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> You want these manufacturers to _not_ take advantage of the people dumb enough to believe they are buying something else.
Heh, reminds me of when I used to work at Best Buy and they would make us try to push Monster Cables on every customer because of their "superior sound quality". Make them pay an extra $40 for cables of which the average person couldn't hear any improvement. I always thought those Monster cables were such a scam.
I wouldn't say those are the only people affected by exploits and outbreaks. I'm using Firebird and Thunderbird, but my inbox still fills up with virus forwards from others who are not, and my connection is often slow or down while the latest worm is making its rounds.
To play devil's advocate, perhaps it looks like you're too cheap to care? Sort of like sending a resume on re-used or cheap flimsy paper vs. sending it on a heavier weight paper. Perhaps it's not that extreme, but some in the industry might feel that $1.25/month for a non-free account isn't a lot of a techie who likely relies on his/her e-mail.
Would I personally throw someone's resume away if it was from @yahoo.com? I don't think so, unless their e-mail was unusually bad, but everybody is different and it's the little things that can be major pet peeves for some people. And I know that nobody needs to nickel-and-dime their monthly bills higher than they already are...
I'd be happy to sign one form that says "my submitted resume is 100% true to the best of my knowledge" and another that okays the background check if I could avoid filling out those damn applications. It's not the signing that bothers us, it's the worthless repetition.
> but they can live anywhere they want and still work, so they go someplace nice.
I guess it depends on your taste, but I think there are plenty of nice places to live that also have decent broadband options, especially if you're a millionaire.
What if the ad says send resumes to "jobs@companyname.com". I think it can be assumed they plan on getting most of their resumes there. What if it's their preferred method? They can do a keyword search on a paper resume.
I would just follow the instructions, and if the job is worth your time, ask them if you're unsure.
I think his point was to get a decent e-mail account. Pay something for it, they're cheap. It think it looks much better when you apply for a job from an e-mail address like "mail@yournamehere.com" that it does applying for "girlcrazy2000@hotmail.com", especially for an IT position where you're supposed to be "in the know".
Also, even if the ad isn't for a competing company, do you really want to help someone else advertise their products on your job application? Seems unprofessional to me too. You don't put a banner ad on a printer resume.
> The question refers (obviously) to work-related weaknesses, and I use it as a measure of self-perception.
You're fooling yourself if you think anyone is going to give you an honest answer on that one! There are several HR-approved answers you can give to that question, all of which are available through a Google search.
Yes, I'm facing the same problem. Nobody wants entry-level IT guys anymore. They only want senior level. Unfortunately, I can never hope to get to that level without some experience first. I feel I have fairly broad knowledge as I like to keep up with the industry news (as do most of us here) and like to try new technologies as they are released. Some of them I might like, some of them I might not. But it doesn't matter, if a project ever comes up that has a specific need, I might remember back when I tried a bit of software that would be a perfect fit, and I can bring that up. Really, doing this and trying to specialize in a specific area are the best I can do right now, but it doesn't seem to be what employers want. They want mounds of experience.
Heh, I agree, and it also might turn off homophobic employers or guys that just think it's corny as well;) I was merely being a little facetious and trying to illustrate that I do my best to prepare a well-thought out application package.
> and bullshit questions like "what is your greatest weakness".
+1 Insightful. If you don't want me to play your interview like a game, then don't make it a game. Questions like that only test my ability to study and come up with my best material before an interview. Is that what you really want, or do you want honest answers? A question like that is like your wife asking you, "Does this dress make me look fat?" The answer can only be honest if it's the truth, otherwise you must lie. If it's a sales position and you want to test my ability to bullshit smoothly, that's fine I suppose.
While I'm ranting, what's with filling out "applications". If I'm applying for a sysadmin or programmer position, you have my resume. It details everything I'm required to copy onto your damn 6 page, small type, not-enough-room, non-online-pen-online-sore-fingers application. I will fill out a life history and anything else you want if you are actually interested in me, but don't make me fill out a phonebook before I'm even issued a first interview.
And what does it matter what high school I attended? I haven't been near that town since I went to college. Who cares where I went to high school?!? It's not like I had much of a choice in the matter. And don't put a 3"x1" space and expect me to write "School Name, Address, and Phone Number" on it. Otherwise, make it an online application so you can easily change the font to 3pt when you print it out.
> I was actually looking into Athlon 64's today; and i'm not seeing the price benefit compared to a PowerMac G5.
Seems to me that's like saying "I wanted to buy a dump truck, but am not seeing any price benefit compared to a back hoe". Why not buy the best tool for the job? Personally, price doesn't come into play for me when comparing Macs to x86 hardware because I personally hate Macs. However, to someone who does video editing or prefers the architecture, they probably wouldn't buy a Pentium even if it were much cheaper.
If I was a Mac afficionada, I wouldn't use a Windows machine because it was cheaper. I suppose if you're a Linux geek, which both platforms can run, the argument is a little different, but at least with x86 you're open to a lot more choices of distros.
Or are you just another Mac zealot spreading The Good Word wherever possible? If so, have you tried Gentoo? You might like it:)
> unfortunately taking a jab at the RIAA like this will do absolutely nothing.
1. Make people laugh at your ad
2. Have them talk about it the next day around the water cooler
3. Sell more Pepsi
4. Profit!
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> They can't do that! Their joining United Cola gave tacit approval to Pepsi and Royal Crown to make cola.
Ahhh, but Coke wouldn't have joined the group if they had known that the key to Pepsi's success lies in the fact that they stole the recipe for Sprite years ago and incorporate key ingredients from it into the Pepsi formula. Hell, if it wasn't for that theft, Pepsi never would have been able to compete as a soft drink and Coke wouldn't have had to join such groups in order improve their product since they would have owned the market anyway!
Collaboration was part of the partnership deal, not trading recipes. They're only trying to get back what's rightfully theirs from the Pepsi infidels.
So long as a civil RICO plaintiff is injured by reason of the defendant's operation or management of the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering, the plaintiff is entitled to treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs under section 1964(c) (commonly referred to as RICO's civil liability provision).
Because there is no money in selling a free OS. What about RedHat you say? RedHat makes its money on service agreements and support. Why not just cut out the part that doesn't make any money? That's what IBM does. They take what's already available and make it work for big business. There's big bucks in that.
Looks like I'm not the only one that managed to stop watching this year.
Yeah, I found the first season unentertaining, but I wanted to give it a chance because I thought the first season of TNG sucked too - and that turned out to be a wonderful series. However, as hard as I tried, I could never figure out when and where the show would be on! I actually *wanted* to watch it. Unfortunately, our poor excuse for a cable provider doesn't carry UPN for some reason (no local broadcast affiliate either). To pick up the slack, our local Fox affiliate generously decided to air the episodes. However, they cancelled and switched around the show more than Futurama. Every weekend I had to figure out if it was going to be on Sunday or Saturday, and try to hunt for the time it would be on (sometimes as early as 8am and sometimes around 3pm)!
After 2/3rds of the first seasons, I quickly grew tired of this and stopped looking for it altogether. I don't really miss it either. I would be very sad to see Star Trek end, but I guess it had to happen sometime. I was just hoping for one more good series.
And, no, I'm not interested in downloading the episodes to see them each week. I might have done that for TNG/DS9, but not Enterprise.
Man, this reminds me of getting up at 8am on Saturday morning to watch MST3K when SciFi moved it to the worst possible time slot ever. As I recall, sometimes they would play it at 8am and sometimes at 9am! WTF is that about!?
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> You want these manufacturers to _not_ take advantage of the people dumb enough to believe they are buying something else.
Heh, reminds me of when I used to work at Best Buy and they would make us try to push Monster Cables on every customer because of their "superior sound quality". Make them pay an extra $40 for cables of which the average person couldn't hear any improvement. I always thought those Monster cables were such a scam.
Since when was it illegal to imitate a product? Quick! Somebody tell Puffs they are imitating Kimerbly-Clark's Kleenex product!
And Microsoft is imitating the Xerox/Apple desktop metaphore!
I wouldn't say those are the only people affected by exploits and outbreaks. I'm using Firebird and Thunderbird, but my inbox still fills up with virus forwards from others who are not, and my connection is often slow or down while the latest worm is making its rounds.
To play devil's advocate, perhaps it looks like you're too cheap to care? Sort of like sending a resume on re-used or cheap flimsy paper vs. sending it on a heavier weight paper. Perhaps it's not that extreme, but some in the industry might feel that $1.25/month for a non-free account isn't a lot of a techie who likely relies on his/her e-mail.
Would I personally throw someone's resume away if it was from @yahoo.com? I don't think so, unless their e-mail was unusually bad, but everybody is different and it's the little things that can be major pet peeves for some people. And I know that nobody needs to nickel-and-dime their monthly bills higher than they already are...
I'd be happy to sign one form that says "my submitted resume is 100% true to the best of my knowledge" and another that okays the background check if I could avoid filling out those damn applications. It's not the signing that bothers us, it's the worthless repetition.
> I didn't know that you could patent money! Or, is IBM paying them with something else?
Maybe they used their huge patent portfolio to threaten the USPTO into giving them the patent.
I'm pretty sure you're part of the minority.
Although I generally try to get a survey understanding of companies before an interview, I will try this approach the next time I get an interview.
> but they can live anywhere they want and still work, so they go someplace nice.
I guess it depends on your taste, but I think there are plenty of nice places to live that also have decent broadband options, especially if you're a millionaire.
What if the ad says send resumes to "jobs@companyname.com". I think it can be assumed they plan on getting most of their resumes there. What if it's their preferred method? They can do a keyword search on a paper resume.
I would just follow the instructions, and if the job is worth your time, ask them if you're unsure.
I think his point was to get a decent e-mail account. Pay something for it, they're cheap. It think it looks much better when you apply for a job from an e-mail address like "mail@yournamehere.com" that it does applying for "girlcrazy2000@hotmail.com", especially for an IT position where you're supposed to be "in the know".
Also, even if the ad isn't for a competing company, do you really want to help someone else advertise their products on your job application? Seems unprofessional to me too. You don't put a banner ad on a printer resume.
> The question refers (obviously) to work-related weaknesses, and I use it as a measure of self-perception.
You're fooling yourself if you think anyone is going to give you an honest answer on that one! There are several HR-approved answers you can give to that question, all of which are available through a Google search.
Yes, I'm facing the same problem. Nobody wants entry-level IT guys anymore. They only want senior level. Unfortunately, I can never hope to get to that level without some experience first. I feel I have fairly broad knowledge as I like to keep up with the industry news (as do most of us here) and like to try new technologies as they are released. Some of them I might like, some of them I might not. But it doesn't matter, if a project ever comes up that has a specific need, I might remember back when I tried a bit of software that would be a perfect fit, and I can bring that up. Really, doing this and trying to specialize in a specific area are the best I can do right now, but it doesn't seem to be what employers want. They want mounds of experience.
Heh, I agree, and it also might turn off homophobic employers or guys that just think it's corny as well ;) I was merely being a little facetious and trying to illustrate that I do my best to prepare a well-thought out application package.
> and bullshit questions like "what is your greatest weakness".
+1 Insightful. If you don't want me to play your interview like a game, then don't make it a game. Questions like that only test my ability to study and come up with my best material before an interview. Is that what you really want, or do you want honest answers? A question like that is like your wife asking you, "Does this dress make me look fat?" The answer can only be honest if it's the truth, otherwise you must lie. If it's a sales position and you want to test my ability to bullshit smoothly, that's fine I suppose.
While I'm ranting, what's with filling out "applications". If I'm applying for a sysadmin or programmer position, you have my resume. It details everything I'm required to copy onto your damn 6 page, small type, not-enough-room, non-online-pen-online-sore-fingers application. I will fill out a life history and anything else you want if you are actually interested in me, but don't make me fill out a phonebook before I'm even issued a first interview.
And what does it matter what high school I attended? I haven't been near that town since I went to college. Who cares where I went to high school?!? It's not like I had much of a choice in the matter. And don't put a 3"x1" space and expect me to write "School Name, Address, and Phone Number" on it. Otherwise, make it an online application so you can easily change the font to 3pt when you print it out.
> I was actually looking into Athlon 64's today; and i'm not seeing the price benefit compared to a PowerMac G5.
Seems to me that's like saying "I wanted to buy a dump truck, but am not seeing any price benefit compared to a back hoe". Why not buy the best tool for the job? Personally, price doesn't come into play for me when comparing Macs to x86 hardware because I personally hate Macs. However, to someone who does video editing or prefers the architecture, they probably wouldn't buy a Pentium even if it were much cheaper.
If I was a Mac afficionada, I wouldn't use a Windows machine because it was cheaper. I suppose if you're a Linux geek, which both platforms can run, the argument is a little different, but at least with x86 you're open to a lot more choices of distros.
Or are you just another Mac zealot spreading The Good Word wherever possible? If so, have you tried Gentoo? You might like it :)
I'm still waiting for them to knight Darl McBride, for "globally promoting and upholding IP law," or something like that.
Heh, I saw that too, but if you click on the "Presidential Candidates" link from the main page, you get the "ref=gw_pres_cand" in the URL too.
> So why doesn't CocaCola just tell us what they claim Pepsi has stolen?
Fletcher: Your honor, I object!
Judge: And why is that, Mr. Reed?
Fletcher: Because it's devastating to my case!
I can't decide between the serial killer and the dear hunter. Or maybe I'll just take a gamble this year...
> unfortunately taking a jab at the RIAA like this will do absolutely nothing.
1. Make people laugh at your ad
2. Have them talk about it the next day around the water cooler
3. Sell more Pepsi
4. Profit!
> They can't do that! Their joining United Cola gave tacit approval to Pepsi and Royal Crown to make cola.
Ahhh, but Coke wouldn't have joined the group if they had known that the key to Pepsi's success lies in the fact that they stole the recipe for Sprite years ago and incorporate key ingredients from it into the Pepsi formula. Hell, if it wasn't for that theft, Pepsi never would have been able to compete as a soft drink and Coke wouldn't have had to join such groups in order improve their product since they would have owned the market anyway!
Collaboration was part of the partnership deal, not trading recipes. They're only trying to get back what's rightfully theirs from the Pepsi infidels.
My favorite part of the RICO act (emphasis mine):
Because there is no money in selling a free OS. What about RedHat you say? RedHat makes its money on service agreements and support. Why not just cut out the part that doesn't make any money? That's what IBM does. They take what's already available and make it work for big business. There's big bucks in that.
I know it's humor, but some services you can't turn off like the RPC service. :P
But, I guess it should be firewalled anyway...
Yeah, I found the first season unentertaining, but I wanted to give it a chance because I thought the first season of TNG sucked too - and that turned out to be a wonderful series. However, as hard as I tried, I could never figure out when and where the show would be on! I actually *wanted* to watch it. Unfortunately, our poor excuse for a cable provider doesn't carry UPN for some reason (no local broadcast affiliate either). To pick up the slack, our local Fox affiliate generously decided to air the episodes. However, they cancelled and switched around the show more than Futurama. Every weekend I had to figure out if it was going to be on Sunday or Saturday, and try to hunt for the time it would be on (sometimes as early as 8am and sometimes around 3pm)!
After 2/3rds of the first seasons, I quickly grew tired of this and stopped looking for it altogether. I don't really miss it either. I would be very sad to see Star Trek end, but I guess it had to happen sometime. I was just hoping for one more good series.
And, no, I'm not interested in downloading the episodes to see them each week. I might have done that for TNG/DS9, but not Enterprise.
Man, this reminds me of getting up at 8am on Saturday morning to watch MST3K when SciFi moved it to the worst possible time slot ever. As I recall, sometimes they would play it at 8am and sometimes at 9am! WTF is that about!?