> There is always work for people who are good at what they do.
If this is a truth, I must be good at nothing. I am willing to improve my skills (I thought that's why I went to college, to get a head start), but it's tough to do with NO MONEY and no opportunity for ON THE JOB experience.
You must be another one of those people with a job. Thanks for the advice, though.
Hmmm, you make a point, but I believe the rest of my argument still stands.
Off-topic, but I think Mac hardware is excellent. It's the operating system that is shit (even OS X - it has a great core but features an anti-productive GUI). I think Windows has a very productive GUI but has other problems associated with Microsoft. *sigh* No perfect OS I suppose.
I am very excited for LindowsOS, but at $99, I'm wondering if it is doomed to fail...
> and put yourself in a position where somebody will recognize you for it.
Why the hell didn't I think of that?! 8 months of unemployment and the answer is that simple!
Studying what you like doesn't work unless what you like is a current "hot trend". I think this industry requires chasing hot trends, unless you are lucky enough to get "job security" (I heard about such a thing once in a magazine article).
For the price they want for the final version ($99 I believe), I wonder how this is going to fair with consumers. I mean, I see Lindows on the shelf for $99 and the Windows XP Upgrade for $99 which one are they going to choose?
Let's see, I can get 100% compatibility and the exact interface I'm used to for $99. Or, I can get something that is "close enough" for $99.
Me thinks the average consumer is going to go with the brand name they trust. Too bad it's Microsoft.
Yeah, the article says they're just trying to prevent abusers, but do you really think moderate users will get away with the same rate as they're used to when incremental charges go into effect? Remember when AOL charged per hour of use? $21.95 got you barely anything on the old AOL model. Charging by use always ends up being more expensive for everybody in the end because companies get greedy.
> Lowcost flatrate, unlimited broadband will become a thing of the past.
Then so is broadband in the average consumer home in the U.S. It's hard enough to afford $50/month for broadband Internet. I guess it will become a luxory of the upper-class. Time to move to Canada I guess. *burrr*
> This will take Divx beyond the desktops of those with broadband connections and into the living rooms of those who don't own computers.
Give me a break. For the most part, anyone savvy enough to be able to install a mod chip into an X-Box probably already has a PC. Do you think the average Best Buy shopper is going to install one of these? Most people I know with X-Boxes don't even know how to solder, and even if they did, they would be too afraid to do it on their new $200 console. Only those who are savvy, already have a spare computer and just want a cheap DivX player, and those with the intestinal fortitude will do the Mod chip (which is still a lot of people, of course, but not my parents).
eBay doesn't endorse PayPal any more than they endorse sending cash through the mail. PayPal is an external entity that consumers have the choice of using if they wish. Nobody's forcing you to bid on those PayPal auctions, but I've never had a problem with it (despite the fact that half the Slashdot community apparently has).
Look at ratings people and insist on credit card payments for anything over an amount you are afraid to lose!
> "where the hell else am I supposed to find the way "most people use""... You aren't. That seems hard for you to grasp.
I disagree. When I'm drafting any sort of script, regardless of what it is for, I look up words in the dictionary to make sure I'm using it correctly. If I just used certain words however I feel like (since, as you say, language is dynamic) I think I would sound like a fool.
> Who cares what a dictionary says?... The right definition is the one that most people use.
Agreed, however, how are we supposed to come together and decide the most appropriate and correct way to communicate without a central source of definition? IMO, dictionaries like Websters and OED are the best way to collaborate as we can all agree to use it the same way. Also IMO, what you or I think is the *BEST* way does not matter as long as we all try to use it consistently in an attempt to avoid confusion. This is why I always take Websters word for it (or if I'm desparate, the OED) - if they don't know the proper pronunciation/usage/defitition of a word, where the hell else am I supposed to find the way "most people use" it, as you said? Or should I just make it up?
Oh, you must be new here. The goal of any article posted on/. isn't to appeal to EVERYONE all the time. If this was the case, there would be no articles.
I have found a neat little trick - if you're not interested in an article, skip over it.
However, I do agree it lacks content. A HOWTO would have been neat, but this is nothing new.
> I don't think car repair professionals think their customers are idiots because they don't know how to fix a broken transmission.
My colleagues and I never expect people to know how to FIX anything - that's why they're calling us. All we ask is you give us the common courtesey to WORK with us. When you explain things vaguely and get pissy, don't pay attention to what you are doing, and don't listen to what I say (why are you calling me then?) then you are wasting both of out times.
To quote a line from Jerry Maguire, "Help ME, help YOU!"
> Users should not have to be "computer literate" to get e-mail. Or browse web pages. Or write documents. Or use an accounting program.
Well, that's fine, but if they don't want to put forth the effort to get training before calling me, I'm gonna bill them for the full $75/hour I normally charge for more difficult problems. Their choice, I guess, if taking a class or opening a book is too much to ask. More money in my pocket for remedial shit!:)
a card that says, "the bearer of this card is entitled to one good job upon graduation, just like the one's you will be falsely promised throughout your education."
On any other article, this would be modded as Troll, but oh so funny and true here.
> 1. Bill Gates buys U.S. Supreme court, clears M$ of all charges.
Not so unvelievable. Add a teaspoon of Slashdot drama with a dash of overreaction and sprinkle with a story about Microsoft using campaign contributions and you've got your headline!
Slashdot Mirror
> Lord knows if I were hiring someone, I would rather have someone that liked doing the job they were being interviewed for...
Well, let me know when you are an employer. In the meantime, I'm going to try to bail my unemployed ass out of this dead-end industry...
So many years wasted.
> it would probably be a mistake to jump on a buzzword then end up doing something that sucks.
At this point, I would rather work at a tolerable job I am unhappy with than be unemployed.
> There is always work for people who are good at what they do.
If this is a truth, I must be good at nothing. I am willing to improve my skills (I thought that's why I went to college, to get a head start), but it's tough to do with NO MONEY and no opportunity for ON THE JOB experience.
You must be another one of those people with a job. Thanks for the advice, though.
> but wouldn't that mean you will have a greater chance of staying there for god knows how long?
Oh, you must be one of those people who HAS a job. Thank you, drive through.
Hmmm, you make a point, but I believe the rest of my argument still stands.
Off-topic, but I think Mac hardware is excellent. It's the operating system that is shit (even OS X - it has a great core but features an anti-productive GUI). I think Windows has a very productive GUI but has other problems associated with Microsoft. *sigh* No perfect OS I suppose.
I am very excited for LindowsOS, but at $99, I'm wondering if it is doomed to fail...
So what your saying is the reason I'm unemployed is because I'm doing things I DON'T like? I didn't know!
Easy to say when you HAVE a job.
> and put yourself in a position where somebody will recognize you for it.
Why the hell didn't I think of that?! 8 months of unemployment and the answer is that simple!
Studying what you like doesn't work unless what you like is a current "hot trend". I think this industry requires chasing hot trends, unless you are lucky enough to get "job security" (I heard about such a thing once in a magazine article).
For the price they want for the final version ($99 I believe), I wonder how this is going to fair with consumers. I mean, I see Lindows on the shelf for $99 and the Windows XP Upgrade for $99 which one are they going to choose?
Let's see, I can get 100% compatibility and the exact interface I'm used to for $99. Or, I can get something that is "close enough" for $99.
Me thinks the average consumer is going to go with the brand name they trust. Too bad it's Microsoft.
You can access ADO as a COM object as well.
Yeah, the article says they're just trying to prevent abusers, but do you really think moderate users will get away with the same rate as they're used to when incremental charges go into effect? Remember when AOL charged per hour of use? $21.95 got you barely anything on the old AOL model. Charging by use always ends up being more expensive for everybody in the end because companies get greedy.
> Lowcost flatrate, unlimited broadband will become a thing of the past.
Then so is broadband in the average consumer home in the U.S. It's hard enough to afford $50/month for broadband Internet. I guess it will become a luxory of the upper-class. Time to move to Canada I guess. *burrr*
> As a Cox shareholder, given the performance Cox mgmt has delivered in generating cash flow and growing the busines...
If they're generating all this money, why am I hearing people say they are losing their asses on bandwidth costs?
> This will take Divx beyond the desktops of those with broadband connections and into the living rooms of those who don't own computers.
Give me a break. For the most part, anyone savvy enough to be able to install a mod chip into an X-Box probably already has a PC. Do you think the average Best Buy shopper is going to install one of these? Most people I know with X-Boxes don't even know how to solder, and even if they did, they would be too afraid to do it on their new $200 console. Only those who are savvy, already have a spare computer and just want a cheap DivX player, and those with the intestinal fortitude will do the Mod chip (which is still a lot of people, of course, but not my parents).
eBay doesn't endorse PayPal any more than they endorse sending cash through the mail. PayPal is an external entity that consumers have the choice of using if they wish. Nobody's forcing you to bid on those PayPal auctions, but I've never had a problem with it (despite the fact that half the Slashdot community apparently has).
Look at ratings people and insist on credit card payments for anything over an amount you are afraid to lose!
Dan
- Happily eBaying since 1995.
I like the boot disks for sale the best, especially since people actually bid on them. Cripes people!
http://www.bootdisk.com
> "where the hell else am I supposed to find the way "most people use"" ... You aren't. That seems hard for you to grasp.
I disagree. When I'm drafting any sort of script, regardless of what it is for, I look up words in the dictionary to make sure I'm using it correctly. If I just used certain words however I feel like (since, as you say, language is dynamic) I think I would sound like a fool.
> Who cares what a dictionary says? ... The right definition is the one that most people use.
Agreed, however, how are we supposed to come together and decide the most appropriate and correct way to communicate without a central source of definition? IMO, dictionaries like Websters and OED are the best way to collaborate as we can all agree to use it the same way. Also IMO, what you or I think is the *BEST* way does not matter as long as we all try to use it consistently in an attempt to avoid confusion. This is why I always take Websters word for it (or if I'm desparate, the OED) - if they don't know the proper pronunciation/usage/defitition of a word, where the hell else am I supposed to find the way "most people use" it, as you said? Or should I just make it up?
Oh, you must be new here. The goal of any article posted on /. isn't to appeal to EVERYONE all the time. If this was the case, there would be no articles.
I have found a neat little trick - if you're not interested in an article, skip over it.
However, I do agree it lacks content. A HOWTO would have been neat, but this is nothing new.
> I don't think car repair professionals think their customers are idiots because they don't know how to fix a broken transmission.
My colleagues and I never expect people to know how to FIX anything - that's why they're calling us. All we ask is you give us the common courtesey to WORK with us. When you explain things vaguely and get pissy, don't pay attention to what you are doing, and don't listen to what I say (why are you calling me then?) then you are wasting both of out times.
To quote a line from Jerry Maguire, "Help ME, help YOU!"
> Users should not have to be "computer literate" to get e-mail. Or browse web pages. Or write documents. Or use an accounting program.
:)
Well, that's fine, but if they don't want to put forth the effort to get training before calling me, I'm gonna bill them for the full $75/hour I normally charge for more difficult problems. Their choice, I guess, if taking a class or opening a book is too much to ask. More money in my pocket for remedial shit!
> Re:Obligatory OS X and XServe post!
;)
> by 2nd Post! (louis-wang@hp.com) on Thursday May 30...
Err, don't you mean HP-UX? What would you boss say?
a card that says, "the bearer of this card is entitled to one good job upon graduation, just like the one's you will be falsely promised throughout your education."
> And yes AMD processors continue to be vastly cheaper and preform better than their Intel counterparts.
If by "better" you mean stability problems and compatibility issues, then I agree.
I dare you to find a PC device that is incompatible with an Intel processor running on an Intel mainboard + BIOS.
On any other article, this would be modded as Troll, but oh so funny and true here.
> 1. Bill Gates buys U.S. Supreme court, clears M$ of all charges.
Not so unvelievable. Add a teaspoon of Slashdot drama with a dash of overreaction and sprinkle with a story about Microsoft using campaign contributions and you've got your headline!
Didn't Netscape invent it by creating a set focus option in JavaScript? How can you say you invented a feature of someone else's language?
I hereby decree that I invented the concept of "pull-down menu", since Set Focus is already taken by Exit Exchange.