Gas is more expensive 79c per litre in where I live. Home heating oil is much more expensive for me than for my family in the States.
Computer stuff seems around 10% more across the board.For example compare dell.ca with dell.com. Ditto for apple.com vs apple.ca.
the $12.99CDN is a red herring. Perhaps if you're shopping for "The Very Best of Elvis" or something else that's been out for thirty years you'll pay that price. All new releases are frequently at 21.99.
Big mac indices and the like are bollocks. Canadians often pay more than Americans for quite a number of things.
"That gives me a competitive advantage from now till the end of time. If you throw more hardware at the problem, well, so can I and I'll still be ahead of you."
Only until such time that an average server can easily handle 6,000,000,000 concurrent users;-)
I know of at least one company like that. They are called Midland Valley and I used to work for them. I only left because I moved countries otherwise I would never have left them. When going got tough the owners put their own private savings to help the company survive a tough situation. I never saw anyone there being mistreated or disposed of. The only people who left did so of their own choosing and there have not had much attrition either. Companies like them are not many but they do exist. They're usually quite small too. I wish those guys all the best and have fond memories of working for them.
Also notice how they list all their employees on their website and not just the "executive team". I think it speaks volumes about their corporate culture.
You won't milk scox for big $$$. It's a low volume stock and only if you're playing with maybe 20,000 shares it's a safe place. Anything higher and you may run into trouble when trying to get out. Also there's a lot of short buying on SCOX so it may be tough to let go of any longs at this point already. Most of SCOX is held by one or two big institutional investors. If they change position all the small fish that are feeding of SCOX will be suffocated.
How is the parent post a troll? It states a few things about Windows that are true to this day.
Windows is still not a multiuser OS the way that Unices are. Mulitple people cannot work on the same system at the same time. It may have multiple user accounts but it's not a true multiuser OS. The "remote desktop connection" is not enough.
Windows security is substandard by design. Once you run an ActiveX control on your system it's pretty much like running a.exe file. It can do anything it wants to your system. This is why ActiveX is disabled by default in IE6.
Windows has a lot of legacy APIs it keeps lugging around. This is the reason why it's easy to find holes and exploits in it. Microsoft became the victim of their own success. Their inherently insecure Win32 API is still alive and kicking and it's being patched for security in a stovepipe fashion. Windows will not be secure until the Win32 legacy is parted with.
Are you aware that most clerks at main street names are paid comission on the sales that they make? They are even more interested in sending you home with the most expensive item there is because it directly affects their paychecks.
Yeah. In the UK. In the US and Canada it's buyer beware. Everything here is cost driven not quality driven. That's why equipment I purchased in Britain lives on to this day (hell, my Speccy is over 20 years old now!) meanwhile everything I buy here falls apart exactly one month after the warranty expires...
Next time I hear someone complain about "rip-off Britain" I'm going to kick their ass. It's often worth to pay for lasting quality.
Another thing that Amazon did is that they hugely improved over a typical retailer's inventory turnover (it's a rate of full replacement of your warehouse inventory). A typical pre-dotcom retailer had a turnover of 1.5 to 2 per year. Amazon has like 6 to 7. That's efficiency like no other! Bezos might not be liked in these circles but as far as managing goes the guy is a bloody genius!
It's absolutely scary. I've seen bids on rentAcoder.com and they are completely unacceptable for me. I believe that the majority of programmers bidding on those tasks live in India or Russia.
I live in Canada and cannot justify spending a week on a project that will only fetch me $500USD in gross pay. After my Canadian tax I'd be left with aroun $350USD per week which is actually less money than a McJob here will fetch.
I imagine however, that for a Russian coder this is a pretty sweet deal. Those sites are not going to appeal to Western programmers unless the payments take Purchasing Power Parity into account which is clearly impossible.
If you're Canadian what the fuck are you doing studying Computer Science? Your county's economy is resource driven not service driven. You should be studying geology or forestry.
You can kiss my legitimate ass, spammer. There is no legitimate email marketing. You're all seedy types. Even if you aren't sending spam directly (only soliceted mail as you allege) you keep selling e-mail addresses to spammers. How do I know this? By playing with e-mail. I set up throwaway accounts and opted in or sometimes just subscribed to services just to see how long it took for the account to start receiving spam. It was always under a week before the account would begin receiving junk mail. There's a special place in hell for you lot.
No way! You worked for Edgewater Technology? I remember that case very clearly. It was overshadowed by the whole 9/11 hoopla but it was big news at the time. Did they go bankrupt after that or are they still in business?
Yes you read that right. I got the worst possible Xmas gift one can imagine.
Pink slip.
Unfortunately I'm not making this up. Yesterday my boss called everyone at home to tell them that the company was no more. That's the shittiest Xmas wishes I ever got.
That fool and his money will always be parted with should be of no surprise to anybody. The only question that one must ask is how the fool and money got together in the first place... That's the million (sorry 320,000) dollar question.
Your statement is so vague to the point of being meaningless. Which parts of the Java API do you consider too complex? The power of Java lies in the simplification of a number of APIs that previously were nearly undecipherable. Consider the API to DirectShow versue Java Media Framework. I can certainly tell which one I'd rather work with.
Java APIs make things as simple as possible. But not simpler.
It depends. At my company there are two teams of "architects". So called "functional architects", who are basically glorified business guys that take customer requirements and translate it into a high level design (ie. they write the same customer requirements in a different Word document for the heck of doing it). Then there are technical architects who should be called senior developers because they are continuously involved in development including some programming. Those guys I respect.
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Gas is more expensive 79c per litre in where I live. Home heating oil is much more expensive for me than for my family in the States. Computer stuff seems around 10% more across the board .For example compare dell.ca with dell.com. Ditto for apple.com vs apple.ca.
Big mac indices and the like are bollocks. Canadians often pay more than Americans for quite a number of things.
Expect a significant selling pressure on the SCO stock after this publication.
And as should be expected by now, SCOX stock rose on the news today.
Perhaps it's just that my interior decorating tastes aren't up to date :-)
Why is my story marked as rejected even though slashdot decided to run it?
Only until such time that an average server can easily handle 6,000,000,000 concurrent users ;-)
I know of at least one company like that. They are called Midland Valley and I used to work for them. I only left because I moved countries otherwise I would never have left them. When going got tough the owners put their own private savings to help the company survive a tough situation. I never saw anyone there being mistreated or disposed of. The only people who left did so of their own choosing and there have not had much attrition either. Companies like them are not many but they do exist. They're usually quite small too. I wish those guys all the best and have fond memories of working for them.
Also notice how they list all their employees on their website and not just the "executive team". I think it speaks volumes about their corporate culture.
You won't milk scox for big $$$. It's a low volume stock and only if you're playing with maybe 20,000 shares it's a safe place. Anything higher and you may run into trouble when trying to get out. Also there's a lot of short buying on SCOX so it may be tough to let go of any longs at this point already. Most of SCOX is held by one or two big institutional investors. If they change position all the small fish that are feeding of SCOX will be suffocated.
Because you cannot work on the same machine locally while someone is connecting to it remotely.
Windows security is substandard by design. Once you run an ActiveX control on your system it's pretty much like running a .exe file. It can do anything it wants to your system. This is why ActiveX is disabled by default in IE6.
Windows has a lot of legacy APIs it keeps lugging around. This is the reason why it's easy to find holes and exploits in it. Microsoft became the victim of their own success. Their inherently insecure Win32 API is still alive and kicking and it's being patched for security in a stovepipe fashion. Windows will not be secure until the Win32 legacy is parted with.
Are you aware that most clerks at main street names are paid comission on the sales that they make? They are even more interested in sending you home with the most expensive item there is because it directly affects their paychecks.
Yeah. In the UK. In the US and Canada it's buyer beware. Everything here is cost driven not quality driven. That's why equipment I purchased in Britain lives on to this day (hell, my Speccy is over 20 years old now!) meanwhile everything I buy here falls apart exactly one month after the warranty expires... Next time I hear someone complain about "rip-off Britain" I'm going to kick their ass. It's often worth to pay for lasting quality.
Another thing that Amazon did is that they hugely improved over a typical retailer's inventory turnover (it's a rate of full replacement of your warehouse inventory). A typical pre-dotcom retailer had a turnover of 1.5 to 2 per year. Amazon has like 6 to 7. That's efficiency like no other! Bezos might not be liked in these circles but as far as managing goes the guy is a bloody genius!
I live in Canada and cannot justify spending a week on a project that will only fetch me $500USD in gross pay. After my Canadian tax I'd be left with aroun $350USD per week which is actually less money than a McJob here will fetch.
I imagine however, that for a Russian coder this is a pretty sweet deal. Those sites are not going to appeal to Western programmers unless the payments take Purchasing Power Parity into account which is clearly impossible.
Oh, and btw greetings from a fellow Canuck :-)
You can kiss my legitimate ass, spammer. There is no legitimate email marketing. You're all seedy types. Even if you aren't sending spam directly (only soliceted mail as you allege) you keep selling e-mail addresses to spammers. How do I know this? By playing with e-mail. I set up throwaway accounts and opted in or sometimes just subscribed to services just to see how long it took for the account to start receiving spam. It was always under a week before the account would begin receiving junk mail. There's a special place in hell for you lot.
No way! You worked for Edgewater Technology? I remember that case very clearly. It was overshadowed by the whole 9/11 hoopla but it was big news at the time. Did they go bankrupt after that or are they still in business?
Nope. Clearly it's a DIY job. They all fall apart after a few years of wear and tear.
Pink slip.
Unfortunately I'm not making this up. Yesterday my boss called everyone at home to tell them that the company was no more. That's the shittiest Xmas wishes I ever got.
That fool and his money will always be parted with should be of no surprise to anybody. The only question that one must ask is how the fool and money got together in the first place... That's the million (sorry 320,000) dollar question.
Java APIs make things as simple as possible. But not simpler.
Microsoft already outsources to India. Just a heads up.
It depends. At my company there are two teams of "architects". So called "functional architects", who are basically glorified business guys that take customer requirements and translate it into a high level design (ie. they write the same customer requirements in a different Word document for the heck of doing it). Then there are technical architects who should be called senior developers because they are continuously involved in development including some programming. Those guys I respect.
I have three words for you: Count your blessings.