It's up there with, why should we hire you instead of someone else?
Or even better "Name your 5 weaknesses"
The 5 weaknesses questions is really a trick question to get you to name your problems without resolve.
That's why you state the 5 problems that you worked with as your five strengths seeing that you were able to overcome those obstacles.
Nevertheless the hiring of someone else question is another trap question. You can really turn it around on the company that is interviewing you to show how much of a mistake it is to pick another candidate as an employee. Also, you can take those same weakness, that another employee could have as a strength yet lacks a more important trait that you have, and use it as firepower.
You have to be the rogue that disarms traps, goes stealth and reuse them on the soon-to-be employer.
Think about what you just said. Macs cost more than PCs. WHY would anyone buy a Mac to run Windows when you can buy a Dell, HP or Gateway for half the price?
Someone had to shell out the money to be able to do it in the first place. Once it was discovered that it was possible many more bought them just to be able to do so. Besides, I don't need to argue this point, I can just post the logs from all the "smack" talk I get from my friends who already have done this.
Poor folks definitely care about price. Wal-Mart recently placed a very cheap Linux powered computer for sale on their website and had many complaints when the customers found out they couldn't run Windows programs on it. So they'll care about price to a point, but they still need the device to be functional for their needs.
Have you ever shopped at Aldi's? Aldi's sells laptops from $200 to $400 that run Windows XP.
We all know there's more programs available for Windows. Whats really news is ever since Apple switched to Intel processors allowing virtualization of Windows and more importantly the video games that run on it Apple's Mac market share has been taking off like gangbusters.
The only market share they are taking away from is Dell, HP and Gateway. If people are buying Macbooks just to load up Linux and Windows XP in reality it is benefiting Windows and Linux.
Regular people value good products that work well. They don't care about the GPL, they don't care about open standards, they don't care about copyleft or 'sharing with your neighbor'
Yet they care about price. If anyone is going to be purchasing computers in the masses for a lower price it will be the lower class. You won't see these numbers because those computers are being bought at small front end stores.
Schwaang states he trusts NoScript but hates how it goes to their website after every update. Mozilla Foundation does not control the makers of NoScript.
BonziBuddy?? Really??
Why would you mention the most famous spyware on the planet in on sentence with mplayer?
I have to ask you to turn in your geek card right now, or you will be shot on sight.;)
To show that not only regular software used popups.
Great, now will have more little reminders and popups. Soon everything will be like Vista.
Wrong. Vista is based on everything else. The constant nagging for upgrading and reminders can been seen in Java 1.3 and higher, every MMO before WoW, QuickTime before it became infused with iTunes, Real Player, any software from the 90s that "reminded" you to register, Winamp (once bought by AOL), Mplayer, BonziBuddy, and DirectX when you attempted to play a game at a later version.
Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, India and Yemen are among the countries calls were made to, Olshanski said. Most of the calls were about three minutes long, but some were as long as 10 minutes.
This phreaker could have been a terrorist attempting to make calls back to headquarters in the Middle East.
"This illegal activity enables unauthorized individuals anywhere in the world to communicate via compromised U.S. phone systems in a way that is difficult to trace," according to a department information bulletin from June 3, 2003.
I think Americans should put this issue to rest and stop whining about being beat by a fourteen-year-old. Even if the girl or her coach lied about her age, have some dignity, people. She won the competition at such a young age and that's even more impressive.
To quote another slashdot poster
But more to the point, the rule is the rule. You don't ignore a rule in the competition just because you don't agree with it. The Dolphins can't put 50 guys out on the field just because they suck and think they need the extra help, regardless of what the rules say.
This situation reminds me of the Patriots almost perfect season.
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I think Jon Stewart already has a hold of them.
And your just going to let these liars run your country?
i hate that question during job interviews.
It's up there with, why should we hire you instead of someone else?
Or even better "Name your 5 weaknesses"
The 5 weaknesses questions is really a trick question to get you to name your problems without resolve.
That's why you state the 5 problems that you worked with as your five strengths seeing that you were able to overcome those obstacles.
Nevertheless the hiring of someone else question is another trap question. You can really turn it around on the company that is interviewing you to show how much of a mistake it is to pick another candidate as an employee. Also, you can take those same weakness, that another employee could have as a strength yet lacks a more important trait that you have, and use it as firepower.
You have to be the rogue that disarms traps, goes stealth and reuse them on the soon-to-be employer.
Please mod this as funny.
I don't think Palin is qualified for her job as Governor of Alaska.
No silly! Most of the disk space is probably occupied by HD video, presentations and documentation.
develoeprs... developers... developers... developers.
Wow. You guys do not know what it's like to live next to WoodLawn and 47th st.
It's not as pretty as you think.
No problem. This quote is also my favorite quote from the movie.
Lev Andropov: [annoyed] Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
Not Bruce, it's Peter Stormare.
It is if you factor on a larger scale.
No. I wanted to be a fan and now I can't do it.
Why are you posting as Anonymous Coward?
I guess you never heard of Second Life.
This is why Second Life is successful.
Someone had to shell out the money to be able to do it in the first place. Once it was discovered that it was possible many more bought them just to be able to do so. Besides, I don't need to argue this point, I can just post the logs from all the "smack" talk I get from my friends who already have done this.
Have you ever shopped at Aldi's? Aldi's sells laptops from $200 to $400 that run Windows XP.
Name another product that can interface with Exchange server better than Entourage? Yes, this type of environment does exist.
The only market share they are taking away from is Dell, HP and Gateway. If people are buying Macbooks just to load up Linux and Windows XP in reality it is benefiting Windows and Linux.
Yet they care about price. If anyone is going to be purchasing computers in the masses for a lower price it will be the lower class. You won't see these numbers because those computers are being bought at small front end stores.
Schwaang states he trusts NoScript but hates how it goes to their website after every update. Mozilla Foundation does not control the makers of NoScript.
Therefore, where should he direct his complaints?
When was the last time your company released quality software?
Then you don't trust NoScript.
BonziBuddy?? Really?? Why would you mention the most famous spyware on the planet in on sentence with mplayer? I have to ask you to turn in your geek card right now, or you will be shot on sight. ;)
To show that not only regular software used popups.
"All I want it to do is display a PDF."
It's not what you needed. It is what their paying customers, the ones who buy Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Pro, wanted to do.
Great, now will have more little reminders and popups. Soon everything will be like Vista.
Wrong. Vista is based on everything else. The constant nagging for upgrading and reminders can been seen in Java 1.3 and higher, every MMO before WoW, QuickTime before it became infused with iTunes, Real Player, any software from the 90s that "reminded" you to register, Winamp (once bought by AOL), Mplayer, BonziBuddy, and DirectX when you attempted to play a game at a later version.
Where have you been?
Until you get WORM_STORM_X on your PC from a website that exploited the browser.
Microsoft cut those users off in 2006
This phreaker could have been a terrorist attempting to make calls back to headquarters in the Middle East.
Since 2003? FEMA really needs to tighten up!
I think Americans should put this issue to rest and stop whining about being beat by a fourteen-year-old. Even if the girl or her coach lied about her age, have some dignity, people. She won the competition at such a young age and that's even more impressive.
To quote another slashdot poster
This situation reminds me of the Patriots almost perfect season.