I agree with you, I too have my four channels, History, Discovery, A&E, and Animal Planet:)
BUT, I didn't go to college. I think I'm highly sucessful. In an enconomy that said that we wouldn't make more than our parents, I'm making more than both combined. Am I well-rounded? I consider myself so: I play four instruments, am an avid-reader, and I also write essays, music, and program on the side.
College won't create knowledgable people. They have to WANT to learn and be creative. Personally, I think most (not all) people go for the beer and the parties or it's more of a tradition than an endeavour.
If you're going to work, you're there to work and do *your* job. It's good business.
What's NOT good business?
Hiring & paying more for someone who isn't going to be fully utilized. It's like hiring a sysadmin who knows Unix, NT, Netware, Os/2, and 10 other OS's just to Watch a single NT box.
YES, before I shoot myself in the foot here, it is NICE to have well-rounded individuals. BUT, in the tech field such examples you stated are overkill for at *least* --and I stress-- AT LEAST 50% of the hi-end tech jobs that are available.
I didn't go to college, and I've sucessfully run two business and worked my way up the tech ladder. I'm one stage under management and doubled my salary every two years.
I haven't stopped learning either. I know unix, NT, netware, every flavor of Windows, VB, ASP, Java, and I'm just now learning Delphi.
Face it, college is for doctors. The technology field works far too quickly for such "legacy" educational systems like colleges to be effective. If you speak of necessary "practices" & "theories" that need to be understood, keep in mind that most standard practices & procedures CHANGE in the tech field as fast as the industry moves.
Hands-on training with the products you'll be using and want to know about is the way to go. If you want to learn about philosphy, go to a library.
You're implying that people that didn't go to a higher school of education are more prone to making immoral decisions about technology.
So, college teaches more common sense? Explain sororities.
Morals and good judgement can't be taught in school. It's like music: A large number of the best and creative musicians were self-taught. Not learning in a confine allows you to grow in directions other people cannot.
This isn't absolutley true. I'm getting paid more at my job than most people in my department with CS degrees. I have a high school diploma. In fact, i just had another web-coding job offer for considerably over what I'm at now! Would I have traded an extra 4 years experience for a degree? HELL NO.
I still liked it better 10-15 years ago when the land of computers and technology were still for nerds/geeks only and the US Judicial system & Corporations didn't care about it.
Until the judicial system and government as a whole really understands the technology they are governing, irrational decisions such as this one will continue to occur.
I'd be willing to bet that the Judge presiding over this case was subject to one of two possibilities:
One being, he simply didn't fully understand the concept of linking and made an uneducated judgment.
The second being, he was overwhelmed with technical data to clearly see the simplicity behind it, and fully understand that it's absurd to prohibit such a thing.
Either possibility comes down to the fact that the person responsible for making the decision was not fully understanding the technology and writing it off as "newfangled contraption".
Judgments like these are creating the precident for future wrong doings. The most disturbing fact is that linking is such a basic requirement for the internet.. and such governing bodies don't realize what they're making decisions on.
You see, anyone who has watched the X-Files closely will automatically know that Carnivore is an alien derived system composed of new and mysterious technologies. They are monitoring our email to disclose the best time and point of attack!
The FBI is actually just a sheild for the impending alien invasion! They are among us!
Not that I'm a huge fan of winblows, but I've actually run QIII under both 98se and 2k on the same machine with no hardware changes. It's far faster under 2k.
I could believe 2k server would have more overhead, but 2k pro has far less overhead than
win98/95/3.x/DOS. Well maybe not dos. But 98 is still dos at it's core.. and 32-bit runs faster than 16. generally.
we all should be using linux anyway.
for pete's sake. they registered "come-get-some".. oh, wait.. that's trademark infringement. It's supposed to be "Come get some(tm)". Putting the hyphens in the sentence severs your contract to use it. AND, i didn't put the TM in. hehehahah..
So, in other words, if I'm calling my cat to "Come get some(tm) food!" I need to put the TM in?
Scary scary stuff. Anytime you start playing with the environment things get spooky.
I can't remember where I saw it, but up here in Michigan (DetroitMetro) there are something like 20 locations that are considered hazardous. There is a website out there that lists the address/location and why it's been catagorized as such.
Anyway, around here there's an empty parking lot directly across from an old Burrough's (calculator) factory. It's now Unisys. But, for some odd reason the parking lot was never used and was chained off after Burrough's went under, and then a mysterious small fenced-off building was built on the lot.
As I was looking on the site, I saw that this location was considered "very hazardous", and was in "cleanup" currently. When we were kids we played in that lot!!! Scary!!!!!!!!!!!
I use wingspan to pay some bills online, and I haven't had any problems yet. It is pretty darn nice being able to just click off which bills you want to pay and the amounts.. no writing checks, and paying for stamps, etc...
You would think that consumers going to the net for products to avoid paying sales tax would tell the government something. TOO MANY TAXES? I know everyone's probably heard this before, but we're paying FAR more in taxes today than what caused the revolutionary war. Just because we're a larger country doesn't warrant taxing everything..
Think about it, sales tax, gas tax, taxes on your phone bills, taxes on cigarattes, taxes on your income... Aren't there laws against double-taxation? Well, you would think after they tax your income, they wouldn't be able to tax you on things you purchase with that income, right?
God bless the US Government.
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"Healthy is a state of mind"
It can't get more correct than that. Though I agree with you, what may be a healthy social lifestyle for you may not be for the next person.
If someone enjoys doing something, doesn't harm others in the process, and makes them happy; then what is the problem?
For some, the anonyimity(sp?) of communicating thru a computer often gives people more courage to open up to others more so than face to face. I consider myself to have a decently healthy social life, but I spend a good quantity of time conversing with my current friends online. It helps out our friendships more.
Of course like most of/.ers i was a big part of the old BBS scene. Most of my current friends that I have today were people that I *first* met thru email or in chat sessions. That was over 8 years ago.
I know that the internet has actually *improved* communication between my friends and I. We can talk more often (via email or a IM service) than we would like to before (long-distance). It may not be face-to-face, but is really THAT important?
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I agree with you, I too have my four channels, History, Discovery, A&E, and Animal Planet :)
BUT, I didn't go to college. I think I'm highly sucessful. In an enconomy that said that we wouldn't make more than our parents, I'm making more than both combined. Am I well-rounded? I consider myself so: I play four instruments, am an avid-reader, and I also write essays, music, and program on the side.
College won't create knowledgable people. They have to WANT to learn and be creative. Personally, I think most (not all) people go for the beer and the parties or it's more of a tradition than an endeavour.
crap crap crap...
If you're going to work, you're there to work and do *your* job. It's good business.
What's NOT good business?
Hiring & paying more for someone who isn't going to be fully utilized. It's like hiring a sysadmin who knows Unix, NT, Netware, Os/2, and 10 other OS's just to Watch a single NT box.
YES, before I shoot myself in the foot here, it is NICE to have well-rounded individuals. BUT, in the tech field such examples you stated are overkill for at *least* --and I stress-- AT LEAST 50% of the hi-end tech jobs that are available.
I didn't go to college, and I've sucessfully run two business and worked my way up the tech ladder. I'm one stage under management and doubled my salary every two years.
I haven't stopped learning either. I know unix, NT, netware, every flavor of Windows, VB, ASP, Java, and I'm just now learning Delphi.
Face it, college is for doctors. The technology field works far too quickly for such "legacy" educational systems like colleges to be effective. If you speak of necessary "practices" & "theories" that need to be understood, keep in mind that most standard practices & procedures CHANGE in the tech field as fast as the industry moves.
Hands-on training with the products you'll be using and want to know about is the way to go. If you want to learn about philosphy, go to a library.
This is crap.
You're implying that people that didn't go to a higher school of education are more prone to making immoral decisions about technology.
So, college teaches more common sense? Explain sororities.
Morals and good judgement can't be taught in school. It's like music: A large number of the best and creative musicians were self-taught. Not learning in a confine allows you to grow in directions other people cannot.
This isn't absolutley true. I'm getting paid more at my job than most people in my department with CS degrees. I have a high school diploma. In fact, i just had another web-coding job offer for considerably over what I'm at now! Would I have traded an extra 4 years experience for a degree? HELL NO.
I still liked it better 10-15 years ago when the land of computers and technology were still for nerds/geeks only and the US Judicial system & Corporations didn't care about it.
My theory in a nutshell:
Until the judicial system and government as a whole really understands the technology they are governing, irrational decisions such as this one will continue to occur.
I'd be willing to bet that the Judge presiding over this case was subject to one of two possibilities:
One being, he simply didn't fully understand the concept of linking and made an uneducated judgment.
The second being, he was overwhelmed with technical data to clearly see the simplicity behind it, and fully understand that it's absurd to prohibit such a thing.
Either possibility comes down to the fact that the person responsible for making the decision was not fully understanding the technology and writing it off as "newfangled contraption".
Judgments like these are creating the precident for future wrong doings. The most disturbing fact is that linking is such a basic requirement for the internet.. and such governing bodies don't realize what they're making decisions on.
You see, anyone who has watched the X-Files closely will automatically know that Carnivore is an alien derived system composed of new and mysterious technologies. They are monitoring our email to disclose the best time and point of attack!
The FBI is actually just a sheild for the impending alien invasion! They are among us!
okay, maybe not.
Yea, I think having 128meg o' ram is the breaking poing in 2k.. anything below and it bogs. I've got a 196 in mine, and it runs really great in games.
Not that I'm a huge fan of winblows, but I've actually run QIII under both 98se and 2k on the same machine with no hardware changes. It's far faster under 2k. I could believe 2k server would have more overhead, but 2k pro has far less overhead than win98/95/3.x/DOS. Well maybe not dos. But 98 is still dos at it's core.. and 32-bit runs faster than 16. generally. we all should be using linux anyway.
Interesingly enough, the site is blocked by my company's firewall. Kinda funny...
:)
Time to download HTTPort!
Did anyone take a close look at the stupid "computer flag" logo??? They freakin copyrighted it!!!! hahahahahahh
Sorry all, but I patented breathing in 1974. So, you all will have to pay royalties everytime you breathe. Smokers also have to pay taxes.
I don't know... I like the noise! Dual SCSI drives and four fans... mmmmm.. humm. :)
It's the cancer-causing meglawaves emitting from the phone interferring with the noted devices.
This is the coolest day since Star Wars came out.
for pete's sake. they registered "come-get-some".. oh, wait.. that's trademark infringement. It's supposed to be "Come get some(tm)". Putting the hyphens in the sentence severs your contract to use it. AND, i didn't put the TM in. hehehahah..
So, in other words, if I'm calling my cat to "Come get some(tm) food!" I need to put the TM in?
If you go out and buy Pillsbury frozen chocolate chip cookies and you bake them. Did you really MAKE those cookies?
:)
I don't know about you, but I'm kinda gettin sick of this whole "copyright infringment" thing. Screw copyrights
Scary scary stuff. Anytime you start playing with the environment things get spooky.
I can't remember where I saw it, but up here in Michigan (DetroitMetro) there are something like 20 locations that are considered hazardous. There is a website out there that lists the address/location and why it's been catagorized as such.
Anyway, around here there's an empty parking lot directly across from an old Burrough's (calculator) factory. It's now Unisys. But, for some odd reason the parking lot was never used and was chained off after Burrough's went under, and then a mysterious small fenced-off building was built on the lot.
As I was looking on the site, I saw that this location was considered "very hazardous", and was in "cleanup" currently. When we were kids we played in that lot!!! Scary!!!!!!!!!!!
I use wingspan to pay some bills online, and I haven't had any problems yet. It is pretty darn nice being able to just click off which bills you want to pay and the amounts.. no writing checks, and paying for stamps, etc...
You would think that consumers going to the net for products to avoid paying sales tax would tell the government something. TOO MANY TAXES? I know everyone's probably heard this before, but we're paying FAR more in taxes today than what caused the revolutionary war. Just because we're a larger country doesn't warrant taxing everything..
Think about it, sales tax, gas tax, taxes on your phone bills, taxes on cigarattes, taxes on your income... Aren't there laws against double-taxation? Well, you would think after they tax your income, they wouldn't be able to tax you on things you purchase with that income, right?
God bless the US Government.
"Healthy is a state of mind"
/.ers i was a big part of the old BBS scene. Most of my current friends that I have today were people that I *first* met thru email or in chat sessions. That was over 8 years ago.
It can't get more correct than that. Though I agree with you, what may be a healthy social lifestyle for you may not be for the next person.
If someone enjoys doing something, doesn't harm others in the process, and makes them happy; then what is the problem?
For some, the anonyimity(sp?) of communicating thru a computer often gives people more courage to open up to others more so than face to face. I consider myself to have a decently healthy social life, but I spend a good quantity of time conversing with my current friends online. It helps out our friendships more.
Of course like most of
If it makes you happy, run with it.
I know that the internet has actually *improved* communication between my friends and I. We can talk more often (via email or a IM service) than we would like to before (long-distance). It may not be face-to-face, but is really THAT important?
Next.... the Lego warhead.
This is all too true. Try to find information from Asus on the K7M. Good luck.