The day they don't let me in because my cell phone has a camera is the day I stop going to movies.
Good! STAY HOME. The main reason I avoid theaters like the plague now is cell phones. People talk on them no matter how many times they're politely asked not to. The phones ring without fail in the middle of quiet parts of the movie. People constantly text and play with them during the films, and their ultra-bright screens light up everything in a 10-seat radius. And God forbid you ask the person sitting next to you to please stop texting or talking on their cell -- they'll either curse you or look at you like you're from another planet. Because, you know, they paid for the ticket, so they can do any damn thing they want.
When theaters ban ALL cell phones from theaters, maybe I'll consider going back. Maybe.
Not sure about that . . . it sure looks like the US' current immigration laws are indeed ignored and unenforceable. Any serious attempt at enforcement nowadays results in screams of racism.
But that's your choice. Europeans live in democratic countries and voted for high taxes on fuel. If you don't like it, get your elected officials to do something about it, or vote them out and get someone who will.
. . . I can tell you that the c-stores are much more interested in making sure they don't run out of gas. Fuel and cigarettes have become commoditized to such a point that retailers can't grow their business with the stuff anymore and are actually expanding through things like newer, larger store formats and food service programs. I never heard anyone making a big deal out of temperature fluctuations -- the retailers certainly don't gain / lose significant amounts of money because of it.
They are, however, very concerned with having a tank run out -- meaning they can't sell any gas, period. Typically, they already have in-tank sensors for fuel levels, even on moldy old pre-IP equipment. I was onsite at an install last December at a rather large store and this happened for about 15 minutes -- the forecourt controller went down and had to be rebooted -- and *everyone* in the store dropped what they were doing and attended to the problem. The retailers' margins are razor-thin with fuel so they have to make money by selling a ton of it -- and they can't do that when they don't have any or when the dispenser-related equipment is down.
I think you meant, "I have friends who make 50K who *are paying on* a boat, two cars, a motorcycle, and their home. They are also constantly in trouble with their debt."
Confusing ownership with making minimum payments on things someone can never realistically expect to own is one of the biggest problems in our credit-based, buy-now-pay-later culture. You friends don't own that stuff -- the bank does. Just thought I'd point out the critical difference.
Another dead revenue model that they haven't realized won't work anymore. Search yer favorite P2P client/ torrents for PDFs named $band tab . Have fun!
. . . the first time they catch a politician's cavorting with his mistress (or, more likely, his car parked at her place). Until then, I predict a smattering of divorce cases where these shots are presented as evidence, as well as the occasional naked fat guy caught standing in front of his picture window drinking out of the milk carton. Please, Google, technologize responsibly!;-)
Cut them loose and let them turn their population into a bunch of idiot hicks that can't get a job. We'll do just fine without them TYVM.
They already tried to leave, but the blue states (led by a Republican president, no less!) wouldn't let them go.
I could turn your arguement on its head anyway -- why not cut loose inner city Baltimore, Detroit, NYC, etc. (fine blue state communities that they are)? They're a net negative on the treasury, so let's cut 'em loose and let them turn their population into a bunch of illiterate, illegitimate thugs that can't get a job. We'll do just fine without them TYVM.
The procedure worked for Microsoft time and time again, why not Google?:)
Yeah, like Microsoft dominated search and online advertising, right? Oh wait.
No company is invincible. Microsoft was in the same boat 10 years ago and they managed to screw it up. The bigger they get, the slower and less innovative Google gets, and the harder it becomes to attract and retain top talent (yes, some people want to work for a cause other than the dollar). Google could fall just as fast if some young upstart moves in with a truly disruptive search technology and steals their advertising revenue. It is unlikely but within the realm of possibilities.
Exley was a pioneer. He literally wrote the book on cave diving and was the first person in the world to log over 1,000 cave dives. Slashdotters may also be interested to know that he was a North Florida math teacher who wrote his own software ("Dr. X") to help calculate gas mixes etc. during deep dives into the many caves which are part of the Florida Aquifer system. I submitted a story a few years ago on the tenth anniversary of his death but it was rejected -- glad to see he's finally being mentioned here.
In other news, Seagate announced that its upcoming line of hard drives will be measured using the new LoC (Library of Congress) storage units to avoid confusion. The advanced ST-54883432, weighing in at a monstrous.00000000000017 LoC, goes on sale June 14th.
has already taken down most tablature from the Web
Perhaps for now . . . anyway, while they continue playing text file Whack-A-Mole, search your favorite P2P client or BitTorrent for *band name*.pdf, and enjoy. Much like the **AA, this distrbution model is shot in the head -- that mindless thrashing you see will stop after awhile.:-)
Mod parent up. People whining about the H1Bs seem to always want no competition for their job but turn around and demand guaranteed higher wages and job security. If you're as good as you claim to be, I hear Google can't hire fast enough and they pay really well.
Five years ago, when the IT sector really sucked, I would have agreed with you 100%. Thing is that a lot of companies already took a ride around the outsourcing / H1B wheel back then, and / or cut way too deep when they did their layoffs, and now understand that you *never* get the same quality you do with your own staff of native English-speaking folks who are full employees of the company. Too many projects never got done, or the quality sucked, or too many customers complained, etc. That type of cost-cutting just isn't required right now -- the economy's doing too well.
It's also not just about the money -- it's about getting someone who will be a long-term contributor on your team (which of course runs 100% counter H1B). The tech leaders today -- Google et al -- CANNOT hire qualified people fast enough. Only problem is that those qualified people, on average, need to have an M.S. in CS from a major tech university. It is a phenomenal IT job market for employees right now -- best since the dot com era. I personally don't know anyone who's had any trouble at all finding a new gig lately, if they've bothered to look -- more the other way around (folks having trouble finding someone with a particular skillset). As usual, though, things will shift back the other way after a time, and we'll all being longing for the "Web 2.0 days.";-)
These overseas folks are here principally because of a lack of skilled US citizens in critical areas. The ire being posted on this thread is largely misplaced. Instead of ranting about foreigners suckling "your" jobs out of this country, perhaps we should have better funded engineering education programs and engineering-related incentives for prospective college students so we have enough Americans to do the work? Banning the H1Bs will only make it harder to fill these vacancies, which helps no one.
Honestly, I've never understood the sense of entitlement some have about their IT jobs. If you're half as good as you say you are, you should have no problem landing your next gig.
People who keep getting blocked every 3 months will quickly learn to take better care of their computers.
It's a great theory, but in practice, I'm afraid that your average lazy consumer will simply switch to another (non-blocking) ISP who will happily take their money. 99% of the computer users out there don't even know what a spam bot is (unless they can regurgitate some buzzword from a commercial they saw), let alone how to fix a crippled PC. Your strategy only works if all the ISPs agree to it, and that ain't gonna happen.
Let's face it -- it's time for a new and improved mail protocol.
Second question:
"Let's say you have a computer with 2M RAM. This computer has a hard drive (with lots of free space) and a 100M file which you should sort. Let me know how you, as effectivly as possible, sort the file."
Easy. Plug a 1 GB SDRAM in that puppy. Isn't that a core part of Google's approach to scaling their search anyway (i.e., acres of commodity grey market boxes)?
. . . but the game will stay the same. That big ole user base is worth too much money to too many people to have it dissolved. I suspect that Verizon will try to forge a settlement which involves some large part of said users.
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The day they don't let me in because my cell phone has a camera is the day I stop going to movies.
Good! STAY HOME. The main reason I avoid theaters like the plague now is cell phones. People talk on them no matter how many times they're politely asked not to. The phones ring without fail in the middle of quiet parts of the movie. People constantly text and play with them during the films, and their ultra-bright screens light up everything in a 10-seat radius. And God forbid you ask the person sitting next to you to please stop texting or talking on their cell -- they'll either curse you or look at you like you're from another planet. Because, you know, they paid for the ticket, so they can do any damn thing they want.
When theaters ban ALL cell phones from theaters, maybe I'll consider going back. Maybe.
Not sure about that . . . it sure looks like the US' current immigration laws are indeed ignored and unenforceable. Any serious attempt at enforcement nowadays results in screams of racism.
But that's your choice. Europeans live in democratic countries and voted for high taxes on fuel. If you don't like it, get your elected officials to do something about it, or vote them out and get someone who will.
. . . I can tell you that the c-stores are much more interested in making sure they don't run out of gas. Fuel and cigarettes have become commoditized to such a point that retailers can't grow their business with the stuff anymore and are actually expanding through things like newer, larger store formats and food service programs. I never heard anyone making a big deal out of temperature fluctuations -- the retailers certainly don't gain / lose significant amounts of money because of it.
They are, however, very concerned with having a tank run out -- meaning they can't sell any gas, period. Typically, they already have in-tank sensors for fuel levels, even on moldy old pre-IP equipment. I was onsite at an install last December at a rather large store and this happened for about 15 minutes -- the forecourt controller went down and had to be rebooted -- and *everyone* in the store dropped what they were doing and attended to the problem. The retailers' margins are razor-thin with fuel so they have to make money by selling a ton of it -- and they can't do that when they don't have any or when the dispenser-related equipment is down.
As if millions of homeless suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. ;-)
I think you meant, "I have friends who make 50K who *are paying on* a boat, two cars, a motorcycle, and their home. They are also constantly in trouble with their debt."
Confusing ownership with making minimum payments on things someone can never realistically expect to own is one of the biggest problems in our credit-based, buy-now-pay-later culture. You friends don't own that stuff -- the bank does. Just thought I'd point out the critical difference.
"Hey! The Monkees. They were a major influences on The Beatles." ;-)
Since apparently the only requirement is something sounding similar, I recommend they start suing each other.
Cool! No more rap / hip-hop. ;-)
Another dead revenue model that they haven't realized won't work anymore. Search yer favorite P2P client/ torrents for PDFs named $band tab . Have fun!
. . . the first time they catch a politician's cavorting with his mistress (or, more likely, his car parked at her place). Until then, I predict a smattering of divorce cases where these shots are presented as evidence, as well as the occasional naked fat guy caught standing in front of his picture window drinking out of the milk carton. Please, Google, technologize responsibly! ;-)
Cut them loose and let them turn their population into a bunch of idiot hicks that can't get a job. We'll do just fine without them TYVM.
They already tried to leave, but the blue states (led by a Republican president, no less!) wouldn't let them go.
I could turn your arguement on its head anyway -- why not cut loose inner city Baltimore, Detroit, NYC, etc. (fine blue state communities that they are)? They're a net negative on the treasury, so let's cut 'em loose and let them turn their population into a bunch of illiterate, illegitimate thugs that can't get a job. We'll do just fine without them TYVM.
The procedure worked for Microsoft time and time again, why not Google? :)
Yeah, like Microsoft dominated search and online advertising, right? Oh wait.
No company is invincible. Microsoft was in the same boat 10 years ago and they managed to screw it up. The bigger they get, the slower and less innovative Google gets, and the harder it becomes to attract and retain top talent (yes, some people want to work for a cause other than the dollar). Google could fall just as fast if some young upstart moves in with a truly disruptive search technology and steals their advertising revenue. It is unlikely but within the realm of possibilities.
Tell that to Mussolini.
Exley was a pioneer. He literally wrote the book on cave diving and was the first person in the world to log over 1,000 cave dives. Slashdotters may also be interested to know that he was a North Florida math teacher who wrote his own software ("Dr. X") to help calculate gas mixes etc. during deep dives into the many caves which are part of the Florida Aquifer system. I submitted a story a few years ago on the tenth anniversary of his death but it was rejected -- glad to see he's finally being mentioned here.
In other news, Seagate announced that its upcoming line of hard drives will be measured using the new LoC (Library of Congress) storage units to avoid confusion. The advanced ST-54883432, weighing in at a monstrous .00000000000017 LoC, goes on sale June 14th.
has already taken down most tablature from the Web
Perhaps for now . . . anyway, while they continue playing text file Whack-A-Mole, search your favorite P2P client or BitTorrent for *band name*.pdf, and enjoy. Much like the **AA, this distrbution model is shot in the head -- that mindless thrashing you see will stop after awhile. :-)
declining job market like computer engineering
Sorry, are you on crack?
However, the best opportunities await those who studied engineering, computer programming . . .
AeA Announces Job Growth Despite Decline In U.S. Competitiveness
Better hunting, bigger salaries greet graduates
You might want to do a quick Google News search before posting a bunch of unsupportable crap next time . . . just a thought.
Mod parent up. People whining about the H1Bs seem to always want no competition for their job but turn around and demand guaranteed higher wages and job security. If you're as good as you claim to be, I hear Google can't hire fast enough and they pay really well.
Five years ago, when the IT sector really sucked, I would have agreed with you 100%. Thing is that a lot of companies already took a ride around the outsourcing / H1B wheel back then, and / or cut way too deep when they did their layoffs, and now understand that you *never* get the same quality you do with your own staff of native English-speaking folks who are full employees of the company. Too many projects never got done, or the quality sucked, or too many customers complained, etc. That type of cost-cutting just isn't required right now -- the economy's doing too well.
It's also not just about the money -- it's about getting someone who will be a long-term contributor on your team (which of course runs 100% counter H1B). The tech leaders today -- Google et al -- CANNOT hire qualified people fast enough. Only problem is that those qualified people, on average, need to have an M.S. in CS from a major tech university. It is a phenomenal IT job market for employees right now -- best since the dot com era. I personally don't know anyone who's had any trouble at all finding a new gig lately, if they've bothered to look -- more the other way around (folks having trouble finding someone with a particular skillset). As usual, though, things will shift back the other way after a time, and we'll all being longing for the "Web 2.0 days." ;-)
These overseas folks are here principally because of a lack of skilled US citizens in critical areas. The ire being posted on this thread is largely misplaced. Instead of ranting about foreigners suckling "your" jobs out of this country, perhaps we should have better funded engineering education programs and engineering-related incentives for prospective college students so we have enough Americans to do the work? Banning the H1Bs will only make it harder to fill these vacancies, which helps no one.
Honestly, I've never understood the sense of entitlement some have about their IT jobs. If you're half as good as you say you are, you should have no problem landing your next gig.
Then make it a legal requirement
Yeah, that's what we need -- more laws regulating the Internet. You know, 'cuz the ones we have already work so well.
People who keep getting blocked every 3 months will quickly learn to take better care of their computers.
It's a great theory, but in practice, I'm afraid that your average lazy consumer will simply switch to another (non-blocking) ISP who will happily take their money. 99% of the computer users out there don't even know what a spam bot is (unless they can regurgitate some buzzword from a commercial they saw), let alone how to fix a crippled PC. Your strategy only works if all the ISPs agree to it, and that ain't gonna happen.
Let's face it -- it's time for a new and improved mail protocol.
Second question: "Let's say you have a computer with 2M RAM. This computer has a hard drive (with lots of free space) and a 100M file which you should sort. Let me know how you, as effectivly as possible, sort the file."
Easy. Plug a 1 GB SDRAM in that puppy. Isn't that a core part of Google's approach to scaling their search anyway (i.e., acres of commodity grey market boxes)?
Sure -- quit ordering those Canadian meds! ;-)
. . . but the game will stay the same. That big ole user base is worth too much money to too many people to have it dissolved. I suspect that Verizon will try to forge a settlement which involves some large part of said users.
Huzzah for competition.