At first I wanted to get pissed at you. Then I saw this post. I feel like Im right at that age to be considered a Millennial (born in 87), but I find that most people my age and younger piss me off, and I never really got into social media outside of occasionally connecting with friends on Facebook. That, and apparently I tend to agree with the older folks her about stuff.
Worth noting that I only have a 93 Integra GS, but I'm planning on putting around $10k into her to make her track ready. I can see how some people just want a nice car, but my car makes me happy. I view it as an extension of myself (not in a materialistic way). The few times I really enjoy myself is driving through canyons and enjoying the road. Again, this is why I wont buy any of these new cars. The assisted steering systems makes it impossible to feel the road.
Your post only proves the point he was trying to make. All this random hate and vitriol at nerds lately, and then people come in and slam them even more. I was always the outcast at school, always introverted. I came out of my shell after HS (away from people like you), and I have a very expansive social life, tons of friends, and even dated a model for a bit. Not a supermodel though. The point is that assholes like you were why I was the way I was in HS. It was the stereotypes cast upon me by an outside group making sweeping judgments about who I am based on what I like. Everything that gets posted is basically "Not all men, but srsly, all men". Its about as see through as when someone starts a sentence with "I'm not racist, but..."
For the record, my mom makes around $120k/yr. She has an Associates, but has been working at the same spot for around 10 years, and is in charge of infection control and is in training to be the charge nurse for the ICU/CCU. She only works 36 hours a week (12 hours per day, 3 shifts per week). Most of the people with BSNs don't actually work on the floor seeing patients anymore.
Majority of employers have it state when you get an update to the employee contract terms, you "Agree to these new terms by continuing to work here. If we receive no notice of resignation, you have agreed to these new terms."
I'm surprised that nobody has brought up a DRM platform that millions of people use daily and seem to enjoy it - Steam. All it is is one giant DRM platform, yet its (normally) unobtrusive, easy to use, and has great deals.
I was born in 87, played sports my whole life. All the teams I played on that didn't win championships seemed to be happy with the participation trophy. I was one of the few kids that had the mentality of "2nd place is the first loser." Some do, but most don't.
I've already been warned by several supervisors that while in communication with certain people at my work, always send an email to them after the call to restate what was said on the phone conversation so I have a record of them telling me to do something. These people have a tendency to 'forget' things they tell others to do and it can lead to people getting fired.
But that is why I love WebEx Connect/Lync/etc. I always have a record of all conversations that I had with superiors. It's saved my ass quite a few times.
I'm currently employed by a large hospital network. The dark magic required to get some of the software working combined with the inability to have downtime means very few can cut it for even basic desktop support. The nightmare that happens when an ER machine goes down is something i hope i never gave to deal with again.
You're under the assumptions that all drug users are terrible people. I find it odd that 50% of people failed the drug test since they are very easy to beat. As for the whole IT thing, I was just saying that because it's the field that I work in, and would prefer to work. I just think its asinine that all these places require drug tests when the people that are the worst to work with are alcoholics. I'd rather have a stoner working for me than have someone who drinks their lives away. And yes, I've worked plenty of management positions before, including in the hiring process.
This was also stated before that people that use things like Meth, Crack, Heroin, and even chronic alcoholics will get past a drug test since most of the metabolites that are tracked in your system are gone within 3-7 days. Someone who smokes pot regularly and on their free time? Up to 30 days in urine, 15 days in saliva, and years in hair. The people that are most likely to get caught by a drug test are those that pose the least amount of problems to your business.
Good luck finding an IT job that doesn't require testing. All of mine have required it so far. I fail to see how I have the right to decline when every fucking employer requires me to get a test done. Even McDonalds and all the other shitty retail jobs require it.
Hahahaha.... Oh wait, you're serious? Let me laugh even harder! HAHAHAHAHAHA.
I have never met someone in my life that would give out their drugs for free like that. Trust me, I used to go to raves, I know plenty of people that have done drugs.
Honestly? No idea. I just remember hearing about the whole incident on NPR while driving home a few weeks ago. Since there is so much BS going around right now, its hard to pick out what could be a real threat and what isn't... but since these people like poking the hornets nest that is 8chan/4chan/wizardchan, I have no idea what the future holds for them.
How about the IGF Scandal that came to light? The tl;dr version of it was Phil Fish tries to push a game that doesn't even meet the standards for what they needed (i.e. a finished game). They allow it in, he wins first price, gets tons of free press over the unfinished game. Then it comes to light that (I think) 5 of the judges had directly invested into the game. They are looking at racketeering charges over this. What does Phil Fish do? He self-doxxes him company and puts up the financial statements online then tells everyone Polytron is for sale.
Also, I think that if the guy just had a hard on for the game that ZQ released because it "was the sort of politically correct ground breaking art piece that critics often swoon over" - well, that is one thing. The fact that he had a sexual relationship with her and repeatedly mentioned the game in his articles is another. The thing here is that if media outlets want to be taken seriously, they need full disclosure. That is what the original fight was for, and that was one that was won. Where things are going now is more just a pissing contest then anything else between SJW and a bunch of guys that want things to be back the way they were.
My personal stance on this is that we do need more disclosure in the industry (especially after the guy at PCGamer that writes about UbiSoft was found to be dating the PR Rep from Ubi), and that we need #GG to stay on the ball to out these people... but I also believe that this shitstorm of harassment needs to die down on both sides.
My G3 and my old S3 both had a "Move to SD Card" action in the app management screen. Did it work for all apps? No. But it worked for most. I both devices were running 4.2 or higher.
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At first I wanted to get pissed at you. Then I saw this post. I feel like Im right at that age to be considered a Millennial (born in 87), but I find that most people my age and younger piss me off, and I never really got into social media outside of occasionally connecting with friends on Facebook. That, and apparently I tend to agree with the older folks her about stuff.
Worth noting that I only have a 93 Integra GS, but I'm planning on putting around $10k into her to make her track ready. I can see how some people just want a nice car, but my car makes me happy. I view it as an extension of myself (not in a materialistic way). The few times I really enjoy myself is driving through canyons and enjoying the road. Again, this is why I wont buy any of these new cars. The assisted steering systems makes it impossible to feel the road.
I think something more apt would be Malpractice Insurance that doctors and nurses have.
I do agree that it should be required. It would mean that fines like this wouldn't hurt cities.
I also don't see Microsoft making hardware.
Its a DoD requirement for any position working in IT. It's not really a check box so much as CompTIA being in bed with the DoD.
Your post only proves the point he was trying to make. All this random hate and vitriol at nerds lately, and then people come in and slam them even more. I was always the outcast at school, always introverted. I came out of my shell after HS (away from people like you), and I have a very expansive social life, tons of friends, and even dated a model for a bit. Not a supermodel though. The point is that assholes like you were why I was the way I was in HS. It was the stereotypes cast upon me by an outside group making sweeping judgments about who I am based on what I like. Everything that gets posted is basically "Not all men, but srsly, all men". Its about as see through as when someone starts a sentence with "I'm not racist, but..."
Seriously, get bent.
For the record, my mom makes around $120k/yr. She has an Associates, but has been working at the same spot for around 10 years, and is in charge of infection control and is in training to be the charge nurse for the ICU/CCU. She only works 36 hours a week (12 hours per day, 3 shifts per week). Most of the people with BSNs don't actually work on the floor seeing patients anymore.
Majority of employers have it state when you get an update to the employee contract terms, you "Agree to these new terms by continuing to work here. If we receive no notice of resignation, you have agreed to these new terms."
Console piracy is rampant. It was like 6 months after the 360 came out that my local Craigslist was full of people offering JTAG services.
I'm surprised that nobody has brought up a DRM platform that millions of people use daily and seem to enjoy it - Steam. All it is is one giant DRM platform, yet its (normally) unobtrusive, easy to use, and has great deals.
I was born in 87, played sports my whole life. All the teams I played on that didn't win championships seemed to be happy with the participation trophy. I was one of the few kids that had the mentality of "2nd place is the first loser." Some do, but most don't.
I've already been warned by several supervisors that while in communication with certain people at my work, always send an email to them after the call to restate what was said on the phone conversation so I have a record of them telling me to do something. These people have a tendency to 'forget' things they tell others to do and it can lead to people getting fired.
But that is why I love WebEx Connect/Lync/etc. I always have a record of all conversations that I had with superiors. It's saved my ass quite a few times.
I think that the 30% figure is what people assume they'd be charging in the Apple App store, so they figure steam is probably doing the same.
The MMO Tera uses the UE3 engine. So I would say that it handles huge, open worlds just fine. The others I couldnt tell you.
I'm currently employed by a large hospital network. The dark magic required to get some of the software working combined with the inability to have downtime means very few can cut it for even basic desktop support. The nightmare that happens when an ER machine goes down is something i hope i never gave to deal with again.
You're under the assumptions that all drug users are terrible people. I find it odd that 50% of people failed the drug test since they are very easy to beat. As for the whole IT thing, I was just saying that because it's the field that I work in, and would prefer to work. I just think its asinine that all these places require drug tests when the people that are the worst to work with are alcoholics. I'd rather have a stoner working for me than have someone who drinks their lives away. And yes, I've worked plenty of management positions before, including in the hiring process.
This was also stated before that people that use things like Meth, Crack, Heroin, and even chronic alcoholics will get past a drug test since most of the metabolites that are tracked in your system are gone within 3-7 days. Someone who smokes pot regularly and on their free time? Up to 30 days in urine, 15 days in saliva, and years in hair. The people that are most likely to get caught by a drug test are those that pose the least amount of problems to your business.
Good luck finding an IT job that doesn't require testing. All of mine have required it so far. I fail to see how I have the right to decline when every fucking employer requires me to get a test done. Even McDonalds and all the other shitty retail jobs require it.
Hahahaha.... Oh wait, you're serious? Let me laugh even harder! HAHAHAHAHAHA.
I have never met someone in my life that would give out their drugs for free like that. Trust me, I used to go to raves, I know plenty of people that have done drugs.
Honestly? No idea. I just remember hearing about the whole incident on NPR while driving home a few weeks ago. Since there is so much BS going around right now, its hard to pick out what could be a real threat and what isn't... but since these people like poking the hornets nest that is 8chan/4chan/wizardchan, I have no idea what the future holds for them.
How about the IGF Scandal that came to light? The tl;dr version of it was Phil Fish tries to push a game that doesn't even meet the standards for what they needed (i.e. a finished game). They allow it in, he wins first price, gets tons of free press over the unfinished game. Then it comes to light that (I think) 5 of the judges had directly invested into the game. They are looking at racketeering charges over this. What does Phil Fish do? He self-doxxes him company and puts up the financial statements online then tells everyone Polytron is for sale.
http://gamesnosh.com/fez-inves...
Also, I think that if the guy just had a hard on for the game that ZQ released because it "was the sort of politically correct ground breaking art piece that critics often swoon over" - well, that is one thing. The fact that he had a sexual relationship with her and repeatedly mentioned the game in his articles is another. The thing here is that if media outlets want to be taken seriously, they need full disclosure. That is what the original fight was for, and that was one that was won. Where things are going now is more just a pissing contest then anything else between SJW and a bunch of guys that want things to be back the way they were.
My personal stance on this is that we do need more disclosure in the industry (especially after the guy at PCGamer that writes about UbiSoft was found to be dating the PR Rep from Ubi), and that we need #GG to stay on the ball to out these people... but I also believe that this shitstorm of harassment needs to die down on both sides.
You mean the ones that the police and FBI said were not exactly credible, eminent threats?
Yeah, after you flip from desktop to metro and then back to desktop.
Its off topic to the thread of comments, thats probably why it got modded as such. Or at least thats what I assume.
Or, if you RTFA, you would see they said "The machine that would win would depend on the cards they were delt," i.e. Luck.
Someone doesn't know about Nvidia GameWorks, apparently.
My G3 and my old S3 both had a "Move to SD Card" action in the app management screen. Did it work for all apps? No. But it worked for most. I both devices were running 4.2 or higher.