My mother survived the Birmingham pub bombings of the IRA in '74. She was in the theatre next door, where the wall collapsed, creating a stampede, which accounts for a few of the 21 people dead. As a fifteen year old, she very intelligently crawled under her seat, but still had to climb over two dead bodies in order to get out of the theatre.
She will tell you that economic damage does little to strike fear in the hearts of the public than the threat of life. Deep down (she says) we all want to survive, even if that means as cave men.
I'm just happy that I've never had to live through an experience like that.
I looked at my house from both Google and MSN yesterday. My house was built (finished) in October 2004 and Google showed it still under construction. (Around early September). MSN showed it as a large hay field. My development is three years old. Not a single house or street in my development showed up in MSN.
Google - Approx. Sept 2004 MSN - At the latest early 2002
"These college kids are not the users of the software. I remember back in those days myself. It was just cool to try to get the latest "whatever" was out there and share it."
That's why _most_ companies offer their software at a cheaper rate to college kids. For example, I have a full copy of VS.Net (not student) that I purchased for $35. My brother-in-law has Photoshop which he purchased for $45. They lower the costs so college kids can use their software without having to pay the full cost of the software.
"I can assure you that we know there has been no compromise of the integrity of the source code; that it has not been modified or tampered with in any way."
Filtering movies and skipping parts of the movie isn't something all that new. A buddy of mine has a small black box that sits on the top of his television and reads the closed captioning, and takes out all offensive material. It does this while watching cable television or VHS videos. Why so vocal when the technology has existed for several years?
Not letting children look at pornography is a form of censorship, I will give you that. But separating them out and having someone present to watch over those who are under 18 is compliance to the law. (Depending on which state you are in, some states it's 21) Public computers, payed for by the public, should not be used for illegal activities. Hence two sections.
Never slip into a pornographic site by accident? Heh, when I was in high school I was cruising the net looking for pictures of the band Weezer. I hit a geocities website that shot me off to a homosexual pornographic site. As soon as I closed down the windows (and waiting for the waves of nausea to pass) I got up and left the computer alone. (The thought still makes me never want to surf again).
Now here is the part that is unrelated to the topic at hand but still is a cool twist to the story. That month my dad's credit card number was stolen and a person used the credit card to join this site called "Theatre of Porn" or something along those lines. When my dad looked at the cache he saw the pictures that popped up on that website. Boy did it take me several girlfriends and many (strategically) placed Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions to finally convince him that I wasn't gay.
In the vast majority of libraries that I have been in there are several sections in the library. One of those sections in almost every case is the children's section. Why not have a set of computers in each section for internet access. Have a person physically monitor (in other words be present) while the children are surfing the internet.
We already separate children's books from adult books, why not the computers as well?
I haven't touched ebay for the fact that my brother has been scammed three times in (most likely, but not sure) 20-25 buys. In my eyes that is too much a risk.
I agree, the reason for the increase in market is the amount of new consoles that have been released. I also believe that just like the movies, people care not about the plot, but the computer graphics. And with some of the neato gaming 3D engines that have been released this year I can see why sales are up.
- Listen to your employees
- At least take ONE class in programming
- Give your employees time to plan their applications
- Stay off the servers
- Stay out of the code
- Never use the following terms:
"custom module based componentry"
"pro-active engineering" "pseudocode" "dynamic"
"cutting edge" "LifeBlood of computers"
- Don't nod your head unless you understand
- Don't talk if you don't know what the discussion is about
- Don't Suggest anything unless you know what you are talking about
- Leave the programmers to their job and never micromanage
- Don't promise customers deadlines that will require programmers to work 80 hours a week
- Don't sexually harass the women
- For the love of god, avoid buzzwords like the plague
- Don't get upset when an employee knows more than you
- Don't get upset when an employee corrects you when you are wrong
- When your employees roll their eyes, it's an indicator that you need to catch up
*Breathes out*
I could go on for hours, i have the phb from hell, when you take the path down the management road, just remember to try and keep your competence.
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My mother survived the Birmingham pub bombings of the IRA in '74. She was in the theatre next door, where the wall collapsed, creating a stampede, which accounts for a few of the 21 people dead. As a fifteen year old, she very intelligently crawled under her seat, but still had to climb over two dead bodies in order to get out of the theatre.
She will tell you that economic damage does little to strike fear in the hearts of the public than the threat of life. Deep down (she says) we all want to survive, even if that means as cave men.
I'm just happy that I've never had to live through an experience like that.
I looked at my house from both Google and MSN yesterday. My house was built (finished) in October 2004 and Google showed it still under construction. (Around early September). MSN showed it as a large hay field. My development is three years old. Not a single house or street in my development showed up in MSN.
Google - Approx. Sept 2004
MSN - At the latest early 2002
I'll continue to use Google.
Not flamebait, just ignorance. Use an alternative desktop that doesn't look like Windows. For example, take a look at XFCE.
Perhaps even Lycoris or Lindows....wait, bad example.
"These college kids are not the users of the software. I remember back in those days myself. It was just cool to try to get the latest "whatever" was out there and share it."
.Net (not student) that I purchased for $35. My brother-in-law has Photoshop which he purchased for $45. They lower the costs so college kids can use their software without having to pay the full cost of the software.
That's why _most_ companies offer their software at a cheaper rate to college kids. For example, I have a full copy of VS
Steve Ballmer said the following today:
"I can assure you that we know there has been no compromise of the integrity of the source code; that it has not been modified or tampered with in any way."
This is according to IT Vibe
Filtering movies and skipping parts of the movie isn't something all that new. A buddy of mine has a small black box that sits on the top of his television and reads the closed captioning, and takes out all offensive material. It does this while watching cable television or VHS videos. Why so vocal when the technology has existed for several years?
We're talking about child pornography? I thought we just talking about regular pornography. Sry.
Not letting children look at pornography is a form of censorship, I will give you that. But separating them out and having someone present to watch over those who are under 18 is compliance to the law. (Depending on which state you are in, some states it's 21) Public computers, payed for by the public, should not be used for illegal activities. Hence two sections.
Never slip into a pornographic site by accident? Heh, when I was in high school I was cruising the net looking for pictures of the band Weezer. I hit a geocities website that shot me off to a homosexual pornographic site. As soon as I closed down the windows (and waiting for the waves of nausea to pass) I got up and left the computer alone. (The thought still makes me never want to surf again).
Now here is the part that is unrelated to the topic at hand but still is a cool twist to the story. That month my dad's credit card number was stolen and a person used the credit card to join this site called "Theatre of Porn" or something along those lines. When my dad looked at the cache he saw the pictures that popped up on that website. Boy did it take me several girlfriends and many (strategically) placed Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions to finally convince him that I wasn't gay.
In the vast majority of libraries that I have been in there are several sections in the library. One of those sections in almost every case is the children's section. Why not have a set of computers in each section for internet access. Have a person physically monitor (in other words be present) while the children are surfing the internet.
We already separate children's books from adult books, why not the computers as well?
I haven't touched ebay for the fact that my brother has been scammed three times in (most likely, but not sure) 20-25 buys. In my eyes that is too much a risk.
I agree, the reason for the increase in market is the amount of new consoles that have been released. I also believe that just like the movies, people care not about the plot, but the computer graphics. And with some of the neato gaming 3D engines that have been released this year I can see why sales are up.
*Takes Breath*
- Listen to your employees
- Don't nod your head unless you understand- At least take ONE class in programming
- Give your employees time to plan their applications
- Stay off the servers
- Stay out of the code
- Never use the following terms:
- Don't talk if you don't know what the discussion is about
- Don't Suggest anything unless you know what you are talking about
- Leave the programmers to their job and never micromanage
- Don't promise customers deadlines that will require programmers to work 80 hours a week
- Don't sexually harass the women
- For the love of god, avoid buzzwords like the plague
- Don't get upset when an employee knows more than you
- Don't get upset when an employee corrects you when you are wrong
- When your employees roll their eyes, it's an indicator that you need to catch up
*Breathes out*
I could go on for hours, i have the phb from hell, when you take the path down the management road, just remember to try and keep your competence.