Those bombers and big expensive crap aren't IN the military budget. Congress gets together and says "We need more pork. We're going to put out a contract for something big and expensive. We don't have the budget to give you for maintaining it so find room."
They get the money to buy huge hardware systems that no one asked for from somewhere else.
There's a reason so many people in the military are using food stamps.
Well, Linux has always had a problem with nice looking fonts. It doesn't have any.
And who wants to program fonts when they're trying to program something cool? Font making is generally not covered in Computer Science classes.
My suggestion? Pay to have them done by a professional. Bang together a donation page and try to set up a deal with someone who can do the work. If you name the font set after the company and put contact info in there, it's free advertising.
I'm sure they'd offer a discount if you did something like that.
Actually, #3 sounds perfect for a company that plans on selling reusable cartridges.
I can't imagine it working though. Opening up your computer every 3 months to replace a coolant cartridge is far more difficult than replacing an inkjet cartridge.
I was talking to some people on an HDTV forum about this. I want an HDTV, but I'm not going to get one until I can get a DVD player and an HDTV that can do 720p
To have a DVD that can contain enough information to have that kind of resolution, you need the blue laser.
Someone said that currently, blue lasers have a lifetime expectancy of 300 hours. Does anyone know if this is true? Is this a major roadblock?
This is why I had my last job. Instead of giving the users access to the data, IT sets up a wall around all their resources.
They were also in the middle of a nervous breakdown because everyone was constantly hammering them with requests. Make your data secure and back it up, and let the people you serve do their own IT.
Wow, where did they pull this "Disapearing Sun" experiment?
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They did not need to build as many bombs as they did, with the amount of power they had. The bomb being built was mainly a symbol of power at first, but tell me why we kept making these bombs, and making them more powerful all the way through the 80s?
Oh yeah, The US won WWII by using a "Symbol of power"
And they would of stopped USSR's expansionist policies by waving around a "Symbol of Power"
US "You better stop that, you big bad USSR! We have several nukes!"
USSR "So? Go ahead and destroy a few of our towns. We have plenty of nukes to meet our goals. Rolling off the assembly line like sausages."
The USA pushed USSR? Yeah, Stalin is synonymous with "Good guy".
I've yet to get a lead from any of my techie friends. When they get a job, they kind of burrow in and ignore the rest of the world. You're a good friend if you've helped yours get jobs.
Sorry. I had read that the Daisy Cutter was an example of an Anti-personnel device. That they had actually added an anti-personnel casing to the bomb.
Apparently, from my ten minutes of research, a "Daisy Cutter" is a generic term to a triggering device that detonates the bomb 6 feet above the ground.
Thank you for picking on my post and adding no value to the conversation beyond "You made a mistake." You're a true credit to geekdom.
So the Daisy Cutter WASN'T an example of an Anti-personnel weapon. I now have looked up "Cluster bomb units". I shall now say that a CBU is an example of an Anti-personnel weapon.
Are you employed? Ok, do me a little favor, quit your job and remove all computer oriented work experience from your resume.
Now get a job.
Sharpen your skills? At WHAT? C#? That was popular last year. Whoops. No one hiring C# programmers. Ok, how about COM? No? Ok, how about PERL? Yay! You now can write PERL scripts. But the job ad also wants you to know EIGHT OTHER SKILLS.
Why in the world would you sharpen a "Skill" when all that does is put you in a very specific pigeonhole. Which you don't have 3-4 years of work experience, so they won't hire you anyways.
You seem willing to tell other people how to get a job? Are you hiring? What kind of salary range do you expect to give someone out of college. Someone who didn't spend EVERY MINUTE of his/her free time working on other computer stuff.
I'm willing to bet you've gotten very comfortable in your nook. Why don't you come out and play in the job market?
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Those bombers and big expensive crap aren't IN the military budget. Congress gets together and says "We need more pork. We're going to put out a contract for something big and expensive. We don't have the budget to give you for maintaining it so find room."
They get the money to buy huge hardware systems that no one asked for from somewhere else.
There's a reason so many people in the military are using food stamps.
Well, Linux has always had a problem with nice looking fonts. It doesn't have any.
And who wants to program fonts when they're trying to program something cool? Font making is generally not covered in Computer Science classes.
My suggestion? Pay to have them done by a professional. Bang together a donation page and try to set up a deal with someone who can do the work. If you name the font set after the company and put contact info in there, it's free advertising.
I'm sure they'd offer a discount if you did something like that.
Yes, unfortunately, to simulate REAL evolution would require far more powerful computers than what we have now.
So how about we just simulate parts of it for now, ok?
Actually, #3 sounds perfect for a company that plans on selling reusable cartridges.
I can't imagine it working though. Opening up your computer every 3 months to replace a coolant cartridge is far more difficult than replacing an inkjet cartridge.
You just have to laugh at what the spammer said. He's going to CHINA because the don't give you that kind of grief over peddling spam.
Yeah man, go to China. They'll love you there.
Er, well, what would you call it then?
Baen Free Files?
Wait a minute yourself. I'll take you seriously when you're not posting AC.
I like it when people check back on posts that they've made and respond to me.
I was talking to some people on an HDTV forum about this. I want an HDTV, but I'm not going to get one until I can get a DVD player and an HDTV that can do 720p
To have a DVD that can contain enough information to have that kind of resolution, you need the blue laser.
Someone said that currently, blue lasers have a lifetime expectancy of 300 hours. Does anyone know if this is true? Is this a major roadblock?
This is why I had my last job. Instead of giving the users access to the data, IT sets up a wall around all their resources.
They were also in the middle of a nervous breakdown because everyone was constantly hammering them with requests. Make your data secure and back it up, and let the people you serve do their own IT.
Well, I've gone though a year's worth of database design classes. I use MySQL for my website.
(shrug) It works. I've never had ANY failures becuse my website IS that simple.
You know, this may come as a shock, but Woody Allen isn't funny.
So, his statement on "What makes things funny." is probably very, very, wrong.
Wow, where did they pull this "Disapearing Sun" experiment?
Oh yeah, The US won WWII by using a "Symbol of power"
And they would of stopped USSR's expansionist policies by waving around a "Symbol of Power"
US "You better stop that, you big bad USSR! We have several nukes!"
USSR "So? Go ahead and destroy a few of our towns. We have plenty of nukes to meet our goals. Rolling off the assembly line like sausages."
The USA pushed USSR? Yeah, Stalin is synonymous with "Good guy".
lol. Great, I'm picking arguments with drunks.
I've yet to get a lead from any of my techie friends. When they get a job, they kind of burrow in and ignore the rest of the world. You're a good friend if you've helped yours get jobs.
Heh. Not only did you not address ANY of my points, you inadvertently supported some.
.com and you didn't screw up. I know a bunch of stories like this.
You got lucky. You were hired during the golden age of the
You seem to have all this advice on how to get a job, but no track record on helping people find a job.
Go home, your advice is useless and merely pisses off the people who are job hunting right now.
I find this whole situation suspicious. What are the odds that EVERYONE on his teams sucks, but his shit smells like roses?
If he's in charge, then maybe they're waiting for him to take charge.
Sorry. I had read that the Daisy Cutter was an example of an Anti-personnel device. That they had actually added an anti-personnel casing to the bomb.
Apparently, from my ten minutes of research, a "Daisy Cutter" is a generic term to a triggering device that detonates the bomb 6 feet above the ground.
Thank you for picking on my post and adding no value to the conversation beyond "You made a mistake." You're a true credit to geekdom.
So the Daisy Cutter WASN'T an example of an Anti-personnel weapon. I now have looked up "Cluster bomb units". I shall now say that a CBU is an example of an Anti-personnel weapon.
Are you happy now?
Heh. Well, if you really don't want anyone to play by any rules of warfare, just say so.
Woah! They post a note on the wall? Heck I can do that.
Dum de dum de da.
Ta da! I now have a piece of paper on the wall declaring that I get paid 1 million dollars every week. My god! Why didn't I think of this sooner?
Yes, and when Terrorists develop airborn lasers, they'll actually be relevant to the conevrsation.
Military bombs that have built in shrapnel are called "Anti-personel". The Daisy Cutter is an example of this.
Anti-personel boumbs are LOUSY at taking out hard targets.
80k?!
I'd be happy to find a 35k job! Quit the hyperbole, real people are trying to find jobs.
You forgot to mention "Salary" as one of the reasons people get laid off.
As in "Try and get rid of the people we pay the most to."
Because you missed that, I have decided you have no idea what you're talking about.
Ooo! Ooo! I've got this wacky idea.
:-)
Ok, get this. You know your country is at war with the US. You hear explosions outside your city. And air raid sirens. Do you
A) Go outside and become a slack jawed gawker.
B) Hide inside, in the basement if you've got one.
For pete's sake people, war is DANGEROUS. Unless you're IN the military, when you hear the sounds of battle you find cover! Pronto!
If you're in the military, you wait for orders to find cover.
Are you employed? Ok, do me a little favor, quit your job and remove all computer oriented work experience from your resume.
Now get a job.
Sharpen your skills? At WHAT? C#? That was popular last year. Whoops. No one hiring C# programmers. Ok, how about COM? No? Ok, how about PERL? Yay! You now can write PERL scripts. But the job ad also wants you to know EIGHT OTHER SKILLS.
Why in the world would you sharpen a "Skill" when all that does is put you in a very specific pigeonhole. Which you don't have 3-4 years of work experience, so they won't hire you anyways.
You seem willing to tell other people how to get a job? Are you hiring? What kind of salary range do you expect to give someone out of college. Someone who didn't spend EVERY MINUTE of his/her free time working on other computer stuff.
I'm willing to bet you've gotten very comfortable in your nook. Why don't you come out and play in the job market?