Change and control.
Why replace something that isn't broken? What necessitates this change? If there's no necessity, then what value are we seeing to prompt this change?
All features and tests and comparisons aside we then get to the final bit, the control.
A fair amount of control is lost by switching to a dynamic init system, and it quite simply, confuses a lot of old world admins. There are a lot of advantages to a dynamic init system, but configuring and maintaining it aren't one of them. I myself have spent my share of time lamenting the difficulty the init changes have made modifying what used to be a simple one line fix.
Well the brand still exists, and i have to work on an hp elitebook; so im going to say the statement tests as false. Irrespective of trends in market and a conpanies direction changing.
From a parent with a child with CP who donated their cord blood (didn't know she had CP at the time) I would recommend you pay the cost up front to bank it, and if it's not needed by the time they are 2 or 3 then I would seek donation options.
In the US all the places we have found that will treat with stem cells requires them to be from the patient as the donor. In other words it seems public donations go to research, not treatment. Hold it for a few years, hopefully you won't need it, then you can donate it.
I've found that vbscript/WSH for automation in my environment, especially if anything is happening in a PE. I use powershell for all my tools and remote management, AD management.
I personally love powershell, quirkiness aside I feel more at home inside of it because of it's BASH like nature, and the ease of.NET assembly usage is certainly welcome.
On the subject of vbscript, it can be pretty frustrating at times, but you reach a point where you've got a pretty solid code base that you are able to easily recyle it. I agree though, I'd rather be able to do it all in powershell, but I don't thnk it's quite mature enough yet for that.
I have posted this citation by Carmack in a comment on recent article on DX11, but it seems to be very much relevant here as well, so I'll re-post it - especially as TFS mentions Carmack's opinion circa 1997 (which favorably matches with the point of the article), but conveniently omits the more recent comment. Here it is:
"DX9 is really quite a good API level. Even with the D3D side of things, where I know I have a long history of people thinking I'm antagonistic against it. Microsoft has done a very, very good job of sensibly evolving it at each step—they're not worried about breaking backwards compatibility—and it's a pretty clean API. I especially like the work I'm doing on the 360, and it's probably the best graphics API as far as a sensibly designed thing that I've worked with."
lol, he didn't DITCH the API. He just doesn't have an issue using either one.
I agree with you completely. My largest frustration was that I love GL and wanted so much for things to pan out. Especially considering the huge advantages it had out of the gate. However at this current point and time, and with the bomb that v3 was; it pains me to say it, but MS i the inovater at this point. I mean Dx11 isn't a HUGE leap,but it's certainly an imporvement and one game developers have no reason to abandon.
Thank you, I was torqued up after reading that post, thankful to see a counter arguement was already made.
Dx V9 was what turned that ship around. However, I do agree with the point on marketing. When you have a vested interest in something you will do what it takes to insure it's survival. Including synergizing your seperate markets for interoperability, pigeon holding developers into that line of work.
Funny thing. I received the RIM server outage notification from my blackberry. Then I looked for news reports about it via my phone's browser.
I then sent some BBMs to my friends and co-workers to test the service. I did experience a 10 minute hiccup in service last night around 5 to 6 cst, however it was just that, a hiccup.
BBs are great corporate phones, and that's the reason I have one. What's with all the hate? Most wouldn't classify me as a corporate whore, but I consider my blackberry an indispensible tool for completing my job and maintaining connectivity. I work infrastructural IT in an enterprise environment, I can't really afford to not know what is going on. I've been through various smartphones before finally caving and going to BB. I've got to say, with a BES in place, the constant VPN like connection is a god send.
My preference is also not motivated by cost, which also goes back to what I stated before. Sour grapes, sour grapes, those old sour grapes.
As far as your comment regarding the rumble feature, I can go along with that seeing as I've never been a fan. Who knows though, given the clearing of legal matters users might see rumble in their motion sensing controllers on more than a wiimote. I also know I see a lot of griping over lack of motion sensing with the 360 controllers on the xbox forums.
In either case, it's been nice debating with you. Have a good one.
Oblivion had additional content, Rainbow Six Vegas had additional content, Spiderman 3 had additional content. Rumble is useless, the PS3 charge method is the same as the 360 wireless charge method. I think you are the one pulling things out of your hiney. You obviously haven't done your homework.
I agree, I enjoy a few of the exclusives on the 360 and look forward to their release. However with the majority of content being produced across the two big players (in terms of hardware performance) I am finding more reasons to purchase them for my ps3 over my 360. Also with the release of Home will be another reason, as the one major thing I enjoy with my 360 is essentialy to be replecated on the PS3. However an interesting tidbit after speaking to a MS rep, they are looking into the viability of your gamerscore translating into true MS points. If they do that, then color me impressed with the live service. I just find it frustrating I pay a fee once a year to maintain a service that only charges me more money and or generates more revenue off my eyes and bandwidth by throwing advertisements everywhere, meanwhile Sony (rumors may contradict me here) offer a free online service that will within a few more months be more robust and afford it off ad revenue alone.
In an attempt to show you my "taste" in games:
Pre-orders for 360: too human, mass effect, and halo 3
Pre-orders for Wii: Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
Pre-orders for PS3: MGS 4, Uncharted, Lair, Army of Two,* Assasin's Creed,* and Kane and Lynch* (*PS3 version) I am also excited about content to be released from the Sony store, mainly warhawk and little big planet.
Again I stress the fact, the PS3 hasn't even had a full year under it's belt. I love my 360 as well but when it comes to cross platform the boons for control method (if you like wii, I don't know why you wouldn't have fun with six-axis) and content bonuses goes in favor of the PS3. Sure you can get the additional content on the 360 but you will pay MS points for them. I'm not downing 360 though, I love a lot of what they have done with the unit and the market. I really enjoy my experiences that I've had with it. However in my case since I could afford it and got both, the 360 is the one that I sit back and wait for exclusives on while the PS3 has become my front runner for cross platform purchases.
My initial intent was to say media has spent a lot of time bastardizing the PS3, but alot of it is unfair and since the install base of the 360 was rather high given it's jump on the market the general user base was more than happy to eat up this negative criticizim because it would justify them not spending their money. Look I've been a gamer for a long time so I know the way the market around the industry works. I'm not leaving the wii out of this though, it's sales went very well because of 3 major areas 1) innovation (and first to show with it) 2) family friendly 3) PRICE POINT! It is a fun unit, but at the moment it's under the same pressure the PS3 is.... it needs titles, and really good ones (only difference is, the PS3 lineup is looking better than my Wii's).
I guess that in the end all I'm trying to say is don't write off the PS3 yet; and if you do at least do your homework on the matter. I will say this though, lately I've seen an upswing in positive information being reported on regarding the PS3.
I never said it didn't, but the fact of the matter is it lunched into immediate flak. It hasn't even been a year after the ps3 launch, the launch numbers of the PS3 are actually higher than what the 360 moved initially. I love my 360s, just wish they would stop failing on me; and the library isn't overly impressive.
to bash the playstation 3. I used to bash it as well before I bought my own. However I have to say that out of all the next gen consoles, the PS3 is the one getting the most of my time, and the one that has me pumped for it's new releases.
I'm on my 4th 360 now, I can't seem to get one that works and I'm not alone. However when it does work it's been a fun system, just wish the live community was more mature. My wii is fun when my nephews are over, but I mean you can only stand so much wii sports and cooking mama. Sure zelda was great, and I look forward to smash bros and metroid prime 3; but the lack of a multiplayer component is making me sick of the unit.
Right now I'm waiting for home, warhawk, and little big planet for the my PS3. Not to mention the re-release of ninja gaiden was amazing. The rather well managed backwards compatability (which I'm sure someone right now is reading this thinking "but I know there are 100 or so titles that don't work" out of a library that's how large?) allows me to continue buying new ps2 releases without keeping old hardware around. After the 1.81 patch to my PS3 it has become my prefered DVD player, that is of course over a standalone hddvd player I own as well.
I know this has essentially been me rambling, but all I'm trying to say is you guys are bashing a unit that you are really half cocked on in terms of what is or isn't viable with this unit. I understand price point is a major concern with this unit and quite frankly Sony doesn't have anything to worry about right now. They're selling to distributors just fine and are moving units despite how many you see on store shelves. If you are waiting for the price to drop that's fine but don't lie to yourself and claim you aren't buying the unit because it's lame or something is lacking, just admit it's because you are guarding your hard earned dollars and quit trying to convince the rest of the world it's not worth theirs. All I think when I read bashing comments is "I can't afford it, and if I can't have it I don't want you to have it because if you have it I'll only want it more and I still can't afford it" so I think it's worth mentioning.
Trade in a PS2 and 2 controllers to EBGames - Gamestop along with this price cut = $200 off the cost of the unit, I don't see where people get this unit is more expensive than the xbox 360, especially considering the retail price of the elite (only 360 worth buying now) is $561.97.
I think I'm gonna stop here, having to post and work jumping back and forth I'm sure is ruining my message, and it's not like it will matter anyway in the end. People are gonna believe what they want to believe no matter what.
Understandable, but I've dealt with BACS who have no true concept of structure in their coding either.
Alot of it has to do with people just being lazy. Lead a horse to water...
I believe your interview method is actually the best way to look at it, I mean seriously am I going to have an artist paint me a picture without ever seeing his work? I personally don't go for programming positions, but when applying for positions I've always supplied them with my portfolio which includes graphical, code, and completed projects along with a list of my skill sets.
However when I was teaching myself to code, I was doing it from text books essentially that also promoted best programming behaviors. However being self educated I do hate the stereotype that I'm going to try and fit a square peg into a round hole so to speak, I'm adaptable. Unfortunately that stereotype gets tagged to guys with my background by fellow IT guys who may or may not have gone to school and yet try to do the same thing consistently. One of the worst things I hate when walking into a new environment then talking personally with clients. "Yea I use linux at home" I can practicly hear their buttholes tighten up as if I'm about to take away their linux virginity and rip them away from their courtship to microsoft.
I then have to go into a spill about, why I think their present setup works, why converting to linux would be a bad idea at the time blah blah blah (I guess I can thank the zealots for that). I mean for christ sake, I use it at the house because I like it, not because I think it's the savior and brings light into a dark world. A crude example but the point is, I realize the limitations of technical solutions. I also realize the difference when it comes to needs and wants and what it takes to get there. Why ice skate uphill?
This home brewed and self taught IT professional cut his teeth on starting a local ISP with 2 partners while in highschool. Selling it, then bouncing around for a while (trying to find my fit in the industry) and then starting up a shop doing outsourced support and consultation for local hospitals before finally deciding to settle into an enterprise situation for stability during the first years of my marriage. However I receive a lot of respect in my area for not only my technical ability but for my adaptability. I also receive respect for the respect I give to others, titled or not. Experience is an amazing teacher, but unfortunately it can callus us and we no longer feel the changes around us. 30 years and 3 advanced degrees, unfortunately it didn't open your mind up any, or prepare you to accept change and avoid becoming callused... I guess I didn't miss anything by skipping college after all. However I have delt with plenty of viewpoints similar to yours, in the end it boiled down to that person feeling threatend by me. Which always gave me a better insight into their mind as I myself harbor very little ill will towards or for anyone, I can tell when it's harbored for me.
That really is a narrow minded view on the subject. The truth is I do well for myself by simply going out with other heads in my industry and discussing matters of interest and the common ground we often share, work.
If you feel that way maybe you should reconsider where you work. I say that because I have been in environments where I didn't feel as rewarded for my efforts, and often times that was because I didn't mesh well with the other workers. The fact of the matter is, I do a damn fine job. Recognition is given to me for that job; and for those that matter to find out more about me sometimes a night out at the pub is required.
Life isn't always fair, and sometimes there is that lucky SOB who isn't worth the air he/she breathes. However to assume that all people doing well for themselves enjoying life are those people isn't a fair assesment. Your return is more than likely equal to what you put in. I know some of you who read this may be intraverts and to deal with people in social situations can be enormously painful. The truth is, there are a million things people do a day that are outside of their natural comfort zone. If you want to cry about not going anywhere in life but you aren't putting forth the hustle to get where you need/want to be I say you need to get a grip and look at what you could be doing not what is being done to you.
As I said before, I've been shat upon more than one time in more than one company. So I started consulting, really getting my name and face out and focused on industries I would be interested in breaking into. Guess what, within a matter of 6 months I had people calling me all the time with job offers before I finally took the position I am in now. The point I'm trying to make is, I put the time in and I took control of my life. Has drinking helped me from it's effect, no. Has drinking helped me by putting me in situations that gave me opportunities, yes. However there are still plenty of occasions where the person I am with is enjoying their microbrew or what have you while I sip on a nice tall glass of coke. Social networking is the key here, not the drinking itself.
For anyone interested, I'm an ENF/TP personality type, my primary hurdle in life is planning and maintaining a routine and staying focused. However as painful as it can be, I do it when it's required. The job I'm in now accomidates my personality type, maybe you need to find one that fits yours. I mean jesus, can you even hear this all the way back in the 80s?
"but we're all well educated athiests so I guess that's to be expected"
So non athiests are uneducated? Funny, non athiests tend to feel the same emotion for athiests, pity.
Truth be told, I would say over 50% of athiests are actually just agnostic with no meat to their reasoning and are just as much sheep like the majority of people who follow closely to their organized religion of choice. The belief in something greater than probability and chance is a thing called hope. What a pesimistic world this would be if people didn't have anything to wake up for in the morning.
Someones beleif in something opposite of what you believe and or "know" does not make them uneducated. Truth be told as "logical" as a person can be it's still very impossible to prove God's non-existance. When you get caught into areas of concerns in someone elses beliefs and judge them by that choice you really only make yourself look more ignorant and narrow minded than the person you are judging (this is an open statement, I'm aware non-athiests do this as well).
I guess I really don't want to turn this into god vs. no god arguement (I've been through them enough in my life and I'm sure everyone else here has as well). Just tossing my two cents in the well over how ignorant this article was and some of the parent posts I have seen with only 3 minutes into reading them.
You know, I feel blessed that I maintain the social graces and ability to interface with women on a fairly regular basis.... well my wife anyway:) I don't know that as a whole you all aren't grabbing at straws to justify your own position as a geek.
Truth be told, I'm called a geek, nerd, technogod, and addict by various people. Quite frankly the way I see it is if you are you know you are and it's not worth arguing about. It's more socially acceptable now for us to be infatuated with our technology and our abilities are becoming more appreciated (figured you would be happy not offended that you aren't the only one). I guess we are geeks for even arguing about what a geek is, constantly having a who's logical line is bigger over inconsiquential nonsense like this.
The first time I went off rambling about the latest linux kernel source structure (back when I was 16) and how clean it was with such enthusiasim as to make the listening party look at me with the look of "please god don't hurt me" I knew I was a geek.
For that matter, if you find you are consitently speaking with fellow nerds and it suddenly becomes very apparent they have no clue what you are talking about... you might be a geek.... neck?... sorry jeff foxworthy flashback
sweet god, I'm talking about nothing... damned coffee
Considering that the IPOD holds the lion's share of consumers in it's sleek and sexy grasp. I would assume that the RIAA FUD hit home to a lot of the average "they are watching me" joes out there and pushing them into a state of fear when downloading their music so as to make it as legit and a major corporation can tell them it is.
Some of them in the survey might also not have known what makes a download legitimate, ie: they paid money to buy the pro version of limeware/kazzaa etc and assume that they then have free reign to all that can be found without any penalty for CR infringement.
But that's just my 2 cents, which according to The Office (US) is worth one MP3 in Russia.
Yea, you followed the correct path.
From a network security standpoint however you are an unneccesary risk. As the OP said, you got paid for 2 weeks of sitting on your ass, celebrate. You didn't do anything wrong, they are just keeping honest people honest. I highly doubt they believe you would HONESTLY destroy their equipment, but it's just standard operating procedure in a situation like this.
I was skeptical at first when I attended one of their seminars at first. Two days out of work for a seminar when I could be getting something else done. But the organizational strategies given and ways to effeciently outline my work for the benefit of my own freetime and the money savings of my company has made that two of the most valuable days of my life. I highly recommend this to anyone in any corporation who finds their employees feeling stressed and overworked. I won't go into details, would hate to steal their thunder but it's worth a look.
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Change and control. Why replace something that isn't broken? What necessitates this change? If there's no necessity, then what value are we seeing to prompt this change? All features and tests and comparisons aside we then get to the final bit, the control. A fair amount of control is lost by switching to a dynamic init system, and it quite simply, confuses a lot of old world admins. There are a lot of advantages to a dynamic init system, but configuring and maintaining it aren't one of them. I myself have spent my share of time lamenting the difficulty the init changes have made modifying what used to be a simple one line fix.
Well the brand still exists, and i have to work on an hp elitebook; so im going to say the statement tests as false. Irrespective of trends in market and a conpanies direction changing.
From a parent with a child with CP who donated their cord blood (didn't know she had CP at the time) I would recommend you pay the cost up front to bank it, and if it's not needed by the time they are 2 or 3 then I would seek donation options. In the US all the places we have found that will treat with stem cells requires them to be from the patient as the donor. In other words it seems public donations go to research, not treatment. Hold it for a few years, hopefully you won't need it, then you can donate it.
I've found that vbscript/WSH for automation in my environment, especially if anything is happening in a PE. I use powershell for all my tools and remote management, AD management. I personally love powershell, quirkiness aside I feel more at home inside of it because of it's BASH like nature, and the ease of .NET assembly usage is certainly welcome.
On the subject of vbscript, it can be pretty frustrating at times, but you reach a point where you've got a pretty solid code base that you are able to easily recyle it. I agree though, I'd rather be able to do it all in powershell, but I don't thnk it's quite mature enough yet for that.
I have posted this citation by Carmack in a comment on recent article on DX11, but it seems to be very much relevant here as well, so I'll re-post it - especially as TFS mentions Carmack's opinion circa 1997 (which favorably matches with the point of the article), but conveniently omits the more recent comment. Here it is:
"DX9 is really quite a good API level. Even with the D3D side of things, where I know I have a long history of people thinking I'm antagonistic against it. Microsoft has done a very, very good job of sensibly evolving it at each step—they're not worried about breaking backwards compatibility—and it's a pretty clean API. I especially like the work I'm doing on the 360, and it's probably the best graphics API as far as a sensibly designed thing that I've worked with."
lol, he didn't DITCH the API. He just doesn't have an issue using either one.
I agree with you completely. My largest frustration was that I love GL and wanted so much for things to pan out. Especially considering the huge advantages it had out of the gate. However at this current point and time, and with the bomb that v3 was; it pains me to say it, but MS i the inovater at this point. I mean Dx11 isn't a HUGE leap,but it's certainly an imporvement and one game developers have no reason to abandon.
Thank you, I was torqued up after reading that post, thankful to see a counter arguement was already made. Dx V9 was what turned that ship around. However, I do agree with the point on marketing. When you have a vested interest in something you will do what it takes to insure it's survival. Including synergizing your seperate markets for interoperability, pigeon holding developers into that line of work.
The dumb thing about this study is that they ask women if they have a G-spot.
Shit, with that methodology and the right sample population I can prove that men don't have prostate glands or spleens.
Funny thing. I received the RIM server outage notification from my blackberry. Then I looked for news reports about it via my phone's browser. I then sent some BBMs to my friends and co-workers to test the service. I did experience a 10 minute hiccup in service last night around 5 to 6 cst, however it was just that, a hiccup. BBs are great corporate phones, and that's the reason I have one. What's with all the hate? Most wouldn't classify me as a corporate whore, but I consider my blackberry an indispensible tool for completing my job and maintaining connectivity. I work infrastructural IT in an enterprise environment, I can't really afford to not know what is going on. I've been through various smartphones before finally caving and going to BB. I've got to say, with a BES in place, the constant VPN like connection is a god send.
They tried that once, the results were less than stellar.
My preference is also not motivated by cost, which also goes back to what I stated before. Sour grapes, sour grapes, those old sour grapes. As far as your comment regarding the rumble feature, I can go along with that seeing as I've never been a fan. Who knows though, given the clearing of legal matters users might see rumble in their motion sensing controllers on more than a wiimote. I also know I see a lot of griping over lack of motion sensing with the 360 controllers on the xbox forums. In either case, it's been nice debating with you. Have a good one.
Oblivion had additional content, Rainbow Six Vegas had additional content, Spiderman 3 had additional content. Rumble is useless, the PS3 charge method is the same as the 360 wireless charge method. I think you are the one pulling things out of your hiney. You obviously haven't done your homework.
I agree, I enjoy a few of the exclusives on the 360 and look forward to their release. However with the majority of content being produced across the two big players (in terms of hardware performance) I am finding more reasons to purchase them for my ps3 over my 360. Also with the release of Home will be another reason, as the one major thing I enjoy with my 360 is essentialy to be replecated on the PS3. However an interesting tidbit after speaking to a MS rep, they are looking into the viability of your gamerscore translating into true MS points. If they do that, then color me impressed with the live service. I just find it frustrating I pay a fee once a year to maintain a service that only charges me more money and or generates more revenue off my eyes and bandwidth by throwing advertisements everywhere, meanwhile Sony (rumors may contradict me here) offer a free online service that will within a few more months be more robust and afford it off ad revenue alone.
In an attempt to show you my "taste" in games:
Pre-orders for 360: too human, mass effect, and halo 3
Pre-orders for Wii: Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
Pre-orders for PS3: MGS 4, Uncharted, Lair, Army of Two,* Assasin's Creed,* and Kane and Lynch* (*PS3 version) I am also excited about content to be released from the Sony store, mainly warhawk and little big planet.
Again I stress the fact, the PS3 hasn't even had a full year under it's belt. I love my 360 as well but when it comes to cross platform the boons for control method (if you like wii, I don't know why you wouldn't have fun with six-axis) and content bonuses goes in favor of the PS3. Sure you can get the additional content on the 360 but you will pay MS points for them. I'm not downing 360 though, I love a lot of what they have done with the unit and the market. I really enjoy my experiences that I've had with it. However in my case since I could afford it and got both, the 360 is the one that I sit back and wait for exclusives on while the PS3 has become my front runner for cross platform purchases.
My initial intent was to say media has spent a lot of time bastardizing the PS3, but alot of it is unfair and since the install base of the 360 was rather high given it's jump on the market the general user base was more than happy to eat up this negative criticizim because it would justify them not spending their money. Look I've been a gamer for a long time so I know the way the market around the industry works. I'm not leaving the wii out of this though, it's sales went very well because of 3 major areas 1) innovation (and first to show with it) 2) family friendly 3) PRICE POINT! It is a fun unit, but at the moment it's under the same pressure the PS3 is.... it needs titles, and really good ones (only difference is, the PS3 lineup is looking better than my Wii's).
I guess that in the end all I'm trying to say is don't write off the PS3 yet; and if you do at least do your homework on the matter. I will say this though, lately I've seen an upswing in positive information being reported on regarding the PS3.
I never said it didn't, but the fact of the matter is it lunched into immediate flak. It hasn't even been a year after the ps3 launch, the launch numbers of the PS3 are actually higher than what the 360 moved initially. I love my 360s, just wish they would stop failing on me; and the library isn't overly impressive.
to bash the playstation 3. I used to bash it as well before I bought my own. However I have to say that out of all the next gen consoles, the PS3 is the one getting the most of my time, and the one that has me pumped for it's new releases. I'm on my 4th 360 now, I can't seem to get one that works and I'm not alone. However when it does work it's been a fun system, just wish the live community was more mature. My wii is fun when my nephews are over, but I mean you can only stand so much wii sports and cooking mama. Sure zelda was great, and I look forward to smash bros and metroid prime 3; but the lack of a multiplayer component is making me sick of the unit. Right now I'm waiting for home, warhawk, and little big planet for the my PS3. Not to mention the re-release of ninja gaiden was amazing. The rather well managed backwards compatability (which I'm sure someone right now is reading this thinking "but I know there are 100 or so titles that don't work" out of a library that's how large?) allows me to continue buying new ps2 releases without keeping old hardware around. After the 1.81 patch to my PS3 it has become my prefered DVD player, that is of course over a standalone hddvd player I own as well. I know this has essentially been me rambling, but all I'm trying to say is you guys are bashing a unit that you are really half cocked on in terms of what is or isn't viable with this unit. I understand price point is a major concern with this unit and quite frankly Sony doesn't have anything to worry about right now. They're selling to distributors just fine and are moving units despite how many you see on store shelves. If you are waiting for the price to drop that's fine but don't lie to yourself and claim you aren't buying the unit because it's lame or something is lacking, just admit it's because you are guarding your hard earned dollars and quit trying to convince the rest of the world it's not worth theirs. All I think when I read bashing comments is "I can't afford it, and if I can't have it I don't want you to have it because if you have it I'll only want it more and I still can't afford it" so I think it's worth mentioning. Trade in a PS2 and 2 controllers to EBGames - Gamestop along with this price cut = $200 off the cost of the unit, I don't see where people get this unit is more expensive than the xbox 360, especially considering the retail price of the elite (only 360 worth buying now) is $561.97. I think I'm gonna stop here, having to post and work jumping back and forth I'm sure is ruining my message, and it's not like it will matter anyway in the end. People are gonna believe what they want to believe no matter what.
Oh and I meant to say, plebians = plebeians. I'm not sure if you intended for that mistake to occur or not. Also, ouch that hurts you arrogant twit.
Understandable, but I've dealt with BACS who have no true concept of structure in their coding either. Alot of it has to do with people just being lazy. Lead a horse to water... I believe your interview method is actually the best way to look at it, I mean seriously am I going to have an artist paint me a picture without ever seeing his work? I personally don't go for programming positions, but when applying for positions I've always supplied them with my portfolio which includes graphical, code, and completed projects along with a list of my skill sets. However when I was teaching myself to code, I was doing it from text books essentially that also promoted best programming behaviors. However being self educated I do hate the stereotype that I'm going to try and fit a square peg into a round hole so to speak, I'm adaptable. Unfortunately that stereotype gets tagged to guys with my background by fellow IT guys who may or may not have gone to school and yet try to do the same thing consistently. One of the worst things I hate when walking into a new environment then talking personally with clients. "Yea I use linux at home" I can practicly hear their buttholes tighten up as if I'm about to take away their linux virginity and rip them away from their courtship to microsoft. I then have to go into a spill about, why I think their present setup works, why converting to linux would be a bad idea at the time blah blah blah (I guess I can thank the zealots for that). I mean for christ sake, I use it at the house because I like it, not because I think it's the savior and brings light into a dark world. A crude example but the point is, I realize the limitations of technical solutions. I also realize the difference when it comes to needs and wants and what it takes to get there. Why ice skate uphill?
This home brewed and self taught IT professional cut his teeth on starting a local ISP with 2 partners while in highschool. Selling it, then bouncing around for a while (trying to find my fit in the industry) and then starting up a shop doing outsourced support and consultation for local hospitals before finally deciding to settle into an enterprise situation for stability during the first years of my marriage. However I receive a lot of respect in my area for not only my technical ability but for my adaptability. I also receive respect for the respect I give to others, titled or not. Experience is an amazing teacher, but unfortunately it can callus us and we no longer feel the changes around us. 30 years and 3 advanced degrees, unfortunately it didn't open your mind up any, or prepare you to accept change and avoid becoming callused... I guess I didn't miss anything by skipping college after all. However I have delt with plenty of viewpoints similar to yours, in the end it boiled down to that person feeling threatend by me. Which always gave me a better insight into their mind as I myself harbor very little ill will towards or for anyone, I can tell when it's harbored for me.
That really is a narrow minded view on the subject. The truth is I do well for myself by simply going out with other heads in my industry and discussing matters of interest and the common ground we often share, work.
If you feel that way maybe you should reconsider where you work. I say that because I have been in environments where I didn't feel as rewarded for my efforts, and often times that was because I didn't mesh well with the other workers. The fact of the matter is, I do a damn fine job. Recognition is given to me for that job; and for those that matter to find out more about me sometimes a night out at the pub is required.
Life isn't always fair, and sometimes there is that lucky SOB who isn't worth the air he/she breathes. However to assume that all people doing well for themselves enjoying life are those people isn't a fair assesment. Your return is more than likely equal to what you put in. I know some of you who read this may be intraverts and to deal with people in social situations can be enormously painful. The truth is, there are a million things people do a day that are outside of their natural comfort zone. If you want to cry about not going anywhere in life but you aren't putting forth the hustle to get where you need/want to be I say you need to get a grip and look at what you could be doing not what is being done to you.
As I said before, I've been shat upon more than one time in more than one company. So I started consulting, really getting my name and face out and focused on industries I would be interested in breaking into. Guess what, within a matter of 6 months I had people calling me all the time with job offers before I finally took the position I am in now. The point I'm trying to make is, I put the time in and I took control of my life. Has drinking helped me from it's effect, no. Has drinking helped me by putting me in situations that gave me opportunities, yes. However there are still plenty of occasions where the person I am with is enjoying their microbrew or what have you while I sip on a nice tall glass of coke. Social networking is the key here, not the drinking itself.
For anyone interested, I'm an ENF/TP personality type, my primary hurdle in life is planning and maintaining a routine and staying focused. However as painful as it can be, I do it when it's required. The job I'm in now accomidates my personality type, maybe you need to find one that fits yours. I mean jesus, can you even hear this all the way back in the 80s?
"but we're all well educated athiests so I guess that's to be expected"
So non athiests are uneducated? Funny, non athiests tend to feel the same emotion for athiests, pity.
Truth be told, I would say over 50% of athiests are actually just agnostic with no meat to their reasoning and are just as much sheep like the majority of people who follow closely to their organized religion of choice. The belief in something greater than probability and chance is a thing called hope. What a pesimistic world this would be if people didn't have anything to wake up for in the morning.
Someones beleif in something opposite of what you believe and or "know" does not make them uneducated. Truth be told as "logical" as a person can be it's still very impossible to prove God's non-existance. When you get caught into areas of concerns in someone elses beliefs and judge them by that choice you really only make yourself look more ignorant and narrow minded than the person you are judging (this is an open statement, I'm aware non-athiests do this as well).
I guess I really don't want to turn this into god vs. no god arguement (I've been through them enough in my life and I'm sure everyone else here has as well). Just tossing my two cents in the well over how ignorant this article was and some of the parent posts I have seen with only 3 minutes into reading them.
Words of the day: Condescending & Arrogance
You know, I feel blessed that I maintain the social graces and ability to interface with women on a fairly regular basis.... well my wife anyway :) I don't know that as a whole you all aren't grabbing at straws to justify your own position as a geek.
Truth be told, I'm called a geek, nerd, technogod, and addict by various people. Quite frankly the way I see it is if you are you know you are and it's not worth arguing about. It's more socially acceptable now for us to be infatuated with our technology and our abilities are becoming more appreciated (figured you would be happy not offended that you aren't the only one). I guess we are geeks for even arguing about what a geek is, constantly having a who's logical line is bigger over inconsiquential nonsense like this.
The first time I went off rambling about the latest linux kernel source structure (back when I was 16) and how clean it was with such enthusiasim as to make the listening party look at me with the look of "please god don't hurt me" I knew I was a geek.
For that matter, if you find you are consitently speaking with fellow nerds and it suddenly becomes very apparent they have no clue what you are talking about... you might be a geek.... neck?... sorry jeff foxworthy flashback
sweet god, I'm talking about nothing... damned coffee
Considering that the IPOD holds the lion's share of consumers in it's sleek and sexy grasp. I would assume that the RIAA FUD hit home to a lot of the average "they are watching me" joes out there and pushing them into a state of fear when downloading their music so as to make it as legit and a major corporation can tell them it is. Some of them in the survey might also not have known what makes a download legitimate, ie: they paid money to buy the pro version of limeware/kazzaa etc and assume that they then have free reign to all that can be found without any penalty for CR infringement. But that's just my 2 cents, which according to The Office (US) is worth one MP3 in Russia.
Yea, you followed the correct path. From a network security standpoint however you are an unneccesary risk. As the OP said, you got paid for 2 weeks of sitting on your ass, celebrate. You didn't do anything wrong, they are just keeping honest people honest. I highly doubt they believe you would HONESTLY destroy their equipment, but it's just standard operating procedure in a situation like this.
don't you know, it's easier to just fire off a complaint post then use the search tool to find your answers!
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