The simple answer to your question is Yes. It is cheaper to hire contractors because the benefits normally paid to full-time employees are not present. A full-time employee who makes $50K a year typically costs twice that when taking the cost of benefits into consideration. It makes much more sense to hire a contractor to write a piece of software in 2 or 3 months at $50/hr and let him go at the end of the stint. It's the same amount, but without the strings attached (like termination bonuses, etc).
As for the GPL, which the title alludes to, it is the biggest proponent of contract-based employment there is. Since the GPL encourages sharing, companies will not develop in-house applications on their own dime and then license the software under the GPL. Therefore GPL programmers will not find full-time positions in companies developing software.
This leaves only businesses that need a one-off program to do some sort of processing. This is where the GPL comes in, and is where the GPL really shines. Programmers who have at their disposal the full set of GPL code can use their knowledge in filling these one-off programming contracts. But it is doubtful that they would ever get hired on writing GPL'd code full-time.
In essence, the GPL is killing the concept of the programmer-career path. It is making it easy for companies to cut costs and build their systems upon free software. This means a dramatic drop in full-time headcount, as you have seen in your own experience.
I own a beach to which a road runs (which I also own) that is attached to a county road. Anyone who enters the property without permission is prosecutable, even if all they did was sit quietly and watch the sunset.
No, you would report any spammer to the local authorities and have them prosecuted for criminal tresspass. You call the police when you have a prowler, but you don't call them when Aunt Timothy comes by to visit.
He had no business sending emails to anyone in the company. He couldn't have had any work-related business to take care of that would require spamming the entire company.
Digital tresspass is a very real problem. One benefit of any laws passed to combat the problem is that spam would be made completely illegal and spammers would be prosecutable under the law.
The social interaction that is generated by these group events allows the programmers a chance to hone their interpersonal skills, albeit with other socially-dysfunctional engineers. But just like bad press, any social interaction is good interaction.
The number of people who can actually make programming their entire lives is few. In fact, once a few years of programming drudgery pass, it is likely that these programmers will look into doing things more worthwhile. I have known people who were the best programmers in their field up and quit to study medicine or lead new companies or any number of things that have little or no analogue in programming. One simply tires of the entire industry with its whining prima donnas and notably bad management.
In all, programming contests boil down to one thing, a dick swinging contest. Fortunately, it also provides a venue for geeks to socialize, outside of which they would be deprived of such activities.
Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand In other words, baby kiss me Fill my heart with song and let me sing forevermore You are all I long for All I worship and adore
I called her up, she said she was from the agency, she proceeds to strip and then perform fellatio on me, and just as I was about to reach release she grabbed her clothes and took my wallet.
I called the agency immediately and said their 'girl' had just ripped me off. They said that 'Amber' was on her way according to her call log. About 3 minutes later the real 'Amber' showed up from the agency.
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Would be to click on the link above and get the *BSD is dying troll.
X-Box is the one existing console that outdoes Sony Playstation 2 at every turn. This is just another extension of that lead.
And they tried to wipe out the human race. Evidence
The whole idea of building your own computer is one of those things that people talk about but never end up doing.
A basic handbook of computer architecture is probably very necessary, so let me suggest the one that everyone's probably read: Hennessy & Patterson.
Good luck!
Several gigs can be had from persiankitty.com.
Another unlimited source is the alt.binaries.* newsgroups.
I'll have to admit, though, that a terabyte is quite a bit to fill up.
You underestimate the stupidity of hackers.
They could have done like Friends who ended their run by getting those two lovebirds Ross and Rachel married.
I Obviously have nothing better to do. ;)
Ever see the finale of Seinfeld? Now there was a waste of film. Though they did manage to cut down on wasting film be dredging up tons of old footage.
You're suggesting that one skip the entire discussion as well?
You think the trolls haven't already posted the pertinent information in this thread as well as other front page threads?
In Slashdot's neverending drive to reveal the plotlines of all your favorite shows before you get the chance to watch it.
The simple answer to your question is Yes. It is cheaper to hire contractors because the benefits normally paid to full-time employees are not present. A full-time employee who makes $50K a year typically costs twice that when taking the cost of benefits into consideration. It makes much more sense to hire a contractor to write a piece of software in 2 or 3 months at $50/hr and let him go at the end of the stint. It's the same amount, but without the strings attached (like termination bonuses, etc).
As for the GPL, which the title alludes to, it is the biggest proponent of contract-based employment there is. Since the GPL encourages sharing, companies will not develop in-house applications on their own dime and then license the software under the GPL. Therefore GPL programmers will not find full-time positions in companies developing software.
This leaves only businesses that need a one-off program to do some sort of processing. This is where the GPL comes in, and is where the GPL really shines. Programmers who have at their disposal the full set of GPL code can use their knowledge in filling these one-off programming contracts. But it is doubtful that they would ever get hired on writing GPL'd code full-time.
In essence, the GPL is killing the concept of the programmer-career path. It is making it easy for companies to cut costs and build their systems upon free software. This means a dramatic drop in full-time headcount, as you have seen in your own experience.
I own a beach to which a road runs (which I also own) that is attached to a county road. Anyone who enters the property without permission is prosecutable, even if all they did was sit quietly and watch the sunset.
Yes, if they don't want to be sued for assault.
Sexual harrassment is one example of these good laws being put in place. Or do you think sexual harrassment should be legal?
Bandwidth problem? Storage problem? Bandwidth quota problem?
No, you would report any spammer to the local authorities and have them prosecuted for criminal tresspass. You call the police when you have a prowler, but you don't call them when Aunt Timothy comes by to visit.
He had no business sending emails to anyone in the company. He couldn't have had any work-related business to take care of that would require spamming the entire company.
Digital tresspass is a very real problem. One benefit of any laws passed to combat the problem is that spam would be made completely illegal and spammers would be prosecutable under the law.
Your free speech ends where my ears begin.
The social interaction that is generated by these group events allows the programmers a chance to hone their interpersonal skills, albeit with other socially-dysfunctional engineers. But just like bad press, any social interaction is good interaction.
The number of people who can actually make programming their entire lives is few. In fact, once a few years of programming drudgery pass, it is likely that these programmers will look into doing things more worthwhile. I have known people who were the best programmers in their field up and quit to study medicine or lead new companies or any number of things that have little or no analogue in programming. One simply tires of the entire industry with its whining prima donnas and notably bad management.
In all, programming contests boil down to one thing, a dick swinging contest. Fortunately, it also provides a venue for geeks to socialize, outside of which they would be deprived of such activities.
Phone phreaking is illegal, tampering with your odometer is illegal, creating and sending virusi is illegal.
Don't you people think that stealing from the DVD playback machine makers' is also illegal?
The Appeals Court thinks so.
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me
Fill my heart with song
and let me sing forevermore
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
Could these be remnants of Jupiter's surface having been ejected by the impact of the Shoemaker comet?
Very interesting. Would have been better with better pics, though.
I called her up, she said she was from the agency, she proceeds to strip and then perform fellatio on me, and just as I was about to reach release she grabbed her clothes and took my wallet.
I called the agency immediately and said their 'girl' had just ripped me off. They said that 'Amber' was on her way according to her call log. About 3 minutes later the real 'Amber' showed up from the agency.
Needless to say, I demanded a freebie.
What about the gun shop owner who sells his wares to someone who goes off and robs a bank? Is he also an accomplice?
Wrong radio show.
Morals can exist without the writings of thousands of years old dead men.