I've been a contractor for years, and I just ignore them. Just don't tell your company where you're going to work next when you leave. It's very simple. They know nothing, so there's nothing to worry about.
How does this impact us at all? I don't get it. As long as I can use alternate registrars, such as register.com, I'm happy. Network Solutions' domain regiistration system is a big, old, broken, clusterfuck. If I have to go back to weeks of emails back and forth from Network Solutions just to make a simple change, I think I'll have to kill myself.
They can ban me from Napster all they want. Every time I get on, I choose a new username, and put in a fake email address. This is just another example of clueless industry execs trying to stop a deluge with a cork. Sorry, guys. You're never going to be able to effectively stop music (or any kind of media swapping) on the Net. Execuse me, I've got to go get another Dido track now...
Anyone know if there's a patent for First Posts, yet? If somebody owned the patent for First Posts, then nobody else would be able to post first, and all message boards as we know them would cease to exist.
While, I'm at it, is there a patent for a petrified and naked Natalie Portman, with grits?
Tell advertisers what you want? Why would I waste my time? My time is limited, and I certainly don't have any time to 'tailor' my ads to my own taste. As a previous poster said, let the ad companies do it. They do a good job of it, because the better they do, the more money they make. Let the advertisers find me. If they can offer me a product or service I'm interested in, I'll buy. Otherwise I won't. It's very simple.
. They absolutely lack the discipline of programming
Again, this isn't realistic. 'The discipline of programming' doesn't come into play on the job too often. more often than not, it's about critical thinking, and getting the job done quickly. Most CS people are too mired down on the job worrying about making 'pretty' code, so they usually end up getting left in the dust.
As for computer networks: my programming assignment consist of building my own networking stack including ARP/RARP, IP (with fragmenting/assembling), UDP and a TFTP server and client on top of that. The only thing I get is the ethernet driver, I have to build the rest myself.
But that's not at all realistic. In the real world, it's much more useful to know how to use Visual Studio, or know the MFC, or know how to use Oracle, than it is to know how to build your own network stack. Very few people end up going to work every day, re-engineering TCP/IP. Many, many people who are professional programmers, go to work every day writing COM objects and SQL queries.
It doesn't matter what your undergrad degree is in. Pick something that you're interested in. If you can code or admin, you'll get a job out of college, no problem. In fact, I probably would pick something OTHER than computers so A. You don't get burned out and B. so that you can be a better rounded person that can speak in something other than computer geek speak.
Why not use it as a cheap, high performance, server at home or a small business? Heck, that would make a wicked web server that could serve up some seriously fast dynamic pages. Or, it could make a good email server. If you wanted redundancy, then slap on a few more hard drives. this is a really, really fast machine. It's a waste to use it as a desktop. Use your old Pentium 233's as desktops. Use this monster as a cheap server!
You probably call those ads with Sally Struthers pleading to send money 'for the children', don't you?
Here's a little lesson in economics: Those video cards are probably made somewhere in Southeast Asia. By buying those video cards, you're providing money for the people actually manufacturing all of the parts for that card, and the card itself. NVidia or whoever makes the damn things are providing relatively high paying jobs for those people. What could be better? Sending mondey to some fake group, or building their economy?
I'd be happy to get any broadband at all. It's pretty ridiculous to start talking about 'faster' broadband, when most of the country(US) is still using 33.6K modems.
2. That's because if the free sites had all of the great pictures, then there'd be no point for people to sign up for the good stuff, and nobody would make any money at all!
Ads still work. As always, the adult industry is ahead of the curve on this one (due to large amounts of money and traffic involved, as compared to non-adult sites). The adult industry pays for transactions based on ads, not simple impressions (page views), or click-throughs. Check out the adult industry. Ads work just fine there. It'll just take a while for the non-adult industry to catch up.
Micropayments probably wouldn't. There's still too much trouble attached with setting up an account, using web sites affiliated with your micropayment system, etc. I doubt that most people would want to surf with a credit card handy. Many attempts at pay-for-surfing have failed (most notable: Slate.com).
I say let the RIAA piss off their customers. I was happily using Napster, or getting sample MP3s in other ways and buying CD's for a long time. Now, the RIAA has gone too far. I WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES puchase another shrink-wrapped CD. Luckily, blank CD's are nice and cheap, now.
There are probably lots of people who feel the same as I do. It may take a while, but the RIAA will figure out what they did wrong when it's too late.
That really pisses me off. If you don't like smoke, don't go to smoking restaurants, or sit in a non-smoking section. I was actually bitched at by a woman the other day for smoking at a bar! I was even smoking away from people, and just ashing at the bar. I ignored her.
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Windows what? Windows 3.1? 95? 98? ME? NT 3.51? NT 4.0? 2000? If you're going to Troll, at least be more specific.
I've been a contractor for years, and I just ignore them. Just don't tell your company where you're going to work next when you leave. It's very simple. They know nothing, so there's nothing to worry about.
How does this impact us at all? I don't get it. As long as I can use alternate registrars, such as register.com, I'm happy. Network Solutions' domain regiistration system is a big, old, broken, clusterfuck. If I have to go back to weeks of emails back and forth from Network Solutions just to make a simple change, I think I'll have to kill myself.
Open Source software is inherently non-profit making. Wow. this news is going to crush the stockholders of RedHat, VA Linux, etc. etc.
Dude, pull up a stock quote. It already has.
They can ban me from Napster all they want. Every time I get on, I choose a new username, and put in a fake email address. This is just another example of clueless industry execs trying to stop a deluge with a cork. Sorry, guys. You're never going to be able to effectively stop music (or any kind of media swapping) on the Net. Execuse me, I've got to go get another Dido track now...
Of course, we all know that there are no exploits for Linux,
I think that this is a bit of exaggeration.
Already India and China pirate MOST of their software from the US, and it hasn't seemd to have harmed the US economy at all.
Anyone know if there's a patent for First Posts, yet? If somebody owned the patent for First Posts, then nobody else would be able to post first, and all message boards as we know them would cease to exist.
While, I'm at it, is there a patent for a petrified and naked Natalie Portman, with grits?
Tell advertisers what you want? Why would I waste my time? My time is limited, and I certainly don't have any time to 'tailor' my ads to my own taste. As a previous poster said, let the ad companies do it. They do a good job of it, because the better they do, the more money they make. Let the advertisers find me. If they can offer me a product or service I'm interested in, I'll buy. Otherwise I won't. It's very simple.
. They absolutely lack the discipline of programming
Again, this isn't realistic. 'The discipline of programming' doesn't come into play on the job too often. more often than not, it's about critical thinking, and getting the job done quickly. Most CS people are too mired down on the job worrying about making 'pretty' code, so they usually end up getting left in the dust.
As for computer networks: my programming assignment consist of building my own networking stack including ARP/RARP, IP (with fragmenting/assembling), UDP and a TFTP server and client on top of that. The only thing I get is the ethernet driver, I have to build the rest myself.
But that's not at all realistic. In the real world, it's much more useful to know how to use Visual Studio, or know the MFC, or know how to use Oracle, than it is to know how to build your own network stack. Very few people end up going to work every day, re-engineering TCP/IP. Many, many people who are professional programmers, go to work every day writing COM objects and SQL queries.
No it doesn't. I'm a profressional developer, and I've never taken a single class of any kind.
I do. I've been a professional programmer for years, and I have a business degree, witha minor in biology.
It doesn't matter what your undergrad degree is in. Pick something that you're interested in. If you can code or admin, you'll get a job out of college, no problem. In fact, I probably would pick something OTHER than computers so A. You don't get burned out and B. so that you can be a better rounded person that can speak in something other than computer geek speak.
Why not use it as a cheap, high performance, server at home or a small business? Heck, that would make a wicked web server that could serve up some seriously fast dynamic pages. Or, it could make a good email server. If you wanted redundancy, then slap on a few more hard drives. this is a really, really fast machine. It's a waste to use it as a desktop. Use your old Pentium 233's as desktops. Use this monster as a cheap server!
Well, if Corel Linux is anything like the guy in The Holy Grail, someone will soon whack it on its head and put it out of its misery.
You probably call those ads with Sally Struthers pleading to send money 'for the children', don't you?
Here's a little lesson in economics: Those video cards are probably made somewhere in Southeast Asia. By buying those video cards, you're providing money for the people actually manufacturing all of the parts for that card, and the card itself. NVidia or whoever makes the damn things are providing relatively high paying jobs for those people. What could be better? Sending mondey to some fake group, or building their economy?
I'd be happy to get any broadband at all. It's pretty ridiculous to start talking about 'faster' broadband, when most of the country(US) is still using 33.6K modems.
1. Trust me. They work! ;)
2. That's because if the free sites had all of the great pictures, then there'd be no point for people to sign up for the good stuff, and nobody would make any money at all!
Check out news.com. They already have giant Java applet ads in the middle of their stories.
Ads still work. As always, the adult industry is ahead of the curve on this one (due to large amounts of money and traffic involved, as compared to non-adult sites). The adult industry pays for transactions based on ads, not simple impressions (page views), or click-throughs. Check out the adult industry. Ads work just fine there. It'll just take a while for the non-adult industry to catch up.
Micropayments probably wouldn't. There's still too much trouble attached with setting up an account, using web sites affiliated with your micropayment system, etc. I doubt that most people would want to surf with a credit card handy. Many attempts at pay-for-surfing have failed (most notable: Slate.com).
True, but $0.25 per CD is a lot better than $15.00. I still need CDs for my car.
I say let the RIAA piss off their customers. I was happily using Napster, or getting sample MP3s in other ways and buying CD's for a long time. Now, the RIAA has gone too far. I WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES puchase another shrink-wrapped CD. Luckily, blank CD's are nice and cheap, now. There are probably lots of people who feel the same as I do. It may take a while, but the RIAA will figure out what they did wrong when it's too late.
That really pisses me off. If you don't like smoke, don't go to smoking restaurants, or sit in a non-smoking section. I was actually bitched at by a woman the other day for smoking at a bar! I was even smoking away from people, and just ashing at the bar. I ignored her.
From what I understand, Alaska has virtually unenforced marijuana laws. That's a large reason why I'm moving there.