I had 5 or so years in the field, than left in 2002 for a three year "sabatical", semi-voluntary unemployment. I took a small contract gig, 1 or 2 months doing some analysis, played with Linux kernel dev for a bit, expermented with some OSS development, etc. When the time came to go back to work, I listed it on my resume just like any other job:
Sabbatical
January 2002 - September 2004 Paris, France
I maintained my skill set by working on small and personal projects, expanding my knowledge of networking, software development and system administration.
Develop requirements, model, and prototype an EDI system to enable Medicaid submissions under HIPAA.
Explore advanced system administration, network administration, kernel and device driver development under Linux and FreeBSD.
Develop several personal database solutions using MySQL, JDBC, Servlets and XML/XSLT.
Implement many of the "Gang of Four" design patterns in Java.
And had no problems or negative remarks about my time off. Closer to your situation, when I was finishing grad school and needed some technical experience, I included the grad asst I worked in the identical manner. Once I had some real experience that entry dropped off, but it worked at the time.
dunno, sounds kinda risky to me. If I were really in an emergency, I wouldn't even use a cell phone.
What makes me nervous about calling 911 from a cell phone is that where it's routed differs by state (or used to).
When I lived in Ohio (left in the mid 90's), all cell 911 calls were routed to the highway patrol who would determine your location and route to the proper authority. Your response time was based on the dispatcher's knowledge of the area you were in.
Contrast that with Colorado, where the County Sheriff for the location of the tower you connected to handles the call. The only time I've ever had to dial 911 was in the mountains, south western Jefferson County (sw of Denver) and was surprised as hell when I was connected to a Gilpin County dispatcher (One county north, 30 or so miles away). Unfortunately, she was just as confused as I was and it was almost 5 minutes to establish that she needed to transfer me to the right department. Now I know, if I every have to dial 911 the first words out of my mouth will be "I need XXX county".
Guess the lesson here is, find out exactly how emergency cell service works.
No, you have health care which is paid through mandatory contribution (taxes), you don't see a bill from the doctor, but it is most certainly not free.
I'll go so far as to say that if you're of average health, and just visit the dr for a checkup once per year, you have the world's most expensive health care package.
No, you have healthcare which is paid for by collecting tax dollars, it is certainly not free. In fact, if you're of average health and see the dr once a year for a checkup, you have the worlds most expensive health care.
I never understood how these things work: Do some lawyers wake up in the morning and decide, "Hey! I need a new pool. Hmmmm, I think I sue HP today. Now, let's find a reason.".
Yes, actually there are some who do that. It's the same at the local level, where some lawyers pay interns to stand at the local police station photocopying accident forms.
not that HP doesn't deserve, but that's not my point.
So this person voluntarily entered into a contract with HP (well, with a subcontractor of HP), with the understanding that she would be paid X dollars in exchange for Y hours work, with no additional compensation expected on either side. Fast forward a couple years and now we're supposed to let her renegotiate the contract BACKDATED TO THE START because she's changed her mind? Screw that, it's called a learning experience, next time take a FT job, not a contract.
Satellite's subscription model will make AM/FM's advertising system obsolete. The majority would rather pay for no/few commercials than music that's interupted after 5 songs or talk shows that need breaks every 10 minutes. Opie and Anthony on XM do a four hour show with almost no breaks, and it's taken off so well XM is using them to compete against $500 Stern.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the allure of Cable TV when it was introduced in the late 70's? I've never been much into TV, and didn't get cable til I hit my mid 30's, but I seem to remember that a lack of commercials was part of what you paid for.
Even more simply, because people will pay it, somebody, somewhere (actually groups of somebodies) find it an acceptable price. If they keep raising the price, sales will drop off and it will come back down.
Now explain to me why I have to pay $12.49 - $21.95 for a single CD that cost under a $1?
You don't! The only thing you "have" to pay are taxes, but that's a whole different can of worms. In short, nobody has placed a gun to your head and ordered you to buy music, you've done it of your own free will. If you find it an unacceptable price, write the record label, whine to your priest, steal it (and accept the consequences) or suck it up and pay.
I would not mind if the artists saw $5 of that cost. But usually they are lucky if they see.25 cents
Again, there's no gun to your head, vote with your pocket and don't buy it...
While that may be the idea, the ideal is somewhat different. If I may quote, for a minute.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. "
There is a fundamental difference between providing something like Healthcare/Police/Fire
By the same measure, I'm amazed that you can equate those three items as equals. Imo, the only proper duty of the state is basic law enforcement - protecting people from physical attacks by others and protecting personal property. Basic law enforcement is used to protect rights, the others are entitlements and should not be the realm of the state.
why is there a "public defender's office"... why don't they just have all defense attorneys in the public defenders pool? Your number comes up you do it no questions asked.
Because the 6th amendment* in the bill of rights only covers criminal trials, not civil trials. I assume that most open source cases are civil matters.
*Yes, I intentionally made this US centric since that was the subject of the article.
Like that advice for high school article if I could have told my self something 10 years ago it would be "don't get into computer jobs no matter how fun you think they are! Get a finance, accounting or management degree, screw CS!"...The IT industry sucks souls
Rule #1: Don't get into anything you don't enjoy because you think it will make you rich.
As for your b-school suggestions, that's my background: BS in accounting, MS in management. Believe me, Big-4 (is it 4 these days) accounting is a bigger death march than any development job in the valley, with worse pay, more stress, and a phenominal burn out rate. Typically 80% of the new hires will be gone in two years, out of public accounting. They take their CPA certificates and the requisite two years experience and head off to a life of drudgery in some corporate accounting office. Those that skip the big-4 route head directly to that grind.
Personally, I love having the b-school background and experience. I've been a consultant and OO developer the last 8 years and understanding how the suits work makes me all the more valuable. While some doors are closed due to my lack of an engineering background, many others are open thanks to the business experience.
Not to be rude, but if your resume resembles either of the web pages listed in your header (seeberfamily.org or informationr.us) than I'm not surprised you had such a poor search. The latter site is at least readable, not something I could say for the former. My completly unsolicited advice, take it or leave it as you wish, get yourself to the local community college that offers career building courses and get your CV checked out by somebody with an objective view.
machine guns were made illegal under Reagon in 1986.
A quick clarification - Class III / NFA weapons (machine guns, short barreled shotguns) made previous to 1986 are legal to own, buy, and sell. They require a $200 tax stamp from the BATF and the approval of local law enforcement. There are several other subtleties as to what part of the gun is registered but that's a whole other OT thread...
What St. Ronald of Reagan did was close the registry - any NFA firearm made after 1986 can only be sold to the military, law enforcement, or certain dealers as samples. Since parts are included in that ban, once the existing ones wear out, they're gone. It also explains why an MP-5, for instance, starts at $5,000 for a poor example and the 5 digit mark for better ones...
We could probably go around on this for weeks, we may have to just disagree here...
but I will never agree with anyone besides the law carrying a firearm.
This one I couldn't let slide, if there were ever a group who should be legally barred from owning firearms, it's law enforcement. Most street cops I've met don't have the self control, the maturity, or the intelligence to handle weapons, and quite frankly cops with guns scare me more than any other group.
I guess I'm just too Northern for you people...
This I don't understand, too urban maybe, as most city dwellers would tend to agree with you - just look at the red vs blue counties. I've noticed that gun ownership is more popular in the west than the east, but so is ski ownership, there are way more venues for both whether for hunting or recreation.
Actually I'm talking about my father, who insists that his SSN needs to be printed on his check.
Now I understand. There was a store in the area a few years ago that was demanding my ssn be written on any checks they took. I've no idea if they still do, I left my things on the counter and walked...
You're right, it's crazy to print that. Unfortunately it may take a case of ID theft to get him to stop.
Congrats on dodging the credit system, I'm working my way in that direction (a whole lot harder when you bit into it hook, line and sinker...)
One time this kid walked into my property to get his soccer ball. He obviously ignored the "No Trespassing, Private Property Sign" because I even told him to get off when he came on once before.
I shot him in the head. His mother tried to sue me, but it was trespassing and the kid shouldn't have been on my property, so she had nothing. What a stupid peice of shit. Me and my buddies laugh about it to this very day.
I hate replying to trolls, but more than that, I detest that this is how we* allow ourselves to be portrayed by the anti-gun crowd.
Look jackass, tomorrow is another school day. Stop sleeping through English class, maybe something useful will enter that thick skull. Don't like firearms? Fine, don't buy one, that freedom goes both ways, but if this is all you have to contribute than stfu.
*We being the 90%+ of the gun owning population that are responsible.
Now if I could just figure out how to talk these old timers to drop the SSN number they want labeled on their checks..
Is this a store, or some other company you deal with voluntarily? Drop them if they won't drop the SSN issue - find someone else to deal with. Let them know why, and give them a chance to change the policy, but dump them and stick to it...
especially for a person in a household with kids. Locking your gun and storing it in a locked safe is good, but having your gun which will not fire if one of your kids gets ahold of it is even better,
Why rely on a hardware interlock to protect your kids? So they find your pistol and have a grand time pointing it at each other, they're "safe" because of the interlock, right? What happens at a friends house, someone who has firearms without the interlock (Of course it won't be the end of that for a few generations since there's -a lot- of guns out there already.
)?
I was brought up around firearms, as were my brothers and most of my friends. Dad's service revolver was loaded and in an accessible location from the time I was young. Was it a miracle all three of us made it to adulthood? Far from it, we were taken out at a young age, shown what it can do, and taught how to safely handle all manners of firearms. 25 years later, those habits are so deeply ingrained as to be involunatary - like breathing or swallowing. I'm only nervous around firearms when someone else, someone that I don't know well (most cops I've met), with unknown or outright dangerous habits are handling firearms.
The point of the above ramble is that those who are safest with firearms are the ones who were exposed to them early and often, those who learned a respect for them from a young age. People who keep them stashed away, or worse, rely on mechanical devices, are setting their offspring up for a huge incident.
What we need more is to make sure that these computerized sensors can't be _hacked_ to alter who has the authority to use the weapon. Unauthorized use is only good if you can keep the criminals from using stolen weapons (or purchased on the black market).
What we need is to get this law overturned and reclaim our rights that were guaranteed under the 2nd amendment. Crippled weapons like these will only serve to get their owners killed or maimed due to a failure at the critical moment.
Not to worry, law enforcement and the military will not be issued "smart guns", there will certainly be a loophole for them to use non-enabled (crippled) weapons.
Now if I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd ponder the mandating of smart guns, the issue of EMP devices to police (to stop car chases) and the need for revolt.
($1500 is a lot of money for little people). I think there is currently work going on for porting this to postgres though.
$1500 is a lot for individuals, it's also would cover one consultant-day to cover the implementation - if the consultant came in late, left early and took a long lunch...
Seriously, I've worked everywhere from a 20 man shop up through some of the big software and hardware manufacturer's and $1,500 is noise, an almost trivial amount...
For example, in the US higher education is not free,
Nowhere in the world is higher education free. While there are countries where students do not get a tuition bill in the mail, they are paying for it in the form of taxation, whether they benefit from it or not...
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Sabbatical
January 2002 - September 2004 Paris, France
I maintained my skill set by working on small and personal projects, expanding my knowledge of networking, software development and system administration.
And had no problems or negative remarks about my time off. Closer to your situation, when I was finishing grad school and needed some technical experience, I included the grad asst I worked in the identical manner. Once I had some real experience that entry dropped off, but it worked at the time.
What makes me nervous about calling 911 from a cell phone is that where it's routed differs by state (or used to).
When I lived in Ohio (left in the mid 90's), all cell 911 calls were routed to the highway patrol who would determine your location and route to the proper authority. Your response time was based on the dispatcher's knowledge of the area you were in.
Contrast that with Colorado, where the County Sheriff for the location of the tower you connected to handles the call. The only time I've ever had to dial 911 was in the mountains, south western Jefferson County (sw of Denver) and was surprised as hell when I was connected to a Gilpin County dispatcher (One county north, 30 or so miles away). Unfortunately, she was just as confused as I was and it was almost 5 minutes to establish that she needed to transfer me to the right department. Now I know, if I every have to dial 911 the first words out of my mouth will be "I need XXX county".
Guess the lesson here is, find out exactly how emergency cell service works.
IIRC, google Meese, Reagan, and some combination of "porn" - that'll tell you all you need to know.
No, you have health care which is paid through mandatory contribution (taxes), you don't see a bill from the doctor, but it is most certainly not free.
I'll go so far as to say that if you're of average health, and just visit the dr for a checkup once per year, you have the world's most expensive health care package.
Well... we got free healthcare too.
No, you have healthcare which is paid for by collecting tax dollars, it is certainly not free. In fact, if you're of average health and see the dr once a year for a checkup, you have the worlds most expensive health care.
Yes, actually there are some who do that. It's the same at the local level, where some lawyers pay interns to stand at the local police station photocopying accident forms.
not that HP doesn't deserve, but that's not my point.
So this person voluntarily entered into a contract with HP (well, with a subcontractor of HP), with the understanding that she would be paid X dollars in exchange for Y hours work, with no additional compensation expected on either side. Fast forward a couple years and now we're supposed to let her renegotiate the contract BACKDATED TO THE START because she's changed her mind? Screw that, it's called a learning experience, next time take a FT job, not a contract.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the allure of Cable TV when it was introduced in the late 70's? I've never been much into TV, and didn't get cable til I hit my mid 30's, but I seem to remember that a lack of commercials was part of what you paid for.
Even more simply, because people will pay it, somebody, somewhere (actually groups of somebodies) find it an acceptable price. If they keep raising the price, sales will drop off and it will come back down.
Now explain to me why I have to pay $12.49 - $21.95 for a single CD that cost under a $1?
You don't! The only thing you "have" to pay are taxes, but that's a whole different can of worms. In short, nobody has placed a gun to your head and ordered you to buy music, you've done it of your own free will. If you find it an unacceptable price, write the record label, whine to your priest, steal it (and accept the consequences) or suck it up and pay.
I would not mind if the artists saw $5 of that cost. But usually they are lucky if they see .25 cents
Again, there's no gun to your head, vote with your pocket and don't buy it...
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. "
'nuff said...
By the same measure, I'm amazed that you can equate those three items as equals. Imo, the only proper duty of the state is basic law enforcement - protecting people from physical attacks by others and protecting personal property. Basic law enforcement is used to protect rights, the others are entitlements and should not be the realm of the state.
Because the 6th amendment* in the bill of rights only covers criminal trials, not civil trials. I assume that most open source cases are civil matters.
*Yes, I intentionally made this US centric since that was the subject of the article.
Rule #1: Don't get into anything you don't enjoy because you think it will make you rich.
As for your b-school suggestions, that's my background: BS in accounting, MS in management. Believe me, Big-4 (is it 4 these days) accounting is a bigger death march than any development job in the valley, with worse pay, more stress, and a phenominal burn out rate. Typically 80% of the new hires will be gone in two years, out of public accounting. They take their CPA certificates and the requisite two years experience and head off to a life of drudgery in some corporate accounting office. Those that skip the big-4 route head directly to that grind.
Personally, I love having the b-school background and experience. I've been a consultant and OO developer the last 8 years and understanding how the suits work makes me all the more valuable. While some doors are closed due to my lack of an engineering background, many others are open thanks to the business experience.
Not to be rude, but if your resume resembles either of the web pages listed in your header (seeberfamily.org or informationr.us) than I'm not surprised you had such a poor search. The latter site is at least readable, not something I could say for the former. My completly unsolicited advice, take it or leave it as you wish, get yourself to the local community college that offers career building courses and get your CV checked out by somebody with an objective view.
A quick clarification - Class III / NFA weapons (machine guns, short barreled shotguns) made previous to 1986 are legal to own, buy, and sell. They require a $200 tax stamp from the BATF and the approval of local law enforcement. There are several other subtleties as to what part of the gun is registered but that's a whole other OT thread...
What St. Ronald of Reagan did was close the registry - any NFA firearm made after 1986 can only be sold to the military, law enforcement, or certain dealers as samples. Since parts are included in that ban, once the existing ones wear out, they're gone. It also explains why an MP-5, for instance, starts at $5,000 for a poor example and the 5 digit mark for better ones...
Thank you for stating so clearly that which I lack the eloquence to...
We could probably go around on this for weeks, we may have to just disagree here...
but I will never agree with anyone besides the law carrying a firearm.
This one I couldn't let slide, if there were ever a group who should be legally barred from owning firearms, it's law enforcement. Most street cops I've met don't have the self control, the maturity, or the intelligence to handle weapons, and quite frankly cops with guns scare me more than any other group.
I guess I'm just too Northern for you people...
This I don't understand, too urban maybe, as most city dwellers would tend to agree with you - just look at the red vs blue counties. I've noticed that gun ownership is more popular in the west than the east, but so is ski ownership, there are way more venues for both whether for hunting or recreation.
Now I understand. There was a store in the area a few years ago that was demanding my ssn be written on any checks they took. I've no idea if they still do, I left my things on the counter and walked...
You're right, it's crazy to print that. Unfortunately it may take a case of ID theft to get him to stop.
Congrats on dodging the credit system, I'm working my way in that direction (a whole lot harder when you bit into it hook, line and sinker...)
I hate replying to trolls, but more than that, I detest that this is how we* allow ourselves to be portrayed by the anti-gun crowd.
Look jackass, tomorrow is another school day. Stop sleeping through English class, maybe something useful will enter that thick skull. Don't like firearms? Fine, don't buy one, that freedom goes both ways, but if this is all you have to contribute than stfu.
*We being the 90%+ of the gun owning population that are responsible.
Is this a store, or some other company you deal with voluntarily? Drop them if they won't drop the SSN issue - find someone else to deal with. Let them know why, and give them a chance to change the policy, but dump them and stick to it...
I've been ranting on this topic all night...
Why rely on a hardware interlock to protect your kids? So they find your pistol and have a grand time pointing it at each other, they're "safe" because of the interlock, right? What happens at a friends house, someone who has firearms without the interlock (Of course it won't be the end of that for a few generations since there's -a lot- of guns out there already. )?
I was brought up around firearms, as were my brothers and most of my friends. Dad's service revolver was loaded and in an accessible location from the time I was young. Was it a miracle all three of us made it to adulthood? Far from it, we were taken out at a young age, shown what it can do, and taught how to safely handle all manners of firearms. 25 years later, those habits are so deeply ingrained as to be involunatary - like breathing or swallowing. I'm only nervous around firearms when someone else, someone that I don't know well (most cops I've met), with unknown or outright dangerous habits are handling firearms.
The point of the above ramble is that those who are safest with firearms are the ones who were exposed to them early and often, those who learned a respect for them from a young age. People who keep them stashed away, or worse, rely on mechanical devices, are setting their offspring up for a huge incident.
What we need is to get this law overturned and reclaim our rights that were guaranteed under the 2nd amendment. Crippled weapons like these will only serve to get their owners killed or maimed due to a failure at the critical moment.
Not to worry, law enforcement and the military will not be issued "smart guns", there will certainly be a loophole for them to use non-enabled (crippled) weapons.
Now if I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd ponder the mandating of smart guns, the issue of EMP devices to police (to stop car chases) and the need for revolt.
$1500 is a lot for individuals, it's also would cover one consultant-day to cover the implementation - if the consultant came in late, left early and took a long lunch...
Seriously, I've worked everywhere from a 20 man shop up through some of the big software and hardware manufacturer's and $1,500 is noise, an almost trivial amount...
Nowhere in the world is higher education free. While there are countries where students do not get a tuition bill in the mail, they are paying for it in the form of taxation, whether they benefit from it or not...