I dispute this. "Because you'll get fired if you don't", on several levels:
1) It has been shown (studies during World War II, I recall, and think someone else mentioned) that after about 36 hours of work per week, productivity drops significantly.
2) Are you so replaceable that this is an issue? If so, you need to work harder at making yourself indispensable. For all the system administrators that are out there, I'm one of few (that my employers know of) that has a lot of Linux experience and is good with security (and certified, too).
3) Do you want to work for a company whose main goal is to be so understaffed as to need people to work 60 hours a week?
4) Do you want to work a for a company which doesn't respect its employees enough to give them an appropriate amount of time at home to have a life?
Four is an important point for me. I am amazed at the number of family people I see who work 60-70 hours a week. Granted, I understand that families require money, but families require time as well. Not only that, but when you're salaried, you don't get extra money for the extra time, so the argument that they're doing it to help support the family goes out the window!
So, make yourself more valuable, get them to show you some respect, and enjoy your work... but enjoy your life, too.
Well, I work for a tech company, and they expect me to work sixty hours a week too... the only difference is that I don't. I work the forty. At 5pm, I get up, pack my computer, and leave.
It's that simple. I'm not getting paid overtime, so I'm not doing overtime. Granted, I'm "on call" once every other week, so I get woken up sometimes, but frankly, I just don't understand why people think they have to do that extra 20 hours. Do they give you more money? Do they come over and help clean your apartment? No. So why do it for them?
They are providing you a job, and as long as you do that job, then "expectations" are just that.
Though he seems to get most of the spam in the company. (Thankfully, the rest of us aren't as plagued.)
Anyone know a good challenge/response program that works with Exchange? (And before you suggest a free alternative, he refuses to migrate, so I have to work with what he wants.)
# diff base.c base.c.original 1417c1417 real_parent; p != &init_task; p = p->real_parent) --- > for (p = current->p_opptr; p != &init_task; p = p->p_opptr)
It seems that RedHat's testing methods weren't so good, and they neglected to see that certain things had had their names changed. Since they didn't test their kernel, it made it difficult to track down that particular error when trying to recompile the kernel.
Exactly. They have put in wifi, a kickass screen, and everything else one could want in a PDA, but it lacks a phone. This could be a replacement for one of these if only it had a phone...
How is this different than now? As of now, most people will have years' worth of email on their home computers.
In fact, Google having it might be better - if word gets out that they're letting the government read people's email, they'll lose the audience for those ads they'll be selling.
However, since no one is selling ads to Evolution on my deesktop, a search warrant doesn't kill marketing dollars for anyone.
"Selman says FunHi has banked about $10,000 in the month since FunHi launched. And given that Georgiades himself has paid about 10 percent of that, it's clear that not all of the service's 6,500 active members are doing the same thing."
If two people (the article mentions one other having spent $1000) account for 20% of the $10K that this company has made in a month, this seems more like silliness on the part of a very few people, and shouldn't really be considered "newsworthy".
"Business method patents that cover software programs weren't legal until a few years ago," Dicig says, "so there is no comprehensive way for the PTO to search for software and computer-related technology that's already been invented, other than that described in patents and published applications. For instance, if the patent office didn't know about WordPerfect 1, it could issue a patent on word processing because it has no way to know that word processing was already invented."
I'm sorry, but this is just a ridiculous argument. Firstly, the USPTO must use technology to some degree, so if someone visited "news.yahoo.com" two years before this patent was ever issued, they've got their prior art right there.
Secondly, what kind of organisation is restricted to only doing research with its own prior body of work? Can you imagine if every doctor in the country called the CDC when they saw their first flu patient? (Doctor: Quick! There's this new disease I've never seen before and it completely debilitates the patient!)
As I said, just ridiculous.
Can someone with some experience in these programs
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...please explain how this might be handy? (Pun intended.;) ) Seriously, though, as I rarely use PhotoShop, and have never done any CAD, I don't see how having a second device for the other hand would be of use. (The article doesn't go into it exactly.)
It even mentions spreadsheet jockeying, but that just makes me more confused, as I would think you'd be taking your hands off both devices for data entry.
Yes, it's cool, but this seems a little over the top:
"WiFi.Bedouin is designed to be functional as well as provocative, expanding the possible meaning and metaphors about access, proximity, wireless and WiFi. This access point is not the web without wires. Instead, it is its own web, an apparatus that forces one to reconsider and question notions of virtuality, materiality, displacement, proximity and community. " (Emphasis theirs.)
I can't imagine it will be long before this gets combined with WiMax, and then none of that "not web without wires" will apply anymore.
I didn't say it had to be "secret". The point is that who would be looking in images? How many people outside Slashdot would even know that that was possible?
"Because it is an XML based file format, SVG allows the creator to conveniently embed arbitrary information inside of the file."
Granted, I'm guessing that the author is referring to graphics related information inside the file, but surely since it's just XML it could be used to embed just about any text or text-encoding?
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- It uses GTK2. - It is officially supported on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Now if only I could figure out how to use it. (I have no graphics experience whatsoever.;) )
"High Fidelity Review has learnt that AAC was chosen for a number of reasons, a Forum member told us that it was clear from the outset that it was "...sounded much better than the others," although WMA was not included in the early stages of testing.... AAC can also deliver multi-channel content."
"Another positive factor was that AAC is perceived favourably by the music industry because of its associated copyright protection measures and a history of use by legitimate, paid download organisations such as Apple. Conversely, content providers shudder at the very mention of MP3, it is seen as being the root of all evils where piracy activities are concerned. But as reader Mitchell Burt pointed out to us, AAC itself does not provide any rights management functions; the Apple iTunes implementation via their on-line store uses a proprietary DRM package named FairPlay."
I would also suspect that licensing AAC from Apple is an easier process than licensing MP3 would be from Thompson.
...but more often than not, it's the banks that are watching out for suspicious things. The one time someone tried to pay me with stolen credit cards, it was the bank that alerted me (thankfully before I sent the laptop).
Really, what should be happening is that eBay should cooperate as much as possible with the banks/credit companies, and that would take care of a lot of fraud then and there.
...ie, if they find bacteria of some sort, many people will be even *more* confused, since "Life On Mars" claims have already been "debunked".
I guess it's a fact of modern life that conspiracy theorists like Mr. Hoagland make discerning fact from fiction more difficult... thankfully, Phil Plait has been on the case, and doing a great job.
"SUSE LINUX 9.1 will be available at http://store.suse.com and from bookstores and software suppliers on May 6. The recommended retail price of SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal (two CDs, installation guide, 30 days of installation support) is $29.95. SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional (five CDs, two double-sided DVDs, user guide and administration guide, 90 days of installation support) is $89.95. The update edition of SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional is $59.95."
...it's called R&D. What won't make money today, will be "necessity" tomorrow, and then that's when you get people to pay.
Furthermore, even if the technology itself doesn't automatically pan out (ie, humanoid robots), it may still have profitable applications in other areas (ie, prosthetics).
Considering we've been using PSTN for about a hundred years, and we've had absolutely no security whatsoever, something based on IP should be better. There are workarounds, at least, for the lack of security in IP; there aren't as many (if any) for PSTN.
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I dispute this. "Because you'll get fired if you don't", on several levels:
1) It has been shown (studies during World War II, I recall, and think someone else mentioned) that after about 36 hours of work per week, productivity drops significantly.
2) Are you so replaceable that this is an issue? If so, you need to work harder at making yourself indispensable. For all the system administrators that are out there, I'm one of few (that my employers know of) that has a lot of Linux experience and is good with security (and certified, too).
3) Do you want to work for a company whose main goal is to be so understaffed as to need people to work 60 hours a week?
4) Do you want to work a for a company which doesn't respect its employees enough to give them an appropriate amount of time at home to have a life?
Four is an important point for me. I am amazed at the number of family people I see who work 60-70 hours a week. Granted, I understand that families require money, but families require time as well. Not only that, but when you're salaried, you don't get extra money for the extra time, so the argument that they're doing it to help support the family goes out the window!
So, make yourself more valuable, get them to show you some respect, and enjoy your work... but enjoy your life, too.
Well, I work for a tech company, and they expect me to work sixty hours a week too... the only difference is that I don't. I work the forty. At 5pm, I get up, pack my computer, and leave.
It's that simple. I'm not getting paid overtime, so I'm not doing overtime. Granted, I'm "on call" once every other week, so I get woken up sometimes, but frankly, I just don't understand why people think they have to do that extra 20 hours. Do they give you more money? Do they come over and help clean your apartment? No. So why do it for them?
They are providing you a job, and as long as you do that job, then "expectations" are just that.
Though he seems to get most of the spam in the company. (Thankfully, the rest of us aren't as plagued.)
Anyone know a good challenge/response program that works with Exchange? (And before you suggest a free alternative, he refuses to migrate, so I have to work with what he wants.)
# diff base.c base.c.original
1417c1417
real_parent; p != &init_task; p = p->real_parent)
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> for (p = current->p_opptr; p != &init_task; p = p->p_opptr)
It seems that RedHat's testing methods weren't so good, and they neglected to see that certain things had had their names changed. Since they didn't test their kernel, it made it difficult to track down that particular error when trying to recompile the kernel.
From the article:
;)
"As something of an anorak/geek/nerd myself, I must confess to deriving pleasure from our move to the mainstream."
According to this at, an anorak is a hooded jacket. Why would he call himself that? Weird.
...and add some brakes? I'm sure there'd be takers for the opportunity to put a telescope on the moon, instead of just crashing something into it.
...why not just call it "Windos"? ;)
COBOL is still in wide use. It is even being used with .NET, just to give you some idea of how widespread it is.
Hhhmmm... "Lint" introduced by a guy named "Fish". Something tells me that even though it's 04/01, I'm still staying as far away as possible. ;)
Exactly. They have put in wifi, a kickass screen, and everything else one could want in a PDA, but it lacks a phone. This could be a replacement for one of these if only it had a phone...
How is this different than now? As of now, most people will have years' worth of email on their home computers.
In fact, Google having it might be better - if word gets out that they're letting the government read people's email, they'll lose the audience for those ads they'll be selling.
However, since no one is selling ads to Evolution on my deesktop, a search warrant doesn't kill marketing dollars for anyone.
From the article:
"Selman says FunHi has banked about $10,000 in the month since FunHi launched. And given that Georgiades himself has paid about 10 percent of that, it's clear that not all of the service's 6,500 active members are doing the same thing."
If two people (the article mentions one other having spent $1000) account for 20% of the $10K that this company has made in a month, this seems more like silliness on the part of a very few people, and shouldn't really be considered "newsworthy".
Being part of the government, they're likely to be the first ones to pay the licensing fee, so as not to get sued.
From the article:
"Business method patents that cover software programs weren't legal until a few years ago," Dicig says, "so there is no comprehensive way for the PTO to search for software and computer-related technology that's already been invented, other than that described in patents and published applications. For instance, if the patent office didn't know about WordPerfect 1, it could issue a patent on word processing because it has no way to know that word processing was already invented."
I'm sorry, but this is just a ridiculous argument. Firstly, the USPTO must use technology to some degree, so if someone visited "news.yahoo.com" two years before this patent was ever issued, they've got their prior art right there.
Secondly, what kind of organisation is restricted to only doing research with its own prior body of work? Can you imagine if every doctor in the country called the CDC when they saw their first flu patient? (Doctor: Quick! There's this new disease I've never seen before and it completely debilitates the patient!)
As I said, just ridiculous.
...please explain how this might be handy? (Pun intended. ;) ) Seriously, though, as I rarely use PhotoShop, and have never done any CAD, I don't see how having a second device for the other hand would be of use. (The article doesn't go into it exactly.)
It even mentions spreadsheet jockeying, but that just makes me more confused, as I would think you'd be taking your hands off both devices for data entry.
Yes, it's cool, but this seems a little over the top:
"WiFi.Bedouin is designed to be functional as well as provocative, expanding the possible meaning and metaphors about access, proximity, wireless and WiFi. This access point is not the web without wires. Instead, it is its own web , an apparatus that forces one to reconsider and question notions of virtuality, materiality, displacement, proximity and community. " (Emphasis theirs.)
I can't imagine it will be long before this gets combined with WiMax, and then none of that "not web without wires" will apply anymore.
I didn't say it had to be "secret". The point is that who would be looking in images? How many people outside Slashdot would even know that that was possible?
From the article:
"Because it is an XML based file format, SVG allows the creator to conveniently embed arbitrary information inside of the file."
Granted, I'm guessing that the author is referring to graphics related information inside the file, but surely since it's just XML it could be used to embed just about any text or text-encoding?
- It uses GTK2.
;) )
- It is officially supported on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Now if only I could figure out how to use it. (I have no graphics experience whatsoever.
From the article:
... AAC can also deliver multi-channel content."
"High Fidelity Review has learnt that AAC was chosen for a number of reasons, a Forum member told us that it was clear from the outset that it was "...sounded much better than the others," although WMA was not included in the early stages of testing.
"Another positive factor was that AAC is perceived favourably by the music industry because of its associated copyright protection measures and a history of use by legitimate, paid download organisations such as Apple. Conversely, content providers shudder at the very mention of MP3, it is seen as being the root of all evils where piracy activities are concerned. But as reader Mitchell Burt pointed out to us, AAC itself does not provide any rights management functions; the Apple iTunes implementation via their on-line store uses a proprietary DRM package named FairPlay."
I would also suspect that licensing AAC from Apple is an easier process than licensing MP3 would be from Thompson.
...but more often than not, it's the banks that are watching out for suspicious things. The one time someone tried to pay me with stolen credit cards, it was the bank that alerted me (thankfully before I sent the laptop).
Really, what should be happening is that eBay should cooperate as much as possible with the banks/credit companies, and that would take care of a lot of fraud then and there.
...ie, if they find bacteria of some sort, many people will be even *more* confused, since "Life On Mars" claims have already been "debunked".
I guess it's a fact of modern life that conspiracy theorists like Mr. Hoagland make discerning fact from fiction more difficult... thankfully, Phil Plait has been on the case, and doing a great job.
"SUSE LINUX 9.1 will be available at http://store.suse.com and from bookstores and software suppliers on May 6. The recommended retail price of SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal (two CDs, installation guide, 30 days of installation support) is $29.95. SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional (five CDs, two double-sided DVDs, user guide and administration guide, 90 days of installation support) is $89.95. The update edition of SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional is $59.95."
...it's called R&D. What won't make money today, will be "necessity" tomorrow, and then that's when you get people to pay.
Furthermore, even if the technology itself doesn't automatically pan out (ie, humanoid robots), it may still have profitable applications in other areas (ie, prosthetics).
Considering we've been using PSTN for about a hundred years, and we've had absolutely no security whatsoever, something based on IP should be better. There are workarounds, at least, for the lack of security in IP; there aren't as many (if any) for PSTN.