It seems ridiculous that a check box is what holds back good people from jobs.
My wife has *10 years* hands-on experience in Project/Product Management but no college at. She applied to a Fortune 500 manufacturer and got a call back in under 24 hours. HR said she was perfect for the job, but could she explain where my wife got her degree from; she didn't see it on the resume.
My wife said that she didn't have a degree but had been doing this same type of work for the last ten years.
HR said that she should reapply when that problem has been fixed.
So it's more important to have someone that can read books and have theoretical knowledge, than someone that knows what they are doing and can prove it. All for the sake of a check box.
And this is why the old LucasArts games (Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Zack McCracken, Sam & Max, etc) are awesome. There is no dead end situations; you just feel that way because you didn't investigate the right place/thing yet. That seemingly useless stick that got put in your inventory during the first five minutes of the game, that you can't get rid of? That's what you need to defeat the final challenge. Need superglue to fix the cog that opens the secret chamber? You can always back track to where someone will sell you superglue.
Now, that doesn't mean the games are too easy. You still have to find a way to affix the fishbowl to your head so you can breathe in space, but you won't make it into space until you have the tools you need.
Take some time before starting this and think about how you are going to test everything. Set up a workable framework first. Otherwise you'll end up with some tests saved as text files, some as SQL queries, a few spread sheets, instructions on how to properly format exported data so they can be diff'ed against previous versions, etc.
You'll end up having a testing system as convoluted as the code you're trying to test.
1) Diamond-tipped pizza cutter with baby elephant ivory handle 2) Stadium seat cushion made from puma hide and filled with narwhal blubber 3) Beer cozy built from the insulation of the original NASA space suits 4) Sofa throw blanket woven from the used toupees of William Shatner 5) A 1:3 scale replica of the "Stay-Puff" Marshmallow Man crafted from albino bat guano
The paper bill itself is essentially worthless. It is merely a piece of paper to say the government owes you the value printed; a promissory note.
By adding in electronics, you're adding value to the note itself. Now the note will have value, but you lose that value when you redeem it. How will we offset the value lost in the possession of these notes? Will my electronic note be worth more than your simple paper note? Will I be paid less when given electronic-filled notes?
With gold prices generally going up, and the value of the promise of an American Dollar going down, is it possible that the note itself will be worth more than the promised redeem value from the government?
What I do is create passwords based on street addresses that I am familiar with. For example, one password is based on the address where I lived as a child. I seriously doubt anybody outside my family would even know what the address is so it's pretty secure.
That is until you or your family decide to fill out some "What would you name be" facebook quiz.What street did you grow up on? Where were you born? What's your mother's middle name?
Why people don't see these as obvious attempts to get personal information that become the security question of your bank accounts and emails accounts? Instead, they are the *wacky* and *fun* things to post on your twitface profiles.
It's not even passwords that are the weakest link, it's people--people that think that only the nice people will read their livejournal [__]space, and other blogs so they throw their whole personal life to the winds.
Heroes... why did they cancel that? Is there not enough viewers that can follow a story told in a few years instead of a few minutes?
Actually, yes. "Lost" suffered from the same grand arcing scheme. Everything built upon everything. You couldn't miss a couple of episodes without being lost in the mire of "what's that about?" and "why is the important?" questions.
I believe it was the the SciFi channel (back before they lost meaning) showed "Lost 2.0" with pop-ups to help people follow along. After seeing "This is the same polar bear from episode XX" I lost complete interest. I knew there was so much more to the story and I'd never catch up.
So for shows like Heroes, Lost, and so forth, unless you get in at the beginning, you're not as likely to want to start watching. With little new viewer uptake, your numbers can only go down and thus great shows get canceled.
But this wasn't lost. They knew exactly where it was. Instead, I would treat this as a gift. They were very aware of placing the item within your property. I mean, if they don't know where they placed their GPS transceiver then something is seriously wrong (and funny).
Just because the movie is out of order doesn't make the storyline graph particularly hard. In fact, after watching the movie once or twice you're already picturing the graph in your head.
Instead, try doing something like the "Back To The Future" series; characters meetings change based on the revision of history, characters loop back to see themselves, the same encounters happen with different generations of the same family.
Ideally, the reader should download the update, install it in a shadow directory an as soon as that is ready, install the update.
Oh good, so now I get to be exploited by the version I'm using AND the version waiting in the shadows.
Adobe won't get rid of the EULA check because they need to cover their ass with each and every release. Which means it can't install/overwrite your current version until that happens and the downloaded/installed version can sit in the shadows for a while. Ripe for the malcontents.
Also, since it has hooks in your browser, you need to close your browser to update the code too. And seriously, when DON'T you have a browser open?
The "vendor" (it's a blog) isn't telling people to stay away from it, it's literally linked back to that dude's photostream...
He can do do what a friend of mine did. My friend had created a cool skull avatar that he hosted on his own site. Someone else thought it was so cool that they wanted it as their own avatar so they just linked directly to my friend's site (thus incurring traffic that he didn't really want). His solution?
A minor redirect in Apache; if the image was being called from a site other than his own, it would instead show an animated gif of rainbows and unicorns and "I am gay for stealing".
Maybe the OP could do the same and have it say "I should really pay for this image"
I did something similar with all the various PIN numbers I had to remember. They became phone numbers. Vera: 818-222-1234 on an old scrap of paper is pretty innocuous but I knew it was the PIN for my Visa.
Contractions are only meaningful when generally accepted
Or when the sense is plain.
I understood it perfectly. The Supremes are making a comeback after more than 40 years of hiatus and their first hit, "Bilski Patent", will be thrown out for free download soon.
I think the key to it all would be logical aggregation.
Consider I do a search for "e3 2010" today. I'm sure millions have. For the moment, it's *ahem* important that Google knows exactly who I am so it can create targeted ads for me. But by next year, or the year after, what's the point?
Over time, change from the individual to the demographic. Out of those millions, there has to be at least a few that are of the same age, gender, geographic location, etc. as me. Does it really matter that *I* did it or that a something-year-old gender from city, state made the search? The only thing lost is an absolute who.
By simplifying the data, it becomes easier to mine.
It's not a hospital wall white, but more like a Motel-6 wall white. You know, white, but muted so that the the owners don't have to scrub it all the time but it still looks white enough.
But movies rarely stay true to the book. And most people agree that the book is always better than the movie.
So giving away the book is telling the audience, "Now that you've seen the bullocks we've made, see how far from the original we were allowed to go and still keep the title."
But this can only work if things are exactly designed to factory spec.
How is it going to handle the fact that my blinker fluid line had to be re-routed to make room for the alarm system? Or I'm now running a hydrogen engine? [soundbyte="Mythbusters - Well there's your problem.mp3"/]Will I have to put everything back so the headset can understand the reality it needs to augment to show me that I need an oil change?
Where does Jesus fall on the latest nutritional food pyramid? Am I okay with a weekly serving of "savior" or should I be eating smaller wafer portions over the course of a few days?
It's perfectly legal for me to start up "RedHat Carwash" as there is no chance for confusion. But I'd be treading dangerous waters if I started "RedHat Computer Repair" (even if all the employees wore red hats while serving customers) as it has the potential to confuse and/or dilute the existing name.
Like all great businesses they will merely redefine the word "unlimited".
All plans will go to "unlimited" data; you can download, stream, email, and whatever all day long. However, the 3G network will be tweaked as only work at a 2400 baud speed. Get all you want, but the network will be segmented so that all users get equal access/service.
People keep crying "Oh noes! PayPal seezees my monies!" Why the hell do you leave money in there?
Once a week, transfer everything out of PayPal to your real bank; you know, the one regulated by the FDIC, has potential to earn interest, and you use to pay all your bills.
So, you take a fee-hit every time you do so. Either suck it up, buttercup and consider it a business expense --OR-- figure out how much you would spend on a real Merchant Account so you can accept credit cards, plus the time, energy, and resources for building a custom, secure commerce system, and so on.
For my website, PayPal works just fine. And for that 1 in 5000 customer, I maintain a PO Box for sending me Money Orders
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It seems ridiculous that a check box is what holds back good people from jobs.
My wife has *10 years* hands-on experience in Project/Product Management but no college at. She applied to a Fortune 500 manufacturer and got a call back in under 24 hours. HR said she was perfect for the job, but could she explain where my wife got her degree from; she didn't see it on the resume.
My wife said that she didn't have a degree but had been doing this same type of work for the last ten years.
HR said that she should reapply when that problem has been fixed.
So it's more important to have someone that can read books and have theoretical knowledge, than someone that knows what they are doing and can prove it. All for the sake of a check box.
Can I mod this +1 "America, fuck yeah!"
And this is why the old LucasArts games (Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Zack McCracken, Sam & Max, etc) are awesome. There is no dead end situations; you just feel that way because you didn't investigate the right place/thing yet. That seemingly useless stick that got put in your inventory during the first five minutes of the game, that you can't get rid of? That's what you need to defeat the final challenge. Need superglue to fix the cog that opens the secret chamber? You can always back track to where someone will sell you superglue.
Now, that doesn't mean the games are too easy. You still have to find a way to affix the fishbowl to your head so you can breathe in space, but you won't make it into space until you have the tools you need.
Take some time before starting this and think about how you are going to test everything. Set up a workable framework first. Otherwise you'll end up with some tests saved as text files, some as SQL queries, a few spread sheets, instructions on how to properly format exported data so they can be diff'ed against previous versions, etc.
You'll end up having a testing system as convoluted as the code you're trying to test.
More extreme things we can't afford:
1) Diamond-tipped pizza cutter with baby elephant ivory handle
2) Stadium seat cushion made from puma hide and filled with narwhal blubber
3) Beer cozy built from the insulation of the original NASA space suits
4) Sofa throw blanket woven from the used toupees of William Shatner
5) A 1:3 scale replica of the "Stay-Puff" Marshmallow Man crafted from albino bat guano
The paper bill itself is essentially worthless. It is merely a piece of paper to say the government owes you the value printed; a promissory note.
By adding in electronics, you're adding value to the note itself. Now the note will have value, but you lose that value when you redeem it. How will we offset the value lost in the possession of these notes? Will my electronic note be worth more than your simple paper note? Will I be paid less when given electronic-filled notes?
With gold prices generally going up, and the value of the promise of an American Dollar going down, is it possible that the note itself will be worth more than the promised redeem value from the government?
What I do is create passwords based on street addresses that I am familiar with. For example, one password is based on the address where I lived as a child. I seriously doubt anybody outside my family would even know what the address is so it's pretty secure.
That is until you or your family decide to fill out some "What would you name be" facebook quiz.What street did you grow up on? Where were you born? What's your mother's middle name?
Why people don't see these as obvious attempts to get personal information that become the security question of your bank accounts and emails accounts? Instead, they are the *wacky* and *fun* things to post on your twitface profiles.
It's not even passwords that are the weakest link, it's people--people that think that only the nice people will read their livejournal [__]space, and other blogs so they throw their whole personal life to the winds.
"I say we take off, and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Heroes... why did they cancel that? Is there not enough viewers that can follow a story told in a few years instead of a few minutes?
Actually, yes. "Lost" suffered from the same grand arcing scheme. Everything built upon everything. You couldn't miss a couple of episodes without being lost in the mire of "what's that about?" and "why is the important?" questions.
I believe it was the the SciFi channel (back before they lost meaning) showed "Lost 2.0" with pop-ups to help people follow along. After seeing "This is the same polar bear from episode XX" I lost complete interest. I knew there was so much more to the story and I'd never catch up.
So for shows like Heroes, Lost, and so forth, unless you get in at the beginning, you're not as likely to want to start watching. With little new viewer uptake, your numbers can only go down and thus great shows get canceled.
But this wasn't lost. They knew exactly where it was. Instead, I would treat this as a gift. They were very aware of placing the item within your property. I mean, if they don't know where they placed their GPS transceiver then something is seriously wrong (and funny).
Just because the movie is out of order doesn't make the storyline graph particularly hard. In fact, after watching the movie once or twice you're already picturing the graph in your head.
Instead, try doing something like the "Back To The Future" series; characters meetings change based on the revision of history, characters loop back to see themselves, the same encounters happen with different generations of the same family.
Now you're thinking with portals.
I Green Stamps and Disneyland E-Tickets.. They haven't expired either.
I'm just having a hard time redeeming them.
Ideally, the reader should download the update, install it in a shadow directory an as soon as that is ready, install the update.
Oh good, so now I get to be exploited by the version I'm using AND the version waiting in the shadows.
Adobe won't get rid of the EULA check because they need to cover their ass with each and every release. Which means it can't install/overwrite your current version until that happens and the downloaded/installed version can sit in the shadows for a while. Ripe for the malcontents.
Also, since it has hooks in your browser, you need to close your browser to update the code too. And seriously, when DON'T you have a browser open?
The "vendor" (it's a blog) isn't telling people to stay away from it, it's literally linked back to that dude's photostream ...
He can do do what a friend of mine did. My friend had created a cool skull avatar that he hosted on his own site. Someone else thought it was so cool that they wanted it as their own avatar so they just linked directly to my friend's site (thus incurring traffic that he didn't really want). His solution?
A minor redirect in Apache; if the image was being called from a site other than his own, it would instead show an animated gif of rainbows and unicorns and "I am gay for stealing".
Maybe the OP could do the same and have it say "I should really pay for this image"
I did something similar with all the various PIN numbers I had to remember. They became phone numbers. Vera: 818-222-1234 on an old scrap of paper is pretty innocuous but I knew it was the PIN for my Visa.
Or when the sense is plain.
I understood it perfectly. The Supremes are making a comeback after more than 40 years of hiatus and their first hit, "Bilski Patent", will be thrown out for free download soon.
Right?
I think the key to it all would be logical aggregation.
Consider I do a search for "e3 2010" today. I'm sure millions have. For the moment, it's *ahem* important that Google knows exactly who I am so it can create targeted ads for me. But by next year, or the year after, what's the point?
Over time, change from the individual to the demographic. Out of those millions, there has to be at least a few that are of the same age, gender, geographic location, etc. as me. Does it really matter that *I* did it or that a something-year-old gender from city, state made the search? The only thing lost is an absolute who.
By simplifying the data, it becomes easier to mine.
. Shows like 24 epitomize this, that police are hindered by laws and the "bad guys" get away the more we enforce the constitution.
There are a few things I've learned from 24
It's not a hospital wall white, but more like a Motel-6 wall white. You know, white, but muted so that the the owners don't have to scrub it all the time but it still looks white enough.
But movies rarely stay true to the book. And most people agree that the book is always better than the movie.
So giving away the book is telling the audience, "Now that you've seen the bullocks we've made, see how far from the original we were allowed to go and still keep the title."
But this can only work if things are exactly designed to factory spec.
How is it going to handle the fact that my blinker fluid line had to be re-routed to make room for the alarm system? Or I'm now running a hydrogen engine? [soundbyte="Mythbusters - Well there's your problem.mp3" /]Will I have to put everything back so the headset can understand the reality it needs to augment to show me that I need an oil change?
Where does Jesus fall on the latest nutritional food pyramid? Am I okay with a weekly serving of "savior" or should I be eating smaller wafer portions over the course of a few days?
You are correct.
It's perfectly legal for me to start up "RedHat Carwash" as there is no chance for confusion. But I'd be treading dangerous waters if I started "RedHat Computer Repair" (even if all the employees wore red hats while serving customers) as it has the potential to confuse and/or dilute the existing name.
Like all great businesses they will merely redefine the word "unlimited".
All plans will go to "unlimited" data; you can download, stream, email, and whatever all day long. However, the 3G network will be tweaked as only work at a 2400 baud speed. Get all you want, but the network will be segmented so that all users get equal access/service.
People keep crying "Oh noes! PayPal seezees my monies!" Why the hell do you leave money in there?
Once a week, transfer everything out of PayPal to your real bank; you know, the one regulated by the FDIC, has potential to earn interest, and you use to pay all your bills.
So, you take a fee-hit every time you do so. Either suck it up, buttercup and consider it a business expense --OR-- figure out how much you would spend on a real Merchant Account so you can accept credit cards, plus the time, energy, and resources for building a custom, secure commerce system, and so on.
For my website, PayPal works just fine. And for that 1 in 5000 customer, I maintain a PO Box for sending me Money Orders