they might be right. Interviews are always sketchy. But that brings me to my next point.
Don't be afraid to sell whatever skills you possess beside programming. If you're good with spoken language, systems administration, or a soldering iron, sell it... if it's at all relevant. My company hired me partly because I offered them some ancillary skills. As it turned out, they and I are relying on them to maintain our relationship.
Find a way to be interested in the job in ways that don't involve programming. Skateboard makers have programmers. If you happen to love skateboarding and you see an ad for some job that's connected to that industry, consider pursuing it aggressively. Jobs don't always turn out the way you expect, but if you *fit in* to a company you have a good chance of finding some happiness.
Oh, and here's a nice thing to do under certain circumstances. If you *really* think want the job, tell them that you would like to work for them for one week for no salary. You realize that it's too short a time to offer them much real value, but that it's worth the investment in your time and that it's the best way to show them what you have to offer.
As a college dropout (A's in CS, fsck philosophy), it was tough getting my foot in the door. One mistake I made along the way was letting a risk-taker scare me off with stories of sometimes having to work in boiler room type surroundings.
If it's good work, the atmosphere becomes almost invisible. Some of the best companies in history started in a garage and some of the worst started atop skyscrapers.
Try to explain the difference between religion, fact, and theory. Then move on to children's versions of the "good books". Allow her to make her own decisions but stress that she's also allowed to change her mind.
Finally, go back to point one; nobody knows. She's no better than someone who adopts an alternate view.
It would appear that the fat lady hasn't yet sung.
It wasn't a fair contest, so they didn't lose in the way a tennis player loses. They lost in the way a mugging victim loses. What you refer to as a business model is what I call organized crime.
Fashion has nothing to do with why we remember microsoft's bad deeds. With so many M$ fanboys running around, it's quite unfashionable. We remember them because as professionals and as consumers, *we* are still being punished by what they have done and *they* have yet to pay for it.
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The debates are a farce. The U.S. political system is a farce. Dems? Farce. GOP? Farce.
The answer is clear. Of our two current choices, none are good. We must find another choice.
When Nader speaks, I hear him telling the truth, at least as he sees it. That makes him the only candidate worth of election.
I don't agree with everything he says; he's too liberal. On the other hand, our nation needs a good hard shove in the liberal direction right about now.
Nader is the right person for the job.
the machine overloaded and took out the power grid.
The Bush administration has set new ground rules for dealing with terrorist suspects. I wouldn't normally condone waterboarding, but since they have no problem with it, let's strap the bastards down.
I'd love to hear GWB crying for momma Bush as the American people give him his just desserts.
When I think about the damage Bushco has done to millions of people, it seems fair to let each one of us have a lash at them.
I'm not talking about overthrowing the government - they already did that. I'm talking about defending our country by eliminating the aggressors.
They're robbing you. Satisfied?
You're right. The amount of money she made has no bearing on on what here rights are, but it does have something to do with what a rotten bitch I think she is. /imo
WTF? Operating systems are supposed to have two interfaces - an API and a DDI. MS fails at both.
Their technical problems are directly related to their legal problems. They can't be a neutral vendor of systems code while they're competing in the apps market.
Sure, Linux can be a pain in the ass to support, but usually it's a relatively simple build issue. And part of the pain is overly tight control of source code. With MS, there's simply no insurance that your technology will work with theirs.
For anyone who hasn't been paying attention for the last two decades, MS IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
You already said it, so I'll just second the thought. When there's only one way to look at the web, the web is dead.
I use Firefox primarily because of a few plugins I use a lot. Konqueror seems to be a better renderer and its UI blows everything else out of the water.
I keep hearing about something called Internet Explorer, but it seems to be less of a browser than a vector for malware.
Pointy-haired-bosses used to say that the browser wars are over and MS won. They have no idea how wrong they were.
Same here.
One day, when Yahoo was still king, I was having bad luck finding results. I had tried all the search engines I knew about.. Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc.
Finally I asked Jeeves for the "best web search" and he recommended Google. Well done, Jeeves!
I didn't say *what* shape :)
My comcast connection just did 15.5 Mbit/s on the speedmatters test but it's just the result of comcast's traffic shaping policy. For a sustained transfer, the speed would be half that.
"EVs make the best sports cars, period."
As long as the sport isn't racing.
Here's my best anecdotal response to your post.
A 4-way intersection in my neck of the woods was the site of many fatal crashes.
Finally, they changed it to a 4-way stop. Problem solved. Unfortunately, the local cops saw it as an opportunity to write tickets.
They wrote me up one night. Some rookie cop hiding behind a lumber pile claimed I didn't make a COMPLETE stop. I say I did. Regardless, there was no other car and there was no danger.
I fought the charge in court. The officer didn't even show up. As far as the magistrate knew, I was guilty of blowing straight through the intersection and risking lives.
The magistrate reduced my punishment (including insurance surcharges) from $1200 to $1180 and and went home feeling that he had protected the public.
The only thing that happened that night is that some phony-baloney government people justified their existence by stealing money and time from me.
Funny, Insightful, understatement of the century.
The PRC makes GWB look as tame as Adolph Hitler.
11.68B is their profit for a single quarter.
Their markup is 4x what you're claiming.
Seriously? If those *expletive deleted*s in congress cared to hear from us they wouldn't be considering such a move in the first place.
The U.S. is literally sick in the head. It's about time we chop it off and grow a new one.
We should start by holding Bush/Cheney accountable for their crimes and punishing them appropriately, i.e. execute them.
"...invitees to the Academy Awards show are explicitly told they cannot sell or give their tickets away."
What does "explicitly told" mean? It doesn't sound like a binding contract. Why don't they issue tickets that say non-transferable right on them and require id at the door?
"If you don't know who's inside the theater, it's very difficult to provide security," Quinto said.
If you're too stupid to keep a list of the people you've invited, with their ticket numbers, then providing security will indeed be difficult.
Typical Hollywood idiocy.
not necessarily. If you can, be professional and treat the documents as (at least somewhat) confidential. Maybe you are willing to discuss a program listing with them, but that the copy you bring leaves with you.
If you cannot show them work from your previous jobs, show them projects from college or ask for a test.
Anyway, I suspect that you're dwelling on this issue. Work around it as much as needed.
Demand that the bulk of your time interviewing is with the people with whom you will work. If you suspect that it isn't the case, then you could be facing a fucked company and you should stay away.
A previous poster raised an excellent point about seeing some of *their* code. It's far more relevant to the issue at hand - your working there. That's what my company does when they interview. They hired me, but after a while they didn't think I was so hot at the job. To be fair, they might be right. Interviews are always sketchy. But that brings me to my next point.
Don't be afraid to sell whatever skills you possess beside programming. If you're good with spoken language, systems administration, or a soldering iron, sell it... if it's at all relevant. My company hired me partly because I offered them some ancillary skills. As it turned out, they and I are relying on them to maintain our relationship.
Find a way to be interested in the job in ways that don't involve programming. Skateboard makers have programmers. If you happen to love skateboarding and you see an ad for some job that's connected to that industry, consider pursuing it aggressively. Jobs don't always turn out the way you expect, but if you *fit in* to a company you have a good chance of finding some happiness.
Oh, and here's a nice thing to do under certain circumstances. If you *really* think want the job, tell them that you would like to work for them for one week for no salary. You realize that it's too short a time to offer them much real value, but that it's worth the investment in your time and that it's the best way to show them what you have to offer.
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Hell, I didn't even see the Indians!
And therein lies the horrible though that crossed my mind when I read the headline. "Those scumbag riaa bastards have put a guy on the bench."
He *might* serve five years, then go back to the riaa for giant buckos.
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Damned weed, three pokes and I figured Iraq might turn into another Vietnam.
As a college dropout (A's in CS, fsck philosophy), it was tough getting my foot in the door. One mistake I made along the way was letting a risk-taker scare me off with stories of sometimes having to work in boiler room type surroundings.
If it's good work, the atmosphere becomes almost invisible. Some of the best companies in history started in a garage and some of the worst started atop skyscrapers.
Nobody knows.
Try to explain the difference between religion, fact, and theory. Then move on to children's versions of the "good books". Allow her to make her own decisions but stress that she's also allowed to change her mind.
Finally, go back to point one; nobody knows. She's no better than someone who adopts an alternate view.
"...they lost. Boohoo, get over it."
It would appear that the fat lady hasn't yet sung.
It wasn't a fair contest, so they didn't lose in the way a tennis player loses. They lost in the way a mugging victim loses. What you refer to as a business model is what I call organized crime.
Fashion has nothing to do with why we remember microsoft's bad deeds. With so many M$ fanboys running around, it's quite unfashionable. We remember them because as professionals and as consumers, *we* are still being punished by what they have done and *they* have yet to pay for it.
But i'm not watching them. Thanks Adblock!