This, from my own perspective, is true. I do this myself, more then I'd like to admit, and not always on purpose. I don't know what it is, but my personality seems to change depending on the people around me, sometimes without even me realising it. I consider it to be a type of defence mechanism, since I was a shy geeky type as a kid. I was always told by adults "Don't do that" or "Don't act like that around people", even though the rules seemed to constantly change. So I got good at adapting to social situations by standing back and watching how people are behaving, and mimicking they're behavior the best I can. It was the best way I found to fit into social groups. I also found I enjoyed it too, because of the amazing variety of topics discussed. I like talking about everything from geek stuff to cars and greasemonkey stuff to politics to the womens movement...anything and everything. I can form an opinion on most topics fairly quickly, by hearing what others have to say first.
Now don't get me wrong...I'm not a sychophant. I don't necessarily agree with people have to say about a topic, even if I know less about it then people around me. And especially not just to fit in by handing over my backbone. I have my own morals and principles that I check everything I hear against, as I'm sure most people do. But while talking to people, I try to debate or converse about a subject in the same way as other people around me. Most of the time. You do have to stand out a bit and show you are different, but you don't want to do it in such a way as to make everyone turn away from you.
I think this type of behaviour is prevelent in our society. It's our way of "fitting in". Not everyone does it. Not everyone can do it. Not everyone wants to do it, because they truly want to be unique. But I believe most people just want to fit in and be a part of society. Some people are just better at making it look like they're the leader...
Whoops...I guess I did screw up as people have pointed out. Ah well. Enron, WorldCom, whatever...people with way too much money and power. Oh, and a fat head to contain their swollen egos...
Or, if McDonalds sue Burger King because the whopper is similar.
Wouldn't that be Burger King suing McDonalds because the Big Xtra is really a Whopper in disguise? I guess it wouldn't matter...McDonalds could probably sue over the Big King anyways.
But the big boys know they can fight in the courts for years with each other. Fighting against it's own consumers to prevent bad reviews or "top secret recipes" from getting out would be handle very quickly since no one could really put up a fight. But unlike some businesses, I don't think they are stupid enough to do that. Mostly because there are still too many disadvantages to suing your consumers. But, as consumers, we should be fighting to keep those disadvantages stable, which includes fighting for free speech to say all those things they don't like...
I've seen AMD and P4 Shuttle systems that are that size. They may not reach the under 12 CM size boards that VIA are starting to make, but mini boards are available for AMD and P4.
And how do you suppose you'd just do it before learning HOW to do it? This might be a great book for those who want to try things, but don't know where to start. I've personally had a lot of exposure to electronics since my father was an electronics engineer. I understand very basic concepts, I know how to solder, but that's about it. I'd love to get something that will show me step-by-step how to build these things that I have in my head, or at least steps I can take and do my own thing with them. I have the curiosity and desire, I just don't know where to start...
Obviously, you have never taken a Pacific Challenge. Pacific Real Draft, as far as I can tell, use to be made by the Brick Brewery. But they don't show it on they're site, so this is about my only proof.
This was a contest in my college bar. It was thought up by the bartenders to get rid of the 2 year old Pacific they had in their fridge. It was so crappy that they only bought two cases of it, and they still had about 40 by the time this started. Basically, we'd play pool, and the loser had to chug a bottle of this crap. I myself drank about a dozen of those things. I swear, it was like giving Old Jenny Rottencrotch a full tongue bath. They gave away the beer for free, since they'd make it back in the shots of SoCo I'd buy to get rid of the taste. The only upside was that my pool game improved dramatically...
As a testiment to this, I will vouch that this does solve the problem a lot of the time. At least for me. I've had CD-ROM drives, modems, VCRs, and god knows what else just stop working. And all I've done is take it apart, look at it, put it back together, and it will mysteriously start working again. I can't explain it. Many times I just take the cover off and that's it. Haven't tried it with a hard drive yet, but it's worth a shot and risks relatively little. And it's probably a really good idea to use a clean room, but if you don't have access to one then work with what you've got.
Man...this is the type of system I've been waiting for. Personally, I'd love to get a system like this for those times when I'm sitting on the bus or at the coffee shop, and I get the sudden inspirations for whatever project I'm coding. Somehow just writing the idea on a piece of paper doesn't seem work when I get home to code it. By that time, the exact idea I was thinking of is gone. Of course I'd like to have a full sized keyboard for serious work, but for getting an idea down quickly this would be perfect.
Other uses I can think of...movies and TV shows on the run(plenty of HD space, should have just enough CPU power to play most DivX files). Research and reading on the run(I wish the screen did fold back like a tablet, but take what you can get I guess). And well...chicks dig geeks with cool toys. It means they have money(or like to pretend they do...whatever works).
Ah...you see, I thought he was installing it by letting it download itself, not from a LiveCD like he replied. It's about the only reason I haven't tried Gentoo yet. But now I'll have to look around for the LiveCD. Thanks...
Now I am a rather liberal kind of person, and have absolutely no problems with different kinds of relationships. But you really have to wonder about the blue-connected-to-blue-connected-to-pink in the top left-hand corner...
Right...so you believe it's OK for people to discriminate against you for not having a degree as opposed to not being able to program. I see. So instead of bucking the trend and showing employers that you are just as qualified if not more then someone with a degree, you just spend the ungodly amount of money to get your degree. A degree does not mean you can program, or that you can enter into a group and get the information you need to do your job, or even that you can tie your bloody shoe laces. A degree just means you had the time and money get it, not how much you know or how good you are. And THAT is what I want employers to understand....
This is also the major reason that I rarely hire someone without a degree.
Every time I hear this argument, I have to laugh. I usually get a little upset and disappointed too, because it is one of the most inaccurate indicators of talent. I do not have a degree. I went to what most people would consider a community college. I took a three year programmer/analyst course. I learned how to program. That's right...I didn't learn a language, I learned how to program. Since it was a business programming course, I also learn the entire process from analysis and talking with clients to coding and making a finished product, but I want to focus on the programming.
Point is that when I was looking for a job (especially at job fairs), I would talk to a rep and get along fairly well. I'd find out that they work in (for example) C++ connecting to an Oracle database to record data from something. Then they ask me where I went to school, and as soon as I said the college everything changed. It was like I was no longer capable of understanding him anymore. Not in their eyes anyways. It didn't matter that I just finished my final project in C++. Or that the course has been highly regarded by many companies. I didn't have a degree, which obviously meant I wasn't smart enough. Meanwhile, university CS students, who for the most part study math and do little work on an actual computer, are being hired for jobs they are not qualified for. Sure, you want an OS written, maybe some drivers, maybe a new memory management system for an embedded device...hire a CS student. Use the knowledge they learn for what it was meant for. You want an order entry/inventory system that will also write out your accounting information to the appropriety format for your bank/accountant/wife...hire me....
I assume that you know about technology since you're on/., but would you really trust your money to a chip? This was tested by Mondex in Guelph Ontario. And I guess it just wasn't ready, not for here anyways. Even though things like this and Speedpass are trying to become mainstream (with Speedpass having more luck), I personal am still a little reluctent to give up my cold hard cash.
As a side note, I just learned that the Electronic Frontier Canada is located about 3 blocks away from me...
I was making minimum wage at Subway. I've spent the last three years getting experience on an AS400 system that is currently being replaced. The new system is PeopleSoft, but I haven't gotten to do any development yet. If I hadn't taken this job three years ago, I would have taken the job I was offered three months after I started working here, which would have been more money plus VB and web work, but I didn't because I decided to stick it out here to see if things would get better. If I had taken that job, however, I would have been end-dated about 6 months ago because they've been cutting jobs. I would probably have a new job by now because I would have had good experience in web development, and I'd probably be making about $20K more a year then I do now. But we'll never know if that would have happened. It might not have happened that way, but I can't really see it being much worse. After doing this job, I'm seriously considering going back to school for a different career.
I took this job about 6 months after I graduated. I was slinging subs at Subway at the time, so I was desperate. It's a well established insurance company, not a startup, but it's just as bad. I got the whole "This is what you start at (~$30K), and if you do well then you'll be promoted" story. Three years later, I'm still making less then most of my friends from college started at. About the only thing I can do is keep working for the experience and look for another job elsewhere. But it's not easy...the work I'm doing can't really be applied to any other industry, so I'm doing side projects for experience. Take it from someone with experience. Do what you have to in order to survive, but think carefully about your future before you take that job...
Remember...this is RIAA math. You know, the ones who "uncovered a piracy ring with 421 CD-ROM burners" in New York. This probably is (and no, I haven't RTFA, I'm just guessing) a count of audio files only. And not just any audio files...music audio files of full length songs. Unless they find a snippet of one of their recordings, then they'll count it. So when you consider only audio files of full length songs and audio samples of copywritten songs, then 90% probably isn't an inaccurate estimate.
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This, from my own perspective, is true. I do this myself, more then I'd like to admit, and not always on purpose. I don't know what it is, but my personality seems to change depending on the people around me, sometimes without even me realising it. I consider it to be a type of defence mechanism, since I was a shy geeky type as a kid. I was always told by adults "Don't do that" or "Don't act like that around people", even though the rules seemed to constantly change. So I got good at adapting to social situations by standing back and watching how people are behaving, and mimicking they're behavior the best I can. It was the best way I found to fit into social groups. I also found I enjoyed it too, because of the amazing variety of topics discussed. I like talking about everything from geek stuff to cars and greasemonkey stuff to politics to the womens movement...anything and everything. I can form an opinion on most topics fairly quickly, by hearing what others have to say first.
Now don't get me wrong...I'm not a sychophant. I don't necessarily agree with people have to say about a topic, even if I know less about it then people around me. And especially not just to fit in by handing over my backbone. I have my own morals and principles that I check everything I hear against, as I'm sure most people do. But while talking to people, I try to debate or converse about a subject in the same way as other people around me. Most of the time. You do have to stand out a bit and show you are different, but you don't want to do it in such a way as to make everyone turn away from you.
I think this type of behaviour is prevelent in our society. It's our way of "fitting in". Not everyone does it. Not everyone can do it. Not everyone wants to do it, because they truly want to be unique. But I believe most people just want to fit in and be a part of society. Some people are just better at making it look like they're the leader...
Whoops...I guess I did screw up as people have pointed out. Ah well. Enron, WorldCom, whatever...people with way too much money and power. Oh, and a fat head to contain their swollen egos...
Let's draw attention to this smoking gun, shall we?
Great idea! I can't wait until the The Smoking Gun gets a hold of Darl's mugshots. They did such a great job with the Enron guy...
Wouldn't that require SCO to have money left over after this is done?
Or, if McDonalds sue Burger King because the whopper is similar.
Wouldn't that be Burger King suing McDonalds because the Big Xtra is really a Whopper in disguise? I guess it wouldn't matter...McDonalds could probably sue over the Big King anyways.
But the big boys know they can fight in the courts for years with each other. Fighting against it's own consumers to prevent bad reviews or "top secret recipes" from getting out would be handle very quickly since no one could really put up a fight. But unlike some businesses, I don't think they are stupid enough to do that. Mostly because there are still too many disadvantages to suing your consumers. But, as consumers, we should be fighting to keep those disadvantages stable, which includes fighting for free speech to say all those things they don't like...
I've seen AMD and P4 Shuttle systems that are that size. They may not reach the under 12 CM size boards that VIA are starting to make, but mini boards are available for AMD and P4.
This was found after 2 seconds with Google.
How many people using Linux are forced to pay for upgrading?
And how do you suppose you'd just do it before learning HOW to do it? This might be a great book for those who want to try things, but don't know where to start. I've personally had a lot of exposure to electronics since my father was an electronics engineer. I understand very basic concepts, I know how to solder, but that's about it. I'd love to get something that will show me step-by-step how to build these things that I have in my head, or at least steps I can take and do my own thing with them. I have the curiosity and desire, I just don't know where to start...
Obviously, you have never taken a Pacific Challenge. Pacific Real Draft, as far as I can tell, use to be made by the Brick Brewery. But they don't show it on they're site, so this is about my only proof.
This was a contest in my college bar. It was thought up by the bartenders to get rid of the 2 year old Pacific they had in their fridge. It was so crappy that they only bought two cases of it, and they still had about 40 by the time this started. Basically, we'd play pool, and the loser had to chug a bottle of this crap. I myself drank about a dozen of those things. I swear, it was like giving Old Jenny Rottencrotch a full tongue bath. They gave away the beer for free, since they'd make it back in the shots of SoCo I'd buy to get rid of the taste. The only upside was that my pool game improved dramatically...
As a testiment to this, I will vouch that this does solve the problem a lot of the time. At least for me. I've had CD-ROM drives, modems, VCRs, and god knows what else just stop working. And all I've done is take it apart, look at it, put it back together, and it will mysteriously start working again. I can't explain it. Many times I just take the cover off and that's it. Haven't tried it with a hard drive yet, but it's worth a shot and risks relatively little. And it's probably a really good idea to use a clean room, but if you don't have access to one then work with what you've got.
Man...this is the type of system I've been waiting for. Personally, I'd love to get a system like this for those times when I'm sitting on the bus or at the coffee shop, and I get the sudden inspirations for whatever project I'm coding. Somehow just writing the idea on a piece of paper doesn't seem work when I get home to code it. By that time, the exact idea I was thinking of is gone. Of course I'd like to have a full sized keyboard for serious work, but for getting an idea down quickly this would be perfect.
Other uses I can think of...movies and TV shows on the run(plenty of HD space, should have just enough CPU power to play most DivX files). Research and reading on the run(I wish the screen did fold back like a tablet, but take what you can get I guess). And well...chicks dig geeks with cool toys. It means they have money(or like to pretend they do...whatever works).
Ah...you see, I thought he was installing it by letting it download itself, not from a LiveCD like he replied. It's about the only reason I haven't tried Gentoo yet. But now I'll have to look around for the LiveCD. Thanks...
Right then. So I guess we won't get to see you for about the next three weeks....
Now I am a rather liberal kind of person, and have absolutely no problems with different kinds of relationships. But you really have to wonder about the blue-connected-to-blue-connected-to-pink in the top left-hand corner...
I know there's gotta be a "Strong enough for a man..." joke in there somewhere...
Right...so you believe it's OK for people to discriminate against you for not having a degree as opposed to not being able to program. I see. So instead of bucking the trend and showing employers that you are just as qualified if not more then someone with a degree, you just spend the ungodly amount of money to get your degree. A degree does not mean you can program, or that you can enter into a group and get the information you need to do your job, or even that you can tie your bloody shoe laces. A degree just means you had the time and money get it, not how much you know or how good you are. And THAT is what I want employers to understand....
This is also the major reason that I rarely hire someone without a degree.
Every time I hear this argument, I have to laugh. I usually get a little upset and disappointed too, because it is one of the most inaccurate indicators of talent. I do not have a degree. I went to what most people would consider a community college. I took a three year programmer/analyst course. I learned how to program. That's right...I didn't learn a language, I learned how to program. Since it was a business programming course, I also learn the entire process from analysis and talking with clients to coding and making a finished product, but I want to focus on the programming.
Point is that when I was looking for a job (especially at job fairs), I would talk to a rep and get along fairly well. I'd find out that they work in (for example) C++ connecting to an Oracle database to record data from something. Then they ask me where I went to school, and as soon as I said the college everything changed. It was like I was no longer capable of understanding him anymore. Not in their eyes anyways. It didn't matter that I just finished my final project in C++. Or that the course has been highly regarded by many companies. I didn't have a degree, which obviously meant I wasn't smart enough. Meanwhile, university CS students, who for the most part study math and do little work on an actual computer, are being hired for jobs they are not qualified for. Sure, you want an OS written, maybe some drivers, maybe a new memory management system for an embedded device...hire a CS student. Use the knowledge they learn for what it was meant for. You want an order entry/inventory system that will also write out your accounting information to the appropriety format for your bank/accountant/wife...hire me....
How about silver instead?
I assume that you know about technology since you're on /., but would you really trust your money to a chip? This was tested by Mondex in Guelph Ontario. And I guess it just wasn't ready, not for here anyways. Even though things like this and Speedpass are trying to become mainstream (with Speedpass having more luck), I personal am still a little reluctent to give up my cold hard cash.
As a side note, I just learned that the Electronic Frontier Canada is located about 3 blocks away from me...
I was making minimum wage at Subway. I've spent the last three years getting experience on an AS400 system that is currently being replaced. The new system is PeopleSoft, but I haven't gotten to do any development yet. If I hadn't taken this job three years ago, I would have taken the job I was offered three months after I started working here, which would have been more money plus VB and web work, but I didn't because I decided to stick it out here to see if things would get better. If I had taken that job, however, I would have been end-dated about 6 months ago because they've been cutting jobs. I would probably have a new job by now because I would have had good experience in web development, and I'd probably be making about $20K more a year then I do now. But we'll never know if that would have happened. It might not have happened that way, but I can't really see it being much worse. After doing this job, I'm seriously considering going back to school for a different career.
I can vouch for this personally...
I took this job about 6 months after I graduated. I was slinging subs at Subway at the time, so I was desperate. It's a well established insurance company, not a startup, but it's just as bad. I got the whole "This is what you start at (~$30K), and if you do well then you'll be promoted" story. Three years later, I'm still making less then most of my friends from college started at. About the only thing I can do is keep working for the experience and look for another job elsewhere. But it's not easy...the work I'm doing can't really be applied to any other industry, so I'm doing side projects for experience. Take it from someone with experience. Do what you have to in order to survive, but think carefully about your future before you take that job...
If you really loved your parents, you'd have sent them here...
Remember...this is RIAA math. You know, the ones who "uncovered a piracy ring with 421 CD-ROM burners" in New York. This probably is (and no, I haven't RTFA, I'm just guessing) a count of audio files only. And not just any audio files...music audio files of full length songs. Unless they find a snippet of one of their recordings, then they'll count it. So when you consider only audio files of full length songs and audio samples of copywritten songs, then 90% probably isn't an inaccurate estimate.
...when we finally got that low res porn we wondered why we had bothered...
I think I speak for many of us when I say I've never wondered why I've downloaded porn.