That would be awesome if they settled! Then, I can buy something from a bad seller, and leave him bad feedback. Eventually a bad seller will retaliate, and then I can sue him and ebay using the EXACT SAME TACTIC!!!
Since there are moving parts in the storage media, won't there be a bigger risk of damage to the media compared to Flash storage media? Wonder how long will each card's warranty be.
It's not as absurd as it may sound. I couldn't get a job for 6 months after graduating at the top of my class, with good internship experience, great recommendation letters, etc.
While working as a caddy in a golf course, I met my current employer. We talked, he had a good impression, and asked me to go in for a more detailed discussion (not really an "interview").
After we talk more, and I liked his style, so I said "Why don't I come in and learn and get used to this company while you're thinking about hiring me? This would help you make a better decision too." "How much pay are you looking for?" "I'm not concerned with that now, but I want to convince you that you should hire me." "Be here 9am Monday." I did work for free for a few weeks, but was hired. If I didn't do that, I would probably still be waiting tables and handing out golf clubs.
I'm not saying you should not care about pay. I'm thinking that you're a smart guy who's willing to make the extra effort, and you have the experience. It is hard to separate yourself from the 10 other guys looking for the same job as you; this way you're almost "hiring yourself" for the job, as they will see that you're a worthy candidate.
As far as specific skills needed, you will even find out more by being IN the company instead of looking from the outside. Then you can pick it up with the help of others in the company, or do whatever method you think is best as suggested by/.er's here. The key is to be HONEST and not try to give them the impression that you know more than you do, or you'd be screwed quickly.
Good luck. It's a tough market so try to be creative to separate yourself from the others.
If it is indeed a business critical machine, then they should have secured it better in the first place.
Imagine Microsoft's "Security Experts Team" neglected to secure their machines, which ended up bring down Apple.com, thus causing them to lose business.
(Bill: Oops. Sorry Steve, I didn't mean it. Honest.)
Or, Apple strikes back, killing the process, and Microsoft uses the "You caused me to lose business" excuse to sue Apple for millions in damages.
(Bill: How dare you hack into my machines, Steve. You're going down! *evil grin*
I know it sounded like a PC... actually I was trying to go even "higher" than PC... not be bound by anything we have now. Reverse engineer was the idea I had also. However I guess there are rules against reverse engineering as well?
If I built a gaming machine, I'd call it... "XTopia":) It would be able to play any games from XBox, PS / 2, GameCube, etc... and, upgradable to play any future format. And it will be open source, of course, to prevent anyone from monopolising it, and for unlimited growth.
And of course, it would be legal to do pretty much anything u want with it, except bang me on the head.
First post in/., long time lurker.:)
Reading about this issue, it just hit me. Since we're so unhappy about how things are, how Microsoft / sony / whoever make up all the rules that we don't like, why don't we just make our own devices? I admit it's a very simplistic point of view... but it's not impossible. If we can come up with an OS that puts Windows to shame, why can't we come up with a gaming console that puts XBox / PS2 / etc to shame?
And, give us the flexibility to tweak it as we choose, under a license similar to the GPL.:) Hell, make it so we can run it on any hardware config we want, even my beat-up lawnmower... And, make it able to read games for XBox, ps2, etc...
Is that legal? If not, is there a way to make it legal or go around it?
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I can already see a small bottle of this being sold in a package along with a 12-pack of viagra.
I am a GENIUS!
Who wants to touch me!?
Since there are moving parts in the storage media, won't there be a bigger risk of damage to the media compared to Flash storage media? Wonder how long will each card's warranty be.
While working as a caddy in a golf course, I met my current employer. We talked, he had a good impression, and asked me to go in for a more detailed discussion (not really an "interview").
After we talk more, and I liked his style, so I said "Why don't I come in and learn and get used to this company while you're thinking about hiring me? This would help you make a better decision too."
"How much pay are you looking for?"
"I'm not concerned with that now, but I want to convince you that you should hire me."
"Be here 9am Monday." I did work for free for a few weeks, but was hired. If I didn't do that, I would probably still be waiting tables and handing out golf clubs.
I'm not saying you should not care about pay. I'm thinking that you're a smart guy who's willing to make the extra effort, and you have the experience. It is hard to separate yourself from the 10 other guys looking for the same job as you; this way you're almost "hiring yourself" for the job, as they will see that you're a worthy candidate.
As far as specific skills needed, you will even find out more by being IN the company instead of looking from the outside. Then you can pick it up with the help of others in the company, or do whatever method you think is best as suggested by /.er's here. The key is to be HONEST and not try to give them the impression that you know more than you do, or you'd be screwed quickly.
Good luck. It's a tough market so try to be creative to separate yourself from the others.
If it is indeed a business critical machine, then they should have secured it better in the first place. Imagine Microsoft's "Security Experts Team" neglected to secure their machines, which ended up bring down Apple.com, thus causing them to lose business. (Bill: Oops. Sorry Steve, I didn't mean it. Honest.) Or, Apple strikes back, killing the process, and Microsoft uses the "You caused me to lose business" excuse to sue Apple for millions in damages. (Bill: How dare you hack into my machines, Steve. You're going down! *evil grin*
I know it sounded like a PC... actually I was trying to go even "higher" than PC... not be bound by anything we have now. Reverse engineer was the idea I had also. However I guess there are rules against reverse engineering as well? If I built a gaming machine, I'd call it... "XTopia" :) It would be able to play any games from XBox, PS / 2, GameCube, etc... and, upgradable to play any future format. And it will be open source, of course, to prevent anyone from monopolising it, and for unlimited growth.
And of course, it would be legal to do pretty much anything u want with it, except bang me on the head.
First post in /., long time lurker. :)
Reading about this issue, it just hit me. Since we're so unhappy about how things are, how Microsoft / sony / whoever make up all the rules that we don't like, why don't we just make our own devices? I admit it's a very simplistic point of view... but it's not impossible. If we can come up with an OS that puts Windows to shame, why can't we come up with a gaming console that puts XBox / PS2 / etc to shame?
And, give us the flexibility to tweak it as we choose, under a license similar to the GPL. :) Hell, make it so we can run it on any hardware config we want, even my beat-up lawnmower... And, make it able to read games for XBox, ps2, etc...
Is that legal? If not, is there a way to make it legal or go around it?