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  1. Re:You've got to admit on Want a Security Pro? Get Politically Incorrect and Learn Geek Culture · · Score: 1

    Between 1st, 2nd, and sometimes 3rd interviews it usually seems to take about 2 months to get an offer. Once you have the offer there are usually some sort of stipulations about how often orientation can be held. You may need to give notice to your current employer. I would estimate 3 months is average for getting a new job.

  2. Re:The Right People on Want a Security Pro? Get Politically Incorrect and Learn Geek Culture · · Score: 2

    Invest in some wifi to ethernet bridges, it's all about the letter of the law, not the spirit.

  3. Re:Global market for labor needed on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    It's not even based on nationality. Ask a network guy in Idaho or Nebraska how much he makes and compare it to a network guy in Maryland or New York.

  4. Re:H1-B has nothing to do with your jobs on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    I would like to see what kind of education reimbursement that company has. In order to ensure the next Master's and PhD employee they hire is an internal candidate.

  5. Re:Puzzling.. on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    Yeah, we've all met that going to be a millionaire d-bag. It's a nice anecdote, but I would bet there are a dozen guys with realistic expectations for every d-bag that walks in. Sure, only 1 or 2 are dream hires and maybe 6 are competent.

  6. Re:Immigration Is Good on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    The US would love to have you come here to start a company, or come here to live and raise your family. You are the kind of immigrant we need. These temporary work visas are a different issue.

    If you are serious about starting a business in the US and you have the finances to do so I urge you to look into it.

  7. Re:THEY on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    To be fair, there have always been immigrant ghettos. The true test is the assimilation of their children and grandchildren, this appears to be right on track.

  8. Re:Probably true ... on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    I agree with the fact that we in the US need to learn to compete better, that more of the workforce needs to take work seriously and not just sit back waiting to be given a job

    I find it kind of disgusting to hear everyone harp endlessly about "job creators". We are all job creators. We all need to take initiative. If we could remove employee healthcare groups and allow people to buy into a group or, heaven forbid, pay for healthcare as a part of their taxes then the economy would explode.

    I'm sure everyone reading this knows at least a half dozen people stuck in a job for health care. Freeing these people to pursue their own ideas and work opportunities would fundamentally change our economy. I guess that's why it will never happen.

  9. Re:Probably true ... on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    Imagine that we as a society have placed an MSRP on people.

  10. Re:Probably true ... on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    I blame South Carolina, with a heaping share for the railroad and telegraph companies.

  11. Re:Probably true ... on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    All your productivity is yours and yours alone, it doesn't belong to anybody else, to any nation, or any company. You can offer it through a contract , or organized with like minded workers into a union , or you can get rid of it strike for better conditions and stop that part of the business.

    See what I did there?

  12. Re:School is worthless... on Ask Slashdot: Is Going To a Technical College Worth It? · · Score: 1

    Solving problem symptoms can get you noticed, but solving the root problems gets you advanced.

  13. Re:TS;DR on FSFE Interview With 'Terms of Service: Didn't Read' Founder · · Score: 1

    The facebook cutoff is 13, still too young for a legal agreement.

  14. Re:Yeah well... on Salesforce.com's Benioff Disses Windows 8, Oracle · · Score: 1

    I will believe tablets will replace PC's when I see 8 year old hand me down tablets. They are currently designed to prevent that, so of course their sales numbers will be higher. Everyone already has a PC.

  15. Re:Meh... on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    For a small number of secure devices that need to stay on a secure vlan, static address make perfect sense. It prevents users from plugging them in anywhere.
    I pride myself on usability of my networks, but moves, adds, and changes need to get the proper people involved.

  16. Re:And this is why the USA is in trouble on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    If the ER visit is for anything other then an injury or minor sickness it will lead to bankruptcy and or death. Do you think you are getting a heart transplant without insurance? How about dialysis? (medicaid will cover that)

    The ER will treat you (like a deadbeat) and make you comfortable while you die.

  17. Re:What about networks on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    Yes, developers who don't really know how to develop are the problem.

  18. Re:Meh... on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    and don't even think about making it part of the domain...(bastards)

  19. Re:Meh... on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    Your suggestions require planning and forethought. They are way over the heads of at least 70% of working IT people. These IT vermin will move stuff around and wonder why a static IP machine on a secure VLAN won't connect when I plug it into the port in a different room (on the regular VLAN). They will switch it over to DHCP and solve their immediete problems without thinking about the other problems they are cascading across the network.

    End result is your beautifully designed network is in shambles and it takes you months just to track down the non-standard undocumented changes so you can correct them.

  20. Re:Meh... on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    If you live in Boston or Chicago there are plenty of competent IT people who know how to set things up correctly. There are still plenty of incompetent ones who often find employment. The real problem is that hospitals are all over and in small communities there are often not that many competent IT networking guys.

    Let's be honest, in large communities there are not that many competent network IT guys. The PHB's sure don't know how to find them and HR policies seem designed to weed them out.

  21. Re:God bless the free market! on Seafood Raised on Animal Feces Approved for Consumers · · Score: 1

    GOP logic... - poor people enjoy living in poverty since the Gov is taking care of them - if you aren't rich it's your fault and now - people will get sick on purpose if they aren't paying for their healthcare ------------- feel free to add your own

  22. Re:I Too, Suffer Under the Weight of My Own Genius on For Obama, Jobs, and Zuckerberg, Boring Is Productive · · Score: 1

    Ignatius J. Reilly, right here on Slashdot!

  23. Re:Microsoft cares about privacy on Advertisers Blast Microsoft Over IE Default Privacy Settings · · Score: 1

    Apache is not, by default ignoring Do Not Track for IE10. A patch was issued, but is not in the default build.

  24. Re:easy on What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk? · · Score: 1

    Many times the Business person(CEO) will bail out and ensure he and his VP buddies get paid. The owners (shareholders) lose their money. No risk to the Business person who doesn't own the company or have anything invested other then his labor and he walks right to the bank, while the investors who actually own the company and tried to get the CEO to make better decisions through non-binding votes lose their money.

    Is this the risk taker (who deserves to make a ton of money) you are talking about?

    Alternatively, if this is a small business, the owner divorces his wife and she takes all the assets. He is then judgement proof and walks away from the old business with a clean slate. His poor employees are left with no paycheck and no one to sue, as are his creditors.

    If he has incorporated he doesn't even have to divorce his wife.

  25. Re:easy on What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk? · · Score: 1

    Yes, because my savings and credit will be in great shape after I work somewhere for a month without pay. The business owner is taking less of a risk, because he is driving the bus.