Good! Everytime they do this, businesses are affected, on the backend if nothing else. It screws up B2B and EDI xactions like mad. If companies can prove that it affected their bottom line, what recourse do they have???
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I had a huge choice. I hated PacBell, hated SBC even more. So I picked up my crappy AT&T phone (which I still have btw, a gift from my grandfather's estate) and called Cox Communications and got their digital phone hooked up. I pay $25/month for a full featured land line. Because I dropped the voicemail.:D I ain't never looked back.
As for DSL, I can get it from any carrier from SBC to Verizon to hubbajoes. But, I again chose Cox, because they have the best performance. And my Internet is always up. I've never had a single problem... *knock on head* Of course, now I'll have any of these issues. But I sure love my 10Mb download stream!:D
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If there was *ever* a reason to stop doing naming rights, this would be the one glaring example. I was *heartbroken* when they changed Candlestick to 3Com - WTF does 3Com have to do with anything???? I lived 1/2 a mile from the park growing up in Oakland, walking to see the A's play to the series, blah blah blah. And now it's "Monster" Park - for Monster Cable??? WHAT! They seriously destroyed a major part of my childhood.
Naming rights for stadiums and the like should be left to the voters that PAY for the stadiums to be built. At least Qualcomm ponied up part of the cash for the Jack Murphy Stadium upgrades to get some of their naming rights... and are a continued valued contributer to the team that plays there.
And since when the hell did we have to have a stadium for *every* sport? Ahhhhh... yes, the fall classic. Sorry, baseball bites my c0ck... that I don't even *have*. And so I'm off to watch the Gulls play at IPayOne Center Arena! Fuck me.:(
Jho
So just *when* did all this become ok again???
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Oh yeah... Microsoft's screwed up Antitrust suit.
All of this truthfully frightens me. I'm a huge believer in free market enterprise and small businesses... not these gigantic behemoths that can't even turn around, let alone on a dime. *FEH*
Small businesses stay small, big businesses get bigger. That's the way it is today.:(
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And *this* is why I'm cramming so much of it into my head. We have 3 Power5 machines that I get to play with. And hell yeah, we got some of those honkin' big Oracle DBs. I've never seen 200GB back up so quick in my LIFE.:D
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HEH! And then, Bell Labs brought us CommVault Galaxy. How lovely... I get to do enterprise backups with it now. It's not bad, but iTSM it ain't.:*(
I couldn't agree more with you. Bush actually lost me the first time during the 2002 State of the Union address. All the biblical references and religious overtones scared me. I do support the Iraq War, and I continue to... but I don't support the way that we did it, how we execute it, and the continuing mistakes that are made. It was rushed, unplanned, and didn't heed many of the warnings that our father's died for in Vietnam. But then, last year, even though I don't believe any of the mudslinging, I supported him. Mainly because Kerry spit in my father's face back in the day.:( Which is sad, because my father was already gone when Kerry ran, thank god, but I knew even as a child about this. It hurt him more than anything... and I could never vote for someone who would ever in their life disgrace a soldier in uniform, much less one that may have saved your dumb ass. *sigh*
But after the election, he started losing me gradually... first with the loss of his cabinent... I love Colin Powell, and want to see a McCain Powell ticket for 2008. Only that will overtake Hillary, and Condi... she's too much of a calculator to be President. But over the last few months, I've just been getting angrier and angrier. Most of my bitterness is coming from the same things as others - refusal to step up and take accountability for anydamnthing - but then he's a politician, they don't generally. The continued religious overtones and patroning - WE DON'T NEED THIS WHILE FIGHTING BATTLES ON ARAB LANDS!! Lunacy, I tell you. But the appointees that he's selected, starting with Michael Brown, though Harriet Miers (though I do like John Roberts) have been nothing more than asskissers trying to get close and gain power. That's how politics works.:( But cronyism is the worst form of favoritism that there is. Look where it's got FEMA.:(
I'm so with you man... I'm a centerist with liberal moral values and conservative financial values, but I'm the daughter of soldiers going back to the Civil and Revolutionary Wars - leading me to be more hawkish than some. But even I know when enough is enough. I can only hope and pray that we really are winning the war in Iraq. I know now that we *are* doing the right thing, after having talked with enough drunk soldiers and Marines that have come home. I love them all... and if I weren't already married and supporting one, I'd take care of all of the wounded. A little Florence Nightengale I am. *smile*
The only thing I that I can do is start a PAC or non-profit grassroots organization, which I'm considering, but I'm putting more effort toward something I'm working on for rebuilding NOLA, so we'll have to see.:)
Good point... and I will take that wisdom. I get confused sometimes about who is who and what is what. And I think you make some very good points about where things could go with the Patriot Act, and I think that forms the basis of a lot of the objections, unfounded in fact though they may be.
I am finding as I grow up (heh... 32 and still growing, huh?) that my views are slightly more Lib than they are GOP. But I'm still a 'publican. If the Bush Administration doesn't finally lose me. THEY may lose me, but the party probably won't. Certainly not the Dems. *shudder* They scare me.:P
At least some one was doing some fact checking, hence this report. Maybe we are doing our jobs right!:D
Absolutely. And thank you both for pointing it out. I was going to say the same after scanning the article. *sigh*
Do people think that all this rabblerousing and whining *really* helps strengthen our country? All it is doing is showing just how dumb the left really is. And giving me some really impressive laughs!:D
I would *so* mod you up if I had any points left. You make some really really good points. And it's almost all of the reasons that I'm steadfastly AGAINST H1B hiring. Why the hell can't we educate our own kids so that we don't have to IMPORT foreign workers?? Why can't we pay decent wages for menial jobs so that Americans will do them, rather than pawning them off on 'migrant workers'? Because the damnable corporations again. I'm telling you.... they want to pay as little as possible, both in taxes and salary, so have no qualms about hiring illegal's under the table. I've seen it even in IT!!!! It's so disgusting.
I'm worried as hell that my kids won't be able to support themselves as they grow up, because they are going to be so far behind. The only thing I can do is keep them out of public school and educate them the absolute best that I can, preparing them for competition against the world.
I've also been thinking about working abroad, and then I talked to my neighbor who just got back from Austria. BUMP THAT! Not only do I have to pay the local taxes, I have to pay special taxes back to the US because I'm not contributing to the US Coffers! It makes me ill to know that all of my 42% tax bracket is going to fund SSI for people who are cheating the system (not really disabled, but so illiterate someone felt sorry for them and said they were 'psychological challenged" and gave them disability status), fat people who can't control what the hell they put in their face - TWINKIES ARE NOT HEALTH FOOD, or smokers who pollute the very air that I breathe!
But what can we do? I live here, I live in the welfare capital of the Union - only here do illegals get welfare, I swear. Maybe in Florida, but I doubt it. I pay the taxes, I vote, and I bitch. That's my right, as I vote in *every* election - even next week's.:P The system is so big, change will take a long time. It has to start somewhere though.
Jho
This will be really good! Thanks for reminding me of that.:) I am finishing up my dual boot system this weekend, and I'll put it on there. Then I'll get to have all the fun of learning how to use more of my Unix skills.:D What better way to learn, huh? Well, thank god I'm not still learning, but I can definitely use some refinement.:)
Thank you!! Right now, I can only get in via Cisco VPNWorks, and then of course, use Exceed to get the Tru64 servers. BUT!! Now that I have this, I will be able to use native Terminal support, and that's cool!:D YAY! I am still rebuilding, so I'll include this next week. Thank you *so* much!:D
Damn, I knew I was checking RAM prices this morning for a reason!:D **WOOOT** I'm rebuilding my PC with a dual boot Linux/XP system (can't VPN in from Linux), and will love it love it love it!:D YAY!!
Maybe it's the fact that I don't have a degree, or that my certifications are irrelevant, or something. Heh. Who knows... more likely, it's the whole girl factor, but then, that's been a massive factor in my last 2 jobs. You'd think we'd be over girls in the tech industry... until you run into older managers who are threatened by them. Heh. But yeah, it does sound low, especially for data protection and disaster planning.:D But hey, it's a job, and it's a good company... so it will do for a while. Until something takes me home, or something happens.:)
Ok, damn... it's not just me. It's San Diego. Muwahahahah. Hell, it took me frickin' 3 years here IN SD (with 5 prior years in Colorado) just to GET to 60k. Now granted, I'm not a programmer and I only have an AS in Computer Engineering, but um, DAMN. I've got 15 years in the industry, actively working, supporting it, growing it... You would crap your pants if you knew all the things I'd done... including a full and complete implementation of SOX in IT. (that sucked balls) I've got 9 years of SQL experience, various platforms, I'm seriously OPEN platform, and can save worlds like no man's tomorrow. But guess what? I *just* started making $75k. After working my ass of for *15* years! And I had to jump ships to make more money... boyhowdee am I *ever* glad I did... my timing was *perfect*. Even IF your reviews are outstanding, they are done 6 months late, and even then you're lucky to see 2-3%, and that's IF you're company is turning a healthy profit. But hell yeah!!! Diversify diversify diversify. That was the very first thing that moving to SD taught me. Oh yeah, and don't *EVER* work for the Indian Casinos. EVER. NEVER EVER!!!! - Jho
Thank god, I am not the only one who thought of that tag when I first found Wikipedia.:D Now, it's an addiction I can't break, but I always read the followup/source articles to see if the written one jives. Then I throw out 90% of what they say and start over.:D
Very very interesting.:) Nice little nudge in the side there. It certainly made me think. And it made me think about why he did the things that he did, including running away to join the Actor's in the US. There are a lot of writings that believe that JWB was mentally unstable, and while I can provide much factual evidence to support that, I do think that he believed he was doing what was right to save his country. Or his country in the light that he saw it. -- Whatever his mindset, he still was a patriot.
While I no longer reside in the South (Valdosta, GA was home until I was 4), I remain both a Daughter of the Revolution and a Daughter of the Confederacy. And my grandfather still hangs his Stars and Bars over his fireplace, which I don't get... but I know his casket will be covered with it. Though he fought in 2 wars for this United States, he is forever a Son of the South.:)
Sometimes I think our heritage shall all be lost as the decades roll on. I fear it more than I fear death, for it is our heritage which are immortal. All I can do is pass the stotries onto my children in the hopes they shall be remembered.
Actually, I'm just commenting on your sig. Can you explain to me why you have it and what it means to you? Just asking... cuz I'm a greatgreatgreatgrandniece.:) Provable, too.:P - Jho
Wooooo!!! Thank you for posting this. This is a wake up call for any human person. With an ounce of humanity left in them. It (and you) even made my friend list.:) - Jho
Lestat is preparing to open on Broadway. I'm seriously considering a whirlwhind trip to see it. If Elton can do Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt... why not let someone do something with The Princess Bride? Personally, I hated the movie.:P
Maybe these guys should take a look at what's happening to their state before they go and do that. It's not that I'm for eugenics, I'm not... but I *am* for birth control. Especially when it's Mexicans trying to take over the US. According to the Census Bureau, people are waiting to get married... great. But, the illegal immigrants BELIEVE that they will take back the land that was 'theirs' by populating it. 15% of children born today are NOT OF LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS! Fully 1/5th of new mothers in California cannot speak or read English! And Hispanics have the highest birthrate in America (avg. 5 children), while non-Hispanic whites have THE LOWEST.
Something to be said about preventing subjugation of our nation by illegal immigrant births. At least H1B's are SUPPOSED to be here. And have to go home at some point. It's sad. Very sad.:(
The rate of welfare recipients (yes, in CA, illegal immigrants can get welfare of some type or another, especially health care) is directly correlated with this. It used to be in Colorado where I grew up, if you went on welfare, you got the Norplant, whether you agreed or not. Period. Hrm. Like we need to bring more unwanted, unprovidedfor, and needy children.
While eugenics in its past forms were horrific, there was something to be said for it.:(
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Good! Everytime they do this, businesses are affected, on the backend if nothing else. It screws up B2B and EDI xactions like mad. If companies can prove that it affected their bottom line, what recourse do they have???
I had a huge choice. I hated PacBell, hated SBC even more. So I picked up my crappy AT&T phone (which I still have btw, a gift from my grandfather's estate) and called Cox Communications and got their digital phone hooked up. I pay $25/month for a full featured land line. Because I dropped the voicemail. :D I ain't never looked back.
:D
As for DSL, I can get it from any carrier from SBC to Verizon to hubbajoes. But, I again chose Cox, because they have the best performance. And my Internet is always up. I've never had a single problem... *knock on head* Of course, now I'll have any of these issues. But I sure love my 10Mb download stream!
If there was *ever* a reason to stop doing naming rights, this would be the one glaring example. I was *heartbroken* when they changed Candlestick to 3Com - WTF does 3Com have to do with anything???? I lived 1/2 a mile from the park growing up in Oakland, walking to see the A's play to the series, blah blah blah. And now it's "Monster" Park - for Monster Cable??? WHAT! They seriously destroyed a major part of my childhood.
:(
Naming rights for stadiums and the like should be left to the voters that PAY for the stadiums to be built. At least Qualcomm ponied up part of the cash for the Jack Murphy Stadium upgrades to get some of their naming rights... and are a continued valued contributer to the team that plays there.
And since when the hell did we have to have a stadium for *every* sport? Ahhhhh... yes, the fall classic. Sorry, baseball bites my c0ck... that I don't even *have*. And so I'm off to watch the Gulls play at IPayOne Center Arena! Fuck me.
Jho
Oh yeah... Microsoft's screwed up Antitrust suit.
:(
All of this truthfully frightens me. I'm a huge believer in free market enterprise and small businesses... not these gigantic behemoths that can't even turn around, let alone on a dime. *FEH*
Small businesses stay small, big businesses get bigger. That's the way it is today.
And *this* is why I'm cramming so much of it into my head. We have 3 Power5 machines that I get to play with. And hell yeah, we got some of those honkin' big Oracle DBs. I've never seen 200GB back up so quick in my LIFE. :D
HEH! And then, Bell Labs brought us CommVault Galaxy. How lovely... I get to do enterprise backups with it now. It's not bad, but iTSM it ain't. :*(
Yuppers... Let the FUD slinging begin! :D
I couldn't agree more with you. Bush actually lost me the first time during the 2002 State of the Union address. All the biblical references and religious overtones scared me. I do support the Iraq War, and I continue to... but I don't support the way that we did it, how we execute it, and the continuing mistakes that are made. It was rushed, unplanned, and didn't heed many of the warnings that our father's died for in Vietnam. But then, last year, even though I don't believe any of the mudslinging, I supported him. Mainly because Kerry spit in my father's face back in the day. :( Which is sad, because my father was already gone when Kerry ran, thank god, but I knew even as a child about this. It hurt him more than anything... and I could never vote for someone who would ever in their life disgrace a soldier in uniform, much less one that may have saved your dumb ass. *sigh*
... she's too much of a calculator to be President. But over the last few months, I've just been getting angrier and angrier. Most of my bitterness is coming from the same things as others - refusal to step up and take accountability for anydamnthing - but then he's a politician, they don't generally. The continued religious overtones and patroning - WE DON'T NEED THIS WHILE FIGHTING BATTLES ON ARAB LANDS!! Lunacy, I tell you. But the appointees that he's selected, starting with Michael Brown, though Harriet Miers (though I do like John Roberts) have been nothing more than asskissers trying to get close and gain power. That's how politics works. :( But cronyism is the worst form of favoritism that there is. Look where it's got FEMA. :(
:)
But after the election, he started losing me gradually... first with the loss of his cabinent... I love Colin Powell, and want to see a McCain Powell ticket for 2008. Only that will overtake Hillary, and Condi
I'm so with you man... I'm a centerist with liberal moral values and conservative financial values, but I'm the daughter of soldiers going back to the Civil and Revolutionary Wars - leading me to be more hawkish than some. But even I know when enough is enough. I can only hope and pray that we really are winning the war in Iraq. I know now that we *are* doing the right thing, after having talked with enough drunk soldiers and Marines that have come home. I love them all... and if I weren't already married and supporting one, I'd take care of all of the wounded. A little Florence Nightengale I am. *smile*
The only thing I that I can do is start a PAC or non-profit grassroots organization, which I'm considering, but I'm putting more effort toward something I'm working on for rebuilding NOLA, so we'll have to see.
Good point... and I will take that wisdom. I get confused sometimes about who is who and what is what. And I think you make some very good points about where things could go with the Patriot Act, and I think that forms the basis of a lot of the objections, unfounded in fact though they may be.
:P
At least some one was doing some fact checking, hence this report. Maybe we are doing our jobs right! :D
I am finding as I grow up (heh... 32 and still growing, huh?) that my views are slightly more Lib than they are GOP. But I'm still a 'publican. If the Bush Administration doesn't finally lose me. THEY may lose me, but the party probably won't. Certainly not the Dems. *shudder* They scare me.
Absolutely. And thank you both for pointing it out. I was going to say the same after scanning the article. *sigh*
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Do people think that all this rabblerousing and whining *really* helps strengthen our country? All it is doing is showing just how dumb the left really is. And giving me some really impressive laughs!
I would *so* mod you up if I had any points left. You make some really really good points. And it's almost all of the reasons that I'm steadfastly AGAINST H1B hiring. Why the hell can't we educate our own kids so that we don't have to IMPORT foreign workers?? Why can't we pay decent wages for menial jobs so that Americans will do them, rather than pawning them off on 'migrant workers'? Because the damnable corporations again. I'm telling you.... they want to pay as little as possible, both in taxes and salary, so have no qualms about hiring illegal's under the table. I've seen it even in IT!!!! It's so disgusting.
:P The system is so big, change will take a long time. It has to start somewhere though.
Jho
I'm worried as hell that my kids won't be able to support themselves as they grow up, because they are going to be so far behind. The only thing I can do is keep them out of public school and educate them the absolute best that I can, preparing them for competition against the world.
I've also been thinking about working abroad, and then I talked to my neighbor who just got back from Austria. BUMP THAT! Not only do I have to pay the local taxes, I have to pay special taxes back to the US because I'm not contributing to the US Coffers! It makes me ill to know that all of my 42% tax bracket is going to fund SSI for people who are cheating the system (not really disabled, but so illiterate someone felt sorry for them and said they were 'psychological challenged" and gave them disability status), fat people who can't control what the hell they put in their face - TWINKIES ARE NOT HEALTH FOOD, or smokers who pollute the very air that I breathe!
But what can we do? I live here, I live in the welfare capital of the Union - only here do illegals get welfare, I swear. Maybe in Florida, but I doubt it. I pay the taxes, I vote, and I bitch. That's my right, as I vote in *every* election - even next week's.
This will be really good! Thanks for reminding me of that. :) I am finishing up my dual boot system this weekend, and I'll put it on there. Then I'll get to have all the fun of learning how to use more of my Unix skills. :D What better way to learn, huh? Well, thank god I'm not still learning, but I can definitely use some refinement. :)
Thank you!! Right now, I can only get in via Cisco VPNWorks, and then of course, use Exceed to get the Tru64 servers. BUT!! Now that I have this, I will be able to use native Terminal support, and that's cool! :D YAY! I am still rebuilding, so I'll include this next week. Thank you *so* much! :D
Damn, I knew I was checking RAM prices this morning for a reason! :D **WOOOT** I'm rebuilding my PC with a dual boot Linux/XP system (can't VPN in from Linux), and will love it love it love it! :D YAY!!
Maybe it's the fact that I don't have a degree, or that my certifications are irrelevant, or something. Heh. Who knows... more likely, it's the whole girl factor, but then, that's been a massive factor in my last 2 jobs. You'd think we'd be over girls in the tech industry... until you run into older managers who are threatened by them. Heh. But yeah, it does sound low, especially for data protection and disaster planning. :D But hey, it's a job, and it's a good company... so it will do for a while. Until something takes me home, or something happens. :)
Ok, damn... it's not just me. It's San Diego. Muwahahahah. Hell, it took me frickin' 3 years here IN SD (with 5 prior years in Colorado) just to GET to 60k. Now granted, I'm not a programmer and I only have an AS in Computer Engineering, but um, DAMN. I've got 15 years in the industry, actively working, supporting it, growing it... You would crap your pants if you knew all the things I'd done... including a full and complete implementation of SOX in IT. (that sucked balls) I've got 9 years of SQL experience, various platforms, I'm seriously OPEN platform, and can save worlds like no man's tomorrow. But guess what? I *just* started making $75k. After working my ass of for *15* years! And I had to jump ships to make more money... boyhowdee am I *ever* glad I did... my timing was *perfect*. Even IF your reviews are outstanding, they are done 6 months late, and even then you're lucky to see 2-3%, and that's IF you're company is turning a healthy profit. But hell yeah!!! Diversify diversify diversify. That was the very first thing that moving to SD taught me. Oh yeah, and don't *EVER* work for the Indian Casinos. EVER. NEVER EVER!!!! - Jho
Thank god, I am not the only one who thought of that tag when I first found Wikipedia. :D Now, it's an addiction I can't break, but I always read the followup/source articles to see if the written one jives. Then I throw out 90% of what they say and start over. :D
Amen. :D
Very very interesting. :) Nice little nudge in the side there. It certainly made me think. And it made me think about why he did the things that he did, including running away to join the Actor's in the US. There are a lot of writings that believe that JWB was mentally unstable, and while I can provide much factual evidence to support that, I do think that he believed he was doing what was right to save his country. Or his country in the light that he saw it. -- Whatever his mindset, he still was a patriot.
:)
:D - Jho
While I no longer reside in the South (Valdosta, GA was home until I was 4), I remain both a Daughter of the Revolution and a Daughter of the Confederacy. And my grandfather still hangs his Stars and Bars over his fireplace, which I don't get... but I know his casket will be covered with it. Though he fought in 2 wars for this United States, he is forever a Son of the South.
Sometimes I think our heritage shall all be lost as the decades roll on. I fear it more than I fear death, for it is our heritage which are immortal. All I can do is pass the stotries onto my children in the hopes they shall be remembered.
FTR, I married a Yankee.
Actually, I'm just commenting on your sig. Can you explain to me why you have it and what it means to you? Just asking... cuz I'm a greatgreatgreatgrandniece. :) Provable, too. :P - Jho
Um, THIS outbreak. This year. This doesn't count the hundreds of others that have died since 1997.
It's not that it's a pandemic.... YET. Because it can't transmit human/human yet. YET. As with all virii, it's the yet that gets us.
Jho
Wooooo!!! Thank you for posting this. This is a wake up call for any human person. With an ounce of humanity left in them. It (and you) even made my friend list. :) - Jho
Lestat is preparing to open on Broadway. I'm seriously considering a whirlwhind trip to see it. If Elton can do Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt... why not let someone do something with The Princess Bride? Personally, I hated the movie. :P
Jho
That's frickin' AWESOME!!!!!!! I gotta save this for when my kids are old enough to do stuff like that. *sigh* How things have changed, huh?
Jho
Maybe these guys should take a look at what's happening to their state before they go and do that. It's not that I'm for eugenics, I'm not... but I *am* for birth control. Especially when it's Mexicans trying to take over the US. According to the Census Bureau, people are waiting to get married... great. But, the illegal immigrants BELIEVE that they will take back the land that was 'theirs' by populating it. 15% of children born today are NOT OF LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS! Fully 1/5th of new mothers in California cannot speak or read English! And Hispanics have the highest birthrate in America (avg. 5 children), while non-Hispanic whites have THE LOWEST.
:(
:(
Something to be said about preventing subjugation of our nation by illegal immigrant births. At least H1B's are SUPPOSED to be here. And have to go home at some point. It's sad. Very sad.
The rate of welfare recipients (yes, in CA, illegal immigrants can get welfare of some type or another, especially health care) is directly correlated with this. It used to be in Colorado where I grew up, if you went on welfare, you got the Norplant, whether you agreed or not. Period. Hrm. Like we need to bring more unwanted, unprovidedfor, and needy children.
While eugenics in its past forms were horrific, there was something to be said for it.
Jho