All The Web just announced that their index has surpassed yours in number of pages indexed. As a webmaster, I have also observed that not only does Googlebot fail to fully index my site, but its index of sites (mine as well as others) grows increasingly outdated. While I still worship Google, reality dictates that Teoma and All The Web are eroding the hegemony of Google. What technology upgrades to your basic search service does your team envision in order to keep Google on top?
Doesn't have the right to prevent it's supporters (the listeners) from linking to their site. And, IIRC, they also receive federal funds, which means everyone is a supporter.
1. It never happenned. 2. If it did, you should still levy the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" into your judgements. 3. My mother is a bitch to those that deserve it. She is a tremendously generous person to those who need it. 4. It is the height of ignorance to make the number of assumptions you did 5. If you have nothing to contribute to the topic, then keep you filth ridden shithole shut. 6. Keep your judgemental attitude in check, lest I be motivated to find you, show up at your door, beat your ass, and leave you in the gutter for making smashmouth statements about my mother regarding an incident that never occurred.
Now, perhaps we can engage in a conversation about the fat whore who pushed you out. Oooh, not nice when people talk about your mother is it?
All all the other vally cities: We ought to combine ourselves, since hell...I live in mesa, work in chandler, and spend most of my time drinking and (until last week) smoking in Tempe at Pink-E's. Lets face it, we're the sixth largest metroplex in the US...we could honestly slashdot the hell out of the Crowbar or Le Girls or something...
Dell Optiplexes could not be opened without tripping an internal warning that would flash on screen at reboot. You had to reset the bios based warning using a password to turn it off. Packard Bell and Compaq also did this years ago (I had a Compaq 286sx with an internal detection system which used a mercury switch)
First of all, no matter how much you like your job, it is just a job. You sell a commodity, be it your expertise or labor, to your employer. If your commodity can be sold for more elsewhere, it is perfectly fair that they either pay more, or they don't get it. This isn't the middle ages, and people need to abandon this guilded wage slave mentality.
That having been said, all the advise you will hear amounts to shit until it is filtered through your situation. I checked the link, and I can argue with each one of those points. So here's the deal: If you made it clear to your employer that the only reason you considered leaving was the money issue, then they will *NOT* question your loyalty. However, it will always reflect on you. You will be expected to justify the pay raise with more productivity, and after you decline the other job offer your leverage is gone. Also, you may face some conflict from your fellow employees who are going to be jealous knowing you got a pay raise "just because you threatened to leave".
In all, you may as well accept the other job. In the future, never use the threat (even if you did'nt use it as a threat, it is still a threat) of leaving in order to justify a pay raise. You should instead approach your bosses and make a justification. Your output, combined with your loyalty, and your holistic participation in the companies welfare as demonstrated by your paycut alone should be enough to justify your pay increase. If they say no dice, then you accept the other job offer, give your employer two weeks notice, and move on.
The job marketplace should be as proactive as the economy, but we tend to get ourselves into the "wage slave mentality" that employers are only too happy to exploit. Instead of begging for handouts, employees should recognize the fair market value of their skills, and capitalize upon them whenever possible. In the past 20 years, corporations have abandoned the idea of loyalty, and no longer respect a person for being a "company man". Loyalty is a two way street, and if you can expect to get laid off because management fucked up and doesn't want to take a paycut, then management is going to have to accept a fluid and unreliable talent pool. That's a fair market.
I didn't quote you, dillhole. I paraphrased you to spotlight your ignorance.
Further, if you can't get your preference of choice in sodas, then drink water. It's better for you anyway. I can't find Cajun Smoked Salmon Spread anywhere in Arizona, but that doesn't mean I cop out and use Salmon Cream Cheese.
Finally, you the consumer have the ultimate say so. Stop whining.
...unless you are under the naive belief that a government that is an entranched monopoly is still constrained by the forces of individual freedom.
Look, it's really simple. If you don't like Microsoft products, don't buy them (most people pirate them anyway). There are now (finally) enough open source alternatives. If you don't like coke, don't buy coke. If you don't like Ford, buy chevy. But don't be a dumbass and expect the federal government (the root of all evil) to make your moral judgements for you, while you empower these companies with your consumer dollars.
And yet, Slashdot's mods already knocked this down to a flamebait. God help if anyone exposes the truth about leftist icons like Nader, but ad hominem attack against Bush will easily garner a troll a +5 Funny. No wonder people flee to K5 in droves.
Here is a man who rails against "big business" and "strong arm tactics", "big interests" and the like, and here he goes asking "big brother" to flex it's muscles. When are people going to wake up and realize that Nader is a hack, reaching out for publicity.
..recording my refridgerator humming doesn't exactly qualify as "the conscious production or arrangement of sounds", which is what art is. At best, they are guilty of plagiarizing nature. Your art at least involves a human producing something, which is were art is distinguished from nature.
Not that these artists don't honestly have a point; Some of these sounds are beautiful. But it's not art to record it, and then play it a few times. It sure as hell isn't music by any stretch. It may be art when one person does it once, but as a genre, it's shit.
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Once again Jon Katz goes the long way, arrives at the same point, but did so for all the wrong reasons. Star Wars "failure" to earn gobs of money doesn't represent any cultural paradigm shift, it represents simple market economics. It has competition from Spiderman, which came out first and took the first movie bucks available. Star Wars also defeated itself with the hype, convincing people that "oh well, I won't get to see it this weekend anyway", and those people went to see spiderman instead. Overall, Star Wars will trounce spiderman, but with just over one week in circulation it's not fair to already try to deem it a flop. It's also an utter stretch to imply that the underperformance of Star Wars is a reflection of some sort of grass roots revolution. It's a movie dumbass!
And I don't mean in money, since their economics are somewhat different (Communists steal what they can't afford in hard currency). How many Chinese citizens will die because of the rush to establish their moon base. The ChiCom government cares very little for human life, and for that matter aren't even devoted to communism; The moonbase is to be both a source of national pride and an economic revenue stream. As someone else pointed out, this project is also for the sake of their aerospace and defense industries: The moons crust is believed to be rich in tritium, which is a key componant of fusion reactors and a tremendous yeild booster for thermonuclear weapons (the H-Bomb).
Okay, I only submitted this link 24 hours ago, and it got rejected. No spelling errors, and more detailed information than this article. Where's the love!
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That's odd - I had no trouble cancelling Earthlink, which I to came to out of the Earthlink Mindspring merger. I called, waited 10 minutes to elevator music and prompts, and 5 minutes later I was off.
If you're so inept that you can't cancel your service verbally, then put a stop payment on your charge card ($10) for all debits from that company, and have any other such charges reversed. That'll get you some quick attention.
But then, why am I not suprised - it's Jon Katz afterall - the purveyor of the obvious.
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All The Web just announced that their index has surpassed yours in number of pages indexed. As a webmaster, I have also observed that not only does Googlebot fail to fully index my site, but its index of sites (mine as well as others) grows increasingly outdated. While I still worship Google, reality dictates that Teoma and All The Web are eroding the hegemony of Google. What technology upgrades to your basic search service does your team envision in order to keep Google on top?
Doesn't have the right to prevent it's supporters (the listeners) from linking to their site. And, IIRC, they also receive federal funds, which means everyone is a supporter.
1. It never happenned.
2. If it did, you should still levy the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" into your judgements.
3. My mother is a bitch to those that deserve it. She is a tremendously generous person to those who need it.
4. It is the height of ignorance to make the number of assumptions you did
5. If you have nothing to contribute to the topic, then keep you filth ridden shithole shut.
6. Keep your judgemental attitude in check, lest I be motivated to find you, show up at your door, beat your ass, and leave you in the gutter for making smashmouth statements about my mother regarding an incident that never occurred.
Now, perhaps we can engage in a conversation about the fat whore who pushed you out. Oooh, not nice when people talk about your mother is it?
All all the other vally cities: We ought to combine ourselves, since hell...I live in mesa, work in chandler, and spend most of my time drinking and (until last week) smoking in Tempe at Pink-E's. Lets face it, we're the sixth largest metroplex in the US...we could honestly slashdot the hell out of the Crowbar or Le Girls or something...
And look for me in my Army of One shirt at the meet : )
Dell Optiplexes could not be opened without tripping an internal warning that would flash on screen at reboot. You had to reset the bios based warning using a password to turn it off. Packard Bell and Compaq also did this years ago (I had a Compaq 286sx with an internal detection system which used a mercury switch)
Oh yeah, FIRST POST BIATCH.
Mod this down, but does anyone know if the Bidwells were ever convicted? We can nip that damn toilet-seat stadium in the bud...
First of all, no matter how much you like your job, it is just a job. You sell a commodity, be it your expertise or labor, to your employer. If your commodity can be sold for more elsewhere, it is perfectly fair that they either pay more, or they don't get it. This isn't the middle ages, and people need to abandon this guilded wage slave mentality.
That having been said, all the advise you will hear amounts to shit until it is filtered through your situation. I checked the link, and I can argue with each one of those points. So here's the deal: If you made it clear to your employer that the only reason you considered leaving was the money issue, then they will *NOT* question your loyalty. However, it will always reflect on you. You will be expected to justify the pay raise with more productivity, and after you decline the other job offer your leverage is gone. Also, you may face some conflict from your fellow employees who are going to be jealous knowing you got a pay raise "just because you threatened to leave".
In all, you may as well accept the other job. In the future, never use the threat (even if you did'nt use it as a threat, it is still a threat) of leaving in order to justify a pay raise. You should instead approach your bosses and make a justification. Your output, combined with your loyalty, and your holistic participation in the companies welfare as demonstrated by your paycut alone should be enough to justify your pay increase. If they say no dice, then you accept the other job offer, give your employer two weeks notice, and move on.
The job marketplace should be as proactive as the economy, but we tend to get ourselves into the "wage slave mentality" that employers are only too happy to exploit. Instead of begging for handouts, employees should recognize the fair market value of their skills, and capitalize upon them whenever possible. In the past 20 years, corporations have abandoned the idea of loyalty, and no longer respect a person for being a "company man". Loyalty is a two way street, and if you can expect to get laid off because management fucked up and doesn't want to take a paycut, then management is going to have to accept a fluid and unreliable talent pool. That's a fair market.
I didn't quote you, dillhole. I paraphrased you to spotlight your ignorance.
Further, if you can't get your preference of choice in sodas, then drink water. It's better for you anyway. I can't find Cajun Smoked Salmon Spread anywhere in Arizona, but that doesn't mean I cop out and use Salmon Cream Cheese.
Finally, you the consumer have the ultimate say so. Stop whining.
(pointing out that one of the ships the previous poster named is not a submarine)
submarine naming conventions?
Yes, with big fences and numerous pairs of eyes watching. At 200 leagues, it's between you, the fiberoptic cable, and the jellyfish.
I'm glad you could get that off your chest. Now you'll be able to breath, and get some oxygen to those starving brain cells.
...unless you are under the naive belief that a government that is an entranched monopoly is still constrained by the forces of individual freedom.
Look, it's really simple. If you don't like Microsoft products, don't buy them (most people pirate them anyway). There are now (finally) enough open source alternatives. If you don't like coke, don't buy coke. If you don't like Ford, buy chevy. But don't be a dumbass and expect the federal government (the root of all evil) to make your moral judgements for you, while you empower these companies with your consumer dollars.
You hit the nail on the head.
And yet, Slashdot's mods already knocked this down to a flamebait. God help if anyone exposes the truth about leftist icons like Nader, but ad hominem attack against Bush will easily garner a troll a +5 Funny. No wonder people flee to K5 in droves.
Here is a man who rails against "big business" and "strong arm tactics", "big interests" and the like, and here he goes asking "big brother" to flex it's muscles. When are people going to wake up and realize that Nader is a hack, reaching out for publicity.
The Corvair is rolling in its grave.
Google Search Appliance: These guys are fucking gods.
What story? I was busy buying stock in ice, since there's going to be alot in Iceland soon (for a change).
..recording my refridgerator humming doesn't exactly qualify as "the conscious production or arrangement of sounds", which is what art is. At best, they are guilty of plagiarizing nature. Your art at least involves a human producing something, which is were art is distinguished from nature.
Not that these artists don't honestly have a point; Some of these sounds are beautiful. But it's not art to record it, and then play it a few times. It sure as hell isn't music by any stretch. It may be art when one person does it once, but as a genre, it's shit.
Once again Jon Katz goes the long way, arrives at the same point, but did so for all the wrong reasons. Star Wars "failure" to earn gobs of money doesn't represent any cultural paradigm shift, it represents simple market economics. It has competition from Spiderman, which came out first and took the first movie bucks available. Star Wars also defeated itself with the hype, convincing people that "oh well, I won't get to see it this weekend anyway", and those people went to see spiderman instead. Overall, Star Wars will trounce spiderman, but with just over one week in circulation it's not fair to already try to deem it a flop. It's also an utter stretch to imply that the underperformance of Star Wars is a reflection of some sort of grass roots revolution. It's a movie dumbass!
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And I don't mean in money, since their economics are somewhat different (Communists steal what they can't afford in hard currency). How many Chinese citizens will die because of the rush to establish their moon base. The ChiCom government cares very little for human life, and for that matter aren't even devoted to communism; The moonbase is to be both a source of national pride and an economic revenue stream. As someone else pointed out, this project is also for the sake of their aerospace and defense industries: The moons crust is believed to be rich in tritium, which is a key componant of fusion reactors and a tremendous yeild booster for thermonuclear weapons (the H-Bomb).
Okay, I only submitted this link 24 hours ago, and it got rejected. No spelling errors, and more detailed information than this article. Where's the love!
That's odd - I had no trouble cancelling Earthlink, which I to came to out of the Earthlink Mindspring merger. I called, waited 10 minutes to elevator music and prompts, and 5 minutes later I was off.
If you're so inept that you can't cancel your service verbally, then put a stop payment on your charge card ($10) for all debits from that company, and have any other such charges reversed. That'll get you some quick attention.
But then, why am I not suprised - it's Jon Katz afterall - the purveyor of the obvious.