I've been out of school for 4 years (UConn, CS), and am now being asked to participate in the interview process for my company. When I look over a resume, I really only take note that the person had a technical degree that was close to CS, and that their GPA wasn't in the gutter.
Where the degree came from is meaningless to me. I've turned down people with perfect grades from MIT and Berkley.
On an interview, personality matters the most, because if you can't work well in my company, I really don't care if you are a star programmer.
Also, go to a school where there is a good selection of women. You probably won't find a whole lot in the engineering buildings.
You'd be surprised at how happy customers can get when they see an engineer/manager on site, helping them with their problems. For about 2 months, I was commuting by air back and forth between Boston and Philadelphia, working in a lab that does in fact have a VPN connection. When the project was done, the one thing the customer said made the most difference was the "face time" that we spent with them.
Say what you will about inept managers, but showing up in person makes a huge difference.
Its another question of ethical behavior versus legal behavior
If he posted stock information, company information, predictions based on inside information - that sounds illegal to me
If he posted about "WHOLE FOODS RULEZZZ, OATS SUXXX", he's just another idiot online
By posting these messages, it doesn't sound like he was violating any laws by interfering with another business. Standing outside a Wild Oats B&M store with a sign that says "Go to Whole Foods", qualifies as a civil offense (tort?).
The best legal recourse OATS or whoever might have is a libel suit - and they would have to show how the posting negatively affected their business, and exactly what wasn't true.
My friend and I took our kayaks and large cameras within 100 feet (strong tides) of Logan Airport in Boston.
The only official contact we got was a local police-boat saying we had to move back to 500 feet, a regulation which has apparently always been in place.
My company builds VOD systems, and it is an incredibly complex process to get bits of video to your Set Top Box so you don't have to go outside to rent porn.
You should see all the innovation in our code that is driven by on demand porn.
I find that buying online is less impulsive because you have mountains of research to rely on.
Lets say I see (hmmm we're on Slashdot so I'll use the computer hardware example) a new component for my rig that I absolutely must have. I'll go through many reviews first to make sure it functions, is compatible, is priced correctly, and will be a good buy.
Now lets say I'm at the supermarket deciding between the S&S brand and a gourmet brand of food. No external input for consumption, so its more likely I'll buy the gourmet on the spot.
I'd say from initial liking to final purchase takes me nearly 36 hours.
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Does it strike anybody odd that all the chopper blades are in the exact same position? (second picture)....they almost look like they were cut/pasted in there
I have seen some images on google maps that are drawn in, such as a golf course near my house that doesn't exist yet....
Uh....gotta disagree with you on the government Internet comment
The government has a pretty cool secure network used for communication
This is stuff that you need a high level clearance just to look at....
My friend programmed a custom GUI that looked like WinGuard....but it really saved the administrator password to a file, then opened up the real WinGuard and typed in the password, so the sysadmin would be none the wiser. We got lots of passwords that way.
Side note: the WinGuard executable also had a default password of "gourmet" that we found by decompiling code. Ah VB 4, you are my only friend.
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I've been out of school for 4 years (UConn, CS), and am now being asked to participate in the interview process for my company. When I look over a resume, I really only take note that the person had a technical degree that was close to CS, and that their GPA wasn't in the gutter.
Where the degree came from is meaningless to me. I've turned down people with perfect grades from MIT and Berkley.
On an interview, personality matters the most, because if you can't work well in my company, I really don't care if you are a star programmer.
Also, go to a school where there is a good selection of women. You probably won't find a whole lot in the engineering buildings.
This would have been a perfect opportunity for a goatse link. Please plan accordingly next time.
You'd be surprised at how happy customers can get when they see an engineer/manager on site, helping them with their problems. For about 2 months, I was commuting by air back and forth between Boston and Philadelphia, working in a lab that does in fact have a VPN connection. When the project was done, the one thing the customer said made the most difference was the "face time" that we spent with them.
Say what you will about inept managers, but showing up in person makes a huge difference.
I accidentally brought up this subject with my girlfriend, who is of the liberal arts persuasion.
A word to the wise - don't mention this area of thinking unless surrounded by other engineers who share the same superiority complex.
On the other hand, my couch was quite comfy to sleep on for a few days.
I recall a funny explanation about a theory for an investment newsletter.
You start with a pool of investors, say 16,000.
You tell half of them a stock is going to go up, and the other half that its going to go down.
At the beginning of the next week, you send another newsletter to the X/2 (8,000) people who received the correct prediction from the previous week.
Rinse, wash, repeat, until you get a group of a few hundred people who think you are right 100% of the time.
Then scam them out of money somehow.
double plus ungood ?
IANAL
Its another question of ethical behavior versus legal behavior
If he posted stock information, company information, predictions based on inside information - that sounds illegal to me
If he posted about "WHOLE FOODS RULEZZZ, OATS SUXXX", he's just another idiot online
By posting these messages, it doesn't sound like he was violating any laws by interfering with another business. Standing outside a Wild Oats B&M store with a sign that says "Go to Whole Foods", qualifies as a civil offense (tort?).
The best legal recourse OATS or whoever might have is a libel suit - and they would have to show how the posting negatively affected their business, and exactly what wasn't true.
um, the Yellow Pages ?
A while back some kids stole a bunch of big flat panel monitors at my school.
They made a few mistakes:
1) Posted the items on EBay with their @uconn.edu addresses
2) Stored the items on campus in a dorm room.
3) Told people about it.
Oops
I don't know about that....
My friend and I took our kayaks and large cameras within 100 feet (strong tides) of Logan Airport in Boston.
The only official contact we got was a local police-boat saying we had to move back to 500 feet, a regulation which has apparently always been in place.
I think I can sum up the world opinion of the United States without the use of AI.
The words 'laughing stock', 'irresponsible', 'ignorant', and 'redneck' come to mind.
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I'm 24 and can hear 5 out of 7
Guess I'm getting older too quickly
One big hurdle with IPTV is channel changes (surfing).
With the newer video codecs, the GOP sizes are large (in the 1-2 second range).
So you might have to wait 2 seconds for a channel's initial IFrame to come in.
This scenario is completely unacceptable to the normal analog TV viewer.
Thermodynamics is a wonderful law isn't it.
OK so 98% of my userbase uses Windows.
2 % use Linux.
I can write Windows drivers for my device and keep 98% of my userbase happy.
I can write Linux drivers for my device, and keep 2% of my userbase happy.
If the cost of writing that Linux driver is more than I would make back in profits, why would I ever do it?
Business decisions......
Video on Demand
My company builds VOD systems, and it is an incredibly complex process to get bits of video to your Set Top Box so you don't have to go outside to rent porn.
You should see all the innovation in our code that is driven by on demand porn.
Hotwire does this....
I was searching for an airline ticket, and the search came back at $445....
so I searched some more, and the price went up to $451
I went to a different computer, did the same search...$443
Bullshit
Not if you already ordered the card.
I'm only about 4 miles from all the HD antennas in Boston...its quite sweet.
I find that buying online is less impulsive because you have mountains of research to rely on.
Lets say I see (hmmm we're on Slashdot so I'll use the computer hardware example) a new component for my rig that I absolutely must have. I'll go through many reviews first to make sure it functions, is compatible, is priced correctly, and will be a good buy.
Now lets say I'm at the supermarket deciding between the S&S brand and a gourmet brand of food. No external input for consumption, so its more likely I'll buy the gourmet on the spot.
I'd say from initial liking to final purchase takes me nearly 36 hours.
Does it strike anybody odd that all the chopper blades are in the exact same position? (second picture)....they almost look like they were cut/pasted in there
I have seen some images on google maps that are drawn in, such as a golf course near my house that doesn't exist yet....
Uh....gotta disagree with you on the government Internet comment The government has a pretty cool secure network used for communication This is stuff that you need a high level clearance just to look at....
Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem, GTA....
These are the games I grew up with....
And boy, they have been such a negative influence...Just last week I went on a murderous rampage killing 10 runners in orange jumpsuits with my car.
GOURANGA!!!
Let parents deal with this issue, not the law. If your kids can handle games like this, and you can have a dialogue with them, let it go....
Remember a program called WinGuard?
:-(
My friend programmed a custom GUI that looked like WinGuard....but it really saved the administrator password to a file, then opened up the real WinGuard and typed in the password, so the sysadmin would be none the wiser. We got lots of passwords that way.
Side note: the WinGuard executable also had a default password of "gourmet" that we found by decompiling code. Ah VB 4, you are my only friend.
This was genius.
We got suspended though.
nice
I believe I have downloaded content from you before....possibly waaaaaaaaay back in the day
hah!
My cranial storage system is pretty good as well.
Actually, the funny thing is that all the drives listed are still operational (though some of them are turned off)
Thats why I always buy Seagate...