I guess in the end, given the debacle that was the NTP/RIM lawsuit, I would not be completely surprised. What bothers me, and just about everyone else out there is that there is nothing, well, at least nothing that I'm hearing or reading about, being done to put an end to this. Just because people here on/. talk about it doesn't mean that anything is ever going to get done. This is of concern to me because I have a BlackBerry. I am a BB Admin at work, and I deal with these things daily. What I don't understand is how patent holding companies are not squashed out of existence. Obviously the founding fathers had no idea the "system" would be abused the way that it has, and that the judicial system is for the most part rather uneducated regarding technology, meaning we see "unfair" judgments regarding these cases. Secondly, I feel that we need someone, at least one person that has some semblance of common sense in the USPTO. Hey, I can wish, can't I?
It really is disappointing that nothing is made of this, and that this isn't making at least CNN bottom of the news hour. We have really messed our priorities up here in the US. It is really something that all of us can be ashamed of. Lets stop just talking about change, and really go out and at the very least, try to make something happen.
I just traveled to Germany and France several weeks ago for family reasons. Needless to say I called ahead of time to AT&T and had an international plan placed on my account, and they advised me of several things which they do to all customers traveling abroad.
1) You will accrue charges if someone leaves a voicemail while your phone is on.
2) You will accrue charges for using the data (email, sms, etc)
3) If you want to avoid charges, keep your phone OFF, or turn off TD/RD. Standby will not stop charges from accruing.
4) I have a BlackBerry 8100, and sad to say my service in Europe was amazing. I got back to Boston, and standing in Logan Airport to see 1 bar of service almost made me cry.
So the lesson to learn is to follow the old adage: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Really....wouldn't an intern who is 22 years old and possibly an CS major know well enough to not leave data tapes in his car overnight? Seriously, did this kid leave his CD's or other shit in his car as well? Or is this just a glimpse of the future generation of college graduates and their common sense (or lack thereof?) Either way, I'm 24, and I've known for the past 8 years that you can't be stupid and leave stuff like that in your car. I don't know, maybe its the shock that common sense isn't so common. I mean, a company that I used to work for in South Carolina and had no respect for because they wouldn't spend a dime on IT had a great system for dealing with backups. It was two randomly chosen employees in two vehicles taking the tapes to Iron Mountain...I still have yet to see another company with such an effective plan that transports tapes between places without the use of a panzer./end spewage
Ok, so maybe the subject needed work, but thats not what I'm good at. I canceled my own myspace profile, with probably about 150 "friends" because I got tired to reading pointless surveys and other useless bulletins. Also, it is an addiction of epic proportions as well. How many people do we know about in the world around us that are able to spend more than 10 minutes on a social networking site? Everyone asked why I canceled, and its simple: If my real friends really want to get in touch with me, they can email or call me. I've heard from about 10 of those ~150 "friends" in the 4 months since I canceled. Also, I don't want to traumatize my eyes and ears because someone can't use gmail or hotmail, and they just have to use myspace without a knowledge of HTML and a sense of sight and sound. I still have a facebook account, but unless I know you personally, and we're the type of friends that will go out for a beer after work, then don't fucking add me, because you don't know me, and I don't know you. If you want to be my friend, then talk to me offline, you know, in the real world.
IANAL, and have limited experience in the legal system (with the exception of divorce attorneys) but wouldn't disbarring Jack not do anything except prevent him from practicing law? Say that he gets disbarred, wouldn't he still be able to file lawsuits, even as himself without the assistance of an attorney? Seriously, if in fact you want him to stop, why not simply have a judge order, based on previous set examples of his actions, that is banned from filing any lawsuit in the USA or territories for a period of ten years. Yeah, let him rant and rave, thats protected under the Constitution, but do we as an American and International public listen to those rants? All I'm saying is really having him disbarred going to stop him?
Yes, I can understand the whole not wanting to hire me because of things in my past. The thing is, is that as I get older, things will start to work out for me. I've settled down quite a bit, and I do have much more stability in my life now than I did two years ago. I learned that in 6 years in IT, nothing comes fast. I don't expect to be a Senior Sys Admin when I'm 26. Maybe when I'm 36 or so, but not now. I'm in a great job as a Jr Level AD/Exchange Admin. I'm happy, I'm learning more each and every day than I did in the year I was in college, and I'm obviously more experienced than most Assoc. in CS degrees coming from the ________ Technical College. I totally understand the need for background. I tried for NACLAC/Secret Clearance back in 2001. Didn't get it then. Tried again this year for a contract job, and I got it. Of course, I had a chance to explain my past in the interview with the investigator. All I'm saying, is give someone a chance to explain themselves if black marks come up. Someone took time with me, and I'm wicked happy they did, or else I'd be in telemarketing.
This is something that has affected me in the past year, while trying to get a job in the industry. I can completely understand background and credit checks, but at the same time, many perspective employers do not even give me a chance to explain myself, or the reason things came up. Granted, I'm only 24, and people see me as some damn kid who wants to show off to his friends, but that is completely opposite of what I'm there to do. I can understand that perspective employers see several arrests as a juvenile, and I'm instantaneously blacklisted. My credit has gone to shit too, especially after a messy divorce that has drug on for way too long. Ok, so I know I'm going to get modded down on this, but it's something that is really never spoken about. True, it can affect the job search for many of us, but I support having background checks, on the condition that we the person being investigated be offered a chance to explain ourselves, and to not become prospective employee investigation # 54283./end rant
I can attest to the fact that talking on a phone can and will keep you awake, but again, each situation is a personal judgment call. Most of the time I despise cell phones, ecspecially while not only driving, but on the train, in the grocery store, etc. I can specifically recall one time that I called an ex girlfriend in the middle of the night while driving from St Louis to Jeff. City, after having to pick up a Cisco setup that was same day service because of a dead router. If it weren't for talking to her, and I was using a headset, I would have fallen asleep at the wheel. Those of you who have driven I-70 at 3AM might already know this.
What I'm trying to get across is that enough with making redundant laws protecting us from ourselves. How about Public Service Messages promoting personal responsibility, or am I just partaking in wishful thinking here?
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I guess in the end, given the debacle that was the NTP/RIM lawsuit, I would not be completely surprised. What bothers me, and just about everyone else out there is that there is nothing, well, at least nothing that I'm hearing or reading about, being done to put an end to this. Just because people here on /. talk about it doesn't mean that anything is ever going to get done. This is of concern to me because I have a BlackBerry. I am a BB Admin at work, and I deal with these things daily. What I don't understand is how patent holding companies are not squashed out of existence. Obviously the founding fathers had no idea the "system" would be abused the way that it has, and that the judicial system is for the most part rather uneducated regarding technology, meaning we see "unfair" judgments regarding these cases. Secondly, I feel that we need someone, at least one person that has some semblance of common sense in the USPTO. Hey, I can wish, can't I?
It really is disappointing that nothing is made of this, and that this isn't making at least CNN bottom of the news hour. We have really messed our priorities up here in the US. It is really something that all of us can be ashamed of. Lets stop just talking about change, and really go out and at the very least, try to make something happen.
I just traveled to Germany and France several weeks ago for family reasons. Needless to say I called ahead of time to AT&T and had an international plan placed on my account, and they advised me of several things which they do to all customers traveling abroad. 1) You will accrue charges if someone leaves a voicemail while your phone is on. 2) You will accrue charges for using the data (email, sms, etc) 3) If you want to avoid charges, keep your phone OFF, or turn off TD/RD. Standby will not stop charges from accruing. 4) I have a BlackBerry 8100, and sad to say my service in Europe was amazing. I got back to Boston, and standing in Logan Airport to see 1 bar of service almost made me cry. So the lesson to learn is to follow the old adage: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
Really....wouldn't an intern who is 22 years old and possibly an CS major know well enough to not leave data tapes in his car overnight? Seriously, did this kid leave his CD's or other shit in his car as well? Or is this just a glimpse of the future generation of college graduates and their common sense (or lack thereof?) Either way, I'm 24, and I've known for the past 8 years that you can't be stupid and leave stuff like that in your car. I don't know, maybe its the shock that common sense isn't so common. I mean, a company that I used to work for in South Carolina and had no respect for because they wouldn't spend a dime on IT had a great system for dealing with backups. It was two randomly chosen employees in two vehicles taking the tapes to Iron Mountain...I still have yet to see another company with such an effective plan that transports tapes between places without the use of a panzer. /end spewage
Ok, so maybe the subject needed work, but thats not what I'm good at. I canceled my own myspace profile, with probably about 150 "friends" because I got tired to reading pointless surveys and other useless bulletins. Also, it is an addiction of epic proportions as well. How many people do we know about in the world around us that are able to spend more than 10 minutes on a social networking site? Everyone asked why I canceled, and its simple: If my real friends really want to get in touch with me, they can email or call me. I've heard from about 10 of those ~150 "friends" in the 4 months since I canceled. Also, I don't want to traumatize my eyes and ears because someone can't use gmail or hotmail, and they just have to use myspace without a knowledge of HTML and a sense of sight and sound. I still have a facebook account, but unless I know you personally, and we're the type of friends that will go out for a beer after work, then don't fucking add me, because you don't know me, and I don't know you. If you want to be my friend, then talk to me offline, you know, in the real world.
IANAL, and have limited experience in the legal system (with the exception of divorce attorneys) but wouldn't disbarring Jack not do anything except prevent him from practicing law? Say that he gets disbarred, wouldn't he still be able to file lawsuits, even as himself without the assistance of an attorney? Seriously, if in fact you want him to stop, why not simply have a judge order, based on previous set examples of his actions, that is banned from filing any lawsuit in the USA or territories for a period of ten years. Yeah, let him rant and rave, thats protected under the Constitution, but do we as an American and International public listen to those rants? All I'm saying is really having him disbarred going to stop him?
Yes, I can understand the whole not wanting to hire me because of things in my past. The thing is, is that as I get older, things will start to work out for me. I've settled down quite a bit, and I do have much more stability in my life now than I did two years ago. I learned that in 6 years in IT, nothing comes fast. I don't expect to be a Senior Sys Admin when I'm 26. Maybe when I'm 36 or so, but not now. I'm in a great job as a Jr Level AD/Exchange Admin. I'm happy, I'm learning more each and every day than I did in the year I was in college, and I'm obviously more experienced than most Assoc. in CS degrees coming from the ________ Technical College. I totally understand the need for background. I tried for NACLAC/Secret Clearance back in 2001. Didn't get it then. Tried again this year for a contract job, and I got it. Of course, I had a chance to explain my past in the interview with the investigator. All I'm saying, is give someone a chance to explain themselves if black marks come up. Someone took time with me, and I'm wicked happy they did, or else I'd be in telemarketing.
This is something that has affected me in the past year, while trying to get a job in the industry. I can completely understand background and credit checks, but at the same time, many perspective employers do not even give me a chance to explain myself, or the reason things came up. Granted, I'm only 24, and people see me as some damn kid who wants to show off to his friends, but that is completely opposite of what I'm there to do. I can understand that perspective employers see several arrests as a juvenile, and I'm instantaneously blacklisted. My credit has gone to shit too, especially after a messy divorce that has drug on for way too long. /end rant
Ok, so I know I'm going to get modded down on this, but it's something that is really never spoken about. True, it can affect the job search for many of us, but I support having background checks, on the condition that we the person being investigated be offered a chance to explain ourselves, and to not become prospective employee investigation # 54283.
I can attest to the fact that talking on a phone can and will keep you awake, but again, each situation is a personal judgment call. Most of the time I despise cell phones, ecspecially while not only driving, but on the train, in the grocery store, etc. I can specifically recall one time that I called an ex girlfriend in the middle of the night while driving from St Louis to Jeff. City, after having to pick up a Cisco setup that was same day service because of a dead router. If it weren't for talking to her, and I was using a headset, I would have fallen asleep at the wheel. Those of you who have driven I-70 at 3AM might already know this. What I'm trying to get across is that enough with making redundant laws protecting us from ourselves. How about Public Service Messages promoting personal responsibility, or am I just partaking in wishful thinking here?