There are lots of jobs around, but employers these days aren't going to put up with someone who is going to surf/. all day long anymore.
What employers want are people who are smart, show potential, have shown growth and progress in their careers, can think as businessmen (as opposed to as "engineers"), and who are at least moderately well groomed.
We had to fire a bunch of people because they just weren't providing an ROI. The resources we have left are smart, capable of understanding our customers, and are focused on doing a great job. We pay very very well, and we haven't had to look overseas for replacements.
If you are still having trouble finding a job, maybe it isn't a time to look elsewhere. It might be time to look inward and figure out what your shortcomings are. Maybe you aren't really suited for an IT job (or any white-collar professional job).
I agree, but for the most part the game market works similarly with the book market. Games and game ideas are shopped around to various publishers in the hopes that someone provides some financial backing.
The concept of a couple developers pounding out code in a garage is certainly romantic, but it doesn't reflect anything but the least adept and amateurish "game programmers" out there.
The problem is that PC gaming is dying as online console gaming gains ground.
Most new exciting games are being released for consoles. There are only a few really hot titles for the PC.
Warhammer just doesn't have the namepower that something like Starcraft has, and so a minor game on a dying platform is simply a losing tactic no matter when they release it.
Google's search engine only catalogs search results. If these companies want special features, it makes sense that they would be willing to pay for its development. And since such a service would rely on Google's servers, there would also be an additional fee to help Google defray the cost of the additional load.
Google isn't standing up to anyone here. They are simply doing business.
Interesting take. Once you discount the proposition that all men are created equal there is nothing to prevent you from serving coffee instead of tea at your next function. Such that it should only be used in conjunction with purely refined polymers you will sometimes find in paints and lacquers of the highest quality. We are not talking about the lack of game theory and personal understanding as it is widely understood to be, but rather as the people we aspire to be. Which is to say that sometimes it just makes sense.
If you can understand the motivations people have and the key factors which shape and encourage those motivations, you can wield enormous power.
If people respond better and trust people they have "closeness" with, your strategy towards them can be formulated to maximize the closeness they feel with whatever "avatar" of yours they interact with. If you are a company, these avatars can be mascots, branding, key products, salespeople, etc. If you are a politician, those would be your staff, your public persona, etc.
Don't discount sociological studies just because they don't seem like "hard science", whatever *that* is.
I listen to my wife, but I also listen to Dr Phil.
If I work with someone every day but feel ambivalent towards them on a personal level yet have great respect for them on a professional level, is the personal closeness a factor at all?
The article (and perhaps the study) focuses on closeness but makes no mention of familiarity which may actually be the germination point of such closeness.
Let's be honest. Slashdot doesn't really have a need for a dedicated "bad analogy guy". There are so many people here who do a great job at it everyday for free. A "bad post guy" is also redundant, for the most part.
The only way to lose control of your kids is to refuse to loose control of them. If they know you trust them, they will live up to your expectations. If they know you are watching them like a hawk, you'll find they will withdraw to places you can't find them.
Apple is absolutely wrong here. It isn't a technological problem these parents are dealing with. It is a parental problem.
Note that the straight areas are orthogonal to the center and then begin their rotational curve somewhat further out. This implies that the material in those arms was ejected at a greater speed than the arms closer in. It also means that those arms are younger than others since the straight areas have not had time to settle into a standard curved shape.
I don't think your assumption that both sides want peaceful coexistence is necessarily valid.
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That is an interesting theory, but it would lead to the result that no nation could act rationally since each individual actor acts rationally within his own sphere of influence. But what that fails to recognize is that such seemingly random actions taken in aggregate actually do exhibit a gestalt which can be examined, and this in turn leads us to view groups as single actors with understandable goals and predictable behavior.
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If both sides stop acting belligerent, there will be peace. However, if Israel stops and the Palestinians don't, there will be mass casualties on Israel's side. If the Palestinians stop and Israel doesn't rescind their apartheid policies, the Palestinians will lose what little they have. If both sides keep fighting, they will both suffer casualties, but they will not lose everything.
It's interesting that the Israelis are looking to biological scum for guidance in such matters.
Tedious, dangerous, time-consuming tasks should be done by robots.
I'm still sad my Roomba doesn't empty, clean, and charge itself. I suppose it could, but that would probably be the last step before self awareness, and we all know how that will go.
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There are lots of jobs around, but employers these days aren't going to put up with someone who is going to surf /. all day long anymore.
What employers want are people who are smart, show potential, have shown growth and progress in their careers, can think as businessmen (as opposed to as "engineers"), and who are at least moderately well groomed.
We had to fire a bunch of people because they just weren't providing an ROI. The resources we have left are smart, capable of understanding our customers, and are focused on doing a great job. We pay very very well, and we haven't had to look overseas for replacements.
If you are still having trouble finding a job, maybe it isn't a time to look elsewhere. It might be time to look inward and figure out what your shortcomings are. Maybe you aren't really suited for an IT job (or any white-collar professional job).
My favorite bit is 1<<12
Wow. Your analogy didn't make anything clearer. I'm just as confused now as I was prior to reading your comment. Perhaps more so!
*sniff*
I'm so proud
Well, if a femtobarn is a really really small barn, then its inverse would be a really really small anti-barn.
When two such particles collide, you'd better get the flock out. At least that's the little I've herd.
So you editors are going to go ahead and just post any old gibberish?
My wifi router required me to change the root name and password. Don't they have that technology over in the UK?
I agree, but for the most part the game market works similarly with the book market. Games and game ideas are shopped around to various publishers in the hopes that someone provides some financial backing.
The concept of a couple developers pounding out code in a garage is certainly romantic, but it doesn't reflect anything but the least adept and amateurish "game programmers" out there.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/820/820692p1.html
PC gaming only constitutes a third of the total gaming market. Consoles constitute the rest.
That's not a prediction, that's just a fact.
Shutting your eyes to the tide won't make it ebb of flow to your liking.
Internet connectivity is, as it was for the PC, a true game (natch) changer.
The problem is that PC gaming is dying as online console gaming gains ground.
Most new exciting games are being released for consoles. There are only a few really hot titles for the PC.
Warhammer just doesn't have the namepower that something like Starcraft has, and so a minor game on a dying platform is simply a losing tactic no matter when they release it.
Google's search engine only catalogs search results. If these companies want special features, it makes sense that they would be willing to pay for its development. And since such a service would rely on Google's servers, there would also be an additional fee to help Google defray the cost of the additional load.
Google isn't standing up to anyone here. They are simply doing business.
Interesting take. Once you discount the proposition that all men are created equal there is nothing to prevent you from serving coffee instead of tea at your next function. Such that it should only be used in conjunction with purely refined polymers you will sometimes find in paints and lacquers of the highest quality. We are not talking about the lack of game theory and personal understanding as it is widely understood to be, but rather as the people we aspire to be. Which is to say that sometimes it just makes sense.
If you can understand the motivations people have and the key factors which shape and encourage those motivations, you can wield enormous power.
If people respond better and trust people they have "closeness" with, your strategy towards them can be formulated to maximize the closeness they feel with whatever "avatar" of yours they interact with. If you are a company, these avatars can be mascots, branding, key products, salespeople, etc. If you are a politician, those would be your staff, your public persona, etc.
Don't discount sociological studies just because they don't seem like "hard science", whatever *that* is.
I listen to my wife, but I also listen to Dr Phil.
If I work with someone every day but feel ambivalent towards them on a personal level yet have great respect for them on a professional level, is the personal closeness a factor at all?
The article (and perhaps the study) focuses on closeness but makes no mention of familiarity which may actually be the germination point of such closeness.
I made no such assumption.
Let's be honest. Slashdot doesn't really have a need for a dedicated "bad analogy guy". There are so many people here who do a great job at it everyday for free. A "bad post guy" is also redundant, for the most part.
The only way to lose control of your kids is to refuse to loose control of them. If they know you trust them, they will live up to your expectations. If they know you are watching them like a hawk, you'll find they will withdraw to places you can't find them.
Apple is absolutely wrong here. It isn't a technological problem these parents are dealing with. It is a parental problem.
Note that the straight areas are orthogonal to the center and then begin their rotational curve somewhat further out. This implies that the material in those arms was ejected at a greater speed than the arms closer in. It also means that those arms are younger than others since the straight areas have not had time to settle into a standard curved shape.
Pretty cool stuff, /.
I don't think your assumption that both sides want peaceful coexistence is necessarily valid.
That is an interesting theory, but it would lead to the result that no nation could act rationally since each individual actor acts rationally within his own sphere of influence. But what that fails to recognize is that such seemingly random actions taken in aggregate actually do exhibit a gestalt which can be examined, and this in turn leads us to view groups as single actors with understandable goals and predictable behavior.
If both sides stop acting belligerent, there will be peace.
However, if Israel stops and the Palestinians don't, there will be mass casualties on Israel's side.
If the Palestinians stop and Israel doesn't rescind their apartheid policies, the Palestinians will lose what little they have.
If both sides keep fighting, they will both suffer casualties, but they will not lose everything.
It's interesting that the Israelis are looking to biological scum for guidance in such matters.
Tedious, dangerous, time-consuming tasks should be done by robots.
I'm still sad my Roomba doesn't empty, clean, and charge itself. I suppose it could, but that would probably be the last step before self awareness, and we all know how that will go.
Why didn't they just use some colo company and save a bunch of money on maintenance and headcount?
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BTW, what's the deal with the "Marketplace" slashbox? Any way to disable this?
Videoing comets explode over Jupiter isn't cool. You know what's cool? A Billion dollars.