Actually, I can blame both and not see the world in black and white colors. Also, yes - yes I can afford more in taxes. I don't want to but I can easily afford it. I make up the difference by donating to charitable organizations that match my ideologies and consider that my a social contract obligation. Finally, I'd not blame either party but I'd blame the politicians in general as I doubt the problems can be laid at the feet of one party and not the other.
But is that what happened in this case? Could they have still done the job with the funds provided? (And no, no I don't want the political answer. I guess I'd almost accept a GAO answer though. FWIW)
So they'll hire nine of them (but take three times as long) and push you out of your job to save money because the project lasts longer than a quarter? Hopefully you work for a better company than that. Then again, maybe you can relocate to India, keep your US salary, and be a senior dev or PM? Me? I'd look into contract work but I may be missing something.
Yes, let's cut their budget some more... "Don't give us money, we won't do our job." The question is, did they have enough money to fulfill their charter or did they just say screw it and do nothing because they didn't get what they asked for?
WTF? Really? They've actually got *qualifed* zOS programmers in India? I kind of expected that to be like COBOL. If you're a COBOL hacker then you're golden if you're any good - at least that's what my reading indicates. Given the scarcity of zOS programmers, well, I'd have surmised (or assumed, I guess) that it was much the same. There's got to be, what, three of you in the whole country that are still maintaining their skill set?
I consume a great deal of media. Usually in text but sometimes video. I, pretty much exclusively, watch only educational things like documentaries - real ones and not the stuff you see on cable these days. So, yeah, I mean I've *heard* of this stuff but I can't just repeat it, fully understand it, get the intricacies, or even opine on it. I mean, yeah, I understand the concept of going somewhere, creating fuel with the material there to either further your voyage or return, and all that - at least conceptually. That? What was posted? It's a mix of astrophysics, chemistry, and theory with strange concepts that, when added to the sum total of their posts in this thread, make me highly impressed, confused, and almost a little overwhelmed.
It's okay though, They'll need me to check their maths. *sighs*
Dude... You're a zOS programmer. You're not going anywhere - you'll have a job for as long as you want as there's always going to be that niche. Well, not always but for a while to come. You'll be getting recruiters calling when you're 100.
I don't appear to be or seem to be or feel like I am. I've even given it a shot and, well, it just wasn't for me. Making out with a man was interesting but not really something I want to repeat. I dunno, really. Maybe I should try again.
It was a hypothetical situation. Not one that is likely to occur and meant as a descriptive. That you think that's the saddest indictment of American culture (and not something like the lack of uproar from the Snowden leaks) is a bit unusual. I'd suggest you're already too biased to bother explaining.
I got damned lucky. I got into a business, specifically traffic modeling (vehicular and then pedestrian), at a time when it was really immature "on a computer." I'm actually an Applied Mathematics doctorate but that was my work. I sold my business and retired about eight years ago. It was pretty lucrative though I don't want to go into details for fairly obvious reasons.
These days, well, honestly? I don't think I could spend the money I have unless I really worked at it or whatnot. I actually invest and make more from investing than I've ever made before and I don't even know what I'm doing. Really, not a clue. I take investment advice from Slashdot comments (bought 2000 shares of Tesla at $245, thank you).
I pay more in taxes than you, almost certainly. However, I pay a much lower percentage than you do. I'd not mind paying higher taxes so long as they were spent wisely. I don't mind helping the poor or disabled. I consider my OBLIGATIONS to include helping those people. They, the citizens, helped to pay me to be where I am today via their taxes. Additionally, I really don't want roving bands of disenfranchised poor people stealing my stuff - I like my stuff, that's why I bought it.
I'm actually your fairly typical Libertarian though this has changed and I may be a minority now thus I think I'll stop arguing and call myself a Classic Libertarian. Damn it, damn it all to hell...
I'm on the left because I like accumulating wealth and acquiring toys. I want you to make a metric ton of cash because your doing so means that I do too. I want you healthy, fed, and educated. I want to carry those who can not because it's cheaper than dealing with the troubles down the road. I support single-payer health care, for example. I love the idea.
I don't care who you sleep with. I don't care about marriage. Marriage is a ceremony. Leave it to the churches. Make civil unions and be done with it. The rights belong to the people and we're ruled by consent. Let's not let those in power forget where the true power lies.
You might be closer to being a Libertarian than you might think.;)
Nah, he's a big ol' redneck from Alabama. He rants and raves about it being too cold in Maine (insists that I live in the tundra) and bundles up even in the summer. I don't think he'll go to Antarctica unless ordered to do so. And, if ordered, he'll whine incessantly about the cold unless he's around people who are not Marines in which case he'll act like he loves the cold.
I seem to recall a similar sentiment with QBASIC? I played with QBASIC. Yes, yes I am ashamed. However, give me a few days and I can code poorly in any language I've tried. And, trust me, it's awful.
Needless to say, my foray into QBASIC was not long-lived. C it was. Eventually, I was able to hire professionals. They despised me and eventually asked me to stop helping. I complied because, you know, that's why I hired them. Actual quote, pretty much verbatim: "Code comments get commented out, in the code, and not written on soggy, coffee soaked, index cards." Another, "What does this 'I'm too drunk' button actually do?" (I actually had a plan, a bad plan but a plan regardless, for that button. It never made it to production. Also, I was drunk.)
There's a reason I "help" certain FOSS groups financially instead of with code or even attempts to report bugs or fix bugs. I'm pretty sure I'd not actually be helping except for some loose definition of help. "I'm a big helper now!"
This is off-topic as all hell but your username reminds me of a guy I went through boot with. We were young Marines and that was generally his attitude when we buddied up. Crazy bastard is retiring soon but I think he's managed to score on most every continent. So, there's that.
I haven't. I tried a long time ago at a convention and wasn't really impressed. I am also not really a gamer. The last game I played seriously was Fallout 2 and I gave up playing games when Fallout Tactics came out and turned out to be mentally handicapped (i.e. retarded). That doesn't mean I don't amuse myself, I just do it in other ways - such as 'conversing' on Slashdot.
Sort of but it is autonomous to quite a degree. You give it directions and it goes off and does it without need of oversight or further interaction. Much like the drones go out and get honey and return with it and go out again to get more honey and return with it or whatnot. They don't really need any supervision. Thus, in these terms, drone would be something you tell to go to *this GPS coordinate* and it does it utilizing software/hardware to get there and do what you told it to do.
You'd think so but look at all the ugly people who have mates. There's lots of people willing to sex a willing partner even though I doubt they're truly attracted to them. I could have chosen to sleep with men - in fact I gave such serious consideration. Much like I suppose that these people "settle" for sexing a hugely overweight woman. I suppose we could say that it's still not what one prefers or whatnot, however.
Finding a transgendered hooker in Buffalo, New York is harder than one might think. Thus I end up in some of the more disreputable parts of towns and cities. I absolutely refuse to stay in posh hotels - I refuse.
So, I have found hookers and drugs. I've yet to see a hooker that I'd actually be willing to penis. It appears that there's a lot of meth around here. I certainly appreciate being discombobulated, reality is confusing, but I do draw a line at meth. And, by extension, meth hookers. At least they're skinny, I suppose.
On the other hand, I have found an interesting young lady but am unable to proceed so I am still waiting and debating my choices. However, David's Personal Life is really not the subject of this article. *sighs* Heh... I should write a journal entry. Or an "Ask Slashdot." I'd giggle if someone else did it.
WTF? How do you even know all this stuff? Seriously... I hold my doctorate in Applied Mathematics and, honestly, I can barely wrap my head around half of what you said and I'm not even sure the total is half. I'm assuming you're a hobbyist and not some sort of astrophysicist. If you are an astrophysicist, then still, how the hell do you manage to retain that well enough to just nonchalantly type it out on Slashdot?
Don't get me wrong - I'm impressed and you're the reason I come here and have been coming for many years. However, sometimes you freaks amaze me. How do you cram that much into your head without vomiting it up?
I sent him a donation quite a while ago but, come to think of it, I'm in much, much, better financial shape than I was when he was first asking. We're talking way way back like early 2000s or so as I recall. Maybe as recent as ten years ago. That's a long time in the internet world. Not so very long a time in the legal realm.
I think I can contact him to see about making an actual realistic donation. I'd prefer to not push a large sum through an online vending company but a direct bank transfer will work. I am on the road but there are lots of credit unions with shared banking so it's not a problem.
Then maybe we'll need to go "Automated Drone" and "Attended Drone" (or Piloted Drone or similar). These will need definitions and, likely, legal definitions. The sooner you proactively work on this the better I think it will go for you in the long run.
I'd prefer to leave drone as a strictly autonomous thing as the name implies (to my mind, at least).
However, I'm not the one in charge and it doesn't actually impact me a single bit. Not one iota of shit will be given by me with the definitions. The major concern I have is that there's a likely set of draconian laws in the hobbyist's future. I don't wish that on anyone.
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Actually, I can blame both and not see the world in black and white colors. Also, yes - yes I can afford more in taxes. I don't want to but I can easily afford it. I make up the difference by donating to charitable organizations that match my ideologies and consider that my a social contract obligation. Finally, I'd not blame either party but I'd blame the politicians in general as I doubt the problems can be laid at the feet of one party and not the other.
However, have fun with your silliness.
I'm thinking "neo-con antics" might suffice.
Ah. Thank you for the information. Much appreciated.
But is that what happened in this case? Could they have still done the job with the funds provided? (And no, no I don't want the political answer. I guess I'd almost accept a GAO answer though. FWIW)
I have the capacity to process more than one thing at a time.
So they'll hire nine of them (but take three times as long) and push you out of your job to save money because the project lasts longer than a quarter? Hopefully you work for a better company than that. Then again, maybe you can relocate to India, keep your US salary, and be a senior dev or PM? Me? I'd look into contract work but I may be missing something.
Yes, let's cut their budget some more... "Don't give us money, we won't do our job." The question is, did they have enough money to fulfill their charter or did they just say screw it and do nothing because they didn't get what they asked for?
WTF? Really? They've actually got *qualifed* zOS programmers in India? I kind of expected that to be like COBOL. If you're a COBOL hacker then you're golden if you're any good - at least that's what my reading indicates. Given the scarcity of zOS programmers, well, I'd have surmised (or assumed, I guess) that it was much the same. There's got to be, what, three of you in the whole country that are still maintaining their skill set?
I consume a great deal of media. Usually in text but sometimes video. I, pretty much exclusively, watch only educational things like documentaries - real ones and not the stuff you see on cable these days. So, yeah, I mean I've *heard* of this stuff but I can't just repeat it, fully understand it, get the intricacies, or even opine on it. I mean, yeah, I understand the concept of going somewhere, creating fuel with the material there to either further your voyage or return, and all that - at least conceptually. That? What was posted? It's a mix of astrophysics, chemistry, and theory with strange concepts that, when added to the sum total of their posts in this thread, make me highly impressed, confused, and almost a little overwhelmed.
It's okay though, They'll need me to check their maths. *sighs*
Dude... You're a zOS programmer. You're not going anywhere - you'll have a job for as long as you want as there's always going to be that niche. Well, not always but for a while to come. You'll be getting recruiters calling when you're 100.
I don't appear to be or seem to be or feel like I am. I've even given it a shot and, well, it just wasn't for me. Making out with a man was interesting but not really something I want to repeat. I dunno, really. Maybe I should try again.
It was a hypothetical situation. Not one that is likely to occur and meant as a descriptive. That you think that's the saddest indictment of American culture (and not something like the lack of uproar from the Snowden leaks) is a bit unusual. I'd suggest you're already too biased to bother explaining.
I got damned lucky. I got into a business, specifically traffic modeling (vehicular and then pedestrian), at a time when it was really immature "on a computer." I'm actually an Applied Mathematics doctorate but that was my work. I sold my business and retired about eight years ago. It was pretty lucrative though I don't want to go into details for fairly obvious reasons.
These days, well, honestly? I don't think I could spend the money I have unless I really worked at it or whatnot. I actually invest and make more from investing than I've ever made before and I don't even know what I'm doing. Really, not a clue. I take investment advice from Slashdot comments (bought 2000 shares of Tesla at $245, thank you).
I pay more in taxes than you, almost certainly. However, I pay a much lower percentage than you do. I'd not mind paying higher taxes so long as they were spent wisely. I don't mind helping the poor or disabled. I consider my OBLIGATIONS to include helping those people. They, the citizens, helped to pay me to be where I am today via their taxes. Additionally, I really don't want roving bands of disenfranchised poor people stealing my stuff - I like my stuff, that's why I bought it.
I'm actually your fairly typical Libertarian though this has changed and I may be a minority now thus I think I'll stop arguing and call myself a Classic Libertarian. Damn it, damn it all to hell...
I'm on the left because I like accumulating wealth and acquiring toys. I want you to make a metric ton of cash because your doing so means that I do too. I want you healthy, fed, and educated. I want to carry those who can not because it's cheaper than dealing with the troubles down the road. I support single-payer health care, for example. I love the idea.
I don't care who you sleep with. I don't care about marriage. Marriage is a ceremony. Leave it to the churches. Make civil unions and be done with it. The rights belong to the people and we're ruled by consent. Let's not let those in power forget where the true power lies.
You might be closer to being a Libertarian than you might think. ;)
Nah, he's a big ol' redneck from Alabama. He rants and raves about it being too cold in Maine (insists that I live in the tundra) and bundles up even in the summer. I don't think he'll go to Antarctica unless ordered to do so. And, if ordered, he'll whine incessantly about the cold unless he's around people who are not Marines in which case he'll act like he loves the cold.
I'm only partially joking.
I seem to recall a similar sentiment with QBASIC? I played with QBASIC. Yes, yes I am ashamed. However, give me a few days and I can code poorly in any language I've tried. And, trust me, it's awful.
Needless to say, my foray into QBASIC was not long-lived. C it was. Eventually, I was able to hire professionals. They despised me and eventually asked me to stop helping. I complied because, you know, that's why I hired them. Actual quote, pretty much verbatim: "Code comments get commented out, in the code, and not written on soggy, coffee soaked, index cards." Another, "What does this 'I'm too drunk' button actually do?" (I actually had a plan, a bad plan but a plan regardless, for that button. It never made it to production. Also, I was drunk.)
There's a reason I "help" certain FOSS groups financially instead of with code or even attempts to report bugs or fix bugs. I'm pretty sure I'd not actually be helping except for some loose definition of help. "I'm a big helper now!"
This is off-topic as all hell but your username reminds me of a guy I went through boot with. We were young Marines and that was generally his attitude when we buddied up. Crazy bastard is retiring soon but I think he's managed to score on most every continent. So, there's that.
I haven't. I tried a long time ago at a convention and wasn't really impressed. I am also not really a gamer. The last game I played seriously was Fallout 2 and I gave up playing games when Fallout Tactics came out and turned out to be mentally handicapped (i.e. retarded). That doesn't mean I don't amuse myself, I just do it in other ways - such as 'conversing' on Slashdot.
Sort of but it is autonomous to quite a degree. You give it directions and it goes off and does it without need of oversight or further interaction. Much like the drones go out and get honey and return with it and go out again to get more honey and return with it or whatnot. They don't really need any supervision. Thus, in these terms, drone would be something you tell to go to *this GPS coordinate* and it does it utilizing software/hardware to get there and do what you told it to do.
They do not expire as far as I know. I had an older ID using a non-standard UID and have long since forgotten it so I can understand.
You'd think so but look at all the ugly people who have mates. There's lots of people willing to sex a willing partner even though I doubt they're truly attracted to them. I could have chosen to sleep with men - in fact I gave such serious consideration. Much like I suppose that these people "settle" for sexing a hugely overweight woman. I suppose we could say that it's still not what one prefers or whatnot, however.
Finding a transgendered hooker in Buffalo, New York is harder than one might think. Thus I end up in some of the more disreputable parts of towns and cities. I absolutely refuse to stay in posh hotels - I refuse.
So, I have found hookers and drugs. I've yet to see a hooker that I'd actually be willing to penis. It appears that there's a lot of meth around here. I certainly appreciate being discombobulated, reality is confusing, but I do draw a line at meth. And, by extension, meth hookers. At least they're skinny, I suppose.
On the other hand, I have found an interesting young lady but am unable to proceed so I am still waiting and debating my choices. However, David's Personal Life is really not the subject of this article. *sighs* Heh... I should write a journal entry. Or an "Ask Slashdot." I'd giggle if someone else did it.
Actually, I think you can safely say that it is probably due to climate change. What you can't say is that it is due to human causes.
WTF? How do you even know all this stuff? Seriously... I hold my doctorate in Applied Mathematics and, honestly, I can barely wrap my head around half of what you said and I'm not even sure the total is half. I'm assuming you're a hobbyist and not some sort of astrophysicist. If you are an astrophysicist, then still, how the hell do you manage to retain that well enough to just nonchalantly type it out on Slashdot?
Don't get me wrong - I'm impressed and you're the reason I come here and have been coming for many years. However, sometimes you freaks amaze me. How do you cram that much into your head without vomiting it up?
I sent him a donation quite a while ago but, come to think of it, I'm in much, much, better financial shape than I was when he was first asking. We're talking way way back like early 2000s or so as I recall. Maybe as recent as ten years ago. That's a long time in the internet world. Not so very long a time in the legal realm.
I think I can contact him to see about making an actual realistic donation. I'd prefer to not push a large sum through an online vending company but a direct bank transfer will work. I am on the road but there are lots of credit unions with shared banking so it's not a problem.
Then maybe we'll need to go "Automated Drone" and "Attended Drone" (or Piloted Drone or similar). These will need definitions and, likely, legal definitions. The sooner you proactively work on this the better I think it will go for you in the long run.
I'd prefer to leave drone as a strictly autonomous thing as the name implies (to my mind, at least).
However, I'm not the one in charge and it doesn't actually impact me a single bit. Not one iota of shit will be given by me with the definitions. The major concern I have is that there's a likely set of draconian laws in the hobbyist's future. I don't wish that on anyone.