Sure, and if you've bought anything at the supermarket you've used a computer too... Unless you live in a grass hut in the middle of no where your life has been touched by computers - probably the guy in the grass hut too. But there's a limitation to what's reasonable. I say anything you directly touch, but not something that interacts with what you use.
Up until her 75th birthday, when we got her a microwave, my grandmother had never used a computer. She has a rotory dial phone, her stove is over 50 years old, she has a wind up watch. We bought her a digital alarm clock last year and we still have to set it for her. My father bought her her VCR, which she never uses (he does when he comes to visit). It is still possible to live without computers.
Oh, and her car? Want to take a guess at it's age/lack of computers?
The why does San Fran want all bloggers to register? And why is the FEC (gee I got it right this time) looking into blogging? Because if blogging is not reporting, then it needs to be considered as a political "contribution". If it's not reporting then it's merely someone spouting off - which means that judges are less likely to throw out a "harassment" lawsuit. People harass, reporters merely report.
Well, it's not the press - it's the internet, so OF COURSE it's harassment! That's why some companies/politicians are so interested in the FCC rulings on bloggers. If the FCC declares them journalists then we're talking free press, but it they call it political speech that needs to be regulated then the door is open for such lawsuits.
You can have the best tool in the world but unless you train the people using it in the proper proceedures and process, then it doesn't matter. And someone has to enforce their behavior.
That being said, I like a comercial solution: ClearCase, (paired with ClearQuest) as it allows me to enforce a certain percentage of behavior through the tool. And when you have people who feel it's their duty to violate process because it "won't work" (they didn't write it) it's nice to have the tool lock them down.
I'm glad you found your way to hapiness. Too many people think they have a "right" to be happy - at their job, in their personal life, whatever. Which is why anti depressents are so popular. Most people don't realize that you have to work at being happy - and that you have to make compromises. I had a great job that I loved, with the best coworkers I ever had in Arizona but my husband was accepted to grad school in Texas. So I picked up an moved. And while my current job isn't as good as my previous job, my happiness quotiant is just as good. Sure work's a bit more boring, but that doesn't define me. And the dogs LOVE the back yard!
You job shouldn't be the center of your life. Hopefully you family is. So it isnt as important to have a job you love as a family whom you love and loves you back. N
Actually, I don't give a damn about sexual discrimination - I know I'm good, and there's enough places/people who agree that some whacko out there who feels differently doesn't bother me. In fact, I tend to be obnoxious and outrageous and my friends all feel I'm more likely to be a defendant in a harrassment suit than a plaintive.
That being said, I was merely relating my own experiences with the public - not employers and their reactions to a female tech. I would laugh about them afterwards, since that's about all you can do.
I was never asked. But since about 70 percent of the guys went to the same synogauge, and about 50% of them went to the same Jewish Community Center, they could figure it out. Plus the first time they hear you mention church or sunday school, or Christmas, and you're outed.
Hopefully things have inproved in the 13 years since I was in tech support. But it always amazed me how many people thought I couldn't know anything because I'm female.
No such luck for me! I was the only woman in our tech support department. We had three guys named Mike, but all the customer had to say was "I was talking to this girl..." I was completely screwed.
I was reading the other day how nearly half of Ashkenazi Jews can trace their decent back to four women. With that kind of heredity you'd expect some common traits to appear.
The first time you DON'T ask for time off for Yom Kippur they know. THe first time you mention Easter or Church. The first time you agree to work on Saturday, or refuse to work Sunday. The first time you don't get a comment in Hebrew... It comes out.
Many people will not own up to this but the reality is most people would like to hear a female on the end of the phone as well.
Hah! My first job out of college was tech support. And I forget how many people (women in particular) asked to be connected to a "real" technician. I even had one guy tell me he wasted his time talking to a woman.....
And it wasn't because I'm female, which is what would be most people's first guess, but because I am not Jewish and was white. At one company I worked for all the good programming jobs went to the Jews (honestly! And 80% of them were Russian), all the good EE jobs went to the Vietnamese, and the scut jobs - maintenance and gatekeeping and the like - went to the white Christians. I stayed for four years because I was making so much money I was willing to put up with it, but in the end our entire division was closed.
Is this something to be suspicious about? It was only one line in the second to last paragraph in the Mercury News story. Obviously not something the author felt was very important. It wouldn't surprise me if others felt the same way.
I don't disagree. But does it make it wrong because it helps them as well as being the right thing to do? We shouldn't fault someone for acting in their own self interest, but you should aplaud when something is done right. Now matter why it was done. I'm a big believer in positive reinforcement - it's too easy to pick and pick and pick at someone, it's much harder to pat them on the back.
Between this and resisting turning over search data, it looks like Google is really trying to "do no evil". I was beginning to wonder about them from some of the more recent stories, but this helps restore my confidence in Google.
When I was in college I tutored for Calculus and Comp Sci classes. It amazed me how many people I tutored in programming who had no clue - were comp sci majors. If you need tutoring you're in the wrong major!!!!!
It's no wonder that good programmers are hard to come by but mediocre ones abound.
Is that the government is claiming other search engines have already given up the requested data. I'd rather search with Google who's trying to protect my privacy than some other engine that coughed up the goods without a fight!
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Sure, and if you've bought anything at the supermarket you've used a computer too... Unless you live in a grass hut in the middle of no where your life has been touched by computers - probably the guy in the grass hut too. But there's a limitation to what's reasonable. I say anything you directly touch, but not something that interacts with what you use.
Oh, and her car? Want to take a guess at it's age/lack of computers?
The why does San Fran want all bloggers to register? And why is the FEC (gee I got it right this time) looking into blogging? Because if blogging is not reporting, then it needs to be considered as a political "contribution". If it's not reporting then it's merely someone spouting off - which means that judges are less likely to throw out a "harassment" lawsuit. People harass, reporters merely report.
Geeze, lighten up. So I screwed up the acronym! You (and everyone else) knew what I meant.
Well, it's not the press - it's the internet, so OF COURSE it's harassment! That's why some companies/politicians are so interested in the FCC rulings on bloggers. If the FCC declares them journalists then we're talking free press, but it they call it political speech that needs to be regulated then the door is open for such lawsuits.
That being said, I like a comercial solution: ClearCase, (paired with ClearQuest) as it allows me to enforce a certain percentage of behavior through the tool. And when you have people who feel it's their duty to violate process because it "won't work" (they didn't write it) it's nice to have the tool lock them down.
I'm glad you found your way to hapiness. Too many people think they have a "right" to be happy - at their job, in their personal life, whatever. Which is why anti depressents are so popular. Most people don't realize that you have to work at being happy - and that you have to make compromises. I had a great job that I loved, with the best coworkers I ever had in Arizona but my husband was accepted to grad school in Texas. So I picked up an moved. And while my current job isn't as good as my previous job, my happiness quotiant is just as good. Sure work's a bit more boring, but that doesn't define me. And the dogs LOVE the back yard!
Damn, I guess that means I'll have to aproach the kiddies at the park to get help finding my lost puppy....
You job shouldn't be the center of your life. Hopefully you family is. So it isnt as important to have a job you love as a family whom you love and loves you back. N
That being said, I was merely relating my own experiences with the public - not employers and their reactions to a female tech. I would laugh about them afterwards, since that's about all you can do.
I was never asked. But since about 70 percent of the guys went to the same synogauge, and about 50% of them went to the same Jewish Community Center, they could figure it out. Plus the first time they hear you mention church or sunday school, or Christmas, and you're outed.
Hey! I like ballroom dancing!!! At least, watching it. You don't ever want to see me dance.
Hopefully things have inproved in the 13 years since I was in tech support. But it always amazed me how many people thought I couldn't know anything because I'm female.
I had a customer send me roses one - I solved a problem that had been driving him crazy for a month. But I was married too.
No such luck for me! I was the only woman in our tech support department. We had three guys named Mike, but all the customer had to say was "I was talking to this girl..." I was completely screwed.
I was reading the other day how nearly half of Ashkenazi Jews can trace their decent back to four women. With that kind of heredity you'd expect some common traits to appear.
The first time you DON'T ask for time off for Yom Kippur they know. THe first time you mention Easter or Church. The first time you agree to work on Saturday, or refuse to work Sunday. The first time you don't get a comment in Hebrew... It comes out.
Hah! My first job out of college was tech support. And I forget how many people (women in particular) asked to be connected to a "real" technician. I even had one guy tell me he wasted his time talking to a woman.....
And it wasn't because I'm female, which is what would be most people's first guess, but because I am not Jewish and was white. At one company I worked for all the good programming jobs went to the Jews (honestly! And 80% of them were Russian), all the good EE jobs went to the Vietnamese, and the scut jobs - maintenance and gatekeeping and the like - went to the white Christians. I stayed for four years because I was making so much money I was willing to put up with it, but in the end our entire division was closed.
Is this something to be suspicious about? It was only one line in the second to last paragraph in the Mercury News story. Obviously not something the author felt was very important. It wouldn't surprise me if others felt the same way.
I don't disagree. But does it make it wrong because it helps them as well as being the right thing to do? We shouldn't fault someone for acting in their own self interest, but you should aplaud when something is done right. Now matter why it was done. I'm a big believer in positive reinforcement - it's too easy to pick and pick and pick at someone, it's much harder to pat them on the back.
Between this and resisting turning over search data, it looks like Google is really trying to "do no evil". I was beginning to wonder about them from some of the more recent stories, but this helps restore my confidence in Google.
Good catch. We'd never know until the Justice department leak in 6 months.
It's no wonder that good programmers are hard to come by but mediocre ones abound.
Is that the government is claiming other search engines have already given up the requested data. I'd rather search with Google who's trying to protect my privacy than some other engine that coughed up the goods without a fight!