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Comment I've hired Gen Zers, and I am not impressed. (Score 2, Insightful) 109

They tend to be scared to try new things, un-interested in being at work on time or even during standard hours, entitled, and have no interest in paying their dues, often expecting a salary that is more appropriate for someone with 10 years of experience. "I don't want to build stuff" I was told by a recent mechanical engineering grad. "I want to design stuff". Hey kid, you will be a far better engineer in the long run if you learn how to build stuff for a few years, especially if the parts are poorly designed. You will quickly learns what works and what doesn't.

Comment Laser FTW (Score 2) 92

Years ago I worked for a company that made equipment for digital printing. No printers, just other pre-press equipment. A bean counter up the hierarchy figured out that inkjet ink cost $1,000 per litre retail. The company immediately started work on an industrial, wide format inkjet printer for banners and posters and such because the ink was so profitable. Go with a laser printer.

Comment Re:TSN? Gimme a break (Score 1) 201

My opinion only of course, but The Social Network is the best film of the year, followed closely by Inception. That opinion is not based on what anyone else says, that's based on me seeing it without knowing much about it when I went in. The reason why The Social Network comes first? Excellent directing, dense, rapid-fire, intelligent script, a great score, sharp, effective editing, and effective casting and performances all around. Hell, even the cinematography is excellent, especially when you see it on Bluray. There are few films that hold my attention all the way through. Most of them slow down or get down right boring during the saggy middle act. Not The Social Network. It was riveting all the way through. It's very difficult to create a good movie about anything, and it's damn near impossible to create a good movie that's mostly someone talking or typing on the keyboard, or telling a complex story cohesively. The Social Network does it all extremely well. I liked Inception, but I had difficulty following the plot. For that reason alone, it goes to my number 2 spot.

Comment Re:Thumb drives in a fire proof safe (Score 1) 680

What manufacturer are you using? I only write to the drives once, and that's it, then they go into storage. I've been storing data for years this way (even from the very early models with a whopping 16mb of memory!) and I've never had a problem. Every once in a while I transfer data from the older drives to newer ones just to be safe, but I've had far fewer problems with them than hard drives.

Comment Thumb drives in a fire proof safe (Score 1) 680

The price of a couple of thumb drives is insignificant compared to the price of your vacation and the memories associated with the photos. I buy a thumb drive for every vacation and store them this way, in a medium sized fire proof safe. Yes, thumb drive storage is more expensive than hard drive storage, but I trust their longevity more than I would a hard drive.

Comment Re:Can't make a call from inside (Score 1) 337

Height is only one factor. There are many factors for using a sat system with an external antenna, including antenna type, placement on the airframe, cable type, length, termination quality, and so on. Cabling is especially important. What kind of system are you using? Is it Iridium based, or Globalstar, or another type?

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