Start working for your local school district's tech department as a student worker. They'll typically give you class credit for it, plus you'll make a few bucks. Being a student worker, they won't expect you to be a tech god. You can just show up and learn all about what they're doing and why.
If attendance is 30%, that means you can show up every day and average about 40% to get a D. A more challenging C, at 70%, requires about a 55 exam/homework average.
Making attendance even remotely substantial towards the final grade is a good step toward mediocrity.
A few years ago we bought a thousand machines from a company whose name is not important. Within a year, probably about 30% of the hard drives had died. We actually had a corner of the shop that was nothing but piles of Maxtor drives that we were waiting to be replaced under warranty.
Luckily we had a failure rate > 20% clause in the contract, so there wasn't much the company could say in protest when we demanded they replace every single drive. They ended up going with a mix of Western Digital and Seagate.
I'd say that was about 3 years ago. We've replaced maybe 20-30 since then. I suppose our initial Maxtors could have all been built the Friday before Christmas when no one was thinking about work, but I haven't bought a Maxtor since then just in case.
Who would classify drinking beer as being "in" or "out"? It's like saying "Which would you consider as being in? Beer or eating dinner?"
The only people I can think of that would classify drinking beer as being "in" would be alcoholics or underage people who still think that it makes them cool.
So the real result of this study.. alcoholics love ipods!
I guess this makes the people who have died feel much better.
"Oh, it's okay. I'm only indirectly dead. The guy who slammed into my side was only slightly impaired."
The parent's message is still the same. With arguments like those you propose, you're risking some huge backlash. It's the same old argument, and we see where it has gotten us.
Revamping the software-development process creates a Catch 22: being more careful can mean missing deadlines.
Alright, so writing better code means you might miss a deadline. But not writing better code means.. things are exactly as they've always been, or the software development cycle will be revamped appropriately?
I suggest you look up the names of those who have been put to death and later found innocent.
I recall a case a couple months ago where some DNA evidence was found that could possibly prove a man put to death was innocent. All the way up to his death he insisted he didn't do it, and finally this evidence could potentially prove his case.
Apparently this was a rather large news story, because there were many news articles. Almost every one I read noted that it was a big deal because it would be the first time someone who was put to death would later be found to be innocent.
I looked through your link, then did some Google searches, and found no mention at all of a man put to death later being found innocent in America. Just wanted to let you know, so you don't try that argument again.
Everyone in every chatroom ever does this. I don't think I've ever seen it work.
Of course, assuming there's more than one person in there, 0 is in fact less than half.
You are missing the point here: If we "can't" backup our CDs, the only alternative is "Buy Again"? GIVE ME A BREAK!
No, it looks like YOU missed MY point.
I just spent a couple minutes outlining my points using the same examples of other common goods breaking, but then I realized it's pretty much an exact mirror of what I already wrote.
Can you give me one good example of something breaking after you buy it, but conveniently being able to use a backup in its place? I can name at least a hundred off of my head where if you break something (or it breaks out of warranty), you have to "Buy Again".
"Oh no, I accidentally left my pizza out overnight and my dog pissed on it.. I guess I have to call Dominos right away to get them to replace it."
i dont want my kid to suddenly stumble upon a pop up of a naked woman in an indecent position.
Have you considered monitoring what your kid does, or has that responsibility been shifted entirely to the government?
Believe me, I'm not one to side with the RIAA.. but how is re-purchasing a damaged CD any different than re-purchasing, say, a broken vase or a 5 year old busted DVD player?
It's one thing to have a CD not work due general initial quality issues. It's entirely different to send in a 6 year old CD that looks like it got skipped across asphalt and expect replacement.
Go ahead and mod me as a troll, but do so with the understanding that I believe it's entirely unreasonable to provide a full lifetime replacement warranty in any business. The fact that we have the capacity to replicate the media is irrelavent. If I bought a car from Honda and it blew up after 15 years (or if I drove it off a cliff when it's only 2 weeks old), it would be laughable by any standard to ask Honda to replace it.
I read Slashdot to escape this stuff. I read a lot of other news sites as well, and it's probably reasonable to assume all other Slashdot readers are capable of going to the same sites. Can anyone really say, "Oh man, thanks Slashdot. This is certainly the first I've heard of this."?
It's on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and a whole bunch of other news sites. I'm sure it'll be on the local news tonight as well. And now it's on Slashdot, because the population isn't properly subdued until every given aspect of their lives are saturated with this stuff.
Even if the government loses this one, they have the power to make laws which will make it legal. Basically they can potentially do anything they want to win this one in the future. It's not like this administration has a history of fighting for our rights.
The question then becomes whether or not they'd be able to seize past records. If Google wins this, that means that as of right now my search records are off limits. Hypothetically speaking, I have this reasonable expectation in mind when doing my searches and might change my search patterns appropriately otherwise.
Netflix slows down turnaround times after they verify you're a "secured" customer. Sure they tell you that they have the right to do so, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do to a loyal customer. Netflix and Blockbuster both can go screw themselves.
That's exactly what we do at the University of Tennessee Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Works well for us. Although I wouldn't call us "large", I don't foresee any scalability problems in the near future.
You definitely want to have your own room. If someone were to view the post-it note taped to your monitor with all the root passwords, the consequences would be disastrous.
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I'll gladly trade my lightly used Wii for a new or lightly used PS3. Any takers?
Start working for your local school district's tech department as a student worker. They'll typically give you class credit for it, plus you'll make a few bucks. Being a student worker, they won't expect you to be a tech god. You can just show up and learn all about what they're doing and why.
If attendance is 30%, that means you can show up every day and average about 40% to get a D. A more challenging C, at 70%, requires about a 55 exam/homework average. Making attendance even remotely substantial towards the final grade is a good step toward mediocrity.
I think it's Seagate that makes the Barracuda.
Luckily we had a failure rate > 20% clause in the contract, so there wasn't much the company could say in protest when we demanded they replace every single drive. They ended up going with a mix of Western Digital and Seagate.
I'd say that was about 3 years ago. We've replaced maybe 20-30 since then. I suppose our initial Maxtors could have all been built the Friday before Christmas when no one was thinking about work, but I haven't bought a Maxtor since then just in case.
I don't believe the parent was supposed to be funny. This really is how sound waves work.
Plus it's not fixed. The browser still crashes, but at least it doesn't execute a program.
The only people I can think of that would classify drinking beer as being "in" would be alcoholics or underage people who still think that it makes them cool.
So the real result of this study.. alcoholics love ipods!
"Oh, it's okay. I'm only indirectly dead. The guy who slammed into my side was only slightly impaired."
The parent's message is still the same. With arguments like those you propose, you're risking some huge backlash. It's the same old argument, and we see where it has gotten us.
Alright, so writing better code means you might miss a deadline. But not writing better code means.. things are exactly as they've always been, or the software development cycle will be revamped appropriately?
Not much of a catch 22.
I recall a case a couple months ago where some DNA evidence was found that could possibly prove a man put to death was innocent. All the way up to his death he insisted he didn't do it, and finally this evidence could potentially prove his case.
Apparently this was a rather large news story, because there were many news articles. Almost every one I read noted that it was a big deal because it would be the first time someone who was put to death would later be found to be innocent.
I looked through your link, then did some Google searches, and found no mention at all of a man put to death later being found innocent in America. Just wanted to let you know, so you don't try that argument again.
In that case, I don't want an Office killer. I want something lean and fast. Seems that's becoming more and more rare these days.
Everyone in every chatroom ever does this. I don't think I've ever seen it work. Of course, assuming there's more than one person in there, 0 is in fact less than half.
I just spent a couple minutes outlining my points using the same examples of other common goods breaking, but then I realized it's pretty much an exact mirror of what I already wrote.
Can you give me one good example of something breaking after you buy it, but conveniently being able to use a backup in its place? I can name at least a hundred off of my head where if you break something (or it breaks out of warranty), you have to "Buy Again".
"Oh no, I accidentally left my pizza out overnight and my dog pissed on it.. I guess I have to call Dominos right away to get them to replace it."
Sounds pretty dumb, huh?
i dont want my kid to suddenly stumble upon a pop up of a naked woman in an indecent position. Have you considered monitoring what your kid does, or has that responsibility been shifted entirely to the government?
It's one thing to have a CD not work due general initial quality issues. It's entirely different to send in a 6 year old CD that looks like it got skipped across asphalt and expect replacement.
Go ahead and mod me as a troll, but do so with the understanding that I believe it's entirely unreasonable to provide a full lifetime replacement warranty in any business. The fact that we have the capacity to replicate the media is irrelavent. If I bought a car from Honda and it blew up after 15 years (or if I drove it off a cliff when it's only 2 weeks old), it would be laughable by any standard to ask Honda to replace it.
Hah, 1.3 gigs. My fresh, default Windows 2000 load comes in at 450 megs. That's Professional, not server.
I read Slashdot to escape this stuff. I read a lot of other news sites as well, and it's probably reasonable to assume all other Slashdot readers are capable of going to the same sites. Can anyone really say, "Oh man, thanks Slashdot. This is certainly the first I've heard of this."? It's on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and a whole bunch of other news sites. I'm sure it'll be on the local news tonight as well. And now it's on Slashdot, because the population isn't properly subdued until every given aspect of their lives are saturated with this stuff.
Even if the government loses this one, they have the power to make laws which will make it legal. Basically they can potentially do anything they want to win this one in the future. It's not like this administration has a history of fighting for our rights. The question then becomes whether or not they'd be able to seize past records. If Google wins this, that means that as of right now my search records are off limits. Hypothetically speaking, I have this reasonable expectation in mind when doing my searches and might change my search patterns appropriately otherwise.
Netflix slows down turnaround times after they verify you're a "secured" customer. Sure they tell you that they have the right to do so, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do to a loyal customer. Netflix and Blockbuster both can go screw themselves.
Yes, because nothing is "sexier" than being the biggest nerd at the LAN party.
At 5 bucks a month, it would take 500 months to break even on this $2500 system.
Well, that's not entirely true. You'd also have to buy a 50 dollar DVD player.
"Hey baby.. wanna come back to my (parents') place? I've got a(n anime) keg!"
That's exactly what we do at the University of Tennessee Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Works well for us. Although I wouldn't call us "large", I don't foresee any scalability problems in the near future.
You definitely want to have your own room. If someone were to view the post-it note taped to your monitor with all the root passwords, the consequences would be disastrous.