I totally agree with your statement. I have had bosses give me days off while other people have had to work overtime. It's all in how your manager perceives you / how you present yourself.
If you present yourself as a whore, you will be treated like one. If you present yourself like someone with dignity, you will get treated like that. Nowadays there are a lot of whores so it's pretty difficult for people with dignity to get jobs.
This is what I have learnt about the software industry (from a mostly spectator's POV):
1) Make a lot of people have the software (either by giving away good software OR by forcing people to use inferior software) 2) Make them pay for support 3) Profit
How else can you make money if you want your software to be popular and available everywhere?
University of Toronto. last year of Comp Sci. 3.57/4 - if you're THAT curious:)
The "tension" between french and english is not a violent tension (as far as I, or the people I know have experienced). It is mostly a case of wanting to keep their own culture which is fine by me (and most other canadians).
Bad feelings between east and west is too vague for me to comment on.
I am also saddened by the treatment of the native canadians. IANANC so I cannot speak for their experience, but I have heard not-so-good things in the past. Speaking as an outsider, I would not be able to comment on areas such as nunavut and whether or not the native canadians like the agreement there. But I think/hope things are getting better.
us.gov is getting progressively worse. There was an episode on the fifth estate on the CBC about the "conspiracy theories" surrounding 9/11. I suggest you take a look at it.
"Trapped" by Tupac:... They got me trapped, can barely walk the city streets Without a cop harassing me, Searchin' me, then asking my identity Hands Up throw me up against the wall Didn't do a thing at all Tellin' you one day these sucka's gotta fall Cuffed up, throw me on the concrete...
There is no doubt in my mind that this happens all the time. I have been to the states 3 times for visits, the last time was when the stuff happened.
If that goes on in a "civilized" country, imagine what is happening to those poor iraqis right now. I just think it's sad. Then they wonder why people dont like us.gov
It happened early september 2000, the night before my first day of university!
Why white vs green makes a difference:
a) Because the police chief asked where I was born (not my citizenship) before having me brought in. Why did this matter? b) Because the people accusing me *were* white and their word (which was a complete blatant lie) was taken as gospel over mine (and my gf's).
If I had been white, you can bet your mom's early retirement that this never would have happened.
Stealing the money: it was at the point where they were doing an inventory of what I had when I arrested me, the cop doing the inventory "accidentally dropped" the money (all in 50's and 20's). When I insisted that I had more and I repeatedly enumerated how much of each denomination I had and the total value, he eventually gave up and said "Oh look, it fell down".
Burning the watch: The station was a small one and I was in a holding cell. I could see everything they were doing. I saw one of the cops put a lighter to my watch, I started banging on the cell doors and yelling at them. Then they stopped.
I'm glad you asked. While I wish I was kidding, I hope this opens your eyes to the kind of stuff that goes on in your country. As a teenager, I got into a lot of shit in Canada but never once did I get this kind of treatment.
I got detained incommunicado. The reason: Three white guys (two of whom I'd never seen) claimed I threatened one of them (I had only seen one briefly about getting luggaage which had disappeared prematurely, and the conversation was not threatening).
Once the cops arrested me, they lied to me about what was going on. They told me I wouldnt be able to get out for weeks. They wouldnt let me call anyone let alone make any type of bail. They never even charged me with anything.
I caught them trying to steal my money (~400 cdn), burn my watch (newly gifted by my gf). Luckily, I am a calm guy. Other people would have cracked. They were trying to tell me I set a B-O-M-B in the airport. What the hell is that?
All of this, while leaving my girlfriend stranded in a foreign country, in a foreign airport, late at night.
Luckily, she met a sane american (maybe the only one?) who came and yelled at the cops for being such f*ckups.
Maybe once Linux users think about *paying* for Linux stuff, then this can be viable.
Undoubtedly, there will be someone on slashdot who pays the Debian/Redhat/Whatever membership and thats great, but its probably a small percentage of Linux users.
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at making Java open source, I thought it was for the same reason M$ would not like to see Windows open sourced; the built-in "data collection" functionality.
With this announcement, I am not worried that Java does these sort of things (wrong as I may be).
OK maybe you can 'splain to me why I get an interview on the basis of my resume (they said so) when I go to a company's job fair BUT when I apply for jobs the regular way, I get nothing.
Ok I know. My resume sucks. But the guy is still calling me telling me my skills rule.
Dude, generic problem with outsourcing! Outsourcing is only a short-term solution when it comes to software.
Thats why software and manufacturing do not go together. *If* you can produce perfect design documentation, i.e. specs and outsource the coding and only the coding, thats the only way it will work.
Thank God some of us think "out of the box". Hopefully, we'll have some jobs:)
I think the tradeoff is that with increased privacy, you get *less* safety.
However, with more safety, you get *less* freedom. No more anonymous cowards, no anonymous surfing, no encryption that cannot be broken by the people protecting you.
In return for increased safety, you essentially say, "Tell me what to do, and I'll do it, and you can watch over my shoulder all the time, even when I take a crap". This is fine for an assembly-line worker mentality, but it does nothing for enjoyment of life!
On a somewhat unrelated note, I caught the middle of a documentary on the CBC about 9/11 facts vs beliefs. The link below is not of that but another one:
Slashdot Mirror
I totally agree with your statement. I have had bosses give me days off while other people have had to work overtime. It's all in how your manager perceives you / how you present yourself.
If you present yourself as a whore, you will be treated like one. If you present yourself like someone with dignity, you will get treated like that. Nowadays there are a lot of whores so it's pretty difficult for people with dignity to get jobs.
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This is what I have learnt about the software industry (from a mostly spectator's POV):
1) Make a lot of people have the software (either by giving away good software OR by forcing people to use inferior software)
2) Make them pay for support
3) Profit
How else can you make money if you want your software to be popular and available everywhere?
University of Toronto. last year of Comp Sci. 3.57/4 - if you're THAT curious :)
The "tension" between french and english is not a violent tension (as far as I, or the people I know have experienced). It is mostly a case of wanting to keep their own culture which is fine by me (and most other canadians).
Bad feelings between east and west is too vague for me to comment on.
I am also saddened by the treatment of the native canadians. IANANC so I cannot speak for their experience, but I have heard not-so-good things in the past. Speaking as an outsider, I would not be able to comment on areas such as nunavut and whether or not the native canadians like the agreement there. But I think/hope things are getting better.
us.gov is getting progressively worse. There was an episode on the fifth estate on the CBC about the "conspiracy theories" surrounding 9/11. I suggest you take a look at it.
"Trapped" by Tupac: ... ...
They got me trapped, can barely walk the city streets
Without a cop harassing me,
Searchin' me, then asking my identity
Hands Up throw me up against the wall
Didn't do a thing at all
Tellin' you one day these sucka's gotta fall
Cuffed up, throw me on the concrete
Nothings changed.
There is no doubt in my mind that this happens all the time. I have been to the states 3 times for visits, the last time was when the stuff happened.
If that goes on in a "civilized" country, imagine what is happening to those poor iraqis right now. I just think it's sad. Then they wonder why people dont like us.gov
It happened early september 2000, the night before my first day of university!
Why white vs green makes a difference:
a) Because the police chief asked where I was born (not my citizenship) before having me brought in. Why did this matter?
b) Because the people accusing me *were* white and their word (which was a complete blatant lie) was taken as gospel over mine (and my gf's).
If I had been white, you can bet your mom's early retirement that this never would have happened.
Stealing the money: it was at the point where they were doing an inventory of what I had when I arrested me, the cop doing the inventory "accidentally dropped" the money (all in 50's and 20's). When I insisted that I had more and I repeatedly enumerated how much of each denomination I had and the total value, he eventually gave up and said "Oh look, it fell down".
Burning the watch: The station was a small one and I was in a holding cell. I could see everything they were doing. I saw one of the cops put a lighter to my watch, I started banging on the cell doors and yelling at them. Then they stopped.
I'm glad you asked. While I wish I was kidding, I hope this opens your eyes to the kind of stuff that goes on in your country. As a teenager, I got into a lot of shit in Canada but never once did I get this kind of treatment.
Ok you totally missed my point.
I got detained incommunicado. The reason: Three white guys (two of whom I'd never seen) claimed I threatened one of them (I had only seen one briefly about getting luggaage which had disappeared prematurely, and the conversation was not threatening).
Once the cops arrested me, they lied to me about what was going on. They told me I wouldnt be able to get out for weeks. They wouldnt let me call anyone let alone make any type of bail. They never even charged me with anything.
I caught them trying to steal my money (~400 cdn), burn my watch (newly gifted by my gf). Luckily, I am a calm guy. Other people would have cracked. They were trying to tell me I set a B-O-M-B in the airport. What the hell is that?
All of this, while leaving my girlfriend stranded in a foreign country, in a foreign airport, late
at night.
Luckily, she met a sane american (maybe the only one?) who came and yelled at the cops for being such f*ckups.
So no, I'm not coming back. Thanks.
That stuff is not even funny. I'm a Canadian that visited the states b4 9/11 and that happened to me. I will never go back to the states.
more M$ lock in
Heres an idea: Copy the DirectX API as much as possible.
I seem to recall a case where header files -> API's could not be copyrighted.
Maybe once Linux users think about *paying* for Linux stuff, then this can be viable.
Undoubtedly, there will be someone on slashdot who pays the Debian/Redhat/Whatever membership and thats great, but its probably a small percentage of Linux users.
Number of people/s visiting dogster.com: 100
Number of people/s trying to think of clever remarks in response to this news featuer: 1000
Number of geeks/s who check out personals.osdn.com: 1000000000000000000000000000
There are 10 types of people reading this posting. Those who think the above is in decimal, and those who know better.
at making Java open source, I thought it was for the same reason M$ would not like to see Windows open sourced; the built-in "data collection" functionality.
With this announcement, I am not worried that Java does these sort of things (wrong as I may be).
Don't lie, you thought that too.
WHY do windows users get so mad when people make fun of windows. Its not like your overlord made it is it?
Oh wait...
Nevermind.
Why in God's name would you ever mod this guy UP?
Sort of like the tree falling in the forest.
"Our monitor does not emit light until you look at it"
My monitor already does that.
quite what?
Would fatal errors include sending ASCII resumes...
OK maybe you can 'splain to me why I get an interview on the basis of my resume (they said so) when I go to a company's job fair BUT when I apply for jobs the regular way, I get nothing.
Ok I know. My resume sucks. But the guy is still calling me telling me my skills rule.
I'm confused.
ummm where did buddy even say that jobs was talking about OSX.
This is what he said:
Linus was bashing OSX
He recollected when jobs approached him.
Not related.
NASA goes open source and I find out that they have a newsfeed!
Uh yeah, its called XUL
Pretty cool eh?Dude, generic problem with outsourcing! Outsourcing is only a short-term solution when it comes to software.
:)
Thats why software and manufacturing do not go together. *If* you can produce perfect design documentation, i.e. specs and outsource the coding and only the coding, thats the only way it will work.
Thank God some of us think "out of the box". Hopefully, we'll have some jobs
I think the tradeoff is that with increased privacy, you get *less* safety.
However, with more safety, you get *less* freedom. No more anonymous cowards, no anonymous surfing, no encryption that cannot be broken by the people protecting you.
In return for increased safety, you essentially say, "Tell me what to do, and I'll do it, and you can watch over my shoulder all the time, even when I take a crap". This is fine for an assembly-line worker mentality, but it does nothing for enjoyment of life!
On a somewhat unrelated note, I caught the middle of a documentary on the CBC about 9/11 facts vs beliefs. The link below is not of that but another one:
http://www.truthuncovered.com
TOTALLY 1984 dudes! We're fucked.