Contract! That should be enough information right there. This is nothing new. It seems that at some point or another, all contractors suddenly feel that they are no longer contractors but rather employees. With entitlement no less.
Exactly, they are contractors, a spcifically different class of employee from "full-timers". Sad, but true.
And from the story:
...they were expected to perform at the same level of expectations as HP workers
Why shouldn't they be expected to perform at the same level as the full-timers? Should it be OK for them to be shitty workers just because they are contractors?
Let's not waste our breath propagating this rumour.
But if we did that, when IE7 comes out and it turns out to be more or less CSS complient, we can't run around saying things like "Slashdot forced Micro$oft to redesign their browser!!!"
Come on guys there must be something better in life than constantly looking for stories which cast MS in a bad light?
It really doesn't take a lot of looking, they sort of write them selves.
And this business of egregiously repetitive dupes has been going on for some time. It's an indication that the Slashdot "editors" (a term used VERY loosely) and the tin Gods that "employ" them really have no respect at all for the Slashdot audience. Slashdot is more or less driving itself down the FuckedCompany road (although Slashdot didn't start out in the same shit pile as FC, and may never quite reach it's depth of pig sty wallowing), all the original crew have taken the VA Software / OSDN payola, and can now live comfortably the rest of their lives without giving a shit about the "little people". Guys like Timmy and Zonk are just Taco Fanboys hoping to pick up a few of the cast of coins and bask in the Holy light given off by RobLimo and his male concubines. Harsh, but that's the reality of it.
It shouldn't be too difficult for the RIAA (or who ever does this these days, I don't know, I don't download) to hunt you down (though if history means much, they may confuse your grandma for you).
Hm... maybe I should have downloaded that 35GB Simpsons torrent on a neighbors wireless internet.
Well than, since 90% of Slashdot users do notpirate intellectual property, I can only assume that you already own a legally purchased copy of the Simpson's episode in question, and thus this would be "fair use". Right?
Er, open source people should not be working for Microsoft, as a general rule.
What an asinine statement, it defies any reasonable response.
I'm a grad student considering an offer for a summer internship with a large software company. The offer is appealing but has a horrible IP agreement which gives them the rights to work I create while I'm there, *and* rights to work I've created in the past.
This guy has exactly TWO choices: 1) Accept the agreement and take the internship. 2) Don't accept the internship, and find a different internship.
...because of complaints or misunderstandings from places like Ireland (no postalcodes), Germany (postalcode goes before city), Japan and England (many lines of address info needed)...
How about localized input pages? No one says you have to use the same input page for every country (and it's unlikely you send to more than a 6 or 8 that use different formats), you know that is is possible to tell where visitors come from. How you combine that data into one table is up to you, but shouldn't be a problem.
Igloo is simply the Eskimo word for "house." So, technically, most eskimos DO live in igloos, as they define them, but not as most people think of them.
And you know very well what I mean anyway. Don't try to skate around it.
hey asshole thanks for ripping on multiple post of mine. Fuckface"ripping" on you post??? Get a grip! What I said was that Google has expressed interest in buying up dark fiber!
The "non comercial" distros like Slack, gentoo and debian are perty secure, but its Suse, mandrake nad Red Hat(a lesser extent) which are less sceure and more updating (thats just my personal expericence and listening to other).
And your proof for this (proof is something you may learn about when you do go away to college) is exactly what? If you are going to take a shot at "comercial" (half decent spelling is another thing that you tend to start using in college) distributions, how about being specific rather than just blathering on like an idiot.
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That's not what this story is about. In anycase, a contractor who does not like the deal can look for contract work someplace else.
Exactly, they are contractors, a spcifically different class of employee from "full-timers". Sad, but true.
And from the story:
Why shouldn't they be expected to perform at the same level as the full-timers? Should it be OK for them to be shitty workers just because they are contractors?
Exactly. How are we going to Slashdot the site without a link? The story author, GerryGilmore, should be SHOT for submitting a story without a link!
But if we did that, when IE7 comes out and it turns out to be more or less CSS complient, we can't run around saying things like "Slashdot forced Micro$oft to redesign their browser!!!"
It really doesn't take a lot of looking, they sort of write them selves.
And this business of egregiously repetitive dupes has been going on for some time. It's an indication that the Slashdot "editors" (a term used VERY loosely) and the tin Gods that "employ" them really have no respect at all for the Slashdot audience. Slashdot is more or less driving itself down the FuckedCompany road (although Slashdot didn't start out in the same shit pile as FC, and may never quite reach it's depth of pig sty wallowing), all the original crew have taken the VA Software / OSDN payola, and can now live comfortably the rest of their lives without giving a shit about the "little people". Guys like Timmy and Zonk are just Taco Fanboys hoping to pick up a few of the cast of coins and bask in the Holy light given off by RobLimo and his male concubines. Harsh, but that's the reality of it.
Of course it's a dupe. Look who the "editor" is today.
It shouldn't be too difficult for the RIAA (or who ever does this these days, I don't know, I don't download) to hunt you down (though if history means much, they may confuse your grandma for you).
Well than, since 90% of Slashdot users do not pirate intellectual property, I can only assume that you already own a legally purchased copy of the Simpson's episode in question, and thus this would be "fair use". Right?
What an asinine statement, it defies any reasonable response.
I'm a grad student considering an offer for a summer internship with a large software company. The offer is appealing but has a horrible IP agreement which gives them the rights to work I create while I'm there, *and* rights to work I've created in the past.
This guy has exactly TWO choices: 1) Accept the agreement and take the internship. 2) Don't accept the internship, and find a different internship.
That was easy, yes?
How about localized input pages? No one says you have to use the same input page for every country (and it's unlikely you send to more than a 6 or 8 that use different formats), you know that is is possible to tell where visitors come from. How you combine that data into one table is up to you, but shouldn't be a problem.
Well, little boy, if it's wrong, than it does make it wrong.
Even if your employer did call your ISP to gripe, your ISP would simply tell them to have YOU read the TOS, and hit the road.
Have you ever seen these guys in the same room at the same time? No? I thought as much.
Guess the jack-ass with mod points to flush never saw the movie... Oh well.
You seem to have an obsession with sex toys. Care to explaine?
And you know very well what I mean anyway. Don't try to skate around it.
So tell me, do you also assume that all people in the Arctic live in igloos?
Amazing fact: Housing in NM are often made with stuff like 2x4's, sheetrock, and plywood, somewhat like houses throughout the US!
hey asshole thanks for ripping on multiple post of mine. Fuckface"ripping" on you post??? Get a grip! What I said was that Google has expressed interest in buying up dark fiber!
Hi, bird603568!
SHort of bandwidth? Perhaps that's why they where looking at un-lit fiber?
And your proof for this (proof is something you may learn about when you do go away to college) is exactly what? If you are going to take a shot at "comercial" (half decent spelling is another thing that you tend to start using in college) distributions, how about being specific rather than just blathering on like an idiot.
Sure, right! What are the chances that big government will actually apply a fine towards fixing the problem the fine was levied for? Like ZILCH?
Lard.
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