how can it be ethical to earn that much for doing so little. I can't imagine they'd put too much hours into finding you a job. You can tell i've never used headhunters but i knew a girl 3 years ago who was a recruitment consultant and earned slightly more than i did, though i had spent 8 years in university to do that, and a few degrees. Needless to say it made me feel intensely uncomfortable how much money she made with so little qualifications and i tended to avoid the topic.
sorry for seeming cynical, but it matters less than it seems. I think in the real world if you care about education then what matters is the certification, a piece of paper that you can show to others, that's why many seem willing to pay hundreds or thousands for one or few days of courses about things they already know about or they could figure out by just reading a book, just so that they can add a certificate to their resume. Otherwise, if you're not the kind of person who relies on certificates, then school education might be superfluous and of little use, Bill Gates and Ellison are just examples, and many others will tell you school education is for drones.
i listened to it a few times but i can't figure out what bradley is saying in the "next remark"... i could only hear something like "blah blah log-off"... what did he say? and what was "the hidden meaning"?
i think bill gates was a little surprised with this and could figure out for a moment what the implication was. My guess is that he might've been either too distracted and absent-minded that the sudden attention and laughs with him being the focus of attention surprised him, or that he didn't know what the implication was 'cos i think a likely misunderstanding was that many accused microsoft of profiting from the inventions of others or that others invent things and microsoft steals them. After all the anti-trust case and "freedom to innovate" was still sore at the time.
I don't think he got the idea that the reason he made it famous was that windows crashed so often that everyone had to use ctrl-alt-delete.
His response was "I just coded the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence. Bill Gates made it famous." The implication wasn't intentional, but the look on Bill's face was priceless.
haha i just got the joke; i've known about this for a couple of years or so but i didn't realize what "the implication" was in that. It means that windows crashes so often that ctrl-alt-delete bacame so necessary and famously used.
here's another pic of this baby, i love it Just look at the guy riding it, it looks extremely comfortable; fat tyres, nice sitting posture, and high enough and wide enough handles. It also has automatic transmission, so all you gotta do is just ride and enjoy the ride. It's obviously fast. It's got a quiet, highly efficient engine that's a marvel of Honda's design. It's got solid, sturdy steel frame structure. It's just way so cool.
i really don't understand this whole fascination with the segway, i can't think of any other product that generated as much buzz for no otherwise good reason as this.
Just tell me, in what way is a segway better than a Honda Ruckus for example? I, myself, if given a choice between a segway and a honda ruckus, i would definintely take the ruckus. First of all, it's well established technology, it'll fill up anywhere, and it'll take you a long way on a tank, and you can fix it almost wherever you want. It's not particularly noisy, not the modern machines. It's extremely reliable, i'd totally be willing to take one to commute to work and make it on time, around town and do some shopping, on a highway, up a mountain and into the wood, along a beach strip, or heck, i can even go on an around-the-world forest-gump-style trip on one, i swear, it's that reliable. It's also fast enough, and flexible, it'll negotiate almost any reasonable terrain. It's also seems more comfortable, you actually SIT DOWN on it rather than commute standing up. As for the segway, it's damn slow, i just find it bizarre that some people say they commute to work on one, and also for some reason i feel it'd emarrass me a lot to be seen on a segway. I also find the Ruckus cooler in a no-nonsense way.
The segway is just damn not practical as a commuting machine. I am yet to understand why postal workers or other public workers for examples were purchased segways rather than a honda ruckus which costs less than third the price. I realize that some people might argue that it's a machine that can be used inside buildings, but, i just think that's way too silly. Just walk dude, and if you have a problem with comfort get a pair of Birkenstocks. If you have a problem with walking then maybe you'll also likely to have a problem with standing up for the length of your journey. Can anyone give me a reason that makes sense why segways, at their current price, make any sense?
The only recorded fatality from a meteor was an Egyptian dog that had the bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in 1911.
Seven decades later, scientists recognised the dog had been struck by a meteorite from Mars.
poor doggie:-\... struck down by a mean meteorite.
I just wonder how they knew in 1911 what it was that hit him.
And, ultimately, isn't that as valid a path as anything else you could choose?
NO!! it isn't. No amount of technology will change this; regardless of how poor or wealthy you are, regardless of whether it's 2003AD or 10,000BC, regardless of whatever, the best time you'll ever have will be an intimate night with someone you love and who loves you (argh, just realized how cheesy, however true, this sounds).
This is the ultimate dilemma for many; ambition versus the mating/nesting instinct.
i'm sorry but you're a little mistaken here about the "centuries" thing; most records are kept for a max of 6 years except a few ones where it makes sense to keep them for longer, and those are few. Some records are only kept for a year.
How often does your engine oil require refilling? And how far can you go on an engine with low oil?
eh i can tell you about that... my engine failed 'cos i procrastinated refilling the oil after i'd seen the low oil indicator and thought "i'll do it after this trip".
i'm not sure how long but it's not long enough, and it leaves you feeling like a dumbass.
those of you who were into shell extensions for windows 9x might remember a shell, i think it was called geoshell, it's still around though now it looks different; well, in the summer of 2000, that's exactly how geoshell looked.
"The $100m legal action involves Joshua Buckner, 14, and his stepbrother William, 16, from Newport, Tennessee..."
The game is clearly certified as R-rated or over-18. It is clearly not designed for youngsters.
This is yet another outrageously frivolous lawsuit where parents sue someone else for their ignorance of most basic parental responsibility; supervision! What's most outrageous about it that they want a $100m! so kill a man and earn a $100m! now talk about predatory attorneys who have no idea what the connection between law and ethics is. Those parents are no different from those who feed their kids junk food 'cos they can't be bothered to prepare healthy food then sue mcdonald's for making their kids obese.
Such parents shouldn't have kids if they're not prepared to look after them, are willing to blame someone else and willing to shamelessly seek to profit from lousy parenting!
Those profiteering attorneys deserve midaeval style torture, that'll teach them something about the basics of human morality and societal responsibility.
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Am i the only one with a dirty mind or does the name "the large hardon collider" sound a little inappropriate?
Press: so... what's the name of your new supercomputer?
PR: the large hardon collider
Press: the large hard on collider??!!
PR: yes
if this guy makes as much money, can people not sue him? i'm surprised no predatory lawyers launched a case against him yet.
whoaaaa
30% of first year salary?!!!!
how can it be ethical to earn that much for doing so little. I can't imagine they'd put too much hours into finding you a job. You can tell i've never used headhunters but i knew a girl 3 years ago who was a recruitment consultant and earned slightly more than i did, though i had spent 8 years in university to do that, and a few degrees. Needless to say it made me feel intensely uncomfortable how much money she made with so little qualifications and i tended to avoid the topic.
sorry for seeming cynical, but it matters less than it seems. I think in the real world if you care about education then what matters is the certification, a piece of paper that you can show to others, that's why many seem willing to pay hundreds or thousands for one or few days of courses about things they already know about or they could figure out by just reading a book, just so that they can add a certificate to their resume. Otherwise, if you're not the kind of person who relies on certificates, then school education might be superfluous and of little use, Bill Gates and Ellison are just examples, and many others will tell you school education is for drones.
i listened to it a few times but i can't figure out what bradley is saying in the "next remark"... i could only hear something like "blah blah log-off"... what did he say? and what was "the hidden meaning"?
well i had read about it before in news and now that i've seen the video and that i saw how bill gates reacted i get the joke.
i think bill gates was a little surprised with this and could figure out for a moment what the implication was. My guess is that he might've been either too distracted and absent-minded that the sudden attention and laughs with him being the focus of attention surprised him, or that he didn't know what the implication was 'cos i think a likely misunderstanding was that many accused microsoft of profiting from the inventions of others or that others invent things and microsoft steals them. After all the anti-trust case and "freedom to innovate" was still sore at the time.
I don't think he got the idea that the reason he made it famous was that windows crashed so often that everyone had to use ctrl-alt-delete.
His response was "I just coded the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence. Bill Gates made it famous." The implication wasn't intentional, but the look on Bill's face was priceless.
haha i just got the joke; i've known about this for a couple of years or so but i didn't realize what "the implication" was in that. It means that windows crashes so often that ctrl-alt-delete bacame so necessary and famously used.
what is the african subcontinent? i never heard of that
here's another pic of this baby, i love it
Just look at the guy riding it, it looks extremely comfortable; fat tyres, nice sitting posture, and high enough and wide enough handles. It also has automatic transmission, so all you gotta do is just ride and enjoy the ride. It's obviously fast. It's got a quiet, highly efficient engine that's a marvel of Honda's design. It's got solid, sturdy steel frame structure. It's just way so cool.
damn you Soviet Russia jokers... I heard someone on CNN starting a sentence with "In Russia..." and i reflexly got the reaction i get on slashdot.
i really don't understand this whole fascination with the segway, i can't think of any other product that generated as much buzz for no otherwise good reason as this.
Just tell me, in what way is a segway better than a Honda Ruckus for example? I, myself, if given a choice between a segway and a honda ruckus, i would definintely take the ruckus. First of all, it's well established technology, it'll fill up anywhere, and it'll take you a long way on a tank, and you can fix it almost wherever you want. It's not particularly noisy, not the modern machines. It's extremely reliable, i'd totally be willing to take one to commute to work and make it on time, around town and do some shopping, on a highway, up a mountain and into the wood, along a beach strip, or heck, i can even go on an around-the-world forest-gump-style trip on one, i swear, it's that reliable. It's also fast enough, and flexible, it'll negotiate almost any reasonable terrain. It's also seems more comfortable, you actually SIT DOWN on it rather than commute standing up. As for the segway, it's damn slow, i just find it bizarre that some people say they commute to work on one, and also for some reason i feel it'd emarrass me a lot to be seen on a segway. I also find the Ruckus cooler in a no-nonsense way.
The segway is just damn not practical as a commuting machine. I am yet to understand why postal workers or other public workers for examples were purchased segways rather than a honda ruckus which costs less than third the price. I realize that some people might argue that it's a machine that can be used inside buildings, but, i just think that's way too silly. Just walk dude, and if you have a problem with comfort get a pair of Birkenstocks. If you have a problem with walking then maybe you'll also likely to have a problem with standing up for the length of your journey. Can anyone give me a reason that makes sense why segways, at their current price, make any sense?
I am sure it must be a fad.
whoa dude... that is the ugliest robot i had ever seen. It's totally the kinda robot you don't wanna encounter in a dark alley somewhere.
I found something about it Including the report of the farmer who witnessed it. Interesting stuff.
The only recorded fatality from a meteor was an Egyptian dog that had the bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in 1911. Seven decades later, scientists recognised the dog had been struck by a meteorite from Mars.
poor doggie
I just wonder how they knew in 1911 what it was that hit him.
maybe i'm not a true geek/nerd, but please explain to me the startrek thing with geeks/nerds.
And, ultimately, isn't that as valid a path as anything else you could choose?
NO!! it isn't. No amount of technology will change this; regardless of how poor or wealthy you are, regardless of whether it's 2003AD or 10,000BC, regardless of whatever, the best time you'll ever have will be an intimate night with someone you love and who loves you (argh, just realized how cheesy, however true, this sounds).
This is the ultimate dilemma for many; ambition versus the mating/nesting instinct.
i'm sorry but you're a little mistaken here about the "centuries" thing; most records are kept for a max of 6 years except a few ones where it makes sense to keep them for longer, and those are few. Some records are only kept for a year.
How often does your engine oil require refilling? And how far can you go on an engine with low oil?
eh i can tell you about that... my engine failed 'cos i procrastinated refilling the oil after i'd seen the low oil indicator and thought "i'll do it after this trip".
i'm not sure how long but it's not long enough, and it leaves you feeling like a dumbass.
those of you who were into shell extensions for windows 9x might remember a shell, i think it was called geoshell, it's still around though now it looks different; well, in the summer of 2000, that's exactly how geoshell looked.
it looks exciting but how can you have a useful PDA in a 128 x 160 screen?!
I hope they'd find a way to make a screen much bigger.
outrageous!
"The $100m legal action involves Joshua Buckner, 14, and his stepbrother William, 16, from Newport, Tennessee..."
The game is clearly certified as R-rated or over-18. It is clearly not designed for youngsters.
This is yet another outrageously frivolous lawsuit where parents sue someone else for their ignorance of most basic parental responsibility; supervision! What's most outrageous about it that they want a $100m! so kill a man and earn a $100m! now talk about predatory attorneys who have no idea what the connection between law and ethics is. Those parents are no different from those who feed their kids junk food 'cos they can't be bothered to prepare healthy food then sue mcdonald's for making their kids obese.
Such parents shouldn't have kids if they're not prepared to look after them, are willing to blame someone else and willing to shamelessly seek to profit from lousy parenting!
Those profiteering attorneys deserve midaeval style torture, that'll teach them something about the basics of human morality and societal responsibility.
Just how outrageous can things get!
'The world's poorest two billion people desperately need healthcare, not laptops,' he said.
How is this off-topic??!!
Bill Gates proves that he's a true visionary whose comments are worthy of respect; just read his opinion about this
hehe... you have some interesting sources/inspirations/examples.