Every time I see a group of 5-10 self-described 'great but unlucky' IT workers looking for a job, and how their previous company had to lay them off because their former employer had this 'stupid idea' it was to move all the jobs to Elbonia, I have to ask myself -- why don't these guys get together and start a software company.
Because most of the people who don't have a job that are bitching and moaning about it on slashdot have neither the balls nor the talent to start their own software company. [I said most... not all.]
The only talent many of them have is complaining about out sourcing, Microsoft, President Bush (and his evil ways), John Ashcroft, Iraq, RIAA/MPAA, and John Katz.
BAH is not a security consultancy. They're your typcial government IT contractor. Others include CSC, Lockheed Martin, EDS, and SAIC (who I work for) (and buttloads more, but those are some of the major players). Lots of good folks work for them. Unfortunately, idiots are there too. They all do a variety of IT work for the gov - basic sysadmin, web design, system design, project management, security (which I do), etc.
You didn't say anything. You spewed quite a few nicely organized sentences, but no real content was provided.
So yes, we will publicly bitch about these things, as is our right and responsibility in a democratic system.
Oh suh-weet shite. Very enlightening. I had NO IDEA what the rights of American citizens were (I'm assuming you're American). You better get all the bitching out of your system before Pres. Bush and his Nazi-like zealots shut you down.;-)
You can bitch all you want, I'm just sick of hearing it. I could exercise my right (and responsibility in a democratic system) to walk away from/. and never come back, but I think I'll hang around to bitch about your bitching.
Isn't there a little inconsistency in your speech ?
Not at all. Your perception of what I said makes it seem so. You've already made up your mind (or maybe I could say you've had it made up for you) so you've read into my "speech".
Loki and others are bitching about it. Regardless if the measure is extreme or not, if they don't like, don't fly. It's that simple.
No inconsistency here.
Why? The right to travel is a fundamental liberty. To be subject to interrogation and invasive searchs is contrary to every principle upon which this nation was founded.
I am so sick of hearing this argument. Travel BY PLANE is not a fundemental liberty. Travel is. If you don't like the way the airlines/gov are treating you when you fly, don't fucking fly. Take a bus, a boat... fucking walk.
You all bitch about anything this government does, but NONE of you offer a realistic alternative. Your [Loki_1929] idea is shite. Do you know how long it would take to screen EVERY PIECE of luggage before every flight? My god man... we'd have to start showing up 8 hours earlier. I think the government is trying their best to do something and NOT make it intolerably inconvenient. Your idea would make flying an absolute fucking nightmare.
BTW, I expect to be modded down as far as possible. Most of you fuckers will mod me down and then pull your little peters before you'll actually comment. Mod away!
. . . yet the fastest downloads I ever saw were on the order of 8 mbps, from an FTP site that was both close (only a few hops away) and had massive bandwidth, the biggest pipes in the whole country.
That wouldn't happen to be ftp.kddlabs.co.jp, would it? If not, what is it? I'm looking for a nice fat mirror to suck many things from. kddlabs has served me well, but I've recently noticed quite a few mirrors dropping off or not being updated.
That sounds great, but explain why I have these options available (yes, I live in Japan)?
1.5, 8, 12, 24-26, or 40-45Mbps ADSL: 4000-10000 yen varying cable speed: 4000-10000 yen 100Mbps FTTH: 4500-9000 yen wireless: my god... I should be glowing there is so much wireless here.
I've heard your argument about Japan and its cheap internet access time and again, but I'm not sold on it. Internet access used to be very expensive here. It wasn't until GOJ told NTT to play nice and ADSL took off that prices became excellent.
I've lived in Tokyo prefecture. I now live in Saitama. I've friends in Chiba, Osaka, and Aomori (country people talk different!). We've all no less than 4 ADSL loop providers available to choose from and who knows how many ISPs. Competition really is a great thing.
Wow. You must really really hate President Bush. This is wonderful news and you can't even see that. You're already spinning this to fit your own agenda.
Yeah heaven forbid that the US govt lied to the world about WMD so they could invade a foreign land, get cheap gas, pump up the military, look good for the cameras and get a re-elect.
And would you (or any of you fucking wackos) please remember that nearly every country's intelligence service said the same thing, INCLUDING THE FUCKING U.N. -- Saddam had a highly developed WMD program. If the U.S. government "lied", then all those other countries did too. Now... what was your point again?
Recall that Bush was the one whining at hour long press conferences about how the world is so unsafe with his WMDs at large....
What do you mean he "had to shelter under the ac"? WTF is that supposed to mean? He would be beat for speaking his mind (even though his "points" are... well... pointless)?
WOW. That was quick. You're already spouting the NEW party line.
First you complained about the U.S. NOT catching him. Now that they've caught him, you're complaining his capture is just a scapegoat for the Bush administration and that he'll be turned into a martyr. Amazing.
This is good news. How the fuck could anyone twist into a negative. You fucking people amaze me.
...it's about damn time. I've been paying about $30 - $45US a month for years - first for 1.5Mb ADSL, then 8, 12, and now 24Mb ADSL. YahooBB will be offering 45Mb ADSL (3Mb upstream!) in January for about the same price (translation courtesy of the fish: here).
Amazing? Yes, I know. But keep in mind these technologies are severely distance limited and wouldn't really be an option in most of the US (I live in Japan BTW - no, not Tokyo and no, I will not buy you any anime). 8Mb ADSL and up normally drop WAY off at about 1KM. I have 24Mb ADSL from OCN/NTT and live about 2.5KM away from the central office. I get anywhere from 3 - 5 Mb/s down and a full 1Mb/s up.
Cable is also cheap here. FDDH/FITH is coming down (that's 100Mb/s fiber) too. If Japan keeps moving at this rate, I figure I'll be able to buy a direct nueral connection to the "Matrix" within 4 or 5 years - for $20 a month. SUGOI!
Do you here that? That's the sound (and smell?) of the entire (vocal) slashdot community talking out of its ass. None of you have a fucking clue what your talking about. Particularly those of you who've been modded to a 5.
The article is heresay. What is the source? The reg story differs. Why is that?
And what's with the U.S. bashing? The U.S. GAVE the world GPS... and your bitching?
Oh yeah... and to the fool who said the U.S. didn't save Europe's ass and scolded another for not knowing his history... dude. What planet are you from? Have you forgotten the cold war? What do you think would have happened if the U.S. wasn't in Europe for 50+ years? Peace? PLEASE! Do you remember the joy in Germany when the Berlin wall was torn down? Who do you think brought that about? Europe?
Hey... I've got a three digit UID, and while I've been around a while (4 or 5 years I think), I'm not sure it really has anything to do with how long one has been a/. weenie. Maybe it does? But I've not seen anything that says so.
HEY HEY HEY! It looks like Canada is run by an evil dictator too! I mean... he's letting SOCAN run things. I guess Chretien isn't any better than Bush.
That's the logic everyone around here seems to be using. Hear something involving the government you don't like... call Bush evil, stupid, and make fun of him. How come I'm not hearing the same thing about Chretien?
Go ahead you crazies... flame on! Be sure to make yourselves look good and foolish!
Dude. Valiant effort, but your views are not welcome here. No matter how many facts or how much reason you bring to the slashdot table, you'll not be taken seriously. The silent majority on slashdot may agree with you, but the ridiculously vocal minority does the modding... and you'll either get modded down or flamed for presenting views like this. (Look at garcia. He gets a +4 Informative for his fantastical post. Informative?!?)
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Every time I see a group of 5-10 self-described 'great but unlucky' IT workers looking for a job, and how their previous company had to lay them off because their former employer had this 'stupid idea' it was to move all the jobs to Elbonia, I have to ask myself -- why don't these guys get together and start a software company.
Because most of the people who don't have a job that are bitching and moaning about it on slashdot have neither the balls nor the talent to start their own software company. [I said most... not all.]
The only talent many of them have is complaining about out sourcing, Microsoft, President Bush (and his evil ways), John Ashcroft, Iraq, RIAA/MPAA, and John Katz.
FLAME ON!
BAH is not a security consultancy. They're your typcial government IT contractor. Others include CSC, Lockheed Martin, EDS, and SAIC (who I work for) (and buttloads more, but those are some of the major players). Lots of good folks work for them. Unfortunately, idiots are there too. They all do a variety of IT work for the gov - basic sysadmin, web design, system design, project management, security (which I do), etc.
Just FYI.
Check out my website: blowmesmartandbiggar.com.
No... my name is not Blowme Smartandbiggar. Nor is it Blowme S. Andbiggar.
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First of all, I never asked why "they" hate us? I don't have too. I don't know who "they" is.
.everything that goes wrong in the world is now his [Bush's] fault"?
Oh yeah... if the US is not the only remaining superpower, why is it that ". .
One last thing... Exactly how many "wars of conquest" did Pres. Bush start? And what were they called? I'm not aware of any.
How about this?
What do you think ISN'T Bush's fault?
For Christ's sake.
You didn't say anything. You spewed quite a few nicely organized sentences, but no real content was provided.
So yes, we will publicly bitch about these things, as is our right and responsibility in a democratic system.
Oh suh-weet shite. Very enlightening. I had NO IDEA what the rights of American citizens were (I'm assuming you're American). You better get all the bitching out of your system before Pres. Bush and his Nazi-like zealots shut you down. ;-)
You can bitch all you want, I'm just sick of hearing it. I could exercise my right (and responsibility in a democratic system) to walk away from /. and never come back, but I think I'll hang around to bitch about your bitching.
Isn't there a little inconsistency in your speech ?
Not at all. Your perception of what I said makes it seem so. You've already made up your mind (or maybe I could say you've had it made up for you) so you've read into my "speech".
Loki and others are bitching about it. Regardless if the measure is extreme or not, if they don't like, don't fly. It's that simple. No inconsistency here.
Why? The right to travel is a fundamental liberty. To be subject to interrogation and invasive searchs is contrary to every principle upon which this nation was founded.
I am so sick of hearing this argument. Travel BY PLANE is not a fundemental liberty. Travel is. If you don't like the way the airlines/gov are treating you when you fly, don't fucking fly. Take a bus, a boat... fucking walk.
You all bitch about anything this government does, but NONE of you offer a realistic alternative. Your [Loki_1929] idea is shite. Do you know how long it would take to screen EVERY PIECE of luggage before every flight? My god man... we'd have to start showing up 8 hours earlier. I think the government is trying their best to do something and NOT make it intolerably inconvenient. Your idea would make flying an absolute fucking nightmare.
BTW, I expect to be modded down as far as possible. Most of you fuckers will mod me down and then pull your little peters before you'll actually comment. Mod away!
Did you used to work for GOL? Just wondering...
. . . yet the fastest downloads I ever saw were on the order of 8 mbps, from an FTP site that was both close (only a few hops away) and had massive bandwidth, the biggest pipes in the whole country.
That wouldn't happen to be ftp.kddlabs.co.jp, would it? If not, what is it? I'm looking for a nice fat mirror to suck many things from. kddlabs has served me well, but I've recently noticed quite a few mirrors dropping off or not being updated.
That sounds great, but explain why I have these options available (yes, I live in Japan)?
1.5, 8, 12, 24-26, or 40-45Mbps ADSL: 4000-10000 yen
varying cable speed: 4000-10000 yen
100Mbps FTTH: 4500-9000 yen
wireless: my god... I should be glowing there is so much wireless here.
I've heard your argument about Japan and its cheap internet access time and again, but I'm not sold on it. Internet access used to be very expensive here. It wasn't until GOJ told NTT to play nice and ADSL took off that prices became excellent.
I've lived in Tokyo prefecture. I now live in Saitama. I've friends in Chiba, Osaka, and Aomori (country people talk different!). We've all no less than 4 ADSL loop providers available to choose from and who knows how many ISPs. Competition really is a great thing.
Wow. You must really really hate President Bush. This is wonderful news and you can't even see that. You're already spinning this to fit your own agenda.
That's a shame.
Staged... that's "Funny", not "Insightful". Who's modding today? Howard Dean?
Yeah heaven forbid that the US govt lied to the world about WMD so they could invade a foreign land, get cheap gas, pump up the military, look good for the cameras and get a re-elect.
And would you (or any of you fucking wackos) please remember that nearly every country's intelligence service said the same thing, INCLUDING THE FUCKING U.N. -- Saddam had a highly developed WMD program. If the U.S. government "lied", then all those other countries did too. Now... what was your point again?
Recall that Bush was the one whining at hour long press conferences about how the world is so unsafe with his WMDs at large....
Hmmm... so now they're his WMDs? Bush's? Huh?
Rumsfeld's Halliburton???
When scrambling to get off a needless jab at the Bush administration, you should slow down and actually read what you're typing.
Dumbass.
I think everbody fucking understands this. That wasn't your point though, was it?
What do you mean he "had to shelter under the ac"? WTF is that supposed to mean? He would be beat for speaking his mind (even though his "points" are... well... pointless)?
WOW. That was quick. You're already spouting the NEW party line.
First you complained about the U.S. NOT catching him. Now that they've caught him, you're complaining his capture is just a scapegoat for the Bush administration and that he'll be turned into a martyr. Amazing.
This is good news. How the fuck could anyone twist into a negative. You fucking people amaze me.
WTF are you talking about? Perhaps you should enlighten us.
Kids now days.
Funny... I'm probably older than you are.
Will we laugh at ourselves 50 years from now as we Americans do when we had the communist witch trials?
What communist witch trails?
...it's about damn time. I've been paying about $30 - $45US a month for years - first for 1.5Mb ADSL, then 8, 12, and now 24Mb ADSL. YahooBB will be offering 45Mb ADSL (3Mb upstream!) in January for about the same price (translation courtesy of the fish: here).
Amazing? Yes, I know. But keep in mind these technologies are severely distance limited and wouldn't really be an option in most of the US (I live in Japan BTW - no, not Tokyo and no, I will not buy you any anime). 8Mb ADSL and up normally drop WAY off at about 1KM. I have 24Mb ADSL from OCN/NTT and live about 2.5KM away from the central office. I get anywhere from 3 - 5 Mb/s down and a full 1Mb/s up.
Cable is also cheap here. FDDH/FITH is coming down (that's 100Mb/s fiber) too. If Japan keeps moving at this rate, I figure I'll be able to buy a direct nueral connection to the "Matrix" within 4 or 5 years - for $20 a month. SUGOI!
Do you here that? That's the sound (and smell?) of the entire (vocal) slashdot community talking out of its ass. None of you have a fucking clue what your talking about. Particularly those of you who've been modded to a 5.
The article is heresay. What is the source? The reg story differs. Why is that?
And what's with the U.S. bashing? The U.S. GAVE the world GPS... and your bitching?
Oh yeah... and to the fool who said the U.S. didn't save Europe's ass and scolded another for not knowing his history... dude. What planet are you from? Have you forgotten the cold war? What do you think would have happened if the U.S. wasn't in Europe for 50+ years? Peace? PLEASE! Do you remember the joy in Germany when the Berlin wall was torn down? Who do you think brought that about? Europe?
Hey... I've got a three digit UID, and while I've been around a while (4 or 5 years I think), I'm not sure it really has anything to do with how long one has been a /. weenie. Maybe it does? But I've not seen anything that says so.
HEY HEY HEY! It looks like Canada is run by an evil dictator too! I mean... he's letting SOCAN run things. I guess Chretien isn't any better than Bush.
That's the logic everyone around here seems to be using. Hear something involving the government you don't like... call Bush evil, stupid, and make fun of him. How come I'm not hearing the same thing about Chretien?
Go ahead you crazies... flame on! Be sure to make yourselves look good and foolish!
Dude. Valiant effort, but your views are not welcome here. No matter how many facts or how much reason you bring to the slashdot table, you'll not be taken seriously. The silent majority on slashdot may agree with you, but the ridiculously vocal minority does the modding... and you'll either get modded down or flamed for presenting views like this. (Look at garcia. He gets a +4 Informative for his fantastical post. Informative?!?)
I'm just ranting. I've said enough.
Mod me down you fools! Mod me down!