The gaming community are not like ordinary people in idaho, montana, who do not know about fair use, media cartel predation, overpriced products. not only that, but they are also a more cohesive, communicating group.
its a VERY bad choice for ESA member companies. Right at a time when gamers were starting to complain about games being all the same with sequels, and mass produced without a passion. Great move to take gaming companies prestige further down.
so, will anyone post a list of ESA member companies so we can start avoiding them ?
the commute. now thats very detrimental to concentration and energy. a 30 minute in a traffic jam kills much energy. and in general any commute creates much wear and tear.
Yeah, that is an excellent way of describing it. And, yes (I didn't make it clear) I do think my manager is right. Working at home means it's much more difficult just to "turn off" at the end of the day. There is always the temptation to do just one more paragraph of a report, or just one more function of code. Or, google one more piece of information. Or, look up one last reference. Etc.
exactly
There is also the issue that I am enduring right this moment. I am home sick, and know it would be very easy for me login to the VPN or fire-up the remote desktop and continue my current project. It's taking quite a bit to resist that temptation actually, but at the end of the day: I am sick, I should not be doing work. When I was telecommuniting "not" working was probably more difficult when I was ill, meaning that I wasn't giving myself much needed rest. All in all, not telecommuniting anymore is a Good Thing, even though I would still like to do it (mainly to save fuel costs:-).
there is a solution though, you can create a separate workplace at your home. like, a well equipped garage, or an extension of your home. this will create the necessary work/home life separation, will provide the concentration you need (since you aint gonna be letting any home life stuff - kids and all - encroach into that space and anything out to home), and also cut fuel costs.
you can set them and have them for any kind of work, software or not. any company/agency, government or private. they work.
actually they are the prime identifier of any output. therefore if you set those, facilitate the communication tools (contact IM contact, email, a solid web project manager software), you can get all kinds of stuff done.
im working from home since 2 years. and its true that home becomes half a workplace after some time. its not a total work place, not a total relaxation place, but becomes something in between. you are never as stressful as at work, or relaxed as at home. you live in an optimal point in the limbo between them. half ready to work all the time, half ready to have fun all the time. weird.
when telecommuting, you will find it VERY difficult to explain being late on any milestone. in office, you are there, people see you 'work', and therefore your excuses (valid or not) has greater acceptance. however when telecommuting, everyone is on the lookout to prevent slacking, and any excuse will have a greater rate of being taken as slacking.
as with everything, you should be in a buyer beware mood. just going out outsourcing to any applicable candidate company is no good. you should research them, do test runs with them and see what ethics and approach they have. its no different from establishing a long duration business relationship.
what you describe is practically the general profile of a '$3/hour' job.
to cut costs they use ready snippets, old code, mashups. dont think of future of the code they are producing.
but, there are those who need that service too. it depends on needs. serious businesses should seek out serious outsourcing. its no different from any other field of business actually.
they do raise their prices. you'd be surprised how many indian companies actually bid closer to europe or u.s. rates. but, almost everyone converges on the reasonable internet rates. ie, noone bids $80/hour. but there are many who bid $30/hour.
yes, a very low price actually generates suspicion.
or consultants, or technical writers, or anyone who can work remotely without a strict government issued license :
Get to elance and similar services, and work for yourself. eventually you will be able to make a name, and afterwards you will be able to make money.
AND you can compete with indians. true, they can give out $3/hour for software projects. but, remember, what you pay is what you get. you'll find that there are a lot of people who know that regardless of india or vietnam, you should not be having software done for 3/hour. these people know whether a rate given for a work is rational or not. when bidding for projects of people like these, indian houses that shell out $3 bids are at disadvantage.
it can be done. sometimes it can be hard, until you make a name for yourself. but when you make a name for yourself, you will have continual clients that contact you outside of these services, and youll find that you rarely ever go bid on projects anymore.
well. take a shot at it yourself. its not as if anyone is barring you from doing it, unless you have exclusive items in your contract preventing such work.
they fine a MAJOR amount to the company, and $1 m euro or more for each day they dont comply with the ruling. straightens out die hard dirty player monopolists like microsoft even.
I apply the same logic when I think about RIAA. I think the music that the industry produces is mainly trash, but I also think they ought to have the right to license their music as they wish, and to have the ability to enforce that license within the limits of and by the law.
please dont post bullshit without thinking first.
riaa cant be compared to any other right holder.
for, they have the power to bribe lawmakers into legislating what is right, and what is not.
and it always happens so that THEIR rights gets to the front, and for people like you and me, rights are too impractical or infeasible to pursue in legal system.
This experience has left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wanted to swear off music.
indeed, these rascals are alienating untold numbers of youth from music. just for a few dollars more, they are not only killing an industry, but an ART. no exaggeration - dont just think about the actual number sued - think about how many people, friends, relatives, colleagues and alike, got adversely affected by what their acquaintance went through. and they are doing it for what ? to sustain an outdated business model.
its a crime against humanity, civilization. whereas today's courts are too 'old' to understand the matter in its core, future generations of judges and lawmakers wont be as such. woe to the people of young generations who join riaa in their shitty crusade by working for them or the media cartels - for they will still be alive when future generations take the matter into hand, whereas the bosses who used them to their own selfish ends will be long dead.
so microsoft paid them for an attack on google. but comcast on net neutrality. now lets examine the situation :
regardless of for what you pay them for, its going to strengthen the company and better the work they do. therefore any amount paid to that 'company' is going to make that company's work in any field, including anti net neutrality work, better. they will be less worried about revenue, they will be able to pay better slanderers and so on.
additionally, that company is attacking google, which is a major participant in the war for net neutrality, on OUR side (the free people, you and me). therefore weakening of google means weakening of the pro net neutrality forces, since they are one of the participants.
therefore microsoft is totally betraying our cause in all fronts. ALSO themselves. for if net neutrality is lost, they will be at the mercy of the teleccoms companies - remember that they have been pouring too much investment and time into internet related products.
Slashdot Mirror
check them out - sony, disney, ea, microsoft.
most customer unfriendly, enemy of the gamer corporations you can find in the industry.
The gaming community are not like ordinary people in idaho, montana, who do not know about fair use, media cartel predation, overpriced products. not only that, but they are also a more cohesive, communicating group.
its a VERY bad choice for ESA member companies. Right at a time when gamers were starting to complain about games being all the same with sequels, and mass produced without a passion. Great move to take gaming companies prestige further down.
so, will anyone post a list of ESA member companies so we can start avoiding them ?
the commute. now thats very detrimental to concentration and energy. a 30 minute in a traffic jam kills much energy. and in general any commute creates much wear and tear.
Yeah, that is an excellent way of describing it. And, yes (I didn't make it clear) I do think my manager is right. Working at home means it's much more difficult just to "turn off" at the end of the day. There is always the temptation to do just one more paragraph of a report, or just one more function of code. Or, google one more piece of information. Or, look up one last reference. Etc.
exactly
There is also the issue that I am enduring right this moment. I am home sick, and know it would be very easy for me login to the VPN or fire-up the remote desktop and continue my current project. It's taking quite a bit to resist that temptation actually, but at the end of the day: I am sick, I should not be doing work. When I was telecommuniting "not" working was probably more difficult when I was ill, meaning that I wasn't giving myself much needed rest. All in all, not telecommuniting anymore is a Good Thing, even though I would still like to do it (mainly to save fuel costs :-).
there is a solution though, you can create a separate workplace at your home. like, a well equipped garage, or an extension of your home. this will create the necessary work/home life separation, will provide the concentration you need (since you aint gonna be letting any home life stuff - kids and all - encroach into that space and anything out to home), and also cut fuel costs.
you just need the space though.
you can set them and have them for any kind of work, software or not. any company/agency, government or private. they work.
actually they are the prime identifier of any output. therefore if you set those, facilitate the communication tools (contact IM contact, email, a solid web project manager software), you can get all kinds of stuff done.
im working from home since 2 years. and its true that home becomes half a workplace after some time. its not a total work place, not a total relaxation place, but becomes something in between. you are never as stressful as at work, or relaxed as at home. you live in an optimal point in the limbo between them. half ready to work all the time, half ready to have fun all the time. weird.
when telecommuting, you will find it VERY difficult to explain being late on any milestone. in office, you are there, people see you 'work', and therefore your excuses (valid or not) has greater acceptance. however when telecommuting, everyone is on the lookout to prevent slacking, and any excuse will have a greater rate of being taken as slacking.
simple as that. milestones, output. rock solid.
quite so.
actually everyone does that for generic tasks.
and to think that chinese were trying to feed the bullshit before the opening of olympic games ...
not quite.
as with everything, you should be in a buyer beware mood. just going out outsourcing to any applicable candidate company is no good. you should research them, do test runs with them and see what ethics and approach they have. its no different from establishing a long duration business relationship.
what you describe is practically the general profile of a '$3/hour' job.
to cut costs they use ready snippets, old code, mashups. dont think of future of the code they are producing.
but, there are those who need that service too. it depends on needs. serious businesses should seek out serious outsourcing. its no different from any other field of business actually.
they do raise their prices. you'd be surprised how many indian companies actually bid closer to europe or u.s. rates. but, almost everyone converges on the reasonable internet rates. ie, noone bids $80/hour. but there are many who bid $30/hour.
yes, a very low price actually generates suspicion.
or consultants, or technical writers, or anyone who can work remotely without a strict government issued license :
Get to elance and similar services, and work for yourself. eventually you will be able to make a name, and afterwards you will be able to make money.
AND you can compete with indians. true, they can give out $3/hour for software projects. but, remember, what you pay is what you get. you'll find that there are a lot of people who know that regardless of india or vietnam, you should not be having software done for 3/hour. these people know whether a rate given for a work is rational or not. when bidding for projects of people like these, indian houses that shell out $3 bids are at disadvantage.
it can be done. sometimes it can be hard, until you make a name for yourself. but when you make a name for yourself, you will have continual clients that contact you outside of these services, and youll find that you rarely ever go bid on projects anymore.
well. take a shot at it yourself. its not as if anyone is barring you from doing it, unless you have exclusive items in your contract preventing such work.
perl is the language of choice for server scripting on linux.
its not only gonna be here for a looooong time, it will be almost mandatory if any company chooses to do anything with linux webservers.
"managers always want the shiny new technologies" - yes, because they dont know any better.
and all the freedom, openness, liberties we enjoy here.
well. who would have thought...
what are you bringing here ? other than a bad mouth and shitty insults ?
before going out to defend any company or being a fanboi of anything, GET DECENT MANNERS FIRST.
europe does great work ensuring that people who just dont want to work are made sure to work.
they fine a MAJOR amount to the company, and $1 m euro or more for each day they dont comply with the ruling. straightens out die hard dirty player monopolists like microsoft even.
u.s. should adopt this.
A conviction is still likely because prosecutors have the testimony of the two border guards who saw the drive while it was open
two border guards, who are white collar workers of non technical origin, non geek, AVERAGE internet user just like the ma and pa in illinois.
ALL of those oses prior to Vista have brought something to the table that wasnt there before themselves.
vista, brings NOTHING, except drm. therefore people are not tolerating the slowness.
I apply the same logic when I think about RIAA. I think the music that the industry produces is mainly trash, but I also think they ought to have the right to license their music as they wish, and to have the ability to enforce that license within the limits of and by the law.
please dont post bullshit without thinking first.
riaa cant be compared to any other right holder.
for, they have the power to bribe lawmakers into legislating what is right, and what is not.
and it always happens so that THEIR rights gets to the front, and for people like you and me, rights are too impractical or infeasible to pursue in legal system.
This experience has left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wanted to swear off music.
indeed, these rascals are alienating untold numbers of youth from music. just for a few dollars more, they are not only killing an industry, but an ART. no exaggeration - dont just think about the actual number sued - think about how many people, friends, relatives, colleagues and alike, got adversely affected by what their acquaintance went through. and they are doing it for what ? to sustain an outdated business model.
its a crime against humanity, civilization. whereas today's courts are too 'old' to understand the matter in its core, future generations of judges and lawmakers wont be as such. woe to the people of young generations who join riaa in their shitty crusade by working for them or the media cartels - for they will still be alive when future generations take the matter into hand, whereas the bosses who used them to their own selfish ends will be long dead.
to patent "Online Shitting".
well. apparently the patent office hates innovation.
so microsoft paid them for an attack on google. but comcast on net neutrality. now lets examine the situation :
regardless of for what you pay them for, its going to strengthen the company and better the work they do. therefore any amount paid to that 'company' is going to make that company's work in any field, including anti net neutrality work, better. they will be less worried about revenue, they will be able to pay better slanderers and so on.
additionally, that company is attacking google, which is a major participant in the war for net neutrality, on OUR side (the free people, you and me). therefore weakening of google means weakening of the pro net neutrality forces, since they are one of the participants.
therefore microsoft is totally betraying our cause in all fronts. ALSO themselves. for if net neutrality is lost, they will be at the mercy of the teleccoms companies - remember that they have been pouring too much investment and time into internet related products.
remember that microsoft was also participating in the fight FOR net neutrality 1-1.5 years ago, along with google, yahoo and the others.
now this, paying a company underhand for anti net neutrality fud.
excuse me, but if thats not conspiracy, i dont know what is.