I've gone cross-eyed.
"If I go back to the past and interfere with my birth, that would mean that I was never born and so I couldn't have gone back to the past to interfere with my birth which would mean that I actually HAD been born so I could grow up and go back to the past and interfere with my birth and........."
So now I know a little bit about everything(operating systems, programming languages, etc) but I'm not an expert in any of them.
Then you are the perfect guy for pretty much any job in IT. A broad (albeit shallow) knowledge base is much better for those positions where one must wear many hats. I would much rather be in a position such as this than to be pigeon-holed into one activity all day, every day, for the rest of my life (which would be short if my work was monotonous).
You obviously don't work for law enforcement, the millitary, an intelligence agency or any of the other government contracts where it's important.
Just because some person who is high up in the chain of command - and probably knows little to nothing about the subject matter - proclaims that a certain certification is important DOES NOT MAKE IT ACTUALLY IMPORTANT. Everyone on/. knows of at least one person who is in a decision making position in regards to software/hardware/etc who does not have the proper experience to be making such decisions.
IT Director: "We're going with XYZ software."
Sysadmin: "Why?"
IT Director: "They tell me it is CC certified."
Sysadmin: "No really, why?"
IT Director: "...they...took me to lunch and gave me this cool jacket!"
And THAT, kids, is how most IT purchasing decisions are REALLY made.
You hit the nail on the head. I am certain that there are MCSE's out there who are highly talented, but they are overshadowed in my personal experience by the great numbers of MCSE's that I have met who are %100 clue-free. I know many techs who are NOT MCSE's and deal exclusively with Microsoft products (and are quite good at it).
I'm not saying that an MCSE is worthless, I'm saying that if you come to me for a position and all you're packing is an MCSE (or CNE or any other "CIS" cert) I will show you the door.
IANAL, but I believe a minor cannot act as a legal proxy, either, so an appointed minor would have no legal right to accept the appointment, which would mean that I hadn't really appointed them which would mean that neither I nor a valid proxy had accepted the license, right?
Interviewee: "I'm an MCSE!!!"
Me: "That'll be all thank you, and there's the door!"
Re:Inflation != Multiple Universes
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This may be true, but I don't really care.
I have enough trouble worrying about economic inflation to give a rats ass about the inflation of multiple universes (universi?). For me, the existence of multiple universes(i, whatever) means one thing: somewhere, out there, another me is having sex with another Natalie Portman and another Janet Jackson AT THE SAME TIME.
In a talk last month at a cosmology conference in Chicago, Dr. Joseph Polchinski, from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California in Santa Barbara, speculated that the there could be 1060 different solutions to the basic string equations, thus making it more likely that at least one universe would have a friendly cosmological constant.
Reminded that he had once joked about retiring if a cosmological constant was discovered, on the ground that the dreaded anthropic principle would be the only explanation, he was at first at a loss for words.
He shouldn't feel bad about this at all. According to the theory in the article - which states that all things that can happen will happen - in some other universe he never said it!
Yes, that would be a very liberal interpretation of the constitution to think you could do that
What the hell are you talking about, stuff like this happens all the time!! Our Government can ban whatever they want, whenever they want because the populace is too fucking lazy to stand up for our rights!! Wake up, dumbass!
Re:So what happens when we find life?
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Chimps (and numerous other animals such as dogs, porpoises, whales, horses, pigs, you get the idea) have intelligence and free will. Does this mean they are human? No. Of course, this all depends on the vatican's definition of "intelligence," with which I am not familiar.
This has to be a troll, but here goes anyway...
Increased pressure WILL increase the temperature of a system. Ever heard of compression ignition engines (i.e., diesel)? When the fuel is compressed, it heats up. If compression reaches a high enough point, the fuel ignites. Stick to 100 level classes, my friend.
Oh great. Some "anti-globalization" freaks are sending computers to under-priviledged South American kids. Let's all get out our crying towels...
How about we take care of the kids in THIS country first, eh? There are plenty of school districts in the U.S. that could use the hardware/manpower that is going into this project.
In addition, maybe your potential boss gives a rat's ass. Being able to use a tool is often mistakenly considered more valuable than knowing how the process that uses the tool works.
Slashdot Mirror
1) Create an organism that eats CO2
2) Create another organism that creates CO2
Don't we already have this?
Yes! We Do!
ANIMALS AND PLANTS
I've gone cross-eyed. "If I go back to the past and interfere with my birth, that would mean that I was never born and so I couldn't have gone back to the past to interfere with my birth which would mean that I actually HAD been born so I could grow up and go back to the past and interfere with my birth and........."
Then you are the perfect guy for pretty much any job in IT. A broad (albeit shallow) knowledge base is much better for those positions where one must wear many hats. I would much rather be in a position such as this than to be pigeon-holed into one activity all day, every day, for the rest of my life (which would be short if my work was monotonous).
Please advise me of the spelling error of which you speak.
Just because some person who is high up in the chain of command - and probably knows little to nothing about the subject matter - proclaims that a certain certification is important DOES NOT MAKE IT ACTUALLY IMPORTANT. Everyone on /. knows of at least one person who is in a decision making position in regards to software/hardware/etc who does not have the proper experience to be making such decisions.
IT Director: "We're going with XYZ software."
Sysadmin: "Why?"
IT Director: "They tell me it is CC certified."
Sysadmin: "No really, why?"
IT Director: "...they...took me to lunch and gave me this cool jacket!"
And THAT, kids, is how most IT purchasing decisions are REALLY made.
I'm not saying that an MCSE is worthless, I'm saying that if you come to me for a position and all you're packing is an MCSE (or CNE or any other "CIS" cert) I will show you the door.
Or, I could just be screwed...
Interviewee: "I'm an MCSE!!!"
Me: "That'll be all thank you, and there's the door!"
I have enough trouble worrying about economic inflation to give a rats ass about the inflation of multiple universes (universi?). For me, the existence of multiple universes(i, whatever) means one thing: somewhere, out there, another me is having sex with another Natalie Portman and another Janet Jackson AT THE SAME TIME.
Reminded that he had once joked about retiring if a cosmological constant was discovered, on the ground that the dreaded anthropic principle would be the only explanation, he was at first at a loss for words.
He shouldn't feel bad about this at all. According to the theory in the article - which states that all things that can happen will happen - in some other universe he never said it!
"Animals that went extinct quickly must have tasted the best."
This should be modded up as funny. Come on mods!!
I'm surprised I didn't get ripped to shreds for that faux pas.
What the hell are you talking about, stuff like this happens all the time!! Our Government can ban whatever they want, whenever they want because the populace is too fucking lazy to stand up for our rights!! Wake up, dumbass!
This has to be a troll, but here goes anyway... Increased pressure WILL increase the temperature of a system. Ever heard of compression ignition engines (i.e., diesel)? When the fuel is compressed, it heats up. If compression reaches a high enough point, the fuel ignites. Stick to 100 level classes, my friend.
Whatever life there is, I bet it's female...
Oh great. Some "anti-globalization" freaks are sending computers to under-priviledged South American kids. Let's all get out our crying towels... How about we take care of the kids in THIS country first, eh? There are plenty of school districts in the U.S. that could use the hardware/manpower that is going into this project.
So he never even hires your dumb ass.
P.S. please mod parent up. Thank you.
touche someone mod parent up please, +1 funny
Um, water is only key to life as we know it. Other forms of life might not give 2 shits about water.