When I make a gaming rig, I just put Windows on it because that's where the games are.
I agree with you, but that doesn't mean I should be happy about it.
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Although possible, and done, I have a hard time thinking of good reasons to write drivers in higher level or interpeted languages. Besides, most kernels are written in C, makes sense to write drivers in C. When some one trots out a kernel in Python then I'll jump on the systems work in python bandwagon.
Right. Sure, the supernova would affect the entire planet. Problem is, there's not a lot of things left that record the event. The student's hypothesis is still quite valid.
So the effort hrere will be convincing farmers that an antiquated yet fairly reliable system that runs on proprietary hardware should be replaced by a totally reliable system that runs on open software and any hardware and will be continually upgraded for the forseeable future. Yeah, good luck with that.
North American culture is more "protective" of personal comfort and hygiene than most European countries.
You're missing the point a bit, its not a problem with "personal comfort and hygene", nor litigation, its a problem with personal responsibility. The culture is obsessed with finding someone to pin the blame on, rather than instilling any rational sense of personal resposibility for anything. ANYTHING. Nevermind personal responsibility for having caused harm or financial loss. American children are being shown how bad it is for them to raise their hands or ask for ANYTHING, except food. Such people don't make great leaders.
Uh, ok, point taken, but I'm not going to make less money to make a point. Or feel good about myself. I feel pretty reasonable about my life making what I make. Haven't made less than $20/hour for years. I'm ok with this.
Yeah... perhaps I'm not the most frugal of people in the world but I would have a hard time paying all bills and still having cash to put away at 11.00/hour... I would have to give up my car if I wanted to keep a roof over my head. Or I could give up my flat and live in my car I guess.
Linux has been my desktop for years (yeah, I know, I'm one out of the few), but seriously, even with all the complaints (valid or otherwise) I really think the big problem Linux has with the desktop is that its not windows. I'm hoping that will change real soon now.
This is the same country that believes in fan death, btw. That they believe in an anachronistic paternalistic jewish death cult is hardly a stretch I guess.
If you are dead set on working in Asia in an IT role your best bet is to do what has been suggested before and find a US firm willing to send you out there. They simply aren't interested in you unless you can provide a skill they need; ie, native english speaker. I have sent a number of resumes to IT firms in Japan looking for talent and the best I've gotten is a few email exchanges with that stopped cold as soon as they realized I wasn't in Japan. Get an ESL cert and teach English, at least if you're there you have a shot.
Sounds very similar to OMG POP, ostensibly a geek singles site wherein contestants play games for the right to woo the game hoster. Members (free reg) can host "game rooms" populated by up to about 5 or other members, and the "hoster" can pick from a large list of games. Popular is a game very similar to "Draw Something" for smart phones. The problem was, at least for me, even after winning a game it wasn't clear to me how to contact the "hoster", nor how to even know that I was inteterested in the user. These "game rooms" come and go very quickly, so doing research on the "hoster" is a bit of a hurried chore. I quickly grew tired of it opting for more traditional singles sites. Interesting concept but not really practical in my opinion.
On a different, but related note, employers who use a complex task/test to filter out canidates put them selves at a disadvantage for a very similar reason; while looking for gigs I recently was asked by one prospect to build a PHP shopping cart apllication from scratch. After spending several hours on the project I got a call from another prospect whoh just wanted me to jump in and get something done. Guess which employer I picked?
Naw, not so much. Consumers always vote with their wallets on issues like this. It still needs to get sorted, but it will. You can only tell your consumer what, when, and how much only so long. This is why betamax and cds are no longer available. Do you really think the labels would have given up on the cd cash machine if their power was as great as you say?
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Maybe if mac fan boys wouldn't have kept on with the "macs don't get virii" through the years it wouldn't get the press its getting now.
I thought OP's comment rather aprirose myself.
When I make a gaming rig, I just put Windows on it because that's where the games are.
I agree with you, but that doesn't mean I should be happy about it.
Although possible, and done, I have a hard time thinking of good reasons to write drivers in higher level or interpeted languages. Besides, most kernels are written in C, makes sense to write drivers in C. When some one trots out a kernel in Python then I'll jump on the systems work in python bandwagon.
If some bright idiot "somehow" takes away my headless BSD servers we are going to have a problem.
Right. Sure, the supernova would affect the entire planet. Problem is, there's not a lot of things left that record the event. The student's hypothesis is still quite valid.
So the effort hrere will be convincing farmers that an antiquated yet fairly reliable system that runs on proprietary hardware should be replaced by a totally reliable system that runs on open software and any hardware and will be continually upgraded for the forseeable future. Yeah, good luck with that.
No. Your comment is out of the OP's scope.
North American culture is more "protective" of personal comfort and hygiene than most European countries.
You're missing the point a bit, its not a problem with "personal comfort and hygene", nor litigation, its a problem with personal responsibility. The culture is obsessed with finding someone to pin the blame on, rather than instilling any rational sense of personal resposibility for anything. ANYTHING. Nevermind personal responsibility for having caused harm or financial loss. American children are being shown how bad it is for them to raise their hands or ask for ANYTHING, except food. Such people don't make great leaders.
Or live somewhere cheaper.
Uh, ok, point taken, but I'm not going to make less money to make a point. Or feel good about myself. I feel pretty reasonable about my life making what I make. Haven't made less than $20/hour for years. I'm ok with this.
Yeah... perhaps I'm not the most frugal of people in the world but I would have a hard time paying all bills and still having cash to put away at 11.00/hour... I would have to give up my car if I wanted to keep a roof over my head. Or I could give up my flat and live in my car I guess.
Linux has been my desktop for years (yeah, I know, I'm one out of the few), but seriously, even with all the complaints (valid or otherwise) I really think the big problem Linux has with the desktop is that its not windows. I'm hoping that will change real soon now.
Privacy Impact Assessment. Sounds like annoying red tape that will tie up the government for an inconsequential amount of time.
This is the same country that believes in fan death, btw. That they believe in an anachronistic paternalistic jewish death cult is hardly a stretch I guess.
YAY!
Agreed. I think I feel more angry about it than our Canadian friends.
I heard something about a new agency called the "Dance Enforcement Agency" around parliment today. Dismissed it, sounded too absurd....
IBM... who?
If you are dead set on working in Asia in an IT role your best bet is to do what has been suggested before and find a US firm willing to send you out there. They simply aren't interested in you unless you can provide a skill they need; ie, native english speaker. I have sent a number of resumes to IT firms in Japan looking for talent and the best I've gotten is a few email exchanges with that stopped cold as soon as they realized I wasn't in Japan. Get an ESL cert and teach English, at least if you're there you have a shot.
Sounds very similar to OMG POP, ostensibly a geek singles site wherein contestants play games for the right to woo the game hoster. Members (free reg) can host "game rooms" populated by up to about 5 or other members, and the "hoster" can pick from a large list of games. Popular is a game very similar to "Draw Something" for smart phones. The problem was, at least for me, even after winning a game it wasn't clear to me how to contact the "hoster", nor how to even know that I was inteterested in the user. These "game rooms" come and go very quickly, so doing research on the "hoster" is a bit of a hurried chore. I quickly grew tired of it opting for more traditional singles sites. Interesting concept but not really practical in my opinion.
On a different, but related note, employers who use a complex task/test to filter out canidates put them selves at a disadvantage for a very similar reason; while looking for gigs I recently was asked by one prospect to build a PHP shopping cart apllication from scratch. After spending several hours on the project I got a call from another prospect whoh just wanted me to jump in and get something done. Guess which employer I picked?
Rigghhttt....
Ah... excellent point actually...
Ok, let me rephrase that; are you the one hold out buying media on cds?
"guys are wiping out socially with girls and sexually with women"
Great. Where can I meet the throng of women who are missing their soulmate becuase he's off masturbating to gears of war iii?
Naw, not so much. Consumers always vote with their wallets on issues like this. It still needs to get sorted, but it will. You can only tell your consumer what, when, and how much only so long. This is why betamax and cds are no longer available. Do you really think the labels would have given up on the cd cash machine if their power was as great as you say?