For those who don't know, this is a line from the movie "Office Space".
Thanks for clearing that up tips. So glad you're around to explain it, otherwise I'd be completely lost in your witty humour. Honestly, about as many slashdotters haven't seen office space, as there are slashdotters with girlfriends.
You can't take things like this personally. If they're outsourcing you, the wheels are already in motion and there's not much you can do to stop them. I have no attachment to my employer. I have an awesome team right now, and I feel loyal to them, but not to the company, but that's what they teach us in Business School.
You have a chance of being outsourced, much like you have a chance of getting into a car accident. Nothing you can do once it happens. Collect your insurance and buy a new ride.
Maybe you're sitting a few cubes over from me, and you don't even know it. But isn't it interesting how we both have time to yak on slashdot all day complaining how our jobs are being outsourced, while our productivity is obviously 0?:)
The sad truth is that, these days, companies are run by accountants and lawyers. These are exactly the people who look at what the money does, and NOT at what happens to the world around.
Nobody seems to care about 10, or 20 years down the road. As long as the cash is on the table NOW, and LOTS of it, all is good.
That couldn't be any more correct. I work for the worlds largest company (or so they tell me) and I think the CEO smokes crack some days. This year he said "If it doesn't generate a profit this year, don't do it." I almost snapped. It's not just people that live day to day, its multi billion dollar corporations too. They'll do anything to save a buck, even if it means sacrafacing something next year. As long as this years bottom line looks good, the cost at achieving it is having a reduced bottom line for the next two years. I proposed a great idea for increasing sales, but it would take a year or two to get the return, and that's just not good enough around here. This is also why all programmers are in a rut. Nobody cares about what happens tommorow, as long as today looks good. If it means outsourcing everything overseas, then so be it. I'm lucky because I had enough foresight to get two degrees, one in computer electronics and one in business admin. Right now i'm in Marketing and all my comp. sci friends are unemployed.
I agree. I believe the goal of American society is to outsource absolutely everything, so that more time and energy can be dedicated to exciting things, like listening to Britney Spears records, eating at McDonalds and watching Survivor.
So why did you say they were hispanics if it's not supposed to matter. Would you have said "In the bed were a group of caucasians and..." no you wouldn't. People like you piss me off.
I don't see how they only got 450 computers for $1 million. That's over 2 grand per computer. You can get four Dell computers for that price. I know it's the government and they like to overpay for stuff, but 4X the price is a bit much! Instead of firing teachers, they should spend some time thinking about how to be more frugal with the little money that they do have.
The original aloha network is quite different actually.
The way the original ALOHA in hawaii worked was that clients with unidirectional antennas would talk to the "Menahune" or omnidirectional antenna in teh middle. The antenna in the middle was the hub. All the antennae around the middle could send signals at any time they pleased, but if two sent a signal at the same time, the hub wouldn't acknowledge which would mean they would need to resend (sort of like modern colissions with ethernet) This meant the packet sizes had to be made really small to minimize colissions. ALOHA also used DDCMP encoding, due to the mandatory header, so that each client could be identified at the HUB.
There was something called "slotted ALOHA" as well, this minimized colissions by having the antenna in the center send out a pulses. The clients could send only between the pulses. THis minimized colissions because one client couldn't interrupt another just as it was nearing the completion of a packet. You could still get colissions but they would be minimal. The slotted aloha system is still used to some degree with sattelite internet connections and seems to work fairly well. The reason this has to be used is that there is no way for one client antenna to know what another client is doing, unlike your run of the mill ethernet which can 'sense' all other carriers on the line, and therefore knows when to shut up so it doesn't interrupt someone elses signal.
ALOHA was the predecessor to WiFi and any other wireless technology back in the grandfather era.
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"Photoshop has performed well on Red Hat, Brooks said. Saving files is faster on Linux than on Mac OS machines also running Photoshop, he said."....and then the mac user said something about "YEAH, but it's better for graphics".. and I had to completely ignore him:)
I use a Energizer rechargeable batteries with the Energizer charger. It takes a long time, 12 hours, as compared to the yellow batteries (Eveready which take 3 to 4 hours) but they last a hell of a lot longer. I mainly use them for my digital camera. I can take about 100 pictures with flash. That to me is a LOT of damn pictures. The charger works with NiMH and NiCd batteries, so it's quite versatile.
I honestly think that regular batteries are a complete fleecing by the industry. There is absolutely no reason to use regular batteries, other than sustaining their growth. If everyone used rechargeables, the market for batteries would diminish quite a bit. If I used Duracells in my camera, I'd have gone through at least 30 pairs of batteries. My charger and the 4 batteries it came with did not cost anywhere near the cost of 30 pairs of regular Duracells. It just shows you different industires can capitalize on on what consumers are used to.
One more thought, all rchargeable AA's are 1.2V (the ones i've seen). Regular AA's are 1.5V. This extra bit of Voltage increases current & makes toys look livelier, thereby it may even seem that rechargeable's are weaker. This is purely done by design. There is no reason to make them 1.2V capable. It has nothing to do with size or the fact they're rechargeable. I think it just supports my theory above.
First they oust Windows in Munich, then they do all kinds of crazy things that are good for the general public such as this. Now They're protecting people's rights. It seems like Germany is the place where all/.ers should move to. Although, then what would you complain about?
I've been sleeping next to noisy computers for most of my life. Back in the BBS era I'd have things download overnight, so I'm rather used to to all the noise. But if I was overly concerned with the noise, I wouldn't really care about the vid. card. There are much noisier components in a system, mainly the powersupply and some hard drives can be quite loud. People are now installing two or three case fans as well, adding to the cunundrum. I really don't think that adding one more noisy object to the mix would change things.
I know that some people spend their fortunes on quiet powersupplies and sound insulation and these cards might be what they're looking for, but for the most part they're a small nieche market.
What's the point of putting th's at the end of a word? Maybeth weth shouldth putth th's atth theth endth ofth allth wordsth. Stuffth wouldth beth tenth timesth moreth funth.
Bell's Sympatico service is honestly the worst. I switched to Rogers cable because I absolutely despised them. Not to mention the 10GB cap on transfers which Rogers doesn't have. I'm really hoping some of the local DSL providers will step up to the plate and force Bell to change their ways.
This deregulation should force Bell to drop the 10GB limit, or at least up it to something more reasonable. A SuSE distro can be 7 CD's and there goes 1/2 of your transfer.. WTF? It should also give their customers a choice, because Cable is unbearably slow in some areas and technically isn't a viable option.
Another strike for the good guys. Now if the CRTC could only deregulate Cable TV so I have a choice where my money goes and allow me to watch US Network TV over the web via services like jumpTV and then I'll be completely happy.
I'm Canadian, so I'll try to be neutral on this issue. I know for a fact that the British are quite advanced, especially when it comes to their rampant cellphone use. The cell networks in Britain are a lot more developed than in North America. SMS in Britain is the biggest thing since the Big Ben.
On the other hand however, just because your school is 'older than my country' doesn't make it any better than my school, which was established in 1911. Granted that your school has history, that's all fine and dandy, but really what does that have to do with technology of today?
I don't know if you noticed, but that carchase involved 99.5% GM vehicles, mostly Intrigues, Regals, Suburbans, Montanas and obviously the CTS and Escalade ESV. I can't recall any overseas GM brands though. I only noticed one Taurus and one Civic in the whole thing. It's obvious product placement by GM, and an answer to young kids who go gaga over imports a la Fast and the Furious...although I don't blame GM. North American brands are not seen as cool anymore, let's hope things like this work for them. It seems to do wonders for the imports.
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I'm at GM. But I migh as well be at GE, CA or BP, does it really matter?
You can't take things like this personally. If they're outsourcing you, the wheels are already in motion and there's not much you can do to stop them. I have no attachment to my employer. I have an awesome team right now, and I feel loyal to them, but not to the company, but that's what they teach us in Business School. You have a chance of being outsourced, much like you have a chance of getting into a car accident. Nothing you can do once it happens. Collect your insurance and buy a new ride.
Maybe you're sitting a few cubes over from me, and you don't even know it. But isn't it interesting how we both have time to yak on slashdot all day complaining how our jobs are being outsourced, while our productivity is obviously 0? :)
And they both got their ideas from Apple
I agree. I believe the goal of American society is to outsource absolutely everything, so that more time and energy can be dedicated to exciting things, like listening to Britney Spears records, eating at McDonalds and watching Survivor.
Can you explain it?
So why did you say they were hispanics if it's not supposed to matter. Would you have said "In the bed were a group of caucasians and..." no you wouldn't. People like you piss me off.
you'd hope he's an intelligent fellow, seeing as he's a doctor and all...
I don't see how they only got 450 computers for $1 million. That's over 2 grand per computer. You can get four Dell computers for that price. I know it's the government and they like to overpay for stuff, but 4X the price is a bit much! Instead of firing teachers, they should spend some time thinking about how to be more frugal with the little money that they do have.
The original aloha network is quite different actually.
:)
The way the original ALOHA in hawaii worked was that clients with unidirectional antennas would talk to the "Menahune" or omnidirectional antenna in teh middle. The antenna in the middle was the hub. All the antennae around the middle could send signals at any time they pleased, but if two sent a signal at the same time, the hub wouldn't acknowledge which would mean they would need to resend (sort of like modern colissions with ethernet) This meant the packet sizes had to be made really small to minimize colissions. ALOHA also used DDCMP encoding, due to the mandatory header, so that each client could be identified at the HUB.
There was something called "slotted ALOHA" as well, this minimized colissions by having the antenna in the center send out a pulses. The clients could send only between the pulses. THis minimized colissions because one client couldn't interrupt another just as it was nearing the completion of a packet. You could still get colissions but they would be minimal. The slotted aloha system is still used to some degree with sattelite internet connections and seems to work fairly well. The reason this has to be used is that there is no way for one client antenna to know what another client is doing, unlike your run of the mill ethernet which can 'sense' all other carriers on the line, and therefore knows when to shut up so it doesn't interrupt someone elses signal.
ALOHA was the predecessor to WiFi and any other wireless technology back in the grandfather era.
Hope you enjoyed the history lesson
A professional artist said "Photoshop has performed well on Red Hat, Brooks said. Saving files is faster on Linux than on Mac OS machines also running Photoshop, he said." ....and then the mac user said something about "YEAH, but it's better for graphics".. and I had to completely ignore him :)
I use a Energizer rechargeable batteries with the Energizer charger. It takes a long time, 12 hours, as compared to the yellow batteries (Eveready which take 3 to 4 hours) but they last a hell of a lot longer. I mainly use them for my digital camera. I can take about 100 pictures with flash. That to me is a LOT of damn pictures. The charger works with NiMH and NiCd batteries, so it's quite versatile. I honestly think that regular batteries are a complete fleecing by the industry. There is absolutely no reason to use regular batteries, other than sustaining their growth. If everyone used rechargeables, the market for batteries would diminish quite a bit. If I used Duracells in my camera, I'd have gone through at least 30 pairs of batteries. My charger and the 4 batteries it came with did not cost anywhere near the cost of 30 pairs of regular Duracells. It just shows you different industires can capitalize on on what consumers are used to. One more thought, all rchargeable AA's are 1.2V (the ones i've seen). Regular AA's are 1.5V. This extra bit of Voltage increases current & makes toys look livelier, thereby it may even seem that rechargeable's are weaker. This is purely done by design. There is no reason to make them 1.2V capable. It has nothing to do with size or the fact they're rechargeable. I think it just supports my theory above.
First they oust Windows in Munich, then they do all kinds of crazy things that are good for the general public such as this. Now They're protecting people's rights. It seems like Germany is the place where all /.ers should move to. Although, then what would you complain about?
DAMN, $150, and that's US. I don't have that kind of cash! Good thing i'm used to loud computers
I've been sleeping next to noisy computers for most of my life. Back in the BBS era I'd have things download overnight, so I'm rather used to to all the noise. But if I was overly concerned with the noise, I wouldn't really care about the vid. card. There are much noisier components in a system, mainly the powersupply and some hard drives can be quite loud. People are now installing two or three case fans as well, adding to the cunundrum. I really don't think that adding one more noisy object to the mix would change things.
I know that some people spend their fortunes on quiet powersupplies and sound insulation and these cards might be what they're looking for, but for the most part they're a small nieche market.
What's the point of putting th's at the end of a word? Maybeth weth shouldth putth th's atth theth endth ofth allth wordsth. Stuffth wouldth beth tenth timesth moreth funth.
Bell's Sympatico service is honestly the worst. I switched to Rogers cable because I absolutely despised them. Not to mention the 10GB cap on transfers which Rogers doesn't have. I'm really hoping some of the local DSL providers will step up to the plate and force Bell to change their ways. This deregulation should force Bell to drop the 10GB limit, or at least up it to something more reasonable. A SuSE distro can be 7 CD's and there goes 1/2 of your transfer.. WTF? It should also give their customers a choice, because Cable is unbearably slow in some areas and technically isn't a viable option. Another strike for the good guys. Now if the CRTC could only deregulate Cable TV so I have a choice where my money goes and allow me to watch US Network TV over the web via services like jumpTV and then I'll be completely happy.
I'm Canadian, so I'll try to be neutral on this issue. I know for a fact that the British are quite advanced, especially when it comes to their rampant cellphone use. The cell networks in Britain are a lot more developed than in North America. SMS in Britain is the biggest thing since the Big Ben. On the other hand however, just because your school is 'older than my country' doesn't make it any better than my school, which was established in 1911. Granted that your school has history, that's all fine and dandy, but really what does that have to do with technology of today?
I don't know if you noticed, but that carchase involved 99.5% GM vehicles, mostly Intrigues, Regals, Suburbans, Montanas and obviously the CTS and Escalade ESV. I can't recall any overseas GM brands though. I only noticed one Taurus and one Civic in the whole thing. It's obvious product placement by GM, and an answer to young kids who go gaga over imports a la Fast and the Furious...although I don't blame GM. North American brands are not seen as cool anymore, let's hope things like this work for them. It seems to do wonders for the imports.