If my girlfriend needs a new password, she doesn't think of something personal to turn into a password, but instead finds objects around the computer (that will usually never stray from it) and uses that as her password. So for example, a Dell Trinitron monitor, her password becomes trinitron. She picks up brand names from things associated with her work area or things around the house, and uses it once. At least the password isn't carried over to different accounts she has, and the password is easy to remember when its right in front of you. Eventually she memorize's it by constantly having to look for it. Though I wouldn't recommend this technique for the Slashdot crowd -- Playboy is such an obvious password.
Re:Just use your Social Security number.
on
Too Many Passwords
·
· Score: 1
Wow... Hook, line and sinker. What a bitch!
Re:Just use your Social Security number.
on
Too Many Passwords
·
· Score: 1
And if the encryption scheme being used was later broken, not only would someone have all the passwords, but all the corresponding social security numbers as well. I'd say that's not too good:)
I wouldn't go so far as to say that society needs people to work meaningless jobs. I think many people are actually satisfied working meaningless jobs -- because work to them is meaningless besides the small paycheck. You call it slaving, I call you foolish.
There's ample reason to take these meaningless jobs. You call them meaningless, soul-crushing and degrading. If you've been a prostitute or similiar for some years, then I'd understand your take on this. But a janitorial position (or heck, even McDonalds) is considerably better than many other jobs and sincerely not soul-crushing. Just because you find it degrading and soul-crushing to clean toilets does not imply the same for millions of other workers around the world who care more about feeding their children than the quality of their employment.
Many people are content with that they have. But please do not suggest they work degrading jobs -- that's degrading to them -- 'them' being the people you step over to get ahead in life, but who continue to keep the world moving despite their lack of advance.
Re:After a long career, I now find myself... Happy
on
Pay vs. Happiness
·
· Score: 1
I definetely side with this. Working for yourself can be a wonderful thing. It's done wonders for my happiness over the past several years.
Just a note on the 'measure of control' thought -- it's very comforting knowing that you can control what you do and when. But it's very easy to let the rope slack and to lose control of yourself -- putting off work when it could be done earlier, avoiding spending the hours to finish a task because your too tired (but had you been in a regular job, you would have no choice but to finish). It's something to be concerned about. If you are the type of person who tends to require structure to promote your participation in work, then evaluate working for yourself cautiously.
This handbag isn't really inspiring or attractive, unfortunately. I suppose the technological appeal is present, but handbags do not sell on comfort (unless you shop at Walmart/Kmart, etc.) nor do they sell on technology. They sell due to designer, designer labels, and what the current trend is (think Louis Vuitton right now -- very, very popular).
Her idea is good and well-intentioned, but a more couture-embracing design would be required to invoke a broader appeal. Put the idea in a beautiful handbag, and she may have something that sells well. But I'm beginning to think -- and see -- that many women are becoming very selective about which handbag they carry. The design of this bag doesn't look like one that could carry her idea well. Good thinking, though.
The space elevator would be anchored to an offshore sea platform near the equator in the Pacific Ocean.
How comforting that must be, knowing that hurricane Katrina recently caused several oil rigs to drift and another one to crash into a bridge I'm sure you have all seen videos of what the sea can to do anything that doesn't belong there. At this point, I'd be more concerned with finding a suitable platform to restrain the muscle of the sea, rather than work with the altitudes.
An article on how to hunt someone down on the Internet. A picture of a beautiful woman on top of the article with a transparent crosshair on her face. The article is submitted to a community of mostly-lonely geeks. God only know's what will happen now.
I highly doubt they had to draw a map of how Window's works, but chose to in an attempt to get every developer on the same page by forcing them to re-learn and re-evaluate every road in and out of Windows. Looking up a design document serves very little learning purpose compared to actually drawing it out yourself. When everyone is thinking about and contributing to how Windows works, you've got a good platform to start with. Design document's do not give you this.
It's too difficult because jargon is not not intended to be used while in conversation with a typical office worker. Jargon is a shorthand language of its own, used by those in a technical profession to save on lengthy explanations or descriptions in favour of a quick abbreviation. If an office worker doesn't know what something means, they should be asking or looking it up. The problem isn't the lack of understanding of jargon -- it's the lack of courtesy by using jargon when speaking to those people.
This is no different than any other profession. Jargon isn't for those not in the know!
Here's a suggestion: make all links in a story submission automatically open in a new window. Everytime I want to visit a link, I have to right-click and open in a new window to avoid leaving Slashdot. It's a minor point, but I don't enjoy having to click Back-Back-Back when I forget to open it in a new window.
I don't think you have any experience or understanding with the world of retail markup. I work heavily in retail (by purchasing wholesale and further distributing), and the difference between the price stick on the shelf at your local store, and the price for manufacturing is incredibly different.
All your figures were retail prices, which is why you've concluded that I'm wrong. But these companies don't deal with retail:)
This is little different from most other industries. A huge markup provides allowance for further research and design (and I'm not talking about computers here, either) for the manufacturing company. But mostly, its just easy profit.
A typical iPod costs $200-400. How much do you think it costs to manufacture? Probably $20 or less. A Chanel handag? $60 to manufacture, but costs $3,500 to purchase at the retail level. The markup is absolutely ridiculous, but Intel is no different than Chanel or Apple and most other companies.
Programming isn't all that hard, but don't come complaining to me because the sorting routine you wrote is too slow and don't know why.
Now why you would be writing your own sorting routine in the first place is a highly questionable thing, but being too arrogant to explain something to a 'programmer' is something else. Unless this is just a performance for the crowd.
I charge $40USD hourly for contract work (web development), but I only average out about $12,000 annually. I'm still in University and work part-time. The beautiful part is I don't seek out work anymore -- it's all repeat and referral business. I can sit back and focus on school, and when a job comes my way, I tend it to then collect for my time.
Now, should I decide to pursue this full-time, I'd wager I'd be earning at least $65k annually. I think that's an above-average start for a young chap contracting out of Canada to American clients.
Gaming helps me escape from whatever happens to be bothering me. It's a great stress reliever, a safe outlet to pursue some of my more aggressive tendencies.
This is something I've never understood. I've heard many people refer to their need to play games as a means to release from life, but I've never experienced this. I seriously do not think people play games to escape the hardships of life. In fact, if you can play a videogame for fifteen hours a day, it's pretty apparent there's no such things as hardships in your life. But beyond this, I've been playing games off and on for years, but never once used it to relieve stress. No, I played for fun.
I'm tending to think that people call their gaming needs as an avenue of relief, probably as a justification to them spending so much time playing. Instead of wasting so much time playing, a better suggestion would be to work on the problems that are apparantely 'causing' you to play so much. If the brutalities of life are weighing in, then a videogame is no substitute for paying attention to your issues.
This is very interesting because I just changed my major from Computer Science to Computer Science & Business. Heading into my fourth year of a pure-CS degree, I decided that it was in my best interest to use my fourth year to pursue some further business knowledge and experience. I don't need more programming or logic courses -- I've done my share and lost too much hair:)
I would recommend to any student to pursue a mixture of computer science and business, unless your aim is to simply be a programmer, or sticking to hardware and such. However, if you want to move out of the grunt work and into management, business experience will be very valuable.
I agree. I always get nervous at the thought of approaching that tall, blonde broad over there. You know, the one busy collecting treasures. Maybe I can induce her interest by offering her a token of my kindness -- perhaps a couple gold coins.
Well, I guess you could draw parallels between games and pubs -- gold will always court a woman:)
They probably didn't buy their way through life, but paid their way through life. Their financial decisions were smart decisions, not selfish ones.
It's amazing how frugality can multiply the small fortune you have. Being frugal contends with being high-paid... there's always a way to live a good life on a low budget. Your family was probably a good example of this.
Slashdot Mirror
If my girlfriend needs a new password, she doesn't think of something personal to turn into a password, but instead finds objects around the computer (that will usually never stray from it) and uses that as her password. So for example, a Dell Trinitron monitor, her password becomes trinitron. She picks up brand names from things associated with her work area or things around the house, and uses it once. At least the password isn't carried over to different accounts she has, and the password is easy to remember when its right in front of you. Eventually she memorize's it by constantly having to look for it. Though I wouldn't recommend this technique for the Slashdot crowd -- Playboy is such an obvious password.
Wow... Hook, line and sinker. What a bitch!
And if the encryption scheme being used was later broken, not only would someone have all the passwords, but all the corresponding social security numbers as well. I'd say that's not too good :)
There's ample reason to take these meaningless jobs. You call them meaningless, soul-crushing and degrading. If you've been a prostitute or similiar for some years, then I'd understand your take on this. But a janitorial position (or heck, even McDonalds) is considerably better than many other jobs and sincerely not soul-crushing. Just because you find it degrading and soul-crushing to clean toilets does not imply the same for millions of other workers around the world who care more about feeding their children than the quality of their employment.
Many people are content with that they have. But please do not suggest they work degrading jobs -- that's degrading to them -- 'them' being the people you step over to get ahead in life, but who continue to keep the world moving despite their lack of advance.
Just a note on the 'measure of control' thought -- it's very comforting knowing that you can control what you do and when. But it's very easy to let the rope slack and to lose control of yourself -- putting off work when it could be done earlier, avoiding spending the hours to finish a task because your too tired (but had you been in a regular job, you would have no choice but to finish). It's something to be concerned about. If you are the type of person who tends to require structure to promote your participation in work, then evaluate working for yourself cautiously.
Her idea is good and well-intentioned, but a more couture-embracing design would be required to invoke a broader appeal. Put the idea in a beautiful handbag, and she may have something that sells well. But I'm beginning to think -- and see -- that many women are becoming very selective about which handbag they carry. The design of this bag doesn't look like one that could carry her idea well. Good thinking, though.
How comforting that must be, knowing that hurricane Katrina recently caused several oil rigs to drift and another one to crash into a bridge I'm sure you have all seen videos of what the sea can to do anything that doesn't belong there. At this point, I'd be more concerned with finding a suitable platform to restrain the muscle of the sea, rather than work with the altitudes.
An article on how to hunt someone down on the Internet. A picture of a beautiful woman on top of the article with a transparent crosshair on her face. The article is submitted to a community of mostly-lonely geeks. God only know's what will happen now.
I highly doubt they had to draw a map of how Window's works, but chose to in an attempt to get every developer on the same page by forcing them to re-learn and re-evaluate every road in and out of Windows. Looking up a design document serves very little learning purpose compared to actually drawing it out yourself. When everyone is thinking about and contributing to how Windows works, you've got a good platform to start with. Design document's do not give you this.
This is no different than any other profession. Jargon isn't for those not in the know!
Here's a suggestion: make all links in a story submission automatically open in a new window. Everytime I want to visit a link, I have to right-click and open in a new window to avoid leaving Slashdot. It's a minor point, but I don't enjoy having to click Back-Back-Back when I forget to open it in a new window.
I heard the new exercise to remedy this problem consisted of clapping hands and the incessant yelling of "Developers! Developers! Developers!"
All your figures were retail prices, which is why you've concluded that I'm wrong. But these companies don't deal with retail :)
A typical iPod costs $200-400. How much do you think it costs to manufacture? Probably $20 or less. A Chanel handag? $60 to manufacture, but costs $3,500 to purchase at the retail level. The markup is absolutely ridiculous, but Intel is no different than Chanel or Apple and most other companies.
I also think you need to uninstall life.
It's Skype's customer base that eBay is after, not it's software.
Now why you would be writing your own sorting routine in the first place is a highly questionable thing, but being too arrogant to explain something to a 'programmer' is something else. Unless this is just a performance for the crowd.
So why not throw in $30,000 more and upgrade to some hardwood floors :)
Now, should I decide to pursue this full-time, I'd wager I'd be earning at least $65k annually. I think that's an above-average start for a young chap contracting out of Canada to American clients.
This is something I've never understood. I've heard many people refer to their need to play games as a means to release from life, but I've never experienced this. I seriously do not think people play games to escape the hardships of life. In fact, if you can play a videogame for fifteen hours a day, it's pretty apparent there's no such things as hardships in your life. But beyond this, I've been playing games off and on for years, but never once used it to relieve stress. No, I played for fun.
I'm tending to think that people call their gaming needs as an avenue of relief, probably as a justification to them spending so much time playing. Instead of wasting so much time playing, a better suggestion would be to work on the problems that are apparantely 'causing' you to play so much. If the brutalities of life are weighing in, then a videogame is no substitute for paying attention to your issues.
My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in, New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim!
I would recommend to any student to pursue a mixture of computer science and business, unless your aim is to simply be a programmer, or sticking to hardware and such. However, if you want to move out of the grunt work and into management, business experience will be very valuable.
Very insightful. If I had points you'd be 5 in my books.
I agree. I always get nervous at the thought of approaching that tall, blonde broad over there. You know, the one busy collecting treasures. Maybe I can induce her interest by offering her a token of my kindness -- perhaps a couple gold coins.
Well, I guess you could draw parallels between games and pubs -- gold will always court a woman :)
It's amazing how frugality can multiply the small fortune you have. Being frugal contends with being high-paid... there's always a way to live a good life on a low budget. Your family was probably a good example of this.