Trust me, it's a bad game to play unless you are willing to accept that your employer will always be wondering if you are going to jumo ship again.
All it takes is a little ego-stroking to your manager about 3 months after you stay, and say "Wow, I can't believe I was considering leaving a few months ago. I must have just been restless, but I am really starting to feel like things are really coming together here. I am really feeling comfortable now."
Although, I am not speaking from experience. I left a big company after 5 years, and got the counter offer raise/promotion. But I wasn't leaving becaue of money, I had grown sick of the culture there, the whole glacier company mentality. I won't name names, but let's just say that they used to be the number one cell phone company, now they are number two. I went to a small private company and it was such a great refresher from the corporate culture. I took a 1% pay raise and a drop in benefits, but I was miserable in that corporate culture. Unfortunately, when the dot-coms started dropping like flies, our investors got freaked out and pulled all funding. The company had been around 7 years, but bit the dust. Now I am back in the corporate culture, but I have a better perspective on things. I actually went to an interview at the old company, because I was out of a job with no severance at all. After 2 minutes, I knew I could never work there again. It was just not my kind of place. After the interview, they said they were interested in me, and someone would contact me in a month or two about setting up an interview. This had just been a pre-interview!! I told them I was out of a job, and no thanks. I just didn't think that I would like working there. The look on the interviewers face was priceless.
Morehei Ueshiba, and I belive it was originated around 1942. You did give a 100 year range, I thought I would narrow it down for you.
I haven't even seen the movie yet, but I have heard about the "awesome" yoda scene. Then the new trailers came out, and I have seen a little of it. I really hope there are some good light saber scenes when I do get around to seeing it, because that is about the only reason I have left to watch it. I may just wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it. Damn, Episode I really did a number on me.
Burns said the change was necessary because ICANN has exceeded its authority, does not operate in an open fashion, and is dangerously unaccountable to Internet users, businesses and other key interest groups.
I think the key here is "businesses and other key interest groups". In other words, the government doesn't get any kickbacks because they don't have any control over what ICANN does. Seriously, if the government had the "internet users" interests at heart, MS wouldn't be in the position it is in now, and they would have come down on them like a ton of bricks. And arguing that the government is more/less corrupt than businesses is like shopping for dildos - you aren't looking for the one that feels the best, you are looking for the one that hurts the least.
This type of behavior is simply unacceptable, but especially from a company that claims to be on a company-wide security audit.
And here is the scary part - MS sees this as being a fix to a security issue. I have no doubts that this will be spun to show that they ARE concerned about security*.
*provided the user upgrades to the latest release of IE. Of course, it would be even better if they had to upgrade the whole OS to XP. (picks up recorder) Note to self: email the boys in development and tell them to only remove the Gopher support in IE for XP. Use the usual excuse that it is the only technically feasable solution... Oh, and pick up a new kicking-puppy on the way home.
No offense intended, but it seems that you don't have a strong technical background. I found this biographical information, so feel free to correct this conclusion: Ransom H. Love has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and member of the board of directors since August 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Love was a founder and served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Vice President of Business Development and General Manager of the OpenLinux division for Caldera, Inc. from January 1995 to September 1998. Prior to Caldera, Inc., Mr. Love held senior marketing positions at Novell and Sanyo Icon. Mr. Love has been in various management positions in sales, marketing, support, testing and education in the computer industry since 1982. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations and a masters of business administration from Brigham Young University.
Currently, Linux is more of an operating system for the technically inclined. It is a tech OS created by tech people. What challenges have you faced in dealing with such a technically-weighted product/community, and what made you become interested in Linux in the first place?
I would love to destroy this thing...
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$80k. Eighty Thousand Dollars. For a chair, used in a bad TV series? I'll bet the guy working for $6 an hour who built this thing is crapping his pants about now. Honestly, the complete idiocy of collectors amazes me. Dammit, it is hard enough to be interested in computers, science, and other things considered to be geeky without all the damn Trekkies making us look bad. Everyone assumes that if you are into computers, you are into all things trek. It was a bad, dumb show. And don't go off spouting your drivel about how it was amazing for it's time, blah blah, I DON'T CARE.
Yes, it is amazing that this prop would sell for $80k or more, but go in the Smithsonian, as someone suggested? OMFG please! Just let it go. Take a step back, and look at your damn self. Stop. Just stop.
I have heard this argument before, and believed it at one point. (I grew up Catholic BTW). That is just one statement in the Bible that you can resolve with a simple statement. If that is true, then it would mean that a lot of time passed from the time God created Adam, to the time he ripped out his rib while he was sleeping and created Eve. How did this theoretical human race survive with only males? I am presuming, of course, that you can't just change the context of time to suit your beliefs.
And the nominees for most hated "journalist" on slashdot are:
Jon Katz.
And the winner (loser) is...
The most clueless statement from the article...
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I applaud this action, but this statement from the article make me really wonder how in touch this guy is: I enjoy seeing them use the computers for recreation, as opposed to purely academic purposes.
I think that is the first time I have EVER heard that statement. I know he is talking about the school computers, but he has to realize that these kids probably aren't newbies to the gaming arena.
I sure do miss the company-wide 1/2 hour lunchtime Quake Mega Team Fortress games at my old job. We even had a map of the floor plan that our office was on. *sniff*
I agree that there may not be many gopher links that look like gopher links, but what stops the malicious from disquising their gopher links to look like regular hrefs?
Or better yet, auto-forwarding to them. Throw up a hit page for Google to find, and sit back and wait for the hits. Or spam with the address. It isn't like someone who would exploit this is scrupulous or anything.
The one thing that I learned from the slashdot post was...
audiophiles are DORKS!:-)
Man, I thought some of the other discussions on here get a little in-depth sometimes, but I can't understand a damn thing that most of these people posted. Is all that crap in your heads all the time? How do you function on a daily basis, when you understand how your ear is hearing sounds at a microscopic level?
According to Moore's law, the typical desktop computer should be able to simulate the universe in less than 600 years.
(18 months per double; 10^120 =~= 2^399; 1.5 years * 399 = 598.5 years)
Hmm, wonder what it will be able to calculate in 601 years...
Actually, in 600 years, there will 600 more years worth of calculations to do. Including the simulation in question. Ouch, that hurt.
According to the FAQ on your website, you are currently studying for your first law degree. With such a heavy technical background, especially in CS, I am curious as to what area of the law you are planning on going into. Is it a technology-related area? It would be nice to have some more technically-capable people in the law profession, especially those who are Linux friendly. Or is going into law just your way of making money for that early retirement?
Well, as we have seen in the past, some people take a long time to respond to the interview questions. Why should the interviews be single threaded? They aren't dependent on one another.
And yes, you did miss it . I paid close attention to this one, as one of my questions was asked. (#10)
Once again, something got lost in the translation. "Free as in beer" got translated to "free beer", and the Germans couldn't sign the contract fast enough.
It is what I like to call the lemming factor. People learn how to code HTML to the MS Standard. (ugh, it pains me to even say those words). "Web designers" take classes in said topic, only to be actually learning MS-only code. They are taught it is better, and they don't question it. No reasonably intelligent person would knowingly code something like that unless they were in MS's back pocket, or are simply ignorant. They are lemmings, they follow what they are TOLD is the way to do things without actually looking into it objectively.
Here is one huge difference between the MPAA and the RIAA. The RIAA is kind of shooting in the dark when they release CDs, at least in theory. They don't know whether or not a CD will sell enough to make back the money they have put up front for it. However, the MPAA releases movies that have already been out in the marketplace. Their production costs are merely putting the movie on digital format, and creating the extras for the DVD. They pretty much already KNOW that a movie like Shrek or Toy Story will sell well on "home video", they have already established that the market is there because the movie was so popular in the theatres. Even movies that tank in the theatres may do OK out on DVD. So they pretty much make money on every DVD they release. This isn't the case with the music industry.
But, with file sharing, the word can get out about upcoming albums. Eminem's album is a perfect example. It jumped to number one, even though it had been available on the net and street corners. Why did it go to #1? Maybe because they said "hey, let's give the buying public a little something extra." Or maybe because enough people heard a few songs from it on the net, and wanted to go buy the album ANYWAY.
I sure hope some lawyer is keeping track of all of this.
Please, Lea, wake up and take a look at the real world. In all honesty, congratualtions on your degree and your upcoming PhD work. (you'll need it!):-) But you don't HONESTLY think that you are the "average" college student, do you? I don't have any ill feelings towards people who have their school paid for, that would just be sour grapes. I do find it sad when people get everything paid for yet they still are lazy, spoiled, and unappreciative. Again, it sounds like you had to struggle some. Maybe it was because you pushed yourself. You sound motivated. Do you think all college kids are motivated to do well? My point is that if you have a kid that isn't motivated, throwing money at them isn't going to help things. You are obviously a hard worker, and it sounds like even though your school was taken care of, you STILL worked hard for whatever reason. You have motivation. You are lucky, not everyone does. In fact, I think it is probably safe to say that most people don't have that kind of motivation. You seem to have learned that if you work hard, you can get somewhere. That is different than learning that you don't have to do anything and you can still get by. Totally different. Good for you. But don't think that everyone is like you. I am not trying to generalize and say "everyone who gets things paid for is lazy", but I think that if you are used to getting everything paid for, there are certain lessons that you just don't learn. When a phone call to your parents can pretty much clear up any financial issue, you miss something. Who knows, maybe you are set for life, and you won't have to worry about that kind of stuff. Not everyone is that fortunate.
MY head is in the sand? My parents couldn't just foot the bill for my education and my friends (?!). Surely you don't think that is how the real world works, do you?
Seriously, though-- just because you had no fun whatsoever in college, doesn't mean it can't be done without help from some other source. This guy is talking about getting her a FLASHLIGHT for pete's sake. Hardly coddling.
And a lockpick set. (?!)
Hey, I didn't say I didn't have fun. Nearly every weekend was a whole-lotta-drinkin. But I got the job done FIRST. If I didn't have my classwork together, I didn't go out - period. And I went to every class. It was hilarious to see guys struggling, complaining that the class was too hard, or the instructor wasn't fair, and they only came to about 1/2 the classes. I know the poster was talking about a care-package, and it wasn't even his kid. But I was making more of a point in general. It's OK to get help from somewhere else, there is nothing wrong with that. But give the right help to someone. Struggling is OK. Give them something that they can use in 10 years (self-reliance) instead of a Playstation.
Looking back, the kids who truly got the most out of school were the ones who didn't have to spend 50 hours a week working like I did. My kids will go to college with all the trimmings, fully funded, and I will be proud that I could give them something I didn't have. You aren't "helping your kids grow." What you're really doing is taking your bitterness out on them.
Hey, I know that it sucked to work constantly while in school. And I probably would have been able to learn more and do better in my classes if I had to work less. Or, I might have spent that time dicking around, like one of my roommates who didn't work. But ask yourself this: What did YOU learn from your college experience? Not just in your classes, there is more to it than that. It sounds like you are doing OK for yourself. Since you worked throughout school, you probably learned that it feels GOOD to make it on your own. In the long run, what is better - to have a good work ethic, or to have no worries at all? Which is more realistic?
And for the record, I don't have kids, so I am not taking anything out on anyone. I do understand that you want to be able to help your kids as much as you can. I am not saying that helping them is wrong, but you have to help them in the right ways. Help them to help themselves. They might not like it so much at the time, but later in life they will appreciate it. And if you have the money to help them with tuition, do it! There is nothing wrong with that, maybe you can spare them the hell of paying back student loans. But don't help them so much that they don't appreciate the idea of doing something for themselves. It's OK if they have to struggle a little bit.
By taking care of the simple things for her, she'll be able to concentrate on her *real* goals....Because university (or college) is what turns you into the person you will be for the rest of your life, and if you have to spend it busting your ass just to afford food, then it turns you into what, apparently, you are: a hard-ass with no sense of fun.
First off, I am no hard-ass. I am quite liberal, and I have had my share of fun. I coulnd't quite come off as such a hard ass if I told how much partying I did. But you know what? I got the job done FIRST. I saw so many people flunk out, or just quit going to class, because they had no sense of responsibility. THAT is what needs to be instilled in college kids. It isn't about being a hard ass at all. The only debt I came out of college with was from student loans, and they weren't that bad because I worked my way through as well. As long as you let kids sit on their ass and slide by, they will. Now this may be a stretch from the original poster, because I don't know anything about him or the girl he wanted to get things for.
I agree that the way you are at that age helps to make you who you are for the rest of your life. THAT IS EXACTLY MY POINT! Don't teach them that they don't have to do anything for themselves. What kind of a lesson is that?
I'd rather be the mollycoddled, whiny brat, if it's all the same to you.
It doesn't sound like you are, you said you paid for things yourself, and worked for what you got. That isn't being mollycoddled at all.
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All it takes is a little ego-stroking to your manager about 3 months after you stay, and say "Wow, I can't believe I was considering leaving a few months ago. I must have just been restless, but I am really starting to feel like things are really coming together here. I am really feeling comfortable now."
Although, I am not speaking from experience. I left a big company after 5 years, and got the counter offer raise/promotion. But I wasn't leaving becaue of money, I had grown sick of the culture there, the whole glacier company mentality. I won't name names, but let's just say that they used to be the number one cell phone company, now they are number two. I went to a small private company and it was such a great refresher from the corporate culture. I took a 1% pay raise and a drop in benefits, but I was miserable in that corporate culture. Unfortunately, when the dot-coms started dropping like flies, our investors got freaked out and pulled all funding. The company had been around 7 years, but bit the dust. Now I am back in the corporate culture, but I have a better perspective on things. I actually went to an interview at the old company, because I was out of a job with no severance at all. After 2 minutes, I knew I could never work there again. It was just not my kind of place. After the interview, they said they were interested in me, and someone would contact me in a month or two about setting up an interview. This had just been a pre-interview!! I told them I was out of a job, and no thanks. I just didn't think that I would like working there. The look on the interviewers face was priceless.
Are you taking your pics @ 640x480 resolution?
not.
Wow, saying something that sounds like a positive response, then saying "Not!" after it is still as funny today as it was in the early 90's.
Not!
I haven't even seen the movie yet, but I have heard about the "awesome" yoda scene. Then the new trailers came out, and I have seen a little of it. I really hope there are some good light saber scenes when I do get around to seeing it, because that is about the only reason I have left to watch it. I may just wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it. Damn, Episode I really did a number on me.
I think the key here is "businesses and other key interest groups". In other words, the government doesn't get any kickbacks because they don't have any control over what ICANN does. Seriously, if the government had the "internet users" interests at heart, MS wouldn't be in the position it is in now, and they would have come down on them like a ton of bricks. And arguing that the government is more/less corrupt than businesses is like shopping for dildos - you aren't looking for the one that feels the best, you are looking for the one that hurts the least.
And here is the scary part - MS sees this as being a fix to a security issue. I have no doubts that this will be spun to show that they ARE concerned about security*.
*provided the user upgrades to the latest release of IE. Of course, it would be even better if they had to upgrade the whole OS to XP. (picks up recorder) Note to self: email the boys in development and tell them to only remove the Gopher support in IE for XP. Use the usual excuse that it is the only technically feasable solution... Oh, and pick up a new kicking-puppy on the way home.
Well jeez, you generated 5 questions yourself. Love is a Pres/CEO. I really doubt he'll be able to answer any of these questions himself.
No offense intended, but it seems that you don't have a strong technical background. I found this biographical information, so feel free to correct this conclusion:
Ransom H. Love has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and member of the board of directors since August 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Love was a founder and served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Vice President of Business Development and General Manager of the OpenLinux division for Caldera, Inc. from January 1995 to September 1998. Prior to Caldera, Inc., Mr. Love held senior marketing positions at Novell and Sanyo Icon. Mr. Love has been in various management positions in sales, marketing, support, testing and education in the computer industry since 1982. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations and a masters of business administration from Brigham Young University.
Currently, Linux is more of an operating system for the technically inclined. It is a tech OS created by tech people. What challenges have you faced in dealing with such a technically-weighted product/community, and what made you become interested in Linux in the first place?
Yes, it is amazing that this prop would sell for $80k or more, but go in the Smithsonian, as someone suggested? OMFG please! Just let it go. Take a step back, and look at your damn self. Stop. Just stop.
I have heard this argument before, and believed it at one point. (I grew up Catholic BTW). That is just one statement in the Bible that you can resolve with a simple statement. If that is true, then it would mean that a lot of time passed from the time God created Adam, to the time he ripped out his rib while he was sleeping and created Eve. How did this theoretical human race survive with only males? I am presuming, of course, that you can't just change the context of time to suit your beliefs.
And the nominees for most hated "journalist" on slashdot are:
Jon Katz.
And the winner (loser) is...
I think that is the first time I have EVER heard that statement. I know he is talking about the school computers, but he has to realize that these kids probably aren't newbies to the gaming arena.
I sure do miss the company-wide 1/2 hour lunchtime Quake Mega Team Fortress games at my old job. We even had a map of the floor plan that our office was on. *sniff*
Or better yet, auto-forwarding to them. Throw up a hit page for Google to find, and sit back and wait for the hits. Or spam with the address. It isn't like someone who would exploit this is scrupulous or anything.
audiophiles are DORKS! :-)
Man, I thought some of the other discussions on here get a little in-depth sometimes, but I can't understand a damn thing that most of these people posted. Is all that crap in your heads all the time? How do you function on a daily basis, when you understand how your ear is hearing sounds at a microscopic level?
Hmm, wonder what it will be able to calculate in 601 years...
Actually, in 600 years, there will 600 more years worth of calculations to do. Including the simulation in question. Ouch, that hurt.
According to the FAQ on your website, you are currently studying for your first law degree. With such a heavy technical background, especially in CS, I am curious as to what area of the law you are planning on going into. Is it a technology-related area? It would be nice to have some more technically-capable people in the law profession, especially those who are Linux friendly. Or is going into law just your way of making money for that early retirement?
And yes, you did miss it . I paid close attention to this one, as one of my questions was asked. (#10)
Once again, something got lost in the translation. "Free as in beer" got translated to "free beer", and the Germans couldn't sign the contract fast enough.
It is what I like to call the lemming factor. People learn how to code HTML to the MS Standard. (ugh, it pains me to even say those words). "Web designers" take classes in said topic, only to be actually learning MS-only code. They are taught it is better, and they don't question it. No reasonably intelligent person would knowingly code something like that unless they were in MS's back pocket, or are simply ignorant. They are lemmings, they follow what they are TOLD is the way to do things without actually looking into it objectively.
But, with file sharing, the word can get out about upcoming albums. Eminem's album is a perfect example. It jumped to number one, even though it had been available on the net and street corners. Why did it go to #1? Maybe because they said "hey, let's give the buying public a little something extra." Or maybe because enough people heard a few songs from it on the net, and wanted to go buy the album ANYWAY.
I sure hope some lawyer is keeping track of all of this.
Please, Lea, wake up and take a look at the real world. In all honesty, congratualtions on your degree and your upcoming PhD work. (you'll need it!) :-) But you don't HONESTLY think that you are the "average" college student, do you? I don't have any ill feelings towards people who have their school paid for, that would just be sour grapes. I do find it sad when people get everything paid for yet they still are lazy, spoiled, and unappreciative. Again, it sounds like you had to struggle some. Maybe it was because you pushed yourself. You sound motivated. Do you think all college kids are motivated to do well? My point is that if you have a kid that isn't motivated, throwing money at them isn't going to help things. You are obviously a hard worker, and it sounds like even though your school was taken care of, you STILL worked hard for whatever reason. You have motivation. You are lucky, not everyone does. In fact, I think it is probably safe to say that most people don't have that kind of motivation. You seem to have learned that if you work hard, you can get somewhere. That is different than learning that you don't have to do anything and you can still get by. Totally different. Good for you. But don't think that everyone is like you. I am not trying to generalize and say "everyone who gets things paid for is lazy", but I think that if you are used to getting everything paid for, there are certain lessons that you just don't learn. When a phone call to your parents can pretty much clear up any financial issue, you miss something. Who knows, maybe you are set for life, and you won't have to worry about that kind of stuff. Not everyone is that fortunate.
MY head is in the sand? My parents couldn't just foot the bill for my education and my friends (?!). Surely you don't think that is how the real world works, do you?
And a lockpick set. (?!)
Hey, I didn't say I didn't have fun. Nearly every weekend was a whole-lotta-drinkin. But I got the job done FIRST. If I didn't have my classwork together, I didn't go out - period. And I went to every class. It was hilarious to see guys struggling, complaining that the class was too hard, or the instructor wasn't fair, and they only came to about 1/2 the classes.
I know the poster was talking about a care-package, and it wasn't even his kid. But I was making more of a point in general. It's OK to get help from somewhere else, there is nothing wrong with that. But give the right help to someone. Struggling is OK. Give them something that they can use in 10 years (self-reliance) instead of a Playstation.
I held my own. It is amazing how far you can go on confidence and self-respect.
Hey, I know that it sucked to work constantly while in school. And I probably would have been able to learn more and do better in my classes if I had to work less. Or, I might have spent that time dicking around, like one of my roommates who didn't work. But ask yourself this: What did YOU learn from your college experience? Not just in your classes, there is more to it than that. It sounds like you are doing OK for yourself. Since you worked throughout school, you probably learned that it feels GOOD to make it on your own. In the long run, what is better - to have a good work ethic, or to have no worries at all? Which is more realistic?
And for the record, I don't have kids, so I am not taking anything out on anyone. I do understand that you want to be able to help your kids as much as you can. I am not saying that helping them is wrong, but you have to help them in the right ways. Help them to help themselves. They might not like it so much at the time, but later in life they will appreciate it. And if you have the money to help them with tuition, do it! There is nothing wrong with that, maybe you can spare them the hell of paying back student loans. But don't help them so much that they don't appreciate the idea of doing something for themselves. It's OK if they have to struggle a little bit.
First off, I am no hard-ass. I am quite liberal, and I have had my share of fun. I coulnd't quite come off as such a hard ass if I told how much partying I did. But you know what? I got the job done FIRST. I saw so many people flunk out, or just quit going to class, because they had no sense of responsibility. THAT is what needs to be instilled in college kids. It isn't about being a hard ass at all. The only debt I came out of college with was from student loans, and they weren't that bad because I worked my way through as well. As long as you let kids sit on their ass and slide by, they will. Now this may be a stretch from the original poster, because I don't know anything about him or the girl he wanted to get things for.
I agree that the way you are at that age helps to make you who you are for the rest of your life. THAT IS EXACTLY MY POINT! Don't teach them that they don't have to do anything for themselves. What kind of a lesson is that?
I'd rather be the mollycoddled, whiny brat, if it's all the same to you.
It doesn't sound like you are, you said you paid for things yourself, and worked for what you got. That isn't being mollycoddled at all.