Comment Re:really??? (Score 1) 666
FWIW,
http://www.eregulations.com/indiana/hunting/deer-regulations/
Comment Soldiers or Marines? (Score 2, Interesting) 1297
Who gave them the photo? Soldiers from the US Army's 4th Infantry Division or US Marines? The article states both.
Amazon Announces Kindle 2, With Slew of New Features 451
Engadget is reporting that Amazon has announced the new Kindle 2 for release on February 24th at a price point of $359. Thinner than an iPhone and coming standard with "Read-to-me" text-to-speech capability, the new device also has seven times more storage, faster page turning, a 16-level e-ink display, longer battery life, and a new five-way joystick. Looks like life just got a lot more interesting for fans of the original device. Engadget also has live coverage from the Kindle 2 press conference.
Comment Re:Some data 4 U (Score 1) 721
When Sprint launched their network in the Atlanta area around 98 or 99, they launched with a bit over 400 towers. Get too far outside of 285, the interstate loop around the city, and coverage was pretty much limited to just the right along the interstates. Keep an eye out, and you'll see the towers everywhere..
Pizza Hut Tempts Gamers With a $10,000 Gaming Setup 83
Now when you are trying to decide which late-night temple of crusty dough and burnt cheese gets your dinner vote, there may be an extra moment's pause for Pizza Hut. Along with a free 30-day GameFly membership, you also have the chance to win the gaming setup of a decade. Including a Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and a 60-inch plasma TV, this package would be sure to make any gamer's heart skip a beat. Unfortunately, it also means you have to break that typical gamer diet of soy and bean curd, good luck.
Why Your e-Books Are No Longer Yours 295
Predictions Market sends us to Gizmodo for an interesting take on the question: when you "buy" "content" for Amazon's Kindle or the Sony Reader, are you buying a crippled license to intellectual property when you download, or are you buying a book? If the latter, then the first sale doctrine, which lets you hawk your old Harry Potter hardcovers on eBay, would apply. Some law students at Columbia took a swing at the question and Gizmodo reprints the "surprisingly readable" legal summary. Short answer: those restrictive licenses may very well be legal, and even if you had rights under the first sale doctrine, you might only be able to resell or give away your Kindle — not a copy of the work.
Journal Journal: Contractor Needed
I have a fairly urgent need for a contractor in the Dallas area. The job is a web application for the business of a friend (fairly well-established, definitely not fly-by-night). It's probably a month's worth of work for an experienced person, working at the customer's site. He wants a high level of interaction. The development environment is ASP.NET, C#, and SQL Server. Contact me at the JobCenter e-mail.
Journal Journal: Positions Wanted, April 5, 2004
I'm not meeting my goal of getting a new edition of this up every two weeks. If you find that you can't post to any of these entries, please feel free to use the e-mail address attached to the account. Also, the JEs will be marked as "No Foes", so you will need to be logged in to post (this account has no foes at present).
There are two new Positions Wanted entries in this section.
There are two new Positions Wanted entries in this section.
Comment ::sigh:: (Heliocentric's Comment) (Score 2, Informative) 7
Tuesday morning I interviewed with Norfolk Southern RR for a conductor (forced promotion in about a year to engineer) position. Pay would in about 5 years would be about double that of one of the best paying former jobs of mine (it starts at 80% of that pay and goes up yearly) but alas I'm "over-qualified."
Apparently they read grad school on my application and think I'm just going to up and leave the job (they invest nearly 80k in training new hires, not that I'd really need that much, but I'd still have to jump through their hoops) when an IT position opened.
And for some reason I gather there's this "Oh, you're educated, that must mean you want a family and don't want to travel." Ummm, I'm un-wed, no kids, and no plans to ever have kids. I'm willing to work entirely on-call, I have no traffic violations, would pass drug-test with flying colors, and no convictions ever.
I can't seem to shake the grad school thing, and I can't lie on their application as they do a full background check and any omissions and you're out - and I think leaving out grad school would be a rather large omission. Plus how do I explain the period of unemployment?
Then there's the jobs in the paper that are entry level computer stuff, I get the same shake down there - over qualified to work a help desk. Yet, I'm underqualified for those seeking 5-years experiened Sun admins. I don't have 5 total years of Sun admin experience, several years NT, several Unix, not 5 total of each, thus I'm not qualified enough for those jobs. And I have yet to find anything middle ground - all 5+ years or "Just a BS is fine!"
Learn something from this kids, don't go to grad school.
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Be seeing you...
Apparently they read grad school on my application and think I'm just going to up and leave the job (they invest nearly 80k in training new hires, not that I'd really need that much, but I'd still have to jump through their hoops) when an IT position opened.
And for some reason I gather there's this "Oh, you're educated, that must mean you want a family and don't want to travel." Ummm, I'm un-wed, no kids, and no plans to ever have kids. I'm willing to work entirely on-call, I have no traffic violations, would pass drug-test with flying colors, and no convictions ever.
I can't seem to shake the grad school thing, and I can't lie on their application as they do a full background check and any omissions and you're out - and I think leaving out grad school would be a rather large omission. Plus how do I explain the period of unemployment?
Then there's the jobs in the paper that are entry level computer stuff, I get the same shake down there - over qualified to work a help desk. Yet, I'm underqualified for those seeking 5-years experiened Sun admins. I don't have 5 total years of Sun admin experience, several years NT, several Unix, not 5 total of each, thus I'm not qualified enough for those jobs. And I have yet to find anything middle ground - all 5+ years or "Just a BS is fine!"
Learn something from this kids, don't go to grad school.
--
I'm just a O(n) person in a O(log n) world.
Be seeing you...
Journal Journal: Positions Wanted, March 3, 2004 - Repost 7
Let's try this again. The aim of this account is to help people find jobs. Critical discussion of individuals named in these entries is not appropriate. My apologies to those whose constructive comments were lost; the text has been mailed to you (except Heliocentric, whose e-mail address is not accessible; I will re-post that one).
There are two new entries in the Positions Wanted section.
There are two new entries in the Positions Wanted section.
Journal Journal: Positions Wanted, February 22, 2004 6
Due to the increasing length, the listing has been split into Positions Wanted and Employees Wanted. This also allows me to hand off half of the work. Contact remains the same - the e-mail address attached to this account, or posting a comment to one of the journal entries.
Since the last entry, RevMike and KshGoddess have found new jobs.
The Projects Wanted section follows Positions Wanted, for people looking strictly for contract work.
Since the last entry, RevMike and KshGoddess have found new jobs.
The Projects Wanted section follows Positions Wanted, for people looking strictly for contract work.
Journal Journal: Job Resources, February 16, 2004 8
These were last posted back in October, so I thought that it would be worth repeating at this point. I will incorporate any additions in replies or e-mail.
I have added a section at the end for pure contract work sites (many of the "job" sites also offer contract work).
I have added a section at the end for pure contract work sites (many of the "job" sites also offer contract work).
Journal Journal: Hiatus 9
Apologies for the long hiatus between journal entries. Job + side contract + daughter's college and financial aid applications + life in general has proven to be somewhat time-consuming. I am in the process of re-verifying the employees wanted entries from the last post. If you had a "Position Wanted" entry, and are no longer looking for a job, please reply to this JE or e-mail me.
Journal Journal: Job Board, December 16, 2003 1
Job Board, December 16, 2003
There is a new section, Projects Wanted, to help out anyone looking strictly for contract work. This section debuts with listings from m0smithslash and Ethelraed_Unraed.
The Positions Wanted section has three fewer listings; one (m0smithslash) has moved to the Projects section, and two have landed new positions (coincidentally, both in the Seattle area). See below for more details.
The Positions Wanted section has three fewer listings; one (m0smithslash) has moved to the Projects section, and two have landed new positions (coincidentally, both in the Seattle area). See below for more details.
Journal Journal: Job Board, December 7, 2003 2
The Positions Wanted section has one new listing; m0smithslash is looking for part-time/moonlighting work.
There are two new listings under employees wanted, one from eglamkowski and one that I added after browsing the Counterpand site. There are a bunch of software engineering posisions in the first listing, and Counterpane has several security-related postions.
There are two new listings under employees wanted, one from eglamkowski and one that I added after browsing the Counterpand site. There are a bunch of software engineering posisions in the first listing, and Counterpane has several security-related postions.
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