I too am self taught and uneducated, yet I'm making high five figures as an IT monkey. What got me my current job was the fact that my home network used the same hardware as my employers server farm. Granted thats also why my last few girlfriends took off. Somthing about cooling fans keeping them awake at night.
So if you boycot products that carry warnings telling you that the contents are protected under copyrite law will you stop using Linux and all other products under the GPL?
Sure there's an easy answer. We just revisit the idea of the King of the Bean. After four years in office, we take who ever was president out into a field and slit their throat.
"Is that all they're teaching folks in MBA school anymore? Don't respond to valid arguments and criticism; instead, discredit your detractors by branding them as "out of touch" or "communist" or a "tree hugger"."
I'd explain it to you, but there's no way an out of touch communist tree hugger such as yourself would understand.
Yes they did. It was called the Pippin and was relased by Bandai. It did very bad in the US and Japanese markets. It booted MacOS 7 off of a CD (no internal storage) so, while it could run any Macintosh game, the game had to be built with an OS image on the CD.
"Gimme a break... a PhD working at min wage isn't flipping burgers UNLESS they _really_ like flipping burgers... uh... or they have a PhD in a worthless field (QED)."
Yup, computer science is now a worthless field. Exciting isn't it?
In reference to point one. There is no such law. Stock holders can sure the company if they feel the company made a poor choice that effected the value of the stock. They cannot sue if the company fails to make every last dollar they can.
As for your second point. I have a job currently. It took me six months to find. I am competing against people with doctorates for basic IT positions. To this end I am infact getting a MBA and am giving up on the programming side of my work, deciding instead to continue to focus on network engineering and IT management.
Bottom line is that as more and more people with four and six year degrees find them selves out of work, its going to be impossible for people like me to find a job. Most people I know are out of the IT industry at this point, having to work as waiters and bus drivers in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy for another year.
If that pays for a reasonable lifestyle, then yes I would. Hell, I know people with PHDs that are now working for minimum wage. Thats not much less then 12k a year and they have to deal with the US cost of living.
"I guess I don't understand how in a "global economy", that kind of difference in the cost of living survives, and how it ties in with things like inflation and other economic factors."
Easy, its not a "global economy". If it where I could go to India and get a job paying 11k a year and live off that. However they dont allow US tech workers to work over there unless you get sponsored by an Indian copany. Thats a local, protectionist economy. Not that this is a bad thing, I just wish the US corps would stop trying to tell me that their outsourceing because of globilization rather then because they want a new summer home.
The problem IMHO is not the Indian workers. Hell, I feel their just geeks like us. The problem is that I, as a US programmer, am no longer allowed to compete for the jobs that get outsrouced. I for one would seriously consider doing a stint in India. However, unless I am sought out by an Indian company or get Indian citizenship I cannot apply for these jobs. This is where the problems are, all the companies touting globalization while lining their pockets are spewing bull shit. It is not globalization when you exclude local workers from even applying for the jobs. This of course brings us to the source of the problem. US companies are willing to sell out their workers and the economy for a short-term boost in stock price. They should all be ashamed and I hope they get brain cancer.
"Now, let's ask a hypothetical question. If this were about automobiles, and the question was about whether or not the manufacturer could force a person to use ONLY the built-in radio what would be the argument?"
Well since Microsoft is not claiming anything like this I fail to see why it matters. To follow your analogy, Microsoft brand cars come with Microsoft brand radios (just like in "real" life, try buying a car without a factory installed radio). However the EU wants to force Microsoft to include two other radios in every car. All this, despite the fact that you the buyer are free to install any Radio you want. So if you buy a car/computer in th EU you are FORCED to take a Microsoft, Real and Apple brand radio/media player. How is that a good thing?
According to Xbitlabs and AnandTech, the specifications for ATI's newest graphics cards have been revealed. Interesting to note is that all of these next generation video cards will run exclusively on the PCI interface. This does not bode well for those of us who just paid top dollar for the last generation of VESA-Localbus cards.
MyDOom has its own SMTP server built into it. All it needs is access to outgoing ports. Thats it, nothing more. You would not need root access for it to work. You would just need to be dumb enough to download the attachment and run it. Just like people are doing on Windows.
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I too am self taught and uneducated, yet I'm making high five figures as an IT monkey. What got me my current job was the fact that my home network used the same hardware as my employers server farm. Granted thats also why my last few girlfriends took off. Somthing about cooling fans keeping them awake at night.
Better yours then mine.
Form of, illegible code.
Shape of, encrypted executables.
Not sure where the monkey fits into all of this.
But its Apple DRM. Which is good for some reason. Unlike Microsoft DRM, which makes baby Jesus cry.
So if you boycot products that carry warnings telling you that the contents are protected under copyrite law will you stop using Linux and all other products under the GPL?
Yes, he said it looked like music tastes.
Who the hell is Mandrake?
Sure there's an easy answer. We just revisit the idea of the King of the Bean. After four years in office, we take who ever was president out into a field and slit their throat.
Tell them you had to take an extended leave of absence due to a death in your family. If they try to verify this, kill a family member.
Its wankers like you that force IT people like me to block sites like this. Go home.
I'd explain it to you, but there's no way an out of touch communist tree hugger such as yourself would understand.
They've had the cash for some time now. They just never got around to paying off their debts.
Yes they did. It was called the Pippin and was relased by Bandai. It did very bad in the US and Japanese markets. It booted MacOS 7 off of a CD (no internal storage) so, while it could run any Macintosh game, the game had to be built with an OS image on the CD.
"Do what we say or we'll instant message your daughters phone number to thousands of nerds!"
Yup, computer science is now a worthless field. Exciting isn't it?
As for your second point. I have a job currently. It took me six months to find. I am competing against people with doctorates for basic IT positions. To this end I am infact getting a MBA and am giving up on the programming side of my work, deciding instead to continue to focus on network engineering and IT management.
Bottom line is that as more and more people with four and six year degrees find them selves out of work, its going to be impossible for people like me to find a job. Most people I know are out of the IT industry at this point, having to work as waiters and bus drivers in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy for another year.
If that pays for a reasonable lifestyle, then yes I would. Hell, I know people with PHDs that are now working for minimum wage. Thats not much less then 12k a year and they have to deal with the US cost of living.
Easy, its not a "global economy". If it where I could go to India and get a job paying 11k a year and live off that. However they dont allow US tech workers to work over there unless you get sponsored by an Indian copany. Thats a local, protectionist economy. Not that this is a bad thing, I just wish the US corps would stop trying to tell me that their outsourceing because of globilization rather then because they want a new summer home.
Its the dot in dot com.
Oh boy, Ganesh is gona be pissed at me for that one.
The problem IMHO is not the Indian workers. Hell, I feel their just geeks like us. The problem is that I, as a US programmer, am no longer allowed to compete for the jobs that get outsrouced. I for one would seriously consider doing a stint in India. However, unless I am sought out by an Indian company or get Indian citizenship I cannot apply for these jobs. This is where the problems are, all the companies touting globalization while lining their pockets are spewing bull shit. It is not globalization when you exclude local workers from even applying for the jobs. This of course brings us to the source of the problem. US companies are willing to sell out their workers and the economy for a short-term boost in stock price. They should all be ashamed and I hope they get brain cancer.
Well since Microsoft is not claiming anything like this I fail to see why it matters. To follow your analogy, Microsoft brand cars come with Microsoft brand radios (just like in "real" life, try buying a car without a factory installed radio). However the EU wants to force Microsoft to include two other radios in every car. All this, despite the fact that you the buyer are free to install any Radio you want. So if you buy a car/computer in th EU you are FORCED to take a Microsoft, Real and Apple brand radio/media player. How is that a good thing?
Its free and will tell you if your memory sucks.
According to Xbitlabs and AnandTech, the specifications for ATI's newest graphics cards have been revealed. Interesting to note is that all of these next generation video cards will run exclusively on the PCI interface. This does not bode well for those of us who just paid top dollar for the last generation of VESA-Localbus cards.
It happens all the time. Go price a pair of PIII 1Ghz CPUs (the high end of what the 100Mhz Buss can support).
MyDOom has its own SMTP server built into it. All it needs is access to outgoing ports. Thats it, nothing more. You would not need root access for it to work. You would just need to be dumb enough to download the attachment and run it. Just like people are doing on Windows.