The national broadband network is sure to be cancelled by the incoming government next election. It is an overpriced and unnecessary joke - entirely the wrong way of going about things.

I've been here for about a decade and a half and I'm done. I do not come here to read about fucking psychics and lately I get real news in popular press before it hits this site. This place was always a nasty one, full of trolls well entrenched along with worthwhile posters, but the news use to be quality and you could get a decent conversation. Now I'd be better off reading the fucking enquirer. Nice knowing you slashdot, don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.

Nor the Spanish Inquisition, or some I'm told...how appropriate.

More support for my push to rename Hydrogen to Stupidium or Ignoranium. It is the most abundant element after all.

Nuke from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!

Slashdot moderation simply hasn't evolved to the point where you can.

Yeah men treat each other much better. If you are gender bashing, you are part of the problem!!!

Where I am competition is about as cutthroat as for most other management roles. But yes, 1 architect per 30-50 devs is sufficient, so it's quite specialized. I think job security would be the biggest issue for that kind of job...it's hard to fall back to developer because you go stale, and it's hard to find another architect role if you lose your current job.

You forgot to mention that he thinks that moving from being a code monkey to a data monkey is suppose to land him an architecture role. I would have thought his original job would see him better qualified. At best this is a step sideways but in reality it is probably a step backwards....and if he doesn't realise this it's probably just as well for all involved.

But then even slashdot's heyday ask slashdot was about clueless time wasters asking how to do their job or apply for one they weren't qualified for and had no idea about. Now that slashdot is a shadow of it's former self why would we expect the quality of these submissions to improve?

Yeah do you realise how few jobs do not require a physical presence?

All that needs to happen is to keep existing regulations without continually eroding minimum standards.

I'm pretty sure they'd be kicked out of the "hip young club" if they said that.

Why not ten $6k jobs. Or twenty $3k jobs?

Dragging the standard of living into the gutter is a false economy. People don't get richer. EVERYONE gets poorer.

Well look there. Government regulation DOES come into it. Didn't you just dictate what an employer should or should not be responsible for providing.

Try again.

Speaking as someone who once almost got pwnd drive by style on a well known photography blog and another on a major news site, I can honestly say you've got rocks in your head. Either you don't use your computer much at all for anything interesting (and I'm not talking about porn or warez crap!) or you have been very lucky and are living proof that often being lucky beats being smart.

The software that prevented both attacks was free in each case. Free version of Zonealarm and Microsoft Security Essentials. It was still very disconcerting that a process had been initiated on the computer and then frozen by the respective software.

Thanks. I needed a laugh.