That's standard everywhere in the tech industry. If things go bad for one of our customers, I could be up for 48 hours or more. When I started in the industry, I went nine months without a day off. I've never taken a vacation in my life. I typically work 16 hours a day, including weekends. I might get paged at 2am one day and not be able to go back to sleep until 4pm two days later. I may have to be up on an emergency all weekend, then go to work that Monday.
But that's life. That's how things go. I wouldn't mind being paid more for what I do and the time I put in, but hey - the industry blows right now and I'm happy to have a job.
There will never be a discovery (publically at least) of indefinitely life-extending consequence. There will, however, be discoveries that prolong life. But not too much at a time.
If you figure out a way to make people life forever or at least a very long time, you can only make them pay for it once. If you discover a way to make people live an extra decade, they'll pay through the nose for it, eventually die, move on and you'll have a new generation of customers.
It's just like medications and diseases. It's not in the interest of commercialized medicine to research and discover CURES. It's in their interest to research and discover medications that make living with a disease tolerable or prolong your life with the disease rather than eradicate it.
Videogame developers aren't the only technical group that work hard and feel they do not recieve the benefits, vacation, salary and treatment they deserve. Deal with it. You're making VIDEO GAMES. It's not like you're digging ditches for a living.
And high tech will never be unionized. Unions are for blue collar, physical labor work. It's for nurses, boilermakers, grocery store stockers, etc. It's not for people who sit at a desk and manipulate knowledge.
The kind where anyone who performs music or plays for free is unfairly competing with commercial entertainment.
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With pleasure. I've never claimed to be a nerd. I'm a geek. I can turn in my useless nerd membership (that I never asked for) since you little movie-quoting starwars bitches clearly already turned in your manhood membership.
That's interesting, because Sendmail has (for a number of years now, I believe) been configured to deny all relays by default. Same with iMS, SIMS, S1MS, NMS, etc.
Just because people can knock on every door doesn't mean that every door is as insecure as the next. You can knock on every door in a neighborhood, but some will be better constructed and have more secure locks. Still, none prevent one from knocking.
If they're only tracking ping/scan attempts, there is no reason to even include mac/linux in this.
Further, and I know this is a very cliche argument, but why do you think they want to search someone more intensively if they don't show ID? Whether it's the case or not, don't you think the prevailing notion is that they're hiding something?
No. Someone up to no good would use their regular identification (or a good forgery) and not make a scene. Anyway, identification does nothing to prevent terrorist acts in the air. All of the 9/11 guys provided identification and were still allowed on. Someone on file is not going to be the one to board the plane with proper identification - nor are they going to cause a scene when bording.
They need better security. Period. On the plane. Searching my crotch isn't going to protect anything.
Do you think it's appropriate to force people to choose between privacy (not being forced to share their identity) and privacy (not being forced to submit to the groping of breasts and genitals and the probing of the rectum)? Gee, would I rather eat a shit sandwhich or have some piss soup?
Further, what is the point of a more violating search, other than to harass and intimidate the citizen? Because someone shows you a piece of photo identification, they can't possibly have some explosives hidden up their ass?
I think the point being made is that laws which citizens are expected to obey should be public. How can you enforce a law that doesn't (for all intents and purposes) exist? And for that matter, how far can that go? If they can enforce an Stasi-like "may I see your papers please?" law without providing any evidence that such law exists, then what else could they theoretically do? And how could your lawyer defend you against a law that the government claims exists, but doesn't make available anywhere?
Who are these idiots that are being ripped off? I just don't get it. They are basing their belief on nothing but fear-mongering media reports. I do tens of thousands of dollars of business online every year - from groceries and paying bills to buying computer equipment, sending flowers and making donations.
I have never been ripped off in any way whatsoever and the few times I've had problems with a party, VISA has been quick to handle it for me.
Yeah, if you buy stuff on an auction site from a guy in Norway selling laptops through Western Union, you're probably going to get ripped off. But do you really think that Safeway.com, Amazon.com, CDBaby.com or your power and cable company are going to rip you off?!
Keep track of what you buy and keep an eye on your online statements every week and you should be fine. Honestly, it isn't that damn difficult.
The technology has not been advanced enough to the point that hardware can be small enough as to avoid making the wearer look like a complete moron. And, even if we had acheived that point, there isn't much use for 'wearable' computers. Exactly what do you need one for? You can't use a regular GPS and/or PDA to do everything you would need to do while mobile?
What is everyone smoking? I haven't come across a pop-up (I use FireFox) in . . . well, ever. In fact, it has denied 2099 pop-ups in just the last few months. With a 100% success rate.
Most online stores, including Amazon, already take out state sales tax for states that have it. If I order an item to be shipped from Amazon to someone one the other side of the country, Amazon deducts taxes. If I have an item shipped to myself, they don't charge sales tax (obviously, since my state doesn't have sales taxes).
How was B5 overlong? It was five seasons from day one. He had the very last scene of season five in his head before he even shot scene one of season one. It was as long as it was supposed to be; no more no less...
It doesn't matter how good you are. A dead horse is still a dead horse. Bob Hope was an amazing talent, but stayed in the public far too long, for example. You can be great and still fail, if the appetite isn't there for what you're producing.
This is a different world and a different generation. You can't expect the same old formula to work forever and it will take a significant attempt to be able to concoct something that appealed to a large audience, now.
I just think it's unfortunate that it turned out so bad. I like Scott Bakula and was thrilled that he was going to be the next Trek Captain. They squandered a potentially great character and actor on a poor iteration of a tired series. How you could have a show with someone that made Quantum Leap such a success for so long and turn it into absolute crap is beyond me. It's like being given the Dream Team and losing out to a sixth-grade play-ground team.
I only watched two episodes of the most recent series. I couldn't get past the stupid intro music. And the infatuation with the hot vulcan chick was juvinile and uninteresting.
I wasn't that interested in DS9, but from the few episodes I watched, it seemed far superior to Enterprise and Voyager. Voyager has to be the worst. Possibly even worse than the original Star Trek.
Then again, I'm just not a big fan of Star Trek. Or Star Wars. I like my sci-fi a little more X-Files, Farscape, Millenium, Red-Dwarf, Dr. Who, Blake's Seven, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone-ish... When it comes to television, at least.
Not to be a prick, but Star Trek always seemed like "sci fi" for the ditch digger, relaxing in his recliner and sweaty wife-beater, tossing back a beer. Sort of like checkers, instead of chess. TNG was unique, because the characters were typically very interesting and you cared about them. What other Trek characters since the Original are so widely known, besides TNG? That's also why Babylon 5 was so great. Aside from the wonderful story of self-sacrifice, hope and destiny - the characters were compelling.
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That's standard everywhere in the tech industry. If things go bad for one of our customers, I could be up for 48 hours or more. When I started in the industry, I went nine months without a day off. I've never taken a vacation in my life. I typically work 16 hours a day, including weekends. I might get paged at 2am one day and not be able to go back to sleep until 4pm two days later. I may have to be up on an emergency all weekend, then go to work that Monday.
But that's life. That's how things go. I wouldn't mind being paid more for what I do and the time I put in, but hey - the industry blows right now and I'm happy to have a job.
There will never be a discovery (publically at least) of indefinitely life-extending consequence. There will, however, be discoveries that prolong life. But not too much at a time.
If you figure out a way to make people life forever or at least a very long time, you can only make them pay for it once. If you discover a way to make people live an extra decade, they'll pay through the nose for it, eventually die, move on and you'll have a new generation of customers.
It's just like medications and diseases. It's not in the interest of commercialized medicine to research and discover CURES. It's in their interest to research and discover medications that make living with a disease tolerable or prolong your life with the disease rather than eradicate it.
Videogame developers aren't the only technical group that work hard and feel they do not recieve the benefits, vacation, salary and treatment they deserve. Deal with it. You're making VIDEO GAMES. It's not like you're digging ditches for a living.
And high tech will never be unionized. Unions are for blue collar, physical labor work. It's for nurses, boilermakers, grocery store stockers, etc. It's not for people who sit at a desk and manipulate knowledge.
How about the unethical and serious breech of trust by the school, for having put this information online in a way that was proven to be insecure?
We're just all jealous because they get more than one chick. Stop trying to playa' hate.
I just can't figure out why he kidnapped a severely mentally handicapped child.
They needed an OS and they needed it fast. Remember, they had already sold IBM on the idea, signed on to deliver it... and had nothing to show for it.
But you can't get porn.
The kind where anyone who performs music or plays for free is unfairly competing with commercial entertainment.
With pleasure. I've never claimed to be a nerd. I'm a geek. I can turn in my useless nerd membership (that I never asked for) since you little movie-quoting starwars bitches clearly already turned in your manhood membership.
That's interesting, because Sendmail has (for a number of years now, I believe) been configured to deny all relays by default. Same with iMS, SIMS, S1MS, NMS, etc.
Just because people can knock on every door doesn't mean that every door is as insecure as the next. You can knock on every door in a neighborhood, but some will be better constructed and have more secure locks. Still, none prevent one from knocking.
If they're only tracking ping/scan attempts, there is no reason to even include mac/linux in this.
Further, and I know this is a very cliche argument, but why do you think they want to search someone more intensively if they don't show ID? Whether it's the case or not, don't you think the prevailing notion is that they're hiding something?
No. Someone up to no good would use their regular identification (or a good forgery) and not make a scene. Anyway, identification does nothing to prevent terrorist acts in the air. All of the 9/11 guys provided identification and were still allowed on. Someone on file is not going to be the one to board the plane with proper identification - nor are they going to cause a scene when bording.
They need better security. Period. On the plane. Searching my crotch isn't going to protect anything.
Not just a search. A more intensive search.
Do you think it's appropriate to force people to choose between privacy (not being forced to share their identity) and privacy (not being forced to submit to the groping of breasts and genitals and the probing of the rectum)? Gee, would I rather eat a shit sandwhich or have some piss soup?
Further, what is the point of a more violating search, other than to harass and intimidate the citizen? Because someone shows you a piece of photo identification, they can't possibly have some explosives hidden up their ass?
I think the point being made is that laws which citizens are expected to obey should be public. How can you enforce a law that doesn't (for all intents and purposes) exist? And for that matter, how far can that go? If they can enforce an Stasi-like "may I see your papers please?" law without providing any evidence that such law exists, then what else could they theoretically do? And how could your lawyer defend you against a law that the government claims exists, but doesn't make available anywhere?
Slashdot makes DrudgeReport look like thoughtful, unsensational, quality news.
Who are these idiots that are being ripped off? I just don't get it. They are basing their belief on nothing but fear-mongering media reports. I do tens of thousands of dollars of business online every year - from groceries and paying bills to buying computer equipment, sending flowers and making donations.
I have never been ripped off in any way whatsoever and the few times I've had problems with a party, VISA has been quick to handle it for me.
Yeah, if you buy stuff on an auction site from a guy in Norway selling laptops through Western Union, you're probably going to get ripped off. But do you really think that Safeway.com, Amazon.com, CDBaby.com or your power and cable company are going to rip you off?!
Keep track of what you buy and keep an eye on your online statements every week and you should be fine. Honestly, it isn't that damn difficult.
The technology has not been advanced enough to the point that hardware can be small enough as to avoid making the wearer look like a complete moron. And, even if we had acheived that point, there isn't much use for 'wearable' computers. Exactly what do you need one for? You can't use a regular GPS and/or PDA to do everything you would need to do while mobile?
Also, if the country is smaller, their incomes are smaller too.
Yeah, because people in small countries are uneducated and dumb and they don't make anything or export anything, either. *rolls eyes*
What is everyone smoking? I haven't come across a pop-up (I use FireFox) in . . . well, ever. In fact, it has denied 2099 pop-ups in just the last few months. With a 100% success rate.
Most online stores, including Amazon, already take out state sales tax for states that have it. If I order an item to be shipped from Amazon to someone one the other side of the country, Amazon deducts taxes. If I have an item shipped to myself, they don't charge sales tax (obviously, since my state doesn't have sales taxes).
How far away do you believe these things are readable?!
If a paedophile is close enough to read the RFID tag on your kid's student ID (about 18 inches), you have a more urgent problem to be concerned with.
There are 168 hours in a week. 110*44min == 80 hours.
How was B5 overlong? It was five seasons from day one. He had the very last scene of season five in his head before he even shot scene one of season one. It was as long as it was supposed to be; no more no less...
It doesn't matter how good you are. A dead horse is still a dead horse. Bob Hope was an amazing talent, but stayed in the public far too long, for example. You can be great and still fail, if the appetite isn't there for what you're producing.
This is a different world and a different generation. You can't expect the same old formula to work forever and it will take a significant attempt to be able to concoct something that appealed to a large audience, now.
I just think it's unfortunate that it turned out so bad. I like Scott Bakula and was thrilled that he was going to be the next Trek Captain. They squandered a potentially great character and actor on a poor iteration of a tired series. How you could have a show with someone that made Quantum Leap such a success for so long and turn it into absolute crap is beyond me. It's like being given the Dream Team and losing out to a sixth-grade play-ground team.
I only watched two episodes of the most recent series. I couldn't get past the stupid intro music. And the infatuation with the hot vulcan chick was juvinile and uninteresting.
I wasn't that interested in DS9, but from the few episodes I watched, it seemed far superior to Enterprise and Voyager. Voyager has to be the worst. Possibly even worse than the original Star Trek.
Then again, I'm just not a big fan of Star Trek. Or Star Wars. I like my sci-fi a little more X-Files, Farscape, Millenium, Red-Dwarf, Dr. Who, Blake's Seven, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone-ish... When it comes to television, at least.
Not to be a prick, but Star Trek always seemed like "sci fi" for the ditch digger, relaxing in his recliner and sweaty wife-beater, tossing back a beer. Sort of like checkers, instead of chess. TNG was unique, because the characters were typically very interesting and you cared about them. What other Trek characters since the Original are so widely known, besides TNG? That's also why Babylon 5 was so great. Aside from the wonderful story of self-sacrifice, hope and destiny - the characters were compelling.