I agree with you to a certain extent. The only way I would disagree if the employer was a scumbag. Still doesn't make it right nor smart to do what he did but if you're not treated right, then I can see why he would do it. Of course people may say "get another job" but easier said then done.....
And nothing will change until the end of the world:). Watch, things will get worse until then.....
I think the evil geniuses who created the pre-y2k date standard knew what they were doing.
"Lets only use the last 2 digits of the date, so when 2000 hits, we can cause a worldwide epidemic, I can be resurected from the dead and world domination will be mine!!!!"
I agree with you man in that they should outlaw guns. Sometimes(remember they keywork SOMETIMES not all) you have to screw a 200 year old antiquated document and do what's in the best interest for modern society. The government knows this information otherwise the "partiot act" wouldnt exist although that's not in our best interest.
And if this guy with the pointer knew what he was doing, he def. should get the time. That's the other thing I dont get about our society. If you kill a man you get one sentence. If you try to kill a man but dont succeed you get a lessor sentence? Come on the intent was there! If anything you should get a heftier sentence because what's gonna stop you for going out trying to kill the same guy again...
I mean I would almost agree with you except I'm tired of people screwing around and not taking actions for their responsibilities.
Unless this guy is mentally retarded he gets no sympathy for me. What do you think is gonna happen "gee in this post 9/11 paranoid world, i'll just flash this light at a nearby airplane, everyone will think its cool and funny!!!" Come on SMARTEN UP
If you can get an internship DO IT. If not, make as many connections as you possibly can because that's what it all really boils down to in the end...
Case in point, I followed virtually all those steps listed(except taking a microeconomics course and internship). It wasn't of a lack of trying, I tried for an internship but to no avail. One year after college later I finally got a job with computers only because my old next door neighbor knew of a position opening up in his company for a sys admin.
Now fast forward to my friend. He had nearly a 4.0 gpa, he couldnt find an internship either until some connection he made got him into one. So with that experience he was immediately able to get a programming job with computer associates while I struggled to find any job...
As a brief background, I graduated in 2001 with degrees in computer science and politcal science. I got the poly sci degree in case computers failed me but that degree failed me too...go figure.
Though your right its safer to have 2 diff passwords but you know how many sites I'm registered to? I can think of 15 and to come up with diff passwords for each and every site is just gonna mess you up unless you want to be a show off and memorize but who wants to do that. what i do on a piece of paper right down my username and a password hint for each site.
may not sound secure but 1)password hints that only i know no one else. 2) i cant even read my own hand writing sometimes let alone other people so you can get it and not understand it:)
Well, I'd rather deal with the stress of this information overload than say the stress of hundreds of years ago and even nowadays with underdeveloped countries worrying about their crops getting wiped out and starving to death.
"Martin for example quite rightly points out that IBM, Oracle etc. are not throwing their lot in selflessly and wholeheartedly with Linux, they're augmenting a customer solution with open source products where their own proprietary software is lacking (they need an OS stack on which to run websphere, for example)."
Ever heard of they saying don't toss your eggs in one basket? I'm not saying that to mean a knock on linux or windows or anything else its just smart business. No manner how highly I am on something there will be an ineveitable downturn and when it comes, if you don't have something else to fall back on, your screwed.
And while you make some strong points, to think that this article hosted on microsoft's website is not completely unbiased or not SOME "fud" is purely niave.
its just like pepsi/coke, you have your hardcore people who only drink one or the other, but most usually have a preference but will drink whatever comes their way or whatever one is on sale.......
hehe for me its a yes/no. the dominating factor don't bother me, what does bother me is the majority of companies that have a dominating facotor let it get to their head and you have crappy products.
so if they dominate but hold on to the same ideals then i'll be happy but that is yet to be seen...
it can't be also because amd chips seem to be generally less than those of comparable intels?
so what's worse, trying to flaunt power because you were once a monopoly in the desktop area or have plants outside the us? and can you tell me for sure intel doesnt have any plants outside the continental us either? thought so...
I would like more statistics too. I would like to see how your normal retail chains, such as walmart, bestbuy do. And I like to know the successful delivery rates on all those products that amazon sells. I have a coworker who ordered 3 dvds from amazon over a month ago(around that black friday time period) and its yet to be delivered to his door.
Though as far as for online selling goes, I think its impressive. I would like to see online statisitics too from other sites but I don't think any other online place can come close to that.
well it depends on which corporation you ask. and keep in mind to if a place makes a penny less than what they did the year before "oooo my were having a terrible terrible sales season! the economy is in a downward spiral, RUN FOR THE HILLS..blah blah blah"
yup. everyone fails to realize the untapped power of the consumer. y is that? because the consumers never organize. if all of us(in slashdot and out of it) bind together and just flat out said, no were not buying your product or refuse to go to your movies until you remove drm, watch how fast mpaa and other conglomerates will crumple....
yea man, i may be faulty because I didn't read the article but what if there was another common demonitor that wasnt taking into account such as computer usage. maybe then it is computer that are doing the damage and not cell phones or maybe both. too many variables for my likings. only real way to do this study is to lock the participants for life in a rubber room and let them do nothing else but eat/sleep and use their cell phones.
I agree with you on the woman. Even the oscars have scantily clad woman but they're mostly the celebrities up for the rewards. And since when is the oscars a "serious" reward show? Ok so it's more formal than the video game awards but you gotta wonder how much the oscar means now since most nominees anyways are "blockbuster" movies and now they seem to be a million and one other movie award shows out there.
This all reminds me ofthe classic simpsons episode where homer wins a grammy. "oooo its only a grammy!"
"the issue is creating long term viability for Open Source desktop software, which requires being able to develop and run that software, having a user base that large enough to be sustainable and satisfying that user base."
i agree with you. like the article stated, if you take the apps valuable and associated with linux and port them to windows, why would the average user ever need a reason to switch to linux?
and you know m$ will use that as another means to drive away linux. don't forget people if it were up to m$ they'll use these free apps to shutdown linux and then somehow crush these free apps so now only thing left is there windows expensive bloat software.
and for the nay sayers, think of this way, m$ will NEVER port any of their software to linux(though you may be able to use some stuff through wine but that's not endorsed by ms). this is accepted and not talked about. so then why should linux apps offer support to windows?
I would only because there's alot of old machines out there people still run on. Pentium 1,2,3 windows 98 and such and I would like to reach as many machines as possible and have stuff run on these slow machines.
I'm no expert in this stuff or have their mindset but it just makes sense to me:)
Anyhow how did this become a linux v windows discussion when the article does say other os' too?
And back on your point on estimates, how do we know this is the full windows code they're referring to? Forgive me for my lack of knowledge in the lengh of windows code but could it be possible that that's not the complete code or only the code the refers to the os and now the other stuff included like some other posts?
So whose right and whose wrong? You know what? It doesnt matter because even if one side was more secure and less buggy than the other, I doubt that'll change people's opinion to stop arguing at this stage of the game....
yea man. with the title charlie and the chocolate factory, you think they would make it a real sequel and flash now into 20/30 years with charlie owning the factory.
knowing the movie execs, it would turn out to be a big flop but the concept intriques me...
Slashdot Mirror
Sensationlism my friend. All press does it and it looks like slashdot is following suite of the masses :(
Dunno but ie can let a million and one spyware in and they'll through their own means steal all of your information.....
Well maybe we don't have 10G, but we do have 64bit!!!
Amen brother.
:). Watch, things will get worse until then.....
I agree with you to a certain extent. The only way I would disagree if the employer was a scumbag. Still doesn't make it right nor smart to do what he did but if you're not treated right, then I can see why he would do it. Of course people may say "get another job" but easier said then done.....
And nothing will change until the end of the world
I think the evil geniuses who created the pre-y2k date standard knew what they were doing.
:)
"Lets only use the last 2 digits of the date, so when 2000 hits, we can cause a worldwide epidemic, I can be resurected from the dead and world domination will be mine!!!!"
just my 2 cents
I agree with you man in that they should outlaw guns. Sometimes(remember they keywork SOMETIMES not all) you have to screw a 200 year old antiquated document and do what's in the best interest for modern society. The government knows this information otherwise the "partiot act" wouldnt exist although that's not in our best interest.
And if this guy with the pointer knew what he was doing, he def. should get the time. That's the other thing I dont get about our society. If you kill a man you get one sentence. If you try to kill a man but dont succeed you get a lessor sentence? Come on the intent was there! If anything you should get a heftier sentence because what's gonna stop you for going out trying to kill the same guy again...
I mean I would almost agree with you except I'm tired of people screwing around and not taking actions for their responsibilities.
Unless this guy is mentally retarded he gets no sympathy for me. What do you think is gonna happen "gee in this post 9/11 paranoid world, i'll just flash this light at a nearby airplane, everyone will think its cool and funny!!!" Come on SMARTEN UP
It's not what you know its WHO you know.
If you can get an internship DO IT. If not, make as many connections as you possibly can because that's what it all really boils down to in the end...
Case in point, I followed virtually all those steps listed(except taking a microeconomics course and internship). It wasn't of a lack of trying, I tried for an internship but to no avail. One year after college later I finally got a job with computers only because my old next door neighbor knew of a position opening up in his company for a sys admin.
Now fast forward to my friend. He had nearly a 4.0 gpa, he couldnt find an internship either until some connection he made got him into one. So with that experience he was immediately able to get a programming job with computer associates while I struggled to find any job...
As a brief background, I graduated in 2001 with degrees in computer science and politcal science. I got the poly sci degree in case computers failed me but that degree failed me too...go figure.
Though your right its safer to have 2 diff passwords but you know how many sites I'm registered to? I can think of 15 and to come up with diff passwords for each and every site is just gonna mess you up unless you want to be a show off and memorize but who wants to do that. what i do on a piece of paper right down my username and a password hint for each site.
:)
may not sound secure but 1)password hints that only i know no one else. 2) i cant even read my own hand writing sometimes let alone other people so you can get it and not understand it
I'm a extremely shy guy by nature(until I know you) so in actuality thanks to the internet, I'm socializing more than I would otherwise.....
Next generalized pointless study please......
Well, I'd rather deal with the stress of this information overload than say the stress of hundreds of years ago and even nowadays with underdeveloped countries worrying about their crops getting wiped out and starving to death.
:)
So I'm grateful for that
"Martin for example quite rightly points out that IBM, Oracle etc. are not throwing their lot in selflessly and wholeheartedly with Linux, they're augmenting a customer solution with open source products where their own proprietary software is lacking (they need an OS stack on which to run websphere, for example)." Ever heard of they saying don't toss your eggs in one basket? I'm not saying that to mean a knock on linux or windows or anything else its just smart business. No manner how highly I am on something there will be an ineveitable downturn and when it comes, if you don't have something else to fall back on, your screwed. And while you make some strong points, to think that this article hosted on microsoft's website is not completely unbiased or not SOME "fud" is purely niave.
i have an older xp athlon motherboard and it has built in video and audio on the motherboard so i dunno what you are talking about....
no :)
its just like pepsi/coke, you have your hardcore people who only drink one or the other, but most usually have a preference but will drink whatever comes their way or whatever one is on sale.......
hehe for me its a yes/no. the dominating factor don't bother me, what does bother me is the majority of companies that have a dominating facotor let it get to their head and you have crappy products.
so if they dominate but hold on to the same ideals then i'll be happy but that is yet to be seen...
it can't be also because amd chips seem to be generally less than those of comparable intels? so what's worse, trying to flaunt power because you were once a monopoly in the desktop area or have plants outside the us? and can you tell me for sure intel doesnt have any plants outside the continental us either? thought so...
I would like more statistics too. I would like to see how your normal retail chains, such as walmart, bestbuy do. And I like to know the successful delivery rates on all those products that amazon sells. I have a coworker who ordered 3 dvds from amazon over a month ago(around that black friday time period) and its yet to be delivered to his door.
Though as far as for online selling goes, I think its impressive. I would like to see online statisitics too from other sites but I don't think any other online place can come close to that.
well it depends on which corporation you ask. and keep in mind to if a place makes a penny less than what they did the year before "oooo my were having a terrible terrible sales season! the economy is in a downward spiral, RUN FOR THE HILLS..blah blah blah"
yup. everyone fails to realize the untapped power of the consumer. y is that? because the consumers never organize. if all of us(in slashdot and out of it) bind together and just flat out said, no were not buying your product or refuse to go to your movies until you remove drm, watch how fast mpaa and other conglomerates will crumple....
yea man, i may be faulty because I didn't read the article but what if there was another common demonitor that wasnt taking into account such as computer usage. maybe then it is computer that are doing the damage and not cell phones or maybe both. too many variables for my likings. only real way to do this study is to lock the participants for life in a rubber room and let them do nothing else but eat/sleep and use their cell phones.
I agree with you on the woman. Even the oscars have scantily clad woman but they're mostly the celebrities up for the rewards. And since when is the oscars a "serious" reward show? Ok so it's more formal than the video game awards but you gotta wonder how much the oscar means now since most nominees anyways are "blockbuster" movies and now they seem to be a million and one other movie award shows out there.
This all reminds me ofthe classic simpsons episode where homer wins a grammy. "oooo its only a grammy!"
"the issue is creating long term viability for Open Source desktop software, which requires being able to develop and run that software, having a user base that large enough to be sustainable and satisfying that user base."
i agree with you. like the article stated, if you take the apps valuable and associated with linux and port them to windows, why would the average user ever need a reason to switch to linux?
and you know m$ will use that as another means to drive away linux. don't forget people if it were up to m$ they'll use these free apps to shutdown linux and then somehow crush these free apps so now only thing left is there windows expensive bloat software.
and for the nay sayers, think of this way, m$ will NEVER port any of their software to linux(though you may be able to use some stuff through wine but that's not endorsed by ms). this is accepted and not talked about. so then why should linux apps offer support to windows?
I would only because there's alot of old machines out there people still run on. Pentium 1,2,3 windows 98 and such and I would like to reach as many machines as possible and have stuff run on these slow machines.
:)
I'm no expert in this stuff or have their mindset but it just makes sense to me
Aren't all statistics that way?
Anyhow how did this become a linux v windows discussion when the article does say other os' too?
And back on your point on estimates, how do we know this is the full windows code they're referring to? Forgive me for my lack of knowledge in the lengh of windows code but could it be possible that that's not the complete code or only the code the refers to the os and now the other stuff included like some other posts?
So whose right and whose wrong? You know what? It doesnt matter because even if one side was more secure and less buggy than the other, I doubt that'll change people's opinion to stop arguing at this stage of the game....
yea man. with the title charlie and the chocolate factory, you think they would make it a real sequel and flash now into 20/30 years with charlie owning the factory.
knowing the movie execs, it would turn out to be a big flop but the concept intriques me...