And follow its advice of hunting for jobs on foot.
that's not really practical if you are willing to (or want to) relocate, as i did last year.
i didn't answer ads, but posted my resume with email and phone contact info (no ss# until i am signing an actual physical contract with someone who wants to pay me money, and no credit card numbers ever). i haven't had problems. you can note "references upon request" so former coworkers and employers aren't bothered uneccessarily.
i landed a job i'm really happy with - though i did have to go through a recruiter to get it. i don't think contracting is anyone's first choice, but that's another option - find a reputable firm (word-of-mouth reputation in your industry and geographical area is the best way to judge, imo) and work with them.
~sabine "my money went to nigeria, and all i got was this damn t-shirt"
1. the rigorous standards and testing imposed by the FDA (which are a GOOD thing, but make truly innnovative drugs much more difficult for companies to gain clearance to manufacture), and
2. frivolous lawsuits like the current drug-dilution suit being brought against a major manufacturer. A pharmacist is accused of diluting the company's medications and thereby lining his own pockets. The company accused of compliance has no reason for it; they actually LOST profits through the pharmacist's actions. The legal eagles are going for where the big money is, but such situations waste time and resources that could be better spent on research.
it's not only the top-grossing film ever in japan, it's the top-grossing non-american-made movie in history, according to animenation's catazine. looking forward to seeing it, and wondering if this represents a new direction for disney.
i saw the who on their infamous tour a few decades ago during which several people were trampled to death in cincinnati. (i saw them a few dates after that incident, after which, the remaining dates switched to reserved seating only.)
despite the earlier tragedy, the band put on an amazing performance. roger daltry did his customary microphone antics, pete townshend bowled away on guitar...and john entwhistle stood there and played amazing music. he may not have been flashy, but he was their backbone.
although they get the most press (and, possibly, development time), kde and gnome aren't the only window managers. i still like windowmaker a lot. it's all about choice.
I'm thrilled to see that the same reprint house carries The Shy Stegasaurus of Cricket Creek. I loved that book. Now if only they'd bring Secret Under the Sea and The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet back into print...
"I mean, yeah. You can make cases out of cool stuff. I guess the reason I'm pissed is cuz people are submitting real important items and they're getting rejected."
Start your own page..."Dotslash; all the news that's not fit to print.";)
~sabine
ps - I'm serious; we need more geeknews pages. There can never be too many.
"Microsoft is entirely backwards compatible with its document format, which I know for a fact, because I often took paperwork from school (word 97) and printed it at my house (word 2000)."
*bzzzt!* Wrong.
Sure, that's true for realtively short documents without fancy formatting. Try sending intensively-formatted-and-edited, macro-containing, manual-length documents back and forth and see how far you get.
In just one example, Word 97 often won't allow footers containing sequential page numbers that have been entered in Word 2K to format properly and vice versa. And TOCs can be a real headache.
"True, but it is also easy for those who aren't complete dolts to use whatever they feel like."
That's jumping off the cliff of conclusions with both feet.:)
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
"AOL is (I assume, since I have never used it) using some type of POP3 setup, with the added bonus of SecureID carded passwords. Big deal."
Indeed. Not germane to the question though.
"Big deal. Simply install your favorite email program (for windoze, my personal favorites are Pegasus or Eudora - there are other one just
as good and just as free, as well as for Linux or Macs)."
Uh huh. And when management comes around to check your settings, your answer is...? I may use pine at home, but at work, they say Outlook, I cuss and use Outlook.
"No thanks - I'll use the email proggy I want, and keep *my* mail on the workstation I was assigned, not on the server (for the world to read or delete)."
Good luck in your next place of employment.;)
Seriously, it's great if there's enough leeway for you to do what you want. But if there are rules that higher-ups Really Don't Want Broken for whatever reason, it's dumb to break them just for the halibut when your job's on the line.
"(what kind of oppressive regime do you work under?)"
A fairly small tech-writing firm with contracts from some very big companies. There are many writers here with great engineering, electrical, and mechanical skills; I'm one of only a couple with a computerish background. I write software procedures, edit manuals, do SGML conversion, etc. (and fix hardware when the SA's not available.)
It's amazing the damage that smart people who aren't computer literate can do. I don't blame management, really, and they did start allowing me a lot more leeway once I showed I could be trusted to not destroy things on a regular basis.
It still rankles though.
Slashdot Mirror
...it's full of dust...!
(sorry, couldn't help it)
~sabine
"if your brain had an ass, i'd kick it"
And follow its advice of hunting for jobs on foot.
that's not really practical if you are willing to (or want to) relocate, as i did last year.
i didn't answer ads, but posted my resume with email and phone contact info (no ss# until i am signing an actual physical contract with someone who wants to pay me money, and no credit card numbers ever). i haven't had problems. you can note "references upon request" so former coworkers and employers aren't bothered uneccessarily.
i landed a job i'm really happy with - though i did have to go through a recruiter to get it. i don't think contracting is anyone's first choice, but that's another option - find a reputable firm (word-of-mouth reputation in your industry and geographical area is the best way to judge, imo) and work with them.
~sabine
"my money went to nigeria, and all i got was this damn t-shirt"
you are in a twisty maze of little posts, all alike.
alas for the salad days of infocom, text adventures, and the new zork times!
The article also seems to avoid discussing:
1. the rigorous standards and testing imposed by the FDA (which are a GOOD thing, but make truly innnovative drugs much more difficult for companies to gain clearance to manufacture), and
2. frivolous lawsuits like the current drug-dilution suit being brought against a major manufacturer. A pharmacist is accused of diluting the company's medications and thereby lining his own pockets. The company accused of compliance has no reason for it; they actually LOST profits through the pharmacist's actions. The legal eagles are going for where the big money is, but such situations waste time and resources that could be better spent on research.
it's not only the top-grossing film ever in japan, it's the top-grossing non-american-made movie in history, according to animenation's catazine. looking forward to seeing it, and wondering if this represents a new direction for disney.
depends on the channel.
(sometimes you have to choose betweeen scum -or- villiany.)
true. it takes some fiddling to get it to work with wm, though.
i saw the who on their infamous tour a few decades ago during which several people were trampled to death in cincinnati. (i saw them a few dates after that incident, after which, the remaining dates switched to reserved seating only.)
despite the earlier tragedy, the band put on an amazing performance. roger daltry did his customary microphone antics, pete townshend bowled away on guitar...and john entwhistle stood there and played amazing music. he may not have been flashy, but he was their backbone.
he'll be missed.
surely you're not trying to say that they don't serve as such.
are they command-line interfaces? no.
although they get the most press (and, possibly, development time), kde and gnome aren't the only window managers. i still like windowmaker a lot. it's all about choice.
especially with the problems some areas have experienced getting/keeping dsl.
Deleting whole messages, yes. That's the point. Deleting entire mail packets, no.
;)
Read before you flame next time, sweetie, it makes you look smarter.
~sabine
he said he was going to FILTER his email, not delete it unread. he probably has filters in place for abusive language.
~sabine
I'm thrilled to see that the same reprint house carries The Shy Stegasaurus of Cricket Creek. I loved that book. Now if only they'd bring Secret Under the Sea and The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet back into print...
~sabine
Well, he asked for "a dialog", supposedly...I can't decide if he's cocky or just REALLY dumb.
They'll make mincemeat out of him.
IMO, of course.
~sabine
"It makes me wonder about the fellows at Slashdot who decide what gets posted."
Isn't it obvious? Everyone disses Jon Katz but EVERYONE READS HIM.
I disagree with a lot of things he says, but you can't tell me his articles don't get widely read and discussed.
~sabine
Maybe now Opera will take off.
~sabine,
who misses BeOS's browser also
"I mean, yeah. You can make cases out of cool stuff. I guess the reason I'm pissed is cuz people are submitting real important items and they're getting rejected."
;)
Start your own page..."Dotslash; all the news that's not fit to print."
~sabine
ps - I'm serious; we need more geeknews pages. There can never be too many.
Ebay's *been* cracked. Several times.
~sabine
use WindowMaker. it's a lot like NeXTStep and you can run Mozilla on it.
~sabine
I agree. Lots of people donate code and/or time; for those who don't, they can donate money. If they want to.
Because guess what? It's a CHOICE. It's not like taxes or anything! You don't have to give them money if you don't want to!
I don't see what the fuss is about. Many companies have underwriters; this is similar. And again, it's optional.
~sabine
I wanna see him wrestle with an octopus on live TV.
Other than that, it's a travesty.
~sabine
"Microsoft is entirely backwards compatible with its document format, which I know for a fact, because I often took paperwork from school (word 97) and printed it at my house (word 2000)."
*bzzzt!* Wrong.
Sure, that's true for realtively short documents without fancy formatting. Try sending intensively-formatted-and-edited, macro-containing, manual-length documents back and forth and see how far you get.
In just one example, Word 97 often won't allow footers containing sequential page numbers that have been entered in Word 2K to format properly and vice versa. And TOCs can be a real headache.
~sabine
"True, but it is also easy for those who aren't complete dolts to use whatever they feel like."
:)
;)
That's jumping off the cliff of conclusions with both feet.
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
"AOL is (I assume, since I have never used it) using some type of POP3 setup, with the added bonus of SecureID carded passwords. Big deal."
Indeed. Not germane to the question though.
"Big deal. Simply install your favorite email program (for windoze, my personal favorites are Pegasus or Eudora - there are other one just as good and just as free, as well as for Linux or Macs)."
Uh huh. And when management comes around to check your settings, your answer is...? I may use pine at home, but at work, they say Outlook, I cuss and use Outlook.
"No thanks - I'll use the email proggy I want, and keep *my* mail on the workstation I was assigned, not on the server (for the world to read or delete)."
Good luck in your next place of employment.
Seriously, it's great if there's enough leeway for you to do what you want. But if there are rules that higher-ups Really Don't Want Broken for whatever reason, it's dumb to break them just for the halibut when your job's on the line.
~sabine
"(what kind of oppressive regime do you work under?)"
A fairly small tech-writing firm with contracts from some very big companies. There are many writers here with great engineering, electrical, and mechanical skills; I'm one of only a couple with a computerish background. I write software procedures, edit manuals, do SGML conversion, etc. (and fix hardware when the SA's not available.)
It's amazing the damage that smart people who aren't computer literate can do. I don't blame management, really, and they did start allowing me a lot more leeway once I showed I could be trusted to not destroy things on a regular basis. It still rankles though.
~sabine