Tell this to our Harper led conservative government. They don't care about recidivism, only for points with election promises. And the big payers are the provinces. Quebec is somewhat like Norway, in that keeping young offenders out of prison allows for the individual to get job training, more education and more self worth. The Conservative action is to send the individuals to prison. Prisons are great training grounds for more crime. The Feds are the rule makers; the provinces are the rules enforcers.
Harper government is a one term government. (2 if lucky)
Google management had serious meetings with Steve Jobs last year. He told them to concentrate on what they do best, and focus on it. He told them to drop everything else.
So perhaps that is the reason GH is being dropped.
A programmer when he is 18, has a fantastic memory and is like a sponge for learning. When I was in my 20's, I could tell you the book, chapter, page, and paragraph where I underlined an important concept, or even where there was a smudge on a page. My favourite author was Knuth.
Move forward 20 years, and learning now takes multiple passes on the same text. Salaries are in line for a senior at age 40, but if you are coasting by not keeping up to date, you will be layed off as too slow a learner or too expensive or only used to old technologies. By age 50+, you will certainly have difficulty in finding a developers job if you plan a career change.
I am 71, still working hard at software and security development in my own business. I have a pension, so I don't care if I break even, as being out to the office keeps me in my space, and allows my wife, her space.
My advice, hone your skills, and look for some part-time contracts to allow you to continue teaching and to be (for your mind), productive. By the way, I also taught university and at colleges at a junior college level.
I dont know of any programmers who are age 55+, except me.
I am in a snow belt, We get 25F or -20C easily for 6-8 weeks on end. The installer has to climb the pole, try to work with gloves, and work with sheathed wire that if flexed quickly, has the insulation break. Then he comes into the house to warm his hands, void his bladder, and use the rugged test equipment that his employer provided. In summer, there is the sweltering heat and the boxes on the poles with covers too sunbaked to touch.
These guys earn their money. They are given x jobs per day, and usually then complete them with some spare time. But when difficulties arise, these guys put out, as there is no unjustified carry-over of work from one day to the next.
So yes, climbing ladders, working in rain, cold, sweltering heat, and going into below ground pits and dealing with grumpy customers is what that salary covers.
Extending the copyrights is a whittling away of fair use, a little at a time. When the current copyright expires, they will find a way to extend it in perpetuity. And the rules will be grandfathered in.
Pretty soon the Bible will be copyrighted. King James descendants will be entitled to royalties.
I have certain dislikes against the copyright laws that are prolonged. Corporations can last 100 years and they do not want to lose the milk cows. Should a published work be owned forever? Here is what will happen if you say yes.
You will eventually encounter the disappearance altogether of copyright laws allowing any fair use. Can you imagine libraries will not be allowed to permit borrowing of material, unless you pay a royalty for eacn library loan? Corporate greed makes this all come to pass.
Re the CFL lamps. We find that they do not last as long as they claim, if used in a room where they are turned on and off a few times a day (example, kitchen, or other area. We never got a bulb to last 5000 hours unless it was turned on once, and left on.
So, the next lighting that I am waiting for is LED where at least the lights can be put on a dimmer, and where longevity of the lamp or light is a reality. LEDs work in very cold weather as opposed to CFLs.
I am the other baby boomers care about their wallets. Linux will succeed because it is affordable for desktop use. Most probably you will begin to find a myriads of linux based appliances. These will be more affordable than ones built with proprietary software.
In cold climates, the incandescent light works, whereas the mini-florescent bulbs will not start. In my home, when the temperature is cold outside, my heating is with electricity. The incandescent light replaces the toaster element, and provides both heat and light. It also works at -20C temperatures, for outside lighting. And disposing of incandescent bulbs is not the same as disposing of the mercury filled mini-florescent bulbs. The fear in our city of 3 million is that the bulbs are just dumped into the trash, in a bin marked recycling, and they break, releasing the mercury. Traces have mercury have been noticed in waste dump runoffs. It is going to be in your water systems shortly, as the water makes its way towards the oceans. Anyone have ideas about evaporation of water laden with traces of mercury?
I suspect that Nokia was asked to develop the MS phone, In order to do so, they had to let go of Qt, the GUI software development product. Or at least, keep it at arms length.
Qt adoption will allow MS (If they adopt it), to be free to use any operating system they chose.
America did do it, with the tacit approval of the government. Instead of dealing with a parliment or house of government in these countries, you set up a deal with a strongman, who can pay armies. Shortly thereafter the strong man becomes a president for life. It is so much easier to deal with one man who lines his pockets than it is to deal with a government.
I am certain that Iran and Iraq are two different situations. Iran has good agriculture, and is able to feed its population. Sanctions will not work as China and Russia, will say they are observing them, but will continue to provide (business is business) what Iran needs to wait out the sanctions. Sadly, in my view, there is only one way to stop Iran from getting the bomb. That way is obvious to me.
From what I see, the USA can be governed by one party where some members act as the opposition, but in the end the goals of the lobbyists win out.
With a third party, democracy will return, where the third party can represent the 99% middle class. It will have to act as a de-confrontational party to break the deep polarization that exists between republicans and democrats. It could be the tea party or a new party.
On the otherhand, too many parties will mean coalitions so that special interest groups get balanced hearing and appropriate actions.
In many colleges and schools, the teachers and support staff are part of a union. Even if he is not unionized, he probably has to follow some agreements the union(s) may have with the school. In that case, you do not do work beyond your job description. Why? Because you are deemed to be unqualified. I would not give compensation since the work was done while on the job.
Actually, I as a Canadian fear that sometime in the next 40 years the USA will make war on Canada, forcing us to join it, a country who is North America's and probably on a per capita basis, "the biggest polluter and the country that wastes more resources than any other country on the planet."
I think the USA should look at its urban sprawl as one major cause, and try to have more housing development on less land and to make better use of land. The idea of a many employees doing 40 mile commutes to/from work is something to be rethought. Do you all need one-acre lots and do you need that 1 hour drive each way?
So, you three or four car families, what are you going to do when technology development starts to be done in China, and other countries, due to lower costs of living? When your income drops as it is already happening, what are you going to do? As for sliding down the from the top of the highest standard of living to something closer to the world average, this is happening now. Just look at the USA unemployment problem. And finally, no country or group has exclusivity on intelligence. This statement means that other countries whose standard of living is rising will produce their fair share of geniuses and new inventions.
Canadians are too generous, allowing our limited resources to be sold to a country that really wastes it. We are taking short term gain for long term pain, when these resources are gone.
The Gregorian Calendar is only one calendar in use. It is also joined by the lunar calendars and the Orthodox (Russian / Greek) calendars and the myriads of manufacturing calendars. A manufacturing calendar is calculated taking into account legal holidays.
The Muslim, calendar, as I understand it, is lunar based, and has no leap year. Over time the months drift from season to season. It is a sensable way to manage dates. I could live with any Calendar that was not necessarily Lunar based. That means, eliminating the Gregorian Calendar too, as Easter, Monday is lunar based.
I want to thank you for your expository. I learned from you about the differences between GE and breeding, which I did not fully understand.
Here in Quebec, we take the kids out in picking season for cherries, strawberries, tomatoes, apples and sweet corn. I was really noting that the corn was not as good as it used to be when I was a kid. I remember though, as a kid, always finding a worm per corn ear. So, you are right, what I wrote does not make sense to you, and I, the city boy should not have claimed to be more than an observer of what we now get in the supermarkets.
It is time to close up the year 2011, and I would like to wish you and my fellow slashdotters a happy and prosperous new 2012 year. My wishes for health, happiness, and good jobs for all, go out to the world.
The Israeli company certainly knew where the items were going. I would bet that the power cords had plugs that were an Iranian standard and probably not a european standard.
There would be other taletale signs such as languages in which the manuals were requested and langauges where they were not allowed to show.
Really need to know if the company was acting treasonously, or if the company was really foreign owned.
What I see is a problem with this technology. In summer, when we wear no heavy coats, or shiver while the car warms up, the readings would have to be calibrated to my body with coat covering my lower body to my knees. In summer, it would register me as a different person.
Not a great product, unless it was used to adjust mirrors, car seat, radio stations, etc.
Apples costs are about 50% for marketing alone. I can't prove it, but look around you and then you price what it will cost you to post the same amount of information in every city in the country.
The manufacturers do make money, and their children are going to get university educations. The next generation of inventors and new products are going to come from their children. Why do I say that? Because these kids see what is wrong with current manufacturing and how it can be further improved.
The outsourcing of manufacturing also outsources university graduates and prevents some locals from having enough financing to complete a bachelor degree.
Your comments make no logic. I can tell you that taking your example to extreme, there should be no song writers, or painters or skulpturers, or musicans in orchestras as their remuneration is way to low and sometimes negative.
A teacher in our school systems needs a bachelors degree (arts or science) and a teaching diploma/certificate. That means 4 years of university and as well, training on how to teach individuals of differing ages.
We have a chain store in Canada called Dollerama. I got my 4 foot diamond design, copper wire silver plated conductor, with gold plated connectors and hardened gold filled pins, for the measly price of two dollars.
The cable is guaranteed to not work if you kink it, but otherwise, they claim that it will even undistort signals, making fine line images sharper than ever.
It was so good a deal, that I took another cable as a skipping rope for my granddaughter.
Every small business man and store owners who know clients use their knowledge to choose the wrapping paper, and usually choose the wrapping paper based on a) the family name, b) the knowledge gleaned from when the purchase is made c) By asking d) By the merchandise given as a gift.
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Tell this to our Harper led conservative government. They don't care about recidivism, only for points with election promises. And the big payers are the provinces. Quebec is somewhat like Norway, in that keeping young offenders out of prison allows for the individual to get job training, more education and more self worth. The Conservative action is to send the individuals to prison. Prisons are great training grounds for more crime. The Feds are the rule makers; the provinces are the rules enforcers.
Harper government is a one term government. (2 if lucky)
Google management had serious meetings with Steve Jobs last year. He told them to concentrate on what they do best, and focus on it. He told them to drop everything else.
So perhaps that is the reason GH is being dropped.
A programmer when he is 18, has a fantastic memory and is like a sponge for learning. When I was in my 20's, I could tell you the book, chapter, page, and paragraph where I underlined an important concept, or even where there was a smudge on a page. My favourite author was Knuth.
Move forward 20 years, and learning now takes multiple passes on the same text. Salaries are in line for a senior at age 40, but if you are coasting by not keeping up to date, you will be layed off as too slow a learner or too expensive or only used to old technologies. By age 50+, you will certainly have difficulty in finding a developers job if you plan a career change.
I am 71, still working hard at software and security development in my own business. I have a pension, so I don't care if I break even, as being out to the office keeps me in my space, and allows my wife, her space.
My advice, hone your skills, and look for some part-time contracts to allow you to continue teaching and to be (for your mind), productive. By the way, I also taught university and at colleges at a junior college level.
I dont know of any programmers who are age 55+, except me.
I am in a snow belt, We get 25F or -20C easily for 6-8 weeks on end. The installer has to climb the pole, try to work with gloves, and work with sheathed wire that if flexed quickly, has the insulation break.
Then he comes into the house to warm his hands, void his bladder, and use the rugged test equipment that his employer provided. In summer, there is the sweltering heat and the boxes on the poles with covers too sunbaked to touch.
These guys earn their money. They are given x jobs per day, and usually then complete them with some spare time. But when difficulties arise, these guys put out, as there is no unjustified carry-over of work from one day to the next.
So yes, climbing ladders, working in rain, cold, sweltering heat, and going into below ground pits and dealing with grumpy customers is what that salary covers.
Dont blame the technician. His desire is to learn and earn a living and obviously Comcast saw a future with this new person.
For my part, I will not provide in-depth training to a new employee until I see that he/she should be kept and nurtured.
Extending the copyrights is a whittling away of fair use, a little at a time. When the current copyright expires, they will find a way to extend it in perpetuity. And the rules will be grandfathered in.
Pretty soon the Bible will be copyrighted. King James descendants will be entitled to royalties.
I have certain dislikes against the copyright laws that are prolonged. Corporations can last 100 years and they do not want to lose the milk cows. Should a published work be owned forever? Here is what will happen if you say yes.
You will eventually encounter the disappearance altogether of copyright laws allowing any fair use. Can you imagine libraries will not be allowed to permit borrowing of material, unless you pay a royalty for eacn library loan? Corporate greed makes this all come to pass.
Re the CFL lamps. We find that they do not last as long as they claim, if used in a room where they are turned on and off a few times a day (example, kitchen, or other area. We never got a bulb to last 5000 hours unless it was turned on once, and left on.
So, the next lighting that I am waiting for is LED where at least the lights can be put on a dimmer, and where longevity of the lamp or light is a reality. LEDs work in very cold weather as opposed to CFLs.
I am the other baby boomers care about their wallets. Linux will succeed because it is affordable for desktop use. Most probably you will begin to find a myriads of linux based appliances. These will be more affordable than ones built with proprietary software.
In cold climates, the incandescent light works, whereas the mini-florescent bulbs will not start. In my home, when the temperature is cold outside, my heating is with electricity. The incandescent light replaces the toaster element, and provides both heat and light. It also works at -20C temperatures, for outside lighting.
And disposing of incandescent bulbs is not the same as disposing of the mercury filled mini-florescent bulbs. The fear in our city of 3 million is that the bulbs are just dumped into the trash, in a bin marked recycling, and they break, releasing the mercury. Traces have mercury have been noticed in waste dump runoffs. It is going to be in your water systems shortly, as the water makes its way towards the oceans. Anyone have ideas about evaporation of water laden with traces of mercury?
I suspect that Nokia was asked to develop the MS phone, In order to do so, they had to let go of Qt, the GUI software development product. Or at least, keep it at arms length.
Qt adoption will allow MS (If they adopt it), to be free to use any operating system they chose.
America did do it, with the tacit approval of the government. Instead of dealing with a parliment or house of government in these countries, you set up a deal with a strongman, who can pay armies. Shortly thereafter the strong man becomes a president for life. It is so much easier to deal with one man who lines his pockets than it is to deal with a government.
I am certain that Iran and Iraq are two different situations. Iran has good agriculture, and is able to feed its population. Sanctions will not work as China and Russia, will say they are observing them, but will continue to provide (business is business) what Iran needs to wait out the sanctions. Sadly, in my view, there is only one way to stop Iran from getting the bomb. That way is obvious to me.
Happy New Year and hope for the best outcome.
My grandchildren (10,8, 5) use flash drives (each drive is under $$5.00) to store their movies, etc. A 4 gig drive holds a full DVD worth of data.
From what I see, the USA can be governed by one party where some members act as the opposition, but in the end the goals of the lobbyists win out.
With a third party, democracy will return, where the third party can represent the 99% middle class. It will have to act as a de-confrontational party to break the deep polarization that exists between republicans and democrats. It could be the tea party or a new party.
On the otherhand, too many parties will mean coalitions so that special interest groups get balanced hearing and appropriate actions.
In many colleges and schools, the teachers and support staff are part of a union. Even if he is not unionized, he probably has to follow some agreements the union(s) may have with the school.
In that case, you do not do work beyond your job description. Why? Because you are deemed to be unqualified. I would not give compensation since the work was done while on the job.
Actually, I as a Canadian fear that sometime in the next 40 years the USA will make war on Canada, forcing us to join it, a country who is North America's and probably on a per capita basis, "the biggest polluter and the country that wastes more resources than any other country on the planet."
I think the USA should look at its urban sprawl as one major cause, and try to have more housing development on less land and to make better use of land. The idea of a many employees doing 40 mile commutes to/from work is something to be rethought. Do you all need one-acre lots and do you need that 1 hour drive each way?
So, you three or four car families, what are you going to do when technology development starts to be done in China, and other countries, due to lower costs of living? When your income drops as it is already happening, what are you going to do? As for sliding down the from the top of the highest standard of living to something closer to the world average, this is happening now. Just look at the USA unemployment problem. And finally, no country or group has exclusivity on intelligence. This statement means that other countries whose standard of living is rising will produce their fair share of geniuses and new inventions.
Canadians are too generous, allowing our limited resources to be sold to a country that really wastes it. We are taking short term gain for long term pain, when these resources are gone.
Happy New Year.
The Gregorian Calendar is only one calendar in use. It is also joined by the lunar calendars and the Orthodox (Russian / Greek) calendars and the myriads of manufacturing calendars. A manufacturing calendar is calculated taking into account legal holidays.
The Muslim, calendar, as I understand it, is lunar based, and has no leap year. Over time the months drift from season to season. It is a sensable way to manage dates. I could live with any Calendar that was not necessarily Lunar based. That means, eliminating the Gregorian Calendar too, as Easter, Monday is lunar based.
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Hi ChromeAeonium.
I want to thank you for your expository. I learned from you about the differences between GE and breeding, which I did not fully understand.
Here in Quebec, we take the kids out in picking season for cherries, strawberries, tomatoes, apples and sweet corn. I was really noting that the corn was not as good as it used to be when I was a kid. I remember though, as a kid, always finding a worm per corn ear. So, you are right, what I wrote does not make sense to you, and I, the city boy should not have claimed to be more than an observer of what we now get in the supermarkets.
It is time to close up the year 2011, and I would like to wish you and my fellow slashdotters a happy and prosperous new 2012 year. My wishes for health, happiness, and good jobs for all, go out to the world.
The Israeli company certainly knew where the items were going. I would bet that the power cords had plugs that were an Iranian standard and probably not a european standard.
There would be other taletale signs such as languages in which the manuals were requested and langauges where they were not allowed to show.
Really need to know if the company was acting treasonously, or if the company was really foreign owned.
I thought it had my spouses hand prints.
What I see is a problem with this technology. In summer, when we wear no heavy coats, or shiver while the car warms up, the readings would have to be calibrated to my body with coat covering my lower body to my knees. In summer, it would register me as a different person.
Not a great product, unless it was used to adjust mirrors, car seat, radio stations, etc.
Apples costs are about 50% for marketing alone. I can't prove it, but look around you and then you price what it will cost you to post the same amount of information in every city in the country.
The manufacturers do make money, and their children are going to get university educations. The next generation of inventors and new products are going to come from their children. Why do I say that? Because these kids see what is wrong with current manufacturing and how it can be further improved.
The outsourcing of manufacturing also outsources university graduates and prevents some locals from having enough financing to complete a bachelor degree.
Your comments make no logic. I can tell you that taking your example to extreme, there should be no song writers, or painters or skulpturers, or musicans in orchestras as their remuneration is way to low and sometimes negative.
A teacher in our school systems needs a bachelors degree (arts or science) and a teaching diploma/certificate. That means 4 years of university and as well, training on how to teach individuals of differing ages.
We have a chain store in Canada called Dollerama. I got my 4 foot diamond design, copper wire silver plated conductor, with gold plated connectors and hardened gold filled pins, for the measly price of two dollars.
The cable is guaranteed to not work if you kink it, but otherwise, they claim that it will even undistort signals, making fine line images sharper than ever.
It was so good a deal, that I took another cable as a skipping rope for my granddaughter.
Every small business man and store owners who know clients use their knowledge to choose the wrapping paper, and usually choose the wrapping paper based on a) the family name,
b) the knowledge gleaned from when the purchase is made
c) By asking
d) By the merchandise given as a gift.
Do they deserve a patent?
The comment about the Google motive is simple. Google cannot afford to become a monopoly.
BBB (BullSxxx baffles Brains) in that one has to justify why things are done for non profit (ha ha ha)