I was going to say the same thing. You suck at interviewing. I look at a lot of resumes and interview a lot of candidates - I am one of the technical gateways to getting hired.
I look at most resumes for an average of a minute. I am mostly looking for past experience to ask you about and to quiz you on skills you say you have. If I pass on you it's because you sucked in the interview, not because of anything that was on your resume.
Here are some things to ask yourself: - Am I dressed and groomed appropriately? - How is my hygiene? - Am I well spoken and can I communicate clearly and effectively? - Have I thought about real answers to the typical questions and not just canned responses (i.e. strengths, weaknesses, greatest accomplishment, long-term goals, examples of working in a team, etc.)? You need to have well thought-out responses to these questions that apply to you. - During tech interviews, can I provide real world examples or am I spitting out algorithms and examples from text books?
Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister wrote up a shitty article and submitted it to/. to get more ad revenue. Whereas his bias against the iPhone will cloud any kind of real comparison, his love for Google, Java, and the Android will ensure he has his lips firmly planted on Brin and Page's collective ass. And because writing a real article would require time and thought, you can expect that I will just spew a bunch of FUD and speculate on what MIGHT come out for the Android. 'By just about any measure, I am talking out of my ass,' McAllister writes, noting his severe distaste for anything Apple. His Google love is, of course, essential to Android's prospects. 'Based on raw market share alone, the iPhone seems likely to remain the smartphone developer's platform of choice - especially when ISVs can translate that market share into application sales,' McAllister writes. 'Sound familiar? In this race, I am going to pander to the/. crowd by comparing Apple to MSFT and let Google massage my prostate with the Android.'
Turn off AdBlocker Plus when you go that article. It has a full page click-thru ad, and 4 or 5 other ads jumping out all over the page. It's a worthless article with no real comparisons. It was basically written to cash in on the Android announcement and the flurry of comparisons to the iPhone that are already being made.
If you want to read what EA's explanation of SecuROM is from their support page, you can do so here. It includes information on how to remove SecuROM from your computer. Strangely, they make no mention of whether the removal process will disable the game.
All that being said, I don't imagine this lawsuit will make it very far. However, the policy that you can't return the software after it's been opened seems pretty criminal to me. The EULA should be included on the OUTSIDE of the box or a link to the EULA on the web that you can read before you open the software.
yeah, why the heck don't they convert the CO2 into something usable, like C and O2?
Maybe build another generating plant next door that supplies the energy required to break the molocules...
CO2 is a extremely stable molecule and it would take a great deal of energy to separate the two. The amount of energy it would be take would be counter-productive to the initial problem you are trying to solve.
Until we can figure out how to simulate photosynthesis or just go ahead and the let the trees do it, this just isn't the best solution available.
However, neither is pumping it in to the ground in my opinion....since no one is asking, I guess it doesn't really matter though.
In other news, Apple doesn't make the greatest media players, and their laptops are significantly slower than other lower-priced options on the market.
One day God came down and asked the dinosaurs if there was anything they wanted. They responded that they wanted to see what the future was going to be like. God opened a vision for them and at first they were excited at all the tasty bi-peds walking around and all the lush vegetation provided by global warming.
Then as the vision continued, they saw something they thought no living being should ever have to endure. They saw that Carlos Mencia was going to be famous and that people would eventually experience his comedy in one form or another. The dinosaurs decided that they would never subject their heritage to such atrocities.
They begged and pleaded for God to take their lives. God replied, "I love you and that is not my way." The dinosaurs were persistent and they begged and pleaded some more. God finally agreed, saying, "Since I love you, I will take your lives, but you must endure horrible plagues, famine, and natural disasters." For the dinosaurs, it was worth it and they agreed.
We can all learn something from our reptilian, bird-like ancestors.
I would mod you -1 redundant and -5 for egregious meme usage; alas, I have no mod points. Sometimes calling in the wrath of hell on MSFT here at/. will get you modded insightful, other times, it makes you look like a tool.
I didn't because I would have felt like a hypocrite. That is probably not the right word, but when I first saw the pictures, I was all like W.T.F?!? I thought the "after" picture was the before picture until I started scrolling though a little bit (I saw this article on a different site that had more photos).
Again, it was a total W.T.F. moment for me. No, not a Worse Than Failure® moment, but you know what I mean. I got a little introspective after that and decided to leave it alone. Like, what if I saw that guy on the street, would I gasp in horror? Would I stare in amazement? I felt like my submitting it would just be a point and stare opportunity. Please tell me I am not the only one that had this thought.
...but if your job went to India, you're expendable. Learn some new skills, get better at what you do, etc. The company I work for now is 70% India, 30% US. They trimmed the fat and sent the cheap labor to India.
If you haven't learned by now that you need to stand out from the crowd with an invaluable skill, your job is going to keep going to India.
This is such a load of FUD. Vista is not viable for your business, but I have 6 computers at work, 4 of which run Vista and they all do it fine. The only thing the Vista computers won't run is an outdated accounting application from 9 years ago. Everything else runs fine.
I was initially given a Vista machine at work because I needed to develop for Vista. I prefer it and use it almost exclusively now. Anyone who spends more than half a day with it will realize it is better than XP. I run it exclusively on my home Windows computers now as well.
Everyone ragged on Microsoft's Mojave experiment, but there is some definite truth to that campaign.
...is how much my company gives me every time my name is attached to a patent, after taxes. While it's all fine to take the moral high ground, your company is paying for your work, not your ethics.
I have applied for 4 this year and have already received bonuses for patents awarded from previous years. I am also entitled to licensing rights on two of them.
Seize the opportunity, this is your company, not you. Milk 'em for the bonus money.
Apparently some other members of the company had been contacted by recruiters and they started going through email and found some emails in violation of the non-compete clause. They then solidified their case through the former employee's LinkedIn contacts. The guy ended up settling out of court and they drilled him financially.
After finding that out, I went through my LinkedIn contacts and removed ALL the recruiters on there I didn't know on a personal level. I then contacted the recruiters remaining on my list and asked them to contact me before sending any InMail to any of my LinkedIn contacts.
My first trip was 10 years ago and I haven't been back in 7 years. The longest period of time I stayed was 6 weeks, but altogether I have 6 months of travel time in Japan.
Try being 6'4" with blond hair and green eyes walking the crowded streets of Tokyo. People would come up to me and feel the hair on my arms. They seem to be utterly fascinated with anyone that has any kind of body hair. I guess hairy freaks aren't allowed any kind of personal space.
Large groups of people, mostly kids and teenagers, would crowd around me and want to have their picture taken. It was just as bad in the Philippines, if not worse.
Then you should love Blu Ray's uncompressed audio. I have a feeling most of the people who bash Blu Ray have never enjoyed it on a good system. I have one of the best upconverting DVD players you can buy, and the difference on my system is simply amazing. Friends who come over to watch movies at my place always comment how they can never look at their setups the same way again.
Granted, I am the target audience and I am the guy spending the money on this stuff. I can understand why some people don't care about it though. It's the same reason I wouldn't buy a Porsche. I know why some people can appreciate it, but it's not for me.
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I was going to say the same thing. You suck at interviewing. I look at a lot of resumes and interview a lot of candidates - I am one of the technical gateways to getting hired.
I look at most resumes for an average of a minute. I am mostly looking for past experience to ask you about and to quiz you on skills you say you have. If I pass on you it's because you sucked in the interview, not because of anything that was on your resume.
Here are some things to ask yourself:
- Am I dressed and groomed appropriately?
- How is my hygiene?
- Am I well spoken and can I communicate clearly and effectively?
- Have I thought about real answers to the typical questions and not just canned responses (i.e. strengths, weaknesses, greatest accomplishment, long-term goals, examples of working in a team, etc.)? You need to have well thought-out responses to these questions that apply to you.
- During tech interviews, can I provide real world examples or am I spitting out algorithms and examples from text books?
Practice your interviewing skills.
Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister wrote up a shitty article and submitted it to /. to get more ad revenue. Whereas his bias against the iPhone will cloud any kind of real comparison, his love for Google, Java, and the Android will ensure he has his lips firmly planted on Brin and Page's collective ass. And because writing a real article would require time and thought, you can expect that I will just spew a bunch of FUD and speculate on what MIGHT come out for the Android. 'By just about any measure, I am talking out of my ass,' McAllister writes, noting his severe distaste for anything Apple. His Google love is, of course, essential to Android's prospects. 'Based on raw market share alone, the iPhone seems likely to remain the smartphone developer's platform of choice - especially when ISVs can translate that market share into application sales,' McAllister writes. 'Sound familiar? In this race, I am going to pander to the /. crowd by comparing Apple to MSFT and let Google massage my prostate with the Android.'
Turn off AdBlocker Plus when you go that article. It has a full page click-thru ad, and 4 or 5 other ads jumping out all over the page. It's a worthless article with no real comparisons. It was basically written to cash in on the Android announcement and the flurry of comparisons to the iPhone that are already being made.
How long before someone releases hacked drivers to use the accelerations on desktop-class cards? A simple BIOS flash ought to do the trick as well.
Why isn't this on EA's website?
http://www.ea.com/global/legal/legalnotice.jsp
Absolutely no mention on the Spore website:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.spore.com+securom&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS238US238
If you want to read what EA's explanation of SecuROM is from their support page, you can do so here. It includes information on how to remove SecuROM from your computer. Strangely, they make no mention of whether the removal process will disable the game.
All that being said, I don't imagine this lawsuit will make it very far. However, the policy that you can't return the software after it's been opened seems pretty criminal to me. The EULA should be included on the OUTSIDE of the box or a link to the EULA on the web that you can read before you open the software.
yeah, why the heck don't they convert the CO2 into something usable, like C and O2?
Maybe build another generating plant next door that supplies the energy required to break the molocules...
CO2 is a extremely stable molecule and it would take a great deal of energy to separate the two. The amount of energy it would be take would be counter-productive to the initial problem you are trying to solve.
Until we can figure out how to simulate photosynthesis or just go ahead and the let the trees do it, this just isn't the best solution available.
However, neither is pumping it in to the ground in my opinion. ...since no one is asking, I guess it doesn't really matter though.
If web surfing is such a high priority for you, you are not looking for a smart phone, you are looking for an iPhone.
Pick almost any other smart phone feature and put it head-to-head against the iPhone and the iPhone loses.
In other news, Apple doesn't make the greatest media players, and their laptops are significantly slower than other lower-priced options on the market.
Boo hoo, then don't click it. Maybe we should censor the front page to protect the children.
Keep talking though, self-righteous pithiness gets me all hot. More about the drivel...yeah, that's it. Wait, what the TFA about again?
One day God came down and asked the dinosaurs if there was anything they wanted. They responded that they wanted to see what the future was going to be like. God opened a vision for them and at first they were excited at all the tasty bi-peds walking around and all the lush vegetation provided by global warming.
Then as the vision continued, they saw something they thought no living being should ever have to endure. They saw that Carlos Mencia was going to be famous and that people would eventually experience his comedy in one form or another. The dinosaurs decided that they would never subject their heritage to such atrocities.
They begged and pleaded for God to take their lives. God replied, "I love you and that is not my way." The dinosaurs were persistent and they begged and pleaded some more. God finally agreed, saying, "Since I love you, I will take your lives, but you must endure horrible plagues, famine, and natural disasters." For the dinosaurs, it was worth it and they agreed.
We can all learn something from our reptilian, bird-like ancestors.
I think it's a mute point
Really? A mute [sic] point? As opposed to an obnoxiously loud point? Did someone sleep through 9th grade English?
I would mod you -1 redundant and -5 for egregious meme usage; alas, I have no mod points. Sometimes calling in the wrath of hell on MSFT here at /. will get you modded insightful, other times, it makes you look like a tool.
I propose that FishWithAHammer pays it all.
The motion is seconded. Please address all invoices to Mr. F. WithAHammer.
Haha! Wish I had mod points.
I didn't because I would have felt like a hypocrite. That is probably not the right word, but when I first saw the pictures, I was all like W.T.F?!? I thought the "after" picture was the before picture until I started scrolling though a little bit (I saw this article on a different site that had more photos).
The other site also had the photos featured from this article:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5il4qlI62UWuVdQ-az7K0N7OvGEoQD92N0TFO1
Again, it was a total W.T.F. moment for me. No, not a Worse Than Failure® moment, but you know what I mean. I got a little introspective after that and decided to leave it alone. Like, what if I saw that guy on the street, would I gasp in horror? Would I stare in amazement? I felt like my submitting it would just be a point and stare opportunity. Please tell me I am not the only one that had this thought.
Slashdot and filters have never been used in the same sentence before. I'll help you:
penis, phallus, schlong, wang, schmeckle, junk, package, et al
...but if your job went to India, you're expendable. Learn some new skills, get better at what you do, etc. The company I work for now is 70% India, 30% US. They trimmed the fat and sent the cheap labor to India.
If you haven't learned by now that you need to stand out from the crowd with an invaluable skill, your job is going to keep going to India.
This is such a load of FUD. Vista is not viable for your business, but I have 6 computers at work, 4 of which run Vista and they all do it fine. The only thing the Vista computers won't run is an outdated accounting application from 9 years ago. Everything else runs fine.
I was initially given a Vista machine at work because I needed to develop for Vista. I prefer it and use it almost exclusively now. Anyone who spends more than half a day with it will realize it is better than XP. I run it exclusively on my home Windows computers now as well.
Everyone ragged on Microsoft's Mojave experiment, but there is some definite truth to that campaign.
...is how much my company gives me every time my name is attached to a patent, after taxes. While it's all fine to take the moral high ground, your company is paying for your work, not your ethics.
I have applied for 4 this year and have already received bonuses for patents awarded from previous years. I am also entitled to licensing rights on two of them.
Seize the opportunity, this is your company, not you. Milk 'em for the bonus money.
Controlling my fembot, of course.
This will be quite a change from the very non-violent and family friendly Wii games like "Resident Evil 4", "Alone in the Dark" and "Bully".
How could such a thing happen?
Seriously, this is hardly the first M-rated title with violence to be released for the Wii.
http://www.toysrus.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2740893
Apparently some other members of the company had been contacted by recruiters and they started going through email and found some emails in violation of the non-compete clause. They then solidified their case through the former employee's LinkedIn contacts. The guy ended up settling out of court and they drilled him financially.
After finding that out, I went through my LinkedIn contacts and removed ALL the recruiters on there I didn't know on a personal level. I then contacted the recruiters remaining on my list and asked them to contact me before sending any InMail to any of my LinkedIn contacts.
My first trip was 10 years ago and I haven't been back in 7 years. The longest period of time I stayed was 6 weeks, but altogether I have 6 months of travel time in Japan.
Try being 6'4" with blond hair and green eyes walking the crowded streets of Tokyo. People would come up to me and feel the hair on my arms. They seem to be utterly fascinated with anyone that has any kind of body hair. I guess hairy freaks aren't allowed any kind of personal space.
Large groups of people, mostly kids and teenagers, would crowd around me and want to have their picture taken. It was just as bad in the Philippines, if not worse.
I'm glad I don't travel anymore.
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Giant Goiter
Then you should love Blu Ray's uncompressed audio. I have a feeling most of the people who bash Blu Ray have never enjoyed it on a good system. I have one of the best upconverting DVD players you can buy, and the difference on my system is simply amazing. Friends who come over to watch movies at my place always comment how they can never look at their setups the same way again.
Granted, I am the target audience and I am the guy spending the money on this stuff. I can understand why some people don't care about it though. It's the same reason I wouldn't buy a Porsche. I know why some people can appreciate it, but it's not for me.