I'm not exactly a Gen Xer, born in 1979 (generally considered to be the end of the era), and while my prime earnings oppertunities may be behind me, I'm not dumb enough to shackle myself with college, car or credit card debt (all payed off).
The problem comes from the same stupidity that caused the.com overhype in the first place: bad spending habits.
In addition: 1 15' ethernet cable 1 3' crossover cable 1 ethernet linker 1 $5 generic telephone with phone line a small CD binder with:
A Dos boot disk
A Tom's root boot disk
An imaging floppy (ghost or whatever)
A win2k cd
A Linux cd of choice
A cd full of network drivers
A MS Office cd
A cd of sun freeware
If I understand correctly, the director can do anything with the information they want as long as ICANN is allowed to. The principle was that due to legal agreements with certain places, ICANN itself is not allowed to release the information to the public. The dispute was just to make sure Karl did not breach that other agreement.
Okay. Now lets look at this with a realistic view. If Microsoft includes said security software on the cd it will be installed by default. Why? Because if it isn't then they get bad PR for not making it default. Will they make the AV or other security software nice and modular? No. All historical evidence shows they won't. Is that choice? Not at all. Is it "wrong-headed"? Certainly, but unfortunately it is the smart thing to do if you're trying to sell software to common people or companies.
Do power users want tons of options to pick and choose software packages from multiple vendors? Hell yeah, that'd be fucking wonderful, but it won't happen. There's no reason Microsoft (or even Apple) would ever do or allow that.
I specifically mention those software pieces as things that would be logical extensions by the company into markets where they could make money. The article doesn't say a damned thing except a small portion about insurance for what can only be guessed to be contractual guarantees that the reporter almost certainly knows nothing about.
There's a difference between common sense OS security (closing unneeded ports, cutting down buffer overflows, doing intelligent rights/process management) and doing "extra" security that *should* be more $$$ like virus scanners or personal firewall software; things that shouldn't be totally integrated into the installed OS to begin with.
I don't steal, I just save myself the trouble of finding a friend with a legitimate copy, and trying theirs on their computer.(which btw is ALSO illegal under nearly every EULA)
Odd... see, I'm not terribly social, and have very little desire to be social. Understanding this I'm with a girl with similar social aspirations. We both come home from work and spend 3-4 hours on our home machines.
It isn't gaining proficiency as much as doing what one enjoys.
So why isn't there a reward system for cure research? Have people, the government, or better yet governments put up a sum of money to the person, or group of people that create a verifiable cure. Stick it into something guaranteed and let the pot grow. Would drug companies work to cure aids if there was a few trillion dollars at stake?
Japan is overcrowded. Because of that and because of cultural issues it will be VERY difficult for you to immigrate without a job already lined up, and because of said cultural issues; companies aren't exactly lining up to go through the trouble of helping.
One thing that seems to be steady is the fact that they do tend to like foreigners to teach secondary and tertiary languages if you're adept with non-anime japanese.
True! and that's almost exactly why this article is bullshit. Game publishers, and by extension, game developers (who want their games published) make games to make loads of cash (the sims, everquest, roller coaster tycoon, myst).
Games are generally going away from SDK style engine releases (except for a niche few like NWN and ID games).
I'd argue that statement is a falicy. When anonymous, or more accurately, faced with the ability to do or say something with no recourse possible just means that people will act while being constrained by only their own moral principles.
The fact that most people are irresponsible, and generally assholes when constrained only by their own moral princples shouldn't be terribly suprising.
Come now, EA has been on this path for over a decade. They used to publish tons of games, from the great to the crappy, all of which were at least great fun for someone. Now they just publish the super mainstream "Safe" games like Madden and Sim* while taking VERY VERY few risks.
Furthermore, usually the postings on craigslist are done by the hiring manager directly, meaning you're much more likely to be judged via technical skills than certification and/or keyword spam.
But at least with the spam problem, there is a much simpler solution that, so far, Congress has failed to see. Imagine a law that had two parts--a labeling part and a bounty part. Part A says that any unsolicited commercial e-mail must include in its subject line the tag [ADV:]. Part B says that the first person to track down a spammer violating the labeling requirement will, upon providing proof to the Federal Trade Commission, be entitled to $10,000 to be paid by the spammer.
From California Spam law:
(g) In the case of e-mail that consists of unsolicited advertising material for the lease, sale, rental, gift offer, or other disposition of any realty, goods, services, or extension of credit, the subject line of each and every message shall include "ADV:" as the first four characters. If these messages contain information that consists of unsolicited advertising material for the lease, sale, rental, gift offer, or other disposition of any realty, goods, services, or extension of credit, that may only be viewed, purchased, rented, leased, or held in possession by an individual 18 years of age and older, the subject line of each and every message shall include "ADV:ADLT" as the first eight characters.
and
(f) (1) In addition to any other action available under law, any electronic mail service provider whose policy on unsolicited electronic mail advertisements is violated as provided in this section may bring a civil action to recover the actual monetary loss suffered by that provider by reason of that violation, or liquidated damages of fifty dollars ($50) for each electronic mail message initiated or delivered in violation of this section, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day, whichever amount is greater.
wtf? they *aren't* less stable, that was the entire point of the message, and since when does cost of ownership have anything to do with performance benchmarks?!?
Is it more expensive? yes. Is it lower quality? debatable. In some places yes, in some places no. Is it less secure? depends on the situation, but usually. Is it less stable? no. In my experience win2k has been just as stable and reliable as solaris and bsd machines. Does it have a lameass point and click gui for lameass MCSE's? unfortunately...
win2k has disadvantages aplenty over bsd or linux or solaris or osx or pretty much anything, but to say it isn't stable and can't do "real" computing is just a fallacy.
What bullshit. win2k at least will run happily until the next SP. I've found that the multiple IE issues aren't a problem with kernel memory allocation as much as issues coming from explorer and IE being tied in with each other. A good kill and restart of explorer makes the machine nice and responsive again. I've had machines doing heavy heavy mem allocation and processing (distributed processing application for university) and the win2k machines ran well. Did they run as well as the BSD machines? no, of course not, but they ran at around 87% as well.
And my advice is that if you are one of the few people who can see the failures in the business process, you can almost invariably see what caused the failure in the first place, and how almost invaiably those causes will prevent any try you make to help things out.
You are not beholden to the company or the industry. Do what's best for you and your common man. That is never wasting time and money on a sinking ship.
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I'm not exactly a Gen Xer, born in 1979 (generally considered to be the end of the era), and while my prime earnings oppertunities may be behind me, I'm not dumb enough to shackle myself with college, car or credit card debt (all payed off).
.com overhype in the first place: bad spending habits.
The problem comes from the same stupidity that caused the
In addition:
1 15' ethernet cable
1 3' crossover cable
1 ethernet linker
1 $5 generic telephone with phone line
a small CD binder with:
A Dos boot disk
A Tom's root boot disk
An imaging floppy (ghost or whatever)
A win2k cd
A Linux cd of choice
A cd full of network drivers
A MS Office cd
A cd of sun freeware
If I understand correctly, the director can do anything with the information they want as long as ICANN is allowed to. The principle was that due to legal agreements with certain places, ICANN itself is not allowed to release the information to the public. The dispute was just to make sure Karl did not breach that other agreement.
Okay. Now lets look at this with a realistic view. If Microsoft includes said security software on the cd it will be installed by default. Why? Because if it isn't then they get bad PR for not making it default. Will they make the AV or other security software nice and modular? No. All historical evidence shows they won't. Is that choice? Not at all. Is it "wrong-headed"? Certainly, but unfortunately it is the smart thing to do if you're trying to sell software to common people or companies.
Do power users want tons of options to pick and choose software packages from multiple vendors? Hell yeah, that'd be fucking wonderful, but it won't happen. There's no reason Microsoft (or even Apple) would ever do or allow that.
I specifically mention those software pieces as things that would be logical extensions by the company into markets where they could make money. The article doesn't say a damned thing except a small portion about insurance for what can only be guessed to be contractual guarantees that the reporter almost certainly knows nothing about.
There's a difference between common sense OS security (closing unneeded ports, cutting down buffer overflows, doing intelligent rights/process management) and doing "extra" security that *should* be more $$$ like virus scanners or personal firewall software; things that shouldn't be totally integrated into the installed OS to begin with.
The judge: "No son, you commited unauthorized access of her PDA" (to get her number) you are sentenced to LIFE (*muhahah*)
True, but you'll still have to put the rocket through US air to get from Texas to space, hence within US Territorial waters as it were...
I don't steal, I just save myself the trouble of finding a friend with a legitimate copy, and trying theirs on their computer.(which btw is ALSO illegal under nearly every EULA)
SF area to Seattle area around 5-7pm PDT. Things were generally intermittantly down, and 100-200ms slow.
Odd... see, I'm not terribly social, and have very little desire to be social. Understanding this I'm with a girl with similar social aspirations. We both come home from work and spend 3-4 hours on our home machines.
It isn't gaining proficiency as much as doing what one enjoys.
And in drugs cases, the FDA already exists to make sure the drugs are good and valid.
So why isn't there a reward system for cure research? Have people, the government, or better yet governments put up a sum of money to the person, or group of people that create a verifiable cure. Stick it into something guaranteed and let the pot grow. Would drug companies work to cure aids if there was a few trillion dollars at stake?
Japan is overcrowded. Because of that and because of cultural issues it will be VERY difficult for you to immigrate without a job already lined up, and because of said cultural issues; companies aren't exactly lining up to go through the trouble of helping.
One thing that seems to be steady is the fact that they do tend to like foreigners to teach secondary and tertiary languages if you're adept with non-anime japanese.
the time it takes to drop their web server?
True! and that's almost exactly why this article is bullshit. Game publishers, and by extension, game developers (who want their games published) make games to make loads of cash (the sims, everquest, roller coaster tycoon, myst).
Games are generally going away from SDK style engine releases (except for a niche few like NWN and ID games).
Indeed, which is why people aren't generally assholes or totally screweing other people blatantly for their own gain in real life.
I'd argue that statement is a falicy. When anonymous, or more accurately, faced with the ability to do or say something with no recourse possible just means that people will act while being constrained by only their own moral principles.
The fact that most people are irresponsible, and generally assholes when constrained only by their own moral princples shouldn't be terribly suprising.
Come now, EA has been on this path for over a decade. They used to publish tons of games, from the great to the crappy, all of which were at least great fun for someone. Now they just publish the super mainstream "Safe" games like Madden and Sim* while taking VERY VERY few risks.
Furthermore, usually the postings on craigslist are done by the hiring manager directly, meaning you're much more likely to be judged via technical skills than certification and/or keyword spam.
Somehow I doubt those are frequently asked questions...
From California Spam law:
and
Very similar...
wtf? they *aren't* less stable, that was the entire point of the message, and since when does cost of ownership have anything to do with performance benchmarks?!?
Is it more expensive? yes.
Is it lower quality? debatable. In some places yes, in some places no.
Is it less secure? depends on the situation, but usually.
Is it less stable? no. In my experience win2k has been just as stable and reliable as solaris and bsd machines.
Does it have a lameass point and click gui for lameass MCSE's? unfortunately...
win2k has disadvantages aplenty over bsd or linux or solaris or osx or pretty much anything, but to say it isn't stable and can't do "real" computing is just a fallacy.
What bullshit. win2k at least will run happily until the next SP. I've found that the multiple IE issues aren't a problem with kernel memory allocation as much as issues coming from explorer and IE being tied in with each other. A good kill and restart of explorer makes the machine nice and responsive again. I've had machines doing heavy heavy mem allocation and processing (distributed processing application for university) and the win2k machines ran well. Did they run as well as the BSD machines? no, of course not, but they ran at around 87% as well.
This is the same thing posted numerous times about making virual systems, or for all purposes automated clustering software.
Now, how is making things terribly more complex going to reduce the need for admins? Bad article.
And my advice is that if you are one of the few people who can see the failures in the business process, you can almost invariably see what caused the failure in the first place, and how almost invaiably those causes will prevent any try you make to help things out.
You are not beholden to the company or the industry. Do what's best for you and your common man. That is never wasting time and money on a sinking ship.