Comment Re:Proxy? (Score 5, Funny) 323
since 2001, which was at least 14 years ago.
I hate it when people show off their mad math skills.
since 2001, which was at least 14 years ago.
I hate it when people show off their mad math skills.
While some are claiming this means
I don't know who the "some" are in that sentence, but no one at the link provided in the story is saying this means NASA created a warp drive.
Stop, already.
In a deliberative body that's chock-full of dumb sonsabitches, Louis Gohmert stands head and shoulders above them all.
Here's my favorite Louis Gohmert quote.
On gays in the military:
"I’ve had people say, ‘Hey, you know, there’s nothing wrong with gays in the military. Look at the Greeks. Well, you know, they did have people come along who they loved that was the same sex and would give them massages before they went into battle. But you know what, it’s a different kind of fighting, it’s a different kind of war and if you’re sitting around getting massages all day ready to go into a big, planned battle, then you’re not going to last very long. It’s guerrilla fighting. You are going to be ultimately vulnerable to terrorism and if that’s what you start doing in the military like the Greeks did as people have said, ‘Louie, you have got to understand, you don’t even know your history.’ Oh yes I do. I know exactly. It’s not a good idea."
Want another?
Regarding caribou and the oil pipeline:
"So when caribou want to go on a date, they invite each other to head over to the pipeline.
... So my real concern now is if oil stops running through the pipeline ... do we need a study to see how adversely the caribou would be affected if that warm oil ever quit flowing?"
Plus, of course, it's still not that rare for people elsewhere in "IT" to switch over to software development at some point. They may actually be willing to take a salary cut and work for entry-level pay if that's what it takes to make the switch.
There are many reasons why pay alone doesn't "keep the old guys away", and some companies really do only want young workers. They tend to be very exploitative companies, however, banking on someone in their first job not recognizing how badly they're being used. Age discrimination may well be low on the list of sins for some of these companies.
This pretty much says it all right here.
They might as well advertise for "Naive, spinless young suckers who'll do anything for a buck."
I remember my father having to get out the suitcase of a portable computer that work had assigned him, set it up on the dining room table, and dial-in to the mainframe to fix broken batch jobs on weekends occasionally.
I had one of these.
http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com...
Still have it, out in the garage next to dried up paint cans and copies of Argosy magazine. And before you ask, no, "dried up paint can" is not a euphemism for my first wife's corpse.
Warp speed ahead.
That's like trying to rob the donut joint across the street from a police station...
I don't want to be young again, I just don't want to get any older.