In this age of hacks and cracks, I tend not to fear "the man" getting overly zealous. Everything that anyone has come out with up to this point, there has been a way around it. Whether is it DeCSS, using Linux and ext2, or simply buying a DVD player from a manufacturer who does not add the regional encoding, everything has a breaking point so to speak. Someone somewhere will find a way to circumvent the entire process of hard drive manufacturers bowing to the media tyrants. We have already seen it in so many things, in so many ways. If it were not for pressure from security watch dog groups, intel would know where and what everyone with a pIII were doing.
I have faith in my techie brethern that someone will find a way to undo everything that the evil empires try to do to us.
I agree that salary is definately the way to go. The company that I work for, gives several options. 1)Salary with benefits and paid overtime 2)Hourly with no benefits andf paid overtime If you choose option 2 then you are gauranteed 40 hours per week, unless there is a holiday, and you can count on several more dollars an hour, if you do the math between the two options. I personally prefer salary and benefits, even if it is a tad lower, let someone else wrestle the insurance headache. I am still getting paid for my overtime, and am a happy camper. Bottom line, offer a couple of choices to your employees if you have the ability, they will enjoy having the choice.
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In this age of hacks and cracks, I tend not to fear "the man" getting overly zealous. Everything that anyone has come out with up to this point, there has been a way around it. Whether is it DeCSS, using Linux and ext2, or simply buying a DVD player from a manufacturer who does not add the regional encoding, everything has a breaking point so to speak. Someone somewhere will find a way to circumvent the entire process of hard drive manufacturers bowing to the media tyrants. We have already seen it in so many things, in so many ways. If it were not for pressure from security watch dog groups, intel would know where and what everyone with a pIII were doing.
I have faith in my techie brethern that someone will find a way to undo everything that the evil empires try to do to us.
I agree that salary is definately the way to go. The company that I work for, gives several options. 1)Salary with benefits and paid overtime 2)Hourly with no benefits andf paid overtime
If you choose option 2 then you are gauranteed 40 hours per week, unless there is a holiday, and you can count on several more dollars an hour, if you do the math between the two options. I personally prefer salary and benefits, even if it is a tad lower, let someone else wrestle the insurance headache. I am still getting paid for my overtime, and am a happy camper. Bottom line, offer a couple of choices to your employees if you have the ability, they will enjoy having the choice.