shawn443 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Fork in the career road?

Submitted by shawn443 on Saturday December 05, 2009 @12:20AM

shawn443 writes: I had a TI-99 4a, I bought a Tandy with my paper route money. I have always loved computers. Now I am 34 years old and still love computers. In 1997 I was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps. Thanks to the GI Bill, I graduated university in 2002 with a political science degree. For a variety of circumstances, I have not had much luck getting paid with computers. I have an opportunity to further my education. If it were you and you wanted to get paid; would you study more IT, get a business degree, be an underwater welder, be dental tech, etc.?

Comment Re:Enough? (Score 1) 169

by shawn443 on Tuesday October 20, 2009 @05:53PM (#29815315) Attached to: Google Envisions 10 Million Servers

One day, 1 will be enough for anybody.

Comment Re:10 Million? (Score 1) 169

by shawn443 on Tuesday October 20, 2009 @04:05PM (#29813461) Attached to: Google Envisions 10 Million Servers

That many. But first I will have to remove noindex from my bitstoqubits.pl

Comment Re:Explain this to me (Score 2, Insightful) 228

by shawn443 on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @02:18AM (#29362499) Attached to: Microsoft Letting Patents Move To Linux Firms

I think you have a point about it not being homogeneous, perhaps old school culture persists at the chair throwing top and maybe mid level is quietly steering towards a more sensible money making approach.

Comment Re:IT policy? (Score 1) 904

by shawn443 on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @03:03AM (#27131471) Attached to: Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise?

And this I think is the answer to the "Ask Slashdot". As has already been pointed out, you can't really expect Linux to be like Windows. They are two different philosophies. In a properly maintained system you can destroy your /home but not mine. Security and policy enough for me.

Comment Re:China and India (Score 1) 902

by shawn443 on Wednesday February 25, 2009 @11:29PM (#26992861) Attached to: Designer Babies

Nice point about making birth a consumer's choice. However, it doesn't matter as long as 1. the baby is loved and 2. its not like Pet Cemetery. Otherwise yeah, a commercial during the super bowl about this shit will make me puke.

Comment Re:Obviously (Score 1) 191

by shawn443 on Friday September 26, 2008 @03:32AM (#25162761) Attached to: Saudi Arabia Begins To Realize Supercomputer Ambitions

At least not be funny with some standards.</br> <blink>this baby is gonna be powered by homosexual people and Saudi feminists running on giant hamster wheels. I'm not trying to be funny. I wouldn't be surprised one bit.</blink>

RIM Settles Long-Standing Blackberry Claim 295

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 03, 2006 @08:01PM from the end-to-a-long-and-sordid-tale dept.

David Jao writes "Research in Motion has agreed to pay 612.5 million dollars for a 'full and final settlement of all claims' resulting from the NTP patent lawsuit against the makers of BlackBerry. According to the article, the settlement is 'on the low end of expectations', perhaps because the patents in question had earlier been preliminarily ruled invalid by the US Patents & Trademarks Office." Many article submitters characterize this move as 'giving in' to NTP's tactics. What do you think?

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