I'm a little surprised that Scoop and Slashcode aren't being considered for blogging software. They're a little complex maybe, but they've been used for blogging pretty successfully. For example: DailyKos is a pretty successful 'blog, and it does very well on Scoop (which runs Kuro5hin). Beastbay used to run Slashcode.
So, how did you learn that lession when the other company with the union had every worker laid off?
I'm confused. Are you referring to the company where the union got me my job back, or the company where the management convinced their employees to dump the union and then screwed them?
I took my chances with two bachelors degrees, a masters degree, Java experience and AI experience. The work wasn't there.
This isn't the dot-com economy anymore. These days, your training and experience probably just make you a more expensive cog that can be easily replaced by hiring someone overseas. If you think you're smart enough to pull down $80k with nothing but VB experience, think again.
Unions are one answer to this problem. Seeking highly rarified training and experience is another. I'm very fortunate to have one and have the opportunity for the other. Most people I know are simply screwed.
A year and some change ago, I got laid off from my job at a union shop as a systems analyst. Budget cuts. Two weeks later I landed a lower-paying (in fact, half the salary) job in first-tier tech support, with the potential to move into UNIX programming after a year or more. The new shop, as it turns out, was also a union shop.
The day that I accepted the new job, I got a phone call from my old shop. The union went to management and strong-armed them into restoring a lot of jobs in income-producing areas, including mine. I could have my old position back provided that I came to work the next day. I immediately accepted my old position, and called the new shop to let them know what happened and that I would be returning to my old job.
Good thing I did, too. Within six months of my returning to my old job, the new shop circulated a petition amoung the workers to get rid of the union. As soon as the union was gone, they moved all the first-tier tech support positions to India.
Lesson learned. Unions mean job security. No unions mean you take your chances.
DailyKos, one of the more popular political blogs (mentioned on Air America quite a bit), is using a slightly modified form of Scoop. If you haven't heard of Scoop, it runs Kuro5hin.
People tie bombs to their chests because they don't have helicopters and tanks.
Would they tie bombs to their chests if they had, say, jobs? If their health care and education were not provided by Hamas?
Don't kid yourself -- a lot of the revolution is because people are starving. If the Palestinian people had some other way to get out of the hellholes in which they live, their children wouldn't be blowing up school kids.
The problem is, Sun is still good at doing one thing: Java. And they're great at it. And by the way, there's really no replacement for it: not Python (yet), not.NET (yet), and certainly not C++. Can Java survive without Sun, by the strength of IBM alone?
The kernel has no problem loading binary-only or non-GPL modules; you get a "kernel tainted" message and from there you make up your own mind whether to run the kernel. That's not fanaticism, that's courtesey. It protects everyone's intellectual property rights.
The issue here is that the patch provider is lying about the license, and is opening the door for a careless user or distributor ("careless" as in "assumed that everybody abided by their social contracts") to violate the company's IP. It opens the Linux community up to all kinds of legal hassles.
If you want to work in the field, it would be very good to have one of these degrees. The better the school you can get it from, the better your future career prospects.
Don't get me wrong: it's still going to be tough with a degree. I've got a BS double major and an MS in math; I went from AI development pre dot-bomb to COBOL development post dot-bomb. But it gives you an edge you didn't have earlier.
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I'm sure Bob Barr would have found the prospect most alarming.
This solar shingle technology is simple, aestherically pleasing, and relatively cheap (pays for itself in roughly 8-10 years).
After which, you need to replace the cells....
...which is why he shorted the stock in the first place.
NB: shorting a stock consists of "selling" shares you don't own. You can then "buy" them at a lower price. The poster sold at $17 and can buy back today at roughly $9, making $8 a share.
Yes, this means that the poster effectively owns negative shares.
It's the smart thing to do with SCO stock if you think they're full of shit. But it's risky: if the lawsuit has merit (yeah, I know, it's ridiculous, but bear with me) and the shares shoot up to $40 each, the poster is out just a ton of money.
For extra credit you can send $100 money orders (purchased with cash) in the names of people you look up in the phone book... or in Chicago, the obituaries.
Although it's probably not actionable, I'm thinking that's probably illegal.
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I'm a little surprised that Scoop and Slashcode aren't being considered for blogging software. They're a little complex maybe, but they've been used for blogging pretty successfully. For example: DailyKos is a pretty successful 'blog, and it does very well on Scoop (which runs Kuro5hin). Beastbay used to run Slashcode.
You can also prevent your underwear from being stolen by anti-Bush forces by buying underwear from Air America Radio (also available as boxers.
...which is, what can this man do to help his sister? Moral support is good and all, but moral support also comes from practical support.
You're obviously not paying attention. Why did the management convince the other guys to get rid of the union?
I'm confused. Are you referring to the company where the union got me my job back, or the company where the management convinced their employees to dump the union and then screwed them?
This isn't the dot-com economy anymore. These days, your training and experience probably just make you a more expensive cog that can be easily replaced by hiring someone overseas. If you think you're smart enough to pull down $80k with nothing but VB experience, think again.
Unions are one answer to this problem. Seeking highly rarified training and experience is another. I'm very fortunate to have one and have the opportunity for the other. Most people I know are simply screwed.
The day that I accepted the new job, I got a phone call from my old shop. The union went to management and strong-armed them into restoring a lot of jobs in income-producing areas, including mine. I could have my old position back provided that I came to work the next day. I immediately accepted my old position, and called the new shop to let them know what happened and that I would be returning to my old job.
Good thing I did, too. Within six months of my returning to my old job, the new shop circulated a petition amoung the workers to get rid of the union. As soon as the union was gone, they moved all the first-tier tech support positions to India.
Lesson learned. Unions mean job security. No unions mean you take your chances.
DailyKos, one of the more popular political blogs (mentioned on Air America quite a bit), is using a slightly modified form of Scoop. If you haven't heard of Scoop, it runs Kuro5hin.
Would they tie bombs to their chests if they had, say, jobs? If their health care and education were not provided by Hamas?
Don't kid yourself -- a lot of the revolution is because people are starving. If the Palestinian people had some other way to get out of the hellholes in which they live, their children wouldn't be blowing up school kids.
The admiration of thousands of highly skilled programmers who are eating Ramen noodles three times a day.
When AMD beats Intel for several weeks in a row, let me know.
What?
...still has all his journals and so on online. Perhaps much to the consternation of the people who despise him.
The problem is, Sun is still good at doing one thing: Java. And they're great at it. And by the way, there's really no replacement for it: not Python (yet), not .NET (yet), and certainly not C++. Can Java survive without Sun, by the strength of IBM alone?
The issue here is that the patch provider is lying about the license, and is opening the door for a careless user or distributor ("careless" as in "assumed that everybody abided by their social contracts") to violate the company's IP. It opens the Linux community up to all kinds of legal hassles.
If you go all the way to a masters, do a masters thesis.
If you want to work in the field, it would be very good to have one of these degrees. The better the school you can get it from, the better your future career prospects.
Don't get me wrong: it's still going to be tough with a degree. I've got a BS double major and an MS in math; I went from AI development pre dot-bomb to COBOL development post dot-bomb. But it gives you an edge you didn't have earlier.
I'm sure Bob Barr would have found the prospect most alarming.
This solar shingle technology is simple, aestherically pleasing, and relatively cheap (pays for itself in roughly 8-10 years). After which, you need to replace the cells....
I have problems with *ANY* sound card and KDE. Otherwise, I've only had sound card problems when the sound card was an on-board piece of crap.
NB: shorting a stock consists of "selling" shares you don't own. You can then "buy" them at a lower price. The poster sold at $17 and can buy back today at roughly $9, making $8 a share.
Yes, this means that the poster effectively owns negative shares.
It's the smart thing to do with SCO stock if you think they're full of shit. But it's risky: if the lawsuit has merit (yeah, I know, it's ridiculous, but bear with me) and the shares shoot up to $40 each, the poster is out just a ton of money.
...ICSharpCode.Net, which has the GPL's Sharpdevelop IDE for .NET
The obvious danger with this is that, by leaving your employer high and dry, you will make a reputation for yourself as less than a team player.
Not chapter 11, but chapter 7 (dissolution of the corporation.)
Although it's probably not actionable, I'm thinking that's probably illegal.