It was this class of individual that ruined the economy, not the engineers
Maybe so, but the DOTCOM experience that an engineer may have had is IRRELEVANT. You see, it didn't matter if the work that was being done ever amounted to anything. Who knows if the engineering was sound? Nothing mattered.
Yes, I did well during the "bubble". But I wasn't part of the problem.
I throw all resumes with "dotcom" jobs on them in the trash. I wish all other employers would, too. That's the only fair way to hire qualified people in silicon valley. Don't reward the people who screwed the economy, and the high-tech industry up.
The death of USENET was predicted many times (like, "when those AOL people get access, it'll all be over), and it's still going strong.
It's still a little weird; may people post without having any idea what USENET is, but it still works, and is still (sort of) useful even with trolls and spam.
That's why I use a RED/CYAN filter. Red/blue is PASSE. If you read my technical description you'd see that I do the image for RED/CYAN.
To get a "true color" anaglyph, I shift any color that's pure red or pure cyan slightly (to the blue end) to eliminate retinal rivalry. The result is a fairly accurate full-color 3D image.
The idea of pricing products is to charge every consumer the maximum amount they're willing to pay.
This turns the conventional (American) model of retailing on its head! Typically, the POORER you are, the MORE you pay for things.
Think of the services that we offer to poor people:
Rent-to-own furniture stores
Check-cashing stores
Payday loans
Car loans
19% Credit Card interest (on secured cards!)
Conversely, better-off people never pay for anything! For example I can't remember the last time I paid for an airline ticket! My company flys me around a couple of times a month, and that keeps me well-stocked in frequent flyer miles. I get samples of new computers, software, etc, because companies think I'll influence developers and purchasers.
The super-rich get even more freebies. For example, I know a bunch of folks here who got free electric cars from GM because GM wanted people in affluent neighborhoods to see others driving them.
Now, I'm not implying something's wrong here--I think many people are poor because they make bad financial choices (like payday loans!) and not because the "system" is against them. But it's true that the RICHER you are, the LESS you pay for things. If Amazon (or whoever) manages to reverse this by charging more to people who won't notice, it'll turn American marketing on its head!
Unlike wasteful Apple, the folks at Microsoft furnish Windows XP with a recycle bin!
You'd think the Northern California latte liberals at Apple would care more about their environment than Microsoft folks do, but that isn't the case. While Apple's filling up our landfills with garbage bits, Microsoft recycles them so they can be used again.
One of the biggest problems with Napster, WinMX, etc. for the recording industry was that it was the EASIEST way to get music.
Forget about it being free--it was just easier to go to Napster or WinMX and get the song you wanted. No funny players to install, no crazy licensing software, and all the songs were there.
I believe that if the record companies got together and made millions of songs available for download at prices ranging from $.10 to $1.00 depending on the age of the song, and maybe a subscription that gives you a set number, they'd do well. But it has to be simple--type in the name of the song, click download, and get an MP3.
Let's hope Apple gets it right. (Will this also cause the old lawsuit between Apple Records and Apple Computer to come up again?)
I realize that you can't walk into a large company, get to see a hiring manager, and hand him your resume. Still, you need to get above the noise. Quality employers get THOUSANDS of resumes, mostly junk, for every posting.
So, what I did was get some of those yellow string-fasterner "Interoffice Memo" envelopes at an office supply store. I drove around to the companies I was interested and gave my resume to the receptionist in one of these envelopes marked "HR/Staffing".
My theory was that resumes that got to HR this way would be presumed to be from an employee! While I can't prove the exact reason why this worked better, I can say that I got a response to nearly all resumes I submitted this way! It's worth a try.
Take the advice of someone who just changed jobs--answering ads never (well, almost never) works anyway.
In this economy, employers get THOUSANDS of resumes for every job posting. Most of course, are garbage dot-com resumes or from other unqualified individuals. It's nearly impossible for a good resume to break through the signal-to-noise ratio.
And high-quality companies will not have to resort to advertising jobs in this economy, except to fulfill some "equal opportunity" requirement, showing that all new jobs are publically posted.
My advice: Stay away from Monster and other job boards. Get friends who are working at the companies you're interested in to submit your resume for you. If you have no contacts in a particular company, hand deliver your resume, or send it US mail. At least, your resume will stand out this way.
I think what hurt them the most is that people in this post-dotcom era, would be embarrassed if they were caught reading it! It was too "1999". Having a copy of it makes the statement "I didn't know the dotcom boom was over."
...if GPLs had statements restricting their use for military purposes, then no government agency would ever use Linux, GNU, FreeBSD, Macintoshes (with Darwin.)
If you want to ensure Microsoft has a monopoly, then adding political baggage to Free Software Licences seems like a great way to do that.
I'm just wondering if the patent being granted is someone hinged on Interwoven's claim to be the first to do version control for 'web assets' (ie, HTML, images) as opposed to source code.
Maybe this is a good thing! A legal recognition that HTML isn't "code." Now maybe kids who write HTML will stop calling themselves "programmers" which lowers the public perception of what a computer programmer does, and how a computer programmer should be compensated.
Well, let's see. I just opened my mailbox for an account where I have the email address on a webpage (out of necessity, because I'm trying to conduct business.) There are 72 messages there, and it looks like only 1 is legit.
Here are the first 10 messages (spelling errors are as written):
Would you like to lose weight while you sleep?
Copy Rented DVDs
Extreme Colon Cleanser
Saw your profile on ICQ
Turn back your bodies bilogical clock
Your new credit card app
Increase the thickness of it
Dirty Vixens and Sex Kittens
FREE Bottle of Wine
improve sense of wellbeing rgn452
FREE FOR YOU _ THANKS
The problem is only one of the 70+ messages in my box is legit. This means that I sometimes miss real email messages, and it disrupts my wholesome business (selling 3D cam technology to porn sites.)
Slashdot Mirror
Just wondering.
Maybe so, but the DOTCOM experience that an engineer may have had is IRRELEVANT. You see, it didn't matter if the work that was being done ever amounted to anything. Who knows if the engineering was sound? Nothing mattered.
Yes, I did well during the "bubble". But I wasn't part of the problem.
I throw all resumes with "dotcom" jobs on them in the trash. I wish all other employers would, too. That's the only fair way to hire qualified people in silicon valley. Don't reward the people who screwed the economy, and the high-tech industry up.
It's still a little weird; may people post without having any idea what USENET is, but it still works, and is still (sort of) useful even with trolls and spam.
To get a "true color" anaglyph, I shift any color that's pure red or pure cyan slightly (to the blue end) to eliminate retinal rivalry. The result is a fairly accurate full-color 3D image.
Yes! My 3D web cam!
We've been working with 3D video and 3D live web cams for the past few years, and the biggest obsticle is the need to wear "funny glasses".
If people start moderating subscribers down (who have first posts), It'll be a DISINCENTIVE for people to get /. subscriptions.
I hear that the CPU is cooled with SOY SAUCE!
However, script kiddies, HTML "Programmers", and software enginer wannabees can't spell. Slashdot is a great instance proof of that.
This turns the conventional (American) model of retailing on its head! Typically, the POORER you are, the MORE you pay for things.
Think of the services that we offer to poor people:
Conversely, better-off people never pay for anything! For example I can't remember the last time I paid for an airline ticket! My company flys me around a couple of times a month, and that keeps me well-stocked in frequent flyer miles. I get samples of new computers, software, etc, because companies think I'll influence developers and purchasers.
The super-rich get even more freebies. For example, I know a bunch of folks here who got free electric cars from GM because GM wanted people in affluent neighborhoods to see others driving them.
Now, I'm not implying something's wrong here--I think many people are poor because they make bad financial choices (like payday loans!) and not because the "system" is against them. But it's true that the RICHER you are, the LESS you pay for things. If Amazon (or whoever) manages to reverse this by charging more to people who won't notice, it'll turn American marketing on its head!
You'd think the Northern California latte liberals at Apple would care more about their environment than Microsoft folks do, but that isn't the case. While Apple's filling up our landfills with garbage bits, Microsoft recycles them so they can be used again.
I got rid of my old GRID computer years ago. The plasma screen was kind of cool, but the bubble memory was s-l-o-w.
Forget about it being free--it was just easier to go to Napster or WinMX and get the song you wanted. No funny players to install, no crazy licensing software, and all the songs were there.
I believe that if the record companies got together and made millions of songs available for download at prices ranging from $.10 to $1.00 depending on the age of the song, and maybe a subscription that gives you a set number, they'd do well. But it has to be simple--type in the name of the song, click download, and get an MP3.
Let's hope Apple gets it right. (Will this also cause the old lawsuit between Apple Records and Apple Computer to come up again?)
It's like flushing your time down the toilet.
You're right--it's for 13-year-old girls, or FBI agents pretending to be 13-year-old girls
SMS killed it. It's just a matter of time. (Like the fact that Blockbuster and Kodak are dead.)
Software sweatshops in India!
I realize that you can't walk into a large company, get to see a hiring manager, and hand him your resume. Still, you need to get above the noise. Quality employers get THOUSANDS of resumes, mostly junk, for every posting.
So, what I did was get some of those yellow string-fasterner "Interoffice Memo" envelopes at an office supply store. I drove around to the companies I was interested and gave my resume to the receptionist in one of these envelopes marked "HR/Staffing".
My theory was that resumes that got to HR this way would be presumed to be from an employee! While I can't prove the exact reason why this worked better, I can say that I got a response to nearly all resumes I submitted this way! It's worth a try.
In this economy, employers get THOUSANDS of resumes for every job posting. Most of course, are garbage dot-com resumes or from other unqualified individuals. It's nearly impossible for a good resume to break through the signal-to-noise ratio.
And high-quality companies will not have to resort to advertising jobs in this economy, except to fulfill some "equal opportunity" requirement, showing that all new jobs are publically posted.
My advice: Stay away from Monster and other job boards. Get friends who are working at the companies you're interested in to submit your resume for you. If you have no contacts in a particular company, hand deliver your resume, or send it US mail. At least, your resume will stand out this way.
I think what hurt them the most is that people in this post-dotcom era, would be embarrassed if they were caught reading it! It was too "1999". Having a copy of it makes the statement "I didn't know the dotcom boom was over."
If you want to ensure Microsoft has a monopoly, then adding political baggage to Free Software Licences seems like a great way to do that.
Maybe this is a good thing! A legal recognition that HTML isn't "code." Now maybe kids who write HTML will stop calling themselves "programmers" which lowers the public perception of what a computer programmer does, and how a computer programmer should be compensated.
Here are the first 10 messages (spelling errors are as written):
- Would you like to lose weight while you sleep?
- Copy Rented DVDs
- Extreme Colon Cleanser
- Saw your profile on ICQ
- Turn back your bodies bilogical clock
- Your new credit card app
- Increase the thickness of it
- Dirty Vixens and Sex Kittens
- FREE Bottle of Wine
- improve sense of wellbeing rgn452
- FREE FOR YOU _ THANKS
The problem is only one of the 70+ messages in my box is legit. This means that I sometimes miss real email messages, and it disrupts my wholesome business (selling 3D cam technology to porn sites.)...if they put a video cam in their dorm room. They sold out cheap!
This too is a scam. They're selling OEM or "bundled" versions that are meant to sell with new hardware.