Lack of employment isn't a temporary problem? You mean these people are going to be unemployed for the rest of their lives? I doubt it.
My suggestion if you're an IT worker out of a job: start your own business. There isn't a lot of growth at the bottom of level of IT (code monkeying, etc.) but it's still an industry with plenty of room at the top. Start writing your own fuckass cool software, start making usable desktop linux systems, code the next web, do whatever you want to do. Not able to do that? Go back to grad school. You're not going to make your fortune at it, but when the next wave of domestic IT jobs comes through you'll have a leg up. Think higher education is full of shit? Take your skills and apply them to a related field -- just because you've been programming computers for the past 10 years doesn't mean that that's all you can do with those skills, programming skills permeate life. Don't have any real skills? Go find another field you can have mediocre success at without losing your job. I wouldn't recommend plumber though. You get paid a lot, but you have to deal with mookie stinks.
I honestly don't think we're hurt significantly from the scale that we've lost jobs, but I hate that he tries to convince people he's created a bunch of new jobs when in fact it's really the opposite that is true.
I'm really concerned that the prevailing opinion on Slashdot seems to be that outsourcing is horrible. I hate that it's hard for people to find work and that many IT workers have lost their jobs, just as much as anyone else, but stopping outsourcing is not the solution. We operate in a global economy, if companies did not outsource then they would not remain competitive in the global market and you would all lose your jobs. Despite the temporary hardships of the people who have lost their jobs, this is, in the end, for the good of the U.S. economy. It's just a restructuring of the work force right now.
I'm sorry if anyone here disagrees (and I'm sure there are those who will) but I really think you need to look at the big picture and I hope you'll agree that it's for the best for all of us, despite the temporary problems it's causing for many of you.
Haha, take another look at his response to the question about the obscene invasiveness of Real Player.
He avoids answering why Real has taken over your computer by default for the past 5 or so years, insisting that NOW everything is a-okay (arguable). And then to throw keen-eyed slashdotters off the trail he bashes microsoft a little so that you forget about it. Tell me this guy doesn't know how to cater to the slashdot audience!
The thing is, the comparison to WMP isn't really appropriate since the question's complaint wasn't at all about the uninstallation procedure, it was about the invasiveness of running the program. The fact that you can't easily uninstall WMP is an entirely different evil. When was the last time you've heard somebody complain about the Window's Media Player Messaging Center popping up with ads and shit? Or the last time WMP decided that it should be the program that you view JPEGs in?
In my experience, a lot of what the libertarian platform stands for makes a lot of sense and I whole-heartedly agree with. The problem is, the parts that I don't agree with seem absolutely batshit insane (i.e. privatizing sidewalks? WTF?). So my question is basically, do I find myself agreeing with you because I'm a little crazy or disagreeing with you because you're a little crazy.
Apple's OSes need special ROMs, but I know that people have been able to boot MacOS on non-apple G3/G4 computers so I don't see why it isn't possible that you could get OSX server running on these boxes without much trouble.
It does violate the EULA for OSX though, but then again, what doesn't these days. I doubt Apple would ever take you to court over it unless you started a company that sells boxes running OSX server. Even then though, doesn't this qualify as reverse engineering for interoperability? Anyone? Bueller?
So now that it's been restored 3 times, had scenes added once and re-edited twice, how many re-releases do you think it will take before it contains no shred of the original film and it becomes a romantic comedy set in a hospital?
Why exactly did it need to be restored again anyways? I mean, wasn't it restored for the THX video re-releases a decade ago and further restored for the theatrical re-releases with new scenes?
Of course. Release the DVDs now. Special edition DVDs next year. Limited Edition DVDs the year after that. Then redo the whole cycle again on high definition DVDs, making it so that people have to buy the trilogy six times, spending a couple hundred bucks.
Well, at least they're not releasing them both individually and as a set with different special features. That would double the number of times it will be released.
...I really hope George Lucas wasn't inspired by my above comment.
Yeah, but the MLA is full of shit. Despite the fact that some English language authorities may deem it incorrect, I find that an adequate and far less awkward solution is to say "when the user plugs in their new hardware device".
I honestly have very little respect for the MLA guidelines. With bibliographies and paper formatting, the specifics of the format is not what's important. What's important is that the information is there. Whether I put a comma, period, semicolon or whatever else between the various elements of my bibliographical citations means nothing as long as the information is there.
Hardware Abstraction Layer for Linux simplifying device changes
Haha! You thought I would be fooled that easily. Hardware Abstraction Layer? You mean HAL? Obviously this project was created by people hoping to expedite the construction of an intelligent machine capable of going awry and killing humans. You sick bastards.
Well there already are C/C++ compilers for Lego mindstorms, so writing a new one wouldn't add that much. Writing a.net VM however fulfills a new purpose. Whether it's really necessary or ideal is another argument, but it definitely provides more new functionality than writing another C compiler would.
Anyways, while you're right a VM is less than ideal for embedded systems, there are embedded Java VMs that people use and to a lesser extent there are people that use python and perl in embedded systems. Sometime it just makes sense to choose a solution that requires more computing power because it allows you to program faster. In fact, I think if there's any case of an embedded system where a VM isn't a big deal it would be one that's just for fun, not production, that is, the exact market of lego mindstorms. I mean, it's really a lot like Basic stamp microcontrollers. It doesn't make sense to build a product around them, but if you're just messing around with stuff there are plenty of people who don't mind paying more so that they can write their code quicker.
There have been a few posts already questioning whether or not this would be the result of a nuclear weapon. That's really not the point, is it? I mean, have you ever known a giant mushroom cloud to be a good thing?
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Lack of employment isn't a temporary problem? You mean these people are going to be unemployed for the rest of their lives? I doubt it.
My suggestion if you're an IT worker out of a job: start your own business. There isn't a lot of growth at the bottom of level of IT (code monkeying, etc.) but it's still an industry with plenty of room at the top. Start writing your own fuckass cool software, start making usable desktop linux systems, code the next web, do whatever you want to do. Not able to do that? Go back to grad school. You're not going to make your fortune at it, but when the next wave of domestic IT jobs comes through you'll have a leg up. Think higher education is full of shit? Take your skills and apply them to a related field -- just because you've been programming computers for the past 10 years doesn't mean that that's all you can do with those skills, programming skills permeate life. Don't have any real skills? Go find another field you can have mediocre success at without losing your job. I wouldn't recommend plumber though. You get paid a lot, but you have to deal with mookie stinks.
I honestly don't think we're hurt significantly from the scale that we've lost jobs, but I hate that he tries to convince people he's created a bunch of new jobs when in fact it's really the opposite that is true.
I'm really concerned that the prevailing opinion on Slashdot seems to be that outsourcing is horrible. I hate that it's hard for people to find work and that many IT workers have lost their jobs, just as much as anyone else, but stopping outsourcing is not the solution. We operate in a global economy, if companies did not outsource then they would not remain competitive in the global market and you would all lose your jobs. Despite the temporary hardships of the people who have lost their jobs, this is, in the end, for the good of the U.S. economy. It's just a restructuring of the work force right now.
I'm sorry if anyone here disagrees (and I'm sure there are those who will) but I really think you need to look at the big picture and I hope you'll agree that it's for the best for all of us, despite the temporary problems it's causing for many of you.
While Bush may be full of shit, this is specifically about the loss of IT jobs not jobs over all.
But yeah, good job Bush, after losing a bunch of jobs you got some of them back. You almost repaired your fuckup.
C'mon... don't make me say it.
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Sorry.
Haha, take another look at his response to the question about the obscene invasiveness of Real Player.
He avoids answering why Real has taken over your computer by default for the past 5 or so years, insisting that NOW everything is a-okay (arguable). And then to throw keen-eyed slashdotters off the trail he bashes microsoft a little so that you forget about it. Tell me this guy doesn't know how to cater to the slashdot audience!
The thing is, the comparison to WMP isn't really appropriate since the question's complaint wasn't at all about the uninstallation procedure, it was about the invasiveness of running the program. The fact that you can't easily uninstall WMP is an entirely different evil. When was the last time you've heard somebody complain about the Window's Media Player Messaging Center popping up with ads and shit? Or the last time WMP decided that it should be the program that you view JPEGs in?
No no, "If you can read this, you're SpaceshipTwo".
Nitrous, eh? I give it 15 years, tops, before all the ricers start to get their hands on these and put ground effects and body kits on all of them.
On the plus side, if they crash them while driving like idiots they'll be even more likely to kill themselves.
I love evolution.
Next up: Spoiler, racing stripes and a window decal that says "Outta Space!".
The racing stripes alone decrease wind resistance by 17% you know.
The fact that servers cost at least 1.5 times as much.
In my experience, a lot of what the libertarian platform stands for makes a lot of sense and I whole-heartedly agree with. The problem is, the parts that I don't agree with seem absolutely batshit insane (i.e. privatizing sidewalks? WTF?). So my question is basically, do I find myself agreeing with you because I'm a little crazy or disagreeing with you because you're a little crazy.
Check out the "Mac-on-Linux" project. Basically what you do is run OSX in Mac-on-Linux, on an install of linux.
So yeah, it is, in a way, just an emulation, but really it's very quick.
I would be much more interested in IBM dropping prices on a Power5 desktop. It seems unlikely, but I would buy that thing in a second.
Apple's OSes need special ROMs, but I know that people have been able to boot MacOS on non-apple G3/G4 computers so I don't see why it isn't possible that you could get OSX server running on these boxes without much trouble.
It does violate the EULA for OSX though, but then again, what doesn't these days. I doubt Apple would ever take you to court over it unless you started a company that sells boxes running OSX server. Even then though, doesn't this qualify as reverse engineering for interoperability? Anyone? Bueller?
So now that it's been restored 3 times, had scenes added once and re-edited twice, how many re-releases do you think it will take before it contains no shred of the original film and it becomes a romantic comedy set in a hospital?
Why exactly did it need to be restored again anyways? I mean, wasn't it restored for the THX video re-releases a decade ago and further restored for the theatrical re-releases with new scenes?
Of course. Release the DVDs now. Special edition DVDs next year. Limited Edition DVDs the year after that. Then redo the whole cycle again on high definition DVDs, making it so that people have to buy the trilogy six times, spending a couple hundred bucks.
Well, at least they're not releasing them both individually and as a set with different special features. That would double the number of times it will be released.
...I really hope George Lucas wasn't inspired by my above comment.
Yes, it is incorrect, which is why I say that some English language authorities may deem it incorrect. RTFP.
Yeah, but the MLA is full of shit. Despite the fact that some English language authorities may deem it incorrect, I find that an adequate and far less awkward solution is to say "when the user plugs in their new hardware device".
I honestly have very little respect for the MLA guidelines. With bibliographies and paper formatting, the specifics of the format is not what's important. What's important is that the information is there. Whether I put a comma, period, semicolon or whatever else between the various elements of my bibliographical citations means nothing as long as the information is there.
I recommend fire, and lots of it.
Well there already are C/C++ compilers for Lego mindstorms, so writing a new one wouldn't add that much. Writing a .net VM however fulfills a new purpose. Whether it's really necessary or ideal is another argument, but it definitely provides more new functionality than writing another C compiler would.
Anyways, while you're right a VM is less than ideal for embedded systems, there are embedded Java VMs that people use and to a lesser extent there are people that use python and perl in embedded systems. Sometime it just makes sense to choose a solution that requires more computing power because it allows you to program faster. In fact, I think if there's any case of an embedded system where a VM isn't a big deal it would be one that's just for fun, not production, that is, the exact market of lego mindstorms. I mean, it's really a lot like Basic stamp microcontrollers. It doesn't make sense to build a product around them, but if you're just messing around with stuff there are plenty of people who don't mind paying more so that they can write their code quicker.
Actually, North Korea had also signed an agreement to dismantle its nuclear program prior to announcing that they had nuclear capability!
There have been a few posts already questioning whether or not this would be the result of a nuclear weapon. That's really not the point, is it? I mean, have you ever known a giant mushroom cloud to be a good thing?