It's painfully clear that the vast majority of you have decent experience with your OS flavor of choice, then with your limited understanding of the other OSs out there you bash everything you can.
Windows update has NEVER been useful for anything driver related. You could have googled for your drivers while you were in the middle of typing that post up. Hours to install legacy printers. Please.
You are testing this on new hardware. Most hardware that came out while win 7 was the latest had drivers rolled into SP1. MS always does this. Most modern hardware that comes in Windows 8 machines didn't exist when Win 7 SP1 came out. Especially wifi chipsets. That means Windows can't possibly have drivers for it. Many of these devices don't even have Win 7 drivers available at all. Linux on the other hand has repositories that are constantly updated.
There is nothing I loath more than half truths being waved around as fact. Your comment has no business being modded to +5
If you genuinely believe that this company is at fault for kids eating those magnets... Well YOU are part of the problem. Angry and ignorant. Just the way Uncle Sam likes you. The perfect meat puppet.
Amazing how Bucky balls were so quickly assaulted... Why haven't guns been pulled off the market? More kids kill them selves with firearms yearly than ever were killed by Bucky ball miss use.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a brilliant astrophysicist. NOT a businessman. It isn't as if NASA has an exemplary safety record, so stop trying to play that card. I'm sad for Neil since he is so hurt by NASA's reduced roles. The reality of the thing is that without the massive hydra that is Uncle Sam staring over their shoulders, productivity just went up 10x.
We shouldn't be concerned about getting there. That's inevitable. We should be concerned what's going to happen when we get there. Is the government going to step back in...or is Heinlein going to blow Nostradamus' socks off yet again?
You seem to have completely missed my main point. The problem is that the industry has less and less to offer a highly skilled engineer for dedicating years of service. We are less inclined to even apply for the positions you mention. There is a serious lack of any chance of vertical mobility for engineers who would rather stay in one place. Regardless of the current fiscal ecosystem, IT and CS engineering positions are still an employees market. In the expanding digital economy you will never have enough good people.
If things like "bored quickly" are part of your hiring criteria, you may have a very difficult time hiring true talent. Do you know what kind of people apply for the positions you mention? Certainly not the free thinkers and risk takers. Some of us desire more than "job security." Much more. I suppose if you run a fish bowl with just one kind of fish, such as a military contractor, you're fine. If you desire to be the next start up snatched up by the likes of Google, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, etc... I say good luck to you.
Coupling that with the fact that many of us have taken on a "Digital Nomad" life style that complements our curiosity... Well let's just say Marissa Mayer isn't doing the industry any favors. Don't expect us to conform to you when our skills are so highly coveted.
Snowden exposed the glaring issues in domestic security. He was a contractor who not only had access to data he shouldn't have, but he handed vindication to all the super paranoid people around the world, and that made him a media icon.
The real question is... if they aren't using the information against you, why exactly does it matter? Have they silenced your freedom of speech? Or exposed your search results to an employer? THEY HAVEN'T?!
I'm a geek, but I also consider myself a logical, red blooded American. Here are the facts. Uncle same has been monitoring our communications for decades. Look up carnivore and omnivore. So now they are getting Internet meta data. Surprised!? WHY does it matter if they have your information? The only reason you have for " privacy" is if you are a criminal. Period. Or are you afraid that your coworkers will find out that you are taping up rodents and inserting them anally?
The need for privacy is an age old social stigma that grew out of the church decrying things like sexuality, freedom of speech, freedom of thought. A taboo that does nothing but protect those who are easily offended while stigmatizing people because they like to be different. There is nothing positive and nothing to gain by living like this. If anything it is stunting our social evolution.
All you privacy nuts live in a more and more open world every day. If you want to live your life behind closed doors scared of what other people think of you... Go ahead. I enjoy my life.
Your first IT job is nothing but a cornerstone for your career. If you find yourself in one position for one year...two years...three years...you are doing it wrong. Most companies have no good reason to give big raises to their engineers without promotion into a "new position." With how volatile the world markets have been over the last decade, it has become even more difficult to grow within a single organization.
The secret to being successful in IT is to continue growing your skillset and never stay in one place to long. Contracting shorter one off projects is a great place for a fresh grad to start because you can quickly fill your resume. This is very easy to do if you were wise enough to contribute to any ((open source!!)) projects while working through high school and college. Especially in states like Colorado that are preparing to open their public insurance market places in the coming weeks.
Once you have the resume to do consulting full time, you just cant beat it. Digital nomad. It's the life!
This guy is just making piss poor quality printables and is trying to compare them to well engineered custom controllers while preaching from a very tiny soap box and utilizing other people's existing ideas.
It's great that he is out to help disabled people increase their quality of life... but comparing these poorly / cheaply engineered devices to the likes of what Ben Heck engineers is just a joke.
We have already been down this road. Claiming two things taste the same because they are molecularly similar is pure fallacy. This has been proven time and time again. This app will be just shy of worthless.
I'm an engineer with one of the largest communications companies in the U.S.. It will be a long time before we see reliable high speed saturation in the more rural regions... mostly because of the prohibitive cost of deployment. OP's dad may need to move or telecommute at some point...but his skill set will be needed for some time to come.
Most of these criminals aren't reselling these devices at pawn shops or on Craig's list either. GameStop has made it very easy to take any modern smartphone or tablet into their store fronts for cash. They then take these devices that they got on the cheap and send them out to rural communities and sell them for just a shade under retail. GameStop's uncaring jerk wad management strikes again.
Negative. The lines you quoted are from the open licence and do not apply to the original rights holders. It only applies to those working with the publicly released code.
Blatant and repeated harassment should never be considered protected speech. This is why current interpretations of the first amendment are broken. WBC harasses people. There is nothing peaceful about their protesting.
Degrees in Computers are nearly worthless because tech evolves so quickly.
Oh boy... if you're intending to make a career in the tech industry with that attitude, you're gonna have a bad time.
I do thank you for your astute observation. You have proven my entire point for me.
The elitest attitude towards higher education (or a lack thereof) absolutely needs to go. It is one of the biggest problems with our industry, being the single greatest reason why we have so many vacant engineering jobs. Some of the most talented individuals on my team have nothing better than a high school education, yet can code circles around the guys on my team with an MS in CS...and never would have gotten a second look if they hadn't had referrals to get on the team.
Btw... I have a fantastic career in the industry doing exactly what I love to do. It's wonderful waking up every day excited about my projects.
Real world experience: In the end the only things that matter are people skills, experience and certs.
This article is a joke. Zuckerburg was a CS major. He was not perusing an MBA and thus was not looking to be a massive CEO.
By and large most fields require a deep education to be competitive. No form of higher computing is on that list. Drop out and get your alphabet soup in order (certs). Keep them up to date. Keep up with new tech.
Degrees in Computers are nearly worthless because tech evolves so quickly. If you feel you absolutely need a degree, then go after business. Business degrees are wise if you INTEND to be in leadership. Or you can pick another field so you can take your IT knowledge to that field and bridge the gap between.
Dr. Bibbins-Domingo credits the taxation of tobacco products with being the sole cause of decreased smoking. But it seems to me that I grew up with no desire to try cigarettes after spending my childhood watching PSA after PSA pointing out that it would cause all sorts of horrible diseases. Taxation never figured into it for me...and it also seems that taxation only matters after you're hooked on cigarettes, too. I smoke cigars occasionally, but whatever added cost comes from the taxes don't matter, since it's a rare occurrence. The taxes would matter only if I were regularly spending money on them, like habitual cigarette smokers do. And I've seen how hard it is for smokers to stop, once they are hooked...it's incredibly hard. So I doubt that taxation was the main cause of the decrease in smoking.
You know why? Smokers are draining societies resources in the form of expensive healthcare. Sugar addicts are among the worst, diabetes risk, cancer risk, heart disease risk, etc. It's perfectly rational to tax people who choose to make bad choices which will lead to higher health care costs for everyone else.
Another way to look at it is that the government is going to tax people for being addicted to a substance that is VERY difficult to quit. The only way these taxes will stop people from consuming these products is if you make the product entirely unaffordable. Otherwise these people will just be nicked and dimed just a little more, and continue dying, while uncle Sam makes a killing.
Refined sugar products, just like tobacco products, will not be taxed into obscurity any time soon. Mainly because of the dramatic impact it would have on the economy.
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It's painfully clear that the vast majority of you have decent experience with your OS flavor of choice, then with your limited understanding of the other OSs out there you bash everything you can.
Stereotypical ignorance driven fear.
You all make me sick.
Windows update has NEVER been useful for anything driver related. You could have googled for your drivers while you were in the middle of typing that post up. Hours to install legacy printers. Please.
You are testing this on new hardware. Most hardware that came out while win 7 was the latest had drivers rolled into SP1. MS always does this. Most modern hardware that comes in Windows 8 machines didn't exist when Win 7 SP1 came out. Especially wifi chipsets. That means Windows can't possibly have drivers for it. Many of these devices don't even have Win 7 drivers available at all. Linux on the other hand has repositories that are constantly updated.
There is nothing I loath more than half truths being waved around as fact. Your comment has no business being modded to +5
If you genuinely believe that this company is at fault for kids eating those magnets... Well YOU are part of the problem. Angry and ignorant. Just the way Uncle Sam likes you. The perfect meat puppet.
Amazing how Bucky balls were so quickly assaulted... Why haven't guns been pulled off the market? More kids kill them selves with firearms yearly than ever were killed by Bucky ball miss use.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a brilliant astrophysicist. NOT a businessman.
It isn't as if NASA has an exemplary safety record, so stop trying to play that card.
I'm sad for Neil since he is so hurt by NASA's reduced roles. The reality of the thing is that without the massive hydra that is Uncle Sam staring over their shoulders, productivity just went up 10x.
We shouldn't be concerned about getting there. That's inevitable. We should be concerned what's going to happen when we get there. Is the government going to step back in...or is Heinlein going to blow Nostradamus' socks off yet again?
You seem to have completely missed my main point. The problem is that the industry has less and less to offer a highly skilled engineer for dedicating years of service. We are less inclined to even apply for the positions you mention. There is a serious lack of any chance of vertical mobility for engineers who would rather stay in one place. Regardless of the current fiscal ecosystem, IT and CS engineering positions are still an employees market. In the expanding digital economy you will never have enough good people.
If things like "bored quickly" are part of your hiring criteria, you may have a very difficult time hiring true talent. Do you know what kind of people apply for the positions you mention? Certainly not the free thinkers and risk takers. Some of us desire more than "job security." Much more. I suppose if you run a fish bowl with just one kind of fish, such as a military contractor, you're fine. If you desire to be the next start up snatched up by the likes of Google, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, etc... I say good luck to you.
Coupling that with the fact that many of us have taken on a "Digital Nomad" life style that complements our curiosity... Well let's just say Marissa Mayer isn't doing the industry any favors. Don't expect us to conform to you when our skills are so highly coveted.
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There is a huge difference between maintaining your vows and not getting caught.
Snowden exposed the glaring issues in domestic security. He was a contractor who not only had access to data he shouldn't have, but he handed vindication to all the super paranoid people around the world, and that made him a media icon.
The real question is... if they aren't using the information against you, why exactly does it matter? Have they silenced your freedom of speech? Or exposed your search results to an employer? THEY HAVEN'T?!
I'm a geek, but I also consider myself a logical, red blooded American. Here are the facts. Uncle same has been monitoring our communications for decades. Look up carnivore and omnivore. So now they are getting Internet meta data. Surprised!?
WHY does it matter if they have your information? The only reason you have for " privacy" is if you are a criminal. Period. Or are you afraid that your coworkers will find out that you are taping up rodents and inserting them anally?
The need for privacy is an age old social stigma that grew out of the church decrying things like sexuality, freedom of speech, freedom of thought. A taboo that does nothing but protect those who are easily offended while stigmatizing people because they like to be different. There is nothing positive and nothing to gain by living like this. If anything it is stunting our social evolution.
All you privacy nuts live in a more and more open world every day. If you want to live your life behind closed doors scared of what other people think of you... Go ahead. I enjoy my life.
There is one detail everyone is glossing over.
Your first IT job is nothing but a cornerstone for your career. If you find yourself in one position for one year...two years...three years...you are doing it wrong. Most companies have no good reason to give big raises to their engineers without promotion into a "new position." With how volatile the world markets have been over the last decade, it has become even more difficult to grow within a single organization.
The secret to being successful in IT is to continue growing your skillset and never stay in one place to long. Contracting shorter one off projects is a great place for a fresh grad to start because you can quickly fill your resume. This is very easy to do if you were wise enough to contribute to any ((open source!!)) projects while working through high school and college. Especially in states like Colorado that are preparing to open their public insurance market places in the coming weeks.
Once you have the resume to do consulting full time, you just cant beat it. Digital nomad. It's the life!
...and it was covered by Hack A Day over two years ago.
http://hackaday.com/2011/06/14/man-spends-30-years-helping-disabled-gamers/
This guy is just making piss poor quality printables and is trying to compare them to well engineered custom controllers while preaching from a very tiny soap box and utilizing other people's existing ideas.
It's great that he is out to help disabled people increase their quality of life... but comparing these poorly / cheaply engineered devices to the likes of what Ben Heck engineers is just a joke.
Just because you couldn't hear it doesn't mean the hum wasn't there.
Evil twin/ disassociation attacks are old hat and don't only work on apple devices.
I thought we had real geeks here?
We have already been down this road. Claiming two things taste the same because they are molecularly similar is pure fallacy. This has been proven time and time again. This app will be just shy of worthless.
I'm an engineer with one of the largest communications companies in the U.S.. It will be a long time before we see reliable high speed saturation in the more rural regions... mostly because of the prohibitive cost of deployment. OP's dad may need to move or telecommute at some point...but his skill set will be needed for some time to come.
Released at defcon 19 2011 and this link is from defcon 20...a year ago.
How did this make it to the top?
Most of these criminals aren't reselling these devices at pawn shops or on Craig's list either. GameStop has made it very easy to take any modern smartphone or tablet into their store fronts for cash. They then take these devices that they got on the cheap and send them out to rural communities and sell them for just a shade under retail. GameStop's uncaring jerk wad management strikes again.
Uncle Sam doesn't make a habit if posting to YouTube.
Negative. The lines you quoted are from the open licence and do not apply to the original rights holders. It only applies to those working with the publicly released code.
Every tool man has created has had some level of social impact. Embrace change and react to it. Don't fear it.
The fact of the matter is that if you are not willing to spend your own time keeping up with tech, you do not belong in IT. Period.
Blatant and repeated harassment should never be considered protected speech. This is why current interpretations of the first amendment are broken. WBC harasses people. There is nothing peaceful about their protesting.
Degrees in Computers are nearly worthless because tech evolves so quickly.
Oh boy... if you're intending to make a career in the tech industry with that attitude, you're gonna have a bad time.
I do thank you for your astute observation. You have proven my entire point for me.
The elitest attitude towards higher education (or a lack thereof) absolutely needs to go. It is one of the biggest problems with our industry, being the single greatest reason why we have so many vacant engineering jobs. Some of the most talented individuals on my team have nothing better than a high school education, yet can code circles around the guys on my team with an MS in CS...and never would have gotten a second look if they hadn't had referrals to get on the team.
Btw... I have a fantastic career in the industry doing exactly what I love to do. It's wonderful waking up every day excited about my projects.
Real world experience: In the end the only things that matter are people skills, experience and certs.
This article is a joke. Zuckerburg was a CS major. He was not perusing an MBA and thus was not looking to be a massive CEO.
By and large most fields require a deep education to be competitive. No form of higher computing is on that list. Drop out and get your alphabet soup in order (certs). Keep them up to date. Keep up with new tech.
Degrees in Computers are nearly worthless because tech evolves so quickly. If you feel you absolutely need a degree, then go after business. Business degrees are wise if you INTEND to be in leadership. Or you can pick another field so you can take your IT knowledge to that field and bridge the gap between.
Dr. Bibbins-Domingo credits the taxation of tobacco products with being the sole cause of decreased smoking. But it seems to me that I grew up with no desire to try cigarettes after spending my childhood watching PSA after PSA pointing out that it would cause all sorts of horrible diseases. Taxation never figured into it for me...and it also seems that taxation only matters after you're hooked on cigarettes, too. I smoke cigars occasionally, but whatever added cost comes from the taxes don't matter, since it's a rare occurrence. The taxes would matter only if I were regularly spending money on them, like habitual cigarette smokers do. And I've seen how hard it is for smokers to stop, once they are hooked...it's incredibly hard. So I doubt that taxation was the main cause of the decrease in smoking.
You know why? Smokers are draining societies resources in the form of expensive healthcare. Sugar addicts are among the worst, diabetes risk, cancer risk, heart disease risk, etc. It's perfectly rational to tax people who choose to make bad choices which will lead to higher health care costs for everyone else.
Another way to look at it is that the government is going to tax people for being addicted to a substance that is VERY difficult to quit. The only way these taxes will stop people from consuming these products is if you make the product entirely unaffordable. Otherwise these people will just be nicked and dimed just a little more, and continue dying, while uncle Sam makes a killing.
Refined sugar products, just like tobacco products, will not be taxed into obscurity any time soon. Mainly because of the dramatic impact it would have on the economy.