Although I understand your point about embellishing resumes, I don't think that the USA has a lock in honesty when it comes to this, nor do I expect that there is a significant difference in other countries. Anyone searching for a job has to market themselves.. and that is just the first step.. Once you have gained the attention of a potential employer, you then have to close the sale. Although my current job is not in programming, it is technical, and required various skills.. My employer did test.. The tests covered various aspects of the job requirement.. Some technical, some problem solving, and multitasking.. After that phase there was the interview.. now I am not saying that these tests were difficult, they were not.. but it was a weeding process for the employer. The employer ended up interviewing people who's background history was compatible to what they were looking for, and had demonstrated basic competence in the skills they tested for. During the interview they could size up whether they fit in, and if so at what pay.
In a previous job, I was responsible for hiring people and it was a pain in the butt. Sad thing was we actually had an HR department, but they did little more than give me stacks of applications and resumes. In addition to my regular job, I had to hunt down and contact the few that were "somewhat" qualified and arrange to interview them. The job pool in my area was crap, and most went home with a "we'll let you know".. I would have loved to have had a pre-screening test and have HR give it, and only have to deal with those that passed.. that would have been great.. So I say.. test away, and have a little less stress.
As is usual (been going on forever).. the whole issue of file sharing and what's illegal and what's not, is clear as mud. Here you have a survey that is asking if someone has used file sharing software.. and then claims that by extrapolating numbers that there are a huge numbers if file sharers.. ok so far.. but then it makes the leap and says that these are "illegal" file sharers.. It would have been more informative to ask those that answered the question as users of the software, do you make songs or movies available for download, or do you just download ?.. these have different legal positions (although maybe not on the UK ?)
More important to be smarter, than look smarter.. I've had to reboot my life 3 times because of women.. They all started out as physical attraction, which is an important part of the equation.. but is seriously negated when they turn out to be coo coo for cocoa puffs.. It has led me to ask, do I make women crazy ?, or were they crazy to be with me ?.. To keep on topic, I have no problems talking to any woman regardless of looks, because experience has taught me that they are potentially insane.
What keeps getting overlooked in this thread, is that the phone call frequency GSM.. has nothing to do with the 3G frequency.. and although there are more GSM users on AT&T because of the i-phone.. the fact that they are using the 3G frequency has no affect on the phone calls being placed on the GSM network... What I would like to know, is if these "dropped calls" are specific to handsets (like the i-phone), because that would suggest there is maybe a problem there.. You see, if your Razr can operate all day without a dropped call, but your buddy with an i-phone gets dropped all the time, that has nothing to do with 3G, or even the GSM network, but more to do with the receiver in the phone.. Blasphemy I know.
The submission is misleading in suggesting that i-phone data usage is causing dropped calls.. phone calls are not made over the 3G network.. They are made over the GSM network, which is what all cell phones AT&T users use.. Now that AT&T may have a larger number of users because of the i-phone is relevant, but the users surfing over the 3G network have nothing to do with a dropped phone call of another user.
Dropped calls are also Dependant upon the model of phone you have.. if i-phone users are having a lot of dropped calls (I don't know), then perhaps that is something to look at.. I know someone who had an older Samsung phone that dropped calls a lot, switched to a Motorola Razr using the same sim chip, and never had another dropped call.
It sounds simple.. but try asking someone.. Are you running XP or Vista..?.. "I don't know, it's Windows..".. Ok what browser are you running ?.. What's a browser ?".. OK What version of Internet Explorer are you running ?.. "I don't know"... Ok.. at the top are 'file, Edit, view. etc.. "I don't have anything that says file..".. Do you have one that says Help ? (the normal way to check version).. "um no..".. It's nice and all to have more real estate for browsing, but my statement stands, it's a pain in the ass to help people on it.
But a pain in the ass for tech support people over the phone who need to check browser settings... "File ?.. I don't have anything that says file..".. And then there are the off flavors of Xp, which has different locations for network settings.. bastards.
Actually that works out great.. obviously, if one organization can't receive mail, it is beneficial that the other organizations can't send mail. This way no mail is in "limbo", as it has not been sent or received.. response times are saved..
On a more serious note.. I once relied on Excite as my primary email.. Reliable for years,, then they went all wacko, and changed to a java based email run by some outfit called "bluetie'.. 45 DAYS.. it took to fix it.. 45 DAYS !.. Lesson learned, and Excite which was once my homepage, is an afterthought bookmark somewhere.
Perhaps they could incorporate the Turbines into the detection system.. When one of these suckers gets blown away by a twister.. then you know you got a tornado.
Slackware was my first distro, back when Win98 was current and XP hadn't been born.. I HAD to learn some of the nuts and bolts of how Linux was put together and although they were some tough and frustrating times, it was also satisfying when I got some personal challenge to work (usually caused by reading that some other person was able to accomplish 'whatever it was').. over the years following I tried many different distros, multiple times.. and then I just found I started leaning towards the deb based distros.. but my experiences with Slackware have helped me many times.. The thing is, hard drives are meant to be partitioned, and Linux is dual (multiple) boot friendly.. no one has to be any distro or package manager or KDE or Gnome snob.. just try, and use what you like.., so although I am "deb leaning".. I absolutely am fond of. and understand Slackware.
Just a simplified FYI.. CDMA, and GSM.. These are the phone frequencies.. WCDMA, is the broadband (3G) Frequency, which is an "add on" to your mobile phone, so you can have things like Internet.. and this can be added on to the phone regardless of whether you have CDMA or GSM.. this is up to what 3G technology (there are others than WCDMA) the carrier decide to use..
Here is what happened.. In the majority of the rest of the world.. GSM is the standard for "phone" frequency.. In the US, Qualcomm came up with the CDMA phone frequencies, and the US carriers used it.. although AT&T (Cingular) switched to GSM, and the other GSM carrier "Voicestream" was bought by TMobile.... CDMA "the phone freq technology" did not take off in the rest of the world.. In the rest of the world GSM is still king.. So it is easy for the manufacturers of phones to design and build for GSM, and it's easy for consumers to swap phones from carrier to carrier, or to just get a new phone.. When you throw the US CDMA into the mix, then the phone has to be specially made.. and that means that the manufacturer of the phone, has to do some serious work to sell the phone to the CDMA carrier, like Verizon or Sprint.. who may or may not decide to carry it.
To put it mildly.. The use of CDMA in the US is not retarded.. it's "special".
A mess isn't it ?.. but hey we're Americans.. When cell phones started taking off in the US., GSM which was already overwhelmingly the standard in the WORLD, was the redheaded stepchild here in the US.. and people would post here on Slashdot that this CDMA was superior.. blah blah blah.. But the thing is with GSM it is easy to swap phones and carriers.. Then along comes 3G.. You would think, "lessons learned".. but nooooo.. now you have swappable GSM phones but the 2 major GSM carriers have different 3G frequencies... I don't know where the FCC is in all this, and maybe there is some logical explanation behind it, but regardless it has screwed over the consumer in the US.. All the really cool stuff in phones is childs play elsewhere in the world.. So to those who posted way back when, their love for Qualcomm and the superior abilities of CDMA.. well here you are.
The thing is.. in assuming that the people who changed those ads had those thoughts, and tying it to the area.. you are stereotyping another group of people.. All we really know is that this ad was altered. We do not know that the people who altered it, or those that asked it to be altered, think or believe that "black people steal".. In fact it may be that they are acting on the stereotype that you make, and believe that some of their customers hold this belief.. so the "victim" of stereotyping in this case may not be the black people, but the intended audience who are assumed to be racist.
Actually their stories, which are content in Yahoo, often seem to be rants presented as facts.. But to address the statement of "The Christian Science Monitor wouldn't like that answer".. well they wouldn't even hear the answer, because they throw out those rants with no way for readers to respond or comment on what they present.. almost like they are preaching or something.
Money for nothin and your chicks for free.. No, actually Google Checkout deals with collecting sales tax, when and if required.. Phone apps aside, they wouldn't be much of a payment service if they didn't have this ability.
I read these comments.. and I just don't believe any of you have used an android phone.. If anything the iPhone looks clunky with it's big icons, and no customizable home screens. Seriously head to a Tmobile store, or just do a damn Youtube search.. none of you knows what the hell your talking about.
Not to defend the movie, that to me wasn't "all that", but when telling the story of any large tragedy it does help people to understand the significance of an event when you can focus on the story of a few who went through it.. I think Titanic failed a bit in that, by too narrowly focusing on two people.. If you compare that with Saving Private Ryan, which is the same idea but done much better and with more characters to care about, then the technique of telling a story within a large event is acceptable and does not diminish the tragedy.. Both of these movies are after all, not documentaries.
Well I hadn't thought about SMS.. and you have a point.. but again, if you think about it.. the half of the equation (people with a data plan that could use GV) are paying extra for text messaging for the other half (those without a data plan).. I could (and do) just as well send emails to those of my friends that have it... so the loss in messaging dollars is restricted to those with a data plan, who again also have a minute plan.. at the price point of $20 for unlimited messaging which is the same for non data phones with AT&T, it would be more cost effective for the SMS users to switch to data plans on their phones and have unlimited email and enjoy the web too.. At this point, GV savings become moot.. Really it all boils down GV giving you a break in communicating with people who only have SMS, and half those dollars are still retained, by whatever carrier they are on.
As to the international phone call savings, there are already many ways to save with phone cards.. perhaps convenience would eat into some of it.. don't know the impact, but again in all of this, I really don't think AT&T was sweating either one of these.
Maybe they are going to appeal it, so they can drop them.. From what I read.., A modem set to page him for network outages.. one tied into emergency response systems, and a DSL modem hooked into the Internet to test connectivity to the city systems from outside, that was already installed prior to his employment. Sounds legit, and only makes the other IT people look incompetent and more paranoid than Childs...
I think he is going to beat the rap.. but, his obvious lack of communication skills is costing him.. he "may" get compensated later, but that's a loong way down an uncertain road."
Hard isn't it ?.. You see, AT&T will still get their money for phone minutes you don't use.. Now you might have a larger minute plan, and decide to cut that down.. that's ok if it's just you.. but lets say you have 2 phones, would you chance it ?.. didn't think so.. Really the loss is negligible.. and actually is might benefit AT&T as people with multiple phones decide to make sure both have data plans but with less minute plans, but then again, you better make sure that 3G is everywhere you need it... I am not a corporate bean counter, but even I can see that.
I don't go to events with large groups of people.. I love live music, but even if I had free tickets I wouldn't go to a concert and be a speck in a sea of humanity. I just don't see it as enjoyable. I find it amazing that people will pay hundreds of dollars for the "privilege" of being inconvenienced in their movements. The chance of being trampled is really only a side thought in why I don't go, but it is a legitimate concern.
Flying is perhaps the only situation that I allow myself to be in a crowd.. Boarding is always the pits, with people and their carry-on luggage, but when we land, I will just sit patiently in my window seat and let the cattle push their way through the chute until I can exit easily and walk down the plane with no waiting on the crowd in front of me.. and even then, after all the crazy crap they did to be one of the first off the plane, they are still waiting for their luggage just like I am.. It's amazing, and like they thought it would be different from the last time they flew.
I have watched with some mild amusement the whole "Apple/AT&T conspiracy theory" thing unfold.. And the thought I keep having, is "show me the money".. If you try and analyze the whole thing as to what would the impact be to AT&T with Google voice, there isn't any that makes enough sense to say "whoa.. you can't do that"... You see AT&T already gets paid for 1.) a minute plan... 2.) an additional data plan.. this doesn't change with Google voice, and the only loss is perhaps dollars they "might" have made if people went over the minutes in their plan.. There may be some loss, as people switch to plans with less minutes, but probably most of the people that have the larger minute plans are people with multiple phones on the plan, and most of them are probably too worried about going over minutes and would be reluctant to change even with Google voice... So, when I thought about it.. I thought why would AT&T do this ?? What's the monetary reason ??.. So it actually came as no surprise to me, that this was all Apple.. And in this particular case, I actually do believe th "PR bullshit".. regardless of how big and bad AT&T may seem.
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Hey.. that quote is very similar to a text I received !
Although I understand your point about embellishing resumes, I don't think that the USA has a lock in honesty when it comes to this, nor do I expect that there is a significant difference in other countries. Anyone searching for a job has to market themselves.. and that is just the first step.. Once you have gained the attention of a potential employer, you then have to close the sale. Although my current job is not in programming, it is technical, and required various skills.. My employer did test.. The tests covered various aspects of the job requirement.. Some technical, some problem solving, and multitasking.. After that phase there was the interview.. now I am not saying that these tests were difficult, they were not.. but it was a weeding process for the employer. The employer ended up interviewing people who's background history was compatible to what they were looking for, and had demonstrated basic competence in the skills they tested for. During the interview they could size up whether they fit in, and if so at what pay.
In a previous job, I was responsible for hiring people and it was a pain in the butt. Sad thing was we actually had an HR department, but they did little more than give me stacks of applications and resumes. In addition to my regular job, I had to hunt down and contact the few that were "somewhat" qualified and arrange to interview them. The job pool in my area was crap, and most went home with a "we'll let you know".. I would have loved to have had a pre-screening test and have HR give it, and only have to deal with those that passed.. that would have been great.. So I say.. test away, and have a little less stress.
As is usual (been going on forever).. the whole issue of file sharing and what's illegal and what's not, is clear as mud. Here you have a survey that is asking if someone has used file sharing software.. and then claims that by extrapolating numbers that there are a huge numbers if file sharers.. ok so far.. but then it makes the leap and says that these are "illegal" file sharers.. It would have been more informative to ask those that answered the question as users of the software, do you make songs or movies available for download, or do you just download ? .. these have different legal positions (although maybe not on the UK ?)
More important to be smarter, than look smarter.. I've had to reboot my life 3 times because of women.. They all started out as physical attraction, which is an important part of the equation.. but is seriously negated when they turn out to be coo coo for cocoa puffs.. It has led me to ask, do I make women crazy ?, or were they crazy to be with me ? .. To keep on topic, I have no problems talking to any woman regardless of looks, because experience has taught me that they are potentially insane.
What keeps getting overlooked in this thread, is that the phone call frequency GSM.. has nothing to do with the 3G frequency.. and although there are more GSM users on AT&T because of the i-phone.. the fact that they are using the 3G frequency has no affect on the phone calls being placed on the GSM network... What I would like to know, is if these "dropped calls" are specific to handsets (like the i-phone), because that would suggest there is maybe a problem there.. You see, if your Razr can operate all day without a dropped call, but your buddy with an i-phone gets dropped all the time, that has nothing to do with 3G, or even the GSM network, but more to do with the receiver in the phone.. Blasphemy I know.
Well your both right.. kinda.. There are a couple models that can accept GSM chips (I think Blackberry).. It is very very very far from "most".
The submission is misleading in suggesting that i-phone data usage is causing dropped calls.. phone calls are not made over the 3G network.. They are made over the GSM network, which is what all cell phones AT&T users use.. Now that AT&T may have a larger number of users because of the i-phone is relevant, but the users surfing over the 3G network have nothing to do with a dropped phone call of another user.
Dropped calls are also Dependant upon the model of phone you have.. if i-phone users are having a lot of dropped calls (I don't know), then perhaps that is something to look at.. I know someone who had an older Samsung phone that dropped calls a lot, switched to a Motorola Razr using the same sim chip, and never had another dropped call.
It sounds simple.. but try asking someone.. Are you running XP or Vista..?.. "I don't know, it's Windows..".. Ok what browser are you running ?.. What's a browser ?".. OK What version of Internet Explorer are you running ?.. "I don't know"... Ok.. at the top are 'file, Edit, view. etc.. "I don't have anything that says file..".. Do you have one that says Help ? (the normal way to check version).. "um no..".. It's nice and all to have more real estate for browsing, but my statement stands, it's a pain in the ass to help people on it.
But a pain in the ass for tech support people over the phone who need to check browser settings... "File ?.. I don't have anything that says file..".. And then there are the off flavors of Xp, which has different locations for network settings.. bastards.
Actually that works out great.. obviously, if one organization can't receive mail, it is beneficial that the other organizations can't send mail. This way no mail is in "limbo", as it has not been sent or received.. response times are saved..
On a more serious note.. I once relied on Excite as my primary email.. Reliable for years,, then they went all wacko, and changed to a java based email run by some outfit called "bluetie'.. 45 DAYS.. it took to fix it.. 45 DAYS ! .. Lesson learned, and Excite which was once my homepage, is an afterthought bookmark somewhere.
Perhaps they could incorporate the Turbines into the detection system.. When one of these suckers gets blown away by a twister.. then you know you got a tornado.
Slackware was my first distro, back when Win98 was current and XP hadn't been born.. I HAD to learn some of the nuts and bolts of how Linux was put together and although they were some tough and frustrating times, it was also satisfying when I got some personal challenge to work (usually caused by reading that some other person was able to accomplish 'whatever it was').. over the years following I tried many different distros, multiple times.. and then I just found I started leaning towards the deb based distros.. but my experiences with Slackware have helped me many times.. The thing is, hard drives are meant to be partitioned, and Linux is dual (multiple) boot friendly.. no one has to be any distro or package manager or KDE or Gnome snob.. just try, and use what you like.., so although I am "deb leaning".. I absolutely am fond of. and understand Slackware.
And so they can't understand why people would not send them the exploded devices to confirm that all cases are from external forces.
Just a simplified FYI.. CDMA, and GSM.. These are the phone frequencies.. WCDMA, is the broadband (3G) Frequency, which is an "add on" to your mobile phone, so you can have things like Internet.. and this can be added on to the phone regardless of whether you have CDMA or GSM.. this is up to what 3G technology (there are others than WCDMA) the carrier decide to use..
Here is what happened.. In the majority of the rest of the world.. GSM is the standard for "phone" frequency.. In the US, Qualcomm came up with the CDMA phone frequencies, and the US carriers used it.. although AT&T (Cingular) switched to GSM, and the other GSM carrier "Voicestream" was bought by TMobile.... CDMA "the phone freq technology" did not take off in the rest of the world.. In the rest of the world GSM is still king.. So it is easy for the manufacturers of phones to design and build for GSM, and it's easy for consumers to swap phones from carrier to carrier, or to just get a new phone.. When you throw the US CDMA into the mix, then the phone has to be specially made.. and that means that the manufacturer of the phone, has to do some serious work to sell the phone to the CDMA carrier, like Verizon or Sprint.. who may or may not decide to carry it.
To put it mildly.. The use of CDMA in the US is not retarded.. it's "special".
A mess isn't it ? .. but hey we're Americans.. When cell phones started taking off in the US., GSM which was already overwhelmingly the standard in the WORLD, was the redheaded stepchild here in the US.. and people would post here on Slashdot that this CDMA was superior.. blah blah blah.. But the thing is with GSM it is easy to swap phones and carriers.. Then along comes 3G.. You would think, "lessons learned".. but nooooo.. now you have swappable GSM phones but the 2 major GSM carriers have different 3G frequencies... I don't know where the FCC is in all this, and maybe there is some logical explanation behind it, but regardless it has screwed over the consumer in the US.. All the really cool stuff in phones is childs play elsewhere in the world.. So to those who posted way back when, their love for Qualcomm and the superior abilities of CDMA.. well here you are.
The thing is.. in assuming that the people who changed those ads had those thoughts, and tying it to the area.. you are stereotyping another group of people.. All we really know is that this ad was altered. We do not know that the people who altered it, or those that asked it to be altered, think or believe that "black people steal".. In fact it may be that they are acting on the stereotype that you make, and believe that some of their customers hold this belief.. so the "victim" of stereotyping in this case may not be the black people, but the intended audience who are assumed to be racist.
Actually their stories, which are content in Yahoo, often seem to be rants presented as facts.. But to address the statement of "The Christian Science Monitor wouldn't like that answer".. well they wouldn't even hear the answer, because they throw out those rants with no way for readers to respond or comment on what they present.. almost like they are preaching or something.
Money for nothin and your chicks for free.. No, actually Google Checkout deals with collecting sales tax, when and if required.. Phone apps aside, they wouldn't be much of a payment service if they didn't have this ability.
I read these comments.. and I just don't believe any of you have used an android phone.. If anything the iPhone looks clunky with it's big icons, and no customizable home screens. Seriously head to a Tmobile store, or just do a damn Youtube search.. none of you knows what the hell your talking about.
Not to defend the movie, that to me wasn't "all that", but when telling the story of any large tragedy it does help people to understand the significance of an event when you can focus on the story of a few who went through it.. I think Titanic failed a bit in that, by too narrowly focusing on two people.. If you compare that with Saving Private Ryan, which is the same idea but done much better and with more characters to care about, then the technique of telling a story within a large event is acceptable and does not diminish the tragedy.. Both of these movies are after all, not documentaries.
Well I hadn't thought about SMS.. and you have a point.. but again, if you think about it.. the half of the equation (people with a data plan that could use GV) are paying extra for text messaging for the other half (those without a data plan).. I could (and do) just as well send emails to those of my friends that have it... so the loss in messaging dollars is restricted to those with a data plan, who again also have a minute plan.. at the price point of $20 for unlimited messaging which is the same for non data phones with AT&T, it would be more cost effective for the SMS users to switch to data plans on their phones and have unlimited email and enjoy the web too.. At this point, GV savings become moot.. Really it all boils down GV giving you a break in communicating with people who only have SMS, and half those dollars are still retained, by whatever carrier they are on.
As to the international phone call savings, there are already many ways to save with phone cards.. perhaps convenience would eat into some of it.. don't know the impact, but again in all of this, I really don't think AT&T was sweating either one of these.
Maybe they are going to appeal it, so they can drop them.. From what I read.., A modem set to page him for network outages.. one tied into emergency response systems, and a DSL modem hooked into the Internet to test connectivity to the city systems from outside, that was already installed prior to his employment. Sounds legit, and only makes the other IT people look incompetent and more paranoid than Childs...
I think he is going to beat the rap.. but, his obvious lack of communication skills is costing him.. he "may" get compensated later, but that's a loong way down an uncertain road."
Explain the loss to AT&T..
Hard isn't it ? .. You see, AT&T will still get their money for phone minutes you don't use.. Now you might have a larger minute plan, and decide to cut that down.. that's ok if it's just you.. but lets say you have 2 phones, would you chance it ? .. didn't think so.. Really the loss is negligible.. and actually is might benefit AT&T as people with multiple phones decide to make sure both have data plans but with less minute plans, but then again, you better make sure that 3G is everywhere you need it... I am not a corporate bean counter, but even I can see that.
So yes I beleive Apple's "PR"
I don't go to events with large groups of people.. I love live music, but even if I had free tickets I wouldn't go to a concert and be a speck in a sea of humanity. I just don't see it as enjoyable. I find it amazing that people will pay hundreds of dollars for the "privilege" of being inconvenienced in their movements. The chance of being trampled is really only a side thought in why I don't go, but it is a legitimate concern.
Flying is perhaps the only situation that I allow myself to be in a crowd.. Boarding is always the pits, with people and their carry-on luggage, but when we land, I will just sit patiently in my window seat and let the cattle push their way through the chute until I can exit easily and walk down the plane with no waiting on the crowd in front of me.. and even then, after all the crazy crap they did to be one of the first off the plane, they are still waiting for their luggage just like I am.. It's amazing, and like they thought it would be different from the last time they flew.
I have watched with some mild amusement the whole "Apple/AT&T conspiracy theory" thing unfold.. And the thought I keep having, is "show me the money".. If you try and analyze the whole thing as to what would the impact be to AT&T with Google voice, there isn't any that makes enough sense to say "whoa.. you can't do that"... You see AT&T already gets paid for 1.) a minute plan ... 2.) an additional data plan .. this doesn't change with Google voice, and the only loss is perhaps dollars they "might" have made if people went over the minutes in their plan.. There may be some loss, as people switch to plans with less minutes, but probably most of the people that have the larger minute plans are people with multiple phones on the plan, and most of them are probably too worried about going over minutes and would be reluctant to change even with Google voice... So, when I thought about it.. I thought why would AT&T do this ?? What's the monetary reason ?? .. So it actually came as no surprise to me, that this was all Apple.. And in this particular case, I actually do believe th "PR bullshit".. regardless of how big and bad AT&T may seem.