Nice gesture. Probably means that Dean will get the votes of a good percentage of the million or so people who spend their Sundays reading Slashdot or writing free software.
On the other hand, Bush will get the votes of a good percentage of the 80 million who spend their Sundays in church.
Only $350? That must be for just one person. For a family of 4, it's more like $1000/month, which is more than our mortgage payment. People with insurance through work often don't have a clue as to how much they and their employer are paying for it. What irks me is that you can be paying this money year after year with minimal claims, then lose everything because you're injured while being unemployed for a few months.
They could open a whole new market for themselves by doing Linux ports.
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My guess is that it's not his resume, but where he's sending it. When I was job-hunting last year, it became pretty clear that most jobs posted online are frauds. You see the same ones appearing month after month, and you almost never get any kind of personal response.
The only way to get a job in today's tight market is to know the right person.
Just wait... If you have the money, will you want your kids to go to the public schools? And even if you do, what will your wife say? Okay, now you're spending $20K - $30K per year for their education. If you've got millions in the bank, will you and your wife still be satisfied in your 1800 SF house? Suddenly, you're looking at $500K (or in some areas, $1000K) houses. Are you going to stick your old 'student' furniture in your new McMansion? Better head over to Ethan Allen to get some nice pieces at $2K-$3K each. And a big house takes a LOT of furniture. Then there's the yard of your new house. You don't want to embarrass yourself with the neighbors, and you don't have time to mow all that lawn, so you'll need a gardening service. You might also have a pool, and wait until you see the heating bill for it!
Of course, the friends you make in your new neighborhood might belong to the local country club, so you'll want to join to. You might also feel funny driving around the area in your Chevy; a BMW or Mercedes will help you fit in better. And don't forget one for your wife.
"We're going after you gnerds who think you can upgrade by just plugging a new CPU or memory stick into your existing MB instead of buying a whole new computer. Muahahahahahahaha!"
Not sure if I agree with Snow. Most CEO's I hear about weren't in the liberal arts; they were business majors. And most politicians started out as lawyers. I don't see writers and artists with any more power than scientists and engineers, and would guess that, as a group, they have less.
I'd also dispute the common notion that tech-types have nothing to do with the 'softer' arts like literature and music.
A few years ago, I used the Boehme GC when writing a pair of compilers (Verilog/VHDL) in C++. I was very happy with the result, since it was rare for GC even to get called at all. It was also surprising how much simpler code gets when you don't have to worry about deleting objects.
I felt the same way about 6 years ago when I started seeing the term "technology" associated with software, as in "Microsoft Technology" or "Wizard Technology".
I pull a couple levers in one room, then walk around to another room to see what happened. Meanwhile, someone else sets the levers back. Then we get into a duel where the weapons are books, each of us trying to snap ours shut on the other person.
Same here, along with another reason: My $13/month ISP has always been friendly to non-MS OS's, and they run on Unix so I can FTP files to my account or telnet in to read email. And it's been nearly 100% reliable.
I have this fear that if I switch to broadband, I'll be paying $50+ per month so some tech-support bozo can tell me that every problem is my fault because "we only support Windows".
They're way better than that, as they combine the capabilities of a word-processor with a builtin-printer. And unlike most word-processors, they always provide a complete record of everything you've written.
Mplayer comes with 'mencode' for creating video streams, and also a script for using it to create VCD's from any source that Mplayer can play. For fun last night, I managed to use it to convert a RealPlayer video to a VCD on a CDRW, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it played perfectly in my Magnavox DVD player.
The article claims that the 2-3 rejections that JK Rowling received mean that the economy is 'flawed' in some way. But this is just a normal part of marketing a book, and that's a very small number for a new author. All it means is that editors have different tastes and opinions, and that different publishers have varying abilities to risk spending money on an unknown. I recall reading that the 'Wizard of Oz' got a couple rejections, and that 'A Wrinkle in Time' was turned down by more than a dozen publishers.
The positive aspect of the current system is that there are hundreds (maybe thousands) of publishers, so an author can keep trying as long as he/she likes.
Simple: Fixing the machines. Sure, that may eventually happen too. But for now, it's a lot easier to create a machine that flips burgers than to create a machine that can fix a broken burger-flipper.
Along the same line of reasoning, I wouldn't expect to see robot plumbers or electricians for quite a while either.
Hey, I thought it was just me being unlucky with them. Not only have I had them DOA, but I bought one floodlight-style bulb that seemed to be working nicely... until I noticed the smell of burning electrical-insulation after about an hour. Good thing I hadn't left it unattended.
I was amazed to see how T8's (electronic ballast flourscents) had come down in price recently, with shop-light fixtures available for around $10, and the bulbs going for $1-2 each. These things turn on instantly, have a very natural color, and produce more light while consuming only 32 watts each.
Maybe Apple does, but I think MS has an entirely different view of things. They profit by rolling out slightly incremental improvements over time, so they can keep selling people new versions. If an average person could walk into a Circuit City, buy a computer, and 'find the experience enjoyable', that person might hold onto the machine for several years.
I have a couple friends whe recently bought a new machine because Outlook kept crashing on their older model. That's the sort of thing MS likes to see!
* What does that 'oil' light mean? The car's still going, so why should I care? * You want me to do what with a 'tire pressure guage'? Won't I get my hands dirty? * Is it normal to smell gasoline while I'm driving?
I don't think my math PhD has helped or hurt much in my 25 years of software development. But during my 'down time' in the current downturn, it at least helped me get a temp. job teaching math at a local college.
If I were a state employee who needed to travel as part of my job, should the state buy me a Mercedes because I'd be more comfortable with that as opposed to a Toyota?
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Nice gesture. Probably means that Dean will get the votes of a good percentage of the million or so people who spend their Sundays reading Slashdot or writing free software.
On the other hand, Bush will get the votes of a good percentage of the 80 million who spend their Sundays in church.
I had one done a couple years ago (in the US), and it was also around $1300. A couple coworkers I talked to also paid the same at their dentists.
The only procedure I've found that you can shop around for is orthodonture, probably because it's elective.
Only $350? That must be for just one person. For a family of 4, it's more like $1000/month, which is more than our mortgage payment. People with insurance through work often don't have a clue as to how much they and their employer are paying for it. What irks me is that you can be paying this money year after year with minimal claims, then lose everything because you're injured while being unemployed for a few months.
They could open a whole new market for themselves by doing Linux ports.
My guess is that it's not his resume, but where he's sending it. When I was job-hunting last year, it became pretty clear that most jobs posted online are frauds. You see the same ones appearing month after month, and you almost never get any kind of personal response.
The only way to get a job in today's tight market is to know the right person.
Just wait... If you have the money, will you want your kids to go to the public schools? And even if you do, what will your wife say? Okay, now you're spending $20K - $30K per year for their education. If you've got millions in the bank, will you and your wife still be satisfied in your 1800 SF house? Suddenly, you're looking at $500K (or in some areas, $1000K) houses. Are you going to stick your old 'student' furniture in your new McMansion? Better head over to Ethan Allen to get some nice pieces at $2K-$3K each. And a big house takes a LOT of furniture. Then there's the yard of your new house. You don't want to embarrass yourself with the neighbors, and you don't have time to mow all that lawn, so you'll need a gardening service. You might also have a pool, and wait until you see the heating bill for it!
Of course, the friends you make in your new neighborhood might belong to the local country club, so you'll want to join to. You might also feel funny driving around the area in your Chevy; a BMW or Mercedes will help you fit in better. And don't forget one for your wife.
Last time I bought a drive, I paid for a 15Gb. But about a year later, I noticed that it was really a 30Gb.
"We're going after you gnerds who think you can upgrade by just plugging a new CPU or memory stick into your existing MB instead of buying a whole new computer. Muahahahahahahaha!"
Not sure if I agree with Snow. Most CEO's I hear about weren't in the liberal arts; they were business majors. And most politicians started out as lawyers. I don't see writers and artists with any more power than scientists and engineers, and would guess that, as a group, they have less.
I'd also dispute the common notion that tech-types have nothing to do with the 'softer' arts like literature and music.
A few years ago, I used the Boehme GC when writing a pair of compilers (Verilog/VHDL) in C++. I was very happy with the result, since it was rare for GC even to get called at all. It was also surprising how much simpler code gets when you don't have to worry about deleting objects.
I felt the same way about 6 years ago when I started seeing the term "technology" associated with software, as in "Microsoft Technology" or "Wizard Technology".
I'm trying to imagine what this might be like:
I pull a couple levers in one room, then walk around to another room to see what happened. Meanwhile, someone else sets the levers back. Then we get into a duel where the weapons are books, each of us trying to snap ours shut on the other person.
Same here, along with another reason: My $13/month ISP has always been friendly to non-MS OS's, and they run on Unix so I can FTP files to my account or telnet in to read email. And it's been nearly 100% reliable.
I have this fear that if I switch to broadband, I'll be paying $50+ per month so some tech-support bozo can tell me that every problem is my fault because "we only support Windows".
When I was looking for work last year, I also found that most companies insisted on resumes in Word format.
But one large company did not. In fact, they required resumes be submitted in plain text. And that was Microsoft.
They're way better than that, as they combine the capabilities of a word-processor with a builtin-printer. And unlike most word-processors, they always provide a complete record of everything you've written.
Mplayer comes with 'mencode' for creating video streams, and also a script for using it to create VCD's from any source that Mplayer can play. For fun last night, I managed to use it to convert a RealPlayer video to a VCD on a CDRW, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it played perfectly in my Magnavox DVD player.
This is one nice set of tools.
The article claims that the 2-3 rejections that JK Rowling received mean that the economy is 'flawed' in some way. But this is just a normal part of marketing a book, and that's a very small number for a new author. All it means is that editors have different tastes and opinions, and that different publishers have varying abilities to risk spending money on an unknown. I recall reading that the 'Wizard of Oz' got a couple rejections, and that 'A Wrinkle in Time' was turned down by more than a dozen publishers.
The positive aspect of the current system is that there are hundreds (maybe thousands) of publishers, so an author can keep trying as long as he/she likes.
Simple: Fixing the machines. Sure, that may eventually happen too. But for now, it's a lot easier to create a machine that flips burgers than to create a machine that can fix a broken burger-flipper.
Along the same line of reasoning, I wouldn't expect to see robot plumbers or electricians for quite a while either.
Hey, I thought it was just me being unlucky with them. Not only have I had them DOA, but I bought one floodlight-style bulb that seemed to be working nicely... until I noticed the smell of burning electrical-insulation after about an hour. Good thing I hadn't left it unattended.
I was amazed to see how T8's (electronic ballast flourscents) had come down in price recently, with shop-light fixtures available for around $10, and the bulbs going for $1-2 each. These things turn on instantly, have a very natural color, and produce more light while consuming only 32 watts each.
Maybe Apple does, but I think MS has an entirely different view of things. They profit by rolling out slightly incremental improvements over time, so they can keep selling people new versions. If an average person could walk into a Circuit City, buy a computer, and 'find the experience enjoyable', that person might hold onto the machine for several years.
I have a couple friends whe recently bought a new machine because Outlook kept crashing on their older model. That's the sort of thing MS likes to see!
I'm like that with cars:
* What does that 'oil' light mean? The car's still going, so why should I care?
* You want me to do what with a 'tire pressure guage'? Won't I get my hands dirty?
* Is it normal to smell gasoline while I'm driving?
I don't think my math PhD has helped or hurt much in my 25 years of software development. But during my 'down time' in the current downturn, it at least helped me get a temp. job teaching math at a local college.
If I were a state employee who needed to travel as part of my job, should the state buy me a Mercedes because I'd be more comfortable with that as opposed to a Toyota?
I just replayed UW1 last month, and I still think it's one of the greatest games ever made.