The DNS system is broken? I just typed in "slashdot.org" and got here just fine. What exactly are you referring to? Are you proposing that people type in "66.35.250.150" and remember that instead? What happens when IP addresses change?
Wow. You sound like a bitter "perm" employee who's never worked as a contractor. First off, every contract job I did paid 50-100% times more than the same people doing the same job as "perm". That MORE than made up for the "benefits" such as those few paltry days off (which contractors generally get to take at will, unlike the poor "perm" people who have to beg off), the stock options which generally cost more in tax liability then you ever make, or nonexistent "retirement" benefits.
I worked contract because the jobs were easy to find. Tons of companies would rather outsource then bring on "perm" employees. That's why most of the jobs in the paper/online were through head shops.
As far as security, I had a laundry list of projects under my belt in just a few years. In those same few years a "perm" employee might have one. "Security" comes through being valuable, not having some arbitrary job. I was valuable. I could get a new job whenever I wanted because I had so much good experience. In my six years, I saw a hell of a lot more different projects than "perm" employees generally saw in 20 years.
You sound really, really bitter. Work as a W2 contractor. Make yourself valuable, not just another piece of deadwood in some company. You'll see that the $$ you make, and the lifestyle is many times better than some poor schlub pulling in a salary year after year.
The truth is hard, kiddo. The sooner you deal with it, the better off you'll be. Only Peter Pan can line in Neverland forever (well, him and Michael Jackson).
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1. Geeks create Linux.
2. IBM markets.
3. IBM profits. Geeks still live in parents' basement.
I'd put it differently. Geeks create for the sake of creating. Period. Whether or not what the create does anything useful is irrelevant.
"Suits" on the other hand create to fill a niche. They fill needs. Big fat obvious example: Gates (also a geek) filled a need: Software to make PC's accessable to the masses. Linux is created just to be created. It doesn't fill any needs that aren't already met. Most people don't have any compelling reason to use it. It's there because it's there. MS is there because people *wanted* it there.
I *am* hiring... And actually one of the perks working for me is that I only randomly drug test myself. None of my employees. What they ingest is their business, not me. Hell, maybe I should just quit drug testing myself;)
I'ev got a great boss. My boss just took me out for a shitload of drinks, and it was on him! hehehe
I'll *never* work for anyone else again. Thank fucking christ.
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You got it. I might have heard "Nelly Furtado" before.... actually may have seen the name on CNN or something. But, I'll let it rest. I have no idea who he is, but I really don't care. I'm *blissfully* outta touch with mainstream pop culture. The last thing I remember is some Taco Bell dog or something like that.
As a former 6 year contractor, I can tell you: right the fuck on! Hourly IS the only way to go in IT. Hell, I think I even worked as a Hall Kinion contractor for one contract. I can't even remember. But, hourly, you get paid more, you work less (or get paid a HELL of a lot more), you don't have to deal with the beauracratic bullshit, and you can switch jobs at will. I tried a "permanent" position a few times, and each time I got shafted. Stay hourly. That's the only way to go in IT.
Hahahaha... I'm sorry to laugh, but that is pretty funny. Technically, taxwise, I think that they're taking money from you this Christmas! Merry Christmas!
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Damn. No TV, no radio, AND no broadband. Talk about pop culture siberia.
... and a new "tobacco water pipe". Of course, I am the boss. I just hope that I don't decide to start randomly drug testing myself.
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What sick and twisted things are people searching for?
Let me tell you, I see 'em all. Since my site is so huge (80K or so galleries last time I checked, plus individual pictures, movies, etc.), I have no idea what's in there, for the most part. And because so much of it is already indexed, I see all of the referring queries from Google, Yahoo, etc. that sent the user to my site. I've seen some bizarre, sick shit. Stuff that doesn't even make sense, and apparently my site comes up in the search results. Twisted shit that gives me nightmares. Trust me. You don't want to know!
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OK, I also just noticed that under top men #3 is "Nelly". Is that a mistake, or is there really a grown man that goes by "Nelly"? Is he/she maybe a transvestite performer of some kind? Cross-dresser?
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Ah, thanks. Just what I suspected. No TV and no radio are what did it. And, I'm guessing that I should be glad that I don't know who these people are. There hasn't been any good pop music since Michael Jackson's Thriller. (I'm assuming that these *are* pop musicians? rap maybe? country?)
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I hate to say it, but this is completely useless since they stripped out anything objectionable. I didn't see porn or sex or anything relating to sex on there at all. This is like the "sanitized for TV" version of the stats, which in my mind, aren't really stats at all.
Re:Linux more popular than Microsoft
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I think that most people know that if you type in "Microsoft.com", you get what you want. Or, you've got Windows Update, or god knows how many links in their products that bring you to what you want. But type in "linux.com", and you get something that looks like the HTML Monster took a big shit on the page, all the while providing no good information or links or downloads or documentation or, well, anything. The site is pretty much Slashdot the Sequel.
I don't even recognize a lot of those "fastest growing" searches. "shakira"? "avril"? "las ketchup"? "gareth"? Is there some secret underground culture that happens to be really popular that people aren't telling me about? Are these all things related to TV? I'm so confused.
The Register checking facts would be like Slashdot not duplicating articles. It ain't gonna happen.
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I didn't say that any of these addictions were any more ridiculous than the other. The video game thing is still ridiculous. I just said that it's not up to that guy to decide what's bad and not bad for people. That's like saying "A lot of people die in cars. They shouldn't be advertised". That's just stupid.
Oh yeah, I definitely watch the referrers. A few come through from here. But quite honestly, OSS people don't spend on... well... anything. Definitely not porn. They're what we call in the industry "leeches". So, it's more of a public service that I'm offering here than anything else. But, that's OK. I still benefit a little bit in other ways.
What's this thing about pot being harmful? Have you found a scientific study that just came out today, or are have you perhaps bought in to the US Gov't bogus advertising?
People are rarely pushed into porn. It pays well, and some people get a kick out of it.
As far as changing somebody's view's in a bad way, religion beats porn hands down.
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A. There's no way that GNU anything would ever pay for the servers and bandwidth that Google eats up.
B. Subscription for what, searching? Why would they charge for that?
C. They already charge for ads. They're making a profit and doing just fine.
D. If you're talking about placement, they already don't guarantee anything as far as regular results, so that's not an issue.
Not everything makes sense to be GNU-whatever. The only reason that there's Gnu-Linux is because there are a lot of college kids with too much time on their hands and no bills to pay.
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But keep in mind that your wife is a tiny, tiny minority. People also get addicted to shopping, video games, you name it. You can't just start censoring everything that a few people get unhealthily addicted to. Just because your wife has a problem (or maybe you just don't do it for her?), doesn't mean that millions of sexually healthy people should also be deprived of porn. Most sex therapists say that porn in completely healthy and normal for most relationships.
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The DNS system is broken? I just typed in "slashdot.org" and got here just fine. What exactly are you referring to? Are you proposing that people type in "66.35.250.150" and remember that instead? What happens when IP addresses change?
Wow. You sound like a bitter "perm" employee who's never worked as a contractor. First off, every contract job I did paid 50-100% times more than the same people doing the same job as "perm". That MORE than made up for the "benefits" such as those few paltry days off (which contractors generally get to take at will, unlike the poor "perm" people who have to beg off), the stock options which generally cost more in tax liability then you ever make, or nonexistent "retirement" benefits.
I worked contract because the jobs were easy to find. Tons of companies would rather outsource then bring on "perm" employees. That's why most of the jobs in the paper/online were through head shops.
As far as security, I had a laundry list of projects under my belt in just a few years. In those same few years a "perm" employee might have one. "Security" comes through being valuable, not having some arbitrary job. I was valuable. I could get a new job whenever I wanted because I had so much good experience. In my six years, I saw a hell of a lot more different projects than "perm" employees generally saw in 20 years.
You sound really, really bitter. Work as a W2 contractor. Make yourself valuable, not just another piece of deadwood in some company. You'll see that the $$ you make, and the lifestyle is many times better than some poor schlub pulling in a salary year after year.
I have another business, asshole. Brick & mortar.
The truth is hard, kiddo. The sooner you deal with it, the better off you'll be. Only Peter Pan can line in Neverland forever (well, him and Michael Jackson).
1. Geeks create Linux.
2. IBM markets.
3. IBM profits. Geeks still live in parents' basement.
I'd put it differently. Geeks create for the sake of creating. Period. Whether or not what the create does anything useful is irrelevant.
"Suits" on the other hand create to fill a niche. They fill needs. Big fat obvious example: Gates (also a geek) filled a need: Software to make PC's accessable to the masses. Linux is created just to be created. It doesn't fill any needs that aren't already met. Most people don't have any compelling reason to use it. It's there because it's there. MS is there because people *wanted* it there.
Maybe it sounds immature and naive when I say this, but to me, it sounds an aweful lot like admitting defeat and submitting to the norm.
Actually, it does.
Personally, I'd like to give my software away for free and still put bread on the table.
I run a store. I'd like to give away my products *and* pay my mortgage. It ain't gonna happen. Not on this planet.
- A suit
I *am* hiring... And actually one of the perks working for me is that I only randomly drug test myself. None of my employees. What they ingest is their business, not me. Hell, maybe I should just quit drug testing myself ;)
I'ev got a great boss. My boss just took me out for a shitload of drinks, and it was on him! hehehe
I'll *never* work for anyone else again. Thank fucking christ.
You got it. I might have heard "Nelly Furtado" before.... actually may have seen the name on CNN or something. But, I'll let it rest. I have no idea who he is, but I really don't care. I'm *blissfully* outta touch with mainstream pop culture. The last thing I remember is some Taco Bell dog or something like that.
As a former 6 year contractor, I can tell you: right the fuck on! Hourly IS the only way to go in IT. Hell, I think I even worked as a Hall Kinion contractor for one contract. I can't even remember. But, hourly, you get paid more, you work less (or get paid a HELL of a lot more), you don't have to deal with the beauracratic bullshit, and you can switch jobs at will. I tried a "permanent" position a few times, and each time I got shafted. Stay hourly. That's the only way to go in IT.
Hahahaha... I'm sorry to laugh, but that is pretty funny. Technically, taxwise, I think that they're taking money from you this Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Damn. No TV, no radio, AND no broadband. Talk about pop culture siberia.
... and a new "tobacco water pipe". Of course, I am the boss. I just hope that I don't decide to start randomly drug testing myself.
What sick and twisted things are people searching for?
Let me tell you, I see 'em all. Since my site is so huge (80K or so galleries last time I checked, plus individual pictures, movies, etc.), I have no idea what's in there, for the most part. And because so much of it is already indexed, I see all of the referring queries from Google, Yahoo, etc. that sent the user to my site. I've seen some bizarre, sick shit. Stuff that doesn't even make sense, and apparently my site comes up in the search results. Twisted shit that gives me nightmares. Trust me. You don't want to know!
OK, I also just noticed that under top men #3 is "Nelly". Is that a mistake, or is there really a grown man that goes by "Nelly"? Is he/she maybe a transvestite performer of some kind? Cross-dresser?
Ah, thanks. Just what I suspected. No TV and no radio are what did it. And, I'm guessing that I should be glad that I don't know who these people are. There hasn't been any good pop music since Michael Jackson's Thriller. (I'm assuming that these *are* pop musicians? rap maybe? country?)
I hate to say it, but this is completely useless since they stripped out anything objectionable. I didn't see porn or sex or anything relating to sex on there at all. This is like the "sanitized for TV" version of the stats, which in my mind, aren't really stats at all.
I think that most people know that if you type in "Microsoft.com", you get what you want. Or, you've got Windows Update, or god knows how many links in their products that bring you to what you want. But type in "linux.com", and you get something that looks like the HTML Monster took a big shit on the page, all the while providing no good information or links or downloads or documentation or, well, anything. The site is pretty much Slashdot the Sequel.
I don't even recognize a lot of those "fastest growing" searches. "shakira"? "avril"? "las ketchup"? "gareth"? Is there some secret underground culture that happens to be really popular that people aren't telling me about? Are these all things related to TV? I'm so confused.
The Register checking facts would be like Slashdot not duplicating articles. It ain't gonna happen.
I didn't say that any of these addictions were any more ridiculous than the other. The video game thing is still ridiculous. I just said that it's not up to that guy to decide what's bad and not bad for people. That's like saying "A lot of people die in cars. They shouldn't be advertised". That's just stupid.
Oh yeah, I definitely watch the referrers. A few come through from here. But quite honestly, OSS people don't spend on... well... anything. Definitely not porn. They're what we call in the industry "leeches". So, it's more of a public service that I'm offering here than anything else. But, that's OK. I still benefit a little bit in other ways.
What's this thing about pot being harmful? Have you found a scientific study that just came out today, or are have you perhaps bought in to the US Gov't bogus advertising?
People are rarely pushed into porn. It pays well, and some people get a kick out of it.
As far as changing somebody's view's in a bad way, religion beats porn hands down.
A. There's no way that GNU anything would ever pay for the servers and bandwidth that Google eats up.
B. Subscription for what, searching? Why would they charge for that?
C. They already charge for ads. They're making a profit and doing just fine.
D. If you're talking about placement, they already don't guarantee anything as far as regular results, so that's not an issue.
Not everything makes sense to be GNU-whatever. The only reason that there's Gnu-Linux is because there are a lot of college kids with too much time on their hands and no bills to pay.
But keep in mind that your wife is a tiny, tiny minority. People also get addicted to shopping, video games, you name it. You can't just start censoring everything that a few people get unhealthily addicted to. Just because your wife has a problem (or maybe you just don't do it for her?), doesn't mean that millions of sexually healthy people should also be deprived of porn. Most sex therapists say that porn in completely healthy and normal for most relationships.