I love the way people attempt to link things they fear to Hitler. I'm sure that if you feared dogs you could come up with some nazi story about the use of dogs in prison/death camps.
We should destroy every dog on earth because Hitler used them to control people!
The paranoid fear that these "people" on Slashdot exhibit would be funny if I, a computer programmer, was not lumped in with them when seen from the outside.
It's true that this can and has happened in the US (aol...). The difference is that when you do a crime in the US, the FBI and local agencies have jurisdiction.
When crime happens to US citizens in a foreign country, we report it and hope for the best. If it happens here (US) the various agencies can force the company to change practices and enforce corporate security.
What were you offering for pay? $20 per hour... $25 per hour.
It's easy to NOT find qualified people when one of your qualifications is third world pay.
Blocking "bad" sites from my children's computer is the ONLY reason that their computer uses Internet Explorer. Site blocking is built in as well as a password "pop-up" box that allows me to approve a site once or permanently. Mixed with Googles Toolbar (pop-up blocking) it works pretty good.
I've been trying to find an extension for FireFox that does this for quite some time.
It is getting more difficult to get contract jobs because companies are starting to fear us (contractors/consultants). Because of these people and people like them I am forced to go through "preferred vendors" as middle men to get jobs.
I hope they loose. I hope HP does not punish its other contractors for this. What part of "CONTRACTor" do they not understand?
"It take 9 months to bear a child, no matter how many women you assign to the job."
Yes but if you had only one woman and needed 4 children, it would take four times longer to produce the desired lot. Four women could get four children done in a quarter of the time.
I've had DirecTV for two years. The signal was always great even in light storms (Florida). Heavy thunderstorms have killed the signal on a few occasions... most of those times the power failed soon after anyway.
One problem I did have was: after a very windy storm, the dish moved slightly. The DirecTV people wanted $80 to re-align the dish. I had a "talk" with their Customer Retention department and they fixed it for free.
Actually, LEVIs was dying BEFORE Wal*Mart. They teamed up in a last ditch effort to save themselves. Wal*Mart is finishing them off by forcing cheaper wholesale prices on them.
Why does everyone want governments to sue Microsoft. Yes the monopoly is a bad thing but what it did was build a more "religious" call to Linux.
If Microsoft was much smaller, would Linux be getting so big, so fast? The monopoly did what I think monopolies should do, spurred aggressive competition. The government did not make Linux big by suing Microsoft and, if the EU wins, YOU won't see any of the money.
In my personal opinion, suing is bad no matter who the target is (ok, yes pure intentional negligence should be punished).
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I need to start posting Anti-American and Anti-Microsoft rants. My CARMA would go through the roof!
I will finally lose some carma....
What moron marked the parent Interesting?
Sometimes I am amazed by how utterly stupid the "intelligent", "logical" geeks can be.
sad.
I wish I had mod points for you. You will undoubtedly by modded as flaimbait or troll. I would have given you an "insightful" point.
Sorry.
I love the way people attempt to link things they fear to Hitler. I'm sure that if you feared dogs you could come up with some nazi story about the use of dogs in prison/death camps.
We should destroy every dog on earth because Hitler used them to control people!
I wish I had mod points for you.
The paranoid fear that these "people" on Slashdot exhibit would be funny if I, a computer programmer, was not lumped in with them when seen from the outside.
It's true that this can and has happened in the US (aol...). The difference is that when you do a crime in the US, the FBI and local agencies have jurisdiction.
When crime happens to US citizens in a foreign country, we report it and hope for the best. If it happens here (US) the various agencies can force the company to change practices and enforce corporate security.
What were you offering for pay? $20 per hour... $25 per hour. It's easy to NOT find qualified people when one of your qualifications is third world pay.
Adblock does not BLOCk all adult sites.
Internet Explorer blocks all sites unless I put them on a list.
Blocking "bad" sites from my children's computer is the ONLY reason that their computer uses Internet Explorer. Site blocking is built in as well as a password "pop-up" box that allows me to approve a site once or permanently. Mixed with Googles Toolbar (pop-up blocking) it works pretty good.
I've been trying to find an extension for FireFox that does this for quite some time.
I really wish I had mod points to give you for that line!
Damn! You need to take some of your fine Canadian weed and mellow out a bit.
It is getting more difficult to get contract jobs because companies are starting to fear us (contractors/consultants). Because of these people and people like them I am forced to go through "preferred vendors" as middle men to get jobs.
I hope they loose. I hope HP does not punish its other contractors for this. What part of "CONTRACTor" do they not understand?
That car does NOT look cool.
It returned EVERYTHING with a C C++ C# C. .C .... you get the picture.
Google returns results for C# as typed. I would think Microsoft may want to fix this one.
How many times has your boss/manager purchased a product that has made no sense? Even when a cheaper better version exists?
This "report" is not targeted at us; it is for the gullible managers to consume. They will eat this up.
Has anyone proposed micropayments for mail from people not on your "approved" list and free mail to those that are?
Thousands of MADMEN could be built by many nations and when launched
We couldn't even cooperate on the International Space Station (still not done). How would many nations work together on a defense system?
"It take 9 months to bear a child, no matter how many women you assign to the job." Yes but if you had only one woman and needed 4 children, it would take four times longer to produce the desired lot. Four women could get four children done in a quarter of the time.
I've had DirecTV for two years. The signal was always great even in light storms (Florida). Heavy thunderstorms have killed the signal on a few occasions... most of those times the power failed soon after anyway.
One problem I did have was: after a very windy storm, the dish moved slightly. The DirecTV people wanted $80 to re-align the dish. I had a "talk" with their Customer Retention department and they fixed it for free.
Good point.
Cost overrides quality.
Qaulity suffers to compete
Actually, LEVIs was dying BEFORE Wal*Mart. They teamed up in a last ditch effort to save themselves. Wal*Mart is finishing them off by forcing cheaper wholesale prices on them.
Complete Idiot ... ouch...
Ford's monopoly spurred on GMC...
America's automotive monopoly spurred on the Japanese...
I can't be a complete idiot if I can type and read.
Why does everyone want governments to sue Microsoft. Yes the monopoly is a bad thing but what it did was build a more "religious" call to Linux.
If Microsoft was much smaller, would Linux be getting so big, so fast? The monopoly did what I think monopolies should do, spurred aggressive competition. The government did not make Linux big by suing Microsoft and, if the EU wins, YOU won't see any of the money.
In my personal opinion, suing is bad no matter who the target is (ok, yes pure intentional negligence should be punished).
That's damn funny!
Do you get paid decent?
This would be THE primary reason for our existance. If all men were palm loving loners... the human race would end.