trying to hire candidates in their 20's for a decade or so before they are used up.
With all due respect, fuck you. I'm in my late 30's, and I am not "used up". I have friends in the 40s, 50s, and 60s who are still working hard, and know a hell of a lot more about working in IT than someone snot-nosed punk who just got out of school.
I had a boss recently who, during the interview process, said he was "uncomfortable" with my resume because of many short periods of employment. I explained they were 95% from being laid off by employers. He made me promise that I'd be there for five years.
The fucker laid me off four months later.
(And KT, if you're reading this, I'm talking about you, you prick. Not for laying me off, that was the CEO's decision, but for putting me through that wringer when you couldn't make the same promise in return.)
I don't know, any culture that can spawn a single word that means "he died because his boss was a prick and kept him working long hours on thankless projects and did I mention they never kept the fridge stocked with Coke" is sure to have at least one or two bad employers.
From a technical standpoint, I have absolutely no problem with an ISP dropping access to USENET. It's an old protocol that has outlived its usefulness. No one expects their ISP to carry access to UUCP anymore, this is no different.
But that's not the argument that Cuomo is making. He's essentially saying that because some third grader pissed in one end of one pool, we have to close and drain all the municipal pools and outlaw swim lessons. This is absurd. Kiddie porn traders used to send their garbage through the mail, did anyone suggest shutting down the postal service? What's next, will he try to force ISPs to inspect every email that traverses their network and make sure there are no images of little kids in them? (Oops, I think they're actually already doing this one.)
He's had some good press lately with the consumer protection stuff, this is just completely insane and should be laughed out of court.
If you haven't written anything interesting outside of work, and you're completely uninterested in doing so, then this automatically drops you down a notch among those that I would hire.
So in other words, you don't hire guys with wives, children, dogs, bowling teams, dart tournaments, Warhammer league nights, wine clubs, poker buddies, or who are going to night school to finish their degree? Because you're missing out on some really great employees when you do that.
Or the interviewer. What if the guy has no idea what brainfuck is, and thinks "This guy's just fucking with me"?
Of course, if you're the type to think brainfuck is a clever language and not just a, well, brainfuck, then maybe you're better off not working for that guy, anyway.
Yeah, good luck with that. The House of Representatives has the sole power to punish its members, and only as a body. You specifically CANNOT sue congressmen for the way they vote, it's against the law. Try it and it'll be tossed out. Try it with the wrong congressman, and you might find yourself hauled before a congressional committee facing sanctions.
Though Google's homepage design is irrelevant now. I haven't even visited a search engine's homepage in years. I just type what I'm looking for in the search box on Firefox, and hit return.
It's called a Democratic-Republic, and it's the system we already have. There's no compelling reason to add extra layers of complexity to it.
Oh, and as for the genius idea of getting the candidate to only vote the way a bunch of people vote in a Slashdot poll: what's your recourse when the Congressman you sent to Washington doesn't vote that way? None, zip, zero, zilch. You'll have to wait until the next election cycle to vote him out; but if during those two years he's worked with other groups to get what they want done, he'll have a new voting bloc to help him keep his job.
I'm all for keeping idealism in politics, but this idea is just dumb on the face of it.
Would a ruling like this tie the hands of companies like Comcast so that they're in a "damned if you do damned if you don't" position, or would one ruling likely supercede the other?
No, because Federal law trumps State law. If the FCC rules that companies can't do this, then states can't force them to for other purposes. Of course, that's assuming the FCC neglects to include a provision that allows for state regulated blocking of services, which I doubt very much they'll leave out.
You never bothered to explain what the "loop hole" was, and without that information it's impossible to guess if the greater good is being served by closing it or not. The main points of your post were explaining the anecdote, and you specifically mentioned the company that gained the benefits bribed the entire Congress to get it (seems hyperbolic, but whatever). If you would rephrase your original question, I'll answer it again, but otherwise I stand by my response.
Gee, that's a poser. Should Congressmen vote for a bad bill because the check for the bribe cleared the bank? Or should they vote against it, knowing they might not be able to afford to take their mistress to Aspen next year?
Yeah, that's some moral quandary you've presented us.
I'm still voting for Obama though. Stupid two party system.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!
Why not try voting for Bob Barr, instead? Even if he doesn't win but gets over 5% of the vote, the next Libertarian candidate will qualify for Federal funds.
Nothing would ever get done if everyone in Congress refused to vote for anything that contained a provision that they didn't agree with.
You say that like it's a bad thing. If Congress can't get around to passing any laws, they can't make our lives more complicated. Sounds like a winning plan to me.
Too bad that's not the function of an executive, then. By definition, an executive is a leader. And if you look at the presidents who have been most highly rated throughout history, they've all been leaders first (Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy, Reagan, Eisenhower).
And don't forget the IT guys that cant get bonded due to a shady past but are technically competent who will turn to crime to feed their families.
Are you seriously speculating on back alley disk defragmentation? What's next, a poster showing a PC tech laying on the ground with a busted PC next to him, and the phrase "NEVER AGAIN" underneath?
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I program half a dozen different languages, half of which start with the letter "P"
You can program in Prolog, Pascal, and Pick?
Um, there are four GUI toolkits for Unix: Mono, Gnome, KDE, and Motif. Or did you forget about the last one?
trying to hire candidates in their 20's for a decade or so before they are used up.
With all due respect, fuck you. I'm in my late 30's, and I am not "used up". I have friends in the 40s, 50s, and 60s who are still working hard, and know a hell of a lot more about working in IT than someone snot-nosed punk who just got out of school.
So again, with all due respect, fuck you.
Sounds like they were H1B fishing.
I had a boss recently who, during the interview process, said he was "uncomfortable" with my resume because of many short periods of employment. I explained they were 95% from being laid off by employers. He made me promise that I'd be there for five years.
The fucker laid me off four months later.
(And KT, if you're reading this, I'm talking about you, you prick. Not for laying me off, that was the CEO's decision, but for putting me through that wringer when you couldn't make the same promise in return.)
I don't know, any culture that can spawn a single word that means "he died because his boss was a prick and kept him working long hours on thankless projects and did I mention they never kept the fridge stocked with Coke" is sure to have at least one or two bad employers.
From a technical standpoint, I have absolutely no problem with an ISP dropping access to USENET. It's an old protocol that has outlived its usefulness. No one expects their ISP to carry access to UUCP anymore, this is no different.
But that's not the argument that Cuomo is making. He's essentially saying that because some third grader pissed in one end of one pool, we have to close and drain all the municipal pools and outlaw swim lessons. This is absurd. Kiddie porn traders used to send their garbage through the mail, did anyone suggest shutting down the postal service? What's next, will he try to force ISPs to inspect every email that traverses their network and make sure there are no images of little kids in them? (Oops, I think they're actually already doing this one.)
He's had some good press lately with the consumer protection stuff, this is just completely insane and should be laughed out of court.
If you haven't written anything interesting outside of work, and you're completely uninterested in doing so, then this automatically drops you down a notch among those that I would hire.
So in other words, you don't hire guys with wives, children, dogs, bowling teams, dart tournaments, Warhammer league nights, wine clubs, poker buddies, or who are going to night school to finish their degree? Because you're missing out on some really great employees when you do that.
Pfff. vim's version has a much cleaner interface.
Or the interviewer. What if the guy has no idea what brainfuck is, and thinks "This guy's just fucking with me"?
Of course, if you're the type to think brainfuck is a clever language and not just a, well, brainfuck, then maybe you're better off not working for that guy, anyway.
Yeah, good luck with that. The House of Representatives has the sole power to punish its members, and only as a body. You specifically CANNOT sue congressmen for the way they vote, it's against the law. Try it and it'll be tossed out. Try it with the wrong congressman, and you might find yourself hauled before a congressional committee facing sanctions.
Though Google's homepage design is irrelevant now. I haven't even visited a search engine's homepage in years. I just type what I'm looking for in the search box on Firefox, and hit return.
It's called a Democratic-Republic, and it's the system we already have. There's no compelling reason to add extra layers of complexity to it.
Oh, and as for the genius idea of getting the candidate to only vote the way a bunch of people vote in a Slashdot poll: what's your recourse when the Congressman you sent to Washington doesn't vote that way? None, zip, zero, zilch. You'll have to wait until the next election cycle to vote him out; but if during those two years he's worked with other groups to get what they want done, he'll have a new voting bloc to help him keep his job.
I'm all for keeping idealism in politics, but this idea is just dumb on the face of it.
It claims 10,000 gallons per acre; whereas this agri-waste one claims 6 gallons per bushel.
The real question is: how many furlongs per hogshead will I get in my jalopy with either?
Would a ruling like this tie the hands of companies like Comcast so that they're in a "damned if you do damned if you don't" position, or would one ruling likely supercede the other?
No, because Federal law trumps State law. If the FCC rules that companies can't do this, then states can't force them to for other purposes. Of course, that's assuming the FCC neglects to include a provision that allows for state regulated blocking of services, which I doubt very much they'll leave out.
You never bothered to explain what the "loop hole" was, and without that information it's impossible to guess if the greater good is being served by closing it or not. The main points of your post were explaining the anecdote, and you specifically mentioned the company that gained the benefits bribed the entire Congress to get it (seems hyperbolic, but whatever). If you would rephrase your original question, I'll answer it again, but otherwise I stand by my response.
Gee, that's a poser. Should Congressmen vote for a bad bill because the check for the bribe cleared the bank? Or should they vote against it, knowing they might not be able to afford to take their mistress to Aspen next year?
Yeah, that's some moral quandary you've presented us.
I'm still voting for Obama though. Stupid two party system.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!
Why not try voting for Bob Barr, instead? Even if he doesn't win but gets over 5% of the vote, the next Libertarian candidate will qualify for Federal funds.
Nothing would ever get done if everyone in Congress refused to vote for anything that contained a provision that they didn't agree with.
You say that like it's a bad thing. If Congress can't get around to passing any laws, they can't make our lives more complicated. Sounds like a winning plan to me.
That seems awfully idealistic of you.
Too bad that's not the function of an executive, then. By definition, an executive is a leader. And if you look at the presidents who have been most highly rated throughout history, they've all been leaders first (Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy, Reagan, Eisenhower).
Obama has clearly stated he is against granting the telecoms immunity
He voted for the bill, ergo he favors telecom immunity. Case closed.
As someone once said, you can judge a man more accurately by his actions than his words.
Well I feel pretty stupid now. Thanks for clearing that up.
Anyone else find it ironic that someone who complains about people bugging him at all hours of the night for work, has his twitter info in his sig?
And don't forget the IT guys that cant get bonded due to a shady past but are technically competent who will turn to crime to feed their families.
Are you seriously speculating on back alley disk defragmentation? What's next, a poster showing a PC tech laying on the ground with a busted PC next to him, and the phrase "NEVER AGAIN" underneath?