I'm not joking. $11.91/hr to start? I assumed they would be paid minimum wage, like mcdonalds employees. I'm surprised they get paid so much to operate a cash register. Humorous that the article suggest they should be paid even more! Their badge may say genius, but in the end they're just cashiers.
In other news, office depot is paying their cashiers below the $11.91 baseline. Let's go protest!
I'm fairly sure you never heard of Central America before, so all is forgiven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America
Did you even read what you linked? Central America is not a continent, it's a subcontinent. While all those countries may be part of the Central America subcontinent, they're also part of North America.
I don't believe any of those were cell phones back then were they? AFAIK they were just pda's. The Windows CE phones were phones that also did other stuff. I suppose I did not specifically mention "phone" in my original post - sorry.
Microsoft was on of the first to the party. It is just that they sucked. I wish people would get a grip on this. Windows Phone 7 was not their first version of their phone OS! Microsoft was pushing Windows Mobile for many version before the rebranding and new UI! I am not even a hard core Microsoft hater. Windows 7 didn't suck, Microsoft Flight Simulator rocks, the XBox 360 is a great consol and has made them a pile of money. Windows Phone is a disaster.
Windows CE/PocketPC was pretty great to have around the turn of the century. Nobody was selling anything else close to it. Unfortunately, MS didn't do anything with it until they had already let competitors take the opportunity from them. Still, I enjoyed having a phone that would play mp3's and videos years before it was common.
"Sources close to Microsoft have told us that the software giant built Surface because it was unhappy with the way its traditional partners [such as HP and Dell] weren't innovating around its next-generation operating system."
I wonder why manufacturers might not be "innovating around" windows mobile, or whatever they call it these days. Because there isn't any demand...? Because MS is 5 years too late to the party...?
Having used a windows phone at the recent TechEd, I can't see the thing being terribly successful. There are a few nice features, but the tile interface is completely frustrating to manipulate. I thought "surface" was supposed to be something other than just a windows mobile tablet, no?
Being nice means being able and willing to lick anybody's ass. Even if it is bad decision.
I didn't actually say nice in my original post, but I think you and I have a different Idea of what being nice means. What you describe as nice, I would call being a brown noser. To me, having a suitable personality (as I originally put it) would be someone who is personable enough to communicate and bond with their team so they can work together effectively. Further they're going to have to be able to communicate effectively and cordially with both management and the customer.
Of course, but if your looking for well behaving guys, all you will got is guess what? Nice guys. It is jungle out there man, and there are two ways to compete:
1.Being nicer guy
2.Being better developer.
Guess what? 1) pays better (and is easier, you don't have to study, don't have to learn new things, don't have to read all the time, don't have to think..)
Guess what? You loose more because the nice guys will do anything and everything to throw away their real competition, the better developer. And usually they succeed. And usually the company goes belly up.
You misunderstand. If they are going to get the job they're going to have to be both. One or the other will not do. Go re-read my post. You may not think you posses both and that is fine, I wouldn't hire you. I have a team of such people already, so I can tell you with absolute certainty that there are people who have these necessary qualities.
There are lots of people having kids these days, i've read its like the 50s baby boom. both parents work but need to pick the kids up from school/day care.
if you really want to lure people other than onsite child care have a flexible work schedule allowing people to work from home. there is very little that i cannot do from home and a lot of times i'm more productive at home than in the office.
When you're out of work and bored, there is one "free" form of entertainment for couples... I suspect that's helping drive birth rates outside of IT (since "couple" is a requirement for this to be a reasonable idea).
... and you turn down *ANY* legitimate job offer that offers at least 80% of your previous job wages, then your benefits can be terminated, immediately. There's currently a bill in the pipe in Canada to reduce that percentage to, I think, 60%. Somebody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about the exact percentage.
Assuming the person reports that they turned the particular job offer, right? Or is there some mechanism in place to solve that problem, too?
Considering some of the people hired recently where I work, I would have to agree with this article. Things like personality, which is necessary to some degree depending on the job, are always considered highly above the genuine ability to do a job. People want those who they like around them, more than those that do their jobs.
I don't think that's such a bad thing. If you get a prick that does his job, at best he will upset your existing talented workers and at worst might drive some of them away. I look for suitable personality, ability and desire to problem solve and be creative, and third pre existing skill-sets (among a few other things) when I interview.
Even though I wrote it, this totally puts me in the mind of the Stan character from office space: "Look, we want you to express yourself, ok? If you think the bare minimum is enough, then ok. But some people choose to wear more [flair] and we encourage that, ok? You do want to express yourself, don't you?" Best movie ever, btw.
That costs money and would negatively affect short-term profit margins.
Seems a little redundant calling it specifically "short-term profit margins". All appearances indicate most companies are only concerning themselves with the short term lately.
Sometimes unemployment benefits, both the size and duration, are a better option than a good job at a good wage.
Of course that's exactly why the republicans are so against unemployment benefits (or any other form of government benefits). It simultaneously makes it harder to exploit workers, while also allowing unscrupulous people to sit on their bum.
If it was explicitely mentions in their robots.txt file, I assume it was done so to be excluded from robots.
More like having an unlocked door with a sign saying "Do not enter".
Yes, it was pretty damn stupid and very easy to avoid. That still doesn't make it okay for anybody to copy the data. If you see such security failures on a website, the right response is to inform the website owners. As I said; it's a strange sense of morals.
If those hackers get caught and fined, I assume the hackers will consider that an "idiot tax" as well. Afterall, they were idiotic enough to get caught.
After reading about the people behind anonymous getting sent to federal "pound me in the ass" prisons, I'm sure these guys will as well. They'll probably be in even more trouble since it was an extortion scam. The only thing I wonder is how long until that happens.
This again? Find me one person whose name was on the list and who was NOT already known to be an informant. Good luck. Finally, as to the original poster's point -how much different would it be from a) a corporation selling it to other corporations and governments, and b) if it is really as secure as they say - and they should release the code, who cares where it comes from?
I don't use facebook (or other social networks) either, however.... As much as I don't want corporations to be able to buy my information, it's preferable over the information being publicly available for free. If it's just posted on wikileaks for free, then scammers, identify thieves, script kiddies and everyone else (including corporations) can just grab it on a whim.
I don't see Microsoft doing particularly well with any product directly marketed to consumers except windows. Even then, the real selling point is primarily based on the monopoly (nothing else will run my games etc...). I think this is likely to be a blip just like windows phone was.
Who in their right mind would give private information to an organization that has made it's reputation on exposing private information to the public. Seems like a no brainer to avoid that site if you ask me.
They also like their propaganda, and beating the US to something this prestigious would do great things for national pride. Remember why the US went into the space race in the first place - because they couldn't let some bunch of dirty commies get there first.
Now days the dirty commies make just about everything we buy. We wouldn't want to offend them, else the shelves at Wallyworld and Apple stores everywhere could go bare!
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I'm not joking. $11.91/hr to start? I assumed they would be paid minimum wage, like mcdonalds employees. I'm surprised they get paid so much to operate a cash register. Humorous that the article suggest they should be paid even more! Their badge may say genius, but in the end they're just cashiers.
In other news, office depot is paying their cashiers below the $11.91 baseline. Let's go protest!
I'm fairly sure you never heard of Central America before, so all is forgiven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America
Did you even read what you linked? Central America is not a continent, it's a subcontinent. While all those countries may be part of the Central America subcontinent, they're also part of North America.
"Congressional staffers Poisoned the well," says citizen of the United States.
18-25 year olds don't think bad things could happen to them.
On the bright side an 18-25 year old probably doesn't have much worth stealing.
If they're in I.T. then they probably still have their virginity. You could steal that.
I don't believe any of those were cell phones back then were they? AFAIK they were just pda's. The Windows CE phones were phones that also did other stuff. I suppose I did not specifically mention "phone" in my original post - sorry.
Microsoft was on of the first to the party. It is just that they sucked. I wish people would get a grip on this. Windows Phone 7 was not their first version of their phone OS! Microsoft was pushing Windows Mobile for many version before the rebranding and new UI! I am not even a hard core Microsoft hater. Windows 7 didn't suck, Microsoft Flight Simulator rocks, the XBox 360 is a great consol and has made them a pile of money. Windows Phone is a disaster.
Windows CE/PocketPC was pretty great to have around the turn of the century. Nobody was selling anything else close to it. Unfortunately, MS didn't do anything with it until they had already let competitors take the opportunity from them.
Still, I enjoyed having a phone that would play mp3's and videos years before it was common.
"Sources close to Microsoft have told us that the software giant built Surface because it was unhappy with the way its traditional partners [such as HP and Dell] weren't innovating around its next-generation operating system."
I wonder why manufacturers might not be "innovating around" windows mobile, or whatever they call it these days. Because there isn't any demand...? Because MS is 5 years too late to the party...?
Having used a windows phone at the recent TechEd, I can't see the thing being terribly successful. There are a few nice features, but the tile interface is completely frustrating to manipulate. I thought "surface" was supposed to be something other than just a windows mobile tablet, no?
Being nice means being able and willing to lick anybody's ass. Even if it is bad decision.
I didn't actually say nice in my original post, but I think you and I have a different Idea of what being nice means. What you describe as nice, I would call being a brown noser. To me, having a suitable personality (as I originally put it) would be someone who is personable enough to communicate and bond with their team so they can work together effectively. Further they're going to have to be able to communicate effectively and cordially with both management and the customer.
Of course, but if your looking for well behaving guys, all you will got is guess what? Nice guys. It is jungle out there man, and there are two ways to compete: 1.Being nicer guy 2.Being better developer. Guess what? 1) pays better (and is easier, you don't have to study, don't have to learn new things, don't have to read all the time, don't have to think..) Guess what? You loose more because the nice guys will do anything and everything to throw away their real competition, the better developer. And usually they succeed. And usually the company goes belly up.
You misunderstand. If they are going to get the job they're going to have to be both. One or the other will not do. Go re-read my post. You may not think you posses both and that is fine, I wouldn't hire you. I have a team of such people already, so I can tell you with absolute certainty that there are people who have these necessary qualities.
Bingo. They've overstepped their jurisdiction, and need to be placed back in their box.
The RIAA doesn't have any jurisdiction. They're basically a gang like the bloods or the crips with a different agenda and larger bankroll.
Apply this to top 40 songs and turn them into music as well...
There are lots of people having kids these days, i've read its like the 50s baby boom. both parents work but need to pick the kids up from school/day care.
if you really want to lure people other than onsite child care have a flexible work schedule allowing people to work from home. there is very little that i cannot do from home and a lot of times i'm more productive at home than in the office.
When you're out of work and bored, there is one "free" form of entertainment for couples... I suspect that's helping drive birth rates outside of IT (since "couple" is a requirement for this to be a reasonable idea).
... and you turn down *ANY* legitimate job offer that offers at least 80% of your previous job wages, then your benefits can be terminated, immediately. There's currently a bill in the pipe in Canada to reduce that percentage to, I think, 60%. Somebody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about the exact percentage.
Assuming the person reports that they turned the particular job offer, right? Or is there some mechanism in place to solve that problem, too?
Considering some of the people hired recently where I work, I would have to agree with this article. Things like personality, which is necessary to some degree depending on the job, are always considered highly above the genuine ability to do a job. People want those who they like around them, more than those that do their jobs.
I don't think that's such a bad thing. If you get a prick that does his job, at best he will upset your existing talented workers and at worst might drive some of them away. I look for suitable personality, ability and desire to problem solve and be creative, and third pre existing skill-sets (among a few other things) when I interview.
Even though I wrote it, this totally puts me in the mind of the Stan character from office space:
"Look, we want you to express yourself, ok? If you think the bare minimum is enough, then ok. But some people choose to wear more [flair] and we encourage that, ok? You do want to express yourself, don't you?"
Best movie ever, btw.
That costs money and would negatively affect short-term profit margins.
Seems a little redundant calling it specifically "short-term profit margins". All appearances indicate most companies are only concerning themselves with the short term lately.
Sometimes unemployment benefits, both the size and duration, are a better option than a good job at a good wage.
Of course that's exactly why the republicans are so against unemployment benefits (or any other form of government benefits). It simultaneously makes it harder to exploit workers, while also allowing unscrupulous people to sit on their bum.
Yes, outside Australia, the UK and (I think) the EU the uptake of CSC and Chip and Pin is rather low.
As are nfc capable phones.
If it was explicitely mentions in their robots.txt file, I assume it was done so to be excluded from robots.
More like having an unlocked door with a sign saying "Do not enter".
Yes, it was pretty damn stupid and very easy to avoid. That still doesn't make it okay for anybody to copy the data. If you see such security failures on a website, the right response is to inform the website owners. As I said; it's a strange sense of morals.
If those hackers get caught and fined, I assume the hackers will consider that an "idiot tax" as well. Afterall, they were idiotic enough to get caught.
After reading about the people behind anonymous getting sent to federal "pound me in the ass" prisons, I'm sure these guys will as well. They'll probably be in even more trouble since it was an extortion scam. The only thing I wonder is how long until that happens.
This again? Find me one person whose name was on the list and who was NOT already known to be an informant. Good luck. Finally, as to the original poster's point -how much different would it be from a) a corporation selling it to other corporations and governments, and b) if it is really as secure as they say - and they should release the code, who cares where it comes from?
I don't use facebook (or other social networks) either, however.... As much as I don't want corporations to be able to buy my information, it's preferable over the information being publicly available for free. If it's just posted on wikileaks for free, then scammers, identify thieves, script kiddies and everyone else (including corporations) can just grab it on a whim.
I don't see Microsoft doing particularly well with any product directly marketed to consumers except windows. Even then, the real selling point is primarily based on the monopoly (nothing else will run my games etc...). I think this is likely to be a blip just like windows phone was.
I'm sure you'd only have to worry if you posted (or know someone who posted) something interesting...
Who in their right mind would give private information to an organization that has made it's reputation on exposing private information to the public. Seems like a no brainer to avoid that site if you ask me.
It's ok, I've got windows sound recorder.. or any other sound recording program to do it for me.
They also like their propaganda, and beating the US to something this prestigious would do great things for national pride. Remember why the US went into the space race in the first place - because they couldn't let some bunch of dirty commies get there first.
Now days the dirty commies make just about everything we buy. We wouldn't want to offend them, else the shelves at Wallyworld and Apple stores everywhere could go bare!
"According to research by Cormac Herley at Microsoft, scammers are looking for the most gullible people"
Well no shit sherlock!
I'm not convinced, I think we need another study to verify the findings of the first study.