i went straight into the IT workforce out of highschool on a traineeship program and i learned most of what i now know on the job. I certainly never had any huge expectations of grandiose salary (although many in the same program dropped out when they they realised they werent making big bucks straight out the gate) etc and am quite realistic of real world roles.
The problem with that is now that ive lost my job due to the GEC, everyone wants CS grads! Seems we cant win either way!
My friend recently convinced me to try his copy of Quake Wars and i was a little nervous thinking i might get his CD locked out or something, but when i finally got around to trying it, it turns out you dont even enter the CD key in until you decide you actually want to play online. Considering this is really an online only game (some would argue this of WC3 too) as single player is the same game but with bots, it makes a lot of sense to do it this way.
So basically, you can lend the game to someone have them install it, you dont have to give them the CD key, they dont need the CD to play and they can try the game, if they like it, go out and buy the disc or get it off Steam. Its almost like having a demo but it dosent restrict any part of the actual game, only the ability to play against real people!
Kudos to id and Splash Damage for setting up Quake Wars that way.
has anyone told you that Australia dosent use LWR reactors because we dont actually have any nuclear reactors? Although our pollies are talking about it now so that may change. Apparently we were gonna have on but it was during the cold war and apparently the "Good Ol US of them" decided we were a security risk and didnt give us the tech to make one. And of course, we're all too stupid to come up with one ourselves so we just shrugged our shoulders and went on burning coal. We like coal, its nice and simple, gerhoick!
i think youll find your holding your globe upside down. You should use it properly like we do here and fix it to the ceiling. And just so you know we have most of the nuclear fuel in the world at the moment, so we're told anyway, its just that we're not using it for anything (again, so we're told) so we're kind enough to sell it to China so they can use it for power, so we're..blah blah blah.
And tell your adventurous children that Australia IS actually pink, the whole place is one big pink playground where we do nothing all day except enrich uranium and produce childrens entertainment groups for export. And im sure the wiggles would come and visit you, except your so very far away. Maybe you should consider moving yourselves closer to the radioactive childrens show center of the world, were its all happening.
Really, people should have to have a license to use a computer, one that expries every three years and a base concepts test will be given to renew the thing. That way, when people who claim to be in IT and call me up at the helpdesk i'm on with a problem, they can properly relay the correct information and when i say they need to copy a file or change their printer settings they dont aks me how to do it!
and no, the license would not automatically be assigned to those with an MSCE
Not that i would accuse MS of such nastee business practices but i have heard of companies who will solicit interviews with people when they have a technical problem, and then phrasing the problem as a question as part of a quiz and then saying 'thanks, we'll call you'. They can then implement the provided solution and the interviewee is none the wiser their 'quiz' was actually a solution gathering exercise
are you 5 years old? The word sex and the word gender are interchangable and are context specific. I would imagine most/.'ers are a bit past giggling at the gender context of the word sex.
sif! People use broadband for heaps of legitimate reasons, dloading legit, open source etc sotware for one, playing games, online media content + more! Personally if this move frees up some of the national bandwidth for the rest of us who dont illegally download copyrighted content, then great!
Faster NS for all!
im suprised that it had to happen in the good ol US of A before this becomes news. This has been happening in Aust. for at least 5 years now.
I know here, under 18s cant get their own (non-prepaid) phones without a Guarantor - in which case it is the responsibility of the guarantor (usually a parent) to ensure the phone is used responsibly, else they pay lots! It would make sense for the parents/guardians of an underage phone user to get their Telco to block all SMS traffic to/from that number, a service we do have in Aust. - altho the USA cell tech is older than ours so it may not be possible over there.
As in the Phillipines, I have found the easiest way to control SMS usage is to go pre-paid. I would recommend this procedure to any young person with a fone, but more importantly to parents, as they are ususally the ones footing the bill.
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im still wishing google hadn't created buzz but anyway
what economic crisis?
here 3/14 is the 3rd of....er...never.
i went straight into the IT workforce out of highschool on a traineeship program and i learned most of what i now know on the job. I certainly never had any huge expectations of grandiose salary (although many in the same program dropped out when they they realised they werent making big bucks straight out the gate) etc and am quite realistic of real world roles. The problem with that is now that ive lost my job due to the GEC, everyone wants CS grads! Seems we cant win either way!
in this economic climate, i wouldnt be quitting, just make sure the onus for the decision is squarely on your bosses head.
only in tasmania
bloody americans whinging about OMG a 100gb cap? Here we have a standard (from major ISPs) of about 20, up and down inclusive.
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
My friend recently convinced me to try his copy of Quake Wars and i was a little nervous thinking i might get his CD locked out or something, but when i finally got around to trying it, it turns out you dont even enter the CD key in until you decide you actually want to play online. Considering this is really an online only game (some would argue this of WC3 too) as single player is the same game but with bots, it makes a lot of sense to do it this way. So basically, you can lend the game to someone have them install it, you dont have to give them the CD key, they dont need the CD to play and they can try the game, if they like it, go out and buy the disc or get it off Steam. Its almost like having a demo but it dosent restrict any part of the actual game, only the ability to play against real people! Kudos to id and Splash Damage for setting up Quake Wars that way.
..he gets more than 100 emails today!
good ol robin walker, real Australian hero
he's a knob, pure and simple.
correct, i confused myself and was thinking about nuclear power stations. whoops!
has anyone told you that Australia dosent use LWR reactors because we dont actually have any nuclear reactors? Although our pollies are talking about it now so that may change. Apparently we were gonna have on but it was during the cold war and apparently the "Good Ol US of them" decided we were a security risk and didnt give us the tech to make one. And of course, we're all too stupid to come up with one ourselves so we just shrugged our shoulders and went on burning coal. We like coal, its nice and simple, gerhoick!
i think youll find your holding your globe upside down. You should use it properly like we do here and fix it to the ceiling. And just so you know we have most of the nuclear fuel in the world at the moment, so we're told anyway, its just that we're not using it for anything (again, so we're told) so we're kind enough to sell it to China so they can use it for power, so we're..blah blah blah. And tell your adventurous children that Australia IS actually pink, the whole place is one big pink playground where we do nothing all day except enrich uranium and produce childrens entertainment groups for export. And im sure the wiggles would come and visit you, except your so very far away. Maybe you should consider moving yourselves closer to the radioactive childrens show center of the world, were its all happening.
Developers are like artists; they produce their best work if they have the freedom to do so, but they need good tools.
if only all IT managers knew this.
Really, people should have to have a license to use a computer, one that expries every three years and a base concepts test will be given to renew the thing. That way, when people who claim to be in IT and call me up at the helpdesk i'm on with a problem, they can properly relay the correct information and when i say they need to copy a file or change their printer settings they dont aks me how to do it! and no, the license would not automatically be assigned to those with an MSCE
The best IDE for Java is your favorite text editor, a console and ANT. IDE SchmIDE.
Not that i would accuse MS of such nastee business practices but i have heard of companies who will solicit interviews with people when they have a technical problem, and then phrasing the problem as a question as part of a quiz and then saying 'thanks, we'll call you'. They can then implement the provided solution and the interviewee is none the wiser their 'quiz' was actually a solution gathering exercise
valid point. Been working in the credit industry too long, they dont care about gender, only sex.
so.....are YOU hot then?
are you 5 years old? The word sex and the word gender are interchangable and are context specific. I would imagine most /.'ers are a bit past giggling at the gender context of the word sex.
sif! People use broadband for heaps of legitimate reasons, dloading legit, open source etc sotware for one, playing games, online media content + more! Personally if this move frees up some of the national bandwidth for the rest of us who dont illegally download copyrighted content, then great! Faster NS for all!
im suprised that it had to happen in the good ol US of A before this becomes news. This has been happening in Aust. for at least 5 years now. I know here, under 18s cant get their own (non-prepaid) phones without a Guarantor - in which case it is the responsibility of the guarantor (usually a parent) to ensure the phone is used responsibly, else they pay lots! It would make sense for the parents/guardians of an underage phone user to get their Telco to block all SMS traffic to/from that number, a service we do have in Aust. - altho the USA cell tech is older than ours so it may not be possible over there. As in the Phillipines, I have found the easiest way to control SMS usage is to go pre-paid. I would recommend this procedure to any young person with a fone, but more importantly to parents, as they are ususally the ones footing the bill.