I hate that I have to agree with this.
I have no idea how to do anything on my Macbook from the GUI except open something in the carousel. It took me almost an hour to figure out how to attach XTerm to the damn thing so I could actually work on the damn thing. I will say it is the lightest and most powerful (for the specs) BSD machine I have.
My experience is that they have no sense of resource management.
I started with experience in both networking and database management. I had only basic Perl and BASH experience and two quarters worth of community college VB classes. They of course assigned me to Java development assignment. Where the best Java Dev I was onboarded with, he went to work on a DB project even though he didn't even what it means to normalize a database.
Over the course of two years with the company (including 3 months of technical recruiting) I would see this pattern over and over again. There was anecdotal evidence from many people with similar experience.
Long story short, I am glad to be gone. Given their promotion model, I could see it being near impossible to get promoted with TCS, but most of that is because they are such a flat company. I don't think it has as much to do with bias. It is just that the talented staff bleeds off to find real work that employs their skills and the remainder are all that is left to promote.
While your story is moving, it is very difficult to read.
Slashdot supports HTML. Not using a simple tag library to communicate your message is probably why you get down-voted.
If you are a dev, simple paragraph and break tags shouldn't be an issue This kind of inattention to detail might also be why you aren't making the kind of money you want.
Ridiculous - by the middle of his career, Tesla was a huge showman. By the end of his career that's all he was. He hanged out with celbrities and gave light shows demonstrating electrical effects just because they looked cool. He made grandiose claims like death-rays, without any actual invention or theory to back them up.
Even Tesla needed to eat.
The parlor demonstrations Tesla would perform were to fund his theoretical research. Consequently, that research demanded customized machinery and someplace to house the experiments.
If he had focused on commercial products or had any kind of business savvy(as Edison had) he would not have had to be quite the showman.
The problem is not that the post isn't about a relevant topic, it is that the information is almost 30 days old. We are talking about technology and not just any technology.
This is a web application that affects thousands of people. There has been new information regarding this topic released almost every day. Slashdot touts itself as a news aggregator. "News for Nerds", right?
Nobody is saying that the contractors or the IT folks. I think that those of us in this community that are developers have a pretty good understanding of how the government handles buying and implementing tech. What that means, is that we want to understand the meat of the issue.
To hell with your politics, talk to me about the tech and how I can help fix it. Just remember that 30 days in tech is like a year in government.
This is actually welcome news. I had a problem with actually ordering. I accidentally put my billing address in as the shipping address. I realized my mistake the moment I clicked confirm. Not a big deal but a real fricken hassle as I live in an apartment. As I preordered the first day available, I thought this wouldn't be an issue. I could contact customer service and fix the shipping address and all would be fine. I sent several messages through their customer service page and tried calling for 3 weeks to make this change happen but it shipped to my apartment anyway. I still had not heard from Google and was using the tracking information as my guide. I paid one of my neighbors to work from home that day to receive the tablet only to find that it got yanked while on delivery. Apparently, Google contacted the shipping company without telling me and forced a change of address while it was out on delivery. This meant it had to go back to the hub and get re-routed, forcing a delay of another 48 hours.
I had something similar happen to me with Amazon (these autofill boxes are not my friend) but the results were drastically different. I sent a message to customer service and had a response within a couple hours. They verified the address I wanted it shipped to and did not delay the package at all. Then, they called me (yes, I was asked if this was ok) the day it was supposed to be delivered to make sure it was delivered and in the condition it was intended to be.
I love google and their products, software and hardware. I really wish they had customer service to back up their products though. Because of my experience, I won't try their hardware again until I see proof of a change in the way they deal with customers. This article is a sign of them moving in the right direction. As long as they have solid SLAs with this call center, I have no problem with google farming out customer service to the people that do it right every day.
I actually really liked the Windows 7 UI from the beginning. I love the quick keys for moving windows around and pinning apps to the taskbar is pretty awesome.
This series was written by Douglas E. Richards specifically because he was looking to interest his children in science. Though, the books are about an alien race visiting Earth, the science is real (at least the explanations are) and the action is fast paced. He writes in the voice of children very well.
All that said, I got hooked on this author for his Wired series and I recommend that as well.
I also think the Ender's series has been spectacular, but probably not for pre-teen.
My recent experience in college tells me that universities are beginning to educate new educators in electronic education techniques. That said, it won't happen until they are forced to. For all the forward thinking teachers there are to push for more technology, all it takes is one curmudgeon that has been teaching since the beginning of time (and therefore has tenure and isn't leaving anytime soon) and one administrator that is sympathetic to block it. If the schools were forced by us (the people, the voters, those who should decide the fates of our children) to shift to technology, they would and would then likely succeed.
If you are serious about seeing schools advance in technology, get a petition together to put a motion on the ballot THAT INCLUDES A WILLINGNESS TO FUND THE INITIATIVE and get it passed. The willingness to fund is where you are going to find the motion fail. We want something, but someone else has to visualize it, plan it, pay for it, and keep it moving. This is why there are school systems that can't teach evolution in this day and age.
Today we lost a multi-billionaire. He did not concern himself with the well being of his fellow man. He was a sworn "non-philanthropist". There was no concern for affordability of the products he created, nor did he worry about the lives of those who manufactured his products. Several of those employees took their lives because of the schedule he demanded. He was cruel and heartless to most of those around him, often berating them for not understanding what he wanted. However, he kept his focus on technology and design. His vision took lowly objects that though useful, were flawed, and pushed his company to produce the best possible version of that object. These objects are beautifully designed and supremely functional, surpassing the work of almost any other company. He demanded products that were interelated, ensuring that when we used one product, we were not only tied to that specific platform, but also that only other products made by his company would work well with it. For the loss of a life, and the loss of this determination we mourn today.
All of that said, Steve Jobs had amazing vision and without that vision, we would not have the amazing technology interface we have today. The world of technology has suffered a great loss this day.
People will buy anything. This is ridiculous, but there has to be some kind of desire for it. I wish I had the cash to waste on this thing, and the cash for the security to protect it.
I have been impressed with the enderverse at any point. This is a good topic to look at but I am curious what happed with Bean after his personal exile. I have difficulties even imagining how that turns out but, I can't see the excitement in that becoming a story unless Ender finds him in giant form on some other planet that a child killed and turned into a playground perhaps.
I would think that selling a book exclusively online would reduce costs dramatically. If you eliminate the cost of printing and distribution, you are left with the cost of research (what software isn't) and the cost of editing (again what softward doesn't have this).
Now you have gotted the cost down to a manageable number and a format that is ready for review and update. Textbooks that are obsolete within days, or even months of being published are useless. There are some courses that are bulletproof to updating but more and more, this is rare. Math and "*ometry" being the only courses I can think of off the top of my head. If we are able to update the textbooks with a simple electronic release, the coursework becomes more useful.
At some point, I could even see some professors offering a subscription to their research allowing continous updates to the information they find. Perhaps even providing a private slash site for full discussion of the topic with experts around the world. It's value being other subscribers.
For those students that feel they have to have a printed copy to study from, offer a print and binding service through the bursars office. This allows the University to reap some profit from the sale of the book and, they are more apt to carry this style.
Where we would run into problems is quality assurance. With textbook manufacturing, there is an existant QA team in place to ensure their product is at least mostly worth what they say it is. If they transition to an electronic format and ensure the QA with each release, perhaps even outsource the editing to university students around the country. No student with more than a few pages of any one book so they are not keeping copies for them selves. Thus offering a bit of cash back to the student and maybe a discount on the books.
Hmmn, That sounds like Shania Twain. But, she is a talented 'country artist'
And Mariah Carey didn't sleep her way to the top even if her career skyrocketed with her marriage to the president of Sony and then plummeted to a deep crash and burn when they got divorced.
I have been wanting to say that in a public forum for 2 years bitter exposition is over. You can go now. Thanks
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Ok, I liked Clock Boy but this is just dumb. And $15 million? I sure hope he plans on donating a lot of that to science
I hate that I have to agree with this. I have no idea how to do anything on my Macbook from the GUI except open something in the carousel. It took me almost an hour to figure out how to attach XTerm to the damn thing so I could actually work on the damn thing. I will say it is the lightest and most powerful (for the specs) BSD machine I have.
Posting ads internally advertising the job was the norm. The billboards in the break rooms were always full of job ads.
I started with experience in both networking and database management. I had only basic Perl and BASH experience and two quarters worth of community college VB classes. They of course assigned me to Java development assignment. Where the best Java Dev I was onboarded with, he went to work on a DB project even though he didn't even what it means to normalize a database.
Over the course of two years with the company (including 3 months of technical recruiting) I would see this pattern over and over again. There was anecdotal evidence from many people with similar experience.
Long story short, I am glad to be gone. Given their promotion model, I could see it being near impossible to get promoted with TCS, but most of that is because they are such a flat company. I don't think it has as much to do with bias. It is just that the talented staff bleeds off to find real work that employs their skills and the remainder are all that is left to promote.
Slashdot supports HTML.
Not using a simple tag library to communicate your message is probably why you get down-voted.
If you are a dev, simple paragraph and break tags shouldn't be an issue
This kind of inattention to detail might also be why you aren't making the kind of money you want.
I would have to think that spammers start every script with instructions creating as many combinations of addresses with @gmail.com as they can.
Then, there is exposure. How many lists have you included that gmail account in compared to the one you host?
Just a thought.
Ridiculous - by the middle of his career, Tesla was a huge showman. By the end of his career that's all he was. He hanged out with celbrities and gave light shows demonstrating electrical effects just because they looked cool. He made grandiose claims like death-rays, without any actual invention or theory to back them up.
Even Tesla needed to eat.
The parlor demonstrations Tesla would perform were to fund his theoretical research. Consequently, that research demanded customized machinery and someplace to house the experiments.
If he had focused on commercial products or had any kind of business savvy(as Edison had) he would not have had to be quite the showman.
Tesla was employed by Edison so it is very possible that some of Edison's contributions were, in reality Tesla's
The problem is not that the post isn't about a relevant topic, it is that the information is almost 30 days old. We are talking about technology and not just any technology. This is a web application that affects thousands of people. There has been new information regarding this topic released almost every day. Slashdot touts itself as a news aggregator. "News for Nerds", right? Nobody is saying that the contractors or the IT folks. I think that those of us in this community that are developers have a pretty good understanding of how the government handles buying and implementing tech. What that means, is that we want to understand the meat of the issue. To hell with your politics, talk to me about the tech and how I can help fix it. Just remember that 30 days in tech is like a year in government.
Now if only Amazon would start letting us choose USPS over UPS for package delivery. As an apartment dweller, this would make my life much easier.
I had something similar happen to me with Amazon (these autofill boxes are not my friend) but the results were drastically different. I sent a message to customer service and had a response within a couple hours. They verified the address I wanted it shipped to and did not delay the package at all. Then, they called me (yes, I was asked if this was ok) the day it was supposed to be delivered to make sure it was delivered and in the condition it was intended to be.
I love google and their products, software and hardware. I really wish they had customer service to back up their products though. Because of my experience, I won't try their hardware again until I see proof of a change in the way they deal with customers. This article is a sign of them moving in the right direction. As long as they have solid SLAs with this call center, I have no problem with google farming out customer service to the people that do it right every day.
I actually really liked the Windows 7 UI from the beginning. I love the quick keys for moving windows around and pinning apps to the taskbar is pretty awesome.
Gratuitous, I know
This series was written by Douglas E. Richards specifically because he was looking to interest his children in science. Though, the books are about an alien race visiting Earth, the science is real (at least the explanations are) and the action is fast paced. He writes in the voice of children very well.
All that said, I got hooked on this author for his Wired series and I recommend that as well.
I also think the Ender's series has been spectacular, but probably not for pre-teen.
You work for Apple? And how does that work in this case: Avira--ask about free bricking!
Guaranteed virus protection if you can't log into your computer.
If you can't fix it, feature it.
At least that is the mantra at my company.
If you are serious about seeing schools advance in technology, get a petition together to put a motion on the ballot THAT INCLUDES A WILLINGNESS TO FUND THE INITIATIVE and get it passed. The willingness to fund is where you are going to find the motion fail. We want something, but someone else has to visualize it, plan it, pay for it, and keep it moving. This is why there are school systems that can't teach evolution in this day and age.
Is this going to break Netflix again?
Today we lost a multi-billionaire. He did not concern himself with the well being of his fellow man. He was a sworn "non-philanthropist". There was no concern for affordability of the products he created, nor did he worry about the lives of those who manufactured his products. Several of those employees took their lives because of the schedule he demanded. He was cruel and heartless to most of those around him, often berating them for not understanding what he wanted. However, he kept his focus on technology and design. His vision took lowly objects that though useful, were flawed, and pushed his company to produce the best possible version of that object. These objects are beautifully designed and supremely functional, surpassing the work of almost any other company. He demanded products that were interelated, ensuring that when we used one product, we were not only tied to that specific platform, but also that only other products made by his company would work well with it. For the loss of a life, and the loss of this determination we mourn today.
All of that said, Steve Jobs had amazing vision and without that vision, we would not have the amazing technology interface we have today. The world of technology has suffered a great loss this day.
People will buy anything. This is ridiculous, but there has to be some kind of desire for it. I wish I had the cash to waste on this thing, and the cash for the security to protect it.
I have been impressed with the enderverse at any point. This is a good topic to look at but I am curious what happed with Bean after his personal exile. I have difficulties even imagining how that turns out but, I can't see the excitement in that becoming a story unless Ender finds him in giant form on some other planet that a child killed and turned into a playground perhaps.
Wouldn't that be called a Moped?
At some point, I could even see some professors offering a subscription to their research allowing continous updates to the information they find. Perhaps even providing a private slash site for full discussion of the topic with experts around the world. It's value being other subscribers.
For those students that feel they have to have a printed copy to study from, offer a print and binding service through the bursars office. This allows the University to reap some profit from the sale of the book and, they are more apt to carry this style.
Where we would run into problems is quality assurance. With textbook manufacturing, there is an existant QA team in place to ensure their product is at least mostly worth what they say it is. If they transition to an electronic format and ensure the QA with each release, perhaps even outsource the editing to university students around the country. No student with more than a few pages of any one book so they are not keeping copies for them selves. Thus offering a bit of cash back to the student and maybe a discount on the books.
I can't believe I just published this idea...
By the way, did anyone notice that Eddie Brock was in Spiderman 2? Just a glimpse but he was there.
Why won't they bring out the Grey Hulk? That would be a fun movie. Oceans 11 meets Last Action Hero. What a concept.
And Mariah Carey didn't sleep her way to the top even if her career skyrocketed with her marriage to the president of Sony and then plummeted to a deep crash and burn when they got divorced.
I have been wanting to say that in a public forum for 2 years
bitter exposition is over. You can go now.
Thanks