The game companies could set up their own real world auction system, allowing players to trade cash for online items/players. The game companies could take a percentage of the rl money paid, or charge a flat fee. Anyone trading on other auction sites would then face a penatly (in game). Work out a deal with Ebay and then they wouldn't have to build a auction engine.
Move the IT jobs to places with a lower cost of living, TX, OK, AL, KS, LA, NB, etc. There are skilled people in those states who won't demand silicon valley salaries.
I have no personal need for a cell phone. I have to carry a pager for work, but that has 2-way capabilities. I enjoy not being tied to a cell phone, quiet time good.
exactly...earnings are important. besides the cost of the pc itself, there is a kvm switch (or a seperate monitor); plus you have to make sure you have enough network drops for each additional computer...and then supporting all these extra "for fun" computers.
I believe I did hear something about this on all the news channels, news papers, news websites; along with continuous updates about the disaster.
hopefully/. isn't your only source for news.
The overhead lights are out in about 80% of the company, people have to use little cube lights to see. Some prefer to work in the dark anyway, but it sure is a pain in the ass trying to assemble serves via a flashlight.
Intel said they wouldn't even think of building another plant in California, and other businesses are loking out of state to move/build.
At home, trying to do our part...we use the fireplace for hear.
sucks to be here. traffic, cost of living, continual threat of power outages, but hey at least the tech stocks are kicking butt. heh.
There are local and state elections going on
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If you don't like either candidate for President, so what? Forget about them (vote 3rd part), and vote in a race that may have a more direct impact on your daily lives, such as city council, state legislature, school board, sheriff, US Senate and House of Rep., etc.
I like that the morning paper (SF Chronicle) I read on the train to work is also on the web. This way I can send the url of any interesting stories to my co-workers/friends. Not all stories are on the web, but the majority are there.
I still have a affection for my print copy (and not just newspapers).
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http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm/ list 14 free email hosting providers, although y! is on there twice (new and classic)
I did the Oreilly labs on, it's ok...but kind of skimpy on the deeplinux OS knowledge. It briefly covers email and apache as well.
I personally do better in a classroom, especially if it's "hands on" than with online learning.
Setting up a home system is quite easy, especially with the big distro's today.
The game companies could set up their own real world auction system, allowing players to trade cash for online items/players. The game companies could take a percentage of the rl money paid, or charge a flat fee. Anyone trading on other auction sites would then face a penatly (in game). Work out a deal with Ebay and then they wouldn't have to build a auction engine.
Move the IT jobs to places with a lower cost of living, TX, OK, AL, KS, LA, NB, etc. There are skilled people in those states who won't demand silicon valley salaries.
I have no personal need for a cell phone. I have to carry a pager for work, but that has 2-way capabilities. I enjoy not being tied to a cell phone, quiet time good.
the good old text based MUD's, they have kept me distracted for many many many years.
it's making me play it hours upon hours!
http://www.kazaa.com/index.php?page=download#lin
exactly...earnings are important. besides the cost of the pc itself, there is a kvm switch (or a seperate monitor); plus you have to make sure you have enough network drops for each additional computer...and then supporting all these extra "for fun" computers.
run seti at home if you like. f* aliens.
As the article says "for over two years" you could buy adult videos! If you don't like it, don't click on that link!
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010129/tc/disney _to_shutter_go_com_portal_1.html
I believe I did hear something about this on all the news channels, news papers, news websites; along with continuous updates about the disaster. /. isn't your only source for news.
hopefully
The overhead lights are out in about 80% of the company, people have to use little cube lights to see. Some prefer to work in the dark anyway, but it sure is a pain in the ass trying to assemble serves via a flashlight.
Intel said they wouldn't even think of building another plant in California, and other businesses are loking out of state to move/build.
At home, trying to do our part...we use the fireplace for hear.
sucks to be here. traffic, cost of living, continual threat of power outages, but hey at least the tech stocks are kicking butt. heh.
If you don't like either candidate for President, so what? Forget about them (vote 3rd part), and vote in a race that may have a more direct impact on your daily lives, such as city council, state legislature, school board, sheriff, US Senate and House of Rep., etc.
I like that the morning paper (SF Chronicle) I read on the train to work is also on the web. This way I can send the url of any interesting stories to my co-workers/friends. Not all stories are on the web, but the majority are there.
I still have a affection for my print copy (and not just newspapers).
how did BSD take a hit? Yahoo wasn't "down", the pipes to it were just saturated.
it had nothing to do with what OS they are running.
kaiser soze? (sp?)
I wondered what was up with the occassional hangup on boot-up.
:)
I've never won wanything before...why did I have to start now?
at 15:30 PST Alf is still there....
All this attention is probably making JP happy, since it's free publicity.
Has anyone tried CTP linux version of FreeBSD yet? if so, how did it work?