I've stopped buying so much stuff. I'm serious. I try to barter whenever I can. I buy on the resale market (gently used things that the last owner got bored with quickly, this is especially good for musical gear.) Slightly older computer stuff (your obsession is my gain.) I'm not going to pay a "use tax" on my stuff until they come in with a warrant.
There's a nonzero number of people who want him dead simply because of his race. That increases the number of would-be assassins above the normal number.
"He's 71 years old. Its really really highly unlikely that somebody with the ammount of money he has (think nutrition, health care, etc.) is going to develop dimentia at his age."
We hardly even know the causes of elderly-onset dementia, which is anything but unknown among the affluent.
>Mod parent up - he's on the mark. There's a lot of stuff out there for which the source is gone, but it still does the job. Witness the State of >California's payroll system we were discussing a bit back.
Point of information, we were discussing it because it *did not* do the job.
>Collaborating with people over the phone is hard.
In many, and I might venture to say most, corporate situations, it's all you have in the office also. Why do you take for granted that f2f meetings are so easy to arrange? In a small organization, yes, it's easy to have f2f meetings when everybody's in the same room.
At one point in my telecommute experience, my home office was much more functional, much more conveniently located to all my colleagues, and just plain a better choice for meetings:)
But I was lucky, my company was really cool, and the question of whether I should be allowed to telecommute was a pretty easy answer, seeing as how I was one of the mickey-mouse handful of people who started the company in the first place. I'm a *bit* spoiled because of that, but I still think my experience gave me a valid perspective on the whole telecommute thing.
My other life is as a musician. I simply *must* live within an easy drive, and preferably a short walk, of the cultural center of a town that has a healthy independent arts scene. This is not negotiable, and if it means I am exposed to what some consider staggeringly high costs of living, or if it means I must compromise (as I have) and accept a third or less of the typical salary in my field, so be it. I've tried in the past to budge on this requirement, being advised that perhaps I should "outgrow" this aspect of my life, and it almost killed me, literally. I'd rather be alive and poor and able to express myself in my artistic medium.
For some who were raised in cities, the semi-rural life seems to be of some appeal, and I respect that. For me, who grew up on a farm and who struggled for so many years just to be *in* a city that had some interesting culture, I ask for respect for my choices and needs also.
My family business began as a farm. The trucking aspect of the farm became the core business as it was much more profitable. The farm became more or less a hobby for the family. What started as a farm-to-market truck, became warehouses in several cities, a fleet of long-haul tractor-trailers, a fuel business that supported several consumer gas stations as a side-effect, a magazine publishing business (long story there), and created the necessities that launched my career as a computer programmer.
At no time did anybody involved in my family business lose focus on what was important, either in the business, in the family life, or in terms of the separation between the two.
>Well, as long as the work gets done on time...who cares how you spend your every minute 'on the clock'?
For reasons I don't fully understand, there are people who are willing to enter into professional relationships where this kind of thing is accepted.
For most of them, it probably starts at the interview, where they don't negotiate *at all* and have lost the respect of the people to whom they report *from the beginning*. This status quo then perpetuates itself. Almost universally, the blame for this situation is placed by the employee onto the manager.
Few seem very willing to take personal responsibility for their own perceived lack of success in the workplace.
>Because they feel more comfortable with the though that there's some manager over there watching to make sure the underlings are actually working
Here's the thing; and I take a lot of flak for pointing this out, but the best thing to do in this regard is NOT BE AN "underling".
Even if you have managers "above you on the org chart" it's possible to situate yourself in such away that people understand you are a key contributor. Not an "underling" but a decision maker, effectively a peer with your manager. I've had this relationship, and it's definitely the way to go. You'd be surprised what corporate organizations will do, provided you start from a position of strength (there is no question as to the value of your individual contribution. It helps a great deal if this contribution is expressed in terms of increases to the personal wealth of individuals in your enterprise.)
"When you offshore, they still keep the whole big office on the other side of the world, you still have slaves and slave drivers in the same place. If you telecommute, you get one slave with his tv, bed and fridge close by (or nagging significant other and bunch of kids running around) and no one to kick him around when he gets lazy."
That "one slave" has an opportunity to be personally responsible for increasing the wealth of a direct report. If the "offshore slave shop" does that, the shop gets the credit, not the slave. But if the individual contributor does it, he has a name. A name that might be on the lips of a direct report to the board.
>It is VERY tempting to watch TV, go hit golf balls, have a few beers with lunch, etc
Interestingly, I can do all those things without leaving my office building, or in the case of the golf balls, without leaving a 250 meter radius of it.
I've even been known to bring my dog to work and take walks with him during the day.
Of course, my job pays about 1/3 of my going rate, and about 1/4 of what I made at my last telecommuting gig. But oh well.
>At the Olympics, the IOC has the final word on who gets a gold medal, and who doesn't.
Well in that case they could award them arbitrarily, if they chose.
This is on the list of reasons why I don't pay any attention to the event. Higher on the list is my regard for Tibet. I would have boycotted the game if I had cared enough to even know it had started.
>Not every coder wants to be in an "authoritative role", shuffling paperwork and kissing toads. There's more to life than money and power. Self-respect, >for one thing.
And you'd advocate throwing a low-ish level job away because you've staked it all on whether or not to use *perl?*
Your call man. I'd suggest a lot of people are making excuses, and have not so much actively avoided taking on authority, but have not had it offered.
Slashdot Mirror
Get it so that the copyrights stand, but that the laws become unenforceable since they are not public.
It's quite likely a legitimate offer.
I sold my domain name last year for $10,000.00
I was surprised at the offer, thought it was a hoax, did an escrow service, and it went without a hitch.
The name is still just parked.
I don't care if I could have gotten more for it.
I've stopped buying so much stuff. I'm serious. I try to barter whenever I can. I buy on the resale market (gently used things that the last owner got bored with quickly, this is especially good for musical gear.) Slightly older computer stuff (your obsession is my gain.) I'm not going to pay a "use tax" on my stuff until they come in with a warrant.
>Better than average? Why do you think so?
There's a nonzero number of people who want him dead simply because of his race.
That increases the number of would-be assassins above the normal number.
"He's 71 years old. Its really really highly unlikely that somebody with the ammount of money he has (think nutrition, health care, etc.) is going to develop dimentia at his age."
We hardly even know the causes of elderly-onset dementia, which is anything but unknown among the affluent.
>I don't remember a lot of smoke around WTC7.
I do. I remember numerous, enormous fires that burned all day long.
>the family might have issues with disfiguring the corpse.
How about spelling this out, early and often:
The members of the family that disrespect the wishes of the decedent, don't get a share of the estate.
>Do they have a strategy against software patents?
This is a natural benefit of "twenty year sustainability."
>Mod parent up - he's on the mark. There's a lot of stuff out there for which the source is gone, but it still does the job. Witness the State of
>California's payroll system we were discussing a bit back.
Point of information, we were discussing it because it *did not* do the job.
>The full length movie will be coming out any day now, and then how will you feel?
Got a torrent?
Are you aware that Linux competes with z/OS among IBM Mainframe products? IBM will happily deliver a system z with Linux.
>Collaborating with people over the phone is hard.
In many, and I might venture to say most, corporate situations, it's all you have in the office also.
Why do you take for granted that f2f meetings are so easy to arrange?
In a small organization, yes, it's easy to have f2f meetings when everybody's in the same room.
At one point in my telecommute experience, my home office was much more functional, much more conveniently located to all my colleagues, and just plain a better choice for meetings :)
But I was lucky, my company was really cool, and the question of whether I should be allowed to telecommute was a pretty easy answer, seeing as how I was one of the mickey-mouse handful of people who started the company in the first place. I'm a *bit* spoiled because of that, but I still think my experience gave me a valid perspective on the whole telecommute thing.
>Have figured it including the 4-5 hours a week of time?
Few seem to have the balls to ask for direct compensation for the travel time, in their billable hourly rate or as a function of the salary.
If you made your hourly rate for your commute hours, how does it work out, hypothetically? Does it pay for the car?
My other life is as a musician. I simply *must* live within an easy drive, and preferably a short walk, of the cultural center of a town that has a healthy independent arts scene. This is not negotiable, and if it means I am exposed to what some consider staggeringly high costs of living, or if it means I must compromise (as I have) and accept a third or less of the typical salary in my field, so be it. I've tried in the past to budge on this requirement, being advised that perhaps I should "outgrow" this aspect of my life, and it almost killed me, literally. I'd rather be alive and poor and able to express myself in my artistic medium.
For some who were raised in cities, the semi-rural life seems to be of some appeal, and I respect that. For me, who grew up on a farm and who struggled for so many years just to be *in* a city that had some interesting culture, I ask for respect for my choices and needs also.
My family business began as a farm. The trucking aspect of the farm became the core business as it was much more profitable. The farm became more or less a hobby for the family. What started as a farm-to-market truck, became warehouses in several cities, a fleet of long-haul tractor-trailers, a fuel business that supported several consumer gas stations as a side-effect, a magazine publishing business (long story there), and created the necessities that launched my career as a computer programmer.
At no time did anybody involved in my family business lose focus on what was important, either in the business, in the family life, or in terms of the separation between the two.
>Well, as long as the work gets done on time...who cares how you spend your every minute 'on the clock'?
For reasons I don't fully understand, there are people who are willing to enter into professional relationships where this kind of thing is accepted.
For most of them, it probably starts at the interview, where they don't negotiate *at all* and have lost the respect of the people to whom they report *from the beginning*. This status quo then perpetuates itself. Almost universally, the blame for this situation is placed by the employee onto the manager.
Few seem very willing to take personal responsibility for their own perceived lack of success in the workplace.
>Because they feel more comfortable with the though that there's some manager over there watching to make sure the underlings are actually working
Here's the thing; and I take a lot of flak for pointing this out, but the best thing to do in this regard is NOT BE AN "underling".
Even if you have managers "above you on the org chart" it's possible to situate yourself in such away that people understand you are a key contributor.
Not an "underling" but a decision maker, effectively a peer with your manager. I've had this relationship, and it's definitely the way to go. You'd be surprised what corporate organizations will do, provided you start from a position of strength (there is no question as to the value of your individual contribution. It helps a great deal if this contribution is expressed in terms of increases to the personal wealth of individuals in your enterprise.)
"When you offshore, they still keep the whole big office on the other side of the world, you still have slaves and slave drivers in the same place.
If you telecommute, you get one slave with his tv, bed and fridge close by (or nagging significant other and bunch of kids running around) and no one to kick him around when he gets lazy."
That "one slave" has an opportunity to be personally responsible for increasing the wealth of a direct report. If the "offshore slave shop" does that, the shop gets the credit, not the slave. But if the individual contributor does it, he has a name. A name that might be on the lips of a direct report to the board.
>It is VERY tempting to watch TV, go hit golf balls, have a few beers with lunch, etc
Interestingly, I can do all those things without leaving my office building, or in the case of the golf balls, without leaving a 250 meter radius of it.
I've even been known to bring my dog to work and take walks with him during the day.
Of course, my job pays about 1/3 of my going rate, and about 1/4 of what I made at my last telecommuting gig. But oh well.
>lack of a manager's ability to accurately identify what a good metric is
All stakeholders, regardless of the nature of the business, respond to one "metric", universally:
Their personal wealth increased as a result of employing you.
>At the Olympics, the IOC has the final word on who gets a gold medal, and who doesn't.
Well in that case they could award them arbitrarily, if they chose.
This is on the list of reasons why I don't pay any attention to the event. Higher on the list is my regard for Tibet. I would have boycotted the game if I had cared enough to even know it had started.
So the Olympics are on already, I take it?
>Not every coder wants to be in an "authoritative role", shuffling paperwork and kissing toads. There's more to life than money and power. Self-respect,
>for one thing.
And you'd advocate throwing a low-ish level job away because you've staked it all on whether or not to use *perl?*
Your call man. I'd suggest a lot of people are making excuses, and have not so much actively avoided taking on authority, but have not had it offered.
1. Does this represent a crime, in China?
2. Will this "error" on a web page supersede China's "official documentation" in any Chinese court?
If the answer to either of these questions is "no", there's simply nothing to do about it, right?
>Are you serious?
He just wanted to post a message using the expression "You lefties" before his mom woke up and kicked him off the computer.