Ya know, I had an interview where at the end of the interview, the manager told me there's one more thing he requires for this interview: He wanted to see code samples, design documents, or presentations that I previously wrote.
I looked at him kinda funny, and hesitantly said something like, "Ummm.... ok... I'll have to check with my previous employer and ask for the files and their permission."
Of course, my previous employer thought that request was odd, and didn't grant it. I emailed the interviewer my thesis and a conference publication instead (publicly available).
My question is: Has anyone else ever encountered this in a technical field?
I've heard of artists, writers, and photographers presenting their portfolio to new employers or clients, but I assume they actually own their own portfolio.
Not exactly. From my understanding, US Law allows for a 3% royalty payment on digital audio medium, which are such things as DATs and CD-R-Audio... not the regular CD-Rs that can be used for data or audio.
In Canada, we pay a much higher fee, $0.21 on each CD-R and $0.77 on each CD-R-Audio. So, on a 10-pack of CDs for $10, we pay an additional 21% for the levy.
PCS service is available in several countries, besides the US. I'm in Canada with a local PCS provider that has roaming agreements with US carriers (Sprint in particular, I think, or at least it used to be Sprint.)
Other countries in which my PCS phone provides PCS servies include Hong Kong, Mexico, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, etc...
As an aside, I designed one of the digital baseband circuit boards in a particular model of those Sprint PCS basestations.
Not a bad idea for a site! And it seems to work well. Any plans to expand it to Canadian job sites as well? I'm in Vancouver, so all my searchs for "engineer" in "Vancouver" give me results for Vancouver, Washington.
BTW, to the AC who replied "loser" to this thread - Mark has a perfectly fine post. It's entirely on-topic, informative, and it just happens to benefit him as well.
I thought Neuromancer was an amazingly great book! I've only read it once, and that was shortly after it came out (10-15 years ago ?). However, since then I've read Idoru, Mona Lisa Overdrive, and The Difference Engine - all of which were a chore to read. I had to force myself to finish those.
What are you talking about? The Canadian SIN is unique for every person in Canada. See point #2, here:
" SINs can begin with the numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9. Each person receives a unique Social Insurance Number. "
Agreed ! In fact, if your case is screwed shut, then you should not be posting on Slashdot. Slashdot is "News for Nerds". In order to qualify as a true Slashdotter, your case should never be screwed shut - in case you need to make some hardware tweek, put a new fan in, or add in an additional hard drive.
Looking on my desk, I see 1..2..8..10......14 (!?) screws. That's 4 for each side panel and 6 for...hmmm... must be from the old CD burner I just upgraded.
Dave
ps. HIRE ME - I'm a wireless engineer in Vancouver, BC. (dg.martin@telus.net)
3G is more than a '3rd generation GSM'. There are several air interfaces (basestation to mobile interface), of which CDMA plays a huge role. WCDMA, cdma2000, and TD-SCDMA all use CDMA, and yes, they are all 3G.
You can say that some 3G networks are based on a 3rd generation GSM, in the sense that the core network (basestation to public network) is an evolution of the 2nd generation GSM core network.
If you want to know what the guy does, look at his homepage, it's in the line immediately above the part that you quote, "my job provides my housing, my food, my utilities, and my Internet access".
I gotta admit, he sounded like a highschool student the first time I read it, too, 'cept for the government employee bit.
Same here. And the funny thing is that when I'm at work, I can log onto my work account via my 'finger-memory', but if I'm at home trying to log into work, my finger-memory doesn't kick-in. Likewise, I can't remember my password to log into home, from work. It seems I have a different finger memory for each keyboard.
On a sorta related topic - anyone else have one of those annoying Dell keyboards with their Insert,Delete,Home,End,PgUp,PgDw keys in the wrong positions ? Instead of 2 rows of 3 keys, they use 3 rows of 2 keys. How many times have I tried to touch-type the END key, and accidently deleted something!? Grrrrr!
Digital schemes like CDMA (IS-95/cdmaOne) and WCDMA (UMTS) already perform interleaving. Interleaving helps prevent you from losing a large set of consecutive data from the end-user's perspective. Instead, you lose a little data spread out over a longer time. The voice quality degrades gracefully rather than harshly.
Interleaving works best against fading - that is, when your signal strength drops down a little in the short term (i.e. for 5 ms). Longer term loss of signal like when you go behind a building is called shadowing, and is not protected by interleaving. So when your signal drops out, you may be experiencing long-term shadowing, and interleaving won't help a bit.
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Ya know, I had an interview where at the end of the interview, the manager told me there's one more thing he requires for this interview: He wanted to see code samples, design documents, or presentations that I previously wrote.
I looked at him kinda funny, and hesitantly said something like, "Ummm.... ok... I'll have to check with my previous employer and ask for the files and their permission."
Of course, my previous employer thought that request was odd, and didn't grant it. I emailed the interviewer my thesis and a conference publication instead (publicly available).
My question is: Has anyone else ever encountered this in a technical field?
I've heard of artists, writers, and photographers presenting their portfolio to new employers or clients, but I assume they actually own their own portfolio.
$1 PER Audio CD !?
Not exactly. From my understanding, US Law allows for a 3% royalty payment on digital audio medium, which are such things as DATs and CD-R-Audio... not the regular CD-Rs that can be used for data or audio.
In Canada, we pay a much higher fee, $0.21 on each CD-R and $0.77 on each CD-R-Audio. So, on a 10-pack of CDs for $10, we pay an additional 21% for the levy.
Dave
Now it's at 92819 (~9:12 am GMT)
More importantly, we have a defense against sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.
PCS service is available in several countries, besides the US. I'm in Canada with a local PCS provider that has roaming agreements with US carriers (Sprint in particular, I think, or at least it used to be Sprint.)
Other countries in which my PCS phone provides PCS servies include Hong Kong, Mexico, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, etc...
As an aside, I designed one of the digital baseband circuit boards in a particular model of those Sprint PCS basestations.
Dave
For example, we could make mean and insulting remarks about CowboyNeal, with no fear of retribution.
Oh wait, you mean I have to post as AC too? Damn cookies!
\Dave
These people @ Google really have a sense of humor. My favorite funny feature is the ability to do all your Google searches in your choice of Klingon, Bork Bork Bork! (Swedish chef from the Muppets), or Elmer Fudd.
Dave
lol @ And the ever popular Question
Someone mod this guy up as funny! That's hilarious!
If you don't know what he's talking about, you need to catch up the classics.
Dave
Not a bad idea for a site! And it seems to work well. Any plans to expand it to Canadian job sites as well? I'm in Vancouver, so all my searchs for "engineer" in "Vancouver" give me results for Vancouver, Washington.
BTW, to the AC who replied "loser" to this thread - Mark has a perfectly fine post. It's entirely on-topic, informative, and it just happens to benefit him as well.
Dave
I thought Neuromancer was an amazingly great book! I've only read it once, and that was shortly after it came out (10-15 years ago ?). However, since then I've read Idoru, Mona Lisa Overdrive, and The Difference Engine - all of which were a chore to read. I had to force myself to finish those.
Dave
BTW, I tried to include more of the source, but Slashdot complained "Too many junk characters." :-) I wonder if that's indicative of the true source.
Dave
So... am I going to be tracked if I post an url to the source code?
h tml
/*
/q");
Here ya go... http://home.t-online.de/home/510060750544/source.
Hehe...
In case it gets slashdotted, here are the first few lines:
Microsoft(r) Windows(tm) XP Source Code
(c)copyright 1998 Microsoft Corporation
This is closed-source software.
Distribute it and die.
*/
#include "dos30.h"
#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "workst~1.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#include "monopoly.h"
#define INSTALL HARD
char make_prog_look_big[16000000];
ASSIMILATION_CLASS main(int argc, char * argv)
{
char * eat_up_all_avail_mem;
eat_up_all_avail_mem = (char *)malloc(sizeof(free_mem()));
if (free_HD_space() > 0)
create_swap_file(NULL, free_HD_space());
if (!display_license_agreement() || is_Linux_installed())
{
system("format c:
fprintf(stderr, "Computer has been disabled.");
exit(0);
}
while(!CRASHED)
{
display_copyright_message();
display_bill_rules_message();
do_nothing_loop();
---
Dave
It's right here for the taking...
/*
...see the URL for more...
/Dave
Here's an excerpt:
Microsoft(r) Windows(tm) XP Source Code
(c)copyright 1998 Microsoft Corporation
This is closed-source software.
Distribute it and die.
*/
#include "dos30.h"
#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "workst~1.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#include "monopoly.h"
#define INSTALL HARD
char make_prog_look_big[16000000];
ASSIMILATION_CLASS main(int argc, char * argv)
{
char * eat_up_all_avail_mem;
eat_up_all_avail_mem = (char *)malloc(sizeof(free_mem()));
Not unique!?
/Dave
What are you talking about? The Canadian SIN is unique for every person in Canada. See point #2, here: " SINs can begin with the numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9. Each person receives a unique Social Insurance Number. "
If you want more SIN facts, see this document.
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Currently unemployed guy with 8+ yrs industry experience. DSP SW, HW, Wireless communications. More, you say?
Agreed ! In fact, if your case is screwed shut, then you should not be posting on Slashdot. Slashdot is "News for Nerds". In order to qualify as a true Slashdotter, your case should never be screwed shut - in case you need to make some hardware tweek, put a new fan in, or add in an additional hard drive.
...14 (!?) screws. That's 4 for each side panel and 6 for ...hmmm... must be from the old CD burner I just upgraded.
Looking on my desk, I see 1..2..8..10...
Dave
ps. HIRE ME - I'm a wireless engineer in Vancouver, BC. (dg.martin@telus.net)
3G is more than a '3rd generation GSM'. There are several air interfaces (basestation to mobile interface), of which CDMA plays a huge role. WCDMA, cdma2000, and TD-SCDMA all use CDMA, and yes, they are all 3G.
/Dave
You can say that some 3G networks are based on a 3rd generation GSM, in the sense that the core network (basestation to public network) is an evolution of the 2nd generation GSM core network.
See here for more: UMTSworld
So what's the weather like down-under this time of year? Getting close to spring, right?
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
That's right, and that's a feature not a bug.
Do you work for Microsoft?
If you want to know what the guy does, look at his homepage, it's in the line immediately above the part that you quote, "my job provides my housing, my food, my utilities, and my Internet access".
I gotta admit, he sounded like a highschool student the first time I read it, too, 'cept for the government employee bit.
D
Same here. And the funny thing is that when I'm at work, I can log onto my work account via my 'finger-memory', but if I'm at home trying to log into work, my finger-memory doesn't kick-in. Likewise, I can't remember my password to log into home, from work. It seems I have a different finger memory for each keyboard.
On a sorta related topic - anyone else have one of those annoying Dell keyboards with their Insert,Delete,Home,End,PgUp,PgDw keys in the wrong positions ? Instead of 2 rows of 3 keys, they use 3 rows of 2 keys. How many times have I tried to touch-type the END key, and accidently deleted something!? Grrrrr!
d
You must mean 1997. Dogpile in 1987 was likely only of the stinking variety.
Hey Buddy!! - How do you generate 1 MW of energy out of 1.5 kW of electricty? Despite popular belief, microwave ovens don't "nuke" our food.
Dave
BTW, I have a perpetual energy machine to sell you, if you're interested.
Digital schemes like CDMA (IS-95/cdmaOne) and WCDMA (UMTS) already perform interleaving. Interleaving helps prevent you from losing a large set of consecutive data from the end-user's perspective. Instead, you lose a little data spread out over a longer time. The voice quality degrades gracefully rather than harshly.
Interleaving works best against fading - that is, when your signal strength drops down a little in the short term (i.e. for 5 ms). Longer term loss of signal like when you go behind a building is called shadowing, and is not protected by interleaving. So when your signal drops out, you may be experiencing long-term shadowing, and interleaving won't help a bit.
Dave
Surely you must have some of these non-MS apps?
WinZip
Adobe Reader
games
RealPlayer
Quicktime
an anti-virus tool