Well in this case he wound up not being compensated for his time (which of course is a concern in investing). But in general I was referring to the concept of betting on a sure thing.
I think that would be a deflationary depression in traditional economics... too few dollars to pay for goods and services leading to falling prices. Tell me, have you seen any unemployed avatars selling apples on street corners?
Pretty good list though I would add amateur astronomer Christopher Go's image of Oval BA "aka Red Jr." on Jupiter. This alerted amateurs and pros alike to set their sights on the new red spot.
I've been to Cherry Springs several times and also attended the event at Spruce Knob in WV. They sky is absolutely incredible to the point of the Milky Way actually casting a shadow. You'll often find dozens of astronomers on both fields during the new moon.
Check out the Yahoo group for Cherry Springs if you are interested in venturing up.
It has really become a problem in the last 20 years with the two great housing bubbles driving sprawl further and further out. I now have to drive 5.5 hours to get a real dark site... one where you can clearly see the Andromeda galaxy with the naked eye.
You're not supposed to use a consumer grade OS for mission critical apps anyway. So if you went with a vendor that builds its apps on such an OS, then you are at fault.
So many of them turn out to be duds, miscreants and/or thieves. You might want to give them a watered down programmers aptitude test to start.
Whatever you do make sure you follow up on those references from former employers and teachers. It only takes one wise ass to give the entire IT dept a bad name.
when assigning a consultant to build a simple solution for the managers/coordinators who wrote the spreadsheet would have cost 1/3 of the amount you're paying said managers/coordinators to tweak a spreadsheet.
Well maybe the consultants you have under contract can discern the requirements through a mind meld. In my experience they have to spec out the problem which of course ties up the end user in the process. Not exactly cost efficient for a one off report.
I have seen once or twice a VBA script in an Excel document and the fact that it was utterly bad scripting made me aware that you don't let bookkeepers create scripts but you should have real programmers take care of that.
Sorry, but I'm not going to hire a consultant every time one of my end users wants to build a simple database to sort vendor contacts. Nor am I going to bog down the programmers on staff with spreadsheet macros for HR.
The real power of the resistance in Iraq and Afghanistan are the assassinations of any locals caught working with the Americans. That's the true power of the second amendment. No mayor, sheriff or soldier is going to impose oppressive measures when they risk a bullet in the back of the head (or that of their family members) every time the go out to start the car.
"What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States is as futile as it would be injurious if it were capable of being carried into execution... Little more can reasonably be aimed at with the respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed and equipped ; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year." - Alexander Hamilton
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments,to which the people are attached, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. And it is not certain, that with this aid alone they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to possess the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will and direct the national force, and of officers appointed out of the militia, by these governments, and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned in spite of the legions which surround it."-James Madison
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Why would any top student want to spend years of schooling only to graduate into a profession that only pays 65k to 85k avg for a senior position; when they could go into law, finance, medical and make 90k to start.
Sure there are talented and experienced engineers making over 100k, but they would have been better off crunching numbers for an investment firm and getting 7 figure bonuses.
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Where is the risk in that again?
Well in this case he wound up not being compensated for his time (which of course is a concern in investing). But in general I was referring to the concept of betting on a sure thing.
Confession: I'm a failed PS3 scalper. I thought I struck gold when the store I was in announced they had three in stock and I got one (Dec 20).
... no such thing as a sure thing.
Well, its actually a good lesson in investing and gambling
I think that would be a deflationary depression in traditional economics ... too few dollars to pay for goods and services leading to falling prices. Tell me, have you seen any unemployed avatars selling apples on street corners?
Pretty good list though I would add amateur astronomer Christopher Go's image of Oval BA "aka Red Jr." on Jupiter. This alerted amateurs and pros alike to set their sights on the new red spot.
I've been to Cherry Springs several times and also attended the event at Spruce Knob in WV. They sky is absolutely incredible to the point of the Milky Way actually casting a shadow. You'll often find dozens of astronomers on both fields during the new moon.
Check out the Yahoo group for Cherry Springs if you are interested in venturing up.
It has really become a problem in the last 20 years with the two great housing bubbles driving sprawl further and further out. I now have to drive 5.5 hours to get a real dark site ... one where you can clearly see the Andromeda galaxy with the naked eye.
Two hour flights to the other side of the world may seem like a scene from a science fiction movie;
At this point in my life, mating seems like science fiction let alone flying around the world in a space plane.
Completely inappropriate
You're not supposed to use a consumer grade OS for mission critical apps anyway. So if you went with a vendor that builds its apps on such an OS, then you are at fault.
Why bother with a crummy rust ball when I can have a whole star named after me??!!
I know many in the amateur astronomy community are gearing up for this cycle, and are saving their pennies for H-alpha filters & telescopes.
Some good gifts:
* GUI C++ Programming Guide
* Hex/socket set
* Leatherman
* Vernier caliper
* Dremel or Rotozip set
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If you train it and work with it it will grow and remain strong.
... not sure how it ever got that way.
My right arm and wrist are stronger than my left
So many of them turn out to be duds, miscreants and/or thieves. You might want to give them a watered down programmers aptitude test to start. Whatever you do make sure you follow up on those references from former employers and teachers. It only takes one wise ass to give the entire IT dept a bad name.
Sign me up as long as I'm allowed to have sex with green alien women.
My cable representative told me that FiOS causes cancer ... is this true?
Being put on teams with senior programmers who delegate your work and workload.
when assigning a consultant to build a simple solution for the managers/coordinators who wrote the spreadsheet would have cost 1/3 of the amount you're paying said managers/coordinators to tweak a spreadsheet.
Well maybe the consultants you have under contract can discern the requirements through a mind meld. In my experience they have to spec out the problem which of course ties up the end user in the process. Not exactly cost efficient for a one off report.
I have seen once or twice a VBA script in an Excel document and the fact that it was utterly bad scripting made me aware that you don't let bookkeepers create scripts but you should have real programmers take care of that.
Sorry, but I'm not going to hire a consultant every time one of my end users wants to build a simple database to sort vendor contacts. Nor am I going to bog down the programmers on staff with spreadsheet macros for HR.
The real power of the resistance in Iraq and Afghanistan are the assassinations of any locals caught working with the Americans. That's the true power of the second amendment. No mayor, sheriff or soldier is going to impose oppressive measures when they risk a bullet in the back of the head (or that of their family members) every time the go out to start the car.
Example 1: Iraq
Example 2: Afghanistan
Example 3: Chechnya
Example 4: Columbia
Example 5: Vichy France
Federalist 29
"What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States is as futile as it would be injurious if it were capable of being carried into execution... Little more can reasonably be aimed at with the respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed and equipped ; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year." - Alexander Hamilton
Federalist 46
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments,to which the people are attached, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. And it is not certain, that with this aid alone they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to possess the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will and direct the national force, and of officers appointed out of the militia, by these governments, and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned in spite of the legions which surround it."-James Madison
Why would any top student want to spend years of schooling only to graduate into a profession that only pays 65k to 85k avg for a senior position; when they could go into law, finance, medical and make 90k to start.
Sure there are talented and experienced engineers making over 100k, but they would have been better off crunching numbers for an investment firm and getting 7 figure bonuses.