It would appear Mr. Pachter has made some erroneous comments about technology before. Look here to see that he had some colorful things to say about Netflix's business model: Netflix is a worthless piece of crap with really nice people running it.
I don't mean that they're doing anything wrong.
They have a wonderful idea, but it's not a sustainable business. I wish
they would make it -- they deserve to make it. But in the Internet,
all the success stories tend to be multiple channels, [offer] multiple products,
or have a brick-and-mortar component. At the end of the day, there's only one
line of business going on at Netflix.
I would have to completely disagree with the idea that people play games to escape. Gaming, especially for younger people, is a hugely social thing. Walk around a college campus in the dorms and you'd be hard pressed to not find a multiplayer Halo game going on. While some may use games to escape, I think the trend is towards social gaming.
That's not entirely correct. There is a physical link for the electronic braking system on the MB vehicles that use Sensotronic electrohydraulic brakes. In the event of a failure of the electronic component a backup hydraulic resevoir kicks in to restore power braking.
This is a poor misconception. From my experience, most CS students frown on working in IT. They want to work on huge projects or specialized software and cringe at the thought of touching "icky hardware". CS students, at least from here, know very little about hardware, networking, or databases. Many are unable to install basic hardware let alone build a computer. With regards to networking, they look inquisitively when you mention the word OSI model or words like Novell, LDAP, Active Directory, or many other networking technologies and methodologies. They want to be logical and write software soley. I personally know someone who graduated with a CS degree and a good GPA and lives with his mom without any job even though he had offers to interview with companies like Chrysler but refused--he didn't get a degree to work in IT, he wanted to write software.
From my experience with internships in IT, a pure programming degree won't get you very far unless you're in a rather specialized field. If you want to have a broader field you should consider differently focused programs like Purdue's Computer Technology program. I admit I'm biased, as I'm on the telecommunications and networking track in this program, but frankly I think learning how to use and create databases like Oracle, some programming such as VB.Net and Java, with a heavy emphasis on computer networking and network management provides a much better basis for which to do well in IT. This kind of knowledge is far more applicable then a pure software degree like CS will get you. Thank you for entertaining my rant.
What a one sided response. If you actually researched the issues at hand you would realize it's primarily about health benefits. While I do think unionization has created over-paid employees in some fields, you shouldn't assume.
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It would appear Mr. Pachter has made some erroneous comments about technology before. Look here to see that he had some colorful things to say about Netflix's business model:
Netflix is a worthless piece of crap with really nice people running it. I don't mean that they're doing anything wrong. They have a wonderful idea, but it's not a sustainable business. I wish they would make it -- they deserve to make it. But in the Internet, all the success stories tend to be multiple channels, [offer] multiple products, or have a brick-and-mortar component. At the end of the day, there's only one line of business going on at Netflix.
I would have to completely disagree with the idea that people play games to escape. Gaming, especially for younger people, is a hugely social thing. Walk around a college campus in the dorms and you'd be hard pressed to not find a multiplayer Halo game going on. While some may use games to escape, I think the trend is towards social gaming.
I've always liked BitTornado myself.
There goes the neighborhood.
That's not entirely correct. There is a physical link for the electronic braking system on the MB vehicles that use Sensotronic electrohydraulic brakes. In the event of a failure of the electronic component a backup hydraulic resevoir kicks in to restore power braking.
This is a poor misconception. From my experience, most CS students frown on working in IT. They want to work on huge projects or specialized software and cringe at the thought of touching "icky hardware". CS students, at least from here, know very little about hardware, networking, or databases. Many are unable to install basic hardware let alone build a computer. With regards to networking, they look inquisitively when you mention the word OSI model or words like Novell, LDAP, Active Directory, or many other networking technologies and methodologies. They want to be logical and write software soley. I personally know someone who graduated with a CS degree and a good GPA and lives with his mom without any job even though he had offers to interview with companies like Chrysler but refused--he didn't get a degree to work in IT, he wanted to write software. From my experience with internships in IT, a pure programming degree won't get you very far unless you're in a rather specialized field. If you want to have a broader field you should consider differently focused programs like Purdue's Computer Technology program. I admit I'm biased, as I'm on the telecommunications and networking track in this program, but frankly I think learning how to use and create databases like Oracle, some programming such as VB.Net and Java, with a heavy emphasis on computer networking and network management provides a much better basis for which to do well in IT. This kind of knowledge is far more applicable then a pure software degree like CS will get you. Thank you for entertaining my rant.
What a one sided response. If you actually researched the issues at hand you would realize it's primarily about health benefits. While I do think unionization has created over-paid employees in some fields, you shouldn't assume.