If you need money to live on, you shouldn't rely on the possibility of a cash bonus at the end of the year. A lot of companies have "guaranteed" bonuses of 5% or 10% of your salary. That is just another term for "deferred compensation" which helps the company because rather than paying that 5% or 10% to you over 12 months, they hold on to it and earn money on it and then give it to you. You are basically lending your company 5-10% of your salary interest free.
In the past few years bonuses at my company have sucked. 5 years ago a lot of the IT people (desktop support) were getting $15,000 bonuses on salaries of $40,000. Not bad for a 23 year-old until that bonus goes to $1000 a couple of years later.
I've learned to live on what I make and take any cash bonus as a gift and not to rely on it.
One thing options do is keep talent at companies. If you receive options that don't vest for 2 years and during that time the stock rises a lot, the opportunity cost of your leaving that company is pretty high.
I remember my cousins in Chicago complaining that home Blackhawks games were blacked out. I also remember when NYC Channel 11 (WPIX?) carried all of the Yankee games. Then MSG came along and NYC wasn't fully wired with cable and A LOT of New Yorkers couldn't see the Yanks play. Do I have a point? No. Just adding color commentary.
It was probably #2 that got him caught. If the teacher/driver didn't directly overhear the conversation, one of the little school-bus spies turned him in for fear of your cousin's soul.
Is it possible that the music is encrypted from iTunes to the Airport Express as a second line of defense? Think about it: with a properly setup network with WAP/WEP all traffic is encrypted. This second layer of encryption is more of a speed bump for unprotected networks, right? It makes sense to me. How many people (non-tech) reliably set passwords on their wireless networks?
{This also prevents you from *easily* creating a 'radio station' via Airport, right?}
DirecTivo, what I have, is the same quality as watching DirecTV live. The Tivo records the digital stream and decodes it when you watch it in the same manner the the DirecTV set-top-box does. No loss. This will be the great advantage of cable-card TiVos...if that ever happens.
However, wouldn't it be cool if TiVos were cable-card compatible? That's effectively what the DirecTiVos are. Believe it or not, the cable companies would rather charge you $2.00 per month for your cable card than $4.50 per month for a basic (PPV and HBO-like channels) set-top box. Think about how much capital they have invested in set-top boxes. Need a software upgrade? Mail out a new cable card.
True. I sometimes wonder where I'd be today had I majored in Comp Sci instead of Chemistry; or had taken a risk and majored in something like Philosophy or History. I majored in Chemistry not because I wanted to be a Chemist, but because I liked it and was comfortable in it (not to mention I was 4 credits into it due to the 4 I got on the AP). I started college with 20 credits from 3 APs (Chem, BC Calc, and Physics B) and it STILL TOOK ME 4 years. (That's because I never needed to take more than 13 credits a semester to graduate.)
College isn't votech. You don't go to college to learn a specific trade or subject. You go to learn how to THINK. Once you know how to think, you apply that to any field.
The subject you major in is just the vehicle you use to learn how to think. I majored in Chemistry and now, 10 years later, I manage a technology group at a financial services company. I have yet to set foot in a lab for work since I left college.
I find the kids these days that major in business (MIS, whatever) don't really know a whole lot outside of their discipline. Liberal Arts gives you exposure to different fields. If you use your college experience properly and learn how to THINK, then you can use your off-major classes as practive for the real world.
In the past few years I have interviewed ~30 students from the MIS program at Northeastern for internship positions in my company. i have found that most of them have no idea what MIS is and are a bit suprised when they realize they will be working the help desk or desktop support as one of their first jobs out of college.
I hated Civ III with a passion. It just didn't appeal to me, that's all: the sounds, the graphics, the complexity. I still play Civ II all the time--call me old fashioned.
Key wonders:
Pyramids (grannery in every city) Adam Smith's thingy (reduce costs of improvment maintenance) DaVinci (free unit upgrades)
There are more, but those three are key to rapidly develop your society.
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Please, let us know why you need root and we'll then tell you 1) how to attain it using politics or 2) that you're being a baby.
--Mike
This is why Linux isn't ready for grandma.
Isn't there an Apple II emulator on which you could use visicalc?
--mike
Not only that, but the position of the button changes each time you launch it.
If you need money to live on, you shouldn't rely on the possibility of a cash bonus at the end of the year. A lot of companies have "guaranteed" bonuses of 5% or 10% of your salary. That is just another term for "deferred compensation" which helps the company because rather than paying that 5% or 10% to you over 12 months, they hold on to it and earn money on it and then give it to you. You are basically lending your company 5-10% of your salary interest free.
In the past few years bonuses at my company have sucked. 5 years ago a lot of the IT people (desktop support) were getting $15,000 bonuses on salaries of $40,000. Not bad for a 23 year-old until that bonus goes to $1000 a couple of years later.
I've learned to live on what I make and take any cash bonus as a gift and not to rely on it.
One thing options do is keep talent at companies. If you receive options that don't vest for 2 years and during that time the stock rises a lot, the opportunity cost of your leaving that company is pretty high.
Just some thoughts.
Mike
BTW. I have some land in florida that I would like to sell you.
Huh?
I remember my cousins in Chicago complaining that home Blackhawks games were blacked out. I also remember when NYC Channel 11 (WPIX?) carried all of the Yankee games. Then MSG came along and NYC wasn't fully wired with cable and A LOT of New Yorkers couldn't see the Yanks play. Do I have a point? No. Just adding color commentary.
I gotta agree with you. It's like saying in American football, "Let them score so we can get the ball back."
4) He's a dumbass.
It was probably #2 that got him caught. If the teacher/driver didn't directly overhear the conversation, one of the little school-bus spies turned him in for fear of your cousin's soul.
--Mike
I thought that "freedom" is just another word for "nothing left to lose." Damn that Bobby McGee.
--mike
"Do you share your wife, your home, your momey, your car, your cloths?"
You might want to find someone who will share their dictionary with you.
--Mike
Is it possible that the music is encrypted from iTunes to the Airport Express as a second line of defense? Think about it: with a properly setup network with WAP/WEP all traffic is encrypted. This second layer of encryption is more of a speed bump for unprotected networks, right? It makes sense to me. How many people (non-tech) reliably set passwords on their wireless networks?
{This also prevents you from *easily* creating a 'radio station' via Airport, right?}
It could mean that all 3 members are large. They might be giants for all we know. More than likely they're fat nerds.
DirecTivo, what I have, is the same quality as watching DirecTV live. The Tivo records the digital stream and decodes it when you watch it in the same manner the the DirecTV set-top-box does. No loss. This will be the great advantage of cable-card TiVos...if that ever happens.
--Mike
Disclaimer: I did not read the article.
However, wouldn't it be cool if TiVos were cable-card compatible? That's effectively what the DirecTiVos are. Believe it or not, the cable companies would rather charge you $2.00 per month for your cable card than $4.50 per month for a basic (PPV and HBO-like channels) set-top box. Think about how much capital they have invested in set-top boxes. Need a software upgrade? Mail out a new cable card.
--Mike
Is it April 1st already?
--Mike
Would that be SMS?
Here are some specs on the Blackberry 957.
You had the base backwards, you ass.
My blackberry 957 can go close to 10 days without needing a recharge. Granted, it's not a phone.
--Mike
Isn't his machine 'legacy free'? That means no serial (RS-232), no PS/2. He is looking for a USB solution.
--Mike
"would have never bought" is also correct.
"would never have bought" is better than "would never of bought"
True. I sometimes wonder where I'd be today had I majored in Comp Sci instead of Chemistry; or had taken a risk and majored in something like Philosophy or History. I majored in Chemistry not because I wanted to be a Chemist, but because I liked it and was comfortable in it (not to mention I was 4 credits into it due to the 4 I got on the AP). I started college with 20 credits from 3 APs (Chem, BC Calc, and Physics B) and it STILL TOOK ME 4 years. (That's because I never needed to take more than 13 credits a semester to graduate.)
--Mike
College isn't votech. You don't go to college to learn a specific trade or subject. You go to learn how to THINK. Once you know how to think, you apply that to any field.
The subject you major in is just the vehicle you use to learn how to think. I majored in Chemistry and now, 10 years later, I manage a technology group at a financial services company. I have yet to set foot in a lab for work since I left college.
I find the kids these days that major in business (MIS, whatever) don't really know a whole lot outside of their discipline. Liberal Arts gives you exposure to different fields. If you use your college experience properly and learn how to THINK, then you can use your off-major classes as practive for the real world.
In the past few years I have interviewed ~30 students from the MIS program at Northeastern for internship positions in my company. i have found that most of them have no idea what MIS is and are a bit suprised when they realize they will be working the help desk or desktop support as one of their first jobs out of college.
--mike
I hated Civ III with a passion. It just didn't appeal to me, that's all: the sounds, the graphics, the complexity. I still play Civ II all the time--call me old fashioned.
Key wonders:
Pyramids (grannery in every city)
Adam Smith's thingy (reduce costs of improvment maintenance)
DaVinci (free unit upgrades)
There are more, but those three are key to rapidly develop your society.
--Mike
Cedar Point is a good reason to visit Ohio. There's also The Pro Football Hall of Fame and The USAF Museum.