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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> losers they were! I still remember the weekly paper fights. Oh, and the
>> C'paddy races. (The objective being to say the word "c'paddy" the most
>> times in 60 seconds.) Like, WTF?
>
> Was there running and wrestling at the same time? If so, could be this:
>
> http://www.kabaddi.org/History.htm
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi
...OK, I think that's possibly even more insane than c'paddy races! o_O
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Invisible wrote:
> MOST companies need salesmen. Not all of them, but most of them.
Every company needs at least one salesman. Sometimes that person is also
(say) the inventor, president, and CEO, tho. :-)
>> Most jobs requiring competence don't advertise. It's mostly
>> word-of-mouth.
>
> ....and since I don't know anybody, it's not going to be me.
That is definitely a stumbling block. Another kind of thing you learn
at school...
> SOME people want somebody who can definitely do the job RIGHT NOW.
Yes. And not infrequently, those are exactly the companies you don't
want to work for, because everything is a broken mess and they don't
have any money to pay you even if they knew what they wanted. At least
in the software world.
> (E.g., I suspect if you applied to work for Google,
Not if their interview process is anything to go on.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Invisible wrote:
> How many resistors can you see? Because I count NONE!
I look at an Intel chip stuck to my motherboard, and I don't see any
transitors, either. The gate-level logic is working with bits, not
voltages. You're not going to see the analog stuff that makes the bits
work there.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Invisible wrote:
> Wait a sec - so you're saying there are devices which actually violate
> Ohm's law?
There are devices whose resistance changes over time, depending on what
the current is doing.
Inca descent light bulbs. Florescent light bulbs, for a different
reason. Capacitors. Inductors. Basically pretty much everything except a
plain old resistor.
They're not violating Ohm's law. They're just changing resistance.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> How many resistors can you see? Because I count NONE!
>
> I look at an Intel chip stuck to my motherboard, and I don't see any
> transitors, either. The gate-level logic is working with bits, not
> voltages. You're not going to see the analog stuff that makes the bits
> work there.
...which is why I'd rather work at the gate-level. ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Invisible wrote:
> Now, see, I've never been able to comprehend stuff like this. To me,
> this diagram just looks like when you close the switch, all the current
> will flow straight from one rail to the other, shorting out the battery
> and not providing any current at all to the input of the gate.
Nope, some will be dumped, but not much, besides its a 10K ohm
resisitor. Most current will go to the NOT gate.
Play with this applet for a bit...
http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-resistors.html
--
~Mike
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:19:36 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>> Yeah - maybe I should get said to write open source software?
>>>
>>> Oh, wait...
>>
>> http://www.novell.com/careers
>>
>> Getting paid for developing open source does happen.
>
> Yeah, it does - just not particularly often. ;-)
Tell that to all of those employees here or at RedHat who get paid.
But there is an added advantage to working on OSS projects - helps build
a resume and people can see your work.
Jim
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:18:41 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:39:06 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>
>>>> You could try submitting your resumé to Novell, RedHat and the likes.
>>> ...are either of those companies still going? I thought Novell went
>>> under years ago, and RedHat vanished off the face of the earth once
>>> they realised that trying to sell Linux services isn't profitable.
>>
>> Who do I work for again? ;-)
>
> Uh... you tell me?
Have a look at the IP address and do a reverse lookup on this message.
I've mentioned it before in this very forum - and in discussions you
participated in.
>> And RedHat is currently selling more Linux than Novell. Turns out
>> customers *want* service contracts for things their business depends
>> on.
>
> OK. So why have I not heard anything about RedHat for several years?
Very likely a product of your choice of reading material. Have you
looked at a copy of Linux Format lately? There recently was a huge
article there on training, specifically about RedHat training. With a
big ad in the middle of the article, at that.
> Have they gone into some kind of specialised market or something? Once
> upon a time you used to hear of them quite a bit, and now they seem
> awful quiet...
Nope, they haven't gone into a specialized market. They're losing market
share to Novell (which owns SUSE Linux) and to Canonical, but absolutely
still around.
If you spend all your time around Windows advertising and gaming
magazines, you probably won't hear much about Linux. Though with the MS/
Novell deal, Microsoft is selling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to their
customers as well - surely you've heard of *that* deal? It's been
ongoing for about 2 years now....
Jim
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>>> And RedHat is currently selling more Linux than Novell. Turns out
>>> customers *want* service contracts for things their business depends
>>> on.
>> OK. So why have I not heard anything about RedHat for several years?
>
> Very likely a product of your choice of reading material. Have you
> looked at a copy of Linux Format lately? There recently was a huge
> article there on training, specifically about RedHat training. With a
> big ad in the middle of the article, at that.
Woah - there's a "Linux Format" now? o_O
Mind you, there's enough people using Linux, I guess it makes sense...
>> Have they gone into some kind of specialised market or something? Once
>> upon a time you used to hear of them quite a bit, and now they seem
>> awful quiet...
>
> Nope, they haven't gone into a specialized market. They're losing market
> share to Novell (which owns SUSE Linux) and to Canonical, but absolutely
> still around.
>
> If you spend all your time around Windows advertising and gaming
> magazines, you probably won't hear much about Linux. Though with the MS/
> Novell deal, Microsoft is selling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to their
> customers as well - surely you've heard of *that* deal? It's been
> ongoing for about 2 years now....
Actually, come to think of it, I *do* vaguely remember that announcement...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Play with this applet for a bit...
>
> http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-resistors.html
Oh goodie. Everything I thought I knew about electronics turns out to be
incorrect. Yay, me. :-S
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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