We have this sort of system where I work as well. These are called "token" raises and never approach anything like 10-50%. They keep the majority of the staff somewhat content. But it never really irons out the grossly underpaid staff or the overpaid.
Absolutely. Hanging in there after the dot-bomb revolution shows you have the staying power. Asking for a raise after the upswing start back (it has in my neck of the woods) shows you expect that your employer values your work just as much as they did before - and you can't be walked on. Don't let them use the crash as an excuse to keep you at a low salary. If they are not in the IT field (even if they are, for some) their bottom line hasn't suffered much from the crash. Don't let them trick you into thinking it has.
Other than being an owned bitch now, I don't see anything wrong with accepting a counteroffer. But the question is: Can you sleep at night, knowing that you've whored yourself to the highest bidder?
Sure I can! Why, I will be sleeping in a king size bed with a new fluffy pillows and satin sheets. Hell, maybe I could buy a new wife too..
Don't be so naive. If you don't ask for a raise, you don't get it. When is the last time a company ever offered you a raise with no prodding (other than the usual token raise once per year)?
I have had that happen, but it is definitely not the "norm". Ask and ye shall receive!
When I first read the posting on/. I felt the same way. But as I read down it sort of dawned on me that mistakes do happen, and lives do get nearly destroyed in these "mistakes".
Part of the problem is that these agencies who use this information are not infallible. They can make mistakes and demand information from individuals who may have been at the right place at the right time, but had nothing to do with the crime. I don't think any of us can argue that.
The real problem, though, is that when mistakes like this do happen, these agencies are not responsible for any clean up work needed to be done to bring back your status as a law abiding citizen. Where I work, if I was involved (mistakenly or otherwise) in a criminal case I would be fired immediately. I could loose my family, my house, the sky is the limit. When it eventually comes out that I was not involved in the crime, the same organizations that had the power to demand all of this evidence do not have the responsibility of putting my life back together. Some will help with the restoration of your life, some won't.
Let's make sure that the due process needs to happen up front so mistakes are minimized. Reminds me of the poor people that come across the American / US border who are "suspected" of smuggling / stealing / etc. and have their vehicles torn apart, only for the customs agent(s) to not find a thing, and not even deliver a "sorry". The formerly accused are responsible for whatever they need to do to continue to be on their way.
I am not saying this is the norm or even that it happens regularily, but could you imagine if it happened to you? If the government won't budge on the life-cleanup efforts of such misguided authority, then we need to catch the problem before it happens.
Progressive Education strikes a blow. darnellmc writes: "According to this Atlanta Journal-Constitution news article GA Tech had so many students violate the school's "honor code" that they have decided to change it.
"In the wake of the investigation, Tech officials have decided to allow students in introductory computer science courses to share information and collaborate on homework, previously prohibited under the school's academic honor code."
Woohoo! Let's get everyone to drive consistantly 10-15 miles (for you yanks) / hour over the limit and maybe they will raise that too! Save me some money in fined it would!
"Look we're suing them on principle, not on the fact that doing so will net us a lot of money so that we can be rich and our fans won't accuse us of 'selling out' just because we become popular to the majority of America."
Welp, it's a fact that you can't make all people happy all of the time. If you did some research and understood the subject matter, you would know the history of the band and you would know they just don't give a f**k about selling out. They sold out tons of shows before they took legal action against MTV, and they will continue to do so after.
I think suing on the principle that they used their own money to record, manufacturer, market, and distribute their works and some corporate giant comes along and decides it's okay to broadcast such works without permission is a pretty damned goot premise. I mean, if they wanted that sort of exposure they wouldn't have gone through the process of doing it 'their way'.
I'm probably wasting keystrokes, preaching to the deaf...
In the terms of service of said website, Microsoft claimed ownsership of the material presented. Why? Who knows. Censhorship / advertising, not sure.
In doing so, however, they also assume responsibility for said material. The judge did the correct and just thing, and Microsoft should learn to be a little less obtrusive in the future.
I hope that you are not stating that because the game is open source, that the development of quality graphics is solely up to the user.
Apply that logic to nearly every slashdot reader's quest to have open source software accepted as a mainstream commercial alternative.
"Mr. Manager, please implement this open source security solution for blah blah blah reasons, and oh, none of the security features have been set up yet. The framework is there, but it will easily take you weeks if not months to complete the rest of the setup."
Seems absurd doesn't it? Why are games any different? You want open source to succeed and compete with it's commercial counterparts, then you have to model the usability and ease of use of commercial software. Or at least come as close as possible.
You are living in the past if you think musicians have been playing for years and years. I know you said "decent" in there, but... Lots of good music is made by beginner musicians with great creativity.
You can't argue that good games fall in the same category... You can have all the creativity in the world, but not knowing your code inside and out will make for a crappy product...
The whole point of the post was to illustrate that others are already attempting the pooling of human thought, not the showcase of SIDS. SIDS was only the example.
If Verisign is going to spend this sort of money on advertising (I don't know how many of these letters get sent out - but I got one, and only own three domain names) , why not use it to really attract customers rather than piss them off? I mean, make those advertising dollars count!
I can think of many ways to add value to the domain registration service - provide limited web / ftp / mail space included in the price, combined offers for books, hardware, etc. with vendors... Sure it takes an investment to do this - but why else are people going to choose one registrar over another?
Looks like domain reg. companies are basically attempting snail mail spam... It's on par with the deception in the spam messages you get from "long lost friends" or messages that appear reputable but send you to the animal whorehouses.
Looks like one more item, like spam, that doesn't even make it to be read...
Way to go Verisign. Will you be spamming electronically next?
Actually you can hot swap any drive. You must disconnect the signal before the power, though. That is why hot swappable drives have a special interface with the signal pins shorter than the power pins. Doing this properly does NOT void warranty!
C'mon, if you are going to geek out and trump the performance of SCSI, get the facts straight!
I agree with the original poster. That is not to say SCSI can't outperform IDE. But where is the pricepoint? IDE is catching up, and for the cost, I would say is already there. You need the best of the best, go with SCSI. You need a fast drive at a decent price, look IDE.
It also helps that today's PC's have oodles of processor left over to help out w/IDE bus transfers. Obviously that influences my statements above too. If that wern't the case, the I/O handling that SCSI does would be invaluable, as it once was. I remember how many coasters I made on my first IDE burner...
Is this true? Can anyone provide a link? I am wondering as if it is, this would make a HUGE impact on the use of cameras. Lets get 100 people a day stopping by the security office of your local mall demanding the tape that they are on and see how long cameras last!
This is meant as part joke, part serious. I mean, I would feel much safer (maybe falsely) knowing that whenever I saw a camera on me I knew it was my legal right to obtain a copy of the tape...
The last time I checked, football fields don't have walls, insulation, eletrical devices, and other junk scattered all over it.
Consider yourself lucky if that is the case...
Now if only they would make one of these damn 802.11 devices with a stock or optional antenna rig that would actually span the entirety of the eight of a two story house, and the dimensions of your standard lot... That would be nice.
I think it is important to distinguish between the file sharing application and the network that it serves.
Napster's interface was so so, but the network beneath it was great! Tons of.mp3's due to pure volume of usage.
Some of the gnutella tools are great in their interface (way better than napster, IMAOO) but the underlying network just doesn't have as many users as Napster did. Napster was in the press every day. Hell, I had uncles and aunts that have never used a computer calling me up and advising they were using it! It was simple, simple is bliss for 95% of the PC population.
My point? Free is better (gnutella), but lacks the organization of a for-profit model. Hmmm, sounds like a very common thread around here...
Why is this? Because the code is stored on a chip instead of on magnetic media?
Why does using a chip all of a sudden allow the author to infringe upon copyright?
Short answer, it doesn't.
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We have this sort of system where I work as well. These are called "token" raises and never approach anything like 10-50%. They keep the majority of the staff somewhat content. But it never really irons out the grossly underpaid staff or the overpaid.
Absolutely. Hanging in there after the dot-bomb revolution shows you have the staying power. Asking for a raise after the upswing start back (it has in my neck of the woods) shows you expect that your employer values your work just as much as they did before - and you can't be walked on. Don't let them use the crash as an excuse to keep you at a low salary. If they are not in the IT field (even if they are, for some) their bottom line hasn't suffered much from the crash. Don't let them trick you into thinking it has.
Other than being an owned bitch now, I don't see anything wrong with accepting a counteroffer. But the question is: Can you sleep at night, knowing that you've whored yourself to the highest bidder?
Sure I can! Why, I will be sleeping in a king size bed with a new fluffy pillows and satin sheets. Hell, maybe I could buy a new wife too..
Don't be so naive. If you don't ask for a raise, you don't get it. When is the last time a company ever offered you a raise with no prodding (other than the usual token raise once per year)? I have had that happen, but it is definitely not the "norm". Ask and ye shall receive!
When I first read the posting on /. I felt the same way. But as I read down it sort of dawned on me that mistakes do happen, and lives do get nearly destroyed in these "mistakes".
Part of the problem is that these agencies who use this information are not infallible. They can make mistakes and demand information from individuals who may have been at the right place at the right time, but had nothing to do with the crime. I don't think any of us can argue that.
The real problem, though, is that when mistakes like this do happen, these agencies are not responsible for any clean up work needed to be done to bring back your status as a law abiding citizen. Where I work, if I was involved (mistakenly or otherwise) in a criminal case I would be fired immediately. I could loose my family, my house, the sky is the limit. When it eventually comes out that I was not involved in the crime, the same organizations that had the power to demand all of this evidence do not have the responsibility of putting my life back together. Some will help with the restoration of your life, some won't.
Let's make sure that the due process needs to happen up front so mistakes are minimized. Reminds me of the poor people that come across the American / US border who are "suspected" of smuggling / stealing / etc. and have their vehicles torn apart, only for the customs agent(s) to not find a thing, and not even deliver a "sorry". The formerly accused are responsible for whatever they need to do to continue to be on their way.
I am not saying this is the norm or even that it happens regularily, but could you imagine if it happened to you? If the government won't budge on the life-cleanup efforts of such misguided authority, then we need to catch the problem before it happens.
Progressive Education strikes a blow. darnellmc writes: "According to this Atlanta Journal-Constitution news article GA Tech had so many students violate the school's "honor code" that they have decided to change it.
"In the wake of the investigation, Tech officials have decided to allow students in introductory computer science courses to share information and collaborate on homework, previously prohibited under the school's academic honor code."
Woohoo! Let's get everyone to drive consistantly 10-15 miles (for you yanks) / hour over the limit and maybe they will raise that too! Save me some money in fined it would!
Explain why the project I develop for has SCO Openserver running on $35,000 workstations then?
You'd be surprised who uses it and how much it is still prevalent...
So, they sued MTV... how quaint.
"Look we're suing them on principle, not on the fact that doing so will net us a lot of money so that we can be rich and our fans won't accuse us of 'selling out' just because we become popular to the majority of America."
Welp, it's a fact that you can't make all people happy all of the time. If you did some research and understood the subject matter, you would know the history of the band and you would know they just don't give a f**k about selling out. They sold out tons of shows before they took legal action against MTV, and they will continue to do so after.
I think suing on the principle that they used their own money to record, manufacturer, market, and distribute their works and some corporate giant comes along and decides it's okay to broadcast such works without permission is a pretty damned goot premise. I mean, if they wanted that sort of exposure they wouldn't have gone through the process of doing it 'their way'.
I'm probably wasting keystrokes, preaching to the deaf...
In the terms of service of said website, Microsoft claimed ownsership of the material presented. Why? Who knows. Censhorship / advertising, not sure.
In doing so, however, they also assume responsibility for said material. The judge did the correct and just thing, and Microsoft should learn to be a little less obtrusive in the future.
I know, I know, we can only dream...
No, that is not the point.
I hope that you are not stating that because the game is open source, that the development of quality graphics is solely up to the user.
Apply that logic to nearly every slashdot reader's quest to have open source software accepted as a mainstream commercial alternative.
"Mr. Manager, please implement this open source security solution for blah blah blah reasons, and oh, none of the security features have been set up yet. The framework is there, but it will easily take you weeks if not months to complete the rest of the setup."
Seems absurd doesn't it? Why are games any different? You want open source to succeed and compete with it's commercial counterparts, then you have to model the usability and ease of use of commercial software. Or at least come as close as possible.
You are living in the past if you think musicians have been playing for years and years. I know you said "decent" in there, but... Lots of good music is made by beginner musicians with great creativity.
You can't argue that good games fall in the same category... You can have all the creativity in the world, but not knowing your code inside and out will make for a crappy product...
Why should he mention that?
The whole point of the post was to illustrate that others are already attempting the pooling of human thought, not the showcase of SIDS. SIDS was only the example.
If Verisign is going to spend this sort of money on advertising (I don't know how many of these letters get sent out - but I got one, and only own three domain names) , why not use it to really attract customers rather than piss them off? I mean, make those advertising dollars count! I can think of many ways to add value to the domain registration service - provide limited web / ftp / mail space included in the price, combined offers for books, hardware, etc. with vendors... Sure it takes an investment to do this - but why else are people going to choose one registrar over another? Looks like domain reg. companies are basically attempting snail mail spam... It's on par with the deception in the spam messages you get from "long lost friends" or messages that appear reputable but send you to the animal whorehouses. Looks like one more item, like spam, that doesn't even make it to be read... Way to go Verisign. Will you be spamming electronically next?
I think that when you see those periods of 'maintenance' they are really out getting spelling lessons...
Better hurry and tell all those people who have been successfully doing it for years this! Trust an AC to throw out a statement like that!
Actually you can hot swap any drive. You must disconnect the signal before the power, though. That is why hot swappable drives have a special interface with the signal pins shorter than the power pins. Doing this properly does NOT void warranty!
C'mon, if you are going to geek out and trump the performance of SCSI, get the facts straight!
I agree with the original poster. That is not to say SCSI can't outperform IDE. But where is the pricepoint? IDE is catching up, and for the cost, I would say is already there. You need the best of the best, go with SCSI. You need a fast drive at a decent price, look IDE.
It also helps that today's PC's have oodles of processor left over to help out w/IDE bus transfers. Obviously that influences my statements above too. If that wern't the case, the I/O handling that SCSI does would be invaluable, as it once was. I remember how many coasters I made on my first IDE burner...
Is this true? Can anyone provide a link? I am wondering as if it is, this would make a HUGE impact on the use of cameras. Lets get 100 people a day stopping by the security office of your local mall demanding the tape that they are on and see how long cameras last!
This is meant as part joke, part serious. I mean, I would feel much safer (maybe falsely) knowing that whenever I saw a camera on me I knew it was my legal right to obtain a copy of the tape...
The last time I checked, football fields don't have walls, insulation, eletrical devices, and other junk scattered all over it. Consider yourself lucky if that is the case...
Now if only they would make one of these damn 802.11 devices with a stock or optional antenna rig that would actually span the entirety of the eight of a two story house, and the dimensions of your standard lot... That would be nice.
You're so damned 'l33t...
I think it is important to distinguish between the file sharing application and the network that it serves. Napster's interface was so so, but the network beneath it was great! Tons of .mp3's due to pure volume of usage.
Some of the gnutella tools are great in their interface (way better than napster, IMAOO) but the underlying network just doesn't have as many users as Napster did. Napster was in the press every day. Hell, I had uncles and aunts that have never used a computer calling me up and advising they were using it! It was simple, simple is bliss for 95% of the PC population.
My point? Free is better (gnutella), but lacks the organization of a for-profit model. Hmmm, sounds like a very common thread around here...
Why is this? Because the code is stored on a chip instead of on magnetic media? Why does using a chip all of a sudden allow the author to infringe upon copyright? Short answer, it doesn't.