IANAL, but I believe that they have to initial your changes as well, in order to make it stand up in court. In any case, the NDA should be part of the negotiations, not something that gets added at the last moment, as in "Oh, and here's the Draconian NDA for you to sign".
The shuttle astronauts are true heroes -- think of the bravery it takes to fly one of those things. And let's not forget the Challenger mission which failed on January 28, 1986, seventeen years ago tomorrow.
I'll be outside at about 1130am tomorrow, looking up at the skies as I do every year, thanking that shuttle crew for their sacrifice.
It's a common trap to take offense to an interviewer's question -- the solution is to just answer the question (for readers who didn't get it from the OP). Never mind that you've been programming in C for 10 years, just explain what a pointer is.
I would have to concur with the recommendation to read 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' -- great story, interesting ideas, with a minimum of preaching. Another good one if 'Farnham's Freehold', sort of an 'On the Beach' from an American view point, with some sci-fi thrown in. 'Have Spacesuit Will Travel' and 'Farmer in the Sky' are much more junior adult type books. On the preachier side is something like 'Time Enough for Love' and 'Stranger in a Strange Land'.
Another Microsoft employee was quoted as saying 'At least if Linux takes off, their viruses will propagate and we won't be seen as the bad guys any more.'
Come again? Linux viruses? Do you have any examples of these beasties?
We took delivery of our VAX 11/780 in August 1983 and were thrilled with all the doodads on it, including 'phone' that split the screen and allowed each user to see what the other user was typing, in real time. And last time I checked, 1983 happened before 1999 when this patent was filed.
I live in Canberra, Australia, married to a beautiful non-hacker, and expecting our first child in January. I have an engineering degree, was born in 1973, and I work for IBM's Linux Technology Center.
You worked with him in 1978? In the article he says he was born in 1973, making him 29 or 30, so in '78 he would have been 4 or 5. Was he really working at TeleSys Interactive that young?
In the first recording your voice is way low in the mix, and also appears to be low in your range so it's hard to tell what's going on. Part the way through you started to sing out with more conviction and the vocal sounded good.
The second song sounded much better, but you had trouble with one particular note, a largish jump up that you never tuned correctly. Nothing really that an autotuner would help with -- just a regular practice regimen and a decent warmup before recording.
The last recording (live, supposedly, though I couldn't hear any audience or room noise) again sounded fine -- no autotuner required.
If (when) I have time to go back to recording, I sure won't bother with all that stuff.. just belt it out and listen for mistakes then throw another take down.
Thanks for the music -- it was great to listen to.
For the "The most disastrous business decision you ever witnessed" I would have to say IBM's decision to license DOS from Microsoft.
IBM didn't have a lot of choice.. they were being closely watched by the federal government; this was during or just after the anti-trust suit against IBM launched by LBJ on his last day in office. Strategically it was way safer to license rather than buy.
In hindsight, a decision with huge ramifications. At the time, a fairly minor detail in a fairly routine deal.
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I have to add that 'Apache: The Definitive Guide (Second Edition)' was pretty horrible as well. Like the MySQL book, it was heavy on re-hashing available information and light on useful information like a dash of theory or a hint of how the authors used it to solve a particular problem.
And I hate it when O'Reilly comes out with a bad book, because generally their books are great.
Beer with dinner is fine.. if it's one beer, with a meal. More then one beer can make things go downhill real fast.
Beer at lunch is a funny thing. I was taken to lunch a while back by a prospective employer. He ordered a beer and I decided to go for a soda instead. Oops. We got off on the wrong foot, and I kinda wished I'd been able to turn back the clock and have a beer instead.
I follow the beer with coffee to get back in shape for the afternoon or evening.
Don't go past one beer unless they've offered you a job and you've accepted. Then have one more.
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IANAL, but I believe that they have to initial your changes as well, in order to make it stand up in court. In any case, the NDA should be part of the negotiations, not something that gets added at the last moment, as in "Oh, and here's the Draconian NDA for you to sign".
And my friend Gord's birthday is September 11. :( Birthdays don't always fall on convenient days.
The shuttle astronauts are true heroes -- think of the bravery it takes to fly one of those things. And let's not forget the Challenger mission which failed on January 28, 1986, seventeen years ago tomorrow.
I'll be outside at about 1130am tomorrow, looking up at the skies as I do every year, thanking that shuttle crew for their sacrifice.
It's a common trap to take offense to an interviewer's question -- the solution is to just answer the question (for readers who didn't get it from the OP). Never mind that you've been programming in C for 10 years, just explain what a pointer is.
So I guess you didn't read the comment where he says, "Technically, these are actually operating environments".
I would have to concur with the recommendation to read 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' -- great story, interesting ideas, with a minimum of preaching. Another good one if 'Farnham's Freehold', sort of an 'On the Beach' from an American view point, with some sci-fi thrown in. 'Have Spacesuit Will Travel' and 'Farmer in the Sky' are much more junior adult type books. On the preachier side is something like 'Time Enough for Love' and 'Stranger in a Strange Land'.
How soon till be start hearing about people using dial modems over VoIP phone lines for Internet access?
Come again? Linux viruses? Do you have any examples of these beasties?
Hasn't Bill Gates been busy buying up the rights to electronically reproduce works of art through his company Corbis?
We took delivery of our VAX 11/780 in August 1983 and were thrilled with all the doodads on it, including 'phone' that split the screen and allowed each user to see what the other user was typing, in real time. And last time I checked, 1983 happened before 1999 when this patent was filed.
Idiotic.
.. which is described in the original patent filing. Is this stupid or what?
You worked with him in 1978? In the article he says he was born in 1973, making him 29 or 30, so in '78 he would have been 4 or 5. Was he really working at TeleSys Interactive that young?
In the first recording your voice is way low in the mix, and also appears to be low in your range so it's hard to tell what's going on. Part the way through you started to sing out with more conviction and the vocal sounded good.
.. just belt it out and listen for mistakes then throw another take down.
The second song sounded much better, but you had trouble with one particular note, a largish jump up that you never tuned correctly. Nothing really that an autotuner would help with -- just a regular practice regimen and a decent warmup before recording.
The last recording (live, supposedly, though I couldn't hear any audience or room noise) again sounded fine -- no autotuner required.
If (when) I have time to go back to recording, I sure won't bother with all that stuff
Thanks for the music -- it was great to listen to.
I can see using a tool like this to get the perfect studio recording -- especially after getting a great take with just a few bum notes.
Using it during a performance, however, is just cheesy. Learn to sing in tune, please.
IBM didn't have a lot of choice .. they were being closely watched by the federal government; this was during or just after the anti-trust suit against IBM launched by LBJ on his last day in office. Strategically it was way safer to license rather than buy.
In hindsight, a decision with huge ramifications. At the time, a fairly minor detail in a fairly routine deal.
I have to add that 'Apache: The Definitive Guide (Second Edition)' was pretty horrible as well. Like the MySQL book, it was heavy on re-hashing available information and light on useful information like a dash of theory or a hint of how the authors used it to solve a particular problem.
And I hate it when O'Reilly comes out with a bad book, because generally their books are great.
Beer with dinner is fine .. if it's one beer, with a meal. More then one beer can make things go downhill real fast.
Beer at lunch is a funny thing. I was taken to lunch a while back by a prospective employer. He ordered a beer and I decided to go for a soda instead. Oops. We got off on the wrong foot, and I kinda wished I'd been able to turn back the clock and have a beer instead.
I follow the beer with coffee to get back in shape for the afternoon or evening.
Don't go past one beer unless they've offered you a job and you've accepted. Then have one more.
Break a leg.