There's an instance in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus is discussing various things with teachers, and quoting from various old testament sources. Of course it's possible this was all rote memorization, but the simplest solution is that he was educated about them and hence could likely read (and write).
Of course, that assumes the story is close to accurate, too. But that's another debate.
You can see things far more risque on certain public beaches. Anyone who seriously considers women in bikinis to be porn ought to move to Saudi Arabia, where they'll finally be happy.
....is still churning out shit that no one in their right mind would want?
They've got a license to print money with their AppStore and have made many people incredibly wealthy. What have you accomplished by comparison? You don't even have a Slashdot account.
Seems like that's been subverted a few times. A quick check of TVTropes.org should prove whether it has or not. You go ahead and look. No really, it'll be fine. You won't get sucked in and lose the rest of your day, I promise.
The judge doesn't want the jury rereading the arguments from the first case. Which makes sense, because that trial resulted in a mistrial; I'm sure she's trying to avoid the same thing happening this time.
This is going to sound harsh but I have to say it anyway: none of what you just wrote contradicts the fact that, ultimately, you are responsible for your own life. No one else is, and trying to force that responsibility onto them is going to make them resent you, and it will make you resent yourself.
Maybe you had a run of bad luck, it happens to everyone. But that doesn't abdicate your responsibility. And maybe it really is too late for you to get your life back on track. That really sucks, but maybe your life can still have the purpose of being an example to the younger guys on this site, to learn from your example and not recreate your mistakes.
What are those mistakes? I can only infer from what you've written, but here are some things every single person reading this needs to take to heart:
1) Get disability insurance. Now. No seriously, stop reading, go call your insurance agent or go to equote.com or whatever, get a quote, then come back and finish reading this list. If you can't due to cost, then cut something else from your budget. If you can't due to health reasons, well, sucks to be you. Better make sure you do everything else on this list.
2) Establish a rainy-day fund of six months' living expenses to start. Then build it to 12 months. Again, if you can't, then cut something from your life. If you're a parent paying for your kids' college, cut back on that and have them get student loans (you can borrow for college, you can't borrow if you're out of a job or retired). If you live in a big house, sell it and get a smaller one. Because if you don't have that rainy-day fund, you're going to lose your house, anyway.
3) Get some additional skills. AnonymousClown is right, there are a LOT of IT guys out there trying to make it on their own. Throw in competition from offshore companies and there's not a lot of hope to make it. But you know what? Some people still do. Not because they have mad coding skillz or can install Gentoo in 15 minutes or contributed to an open source project, but because they have the ability to market and sell themselves. So while you're still working, go attend some night classes on selling, marketing, accounting, and other business skills. Even if you never start your own business, understanding how those things work is going to make you more valuable to your current employer and reduce the likelihood of being laid off in the first place.
4) Lie on your resume. Seriously. If you've been out of work for a while, just flat out lie about it. Get a friend to be your "employer", maybe even set up a fake website for the company. But don't let there be any gaps on your resume, no matter the cost. If you're applying to a company that does thorough background checks, tell them it was essentially a volunteer job as you were helping a friend start something, and that's why there's no tax information for them (if it even comes up; the reality is that, unless you're going for a security clearance or trying for a job in certain financial companies, no one will do more than call your last employer to check if you worked there...and if you are trying for those jobs, you won't get them due to having been unemployed anyway, so no harm, no foul).
5) Get married. Seriously. There are times when you'll have to depend on another person more than you could ever realize, and being married could be the difference between making it and failing tragically. Not to mention, having two spouses means the possibility of being on one person's health insurance and switching to the other's if needed. The caveat here is, make sure the person you marry doesn't have some serious psychological problem. My first wife has borderline personality disorder (or as I like to call it, "dramaqueenitis"). She made many problems worse than they should've been. But I did much better on my second one, and having her in my life has made everything easier than doing it on my own (something that I will be forever grateful for).
6) Value everyone in your life, and make sure they know that you
The judge is there to make sure all parties get a fair trial. In this case, that concern outweighs the need for public oversight of trial proceedings. It's not like the records are being expunged, afterall.
If I can't paint the 'mechs on the desk in my garage in my own distinctive palette and scheme, then play with them on my custom-built tabletop and with my custom-made terrain, what's the point? I mean sure, either option will embarrass my wife in front of her friends, but my way will embarrass her in front of her friends' husbands. There ain't no computer game out there that'll do that!
Life can be very scary at times. That's why it's so important to be a responsible adult and not leave yourself in a position where you depend upon the kindness of strangers.
The degree is not going to help you, showing an employer you know what you're doing through a tangible product will get you hired.
I wonder if the degree (or at least the courses that lead to the degree) could help you gain those skills?
Nah, people are either born knowing how to program or they're not. No one has ever matriculated from a university with more ability to program than they had when they first enrolled.
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There's an instance in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus is discussing various things with teachers, and quoting from various old testament sources. Of course it's possible this was all rote memorization, but the simplest solution is that he was educated about them and hence could likely read (and write).
Of course, that assumes the story is close to accurate, too. But that's another debate.
"The people called Hyper they go the text?"
According to the examining physician, I may never think again...
I know a site where you'll fit right in.
Humans need to stop thinking they are so special.
Posted the (presumably) human using his opposable thumbs a communications method completely beyond the understanding of any other animal on earth.
"catastrophic mass starvation, entire cities abandoned to the flames, the capital investments of 200 years annihilated within months".
Oh please, 2009 wasn't that bad.
Getting rid of ugly virgins? What kind of sacrifice is that?
You can see things far more risque on certain public beaches. Anyone who seriously considers women in bikinis to be porn ought to move to Saudi Arabia, where they'll finally be happy.
You leave messages in your Slashdot inbox that have already been read? That is embarrassing!
You mean like the video displayed in the summary? Guess we all know which state you're posting from.
Apparently one of the things computers can do is rip off other sites for stupid filler stories.
....is still churning out shit that no one in their right mind would want?
They've got a license to print money with their AppStore and have made many people incredibly wealthy. What have you accomplished by comparison? You don't even have a Slashdot account.
Seems like that's been subverted a few times. A quick check of TVTropes.org should prove whether it has or not. You go ahead and look. No really, it'll be fine. You won't get sucked in and lose the rest of your day, I promise.
I think they were punished by having their site slashdotted. Seems fitting, somehow.
The judge doesn't want the jury rereading the arguments from the first case. Which makes sense, because that trial resulted in a mistrial; I'm sure she's trying to avoid the same thing happening this time.
This is going to sound harsh but I have to say it anyway: none of what you just wrote contradicts the fact that, ultimately, you are responsible for your own life. No one else is, and trying to force that responsibility onto them is going to make them resent you, and it will make you resent yourself.
Maybe you had a run of bad luck, it happens to everyone. But that doesn't abdicate your responsibility. And maybe it really is too late for you to get your life back on track. That really sucks, but maybe your life can still have the purpose of being an example to the younger guys on this site, to learn from your example and not recreate your mistakes.
What are those mistakes? I can only infer from what you've written, but here are some things every single person reading this needs to take to heart:
1) Get disability insurance. Now. No seriously, stop reading, go call your insurance agent or go to equote.com or whatever, get a quote, then come back and finish reading this list. If you can't due to cost, then cut something else from your budget. If you can't due to health reasons, well, sucks to be you. Better make sure you do everything else on this list.
2) Establish a rainy-day fund of six months' living expenses to start. Then build it to 12 months. Again, if you can't, then cut something from your life. If you're a parent paying for your kids' college, cut back on that and have them get student loans (you can borrow for college, you can't borrow if you're out of a job or retired). If you live in a big house, sell it and get a smaller one. Because if you don't have that rainy-day fund, you're going to lose your house, anyway.
3) Get some additional skills. AnonymousClown is right, there are a LOT of IT guys out there trying to make it on their own. Throw in competition from offshore companies and there's not a lot of hope to make it. But you know what? Some people still do. Not because they have mad coding skillz or can install Gentoo in 15 minutes or contributed to an open source project, but because they have the ability to market and sell themselves. So while you're still working, go attend some night classes on selling, marketing, accounting, and other business skills. Even if you never start your own business, understanding how those things work is going to make you more valuable to your current employer and reduce the likelihood of being laid off in the first place.
4) Lie on your resume. Seriously. If you've been out of work for a while, just flat out lie about it. Get a friend to be your "employer", maybe even set up a fake website for the company. But don't let there be any gaps on your resume, no matter the cost. If you're applying to a company that does thorough background checks, tell them it was essentially a volunteer job as you were helping a friend start something, and that's why there's no tax information for them (if it even comes up; the reality is that, unless you're going for a security clearance or trying for a job in certain financial companies, no one will do more than call your last employer to check if you worked there...and if you are trying for those jobs, you won't get them due to having been unemployed anyway, so no harm, no foul).
5) Get married. Seriously. There are times when you'll have to depend on another person more than you could ever realize, and being married could be the difference between making it and failing tragically. Not to mention, having two spouses means the possibility of being on one person's health insurance and switching to the other's if needed. The caveat here is, make sure the person you marry doesn't have some serious psychological problem. My first wife has borderline personality disorder (or as I like to call it, "dramaqueenitis"). She made many problems worse than they should've been. But I did much better on my second one, and having her in my life has made everything easier than doing it on my own (something that I will be forever grateful for).
6) Value everyone in your life, and make sure they know that you
The judge is there to make sure all parties get a fair trial. In this case, that concern outweighs the need for public oversight of trial proceedings. It's not like the records are being expunged, afterall.
Man, I'm screwed.
"Darl" does seem like a great name for a CE wizard. OK, you've convinced me.
If I can't paint the 'mechs on the desk in my garage in my own distinctive palette and scheme, then play with them on my custom-built tabletop and with my custom-made terrain, what's the point? I mean sure, either option will embarrass my wife in front of her friends, but my way will embarrass her in front of her friends' husbands. There ain't no computer game out there that'll do that!
Please, SCO is Lawful Evil. No self-respecting Chaotic Evil villain would think to use lawsuits to go after their quarry.
Re:May I be the first to say (Score:-1, Redundant)
by Anonymous Coward writes: on Mon May 03, '10 04:42 PM (#32077724)
Mod self redundant. NOW!
FTFY.
Years ago I used viavoice on Warp4, and it had a pretty decend recognitation rate ..
Looks like whatever you're using now ain't quite as good.
I rely on kind, cooperative strangers for my job.
I don't. I rely on my ability to do said job to the satisfaction of my employer. As does everyone.
That's a pretty shallow and individualistic notion of adult and responsible.
Funny, I was just thinking yours is pretty shortsighted and leach-like.
Life can be very scary at times. That's why it's so important to be a responsible adult and not leave yourself in a position where you depend upon the kindness of strangers.
The degree is not going to help you, showing an employer you know what you're doing through a tangible product will get you hired.
I wonder if the degree (or at least the courses that lead to the degree) could help you gain those skills?
Nah, people are either born knowing how to program or they're not. No one has ever matriculated from a university with more ability to program than they had when they first enrolled.