sorry..forgot to say one thing:
if the tree is going to fall, on its way down it'll probably take down the lines too. So either way tearing them up or taking them down, there'll be an outage.
IMHO, out of the two options, underground lines could be safer, but coming up with what's best would definitely require some serious study and some close look at statistics and events from previous outages.
Well, my house has been built in 1960. My neighbours told me that when Andrew hit Miami, the roof of my house and pretty much all roofs on this block have been blown off. (I live in the palmetto bay area)
Now my point is, why did they build the roof using wood again? My house has twice as many strips enforcing the roof than what the building code actually requires. But again, why use wood? Why not a concrete roof that can actually stand a hurricane? Is it actually better not to offer resistance that could affect the foundation of the house?
I totally agree on what you say about new construction, actually that's my point. Here in Miami we are extremely vulnerable to hurricanes, yet we keep building our houses using cheaper materials each time.
I just don't see why an insurance company doesn't rebuild the house entirely with enforced concrete. Well, yes I do: if the houses can stand the hurricanes, nobody would opt for wind insurance, and banks would eventually stop requiring it to give you a loan...
I totally agree.
I live just south of miami, and most of my neighbours rode out hurricane Andrew. I still can't believe all houses STILL use wood on their roofs. I can't believe everybody keeps building cheapo houses.
Currently, a wind of over 35MPH is enough to knock down electricity in most places. Not to mention that it serves as an excuse for FPL to make the prices go up.
*thinks*: OMG I got an automatic email from m$ ! this is my opportunity to send out an email and make it public in an attempt to be even more popular!
clickety! clickety! clack! Dear MS dude: clickety clak
go f*ck yourself
*thinks* omg! it's just like when I that guy at kindergarden didn't let me play with him
(continues)
click clak click clack
*send*
that'll show the world that I can cause controversy by giving an absurd level of importance to an automated email, that I can treat like shit a guy who doesn't know who I am, and that I ask all waiters to remove the 15% auto-grat.
Because yeah, they deserve it for not knowing who I am.
geez.
-.com and Y2k, not enough ppl around. H1B everywhere -after the.com and the Y2K years, a lot of ppl ended up on the street. ppl willing to work for peanuts -there were so many IT workers without a job, that HR had to tighten the requirements, of course they know jack shit about technology, so they just did
cat buzzwords > ad.txt
-ppl couldn't find jobs, list of requirements is ridiculously huge (unix admin + Oracle/MS SQL/ DBA + C++ proficiency + dreamweaver + photoshop + ERP + OLAP + ). You get (or got) the picture. Ppl got tired, some switched careers. Guys stopped to sign up at college for CS
-now the market is getting better, and a lot of ppl changed careers.
I am a systems analyst and a programmer and I was unemployed for almost 3 years (2001-2004).
Now, at this point I believe it's getting better. I don't want to call for a revolution nor anything like that, but I believe that there are a LOT of ppl like you, that got a job on a zillion technologies, obviously underpaid, and they are not saying anything because it was so hard to find/keep your job; and if we all were to look for another job and actually find it, employers/HR would get a clue.
What I am trying to say is, my employer was paying me close to 45k on contract (no benefits, no vacations, no sick days, invoiced exactly the hours I worked in 30' increments). I got tired, looked for another job, got a salary position paying 60k + shitload of benefits + vacations + etc etc.
When I told my employer I was leaving, suddenly all the bossy attitude vanished, and the *huge* salary raise offer showed up.
I think the time in which we can actually demand something is coming. In 2 years we'll be ok again I think.
Just my point of view, I hope it's not too subjective influenced by my own job-hunting experience.
Well, AFAIK, if he did it at work and he is an employee (salary) the intellectual property belongs to the company that hired him.
If he is an independent contractor, there should be a contract explicitly stating the work to be done, and outlining who the owner of the intellectual property is. If such contract does not exist, then I *believe* he could do it.
ok, so now my job will be outsourced to a robot!
It's ok though, I find comfort in the fact that this robot will lose his job to another robot in india.
Well, there aren't many technical differences between a local call and a long distance call. Yes, the number of switches involved in a long distance call may differ from the ones involved in a local call, but my point is that paying by the minute is stupid, no matter where you are calling. Metered calls is a biz model that no longer works. What is it exactly that one is paying when paying by the minute? power consumption on the switches?
I don't see why I have to pay by the minute on certain calls and why others are for a flat fee, other than a corporate move to subsidize the absurd burocracy they have to actually send you a bill.
In any case, many people think like you, and if you like paying for exactly what you use to avoid paying for what the other 10% is using, try moving to europe or south america, where you pay by the minute on ALL CALLS. If the call is considered a 'local' call, you get a lower rate/minute, but you still pay according to the time you use the line.
What I am trying to say is, why is there a distinction between local and long distance? Why can a celphone provider provide free flat access within their network and POTS can't?
The way I see it, the biz model of bells is long gone. What should be happening is that we should pay a flat fee to call anywhere in the world, and telcos will have to use that fee to do maintenance on the lines, and stuff like that. VoIP is driving us there, it'd be a smart move of the bells to get there as well. They just have to understand that the pay-for-long-distance is not a valid biz model anymore.
Well, see...the issue is not whether he is guilty or not.
Another issue is that he was caught in CHICAGO, not in Afghanistan. He is now in jail because he was a *terrorist*, and USA is considered war zone when it comes to terrorism. Question is, what are the criminal charges? did he even had a gun when they caught him? Anyone in USA could go to jail, not being charged with anything, and be kept there forever, just like him. Doesn't matter if you are guilty or not, nobody will be there to prove it.
Don't have a condescending attitude towards a guy older than you, eventhough people don't realize things as quickly as others, comprehension has many subtle levels and he most likely was where you are at many years before.
I started coding when I was 11, I was coding very good assembly stuff when I was 14, got a very good position at a company when I was 20 doing 4GLs, and now at 26 I am completely burned out and I want to code only as a hobby.
At some point we've all been there, excited about creating things. Then you start working in the real world and you deal with customers, respond to RFPs, start dealing with MBAs, and everything changes drastically.
I don't want to flame you, but listen to what older people have to say, becayse most likely they've been there before. The same reality has many subtle levels and we look at things differently with the years. Listening to him will help you to make better choices in the future.
I am an electronics technician and have a degree in Information Systems.
EE tend to write ugly code, and eventhough they can tackle almost any problem, imho they still need to learn systems analysis/design.
I am going to agree/point out:
-I learned very little in college that i haven't learned by myself. I only learned IS and the commercial perspective
-People like you and me know that an EE most likely codes better than a CS grad that is in it for the money, but employers and HR ppl don't
-I coded in asm for many years back in the DOS days, and in a variety of languages that go from low-level to 4GLs, and eventhough I consider that I have a lot of experience and a degree in IS complemented with electronics background, it's not easy for me to find a job unless I meet a list of 50 proprietary technologies I've never been exposed to, and all of them requiring 3 to 5 years of experience. Employers/HR needs to get a f*cking clue, not us. Just like the guy hiring an EE for a CS job, or the guy hiring a CS guy for an EE job. It really depends on what kind of things you need to code.
All degrees have something to offer, problem is that employers/HR don't know what they need/want.
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sorry..forgot to say one thing: if the tree is going to fall, on its way down it'll probably take down the lines too. So either way tearing them up or taking them down, there'll be an outage. IMHO, out of the two options, underground lines could be safer, but coming up with what's best would definitely require some serious study and some close look at statistics and events from previous outages.
Well, my house has been built in 1960.
My neighbours told me that when Andrew hit Miami, the roof of my house and pretty much all roofs on this block have been blown off. (I live in the palmetto bay area)
Now my point is, why did they build the roof using wood again? My house has twice as many strips enforcing the roof than what the building code actually requires. But again, why use wood? Why not a concrete roof that can actually stand a hurricane? Is it actually better not to offer resistance that could affect the foundation of the house?
I totally agree on what you say about new construction, actually that's my point. Here in Miami we are extremely vulnerable to hurricanes, yet we keep building our houses using cheaper materials each time.
I just don't see why an insurance company doesn't rebuild the house entirely with enforced concrete. Well, yes I do: if the houses can stand the hurricanes, nobody would opt for wind insurance, and banks would eventually stop requiring it to give you a loan...
I totally agree. I live just south of miami, and most of my neighbours rode out hurricane Andrew. I still can't believe all houses STILL use wood on their roofs. I can't believe everybody keeps building cheapo houses. Currently, a wind of over 35MPH is enough to knock down electricity in most places. Not to mention that it serves as an excuse for FPL to make the prices go up.
At this point I am wondering if they have to deal with hurricanes and storm surge....
*thinks*: OMG I got an automatic email from m$ ! this is my opportunity to send out an email and make it public in an attempt to be even more popular! clickety! clickety! clack! Dear MS dude: clickety clak go f*ck yourself *thinks* omg! it's just like when I that guy at kindergarden didn't let me play with him (continues) click clak click clack *send* that'll show the world that I can cause controversy by giving an absurd level of importance to an automated email, that I can treat like shit a guy who doesn't know who I am, and that I ask all waiters to remove the 15% auto-grat. Because yeah, they deserve it for not knowing who I am. geez.
Well, I'll put it in a chronological order imho:
.com and the Y2K years, a lot of ppl ended up on the street. ppl willing to work for peanuts
/keep your job; and if we all were to look for another job and actually find it, employers/HR would get a clue.
-.com and Y2k, not enough ppl around. H1B everywhere
-after the
-there were so many IT workers without a job, that HR had to tighten the requirements, of course they know jack shit about technology, so they just did
cat buzzwords > ad.txt
-ppl couldn't find jobs, list of requirements is ridiculously huge (unix admin + Oracle/MS SQL/ DBA + C++ proficiency + dreamweaver + photoshop + ERP + OLAP + ). You get (or got) the picture. Ppl got tired, some switched careers. Guys stopped to sign up at college for CS
-now the market is getting better, and a lot of ppl changed careers.
I am a systems analyst and a programmer and I was unemployed for almost 3 years (2001-2004).
Now, at this point I believe it's getting better.
I don't want to call for a revolution nor anything like that, but I believe that there are a LOT of ppl like you, that got a job on a zillion technologies, obviously underpaid, and they are not saying anything because it was so hard to find
What I am trying to say is, my employer was paying me close to 45k on contract (no benefits, no vacations, no sick days, invoiced exactly the hours I worked in 30' increments). I got tired, looked for another job, got a salary position paying 60k + shitload of benefits + vacations + etc etc.
When I told my employer I was leaving, suddenly all the bossy attitude vanished, and the *huge* salary raise offer showed up.
I think the time in which we can actually demand something is coming. In 2 years we'll be ok again I think.
Just my point of view, I hope it's not too subjective influenced by my own job-hunting experience.
Remember he does things the M$ way...the kill() routine has a bug, that's why google is still alive.
thanks. I was about to post something about that too
Well, AFAIK, if he did it at work and he is an employee (salary) the intellectual property belongs to the company that hired him.
If he is an independent contractor, there should be a contract explicitly stating the work to be done, and outlining who the owner of the intellectual property is. If such contract does not exist, then I *believe* he could do it.
I could be wrong though.
ok, so now my job will be outsourced to a robot! It's ok though, I find comfort in the fact that this robot will lose his job to another robot in india.
Well, there aren't many technical differences between a local call and a long distance call. Yes, the number of switches involved in a long distance call may differ from the ones involved in a local call, but my point is that paying by the minute is stupid, no matter where you are calling. Metered calls is a biz model that no longer works. What is it exactly that one is paying when paying by the minute? power consumption on the switches?
I don't see why I have to pay by the minute on certain calls and why others are for a flat fee, other than a corporate move to subsidize the absurd burocracy they have to actually send you a bill.
In any case, many people think like you, and if you like paying for exactly what you use to avoid paying for what the other 10% is using, try moving to europe or south america, where you pay by the minute on ALL CALLS. If the call is considered a 'local' call, you get a lower rate/minute, but you still pay according to the time you use the line.
What I am trying to say is, why is there a distinction between local and long distance? Why can a celphone provider provide free flat access within their network and POTS can't?
The way I see it, the biz model of bells is long gone. What should be happening is that we should pay a flat fee to call anywhere in the world, and telcos will have to use that fee to do maintenance on the lines, and stuff like that.
VoIP is driving us there, it'd be a smart move of the bells to get there as well. They just have to understand that the pay-for-long-distance is not a valid biz model anymore.
Well, see...the issue is not whether he is guilty or not.
Another issue is that he was caught in CHICAGO, not in Afghanistan. He is now in jail because he was a *terrorist*, and USA is considered war zone when it comes to terrorism. Question is, what are the criminal charges? did he even had a gun when they caught him? Anyone in USA could go to jail, not being charged with anything, and be kept there forever, just like him. Doesn't matter if you are guilty or not, nobody will be there to prove it.
ohmmm...not now Lumberg...I am real busy
Besides, I've got a meeting with the Bobs in a few minutes.
Don't have a condescending attitude towards a guy older than you, eventhough people don't realize things as quickly as others, comprehension has many subtle levels and he most likely was where you are at many years before.
I started coding when I was 11, I was coding very good assembly stuff when I was 14, got a very good position at a company when I was 20 doing 4GLs, and now at 26 I am completely burned out and I want to code only as a hobby.
At some point we've all been there, excited about creating things. Then you start working in the real world and you deal with customers, respond to RFPs, start dealing with MBAs, and everything changes drastically.
I don't want to flame you, but listen to what older people have to say, becayse most likely they've been there before. The same reality has many subtle levels and we look at things differently with the years. Listening to him will help you to make better choices in the future.
I am an electronics technician and have a degree in Information Systems. EE tend to write ugly code, and eventhough they can tackle almost any problem, imho they still need to learn systems analysis/design. I am going to agree/point out: -I learned very little in college that i haven't learned by myself. I only learned IS and the commercial perspective -People like you and me know that an EE most likely codes better than a CS grad that is in it for the money, but employers and HR ppl don't -I coded in asm for many years back in the DOS days, and in a variety of languages that go from low-level to 4GLs, and eventhough I consider that I have a lot of experience and a degree in IS complemented with electronics background, it's not easy for me to find a job unless I meet a list of 50 proprietary technologies I've never been exposed to, and all of them requiring 3 to 5 years of experience. Employers/HR needs to get a f*cking clue, not us. Just like the guy hiring an EE for a CS job, or the guy hiring a CS guy for an EE job. It really depends on what kind of things you need to code. All degrees have something to offer, problem is that employers/HR don't know what they need/want.