Wind will not be the way of the future. This plant needs 1000 people to produce 420mw of power in a year. San Onofre Nuclear power station produces 2400mw of power (1200 per reactor) and while I can't see the number of people employed there, I'm guessing it isn't much more than 1000 people either. With a negligible carbon footprint and insignificant risk of meltdown (I used to live nearby, was never worried). Oh and San Onofre doesn't care if the wind stops blowing...
If this keeps up, don't be surprised if your electric bill triples people.
Let's look at their IP most of which is centered around OpenServer and UnixWare, is anyone out there using those much anymore? Last time I checked we were all on any other Unix variant but those.
Other than IP we can look at their hard assets, I suppose they can just keep selling furniture and computers until it's just Darl working out of his garage again, but let's be real SCO doesn't have much left anywhere anyways...
Microsoft has been doing this in a fashion for a little while. Look at the Microsoft Certified Master and Microsoft Certified Architect programs. The Master program is a real class that you take, complete with exams and simulations to take. The architect program typically has you appear in front of a peer review board to get your certification. They're great programs that I'm considering going through, but the price tags are a bit steep for both, and you need to clear some time/additional money to travel to Redmond (if you're not already there) for these certifications.
To Move from Santa Ana, CA to near Denver, CO (I.E. about 1000 miles closer to Yellowstone then before). Oh well been nice knowing you all...either that or is it time for that Mexican vacation yet?
I did something probably few Slashdotters have done this week, subscribed to a newspaper. The local rag in my area runs $60/yr and had fairly decent content so figured it was worth it.
The way I see it, any content, online or offline that's worth paying for will still get my money.
Fun to play, engaging, they might learn something...
If you could cough up a few bucks I'd say go for one of the paid Civilization games as well (probably II or III) which are likely cheap on the secondhand market these days, or maybe you could write the publisher and ask really nice for some free licenses (doubt though, but they are older games...)
EVERY primary e-commerce solution should have a fail safe for the credit card processor going down. Some suggestions:
1) Storing information offline until processor is back up (might be issues with data retention and privacy though)
2) A warm backup credit card processor ready to go (heck even if it's just a paypal account)
3) Phone number contact to complete the order (may or may not have the staff for this, depends on volume)
4) Last resort, a friendly message offering to store the order sans credit card until provider is back up...
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and if the livelihood of my business depended on it you better be damn well sure I'll have my application ready to crunch each of these factors manually in determining shipping cost...it's terminally stupid to do otherwise...
My bad, I do need to RTFA a little closer. So yeah then she's in a heap of trouble. I still wonder whether it's enough punishment to let her be ostracized anyways by the professors though. Perhaps just refuse formal punishement on the grounds that she's gonna suffer enough already? Then again that argument has never held up well in court:-p
Really, you'd think someone in the apparently non-existent risk management departments would ask "what if the USPS Servers went down?" Hopefully the answer wasn't simply "we're screwed."
In any third party connection for an application I've built, I typically consider the implications of such web service/outside API going down, even if I label it "non vital, don't worry about it" to "have a backup plan". Oh well, no sympathies here
Admittedly this is a different issue than the Spam we all know and love. As it is relevant to university interests and fails certanily the "commercial" aspect of the unsolicited commercial email challenge. One can argue that it is solicited as well as professors may implicitly agree to receive email from anyone in the university on a potentially relevant matter to them, such as the time the students get to know the university before they face the professors.
However it is disruptive and annoying like most Spam. Especially if done en masse. The student needed to consider the ethical and moral issues behind what she did and failed to do so.
Maybe the answer to this is to just refrain from any tangible punishment by the university. Chances are this student will now be embarassed in front of many of these professors and will get ostracized accordingly. Would you want to take a class from a professor who's inbox you've been disrupting after all? Let this student just suffer her own punishment from society now.
Stole the words right out of my mouth. Notwithstanding any legal issues in this case, you really think you can go up against your former company's established product, with an army of management and sales goons that may actually know something about the customer? Good luck, glad I'm not playing venture capital here.
The Germans were close but would probably lack sufficient Uranium (amongst other resources) in time before the end to finish anything. The Japanese were still a ways off.
The fact that according to this chart, the country in Africa most adapted to IPv6 is Nigeria. Guess those scamsters are getting more sophisticated daily, or maybe the 400k this woman gave them upgraded a few routers.
You do bring up a point Mr. AC, but in the end it still boils down to 2 classifications as I think and refine my view.
Those who want to get out of prison and make something out of life; in your instance it's the junkie that would like to make a normal life if he could kick that habit once and for all.
Those who are career criminals (in your instance, they also do drugs or it's the drugs that make them that way).
You can also sub-classify within as simply A) A$$hole or B) Non-A$$hole
Either way I'd just rather not see those who have bad intents with a computer (the A$$holes) simply not be allowed near them.
Well there's 2 sides to this coin, on the one hand you have inmates who are remorseful for what they did and eager to re-enter society. These people indeed I have no problem spending my taxpayer dollars on to fund computers and other devices to let them stay in tuned with the world.
But most of your types in State Prison? The hardcore, those who have no intention of leaving or functioning normally in society. Whom would view a computer and say "what kind of improvised weapon can I make to better make someone's life hell and/or kill them?" They're a$$holes pure in simple.
The trick is to separate one from the other here and fund accordingly...
Well unlike any other institute that has threatened to re-write the rules of cyberspace, they're probably that institution with the largest amount of (nuclear and conventional) weapons that has threatened to do so. So does that give them the right?:-p
Employees have enough distractions as is (the Internet in the office...), but you want to give them all a game console? If your company is publicly traded, let me know so I can sell now if I have any....
Well there's 2 things going on here. The ones from the dealer are generally not a scam per se. Typically not recommended that you buy an extended warranty, but if you buy a warranty from the dealer then have a claim, you're likely to get paid on your claim (or at the least have a return address to pursue further action with).
Now when you buy an extended warranty outside of the dealer, you enter a shady place. Oftentime these extended warranty dealers are little more than crooks who look for every reason to not pay a claim, and duck every attempt to file a claim (giving invalid addresses, phone numbers, etc.). Basically just outright scams...
Indeed a cert isn't the total picture of an employee. I certainly would look for other things. However to specifically exclude certs could mean a big loss of talent.
Excellent point and amen to "keep reading", I'd like to add that (current) certifications are at least a good way to show you've read the latest and greatest out there and if you need to demonstrate this, go out and get some industry specific certs (I.E. Microsoft if you're a.NET programmer, Sun's certs if you're a Java programmer,etc.). Though a cert is by no means a substitute for genuine programming knowledge.
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Wind will not be the way of the future. This plant needs 1000 people to produce 420mw of power in a year. San Onofre Nuclear power station produces 2400mw of power (1200 per reactor) and while I can't see the number of people employed there, I'm guessing it isn't much more than 1000 people either. With a negligible carbon footprint and insignificant risk of meltdown (I used to live nearby, was never worried). Oh and San Onofre doesn't care if the wind stops blowing...
If this keeps up, don't be surprised if your electric bill triples people.
Let's look at their IP most of which is centered around OpenServer and UnixWare, is anyone out there using those much anymore? Last time I checked we were all on any other Unix variant but those.
Other than IP we can look at their hard assets, I suppose they can just keep selling furniture and computers until it's just Darl working out of his garage again, but let's be real SCO doesn't have much left anywhere anyways...
Microsoft has been doing this in a fashion for a little while. Look at the Microsoft Certified Master and Microsoft Certified Architect programs. The Master program is a real class that you take, complete with exams and simulations to take. The architect program typically has you appear in front of a peer review board to get your certification. They're great programs that I'm considering going through, but the price tags are a bit steep for both, and you need to clear some time/additional money to travel to Redmond (if you're not already there) for these certifications.
To Move from Santa Ana, CA to near Denver, CO (I.E. about 1000 miles closer to Yellowstone then before). Oh well been nice knowing you all...either that or is it time for that Mexican vacation yet?
I did something probably few Slashdotters have done this week, subscribed to a newspaper. The local rag in my area runs $60/yr and had fairly decent content so figured it was worth it.
The way I see it, any content, online or offline that's worth paying for will still get my money.
While a great idea, I'm sure "legal" is a requirement as well, so unless he's willing to buy licenses for these hundreds of games, forget it :-/
Fun to play, engaging, they might learn something...
If you could cough up a few bucks I'd say go for one of the paid Civilization games as well (probably II or III) which are likely cheap on the secondhand market these days, or maybe you could write the publisher and ask really nice for some free licenses (doubt though, but they are older games...)
EVERY primary e-commerce solution should have a fail safe for the credit card processor going down. Some suggestions:
1) Storing information offline until processor is back up (might be issues with data retention and privacy though)
2) A warm backup credit card processor ready to go (heck even if it's just a paypal account)
3) Phone number contact to complete the order (may or may not have the staff for this, depends on volume)
4) Last resort, a friendly message offering to store the order sans credit card until provider is back up...
and if the livelihood of my business depended on it you better be damn well sure I'll have my application ready to crunch each of these factors manually in determining shipping cost...it's terminally stupid to do otherwise...
My bad, I do need to RTFA a little closer. So yeah then she's in a heap of trouble. I still wonder whether it's enough punishment to let her be ostracized anyways by the professors though. Perhaps just refuse formal punishement on the grounds that she's gonna suffer enough already? Then again that argument has never held up well in court :-p
Really, you'd think someone in the apparently non-existent risk management departments would ask "what if the USPS Servers went down?" Hopefully the answer wasn't simply "we're screwed."
In any third party connection for an application I've built, I typically consider the implications of such web service/outside API going down, even if I label it "non vital, don't worry about it" to "have a backup plan". Oh well, no sympathies here
Admittedly this is a different issue than the Spam we all know and love. As it is relevant to university interests and fails certanily the "commercial" aspect of the unsolicited commercial email challenge. One can argue that it is solicited as well as professors may implicitly agree to receive email from anyone in the university on a potentially relevant matter to them, such as the time the students get to know the university before they face the professors.
However it is disruptive and annoying like most Spam. Especially if done en masse. The student needed to consider the ethical and moral issues behind what she did and failed to do so.
Maybe the answer to this is to just refrain from any tangible punishment by the university. Chances are this student will now be embarassed in front of many of these professors and will get ostracized accordingly. Would you want to take a class from a professor who's inbox you've been disrupting after all? Let this student just suffer her own punishment from society now.
Stole the words right out of my mouth. Notwithstanding any legal issues in this case, you really think you can go up against your former company's established product, with an army of management and sales goons that may actually know something about the customer? Good luck, glad I'm not playing venture capital here.
The Germans were close but would probably lack sufficient Uranium (amongst other resources) in time before the end to finish anything. The Japanese were still a ways off.
Too bad the kids wouldn't be eligible yet after 2020, I'd like to start a whole dynasty going.
The fact that according to this chart, the country in Africa most adapted to IPv6 is Nigeria. Guess those scamsters are getting more sophisticated daily, or maybe the 400k this woman gave them upgraded a few routers.
You do bring up a point Mr. AC, but in the end it still boils down to 2 classifications as I think and refine my view.
You can also sub-classify within as simply A) A$$hole or B) Non-A$$hole
Either way I'd just rather not see those who have bad intents with a computer (the A$$holes) simply not be allowed near them.
Well there's 2 sides to this coin, on the one hand you have inmates who are remorseful for what they did and eager to re-enter society. These people indeed I have no problem spending my taxpayer dollars on to fund computers and other devices to let them stay in tuned with the world.
But most of your types in State Prison? The hardcore, those who have no intention of leaving or functioning normally in society. Whom would view a computer and say "what kind of improvised weapon can I make to better make someone's life hell and/or kill them?" They're a$$holes pure in simple.
The trick is to separate one from the other here and fund accordingly...
Well unlike any other institute that has threatened to re-write the rules of cyberspace, they're probably that institution with the largest amount of (nuclear and conventional) weapons that has threatened to do so. So does that give them the right? :-p
Employees have enough distractions as is (the Internet in the office...), but you want to give them all a game console? If your company is publicly traded, let me know so I can sell now if I have any....
Well there's 2 things going on here. The ones from the dealer are generally not a scam per se. Typically not recommended that you buy an extended warranty, but if you buy a warranty from the dealer then have a claim, you're likely to get paid on your claim (or at the least have a return address to pursue further action with).
Now when you buy an extended warranty outside of the dealer, you enter a shady place. Oftentime these extended warranty dealers are little more than crooks who look for every reason to not pay a claim, and duck every attempt to file a claim (giving invalid addresses, phone numbers, etc.). Basically just outright scams...
Your right, my apologies for my wonderful Engrish :-) for some reason I always thought it was Blaze with the accent over the "e" but what can I say.
Do you guys plan on answering the rest of the interview questions (make this one first) like the last interview we were given at Blizzard?
Just want to know now so I can tune out of the rest of the questions if the answer is "yes". Thanks for the help Blizzard!
Indeed a cert isn't the total picture of an employee. I certainly would look for other things. However to specifically exclude certs could mean a big loss of talent.
Excellent point and amen to "keep reading", I'd like to add that (current) certifications are at least a good way to show you've read the latest and greatest out there and if you need to demonstrate this, go out and get some industry specific certs (I.E. Microsoft if you're a .NET programmer, Sun's certs if you're a Java programmer ,etc.). Though a cert is by no means a substitute for genuine programming knowledge.