It's a somewhat biased view, and is being exagerated by the/. masses
Things like Dilbert are a fairly acurate portrait of tech life, but from the point of view of a techie... I'm quite sure it would be possible to write an alter-dilbert strip viewing things from the pointy haired boss point of view which basically makes all engineers out to be the idioting un-knowing ones who beaver around all day long, whilst the bosses actually make the company descisions that result in all the techies profiting with the stock they have...
Think about life from the other side of the fence once in a while, you might actually learn something and be a little more appreciative of your bosses and colleagues, but don't expect to have a meaningful conversation with a boss about kernel hacking, any more than they would expect to have a conversation with you about a business plan and capex/opex etc etc
There is a case of a Non US company that has the same name as a US company but is in a different business and owns the domain name. Will the arbitrators always rule in favour of the US company?
first off... to get it out the way... you're gonna have a big headache... there said it...
There are a few ISP's in britain that you could use, but for you other questions... UK power is 240V AC so you'd need a power converter for US stuff, and england has 3 point plugs. The phone jacks are different than the USA, most hotels will have phones in the rooms, but operated through a switchboard so you will probably have problems there.... France is completely different again... they have difference phone jacks, different plugs, and I think different power ratings, but I'm not sure ont he power ratings...
Anti-trust suit waiting to happen?
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Wouldn't digitally blocking out competitors logos on display in public places be considered anti-competative? If not... then the billboard owners will soon find themselves out of pocket cos no-one would need to bother paying to post the bills... just add them to your show later...
There is lots of work currently in Holland (where I am at the moment) and there is a big market for contractors for those of you that like that sort of thing as well... contracting rates in general for networking skills at the moment seem to be somewhere between 120 and 180 Guilders an hour, which translates to about 60 to 90 USD per hour...
That's a bit over the odds... for a graduate you'd be better off thinking in the 14-18k (21-27k US) type range... the biggest thing to consider with England though is the cost of living... compared to almost anywhere else in the world it's astronomical...
perhaps they have more pulling power than has been calculated...
I doubt anyone will ever come up with the answer cos there is no-one out there to take accurate readings.... perhaps the 20 year old instruments are just knackered.... *shrugs*
What happens when this law is passed in the US and the US software companies try and shutdown a computer outside the USA for supposed liscense violation...
Your story sounds very familiar... the biggest problem that I've found over the years is that the people paying your salary are often the ones that don't care how the emial gets there as long as it does, and so make a large fuss when you put in all the overtime hours/ask for a raise etc... In the end, I decided that I was fed up of doing 70 hours and being paid for 40 so I'm now in the contracting game... get paid for the hours you actually work... much more satisfying...
A much more important thing for them to sort out is that the internet is a global system and that bullyboy corporates in the USA can't claim domain names owned by others, just cos they have a US copyright on that name...
For a start, if you actually read the article it states...
AOL, the world's largest Internet service provider, or ISP, tells its nearly 18 million customers it won't read or disclose private communication or personal identifying information except under a "valid legal process."
This is standard practise for all ISP's, and for that matter any legitimate business... if the Authorities believe that you have information that will help them solve a crime, they will ask for your assistance...
For people to see this as a problem is ludicrous, or perhaps the people that see it as a problem have something that they are hiding. The ISP's do not sit there and monitor everything you do, but if they are presented with a warrant to release information to the authorities then they investigate.
Just chill out and get a sense of reality on this thing... it's for people's benefit...
I have both an SLR and a digital camera and I use both... the digital is nice if you want to go out and catch quick snaps, be able to throw away the duff ones without having had to pay for the processing, and for when you need to travel light and catch lots of pics, however, I would never get rid of my SLR unless the make a digital camera that you could...
a) change the lenses on so you can do different zoom's, wide angle (not stiching 2 pics together co it isn't the same results), filters, etc etc
b) make it more like a camera where you decide what picture you want to take, and not just point and click or scroll through endless menus that you have to reset afterwards...
both have a place, embrace the new but respect the old.
Draw up a design document with all your requirements and then get talking to solution providers (be it IBM, SGI, Sun, etc etc etc or 3rd parties) and get them to present you with proposals and costs of their solutions... If what you are trying to do is something relatively new or is of a much bigger scale that done elsewhere, many of the big players will probably come in with a nice offer in return for being able to say... 'you want solution X, we know how to do it on a very large scale as demonstrated on site Y'. The chances of getting that sort of help sound reasonable from the scale to which you are looking, and they will also probably give you a nice support package and good response as their pilot.
If you want to put in a system that lasts, go pro, otherwise it'll be you that won't last from spending too much time fixing/tweaking/everything else on the system.
just my 2p worth...
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If you are out on the road and the system crashes (it's a computer, they all crash from time to time) then would you have to wait until you got home to fix it? Is there a keypress sequence to reboot the system? Would you need to login to the system?
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It's a somewhat biased view, and is being exagerated by the /. masses
Things like Dilbert are a fairly acurate portrait of tech life, but from the point of view of a techie... I'm quite sure it would be possible to write an alter-dilbert strip viewing things from the pointy haired boss point of view which basically makes all engineers out to be the idioting un-knowing ones who beaver around all day long, whilst the bosses actually make the company descisions that result in all the techies profiting with the stock they have...
Think about life from the other side of the fence once in a while, you might actually learn something and be a little more appreciative of your bosses and colleagues, but don't expect to have a meaningful conversation with a boss about kernel hacking, any more than they would expect to have a conversation with you about a business plan and capex/opex etc etc
There is a case of a Non US company that has the same name as a US company but is in a different business and owns the domain name. Will the arbitrators always rule in favour of the US company?
first off... to get it out the way... you're gonna have a big headache... there said it...
There are a few ISP's in britain that you could use, but for you other questions... UK power is 240V AC so you'd need a power converter for US stuff, and england has 3 point plugs. The phone jacks are different than the USA, most hotels will have phones in the rooms, but operated through a switchboard so you will probably have problems there.... France is completely different again... they have difference phone jacks, different plugs, and I think different power ratings, but I'm not sure ont he power ratings...
Wouldn't digitally blocking out competitors logos on display in public places be considered anti-competative? If not... then the billboard owners will soon find themselves out of pocket cos no-one would need to bother paying to post the bills... just add them to your show later...
but it's soooooooooooo slooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww it's painful :o(
Come to Holland then... there are loads of tax perks here, and the cost of every day living is 1/3 of that in england...
Forgot to add... the cost of living in the Netherlands is similar, if not slightly cheaper than the USA... about 1/3 of the cost of England...
There is lots of work currently in Holland (where I am at the moment) and there is a big market for contractors for those of you that like that sort of thing as well... contracting rates in general for networking skills at the moment seem to be somewhere between 120 and 180 Guilders an hour, which translates to about 60 to 90 USD per hour...
That's a bit over the odds... for a graduate you'd be better off thinking in the 14-18k (21-27k US) type range... the biggest thing to consider with England though is the cost of living... compared to almost anywhere else in the world it's astronomical...
perhaps they have more pulling power than has been calculated...
I doubt anyone will ever come up with the answer cos there is no-one out there to take accurate readings.... perhaps the 20 year old instruments are just knackered.... *shrugs*
What happens when this law is passed in the US and the US software companies try and shutdown a computer outside the USA for supposed liscense violation...
I see big law suits happening here...
Why on earth are so many Japanese people _PAYING_ for Linux software... the only explanations are that they
a) haven't realised it's free
b) are not competant enough with their PC's and need to buy a support contract
Your story sounds very familiar... the biggest problem that I've found over the years is that the people paying your salary are often the ones that don't care how the emial gets there as long as it does, and so make a large fuss when you put in all the overtime hours/ask for a raise etc... In the end, I decided that I was fed up of doing 70 hours and being paid for 40 so I'm now in the contracting game... get paid for the hours you actually work... much more satisfying...
A much more important thing for them to sort out is that the internet is a global system and that bullyboy corporates in the USA can't claim domain names owned by others, just cos they have a US copyright on that name...
For a start, if you actually read the article it states...
AOL, the world's largest Internet service provider, or ISP, tells its nearly 18 million customers it won't read or disclose private communication or personal identifying information except under a "valid legal process."
This is standard practise for all ISP's, and for that matter any legitimate business... if the Authorities believe that you have information that will help them solve a crime, they will ask for your assistance...
For people to see this as a problem is ludicrous, or perhaps the people that see it as a problem have something that they are hiding. The ISP's do not sit there and monitor everything you do, but if they are presented with a warrant to release information to the authorities then they investigate.
Just chill out and get a sense of reality on this thing... it's for people's benefit...
You think this will have any bearing on any future court cases where Justice is questioned ;o)
I have both an SLR and a digital camera and I use both... the digital is nice if you want to go out and catch quick snaps, be able to throw away the duff ones without having had to pay for the processing, and for when you need to travel light and catch lots of pics, however, I would never get rid of my SLR unless the make a digital camera that you could...
a) change the lenses on so you can do different zoom's, wide angle (not stiching 2 pics together co it isn't the same results), filters, etc etc
b) make it more like a camera where you decide what picture you want to take, and not just point and click or scroll through endless menus that you have to reset afterwards...
both have a place, embrace the new but respect the old.
Draw up a design document with all your requirements and then get talking to solution providers (be it IBM, SGI, Sun, etc etc etc or 3rd parties) and get them to present you with proposals and costs of their solutions... If what you are trying to do is something relatively new or is of a much bigger scale that done elsewhere, many of the big players will probably come in with a nice offer in return for being able to say... 'you want solution X, we know how to do it on a very large scale as demonstrated on site Y'.
The chances of getting that sort of help sound reasonable from the scale to which you are looking, and they will also probably give you a nice support package and good response as their pilot.
If you want to put in a system that lasts, go pro, otherwise it'll be you that won't last from spending too much time fixing/tweaking/everything else on the system.
just my 2p worth...
If you are out on the road and the system crashes (it's a computer, they all crash from time to time) then would you have to wait until you got home to fix it? Is there a keypress sequence to reboot the system? Would you need to login to the system?