While I don't agree with many large business's attitudes towards employee's (such as having no loyalty to the employee but expecting the employee's to have full loyalty to them) I also don't like people who whine about the offshoring of jobs. If someone over the ocean can do the same job as me (software developer) for much cheaper then so be it. This does not worry me that much though because I have heard from many sources how horrible most outsourcing experiences are. If outsourcing does not start to become easier to do and have better results then businesses will realize that the "cost savings" is not worth the other problems and sometimes it actually ends up costing more in the long run.
The key is to keep your skills sharp and make yourself be in demand. I recently put my resume out on monster and some other job boards and was overwelmed with the responses I got so much that I ended up taking it off because my inbox was full and my phone was ringing off the hook (and no, not just from head hunters who I ignored completely). These were great, decently high paying jobs too 75k-100k+ at places like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc (experience required ranged from 2-5 years and I have 2). From what I observed a lot of the easily outsourced, lower skilled software jobs may have gone overseas but the higher skilled positions are still plentiful and definitely not scarce.
The jobs were tempting but right now I am happy at the small forensic software shop I currently am at and I really like the challenges I receive everyday, the knowledge that the software I create is helping to catch "bad guys", and the freedom I have since I am not overwelmed with company policies, red tape, etc. I also like the added fact that my current job will NEVER get outsourced, it just would not make sense to do so since we are such a small company not to mention the security issues that would come up.
Basically there is not much to worry about unless you let your skills stagnate and/or you don't adjust to changes in the market.
That should have been "but that still does not make it not a sex scandal".
Also, do you have any sources for you $150 million cost for the Clinton Investigation? From the following two sources http://weeklywire.com/ww/09-21-98/nash_politics2.h tml and http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=145 72 it seems the investigation was more like $40 million which is still a lot of money but is over 3 times less than your $150 million figure. I couldn't find any other sources that said anything but $40 million so I am interested in seeing what you can provide.
Okay, I should not have said ever, but it definitely is the most recent and relevant in my lifetime (I am 25 years old). Either way sex scandals are NOT just a Republican issue, both parties have had them.
I never said it wasn't a waste of time and personally I think it was blown out of proportion but that still does not make it a sex scandal. From dictionary.com scandal is defined as:
1. a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc. 2. an offense caused by a fault or misdeed. 3. damage to reputation; public disgrace. 4. defamatory talk; malicious gossip. 5. a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.
So yes, it was a sex scandal.
The President is supposed to be a person who everyone in the country can look up to (including children) and Clinton's actions definitely should never have occurred. What is a bigger sex scandal that has occurred recently (such at the last 25 years which is how old I am) and involved the President?
Republicans resigning over sex scandals is like me getting coffee in the mornings, you just EXPECT it.
Replace republicans with polititions and you have something. Or do you forget that the biggest political sex scandal ever involved a democrat whose first name is Bill? This is not just a republican issue.
And no, I didn't get laid. I got an awesome education, but I didn't get laid.
I didn't even know it was possible to not get laid in college! Even if you stayed in the dorm most of the time you just would have to wait for a drunk group of girls to come back and then go hit on them and it would be highly likely to get some action.
Whoever modded you flamebait is a moron. I guess now if you even validly argue closed source may be better than open source in *some* situations that warrants flamebait. Very sad.
If I got scammed on the web, I'd feel like such a fool I probably wouldn't bother seeking a refund.
While I agree about feeling like a fool I don't think you wouldn't bother to seek a refund if you lost 10's of thousands of dollars. No matter how idiotic it is to give out your banking information to some website it is still your banks responsibility to make sure all transactions are authorized by YOU and YOU ALONE (at least that is how I understand the current laws in the US).
A lot of damage can be done just by getting a persons bank account number and bank routing number. What if a person were to write a check at the local grocery store and the clerk ended up writing down the information on the check and then used that information to purchase goods online or in some other fashion. While this is not the same as handing your information over at some website it is similar and both situations should be the banks responsibility to verify the account holder authorizes the transactions.
My all time/. favorite is still "asshat." I don't understand what it means, but it just sounds funny.
It is when one has their head up their ass, thus wearing their ass as a hat. I guess it is an abbreviation, instead of saying "get your head out of your ass" you just call the person an "asshat" and save your breath to speak to someone of intelligence.
Write a macro the does all their math homework for them, including showing work? Figure out how long it takes them to save up for a new bike? There's lots of ways a kid could be interested in Excel.
While the average slashdotter might find those ways to use Excel interesting as a child do you really believe the average kid would find those ways interesting? I think not.
Excel VBA is manifestly a programming language by most reasonable definitions, though its about the last thing I'd want to try to get a kid interested in.
Interesting, I did not even know Excel VBA existed and by your comment about it being the last thing you would want to try to get a kid interested in I am glad I know nothing about it. I was thinking more along the lines of Excel macros when he mentioned Excel.
How is a "script" any different than an "interpreted program" like a C64 BASIC interpreter would let you run?
I see no difference, I was just pointing out the fact that he called BASH a programming language when it is just a shell.
There's countless examples of programming languages suitable for a kid. Bash, Excel, and Javascript are all pretty simple
I don't consider Excel a programming language, BASH is also not a programming language but it allows you to run scripts, javascript is close to a programming language I guess and kids could probably do some fun things with it. But seriously what could a kid do in Excel that would actually hold their interest longer than half a second? "Wow Dad! I just calculated how much money I will make this year in my bank account from interest!". I just don't see Excel appealing to young kids.
Considering most Americans spell as poorly as you do, I can't imagine why he'd be jealous that he's not one.
I only had one spelling mistake, a freakin typo (if you look at my other post in this thread I spelled it right), the other two were grammatical errors. Big deal I added an extra 'L', this is a website, not some paper I am turning into English class.
Also, the show is produced by an Australian company and is thus Australian.
Yes, it is Australian owned but it is an American show since it it contains nearly all Americans, is filmed in America, is broadcast by an American entertainment company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Communicati ons, and I would bet a large amount of money that more than a majority of its viewers are American.
Part of first sentence on the Wiki page sums it up very nicely "MythBusters is an American pop science television program"
Thank you, come again, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
He uses a mostly American sounding accent for what he does for the show, but he pronounces most words the Australian instead of American way when there's a difference.
The reason for that is because he actually grew up in America before heading to Australia at some point (I don't know for sure if he is now a US or Australian citizen or possibly dual). Here is his autobiography:
What are you talking? It's made and owned by an Australian company.
Look at what was said:
"It's made in America, by Americans, starring Americans."
The idea and company that came up with the idea is Australlian but other than that it is made IN America, BY American's (for the most part), and IS starring American's.
But that's ok, I remember that America is the center of the universe and nothing exists outside of it.
You are just jealous you aren't American, get over it.
I don't know how you make it through life acting like an arrogant prick.
I am not arrogant, I am actually quite humble. You were the one who was acting like a prick when you said "What do you mean no internal memory? Oh my god my XBox360 has no way of running any of the games...it has no MEMORY!!!!!" when you knew I was talking about user memory to store game information, not main system memory.
But I will concede and pretend that you didn't just talk down to me like a spoiled little fucker.
Do you remember when you asked "Have you played the Wii? Why does the XBox360 Core suck compared to it? Please fill me in."? You asked me to fill you in and I trounced you. I was originally clearly describing how the Wii is a better usage of money at $250 compared to the XBox 360 core at $300 and then you go on a rant about how you can buy all of the things the Wii includes for that $250 as accessories for the 360 and you even ended saying "$50 is not significantly cheaper...".
Hmm, arguing against me in an arguement about how the Wii costs less and includes more saying you can buy all of the stuff not included with the 360 as accessories where the total price of the accessories ALONE is almost the price of the WHOLE Wii system... I must say you are quite the dumbass.
I was in a hurry leaving work and forgot to mention a few other things.
What do you mean no internal memory? Oh my god my XBox360 has no way of running any of the games...it has no MEMORY!!!!!
The 360 has memory...it has no hard drive and to some people memory cards may make more sense.
I meant the 360 core has nowhere to store game data (since like you said it doesnt have the HD) compared to the Wii shipping with 512MB of memory that the user can use to store game information. Some is always better than none no matter what you may say.
The nunchuck is neat, but what if I don't like it?
Then don't use it, at least it is included in a system that is inexpensive to begin with.
$50 is not significantly cheaper...
It is significant when you take a second to realize that is adding 20% more money on top of the price of the Wii PLUS the biggest kicker is you would have to pay even more to get the same features. Lets just see how much more by checking prices at bestbuy.com:
1) 64MB Memory unit (since you said you would prefer those over the HD) $40 2) Wireless controller $50 3) Component Cable $40 4) Wireless Network Adapter $80 5) Cheap game $20
Hmm, looks like that initial $50 difference would be closer to $280 to get close to but still not equal functionality (only 64MB memory compared to 512MB). Now are you going to say paying over double the price of the Wii is not significantly cheaper?
Have you played the Wii? Why does the XBox360 Core suck compared to it? Please fill me in. I can buy wireless controllers for the Core, I can buy a hard drive for the Core...If I want them. The nunchuck is neat, but what if I don't like it? There is a wireless network addition i can buy for the 360 as well.
I was saying all of those things are INCLUDED with the Wii system for the $250 price which makes it a MUCH better deal. The XBox 360 core package SUCKS compared to the Wii package.
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While I don't agree with many large business's attitudes towards employee's (such as having no loyalty to the employee but expecting the employee's to have full loyalty to them) I also don't like people who whine about the offshoring of jobs. If someone over the ocean can do the same job as me (software developer) for much cheaper then so be it. This does not worry me that much though because I have heard from many sources how horrible most outsourcing experiences are. If outsourcing does not start to become easier to do and have better results then businesses will realize that the "cost savings" is not worth the other problems and sometimes it actually ends up costing more in the long run.
The key is to keep your skills sharp and make yourself be in demand. I recently put my resume out on monster and some other job boards and was overwelmed with the responses I got so much that I ended up taking it off because my inbox was full and my phone was ringing off the hook (and no, not just from head hunters who I ignored completely). These were great, decently high paying jobs too 75k-100k+ at places like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc (experience required ranged from 2-5 years and I have 2). From what I observed a lot of the easily outsourced, lower skilled software jobs may have gone overseas but the higher skilled positions are still plentiful and definitely not scarce.
The jobs were tempting but right now I am happy at the small forensic software shop I currently am at and I really like the challenges I receive everyday, the knowledge that the software I create is helping to catch "bad guys", and the freedom I have since I am not overwelmed with company policies, red tape, etc. I also like the added fact that my current job will NEVER get outsourced, it just would not make sense to do so since we are such a small company not to mention the security issues that would come up.
Basically there is not much to worry about unless you let your skills stagnate and/or you don't adjust to changes in the market.
but that still does not make it a sex scandal.
h tml and http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=145 72 it seems the investigation was more like $40 million which is still a lot of money but is over 3 times less than your $150 million figure. I couldn't find any other sources that said anything but $40 million so I am interested in seeing what you can provide.
That should have been "but that still does not make it not a sex scandal".
Also, do you have any sources for you $150 million cost for the Clinton Investigation? From the following two sources http://weeklywire.com/ww/09-21-98/nash_politics2.
Okay, I should not have said ever, but it definitely is the most recent and relevant in my lifetime (I am 25 years old). Either way sex scandals are NOT just a Republican issue, both parties have had them.
I never said it wasn't a waste of time and personally I think it was blown out of proportion but that still does not make it a sex scandal. From dictionary.com scandal is defined as:
1. a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
2. an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.
3. damage to reputation; public disgrace.
4. defamatory talk; malicious gossip.
5. a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.
So yes, it was a sex scandal.
The President is supposed to be a person who everyone in the country can look up to (including children) and Clinton's actions definitely should never have occurred. What is a bigger sex scandal that has occurred recently (such at the last 25 years which is how old I am) and involved the President?
Republicans resigning over sex scandals is like me getting coffee in the mornings, you just EXPECT it.
Replace republicans with polititions and you have something. Or do you forget that the biggest political sex scandal ever involved a democrat whose first name is Bill? This is not just a republican issue.
"40k/yr here, where I live, will get you a nice house, car, and a family."
You can mail-order a family now?
And no, I didn't get laid. I got an awesome education, but I didn't get laid.
I didn't even know it was possible to not get laid in college! Even if you stayed in the dorm most of the time you just would have to wait for a drunk group of girls to come back and then go hit on them and it would be highly likely to get some action.
Whoever modded you flamebait is a moron. I guess now if you even validly argue closed source may be better than open source in *some* situations that warrants flamebait. Very sad.
While that site is badly designed, I do find it highly entertaining. I think it is hilarious!
I think I could make a better performing site if I hosted it on my old TI-83+ calculator. That site is BAD.
dude, you look like a simpsons character!
Myspace...
Should've taken all 25 spots.
Someone is mad they can't get anyone to add them as a friend...
If I got scammed on the web, I'd feel like such a fool I probably wouldn't bother seeking a refund.
While I agree about feeling like a fool I don't think you wouldn't bother to seek a refund if you lost 10's of thousands of dollars. No matter how idiotic it is to give out your banking information to some website it is still your banks responsibility to make sure all transactions are authorized by YOU and YOU ALONE (at least that is how I understand the current laws in the US).
A lot of damage can be done just by getting a persons bank account number and bank routing number. What if a person were to write a check at the local grocery store and the clerk ended up writing down the information on the check and then used that information to purchase goods online or in some other fashion. While this is not the same as handing your information over at some website it is similar and both situations should be the banks responsibility to verify the account holder authorizes the transactions.
My all time /. favorite is still "asshat." I don't understand what it means, but it just sounds funny.
It is when one has their head up their ass, thus wearing their ass as a hat. I guess it is an abbreviation, instead of saying "get your head out of your ass" you just call the person an "asshat" and save your breath to speak to someone of intelligence.
Good point.
Write a macro the does all their math homework for them, including showing work? Figure out how long it takes them to save up for a new bike? There's lots of ways a kid could be interested in Excel.
While the average slashdotter might find those ways to use Excel interesting as a child do you really believe the average kid would find those ways interesting? I think not.
Excel VBA is manifestly a programming language by most reasonable definitions, though its about the last thing I'd want to try to get a kid interested in.
Interesting, I did not even know Excel VBA existed and by your comment about it being the last thing you would want to try to get a kid interested in I am glad I know nothing about it. I was thinking more along the lines of Excel macros when he mentioned Excel.
How is a "script" any different than an "interpreted program" like a C64 BASIC interpreter would let you run?
I see no difference, I was just pointing out the fact that he called BASH a programming language when it is just a shell.
There's countless examples of programming languages suitable for a kid. Bash, Excel, and Javascript are all pretty simple
I don't consider Excel a programming language, BASH is also not a programming language but it allows you to run scripts, javascript is close to a programming language I guess and kids could probably do some fun things with it. But seriously what could a kid do in Excel that would actually hold their interest longer than half a second? "Wow Dad! I just calculated how much money I will make this year in my bank account from interest!". I just don't see Excel appealing to young kids.
Considering most Americans spell as poorly as you do, I can't imagine why he'd be jealous that he's not one.
i ons, and I would bet a large amount of money that more than a majority of its viewers are American.
I only had one spelling mistake, a freakin typo (if you look at my other post in this thread I spelled it right), the other two were grammatical errors. Big deal I added an extra 'L', this is a website, not some paper I am turning into English class.
Also, the show is produced by an Australian company and is thus Australian.
Yes, it is Australian owned but it is an American show since it it contains nearly all Americans, is filmed in America, is broadcast by an American entertainment company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Communicat
Part of first sentence on the Wiki page sums it up very nicely "MythBusters is an American pop science television program"
Thank you, come again, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
He uses a mostly American sounding accent for what he does for the show, but he pronounces most words the Australian instead of American way when there's a difference.
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The reason for that is because he actually grew up in America before heading to Australia at some point (I don't know for sure if he is now a US or Australian citizen or possibly dual). Here is his autobiography:
http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/mb2/content/vie
What are you talking? It's made and owned by an Australian company.
Look at what was said:
"It's made in America, by Americans, starring Americans."
The idea and company that came up with the idea is Australlian but other than that it is made IN America, BY American's (for the most part), and IS starring American's.
But that's ok, I remember that America is the center of the universe and nothing exists outside of it.
You are just jealous you aren't American, get over it.
I don't know how you make it through life acting like an arrogant prick.
I am not arrogant, I am actually quite humble. You were the one who was acting like a prick when you said "What do you mean no internal memory? Oh my god my XBox360 has no way of running any of the games...it has no MEMORY!!!!!" when you knew I was talking about user memory to store game information, not main system memory.
But I will concede and pretend that you didn't just talk down to me like a spoiled little fucker.
Do you remember when you asked "Have you played the Wii? Why does the XBox360 Core suck compared to it? Please fill me in."? You asked me to fill you in and I trounced you. I was originally clearly describing how the Wii is a better usage of money at $250 compared to the XBox 360 core at $300 and then you go on a rant about how you can buy all of the things the Wii includes for that $250 as accessories for the 360 and you even ended saying "$50 is not significantly cheaper...".
Hmm, arguing against me in an arguement about how the Wii costs less and includes more saying you can buy all of the stuff not included with the 360 as accessories where the total price of the accessories ALONE is almost the price of the WHOLE Wii system... I must say you are quite the dumbass.
Good day...
I was in a hurry leaving work and forgot to mention a few other things.
What do you mean no internal memory? Oh my god my XBox360 has no way of running any of the games...it has no MEMORY!!!!!
The 360 has memory...it has no hard drive and to some people memory cards may make more sense.
I meant the 360 core has nowhere to store game data (since like you said it doesnt have the HD) compared to the Wii shipping with 512MB of memory that the user can use to store game information. Some is always better than none no matter what you may say.
The nunchuck is neat, but what if I don't like it?
Then don't use it, at least it is included in a system that is inexpensive to begin with.
$50 is not significantly cheaper...
It is significant when you take a second to realize that is adding 20% more money on top of the price of the Wii PLUS the biggest kicker is you would have to pay even more to get the same features. Lets just see how much more by checking prices at bestbuy.com:
1) 64MB Memory unit (since you said you would prefer those over the HD) $40
2) Wireless controller $50
3) Component Cable $40
4) Wireless Network Adapter $80
5) Cheap game $20
Hmm, looks like that initial $50 difference would be closer to $280 to get close to but still not equal functionality (only 64MB memory compared to 512MB). Now are you going to say paying over double the price of the Wii is not significantly cheaper?
Did that fill you in buddy?
Have you played the Wii? Why does the XBox360 Core suck compared to it? Please fill me in. I can buy wireless controllers for the Core, I can buy a hard drive for the Core...If I want them. The nunchuck is neat, but what if I don't like it? There is a wireless network addition i can buy for the 360 as well.
I was saying all of those things are INCLUDED with the Wii system for the $250 price which makes it a MUCH better deal. The XBox 360 core package SUCKS compared to the Wii package.
then we'd run the program and we'd discover we mistyped a garachter on the first page and then you'd go to bed and try again tomorrow
No wonder you had problems, you don't just mistype characters you replace two characters with one (g=ch)!