Imagine getting a call from a head hunter who wants you to leave your current job to go to work for another company (doing the exact same thing) for either less money or the same money.
I've had plenty of experience with just that, and it still puzzles me why they act offended when you decline their offers.
This is what's happening to developers in silicon valley right now. There is basically zero unemployment for good software developers right now. Things are so bad I can't even find qualified people to take interviews, which is sort of a prerequisite to make them that upwardly spiraling offer.
That may be the case for Silicon Valley, but not everywhere else. A few months back I interviewed with a Central Florida company that manufactures RF crystals. They needed someone to write and maintain software for automated testing and logging of said components. The requirements included the ability to work with a variety of test equipment (DMMs, oscilloscopes, etc.), do serial/network comms at the system level, read schematics, program on a variety of platforms (including MS-DOS, as they had some really old stuff that still required occasional changes), and several other things that the average web monkey doesn't have experience with. I hit every one of those to a tee, and the interviewing manager was excited that they'd finally found someone that could actually do the job. Why am I not there now? Well, what they offered for salary was more than $10K less than what the job posting indicated, and they absolutely would not budge on it. Skilled people are out there, but a lot of companies simply don't want to pay for them.
That may be true now, but at the time there weren't any other players could give you 5 GB and still fit in your pocket, and the iTunes Music Store wasn't available until almost a year and a half after the iPod's introduction.
I disagree. As others have mentioned, the scroll-wheel interface was extremely effective when compared to a lot of the others, it had an insane amount of space for such a tiny player at the time, and the eventual integration of iTunes with the Music Store was very new for the industry, all of which contributed to the iPod's success. At the time, it was simply a much better product, IMO.
Might as well bring down that server - if there happened to be patients died as a result, it's not your fault either, it's the fault of the hospital IT staff that let their server to be compromised
I'm guessing the court probably won't feel the same way when you're sued for everything you've got by the dead patient's family and the hospital, especially when an expert witness testifies that all you'd have to have done to stop the attack was insert a couple of firewall rules or null route the target IP for a little while.
What's more, in many states you have to have consent from both parties and even in 1 party consent states you still are running the risk of being taken to court by the person on the other end of the communication.
And if you look at the written and case law, you'll find that there is an exemption that allows companies to record communications involving their own equipment.
They probably are not buying the guns through a licensed gun dealer themselves.
Almost certainly not. However, there are plenty of convicted felons that do attempt to purchase firearms from legitimate dealers/FFLs, which itself is a federal felony. The dealer has the completed Form 4473 as proof of the attempt, and these people are trivially easy to identify in most cases. Even so, there is almost no effort made to prosecute them. What exactly are more laws supposed to accomplish if they're not enforcing the ones that could very easily keep a lot of the repeat offenders in prison?
I remember somebody proposing a similar idea of imprinting a serial in the barrel which would become imprinted on the casing when a round is fired. In theory it works because in order to remove it you'd have to damage the firearm.
If it's a revolver, perhaps. Semi-auto pistols require a barrel change that takes all of 10 seconds.
I have managed over 20 Macbooks over the last 7 years and have had to replace only 3 batteries, all of which were covered as warranty replacements and so wouldn't have mattered if they were user-replaceable or not.
It doesn't matter unless you put any value at all on your time. It takes less time for me to replace the battery in my ThinkPad than it does for me to go outside and get in my car, much less the additional half-hour drive to the nearest Apple Store, where I will then have to wait for the service to be completed. As far as battery disposal goes, I throw it in the box with my other old batteries, CFLs, and other similar stuff, and a couple of times a year I make a run to the local landfill where they have electronics/battery recycling services available.
If you were willing to deal with HAM mode, which was pretty difficult to get good results with even with static images, much less motion video. Don't get me wrong - I loved all three of my Amy machines (a 1000, 500, and 1200), but they had their drawbacks too.
I don't imagine that it's entirely Blizzard support's fault - there have been bugs in WoW that have been there for literally *years*, have been reported over and over again, and still don't get fixed. Their QA process is atrocious, judging from some of the obvious problems that end up in production code even after months on the PTRs. The support folks can't be expected to wave a magic wand and compensate for the development/QA issues that they've had over the years. What makes it ridiculous is that it continues with well in excess of $100 million/month being brought in just from WoW, so you'd think the resources would be there to ensure they could do a better job of making sure the bugs don't make it into production.
Of course, we're talking about a product that already requires weekly downtime just to perform server restarts, so take that for what it's worth.
Edge visibility when "stacked" is probably the greatest physical hurdle
I dunno - people *loved* the old Sony Trinitron CRTs, even though they had painfully obvious shadows from the stabilizing wires on the aperture grille.
If they're tired of it, they should try lowering their prices.
Along similar lines, they need to have a clue about how to deal with on-sale items. A few months back I found a flash drive on sale online, went into the store, and not only was it not marked "on sale" in the store, but when the cashier scanned it, it rang up at the full non-sale price. It took another 15 minutes of talking with the manager and getting him to go to the store's own damned web site himself (after I'd showed him the site on my own phone) to look the SKU up to get them to honor the sale price. Who needs that kind of hassle?
It's great that they're offering a cheap way of pursuing binding arbitration (and as has been mentioned before, there's still small claims for amounts below a given threshold), but the hard part isn't getting a judgment - it's collecting on it. There are plenty of folks out there that are quite comfortable with ignoring a judgment and going out of their way to make collection far more expensive than it's worth, particularly when they don't own any of their equipment or have any other real assets to seize. If it's an overseas client, you're probably better off just writing off the loss from the get-go.
Imagine how awesome the sky would look once Andromeda is near enough to dominate the view.
Andromeda is already that big in the sky - it's over four times the size of the full Moon as seen from Earth right now. It's *extremely* diffuse though (and will continue to get more diffuse as it gets closer), so it's quite dim and generally isn't visible except from relatively dark sites.
No, it's not the same thing. If you're working for a consulting company/headhunter (in any field), if you're not getting paid then they aren't either, so it's in their best interests to place you somewhere quickly and keep you working. You are the product they're selling, and if you switch to another consulting company, or leave the field, or whatever, then they've lost a substantial stream of income. Therefore, you tend to be treated as a valued asset instead of a liability, and the interactions with your recruiter tend to involve being taken to lunch periodically to see if everything's okay and you're happy, if there's anything else they can do for you, etc.
Exercise builds muscle and stamina, and all round fitness. But it's a very inefficient way of losing weight.
When you are only factoring in the calories burned during exercise, this is true. However, strength training will also raise the basal metabolic rate, so you're burning substantially more calories all the time, not just during your workouts.
Having said that, you're right that you can't just ignore what you eat and expect great results.
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Imagine getting a call from a head hunter who wants you to leave your current job to go to work for another company (doing the exact same thing) for either less money or the same money.
I've had plenty of experience with just that, and it still puzzles me why they act offended when you decline their offers.
This is what's happening to developers in silicon valley right now. There is basically zero unemployment for good software developers right now. Things are so bad I can't even find qualified people to take interviews, which is sort of a prerequisite to make them that upwardly spiraling offer.
That may be the case for Silicon Valley, but not everywhere else. A few months back I interviewed with a Central Florida company that manufactures RF crystals. They needed someone to write and maintain software for automated testing and logging of said components. The requirements included the ability to work with a variety of test equipment (DMMs, oscilloscopes, etc.), do serial/network comms at the system level, read schematics, program on a variety of platforms (including MS-DOS, as they had some really old stuff that still required occasional changes), and several other things that the average web monkey doesn't have experience with. I hit every one of those to a tee, and the interviewing manager was excited that they'd finally found someone that could actually do the job. Why am I not there now? Well, what they offered for salary was more than $10K less than what the job posting indicated, and they absolutely would not budge on it. Skilled people are out there, but a lot of companies simply don't want to pay for them.
"... unemployment benefits, both the size and duration, are a better option than a good job at a good wage."
Not sure how anyone can say that with a straight face, as Florida benefits ($275/wk) are less than 40 hours at minimum wage ($290/wk).
In the state of Florida (US), it's $275/week.
The iPod has less storage than cheaper devices
That may be true now, but at the time there weren't any other players could give you 5 GB and still fit in your pocket, and the iTunes Music Store wasn't available until almost a year and a half after the iPod's introduction.
I would argue that the Zune wasn't killed by anything per se - it was stillborn.
The ipod wasn't anything new either
:-)
I disagree. As others have mentioned, the scroll-wheel interface was extremely effective when compared to a lot of the others, it had an insane amount of space for such a tiny player at the time, and the eventual integration of iTunes with the Music Store was very new for the industry, all of which contributed to the iPod's success. At the time, it was simply a much better product, IMO.
Most importantly, it wasn't shit brown.
Might as well bring down that server - if there happened to be patients died as a result, it's not your fault either, it's the fault of the hospital IT staff that let their server to be compromised
I'm guessing the court probably won't feel the same way when you're sued for everything you've got by the dead patient's family and the hospital, especially when an expert witness testifies that all you'd have to have done to stop the attack was insert a couple of firewall rules or null route the target IP for a little while.
What's more, in many states you have to have consent from both parties and even in 1 party consent states you still are running the risk of being taken to court by the person on the other end of the communication.
And if you look at the written and case law, you'll find that there is an exemption that allows companies to record communications involving their own equipment.
You'd also get 256 colors if you had a PGA system, but those were a fortune and as rare as hen's teeth.
They probably are not buying the guns through a licensed gun dealer themselves.
Almost certainly not. However, there are plenty of convicted felons that do attempt to purchase firearms from legitimate dealers/FFLs, which itself is a federal felony. The dealer has the completed Form 4473 as proof of the attempt, and these people are trivially easy to identify in most cases. Even so, there is almost no effort made to prosecute them. What exactly are more laws supposed to accomplish if they're not enforcing the ones that could very easily keep a lot of the repeat offenders in prison?
I remember somebody proposing a similar idea of imprinting a serial in the barrel which would become imprinted on the casing when a round is fired. In theory it works because in order to remove it you'd have to damage the firearm.
If it's a revolver, perhaps. Semi-auto pistols require a barrel change that takes all of 10 seconds.
This *totally* solves crimes where a stolen firearm was used!
I have managed over 20 Macbooks over the last 7 years and have had to replace only 3 batteries, all of which were covered as warranty replacements and so wouldn't have mattered if they were user-replaceable or not.
It doesn't matter unless you put any value at all on your time. It takes less time for me to replace the battery in my ThinkPad than it does for me to go outside and get in my car, much less the additional half-hour drive to the nearest Apple Store, where I will then have to wait for the service to be completed. As far as battery disposal goes, I throw it in the box with my other old batteries, CFLs, and other similar stuff, and a couple of times a year I make a run to the local landfill where they have electronics/battery recycling services available.
but with full 4000-color display
If you were willing to deal with HAM mode, which was pretty difficult to get good results with even with static images, much less motion video. Don't get me wrong - I loved all three of my Amy machines (a 1000, 500, and 1200), but they had their drawbacks too.
I don't imagine that it's entirely Blizzard support's fault - there have been bugs in WoW that have been there for literally *years*, have been reported over and over again, and still don't get fixed. Their QA process is atrocious, judging from some of the obvious problems that end up in production code even after months on the PTRs. The support folks can't be expected to wave a magic wand and compensate for the development/QA issues that they've had over the years. What makes it ridiculous is that it continues with well in excess of $100 million/month being brought in just from WoW, so you'd think the resources would be there to ensure they could do a better job of making sure the bugs don't make it into production.
Of course, we're talking about a product that already requires weekly downtime just to perform server restarts, so take that for what it's worth.
Those of us that have better- than-average vision beg to differ.
I had the good fortune to see a T221 when they had one on display at Epcot many years back. Still haven't seen anything to match it.
Edge visibility when "stacked" is probably the greatest physical hurdle
I dunno - people *loved* the old Sony Trinitron CRTs, even though they had painfully obvious shadows from the stabilizing wires on the aperture grille.
If they're tired of it, they should try lowering their prices.
Along similar lines, they need to have a clue about how to deal with on-sale items. A few months back I found a flash drive on sale online, went into the store, and not only was it not marked "on sale" in the store, but when the cashier scanned it, it rang up at the full non-sale price. It took another 15 minutes of talking with the manager and getting him to go to the store's own damned web site himself (after I'd showed him the site on my own phone) to look the SKU up to get them to honor the sale price. Who needs that kind of hassle?
Small claims isn't often an option when you're dealing with a client in another country.
It's great that they're offering a cheap way of pursuing binding arbitration (and as has been mentioned before, there's still small claims for amounts below a given threshold), but the hard part isn't getting a judgment - it's collecting on it. There are plenty of folks out there that are quite comfortable with ignoring a judgment and going out of their way to make collection far more expensive than it's worth, particularly when they don't own any of their equipment or have any other real assets to seize. If it's an overseas client, you're probably better off just writing off the loss from the get-go.
Imagine how awesome the sky would look once Andromeda is near enough to dominate the view.
Andromeda is already that big in the sky - it's over four times the size of the full Moon as seen from Earth right now. It's *extremely* diffuse though (and will continue to get more diffuse as it gets closer), so it's quite dim and generally isn't visible except from relatively dark sites.
No, it's not the same thing. If you're working for a consulting company/headhunter (in any field), if you're not getting paid then they aren't either, so it's in their best interests to place you somewhere quickly and keep you working. You are the product they're selling, and if you switch to another consulting company, or leave the field, or whatever, then they've lost a substantial stream of income. Therefore, you tend to be treated as a valued asset instead of a liability, and the interactions with your recruiter tend to involve being taken to lunch periodically to see if everything's okay and you're happy, if there's anything else they can do for you, etc.
Exercise builds muscle and stamina, and all round fitness. But it's a very inefficient way of losing weight.
When you are only factoring in the calories burned during exercise, this is true. However, strength training will also raise the basal metabolic rate, so you're burning substantially more calories all the time, not just during your workouts.
Having said that, you're right that you can't just ignore what you eat and expect great results.