The most amazing part of this post to me is that VW is still "working on... vehicles that aren't CO2 neutral." I had imagined that after the huge scandal VW was involved in that they would have taken this opportunity to switch over to electric for nearly 100% of their consumer based product lines.
I can't agree with this enough! Where is my thumbs up button! It wouldn't hurt either if PGP/GPG and Enigmail improved their UI's and didn't demand so much of the user.
I think you are right... we could post the salary range but never thought about it. I will bring it up with HR. The problem is that we only pay in the medium range but make up for it with a shorter work week, telecommuting, and good benefits. So the salary isn't going to blow anyone's socks off but emphasizing the other benefits may help.
Like a majority of the job postings we don't list the salary range. We only get to that part after the interview process which is why I know salary isn't the reason we are not receiving candidates. Our retention has also been very high so employees are satisfied with the overall benefits package. If we had candidates receive an offer and then refuse it, that would indicate a salary issue.
I'm a "former" developer and current IT hiring manager. I am trying to fill a couple of developer positions. I worked with HR to craft the job description that best described the job opening... Without any crazy years of experience requirements. It is a senior level position though. At any rate, we have received only two qualified candidates in two months. And we have received only four or five resumes so it's not as if we have been weeding out a ton of candidates before interviewing them. One received a promotion from their current employer before we could bring them back for a second interview, the other was asking for almost double what we could have offered plus wanted to telecommute from out of state half the week. We just are not seeing candidates. Where do developers go when they are looking for jobs? Job boards are expensive and we can't afford to hit every one of them.
Yep, I went to place an order while it was down. I noticed it was down, hit Slashdot to see if this was news or my local network, saw nothing, did a little work and then hit it 30 minutes later to place my order. Some orders will be permanently lost but that is normal for any business over the course of doing business.
"Demands for college degrees and IT certifications and the ability to get IT security clearances should not be a priority in hiring,.. Forget education..." - Schwartau
While we are at it why don't we remove the same criteria from becoming a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Not a good idea? I didn't think so either.
I have to say that I see no reason to use wireless networks when a much faster and more reliable hard wired network is an option. I'm not saying they should not have wireless available, just that classroom computers (any non mobile device really) should be hard wired.
The iPhone app has a 1.5 star rating. It hasn't been updated in quite some time and doesn't work on [my] iPhone 3gs. It does seem to work fine on [my] iPhone 3g and [friends] iPhone 4g. It did work on the iPhone 3gs before the last update to the app though, so it is something they broke. The problem is that the video and audio is out of sync and unwatchable.
Use your lunch break. Problem solved. BTW, any employer who wouldn't let you take an hour out of your day for something like this is an employer I wouldn't want to be working for.
This sounds completely unfair and is truly angering me. I can understand sending him a warning and a temporary suspension, but a complete ban for a first time offense (which in itself is debatable) for someone who has this high level a character is disturbing. Why would I want to invest more time into a system that could ban me without any recourse?
Most of what has been said is true. In addition to pricing issues, I believe that the expansion sets were not very well laid out. After purchasing my initial kit in 1999, I waited for the expansions to come with the other cool sensors, but the kits that came really didn't offer much (especially at their $50 price point). To get the special sensors I was going to have to special order them individually at an outrageious price. I did purchase a few Technic kits to canabalize for parts for my robots though. The other issue I had with the kit, though this wouldn't have caused sales problems but would have been nice for the next generation of mindstorms, was that all my robots were built around the brick, motors and sensors. If the motors and sensors had been slighly less expensive and more readily available individually, I would have picked up more of them and if the main brick could have been smaller and seperated from the robot somehow (perhaps with a central wiring harness brick) then I could have built more robots without having to take one robot apart just to make another one. This would have help increase sales. I think that Lego should have embraced the other programming options for the Mindstorm.
Bottom line, smaller Mindstorm kits on store shelves for motors, sensors, gears, etc; Continued gradual improvements to keep the product line moving forward.
I can't say enough good things about WOW:) It sounds like SWG had a good idea but terrible follow through. Now they are just trying to make another WOW. I love the game play in WOW, but I think I would want a bit more out of SWG. Maybe Blizzard can pull off a StarCraft MMOG and WOW could be a subset in the StarCraft Galaxy:) That would be awesome!
One word: Stilts. If you build in a flood plane below sea level, elevate your structure. It doesn't add that much cost to the overall expense of a structure and can reduce the amount of damage due to a flood substantially. It seems that housing in America has become too uniform across the country, tending to lean towards the cheapest structures possible with no concern to enviornment and energy costs.
> Now to apply this to WOW you figure that the > average level is around 30 or so by now (thats > being generous)
I run a census plugin and on my server of just under 5000 characters, roughly 30% are level 60. The other 70% is spread out evenly from level 1 to level 59, with most levels being occupied with between 1 and 2 percent. Keep in mind that a lot of these lower level character will be alts. I think if you droped the alt characters that you would see a much higher "average" level.
It is currently over a thousand dollars a year. If you're going to spend that kind of money, wouldn't it make more sense to spend it on customizations to free software
Don't get me wrong, I am all for open source software and this would be a prime case for coorperation to produce a open source shared product. But your argument is a bit off. $1000 is cheap, dirt cheap. It would cover about a days worth of my time.
it doesn't do anything that you couldn't whip up in a month or so using PHP
Well, knock yourself out then! Better yet, let the other child care professionals do it. Oh, wait, they aren't programmers! So they would need to hire programmers to work on it for them. Assuming your guestament is correct, and it is not I assure you, you are looking at roughly $16,000 in initial development costs. This wouldn't cover bug fixes, additions, hardware, installation, or support.
Let us not over simplify such tasks. To do such a project would require some financial backing and a centralized agency to over see the development. There would also be lots of compromises to be made amongst the individual childcare departments. This adds much more overhead which equates to more money and time.
Sometimes in the end it is just easier and more efficient to go with a third party provider. It allows you to evaluate the market for what is available (what companies pay to have developed isn't always what they thought they were buying) and make your purchasing decisions inteligently.
"This has been a subversion of the research purposes for which Internet2 was developed."
I agree that this has been a subversion. What the heck was the RIAA doing on I2 in the first place! Find out how they gained access to it an remove thier hind end! I2 should be the sole domain of students and teachers and not accessable by industry.
I've had my TiVo for about 6 years now... Long enough that I have forgotten what it was like to watch TV without it. So how long do you usually wait for technology you want to get smaller and cheaper? Technology is always in flux, sometimes waiting is justified (HDTV) and sometimes it is not (TiVo).
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The most amazing part of this post to me is that VW is still "working on... vehicles that aren't CO2 neutral." I had imagined that after the huge scandal VW was involved in that they would have taken this opportunity to switch over to electric for nearly 100% of their consumer based product lines.
For the price to drop under $500 with three sensors. I placed my order earlier today.
I can't agree with this enough! Where is my thumbs up button! It wouldn't hurt either if PGP/GPG and Enigmail improved their UI's and didn't demand so much of the user.
I think you are right... we could post the salary range but never thought about it. I will bring it up with HR. The problem is that we only pay in the medium range but make up for it with a shorter work week, telecommuting, and good benefits. So the salary isn't going to blow anyone's socks off but emphasizing the other benefits may help.
Like a majority of the job postings we don't list the salary range. We only get to that part after the interview process which is why I know salary isn't the reason we are not receiving candidates. Our retention has also been very high so employees are satisfied with the overall benefits package. If we had candidates receive an offer and then refuse it, that would indicate a salary issue.
I'm a "former" developer and current IT hiring manager. I am trying to fill a couple of developer positions. I worked with HR to craft the job description that best described the job opening... Without any crazy years of experience requirements. It is a senior level position though. At any rate, we have received only two qualified candidates in two months. And we have received only four or five resumes so it's not as if we have been weeding out a ton of candidates before interviewing them. One received a promotion from their current employer before we could bring them back for a second interview, the other was asking for almost double what we could have offered plus wanted to telecommute from out of state half the week. We just are not seeing candidates. Where do developers go when they are looking for jobs? Job boards are expensive and we can't afford to hit every one of them.
Yep, I went to place an order while it was down. I noticed it was down, hit Slashdot to see if this was news or my local network, saw nothing, did a little work and then hit it 30 minutes later to place my order. Some orders will be permanently lost but that is normal for any business over the course of doing business.
"Demands for college degrees and IT certifications and the ability to get IT security clearances should not be a priority in hiring,.. Forget education..." - Schwartau
While we are at it why don't we remove the same criteria from becoming a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Not a good idea? I didn't think so either.
I have to say that I see no reason to use wireless networks when a much faster and more reliable hard wired network is an option. I'm not saying they should not have wireless available, just that classroom computers (any non mobile device really) should be hard wired.
The iPhone app has a 1.5 star rating. It hasn't been updated in quite some time and doesn't work on [my] iPhone 3gs. It does seem to work fine on [my] iPhone 3g and [friends] iPhone 4g. It did work on the iPhone 3gs before the last update to the app though, so it is something they broke. The problem is that the video and audio is out of sync and unwatchable.
Use your lunch break. Problem solved. BTW, any employer who wouldn't let you take an hour out of your day for something like this is an employer I wouldn't want to be working for.
I suggest that people send their concerns to Wowaccountrevieweu@blizzard.com
This sounds completely unfair and is truly angering me. I can understand sending him a warning and a temporary suspension, but a complete ban for a first time offense (which in itself is debatable) for someone who has this high level a character is disturbing. Why would I want to invest more time into a system that could ban me without any recourse?
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Most of what has been said is true. In addition to pricing issues, I believe that the expansion sets were not very well laid out. After purchasing my initial kit in 1999, I waited for the expansions to come with the other cool sensors, but the kits that came really didn't offer much (especially at their $50 price point). To get the special sensors I was going to have to special order them individually at an outrageious price. I did purchase a few Technic kits to canabalize for parts for my robots though. The other issue I had with the kit, though this wouldn't have caused sales problems but would have been nice for the next generation of mindstorms, was that all my robots were built around the brick, motors and sensors. If the motors and sensors had been slighly less expensive and more readily available individually, I would have picked up more of them and if the main brick could have been smaller and seperated from the robot somehow (perhaps with a central wiring harness brick) then I could have built more robots without having to take one robot apart just to make another one. This would have help increase sales. I think that Lego should have embraced the other programming options for the Mindstorm.
Bottom line, smaller Mindstorm kits on store shelves for motors, sensors, gears, etc; Continued gradual improvements to keep the product line moving forward.
I can't say enough good things about WOW :) It sounds like SWG had a good idea but terrible follow through. Now they are just trying to make another WOW. I love the game play in WOW, but I think I would want a bit more out of SWG. Maybe Blizzard can pull off a StarCraft MMOG and WOW could be a subset in the StarCraft Galaxy:) That would be awesome!
One word: Stilts. If you build in a flood plane below sea level, elevate your structure. It doesn't add that much cost to the overall expense of a structure and can reduce the amount of damage due to a flood substantially. It seems that housing in America has become too uniform across the country, tending to lean towards the cheapest structures possible with no concern to enviornment and energy costs.
> Now to apply this to WOW you figure that the
> average level is around 30 or so by now (thats
> being generous)
I run a census plugin and on my server of just under 5000 characters, roughly 30% are level 60. The other 70% is spread out evenly from level 1 to level 59, with most levels being occupied with between 1 and 2 percent. Keep in mind that a lot of these lower level character will be alts. I think if you droped the alt characters that you would see a much higher "average" level.
Dual boot? What is that anyway... VMWare or VirtualPC all the way.
Dual boot, haven't used that in years.
Don't get me wrong, I am all for open source software and this would be a prime case for coorperation to produce a open source shared product. But your argument is a bit off. $1000 is cheap, dirt cheap. It would cover about a days worth of my time.
it doesn't do anything that you couldn't whip up in a month or so using PHP
Well, knock yourself out then! Better yet, let the other child care professionals do it. Oh, wait, they aren't programmers! So they would need to hire programmers to work on it for them. Assuming your guestament is correct, and it is not I assure you, you are looking at roughly $16,000 in initial development costs. This wouldn't cover bug fixes, additions, hardware, installation, or support.
Let us not over simplify such tasks. To do such a project would require some financial backing and a centralized agency to over see the development. There would also be lots of compromises to be made amongst the individual childcare departments. This adds much more overhead which equates to more money and time.
Sometimes in the end it is just easier and more efficient to go with a third party provider. It allows you to evaluate the market for what is available (what companies pay to have developed isn't always what they thought they were buying) and make your purchasing decisions inteligently.
I agree that this has been a subversion. What the heck was the RIAA doing on I2 in the first place! Find out how they gained access to it an remove thier hind end! I2 should be the sole domain of students and teachers and not accessable by industry.
> Genre Fatigue (Enterprise)
Ah, no... this was due to bad writing.
Now if Microsoft will just support it we will be all set. Oh, wait...
Regulators Lose Consumer Battle
I've had my TiVo for about 6 years now... Long enough that I have forgotten what it was like to watch TV without it. So how long do you usually wait for technology you want to get smaller and cheaper? Technology is always in flux, sometimes waiting is justified (HDTV) and sometimes it is not (TiVo).