There was a 'Air Crash Investigation' show about a crash on a Greek plane (Helios?) where the whole plane wasn't getting oxygen, as someone hadn't flipped the correct switch last maintenance slot. Everyone passed out, last man alive was someone who had some experience of low-pressure work (a diver).
Be interesting to know when the plane was last maintained, what for, what was done, etc.
And my heart goes out to the families, of course. To us, this is academic. To them, it is very real.
Ah, Sinclair Basic. A friend had a box of his. I remember having to press three buttons to get the word "Let" or whatever the BASIC command was. You couldn't just type in the word LET using the Alpha keyboard.
And this was the 'Spectrum', speaking from memory. Someone likened pressing the keys on that thing to touching dead flesh. I had to take his word for it.
I'm an Australian Citizen and work as a Senior Systems Admin at a telecommunications company. I'm looking for a job in the US on a visa (E-3 which is easier to get than H1B for Australians).
What do you think would be my chances? I guess you'd need a copy of my CV, but just wondering if real employers who are struggling to find the right candidate would bother with the trouble of getting an E-3 visa for an Aussie? (FYI the E-3 is a lot less work than getting a H1B but because its not well known known nobody seems to really want to bother with it).
I also visit the US yearly and could interview in person and have a US ph number (voip) employers can call me on too.
I can't work out if you're serious... but I'm in NZ, and have applied for a couple of US positions from here. I'm in a specialized area (Unisys & ALGOL, if you must know) so there's not many of us about. Got as far as people in the US emailing back, but as soon as they found out I didn't have right of abode, I got dropped.
Fine, no problems, I reply. Good luck with the search.
I believe the application fee was $35, so they have already raised a whopping $7 million that I assume will be leveraged for more publicity stunts in raising further money for the mission.
The main speciality of the Mars One project is fundraising and public relations, not space travel.
Agreed. It struck me as a reality show, rather than as a serious space mission (that's a mission into serious space).
I find this quite poignant... cheer up Americans, much as we slag you off we know that you are good intentioned. Just that you know what they say about the road to hell...
Hear hear. Churchill said once that we (the world) could always rely on America to do the right thing. After they'd tried everything else.
(p.s. no offence intended...please don't invade my country)
Frankly, any company that expects any given hire to have an extensive record of blog posts and tweets is not one I would really want to work for.
Not just because of the privacy implications, but because, in my view, that's expecting me to have a particular kind of personality: one that feels compelled to share everything, or at least a frequent chunk of what I do and think.
Unfortunately, this is just another manifestation of extroverts running most organizations and not even truly comprehending what it might be not to be an extrovert. So much of the hiring process and expectations in the workplace are centered around things that give extroverts a charge, but drain introverts' energy badly.
Just one of my big pet peeves X-P
Dan Aris
Totally agree. Maybe not that much, though. I don't have a Facebook, don't tweet, have some webpresence under various names. I figure some do, some don't... but if someone asked me at an interview why I don't have a Facebook account, I'd put 'Security and privacy' up there, right next to 'Can't be bothered with that tomfoolery'.
And in the evenings I spend time with the family, watch movies, play the occasional PC game, or board game, play my sax, walk my dog, cook dinner, read a book, work in the garden. I don't spend my life in front of the PC: I like to think I'm well-rounded. Ask me about HTML-5 and I'll look lost. Ask me about the characters in "Nicholas Nickleby" and I'll talk your ear off.
Which one would an employer prefer? Now, that's a good question.
Re the sig...
Check UIDs. I'm COLD FJORD(826450). User COID FJORD(2949869) has impersonated me. Don't confuse us if he trolls you. ...
kinda ironic that the post was marked as 'Troll', huh...
This calls to mind the story of the king who was in a class for learning algebra, and after realizing it was hard, he took the teacher aside and said 'I'm the king - show me the easier route'.
There's isn't one. Sit down and read it. Then re-read it. Then think. Then read it again. Think again. Repeat.
If not, you don't hack, or hack back. People/Corporations do things for profit, monetary or otherwise. If I were a CIO (employers, CV available on demand...) I'd be less than impressed in my staff indulging in revenge rather than in selling our product or helping our clients.
And BTW, how come we got hacked? Can we fix that hole please? I've got to tell the board in 20 minutes what happened and that it won't happen again.
1) There's no mention in the summary or TFA that the cell phone will be perused at the scene of the accident. Just that it will be confiscated.
2) Anyone else seen "Air Crash Investigation"? The investigators check all data available for the cause of accident.
That second one is a killer. If I'm driving a Toyota and I hear that there's been lots of accidents in other Toyotas, I want to know the cause of those accidents. Toyota brakes failing or idiots texting.
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There was a 'Air Crash Investigation' show about a crash on a Greek plane (Helios?) where the whole plane wasn't getting oxygen, as someone hadn't flipped the correct switch last maintenance slot. Everyone passed out, last man alive was someone who had some experience of low-pressure work (a diver).
Be interesting to know when the plane was last maintained, what for, what was done, etc.
And my heart goes out to the families, of course. To us, this is academic. To them, it is very real.
Pressure and force are different. That's 14 pounds per square inch, but we need to know how many square inches that 5000 pounds is spread over.
Damn! If only the blackbox was in metric!
And seriously, can we talk in SI units here? Newtons, I think.
French, Chinese...
For the sake of three characters? It's not like you're paying for the ink.
Hey, them pixels aren't cheap, y'know!
Ah, Sinclair Basic. A friend had a box of his. I remember having to press three buttons to get the word "Let" or whatever the BASIC command was. You couldn't just type in the word LET using the Alpha keyboard. And this was the 'Spectrum', speaking from memory. Someone likened pressing the keys on that thing to touching dead flesh. I had to take his word for it.
Hey,
I'm an Australian Citizen and work as a Senior Systems Admin at a telecommunications company. I'm looking for a job in the US on a visa (E-3 which is easier to get than H1B for Australians).
What do you think would be my chances? I guess you'd need a copy of my CV, but just wondering if real employers who are struggling to find the right candidate would bother with the trouble of getting an E-3 visa for an Aussie? (FYI the E-3 is a lot less work than getting a H1B but because its not well known known nobody seems to really want to bother with it).
I also visit the US yearly and could interview in person and have a US ph number (voip) employers can call me on too.
I can't work out if you're serious... but I'm in NZ, and have applied for a couple of US positions from here. I'm in a specialized area (Unisys & ALGOL, if you must know) so there's not many of us about. Got as far as people in the US emailing back, but as soon as they found out I didn't have right of abode, I got dropped.
Fine, no problems, I reply. Good luck with the search.
Anyone else out there thinking this?
Well, this is, what, the 3rd time it's been 'official'?
I think I'll wait a few months before I believe it's officially official.
That's not to say this isn't highly cool -- I just am quite certain I've seen several variations on this over the last few years.
In a few months, we'll have another 'leaving'.
Rinse and repeat.
I'm guessing the premise of the TV show is: 1. Power goes out 2. People light candles 3. Civilization burns down?
Nightfall
I believe the application fee was $35, so they have already raised a whopping $7 million that I assume will be leveraged for more publicity stunts in raising further money for the mission. The main speciality of the Mars One project is fundraising and public relations, not space travel.
Agreed. It struck me as a reality show, rather than as a serious space mission (that's a mission into serious space).
Mountain Dew and Mello Yello can have a bidding war over the M entry (Version 5 maybe)
(I generally drink Sun Drop, but the other 2 are OK)
M and M (s), surely.
Hadn't heard of that one ... another good reason to look down my nose at Apple.
I find this quite poignant... cheer up Americans, much as we slag you off we know that you are good intentioned. Just that you know what they say about the road to hell...
Hear hear. Churchill said once that we (the world) could always rely on America to do the right thing. After they'd tried everything else.
(p.s. no offence intended...please don't invade my country)
there's plenty of details of my personal life online
I never actually make any connection of that person with me.
So, is it your life, or an unrelated fictional life? Are you even clear yourself on the distinction?
In your fictional life, do you wear a cape and mask? Underwear outside your pants? Or just the last one?
Have to admit, I had my doubts when I saw "Fox news ... Science" in the link.
Four food groups are:
...
Eat in
Take out
Frozen
Caned
You may mean 'canned'. Or you may not.
Although that's the definition, it's a poor definition. One is left asking, "What's a second?" (To which the A&C answer is "No, What's on second.")
Where's a mod point when you need it. (Aka, I'm here for you...)
Frankly, any company that expects any given hire to have an extensive record of blog posts and tweets is not one I would really want to work for.
Not just because of the privacy implications, but because, in my view, that's expecting me to have a particular kind of personality: one that feels compelled to share everything, or at least a frequent chunk of what I do and think.
Unfortunately, this is just another manifestation of extroverts running most organizations and not even truly comprehending what it might be not to be an extrovert. So much of the hiring process and expectations in the workplace are centered around things that give extroverts a charge, but drain introverts' energy badly.
Just one of my big pet peeves X-P
Dan Aris
Totally agree. Maybe not that much, though. I don't have a Facebook, don't tweet, have some webpresence under various names. I figure some do, some don't ... but if someone asked me at an interview why I don't have a Facebook account, I'd put 'Security and privacy' up there, right next to 'Can't be bothered with that tomfoolery'.
And in the evenings I spend time with the family, watch movies, play the occasional PC game, or board game, play my sax, walk my dog, cook dinner, read a book, work in the garden. I don't spend my life in front of the PC: I like to think I'm well-rounded. Ask me about HTML-5 and I'll look lost. Ask me about the characters in "Nicholas Nickleby" and I'll talk your ear off.
Which one would an employer prefer? Now, that's a good question.
... when we're done with these comic-book characters. Spiderman, Superman, Batman, the reboots, the sequels... let's move on.
I mean it - please, god, make it stop.
And I hope they had an alibi for the time the skeleton-owner went missing...
Re the sig...
...
Check UIDs. I'm COLD FJORD(826450). User COID FJORD(2949869) has impersonated me. Don't confuse us if he trolls you.
kinda ironic that the post was marked as 'Troll', huh...
This calls to mind the story of the king who was in a class for learning algebra, and after realizing it was hard, he took the teacher aside and said 'I'm the king - show me the easier route'.
There's isn't one. Sit down and read it. Then re-read it. Then think. Then read it again. Think again. Repeat.
Not sure if he's a hero - but he's certainly motivated man, and a lot braver than I am.
If not, you don't hack, or hack back. People/Corporations do things for profit, monetary or otherwise. If I were a CIO (employers, CV available on demand...) I'd be less than impressed in my staff indulging in revenge rather than in selling our product or helping our clients.
And BTW, how come we got hacked? Can we fix that hole please? I've got to tell the board in 20 minutes what happened and that it won't happen again.
"Kittenman wants to win huge amount on lottery by 2018"
Yawn. We need less speculation and wishes in slashdot, more hard data. Well, that's my opinion.
1) There's no mention in the summary or TFA that the cell phone will be perused at the scene of the accident. Just that it will be confiscated.
2) Anyone else seen "Air Crash Investigation"? The investigators check all data available for the cause of accident.
That second one is a killer. If I'm driving a Toyota and I hear that there's been lots of accidents in other Toyotas, I want to know the cause of those accidents. Toyota brakes failing or idiots texting.