I’m all for the elimination of college/university as an almost necessity to get a decent job.
That said, for every tech millionaire dropout, there are probably 1000 guys with good technical knowledge eking out a living on a hell desk. At a minimum, not having a degree is going to make things harder and reduce your options. Again, for every small startup you can wow with your cool open source contributions, there's a dozen companies who will just shredder your resume (and before you say "who wants to work for such a company", keep in mind HR is usually not reflective of the working environment at most places).
Much as it sucks, I still think the best bet is to learn on your own, then sweat out the degree.
Then again, here in Canada tuitions are high but not insane. I worked a McJob part time through highschool, full time through summers, and was able to pay off the remainder of my debt fairly quickly after graduating.
There is also something to be said about college/university as a good thing. It forces you to take stuff you’d have no interest in otherwise, there is some social development, you learn to deal with different personalities, etc..
Especially if you're very used to the IPv4 way of doing things
I suspect that's a big part of the reason why adoption has been so slow. IPv6 is annoyingly different. You pretty much just have to force yourself to accept that you have to do things differently, and a lot of people don't like that.
NAT is ugly, but people are very comfortable with the way it works.
On the other end of the scale, it's a lot like speeding tickets.
As I said in an earlier comment, while I do try to buy most of my media, I have occasionally downloaded without buyin a legit copy. If I got caught and fined somewhere in the $100 to $500 range.. chances are I'm just going to pay it as fighting it is probably going to be a hassle, and I actually "did the crime". Sure you'll have people who will fight it just because (same as you have people who know they were speeding and will still try to fight it in court as they have nothing to lose but time) but I think most people are just gonna pay a reasonable fine for something they know they actually did and get on with their life.
$5000 is a bit steep, but as said that's the max. The actual fines sound a lot closer to what you'd get for say, a speeding ticket. I try to buy media (usually via DVD, which I then rip to my computer) and have a netflix subscription, but I'll admit I have downloaded movies in the past and still do occasionally while never buying a copy. If I got caught, I'd be perfectly ok with paying a fine in the $100 to $500 range.. it seems reasonable and I actually "did the crime".
The real difference is that the cards are usually invalidated when the guest leaves, so copying the card is mostly useless, unlike a traditional key where they are unlikely to change the lockset after every stay incase the previous guest made a copy of his key.
First off the Canadian thanksgiving isn't tied to such genocide.. and for that matter neither is the American thanksgiving (it's supposed to be a harvest festival).
And why get hung up on the association of Christmas with religion. Are you that tied into your identity as an athiest that you can't just treat it as a "time off work and spend time with family" holiday like most people (including myself) do.
Some people feel the need to extend their geek persona into everything (including family stuff).
Personally I'm not so inclined. Christmas (I'm Canadian so that's our next turkey day) and (our) thanksgiving are occasions when I like to put down the tech and spend the day hanging out at my mothers place with family. But I guess if someone wants to make an arduino controlled stuffing management system or something, to each their own!
I don’t do anything geeky with the Christmas dinner (I’m Canadian, it’s our next turkey day). Wouldn’t even occur to me to try. I can’t even think of anything one could do that would qualify as geeky, but then I lack creativity.
I have a really nifty electric carving knife but that’s about it.
There are two ways you can do it, one is via a javascript plasmoid type hack, and the other is by having a "current_wallpaper" file somewhere, setting it as your wallpaper, then overwriting the file to change it (KDE (should) pick up the change and set the wallpaper accordingly).
Of course, both of these options are absolutely ridiculous. It's understandable how something like this got missed in the switch from dcop to dbus, but it's annoying how long it has sat there (especially as the fix is really simple, and has already been written).
It's probably going to be along the lines of evidence that there might have been some specific trace element at one point which may indicate the existence of water or microbacterial life at one point. In other words, something that is both a major discovery and extremely boring to the large majority of the population (including geeks) at the same time.
You can also run a windows XP virtual machine using virtual box and watch netflix that way. Works fine if you enable hardware acceleration and have decent hardware.
Myabe it's just one of those things that only geeks notice, but it still boggles my mind when I see companies (not even small ones) with a website on freewebs and matching hotmail email.
(or not, maybe just have it loose between the cover and first page)
If we are talking ancient relics that will turn to dust if the pages are so much as parted (or some kind of slip cover installed), then I dunno.. maybe specific shelf space with the barcode and label under it or something..
I have no experience in this area, so this is purely how I would approach the problem from a blank slate.
I would go with good ol` fashion "bunch o` lines" bar codes. Easy to make yourself, should be easy to attach to a book (or not, maybe just have it loose between the cover and first page), lots of cheap readers and most just emulate a keyboard so easy to interface with.
From there I'd probably throw together a little home brew. What you are asking for does not really sound complicated, the software side sounds like a weekend project for just the basic requirements. Even if you just do it as a basic web app. Be sure to add a title based search for if the barcode gets lost, so the bar code just becomes a convinience and not a requirement to use,
While public health care is great, we still pay for our percriptions and dental. _Luckily_ most decent jobs come with some kind of dental and medical coverage (in my case 80% of perscriptions covered, 100% dental except things like crowns and root canals (which are only partially covered)).
Dunno about down there, but up here it's the norm. I wouldn't take a job that didn't offer these kind of benifits, unless the pay was substantially increased to compensate for me having to go out and get my own.
Not that it's not important, I think the point was that most are happy with what they make and don't see it as something they need to "fight the man" for.
I largely agree that unions for developers is silly for exactly the reasons in the summary. I already get good benifits and am well paid. The things I care about relate more to the nature of my work, which a union isn't gonna help with.
Ultimately if you need time more accurate than within a few seconds, you should be using a GPS fed stand alone time server anyway. If you are just running NTP so everyones desktop clock is the same and the log files match up.. VM will work fine.
Even if you get it set up securely, you have to upgrade periodically as well.
I had an old wordpress blog (ugh, I know.. key words old blog) that I left up mainly for archival purposes. Less than a year of not being paid attention to, and get an email from host saying they had detected malware on my site. Sure enough, logged in and every PHP script had a little 6 line snippit of "extra" PHP code tacked on (it was actually kinda neat how it worked..).
Kidding aside and as a fellow Gentoo user, I've actually found a lot of those use flags have gone away and been replaced with high level feature level flags. I mean there are still the classics and my package.use is fairly long.. but it's definitely improved (or gotten worse depending on your viewpoint) in the last few years..
I know little about aviation, but wondering if ripping out the windows, or at least having some means of turning them opaque for a few seconds is actually not an impossible solution. Can a pilot fly a plane using only the instruments? Could some kind of camera system be rigged up so they are looking at a video feed vice out a window?
Extreme measures and cost of doing it would be enormous even if feasible, so this is just curiosity.
Obviously a joke, but that statement is probably true!
The occasional dinner that came in a box that you shove in the oven for an hour would probably be fine if the majority of ones food was home cooked from relatively clean ingredients. For most (myself included, though I am trying..) it's probably the opposite.. with the kind of food we should be eating every day being an occasional indulgance, or even novelty!
Personally I figure anything in moderation is probably less toxic than the world in general. If you enjoy coffee, drink a few cups a day and don't worry about it! Don't specifically drink coffee if you don't like it, and don't drink 15 cups a day..
The interesting thing is that we worry about these kind of slight threats to our health, but ignore the absolute real killers: sitting on our asses for most fo the day, not getting enough sleep, eating food that is barely food, stress...
I like to think any of those things are going to be a much bigger factor on my longevity than the cup of coffee I had this morning..
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I’m all for the elimination of college/university as an almost necessity to get a decent job.
That said, for every tech millionaire dropout, there are probably 1000 guys with good technical knowledge eking out a living on a hell desk. At a minimum, not having a degree is going to make things harder and reduce your options. Again, for every small startup you can wow with your cool open source contributions, there's a dozen companies who will just shredder your resume (and before you say "who wants to work for such a company", keep in mind HR is usually not reflective of the working environment at most places).
Much as it sucks, I still think the best bet is to learn on your own, then sweat out the degree.
Then again, here in Canada tuitions are high but not insane. I worked a McJob part time through highschool, full time through summers, and was able to pay off the remainder of my debt fairly quickly after graduating.
There is also something to be said about college/university as a good thing. It forces you to take stuff you’d have no interest in otherwise, there is some social development, you learn to deal with different personalities, etc..
I wish I had mod points, that was excellent :>
Especially if you're very used to the IPv4 way of doing things
I suspect that's a big part of the reason why adoption has been so slow. IPv6 is annoyingly different. You pretty much just have to force yourself to accept that you have to do things differently, and a lot of people don't like that.
NAT is ugly, but people are very comfortable with the way it works.
On the other end of the scale, it's a lot like speeding tickets.
As I said in an earlier comment, while I do try to buy most of my media, I have occasionally downloaded without buyin a legit copy. If I got caught and fined somewhere in the $100 to $500 range .. chances are I'm just going to pay it as fighting it is probably going to be a hassle, and I actually "did the crime". Sure you'll have people who will fight it just because (same as you have people who know they were speeding and will still try to fight it in court as they have nothing to lose but time) but I think most people are just gonna pay a reasonable fine for something they know they actually did and get on with their life.
I'm actually ok with this.
$5000 is a bit steep, but as said that's the max. The actual fines sound a lot closer to what you'd get for say, a speeding ticket. I try to buy media (usually via DVD, which I then rip to my computer) and have a netflix subscription, but I'll admit I have downloaded movies in the past and still do occasionally while never buying a copy. If I got caught, I'd be perfectly ok with paying a fine in the $100 to $500 range.. it seems reasonable and I actually "did the crime".
I really would support that.
He really is a voice of reason amongst annoying extremists (in both directions).
The real difference is that the cards are usually invalidated when the guest leaves, so copying the card is mostly useless, unlike a traditional key where they are unlikely to change the lockset after every stay incase the previous guest made a copy of his key.
Good grief man..
First off the Canadian thanksgiving isn't tied to such genocide .. and for that matter neither is the American thanksgiving (it's supposed to be a harvest festival).
And why get hung up on the association of Christmas with religion. Are you that tied into your identity as an athiest that you can't just treat it as a "time off work and spend time with family" holiday like most people (including myself) do.
Some people feel the need to extend their geek persona into everything (including family stuff).
Personally I'm not so inclined. Christmas (I'm Canadian so that's our next turkey day) and (our) thanksgiving are occasions when I like to put down the tech and spend the day hanging out at my mothers place with family. But I guess if someone wants to make an arduino controlled stuffing management system or something, to each their own!
I don’t do anything geeky with the Christmas dinner (I’m Canadian, it’s our next turkey day). Wouldn’t even occur to me to try. I can’t even think of anything one could do that would qualify as geeky, but then I lack creativity.
I have a really nifty electric carving knife but that’s about it.
https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/105319/
Looking like no.
There are two ways you can do it, one is via a javascript plasmoid type hack, and the other is by having a "current_wallpaper" file somewhere, setting it as your wallpaper, then overwriting the file to change it (KDE (should) pick up the change and set the wallpaper accordingly).
Of course, both of these options are absolutely ridiculous. It's understandable how something like this got missed in the switch from dcop to dbus, but it's annoying how long it has sat there (especially as the fix is really simple, and has already been written).
Totally this.
It's probably going to be along the lines of evidence that there might have been some specific trace element at one point which may indicate the existence of water or microbacterial life at one point. In other words, something that is both a major discovery and extremely boring to the large majority of the population (including geeks) at the same time.
You can also run a windows XP virtual machine using virtual box and watch netflix that way. Works fine if you enable hardware acceleration and have decent hardware.
Myabe it's just one of those things that only geeks notice, but it still boggles my mind when I see companies (not even small ones) with a website on freewebs and matching hotmail email.
Kinda the point of:
(or not, maybe just have it loose between the cover and first page)
If we are talking ancient relics that will turn to dust if the pages are so much as parted (or some kind of slip cover installed), then I dunno.. maybe specific shelf space with the barcode and label under it or something..
I have no experience in this area, so this is purely how I would approach the problem from a blank slate.
I would go with good ol` fashion "bunch o` lines" bar codes. Easy to make yourself, should be easy to attach to a book (or not, maybe just have it loose between the cover and first page), lots of cheap readers and most just emulate a keyboard so easy to interface with.
From there I'd probably throw together a little home brew. What you are asking for does not really sound complicated, the software side sounds like a weekend project for just the basic requirements. Even if you just do it as a basic web app. Be sure to add a title based search for if the barcode gets lost, so the bar code just becomes a convinience and not a requirement to use,
For the record I'm Canadian.
While public health care is great, we still pay for our percriptions and dental. _Luckily_ most decent jobs come with some kind of dental and medical coverage (in my case 80% of perscriptions covered, 100% dental except things like crowns and root canals (which are only partially covered)).
Dunno about down there, but up here it's the norm. I wouldn't take a job that didn't offer these kind of benifits, unless the pay was substantially increased to compensate for me having to go out and get my own.
Not that it's not important, I think the point was that most are happy with what they make and don't see it as something they need to "fight the man" for.
I largely agree that unions for developers is silly for exactly the reasons in the summary. I already get good benifits and am well paid. The things I care about relate more to the nature of my work, which a union isn't gonna help with.
It can be done.
Ultimately if you need time more accurate than within a few seconds, you should be using a GPS fed stand alone time server anyway. If you are just running NTP so everyones desktop clock is the same and the log files match up.. VM will work fine.
I seem to remember sony produced a firmware just for them.. can't remember the source of this though.
Even if you get it set up securely, you have to upgrade periodically as well.
I had an old wordpress blog (ugh, I know.. key words old blog) that I left up mainly for archival purposes. Less than a year of not being paid attention to, and get an email from host saying they had detected malware on my site. Sure enough, logged in and every PHP script had a little 6 line snippit of "extra" PHP code tacked on (it was actually kinda neat how it worked..).
Kidding aside and as a fellow Gentoo user, I've actually found a lot of those use flags have gone away and been replaced with high level feature level flags. I mean there are still the classics and my package.use is fairly long.. but it's definitely improved (or gotten worse depending on your viewpoint) in the last few years..
I know little about aviation, but wondering if ripping out the windows, or at least having some means of turning them opaque for a few seconds is actually not an impossible solution. Can a pilot fly a plane using only the instruments? Could some kind of camera system be rigged up so they are looking at a video feed vice out a window?
Extreme measures and cost of doing it would be enormous even if feasible, so this is just curiosity.
Obviously a joke, but that statement is probably true!
The occasional dinner that came in a box that you shove in the oven for an hour would probably be fine if the majority of ones food was home cooked from relatively clean ingredients. For most (myself included, though I am trying..) it's probably the opposite .. with the kind of food we should be eating every day being an occasional indulgance, or even novelty!
Indeed.
Personally I figure anything in moderation is probably less toxic than the world in general. If you enjoy coffee, drink a few cups a day and don't worry about it! Don't specifically drink coffee if you don't like it, and don't drink 15 cups a day..
The interesting thing is that we worry about these kind of slight threats to our health, but ignore the absolute real killers: sitting on our asses for most fo the day, not getting enough sleep, eating food that is barely food, stress...
I like to think any of those things are going to be a much bigger factor on my longevity than the cup of coffee I had this morning..