So the employer-employee relationship is simply not an amicable, equitable business relationship, but something much more silently adversarial, where employers fight for the cheapest, most productive labor, and employees struggle for the best benefits and pay.
Say what you will -- organization of labor is probably the only thing that can actually make that relationship at all like a business relationship.
Which is why I went the independent contractor route. I have nothing but business relationships with the companies I work for. Acquaintances with the people I work with, but loyalty lasts until the last invoice is paid, and significantly sooner if the last invoice is not paid...
Actually, in '77 it didn't have anything but "Star Wars" in the title. I don't even remember it in the "scoller" text until the re-release before "Empire".
Last time I checked, you don't get 'dumped' because your code was amazing.
Well, at Microsoft apparently you don't get dumped because your code sucked. That's the difference.
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TV wasn't called a "vast wasteland" in the 50's for nothing, you know. It hasn't gotten any better, because Sturgeon's Law is immutable: "90% of everything is crap." The reason TV is surviving nowadays is because different people define "crap" differently, so the people who hate golf "crap" can watch channels without it, for example. That gives us hundreds of channels with nothing but crap. In fact, by 2010 if there isn't a "Crap Channel" I'll be disappointed...
Apple also needs something a little more robust, to offer such features as some PDA like functionality, games, or better video support (i.e. HD video out).
Yes, Apple clearly needs to do something about it's 80% market share in the portable music player business. I mean, clearly, consumers aren't about to put up with this shoddiness.
Seriously! I mean, come on, a music player that just plays music??? Who would want such a useless thing???
Why, how would I microwave my lunch, clean my toilet, brush my cat, and sequence DNA if my iPod won't do it? C'mon, Apple, more features! All the cool kids are doing it!
Not to mention the fact that companies that have deadlines really don't like it when you write critical systems by "trial and error." I've only worked at a few companies where I had the luxury of time to experiment with libraries/systems/languages, in order to learn them. Sadly, they're no longer in business. I wonder why...
I believe you're more likely to find telecommuting possibilities if you live in the suburbs and work for smaller or newer companies. The company I currently have a contract with has been set up for telecommuting for several years, now, and I take advantage of it on a regular basis. Some companies have managers that are less paranoid than others, and smaller companies are more likely to experiment with telecommuting since they likely don't have a large infrastructure, and the tech staff can maintain a VPN server easier. Frankly, I would avoid companies > 2000 employees as a rule, just because they become bureaucratic headaches when they get large enough. They tend to hire managers who want to build empires, as well, and those are the ones who have an innate distrust of their employees.
One thing, and I'm not being snarky: use correctly spelled and grammatically correct English. It's a matter of discipline. If you take short-cuts in English usage, you'll take short-cuts in your code design, and your systems will suffer for it. Half of design is being able to correctly and effectively communicate the concepts in your design to other team members, including to yourself in the future. If you want to take the time to learn the languages of programming in order to do well, then you need to apply the same diligence to learning and using English.
It's worked for me, for over 20 years in the business.
So, where did the conspirators dispose of AA Flight 77? If it was shot down, where did it crash? People tend to report flaming airplane wreckage in their back yards. If it landed safely, how did all the ATCs between Dulles and LAX miss it? Did The Conspiracy eliminate them, too? Did The Conspiracy eliminate the passengers and crew once they landed? And the aircrews servicing the plane? Maybe The Conspiracy is actually in charge of all the ATCs, and all ground crews. My God, alert Kos!
And correct me if I'm mis-remembering, but isn't AT&T one of the places that wants to put a surcharge on service companies like Google so that they pay more for the bandwidth they use? And wouldn't that, if it were to be applied, mean that Google et. al. would do what they could to reduce their bandwidth usage? Say, by throttling or otherwise reducing the bandwidth of us who connect to their servers? Which would then make the high-speed cable modems effectively "slower" that AT&T's "service?"
It would be nice just to have enough artificial gravity to keep astronauts from losing bone mass during long-duration flights, without having to spin the spacecraft and without the resulting Coriolis effects.
Actually I write "VOID" in big wide Sharpie letters all over the form, and then shred the thing. My "cross-cut" shredder is tempermental and sometimes doesn't cut all the way through.
Shredding the form just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, too...
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Which is basically forking everyone they can...
I believe he's talking about taking a picture of the inside of your own Mac and using that instead of the picture from the manual.
So the employer-employee relationship is simply not an amicable, equitable business relationship, but something much more silently adversarial, where employers fight for the cheapest, most productive labor, and employees struggle for the best benefits and pay.
Say what you will -- organization of labor is probably the only thing that can actually make that relationship at all like a business relationship.
Which is why I went the independent contractor route. I have nothing but business relationships with the companies I work for. Acquaintances with the people I work with, but loyalty lasts until the last invoice is paid, and significantly sooner if the last invoice is not paid...
Actually, in '77 it didn't have anything but "Star Wars" in the title. I don't even remember it in the "scoller" text until the re-release before "Empire".
Seems like the best workout would be walking against the escalator's direction...
Well, geeze, what's it gonna take, virus writers, do they have to publish the source code for the kernel and base OS?
Oh, wait...
Last time I checked, you don't get 'dumped' because your code was amazing.
Well, at Microsoft apparently you don't get dumped because your code sucked. That's the difference.
TV wasn't called a "vast wasteland" in the 50's for nothing, you know. It hasn't gotten any better, because Sturgeon's Law is immutable: "90% of everything is crap." The reason TV is surviving nowadays is because different people define "crap" differently, so the people who hate golf "crap" can watch channels without it, for example. That gives us hundreds of channels with nothing but crap. In fact, by 2010 if there isn't a "Crap Channel" I'll be disappointed...
Seriously! I mean, come on, a music player that just plays music??? Who would want such a useless thing???
Why, how would I microwave my lunch, clean my toilet, brush my cat, and sequence DNA if my iPod won't do it? C'mon, Apple, more features! All the cool kids are doing it!
I "donated" more than $10,000 to the Federal Government last year.
Of course, it was a mandatory "donation"...
Not to mention the fact that companies that have deadlines really don't like it when you write critical systems by "trial and error." I've only worked at a few companies where I had the luxury of time to experiment with libraries/systems/languages, in order to learn them. Sadly, they're no longer in business. I wonder why...
Wow, he got money 11 years ago? I'm sure that's completely relevant to the current situation!
I believe you're more likely to find telecommuting possibilities if you live in the suburbs and work for smaller or newer companies. The company I currently have a contract with has been set up for telecommuting for several years, now, and I take advantage of it on a regular basis. Some companies have managers that are less paranoid than others, and smaller companies are more likely to experiment with telecommuting since they likely don't have a large infrastructure, and the tech staff can maintain a VPN server easier. Frankly, I would avoid companies > 2000 employees as a rule, just because they become bureaucratic headaches when they get large enough. They tend to hire managers who want to build empires, as well, and those are the ones who have an innate distrust of their employees.
I dunno, I'm kinda hoping for the "Fons".
(thumbs out) Ayyyyy!
No, no, if they do that they run the risk of soft-landing the impact probe. Or missing the Moon altogether.
(that's a joke, by the way).
One thing, and I'm not being snarky: use correctly spelled and grammatically correct English. It's a matter of discipline. If you take short-cuts in English usage, you'll take short-cuts in your code design, and your systems will suffer for it. Half of design is being able to correctly and effectively communicate the concepts in your design to other team members, including to yourself in the future. If you want to take the time to learn the languages of programming in order to do well, then you need to apply the same diligence to learning and using English.
It's worked for me, for over 20 years in the business.
Well, not "loads", but some people rely on nitroglycerin tablets.
So, where did the conspirators dispose of AA Flight 77?
If it was shot down, where did it crash? People tend to report flaming airplane wreckage in their back yards.
If it landed safely, how did all the ATCs between Dulles and LAX miss it? Did The Conspiracy eliminate them, too?
Did The Conspiracy eliminate the passengers and crew once they landed? And the aircrews servicing the plane?
Maybe The Conspiracy is actually in charge of all the ATCs, and all ground crews. My God, alert Kos!
If the devices become cheap enough, you might never be able to take the cover off anything you own again.
Well, it would certainly lead to a run on Dremel tools...
And correct me if I'm mis-remembering, but isn't AT&T one of the places that wants to put a surcharge on service companies like Google so that they pay more for the bandwidth they use? And wouldn't that, if it were to be applied, mean that Google et. al. would do what they could to reduce their bandwidth usage? Say, by throttling or otherwise reducing the bandwidth of us who connect to their servers? Which would then make the high-speed cable modems effectively "slower" that AT&T's "service?"
No, obviously no conflict of interest there...
It would be nice just to have enough artificial gravity to keep astronauts from losing bone mass during long-duration flights, without having to spin the spacecraft and without the resulting Coriolis effects.
Actually I write "VOID" in big wide Sharpie letters all over the form, and then shred the thing. My "cross-cut" shredder is tempermental and sometimes doesn't cut all the way through.
Shredding the form just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, too...
Sounded like a real flim-flame.
"What are our chances?" "Flim and none."
"Misspellings on Slashdot: Accident or terrifying excuse for bad humor? Flim at !!."
I have to admit to feeling flimatic about the whole thing.
Actually, since it's past perihelion and heading towards Earth, the tail is likely pointing roughly towards us.
Instead we've got robots that say "Bite my moldy metal ass".