I've personally had the problem of only being able to be hired on a contracting basis because I am a student. Companies don't like the idea that I wont be available full time and that I would eventually be leaving for college.
For a while when I didn't have any work I posted my resume on Brain Power and other sites like it and got a ton of response. It got to the point where it was sort of annoying. This route should be a good route to try.
My honest opinion? Let's do nothing. I think that sooner or later, these Linux fools will self-destruct without our influence. We'll see who has the Mardi Gras celebration then. In the meantime, I hope they enjoy their 5.6 percent of the desktop. It won't last.
This is an absolute modern day story of Tortise and the Hare. See you at the finish line Bill.:-)
Microsoft recently did a recruiting meeting at my school (I was only there for free pizza), The University of Colorado at Boulder, where the project leader for the X-Box spoke to us and let us ask questions. I can't remember his name for the life of me. Anyhow, he hyped the X-Box, whereas Michael Abrash actually talks about the flaws in the box.
The first obvious flaw in the X-Box is that it is using DirectX. That alone limits a programmer. I could see that it would be hard to port from, say, OpenGL to the X-Box, but would be easy to port from X-Box to the Desktop because of DirectX compatibility. (If there is such a thing;) ) I suppose it depends on how you look at it.
Another flaw that might be considered, could be that the X-Box is running on a stripped down NT kernel. It supposedly is not a resource hog and is nearly bug free. (I can't wait to see it blue screen...) The speaker at my school said, "The team considered every possible OS that you can possibly think of... I think you know what that means..." So they apparently did some research on which OS to use...
It is nice to see a contrast to the hype that I heard last week.
My University (University of Colorado at Boulder) has received a letter from Mr. King requesting that the Napster service be blocked. My school hasn't taken a side yet, however our Chancelor did say that he was open to ideas and suggestions about what to do. I'm glad that universities are taking a stand against this.
If you really think about it, you'd have to becareful who you picked as room mates. It would annoy me to no end if I were stuck with a bunch of gamers that wanted to play Quake all day. Also, if two people were to get into a social disagreement (and weren't a bunch of gamers), they'd be trying to compromise each other's systems. That would be annoying, yet would serve as a season of the real world that I _would_ watch!
About a year ago, I was visiting a friend at Caltech. After giving me a tour of the underground mazes and such, he was telling me about some projects he'd seen on campus. Apparently, some students had successfully copied a DVD to a CD-R using a CD-R drive. I never found out more about it, but I was pretty amazed.
It struck me as somewheat strange that the UN is investing in a telescope for the sole purpose of fining extra terestrial life. I've never heard about the UN taking an interest in outer space affairs aside from Star Wars technology and other nuclear proliferation affairs. The Preamble to the UN's Charter reads as follows:
<UL>
WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
-To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
-To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
-To establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other
sources of international law can be maintained, and
-To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom
</UL>
I suppose that this telescope would fall under promoting social progress. I don't see the immediate need for it though. Imediate issues like East Timor and long term issues like building infrastructure in undeveloped countries would come before a satelite, I would think.
On the other hand, this might be an expanding branch for the UN. Maybe forming a specific committee to set policies for every country's space research is something that might happen. Forming an international organization for the sole purpose of space exploration might be a possibility too.
When I was @ COMDEX in Lasvegas in November, I went to the Linux Journal booth and picked up a stick, plasticish, blue 1" logo like this, with a penguin on it. It has the URL:
Slashdot Mirror
I've personally had the problem of only being able to be hired on a contracting basis because I am a student. Companies don't like the idea that I wont be available full time and that I would eventually be leaving for college.
For a while when I didn't have any work I posted my resume on Brain Power and other sites like it and got a ton of response. It got to the point where it was sort of annoying. This route should be a good route to try.
This is an absolute modern day story of Tortise and the Hare. See you at the finish line Bill.
I'm finally one step closer to being able to download a pizza! Hmmm... hungry now....
Microsoft recently did a recruiting meeting at my school (I was only there for free pizza), The University of Colorado at Boulder, where the project leader for the X-Box spoke to us and let us ask questions. I can't remember his name for the life of me. Anyhow, he hyped the X-Box, whereas Michael Abrash actually talks about the flaws in the box.
;) ) I suppose it depends on how you look at it.
The first obvious flaw in the X-Box is that it is using DirectX. That alone limits a programmer. I could see that it would be hard to port from, say, OpenGL to the X-Box, but would be easy to port from X-Box to the Desktop because of DirectX compatibility. (If there is such a thing
Another flaw that might be considered, could be that the X-Box is running on a stripped down NT kernel. It supposedly is not a resource hog and is nearly bug free. (I can't wait to see it blue screen...) The speaker at my school said, "The team considered every possible OS that you can possibly think of... I think you know what that means..." So they apparently did some research on which OS to use...
It is nice to see a contrast to the hype that I heard last week.
My University (University of Colorado at Boulder) has received a letter from Mr. King requesting that the Napster service be blocked. My school hasn't taken a side yet, however our Chancelor did say that he was open to ideas and suggestions about what to do. I'm glad that universities are taking a stand against this.
The URL in this story is incorrect. It is actually at http://www.firehose.net. (fireHOSE, not fireHOUSE) You can actually still download it here: http://www.firehose.net/free. Enjoy.
If you really think about it, you'd have to becareful who you picked as room mates. It would annoy me to no end if I were stuck with a bunch of gamers that wanted to play Quake all day. Also, if two people were to get into a social disagreement (and weren't a bunch of gamers), they'd be trying to compromise each other's systems. That would be annoying, yet would serve as a season of the real world that I _would_ watch!
About a year ago, I was visiting a friend at Caltech. After giving me a tour of the underground mazes and such, he was telling me about some projects he'd seen on campus. Apparently, some students had successfully copied a DVD to a CD-R using a CD-R drive. I never found out more about it, but I was pretty amazed.
It struck me as somewheat strange that the UN is investing in a telescope for the sole purpose of fining extra terestrial life. I've never heard about the UN taking an interest in outer space affairs aside from Star Wars technology and other nuclear proliferation affairs. The Preamble to the UN's Charter reads as follows:
<UL>
WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
-To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
-To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
-To establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other
sources of international law can be maintained, and
-To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom
</UL>
I suppose that this telescope would fall under promoting social progress. I don't see the immediate need for it though. Imediate issues like East Timor and long term issues like building infrastructure in undeveloped countries would come before a satelite, I would think.
On the other hand, this might be an expanding branch for the UN. Maybe forming a specific committee to set policies for every country's space research is something that might happen. Forming an international organization for the sole purpose of space exploration might be a possibility too.
It's anybody's guess though.
When I was @ COMDEX in Lasvegas in November, I
went to the Linux Journal booth and picked up
a stick, plasticish, blue 1" logo like this, with
a penguin on it. It has the URL:
http://www.linuxresources.com/
Maybe you can get one there. Or try:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/
I also got one with my RedHat 5.2 Extra Package.
(I have both on my case)