So Microsoft also collected its data. We ended up with Metro.
The issue is interpretation. With Windows 8 the fact that we used jumplists means we do not need colors anymore or skeumorphisms mean color and contasts so lets make office 2013 all blinding WHITE and have jumplists mean no jumplists with tiles that take up the whole screen etc.
Is that really true compared to an ata port? It handles graphics cards just fine. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can eleborate on this?
These cards are just coming out for PC's too and man they are expensive but can promise bandwidth about 1 gig/sec. I think in a few years when this is the norm the mechanical disk will finally die. AHCI will seem slow in comparison.
Firefox with NoScript and Adblock will make even a Windows machine remarkably hard to infect. Don't believe the antivirus propaganda; that's for dumb users that watch videos at sketchy sites and download all manner of filth.
Use AV.
There are very smart hackers out there who can hide shit, privledge escalate, and even get into your linux boxen like no tomorrow and hide from rootkits.
There is a free AV and clamAV for linux. There was a freebsd tool I used chkrootkit that I used back in 2003. These malware can still hide of course on the linux box so EFI might be needed if you are a corp.
Point is I am not a paid spokes person. I repair computers for people who get infected. There is some serious evil shit out of Russia and eastern Europe today. The internet is a dangerous place and true you do not need symantec.
While adblock is nice which I used until youtube stopped working I always use AV. I have too many important things and too many bad guys out there. It is not propoganda at all as one successful hack of a millionaire is free money and with the FBI having no jurisdication in Russia these assholes will do whatever they can to steal your money with no threat of being caught.
Viruses are very resource efficient now. IN the past they used XP's device driver development kit to install themselves as hardware for kernel integration. This slowed the kernel down.
Windows 7 got rid of this.
Today they are very light so users do not know they are infected. Many who say proudly they do not need AV because they are sooo smart and do not click shit have 4 or 5 infections when I go onto their systems. Then they tell me how firefox would NEVER let that happen. LOL
An icore7 has 80 billion instructions per second! Modern machines are supercomputers of years yore. A xeon 10 core goes over 100 billion instructions per second. It is not hard to write code that can read keystrokes and watch processes to hide itself or attach itself to other things.
Norton supposedly is MUCH improved and was re-engineered from the ground up in 2011. It has a good detection rate and fast performance according to av-total and other AV certification firms which release test results to the public.
However, like IE its brand is tarnished. Better is nice but it is hard to re-earn trust. I heard realnetworks fixed their player and was advertised on slashdot 4 years ago and they said they were sorry. It died fast as everyone laughed and shook their heads.
Symantec from what I see is still resource heavy on firms I work with. Perhaps they had an old version based on the older slow 360. A re-image at any other company takes 10 minutes. 3 freaking hours instead all going to install Symantec!???
Chrome is designed to be updated from the gecko (no pun intended). It's plugin is seperate with the api designed to be indepdent of constant updating. Webkit is designed to be embedded into things which is not only why Google uses it but Steam uses it as well. They tried with Firefox first but had problems as everything is kludged together browser style.
This is what I mean by modern design. IE is like a new browser after version 9 and it too can be updated more frequently where changing one thing wont impact another.
Firefox needs a rebirth rather than a refinement of the existing.
Just last week I did a fresh re-image I installed plugins and installed java (needed eclipse). I launched IE before I disabled the java plugin to download software. My webcam instantly came on!! MSN.com had a rogue adserver that launched a java based attack.
I had to get my image stick and start over again.
Flash ads can get in through buffer overflows, sandbox errors, exception handling techniques, and privledge escalation bugs. I had this debate without another slashdotter who was saying it is impossible for a standard user to run admin code??! I showed that there was 200+ exploits in the last decade of hackers doing just that by overflowing a variable with executable code in the end so when the buffer fills it runs as full admin (one example). There are 199 others.
Yes your system is probably owned unless you run noscript and only go on a few sparring sites.
Ukraine just had a revolution. Look what happened? Woe to you if you live in Crimea. You are now Russian with Putin spies all over and will dissapear if you do not watch what you say or act carefully. Sounds better under the corrupt Ukraine dictatorship if you ask me.
The Tea Party is counter revolution of more corporate control and less goverment and liberalism.
The Tea Party is winning. Expect more corruption and more power to the big boys and the citizens are all brainwashed and in line thinking less government is really for them lol
If you currently have automatic updates on, this release of Firefox is the one where you probably want to turn them off.
You would be INSANE TO DO THIS. Ask any security guru about holes. Firefox 3.6 has +100 exploits! Think about that one when tempted to go back to the old good old days?
Here is what I use aka ESR release which gets updated only once a year. But for regular viewing I have upgraded to Chrome. FF is for corporate sites these days and firebug. Though it has improved vastly and plugins do not break as much like they used too.
Chrome and IE 9+ (no you did not misread that), both have multiprocess models and lowrights mode in WIndows 7 and higher. They are modern in that all cpus are used for each tab. One bad site wont take down the rest of your 60. It means increased security as privilege escalations are issues with firefox even with a standard user. I like the fact that my 2010 era cpu which is a 6 core phenom II can distribute loads since it is aging but can scale well. Firefox is getting slower on it as a result, chrome and IE both can distribute the loads on all cores.
There is adblock plus for IE now too and it has been in Chrome for ages.
Until Firefox gets modern I will stay away. It is old and out of date. Yes they add element support for newer things but the rendering engine, memory, security, and even the plugins are not modern.
I would rather have X in a browser than to use an insecure DRM plugin with security holes to make up for a lack of functionality in ancient browsers. Cough Java cough Adobe flash cough Adobe reader.
I like where the web is heading. No I do not think a chromebook with html5 apps is the equivalent of a real os but to use basic logic in javascript, use hardware accelerated media with css 3 and html 5 inside an app like an applet or even in a browser is great.
Look at the internethistory project or whatever it is called to see how horrible the IE 6 & Netscape oriented web was 13 years ago? Yahoo looked like freaking Craigslist.
It felt like a wordpad viewer with a few animations added and basic functionality. SOmething like www.weatherunderground.com or www.imdb.com or netflix is so much better and you can do advanced graphics and layout options for mobile users with css of today.
Anything that can run executable code without a sandbox on an untrusted website is stupid. Adobe flash at least has a sandbox and a team of people fixing vulnerabilities and yet it is still one of the top targets outside of java.Browser bugs are so last decade now.
It is time to move on and it is not fair for mobile users. HTML 5 and CSS 3 support mobile features and resizing quite well as Apple was the one who promoted it for their iOS apps.
Look at it this way. There is a shortage of doctors right now. Your mother is sick and needs help. Doctors in return get paid more and as a reward more people decide to go to medical school to become a doctor to treat your mother. People work 2 jobs and contribute more when needed.
Work is a 3 way street. Yes you can say CEO's are evil!! But what about the customer? Last, yourself? When you work you pay yourself and your wife. The CEO gets paid. The customer gets something he or she wants. All 3 are happy. The price is determined by willingness also based on importance. Food service is not important so it pays less but does add up if you eat out everyday very very fast. IT work pays more. Programmers make the most because the software they write helps someone else make money. More than answering a phone. Which is more value than pouring a workers cup of coffee etc.
It is not parasitical as it aligns people to work in what society needs done the most. It is not perfect etc. But humans are value what you can provide to them. Nothing more nothing less. I wish this were not true about us but science has proved otherwise.
If you have a crappy job you hate that does not pay anything then you are not valuable. Figure out how to fix this? FYI I had crappy jobs and got paid minimum wage before. I am not an elitist snob. For me to get out I had to accept that very cold and hard reality.
The study I referred to was with children giving candy to another child on a video screen. The options were you could give the other child a piece of candy but it will cost you and the other child will never know it came from you.
The child was selfish every single time. Look up game theory too aka prisoners dilemma? Works with cops. Lets say you and another man did a crime. You both agree to lie and get out. Issue is the cops manipulate one of you with a get out of jail card if you rat. Your options are lie but you serve full jail time if your friend rats you first. Or he does full jail time unless he rats you out etc.
Every single time a person will do one's self interest. I mean like 100% of the time!
People do care and are not psychopaths. That is true. We do have empathy. However we are also wired too when push comes to shove to protect yourself and your family at all costs! This in term comes of greed and why people vote for conservatives. They want to keep what they have and that fight or flight syndrome takes off.
Yes people are inherently evil, but is it really that evil to reward those who provide the best of what people want (willing to pay for). It rewards hard work for becoming a doctor or working extra hours to get ahead or gain new skills and so on.
It's not just college education, but also corporate "cost-cutting" to an insane extent. Let me give you an example.
I'm a graduate of a state university. I did the responsible thing and did my gen-eds at a two-year community college before transferring. My degree was in journalism, because at the time I believed I could get that degree and then go on to law school. The only problem was that the year I graduated was the year the press started coming out with stories about law school grads who had spent six-figure sums on their education and could not find jobs that could pay their loans, much less justify the amount they spent.
I spent well over a year looking for a job, and was almost entirely unsuccessful. The only work I was able to find were two McJobs that paid like crap ($10/hr and $12.50/hr respectively). Since then, I had a couple of experiences with "cost-cutting".
First one was applying to a major insurance firm (Aetna) for a position I was definitely qualified for (corporate drone). They interviewed me twice, then declined to hire. What I learned was that they restructured the department internally to fill the gap so they didn't have to pay for another drone.
Now, I'm working at a badly mismanaged temp agency for $10-12 an hour, doing the crappiest of crap jobs. I have no other option because I have no money and have student loan payments due every two weeks. Tomorrow, I go in to a data entry job for $10 an hour, barely enough to pay my gas bill for the 30-minute commute there. Before that, I got a job that was supposed to last "a few days" doing phone calls.. except after one day, they decided to get someone internal to do it to keep from paying me $10 an hour to do it.
Been there done that!
First thing you do is find out what you have skills in. I am technical as most slashdotters. I passed the A+ in one week. Get that and aks your temp agency for these jobs. You will start at 13/hr for temp work. Project done ask 14/hr. Done with that you now have 2 references. Now apply for more and get more certs or learn more on the job and stuff your resume. A year later you will be getting 17/hr which is just over 30,000 a year. Still not a not but poverty is not just behind the corner and out of range.
In 3 years you can be making 40k+ if you keep up! If you work at Aetna did you bother to be a licensed sales agent? Long term you can make 6 figures off of residuals! I worked with such customers and you can do it if you are willing to invest in yourself.
One thing college taught me is for a professional education is really never over. There are always training, more courses, certifications, and master degrees etc. Every field has them. Even fast food workers can become chefs and there are then restuarant manager certs. Teachers constantly need to update their training, etc.
There are several insurance licenses and becoming a broke is big cash too. But you start at 10/hr. Many geeks start at BestBuy making that shit pay too. Do your time when the economy is down and gain skills. I can tell you from experience it does get better and your reputation saves your ass. I just got rehired at a former client and I am learning new technology with imaging. Exciting stuff.
If I saw a resume that was a page it would go right in the trash.
That is your first hint. I want someone with a diverse background who is experienced. If they can't say much about themselves then they have not much to offer me. Unless it is an internship forget it. Even then I want to say lots of academic details if they only had 1 real job and a page of references.
In 1999 yes 1 page was the rule. Humans would read them. Today computer programs score and rank them. More info the bettter and each employer has his or her own thing that is different from anybody else. MUST HAVE SPIRIT expereince or SCCM Deployment etc.
Also I have a degree. My wages have not gone up and felt it was not needed if I got my shit together when I was young and stupid back in the.com days. It is just for the first job. Since you have 17 years experience most employers would care what you can do for them more than your b-tree algorithm core for the rocking 286 borland C course during your time frame:-)
My resume is 4 pages and I am not super experienced in IT. One is for just references but it works and I get hits. Employers see the first page, while Taleo and HR computer programs score me high enough for it to be passed etc.
An economist will say his or her salary is a reflection of their contribution. My economics professor challenged all of us. We all lost. Some said bankers do not deserve it. Others said a teacher deserves more. I said CEO's are overpaid.
Basically a banker handles someone's lifetime of savings. As a result their customers are willing to pay as making a dumb decision can ruin a window, grandma, or your own's retirement! CEOs? Look at Elop at Nokia and compare him to Steve Jobs who has provided value for hundreds of millions of people.
One can ruin people's lives and savings. The other boasts it to insane levels and changes the world where others have failed. Teachers was the only thing debatable but society does not value them and there is no teacher shortage except in highschool math. A doctor or CEO helps us more than a teacher and likewise deserves the money.
In reality when you serve others the pay is the opposite argument. A doctor whose life is in your hands will make you want to pay him more than the Maria who poured your latte this morning as she gets paid accordingly to your own value. Are you willing to pay her $200 for your coffee? Of course not.
Also is the nature of truth. Human beings are greed based by nature. Conservatives admit it and do not deny it even if they nod their head at liberals who oppose it. They say liberals are right but life frankly is not fair and it is just the way it is.
Any experiment to alter this (such as communism) has failed. People sadly will not work unless forced or until there is a great benefit for themselves. Women won't love you if you live at home with your parents and are not masculine enough to take charge and control. Just the truth brother.
People gloat when they get that big truck or house they do not need and you would too if you earned it. Again greedy human nature to accumulate. It is hardwired in nature due to when times are tough the ones who hoarded and dominated survived.
I think people are not psychopathic to say but psychologists have done tests and will be selfish everytime if there is a risk they will lose sadly.
How much would he be worth if he remained onboard and had his shares bought out when Zuckerberg sold his?
The lawsuit was never disclosed. Since he probably did not have tens of millions my guess is he settled for mere 6 figures or maybe a 1 million or 2. Still 30% of 20,000,000,000 is a pittance even if he did actually receive a multi million dollar pay out.
Slashdot Mirror
Try www.msnbc.com?
Wow
So Microsoft also collected its data. We ended up with Metro.
The issue is interpretation. With Windows 8 the fact that we used jumplists means we do not need colors anymore or skeumorphisms mean color and contasts so lets make office 2013 all blinding WHITE and have jumplists mean no jumplists with tiles that take up the whole screen etc.
Yeah be careful reading it
Is that really true compared to an ata port? It handles graphics cards just fine. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can eleborate on this?
These cards are just coming out for PC's too and man they are expensive but can promise bandwidth about 1 gig/sec. I think in a few years when this is the norm the mechanical disk will finally die. AHCI will seem slow in comparison.
Firefox with NoScript and Adblock will make even a Windows machine remarkably hard to infect. Don't believe the antivirus propaganda; that's for dumb users that watch videos at sketchy sites and download all manner of filth.
Use AV.
There are very smart hackers out there who can hide shit, privledge escalate, and even get into your linux boxen like no tomorrow and hide from rootkits.
There is a free AV and clamAV for linux. There was a freebsd tool I used chkrootkit that I used back in 2003. These malware can still hide of course on the linux box so EFI might be needed if you are a corp.
Point is I am not a paid spokes person. I repair computers for people who get infected. There is some serious evil shit out of Russia and eastern Europe today. The internet is a dangerous place and true you do not need symantec.
While adblock is nice which I used until youtube stopped working I always use AV. I have too many important things and too many bad guys out there. It is not propoganda at all as one successful hack of a millionaire is free money and with the FBI having no jurisdication in Russia these assholes will do whatever they can to steal your money with no threat of being caught.
Viruses are very resource efficient now. IN the past they used XP's device driver development kit to install themselves as hardware for kernel integration. This slowed the kernel down.
Windows 7 got rid of this.
Today they are very light so users do not know they are infected. Many who say proudly they do not need AV because they are sooo smart and do not click shit have 4 or 5 infections when I go onto their systems. Then they tell me how firefox would NEVER let that happen. LOL
An icore7 has 80 billion instructions per second! Modern machines are supercomputers of years yore. A xeon 10 core goes over 100 billion instructions per second. It is not hard to write code that can read keystrokes and watch processes to hide itself or attach itself to other things.
Norton supposedly is MUCH improved and was re-engineered from the ground up in 2011. It has a good detection rate and fast performance according to av-total and other AV certification firms which release test results to the public.
However, like IE its brand is tarnished. Better is nice but it is hard to re-earn trust. I heard realnetworks fixed their player and was advertised on slashdot 4 years ago and they said they were sorry. It died fast as everyone laughed and shook their heads.
Symantec from what I see is still resource heavy on firms I work with. Perhaps they had an old version based on the older slow 360. A re-image at any other company takes 10 minutes. 3 freaking hours instead all going to install Symantec!???
They are on icore5's too!
Free is beating them on the low end too. Corps are the only buyers who need enterprise integration and management.
But for Joe six pack he can download avast or security essentials for free. Does anyone besides moms and grandmas actually buy Norton?
It has a pci express which is several multitudes faster as it is directly on the PCI bus. It is rated for over 700 megs a second.
The pro has a +10 core if you max it out.
The reason why is design.
Chrome is designed to be updated from the gecko (no pun intended). It's plugin is seperate with the api designed to be indepdent of constant updating. Webkit is designed to be embedded into things which is not only why Google uses it but Steam uses it as well. They tried with Firefox first but had problems as everything is kludged together browser style.
This is what I mean by modern design. IE is like a new browser after version 9 and it too can be updated more frequently where changing one thing wont impact another.
Firefox needs a rebirth rather than a refinement of the existing.
Go to anywebsite and you get infected. Done.
Just last week I did a fresh re-image I installed plugins and installed java (needed eclipse). I launched IE before I disabled the java plugin to download software. My webcam instantly came on!! MSN.com had a rogue adserver that launched a java based attack.
I had to get my image stick and start over again.
Flash ads can get in through buffer overflows, sandbox errors, exception handling techniques, and privledge escalation bugs. I had this debate without another slashdotter who was saying it is impossible for a standard user to run admin code??! I showed that there was 200+ exploits in the last decade of hackers doing just that by overflowing a variable with executable code in the end so when the buffer fills it runs as full admin (one example). There are 199 others.
Yes your system is probably owned unless you run noscript and only go on a few sparring sites.
BASIC!!
Just kidding
Ukraine just had a revolution. Look what happened? Woe to you if you live in Crimea. You are now Russian with Putin spies all over and will dissapear if you do not watch what you say or act carefully. Sounds better under the corrupt Ukraine dictatorship if you ask me.
The Tea Party is counter revolution of more corporate control and less goverment and liberalism.
The Tea Party is winning. Expect more corruption and more power to the big boys and the citizens are all brainwashed and in line thinking less government is really for them lol
If you currently have automatic updates on, this release of Firefox is the one where you probably want to turn them off.
You would be INSANE TO DO THIS. Ask any security guru about holes. Firefox 3.6 has +100 exploits! Think about that one when tempted to go back to the old good old days?
Here is what I use aka ESR release which gets updated only once a year. But for regular viewing I have upgraded to Chrome. FF is for corporate sites these days and firebug. Though it has improved vastly and plugins do not break as much like they used too.
Chrome and IE 9+ (no you did not misread that), both have multiprocess models and lowrights mode in WIndows 7 and higher. They are modern in that all cpus are used for each tab. One bad site wont take down the rest of your 60. It means increased security as privilege escalations are issues with firefox even with a standard user. I like the fact that my 2010 era cpu which is a 6 core phenom II can distribute loads since it is aging but can scale well. Firefox is getting slower on it as a result, chrome and IE both can distribute the loads on all cores.
There is adblock plus for IE now too and it has been in Chrome for ages.
Until Firefox gets modern I will stay away. It is old and out of date. Yes they add element support for newer things but the rendering engine, memory, security, and even the plugins are not modern.
I would rather have X in a browser than to use an insecure DRM plugin with security holes to make up for a lack of functionality in ancient browsers. Cough Java cough Adobe flash cough Adobe reader.
I like where the web is heading. No I do not think a chromebook with html5 apps is the equivalent of a real os but to use basic logic in javascript, use hardware accelerated media with css 3 and html 5 inside an app like an applet or even in a browser is great.
Look at the internethistory project or whatever it is called to see how horrible the IE 6 & Netscape oriented web was 13 years ago? Yahoo looked like freaking Craigslist.
It felt like a wordpad viewer with a few animations added and basic functionality. SOmething like www.weatherunderground.com or www.imdb.com or netflix is so much better and you can do advanced graphics and layout options for mobile users with css of today.
You should see what happens to websites when you upgrade IE then?
There is a reason corps are afraid of change when it comes to a new IE flavored browser.
Anything that can run executable code without a sandbox on an untrusted website is stupid. Adobe flash at least has a sandbox and a team of people fixing vulnerabilities and yet it is still one of the top targets outside of java.Browser bugs are so last decade now.
It is time to move on and it is not fair for mobile users. HTML 5 and CSS 3 support mobile features and resizing quite well as Apple was the one who promoted it for their iOS apps.
That is outdated today.
That is so 1999. The more the better as you cut out things computer programs that HR uses.
It is reality.
Look at it this way. There is a shortage of doctors right now. Your mother is sick and needs help. Doctors in return get paid more and as a reward more people decide to go to medical school to become a doctor to treat your mother. People work 2 jobs and contribute more when needed.
Work is a 3 way street. Yes you can say CEO's are evil!! But what about the customer? Last, yourself? When you work you pay yourself and your wife. The CEO gets paid. The customer gets something he or she wants. All 3 are happy. The price is determined by willingness also based on importance. Food service is not important so it pays less but does add up if you eat out everyday very very fast. IT work pays more. Programmers make the most because the software they write helps someone else make money. More than answering a phone. Which is more value than pouring a workers cup of coffee etc.
It is not parasitical as it aligns people to work in what society needs done the most. It is not perfect etc. But humans are value what you can provide to them. Nothing more nothing less. I wish this were not true about us but science has proved otherwise.
If you have a crappy job you hate that does not pay anything then you are not valuable. Figure out how to fix this? FYI I had crappy jobs and got paid minimum wage before. I am not an elitist snob. For me to get out I had to accept that very cold and hard reality.
The study I referred to was with children giving candy to another child on a video screen. The options were you could give the other child a piece of candy but it will cost you and the other child will never know it came from you.
The child was selfish every single time. Look up game theory too aka prisoners dilemma? Works with cops. Lets say you and another man did a crime. You both agree to lie and get out. Issue is the cops manipulate one of you with a get out of jail card if you rat. Your options are lie but you serve full jail time if your friend rats you first. Or he does full jail time unless he rats you out etc.
Every single time a person will do one's self interest. I mean like 100% of the time!
People do care and are not psychopaths. That is true. We do have empathy. However we are also wired too when push comes to shove to protect yourself and your family at all costs! This in term comes of greed and why people vote for conservatives. They want to keep what they have and that fight or flight syndrome takes off.
Yes people are inherently evil, but is it really that evil to reward those who provide the best of what people want (willing to pay for). It rewards hard work for becoming a doctor or working extra hours to get ahead or gain new skills and so on.
It is in our nature and statistics prove it.
It's not just college education, but also corporate "cost-cutting" to an insane extent. Let me give you an example.
I'm a graduate of a state university. I did the responsible thing and did my gen-eds at a two-year community college before transferring. My degree was in journalism, because at the time I believed I could get that degree and then go on to law school. The only problem was that the year I graduated was the year the press started coming out with stories about law school grads who had spent six-figure sums on their education and could not find jobs that could pay their loans, much less justify the amount they spent.
I spent well over a year looking for a job, and was almost entirely unsuccessful. The only work I was able to find were two McJobs that paid like crap ($10/hr and $12.50/hr respectively). Since then, I had a couple of experiences with "cost-cutting".
First one was applying to a major insurance firm (Aetna) for a position I was definitely qualified for (corporate drone). They interviewed me twice, then declined to hire. What I learned was that they restructured the department internally to fill the gap so they didn't have to pay for another drone.
Now, I'm working at a badly mismanaged temp agency for $10-12 an hour, doing the crappiest of crap jobs. I have no other option because I have no money and have student loan payments due every two weeks. Tomorrow, I go in to a data entry job for $10 an hour, barely enough to pay my gas bill for the 30-minute commute there. Before that, I got a job that was supposed to last "a few days" doing phone calls.. except after one day, they decided to get someone internal to do it to keep from paying me $10 an hour to do it.
Been there done that!
First thing you do is find out what you have skills in. I am technical as most slashdotters. I passed the A+ in one week. Get that and aks your temp agency for these jobs. You will start at 13/hr for temp work. Project done ask 14/hr. Done with that you now have 2 references. Now apply for more and get more certs or learn more on the job and stuff your resume. A year later you will be getting 17/hr which is just over 30,000 a year. Still not a not but poverty is not just behind the corner and out of range.
In 3 years you can be making 40k+ if you keep up! If you work at Aetna did you bother to be a licensed sales agent? Long term you can make 6 figures off of residuals! I worked with such customers and you can do it if you are willing to invest in yourself.
One thing college taught me is for a professional education is really never over. There are always training, more courses, certifications, and master degrees etc. Every field has them. Even fast food workers can become chefs and there are then restuarant manager certs. Teachers constantly need to update their training, etc.
There are several insurance licenses and becoming a broke is big cash too. But you start at 10/hr. Many geeks start at BestBuy making that shit pay too. Do your time when the economy is down and gain skills. I can tell you from experience it does get better and your reputation saves your ass. I just got rehired at a former client and I am learning new technology with imaging. Exciting stuff.
If I saw a resume that was a page it would go right in the trash.
That is your first hint. I want someone with a diverse background who is experienced. If they can't say much about themselves then they have not much to offer me. Unless it is an internship forget it. Even then I want to say lots of academic details if they only had 1 real job and a page of references.
In 1999 yes 1 page was the rule. Humans would read them. Today computer programs score and rank them. More info the bettter and each employer has his or her own thing that is different from anybody else. MUST HAVE SPIRIT expereince or SCCM Deployment etc.
Also I have a degree. My wages have not gone up and felt it was not needed if I got my shit together when I was young and stupid back in the .com days. It is just for the first job. Since you have 17 years experience most employers would care what you can do for them more than your b-tree algorithm core for the rocking 286 borland C course during your time frame :-)
My resume is 4 pages and I am not super experienced in IT. One is for just references but it works and I get hits. Employers see the first page, while Taleo and HR computer programs score me high enough for it to be passed etc.
Devil's advocate argument here.
How should someone's worth be determined then?
An economist will say his or her salary is a reflection of their contribution. My economics professor challenged all of us. We all lost. Some said bankers do not deserve it. Others said a teacher deserves more. I said CEO's are overpaid.
Basically a banker handles someone's lifetime of savings. As a result their customers are willing to pay as making a dumb decision can ruin a window, grandma, or your own's retirement! CEOs? Look at Elop at Nokia and compare him to Steve Jobs who has provided value for hundreds of millions of people.
One can ruin people's lives and savings. The other boasts it to insane levels and changes the world where others have failed. Teachers was the only thing debatable but society does not value them and there is no teacher shortage except in highschool math. A doctor or CEO helps us more than a teacher and likewise deserves the money.
In reality when you serve others the pay is the opposite argument. A doctor whose life is in your hands will make you want to pay him more than the Maria who poured your latte this morning as she gets paid accordingly to your own value. Are you willing to pay her $200 for your coffee? Of course not.
Also is the nature of truth. Human beings are greed based by nature. Conservatives admit it and do not deny it even if they nod their head at liberals who oppose it. They say liberals are right but life frankly is not fair and it is just the way it is.
Any experiment to alter this (such as communism) has failed. People sadly will not work unless forced or until there is a great benefit for themselves. Women won't love you if you live at home with your parents and are not masculine enough to take charge and control. Just the truth brother.
People gloat when they get that big truck or house they do not need and you would too if you earned it. Again greedy human nature to accumulate. It is hardwired in nature due to when times are tough the ones who hoarded and dominated survived.
I think people are not psychopathic to say but psychologists have done tests and will be selfish everytime if there is a risk they will lose sadly.
How much would he be worth if he remained onboard and had his shares bought out when Zuckerberg sold his?
The lawsuit was never disclosed. Since he probably did not have tens of millions my guess is he settled for mere 6 figures or maybe a 1 million or 2. Still 30% of 20,000,000,000 is a pittance even if he did actually receive a multi million dollar pay out.