....and how you present it.
GET SALES TRAINING.
Can I repeat that? I did it in caps to be quite clear. All the tech skills in the world won't get you anywhere if you don't know how to market them. Do spend time brushing up on tech skills, but at the same time spend some quality time learning how to sell. Once you've done that, no HR manager can say, "no." (Or at least if they do, you know how to ignore them.)
I have some very good friends over at the Los Angeles Voters' office. Oddly enough, they've been somewhat in the dark about all this. I've been sending them updates as I get them.
I cannot believe that a voting system would be considered acceptable without extensive testing. (This in addition to the woeful concept of usng MS Acess as the back end database.)
Having been a music fan (and purchaser) for many years, I agree. I started out buying the latest crap being thrust upon the world (BeeGee's, Peter Frampton, Diana Ross) and quickly moved on to quality music when I was a little older (Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Church).
I still buy albums from new artists when I see quality. One of my favorites to spin is an album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. How did I find them? I downloaded a bunch of their songs on Audiogalaxy.
Will I buy Justin Timberlake? No. Will my kids buy Justin Timberlake? Maybe. But then again, they're too busy playing Half-Life to notice the music.
I got an account on iTunes and downloaded a song. It turned out to be a poor compressed version of the song. I - therefore - feel that is isn't the real song, but a poor derivitive copy.
From what I understand, there is not copyright claim on derivitive works. Therefore, this key breaking program is a non-issue.
I'll still buy CD's, thank you, for the stuff I really want to listen to
I tend to agree that either CL or panel-driven apps tend to be easier for newbies. I often work with those who have only used mainframe panels and they are VERY comfortable. I give them a Windows-based system with the "Start" button and they're lost. I then show them how to enter the command line world for directory lookups and editors and things are happy again.
Having seen an elephant enjoying a tire at the zoo, I can see this happen. I remember some boy (mine was only 6mos at the time) asking his mom what the elephant was doing, and she just whisked him away without saying anything.
Oh, and by the way - for small issues such as these, there are pre-paid legal companies as well as many lawyers who are fresh out of school (having also passed the Bar) who will work for peanuts.
And from the webmaster side, the adwords is fabulous. I have been getting referral emails from companies who have generated actual sales from ads displayed on my sites. The nice thing is that my sites are all niche and usually wouln't see much ad revenue. However, with the targeted ads, we're all winning.
Yeah, it is only through user opinion that I get my spyware. I'm currently using AdAware at home and work. In addition, I have ZoneAlarm running at home behind my NAT router. I love it when my wife downloads some cutsy program and I get the question from her, "hey, should I let xyz access the internet?"
I have been loving the KDE since I got Mandrake 6-something after running Red Hat 4-something. I knew the folks at Uni Tubingen were totally cool!
I've used gnome a bit, but KDE still rules AFAIC.
Ahh, chiliware. I remember them. I believe they had some Apache thingy.
Anyway, here's how I see it. I did exactly this with some success. You take your old code and re-write it. Don't bother with lawyers, at least until you go public. Use what you think works in the code (you did write classes, right?) and then re-package it. The rights to the source you hold - in its current form - belong to the creditors of the company, IMO. However, you should feel free to manipulate it and come up with something unique or at least different enough to avoid any "headaches."
Think of it this way - some geek card punched out some code in Fortran way back in the 50's. We've all been plagiarizing and deriving stuff from that ever since.
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....and how you present it. GET SALES TRAINING. Can I repeat that? I did it in caps to be quite clear. All the tech skills in the world won't get you anywhere if you don't know how to market them. Do spend time brushing up on tech skills, but at the same time spend some quality time learning how to sell. Once you've done that, no HR manager can say, "no." (Or at least if they do, you know how to ignore them.)
I have some very good friends over at the Los Angeles Voters' office. Oddly enough, they've been somewhat in the dark about all this. I've been sending them updates as I get them. I cannot believe that a voting system would be considered acceptable without extensive testing. (This in addition to the woeful concept of usng MS Acess as the back end database.)
Having been a music fan (and purchaser) for many years, I agree. I started out buying the latest crap being thrust upon the world (BeeGee's, Peter Frampton, Diana Ross) and quickly moved on to quality music when I was a little older (Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Church). I still buy albums from new artists when I see quality. One of my favorites to spin is an album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. How did I find them? I downloaded a bunch of their songs on Audiogalaxy. Will I buy Justin Timberlake? No. Will my kids buy Justin Timberlake? Maybe. But then again, they're too busy playing Half-Life to notice the music.
I got an account on iTunes and downloaded a song. It turned out to be a poor compressed version of the song. I - therefore - feel that is isn't the real song, but a poor derivitive copy.
From what I understand, there is not copyright claim on derivitive works. Therefore, this key breaking program is a non-issue.
I'll still buy CD's, thank you, for the stuff I really want to listen to
Yes, we're all individuals! ...I'm not.
Of course, then you get pegged for being a troublemaker...
Skynet, here we come!
...and I've been advocating that .org address be used to identify porn sites. That hasn't worked either.
I tend to agree that either CL or panel-driven apps tend to be easier for newbies. I often work with those who have only used mainframe panels and they are VERY comfortable. I give them a Windows-based system with the "Start" button and they're lost. I then show them how to enter the command line world for directory lookups and editors and things are happy again.
Hehehe.... ..the only one I'd miss is Noggin. I do wish they had a la carte channel selection.
Ah well.
I remember the days when MTV played videos.
Having seen an elephant enjoying a tire at the zoo, I can see this happen. I remember some boy (mine was only 6mos at the time) asking his mom what the elephant was doing, and she just whisked him away without saying anything.
Oh, and by the way - for small issues such as these, there are pre-paid legal companies as well as many lawyers who are fresh out of school (having also passed the Bar) who will work for peanuts.
And from the webmaster side, the adwords is fabulous. I have been getting referral emails from companies who have generated actual sales from ads displayed on my sites. The nice thing is that my sites are all niche and usually wouln't see much ad revenue. However, with the targeted ads, we're all winning.
Yeah, it is only through user opinion that I get my spyware. I'm currently using AdAware at home and work. In addition, I have ZoneAlarm running at home behind my NAT router. I love it when my wife downloads some cutsy program and I get the question from her, "hey, should I let xyz access the internet?"
I have been loving the KDE since I got Mandrake 6-something after running Red Hat 4-something. I knew the folks at Uni Tubingen were totally cool! I've used gnome a bit, but KDE still rules AFAIC.
I was waiting for this to happen! I just sent my $10 to the xmule guy.
Hehehe... I tried the MSIS route. Never finished. Oh well. Too bad. Wasn't going to do anything for me anyway...
Acutally AOL CD's are hanging from my fruit trees to ward off birds. They work great and are much cheaper than mylar strips. Bring 'em on AOL.
Ahh, chiliware. I remember them. I believe they had some Apache thingy. Anyway, here's how I see it. I did exactly this with some success. You take your old code and re-write it. Don't bother with lawyers, at least until you go public. Use what you think works in the code (you did write classes, right?) and then re-package it. The rights to the source you hold - in its current form - belong to the creditors of the company, IMO. However, you should feel free to manipulate it and come up with something unique or at least different enough to avoid any "headaches." Think of it this way - some geek card punched out some code in Fortran way back in the 50's. We've all been plagiarizing and deriving stuff from that ever since.