I'm pretty sure that if you are good enough to make $130 on $350 in two years you can make $13000 on $35000. In fact, it's probably easier to do the latter than the former given that you can diversify $35000 and protect your assets better.
I think you've got the plans backwards. Tmobile is discounting the unsubsidized plans $20 (basically, you are making up the subsidy in $20 increments over the life of the contract).
By unbiased, I meant in terms of liberal vs conservative (the bias normally attributed to one news source or another). I consider the many techies on the site to be peers who's opinions are relevant but that doesn't mean we share the same views.
I like Slashdot as a geek news source because of the unfiltered comments (I run at -1 and I like it). The summaries (of dubious accuracy) and the comments give you an unbiased feel for public sentiment on a subject. Sometimes I read TFA, sometimes not. Either way, I'm more informed about a topic even if I just read the comments and the slant comes from both sides. Were there a similar site for "real" news, I'd probably use it as my main source; unfortunately, the Internet has bred so many Trolls and Spammers that any general news site with a similar comment system would attract way more of those types than Slashdot ever will. So, for now, I'll just scan headlines and summaries at various "real" news sites and read the few articles of relevance to me.
I had been using wireless and just wired my house so that I didn't have to worry about neighbors blasting my signal any more.....it's not hard. Lifehacker had a pretty good write-up back in Nov/Dec time frame.
And some product, no matter how great they are at what they do will never appeal to a large crowd because of the focus. For instance, anyone maintaining a FOSS project targetting left-handed fim-bozzles will only ever appeal to people interested in left-handed fim-bozzles not matter how good of a product your FOSS iLHFB app is. Making friends will help it grow, but making friends with left-handed fim-bozzle enthusiasts will help your project grow even more.
Ah, but if you sold it as "the good stuff" and never referred to it as an actual drug, you'd probably have a way out......if you can afford a good lawyer.
I'm a registered Independant you insensitive clod (well, I was when I was in a state that required you to claim a group to vote in primaries). I don't pick a candidate based on part affiliation.
A big problem with Linux mainstream adoption. Your Linux is not my Linux is not his Linux. Normal users don't want an overabundance of choice. They like the fact that Windows dictates a lot of what they experience. Moving from one Windows box to another is relatively invisible. For Linux, however, everything can change.
In reality, Rajesh is very likely just the front-man for a team. He'll be taking a $1 cut and paying someone on his team the $8......or more likely, less.
I started at $35k back in 1995 in the New Orleans area. I think a big part of it is the type of company you start with. These days, the bigger companies are sending the jobs overseas -- they were the ones paying on the higher end of that scale. Now, they only want to pay for the thought leaders (architects, lead developers, etc.) and ship the "code monkey" type of jobs an entry level person would get to cheaper resources in other countries. That means that entry level work is now going to small to mid-size companies. These places aren't as cash rich and can't afford to pay the CEO's $100k/year much less developers, so the starting salaries get pushed downward.
There's money there, but you'll have to chase it. I regularly supplement my salary by doing small project work for small companies that wouldn't normally hire a full-time programmer (at best, they'd have one I/T guy who is really on-site tech support). I can make $5k to $10k a year working about 10 to 20 hours per month. Someone doing that on a full-time basis could make closer to $80k. Benefits would be more expensive (mine come from my base salary and the company I work for gets decent rates for us employees), but it's got to be better than $40k even after you take those costs out.
"that a story about tossing stones in a body of water would be picked up by an IT and technology news site."
This bit: "The new research, recently published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrates that airflow through the neck of the collapsing cavity reaches supersonic speeds despite low relative pressures between the air in the cavity and ambient pressure"
implies that there is relevant information that may (eventually) lead to improvements in technology related to - air travel, space travel, etc. And maybe even into energy generation. It's a *LONG* way away from any of that, but if this article causes the right spark, all of those tech areas could benefit.
In terms of small objects that may or may not burn up in the atmosphere, wouldn't somewhat lower ground be better? If you are on the top of Mt. McKinley vs sea level, how much less/more of the object in question would burn up (angle off of vertical would matter, I know).
I would almost argue that any OO code (well, the code that follows a decent object model) is really composed of small, modular, self-contained, etc. etc. mini-applications that do one thing well and are easy to test, debug, etc. And when you put them all together, you have a "mega-application". That OO thing sure seems to work for [insert most modern languages here -- even scripting languages].
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Let's see.....there are 850 function points and it takes 77.1 minutes to code each function point. So that's (checking Excel) 100,000 minutes.......
ref - http://slashdot.org/it/07/09/24/2339203.shtml
Free estimate padding courtesy of MS.
something about the Spanish Inquisition?!?!?!?!
I'm pretty sure that if you are good enough to make $130 on $350 in two years you can make $13000 on $35000. In fact, it's probably easier to do the latter than the former given that you can diversify $35000 and protect your assets better.
I think you've got the plans backwards. Tmobile is discounting the unsubsidized plans $20 (basically, you are making up the subsidy in $20 increments over the life of the contract).
$179 + $99.99 * 24 = $179 + 2399.76 = $2578.76 Subsidized
$529 + $79.99 * 24 = $529 + $1919.76 = $2448.76 Unsubsidized
Difference is $130 in favor of the unsubsidized.
By unbiased, I meant in terms of liberal vs conservative (the bias normally attributed to one news source or another). I consider the many techies on the site to be peers who's opinions are relevant but that doesn't mean we share the same views.
I like Slashdot as a geek news source because of the unfiltered comments (I run at -1 and I like it). The summaries (of dubious accuracy) and the comments give you an unbiased feel for public sentiment on a subject. Sometimes I read TFA, sometimes not. Either way, I'm more informed about a topic even if I just read the comments and the slant comes from both sides. Were there a similar site for "real" news, I'd probably use it as my main source; unfortunately, the Internet has bred so many Trolls and Spammers that any general news site with a similar comment system would attract way more of those types than Slashdot ever will. So, for now, I'll just scan headlines and summaries at various "real" news sites and read the few articles of relevance to me.
I thought Soylent Green was people.......
I had been using wireless and just wired my house so that I didn't have to worry about neighbors blasting my signal any more.....it's not hard. Lifehacker had a pretty good write-up back in Nov/Dec time frame.
You can always hang your own router off of the ethernet port of the FiOS router.....just saying.
And some product, no matter how great they are at what they do will never appeal to a large crowd because of the focus. For instance, anyone maintaining a FOSS project targetting left-handed fim-bozzles will only ever appeal to people interested in left-handed fim-bozzles not matter how good of a product your FOSS iLHFB app is. Making friends will help it grow, but making friends with left-handed fim-bozzle enthusiasts will help your project grow even more.
Ah, but if you sold it as "the good stuff" and never referred to it as an actual drug, you'd probably have a way out......if you can afford a good lawyer.
I'm a registered Independant you insensitive clod (well, I was when I was in a state that required you to claim a group to vote in primaries). I don't pick a candidate based on part affiliation.
A big problem with Linux mainstream adoption. Your Linux is not my Linux is not his Linux. Normal users don't want an overabundance of choice. They like the fact that Windows dictates a lot of what they experience. Moving from one Windows box to another is relatively invisible. For Linux, however, everything can change.
In reality, Rajesh is very likely just the front-man for a team. He'll be taking a $1 cut and paying someone on his team the $8......or more likely, less.
I started at $35k back in 1995 in the New Orleans area. I think a big part of it is the type of company you start with. These days, the bigger companies are sending the jobs overseas -- they were the ones paying on the higher end of that scale. Now, they only want to pay for the thought leaders (architects, lead developers, etc.) and ship the "code monkey" type of jobs an entry level person would get to cheaper resources in other countries. That means that entry level work is now going to small to mid-size companies. These places aren't as cash rich and can't afford to pay the CEO's $100k/year much less developers, so the starting salaries get pushed downward.
There's money there, but you'll have to chase it. I regularly supplement my salary by doing small project work for small companies that wouldn't normally hire a full-time programmer (at best, they'd have one I/T guy who is really on-site tech support). I can make $5k to $10k a year working about 10 to 20 hours per month. Someone doing that on a full-time basis could make closer to $80k. Benefits would be more expensive (mine come from my base salary and the company I work for gets decent rates for us employees), but it's got to be better than $40k even after you take those costs out.
Where I can I send my resume?
I only read Playboy for the articles......however, I stare quite a bit at the pictures in Playboy. With no words, nothing to read.
Well, Domino's does have a new crust.....
"My girlfriend and wife both agree that woman are terrible drivers, hence I do all the driving on any trip."
I doubt you have both a girlfriend *AND* a wife seeing as you are Slashdot.
Either way, though, this is really just a ploy for them to nap while you drive all 12 hours of the trip. It's not agreeing, it's manipulation.
"that a story about tossing stones in a body of water would be picked up by an IT and technology news site."
This bit:
"The new research, recently published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrates that airflow through the neck of the collapsing cavity reaches supersonic speeds despite low relative pressures between the air in the cavity and ambient pressure"
implies that there is relevant information that may (eventually) lead to improvements in technology related to - air travel, space travel, etc. And maybe even into energy generation. It's a *LONG* way away from any of that, but if this article causes the right spark, all of those tech areas could benefit.
"One can only hunt deer for so long before an accident befalls one's genitals."
I think I saw that video on YouTube!
In terms of small objects that may or may not burn up in the atmosphere, wouldn't somewhat lower ground be better? If you are on the top of Mt. McKinley vs sea level, how much less/more of the object in question would burn up (angle off of vertical would matter, I know).
As long as the webbing doesn't look like chord.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SpideyCast.jpg
I'd actually like to see some Android development done in Go. I see it as a good direction for both Google and the Platform.
I would almost argue that any OO code (well, the code that follows a decent object model) is really composed of small, modular, self-contained, etc. etc. mini-applications that do one thing well and are easy to test, debug, etc. And when you put them all together, you have a "mega-application". That OO thing sure seems to work for [insert most modern languages here -- even scripting languages].
But then, what do I know. :D