THIS IS NOT THEFT!!! Theft involves the physical taking of something!!
Like credit cards with SOMEONE ELSES name on them? Like SOMEONE ELSES money or "physical" merchandise? Theft is when you steal something of value. Websters gives examples of both tangible and intagible theft.
Besides, what's your point? Just trying to be argumentative, or perhaps justify something darker?
I wouldn't get certs; they really don't help you much. Only experience helps you in the long run.
Unfortunatly, this is bullshit. Just troll the want ads. Microsoft certs, good or bad (BAD!) still get jobs. But if you have to get certs, get Cisco certs.
No, I don't think a knowledge of PHP will help you with blinking colors and Clippy, for that you will need to learn ASP. But learning PHP might just help you learn more about OOP and good programming without all the bells and whistles of Java that keep you from cutting you throat. It's a powerful language in the right hands, and powerfully ugly in the wrong hands.
Someone with a PhD spends much more time focused in a particular area
Yes and no. The other thing to say about getting a PhD is that it is an indication to any potential employer that you are both intelligent and also able to follow through on a project. This is also why companies also require a BS: The ability to meet standards and follow through. Is this concept always right? No. But, you have a lot better chance of finding an intelligent employee if they have a BS or MS or PhD, it shows they are directed and can work within the system. And, I still think jobs for PhDs are more interesting than those that do not require it, on average.
"in the day" you only had to know your subject to get a job. Than it took at least a HS diploma. Then after the Dot Com Bust, you had to have a BS. But, for the really satisfying and interesting jobs that both pay well and allow you to stretch your mind, yes, you need a PhD. You do not have to "lecture" just because you have a PhD, though you may need to lecture to GET a PhD. Look at Google, they seem only to hire PhDs. But they are not the only fish in the sea. Get it.
As much as most people think about this New Private Space Industry as something to get rich human payloads into low Earth orbit, I think there is a lot of potential for small commercial/industrial/scientific payloads from people that can't quite afford a more traditional method such as the Space Shuttle (it still lives), large rockets, or the Russians. Even hobbyists might be able to afford communal payloads with these types of systems. Personal satellites, anyone?
There's no patch yet, but in the meantime Microsoft is telling ASP.NET developers they can rewrite their applications to prevent exploits.
And that's why Microsoft is going to eventually lose the war against open source. Can you imagine the heated boardroom discussions going around the table now?
Unfortunately, no this probably will not happen (this way). The PHBs will simply say to the IT department: "We have a Support Agreement, right? Good. Get on it!" And, unless someone actually compromises the system, all will be forgotten. Even then, at most the typical boardroom response will be "damn Linux using Dirty Hippies (tm)."
The problem is, you assume that the corporate top layer cares about the details of implementation, when in fact, their world is a world of charts and graphs and executive summaries that don't hit these kinds of points.
Who actually uses the copier anymore? For that matter the FAX machine?
Are you serious? The fact is, even IT departments are still awash in hardcopies, and outside IT, the "paperless office" has never been a reality. I for one love to find documentation on-line for projects I work on, than I print them out on the copier. Many business processes require hard-copy documentation for file. We use our FAX here to send and receive written bids all the time. Forms and documents need to be copied when people outside the agency I work for request copies via FOIA.
I tend to go for books for two reasons. First, I'm not tied to my computer, sometimes I go out, ride a bus / train / plane, and like to read a nice fat tech book. Second, I like to have the book open WHILE I'm working on a project, and I don't have two monitors side by side. Oh, and I think I'm able to access the info faster. That's three.
This is an interesting point because while most people say the Office (word, excel, access, and so on) are M$'s cash cow, truth is the only real reason that Enterprise stays with M$ is Exchange.
These press releases ripped right off of PR newswire and posted to Slashdot always remind me of the "find the fake ad" section of Games magazine. "Find the fake news story planted on Slashdot to generate `buzz'". Bah. I hate marketing.
So you're saying that/. is marketing for Crey? Have you considered that maybe the press release says what needs to be said? Have you also considered that most/. stories are summaries of complete stories? Very few (with the exception of reviews and "ask/.") Slash stories are "original material". That's what this site is: A NEWS DIGEST!
Now then. The real question is: will this thing fit on my desktop?
IE does not have automatic updates, nor does it automatically download content. If anything, you're probably refering to the windows update application, which has NOTHING todo with IE.
But I thought IE was an integral part of Windows. Part and parcel to the OS...
I would't care too much about exactly when the service outages occur, but a summary as to what % of the time the service is down in a year would be helpful. At the very least the state government can provide a web page giving a number next to each carrier indicating service availability in the past 12 months for a zipcode. It would be great if they could break it down according to the month or even week, but yearly data will work just fine. I can't see how that will help the terrorists.
To the end-user, the "little guy" like you and me, a summary might be fine. But if you or the company you work for purchases a LOT of telecom, for example suppose you or your employer maintain a server farm or operate an ISP that has users who wish to have reliable connectivity. Than these details make a LOT of difference.
Seems more like a scheme to keep the public in the dark should there be a successful attack on the telecom infrastructure... If the public doesn't know...it didn't happen.
When you can't get your porn to download, it's time to call Comcast! There's been an outage...
With the latest version of firefox, it checks for program updates automatically, it downloads program patches, and it attempts to find necessary plugins for pages and install them if you tell it to. Firefox is about to reach the point to where the adoption rates start increasing exponentially.
Funny thing, all this automatic downloading and updating is something that people used to like to bitch about with IE.
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Like credit cards with SOMEONE ELSES name on them? Like SOMEONE ELSES money or "physical" merchandise? Theft is when you steal something of value. Websters gives examples of both tangible and intagible theft.
Besides, what's your point? Just trying to be argumentative, or perhaps justify something darker?
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=124846&cid=104 67001
Unfortunatly, this is bullshit. Just troll the want ads. Microsoft certs, good or bad (BAD!) still get jobs. But if you have to get certs, get Cisco certs.
No, I don't think a knowledge of PHP will help you with blinking colors and Clippy, for that you will need to learn ASP. But learning PHP might just help you learn more about OOP and good programming without all the bells and whistles of Java that keep you from cutting you throat. It's a powerful language in the right hands, and powerfully ugly in the wrong hands.
They are now. Next year? Who knows!
Yes and no. The other thing to say about getting a PhD is that it is an indication to any potential employer that you are both intelligent and also able to follow through on a project. This is also why companies also require a BS: The ability to meet standards and follow through. Is this concept always right? No. But, you have a lot better chance of finding an intelligent employee if they have a BS or MS or PhD, it shows they are directed and can work within the system. And, I still think jobs for PhDs are more interesting than those that do not require it, on average.
No, I hadn't! Thanks for the reference.
"in the day" you only had to know your subject to get a job. Than it took at least a HS diploma. Then after the Dot Com Bust, you had to have a BS. But, for the really satisfying and interesting jobs that both pay well and allow you to stretch your mind, yes, you need a PhD. You do not have to "lecture" just because you have a PhD, though you may need to lecture to GET a PhD. Look at Google, they seem only to hire PhDs. But they are not the only fish in the sea. Get it.
As much as most people think about this New Private Space Industry as something to get rich human payloads into low Earth orbit, I think there is a lot of potential for small commercial/industrial/scientific payloads from people that can't quite afford a more traditional method such as the Space Shuttle (it still lives), large rockets, or the Russians. Even hobbyists might be able to afford communal payloads with these types of systems. Personal satellites, anyone?
And that's why Microsoft is going to eventually lose the war against open source. Can you imagine the heated boardroom discussions going around the table now?
Unfortunately, no this probably will not happen (this way). The PHBs will simply say to the IT department: "We have a Support Agreement, right? Good. Get on it!" And, unless someone actually compromises the system, all will be forgotten. Even then, at most the typical boardroom response will be "damn Linux using Dirty Hippies (tm)."
The problem is, you assume that the corporate top layer cares about the details of implementation, when in fact, their world is a world of charts and graphs and executive summaries that don't hit these kinds of points.
Are you serious? The fact is, even IT departments are still awash in hardcopies, and outside IT, the "paperless office" has never been a reality. I for one love to find documentation on-line for projects I work on, than I print them out on the copier. Many business processes require hard-copy documentation for file. We use our FAX here to send and receive written bids all the time. Forms and documents need to be copied when people outside the agency I work for request copies via FOIA.
"Very tiny letters" implies that there is a lot to say about PHP and MySQL. Why is this a troll?
Very tiny letters?
I tend to go for books for two reasons. First, I'm not tied to my computer, sometimes I go out, ride a bus / train / plane, and like to read a nice fat tech book. Second, I like to have the book open WHILE I'm working on a project, and I don't have two monitors side by side. Oh, and I think I'm able to access the info faster. That's three.
I work for a company that produces Mozilla Bugs. How much does it cost to advertise here?
My company builds software that helps manage FAQs. How much does it cost to advertise here?
I thought MICHAEL was the Slashdot whore...
This is an interesting point because while most people say the Office (word, excel, access, and so on) are M$'s cash cow, truth is the only real reason that Enterprise stays with M$ is Exchange.
Software patents will, in the end, fail under the sheir weight of bullshit.
So you're saying that /. is marketing for Crey? Have you considered that maybe the press release says what needs to be said? Have you also considered that most /. stories are summaries of complete stories? Very few (with the exception of reviews and "ask /.") Slash stories are "original material". That's what this site is: A NEWS DIGEST!
Now then. The real question is: will this thing fit on my desktop?
But I thought IE was an integral part of Windows. Part and parcel to the OS...
To the end-user, the "little guy" like you and me, a summary might be fine. But if you or the company you work for purchases a LOT of telecom, for example suppose you or your employer maintain a server farm or operate an ISP that has users who wish to have reliable connectivity. Than these details make a LOT of difference.
When you can't get your porn to download, it's time to call Comcast! There's been an outage...
Funny thing, all this automatic downloading and updating is something that people used to like to bitch about with IE.