rkasper - Slashdot User

Comment: The Ugly T-Shirt (Score 3, Interesting) 258

by rkasper on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @07:00PM (#38590800) Attached to: Avoiding Facial Recognition of the Future

Sounds like the Ugly T-Shirt from William Gibson's _Zero History_.

Comment: NAT problem on ATT's WAP gateway? (Score 1) 138

by rkasper on Saturday January 16, 2010 @10:51AM (#30790652) Attached to: AT&T Glitch Connects Users To Wrong Accounts

Might have been a NAT problem on ATT's WAP gateway.

Comment: Re:Contracting has a lot of cons - beware. (Score 1) 613

by rkasper on Wednesday November 24, 2004 @08:41AM (#10908358) Attached to: Switching to Contracting?

(Rambling...) My rule of thumb is that if you can live comfortable at $1000x/year, then you should bill $x/hour. That is, if you want your salary to be $50,000/year, bill at $50/hour.

Keep in mind that you have lots of overhead (tools, telecom, electricity, insurance, training, travel), and lots of nonbillable time (vacation, sick, training, travel). A good target is to bill for 45 weeks/year.