Something well made will last for many generations... a fact we've forgotten in modern society with throw-away everything and a new model every year. My neighbor purchased a circular saw in 1946 after he got back from WWII. When he passed away a few years ago, his widow gave it to me and I still use it regularly. I wouldn't be surprised if it still works when it turns 100.
I imagine that nuclear plants pay a little less per watt than most other industries do. Power probably isn't as big of a concern here (especially considering the other costs involved with running a nuke plant).
Considering you can still buy a brand new 486 today (although it's a little more difficult at the consumer level), I don't think it will be a problem as long as there's demand. Sure, prices might go up as you become the only customer for those parts, but someone somewhere will gladly take your money for them.
It's actually not too hard to keep stuff running for decades as long as you can still source replacement parts. The main reason there's not a lot of Model T's and Model A's on the road is because newer cars are significantly better... not because it's impossible to keep a Model A running. If anything, it's probably easier to keep a Model A running yourself than a 2013 Honda Civic just because you know every little detail about the Model A and how it works, what its quirks are and it's generally just simpler.
Why do you change the oil in your car if it still runs fine? Why do you eat when you're not starving? Maintenance is generally just as much about keeping something running as it is about fixing something that's broken.
It's a townhouse. Picture six tiny houses (with the basement and garage being the ground level floor) in a row and then squash them together into one building, each with it's own garage on the front and deck on the back. Nonetheless, it's still a rented apartment with all of the limitations of such (paint is the most permanent change we can make).
It would be much nicer if it were my mom's basement and garage. Either one is twice the size of my entire apartment.
My apartment is in a cellular dead spot. My landline only has two ports... one in the kitchen and one in the master bedroom. It would really suck if I couldn't use the phone in the living, garage, basement or office without having a long-ass cord getting tangled on everything. So maybe cordless phones do have a purpose after all.
I think he means the "so we should expect" part is sexist because it makes an assumption about what males will do simply because they're male. I don't think he has a problem with the "Slashdot is mostly read by males" part.
It's a generalization that drops specific details that are irrelevant to the point of the anecdote. Especially since the 480 hour internship requirement applied to all of the different IT-related Bachelors degrees offered where I went to school.
What the fuck is an "Anonymous Coward"? If I saw "Anonymous Coward" on a resume, I'd drop it into the trash without laughing.
My internship was 60% doing the stuff that regular employees would have otherwise done but were good learning experiences for me and 40% special projects and research that my boss specifically designed for my education that may or may not have benefited the company but definitely would not have been done without an intern. If an internship is done properly for the benefit of the intern, then it's worth doing it unpaid. If it's just treated as a low-cost, low-skill employee then it should be treated as such.
" The part I'm really missing is if everybody wanted a paid internship why would anybody accept an unpaid one?"
Let's try an analogy. Your office has 50 workers (people looking for internships). Someone brings in donuts. There's 20 frosted donuts (paid internships) and 20 plain donuts (unpaid internships). All of those 50 works want frosted donuts. The end result is that 20 people get the frosted donuts, 20 more settle for plain because it's better than nothing and the last 10 people just don't end up with one at all because it's a limited quantity.
"There are plenty of paid internships out there already"
That's a pretty broad statement that ignores a number of facts, such as: 1) Not every field has paid internships 2) Not every field has internships readily available 3) Not every location has companies nearby willing to take on interns (think small cities and rural areas) 4) Not every paid internship is flexible enough to be viable 5) Not every internship meets the educational requirements some schools have for it to count
My internship cost me around $6000 between tuition and commuting. I was reimbursed for mileage spent on the job, but was otherwise unpaid (save for the odd case of Heineken the company president shared when we had to work late). It took up 50 hours a week, which I couldn't use to get a job to pay all of the above plus those little luxuries of life like food and rent. I basically financed everything on a credit card during my internship and a few minor freelance gigs I could land, which really hurt me financially for a couple of years. The only upside to the internship is that because it counted as part of school, student loans weren't due until 6 months after the internship ended by which time I already had a job.
In spite of all that, I think unpaid internships should still be an option because they do work great for a lot of people that can live with their parents or have other income. However, I wouldn't be opposed to there being a separate minimum wage for interns and underage kids - something just high enough to cover the cost of commuting, required clothing and other job-related expenses that employers don't normally pay employees extra for.
1) Get a self-propelled mower 2) Sink a pole into the middle of your lawn 3) Tie a rope from the one side of the mower to the pole 4) Tape the mower handle down so it goes on its own
The rope will keep it going in circles around the pole. Each lap, the rope will wrap around the pole, causing the mower to spiral inwards, cutting nice clean circles of grass until it reaches the center. At that time, put down your lemonade and turn off the mower.
Right after I hit submit, I had a feeling I should have used Y as the variable...
You could argue that without the 9th, the Gov might be more willing to say "If it's not in the Constitution, it's not a right". However, it's ambiguity makes it simultaneously easier to find a historic situation that may have led to it and more difficult to defend why that historic situation may have led to it. Gotta admit, of the the first ten amendments, the 9th is the only one I've never really paid any attention to (at least the third is crystal clear as to why it exists from any history book).
Pretty much the entire Constitution and Bill of Rights was a result of the Founding Daddies correcting what they thought was wrong with existing governments at the time. So if you ever need to find out what it would be like without Amendment X, just crack open a history book.
Might as well start out with the free edition for now and put off the expense of Standard until he's ready to start learning that much. I administered a SQL Server box at my last job with my only prior database experience being in Access... it's enough for you to learn the very basics of databases.
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Something well made will last for many generations... a fact we've forgotten in modern society with throw-away everything and a new model every year. My neighbor purchased a circular saw in 1946 after he got back from WWII. When he passed away a few years ago, his widow gave it to me and I still use it regularly. I wouldn't be surprised if it still works when it turns 100.
I imagine that nuclear plants pay a little less per watt than most other industries do. Power probably isn't as big of a concern here (especially considering the other costs involved with running a nuke plant).
Considering you can still buy a brand new 486 today (although it's a little more difficult at the consumer level), I don't think it will be a problem as long as there's demand. Sure, prices might go up as you become the only customer for those parts, but someone somewhere will gladly take your money for them.
It's actually not too hard to keep stuff running for decades as long as you can still source replacement parts. The main reason there's not a lot of Model T's and Model A's on the road is because newer cars are significantly better... not because it's impossible to keep a Model A running. If anything, it's probably easier to keep a Model A running yourself than a 2013 Honda Civic just because you know every little detail about the Model A and how it works, what its quirks are and it's generally just simpler.
Why do you change the oil in your car if it still runs fine? Why do you eat when you're not starving? Maintenance is generally just as much about keeping something running as it is about fixing something that's broken.
"Just because they weigh a hundred times more doesn't mean they are a hundred times more reliable."
But it is a hundred times more satisfying to shove it off a building when it misbehaves. At least, that's how it works with copiers.
It's a townhouse. Picture six tiny houses (with the basement and garage being the ground level floor) in a row and then squash them together into one building, each with it's own garage on the front and deck on the back. Nonetheless, it's still a rented apartment with all of the limitations of such (paint is the most permanent change we can make).
It would be much nicer if it were my mom's basement and garage. Either one is twice the size of my entire apartment.
My apartment is in a cellular dead spot. My landline only has two ports... one in the kitchen and one in the master bedroom. It would really suck if I couldn't use the phone in the living, garage, basement or office without having a long-ass cord getting tangled on everything. So maybe cordless phones do have a purpose after all.
I think he means the "so we should expect" part is sexist because it makes an assumption about what males will do simply because they're male. I don't think he has a problem with the "Slashdot is mostly read by males" part.
"Make it easier for low quality patents to be re-examined and rejected by the patent office."
Who determines if a patent is "low quality"? A certain low quality congress critter?
It's a generalization that drops specific details that are irrelevant to the point of the anecdote. Especially since the 480 hour internship requirement applied to all of the different IT-related Bachelors degrees offered where I went to school.
What the fuck is an "Anonymous Coward"? If I saw "Anonymous Coward" on a resume, I'd drop it into the trash without laughing.
My internship was 60% doing the stuff that regular employees would have otherwise done but were good learning experiences for me and 40% special projects and research that my boss specifically designed for my education that may or may not have benefited the company but definitely would not have been done without an intern. If an internship is done properly for the benefit of the intern, then it's worth doing it unpaid. If it's just treated as a low-cost, low-skill employee then it should be treated as such.
" The part I'm really missing is if everybody wanted a paid internship why would anybody accept an unpaid one?"
Let's try an analogy. Your office has 50 workers (people looking for internships). Someone brings in donuts. There's 20 frosted donuts (paid internships) and 20 plain donuts (unpaid internships). All of those 50 works want frosted donuts. The end result is that 20 people get the frosted donuts, 20 more settle for plain because it's better than nothing and the last 10 people just don't end up with one at all because it's a limited quantity.
For my Bachelors in IT, I had to do a 480 hour internship (12 weeks full-time), which I had to pay full-time tuition during.
Hey, now you have heard of this practice.
"There are plenty of paid internships out there already"
That's a pretty broad statement that ignores a number of facts, such as:
1) Not every field has paid internships
2) Not every field has internships readily available
3) Not every location has companies nearby willing to take on interns (think small cities and rural areas)
4) Not every paid internship is flexible enough to be viable
5) Not every internship meets the educational requirements some schools have for it to count
My internship cost me around $6000 between tuition and commuting. I was reimbursed for mileage spent on the job, but was otherwise unpaid (save for the odd case of Heineken the company president shared when we had to work late). It took up 50 hours a week, which I couldn't use to get a job to pay all of the above plus those little luxuries of life like food and rent. I basically financed everything on a credit card during my internship and a few minor freelance gigs I could land, which really hurt me financially for a couple of years. The only upside to the internship is that because it counted as part of school, student loans weren't due until 6 months after the internship ended by which time I already had a job.
In spite of all that, I think unpaid internships should still be an option because they do work great for a lot of people that can live with their parents or have other income. However, I wouldn't be opposed to there being a separate minimum wage for interns and underage kids - something just high enough to cover the cost of commuting, required clothing and other job-related expenses that employers don't normally pay employees extra for.
You people overthink everything.
1) Get a self-propelled mower
2) Sink a pole into the middle of your lawn
3) Tie a rope from the one side of the mower to the pole
4) Tape the mower handle down so it goes on its own
The rope will keep it going in circles around the pole. Each lap, the rope will wrap around the pole, causing the mower to spiral inwards, cutting nice clean circles of grass until it reaches the center. At that time, put down your lemonade and turn off the mower.
**Works best on lawns that are perfect circles.
You left out vacuuming the floor and providing a mobile bed for the cat
Right after I hit submit, I had a feeling I should have used Y as the variable...
You could argue that without the 9th, the Gov might be more willing to say "If it's not in the Constitution, it's not a right". However, it's ambiguity makes it simultaneously easier to find a historic situation that may have led to it and more difficult to defend why that historic situation may have led to it. Gotta admit, of the the first ten amendments, the 9th is the only one I've never really paid any attention to (at least the third is crystal clear as to why it exists from any history book).
And then they'll arrest you as soon as you get there. This way, the government saves a couple gallons of gas and keeps taxes low!
"Where do these guys get their licenses"
I would guess Russia. Home of vodka, the AK-47, the Crazy Ivan and, if EA is to be believed, parachuting attack bears.
Pretty much the entire Constitution and Bill of Rights was a result of the Founding Daddies correcting what they thought was wrong with existing governments at the time. So if you ever need to find out what it would be like without Amendment X, just crack open a history book.
Not to be confused with T Rex, in which the only winning play is not to move.
Might as well start out with the free edition for now and put off the expense of Standard until he's ready to start learning that much. I administered a SQL Server box at my last job with my only prior database experience being in Access... it's enough for you to learn the very basics of databases.
At least we're not Britain. I mean, seriously, what kind of permissions is 007 for a spy?
It seems to work for Facebook. Let's just hope the US Government doesn't have an IPO, it could shatter the illusion of what it's actually worth.