Alleging that someone actually did hack the flight system is not going to promote safety. No one is going to fail safer because they caught the guy. They're going to worry about who is on their flight that won't get caught because he's going to fly the plane into a building first.
If you really think Romney's kids would be refused entry into the college of their choice based on grades, you really don't understand anything about this country. Money, money, money. If you've got it, nothing else matters.
AOL never provided a walled garden. The client gave access to Internet features, and eventually became a PPP client, allowing use of any TCP/IP software you wanted.
And this is why normal people cringe when you enter a room, or simply leave and hope you don't follow. There's nothing to "know better". AOL is cheap. AOL works. AOL has been around longer than any other dial-up ISP, given that they existed before the advent of the dial-up ISP. Only a fucking moron like you would switch away from something that works perfectly, and has since forever, for a new shiny.
Techies like you will never understand non-techies. A fact which brings into question your supposed intelligence. Non-techies don't give a shit about technical superiority or esoteric features. They don't need a vanity domain. They use(d) AOL because it just plain works.
Basically, you're a fucked-up moron, with no ability to understand simple motivations of average people.
People here hate on AOL the same way they hate on "M$" or Apple. It's just a gut instinct to hate on something they don't understand or have no use for. It's hate for non-techies being enabled to use computers and the Internet.
I would guess 99% of the haters never actually used AOL.
Sounds like you were as much as anti-social asshole in the early 90s as you are now. AOL had a great community, or rather, lots of great communities. The client provided a PPP stack fairly early on, so you could take advantage of local access numbers, cheap access and a full TCP/IP stack on Windows 3.1 or MacOS. As I wrote to the other shithead, AOL provided a garden. It was a really nice garden in what was originally a wasteland. However, it was never a walled garden. As the Internet grew up and became a home-user option, AOL grew with it. FTP, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP -- AOL provided access to all. Eventually, they migrated to the PPP stack I mentioned earlier.
You are completely wrong. I would say ignorant, but I think you're lying on purpose.
AOL was never more expensive than competing options. When everyone was $/hr, AOL was in the same range. When everyone switched to $$/month, AOL was as cheap or cheaper than most options. AOL also added (after a lawsuit) many non-toll access numbers.
And AOL was free for my family for a good long time because my father was a forum moderator. A customer volunteer getting some form of compensation. How many ISPs would do that in the 90s?
I never used CompuServe, as that was for business-type people. I have experience with Prodigy and AOL. The AOL client was way better than Prodigy. I remember when AOL got their email gateway, when the client started to allow FTP and NNTP access. I remember when HTTP was new and when support was added to AOL's client. I remember being able to use AOL as a PPP connection and run my own TCP/IP clients while connected. I remember the short-lived ISP attempt (can not recall the name all of a sudden), and was a beta user while it was free. For most of that time, there was no such thing as a modern ISP for the home user. CompuServe and Prodigy didn't last. The AOL experience was curated. It was a garden, but it was never a walled garden. It was around when the area outside the garden was overgrown with weeds, and it's still here now that there's a vibrant Internet community to visit.
You are a stupid fuck. AOL has been around longer than most. Longer than Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail. AOL is the survivor here. All the rest are newbs that could disappear any day now !11!!!!!11!
I was fired from my last job, and it really was due to a mismatch between management and me. It was the best thing they could have done for me. I gave that reason (though didn't say I was fired) to interviewers. I had a job within the month, with the first company I interviewed with. It wasn't a problem.
They should not say anything about not giving notice. And if the applicant had any forethought, he would have given notice, and dealt with it for 2 more weeks. That way, it only reflects badly on the employer, and not also the former employee who now needs a job.
By the way, I actually did the same thing with a part time job I had in college. I've regretted it ever since, even though I never put it on a CV, and never mentioned it to anyone, never mind an interviewer.
In Israel, it's common to be asked about family and other personal details. Not as a discriminator, but because of the culture. Israel is a very family-friendly culture, even amongst the Chilonim.
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You really don't understand contracts, do you?
If you mean less than 50% of eligible voters, it's their own damn fault. If you mean less than 50% of total population, I agree.
The officer was not fired. He quit. Big difference.
That's communism, not socialism. They are often confused, but are not the same.
Do you not know how insurance works? It's all about taking everyone else's money to pay for you. i.e. socialism.
Alleging that someone actually did hack the flight system is not going to promote safety. No one is going to fail safer because they caught the guy. They're going to worry about who is on their flight that won't get caught because he's going to fly the plane into a building first.
If you really think Romney's kids would be refused entry into the college of their choice based on grades, you really don't understand anything about this country. Money, money, money. If you've got it, nothing else matters.
He's probably Black. Explains the defence and the stupidity in one.
AOL never provided a walled garden. The client gave access to Internet features, and eventually became a PPP client, allowing use of any TCP/IP software you wanted.
...doesn't know any better than to use it.
And this is why normal people cringe when you enter a room, or simply leave and hope you don't follow. There's nothing to "know better". AOL is cheap. AOL works. AOL has been around longer than any other dial-up ISP, given that they existed before the advent of the dial-up ISP. Only a fucking moron like you would switch away from something that works perfectly, and has since forever, for a new shiny.
...not as much storage...
This is why ignorant people shouldn't be allowed to breed. Or was that breathe?
AOL offers more storage than Gmail.
What isn't good about AOL? Have you used it in the past 20 years?
Techies like you will never understand non-techies. A fact which brings into question your supposed intelligence. Non-techies don't give a shit about technical superiority or esoteric features. They don't need a vanity domain. They use(d) AOL because it just plain works.
Basically, you're a fucked-up moron, with no ability to understand simple motivations of average people.
People here hate on AOL the same way they hate on "M$" or Apple. It's just a gut instinct to hate on something they don't understand or have no use for. It's hate for non-techies being enabled to use computers and the Internet.
I would guess 99% of the haters never actually used AOL.
Sounds like you were as much as anti-social asshole in the early 90s as you are now. AOL had a great community, or rather, lots of great communities. The client provided a PPP stack fairly early on, so you could take advantage of local access numbers, cheap access and a full TCP/IP stack on Windows 3.1 or MacOS. As I wrote to the other shithead, AOL provided a garden. It was a really nice garden in what was originally a wasteland. However, it was never a walled garden. As the Internet grew up and became a home-user option, AOL grew with it. FTP, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP -- AOL provided access to all. Eventually, they migrated to the PPP stack I mentioned earlier.
Mod parent unadulterated shit. He isn't full of it. He is it.
Netcom? Never heard of them. Must have been some local outfit. AOL was national. From day one.
You are completely wrong. I would say ignorant, but I think you're lying on purpose.
AOL was never more expensive than competing options. When everyone was $/hr, AOL was in the same range. When everyone switched to $$/month, AOL was as cheap or cheaper than most options. AOL also added (after a lawsuit) many non-toll access numbers.
And AOL was free for my family for a good long time because my father was a forum moderator. A customer volunteer getting some form of compensation. How many ISPs would do that in the 90s?
You are 100% wrong.
I never used CompuServe, as that was for business-type people. I have experience with Prodigy and AOL. The AOL client was way better than Prodigy. I remember when AOL got their email gateway, when the client started to allow FTP and NNTP access. I remember when HTTP was new and when support was added to AOL's client. I remember being able to use AOL as a PPP connection and run my own TCP/IP clients while connected. I remember the short-lived ISP attempt (can not recall the name all of a sudden), and was a beta user while it was free. For most of that time, there was no such thing as a modern ISP for the home user. CompuServe and Prodigy didn't last. The AOL experience was curated. It was a garden, but it was never a walled garden. It was around when the area outside the garden was overgrown with weeds, and it's still here now that there's a vibrant Internet community to visit.
You are a stupid fuck. AOL has been around longer than most. Longer than Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail. AOL is the survivor here. All the rest are newbs that could disappear any day now !11!!!!!11!
I was fired from my last job, and it really was due to a mismatch between management and me. It was the best thing they could have done for me. I gave that reason (though didn't say I was fired) to interviewers. I had a job within the month, with the first company I interviewed with. It wasn't a problem.
They should not say anything about not giving notice. And if the applicant had any forethought, he would have given notice, and dealt with it for 2 more weeks. That way, it only reflects badly on the employer, and not also the former employee who now needs a job.
By the way, I actually did the same thing with a part time job I had in college. I've regretted it ever since, even though I never put it on a CV, and never mentioned it to anyone, never mind an interviewer.
In Israel, it's common to be asked about family and other personal details. Not as a discriminator, but because of the culture. Israel is a very family-friendly culture, even amongst the Chilonim.
Good old age-ism in the tech world.
What messed up country do you live in? No State in the US has anti-discrimination laws that cover any of the examples you list.