Thats why Comp Sci departments have some of the highest attrition rates (and low entry rates). People generally take 1 semester of C and then regret it. If someone can actually stick through a Comp Sci program, with all the coding (not be bored AND understand it), then they deserve to get the job and make the appropriate salary.
For everything (even health care) there are good times and bad times. We just happen to be in a bad time. i.e. Health care will see the bad times when population rates drop (either after some massive plague, or if more govt's impose laws on reproduction).
And there is nothing wrong with being a web monkey - as a part-part time job during college (and even on the occasion now) it has helped make me some good extra cash (about 10k a year):)
I am going to keep posting on STUPID moderations. How is the above a troll? It is a legitimate question!
Jesus, the moderation system really needs an overhaul
I never said that these people are clueless, I just said I have a problem with someone does this kind of R&D when they have low-tech or no security measures that can compare to a major manufacturer.
So these guys may develop the latest and greatest, to end all wars weapon - but if they can't keep criminals away from it- then that is bad.
While the driver has a lot of cool buttons and features, at 200 MPH, does he really have the time to worry about the things? I mean lets face it, a slight (and i mean SLIGHT) jerk of the stearing wheel at 200 MPH generally means flying to one's death....
And did it really matter or was this the entire basis of someones argument? Because if it was, they better damned hope they are perfect writers. They sure as hell are condescending son's of bitches.
Weapons grade research = weapons being the key word.
I was under the impression that weaposn grade plutonium does involve weapons - the capability of a logical weapon.
(I used the word logical for those nitpickers who might say that paper can be used as a weapon, since some idiots like to try and shoot a post down solely on the basis of terminology that can be considered irrelevant to the post.)
Now how does weapons grade research differ from ordinary research. Well lets look into that: Anyone is allowed to R&D say how to improve light bulb technology, not everyone is allowed to R&D how to make a better smart bomb - something about national security.
Also, not everyone is allowed to handle plutonium, weapons grade or not.
Lets see, how comfortable do we feel about giving a small startup company, out of a 'garage' a ton of money so they can do weapons grade research. Now while agree that companies like Lockhead Martin, Boeing, etc may not be as efficient as they can be - at least I feel happier knowing that it is based on a high security company that has many checks and balances AND high grade security - not some tom dick and harry working out of their basement. These guys should be working at a mil facility with security systems and people with M-16's, not in their garage.
Looks like an overgrown super soaker to me.
And the e-mail is @lycos? You would think a company with gov't contracts, doing R&D on multi-million (billion?) dollar equipment could afford $35/year for domain registration, plus $10/month on hosting...man talk about cost slashing freaks!
So it shoots particles that are airborne? And that means they are subject to winds? So what happens if the wind kicks up and shoots this onto the police?
What happens if this airborne particle gets in someones eye? Does anyone want to get shot in the eye with electricity? Fried eyeballs anyone?
I don't know how I feel about this, especially at a crowd level. Sell to the police/military now, sell to the black market tomorrow, sell to civilians the day after tomorrow (oops, did I do that?)
I wonder if SCO is offering Service & Support in quarterly increments? I don't know if a company wants to pay for five years of Service & Support that might terminate by next year:)
EULA's, contracts and other agreements are all well and dandy - but they cannot always circumvent or supersede actual law. So the EULA can talk about privacy all it wants. It can even state "we will not give your information out to ANYONE." If the feds come a knockin, they better have that information ready in a nicely wrapped package with a bow on it, and there is nothing the company (nor the company's customer) can do about it.
My car was stolen years ago. Had about 20 ORIGINAL CD's (I didn't use my cd burner for anything other then data backup at the time). I have 20 empty cd cases with the booklets from the music, but I do not have the songs. I'll be damned if I have to buy those 20 CD's again.
For those that might say "your car insurance company should pay for it" - the car companies response to theft of non-auto parts (cds, clothing, books, etc left in your car) is that you are not covered for this unless you want to get extra insurance. Sorry, no, I am not paying an $$$ so I can have my personal property insured incase my car gets stolen. On a side note, i can understand if i told the car insurance company I had four laptops, and $5,000 in cash sitting in my car, but sheesh - a fleece, spare pants/underwear/socks, 20 cds, a blanket, pillow, quart of oil, windshield wiper fluid, jumper cables is NOT unreasonable!! Damn racket all of them (insurance companies have a racket)
How about the e-mails that take two days to show up, or "bounce" from known sources (those in contact list) for no reason? I have had times where I sent myself an e-mail (as a memo note) and never received it! And that is going from the same e-mail account - it's like a crap shoot
I have a nice Sony commander remote, and a 100% total Sony system, and my brand new dvd/vcr is not compatable with the remote commander. While that remote is about 5 years older, I would hope Sony would make it compatable with my DVD player... The weird thing is, the DVD player remote is compatable with my TV (sony Trinitron from 95 or 96)...
I will be happy when I have a nice implant that is my car keys, house keys, medical information, credit card, remote control, etc (sort of like that kid from X-Men 2 who can blink his eyes and change the channel...though this could get annoying if I couldn't control it):)
...Yahoo sue? Did they win? Did they get his money/assets? If the answer to these questions equals YES, then we could all care less about this guy appologizing. We have his money, we don't want to hear/see anymore trash spewed from him.
I wouldn't be *TOO* hard on companies. It is tough to find every loophole and exploit! A company might have a team of 10-15 people developing this software. The hacker community comprises of a lot more then 10-15 people. So the odds are against the companies. All it takes is someone finding one single hole and they attack it. This is part of the reason why Windows gets more viruses then say MAC; because there are way more windows users and way more windows hackers then there are MAC users/hackers. While faulty design does play a part of it, it is not the only part.
If Gmail or Yahoo decide to give free Pop access they won my non-paying business:) Presently I use one yahoo for spam mail, one yahoo for day to day purchases, resumes and emails from strangers. And then I have MyWay mail for all my close personal friends which I tell to not place me in a CC line (bcc is much better):)
As the saying goes "too little, too late." That and I get bombarded with over 200 spam mails a day, with filtering software that places my non-spam in the spam box!
In the end, it is no different then what some companies do "Sorry this is our lowest price possible, this is cost." Consumer comes back a day later "Your competitor down the street is selling the product for $10.00 less" so the store says "we will match it." I generally tell the original store to F-off. Yahoo is not even attempting to match Gmail. While 100 megs is more then I need for email (even with the 4 meg limit i rarely ever hit that mark, only if someone sends me pictures) knowing that I have crazy space is awesome.
Newspapers, primarily make their money from ads. The 50 cents you pay for a newspaper does not actually cover the cost of the newspaper, the delivery of the newspaper, the maintenance of the box, the story writers, etc. The online business model utilizes ads, and the advantage - they do not have to print anything on paper (enviro friendly), as well as save print money, and get the story out quicker.
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Thats why Comp Sci departments have some of the highest attrition rates (and low entry rates). People generally take 1 semester of C and then regret it. If someone can actually stick through a Comp Sci program, with all the coding (not be bored AND understand it), then they deserve to get the job and make the appropriate salary. :)
For everything (even health care) there are good times and bad times. We just happen to be in a bad time. i.e. Health care will see the bad times when population rates drop (either after some massive plague, or if more govt's impose laws on reproduction).
And there is nothing wrong with being a web monkey - as a part-part time job during college (and even on the occasion now) it has helped make me some good extra cash (about 10k a year)
I am going to keep posting on STUPID moderations. How is the above a troll? It is a legitimate question!
Jesus, the moderation system really needs an overhaul
I never said that these people are clueless, I just said I have a problem with someone does this kind of R&D when they have low-tech or no security measures that can compare to a major manufacturer.
So these guys may develop the latest and greatest, to end all wars weapon - but if they can't keep criminals away from it- then that is bad.
Do you think it's windows OS? ANd if so, what happens when you get a BSOD (especially with no visible screen to tell you?)
While the driver has a lot of cool buttons and features, at 200 MPH, does he really have the time to worry about the things? I mean lets face it, a slight (and i mean SLIGHT) jerk of the stearing wheel at 200 MPH generally means flying to one's death....
And did it really matter or was this the entire basis of someones argument? Because if it was, they better damned hope they are perfect writers. They sure as hell are condescending son's of bitches.
Weapons grade research = weapons being the key word.
I was under the impression that weaposn grade plutonium does involve weapons - the capability of a logical weapon.
(I used the word logical for those nitpickers who might say that paper can be used as a weapon, since some idiots like to try and shoot a post down solely on the basis of terminology that can be considered irrelevant to the post.)
Now how does weapons grade research differ from ordinary research. Well lets look into that: Anyone is allowed to R&D say how to improve light bulb technology, not everyone is allowed to R&D how to make a better smart bomb - something about national security.
Also, not everyone is allowed to handle plutonium, weapons grade or not.
WYSIYG, otherwise please elaborate on your question
I don't know, but ever get that burning feeling? You know what I'm talking about right? You know that burning sensation?
Hmm, oops, ignore what I said
My firewall is silent. I like to test it out on DSL reports.
Yea well the Jetsons promised me flying cars....
Lets see, how comfortable do we feel about giving a small startup company, out of a 'garage' a ton of money so they can do weapons grade research. Now while agree that companies like Lockhead Martin, Boeing, etc may not be as efficient as they can be - at least I feel happier knowing that it is based on a high security company that has many checks and balances AND high grade security - not some tom dick and harry working out of their basement. These guys should be working at a mil facility with security systems and people with M-16's, not in their garage.
Looks like an overgrown super soaker to me.
And the e-mail is @lycos? You would think a company with gov't contracts, doing R&D on multi-million (billion?) dollar equipment could afford $35/year for domain registration, plus $10/month on hosting...man talk about cost slashing freaks!
So it shoots particles that are airborne? And that means they are subject to winds? So what happens if the wind kicks up and shoots this onto the police? What happens if this airborne particle gets in someones eye? Does anyone want to get shot in the eye with electricity? Fried eyeballs anyone? I don't know how I feel about this, especially at a crowd level. Sell to the police/military now, sell to the black market tomorrow, sell to civilians the day after tomorrow (oops, did I do that?)
I wonder if SCO is offering Service & Support in quarterly increments? I don't know if a company wants to pay for five years of Service & Support that might terminate by next year :)
EULA's, contracts and other agreements are all well and dandy - but they cannot always circumvent or supersede actual law. So the EULA can talk about privacy all it wants. It can even state "we will not give your information out to ANYONE." If the feds come a knockin, they better have that information ready in a nicely wrapped package with a bow on it, and there is nothing the company (nor the company's customer) can do about it.
My car was stolen years ago. Had about 20 ORIGINAL CD's (I didn't use my cd burner for anything other then data backup at the time). I have 20 empty cd cases with the booklets from the music, but I do not have the songs. I'll be damned if I have to buy those 20 CD's again.
For those that might say "your car insurance company should pay for it" - the car companies response to theft of non-auto parts (cds, clothing, books, etc left in your car) is that you are not covered for this unless you want to get extra insurance. Sorry, no, I am not paying an $$$ so I can have my personal property insured incase my car gets stolen. On a side note, i can understand if i told the car insurance company I had four laptops, and $5,000 in cash sitting in my car, but sheesh - a fleece, spare pants/underwear/socks, 20 cds, a blanket, pillow, quart of oil, windshield wiper fluid, jumper cables is NOT unreasonable!! Damn racket all of them (insurance companies have a racket)
How about the e-mails that take two days to show up, or "bounce" from known sources (those in contact list) for no reason? I have had times where I sent myself an e-mail (as a memo note) and never received it! And that is going from the same e-mail account - it's like a crap shoot
I have a nice Sony commander remote, and a 100% total Sony system, and my brand new dvd/vcr is not compatable with the remote commander. While that remote is about 5 years older, I would hope Sony would make it compatable with my DVD player... The weird thing is, the DVD player remote is compatable with my TV (sony Trinitron from 95 or 96)... :)
I will be happy when I have a nice implant that is my car keys, house keys, medical information, credit card, remote control, etc (sort of like that kid from X-Men 2 who can blink his eyes and change the channel...though this could get annoying if I couldn't control it)
...Yahoo sue? Did they win? Did they get his money/assets? If the answer to these questions equals YES, then we could all care less about this guy appologizing. We have his money, we don't want to hear/see anymore trash spewed from him.
I wouldn't be *TOO* hard on companies. It is tough to find every loophole and exploit! A company might have a team of 10-15 people developing this software. The hacker community comprises of a lot more then 10-15 people. So the odds are against the companies. All it takes is someone finding one single hole and they attack it. This is part of the reason why Windows gets more viruses then say MAC; because there are way more windows users and way more windows hackers then there are MAC users/hackers. While faulty design does play a part of it, it is not the only part.
Dammit, and I was just starting to get the hang of Toothing
If Gmail or Yahoo decide to give free Pop access they won my non-paying business :) Presently I use one yahoo for spam mail, one yahoo for day to day purchases, resumes and emails from strangers. And then I have MyWay mail for all my close personal friends which I tell to not place me in a CC line (bcc is much better) :)
As the saying goes "too little, too late." That and I get bombarded with over 200 spam mails a day, with filtering software that places my non-spam in the spam box!
In the end, it is no different then what some companies do "Sorry this is our lowest price possible, this is cost." Consumer comes back a day later "Your competitor down the street is selling the product for $10.00 less" so the store says "we will match it." I generally tell the original store to F-off. Yahoo is not even attempting to match Gmail. While 100 megs is more then I need for email (even with the 4 meg limit i rarely ever hit that mark, only if someone sends me pictures) knowing that I have crazy space is awesome.
Newspapers, primarily make their money from ads. The 50 cents you pay for a newspaper does not actually cover the cost of the newspaper, the delivery of the newspaper, the maintenance of the box, the story writers, etc. The online business model utilizes ads, and the advantage - they do not have to print anything on paper (enviro friendly), as well as save print money, and get the story out quicker.