Does 2600 need US justice system to survive ?
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2600 Appeal Rejected
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One irony in all this is that everybody seems to think that 2600 - the magazine, the publisher, and the culture / community created around it - need the US justice system to survive.
Well...
2600 may be first published in the States, but now the culture and those who believe in the freedom to hack - not only on 'puters but hacking ANY system and device - is all over the world.
So what if the US supreme court decides to deny 2600 a right of hearing ?
The publisher may close down the 2600 mag in the States, but heck, the world is NOT YET under the control of US justice system. We can continue to do whatever we do in China, France, as well as Argentine or Uganda.
To hell with the US justice system. 2600 _will_ live on, no matter what those idiots on the bench think.
Bitter is the tastebud of the beholder
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Bitter Java
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Some people like their coffee black, no sugar.
They enjoy the aroma.
Others hate such type of coffee, and can't understand why anyone will want to drink bitter coffee.
One can be bitter about ANYTHING, just that, when you are bitter about one thing, think of the other qualities of that thing.
Besides bitterness, the thing may have a good aroma, or it looks good, or it is useful in chasing away pests, and so on, and so forth...
Lady luck may help you win a lottery ticket, but she does not have the time to help you make your business a success.
IBM is successful not because of LUCK, but SAVVY MARKETING.
EXXON is successful not because of LUCK, but the KNOWING OF HOW THE OIL MARKET WORKS.
The airline industry is in trouble, not because they are LUCKLESS, but because the airline industry has remained STATIC for decades. In other words, the airline industry is failing because THEY CAN'T CATCH UP WITH THE WORLD.
America is successful not because of LUCK alone. America is successful because of the attitude of the American people - the people who will never take "No" for answer !
Luck may make a person PROUD, and pride begat failure.
While the urban legend of "China is the #1 devil" has been circulating in the Net, we all know where most of the hackers - especially those who wear black hats - live.
This is not to say that there is no "Chinese devils", of course, there are. But in terms of skill, numbers and resources, the Chinese can't even come close to those from the States.
But individually, if you really want to know who has the most experience - Those from Russia (or the block formerly known as USSR) are the most experienced.
I've personal experience with Russian hackers. I'm a sysadmin, and I pride myself on making my Linux machines secured, but no matter how "secure" I made my machine, those Ruskies always find ways to hack into them.
Oh, I've traced hacking attempts too, there're a lot from China, the States, Israel, Europe, Africa, Asia and Russia, it's almost always the Ruskies who got through the layers and layers of "security features" I've set.
Even "honeypot" can't stop the Ruskies.
The one thing I've learnt from these experience is that I ain't gonna do funny things to the Ruskies. I only have my respect for them, even when they are blackhatters.
If you ever wonder if using Microsoft's product will actually "save you money", vs using Linux, wonder no more.
Please read the NEW "case study" published by Microsoft.
It's at
www.microsoft.com/business/casestudies/b2c/micro so ft_hardrock.asp
Among interesting "facts" in the "case study", here is a little snapshot...
"We wanted to offer additional Web-based applications for accessing detailed financial
data and communicating with our stores, but the lack of security and functionality in the
Linux platform meant we would have to develop everything from scratch."
"In March 2000, Hard Rock Cafe standardized on the Microsoft platform to lower its total cost of
ownership."
"Since we migrated to Windows 2000, we've been able to rapidly deliver the tools and applications
needed to reduce costs and streamline the way we do business."
"We've only had two developers working on our intranet--the same number we had working on the
Linux platform--and the Microsoft platform has enabled them to deliver upward of 50 applications
over the last year. We're definitely getting more results for our development dollars now."
"In the past, new menus required sending a large amount of materials to all our stores--
recipes, food display guidelines, and so on. Now that we can do this via our intranet, we're
saving upward of $20,000 per year for just this one task."
Since you have reached here, let me tell you that the "case study" by Microsoft is not something coming out of thin air. In fact, Microsoft has named names - in this case, Hard Rock Cafe (HRC).
The funny thing about the "case study" is the claim that using Windows 2000 HRC actually "saved" money !
And then the HRC's IT described Linux as suffering from "the lack of security and functionality" is indeed intriguing.
Digging some more on the thing and we find that the HRC IT department, under their Linux deployment, opted to have their ENTIRE network to run under ONE PASSWORD.
Yes, I kid you not. Read the article !
This only shows the "capabilities" and the "wisdom" of those working in HRC's IT department.
I too, am in the IT field, and I for one, am horrible at what those two HRC guys are doing. If I were their boss, they would have shown the door long, long time ago.
To prevent Earth being "contaminated", the trip to Mars must be a one-way trip.
Then, who to send ?
Here's my suggestion -
1. The candidate must be willing to go for a one-way trip to Mars.
2. The candidate must be smart enough to comprehend the task on hand.
3. The candidate must have a REASON to not coming back to Earth.
4. The candidate must be strong enough to endure the trip to Mars.
So... the perfect candidate must be a person who has been infected with a DEADLY DISEASE - HIV, for example - and in the DEATH ROW. He or she must be SMART ENOUGH (many prisoners, believe it or not, are way smarter than those who live OUTSIDE of the cells, tho' there are dimbulbs there too, but that's another story...), and be willing to exchange his / her DEATH SENTENCE on the gallow, on Earth, with one which happens on the Planet Mars.
Why don't NASA start checking on the prisoner list?
The U. S. of A. has a high percentage of its population behind bars, and there shouldn't be any problem in finding someone who fits the criteria above.
When people talking about "Tech Support", most often forget about the "Built-In Tech Support".
So what's that "Built-In Tech Support" all about ?
Intuitive-ness !
That is, something akin to MacIntosh's GUI, or (once upon a time) Compaq's way of packaging their hardware in a box.
If a company takes great care on the "Built-In Tech Support", that is, make the unpacking, and installing process INTUITIVELY, as the case of the (once upon a time) Compaq, or the intuitive GUI of MacIntosh, the need for EXTERIOR Tech Support (that is, the call in, hand-held session Tech Support) will be lessen.
It's often the tech developers' fault that the tech support comes at the high level need. That is because, the developers don't care enough about how their product will do to the users, that the users got confused and / or annoyed, then they (the users) call in and screaming at the poor Tech Support people.
I've participated in many software projects and developed enough softwares on my own to know that if you DO NOT CARE ABOUT HOW YOUR SOFTWARE WILL APPEAL TO THE USERS, you will get TONS AND TONS of ANGRY USERS, demanding to know HOW THE HELL THIS WORK, and WHY THE HELL YOU MAKE YOUR SOFTWARE SO DARN DIFFICULT TO USE / UNDERSTAND ?!
One time there were people (users) demanding why my software runs so SLOW, and after asking the users why they say my software runs "SLOW", I came to realize that the users EXPECT everything to appear on the screen, AT ONCE !
I learned my lesson... now, I will NOT let my users to WAIT for any information. Even when my software is busy cruching numbers at the background, on the screen (foreground) I will LET the users see SOME RESULT.
I know, it's kinda cop out, but if that means making users happy, I will do it.
In addition, letting users see SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN rather than wait for the ENTIRE RESULT AT ONCE is part of the Built-In Tech Support.
My software is no longer consider "SLOW", because the users get to see "SOMETHING" on sceen. It's little stuff like this that matters.
Limit this, limit that; Can't do this, shouldn't do that...
Is that the only thing Media Giants know ?
I thank God that the Media Giants weren't present when paper was first being made, or else, the Media Giants will purchase the RIGHTS to make paper, and dictate what people can and cannot do with their baby - paper.
What can we, the people do ?
Why are we tolerating so much nonsense ?
We can't copy songs, we shouldn't do e-books, they say it's all piracy.
What's next ?
We can't utter the word "Coke" or "Mickey Mouse" just because those words are "copyrighted" or "trademarked" ?
Should I say:
"I just finished that black, sugarly liquid, which came from a white and red can"
instead of:
"I just finished my Coke" ?
That'll be a new dimension of "Political Correctness".
T'is another classic case of the pot vs. the kettle.
Funny why CIA hasn't mention the "Blondes" ?
They are a group of cracker funded by CIA to whack havoc on China.
They called themselves "Blondes" because they claimed that they've all dyed their hair blondes, since they hate the original color of their hair - black.
I attended a "seminar" hosted by Autodesk and M$ several years ago. At the entrance, the pretty girls were asking us to fill in info sheets, you know, like names, address, company you work for, et cetera, et cetera.
Since Autodesk and M$ were so kind to provide us with Orange Juice (Morn time, you know), I filled in the blanks.
Never would I thought that what I filled in ended up in BSA's file, and from then onwards - 6 years already - I and the company I work for, received THREATENING LETTERS, telling us that WE BETTER COUGH UP MONEY TO BUY GENUINE SOFTWARES or they will haul our butts in slammer.
Funny thing is, the Autodesk and M$ software we used (yes, USED, PAST TENSE !) were OFFICIALLY GENUINE, NON-PIRATED COPIES !
I got into troubles with my boss, since I was the one who filled in the blanks.
No matter how we tried to tell BSA that ALL OUR SOFTWARES ARE GENUINE, the threatening letters keep coming.
It got so bad that my boss decided to scrap M$ and all Autodesk softwares, and now we run Unix and NON-Autodesk softwares.
Yes, it actually cost us MORE to change our system, but at least, BSA, with Autodesk and M$, have NO MORE CLAIM ON US.
And the threatening letters still keep coming...
Talk about insanity.
And what happened above happened OUTSIDE of the good ol' U. S. of A.
One thing that MicroSoft has suceeded in doing is that they have commoditized the Computer Technology (or IT, ITC, or whatever you wanna call it).
In the beginning, computer technology was with the mainframe. Those working with computers were pointed haired rocket scientists.
Then came the BIY (Built it yourself) Personal Computer. Those hacking it were pointed haired computer scientists.
Then came IBM, with its ubiquitious PC. IBM was successful in filling offices with its PCs.
Then came Microsoft.
It WAS Microsoft which had the world crazed with Computers. Scores... I mean MILLIONS of people enrolled into colleges hoping to learn Computers.
Now, we have MILLIONS of "Computer Literates" coming out of the colleges all over the world, and resulting in many untold thousands having difficulties in finding work !
Now we have this report.
If you look at Computer Technology as commodity, as it already is, you will know that in the future, there won't be so much DEMAND for those who are "Computer Literate".
Look at farming.
How many farmers are needed to operate the farms ?
There may be millions of cows, but it won't take one million of farmers to raise one million of cows.
Same with Computer Technology.
In the future, computer technology will be everywhere - embedded, Internet, whatever.... but the DEMAND for those who run and/or create these things will be LESS than what it is today.
Why ?
Look at HTML.
Used to be that if you want to run a website, you gotta know how to code HTML.
Today, the only requirement for one to set up a website is to know how to click, and what to click.
It's ironic... The progress of Computer Technology obliterate the need for those who INVENT / CREATE the technology in the first place.
In other words, the future is NOT BRIGHT.
Forget the report. Whatever the report tells us, it's from Microsoft.
Of course Microsoft wants the world to believe that the world is BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE... only in that way, the world will CONTINUE TO BUY EXPENSIVE SOFTWARES from Microsoft.
If the world knows that the future ain't bright no more, the world will NOT PAY THE HIGH PRICE for the CRAPPY STUFFS from Microsoft.
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One irony in all this is that everybody seems to think that 2600 - the magazine, the publisher, and the culture / community created around it - need the US justice system to survive.
Well...
2600 may be first published in the States, but now the culture and those who believe in the freedom to hack - not only on 'puters but hacking ANY system and device - is all over the world.
So what if the US supreme court decides to deny 2600 a right of hearing ?
The publisher may close down the 2600 mag in the States, but heck, the world is NOT YET under the control of US justice system. We can continue to do whatever we do in China, France, as well as Argentine or Uganda.
To hell with the US justice system. 2600 _will_ live on, no matter what those idiots on the bench think.
Some people like their coffee black, no sugar.
They enjoy the aroma.
Others hate such type of coffee, and can't understand why anyone will want to drink bitter coffee.
One can be bitter about ANYTHING, just that, when you are bitter about one thing, think of the other qualities of that thing.
Besides bitterness, the thing may have a good aroma, or it looks good, or it is useful in chasing away pests, and so on, and so forth
Lady luck may help you win a lottery ticket, but she does not have the time to help you make your business a success.
IBM is successful not because of LUCK, but SAVVY MARKETING.
EXXON is successful not because of LUCK, but the KNOWING OF HOW THE OIL MARKET WORKS.
The airline industry is in trouble, not because they are LUCKLESS, but because the airline industry has remained STATIC for decades. In other words, the airline industry is failing because THEY CAN'T CATCH UP WITH THE WORLD.
America is successful not because of LUCK alone. America is successful because of the attitude of the American people - the people who will never take "No" for answer !
Luck may make a person PROUD, and pride begat failure.
In a sense, LUCK actually brings FAILURE.
As if we don't know what kind of game plan Microsoft has in mind.
Way back in the OLD DAYS, yeah, that old-'n-rusty days of BBS, the BoardWatch magazine came up with the now famous "Bill - The Droid" poster.
Care to guess what's the slogan was / is ?
I know it's kinda off-topic, but I need to know how you guys get that "google thread" thing.
Whenever I search the groups.google.com, even under the "thread mode", I get something like
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=52f
instead of
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=e653fbdb
So what has I done wrong ?
XP's problems seems to have no ends.
First it was VIA, then graphic sub-systems, then this, then that
I keep chasing after drivers, downloading newer ones all the time, hoping that miracles will happen.
Well
According to Microsoft, their "Visual Studio" will do 5 languages at the same time !
When things go larger and larger, I get confused.
Okay, I know what's Exabyte, but what are the-still-larger ones ?
In a way, there is no surprise in the report.
While the urban legend of "China is the #1 devil" has been circulating in the Net, we all know where most of the hackers - especially those who wear black hats - live.
This is not to say that there is no "Chinese devils", of course, there are. But in terms of skill, numbers and resources, the Chinese can't even come close to those from the States.
But individually, if you really want to know who has the most experience - Those from Russia (or the block formerly known as USSR) are the most experienced.
I've personal experience with Russian hackers. I'm a sysadmin, and I pride myself on making my Linux machines secured, but no matter how "secure" I made my machine, those Ruskies always find ways to hack into them.
Oh, I've traced hacking attempts too, there're a lot from China, the States, Israel, Europe, Africa, Asia and Russia, it's almost always the Ruskies who got through the layers and layers of "security features" I've set.
Even "honeypot" can't stop the Ruskies.
The one thing I've learnt from these experience is that I ain't gonna do funny things to the Ruskies. I only have my respect for them, even when they are blackhatters.
If you ever wonder if using Microsoft's product will actually "save you money", vs using Linux, wonder no more.
Please read the NEW "case study" published by Microsoft.
It's at
www.microsoft.com/business/casestudies/b2c/micr
Among interesting "facts" in the "case study", here is a little snapshot
"We wanted to offer additional Web-based applications for accessing detailed financial
data and communicating with our stores, but the lack of security and functionality in the
Linux platform meant we would have to develop everything from scratch."
"In March 2000, Hard Rock Cafe standardized on the Microsoft platform to lower its total cost of
ownership."
"Since we migrated to Windows 2000, we've been able to rapidly deliver the tools and applications
needed to reduce costs and streamline the way we do business."
"We've only had two developers working on our intranet--the same number we had working on the
Linux platform--and the Microsoft platform has enabled them to deliver upward of 50 applications
over the last year. We're definitely getting more results for our development dollars now."
"In the past, new menus required sending a large amount of materials to all our stores--
recipes, food display guidelines, and so on. Now that we can do this via our intranet, we're
saving upward of $20,000 per year for just this one task."
Since you have reached here, let me tell you that the "case study" by Microsoft is not something coming out of thin air. In fact, Microsoft has named names - in this case, Hard Rock Cafe (HRC).
The funny thing about the "case study" is the claim that using Windows 2000 HRC actually "saved" money !
And then the HRC's IT described Linux as suffering from "the lack of security and functionality" is indeed intriguing.
Digging some more on the thing and we find that the HRC IT department, under their Linux deployment, opted to have their ENTIRE network to run under ONE PASSWORD.
Yes, I kid you not. Read the article !
This only shows the "capabilities" and the "wisdom" of those working in HRC's IT department.
I too, am in the IT field, and I for one, am horrible at what those two HRC guys are doing. If I were their boss, they would have shown the door long, long time ago.
Is this discrimination or what ?
Why people are so interested in Pluto. Why not Goofy ?
After all, they're both from Disney !
Uh
A new application for the "paintable LCD" is to make it the new Body Paint.
Yes, paint your whole body with that stuffs, turn on the switch, and turn off the lights, and you got a walking, dancing, talking advertising board !
What a great boom for the ad industry, donjatink?
To prevent Earth being "contaminated", the trip to Mars must be a one-way trip.
Then, who to send ?
Here's my suggestion -
1. The candidate must be willing to go for a one-way trip to Mars.
2. The candidate must be smart enough to comprehend the task on hand.
3. The candidate must have a REASON to not coming back to Earth.
4. The candidate must be strong enough to endure the trip to Mars.
So
Why don't NASA start checking on the prisoner list?
The U. S. of A. has a high percentage of its population behind bars, and there shouldn't be any problem in finding someone who fits the criteria above.
When people talking about "Tech Support", most often forget about the "Built-In Tech Support".
So what's that "Built-In Tech Support" all about ?
Intuitive-ness !
That is, something akin to MacIntosh's GUI, or (once upon a time) Compaq's way of packaging their hardware in a box.
If a company takes great care on the "Built-In Tech Support", that is, make the unpacking, and installing process INTUITIVELY, as the case of the (once upon a time) Compaq, or the intuitive GUI of MacIntosh, the need for EXTERIOR Tech Support (that is, the call in, hand-held session Tech Support) will be lessen.
It's often the tech developers' fault that the tech support comes at the high level need. That is because, the developers don't care enough about how their product will do to the users, that the users got confused and / or annoyed, then they (the users) call in and screaming at the poor Tech Support people.
I've participated in many software projects and developed enough softwares on my own to know that if you DO NOT CARE ABOUT HOW YOUR SOFTWARE WILL APPEAL TO THE USERS, you will get TONS AND TONS of ANGRY USERS, demanding to know HOW THE HELL THIS WORK, and WHY THE HELL YOU MAKE YOUR SOFTWARE SO DARN DIFFICULT TO USE / UNDERSTAND ?!
One time there were people (users) demanding why my software runs so SLOW, and after asking the users why they say my software runs "SLOW", I came to realize that the users EXPECT everything to appear on the screen, AT ONCE !
I learned my lesson
I know, it's kinda cop out, but if that means making users happy, I will do it.
In addition, letting users see SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN rather than wait for the ENTIRE RESULT AT ONCE is part of the Built-In Tech Support.
My software is no longer consider "SLOW", because the users get to see "SOMETHING" on sceen. It's little stuff like this that matters.
Imagine this
A kid is playing with his StarWar toys.
Using his own imagination, he positions the toy figures, and playacting.
The kid provides dialogue, sound-effects, screenplay, and all the rest.
Suddenly, the front door busts open. An army of armed law enforcement officers come rushing in and take the boy into custody.
The charge ?
The boy has violated George Lucas' copyright / trademark on StarWars' characters.
The End.
You think that can't happen ?
Just wait till congress pass ALL THE LAWS Hollywood wants, and the kids won't be able to play with their imagination anymore.
Limit this, limit that; Can't do this, shouldn't do that
Is that the only thing Media Giants know ?
I thank God that the Media Giants weren't present when paper was first being made, or else, the Media Giants will purchase the RIGHTS to make paper, and dictate what people can and cannot do with their baby - paper.
What can we, the people do ?
Why are we tolerating so much nonsense ?
We can't copy songs, we shouldn't do e-books, they say it's all piracy.
What's next ?
We can't utter the word "Coke" or "Mickey Mouse" just because those words are "copyrighted" or "trademarked" ?
Should I say
"I just finished that black, sugarly liquid, which came from a white and red can"
instead of
"I just finished my Coke" ?
That'll be a new dimension of "Political Correctness".
... and instead it is chasing after POWER and MONEY.
I am a regular ICANN member, and I for one AM ASHAME of what ICANN is doing.
But what can I do? I am just a regular member, and the next "voting" won't take place anytime soon.
There is something out there called "FreeCAD", and then there are others.
Can't recall their names outright, but if you want it, I can try to search for them.
Things always go this way - the people built stuffs, useful stuffs, and then the wealthy and powerful will come and take it away.
Internet is just the latest "useful stuff" about to be taken away from us.
Who's the "wealthy and powerful" in this case ?
Ask Hollywood.
Ask Disney's Eisner.
And ask that "Mickey Mouse Senator".
With all the existing and upcoming draconian laws, the Net will be taken away from us.
Not just copyright. Not just royalties.
The Net is what they are after.
We, the Netizens, are "out of control", so they are here to "provide law and order".
T'is another classic case of the pot vs. the kettle.
Funny why CIA hasn't mention the "Blondes" ?
They are a group of cracker funded by CIA to whack havoc on China.
They called themselves "Blondes" because they claimed that they've all dyed their hair blondes, since they hate the original color of their hair - black.
This is my personal encounter - YMMV !
I attended a "seminar" hosted by Autodesk and M$ several years ago. At the entrance, the pretty girls were asking us to fill in info sheets, you know, like names, address, company you work for, et cetera, et cetera.
Since Autodesk and M$ were so kind to provide us with Orange Juice (Morn time, you know), I filled in the blanks.
Never would I thought that what I filled in ended up in BSA's file, and from then onwards - 6 years already - I and the company I work for, received THREATENING LETTERS, telling us that WE BETTER COUGH UP MONEY TO BUY GENUINE SOFTWARES or they will haul our butts in slammer.
Funny thing is, the Autodesk and M$ software we used (yes, USED, PAST TENSE !) were OFFICIALLY GENUINE, NON-PIRATED COPIES !
I got into troubles with my boss, since I was the one who filled in the blanks.
No matter how we tried to tell BSA that ALL OUR SOFTWARES ARE GENUINE, the threatening letters keep coming.
It got so bad that my boss decided to scrap M$ and all Autodesk softwares, and now we run Unix and NON-Autodesk softwares.
Yes, it actually cost us MORE to change our system, but at least, BSA, with Autodesk and M$, have NO MORE CLAIM ON US.
And the threatening letters still keep coming...
Talk about insanity.
And what happened above happened OUTSIDE of the good ol' U. S. of A.
Don't think you guys in the States suffer alone.
One thing that MicroSoft has suceeded in doing is that they have commoditized the Computer Technology (or IT, ITC, or whatever you wanna call it).
In the beginning, computer technology was with the mainframe. Those working with computers were pointed haired rocket scientists.
Then came the BIY (Built it yourself) Personal Computer. Those hacking it were pointed haired computer scientists.
Then came IBM, with its ubiquitious PC. IBM was successful in filling offices with its PCs.
Then came Microsoft.
It WAS Microsoft which had the world crazed with Computers. Scores
Now, we have MILLIONS of "Computer Literates" coming out of the colleges all over the world, and resulting in many untold thousands having difficulties in finding work !
Now we have this report.
If you look at Computer Technology as commodity, as it already is, you will know that in the future, there won't be so much DEMAND for those who are "Computer Literate".
Look at farming.
How many farmers are needed to operate the farms ?
There may be millions of cows, but it won't take one million of farmers to raise one million of cows.
Same with Computer Technology.
In the future, computer technology will be everywhere - embedded, Internet, whatever.... but the DEMAND for those who run and/or create these things will be LESS than what it is today.
Why ?
Look at HTML.
Used to be that if you want to run a website, you gotta know how to code HTML.
Today, the only requirement for one to set up a website is to know how to click, and what to click.
It's ironic
In other words, the future is NOT BRIGHT.
Forget the report. Whatever the report tells us, it's from Microsoft.
Of course Microsoft wants the world to believe that the world is BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE... only in that way, the world will CONTINUE TO BUY EXPENSIVE SOFTWARES from Microsoft.
If the world knows that the future ain't bright no more, the world will NOT PAY THE HIGH PRICE for the CRAPPY STUFFS from Microsoft.
And that's what I have to say .
If what you said is true
"Should read:
... went into consultation, now in comercial email, and so on and so forth
Then where's the dinero, man ?
:)
You said:
"maybe so.. but some of us are entry level with no skills & experiences other than academic
Don't worry.
Experience don't come by if you just sit there and moan.
Go out there, knock on doors, hit the pavement - I know it sounds like cliche, but that's what you gotta do - and get someone to let you in.
Do whatever you already know, and ASK OTHERS for what you NOT YET KNOW !
You need to know one thing - that YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
If you keep this in mind, you will learn from others, and in the learning process, you GAIN EXPERIENCES.
Take care !
Windows may be important, if the view is all right.
But if the view is NOT all right, then, the AMBIENCE inside the room is critical !
Not all are blessed with CORNER OFFICE WITH GREAT VIEWS, you know ?!