Nope, I'm focussing on areas of technology that currently aren't being outsourced. I've also transitioned into project management and look for work that requires personal interaction. In the past I was an introverted cube worker, but today I choose to be extroverted. People are far more adaptable than they think they are.
You've got the right idea for a plan, but you sound like you're already experienced in development, and ready for a promotion to project management / customer interaction. But kids coming out of college without this experience are going to find it hard to follow that path if they can't find any entry level programming jobs where they can hone their skills.
Gail Zappa is a golddigger. That's why she married someone famous in the first place. What Frank would think and fifty cents will get you a can of pop.
Ahhhh, but why did Frank marry her? Was she the NLJP he always wanted? A grinder and bumper?
I mean come on, first it's "there was water", and that was a cool announcement. But now it's "it was salty"? What's next? "It was wet"?. "Rocks are hard"?
I fixed some PHP code last night where I'd used a & instead of a $ to start a variable name, but you don't see me holding a press conference.
Regardless of which US Presidential candidate you favor for 2004, don't you want your vote to be counted?
Anyone who opposes full auditable paper trails from e-voting machines has something devious in mind. There are ZERO drawbacks and limitless benefits. If price were a factor, they wouldn't have upgraded from their old voting machines in the first place.
"...have you explained the importance of your cell phone to your boss or HR person? Have you asked for an exception, as yours is pretty clearly an exceptional case?"
He is somehow special because his cell phone notifies him of COMPUTER problems at home? I could see an exception for a pregnant wife, a hospiced family member, etc, but personal server issues?
If anything that would just cause workplace tension and drama (as if there isn't enough of that as it is). No... he gets notified on his personal cell phone of problems with his COMPANY's servers. This blanket policy will have negative effects on productivity in the form of slower response time to errors and therefore longer downtime. The policy should have exclusions, or he should be provided with a device (pager or company cellphone) that he could route notification to.
Most companies don't even use the full power of their current networks, installed in the late 90's or early 00's. Would they be willing to throw out all the old stuff to get the new stuff? I doubt it...most of them are still hurting from over spending in the first place.
Go to the messageboards and reassure the stock holders reading the messageboard there that this is just part of SCO's continuing practice and the lawsuit should be taken lightly
Great idea! I just posted this anecdote:
Don't take SCO's lawsuit seriously...
Imagine Gold's Gym is suing you, after you canceled your membership with them. Their theory is that since you had canceled your membership, but you were still in good physical shape, you must be sneaking in and using their gym without paying for it. Sound like a strong case? Of course it doesn't. There are many other ways to exercise besides using Gold's Gym.
If you read between the lines in today's news reports, you'll notice SCO is making a similar argument about AutoZone.
Because AZO transitioned so smoothly from SCO Unix (expensive license) to Open Source Linux (free license), SCO assumes that AZO must still be using some of SCO's costly software. This is baloney.
If anything, take this as an example of how easy it is to shift away from expensive software like SCO Unix, to using free software like Linux!
This lawsuit has nothing to do with SCO's widely publicized problem with IBM and Linux, where they claim that Linux itself contains unauthorized SCO code.
So where do we draw the line between "frivolous SCO lawsuit" and "economic/technological SCO terrorism"?
SCO's basically spreading an information virus (FUD), and trying to hold Linux hostage. Linux is very widely used in the backend of many companies' systems.
Then again, the current administration will never prosecute anyone for spreading misleading information to their own benefit, lest they be forced to practice what they preach. I wonder how the SCO case will change once Kerry is in the white house.
Young poets, do not go and read your poems in coffee houses for free. Cartoonists! Never share your sketchbook with friends. Demand payment, and help the capitalist system prosper. I mean, imagine where we'd be if we all started sharing?
actually it's from a cartoon show called Futurama, episode "S02E13 [2ACV09] - A Bicyclops Built For Two". I think I'll should change my sig to "Well, thanks to the Internet, I'm now bored with sex. Is there a place on the web that panders to my lust for violence? - Fry, Futurama"
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Until the day comes when all the other kids get marked down for not turning in their papers on time, since their computers got knocked out by a virus.
Then KD, due to her better grades and intellectual superiority, will become popular, right? Right?!?!
Nope, I'm focussing on areas of technology that currently aren't being outsourced. I've also transitioned into project management and look for work that requires personal interaction. In the past I was an introverted cube worker, but today I choose to be extroverted. People are far more adaptable than they think they are.
You've got the right idea for a plan, but you sound like you're already experienced in development, and ready for a promotion to project management / customer interaction. But kids coming out of college without this experience are going to find it hard to follow that path if they can't find any entry level programming jobs where they can hone their skills.
Unions are for blue collar whiners who refuse to adapt to the economic tides.
So then, you're happy that the tides are flowing programming jobs to India? Are you "adapting" by taking a 90% paycut and moving to Bombay?
Hey, whatever works :-)
Too much water decreases electrolyte concentration.
So what if you drank Gatorade (or another well made sports drink), which has an electolyte balance designed to match the body's?
Nothing worse than a smelly dumbass for a boss.
Cheers to that!
Other than that, exactly the same. I feel your pain. Maybe we need to start a support group.
Or a competing software company...
...15,000 pages of hospital documents. Proof-read them
On the bright side, those interns could probably get good jobs at the hospital, since they'll know so much about it's policies.
misuse C4, help clean the gene pool!
:-)
Misuse? That sounds like a perfectly acceptable use of C4 to me
White headphones are like a status symbol now.
Only to shallow people who judge status by possesion of overpriced MP3 players.
Gail Zappa is a golddigger. That's why she married someone famous in the first place. What Frank would think and fifty cents will get you a can of pop.
Ahhhh, but why did Frank marry her? Was she the NLJP he always wanted? A grinder and bumper?
I do not, when I get in the field, want to work with people who are this incompetent.
:-D
Don't worry, you won't be working with them... you'll be working FOR them.
I mean come on, first it's "there was water", and that was a cool announcement. But now it's "it was salty"? What's next? "It was wet"?. "Rocks are hard"?
I fixed some PHP code last night where I'd used a & instead of a $ to start a variable name, but you don't see me holding a press conference.
Still, he's paying less of a base price, and he'd have to pay VAT whether he got it at home or in the USA.
There are laws specifically to prevent what you propose doing.
Nothing wrong with picking up a souvenier (sp?) from america, whether it's blue jeans, cd's or a computer, as long as he declares it at customs.
I think the idea was just a generic box, that said "Check this box to activate this ballot" or something.
Regardless of which US Presidential candidate you favor for 2004, don't you want your vote to be counted?
Anyone who opposes full auditable paper trails from e-voting machines has something devious in mind. There are ZERO drawbacks and limitless benefits. If price were a factor, they wouldn't have upgraded from their old voting machines in the first place.
Diablo II was absolutely nothing new and was so damn buggy it was pathetic.
Diablo II rocks, and continues to rock.
Nothing new? More quests, characters, abilities, character variation, items, everything. Did you even play DII?
The term "Lucky Bastards" comes to mind :-)
"...have you explained the importance of your cell phone to your boss or HR person? Have you asked for an exception, as yours is pretty clearly an exceptional case?"
He is somehow special because his cell phone notifies him of COMPUTER problems at home? I could see an exception for a pregnant wife, a hospiced family member, etc, but personal server issues?
If anything that would just cause workplace tension and drama (as if there isn't enough of that as it is). No... he gets notified on his personal cell phone of problems with his COMPANY's servers. This blanket policy will have negative effects on productivity in the form of slower response time to errors and therefore longer downtime. The policy should have exclusions, or he should be provided with a device (pager or company cellphone) that he could route notification to.
Most companies don't even use the full power of their current networks, installed in the late 90's or early 00's. Would they be willing to throw out all the old stuff to get the new stuff? I doubt it...most of them are still hurting from over spending in the first place.
Go to the messageboards and reassure the stock holders reading the messageboard there that this is just part of SCO's continuing practice and the lawsuit should be taken lightly
Great idea! I just posted this anecdote:
Don't take SCO's lawsuit seriously...
Imagine Gold's Gym is suing you, after you canceled your membership with them. Their theory is that since you had canceled your membership, but you were still in good physical shape, you must be sneaking in and using their gym without paying for it. Sound like a strong case? Of course it doesn't. There are many other ways to exercise besides using Gold's Gym.
If you read between the lines in today's news reports, you'll notice SCO is making a similar argument about AutoZone.
Because AZO transitioned so smoothly from SCO Unix (expensive license) to Open Source Linux (free license), SCO assumes that AZO must still be using some of SCO's costly software. This is baloney.
If anything, take this as an example of how easy it is to shift away from expensive software like SCO Unix, to using free software like Linux!
This lawsuit has nothing to do with SCO's widely publicized problem with IBM and Linux, where they claim that Linux itself contains unauthorized SCO code.
So where do we draw the line between "frivolous SCO lawsuit" and "economic/technological SCO terrorism"?
SCO's basically spreading an information virus (FUD), and trying to hold Linux hostage. Linux is very widely used in the backend of many companies' systems.
Then again, the current administration will never prosecute anyone for spreading misleading information to their own benefit, lest they be forced to practice what they preach. I wonder how the SCO case will change once Kerry is in the white house.
Young poets, do not go and read your poems in coffee houses for free. Cartoonists! Never share your sketchbook with friends. Demand payment, and help the capitalist system prosper. I mean, imagine where we'd be if we all started sharing?
lol!
actually it's from a cartoon show called Futurama, episode "S02E13 [2ACV09] - A Bicyclops Built For Two". I think I'll should change my sig to "Well, thanks to the Internet, I'm now bored with sex. Is there a place on the web that panders to my lust for violence? - Fry, Futurama"