. . . with 17 years of experience with Oracle, and I refuse to ever get certified. It's how I weed out the stupid companies. If a job description even mentions that they prefer an OCP, I skip it. Very few senior roles mention it at all and it has never come up in an interview.
I suppose that for someone starting out with almost no Oracle experience it might be worth doing, but it's like your high school GPA, mentioning it a few years out makes you seem desperate and needy.
The only OCP's I know work for Oracle, I think they make you get it if you work for them. I know they don't require it to get a job at Oracle. It really is a worthless cert if you know what you are doing. Experience and good references/referrals will trump a piece of paper every single time, except for companies a true hacker would not want to work for anyway.
Now that Verizon is getting revenue from the upstream side because they have so many customers wanting to use Netflix, I'm just sure they will reduce the monthly fees they charge their customers, seeing as their customers are now their product.
( -- for anyone getting ready to "correct" me)
This is simple to determine -- The FCC jsut gets all the CEO's of the companies in question into a room and put them under oath. Then ask them what the bandwidth is to their personal residence and that becomes the definition of "Broadband" for that company. If it's good enough for the CEO's family then it should be good enough for their customers. And if investigative work proves they are getting all "weasel-like" using mifi or something to supplement, then they must do 5x what they claimed before.
We should promote a policy that any Windows systems that are not fully patched be automatically upgraded to run Linux. That nicely solves the problem of them joining botnets and means that MS doesn't ever have to worry about those systems again. MS shouldn't care because they've already made all the money they are getting from these systems anyway (since the owners have demonstrated that they are not going to ever pay for an upgrade). This way, older systems would eventually all convert to Linux, a much safer thing for the internet,
Instead of deodorizing the birds, they should just make a synthetic version of the smell and spray it all around the island, confusing the predators because the smell is everywhere.
That this is getting released so shortly after Gnash 0.8.8, which now plays all Youtube content ? I installed the latest Gnash on my 64 bit Linux and it works great. I don't think it's worth my effort to try this the Adobe version now.
I homeschool(ed) my 3 kids (older 2 are in college) and I have to tell you the whole "socialization" thing is a red herring. It's the most common argument against homeschooling, I think because it's the only one that seems rational. My kids, and every other homeschooled kid I've ever met, are extremely well socialized. Parents know this is an important part of growing up, and if they somehow were to forget it, perfect strangers will remind them every time they mention that they homeschool.
One of the most interesting aspects of the homeschool movement is how well the kids perform (as a group) compared to any other method. The parents like to think this is because their kids are just way above average, but is that really likely? The reason of course, is that homeschool families self-select for highly involved parents, which I'm sure is the #1 criteria for the quality of a child's education. The average homeschool parents spend more time educating their kids than most people spend at a full time job. If you did that, and left your kids in public school, they'd be top performers there too. It's ironic that the homeschool opposition goes to such great lengths to make it tough to homeschool, they are really helping without realizing it, as they are ensuring that everyone who homeschools will succeed.
I harbor no ill will against public school teachers, they have a tough, thankless job. And I know many parents simply can't (or don't want to) homeschool, and they should not feel bad at all. But it would be a terrible loss not to have homeschooling as a viable option, and spending time and money to discourage or otherwise inhibit homeschoolers is just pathetic. I am very glad I homeschooled all my children, and would certainly do it again (and my kids would agree if you asked them). It's a facet of parenting that most parents don't get to experience.
I suspect that this attitude against homeschooling in Germany is a part of their culture of conformance that we just don't have as strongly here. I like to think that I've given my kids a richer experience in life than they otherwise would have and I think that will make them better people.
1) It's common sense, and everyone knows how careful the government is to distance itself from that.
2) It's what the American public wants (except the people who make money of the existing confusion).
For those 2 reasons, we can be sure that neither party will ever accept this. Except perhaps as a diversion to rally their voters, but then only if they know if has no real chance of getting through.
1. Life ain't fair 2. The cream always rises to the top 3. If you want to make it to the top, be prepared to kiss a little bottom
My years of experience have proved the truth of all of those. Even in my current position I sometime am treated unfairly or asked to do things that are clearly not my job, still, I find I can really appreciate my current job by looking back on some of the really shitty jobs I've had in the past. Maybe your current job is one of them, valuable to you because in the future you can look back and say "at least I'm not working at X, any more".
Hopefully, this helps your perspective a bit. Keep going and doing good work, it will be rewarded eventually. The people who tell me I'm crazy to think that way are (usually) bitter and underemployed. Can't imagine why.
Man, if you convince everyone they need to work hard, you're removing the "buffer" between those of use who do work hard and the next layoff. It's no secret that every organization, sales to software development, has its superstars. We thrive on working productively and being the "go to" person for hard problems. The fact that there are others getting paid to do very little isn't a problem for us, without them we'd look normal and maybe even a little dingy. They serve a purpose, and it's up to each individual to decide which group they are in. It sounds to me like the OP is a hacker in the making, but hasn't found his niche just yet. I've no doubt he will figure this out, though it might take a few job changes to get it all.
While you have a good point, the situation now is that one country has an established capability and the other is building that capability and engaging in hostile rhetoric at the same time. That seems suicidal to me. I fully expect that one day, Israel will get scared and make a first strike on Iran, and since they will only get one shot (due to the public outcry from the rest of the world), it will be a definitive attack. It would be hard for any thinking person to say that Iran didn't bring that on themselves, but I would grieve for the many in Iran who are made to suffer because of the stupidity of their leaders.
It seems almost a certainty to me that the Middle East will erupt in a nuclear war at some point. No one there is willing to compromise and they all think that they have the moral high ground, a very dangerous opinion for political leaders to have.
I say we just send Superman up there with a big net and let him make a bunch of trips around the planet to clean everything up. Then we don't have to worry about conserving the energy in the pieces or any of that crap, because Superman has energy to spare.
Not only is this faster and safer, but much more entertaining. I think they could actually make a profit on this, when they figure in the comic book sales.
You mean this isn't the BIG CHANGE everyone was hoping for ?
Looks like we replaced one set of idiots with an even more morally bankrupt set. Time to break out the "End of an ERROR" bumper stickers again. We were better off before.
Speaking as an Oracle DBA who has done a little of this, I can tell you to get a lot of RAM. I would say that an MB that can be expanded to at least 8 GB is the way to go. You might get by with only 4GB for a while, but you will eventually want more, give the relative costs of RAM.
Oracle is always RAM hungry, and VM's multiply that.
Two months into the Bush Administration none of that was true yet either. We've seen that it takes several months for a new administration to be completely corrupted, though it does seem like they keep hoping to do it faster than the previous bunch, and so far Obama's right on track. In a few months, Microsoft will convince them to outlaw the GPL as a "matter of national security".
Critics say the carriers will simply pass these fees through to consumers."
Wow, a newsflash from Captain Obvious! What else would they do, cut executives bonuses? Of course they'll pass it on, with some bureaucratic name like "Regulatory Recovery Fee". As good citizens we've been programmed not to question such things, and since this is a monopoly service we can't switch to the other company.
The police never made a fault determination, so the uninsured motorist was able to collect. It seems to me that if the motorist can't be bothered to buy their own insurance, they ought not be able to collect money from any insurance co, regardless of fault. Or, in this case, the uninsured state of the other driver should have made them "at fault" by default, since they should not legally have been on the road. Sort of like a person who just never bothered to get a driver's license, if they get into an accident, why should they be able to collect an insurance claim?
"Uninsured driver" coverage is mandatory in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
If only that meant that everyone was insured! But alas, not everyone feels compelled to comply with "laws". I live in PA and my mother was killed in an accident with an uninsured driver. There were no "uninvolved" witnesses, so her insurance paid them for the damages. How was that right? The driver probably got a ticket and a warning that he really should get insured, but in this case they made a huge profit from their decision not to comply with PA laws. The right thing would be for the law to say "if you have no insurance, you can't drive. If you do drive, you can't collect a penny from anyone else's insurance and you will automatically be assumed to be "at fault" if you are in an accident." Threats of fines and even jail time are just idle threats, but if you allow the insurance companies a "loophole", you can bet they'll take it.
Imagine having the balls to sue the other driver's insurance company when you can be bothered to pay your own premiums.
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So they really did get the tech back in time. Not sure why they gave it to Lockheed, but whatever . . . .
I hope they left the car too. That would be even bigger than Mr. Fusion !!
. . . with 17 years of experience with Oracle, and I refuse to ever get certified. It's how I weed out the stupid companies. If a job description even mentions that they prefer an OCP, I skip it. Very few senior roles mention it at all and it has never come up in an interview.
I suppose that for someone starting out with almost no Oracle experience it might be worth doing, but it's like your high school GPA, mentioning it a few years out makes you seem desperate and needy.
The only OCP's I know work for Oracle, I think they make you get it if you work for them. I know they don't require it to get a job at Oracle. It really is a worthless cert if you know what you are doing. Experience and good references/referrals will trump a piece of paper every single time, except for companies a true hacker would not want to work for anyway.
Now that Verizon is getting revenue from the upstream side because they have so many customers wanting to use Netflix, I'm just sure they will reduce the monthly fees they charge their customers, seeing as their customers are now their product. ( -- for anyone getting ready to "correct" me)
This is simple to determine -- The FCC jsut gets all the CEO's of the companies in question into a room and put them under oath. Then ask them what the bandwidth is to their personal residence and that becomes the definition of "Broadband" for that company. If it's good enough for the CEO's family then it should be good enough for their customers. And if investigative work proves they are getting all "weasel-like" using mifi or something to supplement, then they must do 5x what they claimed before.
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Like we didn't know this would happen.
They should just ask Commander Data to scan the building for life signs.
Wow, I learned a new word today. I would have guessed that a "pescapalian" was the child of a Presbyterian and an Episcopalian.
Thanks for the education. Now I have to figure out how to slip that into casual conversation at work. That'll be a hoot.
We should promote a policy that any Windows systems that are not fully patched be automatically upgraded to run Linux. That nicely solves the problem of them joining botnets and means that MS doesn't ever have to worry about those systems again. MS shouldn't care because they've already made all the money they are getting from these systems anyway (since the owners have demonstrated that they are not going to ever pay for an upgrade). This way, older systems would eventually all convert to Linux, a much safer thing for the internet,
Instead of deodorizing the birds, they should just make a synthetic version of the smell and spray it all around the island, confusing the predators because the smell is everywhere.
That this is getting released so shortly after Gnash 0.8.8, which now plays all Youtube content ? I installed the latest Gnash on my 64 bit Linux and it works great. I don't think it's worth my effort to try this the Adobe version now.
Duh, he lives in Mongolia. I believe the food is cheap there 'cause they don't have to ship the horses very far.
I homeschool(ed) my 3 kids (older 2 are in college) and I have to tell you the whole "socialization" thing is a red herring. It's the most common argument against homeschooling, I think because it's the only one that seems rational. My kids, and every other homeschooled kid I've ever met, are extremely well socialized. Parents know this is an important part of growing up, and if they somehow were to forget it, perfect strangers will remind them every time they mention that they homeschool.
One of the most interesting aspects of the homeschool movement is how well the kids perform (as a group) compared to any other method. The parents like to think this is because their kids are just way above average, but is that really likely? The reason of course, is that homeschool families self-select for highly involved parents, which I'm sure is the #1 criteria for the quality of a child's education. The average homeschool parents spend more time educating their kids than most people spend at a full time job. If you did that, and left your kids in public school, they'd be top performers there too. It's ironic that the homeschool opposition goes to such great lengths to make it tough to homeschool, they are really helping without realizing it, as they are ensuring that everyone who homeschools will succeed.
I harbor no ill will against public school teachers, they have a tough, thankless job. And I know many parents simply can't (or don't want to) homeschool, and they should not feel bad at all. But it would be a terrible loss not to have homeschooling as a viable option, and spending time and money to discourage or otherwise inhibit homeschoolers is just pathetic. I am very glad I homeschooled all my children, and would certainly do it again (and my kids would agree if you asked them). It's a facet of parenting that most parents don't get to experience.
I suspect that this attitude against homeschooling in Germany is a part of their culture of conformance that we just don't have as strongly here. I like to think that I've given my kids a richer experience in life than they otherwise would have and I think that will make them better people.
1) It's common sense, and everyone knows how careful the government is to distance itself from that.
2) It's what the American public wants (except the people who make money of the existing confusion).
For those 2 reasons, we can be sure that neither party will ever accept this. Except perhaps as a diversion to rally their voters, but then only if they know if has no real chance of getting through.
I think a couple of cliche's are in order here:
1. Life ain't fair
2. The cream always rises to the top
3. If you want to make it to the top, be prepared to kiss a little bottom
My years of experience have proved the truth of all of those. Even in my current position I sometime am treated unfairly or asked to do things that are clearly not my job, still, I find I can really appreciate my current job by looking back on some of the really shitty jobs I've had in the past. Maybe your current job is one of them, valuable to you because in the future you can look back and say "at least I'm not working at X, any more".
Hopefully, this helps your perspective a bit. Keep going and doing good work, it will be rewarded eventually. The people who tell me I'm crazy to think that way are (usually) bitter and underemployed. Can't imagine why.
Shhhhhhh!!
Man, if you convince everyone they need to work hard, you're removing the "buffer" between those of use who do work hard and the next layoff. It's no secret that every organization, sales to software development, has its superstars. We thrive on working productively and being the "go to" person for hard problems. The fact that there are others getting paid to do very little isn't a problem for us, without them we'd look normal and maybe even a little dingy. They serve a purpose, and it's up to each individual to decide which group they are in. It sounds to me like the OP is a hacker in the making, but hasn't found his niche just yet. I've no doubt he will figure this out, though it might take a few job changes to get it all.
While you have a good point, the situation now is that one country has an established capability and the other is building that capability and engaging in hostile rhetoric at the same time. That seems suicidal to me. I fully expect that one day, Israel will get scared and make a first strike on Iran, and since they will only get one shot (due to the public outcry from the rest of the world), it will be a definitive attack. It would be hard for any thinking person to say that Iran didn't bring that on themselves, but I would grieve for the many in Iran who are made to suffer because of the stupidity of their leaders.
It seems almost a certainty to me that the Middle East will erupt in a nuclear war at some point. No one there is willing to compromise and they all think that they have the moral high ground, a very dangerous opinion for political leaders to have.
LOL, edlin was made for newbies who couldn't handle "cat > a.out"
Every time you hear someone talking, say (in a loud voice) "HEY, CAN YOU KEEP IT DOWN OVER THERE! YOU'RE DISTRACTING ME FROM MY CODING".
Within a few hours you will be given back your headphones due to the people complaining about you.
I say we just send Superman up there with a big net and let him make a bunch of trips around the planet to clean everything up. Then we don't have to worry about conserving the energy in the pieces or any of that crap, because Superman has energy to spare.
Not only is this faster and safer, but much more entertaining. I think they could actually make a profit on this, when they figure in the comic book sales.
Looks like we replaced one set of idiots with an even more morally bankrupt set. Time to break out the "End of an ERROR" bumper stickers again. We were better off before.
Speaking as an Oracle DBA who has done a little of this, I can tell you to get a lot of RAM. I would say that an MB that can be expanded to at least 8 GB is the way to go. You might get by with only 4GB for a while, but you will eventually want more, give the relative costs of RAM.
Oracle is always RAM hungry, and VM's multiply that.
Two months into the Bush Administration none of that was true yet either. We've seen that it takes several months for a new administration to be completely corrupted, though it does seem like they keep hoping to do it faster than the previous bunch, and so far Obama's right on track. In a few months, Microsoft will convince them to outlaw the GPL as a "matter of national security".
Wow, a newsflash from Captain Obvious! What else would they do, cut executives bonuses? Of course they'll pass it on, with some bureaucratic name like "Regulatory Recovery Fee". As good citizens we've been programmed not to question such things, and since this is a monopoly service we can't switch to the other company.
The police never made a fault determination, so the uninsured motorist was able to collect. It seems to me that if the motorist can't be bothered to buy their own insurance, they ought not be able to collect money from any insurance co, regardless of fault. Or, in this case, the uninsured state of the other driver should have made them "at fault" by default, since they should not legally have been on the road. Sort of like a person who just never bothered to get a driver's license, if they get into an accident, why should they be able to collect an insurance claim?
If only that meant that everyone was insured! But alas, not everyone feels compelled to comply with "laws". I live in PA and my mother was killed in an accident with an uninsured driver. There were no "uninvolved" witnesses, so her insurance paid them for the damages. How was that right? The driver probably got a ticket and a warning that he really should get insured, but in this case they made a huge profit from their decision not to comply with PA laws. The right thing would be for the law to say "if you have no insurance, you can't drive. If you do drive, you can't collect a penny from anyone else's insurance and you will automatically be assumed to be "at fault" if you are in an accident." Threats of fines and even jail time are just idle threats, but if you allow the insurance companies a "loophole", you can bet they'll take it.
Imagine having the balls to sue the other driver's insurance company when you can be bothered to pay your own premiums.