Didn't he get the memo about how SUICIDE bombers work? And a remote control plane? Great, now the TSA's going to be doing strip searches in toy stores. (always figured groping kids was their main plan all along, this just helps them achieve it faster).
So now we have to put up with constant news about "Anti-suicial remote bombers"?
Well shit does this mean I have to get groped before using my RC airplanes? I hope they are willing to at least give me a happy ending if so. I'm tired of them being teases.
Nah, you'll just have to sign an electronic or paper consent and be monitored for the number purchased. Not too dissimilar from the current U.S. pharmacological sale of Pseudoephedrine HCl.:)
Basically, if you break DRM even without violating copyright in the process you can still be held liable, and from this any defense based on copyright law (fair use, etc.) is not valid in such cases.
I break the lock on someone's door, I'm guilty of breaking a lock AND whatever I did on their property.
I break the lock into my own house, I'm guilty of.... nothing.
It doesn't matter to teens. It's all about popularity. That won't end. Oh, and don't forget the over-the-hill people who are trying to get back to the teen mentality.
In the founder's mind, the "I hoped I would get" number might go down, but the "I KNEW I would get" number is constant.
Learning on the job is more effective than anything; you get to see actual REAL-TIME causes and effects. You can distinguish garbage from useful data. You can learn what is real and what is perceived as real when it's not. You can learn methods of communication that are effective yet don't follow a simple rule base that hinders the growth.
Having said that, no one wants to do it for IT positions (except for college students, but that's just to help them get a degree). I believe companies should open up a little more effectively and learn about the people that they're using as employees on a daily basis. If HR doesn't have to scrape through resumes trying to find keywords or buzzphrases, but actually hires people on their ability, we would move forward a lot more effectively.
It's not going to happen, though. Companies aren't willing to take the risk.
I'm with ya, Joe_Dragon, but I don't see it happening. It's what I wish for every day.
...What's in it for me? What do I gain by agreeing to teach on-line? I lose the give-and-take relationship with my students; how can I see if my explanation of a new concept is working if I can't see the expressions of the students as I try to explain it?...
I hear ya. Not like I know anything, but it's been a major qualm of mine from the beginning; what's the point of canned education? I wouldn't expect an answer to that question from anyone because there is a double:
1a) It's very necessary because it's a teaching of many elements learned over time to prevent every person from having to learn every element of humanity from the ground up. Not teaching in this manner will act as a barrier for progress due to time constraint. 1b) It's completely unnecessary because different people have different methods of understanding. Learning is inferred by some to the point where canned education is a barrier to progress.
There are ALWAYS people following 1a, and ALWAYS people following 1b. In fact, I just realized my comment is pointless (humor).
"What's a component retailer to do in a world without user-serviceable components?"
Hmm... Probably sell non-serviceable units / components. Whatever is "hip" will be sold, even if in small quantities. If demand goes up, quantity goes up.
NewEgg isn't gonna stop selling anything until the demand goes down. Chicken, egg...
Without my body language you can't see I'm not being an ass, just stating what my lil' brain sees every day, all day. Trust me, please:)
What kind of 'net pipe do you have that can handle an RDP session with a moving graphical game in it and still leave it in a playable state? Or was this a humorous comment?:)
Oh, you are *SO* in the lucky seat compared to the U.S. system.
Let me put it this way.... When I was working for a company that had excellent health insurance, my pay architecture was like this:
Regular Doc's Visit: $20 Emergency: $60 EVERY single medication: $10 Total cost per month for the meds I take: $30 flat. The pay was ~$610/mo. The contracting company I was working for covered this 100%.
I had to have brain surgery to fix the epilepsy issue that was a result of scar tissue surrounding (and part of) the hippocampus on my left side. It was a birth injury, unfortunately. The surgery removed the scar tissue and solved the issue (hopefully permanently; it's going on three years now with no seizures).
With all of the medications, doctors visits, scans, EEG testing, more scans, more this, more that, surgical preparation monitoring, in-skull brain surface EEG monitoring, more preparation, and finally the full brain surgery cost me (over a 2 year period) roughly under $100. The final cost for the $62,000 pre-surgery testing, surgery, and hospital stays cost me $0.00! It amazed me! I loved that employer and insurance carrier.
Since I have moral and ethical values, I had to weigh and balance something. Do I sue my employer for saying that they "had no work" once I was cleared by doctors for work again? Mind you, I actively communicated with three coworkers and one employee of the client company, and they all stated clearly to me that there were people being brought in to fill new openings in the exact role (call it former position) that I had. OR, do I appreciate the fact that they kept me "employed" and covered by their insurance for over a year, and then let me keep my insurance under COBRA until the max duration was reached?
I'm not sue-happy, sue-crazy, a suit-monger, legal extortionist, whatever you want to call it.... I opted to just let it go and part ways without any incident.
NOW, I have a new employer. It's actually a former employer that I ended up back with under an interesting coincidence, so call it luck. This is a non-contract job with much lower pay (proportionally, not ethically). Since the company is not profit-crazy and is pretty fair, it makes enough to get by but not enough to have a lot of money for things that would sometimes be nice like, oh I dunno, good insurance for employees... Let's just say that. It's absolute SHIT insurance compared to my AWESOME insurance I had in the past. Not many people talk about insurance with me so I'd appreciate any comments to indicate whether or not this is good or bad, but here's the layout of the new one:
Meds depend on the "class" the medication is in (my former insurance didn't classify) so here it is... Doctor: $50 ER: $150 flat just to go, you'll know about the other costs when you get the bill in the mail; no joke. They're BIG, BIG bills. Meds: $10, $40, $65, or 25% (% is for 'not approved by the insurance company' ones; that is newly-created ones etc).
I end up paying, just for the meds, $115/mo now. I pay for each doctor's visit the flat $50 right out of pocket. There is ALWAYS a bill that comes in the mail from each visit for stuff that the insurance company doesn't want to cover (and the numbers are random; they differ each time for the same exact thing). I'm not joking; I have analyzed this to the hilt, trust me.
I'm seeing docs for severe sinusitis with swelling to the point I can't breathe and still on the anti-seizure meds (required, not a complaint).
Nasal surgery (which has improved my breathing significantly) with meds tried cost over $5000 (none of the meds worked, btw). Good thing I had 5 grand in my savings account or that would be a ruin. My averaged monthly costs are now ~$300/mo. including doc visits with add-on billing and meds. I still have ~$1000 to pay on a monthly basis at $100, so the grand total monthly is ~$400/mo.
Problem is they will accept the 35% pay rate as well. In michigan the IT job has dropped to $32,000 pay level for not just entry level, but for most senior positions as well. they don't want to pay a living wage to employees.
Right. That's exactly the crap I've had to deal with for years. If I want a job that's a high-up one for a decent amount of pay, no one will hire me because of the 'lack of college education'. Um, I was working in the field and actively, adaptively learning at a very fast pace. I do NOT do well in standard learning environments, and the cost prohibits that today, regardless. Anyway, back to the topic - when I wanted to just have a damn job, realizing that I was not going to make as much money as there was a potential for before 2000, almost no company would hire me because I had 'too much experience.' If I left experience off my resume', I had 'insufficient experience' or would have had a discrepancy on my background check. Having said that, omitting information is, therefore, bad. Now, factor in the economy and the job market. Since there are so many people looking for work AND looking to switch jobs to increase their income, the only way you're going to get in is if you have something really spectacular on your resume that is TRUE, and willing to work for 'low pay' (based on perspective desire).
Since I can't lie and can't be honest, can't make a little and can't make a lot, I only got work because someone remembered me when they really needed help with a system emergency. It was a "who you know" deal. I'm now stuck where I make just enough to get by and the company I work for will not purchase. So I'm a, guess what? "Firefighter in IT!"
Simple as this: Do you work in the design, implementation, and/or maintenance of information technology?
If yes, then you work in IT.
Indeed.
The real problem is that there are few employers (in my experience, mind you) that have interviewers that understand the job roles and daily operations in a useful fashion.
Look at it this way: if I implement hardware and processes, maintain the same, and debug code (even where the development teams themselves can't find bugs), what am I? I'm only what the employer wants, and nothing else. What is my worth to future employers? Whatever I was to the former employers' wants. My capacity and capability are ignored.
Personal opinion rant: There should be a mandatory testing phase in employment screening. If you bring someone in for an interview because you're impressed by what's on their resume' in terms of ability and knowledge, THEN you get to ask what their employment background is. NOT before. Then you test them on their abilities, live. Not paper tests. Not lazy tests; have the head(s) of the department(s) the applicant would get the position in question them or ask for solutions to issues based on the needed levels. If you succeed, you're hired. If you fail, you're not. Man, that's an awful lot of effort and thinking. Nah, companies shouldn't do it. Screw the capable.:)
I like to be able to do everything. When I started here, I built my own servers. I had total control of everything. I built an ISP once. (circa 93, to get on the net)
Same here! Good company, bro.
My own career has built on what has gone before and I always make an effort to at least learn about the disciplines around my work, even if I do not apply them.
See below for my answer, this factors in...
I haven't been unemployed much.
That's why you aren't one of us that is highly technically knowledgeable but simply ignored because of the lack of degree and/or Buzzcompany* experience.
You've got it all wrong: it's the CEO's job to institute performance metrics, not become subject to them. After all, just by virtue of being a CEO they are among the nation's top "earners" so they simply must be made out of ponies and sassafras.
LOL. I hear that!
"You just got a 'excellence' check mark on that one. For your realistic statement, you get a red star on your name, as well!"
Before I either get worked up or try defending this practice, why are they being paid this again? Badly written contracts or what?
No, I believe the contracts basically say you "won't disclose stuff to other companies, now go... go think of things that will bring the stocks up. Anything.. Just have fun! We trust you implicitly, until you screw up. Here's some money to make it worth your while."
The problem is professional CEOs. They go from company to company and really don't care about anything long term. Isn't there one person that has worked at HP all their life that can step up and be CEO?
I wish there were a sector in IT that accomplished the same end.... Once you have the 'degree|title|position|job|company' of '.', you will never have to work again!
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Wait wait wait, I wonder what kind of degree this guy had?
Ph.D. in "Axe to Grind"
I'll cite these to explain what you're saying in a geeky way:
Primacy Effect
The Law of Primacy in Persuasion
It's natural, but slows down the process of developing effective solutions.
Ooh, ooh! I use pencils once in a blue moon.
That's a dangerous weapon. It's also more suspicious when I do use one because of the infrequency. /snark
Didn't he get the memo about how SUICIDE bombers work?
And a remote control plane? Great, now the TSA's going to be doing strip searches in toy stores. (always figured groping kids was their main plan all along, this just helps them achieve it faster).
So now we have to put up with constant news about "Anti-suicial remote bombers"?
Well shit does this mean I have to get groped before using my RC airplanes? I hope they are willing to at least give me a happy ending if so. I'm tired of them being teases.
Nah, you'll just have to sign an electronic or paper consent and be monitored for the number purchased. Not too dissimilar from the current U.S. pharmacological sale of Pseudoephedrine HCl. :)
Basically, if you break DRM even without violating copyright in the process you can still be held liable, and from this any defense based on copyright law (fair use, etc.) is not valid in such cases.
I break the lock on someone's door, I'm guilty of breaking a lock AND whatever I did on their property.
I break the lock into my own house, I'm guilty of.... nothing.
Simple analogy.
It doesn't matter to teens. It's all about popularity. That won't end. Oh, and don't forget the over-the-hill people who are trying to get back to the teen mentality.
In the founder's mind, the "I hoped I would get" number might go down, but the "I KNEW I would get" number is constant.
Are you saying that it's about physical social interaction?
Learning on the job is more effective than anything; you get to see actual REAL-TIME causes and effects. You can distinguish garbage from useful data. You can learn what is real and what is perceived as real when it's not. You can learn methods of communication that are effective yet don't follow a simple rule base that hinders the growth.
Having said that, no one wants to do it for IT positions (except for college students, but that's just to help them get a degree). I believe companies should open up a little more effectively and learn about the people that they're using as employees on a daily basis. If HR doesn't have to scrape through resumes trying to find keywords or buzzphrases, but actually hires people on their ability, we would move forward a lot more effectively.
It's not going to happen, though. Companies aren't willing to take the risk.
I'm with ya, Joe_Dragon, but I don't see it happening. It's what I wish for every day.
I looked and I can't find where it states anything about them utilizing RDP. Where did you see that?
...What's in it for me? What do I gain by agreeing to teach on-line? I lose the give-and-take relationship with my students; how can I see if my explanation of a new concept is working if I can't see the expressions of the students as I try to explain it?...
I hear ya. Not like I know anything, but it's been a major qualm of mine from the beginning; what's the point of canned education? I wouldn't expect an answer to that question from anyone because there is a double:
1a) It's very necessary because it's a teaching of many elements learned over time to prevent every person from having to learn every element of humanity from the ground up. Not teaching in this manner will act as a barrier for progress due to time constraint.
1b) It's completely unnecessary because different people have different methods of understanding. Learning is inferred by some to the point where canned education is a barrier to progress.
There are ALWAYS people following 1a, and ALWAYS people following 1b. In fact, I just realized my comment is pointless (humor).
Anyhow, I liked your comment. :)
I'll bite.
"What's a component retailer to do in a world without user-serviceable components?"
Hmm... Probably sell non-serviceable units / components. Whatever is "hip" will be sold, even if in small quantities. If demand goes up, quantity goes up.
NewEgg isn't gonna stop selling anything until the demand goes down. Chicken, egg...
Without my body language you can't see I'm not being an ass, just stating what my lil' brain sees every day, all day. Trust me, please :)
"Ferris Bueller, you're my heeero." :>
I'm not really sure that "unplug card from socket" and "plug another card in same socket" is such a "rite of passage" anyways.
It's just another component that may or may not be attached to a modern bus that has auto-detection features built in.
"What's a 'socket?' This is scaring me!"
"I have to replace my driver? What's wrong with my car?? ARRRGHHH!"
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I have heard these, no joke.
What kind of 'net pipe do you have that can handle an RDP session with a moving graphical game in it and still leave it in a playable state? Or was this a humorous comment? :)
Oh, you are *SO* in the lucky seat compared to the U.S. system.
Let me put it this way.... When I was working for a company that had excellent health insurance, my pay architecture was like this:
Regular Doc's Visit: $20
Emergency: $60
EVERY single medication: $10
Total cost per month for the meds I take: $30 flat.
The pay was ~$610/mo. The contracting company I was working for covered this 100%.
I had to have brain surgery to fix the epilepsy issue that was a result of scar tissue surrounding (and part of) the hippocampus on my left side. It was a birth injury, unfortunately. The surgery removed the scar tissue and solved the issue (hopefully permanently; it's going on three years now with no seizures).
With all of the medications, doctors visits, scans, EEG testing, more scans, more this, more that, surgical preparation monitoring, in-skull brain surface EEG monitoring, more preparation, and finally the full brain surgery cost me (over a 2 year period) roughly under $100. The final cost for the $62,000 pre-surgery testing, surgery, and hospital stays cost me $0.00! It amazed me! I loved that employer and insurance carrier.
Since I have moral and ethical values, I had to weigh and balance something. Do I sue my employer for saying that they "had no work" once I was cleared by doctors for work again? Mind you, I actively communicated with three coworkers and one employee of the client company, and they all stated clearly to me that there were people being brought in to fill new openings in the exact role (call it former position) that I had. OR, do I appreciate the fact that they kept me "employed" and covered by their insurance for over a year, and then let me keep my insurance under COBRA until the max duration was reached?
I'm not sue-happy, sue-crazy, a suit-monger, legal extortionist, whatever you want to call it.... I opted to just let it go and part ways without any incident.
NOW, I have a new employer. It's actually a former employer that I ended up back with under an interesting coincidence, so call it luck. This is a non-contract job with much lower pay (proportionally, not ethically). Since the company is not profit-crazy and is pretty fair, it makes enough to get by but not enough to have a lot of money for things that would sometimes be nice like, oh I dunno, good insurance for employees... Let's just say that. It's absolute SHIT insurance compared to my AWESOME insurance I had in the past. Not many people talk about insurance with me so I'd appreciate any comments to indicate whether or not this is good or bad, but here's the layout of the new one:
Meds depend on the "class" the medication is in (my former insurance didn't classify) so here it is...
Doctor: $50
ER: $150 flat just to go, you'll know about the other costs when you get the bill in the mail; no joke. They're BIG, BIG bills.
Meds: $10, $40, $65, or 25% (% is for 'not approved by the insurance company' ones; that is newly-created ones etc).
I end up paying, just for the meds, $115/mo now. I pay for each doctor's visit the flat $50 right out of pocket. There is ALWAYS a bill that comes in the mail from each visit for stuff that the insurance company doesn't want to cover (and the numbers are random; they differ each time for the same exact thing). I'm not joking; I have analyzed this to the hilt, trust me.
I'm seeing docs for severe sinusitis with swelling to the point I can't breathe and still on the anti-seizure meds (required, not a complaint).
Nasal surgery (which has improved my breathing significantly) with meds tried cost over $5000 (none of the meds worked, btw). Good thing I had 5 grand in my savings account or that would be a ruin.
My averaged monthly costs are now ~$300/mo. including doc visits with add-on billing and meds. I still have ~$1000 to pay on a monthly basis at $100, so the grand total monthly is ~$400/mo.
Problem is they will accept the 35% pay rate as well. In michigan the IT job has dropped to $32,000 pay level for not just entry level, but for most senior positions as well. they don't want to pay a living wage to employees.
Right. That's exactly the crap I've had to deal with for years. If I want a job that's a high-up one for a decent amount of pay, no one will hire me because of the 'lack of college education'. Um, I was working in the field and actively, adaptively learning at a very fast pace. I do NOT do well in standard learning environments, and the cost prohibits that today, regardless. Anyway, back to the topic - when I wanted to just have a damn job, realizing that I was not going to make as much money as there was a potential for before 2000, almost no company would hire me because I had 'too much experience.' If I left experience off my resume', I had 'insufficient experience' or would have had a discrepancy on my background check. Having said that, omitting information is, therefore, bad. Now, factor in the economy and the job market. Since there are so many people looking for work AND looking to switch jobs to increase their income, the only way you're going to get in is if you have something really spectacular on your resume that is TRUE, and willing to work for 'low pay' (based on perspective desire).
Since I can't lie and can't be honest, can't make a little and can't make a lot, I only got work because someone remembered me when they really needed help with a system emergency. It was a "who you know" deal. I'm now stuck where I make just enough to get by and the company I work for will not purchase. So I'm a, guess what? "Firefighter in IT!"
Simple as this: Do you work in the design, implementation, and/or maintenance of information technology?
If yes, then you work in IT.
Indeed.
The real problem is that there are few employers (in my experience, mind you) that have interviewers that understand the job roles and daily operations in a useful fashion.
Look at it this way: if I implement hardware and processes, maintain the same, and debug code (even where the development teams themselves can't find bugs), what am I? I'm only what the employer wants, and nothing else. What is my worth to future employers? Whatever I was to the former employers' wants. My capacity and capability are ignored.
Personal opinion rant: There should be a mandatory testing phase in employment screening. If you bring someone in for an interview because you're impressed by what's on their resume' in terms of ability and knowledge, THEN you get to ask what their employment background is. NOT before. Then you test them on their abilities, live. Not paper tests. Not lazy tests; have the head(s) of the department(s) the applicant would get the position in question them or ask for solutions to issues based on the needed levels. If you succeed, you're hired. If you fail, you're not. Man, that's an awful lot of effort and thinking. Nah, companies shouldn't do it. Screw the capable. :)
It is the same as with girls or broader: partners
That's an apalling attitude!
Find the right one and stick with her. Unlike jobs, she'll thank you for it.
Both work. It ends up in the same junction point at the end of the day - "it's not WHAT you know, it's..."
Yeah.
I like to be able to do everything. When I started here, I built my own servers. I had total control of everything. I built an ISP once. (circa 93, to get on the net)
Same here! Good company, bro.
My own career has built on what has gone before and I always make an effort to at least learn about the disciplines around my work, even if I do not apply them.
See below for my answer, this factors in...
I haven't been unemployed much.
That's why you aren't one of us that is highly technically knowledgeable but simply ignored because of the lack of degree and/or Buzzcompany* experience.
You are one lucky bastard and I envy you.
* Company name-based equivalency of buzzword.
stop hiring out side MBA's and promote people from with in.
*GASP* That's BLASPHEMY! There's nothing that can make [our] stock go down faster than that! What are you smoking today? :)
/sarcasm
You've got it all wrong: it's the CEO's job to institute performance metrics, not become subject to them. After all, just by virtue of being a CEO they are among the nation's top "earners" so they simply must be made out of ponies and sassafras.
LOL. I hear that!
"You just got a 'excellence' check mark on that one. For your realistic statement, you get a red star on your name, as well!"
Effing kindergarten? :>
Before I either get worked up or try defending this practice, why are they being paid this again? Badly written contracts or what?
No, I believe the contracts basically say you "won't disclose stuff to other companies, now go... go think of things that will bring the stocks up. Anything.. Just have fun! We trust you implicitly, until you screw up. Here's some money to make it worth your while."
I'm sure I'm 100% wrong on that one.
/sarcasm
I think you're just smelling the dumbass 'top dog' egg farts in the air. :> /humor
The problem is professional CEOs. They go from company to company and really don't care about anything long term. Isn't there one person that has worked at HP all their life that can step up and be CEO?
I wish there were a sector in IT that accomplished the same end.... Once you have the 'degree|title|position|job|company' of '.', you will never have to work again!
*sigh*