I am sorry but these women are every geek's wetdream. They're intelligent, goodlooking and have fabulous jobs. The envy quotient for many of us is immeasurable. Their partners/husbands et. al better be good to these women or we'll take them "around the corner" to beat some sense into them.:)
All in all it is absolutely great these women are so successful in these areas of science that has for a long time been seen as an old boys club. Kudos to them and let's hope they'll have more prosperous careers going forward.
Now, looking at the market take a look at what kind of jobs are available. The majority of jobs available in most markets are consulting jobs ranging 3-6 months. Of course they run longer sometimes and often shorter depending on how efficient one is. The reason these jobs are short term are that all too often these jobs are specialized jobs so if you were lucky enough to know obscure technology X you have a consulting gig for 3-6 months. And often the result of this gig is to convert this to something more generic so a cheap outsourced resource can take over where you left off...
But do any these jobs include any benefits? Healthcare, 401(k) and other things one would take for granted as a full time employee is now seldom within reach and if available it will take a serious chunk out of your paycheck.
So, yeah, hiring may be up, companies pay less in salaries for jobs that commanded at least 20%-30% more less than 5 years ago. On top of this as you are now paying for your own healthcare, and other benefits, the net salary has actually decreased with a substantial amount. In the end the ability to live anything remotely like before one was laid off from a full time job, and had to become a consultant, is no longer possible. Unfortunately we have all read about those who have had to cash in their accumulated 401(k), or sell their apts etc, just to get by in hopes the market will do a real upturn and not what we have seen so far.
And in the end we all know what Mark Twain said about statistics...
What is more surprising than anything in this story is; it seems like the nipponese engineers actually show some resourcefulness and problem-solving skills, and don't seem to drown in any "All hail the great leader" group mentality that seems to prevail otherwise in their society.
Solutions seem to be cropping up quickly and in a continuous stream to their problems, instead of becoming stuck in negotiations or meetings with no resolutions that we have seen all too often on other occasions.
All in all I must say I am impressed. And if it comes back it will be a great success for the team.
Ah, but is success on the backs of others to envy? Seriously, if you have a spine and speak "The Truth" you will not move above middle manager (if even) as this is not appreciated UNLESS you have reached a position such as Chairman, member of the board or CEO. Anything below that will make you end up with a short end of stick.
And I assure you, I might be jealous of the title "CIO of Unilever" and wouldn't mind being in that position, but I'd rather be a lowly peon programmer with a spine than a sycophantic CIO just uttering what the company wants to hear.
I'd recommend to you; take a look at the high end video conference systems out there, most of them not only have video but also document collaboration functionality.
When it comes down to it, make sure you just do a light comparative study between systems and find out their probable cost and then present it to your CEO. If he thinks it sounds like what he wants and is willing to spend the bucks continue from there.
In my experience trying to integrate multiple systems is usually a pain in this area, and you just know they will want to transfer something from one system to another seemlessly and so...
With hopes this helps somewhat,/Lindus
In the end it comes down to dollars and cents. The people with the most dollars can buy the election independent of what the "will" of the people is.
And setting up wars to suit companies, be they failing or not is nothing new, just read this and you'll have everything explained to you: http://www.addictedtowar.com/
With hopes there will be a papertrail next time...
Personally I think college is a both a good experience for the self, as well as having the opportunity to learn things that will become vital to your future career. I think studying the works of Knuth and Dijkstra and other major players in the computer science arena are of utmost importance when it comes to the future development of engineering systems, both software, hardware and other.
I can understand why people do drop out or choose not to go to college considering the demand right now for people knowledgable in the arena, however, in the long run I think that going to college is a better idea than skipping it altogether.
Not that I have used it but what about Enhydra? Shouldn't it be a worthy contender in this space? It is afterall a Java based solution and this is usually something "the big boys" like more than something as non-industry standard as PHP.
First: Check http://www.mysql.org out. It answers a fair amount of the questions you might have already.
Second: As far as I know there is a middleware to convert access databases to MySQL data. This should take care of the problem with two db's. The only problem would be that it is a total db dump so it could become more and more unwieldy as the db grows.
Third: You can also connect the Access db to MySQL using MyODBC if so is needed http://www.mysql.org/Manual_chapter/manual_ODBC.ht ml#ODBC which should maybe make things a tad easier, but then again....
One: Check http://www.mysql.org out. It answers a fair amount of the questions you might have already. Second: As far as I know there is a middleware to convert access databases to MySQL data. This should take care of the problem with two db's. The only problem would be that it is a total db dump so it could become more and more unwieldy as the db grows.
Third: You can also connect the Access db to MySQL using MyODBC if so is needed http://www.mysql.org/Manual_chapter/manual_ODBC.ht ml#ODBC which should maybe make things a tad easier, but then again....
With hopes this helps... /Lindus
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Well, not that Deb or the LinuxChix list needs any defence but it seems obvious your girlfriend didn't read the welcome message. It clearly states "There are no posting rules. There are some guidelines, and as long as people follow the guidelines, we'll be able to avoid having to set out any hard and fast rules." which makes things pretty clear to me.
So, instead of complaining please get your facts straight first. As far as I am concerned, LinuxChix is most probably the most helpful list for women and men who are fed up with answers like "RTFM!" every time one may have a question and may be so new in the game that one might not be a star in reading man pages and HOW-TO's.
And I don't think other people will tolerate it either. These kind of scanners will show exactly what we are wearing, enhancers and all... Not to mention if someone has been through an accident and contains extra metals in different places. What are they going to do then? Strip search someone because his hip has been replaces and the upper femur looks like a gun? Not to mention people who are pierced in assorted places *hint*, although I think the alarms go off on them already but at least they don't have to show were they are pierced.
Nope, I don't think this will happen, and if it does, I am quite sure there will be protests when people discover that you do not only see weapons of different kinds but also the shape of people's bodies. Just look at the picture up to the right and say that doesn't look like a women... Oh, well, maybe it all will spawn a new kind of pr0n. The "entertainment" industry has been the first many times to use new technology.
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I am sorry but these women are every geek's wetdream. They're intelligent, goodlooking and have fabulous jobs. The envy quotient for many of us is immeasurable. Their partners/husbands et. al better be good to these women or we'll take them "around the corner" to beat some sense into them. :)
/Lindus
All in all it is absolutely great these women are so successful in these areas of science that has for a long time been seen as an old boys club. Kudos to them and let's hope they'll have more prosperous careers going forward.
With hopes they all have a great time,
Now, looking at the market take a look at what kind of jobs are available. The majority of jobs available in most markets are consulting jobs ranging 3-6 months. Of course they run longer sometimes and often shorter depending on how efficient one is. The reason these jobs are short term are that all too often these jobs are specialized jobs so if you were lucky enough to know obscure technology X you have a consulting gig for 3-6 months. And often the result of this gig is to convert this to something more generic so a cheap outsourced resource can take over where you left off...
/Lindus
But do any these jobs include any benefits? Healthcare, 401(k) and other things one would take for granted as a full time employee is now seldom within reach and if available it will take a serious chunk out of your paycheck.
So, yeah, hiring may be up, companies pay less in salaries for jobs that commanded at least 20%-30% more less than 5 years ago. On top of this as you are now paying for your own healthcare, and other benefits, the net salary has actually decreased with a substantial amount. In the end the ability to live anything remotely like before one was laid off from a full time job, and had to become a consultant, is no longer possible. Unfortunately we have all read about those who have had to cash in their accumulated 401(k), or sell their apts etc, just to get by in hopes the market will do a real upturn and not what we have seen so far.
And in the end we all know what Mark Twain said about statistics...
With hopes they are having a swell time,
What is more surprising than anything in this story is; it seems like the nipponese engineers actually show some resourcefulness and problem-solving skills, and don't seem to drown in any "All hail the great leader" group mentality that seems to prevail otherwise in their society.
/Lindus
Solutions seem to be cropping up quickly and in a continuous stream to their problems, instead of becoming stuck in negotiations or meetings with no resolutions that we have seen all too often on other occasions.
All in all I must say I am impressed. And if it comes back it will be a great success for the team.
With hopes it all works out in the end,
Ah, but is success on the backs of others to envy? Seriously, if you have a spine and speak "The Truth" you will not move above middle manager (if even) as this is not appreciated UNLESS you have reached a position such as Chairman, member of the board or CEO. Anything below that will make you end up with a short end of stick.
/Lindus
And I assure you, I might be jealous of the title "CIO of Unilever" and wouldn't mind being in that position, but I'd rather be a lowly peon programmer with a spine than a sycophantic CIO just uttering what the company wants to hear.
With hopes people have a pleasant day,
When I did a comparative study in this field a couple of years ago I found that Polycom's (then Picturetel) system did all what Tandberg's did but still had better functionality at the time. http://www.polycom.com/products_services/0,1443,pw -35-185,00.html
/Lindus
I'd recommend to you; take a look at the high end video conference systems out there, most of them not only have video but also document collaboration functionality.
When it comes down to it, make sure you just do a light comparative study between systems and find out their probable cost and then present it to your CEO. If he thinks it sounds like what he wants and is willing to spend the bucks continue from there. In my experience trying to integrate multiple systems is usually a pain in this area, and you just know they will want to transfer something from one system to another seemlessly and so... With hopes this helps somewhat,
In the end it comes down to dollars and cents. The people with the most dollars can buy the election independent of what the "will" of the people is.
And setting up wars to suit companies, be they failing or not is nothing new, just read this and you'll have everything explained to you:
http://www.addictedtowar.com/
With hopes there will be a papertrail next time...
Personally I think college is a both a good experience for the self, as well as having the opportunity to learn things that will become vital to your future career. I think studying the works of Knuth and Dijkstra and other major players in the computer science arena are of utmost importance when it comes to the future development of engineering systems, both software, hardware and other.
I can understand why people do drop out or choose not to go to college considering the demand right now for people knowledgable in the arena, however, in the long run I think that going to college is a better idea than skipping it altogether.
Not that I have used it but what about Enhydra? Shouldn't it be a worthy contender in this space? It is afterall a Java based solution and this is usually something "the big boys" like more than something as non-industry standard as PHP.
Perhaps some advice is in order...
t ml#ODBC which should maybe make things a tad easier, but then again....
First: Check http://www.mysql.org out. It answers a fair amount of the questions you might have already.
Second: As far as I know there is a middleware to convert access databases to MySQL data. This should take care of the problem with two db's. The only problem would be that it is a total db dump so it could become more and more unwieldy as the db grows.
Third: You can also connect the Access db to MySQL using MyODBC if so is needed http://www.mysql.org/Manual_chapter/manual_ODBC.h
With hopes this helps...
/Lindus
One: Check http://www.mysql.org out. It answers a fair amount of the questions you might have already.
t ml#ODBC which should maybe make things a tad easier, but then again....
Second: As far as I know there is a middleware to convert access databases to MySQL data. This should take care of the problem with two db's. The only problem would be that it is a total db dump so it could become more and more unwieldy as the db grows.
Third: You can also connect the Access db to MySQL using MyODBC if so is needed http://www.mysql.org/Manual_chapter/manual_ODBC.h
With hopes this helps...
/Lindus
Well, not that Deb or the LinuxChix list needs any defence but it seems obvious your girlfriend didn't read the welcome message. It clearly states "There are no posting rules. There are some guidelines, and as long as people follow the guidelines, we'll be able to avoid having to set out any hard and fast rules." which makes things pretty clear to me.
So, instead of complaining please get your facts straight first. As far as I am concerned, LinuxChix is most probably the most helpful list for women and men who are fed up with answers like "RTFM!" every time one may have a question and may be so new in the game that one might not be a star in reading man pages and HOW-TO's.
Sincerely,
Johan T. Lindgren
Excuse me but this is to me going a tad too far.
And I don't think other people will tolerate it either. These kind of scanners will show exactly what we are wearing, enhancers and all... Not to mention if someone has been through an accident and contains extra metals in different places. What are they going to do then? Strip search someone because his hip has been replaces and the upper femur looks like a gun? Not to mention people who are pierced in assorted places *hint*, although I think the alarms go off on them already but at least they don't have to show were they are pierced.
Nope, I don't think this will happen, and if it does, I am quite sure there will be protests when people discover that you do not only see weapons of different kinds but also the shape of people's bodies. Just look at the picture up to the right and say that doesn't look like a women...
Oh, well, maybe it all will spawn a new kind of pr0n. The "entertainment" industry has been the first many times to use new technology.
With hopes people has a great weekend,
Johan