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How To Find Bad Programmers 359

Posted by samzenpus on Friday April 09 2010, @12:16PM
from the how-little-work-can-you-do-in-a-day dept.

AmberShah writes "The job post is your potential programmer's first impression of your company, so make it count with these offputting features. There are plenty of articles about recruiting great developers, but what if you are only interested in the crappy ones?" I think much of the industry is already following these guidelines.

Comment: Re:Get a gun. (Score 1) 791

by Internet Stranger on Tuesday March 02 2010, @03:22PM (#31333870) Attached to: Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure?

Get a gun. Then, make an appointment with the landlord. Explain your fears and phobias (about microwave radiation) to the landlord. Wave the gun back and forth while you are talking. Ask the landlord to relocate the cell-phone towers.
This strategy is quite effective in dealing with obstinate landlords. I should know since I'm serving time for 1 count of voluntary manslaughter.

Wait... if you're serving time for voluntary manslaughter, that means your strategy is NOT effective, since obviously the landlord did not do what you wanted him to do (otherwise, why shoot him?).

But then again, you have a gun and you're willing to use it... I'm sure your strategy is the best strategy ever. No really. ...

Please don't hurt me.

He got to kill a guy and is only serving 1 year! Sounds like success to me!

Secret Service Runs At "Six Sixes" Availability 248

Posted by timothy on Friday February 26 2010, @08:56PM
from the only-need-half-as-many dept.

PCM2 writes "ABC News is reporting that the US Secret Service is in dire need of server upgrades. 'Currently, 42 mission-oriented applications run on a 1980s IBM mainframe with a 68 percent performance reliability rating,' says one leaked memo. That finding was the result of an NSA study commissioned by the Secret Service to evaluate the severity of their computer problems. Curiously, upgrades to the Service's computers are being championed by Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who says he's had 'concern for a while' about the issue."

The Grown-Up Video Game 152

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 23 2010, @11:29PM
from the getajob-hero dept.

Phaethon360 writes "Now, more than ever, we're seeing many Mature ratings (M+, 17+, 18) being distributed by various national media regulators. But that isn't the only indicator for a game's intended audience. It doesn't take a thousand swear words, scantily clad women or gratuitous violence to differentiate a ten-year-old's game from a twenty-year-old's. The spectrum of human emotions encompasses a wider palette than just revenge, fear, and loss, but the games that shy away from these are frequently mistaken as being for a younger audience. From the article: 'The human experience is one that is made up of great hardship, pain, loss, death, and a multitude of experiences seemingly designed to destroy a person. However, that same experience is also filled with joy, love, laughter, family and friends. ... These so-called “grown-up” games need not be relegated to the category of niche gaming. In fact, at times we find that these video games are capable of reaching mass popularity among the gaming community. It is here that we find one of our generation’s outlets for the expression of conflict.'"

Building a Searchable Literature Archive With Keywords? 211

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 08 2009, @04:20PM
from the must-be-in-here-somewhere dept.

Sooner Boomer writes "I'm trying to help drag a professor I work with into the 20th century. Although he is involved in cutting-edge research (nanotechnology), his method of literature search is to begin with digging through the hundreds of 3-ring binders that contain articles (usually from PDFs) that he has printed out. Even though the binders are labeled, the articles can only go under one 'heading' and there's no way to do a keyword search on subject, methods, materials, etc. Yeah, google is pretty good for finding stuff, as are other on-line literature services, but they only work for articles that are already on-line. His literature also includes articles copied from books, professional correspondence, and other sources. Is there a FOSS database or archive method (preferably with a web interface) where he could archive the PDFs and scanned documents and be able to search by keywords? It would also be nice to categorize them under multiple subject headings if possible. I know this has been covered ad nauseum with things like photos and the like, but I'm not looking at storage as such: instead I'm trying to find what's stored."

Study suggests US/UK are failing children

Submitted by

Brian Ribbon

on Wednesday February 14 2007, @12:05PM

Brian Ribbon writes "The BBC has a report regarding a study into child welfare by international charity Unicef, which reveals that the US and UK have the lowest levels of child welfare out of 21 countries studied. The study measured child welfare using six categories; family and peer relationships, material well-being, health and safety, behaviour and risks, and children's own sense of well-being (educational and subjective).

Is it a coincidence that the countries which have the most draconian legislation disguised as measures to protect children also have the lowest level of child welfare, or is the level of paranoia and hysteria in these countries actually harming children?"

Nintendo's Everybody Votes Channel

Submitted by

njkid1

on Wednesday February 14 2007, @12:05PM

njkid1 writes "Today, Nintendo revealed the latest channel to be added to the Wii Menu. Called the "Everybody Votes Channel," the basic function of it allows those interested to vote in various polls. Up to six people per Wii can register a Mii and vote, seeing how their opinion compares to this of the nation. http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/news/?id=15246&n cid=AOLGAM000500000000014"

Yahoo integrates IM with email program

Submitted by

Vinit

on Wednesday February 14 2007, @12:03PM

Vinit writes "Yahoo has decided to integrate their instant messaging service with email. The new service which follows Google's decision to include IM with mail, is still in beta and allows users to access IM from Yahoo mail. I think this decision will definitely benefit users as they'll not need to download the messaging software. You'll be able to launch a messaging session in the email program and see which of your messaging contacts are online. Yahoo mail boosts about 250 million users and Yahoo IM has 100 million satisfied users. http://www.pclaunches.com/industry_buzz/yahoo_inte grates_im_with_email_program.php"

John Edwards' campaign enters Second Life

Submitted by politics 2.0 on Wednesday February 14 2007, @11:46AM

politics 2.0 writes "It may not be an official effort — yet — but thanks to a grass-roots effort, John Edwards has become the first presidential candidate to set-up-shop in Second Life. Jerimee Richir, whose avatar is called Jose Rote, paid-for and developed Edwards' virtual headquarters, and, on a voluntary basis, is managing the in-world campaign. Considering that Second Life's user numbers are much smaller than other social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook — aside from generating press coverage — will campaigning in Second Life actually win many votes? Rote says yes, and that "Second Life users are a unique audience, in that, they are first adopters. It is a smaller community, but I would argue it is a more influential community." What do Slashdot readers think?"