Another thought about Democrats: why are so many techies and scientists Democrat? Do they understand that the people they are voting for are the people most likely to take their livlihoods away for non-techie and non-scientific purposes?
Probably because so many techies and scientists depend on the state for their paychecks because they work in academia and government. The Dems seem to favor government expansion, especially the nanny state (though the GOP is not much better in its expansion of the military-industrial complex).
Disagree, at least when referrring to _institutionalized_ education, especially since much of what passes as "education" in today's universities is taught by statists and leftists who don't have to compete in the private sector themselves and revel in indoctrinating students in feel-good socialism with impunity. If American unis were producing graduates with the skills industry needs there wouldn't be such a demand for foreign workers who often are smarter and willing to work cheaper.
Or they just hire the guy who will accept 60% less than the prevailing wage and who doesn't have a family to interrupt those 14 hour days or working weekends.
And your problem with this is...?
If the market isn't paying what you think your skills are worth, then maybe it's time to develop some skills (possibly outside of IT) that pay more or start your own business.
Forgot to say...some specialized technologies simply aren't taught in the universities, or the versions of them being taught are in diapers or are wholly inadequate.
How else to explain all the tech tycoons (Gates and Dell come to mind) who dropped out of college to start businesses because they saw market potential in the things they were passionate about and knew time was of the essence.
No, but a degree, Masters or Bachelors, qualifies a person to hold a programming job by definition.
Capitalism 101: The market doesn't owe job candidates anything. Each employer evaluates a candidate's potential and skills--not just technical--relative the company's needs and makes a decision on the best available data for its hiring.
As is often the case with a rapidly-moving target like CS, sometimes what's being taught in the universities has little relevance to the skills the market needs, and some unis are certainly meeting the market's needs for skillsets better than others.
There's no law in Vancouver that says you have to have a drivers license to be able to go to a bar. You can use any government issued ID (such as a passport). I don't think they would not be allowed to discriminate against people that don't drive or have had their license revoked.
IIRC some nightclubs in Florida have signs posted that read "two photo IDs required."
They selectively enforce the rule, however, only demanding it of patrons who look like they will cause trouble, knowing that most people except for military personnel typically will have only one photo ID on them.
The bandwidth can't be that bad especially compared to say binary newsgroups or IRC...
Many (most?) ISPs no longer operate their own NNTP servers. Far less bandwidth intensive and a helluva lot less hassle to subscribe to Usenet services like Supernews instead.
Next time you connect to your ISP's news server, do a traceroute. There's a good chance it's cnamed to corp.supernews.com or some other Usenet provider.
So, comparing the bandwidth requirements of operating a Jabber server (which would be open to people all over the Net to connect to, unless there's a way for the ISP to restrict accounts to only its subscribers) to "normal" ISP operations may be somewhat dubious.
Two totally different products. Red Hat's cash cow is selling support to enterprises that use RH mostly on servers.
Mandrake is an end-user desktop distro, primarily. Selling support is not going to be a viable model for them, and with ubiquitous broadband and CD burners, selling boxed CD sets is a tough route to go as long as they make a free-as-in-beer distro.
Given their position, I think the careware "Mandrake Club" is about the only thing that will work for them unless they decide to follow SuSE and cease to make free isos available and rely soley on retail CD sales.
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I think I will spend my vouchers on official CD sets of Slackware and FreeBSD
Probably because so many techies and scientists depend on the state for their paychecks because they work in academia and government. The Dems seem to favor government expansion, especially the nanny state (though the GOP is not much better in its expansion of the military-industrial complex).
unless the spammers just make throwaway accounts over and over
Disagree, at least when referrring to _institutionalized_ education, especially since much of what passes as "education" in today's universities is taught by statists and leftists who don't have to compete in the private sector themselves and revel in indoctrinating students in feel-good socialism with impunity. If American unis were producing graduates with the skills industry needs there wouldn't be such a demand for foreign workers who often are smarter and willing to work cheaper.
Or they just hire the guy who will accept 60% less than the prevailing wage and who doesn't have a family to interrupt those 14 hour days or working weekends.
And your problem with this is...?
If the market isn't paying what you think your skills are worth, then maybe it's time to develop some skills (possibly outside of IT) that pay more or start your own business.
How else to explain all the tech tycoons (Gates and Dell come to mind) who dropped out of college to start businesses because they saw market potential in the things they were passionate about and knew time was of the essence.
Capitalism 101: The market doesn't owe job candidates anything. Each employer evaluates a candidate's potential and skills--not just technical--relative the company's needs and makes a decision on the best available data for its hiring.
As is often the case with a rapidly-moving target like CS, sometimes what's being taught in the universities has little relevance to the skills the market needs, and some unis are certainly meeting the market's needs for skillsets better than others.
RTFA...Vancouver, BC, not Vancouver, WA itz talkin about
IIRC some nightclubs in Florida have signs posted that read "two photo IDs required."
They selectively enforce the rule, however, only demanding it of patrons who look like they will cause trouble, knowing that most people except for military personnel typically will have only one photo ID on them.
If you think this is 'intrusive' then vote with your dollars and take your business elsewhere. It's the one thing that will get businesses' attention.
But equating private property owners' conduct of business to 'Big Brother' is simply dishonest.
Now, if the government were requiring this, and the Canadian taxpayers were footing the bill for it, that would be another matter entirely...
Many (most?) ISPs no longer operate their own NNTP servers. Far less bandwidth intensive and a helluva lot less hassle to subscribe to Usenet services like Supernews instead.
Next time you connect to your ISP's news server, do a traceroute. There's a good chance it's cnamed to corp.supernews.com or some other Usenet provider.
So, comparing the bandwidth requirements of operating a Jabber server (which would be open to people all over the Net to connect to, unless there's a way for the ISP to restrict accounts to only its subscribers) to "normal" ISP operations may be somewhat dubious.
Mandrake is an end-user desktop distro, primarily. Selling support is not going to be a viable model for them, and with ubiquitous broadband and CD burners, selling boxed CD sets is a tough route to go as long as they make a free-as-in-beer distro.
Given their position, I think the careware "Mandrake Club" is about the only thing that will work for them unless they decide to follow SuSE and cease to make free isos available and rely soley on retail CD sales.
Typically people in the third world pirate Redmond's products a helluva lot more than they buy them.
What's not to like about WC3?
There's no economic incentive to operate IRC networks either, yet they continue to thrive.
Someone out there is willing to donate resources to make it possible.