Most people her age will have *around* %20 deducted in taxes, that is the same percentage I used for doing some quick math to estimate my paycheck within a few dollars of what it actually was back when I was her age. Using that method it is pretty clear she was making right around $10/hr, if not that dollar amount specifically. That was pretty typical for the starting wage of a shitty customer service job back in 2000/2001, looks like things have not improved. That said, a single person living on their own would have to be absolutely insane to accept a job like that in San Francisco or anywhere else in Silicon Valley. The only people that should be taking those jobs or illegal immigrants, high school students, and seniors looking to pad their social security income.
Her real mistake was getting a degree in English Literature.
How are poor/homeless people supposed to make a phone call now? It used to be easy to find $0.50 in the change slots of vending machines or laying on the ground to make a call, does the city plan to provide these people with free smartphones to use the required app?
I am a man and always give directions based on restaurant/gas station locations. It is far easier for someone to spot McDonalds than it is to spot a tiny green sign on the corner of a road. It doesn't help that Illinois doesn't put up road signs in advance of major intersections or at many of the intersections themselves. They expect people to spot an even hard to read small blue "State Route" sign that's about 5 yards from the corner of an intersection. Leaves people with zero time to prepare for a turn and end up having to double back or bring traffic to a halt while they stop in the middle of a lane and try to get over to the right into the turn lane. On the other hand, McDonalds and gas stations tend to put up great big signs that can be spotted half a mile away.
Now if I were still living in California I would have no problem with giving people road names for directions but that's only because California does a far better job of putting up road signs where they are useful.
I bought my own cable modem, had been using it for over a year when I finally decided to return Comcast's modem. Took it down to their local office and had the customer service rep. check the modem back into inventory and remove the rental fee from my account before leaving. The first month after having it removed everything was fine, there was no rental fee billed, the 2nd month after it re-appeared on my bill and they tacked on an extra charge for the prior month as well as sent a separate mailing notice to inform me they had noticed there was no rental fee on my account and it must have been a billing error on their part but not to worry as they weren't going to charge a penalty, just 2 months worth of rental fees. In order to have the issue resolved I had to call customer service and have them "open an investigation" to check with the local office to verify they had received my old modem back.
I prefer the polls in the feed, it gets boring seeing stale polls off to the side and makes them less likely to be missed. When they are stuck of in the advertisement side of the screen they are all too easily missed due to mental blocks that make one ignore that area of a site.
My Mom runs the computer lab at a Silicon Valley public elementary school, and has done so for over 30 years. She introduced CS to students on Apple IIe's with BASIC programming samples that generated music and then had the kids modify the code to write their own music. Nothing fancy, just a few notes looped but it allows kids to be creative and do more if they want to. A similar thing could be done with modern languages, just with different coding examples (Flappy Bird clones, etc...). Currently, the state of California only requires a focus on teaching kids typing, Microsoft Office, and basic web research skills. My Mom has always done more than was required though. Too bad she is retiring this year but I don't blame her, kids have gotten worse with each passing year. Last time I visited the school a kid pulled a knife on a teacher and tried to slash her throat, the Principal's response was to take the kid out for pizza so they could discuss how the kid was feeling. Simply disgusting and nothing like the good ol' days when my principal was a retired Army veteran that would pin kids against walls and drag their ass down to the office if they got out of line.
Service Tags are rather short, if you brute force guessed existing service tags would it give enough personal info (first/last name) to then do a phone directory look-up to get enough info to know your number, name, service tag, etc...?
...constantly being interrupted is the real problem. I work a normal schedule and constant interruptions are my number one source of stress. It is understandable that working a flexible schedule would amplify the source of the real problem. Best solution: get rid of phones, instant messaging, email and let people work from home. If somebody needs you to do something for them, utilize a ticketing system and require all work requests to route through that. This goes beyond IT support and covers general office work as well. If people have no other way to contact you other than by ticket it would help bring clarity to issues with workflow and support levels.
The cable is fine, it's the software and/or hardware not being capable of coping with the added latency. I use an active USB repeater cable of the same length without issue for a keyboard and mouse. However, I've seen products that cannot cope with the latency such as digital whiteboards and flatbed scanners.
Other than that (see subj.) I have not had any problems with 1511. Some people reported issues with preferences and settings changing, but I didn't experience that with any of my 3 computers.
To add to the above, most of the recruiters calling me are Indians working for firms who outsourced their recruiting. Outsourced recruiters are just as bad at their job as outsourced Help Desk reps.
The UK Robot Wars (1998) is based off the US Robot Wars which started in 1994:
"A forerunner to the UK Series, The 1994 Robot Wars in San Francisco, California featured three different 'games' for each of three robot weight classes"
I use Google Voice to block robocalls. If a phone call comes in with no caller ID and doesn't leave a voicemail I add it to the block list. So far it has been quite effective.
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Life is hard. Be happy you have something and some place to complain about it, there are others not as fortunate as you.
Most people her age will have *around* %20 deducted in taxes, that is the same percentage I used for doing some quick math to estimate my paycheck within a few dollars of what it actually was back when I was her age. Using that method it is pretty clear she was making right around $10/hr, if not that dollar amount specifically. That was pretty typical for the starting wage of a shitty customer service job back in 2000/2001, looks like things have not improved. That said, a single person living on their own would have to be absolutely insane to accept a job like that in San Francisco or anywhere else in Silicon Valley. The only people that should be taking those jobs or illegal immigrants, high school students, and seniors looking to pad their social security income.
Her real mistake was getting a degree in English Literature.
I actually do want the Ewok adventures, but I am afraid that since they were made for TV they were probably film on tape in 4:3 interlaced video.
Blu-ray releases March 8th:
http://www.amazon.com/Howard-D...
It is from 2 prints:
1) spanish lpp print (6 reels)
2) english print (5 reels) + 1 partial reel
Nice to see an unbiased summary on Slashdot for a change. (/sarcasm)
How are poor/homeless people supposed to make a phone call now? It used to be easy to find $0.50 in the change slots of vending machines or laying on the ground to make a call, does the city plan to provide these people with free smartphones to use the required app?
I am a man and always give directions based on restaurant/gas station locations. It is far easier for someone to spot McDonalds than it is to spot a tiny green sign on the corner of a road. It doesn't help that Illinois doesn't put up road signs in advance of major intersections or at many of the intersections themselves. They expect people to spot an even hard to read small blue "State Route" sign that's about 5 yards from the corner of an intersection. Leaves people with zero time to prepare for a turn and end up having to double back or bring traffic to a halt while they stop in the middle of a lane and try to get over to the right into the turn lane. On the other hand, McDonalds and gas stations tend to put up great big signs that can be spotted half a mile away.
Now if I were still living in California I would have no problem with giving people road names for directions but that's only because California does a far better job of putting up road signs where they are useful.
They can start with Cnet's Download.com, nothing but ad banners with identical looking green "download" buttons.
I bought my own cable modem, had been using it for over a year when I finally decided to return Comcast's modem. Took it down to their local office and had the customer service rep. check the modem back into inventory and remove the rental fee from my account before leaving. The first month after having it removed everything was fine, there was no rental fee billed, the 2nd month after it re-appeared on my bill and they tacked on an extra charge for the prior month as well as sent a separate mailing notice to inform me they had noticed there was no rental fee on my account and it must have been a billing error on their part but not to worry as they weren't going to charge a penalty, just 2 months worth of rental fees. In order to have the issue resolved I had to call customer service and have them "open an investigation" to check with the local office to verify they had received my old modem back.
I wonder if there's a market for selling smaller UIDs the same way people sell MMORPG characters?
I prefer the polls in the feed, it gets boring seeing stale polls off to the side and makes them less likely to be missed. When they are stuck of in the advertisement side of the screen they are all too easily missed due to mental blocks that make one ignore that area of a site.
...look forward to the day when it is impossible to post on Slashdot anonymously.
My Mom runs the computer lab at a Silicon Valley public elementary school, and has done so for over 30 years. She introduced CS to students on Apple IIe's with BASIC programming samples that generated music and then had the kids modify the code to write their own music. Nothing fancy, just a few notes looped but it allows kids to be creative and do more if they want to. A similar thing could be done with modern languages, just with different coding examples (Flappy Bird clones, etc...). Currently, the state of California only requires a focus on teaching kids typing, Microsoft Office, and basic web research skills. My Mom has always done more than was required though. Too bad she is retiring this year but I don't blame her, kids have gotten worse with each passing year. Last time I visited the school a kid pulled a knife on a teacher and tried to slash her throat, the Principal's response was to take the kid out for pizza so they could discuss how the kid was feeling. Simply disgusting and nothing like the good ol' days when my principal was a retired Army veteran that would pin kids against walls and drag their ass down to the office if they got out of line.
Service Tags are rather short, if you brute force guessed existing service tags would it give enough personal info (first/last name) to then do a phone directory look-up to get enough info to know your number, name, service tag, etc...?
...constantly being interrupted is the real problem. I work a normal schedule and constant interruptions are my number one source of stress. It is understandable that working a flexible schedule would amplify the source of the real problem. Best solution: get rid of phones, instant messaging, email and let people work from home. If somebody needs you to do something for them, utilize a ticketing system and require all work requests to route through that. This goes beyond IT support and covers general office work as well. If people have no other way to contact you other than by ticket it would help bring clarity to issues with workflow and support levels.
The cable is fine, it's the software and/or hardware not being capable of coping with the added latency. I use an active USB repeater cable of the same length without issue for a keyboard and mouse. However, I've seen products that cannot cope with the latency such as digital whiteboards and flatbed scanners.
Other than that (see subj.) I have not had any problems with 1511. Some people reported issues with preferences and settings changing, but I didn't experience that with any of my 3 computers.
See any drones circling above you?
If Yes = You're on a Watchlist and should probably start running
If No = You're on a Watchlist and have nothing to worry about
To add to the above, most of the recruiters calling me are Indians working for firms who outsourced their recruiting. Outsourced recruiters are just as bad at their job as outsourced Help Desk reps.
The UK Robot Wars (1998) is based off the US Robot Wars which started in 1994:
"A forerunner to the UK Series, The 1994 Robot Wars in San Francisco, California featured three different 'games' for each of three robot weight classes"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I use Google Voice to block robocalls. If a phone call comes in with no caller ID and doesn't leave a voicemail I add it to the block list. So far it has been quite effective.
I thought they were called Geologists?
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Finally, an insightful response! Love it.