At age 16, you start an apprenticeship in a company, which usually is 2-4 years (depending on the amount of skill of the job required). An apprenticeship requires attendance at a public school for one or two days a week. The pay is usually very weak, from 450 - 1000 CHF / Month. At the end of the apprenticeship, there's a standardized test.
They can learn a lot in a year or two. If the apprenticeship is (say) 4 years, can't they just go off on their own freelancing way once they hit age 18? Or are there some penalties if they leave early?
Remember that they're also interviewing you. If they think their future boss will be a fuckwad, then they probably won't come work for you or will demand higher compensation.
I recently heard that a Win32 app I wrote 10 years ago for NT 3.51 still works on Vista.
We're running a certain real estate industry program that was written in 1988(!) for Windows 3.1 under Server 2k3. In fact, it's one of the only things that we still use Windows for in that particular office, since it's mostly OS X/Linux. To use the program, people log onto the server via Remote Desktop - fortunately, we almost never have more than 2 people using the program, so we haven't needed to buy extra terminal service licenses.
Actually, not only does it not work with SQL 2005 but it doesnt work with SQL 2000 either. In fact if you try to install SQL 2000 on vista it will try to stop you with messages saying the software has been tested to be incompatible with Vista.
So keep running W2K if you want to use SQL 2k. For a business or server environment, a lot of clients don't need more than than that anyway.
Where I disagree is with border security and passports. The only reason someone should be barred from the US is if it can be shown they are a threat to the US or to it's citizens.
I'd rather bar people from the US preemptively - and, yes, concentrate on people from certain countries and regions. If you're not an American, you don't have a right to enter the US. It may be an accident of birth that you aren't American, but, well, sucks to be you. The government's primary responsibility is to its own citizens - if we can protect the citizenry without resorting to invasions of privacy and constitutional rights by not letting certain non-citizens into the US, then so be it. Sucks that we have to resort to this, but better than the alternatives, IMHO.
Under normal operation on Vista x64, drivers must be signed by a "trusted" authority (making your own root cert doesn't work), or they won't load. Period. The only way to get past it is to hit F8 when the computer boots, which only turns off mandatory signing for that session.
What say people chip in a few bucks for the appropriate certificate from Very$lime and then leak it onto the Internet or share it amongst themselves? Call it the Windows Authors' Collective or some such thing. The fact that you essentially need a license to develop kernel-mode software for Vista galls me.
It is my firm belief that if you pay for 3M down, 512K up, you should be able to use that for whatever the hell you want.
BTW, I have no problem with capping total daily transfer at something less than (Mbit/s)*(8bit/byte)*(3600sec/hr)*(24hr/day) if that's what the ISP needs to do. Just state that limit explicitly in the contract and don't fuck with me unless I actually go over it.
Don't get pissed about the company spending resoruces to provide you, the workers, with a break from the every day grind.
Will this be strictly pleasure, or will business "happen" to be transacted at those convocations? If it's the latter, attandance will become sort-of obligatory if you want to advance in the company. I'd rather choose what *I* want to do with my free time, not have an unwritten mandate to chase a ball and talk business after hours...
Zhang also says it should be possible to label P2P traffic so that service providers can track it and decide how much of it to allow through their networks.
Cap bandwidth or GB of transfer per day. Don't tell me what I have the "right" to use this data capacity for. I know Zhang is only suggesting that it's possible, not necessarily a good idea, but don't give the ISPs any stupid ideas.
80x86 may be ugly, but it's cheap for the processing power and has an entrenched economy of scale. It sucks. Even Apple switched from PowerPC and is now making glorified Wintel clone boxes (though with a pretty nifty feature set).
If this card could speed up the processing time for air travel that would be a good thing.
I don't think we should have to show our papers to travel by plane or train. In fact, before the current bullshit terrorist scare, we didn't - it wasn't that long ago, just 5.5 years you know. My point was that if we had an armed, vigilant society that excluded certain dangerous foreigners[1] in the *first* place, we wouldn't feel the need to be clamping down on security as much. True, there are domestic terrorists and criminals as well, but those are nowhere as organized or well-funded as Al-Qaeda is reputed to be. And most criminals work for profit anyway, and there's no profit in killing masses of people nor do they want to stir up a hornet's nest of police and army against themselves.
If the one card could be like a driver's license, a taxpayer id, a pistol permit, and a carry permit, that would be a great thing.
Pistol permit? I'm all in favor of Vermont or Alaskan-style gun carry and ownership laws. Basically, anyone can own one without a permit provided they aren't a felon or are planning to use it in commission of a crime. If someone commits a crime with a gun, they should go to jail for a long time. If they kill someone, 25 to life, or mandatory death if they kill multiple people on different occasions.
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[1]-> Coming into the US for non-citizens is a priviledge, not a right.
Please, pretty please, make it work with network shares without dicking around with root's crontab and writing watchdog scripts. Also, remove the moronic distinction between mounting a share via the base BSD system and via Finder (only the latter will index via Spotlight at all!). This needs to be a unified OS, not something vaguely pretending to be OS 9 riding on top of BSD.
As for DRM in general, I've had my share of nightmares. I put a newish CD into my computer the other day and it tried to install a proprietary music player. My girlfriend put a DVD movie (Warner Brothers) into her computer and a similar player began installing without even a prompt.
Hold down the Shift key while inserting the CD. Better yet, permanently turn off Autoplay (I think it's under Folder Options in Windows Exploder).
There's only one thing about DRM that I actually liked. You were, finally, buying RIGHTS for something. That means, if you ever lose your files, you could download the songs again at no charge
In a non-DRM world with appropriate fair use rights protected by law, it wouldn't be a crime just to re-download the data that you lost. DRM is just an over-complexification of the problem at hand.
I would worry about all the other crap that is happening around it. I live in Belgiam and have an ID card. Till now it was asked only once by official instances and that was when they were looking for a criminal and I looked VERY similar.
Are you required to carry it at all times, though, even when walking, for example? We're (in most US states) currently *not* required to do so, although it's a good idea in case (say) someone hits us with a car and we get taken to hospital.
9-11 already happened. Unless they intend to invent a time machine to stop 9-11, the DHS should just disband itself, b/c chiselling away at our rights hasn't done a damn bit of good for the country.
Exactly, and this is why it'll never happen again. Too many vigilant Americans willing to kick the crap out of anyone (especially of Arab descent) who tries anything unusual or dangerous in a public area. Just look at what happened to Richard Reid - the British attempted shoe bomber - basically got jumped on my 10 or so passengers, tied up, and delivered in slightly damaged condition to police after landing.
If Joe goes nuts with an automatic weapon and blows Velma's brains out, her family doesn't care that much if it was Joe, a stranger, or Bin Laden himself.
You hit the nail on the head: far better to have an armed, trained, vigilant society, so that Velma's husband Ahmed can get his shotgun and take care of business with Joe before he shoots everyone in the store.
When one considers that the new REAL ID cards will probably have RFID chips embedded in them how long do you suppose it will be before the thousands of police surveillance cameras, that now keep tabs on a lot of our public spaces, will be equipped with RFID scanners so that a record can be kept of exactly who is within the camera's view at any given time.
Actually, according to TFA, RFID seems to be out of the question according to Homeland Security due to privacy and ID theft concerns. Besides, it's not illegal to be out in public without ID - Supreme Court precedent has stated (Hiibal case) that you need to verbally identify yourself correctly to police when asked, not necessarily carry ID in public. These cards (basically driver's licenses with a more standard format) will be used for a lot of stuff where ID is already required like driving, opening a bank account, etc.
If this ID card is required instead of a drivers license, then a standard format would be useful.
This ID card *is* a driver's license. Real ID just specifies the minimum requirements for a DL or non-driver state ID card.
A standard ID would go a long ways towards that issue.
BTW, why is underage drinking "an issue" anyway? I'm all for lowering the age to 18 like almost all other civilized countries have done and enacting harsher penalties for drink driving under 21. I.e., if you get into an accident, you spend 6 months in prison, simple drink driving under 21 should carry mandatory loss of license for a year and until a $10,000 restoration fee is paid (whichever is longer). Lowering the age to 18 should especially be the case in places like NYC where almost nobody drives anyway.
Not at the expense of civil liberties and privacy. Besides, the only way to develop a "safe" society is (a) to keep illegals out at the borders. Stronger border security and better passports. Also, no handing out of visas to "guest workers" unless we're *very* certain that they're reliable. (b) the citizens need to have an active role. We need to have an armed citizenry with military training so that they can either recognize and report dangerous activities or even act on them. I think a year of military training should be mandatory for every citizen aged 20-50, regardless of gender. If you don't serve, you should be welcome to "serve" the equivalent amount of time in jail with no criminal record.
Why? Far better to have a vigilant, armed citizenry willing to report and/or act upon abarrent behavior. Something like 9/11 will never happen again simply because the attackers will get kicked to a bloody screaming pulp before being dropped out of the emergency exit after landing.
And, finally (really? finally?) many of these same databases likely are tapped every time we apply for a job.
The data in those databases are often from unreliable sources and out of date. Good enough for employers, maybe, but not good enough for government that *cannot* be seen as discriminating. Also, I've been freelancing for the past 2 years. Not one of my clients has checked my ID, they've always gone on my past references and my word. I don't imagine that they ran me through a DB search either, since most of them didn't take my SSN (I put my Federal employer tax ID# on the 1099 instead).
Physical object of known value: How does that hold up in the face of inflation? If the face value of the coin reflected the vaule of its material, I'd agree with you.
No -- I mean, I can count the bills and coins in my pocket *right now* and know how much money I have available. No need to call a phone # to talk to a robot or go to a bank's website. Plus, cash is never broken - you never hear "I'm sorry, our terminal is down". Cash till drawers can be opened manually with a key if the register fucks up or the power is out. I suppose they could take an imprint of your credit card like they did 20 years ago, but how many merchants still have the imprinting equipment and are willing to trust that they're getting something of value?
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They can learn a lot in a year or two. If the apprenticeship is (say) 4 years, can't they just go off on their own freelancing way once they hit age 18? Or are there some penalties if they leave early?
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Remember that they're also interviewing you. If they think their future boss will be a fuckwad, then they probably won't come work for you or will demand higher compensation.
-b.
We're running a certain real estate industry program that was written in 1988(!) for Windows 3.1 under Server 2k3. In fact, it's one of the only things that we still use Windows for in that particular office, since it's mostly OS X/Linux. To use the program, people log onto the server via Remote Desktop - fortunately, we almost never have more than 2 people using the program, so we haven't needed to buy extra terminal service licenses.
-b.
So keep running W2K if you want to use SQL 2k. For a business or server environment, a lot of clients don't need more than than that anyway.
-b.
So basically like Israel.
Where I disagree is with border security and passports. The only reason someone should be barred from the US is if it can be shown they are a threat to the US or to it's citizens.
I'd rather bar people from the US preemptively - and, yes, concentrate on people from certain countries and regions. If you're not an American, you don't have a right to enter the US. It may be an accident of birth that you aren't American, but, well, sucks to be you. The government's primary responsibility is to its own citizens - if we can protect the citizenry without resorting to invasions of privacy and constitutional rights by not letting certain non-citizens into the US, then so be it. Sucks that we have to resort to this, but better than the alternatives, IMHO.
-b.
What say people chip in a few bucks for the appropriate certificate from Very$lime and then leak it onto the Internet or share it amongst themselves? Call it the Windows Authors' Collective or some such thing. The fact that you essentially need a license to develop kernel-mode software for Vista galls me.
-b.
TFA was talking about the *authors themselves* tagging the traffic to make it more recognisable by ISPs. Still doesn't make it a good idea, IMHO.
-b.
BTW, I have no problem with capping total daily transfer at something less than (Mbit/s)*(8bit/byte)*(3600sec/hr)*(24hr/day) if that's what the ISP needs to do. Just state that limit explicitly in the contract and don't fuck with me unless I actually go over it.
-b.
Will this be strictly pleasure, or will business "happen" to be transacted at those convocations? If it's the latter, attandance will become sort-of obligatory if you want to advance in the company. I'd rather choose what *I* want to do with my free time, not have an unwritten mandate to chase a ball and talk business after hours...
-b.
Cap bandwidth or GB of transfer per day. Don't tell me what I have the "right" to use this data capacity for. I know Zhang is only suggesting that it's possible, not necessarily a good idea, but don't give the ISPs any stupid ideas.
-b.
80x86 may be ugly, but it's cheap for the processing power and has an entrenched economy of scale. It sucks. Even Apple switched from PowerPC and is now making glorified Wintel clone boxes (though with a pretty nifty feature set).
-b.
I don't think we should have to show our papers to travel by plane or train. In fact, before the current bullshit terrorist scare, we didn't - it wasn't that long ago, just 5.5 years you know. My point was that if we had an armed, vigilant society that excluded certain dangerous foreigners[1] in the *first* place, we wouldn't feel the need to be clamping down on security as much. True, there are domestic terrorists and criminals as well, but those are nowhere as organized or well-funded as Al-Qaeda is reputed to be. And most criminals work for profit anyway, and there's no profit in killing masses of people nor do they want to stir up a hornet's nest of police and army against themselves.
If the one card could be like a driver's license, a taxpayer id, a pistol permit, and a carry permit, that would be a great thing.
Pistol permit? I'm all in favor of Vermont or Alaskan-style gun carry and ownership laws. Basically, anyone can own one without a permit provided they aren't a felon or are planning to use it in commission of a crime. If someone commits a crime with a gun, they should go to jail for a long time. If they kill someone, 25 to life, or mandatory death if they kill multiple people on different occasions.
-b.
[1]-> Coming into the US for non-citizens is a priviledge, not a right.
Cheers,
-b.
Hold down the Shift key while inserting the CD. Better yet, permanently turn off Autoplay (I think it's under Folder Options in Windows Exploder).
-b.
In a non-DRM world with appropriate fair use rights protected by law, it wouldn't be a crime just to re-download the data that you lost. DRM is just an over-complexification of the problem at hand.
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"Fist?" Learn to spell, boy. Or is that what you take up the butt from your master every night?
Not to mention that the GP poster would have ffound it very hard NOT to be condescending towards a dimwit like you even if he had tried to.
"Ffound?" Do you wet the bed as well as stutter? You're so cute when you're angry [pinches cheek]. Shoooo cuuuute.
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Are you required to carry it at all times, though, even when walking, for example? We're (in most US states) currently *not* required to do so, although it's a good idea in case (say) someone hits us with a car and we get taken to hospital.
-b.
Exactly, and this is why it'll never happen again. Too many vigilant Americans willing to kick the crap out of anyone (especially of Arab descent) who tries anything unusual or dangerous in a public area. Just look at what happened to Richard Reid - the British attempted shoe bomber - basically got jumped on my 10 or so passengers, tied up, and delivered in slightly damaged condition to police after landing.
-b.
You hit the nail on the head: far better to have an armed, trained, vigilant society, so that Velma's husband Ahmed can get his shotgun and take care of business with Joe before he shoots everyone in the store.
-b.
Actually, according to TFA, RFID seems to be out of the question according to Homeland Security due to privacy and ID theft concerns. Besides, it's not illegal to be out in public without ID - Supreme Court precedent has stated (Hiibal case) that you need to verbally identify yourself correctly to police when asked, not necessarily carry ID in public. These cards (basically driver's licenses with a more standard format) will be used for a lot of stuff where ID is already required like driving, opening a bank account, etc.
-b.
This ID card *is* a driver's license. Real ID just specifies the minimum requirements for a DL or non-driver state ID card.
A standard ID would go a long ways towards that issue.
BTW, why is underage drinking "an issue" anyway? I'm all for lowering the age to 18 like almost all other civilized countries have done and enacting harsher penalties for drink driving under 21. I.e., if you get into an accident, you spend 6 months in prison, simple drink driving under 21 should carry mandatory loss of license for a year and until a $10,000 restoration fee is paid (whichever is longer). Lowering the age to 18 should especially be the case in places like NYC where almost nobody drives anyway.
-b.
Not at the expense of civil liberties and privacy. Besides, the only way to develop a "safe" society is (a) to keep illegals out at the borders. Stronger border security and better passports. Also, no handing out of visas to "guest workers" unless we're *very* certain that they're reliable. (b) the citizens need to have an active role. We need to have an armed citizenry with military training so that they can either recognize and report dangerous activities or even act on them. I think a year of military training should be mandatory for every citizen aged 20-50, regardless of gender. If you don't serve, you should be welcome to "serve" the equivalent amount of time in jail with no criminal record.
-b.
Why? Far better to have a vigilant, armed citizenry willing to report and/or act upon abarrent behavior. Something like 9/11 will never happen again simply because the attackers will get kicked to a bloody screaming pulp before being dropped out of the emergency exit after landing.
And, finally (really? finally?) many of these same databases likely are tapped every time we apply for a job.
The data in those databases are often from unreliable sources and out of date. Good enough for employers, maybe, but not good enough for government that *cannot* be seen as discriminating. Also, I've been freelancing for the past 2 years. Not one of my clients has checked my ID, they've always gone on my past references and my word. I don't imagine that they ran me through a DB search either, since most of them didn't take my SSN (I put my Federal employer tax ID# on the 1099 instead).
-b.
No -- I mean, I can count the bills and coins in my pocket *right now* and know how much money I have available. No need to call a phone # to talk to a robot or go to a bank's website. Plus, cash is never broken - you never hear "I'm sorry, our terminal is down". Cash till drawers can be opened manually with a key if the register fucks up or the power is out. I suppose they could take an imprint of your credit card like they did 20 years ago, but how many merchants still have the imprinting equipment and are willing to trust that they're getting something of value?
-b.