Funny, I've been on a mortgage for the last few years, I own a teentsy tiny itty bitty percentage of my home... sure people calling it "owning", but its more like being 0wn3d. 80% of people are PAYING ON A MORTAGE.. I would bet that only 5% of those people actually OWN their home outright. The only reason for this is that rental rates are actually about the same as mortgage rates, and the interest rates on motgages fell to almost nothing. Using credit to live a certain lifestyle doesn't mean you ARE living that lifestyle, you're just borrowing it.
To have them uploaded via bluetooth/wireless, so you could have a web-cam running of your vacation.. so I could have my background updated everytime theres a new snap shot.. and again, a treatment on a bad sci-fi movie as you watch your loved one being kidnapped and executed while on vacation.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" would be the verbal queue to summon the ghosts that tell you where you can score beer (if underage), change security codes, hook up with other evil doers, and basically build a nice treatment for a little summer hacker movie.
Yes, little morlocks like me can make quite a living off the Eloi that can't quite figure out the technology. "yeesss... I would love to help you upgrade your cell phone", too bad I can only charge them money.
I work from home. In the spring and summer I garden, every few hours I go outside and "de-tech", I take a good old garden hoe and shovel and go dig in the dirt. I notice I have a *LOT* more unrelieved stress in the winter when I don't get out and get the light and a good blast of sunshine. I close my eyes and look toward the sun to get my body clock back in sync. Then, after a few minutes outside (or just barefoot in the garden), I'm ready to go back to coding.
I think they call it an off switch, mine has one right on the monitor, when you don't need the photons - you push the little button and it stops producing them.
Freeagent and guru used to get me calls. Now Nettemps.com brings some occasional contacts and things. I would say the apply-to-phonecall ratio is from 30-to-1 to 100-to-1, meaning you eventually talk to someone after making 30-100 applications.. as for getting a job from them, I'd say 500 to a 1000 applications to 1 job.
Gee, a large boulder in space can consititute a WMD... depends on your definition and how fast its coming at you... or if you felt like launching it at your choice of urban areas...
The problem comes from the high costs of insurance and other things thanks to the sue-happy world we live in. Add this to the wonderful world of pharmaceutical lobbyists, and you can't afford medical assitance... I don't argue that there are probably many more good doctors in India, its an economy of scale... look at the pool of individuals they have to draw from, you eventually get a large number of extremely talented folks. Unfortunately, you also get a large number of people living in squalor within a minutes walk from the successful. Either way, this *should not* prevent the U.S. from fixing its method of doing business.
Ok.. then build a oil derek/platform... or just buy some nice carribean island and make a medical resort... I'm sure it would be nice to recover from surgery in a nice climate.
This is more a problem of OUR system, than anything better about theirs. I've got a cheaper solution: Build a Cruise-Ship/Hospital and park it 4+ miles offshore, offer first class medical help without all the US bullshit... you could cruise up and down the shore and hit more locations.
Most of my apps have been moving to a "State Machine" based workflow.. Each item of work or task sits in front of you, and only gives you the necessary choices to move it along... Once the engine is in place, you end up doing these simple "OK, lets build the code to show them enough info to make a choice".. and the idea translates well to automated processes, just pop the next item from the queue and work on it.
Not that I would condone the activity, but I'm surprised someone hasn't made an email virus that installs an OS on the machine. I would find this in incredible violation of ones choice, but I still won't be surprised when it happens.
We've revamped our company Bigattichouse. We all work from home, communicate via pre-paid-calling-cards, IM, remote pair-programming and email... and we bid out work for our existing clients. We charge $65/hour (which is much cheaper than most places) and bid the hours to complete small acheivable portions. Most of our clients get small $500 - $2500 chunks/apps done at any given time, but keep us working for months at a time. Many small happy successes lead to big happy projects.
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Yep, among this burgeoning class is myself. feel free to find out how I can eliminate "Dammit" from your business world. http://www.bigattichouse.com/
There was a formula for predicting orbital paths that was related to Fibbunaci's sequence, I wonder if sedna falls into the sequence?
Funny, I've been on a mortgage for the last few years, I own a teentsy tiny itty bitty percentage of my home... sure people calling it "owning", but its more like being 0wn3d. 80% of people are PAYING ON A MORTAGE.. I would bet that only 5% of those people actually OWN their home outright. The only reason for this is that rental rates are actually about the same as mortgage rates, and the interest rates on motgages fell to almost nothing. Using credit to live a certain lifestyle doesn't mean you ARE living that lifestyle, you're just borrowing it.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Update 4 Patch 7.3!
To have them uploaded via bluetooth/wireless, so you could have a web-cam running of your vacation.. so I could have my background updated everytime theres a new snap shot.. and again, a treatment on a bad sci-fi movie as you watch your loved one being kidnapped and executed while on vacation.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" would be the verbal queue to summon the ghosts that tell you where you can score beer (if underage), change security codes, hook up with other evil doers, and basically build a nice treatment for a little summer hacker movie.
You cannot test the GPL without someone sueing someone else... it may suck for the defendants, but you can't prove yourself without a challenge.
Yes, little morlocks like me can make quite a living off the Eloi that can't quite figure out the technology. "yeesss... I would love to help you upgrade your cell phone", too bad I can only charge them money.
Wow, reloaded was ok on its own, but sucked compared to the original.. hate to see what swill they'll call an OS now.
I work from home. In the spring and summer I garden, every few hours I go outside and "de-tech", I take a good old garden hoe and shovel and go dig in the dirt. I notice I have a *LOT* more unrelieved stress in the winter when I don't get out and get the light and a good blast of sunshine. I close my eyes and look toward the sun to get my body clock back in sync. Then, after a few minutes outside (or just barefoot in the garden), I'm ready to go back to coding.
Is someone with a single-sign on system (ala Passport or Liberty) will try and sell a "meta" account, that gives you access to multiple papers ..
I think they call it an off switch, mine has one right on the monitor, when you don't need the photons - you push the little button and it stops producing them.
Freeagent and guru used to get me calls. Now Nettemps.com brings some occasional contacts and things. I would say the apply-to-phonecall ratio is from 30-to-1 to 100-to-1, meaning you eventually talk to someone after making 30-100 applications.. as for getting a job from them, I'd say 500 to a 1000 applications to 1 job.
Gee, a large boulder in space can consititute a WMD... depends on your definition and how fast its coming at you... or if you felt like launching it at your choice of urban areas...
Um, why not install in peoples cars that have had at least one DUI or DWI or whatever?
The problem comes from the high costs of insurance and other things thanks to the sue-happy world we live in. Add this to the wonderful world of pharmaceutical lobbyists, and you can't afford medical assitance... I don't argue that there are probably many more good doctors in India, its an economy of scale... look at the pool of individuals they have to draw from, you eventually get a large number of extremely talented folks. Unfortunately, you also get a large number of people living in squalor within a minutes walk from the successful. Either way, this *should not* prevent the U.S. from fixing its method of doing business.
Ok.. then build a oil derek/platform... or just buy some nice carribean island and make a medical resort... I'm sure it would be nice to recover from surgery in a nice climate.
This is more a problem of OUR system, than anything better about theirs. I've got a cheaper solution: Build a Cruise-Ship/Hospital and park it 4+ miles offshore, offer first class medical help without all the US bullshit... you could cruise up and down the shore and hit more locations.
ok, so when does the "color-box" crowd publish an RFID jammer?
Just a dressed up store-and-forward packet radio, right? KA9Q was written well over 10 years ago, and can route IPv4 traffic over such a connection.
Most of my apps have been moving to a "State Machine" based workflow.. Each item of work or task sits in front of you, and only gives you the necessary choices to move it along... Once the engine is in place, you end up doing these simple "OK, lets build the code to show them enough info to make a choice".. and the idea translates well to automated processes, just pop the next item from the queue and work on it.
Just saw this on memepool last night... I feel all ahead of the curve and stuff.
Not that I would condone the activity, but I'm surprised someone hasn't made an email virus that installs an OS on the machine. I would find this in incredible violation of ones choice, but I still won't be surprised when it happens.
yep.. naked, drunken, hot, sweaty, monkey love make for a great gift. Any time!
We've revamped our company Bigattichouse. We all work from home, communicate via pre-paid-calling-cards, IM, remote pair-programming and email... and we bid out work for our existing clients. We charge $65/hour (which is much cheaper than most places) and bid the hours to complete small acheivable portions. Most of our clients get small $500 - $2500 chunks/apps done at any given time, but keep us working for months at a time. Many small happy successes lead to big happy projects.