People who buy into an HOA don't want an old house. Or don't want to buy land in BFE and build something.
In many major metros there is no such thing as new construction (and by new, lets say 10-15 years) that isn't in an HOA.
Thankfully my current HOA is fairly benign (well, except for providing very little for your money - at least the trash gets picked up). The last one wasn't and just chock full of little Napoleons.
Exactly. I shoot motorsports with a canon DSLR (D20) and a 400mm lens. Not the same thing as pulling out a little point and shoot and pressing the button;)
Are you asking for Masters graduates specifically? If so, why?
No. In fact, we don't require a degree at all.
My statement that "we feel this is perfect for a recent college grad" was not to exclude non-degree holders who know what they're doing but rather "If you just graduated college, we think this would be a suitable position".
I would happily hire someone with little to no paid professional experience that could demonstrate an understanding of the basics as well as an interest to learn. Sadly, they simply don't seem to exist these days. Much like college graduates able to do the same.
No, it doesn't. In fact, in our experience they are completely and utterly useless even when trying to make the argument that they "teach you how to learn".
We've been trying to fill two Jr. engineer positions; this is a position we feel is perfect for a recent college grad. Every applicant, without exception, has a Masters degree in Comp Sci.
They can't make it through our technical interview without extensive hand-holding, almost to the point of you having to do it for them. And I'm not talking about syntax; I'm even willing to be lenient in that dept. since it's on a white board, most of them are new at interviewing, etc. I'm talking about fundamental problems with logic - they aren't able to figure out fairly simple, straight forward problems. I've had candidates that couldn't properly create a for loop, and even after walking them through the logic (You can have *two* conditionals there... what would those look like?) they still don't understand it. Yes, really. With a Masters degree.
And the ones that don't even make it through the phone screen? I question what it is they've been doing for the last 6 years, because it certainly didn't involve learning anything; basic questions about data structures and theory? Yeah... not so much.
We've had to seriously beef up our phone screening and pre-screen test so as not to waste time bringing people in. We recently hired someone from the NY State University at Buffalo... he was the first one who was able to walk in and simply breeze through the technical interview, and actually understood what he was doing. I highly suspect he didn't need to waste 6 years and who knows how much money on the degree.
Between phone screens and on-sites, that's probably a one-in-100 for us at the moment.
What you're likely to see if this comes to pass is that people who "opt out" are then bitching that they now have to actually, you know, PAY for things like email, search, social networks, etc, just like in the good 'ol days when GEnie, compuserve, AOL, Prodigy, and your local ISP were charging by the hour for access.
And therein lies the misinterpretation of the first sale doctrine. The game studio sold you a game with a $15 voucher. And what's wrong with that?
Because they didn't. They figured out they could artificially restrict resale by selling me part of a game while "licensing" me the other part. With no benefit to me.
You keep trying to make the argument that this is like a MMO subscription service; it's not. I wasn't paying for this on a monthly basis as a service. Once I purchase it there is no recurring charge for service.
When I sell the game, I can no longer use the part they claim I don't own but I can't transfer it either, even though my license would never have expired otherwise. Because it was a one time fee you can't argue that the online portion has a cost that needs to be recouped - they already did that by charging me for it and upon selling the game, I can no longer use it. It's a net zero gain/loss in terms of resource utilization.
And here's what the effect will be on the used game market; sellers get hosed the most, and used buyers to a lesser extent. Resellers for the most part won't even care. Oh, and of course the game companies make money for nothing, which is their intent.
With this scheme, a game is instantly devalued $15 the moment you purchase it. If you're someone who sells their games when finished with them, this now means you aren't going to get as much for it when you sell it. The reseller will simply offer $15 less than they would have for the game so they are able to sell it to a used buyer who knows there's another $15 to be paid. They *might* split the difference, splitting the cost to both the seller and buyer, but they're still going to make their money. How is this a "win" for anyone?
As for why should gamestop profit hugely? For the same reason used car dealerships profit hugely by buying a car from someone and then reselling it at a higher cost (often with little more than some paperwork and a car wash involved). They provide a service for which people are willing to pay. That whole free market thing, you know?
How is this any different than PC games that have CD keys that you need to install, and that you key in when you register them?
When it was just that, it wasn't a problem. Most of my old games would happily install on your machine if I sold you the disc and you typed in the key. The keys were stickers on the jewel cases, and there was none of this draconian "You can only install this game 5 times, and only on Tuesdays"
How is this any different than me selling my MMO CDs to a friend and then laughing when he can not get online?
Because it's not a subscription service that you could download the client for free anyway unless someone scammed you as in your example? You're comparing apples and steaks here.
The game basically is giving you access to an online profile, that when you sell off the disk, if you want your own new online profile, you have to pay $15 for.
How do I access that profile once I sell the game? I bought it, right?
How is this any different than just about every other game with online components?
It's not *now*. And therein lies the problem. It's an end run around the first sale doctrine by basically saying, "We didn't sell you that, we "licensed" it to you". Imagine if you couldn't buy a used car without paying Ford a "transfer fee" for the keys.
Personally... I've never sold a game in my life, or bought one used for that matter... the few bucks just isn't worth the hassle. But many, many people do - because they can't afford to buy everything they want new. There is a fairly huge secondary market with console games, and the game companies want to eliminate it because they somehow think people will magically have more money to spend.
The energy release of an earthquake, which closely correlates to its destructive power, scales with the 32 power of the shaking amplitude. Thus, a difference in magnitude of 1.0 is equivalent to a factor of 31.6 ( = (101.0)(3 / 2)) in the energy released; a difference in magnitude of 2.0 is equivalent to a factor of 1000 ( = (102.0)(3 / 2) ) in the energy released
Can you buy a guitar and a midi controller/pickup for that much?
Because that's what you get for $300. It has a standard midi-out you can use for anything you'd like. That's not really that horrible. While I don't know which telecaster it is that they're using, most of them are in the $150 - $250 price range as a "standard" guitar.
And given that, I suspect you should be able to figure out how to use any other midi guitar with rock band 3 as well.
They key word you used is "assistance". If that's all it is to you, you're fine. I actually rarely use it, even though I have it on my phone. My biggest use is to center the map on my location because that's convenient.
If you don't know how to read a map, or figure out which direction is North, it's no longer "assistance". It's the only method of navigation you understand.
I was suprised to find that you are right about TFA.
Then. ..
But on Monday, Senate floor sponsor Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, said in some states children are being indoctrinated in socialism via some curriculum.
“This is happening at least in some places in our country, so I believe this is all the more important in this state, so that we can protect our children from such curriculum,” Madsen said.
Ah, yes. That's the stuff.
And in some states children are indoctrinated in some crazy shit involving magic underwear and Jesus hanging out with Native Americans.::shrug::
(I have Karma to burn. Which is rather apropos given the topic)
Women decide when/if sex happens. Us men have to figure out what conditions have to be met in order for that to occur.
Eh, not so sure about this one.
The "conditions" may well be very easy to achieve once in a relationship, but if the woman is still pissed because you didn't take the trash out last night after you said you would and now the bin is going to be overflowing by trash day next week... you ain't having sex. The "condition" was that you did what you said you were going to do.
If I walked up to a guy and said "Nice shoes, wanna fuck?" -- there's a chance he'll say yes, despite this being one of the worst ways to go about it.
If you're even remotely attractive (Lets say, shy of disfigured), I'd say there's a very good chance. If the gender roles are reversed, there's a very good chance of getting slapped. I don't know if that's societal or biological, but I suspect it's societal.
Women decide when/if sex happens. Us men have to figure out what conditions have to be met in order for that to occur. The video game treatment, while simplified greatly, works along the same lines.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is that buying the CD gives me something that iTunes music downloaders don't get. That is unlimited access to my music without DRM and without having to pay some online service for it.
Erm, you seem to think iTunes has DRM. It doesn't. And unless you're stealing your CDs from Walmart, one would assume you paid something for them.
What you are getting with your CDs is the full chunk of data that you can compress to the level of your choice before putting it on your portable player. And of course a physical "backup". I used to buy used CDs for this reason, but for the most part I now am willing to trade that for convenience and lower cost in most cases, so I buy from iTunes and Amazon.
So members of group 3 would be faithful, as long as they were locked in a room and never allowed contact with other humans.
Your logic is the same as "security through obscurity"... and neither works.
Cheating is a choice. Nothing more, nothing less. People who make that choice will rationalize it 8 ways to Sunday, but in the end it always comes back to them having made a choice to toss their marriage aside.
"People who would cheat" are going to cheat no matter what. Doesn't matter if it's facebook, the telephone, or the supermarket check out line that facilitated that communication.
It can only get "out of hand" if your relationship isn't strong and doesn't have set boundaries.
There is no way in hell I would ever accept a friend request from an ex. Neither would my wife. Her and I have been together for over a decade (married for 7) and that's still a boundary you don't cross.
It is every bit as inappropriate as having an ex call you on the phone once a week "just to chat".
Sorry, no one I know nor myself has had this problem. I quit my job in Oct 2009 due to being dissatisfied with my employer and within a day of posting my resume on Dice my phone started ringing. I had my choice of several different jobs starting at about 4x your "slave wage".
On the other hand, the position I currently hold involves being part of the interview process and finding anyone who can actually write code is increasingly hard...
I've witnessed exactly this first hand at a company that didn't include actual programmers/engineers in the interview process and had dilbert-esque middle-management. The person who claims to have extensive experience in the entire laundry list of qualifications is lying. They spent 2 hours before the interview learning just enough about everything on the list to bullshit through the interview. The people doing the interview know even less about what they're requiring.
To make a counter-point that somewhat backs the poster you quote, however, let me offer than even if you're *good* this is now how you have to play the game. If you know 7 out of 10 things they want... you read up on the other 3 and do the interview. You can be honest and say exactly what you did, and that learning them won't be a problem... or you can BS your way through. That decision is generally made after assessing the technical level of the person interviewing you.
The difference, of course, is that if you're good you generally can learn those things in short order.
In other words, you are incompetent bottom-level manager with ridiculously inflated ego.
Why that may well be the case with the above poster, I'm still going to have to agree with the "you're doing it wrong" part.
The OP said they have "years of experience" yet can't find a job and when they do have a job, they can't get promoted. If that is indeed the case I don't know that a college degree would help. There are literally a ton of jobs out there right now for people who can actually write code, and except for perhaps the gov't and maybe a few giant corporations, a degree isn't a firm requirement.
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People who buy into an HOA don't want an old house. Or don't want to buy land in BFE and build something.
In many major metros there is no such thing as new construction (and by new, lets say 10-15 years) that isn't in an HOA.
Thankfully my current HOA is fairly benign (well, except for providing very little for your money - at least the trash gets picked up). The last one wasn't and just chock full of little Napoleons.
Exactly. I shoot motorsports with a canon DSLR (D20) and a 400mm lens. Not the same thing as pulling out a little point and shoot and pressing the button ;)
Are you asking for Masters graduates specifically? If so, why?
No. In fact, we don't require a degree at all.
My statement that "we feel this is perfect for a recent college grad" was not to exclude non-degree holders who know what they're doing but rather "If you just graduated college, we think this would be a suitable position".
I would happily hire someone with little to no paid professional experience that could demonstrate an understanding of the basics as well as an interest to learn. Sadly, they simply don't seem to exist these days. Much like college graduates able to do the same.
Does the degree even establish much anymore?
No, it doesn't. In fact, in our experience they are completely and utterly useless even when trying to make the argument that they "teach you how to learn".
We've been trying to fill two Jr. engineer positions; this is a position we feel is perfect for a recent college grad. Every applicant, without exception, has a Masters degree in Comp Sci.
They can't make it through our technical interview without extensive hand-holding, almost to the point of you having to do it for them. And I'm not talking about syntax; I'm even willing to be lenient in that dept. since it's on a white board, most of them are new at interviewing, etc. I'm talking about fundamental problems with logic - they aren't able to figure out fairly simple, straight forward problems. I've had candidates that couldn't properly create a for loop, and even after walking them through the logic (You can have *two* conditionals there ... what would those look like?) they still don't understand it. Yes, really. With a Masters degree.
And the ones that don't even make it through the phone screen? I question what it is they've been doing for the last 6 years, because it certainly didn't involve learning anything; basic questions about data structures and theory? Yeah ... not so much.
We've had to seriously beef up our phone screening and pre-screen test so as not to waste time bringing people in. We recently hired someone from the NY State University at Buffalo ... he was the first one who was able to walk in and simply breeze through the technical interview, and actually understood what he was doing. I highly suspect he didn't need to waste 6 years and who knows how much money on the degree.
Between phone screens and on-sites, that's probably a one-in-100 for us at the moment.
If I had mod points ... I'd mod you up.
I always love "the good new ideas" ... when they aren't actually stupid ideas, or simply a new name for something we've been doing for 15 years.
What you're likely to see if this comes to pass is that people who "opt out" are then bitching that they now have to actually, you know, PAY for things like email, search, social networks, etc, just like in the good 'ol days when GEnie, compuserve, AOL, Prodigy, and your local ISP were charging by the hour for access.
Yup. Lying. Or whomever told him the story was.
You can have a bench warrant posted for not paying or appearing for a ticket that *you signed* (which means you were given notice).
No notice, no warrant, no arrest.
There's a *slight* difference in how it works between a collections (civil) case and a criminal one. Specifically that whole "being served" thing.
And therein lies the misinterpretation of the first sale doctrine. The game studio sold you a game with a $15 voucher. And what's wrong with that?
Because they didn't. They figured out they could artificially restrict resale by selling me part of a game while "licensing" me the other part. With no benefit to me.
You keep trying to make the argument that this is like a MMO subscription service; it's not. I wasn't paying for this on a monthly basis as a service. Once I purchase it there is no recurring charge for service.
When I sell the game, I can no longer use the part they claim I don't own but I can't transfer it either, even though my license would never have expired otherwise. Because it was a one time fee you can't argue that the online portion has a cost that needs to be recouped - they already did that by charging me for it and upon selling the game, I can no longer use it. It's a net zero gain/loss in terms of resource utilization.
And here's what the effect will be on the used game market; sellers get hosed the most, and used buyers to a lesser extent. Resellers for the most part won't even care. Oh, and of course the game companies make money for nothing, which is their intent.
With this scheme, a game is instantly devalued $15 the moment you purchase it. If you're someone who sells their games when finished with them, this now means you aren't going to get as much for it when you sell it. The reseller will simply offer $15 less than they would have for the game so they are able to sell it to a used buyer who knows there's another $15 to be paid. They *might* split the difference, splitting the cost to both the seller and buyer, but they're still going to make their money. How is this a "win" for anyone?
As for why should gamestop profit hugely? For the same reason used car dealerships profit hugely by buying a car from someone and then reselling it at a higher cost (often with little more than some paperwork and a car wash involved). They provide a service for which people are willing to pay. That whole free market thing, you know?
I buy everything on Steam, and only when it's on sale. I haven't paid full retail for a game in years. Most of the time I buy it at 50% off.
How is this any different than PC games that have CD keys that you need to install, and that you key in when you register them?
When it was just that, it wasn't a problem. Most of my old games would happily install on your machine if I sold you the disc and you typed in the key. The keys were stickers on the jewel cases, and there was none of this draconian "You can only install this game 5 times, and only on Tuesdays"
How is this any different than me selling my MMO CDs to a friend and then laughing when he can not get online?
Because it's not a subscription service that you could download the client for free anyway unless someone scammed you as in your example? You're comparing apples and steaks here.
The game basically is giving you access to an online profile, that when you sell off the disk, if you want your own new online profile, you have to pay $15 for.
How do I access that profile once I sell the game? I bought it, right?
How is this any different than just about every other game with online components?
It's not *now*. And therein lies the problem. It's an end run around the first sale doctrine by basically saying, "We didn't sell you that, we "licensed" it to you". Imagine if you couldn't buy a used car without paying Ford a "transfer fee" for the keys.
Personally ... I've never sold a game in my life, or bought one used for that matter ... the few bucks just isn't worth the hassle. But many, many people do - because they can't afford to buy everything they want new. There is a fairly huge secondary market with console games, and the game companies want to eliminate it because they somehow think people will magically have more money to spend.
If only there was some way to look this up!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale
The energy release of an earthquake, which closely correlates to its destructive power, scales with the 32 power of the shaking amplitude. Thus, a difference in magnitude of 1.0 is equivalent to a factor of 31.6 ( = (101.0)(3 / 2)) in the energy released; a difference in magnitude of 2.0 is equivalent to a factor of 1000 ( = (102.0)(3 / 2) ) in the energy released
You're being generous. I have a 7 year old dual-opteron Sunfire v20z (eBay, $250) in the basement that is chugging along quite nicely.
Um, rock band 3 now has a real guitar, made by fender:
http://www.fender.com/promos/2010/rockband3/theguitar.php
You can also use it with an amp (or a synth, since it has a regular midi out from the midi pickup)
Can you buy a guitar and a midi controller/pickup for that much?
Because that's what you get for $300. It has a standard midi-out you can use for anything you'd like. That's not really that horrible. While I don't know which telecaster it is that they're using, most of them are in the $150 - $250 price range as a "standard" guitar.
And given that, I suspect you should be able to figure out how to use any other midi guitar with rock band 3 as well.
They key word you used is "assistance". If that's all it is to you, you're fine. I actually rarely use it, even though I have it on my phone. My biggest use is to center the map on my location because that's convenient.
If you don't know how to read a map, or figure out which direction is North, it's no longer "assistance". It's the only method of navigation you understand.
I was suprised to find that you are right about TFA.
Then. . .
But on Monday, Senate floor sponsor Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, said in some states children are being indoctrinated in socialism via some curriculum.
“This is happening at least in some places in our country, so I believe this is all the more important in this state, so that we can protect our children from such curriculum,” Madsen said.
Ah, yes. That's the stuff.
And in some states children are indoctrinated in some crazy shit involving magic underwear and Jesus hanging out with Native Americans. ::shrug::
(I have Karma to burn. Which is rather apropos given the topic)
Women decide when/if sex happens. Us men have to figure out what conditions have to be met in order for that to occur.
Eh, not so sure about this one.
The "conditions" may well be very easy to achieve once in a relationship, but if the woman is still pissed because you didn't take the trash out last night after you said you would and now the bin is going to be overflowing by trash day next week ... you ain't having sex. The "condition" was that you did what you said you were going to do.
(Can you tell I'm married?)
If I walked up to a guy and said "Nice shoes, wanna fuck?" -- there's a chance he'll say yes, despite this being one of the worst ways to go about it.
If you're even remotely attractive (Lets say, shy of disfigured), I'd say there's a very good chance. If the gender roles are reversed, there's a very good chance of getting slapped. I don't know if that's societal or biological, but I suspect it's societal.
Women decide when/if sex happens. Us men have to figure out what conditions have to be met in order for that to occur. The video game treatment, while simplified greatly, works along the same lines.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is that buying the CD gives me something that iTunes music downloaders don't get. That is unlimited access to my music without DRM and without having to pay some online service for it.
Erm, you seem to think iTunes has DRM. It doesn't.
And unless you're stealing your CDs from Walmart, one would assume you paid something for them.
What you are getting with your CDs is the full chunk of data that you can compress to the level of your choice before putting it on your portable player. And of course a physical "backup". I used to buy used CDs for this reason, but for the most part I now am willing to trade that for convenience and lower cost in most cases, so I buy from iTunes and Amazon.
So members of group 3 would be faithful, as long as they were locked in a room and never allowed contact with other humans.
Your logic is the same as "security through obscurity" ... and neither works.
Cheating is a choice. Nothing more, nothing less. People who make that choice will rationalize it 8 ways to Sunday, but in the end it always comes back to them having made a choice to toss their marriage aside.
"People who would cheat" are going to cheat no matter what. Doesn't matter if it's facebook, the telephone, or the supermarket check out line that facilitated that communication.
It can only get "out of hand" if your relationship isn't strong and doesn't have set boundaries.
There is no way in hell I would ever accept a friend request from an ex. Neither would my wife. Her and I have been together for over a decade (married for 7) and that's still a boundary you don't cross.
It is every bit as inappropriate as having an ex call you on the phone once a week "just to chat".
Sorry, no one I know nor myself has had this problem. I quit my job in Oct 2009 due to being dissatisfied with my employer and within a day of posting my resume on Dice my phone started ringing. I had my choice of several different jobs starting at about 4x your "slave wage".
On the other hand, the position I currently hold involves being part of the interview process and finding anyone who can actually write code is increasingly hard...
If only I had mod points.
I've witnessed exactly this first hand at a company that didn't include actual programmers/engineers in the interview process and had dilbert-esque middle-management. The person who claims to have extensive experience in the entire laundry list of qualifications is lying. They spent 2 hours before the interview learning just enough about everything on the list to bullshit through the interview. The people doing the interview know even less about what they're requiring.
To make a counter-point that somewhat backs the poster you quote, however, let me offer than even if you're *good* this is now how you have to play the game. If you know 7 out of 10 things they want ... you read up on the other 3 and do the interview. You can be honest and say exactly what you did, and that learning them won't be a problem ... or you can BS your way through. That decision is generally made after assessing the technical level of the person interviewing you.
The difference, of course, is that if you're good you generally can learn those things in short order.
In other words, you are incompetent bottom-level manager with ridiculously inflated ego.
Why that may well be the case with the above poster, I'm still going to have to agree with the "you're doing it wrong" part.
The OP said they have "years of experience" yet can't find a job and when they do have a job, they can't get promoted. If that is indeed the case I don't know that a college degree would help. There are literally a ton of jobs out there right now for people who can actually write code, and except for perhaps the gov't and maybe a few giant corporations, a degree isn't a firm requirement.