I'll half give you the point about textbooks, except in very many situations where the textbooks are worthless (the history class I learned the most in, by far, was one where the professor just lectured. No text, no overhead projector, just talking).
Access to the library is usually for out-of-classroom time, which I have no problem using computers for. Inside the classroom, though, it's distracting.
I've very rarely seen computers useful in courses where the coursework isn't actually computer-related. Programming, digital audio, typing, etc. are all places where computers belong. Anywhere else, I've found them counterproductive to learning. The distraction factor, plus the amount of time spent getting everything to work properly, not to mention having a machine doing something for you that you might otherwise learn to do yourself, make it a waste. This includes calculators in math classes, except when the class has algorithmic concepts that must be simulated.
If they don't know what uncensored looks like, the poll is bogus. "Do you like this thing you have and use regularly, or this other thing you don't have and know nothing about?"
Don't know if it's best, but I've had good results with various colors on a darkish blue-green mix.
With syntax highlighting, the text goes well in non-obnoxious whites, light blues, light greens, yellows, oranges. I'll use black for comments (the background is still light enough to make the black easily legible), which makes it very obvious what is what (lighter colors = active code, black = comments)... very easy to do a quick visual scan of.
Which is where I am now (working where I interned), and, all things considered, it's probably the best situation for me. I'm just saying that if companies are having trouble finding good programmers, they could do well to give people who are NOT connected to them through existing business contacts a chance.
If we get rid of the semiannual clock switch, we'll have one less hilariously painful reminder of how poor our memory as human being is.
Every year, without fail, it's "Man, it gets dark EARLY!!! I mean, I know it's just an hour earlier than it was last week, but certainly it didn't get dark THIS early last year! This is just frickin NUTS how EARLY it gets DARK now!! Really, like, this time last year, at this time of day, you could still see things outside, but now, like, it's PITCH BLACK!!! Oh, man!!!"
Followed, 6^Dsome months later by a depressingly similar rant about how late one is now able to continue doing things outdoors without artificial light.
Are you still on good terms with people at the respected company? Perhaps someone there knows of an opening at a place you might be interested in, or knows someone who knows someone, etc. Ask around. Word of mouth goes a long way.
In my opinion, the real problem isn't copyrights as much as it is patents.
There are problems with both. Problems with patents don't make problems with copyrights any better or worse. You're probably just around the problematic patent issues more than the copyright ones.
I was job hunting a couple years ago for a programming position. I graduated head of my class in C.S. (named the Outstanding Graduate at my university), and did a round of resume-bombing. I'm not one to overbearingly market myself on things, preferring to be very straightforward about what I'm looking for.
Most of the places I sent my resume to didn't even have the common courtesy to respond with "no, we don't want you", let alone "yes, come in for an interview."
Lots of good programmers aren't good at marketing themselves. If companies would give people the time of day and take a few minutes to talk to the person (especially in person), rather than discounting someone because of some mystical applicant-filtering list, they might be pleasantly surprised at who showed up.
Every in-person interview I've had (3 thus far), I've been offered the position. Granted, it could be that I got the interview because they were more interested in me than other places, but still...
People are living longer and 50 years of copyright protection no longer give lifetime income to artists who recorded hits in their late teens or early twenties, he said.
What, copyright's purpose is a retirement plan for one-hit wonders now?
I'd invoke the world's smallest violin, but the recording is still under copyright.
Extrapolating this concept (pretend it's 15 years ago), would you find it reasonable to pay $5000 for a copy of a random record you consider very high quality, or just $10 like everything else you'd buy? If the "work of great value" only sells 10,000 copies compared to the reasonable quality's 5 million, that's what you'd need to do for your scenario to play out.
Why wouldn't it? If, hypothetically, the lack of people being paid for what is shared is what makes it illegitimate, it seems reasonable to me that people being paid for what is shared would indeed legitimize it.
I think our company is very, very sensitive to customer attitude
Would be nice if that sensitivity would trickle down to the customer service phone reps, one of which answered "yes" when I asked "so it's company policy to charge customers for services they don't receive?"
They aren't "orders." It's not a dictatorship. They were requests from one part of the government, requests that were not proper. Qwest didn't comply with similar requests, and there were no adverse consequences for them. This is hardly what's killing American business... look at banking, housing markets, outsourcing, etc. for that.
There are also the alternatives of "Hey you, stop that" and even "Hey you, stop that or I'll shoot." Tasers are apparently being used instead of those as well, though, opting for "shoot first, ask questions later."
At my job, I'm paid for the 8 hours of work per day that I'm there, five days per week. That's 40 out of the 168 hours per week. There's an understanding that anything I do outside of those hours is my own business. If I come up with something at home that benefits the company (i.e. figure a solution to a problem), that's their bonus.
If the company is willing to pay me for another 128 hours per week, then we'll talk about owning things I don't do at work. If they want to offer a severance package worth 26*168 hours of pay, I might be able to consider pre-signing 6 months of post-leaving inventions over.
The place I work encourages us to do our own projects for ourselves on our own time, and encourages us to use the skills we've learned (minus confidential trade-secret type stuff) at wherever we end up working next. I guess the place is kinda old-fashioned in the "let's make people want to work here" area.
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I'll somewhat buy the argument about the lack of books.
As for the rest, chalk and chalkboards, last time I checked, still cost MUCH less to manufacture than even the OLPC.
I'll half give you the point about textbooks, except in very many situations where the textbooks are worthless (the history class I learned the most in, by far, was one where the professor just lectured. No text, no overhead projector, just talking).
Access to the library is usually for out-of-classroom time, which I have no problem using computers for. Inside the classroom, though, it's distracting.
I've very rarely seen computers useful in courses where the coursework isn't actually computer-related. Programming, digital audio, typing, etc. are all places where computers belong. Anywhere else, I've found them counterproductive to learning. The distraction factor, plus the amount of time spent getting everything to work properly, not to mention having a machine doing something for you that you might otherwise learn to do yourself, make it a waste. This includes calculators in math classes, except when the class has algorithmic concepts that must be simulated.
I've only had to boot my desktop machine once in the past six months (power cutoff). Not much of a problem.
Some of us old-fashioned types like turning their computer off at night... granted, I guess hibernation could be a substitute.
OS X has religious following? What do you call the Church of GNU emacs?
GNU emacs isn't an OS. Analogy fail.
If they don't know what uncensored looks like, the poll is bogus. "Do you like this thing you have and use regularly, or this other thing you don't have and know nothing about?"
So much fun to be had when you know your friend is in a crowded lecture hall or important meeting.
Who farted? Oh, yeah, YOU did, courtesy of me, bwahahahahahaha!!!
Don't know if it's best, but I've had good results with various colors on a darkish blue-green mix.
With syntax highlighting, the text goes well in non-obnoxious whites, light blues, light greens, yellows, oranges. I'll use black for comments (the background is still light enough to make the black easily legible), which makes it very obvious what is what (lighter colors = active code, black = comments)... very easy to do a quick visual scan of.
Or, perhaps, once your Apple laptop has "HP" written all over it??
Now, I put my monitor on the floor every night so thieves can't just look in the window and see easy pickings.
An easier solution might be to get some blinds or curtains for your windows.
Which is where I am now (working where I interned), and, all things considered, it's probably the best situation for me. I'm just saying that if companies are having trouble finding good programmers, they could do well to give people who are NOT connected to them through existing business contacts a chance.
If we get rid of the semiannual clock switch, we'll have one less hilariously painful reminder of how poor our memory as human being is.
Every year, without fail, it's "Man, it gets dark EARLY!!! I mean, I know it's just an hour earlier than it was last week, but certainly it didn't get dark THIS early last year! This is just frickin NUTS how EARLY it gets DARK now!! Really, like, this time last year, at this time of day, you could still see things outside, but now, like, it's PITCH BLACK!!! Oh, man!!!"
Followed, 6^Dsome months later by a depressingly similar rant about how late one is now able to continue doing things outdoors without artificial light.
Are you still on good terms with people at the respected company? Perhaps someone there knows of an opening at a place you might be interested in, or knows someone who knows someone, etc. Ask around. Word of mouth goes a long way.
In my opinion, the real problem isn't copyrights as much as it is patents.
There are problems with both. Problems with patents don't make problems with copyrights any better or worse. You're probably just around the problematic patent issues more than the copyright ones.
I was job hunting a couple years ago for a programming position. I graduated head of my class in C.S. (named the Outstanding Graduate at my university), and did a round of resume-bombing. I'm not one to overbearingly market myself on things, preferring to be very straightforward about what I'm looking for.
Most of the places I sent my resume to didn't even have the common courtesy to respond with "no, we don't want you", let alone "yes, come in for an interview."
Lots of good programmers aren't good at marketing themselves. If companies would give people the time of day and take a few minutes to talk to the person (especially in person), rather than discounting someone because of some mystical applicant-filtering list, they might be pleasantly surprised at who showed up.
Every in-person interview I've had (3 thus far), I've been offered the position. Granted, it could be that I got the interview because they were more interested in me than other places, but still...
People are living longer and 50 years of copyright protection no longer give lifetime income to artists who recorded hits in their late teens or early twenties, he said.
What, copyright's purpose is a retirement plan for one-hit wonders now?
I'd invoke the world's smallest violin, but the recording is still under copyright.
Extrapolating this concept (pretend it's 15 years ago), would you find it reasonable to pay $5000 for a copy of a random record you consider very high quality, or just $10 like everything else you'd buy? If the "work of great value" only sells 10,000 copies compared to the reasonable quality's 5 million, that's what you'd need to do for your scenario to play out.
Why wouldn't it? If, hypothetically, the lack of people being paid for what is shared is what makes it illegitimate, it seems reasonable to me that people being paid for what is shared would indeed legitimize it.
I think our company is very, very sensitive to customer attitude
Would be nice if that sensitivity would trickle down to the customer service phone reps, one of which answered "yes" when I asked "so it's company policy to charge customers for services they don't receive?"
They aren't "orders." It's not a dictatorship. They were requests from one part of the government, requests that were not proper. Qwest didn't comply with similar requests, and there were no adverse consequences for them. This is hardly what's killing American business... look at banking, housing markets, outsourcing, etc. for that.
I wouldn't say that invalidates the headline. Rather, Gnome is an even BIGGER hog.
The other alternative is a gun, or a nightstick.
There are also the alternatives of "Hey you, stop that" and even "Hey you, stop that or I'll shoot." Tasers are apparently being used instead of those as well, though, opting for "shoot first, ask questions later."
Is "Heroine Hero" some sort of gender-bender game?
At my job, I'm paid for the 8 hours of work per day that I'm there, five days per week. That's 40 out of the 168 hours per week. There's an understanding that anything I do outside of those hours is my own business. If I come up with something at home that benefits the company (i.e. figure a solution to a problem), that's their bonus.
If the company is willing to pay me for another 128 hours per week, then we'll talk about owning things I don't do at work. If they want to offer a severance package worth 26*168 hours of pay, I might be able to consider pre-signing 6 months of post-leaving inventions over.
The place I work encourages us to do our own projects for ourselves on our own time, and encourages us to use the skills we've learned (minus confidential trade-secret type stuff) at wherever we end up working next. I guess the place is kinda old-fashioned in the "let's make people want to work here" area.
What if you're having an off day and can't manage to get 5000 points on the flag?
The advertising you're getting? Since when is Verizon one of the parties that directs advertising at you?