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Comment Buyer beware (Score 0) 153

by netscan on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @03:52PM (#27836407) Attached to: eBay Fakes Devalue the Craft of Tomb Robbing

It should go without saying that buying anything at auction, meatspace or digital, is a risky venture if you don't know what you're buying.
A fool and their money are soon parted, eBay just makes the process easier for the scammer.

Comment Re:But their drivers still suck (Score 2, Insightful) 618

by netscan on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @05:03PM (#27751049) Attached to: A $99 Graphics Card Might Be All You Need

That's my point, they're releasing drivers every month that don't actually fix anything. High bitrate H.264 video using hardware acceleration on ATI boards produces all sorts of weird problems, green screen, green blocks etc. Well again, it's not really the board but the drivers.

I made the unfortuneate error of choosing an ATI product over an nVidia product when making my selection when building my media center machine. Even though the specs were similar and the ATI board was $5 more I went with ATI because of the superior scaling options for HD panels. This was prior to nVidia's driver update that kinda threw it together.

The newest Catalyst drivers will not display high bitrate video. They borked it up sometime after the 8.7 release, of course I could just use the 8.7 version right, except it doesn't have the scaling options...

I stand by my original post, if it doesn't work, it's a waste of money regardless of what they charge. Fine boards, crappy drivers.

Comment But their drivers still suck (Score -1, Troll) 618

by netscan on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @04:04PM (#27749937) Attached to: A $99 Graphics Card Might Be All You Need

$99 or $500, if it don't work it don't work.

Comment Re:Hope it's not used by a professional... (Score 1) 253

by netscan on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @10:40AM (#27416873) Attached to: Cellular Repo Man

I have a bettor idea for you, spend a couple of those billable hours and buy the lappy outright! Then you don't have to worry about them turning it off for not paying your bill. Oh wait, you were just shooting off at the mouth, carry on.

Comment Re:Misplaced anger IMHO (Score 1) 821

by netscan on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @01:44PM (#26641435) Attached to: Windows 7 To Come In Multiple Versions

They do get paid a "fair" percentage of the sale. The percentage they agreed to in their contract with the record company.

Submission + - And the raise in salary goes to...

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Esther Schindler

on Thursday December 20, 2007 @09:31AM

Esther Schindler writes: "Bosses don't like to give raises or to pay more to hire someone today than they did six months ago. They hate to have to spend more on programmers and IT staff. But recruiters are advising that, in 2008, they're going to have to — at least for several types of jobs. In No Break Seen in the IT Talent Wars, CIO.com interviews several recruiters for their predictions, some of which are ho-hum-yeah-sure, but with a few key highlights. They itemize the hottest jobs to fill next year (not that the recruiters all agree) such as Web development and messaging admins, and tell you how much to ask for in your next review:

According to research conducted for the "Robert Half Technology 2008 Salary Guide," the projected increase in average starting salaries for technology professionals in the United States is 5.3 percent over 2007, compared to a 2.8 percent projected increase last year.

Think of it as enlightened self-interest: this is what the boss is being told what to pay more for. And, says one recruiter, "the most growth in skills pay in 2008 will be in database, applications development, security and the especially fast-growing skills group known as management, process and methodology (e.g., ITIL, business intelligence, business analysis)."

You might not care what's on your business card, but it affects what it says on your paycheck. Make sure you have the right job title: 52 percent of IT workers, according to surveyed employers, hold job titles that aren't consistent with what they actually do on the job. "Why is this a problem for CIOs? Because salary survey benchmarking is done predominantly by job title. These mismatched professionals tend to be paid below market levels." Are you polishing your résumé yet?"

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