Mister Rogers died of cancer early today at his Pittsburgh home, at the age of 74.
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RAMdisk RAID?
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Before you buy a bunch of hardware, set up one ramdisk with a network link and find out what your real-life tranfer bandwidth is. I'll bet that the gain, if any, would not be worth the effort.
So I post something that I thought was funny and it gets moded down to a -1 flamebait. Seems someone is a bit touchy about the subject.
Meanwhile the replies are up to +2. There's no justice for a karma whore.
The problem is that you've already taken the job and as far as negotiations go, you're the low man on the scrotum pole. You can call your labor relations board and ask them what your rights are, but getting the company to honor them might do more harm than good. Unless they literally work you like a slave, your best bet might be to do your work well and keep looking for a better job. It's easier to find a job when you have a job and it's easier to find a job when your current employer likes you and will give you a good recommendation.
As for the next time, there is no problem with asking a perspective employer how many hours a week you will be expected to work. It's also ok to ask to speak to a current employee of the company about the working conditions.
Advanced math and maybe a little compiler theory. If I had better math skills I could understand and implement digital signal processing technology better.
Doesn't it? One of my great loves in life is the music of Bach, but after months of work, I can only crudely hammer out some of his simplest works on a keyboard. Likewise I can't memorize a phone number or learn a foreign language and it's not for a lack of effort. On the other hand, I can construct a 3D model of a mechanism in my head, rotate it and cause the pieces of it to move relative to each other. I'd say that genetics along with some luck and some hard work determined my place in life.
First of all, I believe the article was about engineers, not programmers. There is a difference. Engineers solve problems with whatever tool works best. It may be assembly language firmware, custom silicon, or copper and solder. Programmer write code. I'm not disparaging programmers and I'm also not a "born programmer".
As to my lack of economics 101 understanding, all I can say is that it works for me and my friends. I have established a reputation of solving difficult problems in a timely and cost-effective manner and I have never lacked work to keep me busy.
Did you know what you wanted to build things for a living when you were 8 years old? Did you constantly get in trouble for taking apart your toys? Did you have a burning desire to understand things and build them? If not, you are at a disadvantage. Like atheletes, engineers are born. If you picked the field for the big money and not getting your hands dirty, you will never be able to compete against those of us who were born to it.
I'm a self-taught engineer and firmware programmer with no degree. I started out fixing minicomputers in the early 70's and I've never been unemployed longer than 2 months. I look forward to a comfortable retirement in my paid-off house with a full shop/lab in the garage. I'd do it all over again in a second, with the only regret being that I didn't get a degree.
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Mister Rogers died of cancer early today at his Pittsburgh home, at the age of 74.
Before you buy a bunch of hardware, set up one ramdisk with a network link and find out what your real-life tranfer bandwidth is. I'll bet that the gain, if any, would not be worth the effort.
Just copyright *truth* then these books become DMCA "copyright circimvention" technology.
of these guys and their accomplishment. Some fsking stand-up engineering for sure.
That someone could be "several grades behind in their reading level" and would need to have their lessons read to them?
The Manhattan Project, 1960's book, interesting read but not as detailed as Rhodes.
Brighter than a Thousand Suns, wishy washy glorification of physicists and scientists working on bomb
Military Uses of Atomic Energy, Glasstone for AEC, good but hard to find.
The Curve of Binding Energy, Mcfee, excellent must read book on terrorist use of nuclear materials
So I post something that I thought was funny and it gets moded down to a -1 flamebait. Seems someone is a bit touchy about the subject. Meanwhile the replies are up to +2. There's no justice for a karma whore.
Baird invented the television, blah blah blah, Turing invented the computer, blah blah blah, Lukas invented shitty car parts, blah blah blah...
Buy a Tivo. It is a linux box after all.
To demand that SCO turns over list of any possible infringements so that they can be coded out asap.
To raise vast quantities of sea monkeys in Tampa Bay.
In Adobe Acrobat with PDF files
Why can Google News post a link to The New York Times without pulling up the subscriber page and Slashdot can't?
Then I'll be impressed.
Thank you.
Can you cite a reference for those rules? I need one for my files.
As for the next time, there is no problem with asking a perspective employer how many hours a week you will be expected to work. It's also ok to ask to speak to a current employee of the company about the working conditions.
And would it also explain our leadership in any number of technical fields?
Advanced math and maybe a little compiler theory. If I had better math skills I could understand and implement digital signal processing technology better.
Doesn't it? One of my great loves in life is the music of Bach, but after months of work, I can only crudely hammer out some of his simplest works on a keyboard. Likewise I can't memorize a phone number or learn a foreign language and it's not for a lack of effort. On the other hand, I can construct a 3D model of a mechanism in my head, rotate it and cause the pieces of it to move relative to each other. I'd say that genetics along with some luck and some hard work determined my place in life.
As to my lack of economics 101 understanding, all I can say is that it works for me and my friends. I have established a reputation of solving difficult problems in a timely and cost-effective manner and I have never lacked work to keep me busy.
So we should get paid more.
Did you know what you wanted to build things for a living when you were 8 years old? Did you constantly get in trouble for taking apart your toys? Did you have a burning desire to understand things and build them? If not, you are at a disadvantage. Like atheletes, engineers are born. If you picked the field for the big money and not getting your hands dirty, you will never be able to compete against those of us who were born to it.
I'm a self-taught engineer and firmware programmer with no degree. I started out fixing minicomputers in the early 70's and I've never been unemployed longer than 2 months. I look forward to a comfortable retirement in my paid-off house with a full shop/lab in the garage. I'd do it all over again in a second, with the only regret being that I didn't get a degree.
I would think...