Poor choice of words on my part. I meant an honest debate. Objective facts are few and far between in this world. People who only deal in facts are excessively obtuse and rarely contribute anything on any subject. Objective facts are important for confirmation and form the cornerstones of good arguments but objective opinions are just as important to any discussion. Take abortion, war, politics, love, religion and marketing. Most of the major issues in our lives are squarely in the realm of personal opinion. People who only deal in facts are intellectually crippled and unable to meaningfully deal with any of these issues.
Most companies will not give any real information when called for a reference because it opens them to liability. You'd be surprised. I can't wait to burn bridges where I work now. They(and their bosses) are going to know what useless panty waste these 3rd rate fucktards are.
Ya what I tell the new employer is that 2 weeks are customary or I can start on X date. I never really say I AM going to give my current employer any notice.
Wow it's almost like the right answer to problems comes from a balance and not any extreme. Why didn't I think of that. If microsoft was my company I would put all of these fuckers on a project to zero base CASE environments. If they want to be critical without being able to formulate a solution then I would fire them on the spot.
Like the guy who blew the whistle on the sub-prime fiasco this guy will be my secret ace in the hole for my dead pool. The global elite only want control over everything you say or do while you slave away on subsistence wages to make them rich...is that so wrong? What would John Galt do? Freedom of speech and personal privacy are the tools of pedophiles don't ya know? Personally I even support people's right to deny the holocaust, say the sky is red..or any other dumb ass shit. Until you get all the opinions on the table you simply are not having an objective debate on any issue.
You know you aren't really a hardcore coder unless you write your code on punch cards...leaning against a mainframe..cutting holes with an Xacto knife. Progress always depends on proving the old guard's assumptions and methods wrong. McLuhan's terminology (borrowed from Joyce) they are sucked into the maelstrom. These people are victims of the new media not the drivers(or survivors) of it. The funny thing is, with all the motion capture work that has been done with video game programming, computers already ARE being programmed with interpretive dance. These fossils just have their heads so far up their asses they haven't noticed a few revolutions go by. Pretty soon these people will be as employable as a web designer who does everything in VI.
Personally I'd like to see university courses trimmed down to just setting curriculum and evaluation. The university could then offer additional services if the student feels that they are necessary. Books, classes, labs, TAs could all be available but not manditory for the student. All those professors that gloat that they fail half their classes can get pushed out by professors with good success rates. If the useless ass at the front of the class is just going to read the book, fuck him I'll buy the book and read it myself. He can do whatever he wants as long as I don't have to pay for it.
Er..um. Actually intelligence has nothing to do with how much you know at all. That's memory not intelligence. Most questions on the mensa test have all the information required to solve the problem in the actual question. This also reduces the cultural bias issues.
I've met some mensa people. It's physically draining to resist the urge to beat them up and take their lunch money. It's more of a support group for the morbidly dorky than a society of enlightened souls.
He's a patent troll. He invented nothing. His business is largely ripped off from Alan Kay's work and built by the sweat of the Woz. The guy started out swiping long distance service and then has the audacity to complain when people try to get access and use of their own music files from his shit headed iTunes app. He's fucking people over left right and centre on the iPhone app store. No one should have any right to stifle innovation or expression like he has. I hope it hurts lots when he dies. The world will be better with one less asshole.
Why would you want to study and work your ass off when you'll just end up being the bitch of some retarded MBA douchebag who spent his college days drinking and chasing skirts. Fuck that. I'd rather be the boss.
If I pay my own hard earned money I get a fucked up copy of the book I bought? If the pirates cross reference out those errors then that means the pirates are handed a monopoly on the original work as the artist intended. Hand you opponent a monopoly on your own product. Genius plan.
I'mma gonna let you finish but OS/2 came out with the greatest OS that's going to take over the world. I always hear about these OSes like OS/2 and Amiga OS, BeOS, and Linux that are going to take over everything. I had an Amiga. It was a great machine and it took a long time for the PCs and the Macs to catch up(Long after it was dead). What Amiga taught me most was that you would not win in the computer market by being better. I also learned to let go of past technology.
Gee you mean the IPv4 addresses are running out? So there is going to be a shortage of something. I guess a business could A) Provide an easy alternative B) Fleece the fuck out of the customer over the dwindling supplies. Now kids, does Verizon seem like an A company or a B company?
If you spend any time in corporate IT you will see it play out over and over again. I have. You are right that a large portion of admins pout, surf the web for an afternoon and then go back to work.
People don't leave all at once like you say what you get is the Dead Sea Effect.http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/12/2241216 Most of these companies would rather have a cheap admin from India with poor communication skills and worse tech savvy. The Indian would be on contract and would not add to head count. They will happily pay more for bad service because they really don't care if IT is done well. They do care about head count. If something goes really wrong they will change companies and get another admin who can't speak English or manage a system. Problem solved.
No actually Ape B is a manipulative parasite. It's not a lesser type of intelligence but it is used AGAINST the other apes. It does NOT lead to over all better productivity. Proper teamwork will ALWAYS win over one ape sitting on their ass manipulating the rest for their own advantage. But if Ape A was all that smart they would have smashed the B's heads in with a rock and learned to do for themselves. Moral of the story is as smart as we think we are we're still a bunch of apes. If you ever get the chance to work on an extremely effective team you'll notice the person in charge doesn't lead. They elicit consensus where possible and break deadlocks where necessary. They are far more concerned with setting an example than "leading". We now know for a fact from the interwebz that moderated cooperation far outdoes classical hierarchy structure. Leave them alone in the woods and the A apes are fine and the B apes will die.
Nice theory but it doesn't work that way in most cases. A lot of the time senior positions are doled out by VPs or at least Directors. They are looking for strong allies not competent managers. No one cares if they can't manage for shit.
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Poor choice of words on my part. I meant an honest debate. Objective facts are few and far between in this world. People who only deal in facts are excessively obtuse and rarely contribute anything on any subject. Objective facts are important for confirmation and form the cornerstones of good arguments but objective opinions are just as important to any discussion. Take abortion, war, politics, love, religion and marketing. Most of the major issues in our lives are squarely in the realm of personal opinion. People who only deal in facts are intellectually crippled and unable to meaningfully deal with any of these issues.
Most companies will not give any real information when called for a reference because it opens them to liability. You'd be surprised.
I can't wait to burn bridges where I work now.
They(and their bosses) are going to know what useless panty waste these 3rd rate fucktards are.
Ya what I tell the new employer is that 2 weeks are customary or I can start on X date. I never really say I AM going to give my current employer any notice.
Wow it's almost like the right answer to problems comes from a balance and not any extreme. Why didn't I think of that.
If microsoft was my company I would put all of these fuckers on a project to zero base CASE environments. If they want to be critical without being able to formulate a solution then I would fire them on the spot.
Like the guy who blew the whistle on the sub-prime fiasco this guy will be my secret ace in the hole for my dead pool.
The global elite only want control over everything you say or do while you slave away on subsistence wages to make them rich...is that so wrong?
What would John Galt do?
Freedom of speech and personal privacy are the tools of pedophiles don't ya know?
Personally I even support people's right to deny the holocaust, say the sky is red..or any other dumb ass shit.
Until you get all the opinions on the table you simply are not having an objective debate on any issue.
You know you aren't really a hardcore coder unless you write your code on punch cards...leaning against a mainframe..cutting holes with an Xacto knife.
Progress always depends on proving the old guard's assumptions and methods wrong.
McLuhan's terminology (borrowed from Joyce) they are sucked into the maelstrom.
These people are victims of the new media not the drivers(or survivors) of it.
The funny thing is, with all the motion capture work that has been done with video game programming, computers already ARE being programmed with interpretive dance. These fossils just have their heads so far up their asses they haven't noticed a few revolutions go by.
Pretty soon these people will be as employable as a web designer who does everything in VI.
Personally I'd like to see university courses trimmed down to just setting curriculum and evaluation. The university could then offer additional services if the student feels that they are necessary. Books, classes, labs, TAs could all be available but not manditory for the student.
All those professors that gloat that they fail half their classes can get pushed out by professors with good success rates. If the useless ass at the front of the class is just going to read the book, fuck him I'll buy the book and read it myself. He can do whatever he wants as long as I don't have to pay for it.
A beta blocker would do just fine.
Er..um. Actually intelligence has nothing to do with how much you know at all. That's memory not intelligence. Most questions on the mensa test have all the information required to solve the problem in the actual question. This also reduces the cultural bias issues.
I've met some mensa people. It's physically draining to resist the urge to beat them up and take their lunch money. It's more of a support group for the morbidly dorky than a society of enlightened souls.
He's a patent troll. He invented nothing.
His business is largely ripped off from Alan Kay's work and built by the sweat of the Woz.
The guy started out swiping long distance service and then has the audacity to complain when people try to get access and use of their own music files from his shit headed iTunes app.
He's fucking people over left right and centre on the iPhone app store. No one should have any right to stifle innovation or expression like he has.
I hope it hurts lots when he dies.
The world will be better with one less asshole.
Why would you want to study and work your ass off when you'll just end up being the bitch of some retarded MBA douchebag who spent his college days drinking and chasing skirts. Fuck that. I'd rather be the boss.
If I pay my own hard earned money I get a fucked up copy of the book I bought?
If the pirates cross reference out those errors then that means the pirates are handed a monopoly on the original work as the artist intended. Hand you opponent a monopoly on your own product. Genius plan.
I hope his liver rejects and he dies a slow lingering painful death.
I wonder if the vista engineers got my suggestion and stabbed themselve in the face.
I may need it for the speed
I'mma gonna let you finish but OS/2 came out with the greatest OS that's going to take over the world. I always hear about these OSes like OS/2 and Amiga OS, BeOS, and Linux that are going to take over everything. I had an Amiga. It was a great machine and it took a long time for the PCs and the Macs to catch up(Long after it was dead). What Amiga taught me most was that you would not win in the computer market by being better. I also learned to let go of past technology.
Gee you mean the IPv4 addresses are running out? So there is going to be a shortage of something. I guess a business could A) Provide an easy alternative B) Fleece the fuck out of the customer over the dwindling supplies. Now kids, does Verizon seem like an A company or a B company?
Single player command training would be cool
Lotus makes me want to hurt myself. I've never seen back end code like in R5. It's fucking openly hostile to the user and the administrator alike.
If you spend any time in corporate IT you will see it play out over and over again. I have.
You are right that a large portion of admins pout, surf the web for an afternoon and then go back to work.
People don't leave all at once like you say what you get is the Dead Sea Effect.http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/12/2241216
Most of these companies would rather have a cheap admin from India with poor communication skills and worse tech savvy.
The Indian would be on contract and would not add to head count. They will happily pay more for bad service because they really don't care if IT is done well. They do care about head count. If something goes really wrong they will change companies and get another admin who can't speak English or manage a system. Problem solved.
No actually Ape B is a manipulative parasite. It's not a lesser type of intelligence but it is used AGAINST the other apes. It does NOT lead to over all better productivity. Proper teamwork will ALWAYS win over one ape sitting on their ass manipulating the rest for their own advantage.
But if Ape A was all that smart they would have smashed the B's heads in with a rock and learned to do for themselves.
Moral of the story is as smart as we think we are we're still a bunch of apes.
If you ever get the chance to work on an extremely effective team you'll notice the person in charge doesn't lead. They elicit consensus where possible and break deadlocks where necessary. They are far more concerned with setting an example than "leading".
We now know for a fact from the interwebz that moderated cooperation far outdoes classical hierarchy structure.
Leave them alone in the woods and the A apes are fine and the B apes will die.
Nice theory but it doesn't work that way in most cases.
A lot of the time senior positions are doled out by VPs or at least Directors. They are looking for strong allies not competent managers. No one cares if they can't manage for shit.