I believe the answer is even more simple: All companies that do business within the borders of the United States (including the selling of goods, even if located elsewhere) are required by law to pay *at least* minimum wage at the current US level. This makes it an actual competition for a job; and it's suddenly not as cheap to outsource to other countries.
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Clearly you are an ignorant troll if you don't bothering looking at any information about the author.
First, "Eugenia Loli-Queru" is a woman. Second, English is not her native language and she freely admits that she has not mastered the language; in fact she glady accepts proof read updates to her articles.
Try doing something constructive with your time, like poking yourself with a fork.
Interestingly enough, I blame this confusion on "Wired" magazine. In the 70s and early 80s, "Hacker" was someone who hacked at code, changing it etc. Late 80s, early 90s the term morphed to mean "someone who 'hacked' a system. It makes sense, as the people who were 'hacking' systems were following the same sort of intellectual curiosity that their predecesors had with code. During this same time period (80s-early 90s) "crackers" were people who ripped copy protection out of software. Then in '92 I believe, Wired magazine was born and published articles about 'hackers' and 'crackers'. Of course, being journalists(!) instead of technology monkeys, they started confusing and mixing up all of the lingo. Fast forward a few years. They consistently used the "mixed" terminology and a new generation of people came up all confused. Some people have tried to revert to the old style lingo (ESR comes to mind), but the reality is that it's too late as it's been assimilated in to our culture.
I live in Denver as well and I can say with relative authority that the reason so many "techies" are having trouble finding jobs is because their resumes are terrible. I currently run the development department for a financial company and we're building out significantly ( 8 development positions currently open). I have received over 100 resumes in the last month and have done a grand total of 6 interviews, because the resumes SUCK. Blatant lying ("I have 3 years of Visual C# 3.0 Experience") to 50 jobs in 6 months. It's no surprise to me at all that these people can't find jobs. Even if they manage to get an interview, their interview skills are just atrocious.
I'm glad the tech market is depressed. We're weeding out the people who think a couple of years experience with ASP and HTML make them "senior level developers".
Ultimately it's about networking. Work hard, learn everything you can (and stay humble) and keep in touch with everyone you have worked with in the last 5 years. Finding a job isn't about posting a resume to Monster or DICE and then waiting for the calls to come it. It's about pounding the pavement, being creative and learning how to do simple things like writing a good resume and presenting yourself well during an interview.
Is there a list of record labels that aren't a member of the RIAA? Much of the music I listen to is on labels like Century Media, Nuclear Blast, etc. It would be helpful to have a definitive list of "RIAA Free" labels. I like to purchase CDs, but I don't want to support those limey bastards...
In effect, there are gate-keepers. Look at the latest fork the FreeBSD. The Core-Dev folks decided that they didn't like Matt Dillion, so they took away his commit bit and refused patches from him. He forked the Code, but not everyone has the desire and will-power to do that. There's a big difference between fixing a bug in spam_n_eggs and branching an entire code base. Short of a miracle, new code from him won't be showing up in the main FreeBSD branch anytime soon. That sounds an aweful lot like a gatekeeper to me.
In principle, I understand what you are saying, but let us not forget Metallica. They were actively suing Napster and Universities, independently of the RIAA.
Look here.
I'll second this.. I have a Vision Master Pro 512. 22" Flat Screen CRT. It's an excellent monitor and well worth the cost (approx $700 6 months ago)... It definately ranks in the top three monitor brands: 1) Sony, 2) Mitsubishi, 3)Iiyama.
If it's all about "freedom", why do you care if people switch or not? What difference does it make if Joe Six Pack is using Linux or Windows or OSX or... whatever? If you like using Linux, use it. I will never understand *why* it's so important that people move away from Windows. What difference does it REALLY make? None that I can see.
Did you even read the article? Come down off the soap box for a minute, read and THINK.
From the article:
" To be sure, some software must continue to be written in lower-level languages: Database servers such as MySQL will inevitably be written in lower-level languages for legitimate performance reasons. And it would be both unlikely and counterproductive for the Linux kernel or the system library to be rewritten in Perl, Java, or Python"
Read the last line again. The point is not that High Level languages are better or worse than low level languages. The point is that the POTENTIAL for mistakes in low level languages is much higher.
Perhaps I'm being a bit fanatical, but why are "we" as a community happy about this? The motion picture industry folks are the same ones that are chastising us for using our Tivos, blasting the DeCSS stuff (and not helping with a "legal" opensource alternative to play DVDs) and are generally trying to make the lives of geeks and techies as painful as possible... and yet here we are, applauding and encouraging them to use open source software.../sigh
This isn't directed at anyone specifically... just a thought that crossed my mind.
I'm curious why Open Source automagically means "Linux"? Why aren't they looking at FreeBSD? If security and "open" code is their main objective, it's most definately a better value proposition, as it is truly "free". It runs KDE and OpenOffice just as well as Gnu/Linux does, and is more reliable as a server.
What I am confused about is how not wearing a suit and tie and having long hair makes you smell bad.. I've seen this comment several times and you implied it here.. Just because I'm wearing a T-Shirt and jeans and have long hair doesn't mean that I smell or that I don't take a shower. Perhaps you should get that stick out of your ass and live a little bit.
Your arguemnt would hold water, except that in the late 80s / early 90s I was using "ecommerce" to purchase things "online". Ever hear of AOL? They used to be an Mac only ISP, where you could purchase things through their graphical client. They also had (albeit sparse) travel bookings, etc. Compuserve, Prodigy and a myriad of other "online" communities have been doing this for at least a decade. This patent is obviously ridiculous.
Getting is a degree isn't a waste of time for stupid people. If you need to pay someone thousands of dollars to have someone hold your hand and tell you what books to buy and read (which incidentally are FREE at the library), then perhaps you should re-evaluate *who* the loser is.
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Also in the DVD category: Red Dwarf Season 1, 2, 3 and 4.
They come 2 sets (season 1 & 2, season 3 & 4).
A most excellent gift for a geek!
I believe the answer is even more simple: All companies that do business within the borders of the United States (including the selling of goods, even if located elsewhere) are required by law to pay *at least* minimum wage at the current US level. This makes it an actual competition for a job; and it's suddenly not as cheap to outsource to other countries.
Clearly you are an ignorant troll if you don't bothering looking at any information about the author.
First, "Eugenia Loli-Queru" is a woman. Second, English is not her native language and she freely admits that she has not mastered the language; in fact she glady accepts proof read updates to her articles.
Try doing something constructive with your time, like poking yourself with a fork.
**Off Topic**
Interestingly enough, I blame this confusion on "Wired" magazine. In the 70s and early 80s, "Hacker" was someone who hacked at code, changing it etc. Late 80s, early 90s the term morphed to mean "someone who 'hacked' a system. It makes sense, as the people who were 'hacking' systems were following the same sort of intellectual curiosity that their predecesors had with code. During this same time period (80s-early 90s) "crackers" were people who ripped copy protection out of software. Then in '92 I believe, Wired magazine was born and published articles about 'hackers' and 'crackers'. Of course, being journalists(!) instead of technology monkeys, they started confusing and mixing up all of the lingo. Fast forward a few years. They consistently used the "mixed" terminology and a new generation of people came up all confused. Some people have tried to revert to the old style lingo (ESR comes to mind), but the reality is that it's too late as it's been assimilated in to our culture.
Oh well.
Apologies for the impromtu history lesson.
I live in Denver as well and I can say with relative authority that the reason so many "techies" are having trouble finding jobs is because their resumes are terrible. I currently run the development department for a financial company and we're building out significantly ( 8 development positions currently open). I have received over 100 resumes in the last month and have done a grand total of 6 interviews, because the resumes SUCK. Blatant lying ("I have 3 years of Visual C# 3.0 Experience") to 50 jobs in 6 months. It's no surprise to me at all that these people can't find jobs. Even if they manage to get an interview, their interview skills are just atrocious.
I'm glad the tech market is depressed. We're weeding out the people who think a couple of years experience with ASP and HTML make them "senior level developers".
Ultimately it's about networking. Work hard, learn everything you can (and stay humble) and keep in touch with everyone you have worked with in the last 5 years. Finding a job isn't about posting a resume to Monster or DICE and then waiting for the calls to come it. It's about pounding the pavement, being creative and learning how to do simple things like writing a good resume and presenting yourself well during an interview.
Is there a list of record labels that aren't a member of the RIAA? Much of the music I listen to is on labels like Century Media, Nuclear Blast, etc. It would be helpful to have a definitive list of "RIAA Free" labels. I like to purchase CDs, but I don't want to support those limey bastards...
In effect, there are gate-keepers. Look at the latest fork the FreeBSD. The Core-Dev folks decided that they didn't like Matt Dillion, so they took away his commit bit and refused patches from him. He forked the Code, but not everyone has the desire and will-power to do that. There's a big difference between fixing a bug in spam_n_eggs and branching an entire code base. Short of a miracle, new code from him won't be showing up in the main FreeBSD branch anytime soon. That sounds an aweful lot like a gatekeeper to me.
In principle, I understand what you are saying, but let us not forget Metallica. They were actively suing Napster and Universities, independently of the RIAA. Look here.
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Here you go, smart ass (you really should know better than to put an obvious challenge up like that on /.)
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Some Quick Finds from Google:
Your hello world:
http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/hello.htm
And Another with MVS JCL:
http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/helloworld/asm370.htm
And Some Miscellaneous Links for Main frame coding:
http://search390.techtarget.com/home/0,289692,sid
http://www.texasrock.com/ (Nice collection of links)
College is fine and dandy, but that's not the only way to learn something.
What ties does OSX have to linux? Are you suggesting that the BSD/Mach subsystem of OSX has something to do with GNU/Linux?
I'll second this.. I have a Vision Master Pro 512. 22" Flat Screen CRT. It's an excellent monitor and well worth the cost (approx $700 6 months ago)... It definately ranks in the top three monitor brands: 1) Sony, 2) Mitsubishi, 3)Iiyama.
If you're serious about selling it, I'm interested in making a serious offer. Perhaps we can chat about it?
If it's all about "freedom", why do you care if people switch or not? What difference does it make if Joe Six Pack is using Linux or Windows or OSX or... whatever? If you like using Linux, use it. I will never understand *why* it's so important that people move away from Windows. What difference does it REALLY make? None that I can see.
Did you even read the article? Come down off the soap box for a minute, read and THINK.
From the article:
" To be sure, some software must continue to be written in lower-level languages: Database servers such as MySQL will inevitably be written in lower-level languages for legitimate performance reasons. And it would be both unlikely and counterproductive for the Linux kernel or the system library to be rewritten in Perl, Java, or Python"
Read the last line again. The point is not that High Level languages are better or worse than low level languages. The point is that the POTENTIAL for mistakes in low level languages is much higher.
Perhaps I'm being a bit fanatical, but why are "we" as a community happy about this? The motion picture industry folks are the same ones that are chastising us for using our Tivos, blasting the DeCSS stuff (and not helping with a "legal" opensource alternative to play DVDs) and are generally trying to make the lives of geeks and techies as painful as possible... and yet here we are, applauding and encouraging them to use open source software... /sigh
You over looked Metrowerks CodeWarrior. It's a great compiler for both x86, PPC, Palm and irrc, Playstation.
This isn't directed at anyone specifically... just a thought that crossed my mind.
I'm curious why Open Source automagically means "Linux"? Why aren't they looking at FreeBSD? If security and "open" code is their main objective, it's most definately a better value proposition, as it is truly "free". It runs KDE and OpenOffice just as well as Gnu/Linux does, and is more reliable as a server.
Ogre
This engine is very similar to what you described. I have played with it a bit, and it is pretty well put together, and shows a lot of promise.
What I am confused about is how not wearing a suit and tie and having long hair makes you smell bad.. I've seen this comment several times and you implied it here.. Just because I'm wearing a T-Shirt and jeans and have long hair doesn't mean that I smell or that I don't take a shower. Perhaps you should get that stick out of your ass and live a little bit.
Your arguemnt would hold water, except that in the late 80s / early 90s I was using "ecommerce" to purchase things "online". Ever hear of AOL? They used to be an Mac only ISP, where you could purchase things through their graphical client. They also had (albeit sparse) travel bookings, etc. Compuserve, Prodigy and a myriad of other "online" communities have been doing this for at least a decade. This patent is obviously ridiculous.
Well, if you follow that philosophy we owe a few million lives to the rest of the world.
What you have described is essentially multicasting.
that's Nurv... Never Underestimate Radical Vision.. I saw the movie last night. What a piece of crap.
Getting is a degree isn't a waste of time for stupid people. If you need to pay someone thousands of dollars to have someone hold your hand and tell you what books to buy and read (which incidentally are FREE at the library), then perhaps you should re-evaluate *who* the loser is.
That's exactly what I was thinking.. A 17" monitor has sucked for quite some time.. Hell, my 21" is starting to seem too small.