Word of mouth is an incredible tool. If someone is well known in the industry and truly a superstar, people will know who they are. If you want someone like that, you need to realize you'll have to pay for them. I haven't personally "looked for a job" in a long time. I have found a niche for myself, so people look for me.
At my last two places of employment (previous was contract and I am now full time), I was found by someone who knew my reputation. By contrast, I had a recruiter call me who had gotten my name from another recruiter friend of his. He called me and told me how they were in desperate need of a senior person who would set standards, mentor teams, etc. I had a great time laughing at him when he told me that they were offering a solid 40K less than what I was making at the time.
You are correct, nothing is being "pirated". Which is why I had no problem downloading it from Usenet and installing it on my dev box. I mean, not that I would know where to look for that type of thing (alt.binaries.boneless, both x86 and x64, complete with PARs and NZBs).
I have several Vista machines. My primary home desktop is running Windows Vista Ultimate and it's smooth as silk: Pentium D 840+ 4GB ECC PC6400 DDR2 Radeon HD 3870
Granted this is an excessive amount of hardware for most users (I'm a gamer), it is what I am used to and it runs great. Another Vista box I have is my Vista development box at work running Windows Vista Business. It's a Dell Optiplex 755: Core 2 Duo E6750 4GB PC6400 DDR2 Radeon X1300
Again, this system runs smooth as silk. If Vista is running sluggish, throw more RAM at it. It's cheap as dirt and it will really help Vista's performance.
Turn off UAC, enable the the run box on the start menu, set your page file to static min and max size, turn off any unnecessary services, and your system will be singing. The same was true when XP came out. The OS was more than most peoples' hardware could handle. It's the nature of Windows. I am surprised so many people are crying about it. Last time I checked it was status quo.
Engineer means that when you screw up, people die.
...which is entirely different from the software developers who write software for heart monitors, oxygen machines, and other critical life support systems?...or those developers who write software that control traffic signals, emergency response systems, et al. See, even civil engineers need software engineers. Get off your high horse and make sure you pick that CS side of your degree as your career path. You'll make a LOT more money, and while not scientifically proven, you'll have a much hotter wife (or life partner, pick your poison).
Just let the format die so I can expand my library of titles by the dozens for pennies on the dollar. Fortunately even if the format goes belly up, my player will still work and I can still enjoy my existing library....and yes, I have a Blu-Ray player as well so whoever wins is fine with me.
I have a 5, 3, and 11 month old. The 11 month old of course does not have the manual dexterity to play games yet, but my other two children enjoy it very much. They only play age-appropriate games. For instance, my 5yo plays Sonic games, puzzle games, Cars (the movie), Dora games, etc. My 3yo mostly plays games on his V-Smile (a learning system for kids), but there are a couple of games on Xbox Live Arcade that he plays as well.
I have been a gamer most of my life, I couldn't see it NOT being a part of my children's lives. I consider myself a pretty responsible parent when it comes to gaming. I don't even play M-Rated games in front of my children. When they are mature enough to understand what is going on, I will let them play those games. I can't stand playing M-Rated games against 12 year olds on Xbox Live. Even if they are mature enough to understand the game's content (which I highly doubt they are), it just bothers me.
Wow, so I'm a troll for pointing out that kiddy porn is openly traded on IRC. Unlike P2P, there is some semblance of an administration system. It's pretty sad that nothing is done about it. I wasn't blaming IRC for kiddie porn. I was pointing out that this is pretty silly concern given all that goes on. It's not the fault of the protocol, it's the fault of those that have the ability to do something about it and don't.
You can already do this with your hosts file. Put the offending host in your hosts file and set the IP address to the loopback address or to 0.0.0.0. If you are talking about blacklisting from search results, now yes, that would awesome.
ASS-U-ME 4. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to individual students who are thirteen (13) years of age or older on November 27, 2007, who are currently enrolled in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program, and who have agreed to these Rules ("Participants"). You must demonstrate the consent of a parent or legal guardian in order to be eligible to receive any prizes as well as written proof of age and proof of enrollment in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program. The Contest is not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, Myanmar (Burma), or to other individuals restricted by U.S. export controls and sanctions, and is void in any other nation, state, or province where prohibited or restricted by U.S. or local law. Employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders of (1) Google, (2) participating Open Source Organizations, (3) the parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries of either Google or any participating Open Source Organization, and members of their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside, and/or those living in the same household of each) are ineligible to participate in the Contest. You must have access to the Internet and either have or sign up for a free Google Account in order to enter.
My sister-in-law is legally blind and she is always asking how much battery life is left on her phone and how many messages she has. From an accessibility perspective, I think it's a pretty neat idea. Otherwise, it's a useless feature.
You and I are on the exact same page. The game is completely average. There is nothing that makes it stand out aside from the the unprecedented multiplayer options. However, this is only unprecedented on the console. The PC has had it for years, and mod community destroys anything that could ever exist on the console. I am not a console hater either. I own PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox 360. I own H1-H3, and even on the console, I consider Gear of War a superior shooter.
we're all entitled to our opinions and mine is that it is completely average. As far as gameplay goes, Gears of War destroys it. The only thing Halo has going for it is the amazing plethora of multiplayer options. It's unfortunately not enough to save the sloppy gameplay and poorly designed engine.
Halo...the most average FPS on the planet and people are nutting in their pants to own a copy. The only thing I can figure is this is the first FPS most console players ever played so they don't know any better.
The game is average, the engine is below average and the story/campaign is garbage. Deus Ex Machina anyone?
My job isn't represented on the chart. I am a software engineer at the architect level and I am on the low side of the 6 figure range + 12% bonus. I work for a $300M public company that has experienced excellent growth over the past few years. I have 12 years of experience in the general IT field, so I feel I am compensated fairly well. All that said, I am very satisfied with where I am at.
You could just RTFA before posting a comment and then not look quite as foolish.
"The consumer watchdog alleges Google does not do enough to differentiate "organic" search results - those ranked by relevance - from sponsored links which appear at the top of the results page."
I'm still not going to buy one. I have a laptop that gives me a great internet experience and email and third-party apps and all that other great crap and I have a perfectly good cell phone to make calls with. Since the duties of my employment pretty much require me to have these items on me at all times, what would be the advantage of purchasing an iPhone other than to prove I have the biggest iPenis? Brand whores unite!
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Word of mouth is an incredible tool. If someone is well known in the industry and truly a superstar, people will know who they are. If you want someone like that, you need to realize you'll have to pay for them. I haven't personally "looked for a job" in a long time. I have found a niche for myself, so people look for me.
At my last two places of employment (previous was contract and I am now full time), I was found by someone who knew my reputation. By contrast, I had a recruiter call me who had gotten my name from another recruiter friend of his. He called me and told me how they were in desperate need of a senior person who would set standards, mentor teams, etc. I had a great time laughing at him when he told me that they were offering a solid 40K less than what I was making at the time.
Yeah, that's a B for billion. That's how much revenue the video game industry brought in last year. I wouldn't mind living in that ghetto.
You are correct, nothing is being "pirated". Which is why I had no problem downloading it from Usenet and installing it on my dev box. I mean, not that I would know where to look for that type of thing (alt.binaries.boneless, both x86 and x64, complete with PARs and NZBs).
I have several Vista machines. My primary home desktop is running Windows Vista Ultimate and it's smooth as silk:
Pentium D 840+
4GB ECC PC6400 DDR2
Radeon HD 3870
Granted this is an excessive amount of hardware for most users (I'm a gamer), it is what I am used to and it runs great. Another Vista box I have is my Vista development box at work running Windows Vista Business. It's a Dell Optiplex 755:
Core 2 Duo E6750
4GB PC6400 DDR2
Radeon X1300
Again, this system runs smooth as silk. If Vista is running sluggish, throw more RAM at it. It's cheap as dirt and it will really help Vista's performance.
Turn off UAC, enable the the run box on the start menu, set your page file to static min and max size, turn off any unnecessary services, and your system will be singing. The same was true when XP came out. The OS was more than most peoples' hardware could handle. It's the nature of Windows. I am surprised so many people are crying about it. Last time I checked it was status quo.
4GB of RAM for $130 at Newegg --> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145176
Now you don't have an excuse.
...but, dirka dirka Muhammad jihad!
Engineer means that when you screw up, people die.
...which is entirely different from the software developers who write software for heart monitors, oxygen machines, and other critical life support systems? ...or those developers who write software that control traffic signals, emergency response systems, et al. See, even civil engineers need software engineers. Get off your high horse and make sure you pick that CS side of your degree as your career path. You'll make a LOT more money, and while not scientifically proven, you'll have a much hotter wife (or life partner, pick your poison).
Film at 11:00!
Just let the format die so I can expand my library of titles by the dozens for pennies on the dollar. Fortunately even if the format goes belly up, my player will still work and I can still enjoy my existing library. ...and yes, I have a Blu-Ray player as well so whoever wins is fine with me.
I have a 5, 3, and 11 month old. The 11 month old of course does not have the manual dexterity to play games yet, but my other two children enjoy it very much. They only play age-appropriate games. For instance, my 5yo plays Sonic games, puzzle games, Cars (the movie), Dora games, etc. My 3yo mostly plays games on his V-Smile (a learning system for kids), but there are a couple of games on Xbox Live Arcade that he plays as well.
I have been a gamer most of my life, I couldn't see it NOT being a part of my children's lives. I consider myself a pretty responsible parent when it comes to gaming. I don't even play M-Rated games in front of my children. When they are mature enough to understand what is going on, I will let them play those games. I can't stand playing M-Rated games against 12 year olds on Xbox Live. Even if they are mature enough to understand the game's content (which I highly doubt they are), it just bothers me.
http://www.2old2play.com/ FTW.
As talented as you might be in the trenches, it is very difficult to make the transition to management without a degree.
Wow, so I'm a troll for pointing out that kiddy porn is openly traded on IRC. Unlike P2P, there is some semblance of an administration system. It's pretty sad that nothing is done about it. I wasn't blaming IRC for kiddie porn. I was pointing out that this is pretty silly concern given all that goes on. It's not the fault of the protocol, it's the fault of those that have the ability to do something about it and don't.
Great, no drones or bots. What about all the people openly trading kiddy porn?
You can already do this with your hosts file. Put the offending host in your hosts file and set the IP address to the loopback address or to 0.0.0.0. If you are talking about blacklisting from search results, now yes, that would awesome.
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4. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to individual students who are thirteen (13) years of age or older on November 27, 2007, who are currently enrolled in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program, and who have agreed to these Rules ("Participants"). You must demonstrate the consent of a parent or legal guardian in order to be eligible to receive any prizes as well as written proof of age and proof of enrollment in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program. The Contest is not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, Myanmar (Burma), or to other individuals restricted by U.S. export controls and sanctions, and is void in any other nation, state, or province where prohibited or restricted by U.S. or local law. Employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders of (1) Google, (2) participating Open Source Organizations, (3) the parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries of either Google or any participating Open Source Organization, and members of their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside, and/or those living in the same household of each) are ineligible to participate in the Contest. You must have access to the Internet and either have or sign up for a free Google Account in order to enter.
My sister-in-law is legally blind and she is always asking how much battery life is left on her phone and how many messages she has. From an accessibility perspective, I think it's a pretty neat idea. Otherwise, it's a useless feature.
Compare and contrast with the business plan of Steve Jobs, which I think can be summed up as "make great products"...
Since when? I was always under the impression it was "sell over priced gadgets to trend whores", or "hire a great marketing dept".
Your analogy is completely confusing. Could you please rephrase it in the form of a car analogy? Thank you.
You and I are on the exact same page. The game is completely average. There is nothing that makes it stand out aside from the the unprecedented multiplayer options. However, this is only unprecedented on the console. The PC has had it for years, and mod community destroys anything that could ever exist on the console. I am not a console hater either. I own PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox 360. I own H1-H3, and even on the console, I consider Gear of War a superior shooter.
Halo is just average.
we're all entitled to our opinions and mine is that it is completely average. As far as gameplay goes, Gears of War destroys it. The only thing Halo has going for it is the amazing plethora of multiplayer options. It's unfortunately not enough to save the sloppy gameplay and poorly designed engine.
Halo...the most average FPS on the planet and people are nutting in their pants to own a copy. The only thing I can figure is this is the first FPS most console players ever played so they don't know any better.
The game is average, the engine is below average and the story/campaign is garbage. Deus Ex Machina anyone?
That is just pure gold. Please make a video of yourself doing this rant, it would provide me with hours of enjoyment.
Colin, you should change your sig to I learned everything I need to know from youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-fD78zyvI&feature=PlayList&p=D8B8EAC323DC2524&index=0&playnext=1
My job isn't represented on the chart. I am a software engineer at the architect level and I am on the low side of the 6 figure range + 12% bonus. I work for a $300M public company that has experienced excellent growth over the past few years. I have 12 years of experience in the general IT field, so I feel I am compensated fairly well. All that said, I am very satisfied with where I am at.
You could just RTFA before posting a comment and then not look quite as foolish.
"The consumer watchdog alleges Google does not do enough to differentiate "organic" search results - those ranked by relevance - from sponsored links which appear at the top of the results page."
I'm still not going to buy one. I have a laptop that gives me a great internet experience and email and third-party apps and all that other great crap and I have a perfectly good cell phone to make calls with. Since the duties of my employment pretty much require me to have these items on me at all times, what would be the advantage of purchasing an iPhone other than to prove I have the biggest iPenis? Brand whores unite!