I have a friend who is a union carpenter and another who is a union bricklayer. They have BOTH been told to "stop working so fast" because they were making everyone else look bad. In an environment where "seniority" means everything, a fat, dumb and stupid guy who's been around for 10 years gets to DEMAND the new job that the more qualified 5 year veteran would do better.
Yeah... must be the rich people! Yeah... let's blame the rich people!
T
P.S. Without the "lazy parasite owners", the "lazy piece of shit can't-survive-in-a-free-market-because-I-suck union worker" wouldn't have a job
If you're in the IT industry and in your 30s and you're only making US$60K a year, maybe you _should_ find something that you're inclined to do more proficiently.
Well, if you ask me, two years isn't enough time to make you dump a whole career.
So, we're in a slump. Get a new job and ride it out. It won't last forever. If you're like most people, you'll be working for at least 40 years!
Yes people are outsourcing all over the place, etc. In my mind, they'll always come back for quality work that they can't get anywhere else. I'm just glad that shitty ex-Accoutants who took a VB class aren't getting $100/hr anymore.
T
P.S. I'm also having no problems getting a job in a reasonable amount of time.
NO way. I would leave NEVER work for a union. They do nothing but degrade the quality of our products and raise the prices of the same. 50 years ago unions were a good idea... now, it's just the perfect American subsidy.
A good idea, but my trees are between 80 and 100 feet tall. And that will only get me to _one_ neighbor. What about all the rest? We have old trees between all our houses.
I don't care about all these cool _wide_ _open_ _land_ solutions!
What about all the people who can't even see their neighbor's house? I want to set up a WISP in my neighborhood, but I have no direct line of site to anybody.
4) If you can use satellite TV, then you can use satellite Internet
Not true.
It uses different satellites. So, potentially, you could hit the satellite for DirecTV and not be able to hit the second satellite needed for Internet access, like me.
SIM cards wouldn't solve the problems in the US.. We have different frequencies and technologies... CDMA, TDMA 1900MHz, 1800MHz, 900MHz, etc.. That's why there are a lot of "tri-mode" phones now to try to support the different frequencies, etc.
IMHO, the idea of sending these used cellphones to underprivleged nations doesn't wash, unless you are willing to include some infrastructure with them:)
Well, at least it would give us a place to store them away from _our_ children;-)
At the graduate level, however, you're supposed to be doing research.
I disagree.
Some graduate school students are there for research. Of the people I know, I would put that percentage at about 25%. You have to narrow your scope of a statement like this.
I live in Baltimore, MD. Here, we have many colleges. Johns Hopkins, for instance, has two tracts for MS in CS. One is a research-oriented, going-on-to-get-my-doctorate type degree. The other is a basic Computer Science degree targetted towards non-CS people (somewhat similar to a BS in CS).
I don't think that many people go for a MS in CS these days (except those that are afraid of the job market and are looking for a respectable way to keep busy for another year or two...).
So, I hear this, and, like a good citizen, I just sit there (I don't want to go to jail).
Meanwhile, the rest of you bastards would take one step back!
Shit! I fell for the oldest trick in the book!
Well, better start practicing my Kung Fu so that I can "pitch" instead of "catch" in prison:-)
Well, the subject of the thread addresses that comment (again)
This isn't simply a matter of "call it GNU/Linux or STFU". It's a matter of education. If you want to call the thing "Linux" only and educate people by explaining the history in 10 minutes, then do so.
It's not as simple as this... THey state "This system is basically a version of the GNU system, modified to use the kernel Linux.". They make it seem like Linux should be the part that's left out... that's crap.
They also say "When we ask people to say 'GNU/Linux', we are not dividing people. We are asking them to give the GNU Project credit for the GNU operating system.". What I ask is, where is this "GNU operating system"?.
In a nutshell... GNU is NOT an operating system. It is a collection of OPTIONAL utilities that asissts in running an OS. My whole problem with them is their definition of an OS. I don't think that a collection of utilities is an OS.
But, as they say, where do you cut it off? (paraphrased)
I think X is a pretty big deal... What about Gnome and KDE?
I just think they're taking the wrong tack. They are a large part of the DISTRO, not a large part of the OS. Thus, they need to bitch at each separate DISTRO provider. As one guy in this thread pointed out... He has a distro that he wrote that has NO GNU stuff in it... SO, LINUX IS NOT GNU.
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Yeah... must be the rich people! Yeah... let's blame the rich people!
T
P.S. Without the "lazy parasite owners", the "lazy piece of shit can't-survive-in-a-free-market-because-I-suck union worker" wouldn't have a job
T
So, we're in a slump. Get a new job and ride it out. It won't last forever. If you're like most people, you'll be working for at least 40 years!
Yes people are outsourcing all over the place, etc. In my mind, they'll always come back for quality work that they can't get anywhere else. I'm just glad that shitty ex-Accoutants who took a VB class aren't getting $100/hr anymore.
T
P.S. I'm also having no problems getting a job in a reasonable amount of time.
T
I heard that they were having some problems too... ;-)
T
I don't care about all these cool _wide_ _open_ _land_ solutions!
What about all the people who can't even see their neighbor's house? I want to set up a WISP in my neighborhood, but I have no direct line of site to anybody.
T
Not true.
It uses different satellites. So, potentially, you could hit the satellite for DirecTV and not be able to hit the second satellite needed for Internet access, like me.
T
How much? How big's the dish? are you in the US?
T
That was friggin funny! Gotta love the jokes for the old farts!
Thanks
-T
My $0.02
-T
Well, at least it would give us a place to store them away from _our_ children
-T
Motorola Dragonball EZ 16MHz Processor
My Handspring Visor Prism (which is old) has a 33MHz processor in it.
Then again, they are pitching it as just a souped up Day Planner replacement...
-T
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas Quickly!
</sarcasm>
T
I disagree.
Some graduate school students are there for research. Of the people I know, I would put that percentage at about 25%. You have to narrow your scope of a statement like this.
I live in Baltimore, MD. Here, we have many colleges. Johns Hopkins, for instance, has two tracts for MS in CS. One is a research-oriented, going-on-to-get-my-doctorate type degree. The other is a basic Computer Science degree targetted towards non-CS people (somewhat similar to a BS in CS).
I don't think that many people go for a MS in CS these days (except those that are afraid of the job market and are looking for a respectable way to keep busy for another year or two...).
T
Got to watch out for our H0m3y5!
"1'v3 g07 ur b4ck!"
I can just picture us.. GNU hats on backwards (you can see the "www.gnu.org" that way... hehe)
Keeping it r33l!
God, I'm in a silly mood!
-T
T
Meanwhile, the rest of you bastards would take one step back!
Shit! I fell for the oldest trick in the book!
Well, better start practicing my Kung Fu so that I can "pitch" instead of "catch" in prison
T
T
Well, the subject of the thread addresses that comment (again)
This isn't simply a matter of "call it GNU/Linux or STFU". It's a matter of education. If you want to call the thing "Linux" only and educate people by explaining the history in 10 minutes, then do so.
It's not as simple as this... THey state "This system is basically a version of the GNU system, modified to use the kernel Linux.". They make it seem like Linux should be the part that's left out... that's crap.
They also say "When we ask people to say 'GNU/Linux', we are not dividing people. We are asking them to give the GNU Project credit for the GNU operating system.". What I ask is, where is this "GNU operating system"?.
In a nutshell... GNU is NOT an operating system. It is a collection of OPTIONAL utilities that asissts in running an OS. My whole problem with them is their definition of an OS. I don't think that a collection of utilities is an OS.
T
P.S. We're both pretty stubborn, aren't we? :-)
I think X is a pretty big deal... What about Gnome and KDE?
I just think they're taking the wrong tack. They are a large part of the DISTRO, not a large part of the OS. Thus, they need to bitch at each separate DISTRO provider. As one guy in this thread pointed out... He has a distro that he wrote that has NO GNU stuff in it... SO, LINUX IS NOT GNU.
T
Oh... that was a typo!? Nevermind..
T
We have this great new Toaster Oven!
Here's your prize... thank you for playing...
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