I received one too and I know an `important` person there, so I'm unsure as to that correlation. However after a careful 2-second consideration and a very strong bout of nausea at the idea of being surrounded with so much self-importance, I decided that Google couldn't pay me enough to abandon my own business.
Working for oneself is what job satisfaction is all about, IMHO.
Yes, IT is different. It generally requires you to be a student every day, learning learning learning. I myself am a haptic learner (compared to a visual or auditory learner), therefore a standing workstation gives me the opportunity to engage my body. This lets me focus greatly and I can get in the zone. I am lucky and grateful that most of my employers have done this for me.
We get paid well for doing what we like. That's not bad, it's called a blessing. Thank your Deity or not.
I do well, but not as well as the guy writing Linux device drivers at my company. It's called value for work produced and I'm completely fine with it. If I wanted to be able to offer that kind of value I would make myself learn what is needed. While the workplace itself may be a team sport, individual contributions are not. The author can't just call it meritocracy and leave it at that. No, being a whiner/hater pundit is so much easier these days since the only apparent goal is to get people to read such journalistic detritus.
ehhh... on the flatulence front I can confidently report that the human intestine lacks the enzyme necessary to fully digest beans. Hence Bean-o. Tasteless, and it works. However, not recommended if you really enjoy the nighttime-warming-effect and then pulling the covers up right by your spouse's face.
On the health front, I did read some years ago that Mexicans do indeed have a lower incidence of esophageal, gastrointestinal, and colorectal cancers -- however I'm unable to find the source of that info.:(
Interesting that this topic should be up today.... I have recently found the perfect use for my collection of nearly-worthless and annoying pennies. Shred the application (cross-cut of course!) but by all means KEEP the business reply envelope and the nicely folded piece of paper that describes the offer. That offer letter is always physically wider than the business reply envelope, so you will have to cut it shorter by an inch or so (width-wise) to get it to fit. It's too bad I don't have a pic up on my web server for illustrative purposes, because I have found a particularly good use for this piece of paper:
On each folded section use shipping tape to affix 3 rows of 6 or 7 pennies each, for a total of 18-21 pennies per fold. Et voila! A most fitting reply to unsolicited tree-destruction that will lessen your load of annoying pennies and cost them at least $1.80 to receive. The last little gem I sent weighed so much it cost them $2.07 in postage.
and that... is what you get WHEN YOU MESS WITH THE MAL-LIN TEMPLE.
... just another red herring from the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. Isn't it ironic though that the military trains killers with modern computer games?
I wonder what makes this juicy piece of dung the news of the day...
DO YOU HEAR ME REPUBLICRATS/DEMOCANS?
You think you have this country wrapped up but your days are NUMBERED, you twats.
Language can only be acquired gradually, whether it be verbal or programmatic.
Start with the BASICs (pun fully intended) and work your way up, BUT NOT VB OR JAVA! Graphical controls and an intimidating IDE like Visual Studio will only scare the novice, and there is a good reason why printing "Hello World!" to the screen is the ubiquitous introduction to programming. Any modern-day beginning programmer really should read "In the Beginning was the Command Line" by Neal Stephenson, for a good primer.
Back when I was in diapers I taught myself BASIC by typing in code listings from computer magazines. By the time acne developed I felt ready to tackle OOP. 20 years later I'm as overworked as any, but I can actually say I like what I do.
Fellow slashdotters please, for the love of Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and your Wiccan High Priestess:
PLEASE email and call and harass your state AND federal representatives and senators in any way, shape, or form. Let them know that you will make it your life's mission to remove them from office if they let the telcos and cable companies do this. We can be effective. Look at how the politicos crumbled when they threatened PBS funding and we rose up.
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I received one too and I know an `important` person there, so I'm unsure as to that correlation. However after a careful 2-second consideration and a very strong bout of nausea at the idea of being surrounded with so much self-importance, I decided that Google couldn't pay me enough to abandon my own business.
Working for oneself is what job satisfaction is all about, IMHO.
"The Internet is a network of networks."
Any more than than and their eyes just glaze over.
For web-specific development ActiveState's Komodo rocks, IMHO.
so I can purposely misspell their words and piss them off.
... enter the Darknet.
Yes, IT is different. It generally requires you to be a student every day, learning learning learning. I myself am a haptic learner (compared to a visual or auditory learner), therefore a standing workstation gives me the opportunity to engage my body. This lets me focus greatly and I can get in the zone. I am lucky and grateful that most of my employers have done this for me.
Retail does suck. Upgrade your gray matter.
welcome our new French Overlords!
NOT. As an Apple shareholder I say FUCK FRANCE.
Hey Steve, despite how much they like taking it up the rear, let's just pull out of France completely OK?
Or how about we just invalidate every French iPod's warranty?
Yeah, that's the ticket.
I hate Asian reductionism.
slight correction to the parentage --
I installed AVG Gratis on a dear, sweet friend's Win 98 box yesterday and it does scan in DOS before the OS starts.
Except, the CC has nifty legal ways of circumventing things like defaults and bankruptcies.
Heh. YANABL, I take it.
We get paid well for doing what we like. That's not bad, it's called a blessing. Thank your Deity or not.
I do well, but not as well as the guy writing Linux device drivers at my company. It's called value for work produced and I'm completely fine with it. If I wanted to be able to offer that kind of value I would make myself learn what is needed. While the workplace itself may be a team sport, individual contributions are not. The author can't just call it meritocracy and leave it at that. No, being a whiner/hater pundit is so much easier these days since the only apparent goal is to get people to read such journalistic detritus.
only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and if I'd wanted to hear from an asshole I would have farted.
Wow am I glad this book is finally out.
Now if I happen to forget proper SELECT or INSERT syntax I can just fall back to idiotic acronyms to help me remember.
That does it. You just lost my vote.
Californians can and should let her know here.
It's too bad Linux doesn't have a Common Sense module. It would do wonders for this community.
Fsck that. Scan my bar code instead, plebeian!
My RFID chip suffered an unfortunate accident when it met a pair of vice grips.
Thanks Mon! I just said Buh-Bye to XP Pro in favor of FC5 and the general sluggishness had me perplexed (on a Thinkpad T23 / 1.2 GHz P3-M / 1 GB RAM).
I'll see how things are without SELinux.
Cheers!
If my Momma prefers Yahoo's web interface then Yahoo is easier to use.
Gmail is all about the POP access... and 24x7 spying, IMHO.
ehhh... on the flatulence front I can confidently report that the human intestine lacks the enzyme necessary to fully digest beans. Hence Bean-o. Tasteless, and it works. However, not recommended if you really enjoy the nighttime-warming-effect and then pulling the covers up right by your spouse's face.
:(
On the health front, I did read some years ago that Mexicans do indeed have a lower incidence of esophageal, gastrointestinal, and colorectal cancers -- however I'm unable to find the source of that info.
Interesting that this topic should be up today .... I have recently found the perfect use for my collection of nearly-worthless and annoying pennies. Shred the application (cross-cut of course!) but by all means KEEP the business reply envelope and the nicely folded piece of paper that describes the offer. That offer letter is always physically wider than the business reply envelope, so you will have to cut it shorter by an inch or so (width-wise) to get it to fit. It's too bad I don't have a pic up on my web server for illustrative purposes, because I have found a particularly good use for this piece of paper:
On each folded section use shipping tape to affix 3 rows of 6 or 7 pennies each, for a total of 18-21 pennies per fold. Et voila! A most fitting reply to unsolicited tree-destruction that will lessen your load of annoying pennies and cost them at least $1.80 to receive. The last little gem I sent weighed so much it cost them $2.07 in postage.
and that... is what you get WHEN YOU MESS WITH THE MAL-LIN TEMPLE.
Z-FIRE!
... just another red herring from the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. Isn't it ironic though that the military trains killers with modern computer games?
I wonder what makes this juicy piece of dung the news of the day...
DO YOU HEAR ME REPUBLICRATS/DEMOCANS?
You think you have this country wrapped up but your days are NUMBERED, you twats.
I couldn't possibly agree more.
Rome was not built in a day.
Language can only be acquired gradually, whether it be verbal or programmatic.
Start with the BASICs (pun fully intended) and work your way up, BUT NOT VB OR JAVA! Graphical controls and an intimidating IDE like Visual Studio will only scare the novice, and there is a good reason why printing "Hello World!" to the screen is the ubiquitous introduction to programming. Any modern-day beginning programmer really should read "In the Beginning was the Command Line" by Neal Stephenson, for a good primer.
Back when I was in diapers I taught myself BASIC by typing in code listings from computer magazines. By the time acne developed I felt ready to tackle OOP. 20 years later I'm as overworked as any, but I can actually say I like what I do.
I read that as "must avoid."
OS X here I come...
... and employ no more than 48 people. Yay! I always liked small classes!
Fellow slashdotters please, for the love of Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and your Wiccan High Priestess:
PLEASE email and call and harass your state AND federal representatives and senators in any way, shape, or form. Let them know that you will make it your life's mission to remove them from office if they let the telcos and cable companies do this. We can be effective. Look at how the politicos crumbled when they threatened PBS funding and we rose up.
I already pay for my bandwidth and so do you.
Fsck the corporate overlords!