Wow... Back then I was doing tech support in my first IT gig. It was a summer job while I was in College. I was doing tech support for a reseller that serviced small to mid-sized businesses. One of our clients had purchased Windows 95 PCs, an HP Laserjet 4si, and WordPerfect for Windows 3.11. Due to a bug between Windows and WordPerfect, the client was completely unable to print. There was no fix -- WordPerfect's printing engine was completely incompatible with Windows 95. I was completely unable to fix the problem.
Is this the same issue they're litigating over?
The reason we're hard to find is because they expect us to work 24/7. It's easy to find ops guys who can do shift work - but companies don't want to do shifts anymore, they just want to give you a laptop and expect you to work from home on your off time. It would be easily fixed if they'd just hire people for second and third shifts.
The problem with your perspective is that it completely ignores private property. In a communist society where there is no private property, you would be correct - but in a market economy with private property, the wealth destroyed by disposal is not a loss to the community, it's a loss to the individual.
In many areas around me, you have to purchase stickers to put on your trash cans, but recycling is free. In this way, you pay for what you put in a landfill, and don't pay for what you recycle - and this is suburban Chicago.
In my experience, it's uncommon to see public trash recycling in the US, although I've been seeing more public recycling cans pop up here and there lately, but curbside recycling programs are ubiquitous, at least in my area (suburban Chicago).
Despite the kid's obvious mastery of academics, social skills are something that are learned by experience and interaction with peers - something that I'm sure this kid surely lacks. His education should focus not on academics, but on social interaction - get the kid into sports or summer camps, teach him how to be a kid and what it means to have fun. Too many books are a double edged sword in this case.
I thought I heard somewhere that the Chinese have been using exploits in foreign cell phones that install espionage applications (wire tapping) on cell phones when those phones are connected to Chinese towers. Does anyone know anything about this?
It was only a matter of time. This has been one of the most sought after anti-terrorism tools of the last 10 years. Imagine the security implications! I'd be shocked if NSA didn't already have a version of this operational 5 years ago.
As I said elsewhere, a discovery of an alien spacecraft would have major national security implications. When that happens, DOD tends to march in, take over, plug all leaks and classify all information. Not a tinfoil hat kinda guy, but when it comes to national security, the DOD does not screw around.
Nah, just realistic. The discovery of an alien spacecraft would have major national security implications. Governments around the world would love to get their hands on it to dissect it for military advantage. If NASA ever found anything there with military application, you bet your ass DOD would take over.
Not quite. More like a bunch of NASA scientists disappearing or turning up dead, followed by a massive increase in the black ops budget and a mysterious tent built over half of New Mexico, guarded by some very serious men in suits. We'd hear about it in 10 years, maybe.
Honestly, those numbers are completely ridiculous. I should be able to get quality receiver and a pair of speakers for under $500. The point of the article is you used to be able to - the high end gear was mainstream.
>unless "suicide by cop" was what they were after.
That's what I'm afraid of, personally. The country is so poor, and so desperate, that I wouldn't put it past them to open up aggressions again on a full scale just because they were completely out of other options to keep their population in check.
Really? I know guys out of college for 3 years, still looking for their first break. Where are all these people who will hire anyone with no experience?
IT administration really ought to be considered a blue collar job. You learn a skill (Unix/Windows/Storage/etc), and you ply your trade.
Unfortunately, there is nowhere in the world to go to learn this stuff. College will teach you CS, programming, or engineering, but not administration. You could go to a for-profit college (like DeVry), but that's not going to be as good as experience in getting you a job. It's next to impossible to get an entry level IT job as a junior admin anymore if all you have is talent and no experience. What we really need to do in order to get new admins into the workforce is train them.
Internships are only the modern version of apprenticeships that blue collar unions (and trade guilds before them) have been doing for hundreds of years. Sure, you don't get paid squat, but you earn your stripes. You gain experience which companies will recognize when they're looking for a cheap admin.
I'm not asking as a percentage of GDP, I'm asking per-person.
Back of the envelope:
160,000,000,000 / (population of GBR) = $2585 per year, per person. On average, UK people pay an extra $200 or so per month in taxes for their health care.
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Wow... Back then I was doing tech support in my first IT gig. It was a summer job while I was in College. I was doing tech support for a reseller that serviced small to mid-sized businesses. One of our clients had purchased Windows 95 PCs, an HP Laserjet 4si, and WordPerfect for Windows 3.11. Due to a bug between Windows and WordPerfect, the client was completely unable to print. There was no fix -- WordPerfect's printing engine was completely incompatible with Windows 95. I was completely unable to fix the problem. Is this the same issue they're litigating over?
...were covered 30 years ago here.
The Americans tried to do the right thing. Blame the French for the disaster that was the Treaty of Versailles.
What does that analogy have to do with private property rights?
24/7 ops guy here.
The reason we're hard to find is because they expect us to work 24/7. It's easy to find ops guys who can do shift work - but companies don't want to do shifts anymore, they just want to give you a laptop and expect you to work from home on your off time. It would be easily fixed if they'd just hire people for second and third shifts.
The problem with your perspective is that it completely ignores private property. In a communist society where there is no private property, you would be correct - but in a market economy with private property, the wealth destroyed by disposal is not a loss to the community, it's a loss to the individual.
In many areas around me, you have to purchase stickers to put on your trash cans, but recycling is free. In this way, you pay for what you put in a landfill, and don't pay for what you recycle - and this is suburban Chicago.
In my experience, it's uncommon to see public trash recycling in the US, although I've been seeing more public recycling cans pop up here and there lately, but curbside recycling programs are ubiquitous, at least in my area (suburban Chicago).
Great - just wish you didn't need Firefox Mobile for it. Last time I tried it, it was HORRIBLE. Have they fixed it?
Despite the kid's obvious mastery of academics, social skills are something that are learned by experience and interaction with peers - something that I'm sure this kid surely lacks. His education should focus not on academics, but on social interaction - get the kid into sports or summer camps, teach him how to be a kid and what it means to have fun. Too many books are a double edged sword in this case.
I should probably amend my post to 'Chinese government' or PLA.
I almost wish that were true, so someone could shut him up in PMITA prison.
I thought I heard somewhere that the Chinese have been using exploits in foreign cell phones that install espionage applications (wire tapping) on cell phones when those phones are connected to Chinese towers. Does anyone know anything about this?
It was only a matter of time. This has been one of the most sought after anti-terrorism tools of the last 10 years. Imagine the security implications! I'd be shocked if NSA didn't already have a version of this operational 5 years ago.
Just wait until people realize how many heavy metals and toxic chemicals are used in electronics components.
The list of games that I was forced to give the tl;dr treatment to and have never been finished:
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 8
Bioshock
Deus Ex
Metroid: Prime
Metroid: Prime 2
Took me 15 years to finish Final Fantasy 1
As I said elsewhere, a discovery of an alien spacecraft would have major national security implications. When that happens, DOD tends to march in, take over, plug all leaks and classify all information. Not a tinfoil hat kinda guy, but when it comes to national security, the DOD does not screw around.
Nah, just realistic. The discovery of an alien spacecraft would have major national security implications. Governments around the world would love to get their hands on it to dissect it for military advantage. If NASA ever found anything there with military application, you bet your ass DOD would take over.
Not quite. More like a bunch of NASA scientists disappearing or turning up dead, followed by a massive increase in the black ops budget and a mysterious tent built over half of New Mexico, guarded by some very serious men in suits. We'd hear about it in 10 years, maybe.
Honestly, those numbers are completely ridiculous. I should be able to get quality receiver and a pair of speakers for under $500. The point of the article is you used to be able to - the high end gear was mainstream.
>unless "suicide by cop" was what they were after.
That's what I'm afraid of, personally. The country is so poor, and so desperate, that I wouldn't put it past them to open up aggressions again on a full scale just because they were completely out of other options to keep their population in check.
Remember: Before there was Machiavelli, there was Sun Tze.
The Chinese have been at this far longer than those of us in the West.
Really? I know guys out of college for 3 years, still looking for their first break. Where are all these people who will hire anyone with no experience?
Let's be frank.
IT administration really ought to be considered a blue collar job. You learn a skill (Unix/Windows/Storage/etc), and you ply your trade.
Unfortunately, there is nowhere in the world to go to learn this stuff. College will teach you CS, programming, or engineering, but not administration. You could go to a for-profit college (like DeVry), but that's not going to be as good as experience in getting you a job. It's next to impossible to get an entry level IT job as a junior admin anymore if all you have is talent and no experience. What we really need to do in order to get new admins into the workforce is train them.
Internships are only the modern version of apprenticeships that blue collar unions (and trade guilds before them) have been doing for hundreds of years. Sure, you don't get paid squat, but you earn your stripes. You gain experience which companies will recognize when they're looking for a cheap admin.
I'm not asking as a percentage of GDP, I'm asking per-person.
Back of the envelope:
160,000,000,000 / (population of GBR) = $2585 per year, per person. On average, UK people pay an extra $200 or so per month in taxes for their health care.