God created the earth, and all the hosts therein, in six days, resting on the seventh, and establishing the Sabbath as a memorial of creation. The recurring seven day time period (we have come to call one week) occurs ONLY in the account of creation, and no where else, and yet, all of us observe it to a great extent.
The evolutionists can (and will) continue to change, reshape, and rethink their theory until the return of Jesus. They'll be forced to do so, as it becomes apparent to them that some scientific fact arises for which the current iteration of said theory cannot account. This is just the latest example. Sad really. Most evolutionists would consider themselves critical thinkers, and they've concocted a theory supported by very few threads of actual evidence.
for my girlfriend, now ex-girlfriend, three years ago. Was the best thing I've ever done for another human being. Three years later, and she's still 20-20, or thereabout. And the techniques keep getting better and better. From her experience, I'd say go for it.
I hate to agree with such a rant, but I've got to agree with you on most points.
I work for a government agency, who decided that an all Microsoft shop was the way to go...and now, it seems like we can't keep the presses going to cut those Redmond bastards checks fast enough. We are now about 98% Microsoft. We have some free RedHat, and one application that "required" RHEL...Oracle, go figure.
If using the "free" work of others to make a profit is your gig...give Fedora a try. I'm going to. It seems from what I'm hearing a good fit replacement for Free RedHat.
"Forewarning: The open source community is not portrayed in positive light so you might want to skip reading this"
yup...I summarily reject anything and everything that doesn't go along with my preconceived notions, and pre-existing opinions.
good points...every 7-11 I visit, every time I go to my local super market, or bank, my every move is captured by video cameras, and subject to later review. I understand this to be the case, and when I enter into a 7-11, I give them consent to such monitoring. I have a feeling there will be the same implied consent for SouthWest flights as well.
I agree that if travellers don't like, the should select another airline.
This just shows-to-go-ya that the political left is just as devoid of integrity as Orin Hatch, or anybody on the right. Everybody's got somebody in their pocket.
The RIAA is trying to sue "customers", but how much of the collected "alleged damaged" does the RIAA plan to kickback to the artists ? and how is that money divided ? Very, very few artists make significant money off record sales, live performances, ie, touring is the main revenue generator for the artists. This lawsuit has little to no benefit to the artists, but greatly benefits the RIAA
That being said, the RIAA's tactic will ultimately backfire, as record sales, and to a certain extent, radio airplay, determine how much "excitement" a tour will generate (outside of bands like the Stones, who'll sell out performance regardless), which in turn, will boost record slaes. If the RIAA starts angering the consumer, the records will not sell regardless of the tour, radio play, etc.
Given this blatant dishonesty on the part of Nvidia, (and co-conspiritors, FutureMark) how many here would buy a video card based on an nvidia GPU ? I'll not be buying one any time soon.
So, to use your analogy, the victim in this case doesn't have to identify what goods were taken, and the burden of proof is on the robber to convince a jury of his innocence ? This leads me a another scenario, such as the one you provided:
You invite me into your home. I notice you have a nice television, far nicer than the one I own. we watch your nice television. Later, I call the police, and claim you stole it from me. I don't have to provide any evidence that you stole, beyond making the claim you did. When asked for evidence, my only response has to be that the TV is in your house, so how else did it get there, except for you stealing it ?
SCO is, or at least should be, legally obligated to identify exactly what was taken from them, for the courts to take any action against IBM, other Linux developers, or Linux users. But, to this point, they've not done that. That could be to protect their case against IBM, but I'd think there'd be other ways of doing that, rather than launching accusations of theft, basically against the entire Linux development community, and not identifying what was stolen. That approach, at least to me, reeks of an organization hoping to get a legal financial score.
Does anyone find the proximity of USC to Hollywood relavent in this decision ? Perhaps some wealthy alumni are also in cahoots with the MPAA/RIAA ? This just makes me suspicious as hell.
I've read much good input on this issue, have experienced some similar situations, and feel moved to contributed my $0.02...
I can't/won't say you should work the overtime. nor will I say you shouldn't work the overtime, but I will provide some insight into my experience. It's worth what you are paying for it.
1. What is the compesation plan for the overtime worked ? For example, will there be a bonus paid if the deadline is met ? Or will you be given a similar amount of comp time for hours worked. Generally, comp time is provided at about.5hrs for each hour of overtime. If you don't know, that's a bad sign, but you can still ask. Furthermore, is this compensation plan documented any where ? Get it in writing.
2. Do you enjoy what you do and your working environment ? Yeah, I've gathered you think the boss/owner/PM is a complete imbicile, but what about your peers ? Is this particular project challenging, or tedious ? Is what you are doing here increasing your value, or consuming and eroding your skill set ?
3. What are the long term growth/survival prospects for this organization ? From the way you've described the management, obviously you think they're bozos, but is this an emotional/subjective view ? We all can get caught up in that. Should you last 10 years with this organization, would there be any benefit to doing so ?
4. What kind of hours does your boss put in ? Is he willing to put in 15 hour days side-by-side with the staff ? From what I gathered, the answer to this is no.
5. Are you in a steady relationship, or do you have other interests outside of work ? Is your significant other willing to accept you putting in these types of hours ? Are you willing to make that sacrafice ?
6. What is the duration of the project ? Or are the additional hours an open-ended expectation ?
7. What effect would your leaving have on the project, and on the organization as a whole ? It doesn't sound that this organization believes in making an investment in its work force, treating it more like a disposable commodity, but then that is based upon your initial post.
Studies have well established that at some point beyond 8 hours in a 24 hour period, productivity tends toward decline, but exactly where the decline starts, and the slope of that decline are subject of many studies and debate.
Personally, I think the above issues are just as pertinent to productivity as the number of hours worked. The questions of your suitability to the task, mutual respect, resonable compensation, enjoyable work environment, skills development, personal sacrifice, feeling like part of a winning team/ organization are just as vital to productivty, if not more so. Some of my co-workers have told me they can eliminate all these factors, and work at a steady state, but my observations indicate the contrary.
If you can honestly say that you've accurately described the environment, I'd begin seeking other employment immediately. Let this become someone elses issue. If you're carrying the weight of the project, but stand nothing to gain from its success, the owner requires not only a lesson in economics, but in psychology, human dynamics, inter-personal skills, and morality as well.
I'd be curious to determine how many people railing against Palm specifically, and the corporate world generally, actually bought an m130, much less have an application for it that requires true-color.
Furthermore, I'm curious as to why I'm wasting my time calling these folks out. While I am a firm believer in truth-in-advertising, this issue is easily resolved for those who purchased a mis-represented unit via a class-action suit.
I guess I think think the world in general, and the technology sector specifically has many issues of far greater immport to rail against. But,./ generally attracts the whining liberal type who's willing to turn any and all issues into personal crusades, whether they're directly affected, or involved with it or not.
"Building desktop systems is very hard, and the job will have to be taken seriously if it's to be done well. "
Very well put, and agreed. Before I go further, let me state that I am one of MS's biggest critics. But, that being said, I try not to let my disdain for the folks in Redmond completely jaundice my perspective.
As a desktop operating system, for the average user (as described in the article), is very, very good. Microsoft has invested millions upon millions of dollars in usability studies and the like to ensure ease of use, and for that, they must be given a certain amount of credit.
The majority of Microsoft OS flaws can be traced to a couple of design decision, that Microsoft describes as experience enhancements.
1. Since the introduction on Windows 95, the desktop OS's (W95, W98, Wme, NTWS, 2K-Pro, & XP-Home) have had inferiority complexes and wanted to be servers. Therein has laid a major dilemna...Does Microsoft keep with their initial design objective, and make the "server" features of our desktop easy to install and use ? If they are going to include these "features" into the desktop OS, and the average user can't make them work with a minimal amount of effort and mental acuity, what's the point of including them ? The idea of peer-to-peer file/print sharing should NOT be included in the base of a desktop OS, and it sure as hell should not be turned on by default. But, if your target audience is the average user, who simply doesn't understand concepts such as file permissions, or ACL's, these are the design compromises that get made. I don't agree with it, but I understand rationale behind it.
2. Microsoft's complete disregard for open standards. As someone who plays a semi-organized sport, I'm in awe of their professional arrogance. The "this is the way we chose to do it, so, therefore, its now the only way to do it" attitude. Compatibility with a competing product ? There are no competing products!
Microsoft realized early on that Windows would be dreadfully inadequate in terms of performance if it adhered to the same design standards as as *Nix's or other OS's, so they short-cutted the RFC when implementing their TCP/IP stack. Rather than using plain old text files for configuration parameters, and parse them during startup, they chose to pre-parse all configuration files into an abomination called the Registry. Well, they realized the perfomance gains to keep windows on par with other OS's, but if you've ever suffered through a corrupt registry, or tried to figure out while a Windows box has just gone mad on the network, you know of the sacrafice that was made to accomplish that goal.
3. Bloat. We've all heard the story about there being three ways to do anything, the right way, the wrong way, and my way. Well, with MS, this is far more truth than poetry, except there are about 100 ways to do everything. Really, how many different ways to copy a file do we need ? And to think Steve Balmer used to ridicule IBM for bloatware. My how things have changed.
As mentioned in the article, MS has something going for it that the guy who works on the GUI, has access to the guy who writes code for the shell, and the guy who writes the kernel code (NTOSKRNL.EXE). They all get their paychecks from the same place. The KDE developers, must work with the XFree86 folks, who must work with the kernel developers, etc. That sort of loose-knit arrangement, while commendable has the potential to compromise the ultimate solution. The KDE development team is committed to KDE, not Linux on the desktop.
To make a long story short, Linux has some of the same issues plaguing Windows: Linux makes a kick-ass server, but a poor desktop OS, whereas Windows make a great desktop, but a shitty server. The Windows server has progressed, as has the Linux on the desktop initiative. We'll see how this whole thing shakes out.
As someone who has supported over 1500 desktops by himself, what you recommend is the only way things can work out. Those who are against this have no real inkling of the hidden costs tied up in desktop support...developers should understand best practices for desktop maintenance anyway, and should be asking for any more than a re-image.
Fritz -
Just because you don't understand technology, don't let that stop you from having an opinion about it, or sponsering legislation on it.
Or, better yet, to quote the title of a Scott Adams book "When did Ignorance become a point of view ?"
And here I thought Microsoft was the main purpetrator of this tactic.
Do you feel the same way about the second amendment, and my right to bear arms ?, Or does my support for the entire constitution, including the second amendment make me some sort of nut ?
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Is she sorry she lied, or just sorry she finally got caught?
God created the earth, and all the hosts therein, in six days, resting on the seventh, and establishing the Sabbath as a memorial of creation. The recurring seven day time period (we have come to call one week) occurs ONLY in the account of creation, and no where else, and yet, all of us observe it to a great extent. The evolutionists can (and will) continue to change, reshape, and rethink their theory until the return of Jesus. They'll be forced to do so, as it becomes apparent to them that some scientific fact arises for which the current iteration of said theory cannot account. This is just the latest example. Sad really. Most evolutionists would consider themselves critical thinkers, and they've concocted a theory supported by very few threads of actual evidence.
They do have a diverse sectrum of political ideologies - liberal, and ultra liberal. How much more diverse do you want?
for my girlfriend, now ex-girlfriend, three years ago. Was the best thing I've ever done for another human being. Three years later, and she's still 20-20, or thereabout. And the techniques keep getting better and better. From her experience, I'd say go for it.
this is really the only way...you know what's coming so be ready for it.
I hate to agree with such a rant, but I've got to agree with you on most points.
I work for a government agency, who decided that an all Microsoft shop was the way to go...and now, it seems like we can't keep the presses going to cut those Redmond bastards checks fast enough. We are now about 98% Microsoft. We have some free RedHat, and one application that "required" RHEL...Oracle, go figure.
If using the "free" work of others to make a profit is your gig...give Fedora a try. I'm going to. It seems from what I'm hearing a good fit replacement for Free RedHat.
"Forewarning: The open source community is not portrayed in positive light so you might want to skip reading this" yup...I summarily reject anything and everything that doesn't go along with my preconceived notions, and pre-existing opinions.
good points...every 7-11 I visit, every time I go to my local super market, or bank, my every move is captured by video cameras, and subject to later review. I understand this to be the case, and when I enter into a 7-11, I give them consent to such monitoring. I have a feeling there will be the same implied consent for SouthWest flights as well. I agree that if travellers don't like, the should select another airline.
This just shows-to-go-ya that the political left is just as devoid of integrity as Orin Hatch, or anybody on the right. Everybody's got somebody in their pocket.
The RIAA is trying to sue "customers", but how much of the collected "alleged damaged" does the RIAA plan to kickback to the artists ? and how is that money divided ? Very, very few artists make significant money off record sales, live performances, ie, touring is the main revenue generator for the artists. This lawsuit has little to no benefit to the artists, but greatly benefits the RIAA
That being said, the RIAA's tactic will ultimately backfire, as record sales, and to a certain extent, radio airplay, determine how much "excitement" a tour will generate (outside of bands like the Stones, who'll sell out performance regardless), which in turn, will boost record slaes. If the RIAA starts angering the consumer, the records will not sell regardless of the tour, radio play, etc.
Given this blatant dishonesty on the part of Nvidia, (and co-conspiritors, FutureMark) how many here would buy a video card based on an nvidia GPU ? I'll not be buying one any time soon.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1140919
So, to use your analogy, the victim in this case doesn't have to identify what goods were taken, and the burden of proof is on the robber to convince a jury of his innocence ? This leads me a another scenario, such as the one you provided: You invite me into your home. I notice you have a nice television, far nicer than the one I own. we watch your nice television. Later, I call the police, and claim you stole it from me. I don't have to provide any evidence that you stole, beyond making the claim you did. When asked for evidence, my only response has to be that the TV is in your house, so how else did it get there, except for you stealing it ? SCO is, or at least should be, legally obligated to identify exactly what was taken from them, for the courts to take any action against IBM, other Linux developers, or Linux users. But, to this point, they've not done that. That could be to protect their case against IBM, but I'd think there'd be other ways of doing that, rather than launching accusations of theft, basically against the entire Linux development community, and not identifying what was stolen. That approach, at least to me, reeks of an organization hoping to get a legal financial score.
Does anyone find the proximity of USC to Hollywood relavent in this decision ? Perhaps some wealthy alumni are also in cahoots with the MPAA/RIAA ? This just makes me suspicious as hell.
I've read much good input on this issue, have experienced some similar situations, and feel moved to contributed my $0.02...
.5hrs for each hour of overtime. If you don't know, that's a bad sign, but you can still ask. Furthermore, is this compensation plan documented any where ? Get it in writing.
I can't/won't say you should work the overtime. nor will I say you shouldn't work the overtime, but I will provide some insight into my experience. It's worth what you are paying for it.
1. What is the compesation plan for the overtime worked ? For example, will there be a bonus paid if the deadline is met ? Or will you be given a similar amount of comp time for hours worked. Generally, comp time is provided at about
2. Do you enjoy what you do and your working environment ? Yeah, I've gathered you think the boss/owner/PM is a complete imbicile, but what about your peers ? Is this particular project challenging, or tedious ? Is what you are doing here increasing your value, or consuming and eroding your skill set ?
3. What are the long term growth/survival prospects for this organization ? From the way you've described the management, obviously you think they're bozos, but is this an emotional/subjective view ? We all can get caught up in that. Should you last 10 years with this organization, would there be any benefit to doing so ?
4. What kind of hours does your boss put in ? Is he willing to put in 15 hour days side-by-side with the staff ? From what I gathered, the answer to this is no.
5. Are you in a steady relationship, or do you have other interests outside of work ? Is your significant other willing to accept you putting in these types of hours ? Are you willing to make that sacrafice ?
6. What is the duration of the project ? Or are the additional hours an open-ended expectation ?
7. What effect would your leaving have on the project, and on the organization as a whole ? It doesn't sound that this organization believes in making an investment in its work force, treating it more like a disposable commodity, but then that is based upon your initial post.
Studies have well established that at some point beyond 8 hours in a 24 hour period, productivity tends toward decline, but exactly where the decline starts, and the slope of that decline are subject of many studies and debate.
Personally, I think the above issues are just as pertinent to productivity as the number of hours worked. The questions of your suitability to the task, mutual respect, resonable compensation, enjoyable work environment, skills development, personal sacrifice, feeling like part of a winning team/ organization are just as vital to productivty, if not more so. Some of my co-workers have told me they can eliminate all these factors, and work at a steady state, but my observations indicate the contrary.
If you can honestly say that you've accurately described the environment, I'd begin seeking other employment immediately. Let this become someone elses issue. If you're carrying the weight of the project, but stand nothing to gain from its success, the owner requires not only a lesson in economics, but in psychology, human dynamics, inter-personal skills, and morality as well.
I'd be curious to determine how many people railing against Palm specifically, and the corporate world generally, actually bought an m130, much less have an application for it that requires true-color. Furthermore, I'm curious as to why I'm wasting my time calling these folks out. While I am a firm believer in truth-in-advertising, this issue is easily resolved for those who purchased a mis-represented unit via a class-action suit. I guess I think think the world in general, and the technology sector specifically has many issues of far greater immport to rail against. But, ./ generally attracts the whining liberal type who's willing to turn any and all issues into personal crusades, whether they're directly affected, or involved with it or not.
"Building desktop systems is very hard, and the job will have to be taken seriously if it's to be done well. "
Very well put, and agreed. Before I go further, let me state that I am one of MS's biggest critics. But, that being said, I try not to let my disdain for the folks in Redmond completely jaundice my perspective.
As a desktop operating system, for the average user (as described in the article), is very, very good. Microsoft has invested millions upon millions of dollars in usability studies and the like to ensure ease of use, and for that, they must be given a certain amount of credit.
The majority of Microsoft OS flaws can be traced to a couple of design decision, that Microsoft describes as experience enhancements.
1. Since the introduction on Windows 95, the desktop OS's (W95, W98, Wme, NTWS, 2K-Pro, & XP-Home) have had inferiority complexes and wanted to be servers. Therein has laid a major dilemna...Does Microsoft keep with their initial design objective, and make the "server" features of our desktop easy to install and use ? If they are going to include these "features" into the desktop OS, and the average user can't make them work with a minimal amount of effort and mental acuity, what's the point of including them ? The idea of peer-to-peer file/print sharing should NOT be included in the base of a desktop OS, and it sure as hell should not be turned on by default. But, if your target audience is the average user, who simply doesn't understand concepts such as file permissions, or ACL's, these are the design compromises that get made. I don't agree with it, but I understand rationale behind it.
2. Microsoft's complete disregard for open standards. As someone who plays a semi-organized
sport, I'm in awe of their professional arrogance. The "this is the way we chose to do it, so, therefore, its now the only way to do it" attitude. Compatibility with a competing product ? There are no competing products!
Microsoft realized early on that Windows would be dreadfully inadequate in terms of performance if it adhered to the same design standards as as *Nix's or other OS's, so they short-cutted the RFC when implementing their TCP/IP stack. Rather than using plain old text files for configuration parameters, and parse them during startup, they chose to pre-parse all configuration files into an abomination called the Registry. Well, they realized the perfomance gains to keep windows on par with other OS's, but if you've ever suffered through a corrupt registry, or tried to figure out while a Windows box has just gone mad on the network, you know of the sacrafice that was made to accomplish that goal.
3. Bloat. We've all heard the story about there being three ways to do anything, the right way, the wrong way, and my way. Well, with MS, this is far more truth than poetry, except there are about 100 ways to do everything. Really, how many different ways to copy a file do we need ? And to think Steve Balmer used to ridicule IBM for bloatware. My how things have changed.
As mentioned in the article, MS has something going for it that the guy who works on the GUI, has access to the guy who writes code for the shell, and the guy who writes the kernel code (NTOSKRNL.EXE). They all get their paychecks from the same place. The KDE developers, must work with the XFree86 folks, who must work with the kernel developers, etc. That sort of loose-knit arrangement, while commendable has the potential to compromise the ultimate solution. The KDE development team is committed to KDE, not Linux on the desktop.
To make a long story short, Linux has some of the same issues plaguing Windows: Linux makes a kick-ass server, but a poor desktop OS, whereas Windows make a great desktop, but a shitty server. The Windows server has progressed, as has the Linux on the desktop initiative. We'll see how this whole thing shakes out.
As long as the National ID card doubles as a permit to carry a firearm, I've got no problems with it at all.
Please refer to the following: http://www.domainregistry.ie/tech/dynamic-dns.html
That should clear things up for you...
As someone who has supported over 1500 desktops by himself, what you recommend is the only way things can work out. Those who are against this have no real inkling of the hidden costs tied up in desktop support...developers should understand best practices for desktop maintenance anyway, and should be asking for any more than a re-image.
The ballot box is a good place to start
Fritz - Just because you don't understand technology, don't let that stop you from having an opinion about it, or sponsering legislation on it. Or, better yet, to quote the title of a Scott Adams book "When did Ignorance become a point of view ?"
And here I thought Microsoft was the main purpetrator of this tactic.
Do you feel the same way about the second amendment, and my right to bear arms ?, Or does my support for the entire constitution, including the second amendment make me some sort of nut ?