Actually many (most?) have unmetred long distance as well these days. The cost of metering is often higher than the cost of providing the service.
Actually, it is not unmetered. When you read the fine print there is a maximum number of minutes per month. The fact is, long distance costs money, so the all you talk long distance plans simply average the typical users and charge a set price. If you use too many minutes of long distance your service will be disconnected--just like an "over-used" cable modem.
I have definately become a fan of Astaro. It is not free, but in my opinion very reasonable, and worth the cost in time savings. It works with the built-in windows client, and the thing pretty much installs and sets itself up. They have a free 30-day full featured demo, and the entire thing is free for "home use".
Did I mention I have become a huge fan? or was it already obvious?
That may be, but the amount of money being paid is also a correlation to the supply vs demand ratio for a particular job.
You may also notice in the same study that more jobs were offered in IT than registered nurses, and I dont think anyone who is a registered nurse is complaining for lack of employment.
The fact remains, it is not difficult to get a job in IT. You or someone you know may have had some bad luck, but the industry as a whole is very healty; and when comparing IT graduates with those of other industries is nothing short of spectacular.
One thing you are neglecting in your supply/demand calculations is the fact that as the technical level of these developing countries increases (which I think we can assume correlates directly with the amount of talent availble as part of this supply), so does its demand for development increase.
So your 'chinese and hindu' are adding to the demand for developers as a whole as software specific to these cultures and countries that has never been written before becomes an ever increasing requirement for business.
I wont argue that the amount of demand for developers has caught up with its supply, but I will argue that it does have a noticable effect.
I have been hearing about the doom of the industry for a very long time. The fact is, is that IT and Computer Science follow a cycle.
Will there be a high paying job waiting for you the moment you graduate? That is impossible to predict, but long term you are almost assured to find a healthy career waiting for you.
Proof that the offshoring is an overexagerated issue? Look at average salaries of graduates. They may not be as high as you want them, but compared with any other fields they are consistently towards the top. Even now, with so much media attention focusing on the downturn in the tech economy, I doubt you would receive very much sympathy for having to receive a starting salary of over 51k. (Starting Salaries)
Anyone complaining about the lack of jobs and low pay in the industry is an anomaly. I am not saying it is their fault, but there will be people that simply have bad luck finding a job no matter what field you look at.
In short, the reason there is so much noise is simply because some people have unrealistic expectations of both finding a job and the pay they will receive. Take that away and what you have is an industry on a whole that is actually more healthy than a lot of others.
All of that being said, it is always better to specialize if your goal is more money. Almost any job will base your pay based on your expertise in the area they are looking for. If a job is looking for a C# developer and you have a little knowledge of everything then you will get paid for having a little knowledge of C#. If on the other hand you are a Java expert and have been doing nothing but Java for the previous 5 years you may not get that C# position at all, but when you find a company looking for someone with knowledge of Java you can definitely expect a higher pay.
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I'll try to bring this full circle back to point. I think you prove exactly how the United States laws and freedom to print information actually work.
If information was actually controlled we would all be talking about the tremendous amounts of WMD found in Iraq right now, instead of criticizing the adminitration about lying to us.
Yes you say there are some people who believe they are there. I believe you are talking about the same percentages of people who believe we never landed on the moon. I can't say this for sure because searching for the last while didn't reveal any signifigant numbers of people who believe this.
Call me an optimist, but I say the system in the U.S. works, not that it is broken.
I imagine a similar situation if it happened in China would never be discovered.
Why did it take so long for this misinformation about WMD existing in Iraq to be revealed? This was a more unique case because even the parties disseminating the information did not know its truth or untruth. Only later would anybody know if what was being said or not was true, including the people saying it. I would venture to say the public as a whole discovered there was no WMD about the time that Bush did.
That is what the first ammendment does. And it is those principles that Google is completely ignoring. Some may say its best to have a partial Google rather than no Google at all. This statement, perhaps like the previous discussion can only be proven through time. Their contribution to the rights of Chinese citizens may well turn out to be one of a positive character. Again, only looking back can we have any reasonable authority of which to judge.
Real gamers know that better graphics dont equate to better games.
Yes, but you have to admit there is something about a game where when you entranced by the soundtrack and awed by the graphics, when you forget real life for a moment, and believe for a time that you are the character on the screen that just sends chills down your back and keeps you coming back hungry for more.
I like RPGs so I'll speak about them... Sure good gameplay is important and without it you have nothing.. but add a system that takes away even the need for imagination and you have something there. Some will say that this heresy, after all isn't D&D perhaps the penultimate RPG ever made and it requires the most work and imagination by those playing it?
To this I say, sure the book is always better than the movie, gameplay is always better than graphics, etc.. But sometimes, just sitting back and being thrust into a game where become completely immersed with almost no effort at all is complete bliss.
I'll let someone else pay for the gameplay.. Give me better graphics, better sound, and bigger t.v.'s with higher defination!!!
The UI in the new versions of Office feels much more modern. Every time I upgrade I feel like I am getting a better piece of software since the UI is updated each time with a new look & feel.
Feature wise I can't say that I can name a single one, but like I said, it sure feels like the software is getting better. In fact whenever I look at somebody using the old Office 2000 I shake my head at the poor soul stuggling his way through life without the newest version. After all, his software is 3 years older than mine! Some might say that its more about the features and the color scheme or layout isn't all that important; but that wouldn't be true. I know this because I see many other people just like me who have paid hundreds of dollars for an updated version, this lets me know that I made the right decision in the upgrade. Ok I better stop now, this could go on forever.
Perhaps he also e-mailed g$$gle or $ony or kri$py kreme.
I can't wait for the next slashdot version where I can give minus points to comments containing keywords. The first on my list will be M$ and micro$oft.
What exactly are you using your GPS for? You dont need 12 satellites unless you are trying to intercept some sort of ballistic missile or something at high speeds. 3 satellites would be enough to find a point in a 2 dimensional plane; 4 if you need to know how high up the parking structure the car is.
It is, however, an occasion to look at the growing power of Google (and remember, perhaps, that such a large amount of power in the hands of one company can be dangerous, regardless of intent).
I don't think we have too much to worry about. The power Google has in this is because it is the most popular search engine. As soon as they start abusing the power and delisting major sites, then there will certainly be another search engine that will take its place. So it is in its best interest to behave well.
The bottom line is that Google wants to be the best search engine it can be. It doesn't do that by not indexing mass amounts of companies. It also doesn't do it by alowing webmasters to get themselves at the top of the results just because of some tricks. So it must walk a fine line. In fact its best bet is to delist one or two high profile companies and make a big deal about it, so that it discourages other companies from following them.
maybe they could have lowered it's rating, but remove it?
They did simply lower it. They reset its page rank to zero, so it shows up at the bottom of any results, or amongst all the other zero page rank results.
But as far as search engines go, a listing at the end is just the same as not being listed at all. In any case they did just as you said, they lowered its ranking. The summary I guess is technically incorrect, but practically acurate.
I am not exactly sure what their revenue model is, but Flyff is an interesting one--free.
How do they do it?
I can't speak for how good it is story wise since it was only just released yesterday, but interface and graphics wise, it is very nice. Still wondering how they are paying for it though.
In case you want to see it (http://english.flyff.com./
Just a small difference, but any merchant you use your card with is not allowed to store the CVV2 code while they can store your account number and expiration date.
Can someone explain something about this? If Cogent is cutoff from Level III, certainly they are not single homed into Level III.
Shouldn't a packet destined for Level III from Cogent go to another provider (i.e. PacBell, Time Warner or some other provider), and then be forwarded to Level III from there?
I think the pre-planned workaround is having multi homed networks. According to the summary (I have not read the article, why would I), this affects only communication that is single homed on both ends.
"No person may operate a civil aircraft of US registry with a pressurized cabin (ii) At flight altitudes above flight level 350 unless one pilot at the controls of the air-plane is wearing and using an oxygen mask that is secured and sealed and that either supplies oxygen at all times or automatically supplies oxygen whenever the cabin pressure altitude of the airplane exceeds 14,000 feet..."
Slow leak, fast leak, I don't know if either one is an issue.
So far I have read 30 replies talking about hiring a lawyer. Lawyers are really expensive if you didn't know already, and may not be worth the cost.
Do a little math before you shell out tons of money. Somet things to consider first are:
1) How much do you expect the code to be worth? Is it just some code you want to use on some projects of your own as a hobbie, or are you planning on turning it into a multi-million dollar piece of software?
2) What are the chances that your boss will know what you have done, care what you have done, and try to sue you for it, even though you have some sort of document worked out that states that you own the code? Sure everyone says nobody can be trusted, and that bad things happen, but give me a break. Does everyone honestly think that every mom and pop place will try to steal your code back from you, after they verbally conscented to let you have it, and even signed and agreed to some verson of a written contract?
I am tired of everyone telling me to hire lawyers. I have done many things myself, and there have been no problems at all. I have probably saved hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees. Think of legal fees as insurance. Buy it only for the projects that you think really really deserve it.
If you want to get mathematical, you can use the formula below:
(Potential Value of Software) * (Percantage Chance of Software Being Worth That Much / 100) * (Percentage Chance your boss will try to take it from you / 100) * (Percentage Chance he/she will succeed, despite a general agreement stating the contrary / 100). Compare that number with legal fee costs. You'll find it isnt always worth it. Sometimes it is.
But just because a lawyer didn't right it, doesnt mean it wont stand up.
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I thought all bugs were supposed to be worked out in alpha, and beta was for when you have your IPO and want to add new features.
What software company do you work for? Most everyone I know seems to think that the beta phase is when you start collecting feature requests.
Actually many (most?) have unmetred long distance as well these days. The cost of metering is often higher than the cost of providing the service.
Actually, it is not unmetered. When you read the fine print there is a maximum number of minutes per month. The fact is, long distance costs money, so the all you talk long distance plans simply average the typical users and charge a set price. If you use too many minutes of long distance your service will be disconnected--just like an "over-used" cable modem.
Who needs games when my console can do 6,000 fps!
Which console loses the most money.
The reason I ask is I don't think I can afford three consoles. It seems to me I want to buy whichever one loses the most.
Don't I want my console company to lose money? If they are making money it is coming from me. I would much rather have underpriced hardware.
Kept the market and made tons of money on their, now free, software I suppose.
I have definately become a fan of Astaro. It is not free, but in my opinion very reasonable, and worth the cost in time savings. It works with the built-in windows client, and the thing pretty much installs and sets itself up. They have a free 30-day full featured demo, and the entire thing is free for "home use".
Did I mention I have become a huge fan? or was it already obvious?
That may be, but the amount of money being paid is also a correlation to the supply vs demand ratio for a particular job.
You may also notice in the same study that more jobs were offered in IT than registered nurses, and I dont think anyone who is a registered nurse is complaining for lack of employment.
The fact remains, it is not difficult to get a job in IT. You or someone you know may have had some bad luck, but the industry as a whole is very healty; and when comparing IT graduates with those of other industries is nothing short of spectacular.
One thing you are neglecting in your supply/demand calculations is the fact that as the technical level of these developing countries increases (which I think we can assume correlates directly with the amount of talent availble as part of this supply), so does its demand for development increase.
So your 'chinese and hindu' are adding to the demand for developers as a whole as software specific to these cultures and countries that has never been written before becomes an ever increasing requirement for business.
I wont argue that the amount of demand for developers has caught up with its supply, but I will argue that it does have a noticable effect.
I have been hearing about the doom of the industry for a very long time. The fact is, is that IT and Computer Science follow a cycle.
Will there be a high paying job waiting for you the moment you graduate? That is impossible to predict, but long term you are almost assured to find a healthy career waiting for you.
Proof that the offshoring is an overexagerated issue? Look at average salaries of graduates. They may not be as high as you want them, but compared with any other fields they are consistently towards the top. Even now, with so much media attention focusing on the downturn in the tech economy, I doubt you would receive very much sympathy for having to receive a starting salary of over 51k. (Starting Salaries)
Anyone complaining about the lack of jobs and low pay in the industry is an anomaly. I am not saying it is their fault, but there will be people that simply have bad luck finding a job no matter what field you look at.
In short, the reason there is so much noise is simply because some people have unrealistic expectations of both finding a job and the pay they will receive. Take that away and what you have is an industry on a whole that is actually more healthy than a lot of others.
All of that being said, it is always better to specialize if your goal is more money. Almost any job will base your pay based on your expertise in the area they are looking for. If a job is looking for a C# developer and you have a little knowledge of everything then you will get paid for having a little knowledge of C#. If on the other hand you are a Java expert and have been doing nothing but Java for the previous 5 years you may not get that C# position at all, but when you find a company looking for someone with knowledge of Java you can definitely expect a higher pay.
I'll try to bring this full circle back to point. I think you prove exactly how the United States laws and freedom to print information actually work.
If information was actually controlled we would all be talking about the tremendous amounts of WMD found in Iraq right now, instead of criticizing the adminitration about lying to us.
Yes you say there are some people who believe they are there. I believe you are talking about the same percentages of people who believe we never landed on the moon. I can't say this for sure because searching for the last while didn't reveal any signifigant numbers of people who believe this.
Call me an optimist, but I say the system in the U.S. works, not that it is broken.
I imagine a similar situation if it happened in China would never be discovered.
Why did it take so long for this misinformation about WMD existing in Iraq to be revealed? This was a more unique case because even the parties disseminating the information did not know its truth or untruth. Only later would anybody know if what was being said or not was true, including the people saying it. I would venture to say the public as a whole discovered there was no WMD about the time that Bush did.
That is what the first ammendment does. And it is those principles that Google is completely ignoring. Some may say its best to have a partial Google rather than no Google at all. This statement, perhaps like the previous discussion can only be proven through time. Their contribution to the rights of Chinese citizens may well turn out to be one of a positive character. Again, only looking back can we have any reasonable authority of which to judge.
Real gamers know that better graphics dont equate to better games.
Yes, but you have to admit there is something about a game where when you entranced by the soundtrack and awed by the graphics, when you forget real life for a moment, and believe for a time that you are the character on the screen that just sends chills down your back and keeps you coming back hungry for more.
I like RPGs so I'll speak about them... Sure good gameplay is important and without it you have nothing.. but add a system that takes away even the need for imagination and you have something there. Some will say that this heresy, after all isn't D&D perhaps the penultimate RPG ever made and it requires the most work and imagination by those playing it?
To this I say, sure the book is always better than the movie, gameplay is always better than graphics, etc.. But sometimes, just sitting back and being thrust into a game where become completely immersed with almost no effort at all is complete bliss.
I'll let someone else pay for the gameplay.. Give me better graphics, better sound, and bigger t.v.'s with higher defination!!!
Was three exclamation points too many just then?
Let me guess, you had a bad experience mixing with other nationalities as a kid and you had a bad experience with FFXI?
The UI in the new versions of Office feels much more modern. Every time I upgrade I feel like I am getting a better piece of software since the UI is updated each time with a new look & feel.
Feature wise I can't say that I can name a single one, but like I said, it sure feels like the software is getting better. In fact whenever I look at somebody using the old Office 2000 I shake my head at the poor soul stuggling his way through life without the newest version. After all, his software is 3 years older than mine! Some might say that its more about the features and the color scheme or layout isn't all that important; but that wouldn't be true. I know this because I see many other people just like me who have paid hundreds of dollars for an updated version, this lets me know that I made the right decision in the upgrade. Ok I better stop now, this could go on forever.
Perhaps he also e-mailed g$$gle or $ony or kri$py kreme.
I can't wait for the next slashdot version where I can give minus points to comments containing keywords. The first on my list will be M$ and micro$oft.
Hrmmm.
I can't seem to come up with a search either that brings them up. Looks like I was totally wrong.
Please mod grand-parent overrated.
12 Satellites?
What exactly are you using your GPS for? You dont need 12 satellites unless you are trying to intercept some sort of ballistic missile or something at high speeds. 3 satellites would be enough to find a point in a 2 dimensional plane; 4 if you need to know how high up the parking structure the car is.
A little background
It is, however, an occasion to look at the growing power of Google (and remember, perhaps, that such a large amount of power in the hands of one company can be dangerous, regardless of intent).
I don't think we have too much to worry about. The power Google has in this is because it is the most popular search engine. As soon as they start abusing the power and delisting major sites, then there will certainly be another search engine that will take its place. So it is in its best interest to behave well.
The bottom line is that Google wants to be the best search engine it can be. It doesn't do that by not indexing mass amounts of companies. It also doesn't do it by alowing webmasters to get themselves at the top of the results just because of some tricks. So it must walk a fine line. In fact its best bet is to delist one or two high profile companies and make a big deal about it, so that it discourages other companies from following them.
maybe they could have lowered it's rating, but remove it?
They did simply lower it. They reset its page rank to zero, so it shows up at the bottom of any results, or amongst all the other zero page rank results.
But as far as search engines go, a listing at the end is just the same as not being listed at all. In any case they did just as you said, they lowered its ranking. The summary I guess is technically incorrect, but practically acurate.
Good luck trying to speak and place the bet within 3 seconds. Also, are you going to change your bet based off how far the ball is kicked off?
In any case, the reason you can't use cell phones is so that you can't take bets for other people over the phone and relay them.
I am not exactly sure what their revenue model is, but Flyff is an interesting one--free. How do they do it? I can't speak for how good it is story wise since it was only just released yesterday, but interface and graphics wise, it is very nice. Still wondering how they are paying for it though. In case you want to see it (http://english.flyff.com./
Just a small difference, but any merchant you use your card with is not allowed to store the CVV2 code while they can store your account number and expiration date.
I know, not a big difference, but you did ask.
Can someone explain something about this? If Cogent is cutoff from Level III, certainly they are not single homed into Level III.
Shouldn't a packet destined for Level III from Cogent go to another provider (i.e. PacBell, Time Warner or some other provider), and then be forwarded to Level III from there?
I think the pre-planned workaround is having multi homed networks. According to the summary (I have not read the article, why would I), this affects only communication that is single homed on both ends.
"No person may operate a civil aircraft of US registry with a pressurized cabin (ii) At flight altitudes above flight level 350 unless one pilot at the controls of the air-plane is wearing and using an oxygen mask that is secured and sealed and that either supplies oxygen at all times or automatically supplies oxygen whenever the cabin pressure altitude of the airplane exceeds 14,000 feet..."
Slow leak, fast leak, I don't know if either one is an issue.
So far I have read 30 replies talking about hiring a lawyer. Lawyers are really expensive if you didn't know already, and may not be worth the cost.
Do a little math before you shell out tons of money. Somet things to consider first are:
1) How much do you expect the code to be worth? Is it just some code you want to use on some projects of your own as a hobbie, or are you planning on turning it into a multi-million dollar piece of software?
2) What are the chances that your boss will know what you have done, care what you have done, and try to sue you for it, even though you have some sort of document worked out that states that you own the code? Sure everyone says nobody can be trusted, and that bad things happen, but give me a break. Does everyone honestly think that every mom and pop place will try to steal your code back from you, after they verbally conscented to let you have it, and even signed and agreed to some verson of a written contract?
I am tired of everyone telling me to hire lawyers. I have done many things myself, and there have been no problems at all. I have probably saved hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees. Think of legal fees as insurance. Buy it only for the projects that you think really really deserve it.
If you want to get mathematical, you can use the formula below:
(Potential Value of Software) * (Percantage Chance of Software Being Worth That Much / 100) * (Percentage Chance your boss will try to take it from you / 100) * (Percentage Chance he/she will succeed, despite a general agreement stating the contrary / 100). Compare that number with legal fee costs. You'll find it isnt always worth it. Sometimes it is.
But just because a lawyer didn't right it, doesnt mean it wont stand up.