Advanced technology like OS/2, Windows NT, mainframes with UltraWide SCSI disks and 56k modems.
No, that's the ordinary IT department in a typical bank. I was working for the trading desks, where they want everything as fast as they can possibly get it.
Back in my NeXTSTEP road-warrior days, most of the customers were financial firms, and I also found that there were pockets of Smalltalkers and Lispers doing modeling and trading systems. The work I was doing then wasn't very exciting, but they paid well. The downside is that the body shops would often drag their feet on paying me, and on several occasions I had to get the customers to threaten them to make them pay up.
You'd be surprised what the advanced technology groups of major banks are into. They're always looking for ways to increase programmer productivity and cut development time.
I can't believe Boxer and Feinstein have been re-elected without fail by this state for almost TWENTY FUCKING YEARS.
Yeah, it really makes me want to hurl.
When Feinstein gave that snotty little speech dismissing the thousands of messages she'd received in opposition to the bailouts, saying we all just "didn't understand" it, I wanted slap her upside her smug little head.
I didn't say that the teachers were getting the loot. Most of that increase in spending goes into paying useless bureaucrats who never see the inside of a classroom.
If your congressman or senator failed to vote against this violation of the fourth and fifth amendments, he or she has violated their oath of office. Don't vote for them again unless you want this shit to continue.
I had an interview with them last year, and concluded that I wanted nothing at all to do with them. I cancelled my account (about 250 connections), and they got all spammy on me. It reminded me of that classic AOL "delete my account" recording.
For decades the Supreme Court has recognized the constitutionality of warrantless administrative inspections
I'd phrase that a bit differently. More like: "for decades, the supreme court has routinely shirked its duty to uphold the constitution, by allowing obviously illegal searches to take place without repercussions to the government agents who are violating the fourth amendment rights of business owners."
If I operated a business of this kind in California, I'd relocate it to Reno or Vegas in a week. No more unconstitutional searches, and no corporate income tax to boot.
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Advanced technology like OS/2, Windows NT, mainframes with UltraWide SCSI disks and 56k modems.
No, that's the ordinary IT department in a typical bank. I was working for the trading desks, where they want everything as fast as they can possibly get it.
-jcr
Back in my NeXTSTEP road-warrior days, most of the customers were financial firms, and I also found that there were pockets of Smalltalkers and Lispers doing modeling and trading systems. The work I was doing then wasn't very exciting, but they paid well. The downside is that the body shops would often drag their feet on paying me, and on several occasions I had to get the customers to threaten them to make them pay up.
-jcr
the financial industry uses Haskell?
You'd be surprised what the advanced technology groups of major banks are into. They're always looking for ways to increase programmer productivity and cut development time.
-jcr
The online store and the iTMS are both implemented on WebObjects, still.
-jcr
I think in that situation, I'd be inclined to say "a plague on both your houses", and go to Brazil.
-jcr
You're kidding, right? Why would you imagine that the people who gave us Amtrak and similar debacles could possibly produce an efficient rail system?
-jcr
I can't believe Boxer and Feinstein have been re-elected without fail by this state for almost TWENTY FUCKING YEARS.
Yeah, it really makes me want to hurl.
When Feinstein gave that snotty little speech dismissing the thousands of messages she'd received in opposition to the bailouts, saying we all just "didn't understand" it, I wanted slap her upside her smug little head.
-jcr
If you have some issue with me, be a man and say what it is.
-jcr
I didn't say that the teachers were getting the loot. Most of that increase in spending goes into paying useless bureaucrats who never see the inside of a classroom.
-jcr
Our schools are receiving less and less money
Not true. Inflation-adjusted, per-pupil spending has been vastly increased since the 1960s (when we were getting much better results.)
We're not getting what we pay for.
-jcr
Fuck all three of you. You don't represent me, you tax-sucking, power-grabbing assholes.
-jcr
If your congressman or senator failed to vote against this violation of the fourth and fifth amendments, he or she has violated their oath of office. Don't vote for them again unless you want this shit to continue.
-jcr
If you're charging a rate that you're happy with, then offer to give them a discount for equity. Whatever you do, don't overplay your hand.
-jcr
Yes, because every marketing campaign is done out of "desperation".
He didn't say anything about any other marketing campaign.
-jcr
Faster for what?
Cameras. 4K is coming, and FW 800 wasn't going to cut it. Also, being able to have 100 meter cables when they go optical is a huge advantage.
-jcr
The plan is for long-haul cables to embed the electroptics in the cable ends, not in the devices they're connecting.
-jcr
I had an interview with them last year, and concluded that I wanted nothing at all to do with them. I cancelled my account (about 250 connections), and they got all spammy on me. It reminded me of that classic AOL "delete my account" recording.
-jcr
Software archaeology?
-jcr
For decades the Supreme Court has recognized the constitutionality of warrantless administrative inspections
I'd phrase that a bit differently. More like: "for decades, the supreme court has routinely shirked its duty to uphold the constitution, by allowing obviously illegal searches to take place without repercussions to the government agents who are violating the fourth amendment rights of business owners."
-jcr
If I operated a business of this kind in California, I'd relocate it to Reno or Vegas in a week. No more unconstitutional searches, and no corporate income tax to boot.
-jcr
Nostalgic for Usenet? Why? Did they turn it off?
No, but the S/N ratio on all the groups I used to follow got ridiculous.
-jcr
I first got on the net around 1982, and I never had an AIM ID until Apple cut a deal with AOL to share logins for iChat.
I'm nostalgic for FIDO and USENET.
-jcr
Isn't that only for the particular band it's tuned to absorb?
-jcr
I don't think in German anymore, but I lived there for three years when I was a kid. 6th through 8th grade.
-jcr
Typos happen, even in German.
-jcr