Finally, does your boss worry and judge you based on what you do in private, off the clock??
Sadly, it is becoming increasingly more common for employers to worry about their employees' private lives. That's why a Social Media Background Check is rapidly becoming a necessity when hiring workers. And this really isn't new, but it's more common with the technology. For example, do you smoke? Employers have long discriminated against smokers, mainly because they didn't want to pay the higher healthcare premiums.
What kind of an idiot streams that much netflix (or any other video, for that matter) from the AT&T wireless account? You do realize that iPhones and Android phones come with Wi-Fi, right? With the easy availability of free public wi-fi in most communities, there really isn't any reason to stream via the expensive data plans. The only thing I really use my data plan for is for looking up the occasional website, random facebook updates, and maybe sending a photo to someone. I've never even come close to the cap.
. . . that if an infinite number of nerds were given an infinite amount of time and an infinite amount of bandwidth, they would eventually produce the works of George Lucas.
So pretty soon, your cell phone will not only be able to give you cancer, it will also be able to tell you that you have cancer, too! All they need is an app to cure it next! I see a tremendous marketing opportunity here!
For promotion as a programmer, you should follow the Peter Gibbons example. Come in to work every day about 15 minute late,. . . use the side door so Lumbergh can't see you,. . .;-) Then, just space out at your desk for awhile. But look like you're working. Do that for about an hour after lunch, too. You need to try and keep the actual work that you do down to about 15 minutes of real, actual work, per week. Also, never put cover sheets on your TPS reports.
What they heard was actually just a jumbled and garbled transmission of a Ron Paul speech, lost in the medium of our satellites caused by the release of sewer gas into the upper atmosphere by supporters of Rick Santorum. Oh, wait, it wasn't scrambled, but it was still a Ron Paul speech, so it still made no sense to anyone on this planet. More at 11!
While flying, I find it most enjoyable to practice my jive and maybe read something light, like a leaflet on Famous Jewish Sports Legends,. . . I also like to read books and watch movies about gladiators.
Not to propagate the never-ending Apple vs. Linux vs. Windows war any further, perhaps the reason is that Apple spends more time on developing their operating systems than Linux developers and/or Microsoft. The result, is that you get a product where apps just work. Consider this. I just compiled and installed Gnuplot on my MacBook Pro. I really wanted to find a binary or a DMG file on the internet somewhere, so that I didn't have to compile. Because my experience in Linux with downloading and compiling stuff usually (9 times out of 10) results in spending the better part of two hours trying to figure out dependencies and downloading and installing additional software, ad nauseum. On OS X, I had gnuplot compiled, installed, and working in less than two minutes! Ok, so some variants of Linux are getting better at this, such as Opensuse's Yast, which is really just their answer to Apple's App Store. Which brings me to another point -- does anybody ever wonder why everyone keeps copying Apple? Probably the same reason most of the jocks copied the nerd's papers in 4th grade,. ..
Does anyone know how big the Twitter archive is? In terms of Libraries of Congress? Because with this new "donation", the size of the Library of Congress could double, and it will increase with every tweet.
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I thought that the only certificate that tech employers cared about was the H1B?
Sadly, it is becoming increasingly more common for employers to worry about their employees' private lives. That's why a Social Media Background Check is rapidly becoming a necessity when hiring workers. And this really isn't new, but it's more common with the technology. For example, do you smoke? Employers have long discriminated against smokers, mainly because they didn't want to pay the higher healthcare premiums.
What else did you think a super phase conjugate tracking system is for?
Is Slashdot the new National Enquirer?
What kind of an idiot streams that much netflix (or any other video, for that matter) from the AT&T wireless account? You do realize that iPhones and Android phones come with Wi-Fi, right? With the easy availability of free public wi-fi in most communities, there really isn't any reason to stream via the expensive data plans. The only thing I really use my data plan for is for looking up the occasional website, random facebook updates, and maybe sending a photo to someone. I've never even come close to the cap.
. . . that if an infinite number of nerds were given an infinite amount of time and an infinite amount of bandwidth, they would eventually produce the works of George Lucas.
So pretty soon, your cell phone will not only be able to give you cancer, it will also be able to tell you that you have cancer, too! All they need is an app to cure it next! I see a tremendous marketing opportunity here!
In their defense, they do place a higher emphasis on spelling and grammar,. . . ;-)
For promotion as a programmer, you should follow the Peter Gibbons example. Come in to work every day about 15 minute late,. . . use the side door so Lumbergh can't see you,. . . ;-) Then, just space out at your desk for awhile. But look like you're working. Do that for about an hour after lunch, too. You need to try and keep the actual work that you do down to about 15 minutes of real, actual work, per week. Also, never put cover sheets on your TPS reports.
What they heard was actually just a jumbled and garbled transmission of a Ron Paul speech, lost in the medium of our satellites caused by the release of sewer gas into the upper atmosphere by supporters of Rick Santorum. Oh, wait, it wasn't scrambled, but it was still a Ron Paul speech, so it still made no sense to anyone on this planet. More at 11!
In the hands of unmotivated students, tablets are also used more for playing Angry Birds and chatting on Facebook than for actual learning,. . .
After what happened with Jerry Sandusky, I'm not sure I'd like to see PSU blowing anything! ;-)
While flying, I find it most enjoyable to practice my jive and maybe read something light, like a leaflet on Famous Jewish Sports Legends,. . . I also like to read books and watch movies about gladiators.
As we just found out this year, that's not entirely accurate.
Let's not forget about who actually did most of the work now, shall we?
If bankers had a clue they would use these supercomputers to generate bitcoins!
Not to propagate the never-ending Apple vs. Linux vs. Windows war any further, perhaps the reason is that Apple spends more time on developing their operating systems than Linux developers and/or Microsoft. The result, is that you get a product where apps just work. Consider this. I just compiled and installed Gnuplot on my MacBook Pro. I really wanted to find a binary or a DMG file on the internet somewhere, so that I didn't have to compile. Because my experience in Linux with downloading and compiling stuff usually (9 times out of 10) results in spending the better part of two hours trying to figure out dependencies and downloading and installing additional software, ad nauseum. On OS X, I had gnuplot compiled, installed, and working in less than two minutes! Ok, so some variants of Linux are getting better at this, such as Opensuse's Yast, which is really just their answer to Apple's App Store. Which brings me to another point -- does anybody ever wonder why everyone keeps copying Apple? Probably the same reason most of the jocks copied the nerd's papers in 4th grade,. . .
Is CowboyNeal running, too?
Does anyone know how big the Twitter archive is? In terms of Libraries of Congress? Because with this new "donation", the size of the Library of Congress could double, and it will increase with every tweet.
Why does it take Microslop so long to come out with new OSes when all they do is copy Apple anyway?
Please don't scare us by using the term, "President Michelle Bachmann",. . .
Now, I really don't want to know WHY they're cloning a mammoth,. . .
To date, one US President is an MBA graduate -- arguably one of the worst.
I am a Time Lord, you insensitive clod!
For those in the sciences, it seems like the trend is more that older people are more productive. Consider the fact that the average age physicists produce their nobel prize winning work is 48, or the average age at which a biomedical researcher receives his/her first R01 grant is 42.