Additionaly your job options on the other side of service would be pretty good, and really you can't beat 20 years of work for a lifetime of retirement pay.
THere is definately a lot of BS you have to put up with, but it's the same in the private sector.
If you find that against your grain, you could go with the Peace COrp. It seems that you would have the qualification to get into it. There isn't much money on it, but I would bet the work is rewarding.
You will always spend the money you make. Now how you do that is entirely up to you.
My advice is this...
1.) Always take the free money. ie invest at least as much as your employer matches. I personally put %20 of my income into various funds. I started this process as soon as I started my current job. THe money has never been there as far as I am concerned, but it is there and the amount that I put in (myself) is still less than the amount that is there due to the match, even in this down economy. I am somewhat happy to see the economy at it's current level because I am buying now and I can't touch the goods for 32 years. Growth will return, even if it isn't soon.
2.) Live within your means. This was the hardest for me to learn, and I only started doing it because I let my wife have the checkbook. We don't live without frills, we drive a somewhat nice new car, not extravagent (it was under 30K). We try not to eat out all the time (which for many years was one of our largest expenditures of spending money). Also I try not to keep up with the Jones. My computer is modest (sub-GHZ) but I have 4 of them, almost all put together because people wanted to get rid of parts because they purchased bigger and better systems. I don't want to be on the bleeding edge of technology because that is where all the overhead is.
3. Buy a home. Don't flush money down the drain. You get absoluting nothing but use of the roof that way. There is no excuse (save bad credit) that you should not be able to get into something right now. (unless you live in the Bay area then you hosed) Intrest rates are so low it's almost sick, it won't last. GO now.
4. Make smart financial decisions. Think for a couple seconds before you spend money. This is not the era where ti grows on trees (webs either). Chances are that you will NOT become wealthy over night (and if I figure it out I won t be telling you how;-)) You have to have perserverence and make sacrafices.
5. Keep a positive attitude. No one wants to hire a whiner.
6. Reinvest in your education. The time to go to school is in a recession.
I don't know how well the simpsons will translate to the big screen. Part of what is so groovy and wonderful about the show is the seeming randomness of it. There are little plot consistancies, but there is not a single focus or drive behind the series. It is a combination of many things and an excellent reflection of all the things that are right and wrong with America.
I predict that when the movie start coming out, the simpson will jump the shark. Not a bad run, really.
I understand and appreciate your scientific approach towards cooking and find your show terribly entertaining. How did you come to your current understanding of cooking. Was it trial and error? Is your educational background in food or science? Can you reccomend any other reading materials as a must have, besides of course your own book (on my Amazon wish list awaiting an Angel)?
Set up your second computer using DHCP and then hardcode the numbers it gives. It's almost as good as static. So long as you don't power off for too long your address shouldn't chqange. PLus the DHCP server doesn't seem to mind if you milk more than one ip address (I think we had 5 at one time once) and as far as I can tell we have never been charged for additional IPs. I don't think their functional system is tied to the billing system. They expect you to be on the honor system with extra IPs.
Look to see if your state has a government run employment site. Here is Washington state we have a site that I have found useful while looking for a job last year (it is how I found my current position).
Monster and Hotjobs I found to be a joke and when I was enemployed after quiting my job last February (in what I thought at the time to be a good markey). Neither site even resulted in a single interview, much less even a call. My state site provided a number of calls, as well as a couple of interviews and even a job (two actually I ended up turning one down after accepting this position).
Most of all I wish you luck, and to keep your chin up. A positive attitude will get you a lot farther than you might think.
Commerce goes marching on. Besides this is a potential revenue source for geeks with project management skills. That could very well be your Custom Business book.
Man, I hope they find a lot of good child actors. With the exception of the sixth Sence and the City of Lost Children I have yet to see an excellent job done by a child filling a more adult personality.
> You pounded away at how these features *DEFAULT TO OFF*. My counterargument was that in Windows, "NO" doesn't necessarily mean "NO", and various stuff has ended up being executed without the end-user being asked.
Yes, they are off. The door of your house is locked at night while you sleep as well. Who is this keeping out? HOnest non-destructive criminals? Should we not have doors or windows installed in our house becasue of security.
>I remember the days of BBS's when it was *POUNDED* into people not to download and execute every program you came across. Yet today, webpages *DEMAND* that you download their code and *EXECUTE* it.
I wish people learn that with emails.
> In linux one of the basic principles of security is not to run unnecessary public services. SWF is one that any web page can access, I don't want to run it any more than I want to run ftpd or httpd. What's "Luddite" about that ?
On a production Machine, I can see your point. Flash has no place on a production machine. It is made for the end-user. Joe User. Life (both professional and personal) has taught me that MOST end-users don't understand what is going on. As Eagalitarian as it would be to take the time and educated every one of them, it is a massively impractical maybe immpossible struggle. Pop up's and techinal jargon are not for these people.
WHen I did technical support I found that there are usually 2 types of Joe user. The ones who just always click OK without reading the dialouge box, and the ones that have a panic attack over every time one pops up. I have seen very little middle ground. Users want things to be pretty and fuctional. Flash (when done right) supplies both of these. Why I say your view is Luddite is that it refuses to give way to "innovation". Or change.
> That last part is absolute bull. On a small number of sites, a 3D-VRML plugin is nice. At sites like http://www.joecartoon.com [joecartoon.com] shockwave is actually useful. At 95% of webpages, it's not really necessary. Not being able to get into the Bell Canada [www.bce.ca] website without Flash is an obscenity. I notice that they do do offer a by-pass for registered shareholers who want to vote online. Web designers take this too personally, and don't allow bypass options often enough.
I agree whole heartedly that most of it is tripe, but I cannot imagine a web without flash. Joe Cartoon and other web memes (all your base, sodaplay, odd todd) are part of the culture of the internet. I think it usually sucks when used for navigations and given the choice I almost always take the HTML version.
So when did this turn into a discussion on Windows? I totally understand the flaws inhertent to Windows, and therefore do not run it in any sort of server configuration. But that is not what this conversation is regarding. Your slipping down the slope (as the logicians like to say).
Owning a computer is a security risk. So is going outside. Someone (wrench kiddie?) can go an cut the brakeline in your car, does that stop you from driving? You use/do these things out of convenience and an inherent desire to better the quality of your life.
Your arguement is flawed because it works off an almost Luddite fear of an unknown. I will not deny that this feature poses some sort of a security risk, but what feature doesn't in some way. This offers a benefit to the user and just as any other innovation (say computer networking, for example) someone will probably find a way to expolit it. Does this mean we stop inventing, adapting or changing?
We have this conversation due to innovations and changes. To get all worked up about this is futile. If you can't handle the risk, don't run the program. It's the same with anything. I don't have a webcam, I could care less. If you are worried about people spying on you, you don't take that sort of risk.
This really isn't the big deal it's been made out to be. Now the RIAA, THAT is a big deal. People making CDs that blow up your iMac, that's a big deal. Video Games being deemed "not free speech" is a big deal. Being able to share the output of your Webcam and Microphone through Flash is definately not a big deal.
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You know, I can't even read my own handwriting on regular paper, what good is it going to do if i can download my my own chickenscratch?
Thats why I went to typeing in the first place.
01110011 01110111 01100101 01100101 01110100 00100001 00000000
I watched the flash animation for about 5 minutes the other day, and the darn thing STILL didn't get all the little pieces of crud.
I hope the ai programmer on the robot is better than the flash animator.
I hear they are looking for a few good geeks.
You would get to travel, quite a bit.
Additionaly your job options on the other side of service would be pretty good, and really you can't beat 20 years of work for a lifetime of retirement pay.
THere is definately a lot of BS you have to put up with, but it's the same in the private sector.
If you find that against your grain, you could go with the Peace COrp. It seems that you would have the qualification to get into it. There isn't much money on it, but I would bet the work is rewarding.
Yeah, I think that it is comparable to the military spending $3000 bucks on a toliet seat.
But I get a lot more enjoyment out of my toliet seat than I do out of most hollywood movies.
I don't know what is worse, to be materialistic in the meat world or to spend your meat money to be materialisitc in the the game world.
I wish the Everquest world had a white collar prison.
Actually, no. I don't even care that much.
You will always spend the money you make. Now how you do that is entirely up to you.
;-)) You have to have perserverence and make sacrafices.
My advice is this...
1.) Always take the free money. ie invest at least as much as your employer matches. I personally put %20 of my income into various funds. I started this process as soon as I started my current job. THe money has never been there as far as I am concerned, but it is there and the amount that I put in (myself) is still less than the amount that is there due to the match, even in this down economy. I am somewhat happy to see the economy at it's current level because I am buying now and I can't touch the goods for 32 years. Growth will return, even if it isn't soon.
2.) Live within your means. This was the hardest for me to learn, and I only started doing it because I let my wife have the checkbook. We don't live without frills, we drive a somewhat nice new car, not extravagent (it was under 30K). We try not to eat out all the time (which for many years was one of our largest expenditures of spending money). Also I try not to keep up with the Jones. My computer is modest (sub-GHZ) but I have 4 of them, almost all put together because people wanted to get rid of parts because they purchased bigger and better systems. I don't want to be on the bleeding edge of technology because that is where all the overhead is.
3. Buy a home. Don't flush money down the drain. You get absoluting nothing but use of the roof that way. There is no excuse (save bad credit) that you should not be able to get into something right now. (unless you live in the Bay area then you hosed) Intrest rates are so low it's almost sick, it won't last. GO now.
4. Make smart financial decisions. Think for a couple seconds before you spend money. This is not the era where ti grows on trees (webs either). Chances are that you will NOT become wealthy over night (and if I figure it out I won
t be telling you how
5. Keep a positive attitude. No one wants to hire a whiner.
6. Reinvest in your education. The time to go to school is in a recession.
I don't know how well the simpsons will translate to the big screen. Part of what is so groovy and wonderful about the show is the seeming randomness of it. There are little plot consistancies, but there is not a single focus or drive behind the series. It is a combination of many things and an excellent reflection of all the things that are right and wrong with America.
I predict that when the movie start coming out, the simpson will jump the shark. Not a bad run, really.
I am already tragically covered in Thetans. :-)
AB,
I understand and appreciate your scientific approach towards cooking and find your show terribly entertaining. How did you come to your current understanding of cooking. Was it trial and error? Is your educational background in food or science? Can you reccomend any other reading materials as a must have, besides of course your own book (on my Amazon wish list awaiting an Angel)?
Thank you,
The installer came into my computer room, looked around and saw the 5 computers along with myriad of parts and pieces and said...
"I'm betting that you don't want me to touch anything in here."
He put the jack in the wall, handed us a piece of paper and left.
It was pretty humorous.
They must give you a discount for being next door neighbors with the CO. I couldn't get 6Mbit down on my phone lines if I had six seperate lines.
Set up your second computer using DHCP and then hardcode the numbers it gives. It's almost as good as static. So long as you don't power off for too long your address shouldn't chqange. PLus the DHCP server doesn't seem to mind if you milk more than one ip address (I think we had 5 at one time once) and as far as I can tell we have never been charged for additional IPs. I don't think their functional system is tied to the billing system. They expect you to be on the honor system with extra IPs.
-1?
Pull your head out moderators.
THose are two of the only car companies that have diesel engines on the American Market.
I don't feel my comment to be offtopic or flamebait.
My signature however is.
Even if it is cheap it's not worth me driving a Volkswagen. Maybe an old Benz, but even that would be pushing it.
I can see that coloring your outlook.
Fair enough!
I suppose the real second place would be remodeling your kitchen, and you could make it the first by equipping it with a workstation.
Are you joking?
My kitchen Aide has more torque than my Black and Decker drill does.
Additionally you need to eat every day, whereas you don't really NEED to use power tools everyday (unless thats your occupation).
S'okay man, >I thought it was funny.
I'll probably get moderated down too, but what the hell.
Look to see if your state has a government run employment site. Here is Washington state we have a site that I have found useful while looking for a job last year (it is how I found my current position).
Monster and Hotjobs I found to be a joke and when I was enemployed after quiting my job last February (in what I thought at the time to be a good markey). Neither site even resulted in a single interview, much less even a call. My state site provided a number of calls, as well as a couple of interviews and even a job (two actually I ended up turning one down after accepting this position).
Most of all I wish you luck, and to keep your chin up. A positive attitude will get you a lot farther than you might think.
Unemployment in May 2002 was 5.8%
This is not the great depression.
Commerce goes marching on. Besides this is a potential revenue source for geeks with project management skills. That could very well be your Custom Business book.
I feel that it is very applicable.
who DOESN'T want RJ-45 in the bathroom?
Man, I hope they find a lot of good child actors. With the exception of the sixth Sence and the City of Lost Children I have yet to see an excellent job done by a child filling a more adult personality.
Is that why my ping spiked....?
> You pounded away at how these features *DEFAULT TO OFF*. My counterargument was that in Windows, "NO" doesn't necessarily mean "NO", and various stuff has ended up being executed without the end-user being asked.
Yes, they are off. The door of your house is locked at night while you sleep as well. Who is this keeping out? HOnest non-destructive criminals? Should we not have doors or windows installed in our house becasue of security.
>I remember the days of BBS's when it was *POUNDED* into people not to download and execute every program you came across. Yet today, webpages *DEMAND* that you download their code and *EXECUTE* it.
I wish people learn that with emails.
> In linux one of the basic principles of security is not to run unnecessary public services. SWF is one that any web page can access, I don't want to run it any more than I want to run ftpd or httpd. What's "Luddite" about that ?
On a production Machine, I can see your point. Flash has no place on a production machine. It is made for the end-user. Joe User. Life (both professional and personal) has taught me that MOST end-users don't understand what is going on. As Eagalitarian as it would be to take the time and educated every one of them, it is a massively impractical maybe immpossible struggle. Pop up's and techinal jargon are not for these people.
WHen I did technical support I found that there are usually 2 types of Joe user. The ones who just always click OK without reading the dialouge box, and the ones that have a panic attack over every time one pops up. I have seen very little middle ground. Users want things to be pretty and fuctional. Flash (when done right) supplies both of these. Why I say your view is Luddite is that it refuses to give way to "innovation". Or change.
> That last part is absolute bull. On a small number of sites, a 3D-VRML plugin is nice. At sites like http://www.joecartoon.com [joecartoon.com] shockwave is actually useful. At 95% of webpages, it's not really necessary. Not being able to get into the Bell Canada [www.bce.ca] website without Flash is an obscenity. I notice that they do do offer a by-pass for registered shareholers who want to vote online. Web designers take this too personally, and don't allow bypass options often enough.
I agree whole heartedly that most of it is tripe, but I cannot imagine a web without flash. Joe Cartoon and other web memes (all your base, sodaplay, odd todd) are part of the culture of the internet. I think it usually sucks when used for navigations and given the choice I almost always take the HTML version.
So when did this turn into a discussion on Windows? I totally understand the flaws inhertent to Windows, and therefore do not run it in any sort of server configuration. But that is not what this conversation is regarding. Your slipping down the slope (as the logicians like to say).
Owning a computer is a security risk. So is going outside. Someone (wrench kiddie?) can go an cut the brakeline in your car, does that stop you from driving? You use/do these things out of convenience and an inherent desire to better the quality of your life.
Your arguement is flawed because it works off an almost Luddite fear of an unknown. I will not deny that this feature poses some sort of a security risk, but what feature doesn't in some way. This offers a benefit to the user and just as any other innovation (say computer networking, for example) someone will probably find a way to expolit it. Does this mean we stop inventing, adapting or changing?
We have this conversation due to innovations and changes. To get all worked up about this is futile. If you can't handle the risk, don't run the program. It's the same with anything. I don't have a webcam, I could care less. If you are worried about people spying on you, you don't take that sort of risk.
This really isn't the big deal it's been made out to be. Now the RIAA, THAT is a big deal. People making CDs that blow up your iMac, that's a big deal. Video Games being deemed "not free speech" is a big deal. Being able to share the output of your Webcam and Microphone through Flash is definately not a big deal.