I'm tired of the constant updates from Sony that have no benefit or effect upon me using my PS3. I'm ok with them trying to stop someone from jail-breaking the system but the lousy download speeds from their server really make it kind of inconvenient. A 176MB download at 50-100/kbs? Come on, seriously?
I brought home a game yesterday only to find that they wanted me to sit around and update the firmware AND the game. I updated neither and guess what? The beasties suffered from my holy wrath all the same! Of course, I cannot gloat by sharing my trophies with the world but, then again, I kind of like being an unsung hero.
Check the batteries in your detector Hammurabi! The ability to defend oneself does mitigate the crime. Consider a few extensions of your argument:
If I get drunk and punch a man in the face at a bar then I should have the same punishment as someone that gets drunk and punches their daughter in the face.
Leaving your Mom at the store without a ride home and leaving a child at the store without a ride home should result in the same degree of abandonment.
Other people believe that if you bull$h17 a complex reasoning process behind a peer reviewed scientific conclusion, you are intentionally trying to talk over their heads. Keep SAS/SPSS mumbojumbo where it belongs...your Ph.D. studies and professional correspondence. If you can't translate it into common understading then maybe the results should be withheld for a week or two til you can.
You are NOT required to purchase the data plan and still get the discounted price if you are a T-Mobile subscriber.
This is a major selling feature for someone such as myself, who sits at a computer most of the day and has ZERO interest in having internet access on the phone but wants a cool phone all the same. If I sat on a subway/bus/train for a decent portion of the day then the data plan would be nice, but I do not.
I'll end up buying it after it works its way through the first round of recalls.
My company hired me for a position that was vacant for more than 6-8 months because they couldn't find anyone qualified enough - irrespective of nationality. I've spoken with the HR and my immediate senior and they wouldn't have hired me, for MORE than what they were willing to pay anyone else to do the job.
I don't want to stereotype Indians but all of the ones that I've worked with are extremely talented. I have no doubt that you are worth your salt and then some. Americans that are unable to locate a job take offense at foreigners coming over and doing work that they are capable of doing, or so they think. The arguments that are made against the outsourcing of jobs are, for right or wrong, generalized into the arguments against the importing of workers. You will have a difficult time in convincing an unemployed American (or a citizen of any nation) that it is acceptable to bring in a foreigner to fill a position in times of high unemployment.
The original post is racist. You could debate it all day long but it clearly makes a distinction between Americans and Indians, and how one is somehow magically responsible for driving the salaries down, when he's doing nothing different than the other.
I would not debate that at all. I would however lean towards the word nationalism over racism due to the nature of the discussion even though they often go hand-in-hand.
If the companies scam by listing out ridiculous requirements for job positions, don't they apply to Indians as well? Are you suggesting Indians are generally more skilled than Americans? If you are, then I can see you have explained why an H1B hire could be of more value than an American. And not only are you racist, you're ignorant
I take it by the intensity of your post that you either are an H1B hire or have friends who are.
Ridiculous requirements mean that they cannot find Americans or Indians to fill the positions. This allows them to then proceed to HIRE and TRAIN low level programmers. One of the places that can support the vast number of low-level programmers happens to be India.
Short posts are not capable of holding an argument that could take up the space of a book so people give shorter summaries. You might want to hold back the racist and ignorant comment till you think about the situation a little more.
So you have two degrees, no job and 85k in loans at a high interest rate? Hmm...sounds like a jack-ass to me. Did you really believe your high school counselor when he/she said that going to college would do something for you? Did you believe that a chemistry course would make you employable? Oh, I'm sorry...you took a couple programming classes and made it through the weed-out portion. You deserve to make 6 figures. I'm sorry if I'm not sympathetic but my bachelors took some real effort. Now you can get half the degree by taking AP courses in High School. My masters was challenging but nowadays its just 30 hours of bs. And my Ph.D.? Get your own with 3/4 of the classes online with no peer interaction. Grow up. College education is a business with a major portion being the financial strapping of American youths into financial debt. Not to be a conspiracy theorist but it the writings on the wall.
Maybe I'm a bit old school but "the cloud" was a term for the inconsistent path that data would follow as it traveled from one point on the net to another. We already have terms such as remote, off-site, WAN, out sourced, etc. to describe such an environment, each of which is more accurate for any particular situation. When I hear someone state "we are implementing a cloud based solution" I inwardly laugh because I'm applying the old definition. What we have is a lame advertising buzzword that has gone mainstream. I patiently await for the term cloud to follow the word bling into the...well, I can't say cloud, into the void.
I vote we call it the void instead of the cloud.
I was visiting Chicago a few weeks back and saw the system in action. Biggest problem was to actually get a parking spot. As others have noted, we are talking about a system developed with the intention of generating ticket revenue. Here's a solution:
New Parking Meters at each spot just like in the past
Each Meter allows you to insert a card to start the meter
Insert your card before you leave.
I know it would be a bit more complicated than those three sentences but we have the technology and the people to create such a system. Too bad we don't have the integrity.
Simple really. Create a slashdot poll with the following tidbits/requirements.
1. TFA
2. Pics of breasteses
What else do you need? All information will be examined thoroughly and responses will be made with the highest of standards
I did that once and my DM gave me what seemed like a sweet artifact ring of elemental control but it ended up turning all the ladies I met at the bar into ice zombies. It really messed up my paladin cause he said it qualified as an evil act.
To ensure safety in my household, I have grounded my children for 3 months for putting their lightbright in the hallway. Thank you Boston for teaching me how to rear my children. Oh wait, I don't have any children. I was just having a SIMS flashback. Please disregard prior coment.
Well, considering that good old Mass-a-crap-a-chu-shits has received federal money for thier project (last stat i saw put it between 15 and 20 billion), you're the one of the fine tax paying citizens footing the bill. Public schools or a better looking Boston?
Consider it this way: 15 billion = 1,000 new schools at 15 million a piece. God bless america!
When I was a kid they told me that we study history so that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. So lets look at the past shall we?
What is the condition of the US auto industry today? Did they not outsource production? Do you think the Big Three gave the same reassurances that M$ and all the other companies are making? Shouldn't be to hard to find someone with that information. Do you think its easy to get a job with GM, Ford or Chrysler? Sorry, its not exactly easy even if you've got a family member thats been working with the company for 30 years. Unless you consider a lottery for who gets to put their family member on the list easy.
How about getting a nice job with a local company that does outsourced work down the street from a big three plant? Sorry, those are almost gone too..gone to where might you ask? Well, its not India but its close enough.
If you're going to complain about outsourcing, pay attention to it all across the board. Oh, you like your jetta? You don't like outsourcing to India? Perhaps you should reconsider your argument. I drive an american vehicle and it makes me angry that so much of it is manufactured overseas. But the big boys need their profit margin.
Oh, P.S. Don't start sputtering crap about how the prices go down (or stay down) from overseas manufacturing. The only thing that changes by shipping overseas is the profit margin for the folks on top.
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I'm tired of the constant updates from Sony that have no benefit or effect upon me using my PS3. I'm ok with them trying to stop someone from jail-breaking the system but the lousy download speeds from their server really make it kind of inconvenient. A 176MB download at 50-100/kbs? Come on, seriously?
I brought home a game yesterday only to find that they wanted me to sit around and update the firmware AND the game. I updated neither and guess what? The beasties suffered from my holy wrath all the same! Of course, I cannot gloat by sharing my trophies with the world but, then again, I kind of like being an unsung hero.
and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands
Check the batteries in your detector Hammurabi! The ability to defend oneself does mitigate the crime. Consider a few extensions of your argument:
If I get drunk and punch a man in the face at a bar then I should have the same punishment as someone that gets drunk and punches their daughter in the face.
Leaving your Mom at the store without a ride home and leaving a child at the store without a ride home should result in the same degree of abandonment.
I use the PS3 to play games so I typically don't mess with the online stuff or updates until I'm really bored of a game. Laziness pays off this time!
Great....we alerted one of his minions.
Other people believe that if you bull$h17 a complex reasoning process behind a peer reviewed scientific conclusion, you are intentionally trying to talk over their heads. Keep SAS/SPSS mumbojumbo where it belongs...your Ph.D. studies and professional correspondence. If you can't translate it into common understading then maybe the results should be withheld for a week or two til you can.
Peer reviewed does not mean that they had access to the original data nor the actual method of obtaining that data.
You are NOT required to purchase the data plan and still get the discounted price if you are a T-Mobile subscriber.
This is a major selling feature for someone such as myself, who sits at a computer most of the day and has ZERO interest in having internet access on the phone but wants a cool phone all the same. If I sat on a subway/bus/train for a decent portion of the day then the data plan would be nice, but I do not.
I'll end up buying it after it works its way through the first round of recalls.
My company hired me for a position that was vacant for more than 6-8 months because they couldn't find anyone qualified enough - irrespective of nationality. I've spoken with the HR and my immediate senior and they wouldn't have hired me, for MORE than what they were willing to pay anyone else to do the job.
I don't want to stereotype Indians but all of the ones that I've worked with are extremely talented. I have no doubt that you are worth your salt and then some. Americans that are unable to locate a job take offense at foreigners coming over and doing work that they are capable of doing, or so they think. The arguments that are made against the outsourcing of jobs are, for right or wrong, generalized into the arguments against the importing of workers. You will have a difficult time in convincing an unemployed American (or a citizen of any nation) that it is acceptable to bring in a foreigner to fill a position in times of high unemployment.
The original post is racist. You could debate it all day long but it clearly makes a distinction between Americans and Indians, and how one is somehow magically responsible for driving the salaries down, when he's doing nothing different than the other.
I would not debate that at all. I would however lean towards the word nationalism over racism due to the nature of the discussion even though they often go hand-in-hand.
If the companies scam by listing out ridiculous requirements for job positions, don't they apply to Indians as well? Are you suggesting Indians are generally more skilled than Americans? If you are, then I can see you have explained why an H1B hire could be of more value than an American. And not only are you racist, you're ignorant
I take it by the intensity of your post that you either are an H1B hire or have friends who are.
Ridiculous requirements mean that they cannot find Americans or Indians to fill the positions. This allows them to then proceed to HIRE and TRAIN low level programmers. One of the places that can support the vast number of low-level programmers happens to be India.
Short posts are not capable of holding an argument that could take up the space of a book so people give shorter summaries. You might want to hold back the racist and ignorant comment till you think about the situation a little more.
So you have two degrees, no job and 85k in loans at a high interest rate? Hmm...sounds like a jack-ass to me. Did you really believe your high school counselor when he/she said that going to college would do something for you? Did you believe that a chemistry course would make you employable? Oh, I'm sorry...you took a couple programming classes and made it through the weed-out portion. You deserve to make 6 figures. I'm sorry if I'm not sympathetic but my bachelors took some real effort. Now you can get half the degree by taking AP courses in High School. My masters was challenging but nowadays its just 30 hours of bs. And my Ph.D.? Get your own with 3/4 of the classes online with no peer interaction. Grow up. College education is a business with a major portion being the financial strapping of American youths into financial debt. Not to be a conspiracy theorist but it the writings on the wall.
Maybe I'm a bit old school but "the cloud" was a term for the inconsistent path that data would follow as it traveled from one point on the net to another. We already have terms such as remote, off-site, WAN, out sourced, etc. to describe such an environment, each of which is more accurate for any particular situation. When I hear someone state "we are implementing a cloud based solution" I inwardly laugh because I'm applying the old definition. What we have is a lame advertising buzzword that has gone mainstream. I patiently await for the term cloud to follow the word bling into the...well, I can't say cloud, into the void. I vote we call it the void instead of the cloud.
I know it would be a bit more complicated than those three sentences but we have the technology and the people to create such a system. Too bad we don't have the integrity.
Simple really. Create a slashdot poll with the following tidbits/requirements. 1. TFA 2. Pics of breasteses What else do you need? All information will be examined thoroughly and responses will be made with the highest of standards
no...that would be an earthquake.
I did that once and my DM gave me what seemed like a sweet artifact ring of elemental control but it ended up turning all the ladies I met at the bar into ice zombies. It really messed up my paladin cause he said it qualified as an evil act.
We don't speak anymore.
enough said.
To ensure safety in my household, I have grounded my children for 3 months for putting their lightbright in the hallway. Thank you Boston for teaching me how to rear my children. Oh wait, I don't have any children. I was just having a SIMS flashback. Please disregard prior coment.
I often get above 1 megabyte when downloading programs and stuff.
Am I the only one left downloading bits per second?
I guess that means being a geek precedes being a lifeguard. He's still not getting any.
So lets see, does that mean that I can smoke all day so long as i'm in the sun?
Vitamin D counteracts vitamin N!
Uhmm, yeah, lets test out our new road material on a bridge...couldn't we start on a parking lot or a 35 mph road?
Well, considering that good old Mass-a-crap-a-chu-shits has received federal money for thier project (last stat i saw put it between 15 and 20 billion), you're the one of the fine tax paying citizens footing the bill. Public schools or a better looking Boston?
Consider it this way: 15 billion = 1,000 new schools at 15 million a piece. God bless america!
When I was a kid they told me that we study history so that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. So lets look at the past shall we?
What is the condition of the US auto industry today? Did they not outsource production? Do you think the Big Three gave the same reassurances that M$ and all the other companies are making? Shouldn't be to hard to find someone with that information. Do you think its easy to get a job with GM, Ford or Chrysler? Sorry, its not exactly easy even if you've got a family member thats been working with the company for 30 years. Unless you consider a lottery for who gets to put their family member on the list easy.
How about getting a nice job with a local company that does outsourced work down the street from a big three plant? Sorry, those are almost gone too..gone to where might you ask? Well, its not India but its close enough.
If you're going to complain about outsourcing, pay attention to it all across the board. Oh, you like your jetta? You don't like outsourcing to India? Perhaps you should reconsider your argument. I drive an american vehicle and it makes me angry that so much of it is manufactured overseas. But the big boys need their profit margin.
Oh, P.S. Don't start sputtering crap about how the prices go down (or stay down) from overseas manufacturing. The only thing that changes by shipping overseas is the profit margin for the folks on top.
Maybe they'll havest more of those awesome little red swedish fishies...