My family's computer started acting weird lately. I didn't have a clue what it was, sometimes it would randomly freeze and other times the desktop icons would never load. Once in a while I would get an error message containing the words "NewDotNet." I asked my family if they installed NewDotNet? And they all said "duh what?" (Luckily I have my own computer.) So I finally uninstalled the damn "program" and everything seemed to go back to normal.
I still have no idea where this NewDotNet virus came from. Yes I said virus! This code is intentionally installed without the user's knowledge or consent (I bet Bill Jones is now claiming that "Spyware is innovative.")
New.net claiming it "isn't their responsibility" is a bunch of BS. Look, "free" programs like KaZaA need to make money somehow, so they use spyware. In order for KaZaA to get money they need to get it from companies like New.net. So New.net pays KaZaA to exploit their users. Clearly New.net is responsible.
I'm just glad that I haven't seen any of this filth on Linux, BSD, etc. It seems Linux software programmers have a lot more respect for their end-users, but what's stopping from companies cashing into the 'Linux craze'? If AOL ever buys RedHat, I pray to god they won't ruin it like they did with Nutscrape. Having all these AOL Free Trial! Icons all over the desktop and installing AIM. Imagine having a kernel message stating "Subscribe to AOL now!" every 30 minutes.
The Soviets were allied with the US at the time. The Soviets wanted to invade Japan as well, but what would happen if the Soviets invaded Japan? They would probably want to keep it for themselves, and then they would have a military stronghold in the Pacific. I'm not saying that it justified us for using the bomb. I believe, in the long run, that it caused more harm than good.
Please, have you ever noticed that the "big bad government" subsidizes the highway systems? Do you even realize how much of our car culture is subsidized? All the way from the military protecting oil in the Middle East right down to your suburban street being maintained. I want some alternatives (after all, isn't capitalism about choice?) Maybe YOU like to drive from point A to point B everyday of your life and still think it's freedom, but I don't. I rather sit back and relax on a train or monorail.
I agree with you that there are some weirdos on present day mass transit systems (I know since I take the bus,) and subways aren't that great (they're loud, expensive, and dark) but remember that they're not the ONLY transit alternative. I think if Americans truly want mass transit to work, local governments, businesses, and people need to work out a plan to implement transit the most efficient way possible. Instead of wasting ridiculous amount of money on trolleys ('light rail' is the modern term nowadays) that don't solve our traffic problems.
And about my mom and dad supporting me...hardly, if they would, I would be driving a car right now:P I'm willing to hear your argument, but don't use childish comments.
Let's send an email to good 'ol Bill Jones with the title "SPAM IS INNOVATIVE" I'm sure if we send at least 20 each we might get him to change his mind:P (or cause his secretary to have major headaches.)
I'm surprised that politicians aren't against spam. Don't they usual get tons of it? Doesn't this disrupt their work, and cause them to not read important emails? Or does this give them an excuse not to read their email at all?
As for me, I'm going to vote for Davis (yes I'm turning 18 in June, scary isn't it?) Because he seems to be the only one that's pro-mass transit. The rest seem to just want to build more highways, and if you've been to California, widening highways has not helped. When Sonoma County government officials for fighting for US101 highway widening they never mentioned rail. When they met with Davis people protested outside and in the end he gave tons of money for rail service and only $10 for the highway widening.
I'm just giving my reason why I'm voting for Davis, if you don't like him, I respect that. Although I think Simon is probably the better of the Republican candidates.
I like the designs of most Open Source web sites. Take freshmeat.net for example, very basic, but still catches the eye. Also they are loaded with content, which I like.
For me, flashy graphics only last so long. Like Windows XP and OS X, sure they may look nice (well, OS X:p) but after having the Aqua themes for a while I just get tired of them, I just want my computer to run fast.
I agree that you should K.I.S.S. and concentrate on something that interests people (like...content). So don't waste all your time on making some "cool" DHTML menu.
That's great! We do basically the same thing. Local businesses and individuals donate computers to our school computer club. We fix them up, format them (if not already formatted) and install Windows98 SE. We're not lucky enough to get P200's, but most of ours are 150-166mhz which isn't too bad. I think the best part is that these students actually learn how to install an operating system, which is pretty damn useful in the tech field in my opinion (more than clicking around in Word, or making some cheesy PowerPoint presentation.) After they've all finished this, they are free to take it home.
BTW, do you have any idea when OO 1.0 will be released? I'm planning to burn plenty 'o CDs of OpenOffice 641C, but if they are coming out with a new release soon, I rather wait.
Hmm, I just got finished messing around with Open Office 641c and copy 'n paste work just fine. I just right click and *wham bam thank you mam* there's cut, copy, and paste. Also, which is very cool, you can highlight text and use the middle button to paste it! And this is in Windows too, unfortunately it only works witin Open Office, so you can't just highlight stuff on slashdot and paste it with the middle button. BTW, what version are you using? Win32 or Linux?
Couldn't agree with you more. I saw them here in San Francisco, in some small bar, (usually the best shows IMHO) and they rocked. Although they played that song, they ended the show with In Search of 1988.
My friend finally made me the bass tab for Kornobeiniki, and it's awesome. I can play the intro but that's about it:P
May seem a bit offtopic but Ozma has a great cover song of 'Korobeiniki.' Ozma's just a damn good band and it's my job of an over-obsessed fan to advertise 'em as much as I can...
Thanks for that link, now I know how sick and twisted people are since www.goatse.cx beat out popular sites like BBC, Ebay, and Microsoft! Does anyone else find this disturbing? Or is just everyone "curious"?
Anywhoo, I can't say much about OpenBSD. I have the damn CD lying on my desk waiting to be installed on a computer to be used as a firewall. It's a cool project, but I have a lot of other projects that are considered higher priorities than this.
I agree with you, forest fires are getting worse. I've heard this may be due to firefighters preventing natural forest fires that trees get so dense that they now tend to spread faster.
Also, my biology teacher once said that 'ma nature' does a better job taking care of herself than we can ever do.
I'm deploying computers at my school for kids who cannot afford computers normally. Unfortunately they will not let me install Linux (which I don't get because most of these students used computers THAT much that it wouldn't be hard for them to use linux as their first OS anyways) but I am installing the computers with Star Office 5.2. Is there any improvements to OpenOffice 641? Or is their any limitations to it compared to StarOffice 5.2?
I would try it myself, but the server I'm downloading OpenOffice is downloading at something like 16.6k. And I would like to know other people's experiences with OpenOffice. Thanks.
The amount of time "wasted" in college could be better spent on reading books and getting computer certification IMHO.
Most of the people I know going to college DON'T KNOW what they wan't to be when they get out in the workforce, I do. I want to be a System Administrator. Instead of being anything and everything, I'm concentrating on one goal.
Also I don't think college is right for me. CS degree seems more directed towards programming. And I don't want to be a software programmer since those jobs will be most likey sent to other countries like India and Malaysia. My dad even admitting that having a college degree doesn't help one bit, and why would having a degree in French Poetry + my experience be better than having CCNA + MCP + MCSE + RHCE + CCNP + many more certifications + my experience?
Sorry buddy, college is not right for me. Plus I'd probably be distracted by all the college girls and parties, and never get any work done:P
"The Airforce - because college is for homos" --SNL
Same here, I was too poor to afford these games when I was younger. I used to love playing games like Street Fighter II, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario All-stars on my friends SNES.
I also missed out a lot on computer games because I could never really afford a CD-ROM drive.
But now I can afford more and guess what? I'm trying to catch up on all these great games I missed out on. Especially Adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max: Hit the Road, Monkey Island series, etc. I also love the SimCity series. Where can I get these? And the owner of the Home of the Underdogs makes a good point about Abandonware, many computers cannot play DOS games anymore, nobody has a 5.25" drive, and floppy disks do die after a while (acquire bad sectors.)
It seems like the publishers and developers are divided. Publishers generally do not like Abandonware and developers generally like it somewhat. The article makes a good point, a lot of these developers are no longer with the publishing companies so they no longer make money from them. I can honestly give a shit if the publishing company is not making money from the old game, but I rather support the developer. Perhaps, for games that I always play (i.e. Transport Tycoon Deluxe) I could give a small donation to the creator through paypal. I don't want to give more money to a guy in a suit (the publisher) who already has enough as it is, while the codemonkey (developer) is trying to make a decent income.
Games nowadays hardly interest me, most offer some new buzzword feature in the games, but it just comes down to flashy graphics and no substance (kind of like an airheaded blonde.) Sure there is new(er) games I still like, but they are rare and they stand out (i.e. Tribes 1.)
I'm still going to play Abandonware games, and I'm still going to use emulators.
Perhaps these developers should open their source code?:P
I use the Windows 2000 Boot Loader and it works fine if I dual boot with Windows 2000 and RedHat 7.2 or Windows2000 and Windows 98SE. But once I try to use Win2k, Win98, and Linux it screws up. Everytime I boot in Win98 it says the 'Registry is damaged' and performs a long scan disk.
Now I just use the Win2k boot loader for Win2k and Win98, and I use a linux boot floppy for loading into Linux. Certainly one of the most annoying errors I get with Linux (and computers in general) are the ones nobody else gets. Of course, Linux is lucky to have strong user base who are involved in many chat rooms, message boards, and mailing lists that some guy in Taiwan may have the same problem as you did and found a way to fix it.
Maybe you should tell people in the Mandrake Community about the bug. Perhaps a messageboard?
Haha @ "Global Stallmanism," and is Global Gatesism any better?
Actually that quote from Khrushchev, "Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will bury you." Is considered inaccurate and is the fault of our translators. The real quote (considered by some) is, "Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will leave you in the dust!" Stating that the Soviet Union was advancing farther than us in technology. Which could be true because of the Soviet's more advanced rocket technology and the fact that they were the first in space.
And IMHO China isn't Communist, it's State Capitalist (much like America was under FDR)
Yea, the pay isn't THAT great but I would probably do it for free. What do you get out of working at your shool's helpdesk? I think learning Linux and getting paid to do it at the same time is awesome, it's like a dream come true. I'm not trying to put your job down, I'm just sayin', you can get a job here flippin' burgers at BK for more than what I make, but working at BK just plain sucks!.
In my opinion Windows Media Player 6.x was the best WM version. After that (WM7, WM8) it got overly bloated (it's pretty!), takes forever to load, and looks like crap.
Yea I guess that would be the 'official name.' By the way, what was that 'USSR' song by the beatles about? I mean, I've heard it on the oldies station once and I was like what the...
I'm currently an intern at a telecommunications that competes with MaBell. I must say, it is a great opportunity!
I get to format computer HDDs and stick Linux on them to be set up as Linux servers for useful things like SIP (VoIP stuff) and creating web servers. I've learn a ton of stuff about Linux and what's better is I get paid $9/hr! It's like paid training! Of course I do administer Windows2k Servers, but it's still good to learn other OSes. Also I get other benefits like free 2.7mbit DSL with 5 static IPs, and two domain names.
I have only four complaints. First of all, I take it for granted all the time, and I need to realize that I'm truly lucky. Second, things can be a bit disorganized and the boss just wants things done, fast. Third, security isn't really big deal to them, but I think it is, of course this goes back to them just wanting things done. Finally, since it's a telecommunications company I have dealt with many co-workers getting laid off and it sucks. It sucks seeing hard working adults with families having to leave their jobs, while I'm still here and I don't *need* the job. What's worse, is that I've also gotten a job offer from another company (that I now also work with) that deals with wireless internet access.
It's crazy having all these opportunities at 17, I just hope they're still here in the future. Of course I'm careful with my money (cheap) and I've saved most of my money that I've made. Unfortunately because of this (at least I think so) I don't have a girlfriend or a car (I'll wait.)
So to keep this post ontopic, I would say I love my job (internship) and I agree management can be a pain in the ass if they don't know what they're doing, don't take input from workers, and become nazis. Basically, you should have the proper qualifications for the job.
Oh come, let's stop all the 'booger-brain' and 'dick nose' childish attacks. I'm no communist, but I like what was written (pasted, whatever.) I believe the Soviet Union was a poor excuse for 'democracy' but is the United States is any better (hmm S.U. and U.S a mirror image)? You may think different, but I believe they're both hypocritical bastards. Also, I believe that U.S had an all out propaganda campaign, stating Communism is 'evil' (like Bush and his 'Axis of Evil') and some people believe Communism is truly evil.
But don't you think the Soviet Union had an-all propaganda campaign against capitalism? I wouldn't doubt. So does that justify our propaganda? No! If we are supposed to look better than the Soviets, we wouldn't want to stoop down to their level right?
And what pissed me off most of all about this whole Anti-Communist BS (especially the Red Scare) is if you had an opposing viewpoint to how some things are done in America, you would be called a goddamn communist by some right wing supporter (oddly, if you're against Bush you're a terrorist.) This udder and pure bullshit, this gets rid of debate, free thought and deteriorates democracy.
Don't get me wrong, I love this country, and I'm willing to fight for it. But I'm not willing to die for capitalism or our government, I'm willing to die for our country's beauty, its people, for its ideals (Constitution, Declaration of Independence) and for people like Thomas Jefferson. Democracy isn't capitalism nor communism, it's the sharing of ideas without getting shut out because your ideas are too 'stupid' or too 'radical.' Democracy isn't 'our way or the highway' democracy 9is about self-determination, not forcing your ideals on others. That's what I think when I think of the meaning of Democracy.
And of course I'm sure as hell glad that I can post this pointless rant without getting beat up by some super oppressive neo-nazi police force.
That post seemed a bit offtopic, but I must admit, it was well written.
So do you truly believe that the Soviet Republics will form again? Or is that just another Simpsons episode?
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My family's computer started acting weird lately. I didn't have a clue what it was, sometimes it would randomly freeze and other times the desktop icons would never load. Once in a while I would get an error message containing the words "NewDotNet." I asked my family if they installed NewDotNet? And they all said "duh what?" (Luckily I have my own computer.) So I finally uninstalled the damn "program" and everything seemed to go back to normal.
I still have no idea where this NewDotNet virus came from. Yes I said virus! This code is intentionally installed without the user's knowledge or consent (I bet Bill Jones is now claiming that "Spyware is innovative.")
New.net claiming it "isn't their responsibility" is a bunch of BS. Look, "free" programs like KaZaA need to make money somehow, so they use spyware. In order for KaZaA to get money they need to get it from companies like New.net. So New.net pays KaZaA to exploit their users. Clearly New.net is responsible.
I'm just glad that I haven't seen any of this filth on Linux, BSD, etc. It seems Linux software programmers have a lot more respect for their end-users, but what's stopping from companies cashing into the 'Linux craze'? If AOL ever buys RedHat, I pray to god they won't ruin it like they did with Nutscrape. Having all these AOL Free Trial! Icons all over the desktop and installing AIM. Imagine having a kernel message stating "Subscribe to AOL now!" every 30 minutes.
The Soviets were allied with the US at the time. The Soviets wanted to invade Japan as well, but what would happen if the Soviets invaded Japan? They would probably want to keep it for themselves, and then they would have a military stronghold in the Pacific. I'm not saying that it justified us for using the bomb. I believe, in the long run, that it caused more harm than good.
Please, have you ever noticed that the "big bad government" subsidizes the highway systems? Do you even realize how much of our car culture is subsidized? All the way from the military protecting oil in the Middle East right down to your suburban street being maintained. I want some alternatives (after all, isn't capitalism about choice?) Maybe YOU like to drive from point A to point B everyday of your life and still think it's freedom, but I don't. I rather sit back and relax on a train or monorail.
:P I'm willing to hear your argument, but don't use childish comments.
I agree with you that there are some weirdos on present day mass transit systems (I know since I take the bus,) and subways aren't that great (they're loud, expensive, and dark) but remember that they're not the ONLY transit alternative. I think if Americans truly want mass transit to work, local governments, businesses, and people need to work out a plan to implement transit the most efficient way possible. Instead of wasting ridiculous amount of money on trolleys ('light rail' is the modern term nowadays) that don't solve our traffic problems.
And about my mom and dad supporting me...hardly, if they would, I would be driving a car right now
Let's send an email to good 'ol Bill Jones with the title "SPAM IS INNOVATIVE" I'm sure if we send at least 20 each we might get him to change his mind :P (or cause his secretary to have major headaches.)
I'm surprised that politicians aren't against spam. Don't they usual get tons of it? Doesn't this disrupt their work, and cause them to not read important emails? Or does this give them an excuse not to read their email at all?
As for me, I'm going to vote for Davis (yes I'm turning 18 in June, scary isn't it?) Because he seems to be the only one that's pro-mass transit. The rest seem to just want to build more highways, and if you've been to California, widening highways has not helped. When Sonoma County government officials for fighting for US101 highway widening they never mentioned rail. When they met with Davis people protested outside and in the end he gave tons of money for rail service and only $10 for the highway widening.
I'm just giving my reason why I'm voting for Davis, if you don't like him, I respect that. Although I think Simon is probably the better of the Republican candidates.
I like the designs of most Open Source web sites. Take freshmeat.net for example, very basic, but still catches the eye. Also they are loaded with content, which I like.
:p) but after having the Aqua themes for a while I just get tired of them, I just want my computer to run fast.
For me, flashy graphics only last so long. Like Windows XP and OS X, sure they may look nice (well, OS X
I agree that you should K.I.S.S. and concentrate on something that interests people (like...content). So don't waste all your time on making some "cool" DHTML menu.
That's great! We do basically the same thing. Local businesses and individuals donate computers to our school computer club. We fix them up, format them (if not already formatted) and install Windows98 SE. We're not lucky enough to get P200's, but most of ours are 150-166mhz which isn't too bad. I think the best part is that these students actually learn how to install an operating system, which is pretty damn useful in the tech field in my opinion (more than clicking around in Word, or making some cheesy PowerPoint presentation.) After they've all finished this, they are free to take it home.
BTW, do you have any idea when OO 1.0 will be released? I'm planning to burn plenty 'o CDs of OpenOffice 641C, but if they are coming out with a new release soon, I rather wait.
Hmm, I just got finished messing around with Open Office 641c and copy 'n paste work just fine. I just right click and *wham bam thank you mam* there's cut, copy, and paste. Also, which is very cool, you can highlight text and use the middle button to paste it! And this is in Windows too, unfortunately it only works witin Open Office, so you can't just highlight stuff on slashdot and paste it with the middle button. BTW, what version are you using? Win32 or Linux?
Couldn't agree with you more. I saw them here in San Francisco, in some small bar, (usually the best shows IMHO) and they rocked. Although they played that song, they ended the show with In Search of 1988.
:P
My friend finally made me the bass tab for Kornobeiniki, and it's awesome. I can play the intro but that's about it
May seem a bit offtopic but Ozma has a great cover song of 'Korobeiniki.' Ozma's just a damn good band and it's my job of an over-obsessed fan to advertise 'em as much as I can...
Ozma Mp3's
Ozma's Website
Thanks for that link, now I know how sick and twisted people are since www.goatse.cx beat out popular sites like BBC, Ebay, and Microsoft! Does anyone else find this disturbing? Or is just everyone "curious"?
Anywhoo, I can't say much about OpenBSD. I have the damn CD lying on my desk waiting to be installed on a computer to be used as a firewall. It's a cool project, but I have a lot of other projects that are considered higher priorities than this.
I agree with you, forest fires are getting worse. I've heard this may be due to firefighters preventing natural forest fires that trees get so dense that they now tend to spread faster.
Also, my biology teacher once said that 'ma nature' does a better job taking care of herself than we can ever do.
I'm deploying computers at my school for kids who cannot afford computers normally. Unfortunately they will not let me install Linux (which I don't get because most of these students used computers THAT much that it wouldn't be hard for them to use linux as their first OS anyways) but I am installing the computers with Star Office 5.2. Is there any improvements to OpenOffice 641? Or is their any limitations to it compared to StarOffice 5.2?
I would try it myself, but the server I'm downloading OpenOffice is downloading at something like 16.6k. And I would like to know other people's experiences with OpenOffice. Thanks.
Haha that's a great article.
Although it concentrates mostly on the fact that employers and people in general make a big deal about college degrees yet it doesn't mean jack shit.
The amount of time "wasted" in college could be better spent on reading books and getting computer certification IMHO.
:P
Most of the people I know going to college DON'T KNOW what they wan't to be when they get out in the workforce, I do. I want to be a System Administrator. Instead of being anything and everything, I'm concentrating on one goal.
Also I don't think college is right for me. CS degree seems more directed towards programming. And I don't want to be a software programmer since those jobs will be most likey sent to other countries like India and Malaysia. My dad even admitting that having a college degree doesn't help one bit, and why would having a degree in French Poetry + my experience be better than having CCNA + MCP + MCSE + RHCE + CCNP + many more certifications + my experience?
Sorry buddy, college is not right for me. Plus I'd probably be distracted by all the college girls and parties, and never get any work done
"The Airforce - because college is for homos" --SNL
Same here, I was too poor to afford these games when I was younger. I used to love playing games like Street Fighter II, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario All-stars on my friends SNES.
:P
I also missed out a lot on computer games because I could never really afford a CD-ROM drive.
But now I can afford more and guess what? I'm trying to catch up on all these great games I missed out on. Especially Adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max: Hit the Road, Monkey Island series, etc. I also love the SimCity series. Where can I get these? And the owner of the Home of the Underdogs makes a good point about Abandonware, many computers cannot play DOS games anymore, nobody has a 5.25" drive, and floppy disks do die after a while (acquire bad sectors.)
It seems like the publishers and developers are divided. Publishers generally do not like Abandonware and developers generally like it somewhat. The article makes a good point, a lot of these developers are no longer with the publishing companies so they no longer make money from them. I can honestly give a shit if the publishing company is not making money from the old game, but I rather support the developer. Perhaps, for games that I always play (i.e. Transport Tycoon Deluxe) I could give a small donation to the creator through paypal. I don't want to give more money to a guy in a suit (the publisher) who already has enough as it is, while the codemonkey (developer) is trying to make a decent income.
Games nowadays hardly interest me, most offer some new buzzword feature in the games, but it just comes down to flashy graphics and no substance (kind of like an airheaded blonde.) Sure there is new(er) games I still like, but they are rare and they stand out (i.e. Tribes 1.)
I'm still going to play Abandonware games, and I'm still going to use emulators.
Perhaps these developers should open their source code?
I use the Windows 2000 Boot Loader and it works fine if I dual boot with Windows 2000 and RedHat 7.2 or Windows2000 and Windows 98SE. But once I try to use Win2k, Win98, and Linux it screws up. Everytime I boot in Win98 it says the 'Registry is damaged' and performs a long scan disk.
Now I just use the Win2k boot loader for Win2k and Win98, and I use a linux boot floppy for loading into Linux. Certainly one of the most annoying errors I get with Linux (and computers in general) are the ones nobody else gets. Of course, Linux is lucky to have strong user base who are involved in many chat rooms, message boards, and mailing lists that some guy in Taiwan may have the same problem as you did and found a way to fix it.
Maybe you should tell people in the Mandrake Community about the bug. Perhaps a messageboard?
Haha @ "Global Stallmanism," and is Global Gatesism any better?
Actually that quote from Khrushchev, "Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will bury you." Is considered inaccurate and is the fault of our translators. The real quote (considered by some) is, "Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will leave you in the dust!" Stating that the Soviet Union was advancing farther than us in technology. Which could be true because of the Soviet's more advanced rocket technology and the fact that they were the first in space.
And IMHO China isn't Communist, it's State Capitalist (much like America was under FDR)
Yea, the pay isn't THAT great but I would probably do it for free. What do you get out of working at your shool's helpdesk? I think learning Linux and getting paid to do it at the same time is awesome, it's like a dream come true. I'm not trying to put your job down, I'm just sayin', you can get a job here flippin' burgers at BK for more than what I make, but working at BK just plain sucks!.
In my opinion Windows Media Player 6.x was the best WM version. After that (WM7, WM8) it got overly bloated (it's pretty!), takes forever to load, and looks like crap.
Yea I guess that would be the 'official name.' By the way, what was that 'USSR' song by the beatles about? I mean, I've heard it on the oldies station once and I was like what the...
I'm currently an intern at a telecommunications that competes with MaBell. I must say, it is a great opportunity!
I get to format computer HDDs and stick Linux on them to be set up as Linux servers for useful things like SIP (VoIP stuff) and creating web servers. I've learn a ton of stuff about Linux and what's better is I get paid $9/hr! It's like paid training! Of course I do administer Windows2k Servers, but it's still good to learn other OSes. Also I get other benefits like free 2.7mbit DSL with 5 static IPs, and two domain names.
I have only four complaints. First of all, I take it for granted all the time, and I need to realize that I'm truly lucky. Second, things can be a bit disorganized and the boss just wants things done, fast. Third, security isn't really big deal to them, but I think it is, of course this goes back to them just wanting things done. Finally, since it's a telecommunications company I have dealt with many co-workers getting laid off and it sucks. It sucks seeing hard working adults with families having to leave their jobs, while I'm still here and I don't *need* the job. What's worse, is that I've also gotten a job offer from another company (that I now also work with) that deals with wireless internet access.
It's crazy having all these opportunities at 17, I just hope they're still here in the future. Of course I'm careful with my money (cheap) and I've saved most of my money that I've made. Unfortunately because of this (at least I think so) I don't have a girlfriend or a car (I'll wait.)
So to keep this post ontopic, I would say I love my job (internship) and I agree management can be a pain in the ass if they don't know what they're doing, don't take input from workers, and become nazis. Basically, you should have the proper qualifications for the job.
Sweet! Sure beats Sinbad in a yellow thong.
But don't you think the Soviet Union had an-all propaganda campaign against capitalism? I wouldn't doubt. So does that justify our propaganda? No! If we are supposed to look better than the Soviets, we wouldn't want to stoop down to their level right?
And what pissed me off most of all about this whole Anti-Communist BS (especially the Red Scare) is if you had an opposing viewpoint to how some things are done in America, you would be called a goddamn communist by some right wing supporter (oddly, if you're against Bush you're a terrorist.) This udder and pure bullshit, this gets rid of debate, free thought and deteriorates democracy.
Don't get me wrong, I love this country, and I'm willing to fight for it. But I'm not willing to die for capitalism or our government, I'm willing to die for our country's beauty, its people, for its ideals (Constitution, Declaration of Independence) and for people like Thomas Jefferson. Democracy isn't capitalism nor communism, it's the sharing of ideas without getting shut out because your ideas are too 'stupid' or too 'radical.' Democracy isn't 'our way or the highway' democracy 9is about self-determination, not forcing your ideals on others. That's what I think when I think of the meaning of Democracy.
And of course I'm sure as hell glad that I can post this pointless rant without getting beat up by some super oppressive neo-nazi police force.
word. Or a curses-based version (kinda like KaZaA) so I can ssh into and download porn all night on my x-less linux server. That would rock!
That post seemed a bit offtopic, but I must admit, it was well written. So do you truly believe that the Soviet Republics will form again? Or is that just another Simpsons episode?