I work for the government, and I'm still here. Nothing like stereotypes.
I worked for the government 3 different times, I have a right to stereotype.
Besides, we understand someone has to stay late some Tuesdays to justify taking an early weekend tomorrow.:)
Before you reply that everyone is uber-stupid, you are wrong.
Maybe everyone isn't stupid about computers, but having worked at two company help desks, I see that there is a growing trend to admit, "I don't know anything about computers" before I even find out what their problem is. In my experience I estimate that about 65% of the people that call me will say something to that effect without being prompted or just when asked a simple informative question (like how much space is left on your hard drive).
I think that many adults now have just given up on attempting to become computer literate. They seem to find it easier just to admit their inadequacy right up front and save themselves a lot of embarrassment. I find it very sad to see the number of people who have no faith in their ability and no determination to learn. Rather than having me explain some potential ways to prevent this or indicators to look for, it saves them time by keeping their level of abstraction high. I do think that this behavior will decline a little with the "kids" growing up with PCs. However, like someone else said, they will still keep a distance much like most people do with cars.
Some common PC-phobe give-away statements: "me and computers don't get along well," "computers hate me," "I dunno anything 'bout these things," "I replaced my brain with Cream of Wheat(R), here's a big pile of money to fix my computer with."
According to Darl, commercial vendors are the only ones who are capable of honest transactions. It's the sticky fingered open source people that are tearing down the walls of governments across the globe.
Maybe if Canada had gone OSS they wouldn't be fighting for $160 mill back. (is that $160 Canadian or real money?)
I was on the carrier USS Kennedy the other day I remember seeing virtually every computer terminal onboard running MS Windows in some form or another.
When I was working for the Navy, we were just starting a program called NMCI (Navy Marine Corps Intranet) which basically had a few contractors linking everything in the Navy and the Marines. As a result of this, most of the software choices were decided by those contractors.
When I worked for the Navy as a civilian, we weren't supposed to swipe the MSDN CD's. Now it's all cool?
Why did I stop working for the Navy? Could save me a few bucks in the long end.
At work someone always leaves a copy of USA Today in the handicapped stall. When I went in there yesterday, this article was the cover story of the Money section. Strangely, the large picture of the two nudists were the top section in the stack.
This wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Kodak is way behind in the digital camera market now would it?
If you can't join em, sue em?
The method of suing a company once your technology has become obsolete is a patented process owned by The SCO Group.
You may expect a notice soon.
-Darl
an unlimited use key for the 64-bit version of windows XP... Anyone have this problem before? or maybe the solution that i'm clearly overlooking?
I have the solution... but, I can't test it unless I have your key... yeah, that's the ticket!
So just send me that key and... I'll, uh... let you know how it goes.
Excellent advice in response to the often seemingly bleak future of IT.
If I could add anything to this, it's that the industry has (obviously) totally changed since just 3 years ago. What appeared to be a "great field" to get into, is still a great field, but it's just not as easy as it once was. In reality, this is when it gets better.
Now, it's even more important to specialize than it was just a few years ago. Before, all of the skills that you mentioned you had were great, because they were pretty generic and you could just about fit anywhere. But you can't be the best at everything. Find something you really enjoy doing, learn everything you can about it through practice and experiments. Once you can prove to someone who knows something about your field that you're a viable investment, you'll be paid to prove it again and again.
If you don't want to quit your job to care for your own offspring, then don't! We've got daycare, live-in-nannies, gangs, and community programs.
Guy on Street #2: It's 3:00. Where the hell is Louie?
Guy on Street #1: Well, you tell me. Louie left his house at 2:15 and had to travel a distance 6.2 miles traveling at a rate of five miles a hour. When will Louie get here?
Guy On Street #2: Depends if he stops to see his ho.
Guy on Street #1: That's what we call a "variable".
There was some show on TLC a few years ago that, for whatever reason, took it upon themselves to do experiments with the peanut butter and bread falling from a counter.
They demonstrated that it would require the counter to be something like 12 feet high in order for the bread to land on the same side that it started.
But I don't think they mentioned what happens to the bread-cat amalgam.
They did. Why else would they call it "Line X?" They could have just as well tacked "Torvaldes" right onto the end there.
Now we know Darl was right. We've been providing our enemies the tools all along!
No, that's a myth.
The only thing that would be against the law is defacing currency and attempting to use it in commerce. So we learned in Business Law.
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I work for the government, and I'm still here. Nothing like stereotypes.
I worked for the government 3 different times, I have a right to stereotype.Besides, we understand someone has to stay late some Tuesdays to justify taking an early weekend tomorrow.
So they're letting everybody go home early then?
It's the government, they already left.
for BICtorrent :)
Before you reply that everyone is uber-stupid, you are wrong.
Maybe everyone isn't stupid about computers, but having worked at two company help desks, I see that there is a growing trend to admit, "I don't know anything about computers" before I even find out what their problem is. In my experience I estimate that about 65% of the people that call me will say something to that effect without being prompted or just when asked a simple informative question (like how much space is left on your hard drive).
I think that many adults now have just given up on attempting to become computer literate. They seem to find it easier just to admit their inadequacy right up front and save themselves a lot of embarrassment. I find it very sad to see the number of people who have no faith in their ability and no determination to learn. Rather than having me explain some potential ways to prevent this or indicators to look for, it saves them time by keeping their level of abstraction high. I do think that this behavior will decline a little with the "kids" growing up with PCs. However, like someone else said, they will still keep a distance much like most people do with cars.
Some common PC-phobe give-away statements: "me and computers don't get along well," "computers hate me," "I dunno anything 'bout these things," "I replaced my brain with Cream of Wheat(R), here's a big pile of money to fix my computer with."
According to Darl, commercial vendors are the only ones who are capable of honest transactions. It's the sticky fingered open source people that are tearing down the walls of governments across the globe.
Maybe if Canada had gone OSS they wouldn't be fighting for $160 mill back. (is that $160 Canadian or real money?)
especially if your own house is designed to look like a giant penis...
I bet it takes a lot of work to erect a structure like that...
Is that junglescan site usually down, or is it already slashdotted? If it is, that's amazing considering it wasn't even a link.
Rather than complain, the Army should request that they send more to make our fighting troops better shots!
I bet you get like 10 points if you make it through the center.
I was on the carrier USS Kennedy the other day I remember seeing virtually every computer terminal onboard running MS Windows in some form or another.
When I was working for the Navy, we were just starting a program called NMCI (Navy Marine Corps Intranet) which basically had a few contractors linking everything in the Navy and the Marines. As a result of this, most of the software choices were decided by those contractors.
When I worked for the Navy as a civilian, we weren't supposed to swipe the MSDN CD's. Now it's all cool?
Why did I stop working for the Navy? Could save me a few bucks in the long end.
People don't develop better video codecs so they can email their moms home movies.
Depends on where you grew up and how freaky your mom is.
At work someone always leaves a copy of USA Today in the handicapped stall. When I went in there yesterday, this article was the cover story of the Money section. Strangely, the large picture of the two nudists were the top section in the stack.
The patent office has filed its share of awful patents.
Ok, I guess it was stupid to ask for a 64 bit key without a 64 bit proc, huh?
This wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Kodak is way behind in the digital camera market now would it? If you can't join em, sue em?
The method of suing a company once your technology has become obsolete is a patented process owned by The SCO Group.
You may expect a notice soon.
-Darl
an unlimited use key for the 64-bit version of windows XP ... Anyone have this problem before? or maybe the solution that i'm clearly overlooking?
I have the solution... but, I can't test it unless I have your key... yeah, that's the ticket! So just send me that key and... I'll, uh... let you know how it goes.
I mean, seriously, what are these so-called analysts basing that on? The article doesn't say.
They based it on the world-reknowned reaction to the PS3 Sneak Preview.
Some examples are:
- Bug-laiden(R) operating system
- Chock Full O' Security Holes(R) web server
- What're Standards?(R) protocol compliance
- Buy Em' Out!(R) business practices
- Go Ahead, Hate Us(R) registration
- Assume You Want Everything DRM Protected(R) technology
- We Wallpaper Our Offices With Your Money(R)... that's it
The list goes on.Why did this not get modded up?
Excellent advice in response to the often seemingly bleak future of IT.
If I could add anything to this, it's that the industry has (obviously) totally changed since just 3 years ago. What appeared to be a "great field" to get into, is still a great field, but it's just not as easy as it once was. In reality, this is when it gets better.
Now, it's even more important to specialize than it was just a few years ago. Before, all of the skills that you mentioned you had were great, because they were pretty generic and you could just about fit anywhere. But you can't be the best at everything. Find something you really enjoy doing, learn everything you can about it through practice and experiments. Once you can prove to someone who knows something about your field that you're a viable investment, you'll be paid to prove it again and again.
you could still buy it, by choosing it at a terminal, and waiting a few minutes while they burn the disks for you.
How is that going to help my DVD Tin Case collection? Hmmm?
However, if every Linux-using company publically says that they're using it, SCO will have 20 zillion lawsuits to file.
It worked for the RIAA...
If you don't want to quit your job to care for your own offspring, then don't! We've got daycare, live-in-nannies, gangs, and community programs.
Guy on Street #2: It's 3:00. Where the hell is Louie?
Guy on Street #1: Well, you tell me. Louie left his house at 2:15 and had to travel a distance 6.2 miles traveling at a rate of five miles a hour. When will Louie get here?
Guy On Street #2: Depends if he stops to see his ho.
Guy on Street #1: That's what we call a "variable".
There was some show on TLC a few years ago that, for whatever reason, took it upon themselves to do experiments with the peanut butter and bread falling from a counter.
They demonstrated that it would require the counter to be something like 12 feet high in order for the bread to land on the same side that it started.
But I don't think they mentioned what happens to the bread-cat amalgam.
the Soviets *should* have embraced open source.
They did. Why else would they call it "Line X?" They could have just as well tacked "Torvaldes" right onto the end there.
Now we know Darl was right. We've been providing our enemies the tools all along!
No, that's a myth.
The only thing that would be against the law is defacing currency and attempting to use it in commerce. So we learned in Business Law.