In my experiences, Canada Post has been far more reliable than USPS has ever been. And I've shipped hundreds (perhaps thousands) of things using both systems.
Except the Saturday delivery thing. That's pretty sweet.
I always thought that the post offices would be OK because with the Internet, sure we're sending way less letter mail, but package deliveries must be through the roof compared to what they were before. Most people do shittonnes of ordering on the Internet now.
Although if it weren't for live sporting events, I'd have dumped cable/satellite by now. Netflix gives me enough of what I need as far as programming goes, and with dumbass networks like NBC shelving wonderful shows like Community while keeping shit like 'the Biggest Loser', I see no reason to support their bullshit.
If NHL Centre Ice would give me all 82 games of my favourite team, I'd drop satellite like a bad habit.
The TV stays though; if nothing else, it's used by Netflix/the game consoles/whatever.
I have *no* post-secondary education. I was done with highschool right around the time when the.com boom was happening, so I joined in the chasing of the pie in the sky.
Since then, I've worked for household names. None of them have cared. The most I've gotten in an interview is,
"I've noticed your resume doesn't have an education section." "That's because I don't have one -- I've been doing this because I love it since I was a kid -- writing code professionally since I was 14, and doing it ever since." "Oh, alright."
The job offer usually comes after that anyway.
I do it by making sure I attend and give talks at local universities as part of programming groups. I'm a member of local user groups. I contribute to open source projects.
All of these are marketable skills that I point out on my resume. Add that with my work history, and it's never really been an issue. I'm lucky enough now where most of my last few jobs have come from the company coming to me, not the other way around.
So in short: keep bettering yourself, try and get involved in extracurricular activities that are relevant to your field, and be prepared for the questions when interview time comes.
To most people, Pentium was just a brand name. The technology behind it was irrelevant. Even if tomorrow Intel starts making their CPUs out of tungsten and unicorn tears, they could still call it Pentium.
More importantly, if they're passionate about it, great.
If they just figure, "meh, I'll do it because there's nothing else, and I use facebook all day", please don't bother. The programmers who care already spend enough time unbreaking the shit you wrote.
Agreed. I have pretty much the same story involving finding a dirty magazine out in a playground somewhere, and pretty thoroughly going through it at the age of.. 8?
The old adage goes: if you want something done, forbid your kids from doing it.
Rather than make a better product or compete on their merits, apple continues to try and get ahead by litigation, frivolous patents, and buying up the competition.
Turning every possible argument (especially one that's visibly just about some over-zealous power-hungry mall cop types), into some 'fucking bleeding heart liberals' or 'fucking heartless republicans' debate, is doing nothing to help your country, or its people.
I just picked up a Playbook (because they've already plummeted in price, and I wanted to try one out), and when I heard someone tell me the Android support had changed, I got a little freaked out.
Then I read the list of things that won't work and rolled my eyes, because they're all non-issues.
What a waste of time this story and linked article are. Move along, nothing to see here.
I loved I, IV, VI, VII, IX, and X. I'm still working on XIII, and haven't bothered with the MMO ones -- I have no interest in MMOs.
I've been saying for years: if someone came out with a game with a story as engaging as say, FF VI or FF VII or Earthbound, I wouldn't care if it were still in 16 bit graphics. I still break out the Earthbound and FF VI occasionally to re-play because they were great games with great story lines.
Graphics are nice and all, but I'll take gameplay and story line any day of the week over them.
First, why is a 13 year old having boxes delivered to his house? When I was < 18, getting my parents to let me use their credit cards was not happening.
Second, Fuck UPS. Fuck them in their stupid asses. Ignoring the random useless delivery guy issues people have had, my problem is with their Canadian brokerage fees. They involve sodomy.
Third, I ignore my front door. I don't care who's there. Unless I'm expecting someone, I just ignore it. I don't want to join your religion, buy your crappy product, or listen to you tell me why your political party doesn't suck.
Fourth, add me to the list of people who will be more interested when someone rigs something I can use to fling people off my front doorstep and into traffic or something.
Wait.. were you just making that fact up as an example, or is this really verifiable?
I ask because I currently own 3 vehicles. I've owned *counts* 6 in my lifetime and I'm 28 years old. Oh, and I'm planning on another purchase this year.
I realise that's anecdotal, but I can't think of a single person I know who has been driving for > 10 years and isn't already past or on their way to more than 4.
I don't know why I'm feeding the troll, but here I go anyway.
No, linux isn't an excuse. The fact that they don't make it reasonably easy for me to use the product via legal/valid means is why I do it.
Having watched a friend of mine have to update the firmware on his DVD drive due to a revoked license prevents me from buying the hardware.
And you can bet your ass I won't be giving Sony any of my money for any reason whatsoever.
(I was also mostly making a point; I jumped off the highdef movie bandwagon some time ago when it occurred to me that the novelty wears off pretty fuckin' quick. I get my movies over Netflix now which is legal. I haven't downloaded a movie off the Internet illegally in many moons (Over a year).)
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I find your post humourous.
In my experiences, Canada Post has been far more reliable than USPS has ever been. And I've shipped hundreds (perhaps thousands) of things using both systems.
Except the Saturday delivery thing. That's pretty sweet.
I always thought that the post offices would be OK because with the Internet, sure we're sending way less letter mail, but package deliveries must be through the roof compared to what they were before. Most people do shittonnes of ordering on the Internet now.
Although if it weren't for live sporting events, I'd have dumped cable/satellite by now. Netflix gives me enough of what I need as far as programming goes, and with dumbass networks like NBC shelving wonderful shows like Community while keeping shit like 'the Biggest Loser', I see no reason to support their bullshit.
If NHL Centre Ice would give me all 82 games of my favourite team, I'd drop satellite like a bad habit.
The TV stays though; if nothing else, it's used by Netflix/the game consoles/whatever.
I have *no* post-secondary education. I was done with highschool right around the time when the .com boom was happening, so I joined in the chasing of the pie in the sky.
Since then, I've worked for household names. None of them have cared. The most I've gotten in an interview is,
"I've noticed your resume doesn't have an education section."
"That's because I don't have one -- I've been doing this because I love it since I was a kid -- writing code professionally since I was 14, and doing it ever since."
"Oh, alright."
The job offer usually comes after that anyway.
I do it by making sure I attend and give talks at local universities as part of programming groups.
I'm a member of local user groups.
I contribute to open source projects.
All of these are marketable skills that I point out on my resume. Add that with my work history, and it's never really been an issue. I'm lucky enough now where most of my last few jobs have come from the company coming to me, not the other way around.
So in short: keep bettering yourself, try and get involved in extracurricular activities that are relevant to your field, and be prepared for the questions when interview time comes.
To most people, Pentium was just a brand name. The technology behind it was irrelevant. Even if tomorrow Intel starts making their CPUs out of tungsten and unicorn tears, they could still call it Pentium.
Until Intel brings back the Pentium brand in general.
Unless they're stupid.
I'll never understand why they killed their most visible, most recognised brand.
I bought my playbook on the premise I'd be able to actually fucking USE it for something soon.
So now it will continue to sit on my desk ignored and unused.
Anyone wanna buy a playbook?
(I know, hell of a sales pitch.)
More importantly, if they're passionate about it, great.
If they just figure, "meh, I'll do it because there's nothing else, and I use facebook all day", please don't bother. The programmers who care already spend enough time unbreaking the shit you wrote.
An MS shill in our very own board.
Hilarious.
Anyway, I rarely ever put any stock in the comments of someone who has a vested interest in the outcome.
I've used Windows 7 phones, I've used iphones, and I've used Android.. Android wins hands down for me for one simple reason: CUSTOMISATION.
I can make android do anything in any way I want. Right down to the lock screen.
The more of these middle man made-up positions we can remove, the better.
Next up: record executives, realtors, and oil prospectors.
Agreed. I have pretty much the same story involving finding a dirty magazine out in a playground somewhere, and pretty thoroughly going through it at the age of.. 8?
The old adage goes: if you want something done, forbid your kids from doing it.
Rather than make a better product or compete on their merits, apple continues to try and get ahead by litigation, frivolous patents, and buying up the competition.
This is par for the course for the company.
Can't tell if stupid or just trolling.
Turning every possible argument (especially one that's visibly just about some over-zealous power-hungry mall cop types), into some 'fucking bleeding heart liberals' or 'fucking heartless republicans' debate, is doing nothing to help your country, or its people.
Remember, folks: divide and conquer.
They successfully destroyed the drives it was stored on?
I just picked up a Playbook (because they've already plummeted in price, and I wanted to try one out), and when I heard someone tell me the Android support had changed, I got a little freaked out.
Then I read the list of things that won't work and rolled my eyes, because they're all non-issues.
What a waste of time this story and linked article are. Move along, nothing to see here.
I loved I, IV, VI, VII, IX, and X. I'm still working on XIII, and haven't bothered with the MMO ones -- I have no interest in MMOs.
I've been saying for years: if someone came out with a game with a story as engaging as say, FF VI or FF VII or Earthbound, I wouldn't care if it were still in 16 bit graphics. I still break out the Earthbound and FF VI occasionally to re-play because they were great games with great story lines.
Graphics are nice and all, but I'll take gameplay and story line any day of the week over them.
This made me laugh out loud and startle my sleeping wife beside me.
Well done indeed.
More people need to call websites on this. This stupid multi-page article thing is idiotic. This is the Internet, WE CAN SCROLL!
Their search results are progressively more useless with every passing day. How about they work on the product that got them big in the first place?
Also, when I read the list of programs that are being cancelled, I went, "never heard of it" to all of them.
Hey, you see that up there? Look a little harder. You might need to put on glasses.
That was the sarcasm flowing clearly over your head at a distance of 300 meters.
For you, sir, -1 Internets.
Seriously. What a fantastic PR move on Zuckerberg's part. I mean. We're all here talking about it, right?
What a load.
sudo already does everything (and more!) I could possibly need it to.
I'm certainly not against choice, just pointing out that it won't mean much for me.
And as the AC above me has already said; 'vsys make me a sandwich' just doesn't sound right.
First, why is a 13 year old having boxes delivered to his house? When I was < 18, getting my parents to let me use their credit cards was not happening.
Second, Fuck UPS. Fuck them in their stupid asses. Ignoring the random useless delivery guy issues people have had, my problem is with their Canadian brokerage fees. They involve sodomy.
Third, I ignore my front door. I don't care who's there. Unless I'm expecting someone, I just ignore it. I don't want to join your religion, buy your crappy product, or listen to you tell me why your political party doesn't suck.
Fourth, add me to the list of people who will be more interested when someone rigs something I can use to fling people off my front doorstep and into traffic or something.
Wait.. were you just making that fact up as an example, or is this really verifiable?
I ask because I currently own 3 vehicles. I've owned *counts* 6 in my lifetime and I'm 28 years old. Oh, and I'm planning on another purchase this year.
I realise that's anecdotal, but I can't think of a single person I know who has been driving for > 10 years and isn't already past or on their way to more than 4.
I don't know why I'm feeding the troll, but here I go anyway.
No, linux isn't an excuse. The fact that they don't make it reasonably easy for me to use the product via legal/valid means is why I do it.
Having watched a friend of mine have to update the firmware on his DVD drive due to a revoked license prevents me from buying the hardware.
And you can bet your ass I won't be giving Sony any of my money for any reason whatsoever.
(I was also mostly making a point; I jumped off the highdef movie bandwagon some time ago when it occurred to me that the novelty wears off pretty fuckin' quick. I get my movies over Netflix now which is legal. I haven't downloaded a movie off the Internet illegally in many moons (Over a year).)