If it's too expensive now - quote it and wait until they'll pay it, because eventually they will.
I do some computer work on the side and charge $30/hour, but (once all is added up) often cut some off the top. I figure that I'm not in the business of giving away my time, but I'm not in the business of gouging customers either.
I've not had anyone complain about the labor expense, by the way.
I think that in 97 or 98 I read that there was a possibility that, if the government couldn't get their act together, they would draft programmers to get them ready to go.
But that's a bummer to get disconnected if you were to need to download stuff like updated antivirus signatures or fixit tools to get the machine back into shape.
I don't disagree with you - a small number of bad actors brought the regulation down on the industry - and I don't think that it's a bad thing.
But when I have a non-technical weenie telling me that the most important thing that we had to do for Y2K was to document everything (as opposed to just doing it), it kind of ticks me off.
If you want to point a finger, point it towards ambulance chasers. They cause insurance rates to skyrocket, followed directly by the cost of healthcare, and you end up with such defense reactions.
Followed by the cost of everyone's health insurance - that's why it goes up by 10-20% per year.
Regulation bites. I work in the banking industry - very, very, very regulated (which is fine from a safety and soundness standpoint - we don't want to revisit the bank failures of the depression).
The worst part of government regulation is when the regulators have to "have something for the report" - that is when they start creeping past the scope of what they're supposed to be trying to do.
For example, with the Year 2000 deal, the government thought that it would be a good idea to mandate that all banks be ready, and then to regulate them as such. For our small bank, my project was more than 50% work for the government in documenting stuff instead of working to make sure that everything was good to go.
I've got a Daktronics time and temperature clock at work (it's got circuits therefore it's like a computer) installed during the early 1980's.
One night, one digit stopped working. In this clock, each digit is controlled by a "small" circuit board with various components on it. A real good sized capacitor blew fried the board. Looked pretty exciting, but did no real lasting damage.
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If it's too expensive now - quote it and wait until they'll pay it, because eventually they will.
I do some computer work on the side and charge $30/hour, but (once all is added up) often cut some off the top. I figure that I'm not in the business of giving away my time, but I'm not in the business of gouging customers either.
I've not had anyone complain about the labor expense, by the way.
Just make sure that you have them do some real work - something, anything - otherwise it will not be deductible to the business.
But that's still got to be a better place than Branson.
Actually, Hell is in southern Missouri. It's also known as Branson.
But if you stood across the border in Minnesota and shot the Canadian, you've committed the crime in Canada(?) and would be extradited.
By being of able body and a citizen of a state makes you part of the militia (but not necessarily a member of the national guard).
They're there because antiwar Democarats are trying to drum up public sentiment against Bush in any way possible.
Don't you understand - it just disappeared!
I'm sure that it did something for the business, even if it was just passed back to the owner.
I think that in 97 or 98 I read that there was a possibility that, if the government couldn't get their act together, they would draft programmers to get them ready to go.
Isn't 802.11 the "physical" layer of the network. IP is still carried over that.
Dude - I don't think the elected officials are the ones he's talking about. Buereaucrats are.
Boy Scouts always taught me to carry a pocket knife, either in your car or pocket, you never know how useful it will be.
Agreed there.
Until they had to re-equip computer labs with hardware that would power that office software with acceptable speed.
You've got to jump through hoops to get grants.
Haven't you seen the commercials - it's got a giant table on the top of a mountain!
But that's a bummer to get disconnected if you were to need to download stuff like updated antivirus signatures or fixit tools to get the machine back into shape.
And it should be a capital crime.
Just say it's "a technical thing - I'll look into it"
I don't disagree with you - a small number of bad actors brought the regulation down on the industry - and I don't think that it's a bad thing.
But when I have a non-technical weenie telling me that the most important thing that we had to do for Y2K was to document everything (as opposed to just doing it), it kind of ticks me off.
Or the family doctor does a quick check before taking a new non-emergency case.
I don't think that this will be used during emergencies - it just doesn't work like that.
If you want to point a finger, point it towards ambulance chasers. They cause insurance rates to skyrocket, followed directly by the cost of healthcare, and you end up with such defense reactions.
Followed by the cost of everyone's health insurance - that's why it goes up by 10-20% per year.
Doctors are just vets who flunked out of vet school - could only handle one species.
Regulation bites. I work in the banking industry - very, very, very regulated (which is fine from a safety and soundness standpoint - we don't want to revisit the bank failures of the depression).
The worst part of government regulation is when the regulators have to "have something for the report" - that is when they start creeping past the scope of what they're supposed to be trying to do.
For example, with the Year 2000 deal, the government thought that it would be a good idea to mandate that all banks be ready, and then to regulate them as such. For our small bank, my project was more than 50% work for the government in documenting stuff instead of working to make sure that everything was good to go.
No - the company is out of South Dakota (I think) and still exists. They make scoreboards and time and temperature signs and stuff like that.
I've got a Daktronics time and temperature clock at work (it's got circuits therefore it's like a computer) installed during the early 1980's.
One night, one digit stopped working. In this clock, each digit is controlled by a "small" circuit board with various components on it. A real good sized capacitor blew fried the board. Looked pretty exciting, but did no real lasting damage.