I understand your view point, but I speak in relation to recent elections. I am quite a student of history myself (didn't hurt having a father that was a history teacher). I don't think we need to go as extreme as what happened during the years you mention. And I agree that the nation has grown up in comparison to your examples. But I feel like we have taken a step backward in this election.
Imagine if the Democratat's primary elections had produced a candidate that was much closer to the middle. I think you would find a lot of otherwise Republican voters defecting. Similarly, if some people were not so overtly negative, I think you would see more of a political discussion in this nation.
I see your point, but I see a day when some kids will laugh at me when I talk about my palmOS cell phone and my 20GB iPod, and my digital camera. I think in the next few years we will see something the size of an iPod with 100GB of storage that can take photos, shoot movies, and get cell/wireless calls plus hook up to a network via WiFi/WiMax.
I think this is a biproduct of the polarization in this nation. Look at our candidates. A conservative Republican calling himself a moderate, and one the most liberal Democrats in the Senate trying to sell himself as a moderate as well. You would think with the far left and far right battling for the Prez, it would leave some speaking room for the middle (3rd parties). But I think people are so polarized because the "other" candidate of the two major parties is so far from their own beliefs that everything is focussed much more on Bush and Kerry.
It didn't help that jerks like MoveOn.org and the Swift Boat Vets came out with hardcore negative ads early, getting the jump even on the candidates' negative ads. The whole campaign season has been about extremes, and I don't think what is left of a fair press in the US has any time for anything else.
I have yet to buy the DVD. I have the VHS Special Edition. I got it out the other night, and loved it except the sound is not there. And the picture won't look as good as DVD when I upgrade to wide screen this X-Mas.
I do like *some* of the new stuff. The X-Wing scene in IV when they are on their way to attack the death star is nice. Many other shots in space have been cleaned up from the original so you don't see boxes around ships against the stars. But they could cut out just a few annoying, non-plot scenes and I would be very happy....
There are huge methane beds near coal, like in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. They have experienced a minor methane economic boom (seriously, no pun intended) in the last couple of years in the northeast corner of WY. Along with the methane wells, a lot of water is also produced from the wells. There has been discussion about injecting the water back into the well. However, it might be possible to inject the liquid CO2 there instead, and clean the water for use by population or industry.
I am glad you put the smiley on there. So many people would not have gotten my sarcasm;-)
Oh, and I am not right wing, really. I am pro-choice, pro-gay rights and pro-gay marriage, pro-gun owner rights and pro-small government. I am not sure what I am.....
A company has also released a Mac OS X clone for Linux. You can check out their site and download the software for you Linux machine (note: you will need VMWare or similar software to run it.
I guess the headline says most of it. Where I work we use VS.NET, WinCVS and a CVS Server running on a nix enviro. Works fine. Once in a while when you merge a project file you will get conflicts, which means you have to go in a fix it manually. It is in a readable XML format so after a few minutes work you are fine. Conflicts in other files happen just like they happen to files under CVS source contol in unix.
If you have a really big project, I would really recommend breaking it up into sub-projects that compile into various DLL files, and use one big solution file to hold all of these in Visual Studio. IN VS.NET the name of the "big" project file is called a "solution", which holds a bunch of "project" files. In Visual Studio 6, I believe the "big" project file was called a "project group", but is has been a while. Whatever the name, you you can group the functional areas of a large project into smaller, more manageable units. Not only does this make applying patches, etc, easier to test environments, but CVS merges will cause conflicts less often in the various project files.
I wouldn't get certs; they really don't help you much. Disagree: Early in my career they helped me a lot! I can count at least two contracts that I would not have had without my MCSD. With recruiters, certs can really get your foot in the door. It is unfair, as some people with certs but no skills get jobs. But blame the game, not the player!
Only experience helps you in the long run. Agree: In the long run, you will still need to have the skills and recommendations from former employers. I have several managers from contracts I have been on that have given me references. That helps A TON!
Also, to pay the bills I worked as an MCT Instructor for a while. Many MS classes (and other classes) are pretty decent, but you still need to do a lot of work to get the cert. If you have the money to pay for a boot camp, I would recommend finding a local New Horizons or similar establishment. Many have "Tech Clubs" where you pay a set amount of money, and you can take ANY class for the next year. At the one I worked at it was around $10k. However, you get the cheapy A+ Computer from the A+ class with that. And they included the testing. I knew one guy that got his A+, CCNA and MCSE through the program while working another job. Check the schedule and talk to some students about the place before signing up.
I am not a fan of big corps, and actually prefer getting my news from smaller sources. I hardly watch network or cable news any longer. However, I have a lot of trouble with what you say.
I believe that I am fairly centered in the US political spectrum. There are some things that I believe (pro gay rights and pro gay marriage, pro-choice for women, high taxes for the uber-rich) that would make many people label me liberal. I also believe in many things (very small government, gun owner rights) that would peg me as a right wing conservative in many peoples' books. I am neither. So take my opinion as someone from the center: You sound like you are radically left.
You quote fair.com as a source for your statistics. From looking through the site for about 10 minutes, it looks (to me) to be pretty liberal. Stories like "60 Minutes: Shelving a Story to Boost Bush?" try to argue the fact that CBS's actions are pro-Bush. Hmmm, maybe the fact the 60 Minutes made one of the biggest screw ups of the year with their last story concerning Bush wouldn't have anything to do with them being skittish now. And the fact that they did run the Bush/Vietnam story actually disputes the point. You cannot quote liberal sources to make a point that everyone else is right-wing. It just doesn't hold water. They come off sounding like the tinfoil hat brigade, and quite frankly, so do you when you quote them.
I really disagree with the FBI taking hard drives from servers in the UK. I also disagree with them keeping it a secret as to why the hard drives were taken since we are dealing with the press. But when you say "The reason why Republicans may get confused when I say the media is right-wing is because they assume that the Democrats are left wing. It's an unfortunate reality that both Republicans and Democrats are centrists", I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is not meant to be mean, but if I read that statement to any of my friends or coworkers (a wide spectrum of politcal belief) I am willing to bet that they would all disagree with it. No, it just is obvious to me that you are way off target or are very, very left yourself. That doesn't make the media right wing, just right compared to your beliefs.
As did the Lord of the Rings movie crew. They used iPods as portable hard drives because the place Peter Jackson was staying at was a few blocks from high speed internet. They would dump large movie files onto the iPod (I assume via Firewire) and take them over to his place to view.
You have not replied. Are you still so stupid as to think that transmissions on other frequencies will cause you interference? Did you RTFA yet? Idiot.
What? Seriously, are you high on crack? IN a study last year 90% of the media in the US replied they are registered to vote as Democrat. I dare you to back up your statement. What are the 5 companies, and what are is the proof that the are right wing?
Your are really very lucky if you are seeing 10 miles, esp if it is not line-of-sight. This is not typical. A company I used to work for was testing using 802.11b/a/g for access in small towns (ie no large buildings). While they did see some numbers of 10 miles, it was always line-of-sight and very spotty in any weather (rain, snow, etc).
I suspect WiMAX will just cause us interference headaches
WiMax will operated on a completely different set of frequencies. Is AM and FM radio causing your 802.11b (2.4) interference now? Did you RTFA?
I just got Vonage.com about 2 months ago for their $15/month plan (500 minutes plus $0.039 for overage minutes). I really like the service. I had a very small issue with installation and the tech support was very helpful. Pretty much no brainer to get running with my wireless router and cable modem. The sound quality is IMHO better than any traditional landline I have had. I would recommended them to anyone.
It seems to me like Google has always done cool first, money second, and since the cool worked so well the money just seemed to follow. If I was to advise them (like they would listen to a non-PhD programmer like me) I would say to just leave it free and open like it is now. It is a very popular site, and they can always use it as good PR and as a linking mechanism to the rest of the Googleverse.
Are you a fucking idiot? I am not trying to flame you on here, but are you so full of your "I am too good for VB" programming self that you could not see that sarcasm dripping from my post?
BTW, I have done some programming in VB and ASP (VB's bastardized web language) and the pay was really good (a few years ago). I do agree that because there are so many shitty VB programmers it is hard to stand out as a good one. However, everyone I worked with at my two VB contracts came from a CompSci/C style background, so most of the VB programmers I have known were pretty fucking good. There were also some real assholes in there as well. I have also done C/C++, Java (back in the 1.0 days and some J2EE), PHP, and a shit load of SQL. I currently work in C# on the front end and GNU C / Tcl / PLSQL on the back end.
This is just plain stupid. What happends if the OSCE says there is some problems, but all the local authorities disagree? For argument's sake, what if in this theoretical situation the OSCE is wrong? They have NO AUTHORITY, but sure could muck up a lot of stuff with doubt. I would be much happier with a domestic organization appointed by the congress or somebody.
I love VB. Not the new.NET version which is fully OOP, or VBs 5 or 6 which both compiled to machine language, no. I love the old VB4- which only compiled to P-Code. The only nice thing about newer VB6 style components was DLL Hell.
Well, I cannot believe that it took SOny this long. Really, everyone could see where the industry was going, what is there deal? If nothing, they should have been watching and learning!
I finally bought an iPod because I was getting an audible.com account and I could get $100 off an iPod. I bought a new 4g iPod, which I love slightly less than my mother. Where was Sony? Where is my MP3 walkman? Man, they have the money, mind and moxy, why the hell is Apple getting the industry (other than the fact that Jobs has balz = steel and they hired a great marketting firm).
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Imagine if the Democratat's primary elections had produced a candidate that was much closer to the middle. I think you would find a lot of otherwise Republican voters defecting. Similarly, if some people were not so overtly negative, I think you would see more of a political discussion in this nation.
Agreed. I have a 2mb camera now. That is nice for tourism, but I would not want to go smaller.
I see your point, but I see a day when some kids will laugh at me when I talk about my palmOS cell phone and my 20GB iPod, and my digital camera. I think in the next few years we will see something the size of an iPod with 100GB of storage that can take photos, shoot movies, and get cell/wireless calls plus hook up to a network via WiFi/WiMax.
It didn't help that jerks like MoveOn.org and the Swift Boat Vets came out with hardcore negative ads early, getting the jump even on the candidates' negative ads. The whole campaign season has been about extremes, and I don't think what is left of a fair press in the US has any time for anything else.
Crap.
Crap.
I have yet to buy the DVD. I have the VHS Special Edition. I got it out the other night, and loved it except the sound is not there. And the picture won't look as good as DVD when I upgrade to wide screen this X-Mas.
I do like *some* of the new stuff. The X-Wing scene in IV when they are on their way to attack the death star is nice. Many other shots in space have been cleaned up from the original so you don't see boxes around ships against the stars. But they could cut out just a few annoying, non-plot scenes and I would be very happy....
There are huge methane beds near coal, like in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. They have experienced a minor methane economic boom (seriously, no pun intended) in the last couple of years in the northeast corner of WY. Along with the methane wells, a lot of water is also produced from the wells. There has been discussion about injecting the water back into the well. However, it might be possible to inject the liquid CO2 there instead, and clean the water for use by population or industry.
Oh, and I am not right wing, really. I am pro-choice, pro-gay rights and pro-gay marriage, pro-gun owner rights and pro-small government. I am not sure what I am.....
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You are a leftist idiot.
If you have a really big project, I would really recommend breaking it up into sub-projects that compile into various DLL files, and use one big solution file to hold all of these in Visual Studio. IN VS.NET the name of the "big" project file is called a "solution", which holds a bunch of "project" files. In Visual Studio 6, I believe the "big" project file was called a "project group", but is has been a while. Whatever the name, you you can group the functional areas of a large project into smaller, more manageable units. Not only does this make applying patches, etc, easier to test environments, but CVS merges will cause conflicts less often in the various project files.
I wouldn't get certs; they really don't help you much.
Disagree: Early in my career they helped me a lot! I can count at least two contracts that I would not have had without my MCSD. With recruiters, certs can really get your foot in the door. It is unfair, as some people with certs but no skills get jobs. But blame the game, not the player!
Only experience helps you in the long run.
Agree: In the long run, you will still need to have the skills and recommendations from former employers. I have several managers from contracts I have been on that have given me references. That helps A TON!
Also, to pay the bills I worked as an MCT Instructor for a while. Many MS classes (and other classes) are pretty decent, but you still need to do a lot of work to get the cert. If you have the money to pay for a boot camp, I would recommend finding a local New Horizons or similar establishment. Many have "Tech Clubs" where you pay a set amount of money, and you can take ANY class for the next year. At the one I worked at it was around $10k. However, you get the cheapy A+ Computer from the A+ class with that. And they included the testing. I knew one guy that got his A+, CCNA and MCSE through the program while working another job. Check the schedule and talk to some students about the place before signing up.
I believe that I am fairly centered in the US political spectrum. There are some things that I believe (pro gay rights and pro gay marriage, pro-choice for women, high taxes for the uber-rich) that would make many people label me liberal. I also believe in many things (very small government, gun owner rights) that would peg me as a right wing conservative in many peoples' books. I am neither. So take my opinion as someone from the center: You sound like you are radically left.
You quote fair.com as a source for your statistics. From looking through the site for about 10 minutes, it looks (to me) to be pretty liberal. Stories like "60 Minutes: Shelving a Story to Boost Bush?" try to argue the fact that CBS's actions are pro-Bush. Hmmm, maybe the fact the 60 Minutes made one of the biggest screw ups of the year with their last story concerning Bush wouldn't have anything to do with them being skittish now. And the fact that they did run the Bush/Vietnam story actually disputes the point. You cannot quote liberal sources to make a point that everyone else is right-wing. It just doesn't hold water. They come off sounding like the tinfoil hat brigade, and quite frankly, so do you when you quote them.
I really disagree with the FBI taking hard drives from servers in the UK. I also disagree with them keeping it a secret as to why the hard drives were taken since we are dealing with the press. But when you say "The reason why Republicans may get confused when I say the media is right-wing is because they assume that the Democrats are left wing. It's an unfortunate reality that both Republicans and Democrats are centrists", I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is not meant to be mean, but if I read that statement to any of my friends or coworkers (a wide spectrum of politcal belief) I am willing to bet that they would all disagree with it. No, it just is obvious to me that you are way off target or are very, very left yourself. That doesn't make the media right wing, just right compared to your beliefs.
As did the Lord of the Rings movie crew. They used iPods as portable hard drives because the place Peter Jackson was staying at was a few blocks from high speed internet. They would dump large movie files onto the iPod (I assume via Firewire) and take them over to his place to view.
You have not replied. Are you still so stupid as to think that transmissions on other frequencies will cause you interference? Did you RTFA yet? Idiot.
What? Seriously, are you high on crack? IN a study last year 90% of the media in the US replied they are registered to vote as Democrat. I dare you to back up your statement. What are the 5 companies, and what are is the proof that the are right wing?
Submitter here. It was a joke and also to see if people RTFA. You will notice the other links all go to a ton of info on WiMax.
I suspect WiMAX will just cause us interference headaches
WiMax will operated on a completely different set of frequencies. Is AM and FM radio causing your 802.11b (2.4) interference now? Did you RTFA?
I just got Vonage.com about 2 months ago for their $15/month plan (500 minutes plus $0.039 for overage minutes). I really like the service. I had a very small issue with installation and the tech support was very helpful. Pretty much no brainer to get running with my wireless router and cable modem. The sound quality is IMHO better than any traditional landline I have had. I would recommended them to anyone.
It seems to me like Google has always done cool first, money second, and since the cool worked so well the money just seemed to follow. If I was to advise them (like they would listen to a non-PhD programmer like me) I would say to just leave it free and open like it is now. It is a very popular site, and they can always use it as good PR and as a linking mechanism to the rest of the Googleverse.
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BTW, I have done some programming in VB and ASP (VB's bastardized web language) and the pay was really good (a few years ago). I do agree that because there are so many shitty VB programmers it is hard to stand out as a good one. However, everyone I worked with at my two VB contracts came from a CompSci/C style background, so most of the VB programmers I have known were pretty fucking good. There were also some real assholes in there as well. I have also done C/C++, Java (back in the 1.0 days and some J2EE), PHP, and a shit load of SQL. I currently work in C# on the front end and GNU C / Tcl / PLSQL on the back end.
This is just plain stupid. What happends if the OSCE says there is some problems, but all the local authorities disagree? For argument's sake, what if in this theoretical situation the OSCE is wrong? They have NO AUTHORITY, but sure could muck up a lot of stuff with doubt. I would be much happier with a domestic organization appointed by the congress or somebody.
I love VB. Not the new .NET version which is fully OOP, or VBs 5 or 6 which both compiled to machine language, no. I love the old VB4- which only compiled to P-Code. The only nice thing about newer VB6 style components was DLL Hell.
I finally bought an iPod because I was getting an audible.com account and I could get $100 off an iPod. I bought a new 4g iPod, which I love slightly less than my mother. Where was Sony? Where is my MP3 walkman? Man, they have the money, mind and moxy, why the hell is Apple getting the industry (other than the fact that Jobs has balz = steel and they hired a great marketting firm).