I picked up this copy of the New York Times today.
The front page has a gruesome photo of burnt bodies of American civilians hanging from a bridge in Iraq.
Further in, there are more photos of burnt Americans.
The craziest part is that even further in, in the "Circuits" section this Slashdot article is pulled from, there are reviews of two games based on the Viet Nam war.
A quote from Matt Costello, a scriptwriter for the Viet Nam war games, is:
"If I'm writing Bad Boys II or Doom 3, I just go do it and have fun.... For this one, I had to light a candle and take a deep breath."
The bartender takes one look at the string and eighty-sixes him with these words: "Get out of here! We don't serve strings in this bar."
The string slouches out of the bar, scuffing his way down the sidewalk, until he gets a bright idea to disguise himself. He twists himself up and messes up his hair, then walks back in to the bar.
After taking his order, the bartender turns back to the string and says, "Wait a minute. Aren't you the string I just threw out of here?"
The string replies, "No, I'm a frayed knot."
(That was the punch-line.)
Anyone carrying a firewire cable?
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My first instinct (if I owned an iPod and were taking part in this so-called "jacking") would be to carry a short firewire cable so we could "share" the songs even longer.
You know what I mean: so we each could listen to our new songs and decide whether or not to buy the record, then throw out the illegal "shared" files, of course.
I don't see how open-source really qualifies as open, in the sense of "Open, Public Elections."
Think of how many people use open-source software without ever needing to delve into the coding inside. And these are people who are actually using wierd, freaky OS's they had to intentionally install. This is a small subset of the population.
Now consider how many people are going to go through the trouble of poring through source code of voting programs. Arguably fewer, since voting programs are a small subset of the set of open-source software.
We may accept the wisdom of "many eyes make shallow bugs" (or light work), but it's a trusting soul who lets voting get too complicated.
Ballots should be on paper; one person, one vote. Never mind all the other inadequacies of the system, until we can make software as stable as my calculator watch, we shouldn't be putting elections in the hands of developers(even open-source programmers).
"If you try to install the same copy of Windows on a different PC, you'll be asked to activate again -- only this time activation will fail, and you'll be advised that it's illegal to install one copy of Windows on multiple machines and told to buy another copy. The second installation of Windows will stop working."
Come on....!
Even people accepting their present subservience to Microsoft will balk at this.
Some posters have responded to your question with the answer "tough shit; get used to it kid"(paraphrase).
While they have a solid point you may want to absorb on your travels into the work world, you have a good point as well: you feel you were misled by promises of engineering experience.
You are getting engineering experience doing the grunt work--that is part of engineering.
But you have every right to assert your desire to do more interesting things.
You have nothing to lose by diplomatically bringing this issue up with any of your supervisors, including any teachers who helped you find the position.
And this could be a great experience in asking for what you want at work. Most people are so afraid of approaching the same issue you're talking about, for fear of losing their jobs, they never even try.
Give it a shot--you won't know unless you do.
But when you're talking with your supervisors, try not to argue and be pissed off, as angry as you may be. Be assertive and insistent and clear about what you want. And be prepared to not get what you want: if you get to do even a few fun things among your other work, you can consider that an improvement.
Hope this helps some; good luck!
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I picked up this copy of the New York Times today.
... For this one, I had to light a candle and take a deep breath."
The front page has a gruesome photo of burnt bodies of American civilians hanging from a bridge in Iraq.
Further in, there are more photos of burnt Americans.
The craziest part is that even further in, in the "Circuits" section this Slashdot article is pulled from, there are reviews of two games based on the Viet Nam war.
A quote from Matt Costello, a scriptwriter for the Viet Nam war games, is:
"If I'm writing Bad Boys II or Doom 3, I just go do it and have fun.
"We typically like things like anime, Open Source, Star Wars and SCO."
Who's we?
What about cheap desktop eyeglass manufacturing, or The Stopping of Light, subjects recently featured here in these hollowed[sic] halls? Would those past your test?
Now I'm ranting, but there are "typically" lots of interests among readers here, and as another just posted, lighten up.
Call it Googly Eyes.
>>Or perhaps the book itself was too expensive for any sane person to plop down the money to purchase it.
- fo rm/104-2195990-9483131
$44.95 USD.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle
sorry
No, it's funny.
But how can you tell it's the monkey type, and not some other type, just from the smell?
Still, it's funny.
A string walks in to a bar and orders a drink.
The bartender takes one look at the string and eighty-sixes him with these words: "Get out of here! We don't serve strings in this bar."
The string slouches out of the bar, scuffing his way down the sidewalk, until he gets a bright idea to disguise himself. He twists himself up and messes up his hair, then walks back in to the bar.
After taking his order, the bartender turns back to the string and says, "Wait a minute. Aren't you the string I just threw out of here?"
The string replies, "No, I'm a frayed knot."
(That was the punch-line.)
My first instinct (if I owned an iPod and were taking part in this so-called "jacking") would be to carry a short firewire cable so we could "share" the songs even longer.
You know what I mean: so we each could listen to our new songs and decide whether or not to buy the record, then throw out the illegal "shared" files, of course.
"Which means open-source of some sort."
I don't see how open-source really qualifies as open, in the sense of "Open, Public Elections."
Think of how many people use open-source software without ever needing to delve into the coding inside. And these are people who are actually using wierd, freaky OS's they had to intentionally install. This is a small subset of the population.
Now consider how many people are going to go through the trouble of poring through source code of voting programs. Arguably fewer, since voting programs are a small subset of the set of open-source software.
We may accept the wisdom of "many eyes make shallow bugs" (or light work), but it's a trusting soul who lets voting get too complicated.
Ballots should be on paper; one person, one vote. Never mind all the other inadequacies of the system, until we can make software as stable as my calculator watch, we shouldn't be putting elections in the hands of developers(even open-source programmers).
Best,
Andrew Musselman
256 MG
Is that storage or a vehicle?
Pronounce the Greek letters.
X == Chi
r == Rho
Okay
God - do we have to have this argument AGAIN on slashdot?
You're kidding, right?
You can use C and C++ files with Objective-C too!
I was hoping for pictures of microwaved peeps. I was sure the "reaction to heat" link would be it, but no, alas...
Thanks for the tip; I'll try it now.
From the article:
"If you try to install the same copy of Windows on a different PC, you'll be asked to activate again -- only this time activation will fail, and you'll be advised that it's illegal to install one copy of Windows on multiple machines and told to buy another copy. The second installation of Windows will stop working."
Come on....!
Even people accepting their present subservience to Microsoft will balk at this.
This is good news everybody.
Some posters have responded to your question with the answer "tough shit; get used to it kid"(paraphrase). While they have a solid point you may want to absorb on your travels into the work world, you have a good point as well: you feel you were misled by promises of engineering experience. You are getting engineering experience doing the grunt work--that is part of engineering. But you have every right to assert your desire to do more interesting things. You have nothing to lose by diplomatically bringing this issue up with any of your supervisors, including any teachers who helped you find the position. And this could be a great experience in asking for what you want at work. Most people are so afraid of approaching the same issue you're talking about, for fear of losing their jobs, they never even try. Give it a shot--you won't know unless you do. But when you're talking with your supervisors, try not to argue and be pissed off, as angry as you may be. Be assertive and insistent and clear about what you want. And be prepared to not get what you want: if you get to do even a few fun things among your other work, you can consider that an improvement. Hope this helps some; good luck!