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No, mod parent's parent up. It's got nothing to do with 9/11. It has to do with Enron, Qwest, Tyco, and business icons with feet of clay like Jack Welch. It's about the CEO's golden parachutes and the workers' worthless retirement accounts and dashed dreams.
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I'm not sure if that's funny or revolting. And I'm surprised the site isn't/.'ed - just slow. Any idea how many batteries it takes to get that Volvo to "sing"?
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Which means instead of getting some socks, a drill, some books and a Billy Bass for Christmas, you're just going to get a Billy Bass.
You poor guy. That's not a DRM issue. You need to swap out your friends/relatives for a new set that will give you the socks, drill, and books instead.;)
Purely speculation: Their old CTO probably favored the old-school 'sue em all' approach, that's probably why he's lining up for food stamps, and why the particular wording of the job offer.
More likely he's joined a lot of other C?Os on a fast boat offshore to avoid the DOJ.
What the hell is with the moderation? Why is the parent post a troll? It's a reasoned response to a previous post. I play video/computer games now, but when I was a child, violent play was all mental fantasy. You didn't get reward points for splattering people's brains all over in full high-res. We also didn't have kids walking into schools with loads of weaponry and mowing down their classmates and teachers. Of course there's absolutely no possible connection with kids being desensitized to the realities of violence, so go ahead - mod this troll.
And why should I care about his whining about some sci fi future where human labor and ingenuity is replaced by ungodly computer creations?
Thank you. Your submission has been recorded, and you have qualified for the grand prize. Congratulations. You are number one on the list for removal from the gene pool. Enjoy.
How would you feel if you could no longer do math in your head (since you're an "old codger", I assume you can). Turning cognitive processes over to a device is evolution? Seems more like abdication to me. But that is what they seem to be teaching kids (along with math being a team sport).
Oh, BTW, I should have mentioned that the other Mandrake sites are working just fine, and no, I'm not providing links. Only the linked front page with all the eye candy for prospective new users is hurting.
Why was Infoworld slashdotted yesterday? Possibly a sudden huge influx of unexpected traffic? Count the links in articles lately that haven't been slashdotted. A link here is the internet kiss of death for all but the big players.
Very well said. But my experience with H-1B's has been that they have vastly inflated "experience" in the resumes, and when they are on the job, it's complete OJT. It isn't even a fair competition. Typically, the H-1B's leave an American interviewer scratching their head in confusion because of the language barrier, while an American resident is required to have "excellent communications skills" for any IT job. It's an amazing double standard.
I work with H-1Bs, and most of them make MORE money than I do.
You are so clueless that the claim is probably true.
One of the stipulations of H-1B is that there must not exist an equally qualified US candidate, and the H-1B MUST be paid at least 95% of the average wage for the given job in the given market.... People can dick around with this policy by making the qualifications too high, but it usually gets caught.
Crap. Companies must only claim they can't find an American resident worker. And they're free to compute that 95% and the job title. There was never any funding to enforce the rules of the H-1B program, and the IT employers damned well know it. The laundry-list job ads are all over. Read a newspaper. When did anyone get "caught"? And if you claim that's true, you're admitting the program is being abused by unscrupulous employers.
Somehow I just can't see Playstation as being all that educational. No matter which Tomb Raider game I play, I always wind up fixated on the number two.
Hmmm... Either people aren't using the link, or the RIAA has pumped up their server. C'mon people, what's one more tab, just to show 'em we still think about 'em?
I even know guys who would (and some who *do*) do this with *golf*. Now, I don't understand why one would watch golf, let alone watch it on TV, and the thought of recording such a thing would never occur to me... but it is done.
Hey, even I have more of a life than that! Thanks, I feel better now.
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If you're talking about "rubbing alcohol," that's not ethanol...it's usually isopropanol.
That's at the grocery store. At the hardware store, when you buy a container of alcohol, you will get denatured alcohol (methanol).
All in all, the 'standard-issue beliefs' of the modern geek are curious, anchored in a number of different kernels of political philosophy. . .
All your gripes will be rectified with the next stable Linux release.
Agreed, we all know the correct spelling is "sk1llz", or did I just flunk l337? ;)
The name of the site (firingsquad) was appropriate. Ready... aim... slashdot!
No, mod parent's parent up. It's got nothing to do with 9/11. It has to do with Enron, Qwest, Tyco, and business icons with feet of clay like Jack Welch. It's about the CEO's golden parachutes and the workers' worthless retirement accounts and dashed dreams.
I'm not sure if that's funny or revolting. And I'm surprised the site isn't /.'ed - just slow. Any idea how many batteries it takes to get that Volvo to "sing"?
Which means instead of getting some socks, a drill, some books and a Billy Bass for Christmas, you're just going to get a Billy Bass.
You poor guy. That's not a DRM issue. You need to swap out your friends/relatives for a new set that will give you the socks, drill, and books instead. ;)
All they have to do is print up 76 stickers that say "Retail Price $1,000,000.00", stick em on some old Barry Manilow CDs, and they're done.
Geez, I'm fairly sure it was a joke. Lighten up a bit. You're kinda ugly, but here goes... *hug* ;)
Purely speculation: Their old CTO probably favored the old-school 'sue em all' approach, that's probably why he's lining up for food stamps, and why the particular wording of the job offer.
More likely he's joined a lot of other C?Os on a fast boat offshore to avoid the DOJ.Canada?
No, no, no. That's the answer to the /. poll. Go back to the front page and try again.
I think that P2P warefare IS an ideology.
Hmm.. Got a copyright on "warefare"? If not, I claim it, as well as "warezfare" and any derivitive thereof. You seen it here - it's official.
You mean there's an end of a pineapple that isn't rough?
You missed the point, but since you can't do the math for yourself, it's not surprising. :)
What the hell is with the moderation? Why is the parent post a troll? It's a reasoned response to a previous post. I play video/computer games now, but when I was a child, violent play was all mental fantasy. You didn't get reward points for splattering people's brains all over in full high-res. We also didn't have kids walking into schools with loads of weaponry and mowing down their classmates and teachers. Of course there's absolutely no possible connection with kids being desensitized to the realities of violence, so go ahead - mod this troll.
And why should I care about his whining about some sci fi future where human labor and ingenuity is replaced by ungodly computer creations?
Thank you. Your submission has been recorded, and you have qualified for the grand prize. Congratulations. You are number one on the list for removal from the gene pool. Enjoy.
How would you feel if you could no longer do math in your head (since you're an "old codger", I assume you can). Turning cognitive processes over to a device is evolution? Seems more like abdication to me. But that is what they seem to be teaching kids (along with math being a team sport).
Oh, BTW, I should have mentioned that the other Mandrake sites are working just fine, and no, I'm not providing links. Only the linked front page with all the eye candy for prospective new users is hurting.
Why was Infoworld slashdotted yesterday? Possibly a sudden huge influx of unexpected traffic? Count the links in articles lately that haven't been slashdotted. A link here is the internet kiss of death for all but the big players.
Very well said. But my experience with H-1B's has been that they have vastly inflated "experience" in the resumes, and when they are on the job, it's complete OJT. It isn't even a fair competition. Typically, the H-1B's leave an American interviewer scratching their head in confusion because of the language barrier, while an American resident is required to have "excellent communications skills" for any IT job. It's an amazing double standard.
I work with H-1Bs, and most of them make MORE money than I do.
You are so clueless that the claim is probably true.
One of the stipulations of H-1B is that there must not exist an equally qualified US candidate, and the H-1B MUST be paid at least 95% of the average wage for the given job in the given market. ... People can dick around with this policy by making the qualifications too high, but it usually gets caught.
Crap. Companies must only claim they can't find an American resident worker. And they're free to compute that 95% and the job title. There was never any funding to enforce the rules of the H-1B program, and the IT employers damned well know it. The laundry-list job ads are all over. Read a newspaper. When did anyone get "caught"? And if you claim that's true, you're admitting the program is being abused by unscrupulous employers.
Somehow I just can't see Playstation as being all that educational. No matter which Tomb Raider game I play, I always wind up fixated on the number two.
Hmmm... Either people aren't using the link, or the RIAA has pumped up their server. C'mon people, what's one more tab, just to show 'em we still think about 'em?
I even know guys who would (and some who *do*) do this with *golf*. Now, I don't understand why one would watch golf, let alone watch it on TV, and the thought of recording such a thing would never occur to me... but it is done.
Hey, even I have more of a life than that! Thanks, I feel better now.
That should of course be "anti-static". Ain'ti-static is poor English. (note to self: click on preview.)