Assuming it's authentic - and BCs are retarded trivial to fake - it proves that someone was born in the US. Even ignoring counterfeiting, how do you prove that you're that person?
The formatting requirement helps to ensure that your code isn't a disgusting mess that no one can figure out, YMMV.
You better make that: YMWVAL (your mileage WILL vary a lot).
In mature coding shops, all code is automatically run through a lint engine before it is compiled. It doesn't matter what the religious arguments one might have about where the brackets go, how many spaces between parens, etc., because when you hit the "compile" button, it all gets replaced by the corporate standard.
The net bonus is that one can concentrate on making the program work, rather than worrying about tabbing/spacing/bracketing in the right place. In fact, whenever I've worked in a non-mature shop, it is always a pain, because I have to remember to do all that stuff. Using a LINTer is so much easier.
Since you appear to be unaware of formating your code with lint, please at least tell me that you use source control.
The point was that the transponders were originally sold as a way to auto-pay on the toll roads, not as a tracking device for anything else.
Now that "mission creep" has happened, as with so many other government programs, it would be trivial for local law enforcement to track any "EZ Tag"-equipped car for any reason, or no reason at all. Want to fill the city coffers? Start auto-generating tickets for any vehicle that exceeds the speed limit.
I guess while you were not looking, they went and took another of your "rights." Enjoy those you have left.
It wouldn't matter if planes were crashed into building every day, it is no reason to take away freedom.
Why do you hate America?
If you really loved America, you would know that only terrorists fear having their freedoms taken away. Real, law-abiding, god-fearing, red state Americans have nothing to hide!!!!!!!!one one
The most common reaction is to just sign the contracts, and ignore them.
Anyone who signs a contract without running it by a lawyer deserves exactly what he or she gets.
In most cases, they *are* just using a boilerplate agreement, and don't even know what's in it.
You got that right. If I had a nickel for every time...
Being an independent, I am usually the one who provides the contract, as they are paying me for my services and produced product, not the other way around. Usually, I run into NDAs, and that's pretty much it.
If someone were to hand me a crazy contract (overly restrictive terms) and my lawyer gave me a thumbs up anyway, then my fee would just go up to cover the additional restrictions.
I have lost a few contracts when there was a strong disagreement regarding terms, but my time is too valuable to take any old job that could end up screwing me out of future business. I also don't do charity work (except on odd weekends) when I could be out beating the bushes for the next gig.
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You are wasting your time, unless you are getting paid to waste your time (gotta love CorpAm!)
Consider this: over 62% of all successful job applicants get a job via personal contacts/references. <1% of all successful job applications do a Bernard Shifman*. Your approach is towards the 'moran' end of the scale.
*Sources: "The Career Networks," by Charlene Li, Forrester Research (Boston), February, 2000.
"Still Hiring -- But Wanting The Human Touch," by Tom Pohlmann, Forrester Research (Boston), November 29, 2001.
While these are a bit dated, the numbers still hold true.
You're almost there. Once your toy database (tm) actually implements those data-integrity things like NOT NULL and DATE correctly, then we can start discussing how it can be used in a real data-critical production environment.
This initiative will prove very important for BSD
administrators, as right now, companies don't have any way of
knowning [sic] if a person is an experienced BSD
administrator."
So, how does one get set up to give the classes to teach the young
pups how to ace this "test"? There is certainly money to be made by
promoting the merits of having certified staff members to clueless
companies and equally-clueless techs signing up in droves to "prove"
themselves.
I say, certification for all!!!!
Now, please turn to page 5 of the required blue handbook (only
$79.99) and page 45 of the required red workbook ($150, no returns), and
we'll begin... *cackle*
Too bad those who need to follow this the most will never get it until it is too late.
The only other things I'd add are:
Never stop learning. Ever. Once you're finished with your formal education, take a class on a subject you know nothing/little about at least once every year.
Get a library card and go read a new book at least once a month.
Always change your socks and underwear.
Never put off doing something minor that will save time/money later, no matter how much it sucks now. Trust me, it is always a thousand times worse if you let it fester.
Mr. Yu Huafeng, one of a handful brave Chinese intellectuals, is still in jail.
Not so "intellectual" after all, eh?
Too bad he didn't go to another country before spewing his crazy stories about "SARS," "infectious diseases," and "government cover-up." Then he'd be free as an exiled bird, instead of Prisoner #324,394,883
The fact that you are asking this indicates that you don't understand the question. The question isn't what piece of paper you have. The questions are can you do the job your potential employer needs done, the way he wants it done, and at a profit?
Certs answer none of those. Remember, past "experience" is no guarantee of future performance. At all. Ever.
I would guess that they no longer hold a monopoly.
Except for the fact that Microsoft is a convicted Monopolist. All the
spin in the world won't erase the fact that they broke the law and were convicted.
Of course, thanks to the current big-business-iz-good administration,
their punishment was abysmally lenient.
If you're now going to require that congresscritters READ the bills before they vote, next you'll require they actually UNDERSTAND what the bill is all about, and then NOTHING will get passed!!!!111
Because the poor are not at all served by programs that keep them from getting blown up in their homes by terrorists.
Still living in fear?
Jebus - 9/11 was like 4 years ago, and over 100,000 people have died since then on American freeways, yet you are worried about some random group of guys who killed 3k?
When are you finally going to take down the duct tape and plastic sheets and start living again? Or are you still on Code Orange/Yellow/Puce?
You're assuming people buy things based upon rational decisions. The fact is, they don't.
That's why when you buy gas in the states, the price is always $x.x9 9/10 per gallon. The average person doesn't see that 9/10ths and the trailing nine makes the price seem lower ("hey, it is only $2.29 - that's WAAAYY better than $2.30!!!")
Most purchasing rates fall into a bell curve. As you approach the sweet spot, you get the most rise. Raise the price beyond that too much and your sales drop like a rock.
Unfortunately, most (large) companies are too afraid of tinkering with the price to find the sweet spot (it can also vary greatly depending upon the time of the year, the weather, and---of course---the geographical location), so they usually stick to the same old thing. This is why lower-quality, no physical product, on-line songs are $0.99US, when the same songs, better quality, on a CD are about... $0.99US. Heavens to Betsy they lower the price and lose money. Best to do nothing and wait for the reorg.
"Ynetnews" is written much like another "news" site I know: an
outrageous headline, some carefully omitted facts, and a long enough
article so that the majority (read: ADD) of readers get the "facts" the
author intended, instead of the actual truth. That truth is buried at
the bottom (probably to avoid litigation due to libel) of the article,
natch.
According to the actual facts, if you say you play D&D
(not "D and D," dumbass), you are "evaluated." Note
that evaluation is not always performed by a Psychologist, ("usually" !=
always). And then
More than half of the soldiers sent for evaluation receive low
security clearances ~.
Note that they didn't say that the people who are evaluated are only
the ones who admit to playing D&D; surely there are other reasons
that could make one eligible for "evaluation." In fact, they could have
ONLY ONE GUY who admitted to playing D&D, got
evaluated and received a low security clearance, and their entire
article could be true.
One last thing: a real news site's editors would stamp out something
like
Most soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons simply do not admit
to it while they are in teh [sic] army, he says.
So my guess is "Ynetnews" subscribes to the same story editing that/. does: queue's getting big, this one sounds good, post it, is it a
dupe? who cares; just pass the gin 'n' juice.
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Otherwise they would have wiped us out long ago.
Consider if Timothy McVeigh parked his UHaul in front of 18 Broad Street, NYC instead.
The damage to the US economy would be incalculable.
Terrorist Plan #27:
Speed is important, but not the most important thing. If that were true, then your Browser would not be written in C or C++, but in Assembler.
In mature coding shops, all code is automatically run through a lint engine before it is compiled. It doesn't matter what the religious arguments one might have about where the brackets go, how many spaces between parens, etc., because when you hit the "compile" button, it all gets replaced by the corporate standard.
The net bonus is that one can concentrate on making the program work, rather than worrying about tabbing/spacing/bracketing in the right place. In fact, whenever I've worked in a non-mature shop, it is always a pain, because I have to remember to do all that stuff. Using a LINTer is so much easier.
Since you appear to be unaware of formating your code with lint, please at least tell me that you use source control.
The point was that the transponders were originally sold as a way to auto-pay on the toll roads, not as a tracking device for anything else.
Now that "mission creep" has happened, as with so many other government programs, it would be trivial for local law enforcement to track any "EZ Tag"-equipped car for any reason, or no reason at all. Want to fill the city coffers? Start auto-generating tickets for any vehicle that exceeds the speed limit.
I guess while you were not looking, they went and took another of your "rights." Enjoy those you have left.
If you really loved America, you would know that only terrorists fear having their freedoms taken away. Real, law-abiding, god-fearing, red state Americans have nothing to hide!!!!!!!!one one
Being an independent, I am usually the one who provides the contract, as they are paying me for my services and produced product, not the other way around. Usually, I run into NDAs, and that's pretty much it. If someone were to hand me a crazy contract (overly restrictive terms) and my lawyer gave me a thumbs up anyway, then my fee would just go up to cover the additional restrictions.
I have lost a few contracts when there was a strong disagreement regarding terms, but my time is too valuable to take any old job that could end up screwing me out of future business. I also don't do charity work (except on odd weekends) when I could be out beating the bushes for the next gig.
Consider this: over 62% of all successful job applicants get a job via personal contacts/references. <1% of all successful job applications do a Bernard Shifman*. Your approach is towards the 'moran' end of the scale.
*Sources:
"The Career Networks," by Charlene Li, Forrester Research (Boston), February, 2000.
"Still Hiring -- But Wanting The Human Touch," by Tom Pohlmann, Forrester Research (Boston), November 29, 2001.
While these are a bit dated, the numbers still hold true.
Oh, and nobody cares about SOAP, anyway.
Winner : "leave the internets alone"
Loser: "let the UN regulate the internets"
You're almost there. Once your toy database (tm) actually implements those data-integrity things like NOT NULL and DATE correctly, then we can start discussing how it can be used in a real data-critical production environment.
...future performance.
So, how does one get set up to give the classes to teach the young pups how to ace this "test"? There is certainly money to be made by promoting the merits of having certified staff members to clueless companies and equally-clueless techs signing up in droves to "prove" themselves.
I say, certification for all!!!!
Now, please turn to page 5 of the required blue handbook (only $79.99) and page 45 of the required red workbook ($150, no returns), and we'll begin... *cackle*
The only other things I'd add are:
First "USA - North" say they won't participate in our beloved Star Wars, and now they refuse to embrace our holy copyright law?!
I hope they know what the price of defiance is, and I think I speak for the rest of Jebusland when I say, "Let's roll!"
I expect your people will greet us with Flowers and Candies, too.
Not so "intellectual" after all, eh?
Too bad he didn't go to another country before spewing his crazy stories about "SARS," "infectious diseases," and "government cover-up." Then he'd be free as an exiled bird, instead of Prisoner #324,394,883
Certs answer none of those. Remember, past "experience" is no guarantee of future performance. At all. Ever.
Except for the fact that Microsoft is a convicted Monopolist. All the spin in the world won't erase the fact that they broke the law and were convicted.
Of course, thanks to the current big-business-iz-good administration, their punishment was abysmally lenient.
You want to destroy our way of life, don't you?
JANINE: You're very handy, I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too.
SPENGLER: Print is dead.
Jebus - 9/11 was like 4 years ago, and over 100,000 people have died since then on American freeways, yet you are worried about some random group of guys who killed 3k?
When are you finally going to take down the duct tape and plastic sheets and start living again? Or are you still on Code Orange/Yellow/Puce?
That's why when you buy gas in the states, the price is always $x.x9 9/10 per gallon. The average person doesn't see that 9/10ths and the trailing nine makes the price seem lower ("hey, it is only $2.29 - that's WAAAYY better than $2.30!!!")
Most purchasing rates fall into a bell curve. As you approach the sweet spot, you get the most rise. Raise the price beyond that too much and your sales drop like a rock.
Unfortunately, most (large) companies are too afraid of tinkering with the price to find the sweet spot (it can also vary greatly depending upon the time of the year, the weather, and---of course---the geographical location), so they usually stick to the same old thing. This is why lower-quality, no physical product, on-line songs are $0.99US, when the same songs, better quality, on a CD are about... $0.99US. Heavens to Betsy they lower the price and lose money. Best to do nothing and wait for the reorg.
Recent examples include things like displaytag library, Hibernate and HTML Area.
Of course, this means I must take a wide berth around GPL'd code, but there is enough stuff under BSD/Apache/whatever to get the job done.
"Ynetnews" is written much like another "news" site I know: an outrageous headline, some carefully omitted facts, and a long enough article so that the majority (read: ADD) of readers get the "facts" the author intended, instead of the actual truth. That truth is buried at the bottom (probably to avoid litigation due to libel) of the article, natch.
According to the actual facts, if you say you play D&D (not "D and D," dumbass), you are "evaluated." Note that evaluation is not always performed by a Psychologist, ("usually" != always). And then
Note that they didn't say that the people who are evaluated are only the ones who admit to playing D&D; surely there are other reasons that could make one eligible for "evaluation." In fact, they could have ONLY ONE GUY who admitted to playing D&D, got evaluated and received a low security clearance, and their entire article could be true.
One last thing: a real news site's editors would stamp out something like
So my guess is "Ynetnews" subscribes to the same story editing that /. does: queue's getting big, this one sounds good, post it, is it a
dupe? who cares; just pass the gin 'n' juice.
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