There's always office hours! Of course this drives home the point that these students have a work-ethic deficiency that probably precludes their success in the real world anyway....
Option 1: go to class during the proscribed dates and times
Option 2: go to the instructor or teaching assistant during proscribed office hours
Option 3: get session notes from a classmate
Option 4: hire a tutor
Option 5: pay a paltry $2.50 for the recording of the lecture(s) you missed and get on with life
Apparently some lazy and self-important idiots think they are entitled to having their butts wiped for them for free nonetheless.
First, quit whining. If you want to have a job where you DON'T have to say "would you like fries with that?" then you will need to leave the childish whining in the past.
Second, have you ever heard of "Google?" It's a little company with a nice, little web-search function. Try looking for answers rather than crying when things aren't handed to you on a silver platter.
Third, if you think you can go into the workplace and not have to put in a lot of time staying up-to-date then maybe you SHOULD find a job where you can say, "would you like to super-size that for another 25 cents?"
Information Technology is constantly evolving, and if you're not ready, willing and able to stay on top of your chosen fields within IT, then you need to reconsider your career path.
BTW, I tell this to each and every one of my undergraduate classes on the first day of classes. And yes, I've had a few people change their major because of it. If you're in IT for the money, you're in it for the wrong reasons....
Forget the idea of a "cushy" corporate job and get the freedom of being an independant consultant. It's more work, but you don't have to dick with the "rules" of being someone else's endentured serva... employee.
It's no walk in the park to get started, but if you have a grain of talent, common sense and some people skills, you'll never be out of work, nor underpaid.
How does the BPL handle connectivity around the transformers? Either they are using an RF bypass, or they are using a fiber bypass. Then comes the issue of maintenance. The RF units should be easier and cheaper to maintain, but they have durability issues compared to fiber. On the other hand, fiber bypasses are more expensive to install and maintain, but once in place, they should be more durable than the RF counterparts.
Moreover, I *STILL* haven't seen specs for BPL which make it fiscally viable except for rural communities where cable/DSL/wireless have not yet penetrated.
Don't forget that Starband has teh amazing, mutating Acceptable Use Policy wherein Starband can arbitrarily throttle or disable your service when your connection becomes a strain on their overall network resources. Sounds a lot like Comcast, eh?
Did you copyright your code properly? If not, then bend over and take it as a learning experience.
How did you identify that YOUR copyrighted code was used in their products? Be careful that you have rock-solid proof before making those claims, or you could face a sizeable counter-suit.
Did you take any steps to secure your code prior to your "release?" If not, you'll have NO chance of convincing a court that any "trade secrets" were stolen by the company, including any "trade secrets" regarding your particular implementations.
In short, I looked at your utilities and to be blunt, you present no new algorithms nor methods of processing which would indicate an original work worthy of a legal copyright. It might be original to you, even "created" from scratch using algorithms and principles from textbooks or other tutorials, but I don't see it rising to the level of being original works in the legal sense.
My suggestion: write this off to a learning experience, and in the future takes steps to legally copyright and protect any works you consider valuable. And by valuable, I mean anything you consider worth the time, money and effort of legally protecting.
Simply saying something is licensed is worthless unless you take steps to enforce that license from the get-go.
we'd have to call them the "cheese-eating, fusion-reactor-running, surrender monkeys" and that just doesn't roll off the tongue quite right. Let's stick with calling them the "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" and put the reactor on Japanese soil.
BTW, I think real estate around Chernobyl is pretty cheap, we could always put the reactor there....
Quit the whining and get busy! Pull yourself up by the bootstraps!
1. Open your own consultancy. It's just paperwork.
2. Define your target markets.
3. Learn the going rates for consultants in your field.
4. Learn the going pay rates for employees and managers in your field.
5. Identify your regular fixed costs.
6. Determine how much money you want to earn.
7. Play with the numbers to find a reasonable consultancy fee which covers your costs and provides you a good income. When in doubt, charge more than your peers - it will increase your preceived value.
8. Develop strong relationships with the owners and key personnel in your client's businesses. Be sure that they understand that you will work WITH them and not FOR them. Make yourself a peer of these people and you can break through social barriers which would have impeded your progress in their companies as an employee.
9. If you EVER go on-call 24x7, be damned sure you are getting ample compensation. Remember, you work WITH them and not FOR them.
10. Pay attention to details. You'll find new opportunities inside existing client companies when you find innovative ways to either save them money, or make them money. If you can do either of those things, you'll NEVER be wanting for business.
11. Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y You'll either be good at what you do, or you'll be out of business. It is that simple.
Take it from someone who refused to join the corporate world and joined the ranks of the self-employed straight out of college 15 years ago. The true secret of financial independance is not in knowing this system or that system, or of listening to Guru Bob or their ilk. The true secret is this: be able to depend on yourself, and trust yourself. If you do, then other people will as well.
When I see a synthetic human that looks and acts like either Tricia Helfer or Grace Park, my cry of "the Cylons are coming!" will change its tenor from fear to lusty anticipation!
OK, on the left we have the ISP's who are fighting the RIAA to protect their own interests (and those of their customers). On the right, we have the politicians who are trying to improve their public approval ratings for re-election. In the middle we have the RIAA.
Note to the RIAA: only a complete MORON fights a war on multiple fronts unless it is absolutely life-or-death.
Another note to the RIAA: your argument that sales have dropped due to piracy ignores one simple fact - the economy has tanked and as such, the public has LESS disposable income with which to buy all the goodies your clients are trying to sell.
Who has more money and more paid politicians, er, lobbyists?
I'll put $5 on SBC to win, and $5 on the RIAA to look like the technologically ignorant buffoons they are.
And I NEVER imagined I'd be cheering for SBC....
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There's always office hours! Of course this drives home the point that these students have a work-ethic deficiency that probably precludes their success in the real world anyway....
Option 1: go to class during the proscribed dates and times
Option 2: go to the instructor or teaching assistant during proscribed office hours
Option 3: get session notes from a classmate
Option 4: hire a tutor
Option 5: pay a paltry $2.50 for the recording of the lecture(s) you missed and get on with life
Apparently some lazy and self-important idiots think they are entitled to having their butts wiped for them for free nonetheless.
GIGO - Garbage In - Garbage Out
First, quit whining. If you want to have a job where you DON'T have to say "would you like fries with that?" then you will need to leave the childish whining in the past.
Second, have you ever heard of "Google?" It's a little company with a nice, little web-search function. Try looking for answers rather than crying when things aren't handed to you on a silver platter.
Third, if you think you can go into the workplace and not have to put in a lot of time staying up-to-date then maybe you SHOULD find a job where you can say, "would you like to super-size that for another 25 cents?"
Information Technology is constantly evolving, and if you're not ready, willing and able to stay on top of your chosen fields within IT, then you need to reconsider your career path.
BTW, I tell this to each and every one of my undergraduate classes on the first day of classes. And yes, I've had a few people change their major because of it. If you're in IT for the money, you're in it for the wrong reasons....
before the random images presented would imprint themselves onto the users' memory obfuscating the original password?
Forget the idea of a "cushy" corporate job and get the freedom of being an independant consultant. It's more work, but you don't have to dick with the "rules" of being someone else's endentured serva... employee.
It's no walk in the park to get started, but if you have a grain of talent, common sense and some people skills, you'll never be out of work, nor underpaid.
How does the BPL handle connectivity around the transformers? Either they are using an RF bypass, or they are using a fiber bypass. Then comes the issue of maintenance. The RF units should be easier and cheaper to maintain, but they have durability issues compared to fiber. On the other hand, fiber bypasses are more expensive to install and maintain, but once in place, they should be more durable than the RF counterparts.
Moreover, I *STILL* haven't seen specs for BPL which make it fiscally viable except for rural communities where cable/DSL/wireless have not yet penetrated.
Don't forget that Starband has teh amazing, mutating Acceptable Use Policy wherein Starband can arbitrarily throttle or disable your service when your connection becomes a strain on their overall network resources. Sounds a lot like Comcast, eh?
- Did you copyright your code properly? If not, then bend over and take it as a learning experience.
- How did you identify that YOUR copyrighted code was used in their products? Be careful that you have rock-solid proof before making those claims, or you could face a sizeable counter-suit.
- Did you take any steps to secure your code prior to your "release?" If not, you'll have NO chance of convincing a court that any "trade secrets" were stolen by the company, including any "trade secrets" regarding your particular implementations.
In short, I looked at your utilities and to be blunt, you present no new algorithms nor methods of processing which would indicate an original work worthy of a legal copyright. It might be original to you, even "created" from scratch using algorithms and principles from textbooks or other tutorials, but I don't see it rising to the level of being original works in the legal sense.My suggestion: write this off to a learning experience, and in the future takes steps to legally copyright and protect any works you consider valuable. And by valuable, I mean anything you consider worth the time, money and effort of legally protecting.
Simply saying something is licensed is worthless unless you take steps to enforce that license from the get-go.
Welcome to the real world.
BTW, I think real estate around Chernobyl is pretty cheap, we could always put the reactor there....
Quit the whining and get busy! Pull yourself up by the bootstraps!
1. Open your own consultancy. It's just paperwork.
2. Define your target markets.
3. Learn the going rates for consultants in your field.
4. Learn the going pay rates for employees and managers in your field.
5. Identify your regular fixed costs.
6. Determine how much money you want to earn.
7. Play with the numbers to find a reasonable consultancy fee which covers your costs and provides you a good income. When in doubt, charge more than your peers - it will increase your preceived value.
8. Develop strong relationships with the owners and key personnel in your client's businesses. Be sure that they understand that you will work WITH them and not FOR them. Make yourself a peer of these people and you can break through social barriers which would have impeded your progress in their companies as an employee.
9. If you EVER go on-call 24x7, be damned sure you are getting ample compensation. Remember, you work WITH them and not FOR them.
10. Pay attention to details. You'll find new opportunities inside existing client companies when you find innovative ways to either save them money, or make them money. If you can do either of those things, you'll NEVER be wanting for business.
11. Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y You'll either be good at what you do, or you'll be out of business. It is that simple.
Take it from someone who refused to join the corporate world and joined the ranks of the self-employed straight out of college 15 years ago. The true secret of financial independance is not in knowing this system or that system, or of listening to Guru Bob or their ilk. The true secret is this: be able to depend on yourself, and trust yourself. If you do, then other people will as well.
When I see a synthetic human that looks and acts like either Tricia Helfer or Grace Park, my cry of "the Cylons are coming!" will change its tenor from fear to lusty anticipation!
LOL
Remember a guy named Jayson Blair?
'nuff said...
Why worry about registering at the NYT? Are you wanting to read the latest fiction?
Note to the RIAA: only a complete MORON fights a war on multiple fronts unless it is absolutely life-or-death.
Another note to the RIAA: your argument that sales have dropped due to piracy ignores one simple fact - the economy has tanked and as such, the public has LESS disposable income with which to buy all the goodies your clients are trying to sell.
Who has more money and more paid politicians, er, lobbyists? I'll put $5 on SBC to win, and $5 on the RIAA to look like the technologically ignorant buffoons they are. And I NEVER imagined I'd be cheering for SBC....
Survival of the least annoying.... Works for me! Let the annoying telemarketers go the way of the dodo....