In my experience Microsoft is the best embedded system I have delt with so far. When I threw my computer with Win-blows out of my second story apartment in a drunken rage, it "embedded" itself quite nicely into the ground. *BELCH*
I don't know what you people are getting so mad about. I think having sensors on the internet would be a great idea! I mean if a router goes down or something is wrong the "sensors" would indicate it just like a car and then....
Hey! Wait a minute... It's "censor", not "sensor"?
WELL THAT'S JUST FU*CKING..........<BSSSSSSST>
<<Connection blocked by South Australia Gov.>>
<<Resume your pleasurable internet experience!>>
It really boggles my mind, but in my experience this is more common than some would think. That being said... there are things that can be done.
1. It's funny how battery technology is not very good. For instance, my (cell, pager, <insert demonic electronic device here>) battery often seems to "run out" once I hit the office door. It's the strangest thing.
2. Every time you answer the (cell, pager, <insert demonic electronic device here>) take equivilant time off (multiply by 3 of course)
3. If you get called DURING work hours for tech support issues you have an automatic excuse for not finishing your programming projects. Make sure to not finish the one that will be the most painful to your boss politically.
It's amazing, but following these steps will either get you out of the support rotation or fired. Either way you are better off than where you are now!!
Groupwise is one of the most underrated groupware packages out there in my opinion. It is soooo easy to learn and Admin, ties into NDS for even easier Admin (if you are using NDS), and generally more resistant to E-mail virus exploits than other packages that shall remain nameless but ryhme with "Moutlook".
The most significant barrier to anyone realizing the greatness of Groupwise is (as always) the Novell marketing bozos.
Has anyone checked out this 'Shawn Fanning' guy for a little purple tail-like thingy poking out of the back of his neck? Does he like to eat bowls of meal worms for breakfast? Hmmmmm...
What about Jack Valenti? Hmmmm....
They almost took over starfleet headquarters once...
I had the same issues with on-call and more importantly weekend work. After a few months of politely saying it was bothering me I 'told' (did not ask) my managers that since I worked the whole weekend I would be taking monday and tuesday off as well as ALL monday's and Tuesday's off after being required to work a weekend.
Oh crap! were they up in arms. *grin* "What are we going to do on Monday and Tuesday when you are gone?"
I basically said that it was thier descision to have me work the weekend so I assume that the weekend work was more important than my normal weekday work and they will have to figure out what to do. And "No" I will not be on-call on monday's or Tuesday's.
I feel no sympathy for companies who attempt to give more work to the existing staff instead of hiring enough people to do the job.
Just stand your ground, do what you like, and let the chips fall where they may. The job market is so tight you can probably find a better job in a week anyway.
I see. Because there is a law the government must be enforcing it. And of course the law is all anyone needs to protect them.
I guess all those people who died on Firestone tires, that passed Government Regulations, feel lots better.
My problem is not one of competition in a global economy it is of employers paying substandard wages to employees who are locked into that company with the threat of deportation. Why the hell would I want to work at a company paying lower wages than I'm making now? If you really want/need non-US workers to come in because you can't find people to work for you then give them the right to come to the country without strings and the threat of being deported.
(although I think if your salaries were REALLY competetive you would be able to find workers)
I'm sorry, but in reality what companies do (have seen this done in MANY companies) is the following.
1. Company tries to find programmer to work for a specified wage (no one in the US will work for that low of a wage, lots of hours, crappy benefits, etc)
2. Company finally finds a non-US worker to fill this position. Then the fun starts.
3. Company advertizes job in some national publications (the more obscure and unread the better) and requires so many qualifications that an average programmer would not even bother for what salary is being offered.
4. Miraculously no one else applies for the job and the non-US person is hired (oh, those qualifications listed in the Ad are re-evaluated and 80% of them are dropped)
Hmmmm... all legal. Obviously then there must not be a problem since evrything is so nice and legal.
**For your information, part of the H1-B visa process requires the employer to prove to INS that the compensation package for the employee is around the average for that position in the industry. This hardly means that the "huge influx" of foreign tech labor is having a negative effect on US salaries.**
This is such a crock! I'm sure companies will go through the whole process of H-1B AND pay them the same rate as a US programmer instead of hiring a US programmer. Because we all know that companies don't care about labor costs. (bzzzz, wrong answer)
**If a foreign worker is smart enough to be working in IT then he/she is smart enough to understand their visa and its restrictions.**
You miss the point. I don't blame foriegn workers for trying to come over here and work but I don't have to sit idle while companies try to change the law to thier advantage at the expense of workers in this country. There are stability reasons why these laws exist (and US laws are more relaxed than most in this regard). Do you REALLY want a world economy with no controls that is entirly dependent on supply and demand? Be prepared for massive economic upheaval.
You are exactly right. That's why I laugh (HARD) when a company has to take it up the @ss and pay a REAL programmer to come in and mop up after the cut-rate consultant firms have screwed up the job royally.
I'm always amazed that companies never learn this lesson. *shrug*
I hate this argument that companies are making that they can't get enough IT workers in the US. Boo-Hoo! It's called supply and demand. If you want qualified individuals then you have to PAY for them. Wow, what a revelation!
It's like trying to get a new porche for the price of a Yugo.
IMO there are some legitimate needs for H1-b's but the need has been vastly overstated by HR people trying to get something for nothing.
**I'm an SAP BASIS technical consultant for a (very) large consulting organisation. BAAN is dead in the water as far as ERP goes. They haven't got up to speed with integrated tools such as CRM (customer relationship management), APO, SEM (strategic enterprise management), BW (business warehouse) and so on.**
Ummm, a few acronyms does not an ERP system make!
First of all all these things you just listed are just the latest buzz-words in management. Many companies do not give a flying fig about that stuff. Baan's strengths are in the Finance and manufacturing areas. In my opinion ERP vendors should spend their time fixing the problems they have in their BASE package and stop trying to throw everything and the kitchen sink in.
As someone who is on my second Baan implementation I think I can speak to this question.
First, ERP software was designed take your purchasing system, manufacturing system, distribution system, order entry system, etc. and merge them in to one complete package so every department is working with the same numbers and you don't have to develop and maintain interfaces between all these seperate systems. (which really is an issue at a lot of companies) IMHO it really isn't great at any one function but it does all functions reasonably well.
Baan does not give you the source when you purchase the software (unlike many other ERP vendors) You must buy it, and it aint cheap (meaning Baan really doesn't want you mucking around in there) If you DO happen to buy the source and make any modification (no matter how small) all bets are off on support from Baan on anything relating to what you changed. And to be honest I can't say that I blame them. I always think of modifications in Baan as a game of "pick-up-sticks". You can try to pull out one stick (modify one piece of code) but more than likely you will move other sticks (effect other things). Sometimes doing one simple little thing ends up being a MAJOR project because everything is so interconnected.
So, I guess my point is... If someone modifies something in Baan and it works great for them, I want that and install it on my system, I may have just blown-up 5 things I've previously modified. Not a big deal, but the more people have the code and modify it the more fragmented the product will become and the harder it will be to implement and support.
Moderate Alex's post up. Let's try to control the "knee-jerk reaction mode" until all the facts are made clear and discussed in a more non-biased manner. So in other words, until the nightly national news unbiased coverage *gag*
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In my experience Microsoft is the best embedded system I have delt with so far. When I threw my computer with Win-blows out of my second story apartment in a drunken rage, it "embedded" itself quite nicely into the ground. *BELCH*
I don't know what you people are getting so mad about. I think having sensors on the internet would be a great idea! I mean if a router goes down or something is wrong the "sensors" would indicate it just like a car and then....
..........<BSSSSSSST>
Hey! Wait a minute... It's "censor", not "sensor"?
WELL THAT'S JUST FU*CKING
<<Connection blocked by South Australia Gov.>>
<<Resume your pleasurable internet experience!>>
Usually my loyalty has been crushed out of exisitance by 9:30am. *sigh*
It really boggles my mind, but in my experience this is more common than some would think. That being said... there are things that can be done.
1. It's funny how battery technology is not very good. For instance, my (cell, pager, <insert demonic electronic device here>) battery often seems to "run out" once I hit the office door. It's the strangest thing.
2. Every time you answer the (cell, pager, <insert demonic electronic device here>) take equivilant time off (multiply by 3 of course)
3. If you get called DURING work hours for tech support issues you have an automatic excuse for not finishing your programming projects. Make sure to not finish the one that will be the most painful to your boss politically.
It's amazing, but following these steps will either get you out of the support rotation or fired. Either way you are better off than where you are now!!
Groupwise is one of the most underrated groupware packages out there in my opinion. It is soooo easy to learn and Admin, ties into NDS for even easier Admin (if you are using NDS), and generally more resistant to E-mail virus exploits than other packages that shall remain nameless but ryhme with "Moutlook".
The most significant barrier to anyone realizing the greatness of Groupwise is (as always) the Novell marketing bozos.
My $.02 anyway
Has anyone checked out this 'Shawn Fanning' guy for a little purple tail-like thingy poking out of the back of his neck? Does he like to eat bowls of meal worms for breakfast? Hmmmmm...
...
What about Jack Valenti? Hmmmm....
They almost took over starfleet headquarters once
hmmmmm...
Good point. I've often thought about calling/paging my manager whenever I get called with a stupid question just to see how they like it.
I had the same issues with on-call and more importantly weekend work. After a few months of politely saying it was bothering me I 'told' (did not ask) my managers that since I worked the whole weekend I would be taking monday and tuesday off as well as ALL monday's and Tuesday's off after being required to work a weekend.
Oh crap! were they up in arms. *grin* "What are we going to do on Monday and Tuesday when you are gone?"
I basically said that it was thier descision to have me work the weekend so I assume that the weekend work was more important than my normal weekday work and they will have to figure out what to do. And "No" I will not be on-call on monday's or Tuesday's.
I feel no sympathy for companies who attempt to give more work to the existing staff instead of hiring enough people to do the job.
Just stand your ground, do what you like, and let the chips fall where they may. The job market is so tight you can probably find a better job in a week anyway.
My equation:
gameplay = Story, AI, complexity, how many hours can be wasted without you knowing time has passed at all
A= game with worse/bad/no graphics
B= game with freakin' holo emitters
if gameplay of A = gameplay of B then B
if gameplay of A worse than gameplay of B then B
if gameplay of A better than gameplay of B then A
Simple as that! And in my opinion most games fall into the last category.
*<look south> "you don't see a 'south' here!"*
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I see. Because there is a law the government must be enforcing it. And of course the law is all anyone needs to protect them.
I guess all those people who died on Firestone tires, that passed Government Regulations, feel lots better.
My problem is not one of competition in a global economy it is of employers paying substandard wages to employees who are locked into that company with the threat of deportation. Why the hell would I want to work at a company paying lower wages than I'm making now? If you really want/need non-US workers to come in because you can't find people to work for you then give them the right to come to the country without strings and the threat of being deported.
(although I think if your salaries were REALLY competetive you would be able to find workers)
I'm sorry, but in reality what companies do (have seen this done in MANY companies) is the following.
1. Company tries to find programmer to work for a specified wage (no one in the US will work for that low of a wage, lots of hours, crappy benefits, etc)
2. Company finally finds a non-US worker to fill this position. Then the fun starts.
3. Company advertizes job in some national publications (the more obscure and unread the better) and requires so many qualifications that an average programmer would not even bother for what salary is being offered.
4. Miraculously no one else applies for the job and the non-US person is hired (oh, those qualifications listed in the Ad are re-evaluated and 80% of them are dropped)
Hmmmm... all legal. Obviously then there must not be a problem since evrything is so nice and legal.
Signed - the tooth-fairy!
**For your information, part of the H1-B visa process requires the employer to prove to INS that the compensation package for the employee is around the average for that position in the industry. This hardly means that the "huge influx" of foreign tech labor is having a negative effect on US salaries.**
This is such a crock! I'm sure companies will go through the whole process of H-1B AND pay them the same rate as a US programmer instead of hiring a US programmer. Because we all know that companies don't care about labor costs. (bzzzz, wrong answer)
**If a foreign worker is smart enough to be working in IT then he/she is smart enough to understand their visa and its restrictions.**
You miss the point. I don't blame foriegn workers for trying to come over here and work but I don't have to sit idle while companies try to change the law to thier advantage at the expense of workers in this country. There are stability reasons why these laws exist (and US laws are more relaxed than most in this regard). Do you REALLY want a world economy with no controls that is entirly dependent on supply and demand? Be prepared for massive economic upheaval.
You are exactly right. That's why I laugh (HARD) when a company has to take it up the @ss and pay a REAL programmer to come in and mop up after the cut-rate consultant firms have screwed up the job royally.
I'm always amazed that companies never learn this lesson. *shrug*
I hate this argument that companies are making that they can't get enough IT workers in the US. Boo-Hoo! It's called supply and demand. If you want qualified individuals then you have to PAY for them. Wow, what a revelation!
It's like trying to get a new porche for the price of a Yugo.
IMO there are some legitimate needs for H1-b's but the need has been vastly overstated by HR people trying to get something for nothing.
(rant off)
.my sig is waiting for it's H1-b to be approved
**I'm an SAP BASIS technical consultant for a (very) large consulting organisation. BAAN is dead in the water as far as ERP goes. They haven't got up to speed with integrated tools such as CRM (customer relationship management), APO, SEM (strategic enterprise management), BW (business warehouse) and so on.**
Ummm, a few acronyms does not an ERP system make!
First of all all these things you just listed are just the latest buzz-words in management. Many companies do not give a flying fig about that stuff. Baan's strengths are in the Finance and manufacturing areas. In my opinion ERP vendors should spend their time fixing the problems they have in their BASE package and stop trying to throw everything and the kitchen sink in.
As someone who is on my second Baan implementation I think I can speak to this question.
First, ERP software was designed take your purchasing system, manufacturing system, distribution system, order entry system, etc. and merge them in to one complete package so every department is working with the same numbers and you don't have to develop and maintain interfaces between all these seperate systems. (which really is an issue at a lot of companies) IMHO it really isn't great at any one function but it does all functions reasonably well.
Baan does not give you the source when you purchase the software (unlike many other ERP vendors) You must buy it, and it aint cheap (meaning Baan really doesn't want you mucking around in there) If you DO happen to buy the source and make any modification (no matter how small) all bets are off on support from Baan on anything relating to what you changed. And to be honest I can't say that I blame them. I always think of modifications in Baan as a game of "pick-up-sticks". You can try to pull out one stick (modify one piece of code) but more than likely you will move other sticks (effect other things). Sometimes doing one simple little thing ends up being a MAJOR project because everything is so interconnected.
So, I guess my point is... If someone modifies something in Baan and it works great for them, I want that and install it on my system, I may have just blown-up 5 things I've previously modified. Not a big deal, but the more people have the code and modify it the more fragmented the product will become and the harder it will be to implement and support.
Moderate Alex's post up. Let's try to control the "knee-jerk reaction mode" until all the facts are made clear and discussed in a more non-biased manner. So in other words, until the nightly national news unbiased coverage *gag*