While I agree that it likely happens here, I think we can agree that Canadian copyright laws are definitely more reasonable (while imperfect) than those of the US.
I guess I should start off by enrolling at various universities to see who will take me, eh?:S
Aerospace is rather vague, really it's the best term I know to describe satellites and space shuttles; my goal more precisely is to write the software used by (and/or for) them, so I know I'd need a software engineering for the software itself, maybe a CS degree as well? Some mechanical or electrical engineering (which one?) to know how to best take advantage of the hardware, and whatever is necessary in aerospace for the rest.
I'm ready and willing to do it all, the only problem is that pesky lifespan issue.
I know I definitely want at least a Masters in each of whatever degrees I get.
So far, I haven't seen "treating outside contractors as gods and worshiping the same suggestions by the contractors which were ignored when internal IT made them."
Now you have, my boss compares me to an ex-contractor we had for short time on a regular basis, the guy was nice but wrote no documentation whatsoever. It drives me up the wall and I want to punch him every time he starts up with that. I just tune him out now. I don't even care if he notices that anymore, fuck him.
As a programmer I really feel like I'm stagnating because I have nobody of competence to work with, when I first started there I thought working at a start-up would be great, I never realized he would NEVER HIRE ANYONE ELSE (which sucks as I'm primarily self-taught, aside from analysis), I know my job is relatively secure, I set up all the software and know all the passwords, I've represented the company at expos and he finally sprung for business cards for me with my name on them (that took forever, I thought I was a penny-pincher but he is beyond words). I've been steering him towards open source software, also had him buy a more powerful system on which I put linux for compiling and testing, to help with standards compliance (C++) and maintainability of the software, and to introduce it to him.
I set myself the goal of going to university before or when I turn 30 (in 3 years), but in July I'm moving into a new apartment which is also $200 more expensive, and despite my working with him for 3 years I still don't feel confident in my abilities (beyond having a few more years of experience with various programming languages in addition to all the technical reading I've been doing), if for no other reason than the way he hired me which REALLY shocked and disappointed me. Also, I've only gotten one raise $0.50 raise in the time I've worked there, he said he'll give me another ($0.50) one later this year though. He has offered to pay for various university courses (directly related to work), one of which is Math (or some branch of it) which he said he would be teaching next year (he's a PhD Mathematician). My career goal is to work in the aerospace industry and I know Math courses will be required, but I feel like I would rather pay for them myself if that means I DON'T have to take my courses from him. He also tolerates my coming in to work late (like 10:30am, sometimes even 11am) as long as I do my hours.
MySQL has it's place. It's place is most certainly not in mission critical, highly available, highly scalable solutions.
How many Enterprise Data Warehouses out there run on MySQL?
and respond, but then I decided to read the rest of your post first.
That said, this reply is thus a response to your post as a whole.
Are you seriously that stupid? If all those companies use it, it's for good reason. You're an idiot, Coward. I would mod you down if I could.
Not if enough people help.
It's called civil disobedience and is a valid form of protest. The caveat is that it only qualifies as civil disobedience if enough people assist, otherwise it's considered criminal and TPB essentially becomes a martyr in the eyes of like-minded people.
It would work like this: Corporations and end-user would have to pay for the service or software. But it wouldn't quite be commercial. The proceeds would be shared among the development team. But you could still retain the rights to see the source and modify or tweak it for your environment. Your only constraint is that if you redistribute, you must pay the licensing fee to the original team.
And so on and so forth up the ladder...
That's a pyramid scheme.
Only just barely, his "voice" message is exactly 160 characters long (and this seems like a coincidence more than anything). His point is that people tend to leave briefer and less informative (read: useless) messages via text because of the length limit.
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..I'm not sure how to respond to you even though I agree with you. It's sad that a man's statements can't be taken at face value anymore.
Also, a better (though longer) link I found while searching for it on the cbc site (in case I should CC the CBC too):
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/tech-internet-police-bill-intercept-electronic-communications.html
I agree, not only that, we should also mention 1984, maybe even Animal Farm.
Damned relativity!
This is awesome, let me know when the fight scene between you two is k?
How about some spoilers: will there be Bond references?
Ooh, I can't wait.
While I agree that it likely happens here, I think we can agree that Canadian copyright laws are definitely more reasonable (while imperfect) than those of the US.
I am Canadian and I find your comment offensive.
Dude, how could you not mention the awesome concept that is the Time Cube?
secondary issue*..
Ha, that read sort of like a shopping spree.
It sort of is though, the ungodly sum of money it's going to cost me is a secondary to me.
Thanks for your advice Nate! :)
I guess I should start off by enrolling at various universities to see who will take me, eh? :S
Aerospace is rather vague, really it's the best term I know to describe satellites and space shuttles; my goal more precisely is to write the software used by (and/or for) them, so I know I'd need a software engineering for the software itself, maybe a CS degree as well? Some mechanical or electrical engineering (which one?) to know how to best take advantage of the hardware, and whatever is necessary in aerospace for the rest.
I'm ready and willing to do it all, the only problem is that pesky lifespan issue.
I know I definitely want at least a Masters in each of whatever degrees I get.
No kidding, and thanks for the advice plover!
Thanks for your input Mr2cents, thanks for the link too, see also Stanford Everywhere which I thought was nifty. :)
So far, I haven't seen "treating outside contractors as gods and worshiping the same suggestions by the contractors which were ignored when internal IT made them."
See here.
Now you have, my boss compares me to an ex-contractor we had for short time on a regular basis, the guy was nice but wrote no documentation whatsoever. It drives me up the wall and I want to punch him every time he starts up with that. I just tune him out now. I don't even care if he notices that anymore, fuck him.
Thanks for your input. :)
Finally an opportunity to rant!
No kidding, I think I myself am beginning to turn into a BOFH. I've worked 5 feet away from my boss for 3 years in a 2 person company (just me and him) with only a cubical separator between us for the past year which I had to insist we have. He drives me up the wall with his constant VERY audible eating and drinking noises, that's not to mention that both he and his food smell disgusting, it's like he only bathes once every week, I have to pull my chair AND lean to the side to stay out of his bubble of stench. He picks his nose openly, he talks on Skype all day long - often in his native language (Togo). He thinks he's something of a programmer because he took one C course in university 10 years ago, so "why does everything take so long with you?" everything is "just a small function" to him, "Carl did everything I asked him with only a short explanation and a few questions.", unlike Carl my goal isn't to write throw-away code, I had to fight just to be allowed time write all the documents we should have started with (requirements, analysis, architecture, etc). He has a naturally condescending style of speech which I tried to make him aware of, his response? "You're wrong - it's you, not me." Funding is always just around the corner but it never comes, we almost hired a couple of interns not long ago so I would finally get some help with everything that needs to get done (and supervising interns would be great for the resumé), this is when I found out how I was hired - his typical hiring method is that of taking the first guy that shows up for an interview, asking his version of technical questions "so, you know how to program?" we ended up not hiring anyone because he got discouraged and started making up excuses (not enough room, no funding, the matter needs "further thought"), then why were we interviewing? I even had to ask him to show me all the resumés he received and I picked out several more for interviews (his pick was a candidate in logistics, but *I* am the one who needs help, I picked software developers). Fuckwad.
As a programmer I really feel like I'm stagnating because I have nobody of competence to work with, when I first started there I thought working at a start-up would be great, I never realized he would NEVER HIRE ANYONE ELSE (which sucks as I'm primarily self-taught, aside from analysis), I know my job is relatively secure, I set up all the software and know all the passwords, I've represented the company at expos and he finally sprung for business cards for me with my name on them (that took forever, I thought I was a penny-pincher but he is beyond words). I've been steering him towards open source software, also had him buy a more powerful system on which I put linux for compiling and testing, to help with standards compliance (C++) and maintainability of the software, and to introduce it to him.
I set myself the goal of going to university before or when I turn 30 (in 3 years), but in July I'm moving into a new apartment which is also $200 more expensive, and despite my working with him for 3 years I still don't feel confident in my abilities (beyond having a few more years of experience with various programming languages in addition to all the technical reading I've been doing), if for no other reason than the way he hired me which REALLY shocked and disappointed me. Also, I've only gotten one raise $0.50 raise in the time I've worked there, he said he'll give me another ($0.50) one later this year though.
He has offered to pay for various university courses (directly related to work), one of which is Math (or some branch of it) which he said he would be teaching next year (he's a PhD Mathematician). My career goal is to work in the aerospace industry and I know Math courses will be required, but I feel like I would rather pay for them myself if that means I DON'T have to take my courses from him. He also tolerates my coming in to work late (like 10:30am, sometimes even 11am) as long as I do my hours.
Should I ju
Haha, I read the books in high school and have used the nickname since (10 years ago).
*clicks dryeo's link below*
Ohhh I see.
I've heard of Ringworld "in passing", that is - not beyond learning of the title itself, never have read the books. :)
Why on Earth do you and the parent post even know that word exists?!?
Ditto.
Not a good idea, it would get taken too seriously.
MySQL has it's place. It's place is most certainly not in mission critical, highly available, highly scalable solutions. How many Enterprise Data Warehouses out there run on MySQL?
and respond, but then I decided to read the rest of your post first.
That said, this reply is thus a response to your post as a whole.
Are you seriously that stupid? If all those companies use it, it's for good reason. You're an idiot, Coward. I would mod you down if I could.
"I remember."
I agree, that's a sure way to ruin your professional reputation if only through word of mouth.
Not if enough people help. It's called civil disobedience and is a valid form of protest. The caveat is that it only qualifies as civil disobedience if enough people assist, otherwise it's considered criminal and TPB essentially becomes a martyr in the eyes of like-minded people.
It would work like this: Corporations and end-user would have to pay for the service or software. But it wouldn't quite be commercial. The proceeds would be shared among the development team. But you could still retain the rights to see the source and modify or tweak it for your environment. Your only constraint is that if you redistribute, you must pay the licensing fee to the original team.
And so on and so forth up the ladder... That's a pyramid scheme.
I agree completely.
Only just barely, his "voice" message is exactly 160 characters long (and this seems like a coincidence more than anything). His point is that people tend to leave briefer and less informative (read: useless) messages via text because of the length limit.